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      THE FAYOTBED LAND . 5 siTA"s" * iiA sat musing upon her loved share , feet * The sun bad gone down , and days splendoni was o ' er , And Elence hadhaUow'dheilonely retreat ; "So the Baa of our glory , " she Bighed , " takes its flight , So the bright hopes of Britain seem shrouded in mght" O land of the ocean and rock of ihe "wave , The -srorshipp'd of earth , and the favoured of Heav'n , "PThere th = beautiful dwell with the free and the brave , Where ProTidence smiles , and an Eden is given ; Thou hast Ehone " mid the nations like Europe's bright

      A baaeon when dark tempests threatened afar . " Yet 2 nation of freemen seem clanking their chains , A famed land of heroes are crouching like slaves , The peasant ' s bold song is now huih'd on thy plains , And the rough seaman ' s tear mingles "with thy blue ¦ waves ; For Faction has erippled the lo » m and the -plough , And thy white sails of commerce flap heavily now . « i Yes ! Msmmon now mocks the stared Englishman's meh , The oligarch laughs at gaunt poverty ' s , tear , The songs of the pamper ed drown misery ' s cry , And where plenty once smil'd , fsmish'd feces appear ; Proud weclth seems to lord it o ' er Heav " n ' s favour' d land , And the temple profane ' s rais'd by Freedom ' s own hand .

      " And when will the spirit awaken again 1 What breath shall rekindle the patriot flame ? What voice shall arouse the bold sans of the main , To wipe off the stain that now darkens their fame ? O , when will prosperity gladden cur isle ? When commerce shall flourish , and liberty smile . " Ttrongh the gafh * rrng gloom burst the Star of the nifbt" That 0 Ti > , " said Britannia , " a sign seems to be , That my country again shall shine forth in her might , And her own moral energy render her free ; Behold the bright symbol appears in the skies , And the pfceeaix again from its asfces shall rise . ' " Jesse Hamhosd .

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      UNITED STATES . The steamer Acadia , Captain Ryrie , armed at Liverpool at three o'clock on Friday morning , after a voyage of tvrelve and & half days , from Halifax , which port she left on ibe l * 2 : h . The Acadia took the place of the Caiedoniaj ana sailed from Liverpool on the iSth of February ; she experienced very rough , weather on her outward voyage , which occupied sixteen and a half days . At Halifax , the Unicorn had been got ready for sea , and , haying fetched the mail from Boston , proceeded to sea for England on the 7 th . She had , however , only been at sea a few honrs , and got some distance beyond Sambro' Head , when she was descried by the Acadia , which bore dewn to meet her ; it was a joyful

      meeticg , and the news of the safety of the Caledonia excited the liveliest feelings of satisfaction and joy . The two steamers returned to Halifax together , and , though Jt was midnight , the cannon they fired brought crowds of anxious inhabitants down to the wharfs , and as they were . hailed and answered as ihev passed " Acadis , " ** Unicorn , " with the welcome addition of " Caledonia safe in England , " the shouts and cheers of the multitude were most exciting . A passenger describes it as a scene of the most exhilar ating nature . The mail and passengers hroaght by the Aeidia were transferred to Ihe "Onicorn , which proceeded to Boston on Tuesday night , and the Clyde West Indian stssmer sailed same day direct to Kew York , bearing the news there .

      Owyjg to the mails being made ap at Boston on ihe 2 nd we have no news from the United States by this arrival later than we received by the Oxford . Prom Halifax we have date 3 to the 12 th inclusive , but they do cot contain any matter of importance The sailing packets to the westward having all made long passages , the Ac&dia to « k oat to the states intelligence mora than a month later . imeiligence has been received from Hew York to the -Lin instant . Tae case * of the Creole had been brought np in the Senate by the introduction of a report in answer to a resolution of the House adopted some time ago .

      The report was presented in the form of instructions to Ihe American . Minister in London- It states the consents of a brief correspondence between tho Secreiary of State anil the American Minister in London , and the facts connected "Rilh the case . It is assumed that a great injustice has been done to the owners of tha slaves , and a serious insult offered to the American Union ; and it is contended that the duty of the authorities of Nassau , as a friendly power , should have been to have aided the master and crew of the Creole in bringing the " mutineers " to jdsriee . The American Minister i 3 requested to briag the suV-ject before Lord Aberdeen as clearly a case of indemnification .

