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      THE PRESS . ( BY 3 TBS . ABDT ) Oh 2 the -wondrous Press Jiasa jnagiesway In its gnat and giant force , To the East and West it benda its -way , And it takes o ' er the seas its course ; € fay < JR 7 S ^ mg stores may the good ship fill , In tbe pride of Tain excess , J 3 nt it boasts a treasure more predoua still , In the TrealEh of the mighty Press . Tbe son of genius , unsought , tmkno'wn , 2 flay Ms heaven-born themes pursue , Hheir brightness gladdens himself alone , Por his friends are far and few ; But see in the ranks of fame he stands - Loj thousands his lays possess , And-his name is blszaned . in distant lands , Throngh the aid of the mighty Press .

      xhe poet's numbers , the scholar ' s lore , Cast their radiant spell o ' er all ; Those strains are conned in the cottage poor That enchant ttie lordly hall ; And the boot xioreiely ttian all beside . Which alone can truly bless , To the heathen chines as a lamp and guide , Bjthe power of the mighty Press . Alas ! Jhat a scene to bright , so dear , Should s dark re Terse disclose , Ala » 1 that a boon so great , so dear , Should be ever linked with woes ,-Bat the lawless doctrine of men profane , 3 o the world their guile address , Proring to thousands a snare and bane , Through the sway of the ' migbty Press .

      Tet the summer Bky has its -wintry deom , And the rose reveals a tborn , And e"ril must ever mix with good In araee to eTil born ; We must bear the pangs of a thwarted will Where we fondly hoped success , We must sigh o ' er the mass el social ill , Diffused Sj the mighty Pie&s . Tet the light of faith lei us humbly seek To Illume -our dangerous road , Xet us deem all knowledge poor and weak That would lead out hearts from Qod ; Then may we welcome instruction ' s tide , As it fiows our land to bless , And greet with Bnmingled joy and pride The gift of our zlorious Press .

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      CHINA AXD INDIA , ( From ihe Timts-J The monthly express from Marseilles has brought , in sntScipstion of the Overland Hail , letters and papers from Bombay to the 3 d of February . The intelligence "which they communicate is of the highest importance , and in particular that relating to Ciina . On the 23 < i ef 2 fOTembsi , Sir Henry Pottinger pub lished a proclamation , declaring that he had , sines his arrival at Assay , learned with extreme horror and astonishment that many more than one hundred British subjects , who had been wrecked in the abip Nsrindda and hrig Ann in September , 1841 , and Slarch , 2542 , on the coast of the island of Fvrmosa , had been recent ^ pat to death by the Chinese authorities

      there , who alleged that thiB cold-blooded act had l » en perpetrated by order of the Emp = ror . This proclamation goes on to describs thi atrocity of this sanguinary and inhuman come , and concludes with feting that the British Plenipotentiary was resolved to demand from the Emperor that the local authorities , who , " by faUe representations , had led to the commission of the enormity , should be < Jegrsded and -conSignly punished , and that their property should le conSs ^ ted , and the proceeds handed OTer to the efSears o £ tie ' Brpdsh " eoTsmmeat for the relief and support ol the iwcdlies of those who iad heen thus EiEreJlessly put to death , A threat ef renewal of hostilities was held out in case the demand should not be complied with . It was , however , supposed that the 3 Sisperor would not anefose compliance .

      On me 7 th of December a formidable not broke out in the neighbourhood of Canion , which Boon extended itself to the foreign factories . The immediate cause is stated to be the irregular conduct of tba crew of some ships , and In particular of that of the Fort William , who were allowed to . go * ashore in numbers without any proper offissr to control them . The mob had , it is said , been excited previously by certain anti-British partisans ; they soon qniitted the Eailors , who had hy recreating from tbe original place of combat led them towards the factories . The first great orject of attack was the 13 ritfeh factory ; they burned the flagstaff and the flag , and k » s afterwards the T » iiwio"W 5 and doors of the buildings -were forced open , the mob entered , and the work of pillage jcommenced . Fire was then set to the ediScs , which was eoDansaed . Luckfly , the steamer Proserpine , hs-ring en beard Sir Hngh Gougn , arrived at Canton , and the rioting c ^ zsci . Tbe merchants at

      Caa * on ,-wfca remained there until the 14 ^ k , and also with Sir Henry Pottinger , who was at Hongkong , re-OTJesSng the latter to order a protective farce to be sent to Canton , in order that tht-y might carry -on tb ± ir commerce in security . This appiieauon TseerytQ a decided refusal Irom Sir H . Pottiiiaer , who , in his reply , made some severe comments on the conduct of the merchants . The latter then made a replication in their defence . All tfce correspondence has been remitted to tbe British ¦ Government . Sir H . Pottinger , in his last letter to the merchants , dated December 24 , states , that theTiceroy at Canton had , in reply to the lttter addressed to him , declared his great anxie 5 y , as well as his perfect ability , to protect all foreigners ; and'had alse expressed Jbs isadinesss to repay such losses as might have been incurred during the late riots , after the ; should htve b * e correctly ascertained and Eubaiilted through her -to } esty > Government

      Another letter of the 21 st states , that Sir Henry Pottinger had applied for h's recall , and that he had fiTED bis opinion that tbe powers of the Government cf Hongkong should be very strong , even to that of depor tation , in order to counteract the lawlessness oi the smugglers . The difficulties in forming the commercial regulations -would , it -w ^ a feared , be very great , id consf qnenca ol the Chinese fecicg likely to demand a renprociiy of dntles on their goods when imported into the British territories . Mr . Thorn , the destined British Gonsul at Canton , was bn / . y there in investigating the C £ B 5 = s of the riots . FiVsj of the leaders of the anti-TlngTish party were then in the hands of the local G <> TEramenr . and were in danger 0 / being " £ qu = ( . z = d" pertsta to death .

      In the mean time the arrival at Singapore , on the 1 st of JanuarTj of fort y-three transports , having on board the Sepoy part of t jxb China expedition , proves that the laroy fc = d not then entertained any serious apprehend on of the -jecsnraJ ot fcostHines . Her Majesty ' s Kgsies Endjn ? iQn and Dido , having on board Sir H BsBgh and srj / j ; -with three steamers , had accompanied the transport ? . Several regiments had r . ached Madras in Jasanary . There were , Jievmhelfess , more than t » ezry Brir ' uh vessels of war , with five steamers reaaiDing oj ^ the Chinese coa 3 t . The land force then cranssted principally of about 6 000 European troops , 3 nost of them living in the gairisors of the still occn-J ^ I ^ aces . Twj steamers had arrived at Bombay in tbe month ¦ dL 3 s mtziy , with despatches from the British ^ Pieoipotasriary .

