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      JJlST WORDS OF EMUBTT . I bate bat few mare irordB to sty : I ' m going to the silent gave : Soon o ' er my tomb the cypress bough Ite broad and drooping lesrea trill -ware . ' My lamp of life is near burnt out—My r ace is ran—pronounced mj doom ; One after one around me falls The cold , damp curtains of the tomb ! On lea-ring tiiia ungrateful world , I mate but only one request—I ask its silence ; in the grave Let me and mine together rest , Till other times and other men Can justice to my memory do ; Till ages shall have slumbered by , And reason can my act review .

      Till then no monumental slab May mark the place where rests my head , 30 lettered marble to the world Tell that he lived—that he is dead . Bat when among the powers of earth jly country shall assume her stand , Prondly erect—her flag unfurled , Acknowledged iree by every land—Then may my epitaph be traced I 7 pon the marble ' s saow-wbzts face ; And it may stand above my head , To Th » rt a patriot ' s resting place . The stranger , as he passes by , ilay pause to think of other years , And as ie calls to mind my fate , May pay the tribute of his tears .

      And now farewell ! I aia going where Hy fathers have before me gone ; My deathless spirit takes its flight To regions yet untried , unknswn ; I give my body to the earth ; "Us all that it can justly claim ; And . dearer than the life I yield , Bequeath posterity my fame .

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      A SONNET . 1 o the Agents of the Northern Star throughout England , Wales , and Scotland , or to any other Subscribers io tny pnseded Publication , requesting them io open a Lisl for Subscribers , ana transmit them , to Mr . -- Hobson , at the Star OJice , as speedy as possible . End friends , who ' ve seen my rbyme and fain would lend Tour hand to help me from thw thorny road Where unavoidable misfortunes goad And lank sMIction does with life contend ; If ye will succour , ere the strife shall end , I mean to publish what I ' ve wrote abroad , Pot half-a-crown , and while I thn 3 have sowM , May sweet compasson harvest many a friend . Let all subscribers' names be sent with speed To thfe Star office—all who thus will raise Their purse in my defence would have me freed From the cold chaicy of palsy ' s dire disease . If 50 U would aid the fallen in utter Died , Haste the subscription to my artless lays . JiilES YEESOJi . Sonthmolton , January 3 d , 1842 .

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      HAXDY AlvDY , Part 1 . London , F . Glover , Aldlne Chambers , Paternoster-row ; Groombridge , Panyer Alley ; Dublin , Camming ; Edinburghj Sutherland ; &c . This is a rattling gay delineation of Irish Rustic life both " genile" and " simple . ' Its hero is a peasant , who throughout the whole piece plays off tie drollest pranks imaginable j vrith the best insentioiis ia the world , getting always himself asd every one connected wiib him into some confounded scrape through his ingenious mode of doin ^ every thing exactly ash should not be done . We know not that we have laughed more heartily this long time , than at the irresistibly comic adveniure 3 of poor Handywho , by the bye , is admirably supported by other well drawn and executed characters .

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      XiONDON . —Dissolution of the Pooa Law Usion . —A public meeting of ratepayers wa 3 held a : the Crown and Sceptre , BromptonRoad , on Wednesday evening week . Mr . W . S . Hanson was called to the chair , who , in a most business-like manner , opened the proceedings ^) f the evening . John Percival , Esq ., son of the late Spencer Pereival , moved & resolution similar to the one adopted at Kenstngten , which was seconded , and carried unanimously ~! &r . Balls , churchwarden of Kensington , said a few

      words in support of the establishing an Association in support of tbe anti-New Poor Law principle . Mr . L . H . Leigh , a Chartist lecturer , and a rate ^ j payer of the district , then stept forward and deli- \ vered a most splendid , luminous , argumentative , and i forcible appeal against the continuance of the New j Poor Law Unions , and clearly tracing their exist- j eace to class legislation , and shewed the only remedy j -to be the Charter . He "was moss rapturously ; applauded . A meeting will speedily be held at Ham- •' Bersmith for the same purpose . j

      CARLISLE . —Horrible Distress a > d Desti- j rrao . v . —We mentioned , last week , that a Commit- ] tee of working men had been formed for the purpose = of taking a complete enumeration of the circum- } stances and condition , of the poorer classes . They j have since completed their labours , which they have ; been enabled to perform in a most correct and satis j f&ctory manner , through the kindness of G . H . ; Head , Esq ., banker , who very generously paid all the j expenses of books and labour . As the report of-J the Committee viU best convey an adequate idi a of . ' the result of its inquiries , we hasten to lay it before j fte public , as opening up a mass of misery and desti- taioii which is heart-rending to contemplate . '•

      ABEEDABJEJ . —A meeting of the gentlemen fanners and rate-payers of the parish of Aberdare was held at the Boot Inn , on Monday , the 3 rd day of January , to take into consideration their present Stressing circumstances , and the best means to ascertain in what manner the rate 3 they pay ( which are advancing erery quarter ) are expended , * ad who receives them , as there is less relief paid te the poor at present than at any other period for Ba ^ J years past . After they met , they did not fcm > w how to proceed , and ultimately separated Tra&aa effecting any good at all .

      BRADFORD— Highwat Robberies . —On Thursday Bight last , as Mr . James Lee and ilr . Joseph -Priestley , of Woodside , near Shelf , were returning home " from Bradford Market , they were beset by five highwaymen , at the Junction Roads , HcdsaU Moor . They took from the former person twenty-fire ponnd 3 in cash- and from the latter a after wateh , and about eighteen shillings in silver , yrita which they got clear iff . On the same even-IE ? , as ilr . John Wright , farmer , of Wibsey , wa 3 returning home from Bradford , he was robbed of / car pounds and some sairer . Also , on the same light , a hatter , from Sowerby Bridge , who had been hawking hats , having sold all but one , was return-Dghoffie , when he was met and robbed of the > at fceflad not sold , and the one he had on his head , Katies a pound in silver .

      Bcissbheaejxg . —On Thursday night , or early * a Jriday Burning last , some villain ot villains wot . e into ih = house of a widow woman , named AUKha Dncki ; , in Bowling-lane , and had got a J pu of bacon , some candlesticks , and nearly all tae wearing apparel packed up ready for taking < wsj , bat they were fortunatelv disturbed , and «* a ^? ed leaving the booty , and a couple of hens * & « i they had no doubt stolen from some other Psrsoa , as both their heads were cut off . /¦ KH > BZ £ TO 2 T .-Sute O y Tilai > e . —The rfik ••^ Qe of Middletcn and its Ticinity is in a very had ~^\ - Nearly one-laird of the -weavers are out of f ? £ -oraent , and a great deal more are only parfc * % emploved .