      The >" or : h-eastern Boundary had been allnded to in the Senate and by the Governor of Massachusets , in a message to ihe State Legislature ; but there was nothing new on the subject . Mr . Clay had , in the Senate , made a long speech in recommendation of his resolutions respecting the be-t . mode of raising a revenue for national purposes from duties on goods imported from foreign countries . The Chamber was excessively crowded to hear what was understood to be Mr . Clay ' s farewell speech . In the House of Representatives , a petition was presented from Ohio , praying that the House would take immediate measures to dissolve the Union . The petition sets for : h , that the citizensof the free States hare been snS-rmg incalculable eriis for the las : thirty years , an < i are now suffering from the institution of slavery . A motion that the petition be no 5 received was carried by cne hundred and sixteen to twentv-fonr .

      Lord Morpeth was at Richmond , on hi 3 way to the South . Mr . Dickens has not left New York , where he was detained by the serious indisposition of his wife .

      HIA 3 JCE . The Paris papers of Thursday contain little important news . Kefe / ring to the proposed duty on coals , the Courrier Francais publishes the following : —• K The daty which ihe British government intend to levy on ihe export of ccai will turn to the detriment of Eatlish trade . Our foundries and steamers will supply iflemsslTes -wish Bel ^ an coaJ , or draw that anicleirom the InexliaTir-nble minss of the Asturias In ail eases the mines of St . Etieane and Auxin will gain whs : those of Newcastle wili lose . The

      treasury and incustry of Great Britain will be the only sxs 2 arcr 5 . for our commerce and Bavy ¦ will not pay the coarriboiion which the Tory ministry purposes laying upon them / ' The wtaiher was still exces-3 Tdy c-. 'id , though fine , in Pari ? . Tne difference of teapemure botweeu Tauriiay last and the preceding Thursday was no less than ' 25 degrees . There was a severe frost on the nisht of Wednesday , TJi 6 chamber of Cormn-srce of 5 :. Makes hs . d re * s : ; ia = d , on bcias ; c-iasiaily informed of the adjonrn-Erea ; ut i&e sv ^ ai tili .

      SPAIN . The CoresjiQjisaJ annouaevs thai a courier of the British Lmuassy had been a ^ ppvu ^ n the highway Dear Madr . d and ri / ubad of a ^ u ^ i oi 30 , 000 ; , ihe pro-T ^} l of Mr , Asian . —The SpanL-ii frigate Cortes aimed at Tangier on tbe 2 hi uk ., for the purpose of c ^ ralsg ^ a TC £ Srr ] belonging to E-uepona , which had ceen co ^ aicated Lv ihe Morocco au-. horities . The Spanish ci . sunaii '_ i .-r , attended by the consul and Tice-coi ^ nl of Spain at that rc £ ideiicy , waited on tee gCTer ^ or , who received them with great distinction , asd laHaed ui ^ ly ordered the vesitl ai : d cargo to be returned to the : ? owners . —The Castellano states that a Cailist conspiracy had b ? en discovered at Pvir . ef edra , the chief of which had ikd into Portugal , where ne had heen arrested .

      TURKEY . Accounts from Constantinople of the 1 st instant , £ ta je , ; hit MavrocordatD , the new envoy of Greece , tao arrived in that capirsl . and been received with trie honours cue : o his ra ^ k According vo the corre ? jK > Etence of ihe Gazette of Upper Germany . M . Mavrocoroato was in = iru . c ? ed hy his governmentto deuiind the mediation of the ambassadors of Great Brkain , France , and Hussia . The Augslurgh Gazette oi the 20 th in ^ m brings intelligence from the frontier of Turkey down to the 12 th . A conspiracy , having for its ' object to deliver up Brails to piiiage was discovered by the authorities on the -Oiu nit ., the day on which it was to have exploded . trOTt

      mor JacoDson , on hcisg apprised of the designs of the conspirators , sent aa oScer to order ihe troops to hold themselves in readiness to act . On his waj he fell in with a band of twenty persons , who assailed him in the street and mortally wounded him . Some soldiers having repaired to the assistance of their officer , a cotfikt ensued , in vrtacb several men were wou-ded on each side . Many of the conspirators had heen arrested , but their leader , a teacher of languages , named Yigorides , had made ins escape . They consisted principally of Bulgarians , and a few Greeks and Servians . Turkish troops were , still marching towards the frontier of Greece . Their numbers were estimated at ] 5 , 000 tttn .

