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      THE GOODNESS OF JUTUBE WITHHELD FROM THE POOR . O earth , the basis of our noble form , Foater -d with thy fruits -where'er we roam , If wb fwm pole to pole thy wonders traoe , ¦ We tod thee labouring to support our race ; Thou spreadst thy carpet green beneath onr feet , A * d sniling shows us sll thy meadows rweet , Bid * ua perambulate thy IotcIj scane , Thy shady bowTs , and thy forests green , ThJ flowery pato , thy ragged mountain , high . Thy furrow'd fields , which all our wants supply ; Ah ! do those furroWd fields supply fee poor , Whose hungry cries for chAity ^ f « ? n ,

      » o aw »*• a » f » " ° ? " ? S , Sf ? asst ^^ Ww D ^ tro ? ttieii Wesangs and their happy hearte ; sa ^^ ^ nET a&TsaasssLsss ^ n Sd' oS - ' « Terse this shocking state , Andfiori the wicked to their gloomy fate , IS raise the poor , uphold them with thine hand , B-tam to them their honest rightful land j lit equal laws their motto ever be , The grants bind—and set the people free . * F * S . Leeds .

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      TEETOTALISJL list to me Chartists ain an a , Keep frae bad hibbeta , mak a law , Xae mair drinking , mane ava , It is the de-ril , For aft behind there is a craw , Their lies the evel . That ill brewed drink ye ken fa weel , Does o ' er owr sober senses steel , Cauld , stem poverty it maks us feel , Wi a her force , Despised , neglected , forced to reel , Fra b& 4 to waxse . When drunkards baa the Btoup at hand , Wi meckle ot at their command , Tha'd strike althow they coudnie stand .

      When temper fail them , I had pick a p lea wi sea or land , Thow nane did gale them Gae oictnre ain tha ' s deed wi drink , What is his fate , just calmly think , Auld dntty laughs , and geies a -wink , An nichera fain , When ance he has them on the brink , Then a ' s bis ain . Sae keep awa' ye black deeeiver , Ye gie to us but little pleasure , Those that prise the has treasure , Daitb at the lost , The last resource , the rope or razor , To calm the past .

      Yes , drinking briars ns a * to ruin , The sisecures ar paid off brewin , Tie suffrage doird by dearly looin , That deedly pot , Erect be too bate up an be do * in , An mend thy let Away wi drinking , I intend it , Gin * putting in the pin will mend it , Happy will I be , God send it , To bide me their , Tor since sae mannie ills attend it , I'll nair drink mair

      Sae now 111 bide ye a adieu , A mj gude wishes gang wi yen , When ye * ve made np jour minds be true , Sae ye'll be Mist , Yeald nae for Whig or Tory crew , j But stand the test . R . Stewast Ediniorth , Not . 1 SH .

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      KJBKHEATOJT . —The Poob Law . —A meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of Kirkheaton , comprising the following townships—Kirkheaton , Lepton , j > alton , and Whitley—called by the churchwwdens , overseers of the poor , and gnardians of the above-named toTmships , for the purpose of petitioning against the New Poor Law , was held on Friday , the loih of January , in the parish of Kirkheaton , one of the churchwardens in the chair , at which the following resolutions were passed unanimously : — " 1 . That it is the just and inalienable right of . the ratepayers of England to appoint the distribution of the money arising from their parish rates , whether

      for the use of the poor or otherwise . 2 . That the Jiew Poor Law Amendment Act has taken away that right , and placed the expenditure of the rates in the hands of persons non-resident , who consequently cannot be proper judges of the real necessities of the poor , and who hare also much increased the expenditure of the rates by the many salaries paid to clerks , relieviDg-ofncers , auditors , &c , which offices were formerly performed by the ratepayers themselves . 3 . That this meeting is of opinion that persons living at a distance cannot be proper judges of the wants and requirements of the poor in their several localities ; therefore , we deem the three commissioners of Somerset House an

      unnecessary incubus , and their salaries and expenees a wanton waste of the taxes of the country . 4 . That the whole system of union of parishes is bad in itself , both for the guardians and poor , the former having to leave their homes at a great distance and « xpence , and the latter often fail in the very attemps to obtain relief , having to tell their tale of woe to strangers , who cannot possibly be acquainted with their case . 5 . That the Poor Law Amendment Act is unjust and oppressive in its nature , and contrary to the true spirit of Christianity and the constitution of our country , and therefore ought immediaiely to be repealed , and the 43 d of Elizabeth b * returned to . 6 . That a petition be sent to Parliiment , requiring the immediate repeal of the 2 Sew Poor Law Amendment Act , and embodying the

      aboTe resolutions . 7 . That the petition be sent to tin Wtst Riding representatives , to be presented to Parliament by them , and requesting their support to the prayer thereof . " The above townships form a considerable part of the Haddersfield Union ; the meeting was attended by the churchwardens , overseers of the poor , the poor law guardians , and the principal ratepayers of the parish ; the greatest CMaimitj of sentiment and ef feeliDg prevailed , and ttsay of the principal ratepayers who had formerly thought tbe New Poor Law might do some good , expressed their conviction of the utter impracticability of its working in those districts . It is expecfed the whole of the parishes forming the HndoersSeld Union will follow the example bo nobly set by the inhabitants of Kirkheaton , & . c .

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      A 5 TB 05 G Smtw-stobm and wind drove no less « &a fourteen vessels ashore , on Thursday , upon the Sonderiand coast . The damage they sustained « great , and two of the crews were saved by the life-boat . Yxskes Eixkjcesck . —The following is the close w a speech by Mr . Lawrence , of the Indiana Legisiwwe : — "I am instructed , Mr . Speaker , by the people who elected me—the bone and sinew of the « oaatry—w > Toie to compel the banks to come up to «» chalk Sir' to march to the

      rackfod-; yes , , up , "f oc no fodder . * Now is the time—aye , even the ** epted time . Let not a moment beJost in putting £ " * ins upon the nuriLster . Let us now , while we » Te a democratic House , put our feefc upon her li&ck , and teach her that the people are able to regu-« e the bank , and not the bank the people . To pay Jlebts 5 s 'honest , and to enforce their collection is Just and right . It is democratic doctrine ; and I consider no man a democrat who is not willing to compel the banks 'tostand ap tothe chalk , or to walk ° " of the ring . '"

      ,. j ? ruL , Jax . H—A public meeting was held in we Town-nail , Kendal , on Wednesday last , for the Purpose of taking into consideration the best mean 3 e relievicg the distress now prevailing in that town . Tae meeting was attended by the principal Easafacturers and g < ntry of the town . Mr . Wakefield , « i bedg wick-house , in the chair . It was agreed to fiise a public subscription and to distribute tbe funds tt coal acd soup to those who are unable to procure * ae necessaries of life . A committee waS ^ ppointed * ° j 4 collectors chosen to go round the town , and a S jteeription was likewise entered into in the room , wien upwards of £ 400 was raised . The subscrip-« oa already amounts to upwards of £ 000 .