      * EBDS . —TfilBCTE OF PvESFECT TO THE B . ET . ^ uus Walsh , late Citrate or St . Ass's Ca-P » c ^ c Cbcech . —On Tuesday evening last , a nu- \ « 3 ods and highly respeetable assembly met in the : ^© ipo a of the Commercial Buildings , who , after ; ^~™ s cfan excellent tea , provided by Ilr . G . , ° />< i , Market-street , proceeded to the gratifying ; aREes of presenting a splendid and superb gold ! ^^ of the Tarest workmar ship , together with two ^ - . •?? f vestments , w the above revered and respected ffloivional , who h-vd been suddenly called away from \ u Leeds Mission at the instance of his superior , but i estoely against the wishes of the flock over which j aid pleased Providence to appoint him the ^¦ gjerti . Alderman James Holdforth , Esq . was ? fr ^ o to th » chair amid the most enthusiatic ap- j juuse , who , after complimenting the audience for j We position in which thev h ? . d Disced him . took a i

      Respective view of the conduct of Mr . Walsh , * j * £ 0 feeling and tt > nehing a manner , as t-oj ^ w tears from nearly the whole of his audif'fJj especially when he allnded to a portion of sw ^ aenls bfeiDg the work of two poor factory v * f , who , after having toiled long and incessantly "Ktaa the walls of the factory , frequently laboured « u « ttr midnight a ; their , -what might not be mis-«^ &a , sacred calling . We sincerely regret that Tfin t of space precludes a full report oftheexcel-« ot and pathetic speech of the Chairman , which f ^ v the greatest honour od his head and heart , « a snowed he had a mind purely Catholic . Several « * er speakers addressed the meeting in a truly elo-Saetit ^ and appropriate strain , when Mr . Walsh rose j * acinpwled ^ e the mark of respect conferred upon ^ i wnich he did in a masterly manner , and •» became the shepherd of a flock attached *> him by the Eironeest ties of affge-

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      tion . His address was one of the most noble and feeling we have ever heard . We regret that ¦ we cannot give insertion thereto , yet we think it worthy of general publication , and would snggest that those more immediately interested would see that it be extensively circulated , as much good to the Catholic cause would doubtless result therefrom . The folio-wing ra _ a copy of the address presented to Mr . Walsh . It was read by Mr . Harrole : — Deab Rev . Sib , —Feelingly cenvinced of the great obligations under which we lie to your benevolence and unremitting Zeal as our late pastor , and duly appreciating the many virtues you displayed in the exercise of your sacerdotal functions when amongst us . we are

      assembled to offer yon a tribute of love and esteem in the testimonial of which we now humbly beg your acceptance . Words « re but an empty and a valueless proof of grati-nde ; they are spoken and pass away with the moment at which they fall from the lips , they are uttered but to be forgotten . It has been our wish to present you with a more lasting memorial of our affection , one tkat more forcibly than words will assure-you we remember you with men sentiments of gratitude as yeur disinterested zeal in the salvation of souls , your affectionate and consoling administration of the comforts of onr holy religion to those who were deprived of almost every -worldly comfort , could not fail to produce in our hearta .

      Through your instrumentality , the Lord has spoken to many , whose feet weie wandering from the ways of peace , and who were sitting in the region of darkness , and in the shadow of death . The terrors of the Gospel might have been thundered in their ears , yet would they have heard them not ; the awful vengeance of God ' s wrath might have been denounced against them , in strains of the most magnificent and sublime eloquence , yet would they have passed from the temple of the Lord and heeded not The preaching of the Lamb -was in meekness and humility ; such also has been yours , and the blessed fruita of it we well know .

      By the permission of Providence , the days of your ministry among us were few indeed and soon numbered ; yet were they fall days , and repltte with blessings to the Catholics of Leeds . During the short three months you werehere , yon adopted snch a method of reclaiming the deluded victims of vice , and of teaching the consoling truths of Christianity to these who had vainly sought-rest and peace of mind in the emptiness of false doctrines , that ere long would have yielded an abundant harvest of souls : your

      remov , -therefore , is to us a cause of deep and unfeigned regret . By your kind and charitable attentions , the sorrows of the aged have been soothed , the distresses of the indigent and helpless relieved , the tears of the wjdow wiped away , and the cries of the fatherless have been hushed . Nnmbera have experienced , in the pursuance of your counsels , a tranquillity of mind to which they hid long been strangers , and found in you a treasure of infinitely more worth than all the riches of the earth—a faithful friend , and an nnfcrring director of their steps in the ways of

      peace . = _ The testimonial which we now present for your acceptance , we beg of you to regard as a proof of our gratitude , and in presenting it entreat the intercession of your prayers in our behalf . Long as we inhale the breath of life , shall your name live enshrined 'n our hearts , and the recollection of you be connected with every-affectionate association of "which we are susceptible . . Daily shall the united voice of the thousands of Leeds be raised to the throne of " tae Almighty to implore benedictions upon your head , and to pray that you may long be a labourer in the vineyard of the Lord , and that when you shall be gathered to your fathers-, you may Bhine like % star to all eternity .

      EDI 2 TBTJRGH . —Awtut- Warkiso—No less than thre * men lost their lives in this city , throng-b drunkenness ,- during the Kew Year ' s revels I One by fighting with a sailor , received a blow which knocked him down , and he never stirred afterwards ; the second was a man employed to light and put ont the ga 3 lamps in front of the Theatre Roya- ; he had got intoxicated , when he went to put out the lamps , and he fell from the ladder upon the pave ment upon his head , and was killed upon the spot ; the third was a young man who had been drinkfng ¦ whiskey until he could drink no longer , and the landlord employed a man to carry him home on his back ; he did so ; bat he would not suffer the man to take him up tbe stairs , so the man left him . In the morning , on his family getting up , he was found dead by his own brother at the door !

      BANNOGKBTTKH . —Trade is in a wretched bad state ; the people have nothing to do , and very many are in actual starvation . A new tartan has just been started here , and is called after our champion— the O'Connor tartan . " It -will be much worn In Scotland by the working classes , and -will turn out a good speculation to the manufacturer . ZtOTJGrHBOS . OUGH .-lB coneequence of great distress , arising from want of work and the low price of labour , several meetings of the working

      closes have . been held on the subject ; and on Tuesday the wealthy class had one also , at which the distress was recognised , and a subscription entered into for its relief . The town has been divided into districts , to investigate the same , and a Committee is appointed . If its investigation is property attended to , such a . rc «» o of mis-cry -will present itsfilf that few are aware of—families without fire or food , many without covering to- their beds , and some with scarce any beds ; and this in a Christian country , and that happy England !

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      A Sixpence . — " Why are yon so melancholy ?" said the Duke of Marlborough to a soldier , after tbe battle of Blenheim . " I am thinking , " replied the man , " how much blood 1 have shed for sixpence . " Peimeoses have already made their appearance in the hedge-rows in . the grounds of Mr . W . Rookes , Heavitree-road , near thS city ( Exeter ) . —Western Luminary . What bo we Toil Fob ? — The diver wears not the p = arl he risks his life to win : that which he dared all to obtain d « -cks some prond court beauty . The anxious caies of the parent adorn the daughter with every grace to b ] ess a stranger ' s home . The soldier gives his life ' s blood , and the chief wears the laurel . Wherever we turn , ve see that thoBe who sow are seldom those who reap

      Shockj > -g OecrBRE > -CE . —On Friday night last , a woman named Mary Digcey , the wife of a small farmer residing at . Drumlongh , near Jtathfrilaud , Ireland , while labouring nnder a fit of insanity , took advantage of her husbaud's absence to attempt the destruction of her own life , and the lives a so of her two children . Having , it appears , previously provided herself with a quantity of ar « enie , she administered some of it to the younger child , seven years of age , at the same time herself swallowing a large portion uf the same deadly drug . The elder child , aged ten yeais , obstinately refused the

      proffered dranght ; cpon ¦ vrhich she was laid hold of by her wretched ^ parent , and violently strangled . Shortly afterwards' the husband arrived , and was by his wife informed of all her proceedings . He instantly alarmed his neighbours , and tent for a doctor . In the meantime , the dose having , it 15 probable , been larger than ordinary , both the mother and child who had taken the arsenic discharged the contents off their stomachs , and were thereby preserved . The other child was discovered entirely bereft' of life . On the day following an inquest was held upon the body , and a verdict oi " Willul murder" recorded .