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      Letters from Sussex state that at the Lewes market la-st week , Messrs . Wigney ' s £ 5 notes were offered at Is . each . A blackhird , having several pure white "feathers , was shot on Wednesday , at Milbourna-hall . —Newcastle Chronicle . The Tweed Bakk , it is expected , will pay fully 10 s . 6 d . in the pound . It appears that the liabilities of the estate are £ 275 , 000 , and the assets ^ 145 , 000 . —Durham Advertiser . The number of fish in the Twesd is unusually great , and it rarely happens that , at so early a period of the season , so many clean salmon have been taken with the rod . —Keho Chronicle . Ox Satctrdax eTening the members of the Society of London Daily Newspaper Compositors held their twenty-second annual festival at the Freemasons ' Tavern . Nearly one hundred and fifty members sat down to dinner .

      The Largest Caego . —The new ship Happahannock , Gapiain Drummond , cleared at New Orleans on the 13 th ult . for Liverpool , with 3 , 856 bales of cotton , weighing 1 , 668 , 213 lbs . This is by far the largest cargo ever despached from IL . 6 United States . —Liverpool Journal , Thkbe is , we believe , little doubt , that the command of the British troops westward of the Indus has been offered to Sir Henry Hardinge ; but the gallant officer had not , on Saturday , we are informed , signified his acceptance of the command . The Ixcome Tax . —Several public meetings have been held in the metropolis , at which resolutions condemnatory of this impost have been agreed to . A strong feeling is also getting up in the provinces against it .

      The Dcke of Beptobd has already received from the Treasury upwards of £ 100 , 000 for the purchase of his property , to enable the Commissioners to carry into operation the projected improvements by the extension of Ox / ord-jsixeet in a direct line through the rookery of St . Giles , in Holborn . The Crown Jewels . —Orders were on . Monday issued by the lord chamberlain for the immediate removal of the crown jewels and regalia from Messrs . Rundell and Bridges , on Ludgate-hill , to whose custody they have been intrusted since the great fire at the Tower , to the new jewel-house iu the Tower , which will be opened for public inspection on Monday next .

      Thb Gorgon has brought home 11 , 000 medals from the Turkish Government , to be distributed among the officers seamen , and marines engaged in the Syrian warfare . The medals are of different sorts , according to the various ranks of the parties for whom they are intended . Those for Sir R . Stopford , Sir C . Napier , &c . are geld , and set rouud with diamonds ; the ethers are goid , silver , and bronze . Dkpaetcbjs op Troops fob Isdia . —Monday morning the first division of the 10 th regiment , which has been quartere ; at Glasgow for several months past , left that town for Portsmourh , and were on Thursday followed by the second and third divisioBus of the regiment . On their arrival at that -pori they will embark on board one of her Majesty ' s troop ships , and , it is expected , will forthwith proceed to India , to reinforce the troops in Affghan stan .

      Cseosote is Whiskett . —A recent case of the sudden ' death of a police constable in London , has brought to light an adulteration practised particularly by illicit distillers and venders in whiskey , in the introduction of creosote , to give the celebrated . pea ' .-reek flivonr to common spirits . This itdulteration , which is of the most noxiou 3 nature , it is to ba feared , is very extensively practised , and should command the utmost vigilance of the Excise . Sudden death would be a certain result Of it 3 being taken in any quantity , particularly in an excited state of the sysiem .

      _ Salmon Fjshery . —The salmon fishery on both sides of the Solway Frith has proved so far very suecesiful ; indeed the take of new fish on the English side was cever before known to be so few , although the number of stake nets on this , as well as the other side . , faj exceeds that of any previous season . The curious" in those matters have been led t" ) inquire icto the causes of the rapidly diminishing importa tion of new salmon 1 H ea : h succeeding spring , and the generally received opinion attribute ? this falling off to the wholsale havoc among the brood fish during the close season . —Gsr / isfe Journal .

      Norfolk Ciecuit . —A Mr . Long , an agent of Manners Sattonin the contest at Cambridge carried on against . Milner Gibson , wa 3 convicted , on Friday , on a prosecution instituted by order of the House ot Commons , of bribing aa elector of the name of Smith , at that election , with a gift of ^ 10 , to a vote for Sutton . The evidence was of tne most conclusive character . The penalty is £ 500 , and a total disqualification from voting or holding any public office for ever .