      in India the uraspipsrs have been busily employed * » abese of Lord EUenboroDgh . The gates of Sonmauth isTe become notorious from the fact that all sought to deride the pageantry of tbe procession to that temple , ^ Eing it ether an absurdity «• an irreligious = ct , although lew or nose hsd examined closely into the fete eitha of the temple itself , or of the Hindoo feelmga on the Enbject The assembling of an army of reserve on She Sndtj , altli ^ nsb manifesUy an srrauge-J ££ Et far the donhls purpose of seenring the retreat from Cibal and of obliging Shsre Singh , the ruler of &e Paijiub , to enter into some specific terms of advantage to the British Government , has formed another K > pit of criticism . The festivitles at Fsrczepore given in honour ef the victorious armies have also been

      ridi-^ "Ml by some . The Governor-General has most tff * efelly done his duty , particularly by establishing j > eaee ^ India , and on its confines . Shere Singh is about to * o > l "vduable presents to the British Sovereign , « l token of hi 3 friendly disposition . Bandleknnd * described as quiet : its tiaEquiiity will be ^ KaaUy supported by tbe force of fourteen thousand , » J-psp 3 latdy sent thither for tbe purpose , lord ^ oibarough , who received a fvAl at Fercz ^ pore oonithesonand ^ rime 3 iinister of Shere Singh , and * to then sent bis secrefcsiy and oUiep official persons to ZbSxhb to return it , has broken np fiis camp At

      Tetozs-* ** & « nd pioceeded lo Delhi , in order to have an ex-. Posit ron respecting certain intrigues with the old ~ ° PeroT and present shadow or idb Grasd MognL 3 t * stated that his Lordship contemplates Sxinghis official ^ deHce for somB tame at Agra , or perhaps Meemt las coarts-martial held on Colonel Palmer for the sur-** fcS «« f Ghuznee , and on Captains Andercon , Troup , ~^ d » lyre , and Waller , have terminated in the acquit-~ ot those officers from the charges bought against ^ s ot for certain acts during the last campaign in Aff-^^ "taTL The invesSgaUoB into the conduct of Ge-***! . Shelton and oi Major Pottinger was still going

      Koaung certain appears to haTe been known of iha « te of aflarrsat Cabnl . 3 ieinteDigenee from Ednde is to tho efifect flat the r ^ eo , whose doubtful policy and intriguing conduct « d during some weeks keptup the alternation of war * o peace , have been influenced by the presence of Major vabani , wia-srhom they are all personally acquainted , » eater into terms , trbich wai , it is expected , establish ft ^^ ° SOOA ictdligence between them and the T ^ 01111 ™! of India . One of the youths of their |™ Ey had attempted , by-flying to a fort ins desert ^^ ct ^ to btfiU the intentions of the British com-~?? oa , Sir C . ? f spier , but a force had been despatched , wa -soon obliged him to qoit u ^ fort , which was

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      then destroyed . The necessity of rcquirinst the most satisfactory conditions from the Amtters is obvious , for wuhotu such couditiens neithsr tbe navigation of the Indus nor the progress of cavUfzation on ita banks can be secure for a year . The attention of the Indian Government is directed towards its finance * . The extra company added last year to each Indian regiment has been ordered to be abolished , and the Men are to be absorbed into the army , whereby a diminution of 18 , 000 men will be effected , and a consequent saving of expenditure will accrue . The Five per Cant Loan has been closed . The prospects of India are considered as satisfactory , and attention is bow directed towards its internal improvement An act has been proposed in the Leg i sla tive Council which tends to put a final stop to all descriptions of slavery in its extensive districts .

      The present Rajah of Sattara , who has no children , was near dying of a fever , but has recovered . The intrigueB of Borne natives at Bombay , alluded to last month , and which would have contributed much to deteriorate the reputation of the Bombay Government , have been fully discovered , and are thoroughly nentralJzad . The case of the Belvedere , burnt lately near Singapore , is likely to come under investigatisn on a trial for arson before the Snpreme Court of Bombay . at * Henry Chamier b&s been aworn in a member of Council at Madras , in lieu or Mr . Lushington , who has retired . Mi . Escombe , the active and intelligent Postmaster-General at Bembay , has been appointed a Secretary to the Government there , in the 100 m of Mr . Pringle , appointed Revenue Commissioner .

      Tile Hindostar . Btarted from Calcutta on her first trip to Snez on the 14 th of January , and reached Madras on tbe 20 th . It was possible that on passing Point de Galle she might have learned tbe late news from Canton . Lord Elphinstone , the ex-Governor of Madras , had proceeded to Europe on board the Hindostan from Ceylon . Another steamer , the Tenasserim , had beeii placed on the Calcutta station by the order of tbe Government , for the purpose of proceeding to Sutz from the HoogbJy on the 5 th of March .

      THE UNITED STATES . The packet-ship Rochester , Captain Woodhonse , which sailed from Sew York on tbe 16 th UlU , and the packet-ship Eaglaud , capevin Bartlett , which sailed Irom tke same port on tbe 2 &th , arrived at Liverpool on Saturday morning . The proceedings in Congress are brought down hi the papers cf the 18 th nit , inclusive . " The Senate cannot , " says tbe Washington correspondent of one of the journals , " rid itself of the tronblesome subject of the States' debts . * Fears are felt or feigned' that the new monster of Assumption will soon swallow np the constitutioB , the union , and everything else . " The snVject was almost a daily topic of debate , resolution after resolution being moved , some for and some against

      assumption . The qnestion on Mr . Rive ' s resolutions was taken on the 18 th nit ., when it w : is resolved by a vote of 25 to 22 , that the subject should lie over to tbe first Monday in Itecember . Mr . M'Dufiie tnen moved a resolution that the Government of tbe " United States had no constitutional power to assume the debts contracted by the ssates for their own proper puTposes , by tbe isine of stock , whatever fund may be pledged for the payment of the interest c ' r principal . The resolution was ordered to lie over for a day ; but as there were only twelve working days left of tbe session , it is evident Jhe re ^ lutiona "on the subject of assumption would come to nothing during tbe present year . Toe ether proceedings in Congress were devoid ef interest for the English reader .

      The stock and the money market remained as described in the previous accounts . Late acconnta from Canada stated that Sir C . Bagot was beyond recovery . Dropsy had set in , and he had been given up by his medical attendants . An arrival from Hayti had brought intelligence , that an insurrection had broken out in the southern part of tbe island . Letters had been received from the American consul at Tahiti , one of the Society Islands , dated Septemb-i 11 , which stated that the French admiral , Dupetit Thouars , arrived there on the 8 tb , and mode a demand on the Tahitans of the sum ef 10 , 000 doliars , in reparation for abuses , and as a guarantee tor their future adnerence to the treaties , A negotiation was commenced , wtiicb ended in the surrender of the island to France .

      Advices had been received from Mexico and Yucatan , but they did not bring any news oi interest . The accounts from Texas were expressive of the alarm felt in the new republic of an attack from Mexico . Tbe Euglish sloop of war Electra had arrived off tbe bar of Galveston , with despatches far out Minster at Howton .