      I > TLUE > "CE OF THE PaSSIOXS ON THE SEJiSES . — Our senses are rencered strikingly acute in anything that has reference to" what we love , or fear , or hate Miss Johanna Baillit ; , in her noble tragedy of De Montfort , his given . powerfHl tfftct to the working out of this idea . De Mottfort , who has twice beiore started and betrayed s-igns of listening attention , at iesgih , throvra off his guard , exclaims" - * Tis Rezenvflt ! I heard his well-known foot , From the first staircase , mounting step by step !" Freberg , his friend , replies" How quic ^ an ear tboa bast for distant sound ! I heard him not . "

      Walter Scott , vrith due acknowledgment , make > himself debtor to Mi ? s Baillie in lis Rokeby . Oswald ( one of the characters of his poem ) is impatiectly awaiting the arrival of a ruffian whom he has employed " to slay his leader in the fight , ' when ¦ we are told that" Far town-ward sounds a distant tread , And Oswald , starting from his bed , Hath caugfit it , though no human ear , TJiisharpened by revenge or fear , Could e'er distinguish horse ' s clank , Until it reached the cas-tle-bank . " Parley s Penny Library .

      Sors MiiKt—To prevent milk from turning sour and curding , as it , is apt to do , especially in the heat of summer , the milkmen of Paris add a small quantity of subcarbonate of potash or Eoda , which saturating the acetic acid as it forms , prevents the coagulation or separation of curd ; and some of them practise this with so- much success as to gain the reputation cf selling " milk that never turns sour . " CorGHs and Colds . —The immense qsanties of rain almost withont imenuission for many months , has been productive of coughs and colds to an alarming extent in the metropolis ; those predisposed to consumption need be particularly careful , and should not be exposed to the night air , or damp fogs ; an

      -eminent physician recommends that the chest should be protected ^ and the feet kept warm and dry ; and a j ; enUemen , celebrated for his botanical researches , has produced from the well-known Danzic Sprnce , a Balsam of a most agreeable character , which i 8 Haid to exert a most wonderiul influence in arresting the progress of those complaints -, it is tven reputed by the inventor , that when consumption has commenced or asthma cenfirmed , its peculiar properties will stop the progress of the former , and cer tainly relieve the worst sjmptoms of the latter . It is now seiiing in extraordinary quantities under the name . of Holland ' s Balsam of Sproce , at a price that brings it within the means of every one .

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      SmevuiB . Instance of Vegetation . —On the 28 th of September , 1813 , a grave was opened in Tockholes churchyard , in which a coffin was taken up vrhich bad been buried twenty-two years . The coffin was opened , and in it were- discovered some sprigs of box , which appeared to be quite fresh . One of ihese was planted in a garden belonging to Peter Catterall , Tookholes , and it now forms a tree about three yards in circumference , after yielding successive supplies of sprigs for the decoration of other corpses . —Bolton paper .

      EXTBAORDINABT SCENE IN WaTKHPORD CaTHEdral . — -On Sunday last , a member of the Society of Friends , named Joshaa Jacob , with a female friend leaning on his arm , both of whom were attired ia white garments from head to foot , entered the Cathedral Church during divine service , and took up their position , standing under the organ loft , close by the stalls of the dean and chapter . They remained in that position both perfectly mute till the service had concluded , and the congregation were preparing to depart . Mr . Jacob and hie fair friend then advanced in front a few paces , when the former proceeded to address the congregation . He looked about the church , first at the gorgeous fresco ceiling , and turned tip his eyes with a look of pity towards the organ , which was then pealing in loud tones , and anon at the beautiful and fashionably

      dressed ladies , for which our city is remarkable . He then uttered , with a firm and deliberate voice"This is not the house of the Lord Jesus Christ , this ie the house of Babylon . " The deep-toned voioe of the man , his extraordinary dress , and the peculiar manner in which he uttered -the . sweeping anathema , caused an extraordinary and general sensation among those assembled . The Rev . Mr . R y land approached , took him by the arm , requested him to leave the church , and gently pushed him towards the door . Mr . Jacob remonstrated in that quiet manner characteristic of the Society of Friends , and said the Lord had sent and inspired him to raise his voice against the abominations practised there . On being gently pushed towards the door the two Friends retired from the Church . —Waterjord Chronicle .

      Thb dkodand of £ 1000 , issued against the Great Western Railway Company by the Coroner's Jury , on the 'ate dreadful accident , falls to R . Palmer , Erq ., M . t \ , for Berkshire , as the Lord of the Manor . The Hon . Gentleman intends to dispose of it by giviag £ 100 to the friends of each of the deceased , and distributing the remainder among the surviving sufferers from the accident . Stibling . —We regret to have to state that trade in Stirling and the surronnding district still remains in a most depressed and discouraging condition . Not less than three failures of houses connected with tbe woollen trade have taken place in the town within the last few days , and but too much reason exists for apprehending that these form but the first link in a series of similar calamities . In the meantime , numbers of working people are thrown out of employment , and gloom and despondency are rapidly extending in all directions . —Slirling Observer .

      A Keighbourlt Sheep . —A respectable farmer , resident in Irongray . mentioned in our hearing on Wednesday last a circumstance which we should suppose is exceedingly rare , and on that account interesting from its notability . While lately passing alon ^ the publio road opposite to the farm of Fourmerkland , he observed a sheep stretched on its back nnable to rise , with a neighbour standing over it , endeavouring with its nose to help its unfortunate congener up . In this it was unsuccessful , and after a time retired , as our informant supposed , to join

      tne rest ot the herd . But in this he was mistaken , for on looking back , previous to sending a servant to the spot , he distinctly observed the neighbourly bleater advancing to the invalid in ram-race fashion , and pouncing up ^ on ic with so much force that it regained its feet in a twinkling . This deliverance effected , the twain looked fixedly at ore another , probably exchanging thanks and congratulations ; aud anon todd ; ed lovingly away together to join the more unconcerned portion of the hirsel . —Dumfries Courier .