      DiNGEEOtS CONSEQTJKKCFS OF \ ATVX 1 NG . —A day or two ago , Mary Ann Nicholsoa , about thirty , five years of age , tne wife of a respectable mechanic was brought into Westminster hospital with dislocation of the jaw-bone onbothside 3 oitheneck > which , it appeared , had suddenly ocenred to her , a short time previously , while indulging in the full luxury of an unequivocal yawn , on her awakening in the morning . With considerable difficulty the joint was replaced on one side , but the other has not yet been effected . —Sun .

      The laosr beckless man of ihe day—of course wemeaii the Marquis of Waterford—has just had xaiher a bad aeeidtnt . In an annual Bteeple-chase near Dublin , on Wednesday , he fell from hi 3 favourite mare Columbine , and the beast rolled over him . He was picked up in a swoon , but he soon recovered . The mischance to the popular resident landlord excited much sympathy in the crowd . It is to be hoped that it will not interfere with the Marquis ' s matrimonial projects ; for it is said that he U about to marry the Honourable Miss Louisa Stuait , the daughter of Lord de Rothesay ; only awaiting the consent of the father , which has to be sent for from St . Petersburgh .

      The municipal council of Calais have voted a silver cup , worth 300 f , to Mr . J . Siater , mate of the Widgeon packet , for his conduct in saving the crew of the Minsrva on the night of the lOch . The Humane Society of the same town have also decided OH applying to the General Shipwreck Socittj-for a gold toedal for Slater , and silver ones for the English sailors who assisted him on that , occasion ; also gold medals for the pilots , and silver ones for the French sailors who attempted , though in vain , to save their countrymen .

      A letter ba ^ been received fro m an intelligent -officer , dated Kernoul , 18-. h January . Sir Jasper Njcholls , the Commander-in-cLie / , tvas then , encampsd at that place with the fiaest army England had seen collected together for many years . It consisted of the Queen ' s third dragc .-nsaud three regimer . t 3 cf lignt cavalry , two European infantry regiments , and four regiments cf native infantry , with a BtroDg body of lioise and foot aniilery , and a numerous staff corp 3 , in all abour 11 , 000 , besides the local corps and camp follower ., —for Sir Jasper's movements were secret , but ii . e axrny expected daily orders to march . — flymouth paper .

      Packet Statiox FOR THE DOVTU OP IlUULC'D . — The following communication has been received from the admiralty in reply to a memorial from the cify of Cork Grand Jury : — "Admiralty , March 18 , 1842 , Sir—I am commanded by the Lords Commi >; iOEert of the Admiralty to acknowledge the receipt of th ^ memorial of the Grand Jury of the city or Cork , recommending the port of Curk as the Iri-h mail packet station between the west of England aud the south of Ireland , which "was trai ; = 7 ii ; t : e < i with your letter on the 14 th instant ; and I am to acquaint you that my Lords see many great objections to the plan proposed , but will pay erery attention to the subject . ' I am Sir , &c , Stdsw Herbert . —W . J . Shaw , Esq . "

      Fka-cds on thb Poor . —In the last poor law circular , a letter appears from a Loadon trade ? man , containing an admission of havfng served a union in the country " with tea that had been immersed in 6 = 3 : water , and sugar that had been adulterated and offering in eonsiderstien of the Board of Guardians withdrawing proceedings , that he Will pay the bill of costs as between attorney and client , and give £ 5 to any charitable purposes the Board may point out ; conditionally that the Board does not " publish his letter , but forward it to the Commissioners , to be msde such u ^ e of a * they may think fit . " The Comirdsrioncrs alio" ?? the compromise , but publish the letteT , as a proof , they t 3 y , '' Boards of Guardians have the means , if they exercise proper vigilance , of tffjetualiy protecting their own body , and ihe poor , against any frauds which may be attempted . "

      A Dodgt CANViSSEE . —The hall steps were spotted with green moss—the windows had glass of a thousands hues , the white-painted shutters closed on many of them ; the place had altogether a cold , fortidding look . Its possessor was . a bachelor , an old man , a gentleman by bilth , a formalist by habit , and a "miser by perverted inclination . His came was Simon Gripefast ; his estate was large , and his politics do ' ubtful . After many a weary pull , the rickety door was opened by an asthmatic servant in faded green livery , and the earl and his prologe were received by Mr . Gripefast . The room into

      which they were shown was edd and dingy : the walk were cracked , the roof almost black , the carpet faded , and the small portion of fire nursed in the corner of the grate , struggling for life under an economical covering of dusty ashes . Falconer felt his spirits sink the moment he entered the place . Its occn-pant was in keeping with it : he was ironvisaeed , sparely-built , and shabbily dressed . His very ~ bandB were hard and cold ; and the cat that shivered by the hearth looked as han and acrimonious as her master . "My friend Falconer starts for the cooDty in the room of poor Sir Guzzle Gmbbington "