      Mr two Avsts . —On a certain morning , about «? period of these events , a double knock at the Primer ' s street-door announced the arrival of the general post . The tetter bore the Leek mark , and J * a joint communication from Miss Martha and jfcuss Hannah Hnssey , to their nephew Algernon , f hese Iadie 3 were , of a truth , the strangest women ffl tbe whole county of Stafford . Tail , upright s * nd thin , they were by no means less r emarkable «> r a rococo style of costume , to which they had erer Ehown a positive preference . Their manners

      "ere one , their thoughts in common , and their ac-^ ts vibrated by the same chord , or a kind of cata-Pjtonicsound , the one attuned to the other ; for «* nha , the elder by half an hour , invariably lead-* &S off in every sentence , was reverberated By * kaaah with the fidelity of Echo herself . Their «* ts became dingy in the same month , their comjjw des were bonght und abandoned on the same "Vs , while their very laces failed in corresponding wches . They were ever in difficulties by ever doing * il for the best f and nothing in their opinion *» e done perfectl y nnless it was thrown into a world * Perplexity by what they termed ** an error on the £ ffii ad * . "— Save me from my Friends ? in Bent-* ¥ * Misce llany for January .

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      A Law-suit sow pending in Tenesseo , between two families , has run foi such a length of time , thai it takes six men of the strongest memories in the State to remember when it was begun .

      EPITAPH OS A POOB-LAW COMMISSIONER . Beneath this Btono a man doth lie , Who strove the flesh to mortify ; Wasting away to skin and bone The flesh of others—not his own . Omega . The Jews is Pecbsia . —The Augsburg Gazette , of the 7 tn mst ., states that a modification of the present laws respecting the Iaraelitea in Prussia 1 b much spoken of . It is said , that not only will they be permuted to enjoy the worship of their religion to the fullest extent , but that they will be restored to the possession of several civil rights of which they were beretoford deprived .

      Another Offence !—No less than one hundred , and sixty eight gentlemen have given the usual notices of their imention to apply to be admitted attrnies of the Court of Qaeen ' s Bench during the present ( Hilary ) Term . There are also thirteen notices for re-admission to practice . —[ Mobe Locusts to eat up honest tradesmen , ] " What is the mattes , uncle Jerry , " said Mr . , as old Jeremiah B was passing by , growling most ferociously . " Matter , " said the old man , stopping short , " why , here I ' ve been lugging water all the jnorniDg for Dr . C ' s wife to wash with , and what d ' ye a ' pose I got for it ?"— " Why , I suppose about ninepence , " answered Mr . . " Ninepence ! she told me the Doctor would pull a tooth for me sometime I "

      Amebican CoufiTSHiP . —If a girl has a lover down at Ann Arbour , of course she marries him as soon as her friends consent ; if they object , then she goes to bed , and remains there until they give their consent , which generally ocurs in less than a fortnight . It is fonnd by that time to be less expensive , and more agreeable , to call in the lover than the doctor . The i . atk Accident tjpon the Great Western Railway . —The alarm created in the minds of the public , consequent upon the late dreadful accident in the Sonning- cutting , was manifested in the decreased number of passengers who travelled by that railway dur ng tho week succeeding the fatal

      catastrophe ( compared with the former ) , which , it will be remembered , occurred the day before Christmasday . During the week ending Sunday , December 26 th , the number of passengers was 26 , 294 , and the amount received for their fares waa £ 8 , 672 19 s . Thisweek , it should beobserved , include 3 iheremainder of the Friday ( the day of the accident ) , and the subsequent Saturday , and Sunday . The returns for the week ending Sunday , the 2 d of January , give 22 , 908 passengers , and their fares at £ 6 389 17 s . 8 d ., making a decrease in the numbtr ot" passeugera of 3 , 386 , and in the amount received by the company of £ 2 , 283 la . 4 d .

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

      ¦ 5 vnom _ decided that a marriage celebrated between an Episcopalian Protestant and a Presbyterian , by a Presbyterian clergyman , was not valid , and therefore that Smith must be discharged out of custody . As ihis judgment will operate retrospectively as well a 3 prospeetively , in a country where some thousands of families have been so married , and where ine fruits of such marriages are exceedingly numerous , it is impossible to estimate the amount of suffering which it may occasion . It opens a door to the widest and most heartless profligacy , as it leaves it at the option of any person so married to desert his family and the partner of his bed under the hypocriucal pretext of flying from a state of fornication .

      A Fkmals Village . —The village of Madana ( says the Augsburgh Gazette ) , which is about fourteen German miles ( sixty English ) from Kutschak , in Wallachia , offers at the present moment a curious ethnographical singularity , having been inhabited by women only for the last thirty years . At one period , this feminine population amounted to 2 , 000 . The ladies did not live as warriors , like the Amazons of old , but they avoided all contact with men , and drove away from their territories all who approached with matrimonial intentions . This anti-social settlement is now . supposed to be on the decline ; at least no more rec * ruit 3 are made from the disappointed or the love-crossed , and the members of the population are rapidly decreasing . These women are nearly all Mahometans .

      The Last Fall of a Dhcxkard . —On Friday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest at Guy's Hospital , on the body of 3 Iaria Hayward , aged 52 . George Hayward , husband of deceased , said that about nine o ' clock on Thursday evening last , he came home , and being the worse for liquor , he lay down on -his bed . HiB wife , with her bonnet and shawl on , wa 3 sitting singing on a chair before the fire . She was intoxicated , and had been so ever since " boxing-day . " He fell asleep and awoke at eleven , and his wife was sitting on the chair singing .

      He asked her to come to bed , and she replied , ** No , I shan ' t . " He again fell asleep , and did not awake until four o ' clock next morning . He called deceased , not finding her in bed ; and receiving no answer , he got up , and found her with her legs doubled under her , and her head , face downwards , under the grate . She was dead . She wa 3 addicted to gin drinking , and having had her hsad fractured wnilet a girl , a little liquor had a great effect upon her , and would make her fall head foremost . Verdict , "Natural death . "

      Richard Oastleb . —A subscription is getting up , under the best auspices , for Richard Oa-stler—now locked np in the Fleet . We wish it every success and shall aid it in every manner in our power . But this we beg leave to say , that we object ; o a single fanning , if it be dropped into the plethoric pocket of the plethoric Mr . Thomas Thornhill . It would be too much of a good thing that this overgrown personage should have his purse replenished bj the

      subscriptions of men , who are , in every point of view , less opulent than himself , It is useless to say that he would not accept it . Mr . Thomas Thornhill like all other gentlemen as knowing as hi ? swilling paunchery upon the turf , would take a haJfpenny for any consideration whatever , which would not lead him into- mischief . The subscription for Mr . Oastler mast not be allowed to degenerate into a subscription for Mr . Thornhill , however voraciously he may gape for it . —The Age .