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      CATVLTSXJ 33 . Cujiberland Assizes . The Commission for this district opeBed on Saturday , before Mr . Baron B . olfe . There were ibitt ? -six prisoners for triai , but ike offences were generally light . SCAFFOLD HILL—A meeting of tbe miners of Northumberland was held here on Saturday , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament for a repeal of the export coal duly , and the necessity of a union of the miners to protect their labour from the tyranny of eroplojera . The following resolutions were carried : —** That a union of the miners is necessary to repress the power of the masters . " " That i ; is the opinion of this meeting that a petition be presented to Parliament foT a repeal of the export coal dnty , and for tbe

      prevention of women and girls working in mines . " " That ; the thanks of the meeting be given to the Right i Honourable Lord Ashley for his indefatigable exi ertiona in the cause of the coal miners , and the f working classes in general- ' * Thanks were also ¦ , voted to the Star and to the Newcastle Courant , and ¦ the meeting broke up . A meeting of delegates ! was then held when the following sums vrere : handed in for the relief of the colliers on the Holytowa district : —From Wingate , £ 3 3 * . ; Coxhoe , 1 £ 2 3 s . 8 d . } - Westmoor , £ 1 10 s . ; Haswell , £ 1 6 p . j i 6 t , Lawrence , £ 1 0 s 6 d . ; Shincliffe , 153 . j Walker , i 143 . lOd . ; Kingpit , ft * . ; Srghill , 8 s . 26 . j Elemore , ; lla . 6 ^ d ; N orth Hetton , 6 s . 0 Ad . ; Sheffield , 63 . ; total £ 12 8 s . 3 d . The delegates transacted some ether ¦ business , and then separated until Monday next .

      SHEFFIELD . —Fire . —About six o ' clock on Sunday morning last , a fire was discovered on the premises of Messrs . Joseph Radgere and Sons , Norfolk-street . The flames were soon got under ; not however , before the greater part of the contents of two silvt r-workers * shops and the table-knife haf ; ers ' Ehop had been destroyed . How the fire originated is involved in mystery . Oh Saturday night at nine o ' clock , the time-keeper went the round of the premises , and observed that , all the fires had been extinguished ; again at five o ' clock on Sunday morning , only one hour before ihe £ re was discovered , the time-keeper went his inspecting round , and all appeared to be risht aJ that time .

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      1 Six Flag * , captured during onr late war with ¦ the Chmesej have been suspended in Chelsea Coll egp . : Upwards of 200 persons were snminoned for arrears 01 poor-rates , a : ihe Oldham Petty Sessions las : week . ! Owisg to the general stagnation of trade at i-Bristol , there are 6 J 00 persons receiving relief from 1 the funds of the corporation of that city . Last Year 40 , 000 persons Tisited tho Thames 1 Taanel . It is to be opened as a pnblio thoronghfare in the" course of the present month . The charge to be one penny for each person . T"wo Gold C »» "wss , set in diamonds , one dedieatf d to the Virgin , a nd the other to the Infant Jesna , and a gold chalice , weighing npwards of three pounds , were stolen on tho night of the 27 th ult . from the Aix-la-Chapelle .

      At a . TLec&st trial in Dublin , damages to the amount of £ 10 , 000 wsr& awarded against a bonded warehon _ = e-keeper , for iDJnry done to a large quantity of tea which he had deposited in a loft over a place in which oranges were stored . On Moxdat week , the annual meeting of ihe Printers' Pension Society was held at the London Tavern , when a SJatement of the affairs waa read The capital stock amounts at present to £ 3000 . The expenses for the last year were £ 1 , 509 , and the income was £ 1369 . leaving a balance of £ 160 . There are at present 106 pensioners , and 44 are receiving the benefits of this Institution .

      The New Zealand Gazette contains an account of ihe deaih of Captain W . Hobsou , the first Governor of that settlerr ent . He died at Auckland « n the 16 th September , and he was attended to the g »* avo by a great number of natives , who , on tho morning of the ceremony , per / bnned tne " ~ wlmiigs" ( funeral dirge ) as if he had been one of their moss respected chiefs . Tbe Ohservaleur de Boulogne states that assistance might very easily have been rendered to the Conqueror , but that the boatmen on the coast were prohibited from putting to sea by the Custom-house officer ^ who were drawn np in a line on the beach , and threatened to shoot any one who attempted to disobey the orders , and thus very many lives were lost which , in all probability , but for thi 3 interference , might have been saved .

      The Receipts of the Great Western Steam Ship Company for 1842 , were £ 30 , 830 8 a 2 d and the expenses £ 28 , 613 7 s Id ; both / being abont £ 20 G 0 less than last year . Seventy shares had been forfeited during the year . After deducting all the expenses the clear year ' s profit was £ 430 J 33 which was added to the reserved fund , making it £ 11 , 074 , 03 3 d . A MAD-Woxan , who calls . herself the wife of Jesus Christ anu Queen of England , was taken into custody for obstructing the members of Parliament In the lobby of Jhe House of Commons , on Wednesday last . She hashesn three times in alnnatic apylunij is about forty years of age , and dresses remarkably well . Her name is Sarah Newell . On promising to behave herself , and not to go there again , she waa aliowed to go at hbeny .

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      A Son Oldks than bis Faiber . —It is stated that a lady iiving near Brr ' . m , in Prussia , who has only attained ihe age of 103 years , has j « st cootrac-ceu afonrth marriage . wiiii a youth of seventy . But the cream of the joke is , that among the children which the bride brought to her new husband waa a boy of eighty-three . In a becest book on Chancery Practice , vel . i . p-125 , is the following choice speeimen of legal perspicuity . — When a person is bound to do a thing , and he does what may enable him to do the thing , he is . supposed in equity tv do it with a view of doing what he is bound to do ! ' '

      The widow of an eminent composer , recording her hn-band ' s death in the newapapers ^ baxarded tho observation— " He has left this life , and gone to that blessed place where only his harmony can be exceeded . " This flourish took the fancy of a pyrotechnist ' s widow , who adopted it with a variation . " He is gone , " said she ( writing the obituary notice of her husband ) " to that blessed place where only his fireworks can be exceeded !" Information was received in London on Wednesday last of tbe total loss of the East Indiaman , vhB Washington , from Bengal to London , whioh fonndered at sea , in lat . 120 N ., Ion . 86 3 S E . The crew were saved by the : Sir Robert Peel , from Calcutta to London , and the Washington was seen to go down in deep water soon after she had been abandoned . A fearful hurricane was racing at the time . She left "Beng al on the 16 th Oct . last , and was lost on the 25 th Oct .

      Eabthquakb at Letpsic . —We learn from Leipsic that , about ten in the evening of the 18 ; h ult ., a shock of earthquake was felt in the environs of that city , audit "W& 3 repeated several times during the night , attended by a noise like the rumbling of a heavy carriage over a wooden bridge . The last shock was so violent , that many houses were shaken , and the inhabitants roused from their sleep . The atmosphere was perfectly serene . Insanity has greatly increased within the last twenty years . Th « number of lunatics in England is stated to ba 6 , 806 ; idiot ? , 5 J 41 ; together , 12 , 547 : but , allowing for defective returns , the nnmber may be stated &i 14 , 000 or one to every thousand of the population . In Wales—Ianatios , 133 ; idiola . 763 ; total , 869 : and , adding for parishes which have made no return , it may be stated at 1000 , or one to 800 . In Ireland , lunatics and idiots together exceed 8 , 000 , or one to 1000 of the population ; and jn Scotland , lunatics and and idiots , 3 , 653 , or one in 700 .