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      Shocking Result of a Petty Pbosecution . —A few weeks ago , a woman , with an infant in her anns , was committed to prison for cutting a small quantity of birch at Be ~ bury , the damage which she did being valued at-one halfpenny . We understand that the Child died iu prison on Sunday last , and that the mother stated at the inqu : st that it was her belief the child died in consequence of a cold which it caught in the Ledbury lock-up-bouse . The wonder is that many inquests have not been the consequence of confining prisoners in such a damp and hlthy den . The feelings of this woman ' s persecutor , who sent her and her child to prison for such a venial offence as cutting a bit of birch , are not to be envied . —Worcestershire Chronicle .

      Edtsbl'kgh and Glasgow Eailway . —Sunday TkaIXS . —The second day of the Sunday trains has passed off as quietly as the firtt . At the Edinburgh terminus tho Rev . W . Burns was again in attendance , roaring and shouting , to the great annoyance of peaceable persons ; but the railway train proved as deaf to his remonstrances as before , and slid away with the greatest sangfroid imaginable . The people assembled were respectable and well-conducted . The total number of passengers carried along the line was 841 . Of these there came along the whole line from Glasgow 34 , while 254 wore taken-up or set down at the intermediate stations . The number conveyed along the entire line from Edinburgh was 58 , and to intermediate distances , 495 . Except on the part of Mr . Burns , at the Edinburgh station , not the slightest disposition was manifested , either in the morning or evening , to mar the tranquillity of the Sabbath . —Scotsman .

      Fasting by Compulsion-. —At the weekly meeting of the guardians of the South Dublin union on Wednesday , Captain Nowlan complained , on tho part of the protestani paupers in theestablishtaent ( nearly 500 in number , ) that they were compelled , contrary to the natural cravings of their stomachs , to swallow thin oatnual porridge , the same as that taken by the Roman Cathlic inmates , during the period of Lent . The gallant captain concluded by moving that the whole amar of flesh and broth withheld from the

      protestanta during tho last week be added to the allowanoe doled out on Easter Sunday . A guardian suggested that the usual week ' s notice should be given of so important , a motion ; but it having occurred to some of the members of the board that Easter was but three days off , it was finally agreed that the aggrieved parties should have double rations on Sunday next , as some slight compensation for the purgation they had been forced to undergo , in common with their more devout companions of tho workhouse .

      Desperate a > d Extraordinary Scene in Me"ws Barracks . —The following are the authentic particulars relative to this extraordinary occurrence : — It appears that Thomas Hutchins , who is the subject of this narrative , is & private in the third battalion of the 1 st Regiment of Grenadier Foot Guards , now stationed in the Mews Barracks , Trafalgar-square , and was considered the finest man in tho regiment , measuring six feet two inches in height , and stout in proportion , and when uninfluenced by liquor was a quiet , inoffensive person , but a little drink would sometimes excite him to a most extraordinary degree , and cause him to quarrel with his comrades . Ou Wednesday night , about nine o ' clock , after having indulged rather freely , he retired with three

      others to one of the barrack sleeping-rooms at the top of the building for the night , where , however , he had not been mauy minutes before he commenced quarrelling with a man named Greene , whom ho at length threatened with his venceancc , and , fearing the consequences , Greene made his escape down stairs , anu informed the serjeant that Hutchins was drunk . Tha serjeant immediately repaired up stair 3 , and ordered him down to the orderly-room , for the purpose of testing his sobriety . He , however , struck the -serjeant under the ear with his bayonet , and slightly wounded him . Another man was slightly wounded in the faca in eiide&vouring to rescue the serjeant , who , but for bis interference , would no doubt have been murdered . All .