      Extraordinary Affaib at Wexford . —We were on Tuesday treated here-to a little romance . Some time ago the daughter of a man , named Bolger , procured a suit of boy ' s clothes , and went to " seek her fortune" at Liverpool , as a " dashing young Irishman . " She was hired by an EngtiBh gentleman as Kroom , and for months rode after him as such . On his leaving the country , he recommended his groom in the strongest terms , and Miss Bolger was next hired as inside servant . One of the maids , however , became attached to her , and to escape her importunity , Miss Bolger joined a twopenny show , where

      she soon attained the exalted station of tumbling on the stage , and of describing figuratively the letters of the alphabet . Tne show booth arrived last week here , and her b-other , by a singular coincidence , was employed in one of the departments connected with the building , and recognised his long lost sister in the interesting pos ' ure master . Her father , with the assistance of the police , conveyed her to bis house , but she is so pleased with the male attire that neither threats nor persnasion can prevail on her to " part with the breeches . " The incidfnt has , of course , c&used quite a sensation here . — Werford Paper .

      Serious Case of Embezzlement at Glasgow . — We regret to state that one of the tellers in the Glasgow and Ship Bank , named Robert Smith , has been taken inte custody on a charge of breach of trust and embezzlement ioa , yery serious extent ; and likewise that another individual , a spirit-dealer in the High-street , has been apprehended for examination , as to some connection which he is suspected to have had with Saaith ' s delinquencies . So far as we have been able to learn , the circumstances which led to the apprehension of Smith and hia supposed accomplice , were these : —On Monday afternoon , on the balancing of the transactions of the bank for tbe day , it was discovered that there was a deficit of about £ 2 , 000 in the amoant of cash to be accounted

      for by Smith . This caused some inquiry , and excited some . suspicion , that all wa 3 not right ; but on locking slightly into the matter again , the defalcation appeared to be a comparatively trifling amount , and Smith was allowed to go away as if nothing had occurred . Daring the evening , however , on a strict examination being made , it was discovered that a false entry had been made , which accounted for the difference iu the snms which appeared to be deficient on the previous examinations . This having fuliy co :. firmed the former ouspicions the police were apprised of the matter , and about two o'clock on

      Tuesday morning Pmith was apprehended and lodged in the Police-office . From some documents found in his possession , it was apparent that money transactions , to a large amount , had passed between Mm and the spirit-dealer referred to , and this led to the subsequent apprehen .-ion of the latter . Both prisoners underwent a long examination yesterday , and were u . timately remanded , that the matter might be further invrs : i ^ aifd . The total sum now known to bs deficient is £ 10 , 590 , but we believe it still remains a complete mystery how the thing has been managed for a length of time without detection . — G / ascow Chronicle .

      The Fruits of the Earth . —From reason and revelation , it app ! ars thai God intended the fruits of the esith ior man ' s support ; but as he did not intend any waste or misapplication of these productions , such acts are , like others more expressly mentioned , wront ; , as contrary to God ' s will . Hence the conversion of corn fields into parks for deer or euvtrs for foxes ; the non-cultivation of lands , by parties in pos ? e . ~ sion , or the refusal to let them to those who will cultivate them ; the destruction or waste of food , with a view to increase the price of stocks on hand ; the expending on dogs and horses the sustenance uf man , or t-e conversion of grain into ardent spirits ; these , and iu short , all acts by which the foot ! of man is diminished , either in quantity or quality , are sinful , as opposed to God ' s desire for the happiness of bis creatures . —Paley's Moral Philosophy .

      Xikelihoods- —Is it likely—that the young Prince cm lead any other than the Jife of a soldier , since he is already in arms ? Is it Hkfcly—that you can ride in ; m omnibus , without catching out pane , through the absence of another ? Is it iikely—that you can ever get the work you particularly want , at a Subscription Library ? Is it iikely—ithat you caa Iw riding within half a mile of the theatres , in the evening , -without having twenty playbills tlirust iu at your ceach windows ? Is it likely—when attending a meeting of creditors , ¦ where time is asked for . that you will ever hear of less than the probability of thirty shillings in the pound ? Is it likely—that anybody on the Free List , ( "the public press tscepted ") can gain admittence at a theatre , when there is anything worth seeing or hearicc ?

      Is it likely—that any account of a fire can be inserted in tvro newspapers , unaccompanied by " further paiticul&rR ?" Is it likely—that an unfavourable review of a work can appear ¦ wi thout the author ' s declaring that the writer has been actuated by private malice ? Is it likely—that ycu -will find the National Gallery , or British Museum , open at the day or hour a country cousin has selected for visiting it ? Is it likely—that you can receive a present of game , from tbe country , without paying , in carriage , more than it ia -worth , and being expected to send a basket of fish in return ? Is it likely—that your servant will find a coach or cab , on the nearest stand , when you are in a hurry ? Is it likely—that a friend will remember to return your umbrella until the dry weather sets in ?

      Is it iikely— -when you gtt into an omnibus at the Bank , ttat you -will arrive at Bond-street in the timtin which you could have pedestrianised the distance twice over ? Is it likely—that the " positively last night" of a dramatic star vriil be the end of his performances ? ' Is it likely—that a publisher will omit to announce a ¦ work as "just ready , " when it is not eveo mitten by the author ?—Comic Almanac

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      An immense mass op Earth fell upon the Croydon Railway on Friday morning , at Finon ' s Bridge , close to the spot where the cutting gave way before . A _ train had passed only a few minutes previously . The earth covered the rails to- the ; depth of nine feet , and for a distance of 140 . In the course of the day , a thousand men were set to work to remove it , but the line cannot be properly cleared for some tune . ¦ , . '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦; ¦ : :, ' . ¦ . ¦¦ .- ; .. ., ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ .. . '' .. . ¦ .. ' _ Distbess is the Metropolis .--It is a melancholy circumstance 1 that the number of applicants for relief at the principal charitable institutions of the metropolvB has been much greater this season than the last , notwithstanding its less severity . Up to Sunday night , the number of applications from

      persons who were completely destitute of the Refuge for the Houseless , in Playhouse Yard , Whitecrossstreet , was 1 , 762 , being 475 more than dnring the corresponding number of nifihts that this institution was open _ last year ; and this number would have been much greater , but for the sudden and casual call for employment of upwards of ]()() hands , who were navigators , on account of the last slip on the Crpydon railway . On the first night of last year , the number admitted was 40 , whilst on the first of the present season it was 112 . The nightly average number of inmates has been about 360 , and on the last day of the year they were 393 . The great majority of the applicants are strangers to London

      , having no claim upon any parish , and each inmate rtceiyes a ration of half a pound of bread night and morning . The accommodation is limited ; to a bed of straw , which is renewed twice a week ; and every applicant , before reception , is examined by one of the medical men of the institution . At the Western Refuge for the Houseless , in Market-street , Edgeware Road , where admission is obtained only by tickets from subscribers , whilst in the former it is on mere application , the number of applicants has been much more numerous than iu previous years ; and although nightly accommodation is only provided for 100 , on oue night , last week no less than 136 were admitted .