      The King of th » French received , on Saturday week , a deputation of the Lyons silk manufacturers , to represent ; he distress of their trade , resulting from the restrictive policy of France ; Spain , Austria , Italy , and Russia had almost closed their doors ; Germany was diminishing the demand ; England imnosed duties of from 20 to 40 per cent . ; and the United States duties of 20 to 25 per c < -nt . on rich silks , and 40 to 50 on common . The King listened attentively to that part of the address in whioh it was stated that the trade exported 160 , 000 , 000 francs of produce , independent of the supply for home consumption , one-third of whicn was hand labour .

      Shropshire Bog Mines . —A very rich vein of lead ore has been discovered at these mines on the property of Henry Lyster , Esq . A fortnight ago the miners , in drawing a level of 148 fathoms , came upon a vein of ore proauoing lumps weighine as much as 3 cwt . each , and giving promise of continuing long at tho same abundant rate . In the course of the following day another vein vastly more rich was discovered in the adjoining mine of Pennerley , on the property of Earl Tankerville and J . A . Lloyd , Esq . On the latter occasion the borers at once cut into a large cavern of ore , distributed in Iump 3 so heavy that several men could not move them , and ghowing several hundred tons of the metal exposed to sight—being the richest discovery ever made in this part of the kingdom . The mine is perfectly dry , and the ore onlv requires to be wound up to become immediately available . —Shrewsbury News

      Last wbek at the Police Court , Manchester , Nathaniel and Edwin Lucas , carrying on business at Leigh and Macolesfield , as silk manufacturers and dyers , were charged with having in their possession a quantify of silk , which w&s said to hare been Btolen in the following manner : —The parties ( tha two Lucas ' s ) were said to have entered the warehouses of different merchants and tradesmen in the way of business , and then to have taken the opportunity of examining the different fastenings of tbe doors , and getting to know where the most

      ¦ valnaDle things were placed . They then informed their workmen , who were thns easily enabled to get into the warehouse by night , and carry away whatever they wanted . The articles were then consigned to the dye-tools , so as to defy detection . It is said that property to tbe amount of £ 10 , 000 has been stolen in this way . A quantity of goods were produced , and where identified by the different manufacturers and tradesmen as part of the property which had been stolen from them . The prisoners were remanded , the magistrates refusing to take bail .

      A Ghost Stoby . —Snnderland is in an uproar about a ghost ! A young mariner of the Myrtle , near Cairn * , saw his sisier ' s ghost at sea , and again a few nights ago , in his vessel on the Wear . On the latter occasion she promised him a second visit in a short time , when Bhe would reveal something of importance . A rumour went abroad that twelve o'clock on Thursday night was the appointed hour , and long before that time upwards of a thousand persons were congregated ; near Sunderland churchyard , to catch a glimpse of the ghost as it wended its way from its own narrow bed to the bedside of the haunted sailor . But although they had the

      patience to remain at their post until one o ' clock in . the morning , in the midst of a delightful drizzle , their enriosity went unrewarded . Spirits , perhaps , are not exempt from tbe roguery of bodies , but take a malicious pleasure in tantalizing poor silly mortals ; or it may be true , as has been gravely affirmed * that the public had mistaken the night , and that the ghost had hauntpd the young man in his hammock in the night of Wednesday , and unfolded to him a tale of horror , which it forbade him to repeat to any living person , save and except her husband , who is now at sea . But why could not the ghost itself eonvey the story to the husband ?

      Extraordinaby Marsiage . —The following has been communicated to us by a highly respectable gentleman , and we shall not make further comment upon it , than to say , that the facts are anything but creditable ( to say the least ) to the parties concerned On Wednesday week the daughter of a comfortable farmer living in the vicinity of Barne was to have been married to a yonng man to whom she had been engaged , and every thing was arranged for the interesting event . However , tho fickle fair one changed her mind , and on the morning appointed for the wedding she eloped wiih her father ' s servant hoy , who , it appears , had more fay 6 ur in her sight . For some time all was oonsternation and surprise , but after a litile reflection , the father and

      disappointed bridegroom determined that a wedding there should he bj hook or crook , and it was not long until they selected the granddaughter of the former , a child unier iwelFe years of age J The only thing now necessary for the consummation of the marriage was the presence of his Reverenee , but soon that obstacle was removed , aud he made his appearance in all due form ; his " fist was greasbd ' with a £ 10 note , and the little girl became a bride . The bridegroom gave the father £ 50 to live with him , and thns terminated an event which has caused feelings of general disgust amongst the respectable classes in the neighbourhood . We have since learned that the poor child has been sent to a school at some distance from the locality where this strange scene occurred . —Carlisle Journal .

      A Laughable Occubbekcs . —Ob Tuesday last , a large bison or bonassua was forwarded by Mr . Herring , from the establishment in the New-road , per railway , to a collection of wild beast 3 , exhibiting in Liverpool . Tha huge animal came encased in a large iron-boond cage or den , and seemed to enjoy his quick transit with great equinamity . He arrived safely on Wednesday morning at the Wapping station ; but , in removing him from the carriage , his immense weight completely forced out the bottom of his den , when the uawieldy beast , feeliDg Ms legs atlibertyj bounded off at railway speed , and did not stop until the front of the cage came in contact with a barrel of ale that some brewers were lowering into a cellar of-Mr . Hill ' s vaults , in the vicinity of the Custom-house , the head of whioh was satu

      completely staved in , and the heavy wet soon - rated the feet of the passers by . The collision broke the front of the den , ; which admitted out the head and horns of the infuriated monster , who , wildly glaring and foaming at the mouth , seemed to bo dfcbaring which of the : draymen ( who were , in their endeavour to escape , falling helter-skelter o \ er each other , ) he should attack . At this moment , Mr . James Lee , vrho had followed With breathless haste , arrived , and , by throwing a blanket over his head , succeeded in leading him to tbe Haymarket , followed by a concourse of spectators , where he was safely delivered into the custody of his future master . The above occurrence , luckily unattended with any serious accident , has been the means of attracting crowds of visitors to the menagerie . — LiverpoolJournal .

      SPRING TIME IS COMING . The spring time is coming , and shower , And many a green l « af , and blossom and flower ; And bly the birds are singing , while echoes declare , The sweet tones of love that are murmuring there . The spring-time is coming—and balmy the air—With rambles through nature her beauties to share ; When lover meets lover away from the cot , Where woodbine entwines the sweet moss-beded grot . The spring-time is coming—old age at the door Looks an \ with delight o ' tT the ¦ woo dland and moor ; The young ones are sporting like *\ vild mountain deer , And the village games now on the fresh fereen appear .

      The spring-time is coming—be choice in your food . Let your health be regarded . hy cleansing your blood ; Would you still against sickness success ! ully war . Then choose ihe Loag Life and the Pills of Old Parr .

