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      THE GOODNESS OF NATURE WITHHELD TRIM THE POOB . O earth , the bads of our noble fora , Poster * d with toy frnits ¦ where ' er we roam , If we frem pole to pole thy wooden traoe , We find tbee labonriBg to support our race ; Thou spreadst thy carpet green beneath our feet , And smiling shows na all t&y meadow * sweet , Bids na perambulate thy lovely scene , Thy shady bow *** , and thy forests green , Thy flowery path * , thy rugged mountain * hign , Thy furroWd fielos , which all oar wants supply ; Ah ! do those fnrroWd fields supply the poor , "RTiMse hungry cries for charity implore ? of BitaK ?

      l > o theylewive the sbsre - B spofl 3 ) o they receive the flat . fcmtsof thesoQ ? No , sordid wretches gasp their nghtfhlparfcs , Destroy their blessings and then- happy hearts ; They spread their direful deeds the earth around , Infecting all-and leave a deadly wound ; The Wid is want , the poor cannot withstand , ¦ The ? headlong fall—death grasps them in its hand . ¦ O God ! O God ! reTeree this shocking state , And tori the tricked to their gloomy fate , And raise the poor , uphold them with thine hand , jjotorn to them their honest rightful land j lit equal laws their motto ever be / ¦ The tyrants bind—and set the people free . J . R Leeds .

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      TEETOTALI 334 . List « o me Chartists ain an a , Keep frae bad hibbets , mak a law , Nae mair drinking , mane ava , It is the devil , For aft behind there is a craw , Their lies Che eveL That ill brewed drink ye ken f u weel , Does o ' er owr sober senses steel , Cauld , stem poverty it maks us feel , Wi a her force , Despised , neglected , forced to reel , Fra bad to warse . TThen drunkards bae the stonp at hand , Wi meekle ot at their command , Tha'd strike althow they coudnie stand ,

      When temper fail them , I had pick a plea wi sea or land , Thow nane did gale them Gae picture ain tha ' s deed wi drink , What is his fate , just calmly thtat , Auld clutty liughs , and geies a wink , An nichers fain , When ance he has them on tie brink , Then a ' s his ain . Sae keep awa' ye black deeeiver , Ye gie to us but little pleasure , Those that prise the hae treasure , Iteiih at the last , The last resource , the rope or razor , Jo c the pa ^ t .

      Yes , drinking brings us a to rum , The sinecares ar paid off brewin , The suffrage doVd by dearly looin , That deedly pot , Erect be too bate up an be do"in , An mend thy let Away wi rirtnTrrng , I intend it , Gi 2 putting in the pin will mend it , Happy will I be , God send it , To bide me their , For since sae monnie ills attend it , I'll Tmtr drink mair

      Sae now 111 bide ye a adieu , A my gude wishes gang wi ysu , When ye " ve made up your minds be true , Sae ye'Il be blist , Teald nae for Whig or Tory crew , But stand the test . R . STEWJLST Edinburgh , Nov . IS 41 .

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      KIKKHEATON . —The Poos Law . —A meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of Kirkheaton , comprising the following townships—Kirfcheaton , Lepton , Dalton , and Whitley—called by the churchwardens , overseers of the poor , and guardians of the above-named townships , for the purpose of petitioning against the New Poor Law , was held on Friday , the 15 ; h of January , in the parish of Kirkheaton , one of the churchwardens in the chair , at which the following resolutions were passed unanimously : — ** 1 . That it is the just and inalienable right of the ratepayers of England to appoint the distribution of the money arising from their parish rates , whether

      for the ose ot ths poor or otherwise . 2 . That the New Poor Law Amendment Act has taken away that right , and placed the expenditure of the rates in the hand 3 of persons non-resident , who consequently cannot be proper judges of the real Beces-Bities of the poor , and who have also much increased the expenditure of the rates by the many salaries paid to clerks , relieving-officers , auditors , &c which offices were formerly performed by the ratepayers themselves . 3 . That this meeting is of opinion that persons living Et a distance cannot be proper judges of the wants and requirements of the poor in their several localities ; therefore , we deem the three commissioners of Somerset House aa

      unnecessary ineubns , and their salaries and expences a wanton waste of the taxes of the country . 4 . That the whole system of union of parishes is bad in itself , both for the guardians and poor , the former having to . leave their homes at a great distance and expence ^ and the latter often fail in the very attempt to obtain relief , having to tell their tale of woe to strangers , who cannot possibly be acquainted with their case . 5 . That the Poor Law Amendment Act I ? unjust and oppressive in its nature , and contrary to the true spirit of Christianity and the con-Eiituuon of our country , and therefore ought immediately to be repealed , and the 43 d of Elizabeth b ? returned to . 6 . That a petition bs sent to Parliament , requiring the immediate repeal of the ^\ ew Poor Law Amendment Act , and embodying the

      above resolutions . 7 . That the petition be sent to tie Wat Riding representatives , to be presented to Parliament by them , and requesting their support to "the prayer thereof . " The above townships form a considerable part of the Huddersfield Um * on ; the meeting was attended bj the churchwardens , overseer ? of the poor , the poor law guardian ; , and the principal ratepayers of lhe ; parish ; the greatest tffiajumity of seniinjent and ef feeling prevailed , and rnany of the principal ratepayers who had formerly thought the New Poor Law might do some good , expressed their conviction of the utter impracticability of its working in those districts . It is expecfed the whole of the parishes forming the Hud-QersS-ld Union will follow the example so nobly set by the inhabitants of Kirkheaton , &c .

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      ^^ M ^^ W ^ ' / V ^^ . A stkosg Sxow-tjosM and wind drove no less tnan fourteen vessels ashore , on Thursday , upon the Sunderfond coast . The damage they sustained is great , and two of the crews were saved by ihe life-boat . Yaxileb Eux * rESCE . —The following is the close « a speech by Mr . Lawrence , of the Indiana Legislature : — " 2 am instructed , Mr . Speaker , by ice peopie who elected me—the bone and sinew of the country—to vote to compel the banks to come up to &S chalk ; yesSir' to march up to the rack ,

      fod-, , der or no fodder . ' Now is the time—aye , even the accepted time . Let not a moment be lost in putting wains npon the mouster . Let us now , "while we " » re a democratic House , put our feet upon her oeck . and teach her that the people are able to regu-»* e the bank , andjiot the bank the people . To pay debts is honest , and to enforce their collection is Just and right . It is democratic doctrine ; and 1 consider no man a democrat who is not willing to esmpel the banks' to stand ap totbe chalk , or to walk ° ^ of the ring . ' "

      * v * Lj t * * !•* . —A public meeting was held in we Tumi-hall , Kendal , on Wednesday last , for the Purpose of taking into consideration , the best means w relieving the distress now prevailing in that town . The meeting was attended by the principal Eanafactnrers andgmtryofthe town . Sir . Wakfcfield , of Seogwick-hcuse , in the chair . It was agreed to * toe a public subscription and to distribute the funds jB coal and soup to those who are unable to procure «» Dtcessaries of life . A committee wa # appointed ¦ m collectors chosen to gp round the town , and a subscri ption was likewise entered into in the room , Kflen upwards of £ 400 was raised . The subscription abead amounts to upwards of £ 600 .

      y * 1 t two Ac-vts . —On a certain morning , about "te period of these events , a double knock at the Painidr ' 3 street-door announced the arrival of the KeneraJ post . The letter bore the Leek mark , and ** s a joint communication from Miss Martha and « uss Hannah Hussey , to their nephew Algernon . ± aese ladies were , of a truth , the strangest women "J the whole county of Stafford . Tail , upright , * od thin , they were by no means less remarkable for a rococo style of costume , to which they had *? er shown a positive preference . Their manners Were one , their thoughts in common , and their accents vibrated by the same chord , or a kind of c *

      ta-PaonicBound , the one attuned to the other ; for Martha , the elder by half an hour , in variably lead-^ Jj ? off in every sentence , was reverberated by Hannah with the fidelity of Ech © herself . Their W 8 became dingy in the same month , their com-* ° aes were bought und abandoned on the same «» ys , while their very laces failed in corresponding wches . Thty were ever in difficulties by ev « doing * U for the best ? and nothing in their opinion * &a done perfectly unless jt was thrown into a world w perplexity by what they termed " an error on the *> &hl side . " — " Save me from roy Friends ? tn Bent-* Tt Miscellany for January .