      however , ran out of the room with tne exception of one man , who had got into bed , to whom Hutchins said , " You have never injured or given me any offence ; I shall not , therefore , hurl a hair of your head . " Hutchins , however , now commenced firing at the door , imagining , no doubt , that some of them were on the other side of it . Six bullets passed through the door , which is about two inches in thickness , one of them lodging in another door at the end of the passage , which is about twelve feet in length . He also fired through the front window at the seatries in the yard , who , however , fortunately escaped . Hearing several persons coming up tke stairs , he threw up the back window , and flung out his belt and pouch , and haying exclaimed , " Now , you ^ , follow me , " precipitated himself

      from tho vFJndoTv into the back-yard , a height of about fifty feet , when a rush was instantly made , and he was found lying upon his back in a state of insensibility .. He was immediately placed upon a stretcher , and conveyed to the Barracks Hospital , in Rochester Row , Westminster ,- where he was attended by Drs . Johnson and Bellam , of tho regiment , who discovered that his left arm v > a , 3 broken , but the extent of injury sustained could not then be discovered . On inquiry on Thursday , at the Hospital , it was ascertained that he had been spitting blood the whole of the day , which proceeded from the internal injuries he had received , and which are of so serious a nature as to preclude aU uopa of his recovery . The flag-stoae upon which he i ' ell was broken into several pieces , but not a spot of blot . d was to be seen . Hutchins is iu the 28 ib . year of his age .

      Execitjo . vs . The period has no ^ r arrived , when the great experiment of replacing by more moderate penalties the exterminating enactments of former times—tias been tried by the test of full experience ; and the Committee of the Anticapital Punishment Society congratulate the public upon the eminent success whkh has marked the transition from a system of indiscriminate rigour to one of great comparative mercy . In the year 1821 there was 114 executions in England and Wales . Id 1828 , the nHmber was reduced to 59 ; in 183 G , to 17 ; and in 1838 , it was only 6 . Toac this change has been effected without diminishing , even in the slightest degree , the security of the persons and properties of men , is a matter of

      the clearest evidence , the evidence of actual expe rience , which cannot be disputed or falsified . The Government Returns prove , that there have been jezcer highway robberies in the laBt seven "years , with o executi'ine , than in the preceding seven years , with 58 executions ;—that there have been fewer acts of burglary aiid housebreaking in the last seven year ? , with oDly 2 executions , than in the preceding seven years , when oi persons suffered death for those crime 3;—that therenas been less horse-stealing in the last seven years , without any execution , than in the preceding s .-vea years , during which , for ( hat offence alone , ' 22 convicts urcre sent to the scaffold . Whatever experience has been acquired by this unexampled reform in the administration of public

      justice , has , at least , been safely and innocently i ; sined . Some hundreds of offenders , had they committed their crimes a few years betore , -rtould have died by the hands of the executioner . They had been allowed to live . Life , the only season of repentance , with all its opportunities of regaining the lavour of an offended LVm , has b « an mercifully continued to them ; and , from this lenity , society Las derived no injury , no loss . Who , then , can fail to rejoice at a result so consoling to humanity ? One que .-tion only remains . — Reflecting men will a-kj after ? o many accumulated proofs of the inefficacy of capital punishment , u : liy should it ba retained at alll Reasoning minds will inquire , —Is tin execution of six ptrtous iu a year so essential to social security , that we must still ' continue to uphoid

      the revolting machinery of lha scaffold ? For murder no less than other crimes , the penalty of Heath , as an example , is momentary , and of no beneficial effect : —it disgusts the good , and brutalizes the bad , who witness the spectacle of man cruelly df-.-trojed by man ;—as an act of extren . 0 vioi . ncr , it teaches -violence to the people : — as an act of deliberate homicide , it diminishes the regard due to the eanctity of life , and renders murder Jess revolting to the unicstructed mind . For murder as well as other crimes , it too often leads ta impunity through the suppression of evidence by the associates or acquaintance of the criminal , who recoils at the thought of becoming accessory to the desth of one , with whom they had formerly lived on KTE-i of familiar intercourse . The Committee

      invit the attention of the public to the important fact , that there have been fewer commitments for murder in the last five years , when the executions tor-that crime were 40 , for 8 annually , } than in tbo five years preceding , when tfce executions were 66 , [ or 13 anhiially . j Similar result ? have followed the partial dituse of ihe punishment of death for murder in Prance and Prussia ; and in Belgium , the discontinuance of the capital penalty , during five successive years ending with 1834 , was accompanied by a diminution in the number of murders- Thus experience proves , that in order to render the laws again * t crime reformatory , they must cease to be revengeful . It is true the punishment of death is indicia lj said , like all otter punishment , to be , not

      for revenge but example : —but as it has notoriously failed in the way of example , what purpose can its infliction serve unless the gratification of revenge ? Let it then be entirely repealed , and some punishment substituted which does not shock the natural feelings of mankind , and is therefore more capable of uniform execution J By the abolition of it we should teach men forbearance by the high example of tho laws , and inculcate the sacredness of life on that supreme authority ; while the retention of it for mnrr der answers none of the real ends of justice , but serves only , by exacting " blood for blood , " to encourage the savage spirit of retaliation , ia utter ¦ variance with the gentle temper of Christianity , and itself the fruitful parent of atrocious crimes . William Axlen , Chairman of the Committee . 40 , Trinity-Fquare , Tower-hill , London , 1841 .