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      Another letter of the same date says : — "Pointe-a-Pitre no longer exists ; what was spared by the earthquake bas-lbeea destroyed by the flimefi . fi is said that there are two thousand victims at least . Marlty and Saiute-Rose are two residences belonging to Cou&teda Chazelles , delegate of Gu&daloupe ; the former isilevel with the ground , not the . smallest particle of mason-work being left standing . At the latter the mill , is totally destroyed , and the sugar buildings , though standing , are in a ruinous and dangerous state . Unfortunately , all accounts represent the other ) habitations , at Cinq-Etaag , Moulin-a-Vent , everywhere , ia ( act , to b 8 in a similiar condition . In the cemnioae of Sainto-Ann , the mills at Chateauprun , G-hiseac , and Beis-Jolan , are the ouly on > s left standing . " Another letter , of February ill , says : —

      " At Pointe-a-Pitre the number of the dead is so great that no interment takes place . They are thrown outside the passes , and the number is unknown . In several places the earth opened , and threw up water aud sand . The hour at which the disaster occurred , although less fatal than that of the similar calami y at Martinique ( six in the morning ) , nevertheless considerably augmented the lOSS Of life , for it surprised the population at breakfast . The shock must have been of exceeding violence , for the mills , which were actual towers , with wails of mason work six or seven feet thick , were completely levelled with the ground . Guadaloupe , which is divided into two islands , separated by an arm of the sea some metres wide , and a few feet deep , s . range

      enough ! only suffered in the flat parts . The mountainous and volcanic regions { have no serious disaster to deplore . Thus the towns which have been destroyed are situated in ihe Grand-Terre , which is the low flat part of the colony . Ou the contrary , Guadaloupe , properly eo called , whioh contains Basse- Terre , the seat of government , has only slightly suffered , although its soil is placed over lara , aud it holds in its centre the Soufriere , an evor-buruing volcano . A mixture of mud and water was , it muy bo remarked , thrown out of the earth in some places . The Soufriere , in ; its last eruution , also threw out a vast quantity of water and mud , and at

      tbe present minuta is sending Iforth steam hi abundance . The loss of property , particularly at Pointea-Pitre , must bo immense , it will fall principally on tho merchants . The country parts will no doubt be severely visited , since a great number of mills and other buildings—very expensive matters in the Antilles—have been destroyed ; but the loss of building ? , and an interruption of business , cannot be compared to the destruction of a town eontaining 15 , 000 souls , where an immense quantity of merchandise was consumed . . Nevertheless , those acquainted with Guadaloupe , and iis elements of wealth , ousbt not to despair . '

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      Leeds Corn Mauket , Tuesday , March 14 th . — The arrivals of Wheat aud Beans to this day ' s marfcot are larger than last week . Oats and Barley rather smaller . The demand for Wheat has been limited , fine qualities have scarcely made last week ' s prices , other descriptions very dull , and Is . per quarter lower ; there is scarcely any demand for old . Barley has been slow sale [ at last week ' s prices . Oats rather lower . Beans 6 d . to Is . per quarter lower . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , POR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 14 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs 3796 2212 594 — 558 10 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d 2 6 11 1 10 4 i 0 18 4 i 0 0 0 19 8 19 0

      Leeds Cloth Market , Tuesday , March 14 th . —The last two market days have been again of a very dull cast . Not much business was done on either Saturday or Tuesday ; idlfacf , very tittle cloth was taken out of the Halls except by "hawking " manufacturers , and these are doing business on the worst terms possible , both for themselves and others . \ HUDDERSFIELD CtOTH MARKET , TUESDAY , MARCH 14 th . —Our market has been ofia heavy description again . Light goods continue to be in request but not to any great extent . It being the second Tuesday , cloth was generally looked for , a sight not generally obtained . The market was not an improvement upon the last . ¦ .

      Livebpool Corn Market , Monday , March 13 . —A change of wind in the early part of the week brought up a numerous fleet of vessels , and the arrivals of British Grain , &c . contain 3987 , qrs of Wheat , 6084 qrs of Oats , 3272 Jq rs of Barloy , 6237 qrs of Malt , 10 , 115 sacks of Flour , and 23 , 759 loads of Oatmeal , coastwise and from Ireland . We have also to report from abroad 975 ; qra of Wheat ( from Wolgast ) , 1100 qrs of Oats , and 800 qrs of Beans . Inactivity and tendency towards lower prices have continued to be the prevailing characteristics of the Corn trade . Wheat generally must be noted 2 d par bushel cheaper than at the } close of last week , 7 s 5 d having vosterdav been takun for the

      newlyarrived Wolgast , and 65 oi per 70 lbs for fine Polish Odessa . The increased quantity of sack Flour on the market has reduced ita value by 2 s per sack ; and this description , having dravyn , the chief attention of the dtalers , foreign has been almost neglected . The beat IrLih mealing Oat 3 have been sold at 2 a . 4 hi ., good runs at 2 s . 4 d . per 45 ibs . 20 s . 3 d per load " is a topi quotation for Oatmeal , at which a few parcels have changed hands . The better supply of Barley has rendered purchases easy to effect ; 32 s to 33 d per quarter are now top quotations for English Chevalier . For Beans and Peas we have had the merest retail demand at previous rates . i

      LjVERPOOt Cattle Market , Monday , March 13 . —TheBupply of Cattle at market today has been much the same as last week , with a little advance in price . We have had 75 Bulloeks from Spain , the greatest portion of very inferior quality . Beef 5 d . to 6 d ., Mutton 5 d . to 5 fJ . per 1 b . Number of Cattle at market -Beasts 821 , Sheep 2578 . Manchester Corn Market .-tSaturday , March 11 . — -A steady consumptive demand has been experienced throughout the week for good and middling qualities of Flour , and choice outs of Oatmeal , the trade , however , limiting their purchases to quantities suitable for present use ; and to effect Bales lower prices were submitted to . ) With a change of

      wind the arrivals coastwise and ! from Ireland are large ; the supplies of Flour from the interior kept pace with the demand ; but there is no accumulation of stock in Brst hands . At our market this morning there was very little inquiry for Wheat , and we nominally repeat the quotations of this day se'nnight . Excepting choice superfine whites , the pcarcity of which enables factors to obtain 37 s . lo 38 s . per 2801 bg ., the value of Flour was not supported , and the business done was at a decline of 6 d to Is per sack . Oatmeal must likewise be noted 6 d per load lower . Oats and Beans were slow of sale , out W 6 make no change iD the ) currency for the finest qualities of either article .

      State op Trade . —The mercantile accounts from India and China , though 9 omewhat chequered in their character , are on the whole ^ considered favourable ; and they had the effect of giving additional firmness to the market for manufactured goods yesterday ; many of ihe manufacturers of wide cloths declining to take ordeTs at the { rates of last week ; but no great amount of business was done . The yarn market waa also , on the whole , rather firmer than last week , and a somewhat larger business was done , though without any improvement in prices . — Manchester Guardian of Wednes'dav .

      London Corn Exchange , Monday . , March 13 th . —The stands beiBg heaviJy supplied , and the attendance of dealers ( most of whom purchased with extreme caution ) by no means Urge , the demand for English Wheat was exepssively slow , at an abatement in the figures of Monday last of from Is to 2 s per qr . Foreign Wheat was 19 per qr . lower . Best malting Barley at full quotations , but grinding and distilling sorts hung heavily on hand . Malt quite as dear . In most instances holders ; of Oats were compelled to give way 6 d to Is per qr . Beans and Peas the turn cheaper . Tho same observation may be applied to Flour .