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      A Law-sott kow pending in Tenessee , between two families , has run for such a length of time , tha ^ it takes six men of the strongest memories in the State to remember when it was begun .

      EPITAPH OJ * X POOIl-LA-w COKMISSIOJJEB . Beneath thiB stone a man doth lie , Who strove the flesh to mortify ; m "Wasting away to akin and bone The flesh of others—noi his own . Omega . Thb Jews a- Pfir / ssiA . —The Augsburg Gazette , of the / tn inst ., states that a modification of the present laws respecting the Israelites in Prussia is much spoken of . It is said , that not only will they be permitted to enjoy the worship of their religion % o the fuBest extent , but that they will be restored to the possession of several civil rights of which they were heretofora deprived .

      Asothee Offence !—No less than one hundred , and sixty eight gentlemen have given the usual notices of their intention to apply to be admitted atf-rmes of the Court of Queen ' s Bench during the present ( Hilary ) Term . There are also thirteen notices for re-admission to practice . —[ More Locusts to eat up honest tradesmen . 3 u VFhaT is thb mattes , uncle Jerry , " said Mr . ——

      , as old Jeremiah R wa 3 passiDg by , growling most ferociously . u Hatter , " said the oJd man , stopping short , " why , here I ve been lugging water all the morning for Dr . C ' s wife to wash with , and what d ' ye s ' pose I got for it ?"— " Why , I suppose abont ninepence , " answered Mr . . " Ninepence ! she told me the Doctor would pull a tooth for me sometime !" Ajiericas Courtship . — -If a girl has a lover down at Ann Airbour , of course she marries him as soon as her friends consent ; if they object , then she goes to bed , and remains there until they gi ? e their consent , which generally ocurs in leS 3 than a fortnight . It is fonnd by that time to bs less expensive , and more agreeable , to calTin the lover than the doctor .

      The lax ? Accident upo . n the Gbeat "Western Railway . —The alarm created in the minds of the public , consequent upon the late dreadful accident in the Sonning-cutting , was manifested in the decreased number of passengers who travelled by that railway dur . ng the week succeeding the fatal catastrophe ( compared with the former ) , which , it will be remembered , occurred the day before ChriStmasday . Daring the week ending Sunday , December

      26 ih , ihfrnumber of passengers was 26 , 294 , and the amount received for the-. r fares was £ 8 , 67 " 2 19--. Thisweek , itshouldbeobserved , include 3 iheremainder of the Friday ( the day of the accident ) , and the subsequent Saturday and Sunday . The reiurns for the week ending Sunday , the 2 d of January , give 22 , 908 passengers , and their fares at £ G . 3 C 9 17 s . 8 J ., making a decrease in the number of passengers of 3 , 386 , and in the amount received by the company of £ i , 2 & 3 Is . 4 d .

      Isiportaxt Decision . —In the Court of Queen ' s Bench , Ireland , a judgment has bfen prouounced ¦ which cannot fail to astonish and afflict hundreds of highly respectable families in the northern districts of that kingdom . A Mr . Smith was couvicted at the last assizes at Armagh of bigamy . His counsel , Mr . Whiteside , objected that his first marriage was not valid , having been celebrated by a Presbyterian clergyman between an Episcopalian Protestant and a Presbyterian . Judge Crampton , before whom the case was tried , reserved the point for the decision of the-irish Judges , who , on Tuesday last , pronounced their judgment , in presence of a very crowded court . There were ten Judges on the bench , eight of

      whom decided that a marriage celebrated between an Episcopalian Protestant and a Presbyterian , by a Presbyterian clergyman , was not valid , and therefore that Smith must be discharged out of custody . As this judgment will operate retrospectively as well as prospectively , in a country where some thousands of families have been so married , and where ihe fruits of such marriages are exceedingly numerous , it is impossible to estimate the amount of suffering which it may occasion . It oppns a door to the widest and most heartless profligacy , as it leaves it at the option of any person so married to desert his family and the partner of his bed under the hypocritical pretext of flying from a state of

      fornication . A Female Tillage . —The village of Madana ( sav 3 the Augshurgh Gazette ) , which 5 s about fourteen German miles ( sixty English ) from Rutschak , in Wallachia , offers at the present moment a curious ethnographical " singularity , having been inhabited by women , only for the last thirty years . At one period , this feminine population amounted to 2 , 000 . The ladies did not live a 3 warriors , like the Ainsz ^ ns of old , but they avoided all contact with men , and drove away from their territories all who approached with matrimonial intentions . This aati-social settlement is . now supposed to be on the decline ; at least do more recruits are made from the disappointed or the love-crossed , and the members of the population are rapidly decreasing . Tkese women are nearly all Mahometans .

      Ths Last Fall of a D bi : > "kard . —On Friday evening Mr . "Payne held an inquess at Gny ' s Hospital , on the body of Maria Hayward , aged 52 . George Hayward , husband of deceased , said that about nine o ' clock on Thursday evening last , he came home , and being the worse for liquor , he lay down on-his bed . His wife , with her bonnet and shawl on , was sitting siDgrng on a chair before the fire . She was intoxicated , and had been so ever Bince" boxing-day . " He fell asleep and awoke at eleven , andhis wife was sitting on the chair singing .

      He asked her to come to bed , and she replied , " Ko , I shan ' t . " He again fell asleep , and did riot awake until four o ' clock next morning . He called deceased , not finding her in bed , and receiving r . o answer , he goiup , and found her with her legs doubled under her , and her head , face downwards , under the grate . She was dead . She was addicted to gin drinking , and having had her bead fractured wnilst a girl , a little liquor had a great tffrct upon her , and would make her fall head foremost . Ytrdict , " Natnral death . "

      Richard Oastler . —A subscription is getting up , under the best auspices , for Richard Oastler—now locked up in the Fleet . We wish it every success and shall aid it in every manner in our power . But this we beg leave to say , that we object io a single farthing , if it be dropped into the plethoric pc-cket oi the plethoric Mr . Thomas Thornhiil . It would be too much of a good thing that this overgrowu personage should have his purse replenished b ? the

      subscriptions of men , who _ are , an every point of view . Ies 3 opulent " than himself , It ia usele .-s io say thaE he would not accept it . Mr . Thomas Thornhiil like all other gentlemen as knowingas his swilling paunchery upon the turf , would take a halfpenny for any consideration whatever , which would not lead him . into mischief . The subscription for Mr . Oastler must not be allowed to degenerate into a subscription for Mr . Thorahill , however voraciously he may gape for it . —The Age .

