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      EMIGRATION . "WHERE TO AND HOW TO PROCEED . ; 1 BOTES OP A IOBB THBOCGH A P 0 HT 1 O 5 OF CANADA , ASI > SETEB . A 1 OT THE STATES ' OF XOB . TH A 3 IEK 1 CA , PAR 11 GCLAKLT THE STATES OF MASSACHUSETTS , XSODB ISLAND , > "E"ff 1 OE 3 i PEXSSTXTAJfIA , OHIO , HICHJGA * , 1 LL 1 SO 15 ¦ WiSCOSSlK , AND SETT JKBSET , TSDER 1 AK . ES -SViTH A TVEW 07 ASCERTAINING THE DESIRA 3 IXITT , OB OTHEBWJSE OP EMIGRATION ; AND TO JUDGE OF THE BFST LOCATION , FOB E > GLISH EMIGRANTS , PBOS ACTUAL OBSEBTATIO 3 . BT LAWREUCE FITKETHLY , of HcddenAeld . C Continued from our last week ' s paper . ) JOURNAL .

      Hosdat , 4 th . —Dxk Gordon , one of the sailors was at the -wheel , where the captain and be bad a qnsrrsl . 3 > ici l ? ad fttqnently said be Bbonld be delighted at tiie opportunity of giving him p BeUDd beanr-g- The sailors complained of the beef , -and after gome altercation , better tras given them . "Wbat a hianbie man this captain must be ! This morning be condescended to speak to me , observing that had 1 been in America , to-day , 1 should have bad a fine . holiday , it being tbe anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence- I lokr "baa I sbould have 1 > een Tight glad to have been tbere , for more reasons than one .

      Tbe night haB been propitious , srd "we have kept iii enr £ -. » SE > e-S ± the rale of from seven to trfi knots , with a DJoJerate 86 a . I learn that vre are about six dewets iron ) tie B&nks cf Newfoundland . The Banks arc aboB a decree across ; and from thence to Boston it ib o-Iy four days sail fur a fishing brat ; so thst with favourable "weMiiei " * e may expect to be in Bc » lan in e ^ htdaya . This areount ten-Jed mnch to draw < ff the gloom ¦ which for somfe days had perrsded the minds ol tbe passengers , created by a statement to the tfivct that we -srere Tery likely to have a . sixty < liy » passage . TeeSdaT , 5 th . —Jfot a sail to be seen this morning . Dnrinjj the greater part of the night it has been a dead ca 3-m . Towards morning a bre * ze sprung up from the North , -which sent us forward for a short time , at the rate cf nins knots . It veered abont in the af ternooc and forced -us to tack . .

      The CspfcaB ' js curiosity s » emea to-bare been exrited from some circumstance or other . He came and asked jus it 1 intended to stay in Boston or Heiv . York . 1 described my intended rente and return to ^ England , and ; cft bim -without an opportunity to make any remark . "WedxesdaT eth . —This morning Talbot , tbe second maV , seat John Hargrove , a yonng sailor cf &mall slz ; , aloft to do some du ^ y . the doing of which did not please him He therefore al--csed Hargrove in very rough langcs £ a . and called him down to givehizn a rougher hacdlin * . Ab soon as be reached deck , Talbol eommeLcd kickin ? him , and having puahed him down , he dashed his bead for some time against the deck . This might have- ended in a tragedy , for the fellow , wbo was a xatWe ol Malta , and of a ferocious breed , was in a

      perfect fory—had not a Bailor , named Tom , tave ran from the forecastle to the release of Har »; roTe , and succeeded in » = r » araiing the combatasts , Talbot asktfa " If he interred to interftrs . '' Tom replied " Koj . bnt he thought ie had done enough . " Some furiher altercation ensned , when Talbot collared Tom ; bat Tom told him to " leave go , « r he "would very soon ^ trve him cut " Talbot was "Wise enough , to do eo ; but when Ton was returning down the foreastle steps , Talbot aimed a blow at -him with a handspike , which fortnnaUJy missed him or he would no donbt Lave been killed . T <> ni returned and sskedhim " if he intended to strike him with that deadly weapon ?** snd said "be wonld not do it with impunity . " Tom and Bargrovs * were ordered over Uib side , to sciip 9 tb . 6 outside of the ship , and , as pnnishment , ¦ were kept there dnrin § their watch- They both swore that Talbot should not go without his reward .

      ThitbsdaT , 7 th . —Tie night has axaic been calm , snd no progress made . Abont noon , s bretzi got -up . but nearly a-heid , accempanied by a thick fog , which cas * ed tbe "wet to fall like rain from the rigging , making it very nneoHifortabie . Ko sail to ke seen . I saw a barrel of far-west pork opened for ths first time . Weighed 2 cwt , and cost 25 s . at J «" ew Orleans . The bams were mixed with the other parts . It was large , and appeared to be in good cjndition . It was to me a proof of tbe productiveness of the country to which we "Were bound .

      FiUDAi , Sib . —Tie breeze has kept np a littls during the night , but our progress has been-siow—the same all day . The captain said , that unless we had some favourable ¦ wcs . tLer , 'VFe should not reach Boston fur three weeks . We fcaTe been on the isci all-the way , not being able to ascertain latitude on longitnde ; one saying it was so and bo , and another contradicting . N ow it was said we were forty-fo ^ r north , and between fortylenr and forty-six west ; scarcely haif- ^ ay . I now regretted much tiiat 1 had not gone by the Siddona , at all hazard * Saxcjldat , 9 ih , — "RTind atdn a-bead . Tbe mates diSj * d in opinion as to best -course ; one tbought it he £% to run north ; anotnei thought south would an-Fwsr better . Tiie captain inquired how the provisions "Were . Be had net , as he -ought , had . the proviiions of tfes passengers examined before leaving th * port ; ho > ver = i , Jbey stood Tcry welL We cculd stiii bold- out for iiree iretta .

      T £ is morniBK the Bailors vrere put on shori aDowanc = of water . TJiey hid given a deal to the Irish girls a : ujgiita , and now begicn to « cperienee the liardsbips thtir conin = t had irlict ^ d on tim main portion of the pas-Eeasr ? j * . gC 5 i > Ai , loth . —Daring the night a strong brettgot up , bni sght a-ttead , and continued till morning , "srtea it ve « ed round to the north , and carried as forward for a fsw hour ?; it bowtver vt « red W the west , and was "very weak towards eTeniog , as was tbe case on ihfc two previous asya . It ¦ was a strange sight to see Papists , ilethodista , snd eTery kind of reJigioniE * . Tr&suiEjf and drying tbeii ciotha to-day , Sunday duueh It be .

      iioxDAT , 11 th . —The night has been a perfect cairn and the day by far the hottest we have bad—not a breath of wind , and the sea quite smoeth- I never Saw ths Mersey at liverpool bo smooth as is tins "wide ocean ; of comes -we made no "visible progress . A fear ¦ was £ 09 generally expressed that we thould run short ¦ of provisions . 2 ^ o sail seen to-day . Thelporpeises rolling around to in vxbI nnmbers . As Martin Flinn waa carrying coals from below to tbe cooking place along the deck , one of the sailors , ¦ stio was aloft , let a marliiigspike fall from « Be rigging , ¦ which touched some part of F . ynn s clashes and sunk above an inch into the deck Fiyun bad an hairbreadth escape . The poor feil&tf wept at the very thon 2 ht of iL

      We had bow been f >> ar weeks it se 3 . I had calculated npon being in Boston , and acre ¦ we were little mere ihan half-way . Tiia day was concluded with singing and dancing , a person playing the fiute—s ^ lors and passengers all joining . 31 argaret Nolan , a yottog Iridiwoman , having finisbed her proviaions , applied to the Captain ; he said he ¦ was glad that h . er provMenB were dona , as he should not be troubled with so much cooking in future . Ttesdat , 1221 . —The night has " been calm , bnt towards morning we bad a fair wind , and during the early part of the day we got , on - » ery -veH .