      An "Affray" in the United States . —A number of the New York Morning Herald contains 1 the following paragraph , the details of which , as occurring in a civilised country , if ever equalled can seldom have been surpassed : — " A ^ cabinetmaker , named Robert Harris , and a printer , named James ¦¦ M'D eir ? mott , got into a drunken fight ; the former stabbed the latter in nearly 100 places , cutting the throat , laying bare the windpipe and carotid artery , through the nose , in the left shoulder , in the chest , in his thighs , and indeed literally slashed him to pieces . M'Dermott fought till he fell , when Harris mounted

      him and hacked his body at his pleasure , during the whole of which five men were looking on , and not interfering at all . Dh Johnson ' . was called in , and strange to say , the wounded man will probably recoyer , although the surgeon pronounced it the most perfect piece of butchery he © vtr witnessed . " A Pledge—not op AyFECXiON . —A fine chubby boy , about a month bld ^ wrapped in a couple of bedgowns and patched blankets , was found oh Wednesday , placed in one of the pledgiug boxes of a pawnbroker in the Mile-End-jroadi and has not yet been redeemed . 1

      The Chinese Raksom . —On Monday a portion of the ransom paid by the Chinese for the evacuation of Canton arrived in London , and was transferred to the Royal Mint , in which establishment it was deposited at . two o ' clock . The treasure was landed at Portsmouth from her Majesty ' s frigate Conway , and thence conveyed to Gospprt . A special train was engaged to bring the treasure by the Southampton Railway to London , under an escort of the 32 ud Regiment . On the arrival of the train at the Vauxhall terminus , the boxes of silver , about one hundred in number , were transferred to thirteen vans and carts , each drawn by two horses , and guarded by tne soldiers of the 32 nd , in command of an officer .

      Hoax on Lord Stanley . —Lord Stanley has been mads the subject of a hoax , by an ingenious and impudent rogue , who has not , however j been able to escape detection . A few days ago , a resppctabJelooking and plausible individual called at tho Colonial Office and inquired for the Colonial Secretary ; He was told what he probably knew before-hand , that Lord and Lady Stanley' were ; . out of town on a visit to her Majesty , at Windsor . He had with him a heavy package , which he said ho had been commissioned by the Custom-house officers to deliver to the noble Colonial Secretary , and intimated that it contained a magnificent chaudeler , a Christmas present , which had arrived from one of the foreign courts for Lady Stanley . He was also instructed to say that there were thirty-five cases of wine awaiting his Lordship , which would be delivered the next morning . After giving particular

      directions for the safe custody of the box , he pulled out some papers , which appeared to be regular Custom-house certificates , and upon giving his receipt for the sum , received from the office-keeper , £ 3 . 5 s . 4 d ., as the amount of the regular dues . The costly present was removed with due care to Lord Stanley ' s mansion in St . James ' s-square , and upon his Lordship ' s arrival in town was as " carefully opened , and found to contain a few brick-bata , packed bo as . to prevent thetr rolling ; , in the box . Information was of course given to the police of the affair , and the suspected ' ( individual- ' was discovered in the neighbourhood of the Custom-house , and taken into custody . It is , perhaps , needless to aud , that , the , thirty-five' cases of wine have not yet been heard of . On Wednesday , the rogue , whose name is Dodswortb , was committed for trial by the Bow-street magistrates .

      Strange if True . — -A Belgian paper , the Gazette d'Ath , states that a poor old couple , who resided at W eslin Levegue , have just died under extraordinary circumstances . Shortly before Christmas the wife Eaid to her husband , " We have been married 40 years . " To which the husband replied , "Yes ; and we have endured great misery * If God would call us-both away . it would not be a misfortune . " A few days afterwards they were both taken ill , and on Christmas-day , whilst the priest of the village waB with them , they both died so nearly together , that the priest could not say which had diediiret . Fracas in Court . —While ah appeal was in progress of trial on Thursday , in the West Riding Sessions Court , at Wakefield , in which Sir Gregory

      Lewin appeared as counsel , a point of law , raised by Sir Gregory , was overruled by the chairman . Notwithstanding this , Sir Gregory persisted in proceeding with his argument ; this , being in defiance of the chairman ' s orders , eventually produced a rupture between the learned knight and the bench . Sir Gregory was preremptbrily ordered to sit down . This ho flatly refused to do , and the chairman J . B . Greenwood , Esq ., in great excitement vacated the chair , but immediately returned and called upon Sir Gregory agaiu to take his seat . Again meeting with a denial , the chairman ordered Mr . Senior , the crier of the coun , to " do his duty , " when Sir Gregory finding affairs assuming a serious aspect , obeyed the order by sitting down .

      Mb Toilette in India . —I aweke about seven o'clock on the morning after my arrival , and , for an instant , scarcely recollected where I was . I was lying on a hard bed , enclosed in a tightly drawn yellow gauze veil , Daylight was forcing its rays through tbe closed Venetian blinds . A feverish unrefreshed sensation shed a disagreeable lassitude through my frame ; I recalled my present situation , and soon after happened to cough . In an instant , a dusky form stood beside me . The watchful Kidttnutgar had been listening for hoursj to catoh a Finale loud-drawn breath to announce my waking . He had remained in silence , salaming his respects ' . to mo . " What hour is it ? " demanded I . The poor fellow seemed terror-struck at finding I could not

      speak Hindostanee- Ho placed his two hands together , as we do , in an attitude of prayer , apparently beseechi / g me not to punish him for not being abio ti > understand me . In another instant , a sudden thought seemed to strike him . He glided noiseless y aw ay . Presently he returned , accompanied by another &ervaut , who professed to : speak English . " Massa , mak * ready , for make Bhabee . " I scarcely understood what he meant ; but as I considered it the safest way , I nodded . In the next moment his companion raised the musquito curtain ; and before I was aware of his intention , he had lathered my chin all ovtr ; then seizing me by the nose , with a finger and f > umb of icy coldness , began to shave me . This operation he performed , seemingly , in tho

      most expert manner , as I lay on my back , I say seemingly , because the real truth was that I could be no judge , having as yet no beard requiring tonsorial skill . The man , however , went mechanically through the job , wiping the suds on liis naked arm , and looking as grave as if he was mowing down the bristling stubble of a hairy veteran . His operation , completed , he 8 alamed , andwithdrew . Anolher servant now entered , bearing my linen , &c » I could scarcely believe that his black paws would not sully the bright whiteness of the objects he carried . I afterwards , however , became thoroughly convinced that no human being on earth is SO scrupulously clean as the dingy Indian . This fancy was a mere passing idea ; but as I am determined to set down each thought that shot across my brain during iny first morning in Bengal , I have accordingly noted it . The new comer unclosed the curtains at ray bed s foot , and without saying a word , put on my . stockhe held

      ings ; then coming to the side of the bed , open a pair of silk pipamahs ( loose'drawers made of the finest material , extremely large * and drawn round the waist with a silken cord and tassel , ) for me to jump into . This I did , and approached the dressing- ! able with an intent to finish my toilette . But all this trouble , all this exertion was spared me . Officious servants surrouuded me , and not only handed me , but actually put on me every part of my habiliments , seemingly rather annoyed that I even took the trouble of washing my own hands ; which , however , they dried for . me . " Well , " thought I , this is the most lazy proceeding I ever yet met with . No wonder old Indians on their return to Europe fancy themselves sadly neglected by their domestics . I shall , however , shut my door to-morrow morning , and insist on dressing myself . " With tbis noble resolution , I strutted into the breakfast parlour . — "My First Mornivg in CalcvUa" in Bentley ' s Miscellany for January ,