      Fatal Accieent cacsed bt Wobkhouse Separation . —On Tuesday mwning a child of colour between two and three years of ago , named John Jones , was brought into the London Hospital , with his thigh fractured in a shocking manner . The accideHt occurred under the fol owing affecting circumstances : —it appeared that the little sufferer and his mother ' tvere inmates in St . George's workhouse , Old Gravel-lane , Ratcliff-highway , aud in acccordance with the nsual rules they were domiciled in different parts of the building , but the child happening to catch sight of its parent , overjoyed , ran towards her , and in doing so fell with such violence as to cause the above accident .

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

      large establishment . This gave me the reputation of wealth , and increased the business of the bank . I have lived in splendour , as you know , for manyyears . All your brothers are handsomely provided for , and to you , as my eldest son , I now leave the bai > k . I . have appointed yon sole executor to my will . You have only to prove my property for any amount you may think proper to name ; and if you manage your affairs prudently , the bank may last out your time as it has done mine .

      Alexander the Great . — "Alexander bad a nobleman in his court , who stood so high in the favour of his nobles and people , that the King grew jealous and fearful of his popularity , studyirjghow he might decline it , and bring him to contempt , but could find no colour or apt occasion , because he was so strongly fixed in the people ' s liking , and was a man of so great a desert , that no crime could be charged upon him . The King , unbosoming himself to the counsel and _ care of a friend , one Medms ( the ' finality' man of his day ) , had this advice given him — 'Sir , ' quoth he , 'let not this man ' s greatness trouble you . Cause him to be accused of some heinous crime , though falsely , and we will find some

      means to make h > m guilty , so firmly and formaUy , that the brand of it shall stick upon him for ever . ' , —Life and Reign of Richard the Third , by G . Buck Esq . Who can read the ab 6 ve atrocious plot without thinking of oar brave , noble , and illegally-expatriated Frost 1 Take the following as companion to the above , and let the "Restorative Frost Committee" especially , mark it well ; it may be of Bervice to them : — it is currently reported that Lord John Russell , a short time previous to his quitting the Home-office , upon the mention of Frost by a certain nobleman , said , in language remarkable for the measured tone in which it was uttered—* That man Frost possesses & peculiar talent for mischief ; he is altogether a dangerous character , yet ( after a passe ) am not -without hopes of being shortly abb to stop hit career I "

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      A -Scicidb Maniac .- —There is at present attached to the establishment of a gentleman residing in Kent , a man who has a singular penchant for ending his own existence . He has made frve attempts to deprive himself of life within the last three yeara , all of which , however , have , through some providential interference , been rendered fntile . He is possessed with the idea that he is " doomed" to destroy himself , which idea took possession of his mind at the commencement of the time above specified , when he made an attempt to hang himself in one of the outhouses , but wa 3 discovered and cut down by a fellow-servant ere life became extinct . Seven months afterwards he attempted to drown himself in the horse-pond , but in this instance his life was rescued

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

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

      Juvenile Smokers—Boys were formerly accustomed to shave , for an ' early crop on lip and chin , " that they might rank with men ; but now-a-days they endeavour to attain the stamp and rank of virility by sporting a pipe or a cigar . The raspberry puff is abandoned for the " puff direct , " supplied in the shape of a penny Cuba , and every little Jack Homer becomes a—smoke-jaok 1 Delightful , deluding , and attractive weed of a thousand virtues the dinnerless operative , or rather inoperative , being idle , lulls the sharp gnawinga of hunger by a cozy whiff ; the gourmand takes it as a peristaltic persuader , and finds it as efficient as Abernethy's ; the

      fat man takes it as a corrective of corpulency ; the thin and sanguine one as a soother . ; the happy man a 3 a recreation ; the miserable as a solace ; the medical student as a disinfeeter , and generally in large doses , for be , poor fellow ! is so much exposed ; while the ladies and gentlemen of that celebrated piscatorial bazaar in the East , called Billingsgate , take it medicinally , to keep off the damps and fog 3 of early dawn , arising from its proximity to the river . In fine , every one makes a plausible excuse for his indulgence in the pleasure he delights in . Indeed , fashion appears , like an old boatswain , to "pipe all hands . "— " The Philosophy of Smoking , " in Bentley s Miscellany for January .

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

      Serious Accident through Snowhalls . —Thursday afternoon , between four and five o'clock , as some boys were amusing themselves in Salisbury-? quare , Fleet-street , by throwing snowball 3 , a lad named Cooper , aged ten years , received one of them in his eye . The ball having been thrown with considerable violence , literally crushed the poor boy ' s eye in its socket , and inflicted a severe wound above the lid , whence the blood flowed profusely . On being conveyed to the house of a medical gentleman in the vicinity , the wounds were dressed , but there is scarcely a hope entertained that the lad will ever recover the use of his eye . There is little doubt but that , in the hasty construction of the snowball , a sharp stone bad been inadvertently introduced , and wa 3 thus the cause of the accident .

      Remarkable Sa g acity of a Dog—On Monday morning , as the Usk ( Newport ) steimer , Captain Parfitt , was proceediug through the lock at Cumberland basin , on her voyage to Newport , a man named Hobbs attempted to get on board . The Captain informed him that if he would go to the corner of the pier he would take him in , but if he attempted to jump on the paddle-box he would certainly be drowned . The man , however , persisted in endeavouring to jump on the box , and was precipitated into the lock . The pa-ddles were instantly stopped , and almost before the plunge of the man in the water

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

      Pride and CiiARiTr . —We are all called upon to make sacrifices . If we only give away that which we have no use for , there would net only be no merit —no exercise of generous , benevolence—in giving , but it could seldom happen that we should give it at all . Thus , I fear , the poor are , for the most part , much more charitable than the rich ; for if the working man be called upon to subscribe , on tbe average , one shilling per week towards the Jess fortunate of his class , ha gives away ( after deducting the heavy amount of indirect taxation to which be is subjected , together with the serious loss he sustains by the necessity of making email purchases , ) at least one-tenth of his whole yearly income . Besides , he gives away that which must very materially trench upon his means of subsistence , while the rich are only called upon to be less costly in their choice of luxuries . —Parley ' s Penny Library .