      TTKD 5 ESDAT , 13 tb , —We have beer bigblx favoured during the Tiiyhf . and went on wtll till t >? o p . m ., when it kept falling and veering round until evening , when it got iigbt a-head . Clouds , black and dismal , collected a-head . Tbe Captain was e-ridently alarmed ; 3 tttonght lie apprehended the bursting of a wattr-Epout upon ns , or that we shonld haTe some severe squalls ; the dsnds , however , disappeared , but left tbe wind a-head . We saw a ship in full sail a head of us this aorning , ¦ Who studding sails : set , and Tery soon a seeoEi , in tbe same style , bound for Zarcpe , and soon after this , i third one . They pss 5 &d us most gallantly . How enviable J "We soon saw two more vessels , but at a great distance .

      THC 3 SDAT , !* & . —Tbe night hss been very boisterous , with the wind a head the whole time , and we ¦ were told -we tad been drawn back a very long way It was not so , however , but : we had made very little vray . The day was fair ; and the evening brong t a favourable brts . 23 ; every sail was hoisted , the side sails set , and all prepared to preceed to Boston . Alas : we lost oar moying power almost immediately , and again lay motionl&ss on the surface . PbidaT , loth . —After a still night , we have ad a perfectly c&lm day ; we did feel the air at intervals but it was quite against job . One sail passed this morning abont six . Satt ^ rdat , 16 th . —VTm& south -scest , nearly against us . very weak , b $ tacking we sained a very little way . T-e Captain laid out some waste potatoes , not fit foi hogs , and told tie . passengers they might have them . H = al 30 gave a ^ ay a portion of salt beef which the Sailors hid rtfcstsd to mi .

      __ ocsdai , 17 th—Favourable tu » . a very slight bretz . it increased daring the day and at n 5 ? ht at ii was v = rv Btroag . Sums of tile passengers were much alarmed , and some were sick . S 30 SDAT , 18 th . —Dark , and much rain falling . Tbe poor manors have had to be exp ^ sea to a most dreadful mgb ^ but were grafiaed by t » ^ progress we had made foi they seemed as anxious as the passensera to set on shore . They did not aing "The more days the more ^ T " £ * ^ am ' tbe Ta ^ ^^ ed . aad the wind abated and ^ soon got near a-iiead , and remained so tDJ noon . An island « f los , or an iceberg , was -quite visible but a great distance , to Q » north . 1 thought it Trai » -ebip , but ii aaemed whiter and lower . Tia Captain od seeing it sent ths second mate aloft to look for more a-iiead , bnt be saw nose .

      Toil morning , the pa&senjen had their allo-wssM in lain "water . Thi » m very wrong . It bad -washed * good j « it of-tba ship . It might have bees put into cask * to be ased in case of ecarcity , or havs been used for waabing purposes . The sailon had waded through It , and tbe < Br ^ Captain had been spitting abont on allridaa . The passengers , however , are no more cared f 07 than pigs . Tbe ait is Tery cold and we make but little way . Humerous porpoises are rolling around us . TC 32 SDAT , 19 th . —An immense ieeberg was tiie first tiung seen , about five miles to leeward . It bore the

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      appe ^ aiicc ut au lninitnse baUdingJraiBed tbe height j rf tbe window bottoms , the corners in sight being square and perpendicular , the height apparently twelve feet , but in reality it was not less than one hundred feet high ; the two sides in Tiew seemed nearly equal in length ; the top "was square and flit The Captain called me to " see the like of what I had never seen in my life , '' and said " that I muBtpnt it in my journal . '' 1 He did not seem to like the *• jonrnaL'T He went for the glass to ascertain if tbere were any people upon it , and evidently wanted to make me believe there was smoke arising from it . Tor » nce , be was so civil as to offer me his glass to look through . This I did . It was to me a great natural curiosity . I bad always thougbt Lhe&e bergs ware formed of shelves of ice ; bat neither with tbe glass noi naked eye could I perceive any joints or fissures . It appeared a solid mass of ice .

      The night has been still and calm ; the same during the day ; and now , at eight p . m ., not sufficient wind to stretch a sail . In the forenoon we discovered another iceberg in the opposite direction . It had a most curious towering apptarance . Now , at eight p-m ., it nas assumed the appearance of a cottage between us and tbe moon ; and it being too dark to show the absence of windows , it makes the illusion more complete . The flat part consists of three small pieces of snow , on a row , upon the surface of the -water . A small piece of ice als 9 rested npon the water , about a mile from tbe " cottage . " A fishing schooner was said to have been seen to-day . It bow turns onl to be a piece of ice .

      Wed . nesdat , 20 th . —At ten last night , a fine favourable br «* Z 9 overtook us , and every sail was set with all possible expedition . We went at a fine rate all night . Now , at ten a-m ., we are going at eight kaots . 1 im just disturbed in my minutes by the cry of *• The carcass of a whale a-head . " I ran to the side , and saw a large floating mass , which sent forth a most herrible stench- There was no donbt of its being a « ead -wcaits ; its colour was a yellowish one , with spots , and its form indifcribaWe . It lay flat npon the water , and appeared to have been paitly devoured by birds . Ii waa sot on « hundred yards from the ship , so that it could be very distinctly seen . The colour was as ne&r that of the leopard as anything I could ima-Eins . "We next saw the spar of a ship , and then a very large dead cod-fish , all viry near us .

      At six this morning , the first object which struck my eye was another mass of ice of an oblong shape or nearly square , in siz-i a hundred and fifty by three hundred yards , and f «» rty feet above tbe surface of the water , with an inclined plane from twelve to sixteen feet . It appeared abou ^ two miles diBtant . A number more were in sight , and one closely resembling a cottage in shape and size , but in reality vastly larger ; ¦ whiie my eyes , and those of several who stood by me , were fixed upon it , it disappeared and a cloud of smoke seemed to rise from tbb water , and a noine , as

      of faint l&under -sras beard . From the beat of the sun and other causes it tumbled to pieces , and seemed to ti-rm three large snd many very Bmall lumps , forming a kind of floating island . The captain came to me and said he had crossed many tmes and at all seasons , but had i-ever sets tbe quantity cf ic « as at present He was lost whai to do should it become fosgy . I said , I thought wiieB we got off tbe Banks we should be . clear ef tbe ice . Yes , he said , Vut we are just now entering tbe Bjnks . 1 had concluded we were just about to leave them .

      "Hope told a flattering tale . " Many bergs , or islands of ice were seen during last nipht and many during the day . The man on watch at the mast-bead has just reported more in view , bo that we are not out of danger . 3 Tbe evening brought a dense fog , and one sail and then another was reefed . A man was constantly kept on tbe watch , ajid tbe ship moved at » very slow rate , althongh the wind -was fair . Tbe danger we were in of running foul of the ice kept us back . TbebsdaY , 21 st—We are favoured with a good and fair oretEs Uub morning . The fog has almost disappeared and co ice has been seen during tbe night , nor is there any in aipht this morning .