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      - McntDER >* Thorne , in YoRHSHiRB . —Monday AFTBHWxxf . — -Another dreadfia' murder , induced by drunkenness , wa 3 committed on Sunday evening last , at the above place , a market : towa ^ about ten miles to the north-east of Doncaster , on ^ an unoffending lad about thirteen years of age , and of deficit intellect . About a quarter pa ^ i six o ' clock , a journeyman shoemaker , a stranger to the town , rushed out of a houso in King-street , and conducted himself very violently , { and attempted to attack several girls and boys walking by , but they all eluded him eacept a boy of the name of Pashley , the son of poor parents , whom the intoxicated ruffian desperately and suddenly stabbed iu the back between the shoulder-blade

      bones . The poor child fell immediately , bathed xb blood , and a constable secured the prisouer . Mr Mirfiin and Dr . Guyvrerein prompt attendance upon the sufferer , who was removed to a house near at hand .: As soon as these gentlemen inspected the wound , they expectediiifcle hope of Pashley ' s recovery , and notwithstanding every attention was paid to him , he died in aboat three hours of internal hemorrhage . The murderer ' s name is Thos . Timms , but he gave his name as William Abbots at first . He / is about twenty-nineyear 3 of age , and slender in person , married , but abandoned his wife a few years aj ; o , Rince which time he has been tramping about the Country ;—Standard .

      BmsiiKGHAM , Jan . 9 . —A Wife Shot by her Husband . —A dreadful occurrence took place in Birmingham on the evening of Friday last . A man named Eza- » SteapenhilL . who is either beadle or sexton as St , Matthew's Church , about a month ago , found a gun , as he stated , and a few days after he was showing it a friend , stating that it was unloaded ; his wife , Bassilesa Steapenhill , was then present , and , in joke , pulled the trigger over his shoulder , and it went off , shattering the telock case to atoms ,. On Friday evening he was cleaning the same gun ; and , most unfortunately , did so whilst it was heavily loaded and capped , His ^ wife was sitting at the end . of the table on which the gun rested , and , when iu the act of rubbing the lock , it went off , and the contents , unhappily , entered the chest of the unfortunate creature , and sha dropped

      down a lifeless corpse ; she was about thirty years of age , and was by birth an Hanoverian . A great sensation exists in the neighbourhood where the tragedy took place . The husband is under the surveillance of the police . Hastings Union . —At the last sitting of Hastings magistrates , a man named James Cloake , Jate relieving officer of the No . 2 District of the Hastings Union , wa « charged with defrauding the Guardians of several sums of money , by withholding it from the paupers , and charging n in his account as paid . He had nothing to say in . answer ' " to ' .-the charges , and the magistrates , after censuring him severely , for his conduct , convicted him in the full penalty of £ 20 on eaoh charge , or three months' hard labour . The defendant ,- who said he had no means of payingthe fine , was then committed to Lewes House of Correction for twelve months .

      Railway Accidents . —A correspondent informs us , that iu consequence of the agitation , alarm , and horror excited in the public mind by the late most disastrous occurrenco on the Western Railway , and the avowed impossibility of preventing such destructive accidents , it is very probable that several of the coach proprietors of this city and Bristol will resume their late daily public conveyances to London . — Bath Journal .

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      CASE OF THE WIDOWS OP ZEPHANIAH WILLIAMS AND WILLIAM JONES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —It appears , from letters in the receipt of the Birmingham General Committee for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , that both Mrs . Williams and Mrs . Jones are in a very distressed state , and quite dependent upon , their own limited exertions for support . A letter from Mrs . Jones says , " she considers herself deseitad by her husband ' s pretended friends . She has nothing to depend upon , only what ehe can get through her owa industry ; but her health is in such a delicate state that she is unable to follow her daily Occupation : her delicate frame has received cucha shock that she believes sbe will never recover from it "

      -. The widows of the victims , and more especially of the three Welsh one 3 ; ore entitled by the bravery , the aelf-deyotion , and the sufferings of their husbands iu the cause of the people , to tha support of that people for whom they suffdred—and when we consider to what an amount even a halfpenny subscription would come , the wonder is , that it is not given ; but the fact is , that it has not been set before the public bo frequently as the necessity of the case demanded and though there is great distress and niaDy . to relieve ia the country , yet a email subscription from a number of individuals though scarcely missed by the giver , yet , would form a means of relieving the distress of the parties to whom it yeaa given . If a generous public should think proper to respond to this call any donation that they may send , willbo thankfully received , and duly acknowledged in the Star .

      N . B .- The money may be transmitted to the Treasurer of the Birmingham Committee foi the Ilestorattoiv of Frost , Williama , and Jones , Mr . James Guest , book ? seller , Steelhoiise-lano , Birmingham . I am , dear Sir , Your most obedient Servt , John Wilkinson .

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      ¦¦ - ¦ r ~ ^ ——~ " ™" THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE FReK THE NEW HOUSES OK PAHLJAilEHT , AND NEESON ' S MONUHENT , LOSDON , AND THE WOOLWICH DOCKYARD , To the Public and the Trades of Great Britain and Ireland . " Accordingly as mankind exert themselves for the benefit of each other , accordingly will they be enabled to enjoy individual comfpit and happiness . " . Brethren , —The power and application by out late employers of the weaUh with which existing usages of societies have compelled . us to furnish them , makes it necessary for us to address you in tbe seventeenth week of our struggle against their cruelty ;

      Since the issuing cf last sheet , every effort has been made by them to procure granite , but without success-Johnson , the acting manager of the Hay tor Granite Company , has advertised for a number of granite masons to scapple stone for Grissell and Peto ^ but as yet has been unable to procure any . The trio have sent agents through Deyon and Cornwall for that purpose , but where , to their no small astonishment , they were met by delegates from us , and through whose vigilance the exertions of the enemy ^ in that diicction have been rendered fruitless . We have also received letters frem Dublin , pronjisiDg as the support from the trades of that city , and declaring that every effort shall be made in that looality to frustrate the designs of Grissell and Peto . should they apply there for granite . \ Ve receive similar encouragement from all other quarters where there is a probability of their applying for stone .

      A quarry master in Cornwall informs us , by letter , " That had he been so disposed , he might be preparing stone for ( Jriseell and Peta , but that he possessed too much Christian feeling to become a party to the perpetuation of such a system of cruelty as that practised by Allen / 1 The first fruits of these movements on our part were made manifest on Saturday evening last > when a number of the *• black diamonds" were discharged from th * Monument for want of material : ¦¦ some have also been dismissed from the Parliament Houses , Alien having , according to their own confession , damned them up and down , swearing that he could not put up -with " such masons" any longer . At Woolwich the device of

      lowering the "wages has been adopted , tbe most of them being now teduced to 3 s . 6 d . per day . A general mee iing of tho " black diamonds" has in consequence been held , and strongly worded resolutions adopted by them , but what the result willbe is yet enveloped in mystery—at-least to as . We are , however , prone to believe that Grissell and Peto , seriously sensitive of the drain they have suffered frcnv their breeches ' -pockets , are adopting these steps as preliminaries to a general disbanding of , the incongruous and heterogeneous corps they have taken so Hiuch pains to . collect . The turnouts at Plymouth and i artmodr are in excellent spirits ; and we are as deteriiiined as ever not to relinquish one iota of our position .