      Fatal Acciee > -t caused by Workhouse Slpabatio . n . —On Tuesday m » rning a child of eoiour betsveen two and three years of ago , named John Jonts , was brought into the London Hospital , with his thigh fractured in a shocking manner . Ihe accident occurred under the ioiiowing affecting circumstances : —it appeared that the little sufferer and his mother Trere inmates in Sr . Giorg- ' s > vorkhouse , Old Gravel-lane , Ratcliff-highway , and in acccordance with " the usual rules they were domiciled in different parts of the building , but the child happening to catch sight of its parent , oveijoyed , ran towards her , and in doing so fell with sucii violence as to cause the above accident .

      A Basher ' s Bequest . —A dying banker thus addressed his eldest son : — "You may suppose you are going to inherit a large fortune , but you are mistaken . I have no property , and the banU is insolvent to the amount ot £ 200 , 000 . On the dea-. h of my father , who died of a broken heart , I found the bank was hardly solvent . I at first resolved to close the concern , and pay off the creditors , but I afterwards determined otherwise . I proved my father ' s will for a quarter of a million , and set up a

      large establishment . This gave me the reputation oi wealth , and increased the business of the bank . 1 have lived in splendouT , as you know , for many years . All your brothers are handsomely provided for , aud to you , as my eldest son , 1 now leave the bark . ^ I have appointed you sole executor to my will . You have only to prove my property for any amount you may think proper to name ; and if you manage your affairs prudently , the bank may last out your time as h has done mise .

      Alexander the Great . — "Alexander had a nobleman in his court , who stood so high in the favour of his nobles and people , that the King £ rew jealous and fearful of his popularity , studying how he might decline it , and bring him to contempt , but could find no colour or apt occasion , because he Tvas so strongly jixed in the people's liking , and was a man of so great a desert , that no crime could be charged upon him . The King , unbosoming himself to vhe counsel and care of a friend , one Medius ( the 'finality' man of his d 3 y ) , had this advice given him : —' Sir , ' quoth he , 'let not this man ' s greatness trouble you . Cause him to be accused of some heinous crime , though falsely , and we will find some means to make h \ m guilty , so firmly and formally ,

      that the brand of it shall stick upon him Jor ever . , —Life and Reign of Richard the Third , by G . Buck Esq . - . Who can read the abeve atrocious plot without thinking of our brave , noble , and illegally-expatriated Frost 1 Take the following as companion to the above , and let the " Restorative Frost Committee" especially , mark it well ; it may be of service to them : — "Jtis currently reported that Lord John Russell , a short time previous to his quitting the Home-office , upon the mention of Frost by a certain nobleman , said , in language remarkable for the measured tone in which it was uttered— ' That man Frost po&esses a peculiar talent for mischief j he ia altogether a dangerous character , yet ( after a pause ) am not without hopes of being Bhordy able to stop hit career ?*

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      A Sdicedb . Maniac . — : There is at present attached to the establishment of a gentleman residing in Kent , a man who has a singular penchant for ending his own existence . Be has made five attempts to deprive _ himsalf of life within the last three years , all of which , however , have , through some providential interference , been rendered futile . He is possessed with the idea that he is doomed" to destroy himself , which idea took possession of his mind at the commencement of the time above specified , when he made an attempt to hang himself in one of the outhouses , but was discovered and cut down by a fellow-servant ere life became extinct . Seven months afterwards he attempted to drown himself in the horse-pond , but in this instance his life was rescued

      by a -Newfoundland dog belonging to his master . His " mania" then remained nugatory for twelve months , at the expiration of which period he Bwallowed a quantity of some deleterious drug , the nature of which was never ascertained . This attempt nearly cost him his life , and he was only recovered by the most strenuous exertions . The fourth attempt occurred during last summer , whilst in attendance on his master near the sea-side . He was missed from his usual post , and some time afterwards his body wa . « washed on shore by the tide . It was at first conjectured that he had accidentally fallen from the cliffs , but on his recovery he acknowledged that he had throwa himself into the sea . He is at the present time recovering from the effects of his fifth attempt . One day last week he was sent to the neighbouring town with the letter-bag , but not hav

      ing returned long after the time he was expected , a servant was despatched to ascertain the cau 3 e of his protracted absence . The servant shortly returned , and stated that the ill-fated man bad attempted to poison himself , and was then lying in the town to which he had been sent , in a mo 3 t deplorable state . He had purchased a dose of laudanum at a chemist ' s , entered a public house , and calling for a glass of brandy and water , had emptied the contents of the phial into the beverage , and dtank it . However , his usual good fortune did not forsake him ; the chemist of whom he purchased the drug was sent for to attend him , and by a timely application of the stomach-pump the unfortunate suicide-maniac was eventually restored to consciousness , but it will be some time before be will recover from tie effect 3 of his last deleterious potion .

      Juvenile Smokkrs —Boys were formerly accustomed to shave , for an " early crop on lip and chin , " that they might rank with men ; but now-a-days tney endeavour to attain the stamp and rank of virility bv sporting a pipe or a cigar . The raspberry puff is abandoned for the " puff direct , " supplied in the shapo of a penny Cuba , and every little Jack Homer becomes a—smoke-jack J Delightful , deluding , and attractive weed of a thousand virtues the dinnerlesa operative , or rather inoperative , being idle , lulls the sharp gnawings of hunger by a cozy whiff ; the gourmand takes it a 3 a peristaltic persuader , and fiuds it as efficient as Abernethy's ; the

      iat mau takes it as a corrective of corpulency ; the thin and sanguine one as a soother ; the happy man as a recreation ; the miserable as a solace ; the medical student aa a disiufecter , and generally in large doses , for he , poor fellow ! is so much exposed ; while the ladies and gentlemen of that celebrated piscatorial bazaar ia the East , called Billingsgate , take it medicinally , to keep off the damps and fogs of early dawn , arising from its proximity to the river . In fine , every one makes a plausible excuse for his indulgence in the pleasure he delights in . Indeed , fashion appears , like an old boatswain , to " -pipe all hands . "—* ' The Philosophy of Smoking , " in Beutley ' s Miscellany for January .

      Good Appetite . — " The tonic properties contained in Parr ' s Life Pills invariably restores the stomach to a heahhy longing for food , or , in other words , it produces a good appetite , so much envied , but so seldom enjoyed in the invalid ; the gently stimulating powers it possesses assists the stomach to properly digest the food it receives ; the balsamic powers it bestows on the system , produces that delightful feeling of good spirits , so v » ry desirable , and disposes both mind and body to healthy exercise ; everything under its influence soon wears a joyous aspect , and the varied duties of life are performed with pleasure . Is in addition contains a fine sedative quality , and instead of long and weary nights , gives sound and refreshing sleep . If the stomach and bowels require it , it acts as the mildest and most agreeable purgative , and by its cleansing powers totally eradicates a redundancy of bile , and completely removes all obstructions of the intestinal canal . "

      . Serious Accident through Snowballs . —Thursday afternoon , between four and five o'clock , as tome boys were amusing themselves in Salisbury-Fquare , Flest-street , by throwing snowballs , a Jad named Cooper , aged ten years , received one of them in his eye . The ball having been thrown with considerable violence , literally crushed the poor boy's eye in its socket , and inflicted a severe wound above the hd , whence the blood flowed profusely . On being conveyed to the house of a medical gentleman in the vicinity , the wounds were dressed , but there is scarcely a hope entertained that the lad will ever recover the ase of his eye . There is little doubt but that , in the hasty construction of the snowball , a sharp stone had been inadvertently introduced , and was thus the cause of the accident .