      Se ** n p-m . —Tbe breeze ha- * favoured us ill the dBy , but the sea being rough we have not progressed so well as yesterday . We have just had a little rain and the breeze has left us with it . The mate cheers me by stating that we shall very soon have it from a better quarter . Friday , 22 od - — "We were surprised this morning by thi . appearance of another island of ics ; it passed on the right at a short distance . We soon espi . d another an < l 3 larger one , a-head ; It passed us on the left at not more *> ift" a mile distant . We soon after perceived a third . Tne morning was very fine indeed . It has been calm all the night , and has krpt the same during tbe day . The second matt keeps cheering as by saying that a more favourable breeze will shortly overtake ns .

      What handy feHovrB tbe Yankee sailors ar& Not one of them has been put to Itarn carpentry ; yet they all work wonderfully well at it They are now preparing all things lor going into port , so that they may look clean and in older . How surprising it Is that Use sailors cannot be spoken to by their " superiors , " but as a West India planter would apeak to his slsvta , before he commands hiB wbipper-in to cut them with the lash-Not a wonl has been spoken to these fine fellows by tbe Captain , so far as 1 have heard , during the whole voya 2 e . t-xcopt in tae way of " orders , " and 1 really sbonld not have been « nrpri «* d had they thrown him overboard . They certainly expressed tticir feeling in str ^ ai ? te rms . Satcbdat , 23 rd- —Abont seven this morning , a saii hove in sight behind us , which made npou us very regularly until she passed as in fine styie- She was from Malaga and bmnd for Boston , laden with wine and fmit At dusk shB was considered twelve or

      fourteen milrs a-bead . We could not learn her name . It was calculated she had travelled tbiity miles more than us during the day . The Captain said I bad better get my luggage ready and go on board the brig ( for such sbe -srns ) as ane waa staking upon us . I said 1 had jiiat been thinking of doing so . Immediately after , the Captain asked Charles Earashaw bow tbe provisions stood ; he was answered that they would hold out till we reached Boston if we got along at alL After this conversation with myself and Charles , we expected a signal wonld have been given for the brig to lay to , bet no such signal was given , and shs patsed close astern , and being spoken with by the Captain , cat throngb the water rapidly , and was speedily out of hearing . We had calculated on having an opportunity to purchase such things as they had and which we reo aired ; but this was denied us .

      The reason given for onr slow sailing was , that the vessel which had passed was light , and the wind just suited her , it being light also . She had left Malaga on the 28 th , while we left Liverpool on the 14 th , the two places being about equi-distant ; so she bad trained fourteen days upon us , while the weather bad been more unfavourable for them than us . Our ship lay like a log upon the water all the day . I had porridge and raisins to my breakfast , both this morning and yesterday , for want of other sweetening . I could eat nothing but oatmeal—ro tea , no coffee , nor biscuits . To dinner 1 had a little salt £ sh , with oattuke . Suxdai , 24 th . —No progress daring the night ; all was as still as death At four A . X ., a slight bretzs got up , which increased till six , when we got on at tbe rale of seven-snd-a-half knots ; but , alack-aday , all at once it became calm , and continued so during tbe whole day .

      Two ship 3 , apparently for Europe , have gone on thair way to the left . Mr . Bywater , in speaking of the ladder by which we ascend and descend , which is both dangerous and indecent for females , told me that & few days after -we cane on board , the captain wished he ( Mr . B . ) might be the first who fell , and that he might break his neck . Mosdat , 23 rd . —A calm ni ght again . Two vessels crossed us on their ontward course . The first , a flshuy ?

      sHucx , crossed us about two ; at tbe same time , we observed a ship not twelve miles distant , in the hsza ; she kept making upon and passed us at eight It was too dark to ascertain what she was . The crew said she was the Sea . I told them I was certain that although the Sea left Liverpool after us , she was in New York a week ago- The captain exchanged aiguala with this ship , bnt he would as soon have given us bis tecta as have told us anything that would afford us a ray of pleasure . Tbe Sea left Liverpool after us . ThiB ahip appeared bound for Boston .

      Tne passengers consulted together this morning npon the propriety of making a formal application to the captain for a supply of provisions , as many were now entireJy out , A person , named William Cummings , went by himself . The captain told bim " he must apply to that power which rules alL' * He also aaid , " he did not know in what latitude or longitude we were in , " although he and his brother captain ( Marshall ) had just been ascertaining the position , with the quadrants . Cummings teld him bis provisions were done , as also were those of some others ; indeed , all were nearly without ; and that those who had any were willing to divide with the rest , could they obtain any idea of tbe time we Ehonld be likely to land ; but nothing could be elicited from the fellow , only that he had notaing to do with the provisions ; Roche , at Liverpool , being tbe only person to apply to . "

      TMb afternoon , about three , the best snd fairest bretxs sprung up ; the ship was put in erder , and we were going along at the rate of from to nine ten knots an hour . A small whale was seen astern , but few passengers had an opportunity of seeing it Tcesdat , 26 th , —The wind kept favourable till two or three o ' clock &iB morning , -when , it veered and we were driven out of our course several points . A ship wMch passed last night , 1 b from fifteen to twenty miles a-head thi * morning . Tbe " wind is now tight against us We observed the other ship * m >« ng till evening ; her martasr ^ onlyviaible . - Wsdmesdat , 27 ia—Wind a-head duringlbe whole night ; theahip rode hard span & higk » ea , tacking all the time , -which ia rather dangerous . In changing our course -we had mnch spray breaking ore * the boira , ¦ whic h , continued till -nVhV »

      ii-The captain gave away some salt beef to-day ; the passengers wanted rice , potatoes , and fresh food of any kind ; salt provisions not agreeing with them . The sailors charged tbe steward -with giving them short allowance of beef and vinegar ; they had it increased . The second and last pig was al&Mhtered to-day .

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      Only one Bbip seen to-day . The weather has been rery dull and hazy . Thursday , 28 th . —Wo have had a very uneasy night , with a strong wind right a-head ; tbe vessel has tieaved very much , and we have had little sleep . A shark his been seen to-day , and a strong line and book has been baited and put out to try if it would bite . The captain has given away Bome more salt beef today , and be has given Charles some loaf-sugar . This was attributed to my " journal , " of which we had proof he was greatly afraid . " ¦' && <*} A British brig was very near ; the passengers applied to the captain to bail her , and see if they would sell us any provision * , his answer was that he would rather jump overboard than ask an English ship ; " and assured us that we should meet with plenty of American vessels before night when we could be supplied ; and that we shonld reach the port in three days .

      A regular fight to-night , between Dick Gordon and Jack the Stowaway , who , being Irish , Bome of his countrymen struck Sick in the fight , ¦ which caused some threats of vengeance on shore . Tbe captain separated the combatants and threatened Jack with the rope ' s end . , Fbidav , 29 th . —No sight of land , and very faint hope of a favourable wind . A brig was in sight behind us this moinriDg , making rapidly towards us when she came near , she turned off to the i . S . West in the direction of New York . The passengers attain appealed to tbe captain to get her to lay to for provisions . He told theai that tbe ship left Liverpool on tbe Sunday we did , and , of course , was as badly off for provisions as we were . This vessel bad gained upon us , at least , eight miles in a few hours - which proved the statement to be false and a mere subfU .