      " We will be free- —we register that vow In every heart that fesls a freeman ' s love . " And in proof that we are determined , we call your attention to the great namber of us who struck—the length of time we have been , out—and ts > the more pleasing part of the business , the / ewv who have turned traitors- —only five traitors in a turn-out of above three hundred men , during the long period of seventeen weeks , which , we believe , is unprecedented in fee history of strikes . A few of the turn-outs have this week obtained other employment , and a few more expect to do so ahortly . We now feel assured that the worsr . ia past ; at all events , the time we most feared i / i gone by , and we feel perBuaded that our prospect ; j are considerably more cheering now than when we "tast addressed yott

      From the necessary ¦ extensiyeo-ess of pur operatiena , our expenditure continues he » " ? y ; and partly in consequence of the Cbriatmas > ioiy days , and partly from the too general ^ depressio n , of trade , our inobme has been considerably less duri flg the last fortnight than it previously bad been , but' jy the timely aid of ' ow ' . 'Scot-, tish brtthren , from wh jOm , since the issuing of last addreBB , we have rece ' . ved £ ldp , we have been enabled to press forwiard witJ- . coBfidence and vigour . While thanking all who have so nobly and generously supported r f we feel it our duty to Btate that we still look to tf ieni with cooslderabla hope and confidence for its u' adiminiBhed continuance , that we may be enabled f ^ , pursue the contest until might is compelled toijie ' id to riafrh—till

      " The victims of labour 4 nd care , Shall ieap for reward what ia 1 labour ' s full share . " We remain , gratefully yours j Tbe Masons ' Society . Thomas Suoiitt , Sec ^ Agfnea-strfiet , Waterloo-road , Lambeth , January 5 th , 1842 .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Dec 31 . BANKRUPTS . William Barmfield , jun ., Mark Lane , City , wineraerchaut , to surrender Jan . 14 , at two , and Feb . 18 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Court of Bankrupteyj Basinghallstreet . Solicitor , Mr . WadeBon , Austin Friars ; official assignee , . Mr * Pcnnell .. ; .. ' . ¦ V . ' Mary Parkes , GoMe& Square , pr int-seller , Jan . 22 , at half-past one , aud Feb . 18 , at eleven , at the Cpurt of Bankruptcy , Baainghall-street . Solicitor , ' 'Mir . Parker , St . Paul's Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abcb , uicb . "Larie , Lombard street . . . ; . / . George Swift , Miahjchefter , taller , JTan . 21 and Feb . 18 , at ten , at the Coinmisaionera' Booms , Manchester Solicitors , Messrs . "Vincent and / Sherwood , Ring ' s Bench , Walk , T 9 mple ; and Mr . Simpson , Manchester . ;

      Wilhara Williams , Bristol , builder , Jan . 1 $ and Feb . 18 , at two , at the CoiDfnercial Ropms , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Clarke and Medcalf , Lincoln'a Inn Fields ; and Mri Smith , Bristol . ' . Thomas Wood , jun , Heaiblields , Yorkshire , merchant , Jan . 13 and Feb . 18 , at twelve , at the Conimiav sioneTS" Rooms , Lee 48 . Solicitors , Mr . Fiddey , Paper Baildings , Temple j and Messrs . Barr , Lofthouse , and NeJjSon , Lseds . * ' .- ¦ . ' ¦'¦ : : . Samuel Tarbptton , Leeds , chemist , Jan . 13 and Feb 18 , at ten , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Leeds . Solicitors . Mr . Fiddey , ' Inner Temple j and Messrs . Barr , Lofthonse , and Nelson , Leeds .

      William Durrant , Sduthwick , Sussex , " wharfinger , Jan . 8 , at two , and Feb ; 18 , at © leveD , at the Town Hall , Brighton . Solicitors , Mr . Bennett , Brighton and Messrs . Rickards and' Walker , Lincoln ' s Ian Fields . / ¦ '¦ " ' . ¦¦ ; : .: . . .. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .: ¦¦'¦' . -: ¦• ¦¦ ¦ : -v : / ' . ; "' ¦ ¦¦ ' .. '¦ - ¦¦ " John Shwd , Liverpool , victualler , Jan . 19 , and Feb 18 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Norria , -A ' Hen > . and Simpsonj Bartlett ' * Buildings , Holborn : and Mr ; Toulmin , Liverpool .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . T . Clark and J . Fabert , Kingston-upon-HulI , 6 h ? pchandlers . P . Clayton , J . Clayton , L . Clayton , and G Ciayton , Manchester , cotton-spinners . E . Clegg and 3 > Perciyal . Mancbester , commission-agents . F . Hollini and T . Turner , Liverppol , cotto rokers . J . M . . Weils and J . Fildea * Manchester . W . .-iidrews and J . Brldson , Liverpool , shipsmiths . H . Duckworth , J . B . Maraden , and N . Duckwoitb , Liverpool , cotton-brokers ; as far as regards H . Duckworth . Rv Harrison , A . Harrison , and H . Harrison , Liverpool , merchants ; as far as regards B . Harrison . G . P / Kennan and A . Sarriflott ,

      Manchester , calico-printers . R . Jones and J . Rowlands . Rochdale , Lancashire , linen-drapers . E . Birkett and C Taylqr , Manchester , coal-mercbants . S . Berry and T . W . Berry , Manchester , hat-manufacturers . P . J . Edwarda and E . Catherall , Wigan , Lancashire , coach-make ™ . R . Harkness and R . Thompson , Lancashire , linen-drapers . J . Graenwood and T > . Greenwood , Bury , Lanca shire , joiners . T . Bradford and T . Forrest , Bradford , Yorkshire , coach-proprietors . W . Bird , -C . A . Preller , and G . Gabain , Liverpool , tin-plate merchants ;; as far as regards C . A . Preller . . J ^ Barker , W . Barratt , and W . Henshaw , Manchester , lnerchants ; as far as Kt garda W . Barratt .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Jan . II . BANKRUPTS . David Stevenson , sen . j wholesale stationer , Comptonstreet , BruEswick Square , to surrender Jan . 20 , at halfpast twelve o ' clock , and Feb . 23 , at twelve , ttthei Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-streer . Mr . Gibson , official assignee ; - t Messrs . Bnrrell and Patfirson , White Hart Court , Lombard-street . ¦ . Samuel Moore , draper * King William-street , London Bridge , Jan . 20 and Feb . 22 . at eleven , at the C"urt of Bankruptcy , BasinghaU-itreet . Mr . G * een , offieial assignee , Aldermanbury ; Mr . Billing , KmgrBtreet , Cheapside . ¦ ..-.. " . . .: '' ¦ . ' , ¦ :. '¦ > ¦ ' ' ¦]¦ ¦ John Francis Buissbn , merchant , Brabant Conn , Philpot Lane , Jan . 21 and Feb . 22 , at eleven , at tho Court pf Bankruptcy * Basinghall-street . Mr , Groom , official assignee , Aijchurch Lane , Lbmbard-street ; Messrs . Hine and Robinson . Charter House Square .