      London Smithfield Cattle Market , March 13 th . —Notwithstanding the attendance of both London and country buyers was rather numerous the beef trade ruled excessively heavyj and the prices declined , on those noted on this day se ' nnight , quite 2 d per 8 ! bs . Sheep were abundant , and though currencies suffered an abatemeutfrom those obtained on Monday last , of 2 d per 8 lbs , neariy 400 Kents , out of their wool , were on sale , but the demand for them was heavy . The inquiry for Larab was in a dull state , at from 4 s 4 d to 5 = 3 d per 8 iba . Oflcalves , their value was almost nominal . Porkers , were a mere drug , and the turn cheaper . The imports of stock from abroad , since our last report ^ have consisted of 8 oxen in the port of London , and 6 oxen and 3 horns , at Hull , all from Hamburgh . The former were on sale to-day , but were taken out of the market , for the purpose of being strengthened . The condition of these animals was not to say good .

      Borough and Spitalfields . —There has been a fair arrival of potatoes in pool since our last report . For the bsst samples we have a ! steady inquiry at full quotations , but the middling ] and inferior qualities go off slowly . i Wool . Markets . —The stock ! of both British and Foreign Wools being still large , the demand rules very dull , at barely stationary prices . Bohobgh Hop Mabkei . —We continue to be very moderately supplied with most kinds of Hops , yet the inquiry fox them rules inactive , at prices barely equal to those noted on this day se ' nnight . Tallow . —In the early part of last week , the price of Y . C . on the spot was firm at 43 s . 3 d ., and the dtmand was very fair for the time of the year , as will be seen by the delivery . On Friday evening , one of the holders showed a determination to

      realise , and hence arises our quotations of this moming : if holders generally evince ] this disposition , it is impossible for us to say when the decline may atop . For new Y . C . in the autumn 42 s . 9 d . to 43 s . last three months , and 4 S * . 6 d . for separate months , August to December inclusive . ' TownTallow 44 s , netc cash .

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      From ihe London Gazette of Friday , March 10 . BANKROPrS . Thomas I > ivies , 55 , Grosvenor-street , draper , March 18 , at eleven , and April 25 , at half-past eleven , at tha Court of Bankruptcy ., London . Mr . W . Whitmore , official assignee , 2 , Basinghall-street ; Mr . James , solicitor , Basinghall-atreet . Henry Clarke , late of Wolverbampton , StaffordHkire , and now of 13 , George-street , Mansion-hoase , City , lock manufacturer , March 21 and April 20 , at twelve , at the Court ot Bankruptcy , Londen . Mr . Pennell , official assignee ; Mr . Steel , solicitor , 1 , Iiincoln'a-iunflelds .

      George Bntler , Witham , E 3 sex , builder , March 17 , at two , and April 21 , at e . ' oven , at the Court ot Bankruptcy , Lendbn . Mr . Lackington , official assignee 3 . Coleman-street-bnildingfl ; and Mr . Digby , solicitor , Maldon . Essex . William John Chetwynd , EHzibeth-place , Westminster-road , picture-dealer . Marsh 21 , at eleven , and April 28 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . hon ~ dot ) . Mr . George Gibson , ( fficial assignee , 72 , Basinghall-strefct ; Mr . W . H . Cross , Surrey-street , ^ traod . John Wilshin , Beading , Berkshire , draper , Marci 18 , st eleven , and April 28 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . George Green , official assignee , 18 , Aldermaubury ; Mr . Ashnrst , solicitor , Gheapside

      Henry . Hughes and William Hunter , of St Leonard's on Sea . Sussex , builders , March 21 , at half-past one , nnd April 21 , at eleven , at the C urt of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . George John Graham , official assignee , 21 , BasiDgball-street ; aud Mr . Cutler , solicitor . Bellyard , Doctore ' -commons . James Peters , Meretham , Sorry , coal merchant , March 24 and April 22 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . James Foster Groom , official assignee , 12 , Abcburch-lane , Lombard-street ; Mr . VV * . Bevan , solicitor , 21 , OJd Jewry . John SaunderBon , Cambridge , horse dealer , March 28 , at half-past eleven , and April 25 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Edward Rdwartls , official assignee , 7 , FredericK's-plaee , Old Jewry ; Mr . H . W . Rivenscroft , solicitor , 21 , Guilford-street , Russell-square ; Mr . Charles Henry Cooper , solicitor , Cambridge .

      Edward de Carle , Norwich , stone mason , March 24 . at eleven , and April 26 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . George Lackington , official assignee , 3 , Coleman-street-buildings ; Mr . Shearman , solicitor , Trinity-placa , Charing . cross ; and Mr . Winter , soiicitor , Norwich-Nathaniel West Corp , Yarmouth , merchant , March 17 , st one , and April 26 , at one , at tha Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , 20 , BasiDghall-street ; Messrs . Bartrum and Son , solicitors , Bishopsgate-Btieet , London . Francis Szirka and George Szirka , New Bond-street , farriers , March 17 , at half-past eleven , and April 19 , at threo , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , 20 , Basinghall-street ; Mr . Robert Blackmore , solicitor , St . Martin ' s-place , Charing-cross .

      Thomas Cox , Gloucester , plumber , March 20 , at eleven , and April 21 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Mr . E . M . Miller , official assignee , Bristol ; Messrs Milne and Co ., solicitors , Temple , London ; and Mr . Edward Burges , solicitor , Bristol . Evan Hall , Narbeth , Pembrokeshire , draper , March 28 and April 25 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Mr . E . M . Miller , official assignee , Bristol ; and Mr . Leman , solicitor , Bristol . Thomas Dickson , Tfeirsk , Yorkshire , woollen draper , M&rch 31 and April 26 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Lee < 2 *> . Mr . George William Freeman , official assignee , Leeds ; Messrs . Robert EJward Smithson and Oswald Smithson , solicitors , York ; and Mr . Bulmer , solicitor , Leeds .

      George Robson , jun , Osbaldwick , Yorkshire , cattle dealer , March 21 , and April 25 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Henry Philip Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . John Wood , solicitor , York . Edward Butler , Carrtogton , Nottinghamshire , Iron merchant , March 21 and April 25 , at eleven , at the Court of . Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Charles Fearae , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Shiiton , solicitor , Nottingham . George Holroyd and Joseph Waller , Sheffield , stone masons , March 23 and April 25 , at one at the Cour t of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Henry Philip Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Henry Broomhead , solicitor , Sheffield .