      We have had a quantity of birds about the ship all the , way ; they are called Mother Careys chickens . To-day we have had an extra quantity . Last night , at the conclusion of the battle between Stowaway and Gordon , tbe Captain called up the passengers , and toid them that if he found any of them beyond the long boat after nine at night , he would put them in irons . If this was a law , it ought to have been enforced from the time of our coming on board , and not now , because some one or two Irishmen interposed in the fight Satvbdat , 30 tfe —The night has been entirely to my wish ; going at the rate of eight to nine knots on tbe average , breeze from the south , which has kept up till bed-time , but veered , and took us two points out of onr course .

      Some pork was given away to-day ; it was very strong , and had been bought at about a penny a pound at New Orleans , where an immense quantity 1 b sold . It comes down the Mississippi in boats , after being shot like game and cured ; it costs nothing but the truuble . Others , of course , are taken , which are kept and killed in the usual way ; bnt that is generally fed in the woods upon hickory bush , hscsl , and other roots , with fruit wbich falis from the trees , or that grows on the ground , or near enough for them to reach . Yesterday we were informed that eighteen hours ' sailing would take us into port ; now we are told that when the br * tE = got up last night , we were 4 « 0 miles from Boston . Thus we are kept in continual suspense .

      Su . ndat , Slst . —In the night we had a sqnall one moment and a calm the next ; on the average , however , we have done middling , say six to seven knots ; from six to eight this morning she was at the rate of seven knots ; and what is the reverse of what we have seen during the whole passage , we have actually pasted two brigB this morning since day-light Two ships in sight thin afternoon , but not near enough to know what they are . A fishing smack has gone close past us . We are now convinced that we are about one hundred miles from Boston .

      . MONDii , Awgust 1 st . —After breakfast we discovered land . It was tbat famous spot , " Cape Cod . " This head , or cape , is the point of a very long neck of laad , which forms a large bay from Cape Ann , on the north , and named Maasachnsset ' s Biy ; an I on tbe left is Plymouth Bay , Boston Bay , and other small bays . On Cape Cod the first pilgrims from Europe landed and settled at Plymouth , enduring great hardships . Soon after we saw the Cape , we discovered a numerous fiset of fishing boats within tbe bend , occupied in their vocation I have just counted eightyfour , but thQre must be near dooble that number in the bay . We have had an unfavourable wind—afterwards ft calm .

      The passengers are busy scrubbing and washing in preparation for landing . One of them took the liberty to loosen a rope to which was affixed one of the sailor ' s red shirts , which bad been let down into tbe sea at the head of the ship , as is tbe common practice , to soften the dirt before washing—they often have them thus dragged through the water for several days . This man thought of following the example , and tied a shirt ef his owu along with the sailor ' s , and let them both down again ; but not fastening the rope properly , both were passing away . Dick Gordon was engaged at the stern , and seeing his comrade ' s shirk in danger of being lost , without hesitation jumped overboard , baving bis

      trousers on at the time . I did not know of th « , circumstance till tbe alarm was given , when I ran to the stern and saw poor Gordon at the distance of four hundred yaids ; tbe Bbip was put about and a barrel cast overboard , also a rope tied to a billet of woed , which , after a struggle , ai » d all but going to the bottom , Gordon sneceeded in laying bold of , and was dragged towards the ship : in tbe mean time tbe boat was let down and sent vW to meet him , into which he was got , and thereby sared . A life had nearly been lost for an old red shirt . The Bay appeared bounded by fl si and sandy shores —no rocks .: nor mountains , or anything to give skelter from the storm .

      The evening brought a calm , and we bad not entered Boston Bay . when wu retired to bed . Tuesday 2 nd . —Now we had got into Boston Bay , with its many islands , formed by the encroachments of the sea , as at Hornbea , in Yorkshire , and several other parts of the English coast . Those islands are bo situated , eo numerous and so surrounded on all aides with vessbls passing , to and fro , as greatly to surprise me . We had Boston before us , which in a moment was lost of , * but very soon found it in another direction . We were apparently near tbe city , when turning a few rounds we seemed to be more distant from it . We confidently expected being in Boston during the night , but the wind headed us and we despaired . Last night , at dusk , a pilot came on board ; he informed us that tbe Ontrka and William Goddard were both in port . One of thorn left Liverpool a week after ns .

      At four o ' clock we run aground at the entrance to one of tbe wharfs , and had to- wait for the rising of the water to carry us in . Tbe Custom Honse officers have been on board and have taken the papers on shore . They counted the number of passengers . Tbe inspectors , or searchers , or the surgeon have not yet been , and ustil they come we must remain prisoners . We have seen the Bay of Islands , for such it may with propriety be termed . It is beautifnlly picturesque , and from thence the city appears to very great advantage . Tbe State House is tbe most prominent of

      its public buildings ; it has a most magnificent dome , and is erected on the highest of tbe three monnds of the island upon which the city is built To tbe right , and at no great distance , stands tbe noble monument , which is just completed , in commemoration of the memorable battle of Bunker ' s HilL It is 230 feet high . To tbe left of tbe bay , and close to the city , stands the House of Refuge , the Poor House , the Asylum for the Blind—formerly an hotel , tbe Lunatic Asylum , and the House of Correction , all of which appear very clean , with the exception of one , a brick building .

      I am informed tbat persoBB found drank in the streets are taken to the workhouse and then before the magistrates , and jf they cannot pay a fine of ten dollars and expences , they are sent to the House of Correction for various periods ; the terms of their imprisonment being in accordance with their habits and reputation . The ground on which these institutions stands is the spot where Washington raised hiB defences in the night , which drove General Gage and the British army out of Boston . They stand upon a sloping bank , rising to a ridge from the water ' s edge . Upon an island lower down the bay stands the school where indigent and vicious boys are taught a Common education And are trained to habits of industry in agricultural pursuits .

      Adjacent to these institutions and a little more distant from tbe city is the Castle Island , npon which stands a lofty , strong-built fortification or fortress . On an opposite island is a fort and bastion , and still lower is Fort William , upon which large additions are being made to the strong works , which , with the scaffolding and tackle , have very much the appearance of a powerloom factory . The Ohio , which is called a 74 , but I am told carries 120 guns , is here , and is used aa a school ship , for drilling and training seamen . She is a splendid ship , with a covering over her whole upper deck . Here I saw the first States soldier and uniform ; the man was on sentry outside the ship , upon a sort of platform , to which the descent was made by a kind of temporary stairs . At the entrance of the bay lay a war frigate . A large ship ef war also lay at the entrance of the dock , which is one of the principal in the United States . A ship was on the stacks , which I was told was to carry 180 guns .