      Two starved Farm Labourers , who came from Aehford , Kent , were brought before Mr . Rawlinson , at Marylebone , charged with stealing . a quartern loaf . On entering a baker ' s shop one of them asked for a " big one , " broke ii in two , banded one-balf to his hungry comrade , and bi-th commenced eating it with great avidity . They had n o money , could get no work , and took the bread to save themselves from starvation . Dreadful Fire and Loss op Life at Dublin . —On Thursday morning week , about a quarter to four o ' clock , Constable 91 A , the policeman on duty in 3 ride 3-alley , discovered a fire in the house of Mr . Boyd , cabinet maker and upholsterer , No . 8 , in the above alley . The fire ( the origin of which has not been ascertained ) , firt-t broke out in the lower part of the house , and , at the time the policeman

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

      Father Mathew . —A Miracle—The following extraordinary statement is from the Limerick Chronicle , a paper of Orange principles , and therefore not at all likely to disseminate auything of this sort for an object : — The Rev . Mr . Matbew arrived in this city last evening by the Cork mail , en route to Loughrea , and put up at "Moore" Hotel , Immediately after bis arrival became known , hundreds of persons visited him at the Hotel , where he administered the pledge . One circumstance which came within public observation we may mention here as illustrative of the effects of breaking the temperance pledge ;—A man named Moneyham , * teetotaller , who worked at the Butter Weighhouse , got drunk on Christmas-ev « , and next day be

      came paralyzed , his left arm , side , and thigh , being perfectly inanimate . He was removed to Barrington ' s Hospital , and remained there under tbe care of the Burgeons , without improvement , until last evening , when his friends , having heard of Father Mathew ' a arrival in town , went to the hospital , and brought him out of his bed on a man ' s back to where the Rev . Mr . Mathew was staying : a crowd had collected round the door , when the unhappy invalid was brought into his presence , and the Rev . Gentleman administered to trim the pledge again in a kind aud impressive manner , aad tbe man instantly stood up , was assisted by his friends to dress , and , to the astonishment of aU » walked up William-street to his home , followed by 9 , crowd of . people . | | js&c

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      PROSECUTION FOR BLASPHEMY . . At tlw Bristol Epiphany Sessions , before Sir Charles Wetherell , Recorder , Charles Southwell Jate a Socialist missionary , was tried for writing , printing , and publishing certain blasphemous libels , in a work called M The Oracle of Reason . The libels were certainl y some of the most gross which hare ever appeared in print * and the defendant consequently has excited but little sympathyj as be himself appears n » w to feelj for it was nota mere right Of publication Of oninion . hut h « wished to

      establish his right to fly in thi > face of the laws , religion , and feelings of the whole community . * still considerable interest was taken in the proceedings , and the hall was filled during the whole of the lengthened period they occupied . The trial commenced at half past twelve 0 clock oa Friday , and was adjourned at nine till ten the following mornning , and was not couoluded till half-past four . Mr . ^ J . G . Smith and Mr . Skinner were the counsel for the prosecution . Southwell defended himself , assisted by Mr . Hetherihgton , of London . Mr . Skmner having opened the pleadings ,

      Mr . Smith stated the case . The defendant stood at that bar to answer for the publication of a series of blasphemous libels tthich had appeared in a work published by him , ent / tied "TfleoracJe of Reason , " of which he was the editor , printer , and publisher . As far as . he . had been informed from papers pat forth by the defendant since the preferment of the indictment , his defence would not be a denial of the publication , but very much in the nature of the libels themselves—that he would impugn the law—condemn this prosecution as most impolitic , subversive of liberty , and particularly of the liberty of the press —endeavouring to excite in their minds , and those of the auditory , a contempt for the law and all the authorities of the country . The defendant appeared

      to take his ground on the right of all men to publish their opinions on all subjects , without the slightest control . Would , however , he would ask , any man of ordinary-observation say , that writing as the defendant had with the objects which he had avowed , was a fair discussion of opinions f- ^ waa it not obvious that his intentions were mischievous and wicked , calculated to lead to deeds of violence , and every evil work ? Aud what an absurdity it was to impute to the law which restrained such conduct the title of being oppressive ! They talked of liberty , and , forsooth , of religious liberty . Liberty ! how w& 3 that name abused by those men ! their application of the term meant absolute independence , which was inconsistent with liberty , and destructive of

      all the links that bind society together . Liberty was not absolute independence , for to be absolutely independent a man might go into th « street and knock his neighbour down at bis own will , or force his way into any man ' s house , because it was his pleasure to do so ; but this was not liberty ^ for liberty was reciprocal . A man wishing to have his own rights respected must respect the rights of others . True liberty must be within bounds , and the man who broke them was no longer a freeman , but a pest to society , who would destroy that yery liberty of which he speaks so loudly in praise . But were there no other daiigers by which liberty might be menaced but physical ones .. ! What was there more powerful than the press ?—what a material

      influence had it in training up and -instructing the young ! How rttcesaary was it , therefore , that it should be properly conducted , and how dangerous it would bo if , instead of its being used as an instrument for the instruction of youth in the paths of virtue , it should be employed to promulgate all that is evil ! Why , it would be calculated to break down all the barriers of virtue , and to introduco the grossest delusions . If there was any one department of civil liberty which more than another required proper restrictions , it was the freedom of the press . He trusted he should not be mistaken ; no one venerated the freedom of the press mors than he did , but he still thought that if it was not kett within its

      proper limits , instead of being one of the greatest benefits to mankind , it would become an instrument of torture . The Learned Gentleman thon alluded to the libels in the indictment ( the language of which is unfit to be repeated , " and to which we shall only allude by saying that they denied the existence of God and the blessed Saviupr » aud calumuiated the Bible , the Prophete , and Apostles , in the most coarse language ) , and said , if Feytiments such as were contained in those libels were permitted to be propagated as being true , what wouldr become of society , what would become of the sanctity of an oath , and of all the forma under which justice was administered The defendant had divested himself of all moral responsibibility . This was his teaching of philosophy forsooth ! bat he ( Mr . Smith ) would ask what was to become of society , if such doctrines were

      allowed ? With such doctrines , if he could escape the punishment of human laws , what hold had they on any man ! What hold was there on him who insisted on his absolute right to do as he pleased , and that he feared neither God , Devil , nor a human tribunal ! What was it that rendered sacred human tribunals , but the belief in a responsibility here and hereafter—the belief in an Omniscient Eye watchmg over us , and the powers of conscience t This was the foundation ot all civil Government ; for if once individuals were brought to believe that there was no God , no future state , that man is of the same nature as the brute , and that , when he dies , he sinks into the grave a nonentity , what was there to restrain such a man within the paths of virtue ? Nothing ! What was there to check' his bad passions but the mere fear of human punishment 1 It was well known that thieves and others calculated