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      Death phom DEsmtrripN . —Ajn inquest was taken on Saturday , in the Board Room of Marylebone workhouse , on the body of James Simmpnds , aged 18 , whose death occurred in -that ' 'institution ' . " ' The poor fellow had been an occasional porter ; bat latterly he conldget nothing to do , and at length , from want of nourishment , he wasfound in a sinking state on the cell of 8 . door in Gee ' s Court , Oxfordstreet , by policeman D 125 , who took him to the station-noiise , where tho Inspector ordered him to be taken to the workhoiis ©; but deceased said he would notgo he had been there once , and would rather be hanged than go again . It was evident the poor creature ' s limbs had been frbst-bitten , for at tneiime of death self-amputation had so completely performed its work , that the bones of the anolejoint and fooi were completely oat through , and only , left hanging to the leg by a piece of skin Verdict- That the deceased died from mortifica . tion , produced by oold and hunger . "

      Adventures of a £ 5 Note . —On Sunday last , a collection was made at St . Martin's Church * for the Colonial * Bishops' Fund , and a religious old lady bad , m the exuberance of berlovofor bishops , placed on the plate a £ 5 note . While the churchwardens were carrying the treasure ' -from theportlCO of tne onuron to the vestry , guarded by the beadles , a strong gust of wind carried off the five pound note . It remained over the roof of tho church for some time ; the beadles , in their robes of orEce ^ looked'at it m wild astonishment , and , as it floated towards the river , they set off as fast as their legs could carry them , shouting * stop it ! " " catch it J" The public ran in all directions ' , believing that the cry was " stop thief ! " A general pursuit ensued , but no one could see either the thief or the object of pursuit , till the beadles stopped in Northumberland-street , aud cried out , '' It is caught by the churchwarden ' s chimney . ' - ' ¦ On ascending the roof ot Mv . Cobbett ' s house , they found the note all safe .

      Effects of Railway Travelling on Sight . —It has oftsn been remarked / by railway travellers , how fatiguing it is to the eyes , and consequently injurious to tho sight , to ' -look for any . length of time at objects through the railway carriage windows . This is quite true , and easy of solution . Every one acquainted with physiology ^ knows the intimate connexion and sympathy of action between the fivo senses and the brain . The sensation which is felt and complained of is caused by the velocity at which you travel—the transient view you obtain of the

      objects you pass—and looking at them in a direct line , which is generally the case by looking through the 6 ido window nearest the seat . All these unpleasant sensations and consequences ( which are moroserious than appear at first sight ) are obviated by simply lookiug at the objects you pass in an oblique or angular direction ; you thus command a longer view of everything , which entirely relieve the eye—it- 'destroys this magical and uncertain eight you obtain by looking , as before described , at objects in a Straight \\ Hd . —rGlasgdu ) Paper .

      Acukious ItfCiDENT has occurred at Northampton Assizes . A " fracas '' took place between Sergeant , Goulburn and Mr . Becke , a solicitor ; in consequence , it seems ., of an old feud between the two . In 183 G , or earlier , and repeatedly since that time , Mr . Goulbuvn made somo attacks on Mr . Becke ' s professional character ; and Mr . Becke complains , that as Mr . ' Goulburn screen's himself under his privilege as aii advocate , ho has no redress at law . His only resource therefore is to attempt to provoke Mr . Goulburn to take some proceedings against him , and he endeavoured to do so in the said * ' fracas , " but it appears without success ; and so he has written to the papers a letter , in which he thus throws down the gauntlet ' : — " If , as I fully expect , ho should fail to proceed against me , the public will then judge between myself and Mr . Goulburn : I have done all in tho power of man , short of persona ) violence , to forco him ta wipe off tho foul stigma I