      Remarkable Sagacity of a Dog—On Monday morniBg , as the Usk ( Newport ) st « amer , Captain Parfitt . was proceeding through the lock at Cumberland basin , on her voyage to Newport , a man named Hobbs attempted to get on board . The Captain informed him that if he wouid go to the corner of the p ier he would take him in , but if he attempted to jump on the paddle-box he would certainly be drowned . The man , however , persisted in endeavouring to jump on the box , and was precipitated into the lock . The paddles were instantly stopped , aEd almost before the plunge of the man in the water

      was heard , Captain rarfitt ' s dog ( a fine animal of the Labrador breed ) sprang overboard , and diving in search of the drowning man brought him up by the shoulder , and conveyed him to one of the lock gates , where he could hold on in security . As soon as he saw he could leave the man in safety the dog swam after , and returned with his hat ia his mouth , and placing his fore-paws on one of the cross timbers of the gate , patiently awaited alongside the man until a boat was brought , which conveyed the rash adventurer and his canine deliverer safely to the shore . — Bath Chronicle .

      Pride asd Charitt . —We are all called upon to make sacrifices . If we only givo away that which we have no use for , there would not only be no merit —no exercise of generou 3 benevolence—in giving , but it could seMom happen that we should givo it at all . Thus , I fear , the poor are , for vk-e most part , much more charitable than the rich ; for if the working man be called ir > on io subscribe , on the average , one shilling per week towards tho less fortunate of his class , ho gives away ( after deducting the heavy amonnt of indirect taxation to which he is subjected , together with the S 2 riou 3 loss he sustains by the necessity of making small purchases . ) at least one-tenth of his whole > eariy income . Besides , he giveB away that which must very materially trench upon his means of subsistence , while the rich are only called upon to be less costly in their choice of luxuries . —Parley ' s Penny Library .

      Two starved Farm Labourers , who came from Ashford , Kent , were brought before Mr . Rawlinson , at MaTylebose , charged with stealing a quartern loaf . On entering a baker ' s shop one of them asked ior a " big one , " broke ii in tr / o , handed one-half to his hungry comrade , and both commenced eating it with great avidity . They had n o money , could get do work , and took the bread to save themselves iiom starvation . - Dreadful Fihe asd Loss op . Xife at Dublin . —Oa Thursday morning week , about a quarter to four o'clock , Constable 91 A , the policeman on duty in Bride ' s-alley , discovered a fire in the house of Mr . Buyd , cabinet maker and upholsterer . No . 8 , in the above alley . Tho fife ( the origin of which has not been ascertained ) , fir ? t broke out in the lower part of ihe house , aad , at the time the policeman

      gave the alarm , had penetrated to almost every part of the premises . At the time the fire broke out there were eleven persons sleeping in the house , and nine of them , alter great exertion , were saved ; but , melancholy to relate , two women , named Rebecca S p ell , aged about sixty years , and Julia Grace , aged nineteen , tell victims to the devouring element . These two iil-fated females , it appeared , slept in the top back room , aad were not missed until about eight o'clock in the morning , when their bodies were discovered amongst the ruins of the building ; they wtre frightfully burned , and it was with difficulty they were recognised . By eight o'clock the fire was entirely subdued . The property consumed was not of much value , but every particle of furniture , &c , was destroyed , and the house is now a complete wreck . —Dublin Morning Register .

      Father Mathiw—A Miracle—The following extraordinary statement is from the Limerick Chronicle , a . paper of Orange principles , and therefore not ai all likely to disseminate anything of this sort for an object : — " The Rev . Mr . Mathew- arrived in thiscky last evening by the Cork mail , en route to Loughrea . and put np at "Moore" Ho \ el . Immediately alter his arrival became known , hundreds of persons visited him at the Hotel , wher' j he administered the pledge . One circumstance , which came within public observation we may j aentionhere as illustrative of the effects of breakr jg the temperance pledge : —A man named Mr , nejham , a teetotaller , who worked at the Butter Weigh * house , got drunk on Christmas-eve snd next day be

      came paralyzed , his left arm , side , and thigh , being perfectly inanimate . He was re moved to Barrington ' s Hospital , and remained thf , under the care of the surgeons , without improve !* ient , until last eveniDg , when his friends , bar * ng heard of Father Mathew's arrival in tqwri ,-wf nt to the hospital , and brought him out of his b « r x on a man ' s back to where the Rev . Mr . Mathe , v was staying : a crowd had collected ronnd the door , when the unhappy invalid was brought into ' his presence , and the Rev . Gentleman administered to Dim the pledge again in a kind and impressive m &nner , and the man instantly stood up , was assisted J _ , y his friends to dress , and , to the astonishment of au , walked up William-street to his bj > , ffie , followed by a crowd of people . "j | . ^ sfe .

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      PROSECUTION FOR BLASPHEMY . ^ At the Bristol Epiphany Sessions , before Sir Charles Wetherell , Recorder , Charles Southwell late a Socialist missionary , was tried for Writing , printing , and publishing' certain blasphemous libels , in a work called "The Oraole of Reason . The libels were certainly some of the most gross which have ever appeared in print , and the defendant consequently has exeited but little sympathy , as he himself appears new io feel , for it was not a inere right or publication of opinion , but he wished to establish his right to fly in the face of the laws * religion , and feelings of the whole community r still considerable interest was taken in the proceedings , and the hall was filled during the whole of the lengthened period they occupied . The trial

      commenced at half past twelve o'clock on Friday , and was adjourned at nine till ten the following mornnine , and was not ' Concluded till half-past four . Mr . J . G . Smith and Mr . Skinner were the counsel for the prosecution . Southwell defended Sr o ' u assisted b 7 «" - Hetherington , of London . M * . Skinner haviDg opened the pleadings / , - Smith stated the case . The defendant stood at that bar to answer for the publication of a series of blasphemous libels which had appeared in a work published by him , entitled " The oracle of Reason . " of which he was the editor , printer , and publisher . As far as he had been informed from papers put forth by tne defendant Bince the preferment of the indictment , his defence would not be a denial of the

      publication , but very much in the nature of the libels themaelveB—that he would impugn the law—condemn this prosecution as most impolitic , subversive of liberty , and particularly of the liberty ofthe press --endeavouring toexoite in their minds , and Ihose of the auditory , a contempt for Hfce law and all the authorities of the country . The defendant appeared to take his ground on the right of allmeh to publish their opinions oh all subjects , without the slightest control . Would , however , he would ask , any man of ordinary observation say , that writing as the defendant had , with the objects which he had avowed , was a fair discussion of opinions ?—was it riot obvious that his intentions were iBisohievoua and wicked , calculated to lead to deeds of violence , and

      every evil work 1 And what an absurdity it was to impute to the law which restrained such conduct the title of being oppressive ! They talked of libertyj and , forsooth , of religious liberty . Liberty ! how was that name abused by those men ! thoir application of the term meant absolute independence , which was inconsistent with liberty , and destructive of all the links that bind society together . Liberty was not absolute independence , for to be absolutely independent a man might go into the street and knock his neighbour doWa at bis own will , or force his way into any man ' s house , because it was hjs pleasure to do so ; but this was not liberty ^ for liberty waa reciprocal . A man wishing to have his own rights respected must respect the rights of