      on the commission of crime by the chances of impunity , but did they know how many there were wriom the fear of punishment hereafter restrained ? Let the jury look at the danger of the introduction of such doctrines into their families and schoolsteaching the youth of this country to believo that their fathers , in inculcating Christianity , were knaves and tyrants , and they , who could believe them , fools , dolts , and idiots . What sort of children would they have—what sort of schqolrf— -what sort of clerks and shopmen ? Such a coarse would lead to the grossest delusions , and be destructive of all moral restraint . What confidence would they place in the integrity of such a man ! What a state of ruin , and misery , and crime would ensure . Would there be any of that

      virtue—that liberty he speaks of 1 No . Man would be hating man , and hateful to each other . He would therefore call confidently upon them for a verdict of guilty , in order that all the law allowed might be done to prevent the coatumiaatioB of the public by the further publication of j such blasphemies . God forbid that it should be thought that he sought to persecute the defendant , ft ' o such thing ; if he could be stopped from tho commission of such offences he should be glad if he were at once allowed to return to his home . This , however , could not be done ; and he therefore called on them in the name of God , in the name of justice , to do everything in their power to put a stop to such a torrent ¦ ¦ of blasphemies as had been published by ihe defendant .

      Stephen Rogers , clerk id Messrs . Brice and Burges , jun , clerks to the magistrates , deposed to haying purchased some copies of the libels of the defendant at hisshop . Cross-examined . —I am not here tosay what is or what is not a libel , but I think & libel is that which isnottrue . William Reynolds , mayor ' s officer , and Harry Burgess , a police sergeant , also proved the purchase of copies of the libels . l The libels were then read , which closed the case for the prosecution . 1 The defsndan t then rose bo ask the Court whether it did not think it right to stop the case , as not a tittle of evidence had been given of his having published a blasphemous libel ; it had not been denned what blasphemy was . . .,

      The Recorder said the jury were to jttdge from the perusal of the matter whether it was blasphemous or not . The objection was therefore disallowed . ¦ ¦ . ' . ' .. /' . . \ - ::: ; ' - ' - . ¦ ¦ \ ¦ :. '¦"' ., ; ' y' / . The defendant then commenced his defence , and said he fully agreed with the Learned Counsel for the prosecution that they were living in au age of comparative enlightenment and civilization ; there were no longer any secret tribunals , and he would freely own that it was the privilege of every man to have an open , fair , and honourable trial ; he Bpoke thus , lest it might be said that he did not prize , as he really did , the privilege of trial by jury . It was the custom , and on these occasions more especially j to appeal to the passions and to vulgar prejudices

      he regretted that the Learned Counsel ¦ had not stepped out of the custom , because , when they were excited , reason was lost—engulphed as it were , and men did things which , in their cooler moments , they would shudder at . He trusted , however , that they would cast prejudice aside , and giving him a calm and patient hearing , judge of his intentions aud motives by his general conduct ; and he was sure , if they did so , they would honourably acquit him . it had been truly said that prejudice was the spider of the mind ; and he might add that , like the spider , it wove its web in desolate and worn-out habitations . The defendant quoted the authorities of Jeremy Bentham , Pitt , Burke , Erskine ,, &c . j on the duties of juries , contending that they were to be the judges of the law and the fact , both of guiltiness and non-guiltiness . Proud was ho of these authorities )

      because civilization would be checked , and ^ hey would have nothing but a mental and physical despotism were the power of juries abridged or destroyed : he called on them , therefore , to judge him calmly . If they thought thisj they would accord him attacquittal . Before he proceeded to another portion of his defence , he would briefly allude to the means which had been taken out of doors to raise a prejudice against him . First , there was a rev . gentleman—a Rev ^ Mr . Bromley , hbbelieved-ewho , while he was in his cell with this trial hanging over his head , had the good taste to deliver a set ef lectures , prejudicing the public mind against him , which lectures were heralded forth by placards in some such words as these— "The Rev , — Bromley will deliver a lecture on the Infamous Blasphemies of Charles South welL" Bat , perhaps * , tbe reverend gentleman had two objects in -vievi i to * © ne , by pre judicing , the public mind to teiteasft his ( tEe d *

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      fondant's ) punishment—the other , to fill his own pocket- There was another gentleman who had been also most anxious about his trial , who had used every means in his power to excite prejudice against him—the editor of the Anti-Socialist Gazette ( and anti-social enough it was ) , who had even the audacity to address a letter to his Lordship on the subject of the trial . V The Court—What is that 1 addressed a letter to me!— -if any letter had been brought to me on the subject I would have throvra it on the fire . The Defendant—It is a printed letter , my Lord . The , Court—0 ! well , I have never seen it , nor was I aware that there was such a thing in existence .-:- ' : ¦ ' :: ' ¦ ¦ '¦ ' ¦ : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ •' " ¦ ¦' ¦¦ . ¦ . ¦" •; : '" - . ' v ; ; ' ¦'• - '¦' . ¦ :. - ¦¦•¦] ' ¦ ¦

      The defendant was aware , if his Lordship had seen it , his sense of justice was such that he would have a < ted as he had said be would . In that letter , he < . the defendant ) had been denounced because he had said that Robert Owen was the man who first awakened in him ; the wish for tree inquiry , &c . ; attaoking him , the writer thought to kill two birds with one stone ; to punish him , and through him to inflict a stab on the social system j of the principles of which he was as ignorant as a sucking babe . It was true that he ( the defendant ) had so spoken of Robert Qwerii . whb , -. whatever were his religious opinions was decidedly one of the most benevolent and moral , of men—one ; from whom he had erer learned a reverence for truth and a hatred of falsehood . The

      defendant dwelt at some length on Mr . Owen ' s Opinions , and then said he would now at ; one * proceed to comment On the remarks of the Learned Counsel who was opposed to him . He had asserted that he ( the defendant ) thought all men who were opposed to . him dishonest men ; he denied , he repudiated such a charge , and he defied that Learned Counsel to point out a single line in any of his writiugs that would justify him in making it , for there were many Christian writers whom he honoured and revered for their talents , their , learning , and their sincerity . ; he abhorred only the meddling hypocrites , who went about from town to town , and village tovillage , engendering strife ; he loved all good men of any creed or of no creed at

      all , and who , if there was a work of God , were the noblest works of God . Ho could admire talent , Jbe could admire virtue , wherever he found it . He now much wished to disabuse their minds of the impression which the learned counsel sought to introduce , viz . that he was a vain , conceited parboii , who thought himsdf . ' a great philosopher . He thought himself : ho such thing ; but he did think himself an honest man , and he thought that was the happiest state of society in which the people had paid more attention to the laws than they did to the lawyers ; , The learned counsel had said that his intentions were to oppress and destroy . He denied it . He had never in his life oppressed or destroyed , nor had he wittingly ever hurt a living thing . Such were not

      his objects , and in publishing the Oracle of Reason he only decided in favour of the rightsof man and free discussion . If there were 1 , 000 religions , 999 of them must be wrong , and the whole thousand might be . Ho only claimed the ; same right which the Unitarian did , which the Chr istian did , which the Quaker did—the right of free inquiry and of expressing their honest convictions . It was said by Mr . Smith , that he might publish whatever he thought proper , but then the law was to pounce down upon him , so that if what ho had done was morally right it might be legally wrong . He would however , contend that what was morally right ought to bo legally right . The learned counsel said that he wished to reduce men to a level with the brutes .