      The Assembly of the States is not at present sitting . I was surprised to find tbat the county of Suffolk , which contains only Boston and Chelsea , —a small township , thinly inhabited—formerly sent fifty six and now sends thirty-seven representatives to the legislative assembiy—tbirty-six for Boston and one for Chelseaquite ssmclent to make laws for the whole of the United States . In addition to -which , this county sends four or six senators for the State of Massachusetts . There are above 200 representatives aad fifty or sixty senators . I This is one of tbe worst watered cities in the Ualop . Some tolerably hard water is procured from the pumps , and the soft is brought in pipes a distance of four miles Suffolk county contains a population of 86 , 161 . ( To be continued J

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      THE POWDER MILLS AT WALTHAM ABBEY . DREADFUL EXPLOSION . On Thursday , one of those mournful accidents occurred which have from time to time been deplored at every gunpowder manufactory , and which unhappily hurried seven unfortunates into eternity . The gunpowder mills at Waltham Abbey stand at some distance out of the town , on the side of a broad running stream , which branches out of the river Lea , is tbe property of Government , and is called " Powder Mill River . " Here a series of erections connected with the public service are found . They are built of wood , with slated rosfa , and are termed " Coming-houses , " " Press-houses , " " Washing-houses , " and " Glazing

      Mills . " Four of these edifices , about eighty feet in length , and twenty-nine or thirty feet in depth , have been destroyed—so completely demolished , that nothing like tbe form of any one of them remains ; each is a black shapeless ruin . It is proper to state , that they bad been constructed on a plan which promised , in the event of an accident , to prevent the evil from extending beyond the place in which it originated . Between the corning-b use and the pressing ^ nd washing houses , a strong brick buttress , twenty feet high , fifteen feet thick , and thirty feet deep , had been built , which it was supposed would have proved an effectual barrier to the progress of fire . The bone , however , has proved

      vain . On Thursday afternoon , the business being carried en in tbe usual way , about five minutes after three o'clock , from some cause at present unknown , an explosion took place in the more northern coming-house . A few seconds afterwards , tbe press-house and washingbouse , separated , aa already explained , from the comtng-honse by the buttress , also blew np . In a minute or two from that time , the next corning-house , distant from the former about 200 yards , shared the same fate , and that in n few seconds was followed by a fourth explosion and a second press-house and washing-bouse , separated , as in the other case , from the coming-bouse , were in an instant destroyed .

      It would be well if the ruin of the buildings , and tbe destruction of the storas , were all ; but , unfortunately , in the works which first blew up a number of unfortunate persons were employed , not one of whom survives . Seven men were in an instant dismissed from life ; five of them were carried over the river to a very considerable distance , and fell lifeless fragments in the marshes . One corse was recovered from the ruins , and one dead body was found out of tbe building , bnt on the same side of tbe river . It was difficult to recognise the deceased , they "were so blackened , shattered , and disfigured . The names of the unfortunate men who have perished are as follow : —Thomas Sadd , E . I ward Essex , John Newland , John Dudley , James Luck , Samuel Brown , and James Cole . Mr . Sadd was the master

      worker . Oo Thursday be bad been in the building but about tea minutes when the event occurred . The victims were all coming-house men and persons of respectable character . Essex bad worked on the establishment for more than half a century . Sadd'a remains were soon identified by the blue coat which he wore , and by the loss of one tootb . He whs said to have been carried not less than 130 yards from tbe c » rning-house , and to have lost one foofe when he reached the ground . At a considerable distance from tbe ruins tbe impression made by the fall of one of the sufferers remains very distinct Tho marks of the head , the shoulder , the hip , and the leg , ware yesterday most distinctly traced , ; and- the indentation made by tbe body was in some parts nearly six inches deep .

      Immediately after the accident many hundreds of persons repaired to tbe marshes . Tha bodies wore c « l-1-cted , wrapped in sheets , and deposited in one of the buildings belonging to Government , at some distant from the ruinsv there to await the orders which may be given for holding a Coroner's inquest . Those who lost their lives were all in the cominghouses , and press , and washing-houses that were first destroyed . The others . were under repair , and contained but little gunpowder , enough , however , to have caused a melancholy additional Iosb of life bad the inmates not Sed from tbe danger when the first

      explosion was heard . Mr . Austin , the superintendent of the machinery , with two other persona was thaw . Tiie escape ef that gentleman was almost miraculous . He was engaged in ascertaining the dimensions of some of the machinery , when the report of the blowing up of the first coming-heuse was heard . The character of the explosion was not to be mistaken by . htm or by those who were with him , and they thoroughly understood tbat the question « f life or death was in that moment to be decided . One of hU companions exclaimed they must run for it , and Mr . Austin found himself left alone . He rushed out of

      the second corning-bouse , in which he had heard the crash of the first , and reached the front of the buttress adjoining , when the second explosion took place Though bewildered , he felt that his danger was imminent , and attempted to continue biB retreat He passed from the buttress , went through the wash-house attached to it , and bad just reached tbe outside when the second corning , house , in which he bad been so recently engaged , and which joined the buttress he bad that moment left , became a mass of smoking ruins . He saw tho glar » , and coald expect nothing less than tha destruction of the building by which he now stood . In this distressing situation , when a moment's pause would have cost him his life , hu happily moved from the spot , and had taken but a few steps when tho fourth explosion occurred . A pieca of wood , as he supposes , struck him when th « bouses blew up . At all events he received a severe blow from some fragment of the building , from which he suffered much pain , but no dangerous consequences are apprehended .

      The alarm caused by this accident it is not easy to describe . A third and fourth building having been fired , from others that had exploded , distant from them some 600 feet , it was not immedintely clear that those which were still further off wore safe . Not only were many windows in the town , and especially in the church , broken , but the effects of the shock wore felt at a much greater distance * A considerable number of persona yesterday repaired to Walth . im Abbey to view the ruins . On approaching tha remains of the works last destroyed , a . man ' s jacket and some other fragment of male attire were seen lodged in a lofty ash tree , the trunk of which had been blackened nearly up to the branches by the blast A willow tree , which had stood close to the building , was almost shattered , and rafters , joists , blocks , and pieces of machinery , aiid innumerable slates , bad been carried across the river , and scattered to an imme se distance in tbe marshes .

      fhe last explosion here at all comparable to this occurred in 1811 .

      ( From the Hertford County Press ) Position of the Buildings . —The Corning-house was built about forty-two years ago , on the banks of a stream which runs through tbe meadows north of Waltham Abbey , its gables pointing due north and south , it is composed of two parts , separated by a traverse or buttress of solid material , 20 feet thick . In the first of these were , as near as can be ascertained , about 2 3001 bs- of gunpowder , and in the second about 2 , 0001 bs . ; the explosion in tbe two chambers took place almost simultaneously . It is remarkable the buttress was shattered but was not blown away , and it is very feasibly indeed supposed that the wind , which at tbe time was blowing strongly from tbe north , had , in whiffling round the angles carried

      he gas or fliine to the second apartment . The men who lost their lives were all at work in or near those two buildings . At a distance of about one hundred and seventy yards from the southernmost of these stood the granulating house , similar to the one just spoken of , with two parts , separated by a buttress . In these several men were at work ; they bad barely sufficient time , after hearing the explosion of the corning-house , to escape from the building into the open air , when flakes of fire ( it was supposed ) fell upou the very roof they had just quitted , and coming in contact with the powder , of course exploded . Fortunately , those who just ran out bad got a snScieut distance , before this explosion took place , to be out of danger , with the single exception of Mr . Austin , the superintendent of

      tbe Ttmckinery , who was somewhat injured by a piece of solid material ( supposed to be timber ) in its deseent , which struck bim on the back ; but we are happy to say the injury waa not great , considering the risk . At a distance of seventy yards from this last building is the glaz'ng-house , containing from twenty to thirty barrels of powder , and , strange to say , it fortunately escaped the dangerous element tbat bad been set in' motion by the combustibles of the other buildings . The bnildings that have been blown up were built of the slightest materials , as all places of tbe kind are , or the injury would probably have been felt at a greater distance-, had any considerable force been opposad to tbe exploding matter . Of course we cannot vouch for the accuracy of tbe rumours , but

      there may be some truth in them , and , in cases like the present , iuvolving considerations for the safety of human life , independent of the preservation of property , it would be criminal in tbe bigbest degree in a public journalist to suppress for a moment any of tbe floating opinions tbat may be gathered and promulgated for tbe information of tbe public . Some attribute the explosion to a very small portion of stone or grit that might by some means have been introduced into some parts of the machinery . OtherB attribute it to the friotion of the machinery , supposed to arise from the too rapid revolutions of the wheels ; some again lay some blame to the master worker , the unfortunate