      others . True liberty must be within bounds , and the man who broke them was no longer a ¦ freeman , but a pest to soc lety , who would destroy that vevy liberty of which he speaks so loudly in praise . But were there no other dangers by which liberty might bo menaced but physical ones ? What was there more powerful than the press I—what a material influence had it in training up and instructing the young ! How necessary waa it , therefore , that it should be properly conducted , and how dangerous it would be if , instead of its being used as an instrument for the instruction of youth in the paths of virtue , it should be employed to promulgate all that is evil ! Why , it would be calculated to break down all the barriers of virtue , arid to introduco the

      grossest delusions . If there was any one department of civil liberty which more than another required proper restrictions , it was tho freedom of the press . He trusted he should not be mistaken ; no one venerated the freedom of the prcs 3 mors than he did , but he still thought that if it was not kept within its proper limits , instead of beine one of the greatest benefits to mankind , it would become an instrument of torture . The Learned Gentleman then alluded to the libels in the indictment ( the language of which ia unfit to be repeated , and to which we shall only allude by saying that they denied the existence of God and the blessed Saviuor . and calumniated the Bible , the Prophets , and Apostles , in the most coarse

      language ) , and said , if sentiments such as were contained in those libels were permitted to be propagated as being true , what would become of societyv what would become of the sanctity of an oath , and of all the forms under which justice waa administered } The defendant had divested Himself of all indral ro 8 ponsibibility . This was his teaching of philosophy forsooth ! but he ( Mr . Smith ) would ask what was to become of sooiety , if such doctrines were allowed V With such doctrines , if he could escape the punishment of human laws , what hold had they on any man ? What hold was there on him who insisted on his absolute right to do as he pleased , and that he feared neither God , Devil , nor a human tribunal J What was it that rendered sacred human

      tribunals , but the beliof in a responsibility here and hereafter—the belief in an Omniscient Eye watching over us , and the powers of conscience 1 This was the foundation ot all civil Government ; for if once individuals were brought to believe that there was no God , no future state , that man is of the same nature as the brute , and that , when he dies , hesinks into the grave a nonentity , what was there to restrain such a man within the paths Of virtuej Nothiag ! What was there to check his bad passions but the mere fear of human punishment ! It was well known that thieves and others calculated on the commission of crimo by the chances of impunity , but did they know how many thera were wjiom the fear of punishment hereafter restrained 1

      Let the jury look at the danger of the introduction of such doctrines into their families and schools—r teaching the youth of this country to believe that their fathers , in inculcating Christianity , woreknaves aad tyrants , and th « y , who could believe them , fools , dolts , and idiots . What sort of children would they have—what sort of schools—what sort of clerks and shopmen ] Such a coarse would lead to the grossest delusions , and be destructive of all moral restraint . What confidence wouldI thoy place in the integrity of such a man * What a state of ruin , and misery , and crime would ensure . Would thero be any of that virtue—that liberty he speaks of ? No . Alan would be hating man , and hateful to each other . He would

      therefore call confidently upon them for a verdict of guilty , in order that all the law allowed might be done to prevent the contamination of the public by the further publication of such blasphemies , God forbid that it should be thought that he sought to persecute the defendant . No such thing ; if he could be stopped from the commission of such offences he should be glad if ho were at once allowed to return to his home . This , however , conld not be done ; and he therefore called on them ia the name of God , in the name -of justice , to do everything in their power to put a stop to such a torrent of blasphemies as had been published by the defendant .

      Stephen Rogers , clerk to Messrs . Brice and Burges , jun ,, clerks to the magistrates , deposed to having purchased some copies of the libels of the defendant at hisshop . Cross-examined . —I am not here to say what is or what is not a libel , but I think a libel is that which isnottrue . William Reynolds , mayor ' s officer , and Harry Burgess , a police sergeant , also proved the purchase of copies of the libels . The libels were then read , i which closed the case for the prosecution . : The defendant then rose to ask the Court whether it did not think it right to stop the case , as not a tittle of evidence had been given of his having published a blasphemous libel ; it had not been defined what blasphemy was . ( . < ¦ \

      The Recorder eaid the jary were to judge from the perusal of the matter whether it was blasphemous or not . The objections wa 3 therefore disallowed . ; The defendant then commenced his defence , and said he fully agreed with the Learned Counsel for the prosecution that they were lrofl $ in au age of comparative enlightenment and cmliaation ; there were no longer any secret tribunals , and lie would freely own that it was the privilege of every man to iiave an open , fair , and honourable trial ; ho spoke thus , lest it might be said that he did not prize , is he really did , the privilege of trial by jury . It was the custom , and on these occasions more especially to appeal to the passions and to vulgar prej'adices ;

      he regretted that the Learned Counsel had not stepped out of the custom , because , when they were excited , reason was lost— -engulphed as it we re , and men did things which , ia their cooler moments , they would shudder at . Heirusted , however , that they would cast prejudice aside , and giving him a calm arid patient hearing , judge of his intentions and metives by his general coaduct ; and he v ? assure , if they did so , they would honourably acquit ; him ; It bad been truly said that prejudice was the spider of the mind ; and he might add that , like the spider , it wove its web ia desolate and woru-out habitations . The defendant quoted the authorities of Jeremy Bentham , Pitt , Burke , Erskine , &c ; on the duties of juries , contending that they were to be the judges ot the law and the fact , both of guiltiness and non-guiltiness . Proud was he of these authorities , because civilization would be checked , and they

      would have nothing but a mental arid physical despotism were the power of juries abridged or destroyed : he called on them , therefore , to judge him calmly . If they thought this , they would accord him an acquittal . Before he proceeded to another portion o ' f his defence , he would briefly allude to the means which had been taken out of doors to raise a prejudice against him . First , there was a rev , gentleman—a Rev . Mr . Bromley ,, he believed—who , while he was in his cell with this trial hanging over his head , had the good taste to deliver a set « f lectures , prejudicing the publio mind against kim , which lectures were heralded forth by placards in some such words as these— " Th » Rev . — Bromley will deliver a lecture on the Infamous Blasphemies of Charles SouthwelL" But , perhaps , the reverend gentleman had two objects in view ; the one , by prejudicing the publio mind to increase his ( the de-

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      fendant ' s ) punishment—the other , to fill his own pocket . There Was another gentleman who had been also most anxious about his trial , who had used every means in his power to excite prejudice against him ^ -the editor t > f the Anti-Socxalisl Gazette ( and anti-social enough it was ) , who had even the audacity ta address a lettei : to his Lordship on the snbjectof thetrial . . ' ¦ ' . ¦ : ¦ ¦ \ .-. The Court—What ia that I addressed a letter to me •'• rr-if any letter had been brought ; to me on the subiect I would have thrown it on the fire . The Defendant—It is a printed letter , my Lordw The Court—O ! well , I have never seen it , nor was I aware that there was such a thing in existence .- ¦ "' ;'• ' - . ' ¦ . . ¦'¦ ' ¦ ¦ .. - ¦• ¦ ¦ ' . " ¦'• : ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ .. ¦ '¦ . ¦ •• ' ¦' . ""