      Nothing could be further froin his intentions ; he wished to raise them from their present position , which was almost on a level with the brute , to their proper situation . Tue poet had said , "What a piece of work is man ! how noble iu reason , how infinite in faculty ! in form and moving how express and admirable ! in action how like an angel ! in comprehension how'like a God—the glory of the world , the paragon of animals . " This was what man should be , but neVor yet had bWn . This was the rank- to which he wcsald raise him , and if learning , if instruction was to brutify , then he would brutify him , but not otherwise . For , show him an ignorant people and they showed him an enslaved people . lie was charged with a wish to destroy society , and to bring about Bcenes similar te those

      which disgraced the French revolution . The learned gentleman but little understood him , or lie would not have spoken of him aahe had that day—bis mind was so crippled , cabined , and confined , that he could not understand him ( the defendant ) . The Learned Gentleman clung to his own principles , but Would hot allow him to exercise his . The learned gentleman loved Christianity—he loved philosophy . The learned gentleman thought : . H 1 impossible for there to bo ady virtue without religion , he ( defendent ) thought there might be a race of moralists as far above tho present race as giants were above dwarfs . What did the Learned Gentleman so debase the human race as to say that there was no love of vittue—ao respect for morality—no hatred of oppression , unless by religion 1 Who would not die for the wife of his bosom ? Who would not serve his friend ? Was

      there no one who would do a single good act without the hope of reward , or the fear of punishment horeafter \ He ; ( the defendant , ) knew it to be far otherwise , and if it had been necessary he could have produced for himself a character for morality and integrity , which , perhaps , would have stood as high as any . But let them not suppose thai , while thus he professed his love of nature , he would for a moment strike down law . No ! he was as tremblingly alivo to it as was the Learned Counsel ; society would be destroyed without laws , but it was one thing to have laws and another thing to have good ones ; and while it waY . necessary tp respect the laws , aud those who uprightly administered them , there was a duty that they owed to themselves , that

      of resisting bad oaes . Supposing that Luther , Calvin , Knox , Socrates , Aristotle ,.. a'hd a hundred otherssupposingthey had acted on the principle that laws are not to be resisted , what would have been the results 1 If Luther had not acted as he did , he ( the defendant ) would not have been standing in a Protestant cotmtry , and yet he was to be persecuted for holding his opinions ; and , because he held some which were inimical to the opinions held at present , he was to be swept from the earth . For the free expression of his opinions they had no more right to hurt his little finger than they had to cast him into a dungeon , or send his body to the stake . Their cruel fathers , the Catholics , sacrificed whole hecatombs of men in Smitnfield and elsewhere , in the name of religion , ; for the service of God , and because their opinions were held to be detrimental to

      society ; and , in more ancient times , the best of men had been sacrificed—religious men—if , to be religious , meant to act righteously and well , to love truth and hate insincerity ; and they , the Jury , would be imitating the conduct of their cruel forefathers if they punished him for the exercise of his opinions . He contended for the entire freedom of thought and opinion . Supposing they thus persecuted him , they might force him to hold his tongue , but that would make him hug his opiuions closer to his heart , and cherish them the more they wished to r ifle them from him . The way to maintain good opinions was hot by persecution or prosecution , but by introducing better arguments . Mr . Southwell then quoted a great number of authorities , ancient and modern , and at nine o ' clock , there being no probability of his closing his defence for several hours , the Court adjourned until ten o ' cleck on Saturday

      morning . On Saturday , at ten o ' clock the trial was resumed , and the defendant proceeded with his address . He contended that he had as much right to the eDJoy-i ment of his opinions as any other member of society , though he did not agree with any of the . existing systems of religion His opinion was , that to be moral andhonest was to be entirely just , and that was necessary to guide their conduct . His opinions were the same as some of the noble Greeks and and Romans , who sot only diabelived in all tho religions then taught , but had none at all ; yet their characters were held up even in modern times as examples of what men ought to be , and they were as honest men , aud as little disposed to do mischief , as

      any one of the jury . He then entered into a disqui 8 ition on the characters of Thales , Epicurus , Aristotle , Zeno , and others . / They were , in fact , Atheists , as he was , for all men were Atheists who contended for the eternity of matter . The defendant contended that a great many learned and scientific men of modern times held the same opinions , only they thought it prudent to withhold those opinions from the uneducated and vulgar , and hid behind a thick veil of mystery the opinions they were compelled to entertain . The learned counsel had laid to his charge an inconsistency which he should be ashamed of , in stating that he had said the universe wasaneffect . Whathecontended for Was , the same as Aristotle had held , that the universe

      is necesarily something not produced . It was others who said it was an etteot . Whatever opinions they might entertain of his prudeace , they could not doubt his honesty and sincerity ; for fie declared most solemnly tha \ he had never in his life wittingly told a falsehood , nor ever in his life knowingly given pain to any human being . The difference between him and the persons of whom he had been speaking was , that he thought expression ought to be given to whatever he considered truth . They ; liked : the light lor themselves , but kept the people in darkness he wished the light to shine on all alike . And it was impossible any longer to keep knowledge boxed up in cabinets , as it were ; it would cat out a road for

      itself , and there was uo resisting it , and therefore it was folly to be persecuting a man for the publication of his opinions in the 19 th century , as they did in the dark ages of the 10 th centHry . , . The clergy were sufficiently numerous and well paid to contend againBt err or , and the proper way to put down bad Opinions was to combat them by good opinions , and not by the halter , the dungeon , and the scaffold . The defendant , after proceeding in this strain for some time , quoted extracts from No . 87 of the Tracts for the Times , in support of predestination , and Baid thai he could plead the same justification for entertaining and publishing his opinions . If theirdoetrines weresouud , then there was nomeri tor demeritin whateyex opinions ne might hold , and he would beg the Jury to reflect on the fjwt thai these , doclrinea irew