      Mr . Sadd , who , in his lifetime , was known in Waltham and among the workmen , as a very severe overlooker , or , as the principal officers under whom he served probably thought , azealous and efficient servant . Be this as it may , in the absence of any real proof as to the causes of the explosion , rumours are Bet afloat of tbe probability that the unfortunate men whose lives were lost , acting under tbe dread entertained of Sadd ' a supervision , that th « y shonld be found loitering , bad harried their work when they saw him approaching the building , and , in so doing ; had accelerated the revolutions of the wheels , and brought on the friction . Again we aay , we give this as mere rumoar . We cannot vouch

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      * Almost incredible as it may appear , the report of the two explosions was distictly audible in the metropolis . In Hyde Park , about ten minutes past three o ' clock , tbey were beard , and amidst the prevailing stillness appeared so loud that several persons imagined them to proceed from tiie guns fired in celebration of her Majesty ' s accouchmtnt .

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      for its being ft uhded even in probability , but we lay it before the public with the view of eliciting remarks from snob as are competent to form a correct judgment on such matters , and not for casting a slur upon the memory of Sidd , or of hurting , even momentarily , the feelings of bis surviving relatives and friends . We are bound , however , to place in juxta-position with this the fact that the principal officers of Ordnance are themselves at a ] loss for any cause for this sad catastrophe , i

      CORONERS INQUEST . It having been announced tbat the inquest on the bodies of the deceased would take place at ten o ' clock on Ssturday ^ moraing , a large concourse of persons had assembled at the station-bouse , the place fixed en for the purpose , long hefore the hour appointed for commencing the proceedings ; and when the coroner ( Mr . Lewis ) and jury made their appearance , the place was crowded to excesB . Mr . Jessop , ofi Waltham Abbey , deputy solicitor to the Crown , was in attendance to watch the proceedings on behalf of government . The first witness called by the coroner

      was—Henry Castoll . i a labourer , employed in the mixinghouse . Knew all the deceased . The bodies which the jury had seen he believed to be their bodies . He could give no inf ormaiion as to their death , but heard , an explosion somewhere about tbrae o ' clock on Thursday last , when he was at Pain ' s Island , a quarter of a mile from the building tbat was blown ( up . All the deceased answered the ca \\ at one o'clock , after which they went in tbe direction of tne corning-house . Robert Walker , carpenter in the storekeeper ' s office—Saw all the deceased alive on Thursday at one o ' clock , with the exception of Mr . Sadd . IS was usual for witnesB to call the names over at one o'clock , and he did so himself that day . The reason why Mr . Sadd did not answer to bis name w . ib tbat be was a master workman .

      The whale of the men who answered to their names be saw going up the walk to tbe corning-house , but no further . The six men who were killed were working in N o . 2 coming-bouse . Heard the explosien about a quarter to three . ! Went to the spot , and saw the ruins . Sarah Adams—Lives in a cottage about 150 yards from tbe corning house . About ten minutes past three o'clock , saw Mr . Sidd going across the meadows to the corning-house , and saw him enter . Believes that was tbe hour , but 8 he bad no clock . He bad scarcely got in when she heard tbe first report . The second blew out tbe window , and split the door . She looked ont and saw No . 1 , corniD # -house in a blaz ^ , and directly after Mr . Fiulay came , down and rang tbe bell . That is all sbe knew about the occurrence .

      Benjamin Stroud , labourer in the powder-mills—Saw all tbe deceased , ^ with the exception of Mr . Sadd , alive about ten minutes after one on Thursday . Saw them at the one o ' clock call , when tbey went on their way to corning-house ; No . 2 , where they were employed . About three o ' clock he beard an explosion . He ran out and saw nothing but a cloud of smeke ; but when it cleared away he saw that tbe building was gone , and knew the consequences . Wont to the ruins , and saw part of the . body supposed to be tbat of James Luck . By a JuTor—Was at P * in ' B Island at the time of the exp ! o 8 im , and waa painting barrels .

      William Adams , workman in No . 1 coming-house , deposed that the deceased Sadd was master workman . Esst-x was frame-house or calling-house man , Luck was pressman , Cole Was corn-bouse man , Newland . was superintending as foreman in tbe reel-house in the place of Thomas Baldock , Dudley and Brown w « re corn-house men , ' the latter doing Bratsman ' s duty at the corning-house . Did not recollect seeing tbe deceased alive that day , but tbey were generally employed in No . 2 ) corning-house . Witness was himself in No . 1 coming-house on Thursday afternoon , with Mr . Austin and j Robert Dickson , when the first explosion took place , which shook tbe building bd was in . Immediately he said , " Tbat ia an explosion ; . let ns

      make our escape ; " He ran out , followed by Mr . Austin and Robert Dickson . He looked back over bis shoulder , and saw tbe fire ( coming in torrents from the house he had left , which blew up in about a third of a minute afterwards , and be saw Mr . Austin . When about fifteen yards from th <> house , be turned about and saw a board knock Mr . Austin down . In a few minutes afterwards , be went to the ruins , and saw tbe shoulders and arms of a man ' whom he thought to be Luck . He saw another man , whom he took to be Newland , in the reeling-house . Tho other five men were thrown over tbe river , and he did not see them . Saw Sadd about eight minutes before the explosion , when he lefp him going towards the coming-house .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Jessop—Believed Sadd said he was going to meet Captain Tulloh at the corninghoKse . Daring tho whole period that be had been employed there bad never known but one explosion attended with loss | of life . This took place in 181 J , when eight lives were ! lost . Tbere was nothing unusual in the rapidity of tbe works . Had often worked at No . 2 corning-house himself , and knew it to be an oldfashioned house , ! with nothing about it Every precaution was taken to prevent accidents . Visitors going to see tbe machinery had goloshes put on their feet Sadd generally went to that place once a-day , so did Captain Tullob and Mr . Austin . The machinery was txamined once or twice a-week , and the cog-wheel soaped to prevent friction . Was engaged in a

      building where machinery bad been lately erected for gianuiatinq powder en a new system . This machine was introduced at the expense of Government , and for the purpose of saving human life . It was being conducted under the superintendence of Ciptain Tullob . Tbe works were ! always carried on , while he bad been in the Ordnance employment , in the same way that they were when the deceased met their deaths . They could not bave worked hurriedly , for they were making rifle p « twd « r , which required a slower process than the common , description of powder . Every precaution was used to prevent accidents . V isitors coming to inspect the gunpowder j mills were always supplied with

      goloshes , which ! tbey put en their feet when the ; entered the building , to prevent the possibility of the introduction of grit or Band . Indeed , ever since Capt Tulloh had had . the superintendence , nothing conld exceed the care or attention that was paid to prevent accidents . So satisfied was he with the precautions , that he ( witness ) * should not have the slightest objection to work in the same mill under tbe same management were the works rebuilt He was persuaded that there were fewer accidents at tbe Waltham Abbey powder mills than at any mills in the country . There might bave been about 1 50 » lbs . of powder in the reelbouse , 5001 bs . in the corning-house , and 2 , 0001 bs . in the press-bouse . ;