      The -defendant was aware , if his Lordship had seen it , his sense of jusiice was such that he would have a / ted as he had said he would . In that letter , he ( the defendant ) had been denounced beoause he had said that Robert Owen was the man who first awakened in Mm the with for free inquiry , &c ; attacking him , the writer thought to kill two birds with one stone ; to punish him , and through him to iuflicta stab on the social system , of the principles of which he was as ignorant as a sucking babe . It was true that he ( the defendant ) had so spoken of Robert Owen ii ^ ho , whatever were his religious ppinious was decidedly one of the most benevolent and moral , of merir-one from whom he had ever learned a reverence for truth and a hatred of falsehood . The

      defendant dwelt at some length on Mr . Oweh ? s opinions , and then said he would now at onca proceed to comment on the remarks of the Learned Counsel who was opposed to him . He had asserted that he ( the defendant ) thought all men who were opposed to . him dishonest men ; he denied , be tepudiated such a charge , and ho defied that Leafced Counsel to point out a single line in any of his writings that would justify him in making it , for there were many Christian writers whom he honoured and revered for their talents , theirlearning , and their sincerity ; he abhorred only the meddling hypocrites , who went about from town to town , and village to village , engendering strife ; he loved all good men of any creed qr of no creed at

      all , and who , if there was a work of God , were the noblest works of God . Ho could admire talent , he could admire virtue , wherever he found it . He now much wished to disabuse their minds of the impression which the learned counsel sought to introduce , viz . that he wag a vain conceited person , who thought himself a great philosopher . He thought himself no such thing ; but he did think himself an hon' st man , and he thought that was the happiest state of society in which the people had paid more attention to the laws than they did to ihe lawyers . The learned counsel had said that hia intentions wore to oppress and destroy . He denied it . He had never in his life oppressed or destroyed j nor had he wittingly ever hurt a living thing . Such were not

      his objects , and m publishing the Oracle of Reason he onl y declared in favour of the rights of man and free discussion . If there were 1 , 000 religionS i 1999 of them must be wrong , and the whole thousand might be . He only claimed the same right which the Unitarian did , which the Christian did , which the Quaker did—the right of free inquiry and ot expressing their honest convictions . It was said by Mr . Smith , that he might publish whatever he thought proper , but then the law was to pounce down upon him , so that if what he had done was morally right it might be legally Wrong . He would however , contend thai what was morally right ought ; to be legally right . The learned counsel said that he wished to reduce irien to a level with the .. brutes . Nothing could be further from his intentions ; he wished to raise them from their present position , which was almost on a level with the brute , to their proper situation . Trie poet had said , "What a

      piece of work is man ! how noble iu reason , how infinite in faouljty ! in form and moving how : express and admirable ! in action liow like an angel ! in comprehension how like a God—the glory of the worldj the paragon of animals . " This was what man should be , but never yefc had been . This was the rank to which he wbuld raise him , and if learriingvjf instruction was to brutify , then he would brutify him , but not otherwise . For , show him an ignorant people and they showed him an enslaved people . He was charged with a wish to destroy society , and to brinji about scenes similar te those which disgraced the French rovolutiori . The learned gentleman but little understood him , or he would not have spoken of him as he had that day—his mind was so crippled , cabined , and confined , that he could not underptand him ( the defendant ) . The Learned Gentleman clung to his own principles , but would not allow him to exercise his . The learned

      gentleman loved Christianity—ho loved philosophy . Thei learned gentleman thought ' ¦ it impossible for there to be any virtue without religion , he ( defendent ) thoughtthere might be a race of" moralistsas far above tho present face as giants were above dwarfs . What did the Learned Gentleman so debase the human raoe as to say that , there was ho lovo of virtue—no respect for morality—no hatred of oppression , unless by religion 1 Who would not die for the wife of his bosom 1 Who would not serve his friend I VVas there ub . one who would do a single good act without the hope of reward , or the fear of punishment horeafter ? He ( the defendany knew it to be far otherwise , and if it had been necessary he could have produced for himself a character for morality and

      integrity , which , perhaps , would have stood as high as any . But let them not suppose that , while thus he professed his love of nature , he would for a momeut strike down law . No ;! he was as tremblingly alive to it as Was the Learned Counsel ; society would be destroyed without laws , but it was one thing to have laws and another thing to have good ones ; and while it was necessary to respect the laws , and those who uprightly administered them , there was a duty that they owed to themselves , that of resisting bad oaes . Supposing that Luther , Calvin , Knox , Socrates , Aristotle , and a hundred otherssupposing they had acted on the principle that laws are not to be resisted , what would have been the results ? If Luther had not acted as he did , he ( the

      defendant ) would not have been-standing in a Prbiestanc country , aud yet he was to b § persecuted for holding his opinions ; and , because he held some which were inimical to the opinions held at present , he was to be swept from the earth . For ihe free expression of his opinions they had no more right to hurt his little finger than they had to cast him into a dungeon , or send his body to the stake . Their cruel fathers , the Catholics , sacrificed whole hecatombs of men in Smithficld aud elsewhere , in theVriame . of religion , for the service of God , and because their opinions were held to be detrimental to society ; and , in more aiicient times , the best of men had been sacrificed—religious men—if ,-to be religious , meant to act righteously and well , to love

      truth and hate insincerity ; arid they , the Jury , would be imitating the conduct of their cruel forefathers if they punished him for the exercise of his opinions . He contended for the entire freedom of thought and opinion . Supposing they thus persecuted him , they might force him to hold his tongue , but that would make him hug his opiuions ' closer to his heart , and cherish them the more they wished to rifle them from Him . The way to inaintam good opinions was notby persecution or prosecution , but by introducingbetter arguments . Mr . Southwell then quoted a great number of authorities , ancient and modern , and at nine o ' clock , there being no probability of his closing his defence for several hours , the Court adjourned until ten o ' clock on Saturday

      morning . On Saturday , at ten o ' cloek the trial was resumed , and the defendant proceeded With his address . He contended that he had as much right to the epjoyment of his opinioris as any other member of society j though he did not agree with any of the existing systems of religion His opinion Was , that to be moral and honest was to be entirely just , and that was necessary to guide their conduct . His opinions were the same as some of the noble Greeks aad and Romans ^ who not wily disbelived in all the religious then taught , but had none at all ; yet their characters were held up even in modern times- as example&ofwhat owu ought to be , and they weaeas honest men , aud as little disposed to do mischief ; as

      any one of the jury . He then entered into a deequi sition en the criaracters of Thales , Epicurus ^ Ariatotle ^ Zerib , and others . They were , in fact , Atheists , as he was , ior all men were Atheists who contended for the eternity of naattes . The defendant contended that a great many learned and scientific men of modern times keld- the same opinion ^ only they thought it prudent to wiihhold those opinions from the uneducated and valgar , and hid behind a thick veil of mystaiy the opinions they were compelled to entertain . The learned eounsel had laid to his charge an inconsistency which he should be ashamed of , in stating that be had said the universe was an effect . Whatheconteaded for was , the same as Aristotle had held , that the universe

      is necesarily soniething riot prod uced » It was others who said it was an effect . - - Whatever opinions they might entertain of his prudence , they could not doubt his honesty and sincerity ; for he declared most solemrily thav he had never in his lite wittingly told a falsehood , uor ever in his iife knowingly given pain to any human : being . The difference between him arid the persons of whom he had been speaking Was , that he thought expression ought to be given tt > whatever he considered truth . They liked the light ior themselves , but kept the people in darkness he wished the light to shine on all alike . And it was impossible any longer to keep knowledge boxed up in cabinets , as it were ; it would cut out a road for itself , and there was uo resisting it , and therefore

      it was folly to be persecuting a man for the publication of his opinions in the 19 th century , ae they did in the dark agea of the 10 th ceritary . The clergy were sufficiently numerous arid well paid to contend against error , arid the proper way to put down bad opinions was to combat them by good opinions ,-and riot by the halter , the dungeon , and the scaffold . The defendant , after proceeding in this strain for some time , quoted extracts from No . 87 of the Tracts for the Times , in support of predestination , and said th » t be could p lead the same justification for entertaining and publishing hisopinions . If their dofltriaes weresouud , then there was no meritor demerit in whatever opinions he might hold , and he would beg the Jury to reflect oa the fret that these dootrinea were