      Thomas Goodwin aud William Henry Griffin , Loseoe , Derbyshire ^ lime burners , March 21 , at twelve , and April 21 , at eleven , at tha Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Kichard VUpy , official assignee , Birmingham ; Messrs . W . and S . Paraons . tjun ., solicitors , Nottingham . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . George Eastburn and S >> niufel Kirk , of Woodhouse Carr , near' Leeds , etovers—John Fowler and William DftViea , Liverpool , iron founders—T . Gamett and G Garnett , Morley , Yorkshire , cloth manufacturers—Jahn Steeiiman and Thomas C * nby , Kingston-upon-Hull , hop merchants—Walter Stead , Jeremiah Stead , and John Kirkhouse French , Leeds and Giidersome , Yorkshire , " merchants—G « o . Hatton and John Stretch , late of Warrington , Lancashire , " tannsrs .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , March 14 . BANKRUPTS . Danie ! Gover , carpenter , Marquis-court , Drury-lane , MaTch 24 , at twelve , and April 25 , a * half-past twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Alsager , official assignee , Birchin-i&ne ; Mr . Vallance , solicitor , Essex-street , Strand . William Gorton , merchant , Cornhill , March 21 , at two , and April 21 , at one , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy Mr . Belcher , official assignee ; Messrs . Dick&on and Overbury , FrederickVplace , Old Jewry . William JVhu Beazley Hall Lofty , ship owner , BeUnett-street , Blackfilars-road , Match 21 , at two , and April 24 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr Turquand , official assignee , Copthall-buildings ; Mr . Tate , solicitor ; BaainghaU-bttiet .

      William Aslett , grocer , Bitterns , Soutnamptonahvre , March 22 , at half-past twelve , and AprU 24 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Tuiqusmd , official assignee , Copthall-buildings ; Messrs . Hicks and Brackenrldge , solicitors , Bartletf a-buildings . John Hannon , victualler , St . Martiu'a-lane , March 21 , at one , and April 24 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Graham , official assignee , Basinghallatreet ; Mr . Fry , solicitor , Cheapside . Eiward Butt , linen draper , Great Surrey-street , Blackfriars-road , March 28 , at twelve , and April 25 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Edwards , official assignee , Frederick-street , Old Jewry ; Mr . Abhurst ,. solicitor , Cheapside .

      Hugh Pan ton , Thomas William Panton , Geo . Foster , and John Wilberforce Morley , iron-manufacturer , Sunderland , April 4 , at twelve , and May 2 , at one , at tha Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Baker , official assignee , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Solicitors , Messrs . Capes and Stewart , Field-court , Gray's Inn , London ; Mr . Harrison , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; and Mr . Wright , Sunderland . Alexander Frazsr , lodging-housekeeper , St George , Hanover-square , March 23 , at one , and May 2 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Green , official assignee , Aldermanbnry ; Mr . Leakes , solicitor , Charlotte-row , Mansion-house . Thomas Wright , Richard Burgess , and Ralph Taylor , earthenware manufacturers , Tunstall , Staffjrdshire , March 25 , at half-past twelve , aud April 17 , at twelve , at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr Whitmore , official essignee , Birmingham j Mr . Ward , solicitor , Barslem , Staffordshire .

      William WhiOey , merchant , Liverpool , March 20 , afc twelve , and April 20 , at eleven ) at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Bird , official assignee , Liverpool ; Messrs . Knapper and Woolwright , solicitors , Liverpool . William Pugb , auctioneer , Gloucester , March 22 and April 27 , at one , at the Bristol BJstrict Court of Bank * ruptcy . Mr . Hutton . offielaV assignee , Bristol ; Mr Lovegrove , solicitor , Gloucester . Thomas Sanderson , Woollen draper , Leeds , March 24 and April 28 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Freeman , official assignee ; Mr Brodley , solicitor , Leeds . Thomas Baines , worBted spinner , Bradford , Yorkshire , March 25 and April 25 , at twelve , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Fearne , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Morris , solicitor , Bradford .

      Frank ' Popplewell , blanket manufacturer , Batley , Yorkshire , March 24 and April 28 , at twelve , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Young , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Dean , solicitor , Batley . Daniel Greatbatch , Jan ., cabinet-maker , Newcastle nnder-Lyme , March 22 , at two , and April 21 , at one , at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Christie , official assignee , Birmingham ; Mi . SUnier , solicitor , Newcastle-under-Lyme . Samuel Middlsbam , wine merchant , Clifton , Yorkshire , March 28 and April 25 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Highatn , solicitor , Brighouse , Huddersneld .

      William Whiting Robinson , linen draper , Beverley , Yorkshire , April 1 and 25 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; ' Solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Son , and Wetherell , Temple , London ; Messrs . Payne , Eddiaon , and Ford , Leeds ; and Mr . Blair , Manchester . Timothy Duggan , calico printer , Cheapside , Cheadlegtove , near Cheadle , Cheshire , Match . 24 , at twelve , and April 28 , at one , at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Stanway , official assignee , Man * Chester ; Solicitors , Mr . Gibson , Manchester ; Messrs . Chisholme , Hall , and Gibson , Lincoirfs inn-fields . William Howarthand William WMlamfl , drysalters , Manchester , April 3 and 28 , at twelve , at tbe Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy . Air . Fraser , Official assignee , Manchester ; Solicitors , Mr . Blair , Manchester ; Messrs . Johnson , Son , and Weatherall , Temple , London .

      John Bustoo , builder , ? ianchester , March 24 and April 28 , at eleven , at tb '< , Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Fraser , official assignee , Manchester ; Solicitora , Messrs . Humphrya , Cunliffes , Charlwood , and Buty , Manchester ; Messrs . Walmrtey , Keighley . ana Pwfcin , Chancery-lane . London .

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      EARTHQUAKE" AT GUA . DALUUPE . We learn from , the Paris papers that particulars had at lasr , been received in France of the earthquake at Guadaloupe , and , wo regret to say , that they are of a painful character . The damage of the property was enormous ; bu 6 that is nothing compared with the vast loss of human beings . We give the melancholy detaite from the Government papers . The Messager gives the following account : — A new and cruel disaster has just fallen on one of our principal colonies . The earthquake of Feb . 8

      whicn only caused partial disasters in several islands of the Antilles , has covered with mourning the grande terre of Guadaloupe , and the important town of Pointe-a-Pitre no longer exists . We lay textually before our readers the report which the Governor-General Gourbeyre has addressed to the Minister of Marine from the scene of the disaster . Orders have just been sent by telegraph to Brest , Toulon , and Rochefort for money , medicines , and a million of radons to be sent immediately t * Guada-Joupe . The following is the dispatch of the Governor General : —

      " Basse Terre , Feb . 8 , three o ' olock , p m . "An earthquake , which lasted seventy seconds , has just thrown the inhabitants of Guadaloupe into the utmost consternation . This ovens took place this morning at half-past ten o ' clock . At Basse Terre several buildingsi have fallen down , and a number of houses are so injured as to be no longer inhabitable fortunately , no life has been lost . At Saintes all the houses built of inasouwork have been overturned . The quarters to leeward have much suffered ; persons have been killed and wounded . I have this moment learned that Pointe-a-Pitre no longer exists . I am about to get on horseback and proceed to the scene of the disaster .