      Mr . Thomas Austin deposed that he was superintendent of the machinery at the mills . He inspected the machinery once a month , under the direction of the commanding engineer . The last time he inspected it was on tbe Monday week previous to the explosion , when it was found to be in its usual working state . He heard no complaints from the men at the time , although it was their duty to shut off the machine whenever anything defective appeared in it , and to report the fact to the proper authorities . On the day of tx < plosion witness bad gone up to the granulating mills ,

      by the direction of Captain Tullob , to take the dimensions for a eliding clutch , a technical term for an instrument to throw the gear out of work when it was found to be out of order . In his opinion there was no possibility of increasing the speed of the machinery in No . 2 bouse , where this unfortunate occurrence took place . He ( witness ) had been in the service since 1807 . and never knew so much care taken as while it bad been under Captain Tulloh . It was impossible for the machinery to go too fast without the men immediately knowing it )

      Captain George St . Vincent Whitmore , commanding the Royal Bogineers , deposed to tbe fact that a formal report was made to hia office monthly of the state of the machinery , and the report he received on the 3 rd inst . was perfectly satisfactory . This witness corroborated the evidence of Mr . Austin . Captain Alexander Thomas Tulloh , Royal Artillery , an < l inspector of the Royal Gunpowder Establishment at Waltham Abbey , deposed that he was in the corningbouse No . 2 almost the whole of the day previous to the explosion , when everything appeared to be in working order , and the men had no complaints to imke to him .

      although be repeatedly enquired if tbey bad any . Hud made an appointment with Mr . Sadd to meet bim on the very day the explosion took place , and was only prevented doing 84 by his being obliged to remain at bome to write an official letter . Had never heard any complaint from Mr . Sadd of tbe men not doing enough of work , and there Was no reason in a Government concern to do anything in a hurry , as might be the case in a merchant's concern , where an order might require to be made up within a ; given time . He considered that an electric shock in passing through might have ignited the powder .

      Col . James Cockbum , director of the Royal Laboratory , Woolwich , corroborated the evidence of Captain Tulloh and Captain Wbitmore as to the satisfactory state of the machinery , and the precautionary measures taken to prevent accident . It was his duty to inspect tbe machinery and premises periodically . The Rav . John Lewia Capper , resident clergyman of Walthsm , had frequently visited the powder mills , and deposed to the precautions which were taken to prevent accidents . These precautions were so excellent that he never felt the slightest timidity in passing through the works ; This closed the evidence .

      The Coroner then briefly addressed the Jury , who retired for a few minutes , anil then returned with a verdict of " Accidental death , ' * accompanied by an expression of their unanimous and decided opinion tbat the manufactory appears to have been conducted by Captain Tulloh , the inspector , with every possible precaation for the safety of the men employed under his superintendence , j Tbe deceased vrere all married men . Mr . Sadd had left a widow and one child ; John Newland a widow and eight children , ; most of them , however , are grown np ; Edward Essex a widow and two grown-up children ; James Cole a widow and four children ; James Xuck tt widow and one child ; John Budley a widow and oho child ; and Samuel Brown a widow and two children . i '

      The interment of tbe bodies , vAth the exception of that of Mr . Sadd , which was removed to a family burial ground at some distance , took place yesterday afternoon at five o ' clock in the parish churchyard . An immense number of persons assembled to wltnesB tbe solemn scene , and a feeling of the deepest sorrow for the fate of the ! unfortunate men filled the minds of

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      all present The tragical occurrence has made an impression on tbe people in the place and neighbourhood which will never b « effaced during life . The quantity ef gunpowder in the place at the time is supposed to have exceeded 4 . Q 001 bs . in weight , and the amount of property destroyed is estimated at nearly £ 12 , 000 . The mills are literally a heap of ruins ; even the form of tbe building could not be ascertained by a person who inspected ths ruins . Fragments of the building were blown by the force of the explosion a dfe . tance of several hundred yards . The inhabitants in the neighbourhood think they beard three , if not four , separate explosions , though only a fsw seconds of interval elapsed between them . Tbe death of one Of the nnfortnnate men CM « . Sadd , the foreman ) was particularly affecting , he having entered the works but a few seconds before tbe catastrophe took place .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , April 14 . BANKRUPTS . James Wilson , of Liudfield , Sussex , cowfceeper , April 21 , at half-past twelve , and May 26 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . T . 21 . AlBager , official assignee , 12 , Birchin-lane , London ; Messrs . Rickards and Walker , solicitors , 29 , Lincoln ' -inn-fields ; and Mr . S . W . Bennett , solicitor , Brighton . James Wbitfield , of 67 , Tsoley-street , Southward , grocer , April 26 , and May 25 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . George Gibson , official assignee , 72 . Basingball-street ; and Mr . George Stephen , solicitor , Skinners-place , Sise-lane . William Hitch , of Kingsland , Middlesex , grocer , April 24 , and May 25 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . George Green , official assignee , IS , Aldermandbnry ; and Mr . Rutherford , solicitor , Lombard-street .

      Thomas Pottinger , Henry Howell , and Alexander Oswald , late of 27 , Austin-friars , City , merchants , April 20 , and May 17 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . L&ckington , official assignee , 3 , Colemon-atreet-buildinga ; and Mr . Bentall , solicitor , Colcman-street , London . Elisabeth White and Elizabeth Leith , of Worksop , Nottingham , machine makers . April 26 , and May 19 , at twelve , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . George Young , official assignee , Leeds ; Messrs . Walter and Pemberton , solicitors , 4 , Symond ' s-inn , Chancery , lane . London ; Messrs . Payne and Co ., solicitors , Leeds ; and Mr . Henry Stephen Wake , solicitor , Worksop . E'lmund Smith , of Sheffield , innkeeper , May 3 , at ten , and May 17 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . George William Freeman , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Bromhead , solicitor , Sheffield ; and Mr . W . Sykes , Solicitor , Leeds .

      George Ratcliffe , of Sheffield , feeder manufacturer , April IS , and May 9 , at twelve , at the Coart of Bank * ruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Henry Philip Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Albert ; Smith , and Messrs . Haywood and Bramley , solicitors , Sheffield . William Gregson Pitt , of Cheltenham , Gloucester shire , banker , May 3 and 25 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol ; Mr . Stradford , solicitor , Cheltenham ; and Messrs . King and Son , solicitors , Serjeants ' - inn . London . Robert BiggB , of Bath , chemist , April 28 at one , and May 28 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Bristol . Mr . E . Miller , official assignee , Bristol ; and Mr . Q . Stalland , solicitor , Bath .