      Arthur Strachan . warehpuseman , Friday-street , Cheap-Bide , Jan . 19 , at twelve , and Feb . 23 ; at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bjsinghallstreet . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , BasinghaH-street ; Mr . ( Jole , Limeatreet . - ¦ . . - ¦ .- , - . " ' ' . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦' . ; ¦ --. "¦' ¦ "' ¦ James Godwin , innkeeper , Bishop ' s Stortferd , Jan . 21 , at half-past eleven , and Feb . 23 , at the Conrt of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street Mr . Alsager , official assignee , Biichin Lane ; Messrs . Fry , Ldxley , and Fry , Cheapside . - - ' . ' ¦ . . : '¦¦ Thomas Bartoam , linen-draper , Sevenoaks , Kent , Jan . 20 , at one , and Feb . 22 , at twelve , at the , Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaJl-stKat . Mr . ^ nrquand , efficial assignee , Copthali Buildings ; Megsre . Sole and Co ., Aldermanbury . ; ¦ . " Tbowas Kitcbener , engraTOr , Arundel- « tieet , Coventry-street , Jan . 18 and Feb , 22 . ° t twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasirighsK-street M » .- Belcher , official assignee ; Mr . Pike < « 14 Barlington-street . ; : ¦ nufacturer

      T > avid Davies , jun .,- flannel ma ,, Glanchywedog . Xianldloes , Montgomeryshire , Jaa S 4 and Feb . 22 , at eleven , at the Wynnstay Arms Inn , Machynlleth , Montgomeryshire . Solicitors , Mr . Smith , Southampton Suildings , London ; Mr . Haywaid , li \ anidloe 8 , V George Howarth , corn-dealer , Tpdmoideii , Lancaster , Feb . 3-and 22 , at ten , at the Golden Lion Inn ; Todmorden . Solicitors , Mr . Hall / Meprgate-street , Lbndsn ; Mr . Leadbeatter , MirfieldV Dyer Berry Smith and Joseph Wheeler Smith , papermanufacturers , Alton , Staffordshire , Jan . 31 and Feb . 22 , at twelve , Vat the Caftle Hotel , Newcastk-under-Lyna . Sbiicltore , Mr ; Chaplin , 3 , Qray ' s Inn Squire , Londonv Mr . HarrUpn , Birminghani . v - ' ' Richaid 1 urner , shoe-manufacturer , Northampton , Jan . 18 , at eleven , and Feb . 22 , at two , at the Cross Keys Inn , NorthamptCKQ . Solicitort , Measr& Turner and Hen 8 m 8 ri > Basing Lane , London ; Mr . Hensman , Northamnton .

      WiUiam Roberts , grocet , Rawmaish , Yorkshire , Jan 26 and Feb , 22 , at twelve , at the Town Hall , Sheffield . Solicitora , Messrs . Wiglesworth , Ridsfiale , and Craddock , Gray ' a Inn Square , Middlesex ; Mr . Nichblson , Watb near Hotherham ; " ¦ ; . ^ John Stephens , iron-foundere , Menheniot , Cornwall , Jan . 20 and Feb . 22 > at eleven , at the Royal Hotel , Ply mouth . Solicitors , Mr . Surr , Lombaxd-Btreet , Xondoo ; Mes 8 r 8 . LockyerahdBalteel , Plymo » tb . -

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      - -- ¦ ' ¦¦ ' - ' - " r , ^ s Tsr " " \ - * - «» ' «*• **» SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT SHEFFIELD . Thei town of Sheffield has been the scene of a fery shocking occurrence , ; the result of intemperance . A young man , aged twenty-five , named Henry Vaughani a table-kriife manufac-urer , Jiving ia Whitecroft ^ had , it appears , paid attentions to Sarah Pooler who , with her two sisters , lived at -Bye R % nk Bridgehouses , and obtained a respectable livelihood by dressmaking ; but about eighteen raontha ago . in consequence of his dissolute conduct and intemperate habits , 8 he refnsed any longer to Jkeep company ynthi him . Soon after tkis period , he called upou her , and endeavoured to induce her to revoke her determination to discard him as a Jover . But finding his persuasions m vain , he drew out a razpr and attempted

      her life . ; She , however , with great prpraptitnde and spirit , threw him down , and got his razor from his hand ; In October he had fired a pistol at the house , and on Monday last he visited her and uttered eobh alarming threats that she applied to the Magistrate * for protection , and obtained a peace warrant , Vaughan was summoned to appear before the bench on Friday , The sisters had j in consequence of his violence , been latterly in the habit of fastening the door and Window-shutters in the evening ; but 6 a Friday night unfortunately forgot or neglected to do > so . At about a quarter before einht o ' clock they wore sitting at their work , when Vaughan suddenly rushed in at theouter door , closing it after him as he entered , andjeried , " Revenge ! revenge this night , if I go ouv a corpse !" -. He then drew his hands

      from his- pockets with a pistol in each . Sarah Pool © immediately rushed to the door , folJow # d by her sister Harriet , who , perceiving that be was aimm ? at Sarah-, shut the door , but he fired one pistol before it was cJpsedY Sarah escaped down tho stairs , butHarriet ; ^ by dosing thef door , shut herselr * in with the infuriated man , while the third sister , Hannah , escaped pnt at the front door , and ran over to give alaraa at the public-house opposite ,: Vaughatt essayed to follow Sarah , but Harrief ., with great presence of mind and -wonderful intrepidity , pushed him backwards and he fell . At this moment she Bnatched from him what she supposed to be the other loaded pistol , threw it down , and escaping into the next roomy made for the ; window . She threw opett the sash , and pushing open the unfastened shuttersL was in the act of jumping out , when the Villain fired at " her . - . - " . ¦ ¦ - : ' '¦ ¦ ' ¦ : ' ¦ -- - . " ¦ - ¦ : ' .. •¦ - .-

      Theball struck her upon the shouldor , inflicting a superficial wound , and passed by her cheek . At this moment the landlord of the Bai-rel publicr house , and Mr . Palfrey man , a commercial traveller , came over , upon which the desperate fellow fired a third pistol through the pannel of the door , the ball from which eatt red the . front of Mr . Palfreyman ' s trowsers and tore bis shirt , but , wonderful to say , passed over his thigh without wounding him . The door still remained fastened , and they Were afraid to make any further attempt at entering until

      the police should arrive . In the interval three other shots were heard in the room , and when they at length entered they found the miserable man in his last-agony . ; He had discharged one of tho pistols at his ' onrn breast . Near him lay three pocket pistols , one discharged , one loaded , and the third With the barrel partially unscrewed , as if an attempt had been made a second time to reload it . Two or three bullets were found on the floor , and that fired at Sarah Poole , which had touched her left temple arid raised a small lumpt had ilittoned against the wall , and fallen down the cellar steps .

      An inquest was held ontke body of the suicide on Saturday afternoon , and a verdict of Felo de sereturned , after the facts above related had been deposed to before the jury ^ by the \ witnesses to the dreadful transaction . The Coroner accordiBgly gave the usual directions for . theinternieht of the body at midnightr % vithdat Ghristian burial . — -Abridged from the Sheffield independent .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1144/page/3/