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      spreading , and that if a junction should take place between the Puseyite . s ^ nd the Roman Catholicswhich was far from improbable—let them consider themselves , as Protestants , might : be placed in ^ he same sitaation ie then stood in ; and , if they condemned him , they either did not understand the principle of Protestantism , or they did ftot act npoa it . He proceeded to enter ou the subject « f rt iigious fanaticism , and to make largo extracts from various works on this subject , and then to endeavour to justify the description he had given of the Bible in the libel . He read extracts from certain parts which he considered exceptionable , and after referring to the lawa relating tp blasphemy , he concluded by making a-powerful appeal to the Jury to hononrably acquit him , arid thus set an example which would set at rest at once and for ever the system of persecatibn for opinion ' s sake . ^

      The Learned Recorder haviDg charged the Jury in a short address , they retired , and in about ten minutes returned with a verdict of guilty . The defendant was" then sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in the first class , and a fine of £ 100 , and to be further imprisoned till the fine be paid . --, ¦ '¦ ¦; . : ' . : . u - _ , ¦; ' . _ • . ' " . '"¦ •• • -:. ' - ¦ ' . ¦¦'¦'• . : ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ; :... ¦ ' ¦¦¦ ' ¦ : ; : - . The trial lasted altogether fifteen hour ? , and the speech of the defendant occupied nearly ten . hour 3 . ¦ .: ¦ . "¦ . ¦ ' - '¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ : ~ ¦ ¦ - '¦ ' ' ¦ •¦ " . '¦¦ - " . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ -. ¦ ¦ '

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      ExPtosroN and Los ? of Life at a Firework . MANDFACToBy-. —On Friday , an inquest was held at the ipoburg Arms , Coburg-stireeti Lambeth , before Mr . Carterj Coroner for Surrey , on the body of William '/ Robert Jones , a fine child , four years of age . Moses Harris deposed , that he worked for Mr . Jones , the father of the deceased , who was an artist in fireworks , No . 9 , Webbex-atreet , Waterloo-road , Wheii about four o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon an explosion took place in the composition room . The shock was very terrible ; tbe whole of one side of

      the room was blown into the yard . Witness Was knocked down by the falling bricks , and was rendered insensible tor some time . On recovering , he was shocked at discovering the deceased under a quantity oi bricks . Mr . William Jones , the father of the deceased , said that when the explosion took place there was about six pounds of composition on the premises . He considered that the unfortunate catastrophe arose from spontaneous combustion , owing to the dampness of the roem , as no fire had been Kept there since last August twelvemonths ; Verdict , " Accidental death . "

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      From ihe London Gaxtttt of Friday , Jan . 14 .

      :..:- : - : . ' BANKRPPIS . . - V- - "¦ . William Henry Apseyi Rotherhithe , ship traKer , to surrender Jan 21 , at twelve , Feb . 25 , at eleven , afc the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mir . Cattlin , Ely-place , Holborn ; official Rssignee , Mr Alsager , Birchin-lane . : Benjamin WaTd , Charlotte-terrace , New Cut , lambeth , boot manufactHrer , Jan . 21 , at half-past one , Feb . 25 , at twelve , at the Court ot Bankraptcf , BMingnall-street Solicitor , Mr . M'Duff , Castie . 8 treet , Holborn ; ofBeial assignee , Mr . Alsagar , Birchinlane . .. ¦ ' : "¦ : ' ¦ - ' ¦ .. ¦ . "¦¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦ , r - ¦ '¦" . : ' ¦ ' ' . '¦ ' ¦ ' ; :. ' . - George Novra , Bed Liori-squaro , importer of foreign goods , Jan . 21 , at one , Feb . 25 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mr . Spyer , Breafl-stieet buildings ; official assignee , Mr . Green , AJdenrianbury .

      JohnDenniss , sen ., and John Denniss , jun , Tooleystreet , lirien-draperg , Jan . 28 , at one , Feb 25 , at eleven , at the Coust of Banktuptcy , Basinghall-street . Solidtow , Messrs . Sole , Lotbbury ; official assignee Mr Lackington , Coleman-Btreet Buildings .: Edward Evans and Andrew Evans , Birmingham , painters , Jan . 24 , at two , Feb . 25 , at eleven , at ' .-the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham . ... Sulicjtprs , Messrs . Parker and Webster , New Boswell-court ; and Mr Harrison , Birmingham , Amor Spoorr sen ., and Amor Spoor , 5 un ., Newca » - tle-upon' ! ryne , b ^ flders , Feb . 14 , at eleven , and 25 , at one , at the Bankrupt Commission Room , Newcastle . Solicitors , Mr . Hoyle , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; and Messrs . Shield and Harwood , Queen-street , Cheap-: side . - ' .. ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ - ¦; ¦ ¦> ¦ ¦ - ' :- ¦" ¦¦ ¦ '' '¦ ... ' ¦ '¦' , ¦ ¦' ¦¦ ¦ ¦' . ' ¦'¦ : '

      John Ellison , Leeds , nail manufacturer , Feb . 4 , and 25 , at two , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Leedf . Solicitors , Messta-Raahwortii , Staple Inn ; arid Mr . Battle , Selby , Yorkshire , ¦ William Pbyey ^ A 8 hton-rinder-I . yne , Lancashire , grocer , Jan . 27 , Feb . 25 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Clarke and Medcalf , Lincoln '* Inn-fields ; and Mr . Higginbottom , A 8 hton-un . de-I . yne . J Joseph Lane , sen ., Stockport , Cheshire , cotton manufacturer , Jan . 25 , Feb . 26 , at three , at the Commtesioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Coppock and WoolJam , Stockport ; and Mr . Coppeck , Clevelarid-Tow , St . James ' s , Humphrey Tugwell , Fawley , Hampshire , farmer , Jan . 24 , Feb . 25 . at eleyen , at the Star Hotel , Seuthamptoit Solicitors ; Mr . Walker , Southampton-streefe ; BIoomsbury-Bqaare ; and Messrs . Deacon and Long , Southampton . : V

      William Carpenter , Chippenham , Wiltshire , Innkeaper , Feb . 9 , ar ten , 25 , afctwo , at the White Hart Inn , Cbippenham . Solicitors , Mr . Pinniger / Chippenham ; and Messrs . Pinnieer and Westmacot , Gray ' s Inn-square . . ' . " .. ' ¦¦ • ¦ ¦• -. ; .: _ ¦ - ¦ ' ; '¦ ¦' > '¦ . '¦ . ' . - . ¦ . ¦¦'¦ -. ¦ . ¦ John Sutcliffd , Halifax , grocer , Feb . 8 ^ at two , 25 , at ten , at the White Lion Inn ; Halifax . Solicitors , Messrs . Craven snd Rankin , Halifax ; and Messrs Wiglesworth , Bidsdale , and Craddock , Gray ' s Innsquare . ¦• / ¦ : ¦• . - ¦ . ¦ ¦ "•' , ¦ . ' . ' ^ ¦¦ '' . ' . ' .:. ¦ - - :- . '¦ " '" - ' : Samuel Clough apd William Thompson Ciough , Sfc . Helen ' s , alkali-manufacturers , Jan . 25 , Feb . 25 , at twelve , at the Clarendon Rooms , LiverpooL Solicitors , Messrs . Adiington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett , Bedford-row ; and Mr- Johnson , Sfc . Helen ' s .