      Charles John Chussen , and James Gsussen , of Liverpool , corn factors , April 26 , at half-past twelve , and May 26 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . William Bird , official assignee , Liverpool ; Messrs . Stockley and Thompson , solicitors , Liverpool ; and Mr . Henry Weeks , solicitor , 12 , Cook ' s-COUrt , Lincoln ' s-inn-fielda , London . Joseph Edmund Robinson , of Liverpool , wine meichant , April 28 , at twelve , and May 26 , at one , at ths Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . Charles Turner , official amignee , Liverpool ; Mr . Hostage , solicitor , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Chester and Tcolmin , solicitors , Staple-inn , London . Anthony Merga , nf Nautwich , Cheshire , watch maker , May 5 , at twelve , and May 26 , at half-part one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool Mr . Wm , Bird , official assignee , Liverpool ; Mr . Henry Field , solicitor , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Sharpe , Field and Co ,, solicitors . Bedford-row . London .

      William Jones , of Wolverbampton , mercer , April 21 , and May 18 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy Birmingham ; and Mr . George Robinson , solicitor , Wolverhampton . John Johnston , of Manchester , banker , April 25 , and May 16 , at one , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Mr . James Stansall Pott , official assignee , Manchester ; Al * - S . Appleby , solicitor , Harpur-street , Red Lion-square , London ; and Mr . Alexander Oliver , solicitor , Manchester . Kenneth M'Leod and John Boyle Wood , of Liverpool , ship chandlers , May 4 , at eleven , and May 26 , it twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool ; Mr-John Follett , official assignee , Liverpool ; Demean , solicitor , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Gregory , Peters , aid Abbot , solicitors , Bristol .

      Charles James Moriey , ef Liverpool , flour dealer , May 2 , at one , and May 24 , at eleven at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . James Caz ? nove , official assignee , Liverpool ; Mr . John Cornthwaite , solicitoii Liverpool ; and Messrs . CorHthwaite and Adams , solicitors , Daan ' s-court , Doctors' -commons , London . James Green , of Oldbury , Shropshire , licensed ti > tualler , April 24 , at eleven , and May 20 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham ; and Mr . Benton ,, solicitor , Birmingham .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . T . Ogilvy , G . Arbuthnot , G . C Gillanders , and Adas S . Gladstone , of Liverpool and Calcutta ( so faras regard ! Thomas Ogilvy ) . John Seymour Smith and L ; onsrd Simpson , late of Liverpool , merchants . Edward Blase , Sarah Raleigh , and Rachel Raleigh , of Manchester , drapers . William Woodhead and Ezra Woodhead . ol Idle Colliery , Calverley , Yorkshire , coal owners . Idle Colliery , Calverley , Yorkshire , coal owners .

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      ^ From the Gazette of Tuesday , April 17 . BANKRUPTS . Dd 7 id Ellis , Jun ., draper , Haverhill , Sufijlk , ton * render April 27 , at two , and May 26 , at oneatthe Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Pennell , official assiguw ; Mr . Ware , solicitor , Blackman-street , Southwark . Henry Walton , Jan ., wheelwright , Crowland , I& * colnshire , April 28 . at half-past two , and May 26 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Belcher , official assignee ; Measre . Watson and Broughton , solicitor * , Falcon-square , City . William Ponn , cabinet-maker , Canterbury , April 35 » and June 2 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Whitmore , official assignee ; Mr . Fiddey , solicfrft Paper-buildinga , Temple .

      Richard Watkins , carpenter , Holloway , April ^ at two , and Jane 2 , at half-past one , at tbe Conrt <» Bankruptcy . Mr . Alsager , official assignee , Birthi * lane ; Mr . Wright solicitor , London-street , City . William Fuller , currier , Cliffd , Sussex , May 4 , « one , and 29 , at twelve , at the Court of Banking Mr . Graham , official assignee , Basingball-street ; M e ** - Sowton and Co ., solicitora , Great James-street . Nathaniel Wegg , victualler , Eiat Greenwich , May If at two , and 29 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy-Mr . Turquand , official assignees , Copthali-buildiflg ; Messrs . Parnell and Co ., solicitors , New Broad-street George Harris , taiior , Dorking , Surrey , April 27 » « two , and May 22 , at balf-paat twelve , at the Cour t " Bankruptcy . Mr . Graham , official assignee , BssingW ' street ; Mr . Parry , solicitor , Gsorge-atreet , Mansionhouse .

      ¦—— — - ' W | , John Prat , surgeon , Adelaide-street , Strand , Apn » 28 , at two , and May 19 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , Basingh * " street ; Mr . Pill , solicitor , Hatton-garden . , Jabez Vines , miller , Reading , April 28 , at three , aw May 24 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy- Mr . La * ington , official assignee , Coleman-street-buildiDg 8 5 Messrs . Pain and Hatherley , solicitors . Great Ht »' borough-street . John Philipps Davies , apothecary , Davies-streew Berkeley-fquare , April 29 , at two , and May 30 , ¦ *• eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Groom , oncial assignee , Abchuircb-lane . Lonibard-afcreet ; Mr . C <*»

      solicitor , Pinner ' s-ball , Old Broad-street tf John Morgan , merchant , Woodside , Cheshire , SW 5 , at one , and May 39 , at twelve , at the Liverpo ° » District Court . Mr . Turner , official assignee . Solicitor Messrs . Lowndes , Uobinson , and Biteson , LiverpCW Messrs . Sharpe , Field , and Jickaon , Bedford-ro * i London . . Jo&eph Edmund , Robinson , wine merchant , Liverpo 0 ' April 28 , at twelve , and May 26 , at one , at the # ** £ pool District Court Mr . Turner , official « slSft : f Solicitors , Mr . Jenkins , Liverpool ; Messrs . Sba * P » Field , and Co ., Bedford-row , London . i

      Anthony Merga , watchmaker , Nantwicb , Chest * May 6 , at twelve , and May 26 , at half-past ooe , a * * " Liverpool District Court Mr . Bird , official sss ^ o ** Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Hostage , Liverpool ; ^ eSSB " Cheater and Tonlmin , Staple Inn , London , ,, Charles Webb , timber merehant , Kmgston-upon-Htt May 1 and 26 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Con * Mr . Freeman , ^ official assignee , Leeds . Mr . P *""' Solicitor , St . Paul ' s Churchyard , London . . » William Peate , grocer , Shrewsbury , April 86 , at W ^ past eleven , and Jane 2 , at eleven , at the B « 8 ^" District Court . Mr . Christie , official assignee , Birm ^ ham . Solicitors , Mr . Teece , Shrewsbury ; Mr . Re *** Birmingham

      . John Parker , cotton-woste-spinner , Bolton-le-Moo ™ Lancashire , April 29 , atone , and May 16 , at two . ^ the Manchester District Court . Mr . Hobson , oiw »* assignee , Manchester . Solicitora , Messrs . Norris , AH «* and SimpBon , Battlettfs-builclings , Hoiboro ; ana »" Glover , Bolton-le-Moors .

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      On Mojcdat week , 100 convicts from the Leviathan , and 100 from the York hulke at Portsmouth , were shipped for Van Dieman ' s Land , in the Cressey . The Managebs of the aerial steam ship conoern are building their wings at Montpellier gardenB , Walworth .

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      The conveyance of the Order of the Garter to the King of Saxony cost this country £ 1065 . An bxplosion took place at the gunpowder works of Mes 3 rs . Wakefield and Bain bridge , near Kendal , last week , which did considerable damage , and two of the workmen were seriously hurt . An explosion took place on board the steam packet " Cutter , " plying between Pittsburg and Cincinnati on the 17 th ult . by which three men were killed aad tea very much injured .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1209/page/6/