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      spreading , and that if a junction should take place between the Puseyites and the Roman Catholics-r which was far from improbable— let them consider themselves , as Protestants , might be placed in the same situation he then stood in ; and , if they condemned him , they either did not understand the principle of Protestantism , or they did not act npon it . He proceeded to enter ou the subject of r « ligiona fanaticism , and to make large extracts from various works on this subject , and then to endeavour to justify the description he had given of the ; Bible in the libel . He read extracts from certain parts which he considered exceptionaWe , and after referring to the laws relating to blasphemy , he concluded'by making a powerful appeal to the Jury to hononrably acquit him , and thus set an example which would set at rest at once and for ever the systtm of persecu-Uoii for opinion ' s sake . r

      The Learnfid Recorder having charged the Jury ma Short address , they retired , arid in about tea minutes ; returned .-with ' -a . verdict of guilty . The defendant was then sentenced to twelve months' imprisoiiment in the first class , and a fine of £ 100 , aud to be farther imprisoned till the fine be paidv . ¦' ¦; . " - ¦ . : ¦ ' ' ¦ ' - ' :.. ¦ ' :- ' ¦ - . " ¦ - " '¦ . , " / ' . . < ¦•¦¦ ¦ ¦ The trial lasted altogether fifteen hourp , and the speech of the defendant occupied nearly tea hours . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦" .. ' . ' . : ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ' . : ¦ ' - ' - ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ : - '' . . '¦¦

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      Explosion and Loss of Lifjs at a Fihewobic Manufactory . —Oh Friday , an inquest was held at the Coburg Arms , Coburg-street , Lambeth , before Mr . Carter , Coroner for Surrey , on the body of William Robert Jones , a fine child , four years or age . Moses Harris deposed , that he worked for Mr . Jones , the father of the deceased * who was an artist in fireworks , No . 9 , Webber-street , Waterloo-road , when about four o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon aa explosion took place in the composition room . The shock was very terrible ; the whole of one side of

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

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Jan . 14 . ; : . . . ; - .:- BANKRUPTS . ' WiHiam Henry Apsey , Rotherhithe , ship hriker , to surrender Jan- 21 , at twelve , Feb . 25 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingbalf-street Solicitor , Mr . Cattlin , Ely-plape , Holborn ; official assignee , Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lane /' Benjamin Ward ; Charlotte-terrace , New Cut-, Larnbetb , boot manufacturer , Jan . 21 , at half-past oriej Feb . 25 , at t * eive , at the Court of Baiitroptcy BS 8 inghall-BtToet . Solicitor , Mr . M ^ Dnff , Castle-street , Holborn ; offieial assignee , Sir . Alsagar , Birchinlahe . ¦'¦' ¦ ' . "' ¦ ¦ ^¦ ¦ ¦ •' . ¦¦ : ; ' . ' : . ¦ ; ; . ¦'¦'; . ' " ¦ ¦ ¦; - George Npvra , Red Lion-square , importer of foreign goods , Jan- 21 , at ono , Feb . 25 . at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasiDgball-street Solicitor , Mr . Spyer , Bread-street buildings ; official assignee , Mr . Green , AVdermanbury .

      John Denniss , sen ., and John Denniss , jun ., Tooley « streetj linen-drapers , Jan . 28 , at one , Feb 25 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitors , Messrs . Sole , Lolhbury ; official assignee Mr LackiDgion , Colenian-street Buildings . Edward Evans and Andrew Evans , Birmingham , painters , Jan . 24 , at two , Feb . 25 , at eleven , at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs Parker and Webster , New Boswell-court ; and Mr Harrison , Birmingham Amor Spoor , sen ., and Amor Spoor , jun ., Newcas tle-upon-Tyne , buildera , Feb . 14 , at eleven , and 25 , at one , at the ; Bankrupt Conimissiisn Room , Newcastle Solicitors , ' .. Mr . . Hoyle , ; Newcastle-npon-Tyne ; and ! Messrs-Shield and Harwood , Q ' tieen-street , Cheapside . ' ' ' . . . ' " ¦ " - ' : '" : ¦ ¦ ¦ . : ¦ .. '" ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ '¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦

      John Ellison , Leeds , nail manufacturer , Feb . 4 , and 25 , at two , at tbe Commissioners' Rcioms , Leedr . Solicitors , Messrs . Rush worth , Staple Inn ; and Mr . Battle , Selby , York-fclre . > ; William Povey , Asbton-under-Lyne , Lancashire , grocer , Jan . 27 , Feb . 25 , at twelve , at the Commissioners' Kooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Clarke and Medcalfv Lincoln ' ! Inu-flelds ; &ud Mr . Higginbottom , Ashton-unde-Lyne . ; ; : : Joseph Lane , sen ., Stockport , Cheshire , cotton mannfacturer , Jan . 25 . Feb ^ 25 , at three , at tbe Commis sioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Coppock and VVoollam , Stockport ; and Mr . Coppeck , Clevelftnd , iow , St James ' s . Humphrey TngweH , Fawley , Hampshire , farmer , Jan . 24 , Feb , 25 , at eleven , at the Star Hotel , Seuthampton . Solicitors , Mr . Walket * Soutbarapton-street , Bloomsbury-yqaare ;; and Messrs . Deacon and Long , Southampton . /

      William Carpenter , Chippenham , Wiltshire , innkeeper , Feb . 9 , ar ten , 25 , tt two , at the White Hart Inn , Chippenham . Solicitors , Mr . Pinniger , Chippenham ; and Messrs . Pinniger and Westmacot , Gray ' s Inn-square . : ; : ; ¦ ' . '¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ - : " . -. '' , ¦ ¦' . '' - ^' ¦ ¦ .. ' . " - : John Sutcliffe , Halifax , grocer , Feb . 3 , at two , 25 , at ten , at the White Lion Inn , Halifax . . Solicitors , Messrs . Craven end Rsnkin , Halifax ; and Messrs Wiglesworth , Ridsdale , and Craddock , Gray ' a Innsquare , .- ' r ;_[ ,- ¦¦ : - \ ¦ . ¦' ¦ : ' -, ;' . .-.- -. ' . ¦"' . - .- ¦ ¦; . Samuel Clough and William Tnompson Ctqugh , St . Helen ' s , alkali-manufacturers , Jan . 25 , Feb . 25 , at twelve , at the Clarendon Booms , Liverpool . Solicitore , Messrs . Arlington , " Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett . Bedford-row ; and Mr-Johnson , St . Helen ' s .