      Robert Wilcock , Lower Allethwaite , Lancashire * banker , Jan . 27 , Feb » 25 , at eleven , at the Cotnmercial Inn , Kendal . Solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Son , arid WeatheraU , Temple ; and Mr . Hitchcock , Manchester . . ¦¦'¦¦ .: ¦ - ¦ . ¦¦ - . . ¦¦'¦ , ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ "¦ : "¦'¦

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . C . Hunt , E . Hunt , W . Hunt , and E . Henley , Liyer pool , merchants ; as far as regards W . Hunt . T . Knight , J . Napier , and ' J . Wilson , Manchester , manufacturers ; as far aa . regards J . Napier . H . Thompson and A . Mackenzie . J . Lloyd , ; and T . Lloyd , Manchester , general merchants . N . Houston , G . Wilson , and J * Hartley , Leeds , carriers ; as far as regards J . Hartley F . MY Gillanders , T . Oglivy , Ch . C . Arbuthnot , J . Jackson , P . Ewart , and E . Lypn , Liverpool ; as far as regards F . M . GiJlanders . F- M ; Glllandera , T . pglivy , Ot . C . Arbuthnot , J . Jackson , Ot . Gillanders , and A . 8 Gladstone , Liverpool ; a > far as regards F . M . Gillanders . C' D . Sommers , and J . C . Sommers , Manchester general commission agents : T . German , T . Petty , J Kay , juri ., T . Cloagh , and J . Fisher , Preston , flax spinners ; as far as regards j . Kay , Jan .

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      From ihe Gazette of Tuesday , Jan . \ % . , " - . BANKRUPtS . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ -. /¦ € teorge Bishop , merchant , St . Mary-axe ,: to ffurrenrender , Feb . " l , aad Match 1 , at twelve , at the Court of ^ Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Mr . Tarqusadi , Copth ^ lBuilaiBgs , official assignee ; Solicltorsi Messra Swain and Co ., PlrederiekVjplace , Old Jewry . George Chadwiek , publican , ; Heywoed , Laacashirei Feb . 1 , and Mareh 1 , attwo , at tha Commissioners * Booms . Man ^ ester . - Solicitors , Messrs . Hill and Mathews , Bawy-eoart , Sfc Mary-axe ; Mr . TJpton , Manchester . : •;¦ : ';; V '¦ : ¦ ¦ : ' ' ' ¦ ¦' . ^' .. " .- ¦; - ¦ . '""• ' . - - ¦ ¦' John Burnie , raercbaDt , Tokephoase ^ yard , Feb . 4 , at two , andMaeoh 1 , at eleven , at theCourt of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-stree * . Mr . Edwards , official assignee , Ffed « riok '* pJ » ee , Old Jewry ; Solicitow , Messrs . WatsonandCo ., Tok « Dhbuse-yard ,

      Jonas Heaiy Robbers , paper makes , Norwich , Feb . l , and March 1 , at eleven . at the office of Mesars Foster , UoUiank , lownley , and Robberda , solicitors , Norwich . SoHcitors , Messrs . Foster , Unthank , Townley , and Robbetds , Kxawict ; Meastfc Sharpe , Field , and Jackson . Bedford-iow , London . Joha Edanund Hall , and Henry Toooe , lace maira facturers , WottiBghain ,- 27 th January and 1 st Marcb , at twelve , at the George tho Fourth Ie » , Nottingham . Mr . ^^^ Rowland Yallop , official assigneev Furnival's Inn , Londou ; Syiicitow , Mesan W- and S . Parson , janu , Nottingham . : - ; :: - . '¦¦ .. - ' . ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦¦ : ¦ "' - : -: : - :- - . ¦; - - ; - Henry SundeWjmd and George Wrigge , dealers ia cotton warps , Buddersaeld , 4 th Fob , at twelve , and 1 st Marcl » , at ten , at the White Swan Inn , Hudderfr field . Mr , Caiarles Lever , official assignee , King * - road , Bedford-row ; Solieitoia , Messrs , Barker and EnglandHndderafield . .

      , Benjamin Bradsha ^ and George Richardson , eanvaaa manufiicturers , Jan . 25 , and March 1 , at two , at the ^ Commissioners'Rooms , Leedfl . Sulicitors , Messrfc Knapper ^ and Woolbright , Liverpool \ Payne , Eddison , and Ford , LeedB ; and M » . ArmBtrong , Staple Inn , London . ' , ¦ ¦ . ' - ' •¦ . '¦ ¦ . ' .. ' ¦ ¦'¦ '' ' ' '^ ' ' - ¦ ¦ : ' . •' . ¦ ¦¦' ¦ '¦ - ¦ . ¦ Thomas Gidden , licensed victualler , ¦ '; Famngdon , Berkshire , Jan . 31 , and March 1 , at eleven , at the Bell Inn , Wiltshire . Solicitor , Mr . Branscomb , Wineeffice-court , Fleet-street . Charies Garrard JEaglisb , botel keeper , York-place , Vauxhall-bridge-road , Feb . 1 , atone , and March 1 , at eleven ; at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-atreet x \ Ir . Graham , official assignee , Baslnghall-street . ; Solicitor , Mr . Wathen , Bedford-square .

      Thomas Buckle , draper , Barnard Castle , Durham , Jan . 27 , and March 1 , at eleven , at the Waterloo Ino , Barnard Castle , Durham . Solicitors , Messrs . Jackson and Hawitson , Kirby Stephen ; Mr . Barnes , Barnard . CasUe . ; : ' '¦ ¦ ¦' ;¦ ; . ¦ ¦;; . . - ; v ' v " : ' y- ~ ' - : . ¦' ''¦¦ " ; ' - ¦ . ' . ' ¦• . : - ' - Francis William / . Hartley , chemist and . druggist , Halifax , Jan 28 , at twelve , and Mareh 1 , » t two , at the White Lion Inn , Halifax . Solicitors , Messrs Hitchin and Xorisdale , Halifax ; Messra . Jaqnes , Battye , aud Edwards , Ely-pbce , Holborn , London . Robert Clough and Bartholomew Mwiere Galan , alkali manufacturers , Poulton-cum-Seacombe , Cheshire Feb . 1 , and March 1 , at one , at . the Clorendoa-room , LiverpooL Solicitors , Messrs . Chester and Tomlia , Staple Inn , London ; and Messrs . Davenport , Collier , and Davenport , LiverpooL v

      Robert Parish Busk , machine maker , Leeds , Feb . 4 , at ten , and March , i , at twelve , at the Comminioners * B ^ oms , Leeds . Solicitors , Mr . Walker , FurniTala Ins , Loodoo i and Mx . Biackbwtn , Leedit

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 22, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1145/page/3/