      " Pointe-a-Pitre , Feb . 9 , three o ' clock . " Pointe-a-Pitre is entirely destroyed . What was spared by the earthquake has since perished by fire , which burst out a few minutes * ft 3 r the houses fell . I am writing in the midst of the ruins of this unfortunate city , in presence of a population without food and without asylum , in the midst of the wounded , of whom the ; number is considerable ( it is said from 1 , 500 to 1 , 800 !) The dead are still under the ruins , and their number is calculated at several thousands . The fire is still raging . All the quarters of the colony have suffgrd . The town of Moule has been destroyed , and thirty persons have lost their lives . The small towns of St . Francos , St . Anne , Port Louis , Bertrand , and

      St . Rose , have been overturned , and in all there are dead aud wounded . J implore , in favour of the inhabitants of Guadaloupe , that inexhaustible Goodness which , from the throne , pours forth so many benefits I implore all France to stretch forth an aiding hand to us , as she has already done to Martinique . She will not abandon this population , entirely French , nor leave to wretchedness the widows and orphans whom this terrible disaster has overwhelmed . I shall speedily send you such details as I shall be able to collect . I fear that the sugar crop wiii be lost , for the mills are all destroyed . Famine stares us in the face ; prompt succour is absolutely ntcesfavy . Joinville has much suffered : Pedt-Bourg is destroyed . " GounBErRE , Governor . "

      The M ^ ssager adds— By a hippy circumstance the soldiers of the garrisou of Pointe-a-Piire had time to evacuate their quarters , and we have ouly to deplore the loss of three of them . Martinique only felt the earthquake slightly . We hear of no victims or of any important damage . " Tha Moniteur Parisien aay 3— The calamity was increased by the occurrence of a vast fire . Two thousand bodies are said to have been dug out ot the ruin& , and it was reokoned that there was an equal number of wounded . At the moment when the account left , nve hundred persons had undergone amputation , and died after the operation . '' The Paine states that most of the houses , and more than fifty sugar establishments , were destroyed . The Commerce has a letter from Martinique , dated the 14 th ult ., from whioh we take the following extracts : —

      " On the 8 ch , the day of the catastrophe which reduced Pointe-a-Pitre to a heap of ruins and ashes , I was going towards the Savannah , about twenty minutes past ten o ' clock , in order to reach the palace , when I heard cries of distress issuing from every side of me ; The people rushed from their houses , the women carrying their children in their arms-r-all hurrying to the open promenade . I then felt the earth ) tremble under ray feet , and began to hasten my own stpps * The shocks continued with increased violence for nearly two minutes ; but , fortunately , there was no vertical movement , which Would have inevitably thrown down our houses as in 1839 . We soon ascertained that our town remained uninjured , but the old and experienced inhabitants

      soon decided that what they felt w ^ s only the tail of an earthquake , and that , we should shortly hear of some grsat disaster at one or more of the neighoouring islands . This terrifying prediction was awfully verified on the 9 ch by letters from Basse Terre , whioh inado us acqaaiiiled witK the total destruction of the finest city of the Antilles Our Governor and Admiral De Mogps proceeded to take measures for the reliaf of the suffering inhabitants of Ponte-a-Pitre . The Admiral , on tho samo day , sailed for Guadaloupe , followed by the steam-frigate Gomer , sent by the Governor . They took with them linen , medicines , provisions , and stores of all kinds , and several surgeons . Toe inhabitants of St . Pierre dispatched them a large

      collection of similar supplies and money . 1 he first person who has arrived at Fort Royal from the afflicted islaud is an old retired captain , aged 72 , who escaped as by a miracle . He was buried in tbe ruins , and there remained for more than an hour . He states thiit , at the moment after the shock , fires broke out and consumed much that it had sp&red . In this additional calamity the hospital was included ; such of the patients a 3 were able ' also made their escape , but many were burnt alivo in theJbuilding . No calculation can yet be made of the number of the killed , but it is estimated at one ? third of the population . Among the killed are two distinguished advocates , M . Borne de Grand Pre and M . Cardoso ; M . GrtfSer , the avoue ; two notaries ; the wife and

      seven children of Captain Nadau des Ilets , of the Sappeurs , and superintendent of bridges and roads at Point-a-Patre : M . l > oville , senior , formerly member of the Colonial , Coonoil , MM , Margan and O'Ogremont , and M . Noirtin and his family , composed of twelve persons .. M . Foignet , Procureur du Roi , has one of his legs broken , and M . Farinole , Counsellor of the Court Royale , has a contusion of the thiyh bo severo as to create apprehension that it is fractured . The ~ e two are the only magistrates of Guadaloupe who have suffered , and happily not one was killed . Thebest built and consequently the richest quarter of the t <> wn has suffered gnoost , and it is said that the elite of the inhabitants have perished . We are told that at the moment of tho

      earthquake , upwards of 200 people were assembled at the Cafe Amencain , to witness the drawing of -a lottery for a small vessel , and none escaped . Of the detachment of the 1 st Regiment of Marines quartered at Point-a-Petre , only four men wore killed , and one of the captains was slightly wounded . Some wretches took advautage of the dire confusion to plunder . At first they wtre said to be negroes , led on by a man of colour ; but this , it has since appeared , was an error , and that the unfeeling robbers Were all sailors—some say Americaas , headed by their captain , all of whom , have been arrested aud confined in the hold of some ship . I have just learned the return of the Gomer , which the Governor is on the point of Bending to France . On her arrival

      at Point -a-Petre , thei steam Frigate found the town almost entirely evacuated , and no one of authority to receive the provisions and money she had brought from Martinique . She carried 160 wounded to Basse-Terre , where they received all the aid their condition required . It was found necessary to amputate both , the legs of one lady , an operation which she bore with truly Christian fortitude , and she will , it is hopad , recover . When the frigate left the island , Poiut-a-Pitre was still burning . A great number of bodies had been got out of the ruins , and carried by a schooner into tne channel of the Saintes where they received a watery grave . The site of the town had become pestilential , and every one fled from it . "

      The following are extracts from letters in the Press : — ^ w •* $ | h ; te-a-Pitre , Feb . 9 . " Basse Terre has sufferefBut little , and although a number of houses are uninhabitable , all remain standing a&jJHU ) person has been injured ; but . at Pointe-a-Pi ^ all wa . 3 overturned , except the wooden houses . Immediately after the shock fires broke out in 200 or 300 places together , and totally consumed the houses . At present the flames are playing over the remains , and . in the whole of the town , which contained 16 , 000 souls , there , are not ten houses inhabitable . No description can give an idea of this disaster . We can scarcely credit what we see before our eyes . I left Basse-Tewer with the Governor yesterday , a few hours after ( the accident , and came here . We are about te set out for Moule , which has , alas ! 'been destroyed . " The number of victims ishconsiderablebut ; much Smaller than could have

      , been expeoted . Only ,-; , W 9 , Sftidier , haa perished . There are under the ruins ,, a ; number of dead bodies , which are being gradually ' taken out , and the presence of which causes great' uneasiness , on account of the corruption that must speedily take place . M . L'Haridon , a medical man , who lately arrived , perished in tbe rains ; his'jfemilv was saved , \ M . Nadan , officer of engineers ^ lias lost eighteen of his household , thirteen beipg ' Telatives- and five slaves . He Buccceeded in saving one of his children . The number of wounded is exceedingly great . Women and young girls may bo seen with two and three limbs fractured . The scene is ^ a hundred times more horrible than a field of battle . Moat of the sugar-m ' tils are destroyed , and the crop of sugar-canes will be ost . The Governor is adniir&ble in the midst of all his afflicted population . "

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      _ THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct473/page/3/