      Robert Wilcock , Lower AUethwaite , Lancashire , banker , Jan ; 27 , Feb . 25 , at eleveny afc the Commerr cial Inn , Kendal . Solicitors , Messrs . JohnBon , Son , and Weatherall , Teoiple ; and Mr . Hitchcock , Manchester . .- : ' - '¦; . ¦ '¦'¦ ' .- ¦; .: ' / .- ; -.:- i ; :. ; ' ' " ¦ - : :. ¦ ' ¦' : ¦ : ' PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . " C . Hunt , E . Hunt , W . JKunt , and E . Henley , Liverpool , merchants ; as far as regards W . Hunt ; T . Knight , J . Napier , and J . Wilson , Manchester ' , manu facturers ; as far as regarda J . Napier . H . Thompson and A . Mackenzie . J . Llbyd ^ and T . Lloyd , Manches

      ter , general merchants . N . Rouston , G . Wilson , and J . Hartley , Leeds , carriers ; as far as regards J . Hartley F . M . Gillanders , T . Oglivy ; G . C . Arbutbnot ,: J Jackson , P . Ewart , and E . Lyoh , Liverpool ; as fat aa regards F . M . GiIlandera . F ; M . GiHariders , T . Oglivy , Gv-C'i Arbuthnot , J . Jaekaon , G . Gillanders , and A ; SL Gladstone , Liverpool ; as far as regarda F . M . Gillanders . C . D . Sommers , and J . C . Sommera , Manchester peneral commission agents . T . German , T . Petty , J Kay , jun ., ' £ . GloughV and J . Fisher ^ Preston , flax epinners ; as far as regards J . Kay , jun .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Jan . 18 . : ; . ¦ ¦ . '¦ ' ¦'¦• • ¦ - .-v . . " BANnncpTS , ¦ : ;¦ -v . ' . - " •> . ' ¦"¦ ¦] ,: '¦¦ ¦ " . George Bishop * merchant , Sb Mary-axe , to aurrenrender , Feb . 1 , and March 2 , at twelve , at the Conrfc of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Mr . Torquand , CopthaU Buildings , official assignee ; Solicitors , Mesanr Swain and Co ., Frederick ' e-placei Old Jewry . George Chadwick , pubUcanj Heywoed , Lancashire , Feb . 1 , and March 1 , at two , at the Commissioneraf Rooms . Manchester . ' Solicitors , Messrs . Hill and Mathews , Bury-court , St Mary-axe ; Mr . Upton . Manchester . - ' : ' ' : ' - ' - . ^ . ' ¦" - : ' . ' " : " , .: ; ¦ . ' ; ' :- . ;¦ ¦ . ' ¦¦ : ;''; . ' - ' '¦ ' , - John Burnie , merchant / TokeDhouse-yard , Feb . ¦¦* , at two , and March 1 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankr ruptcy , Basinghall-street . Mr . Edwards , official assignee , Frederick ' s-place > Old Jewry ; Solicitors , MeBsrs . Watson and Co ., Tokenhouse-yard . ¦ ' : ' . . . .

      Jonas Benry Rdbberds , paper maker , Norwich , Feb . l , and March 1 , at eleven , at the office of Messrs . Foster , Unthank , Townley , and Robberda , 8 olicitors , Norwich . SoUcifcors , Messrs . Foster , Unthank , Towaley , and Robberds , Norwich ; Messrs . Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-row , London . :: r JohB Edmund HaM , ana Henry To ^ ne , lace mannfacturers , Nottingham , 27 th January and 1 st March , attwelve , at the George the Fourth Inn , / Nottingham . Mr . Bowland Yallop , official assignee , Furniyal ' a Inio , London ; Stlicltprs ^ Messrs YT . and S . Parson , jun ., Nottingham . : ; - - . ¦ ¦ .. ' , ¦ . ' •'••¦ . ' : ' ..- ' ' v - > . ' Henry Sunderland and George Wrigge , dealers In cotton warpB ; Huddereaeld , 4 th Feb , at twelve , and 1 st March , at ten , at the White Swan Inn , Hudderftfield . Mr , Charles Lever , official assignee , Klngisroad , Bedford-row ; Solicitors , Messrs . B « ker and England , Haddersfi » ld . '

      Benjamin Bradsha v and George Richardson , can-Tass rnanufacturers , Jan . 25 , and March 1 , at two , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Leeds . Solicitors , Messrs . Knapper and Wooibright , ' Liverpool ; Payne , Eddison , and Ford , Leeds ; and Mr . Armstrong , Staple Inni London . . - ¦ "'¦ : ' ¦ "• " . ' ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦¦' . "' ' •¦¦ ' - ' ; . ¦' ¦ r '' -- . -: .:-: . ¦• . ; . Thomas Gidden , licensed Tictualler , Parringdon , Berkshire , Jan . 31 , and March 1 , at eleven , at the Bell Inn , Wiltsbire . Solicitor * Mr . Branscomb , Winaoffice-court , Fleet-street . !•' . ¦ :- ' : _ : Charles Garrard English , ^ ^ hotel keeper , York-place , Vauxball-bridge-road , Feb . 1 , atone , and March 1 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-atteet Mr . Graham , offieial assignee , Baainghall-street ; Solicitor , Mr . Wathen , Bedford-square .

      Thomas Buckle , draper , Barnard Caatle , Durham * Jan . 27 , and March ! , at eleven , at the Waterloo Inn , Barnard Castle , Durham . Solicitors , Messrs . Jaekaon and Hawitsoa , Kixby Stephen ; Mr . Barnes , Barnard Castle . " : - . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ :. - ' ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ '' ¦ ,: ¦ .- ¦/ ' ' : ; - - . - ' . ¦ " ¦ ' : ' - ' - : ' . '' - - : ¦ ; . ¦ : ¦ -: Francis William Hartley , chemist and druggist Halifax , Jan 28 , at twelve , and March 1 , at two , at the White Lion Inn , Halifax . Solicitors , Messrs Hitchin and Lonsdale , Halifax ; Messrs . Jaqnes , Battye , ai > 4 Edwards , Ely-place , Holborn , London . Robert Clough and Bartholomew Maziere Galan , alkali manufacturers , Poulton-cum-Seacombe , Cheahire-Feb . 1 , and March 1 , at one , at the Clarendon-room * , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Chester and Tomlia , Staple Inn , Lendon > and Messrs . BaTenpoit , Collier and Davenport , LiTerpooL "

      Robert Pariah Busk , machine maker , Leeds , Feb . 4 , at ten , and March , 1 , at twelve , at the ComnUssioners * Booms , Leeds . Solicitors , Mr . Walker , FumiTal * Inn London } iadMr . Blaokfenen * Lwd * .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 22, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct583/page/3/