      have now several time ? cast upon him . I accused him . of wilful falsehood and grosB perversion of truth in the imputation ? ho 1 cast on me I accused liim of fabricating circumstances detrimental to my professional character , for the ' sole purpose of indulging bis malevolent feelings towards iao . I tiow repeat these accusations deliberately and advisedly . Mr . Goulburn has all along omitted to take any gteps either to clear his character or attempt to justify his conduct towards mo . I leave it therefore to all men of honour and courage to put their own construction ou this line of conduct of a sorgeant w at-law , an exofficpr of the Blues , the author of a satire ; and one who has figured in his early career as a horse-jockey . With all tlicse varied . qualifications ^ lie appears destitute of those ' "feelings ; which persons moving in his present station are generally found to possess , when a man , equal in birth and education to himself , demands satisfaction for his insulted honour . "

      Curious Coincidence . —Some months ago , the premises of "Mr . 'Wilson , a watchmaker at Spalding . were broken open , and all the . witches and plats stolon from his shop . For some time nothing could be discovered , and malicious people were not wanti « g to make the vilest insinuat \ on 3 i By a remarkable coincidence the burglar went the other day to Lincoln , a distant of more than 50 miles , to dispose of part of his plunder , the affair having become almost tbrgotton , and it so chanced thas the first place he went to was the shop of Mr * Wilson ' s father in High-street , Saint-Vetor-at-Gowts , and it alao singularly happened that ; the watch he present-id for solo was one thai ; Mr . . Wilson "' personally knew had belouged to his son . The maa was detained , and

      Home other property was-i'tund- in Lincoln . lie was removed in custody to Spalding , where it wae learned that he had been residing for six years past , under the name of Morley . On his house being searched , no trace of the rest of Mr . Wilton ' s property was found , but on a subsequent search , a largo stone bottle was found upon a shelf , and on being taken down , it proved that a hole had bean broken in the bottom and tho watches and jewellery put therein , carefully packed in hay to prevent it from rattling . Mr . -WiUon has thus singularly recovered the whole of his . property ( except twi > watches ) , and a b urglar in most , extensive practice has been detected , and commuted to the hoase of correction for the-divisionof Holland . ,

      Match to Gallo p One Horse Twenty Miles , withj . v the ilouu . —It will be recollected that-Mr . Grey , a gentleman riding nearly fourteen stone ; undertook to perform this feat , but failed in completing his task , lva , viag vmfvmvmateiy broken his horse ' s legs in three places before he had made the firtt turn of five miles . -- - ' immediately ' : after the above named affair , Mr . Goodman , a member of the turf , matched himself in a similar undertaking for £ 100 , to take place on the same , epot , viz . —a three mile piece of ground on Sunbury Common , and on Wednesday last the affair came off . Mr . Goodman bad been up to the day iu close tiainhig , weighing ; about ten stone j and having purchased a ' . fiae old

      steeple chaser , named the " Knight , " expressly for tho occasion , was ready at all points for '" the start at four o'clock . Tho betting had risen considerably in favour of Mr . G—in many instiuees to 6 to 4 , and insoae even 2 to 1—which must be in somo measure attributed to Mr . G . 's well-known , energy , perseverance , and strength Of nerve . Mr . G , went off at a steady pate , which he continued to ihe close , and completed his task apparently , with # rca . i ease , haviDg nearly four njinuie ^ io spare , neither horse nor riiier showing any symptoms of distress ... Considerable sums of money chained hands upon the occasion , and the ground was well attend , therei-being a good spriuklb of fashionable equipages and great numbers of equestrians .

      Palm Sunday . —The annual ceremony of cracking a gaU-whip three tinies in tho church porch of Caistor , at the commencement of the reading of the lessoiis , with tho folded whip , and tho mummery of waiving it three tiints over tho - miru ^ -pr ' s head , t . ' ien holding it in a steady diagonal" petition tili ho has concluded above-seventy ' verses , &c ., delighted the u gaddites * ' of the town and their country friends , on Sunday week , the cracks being very loudly and distinctly fiiven , and tho rest of th « performances Strictly seeundum artem . We underrfrind that Mr .

      Spring , saddler , of Brigg , this year completed the 52 . id whip he has made lor the occasion . There are religious persons iu Caistor who assert that the custom is impious— 'that it is a . desecration of the Sabbath belonging to the darkest a ^ . - < , < fco , ; aud of this opinion was an influential gentleiuan who a feif years ago sought to put aside the whole cerethony , faat did not succeed . The " gafidito ^ " rejoiced {• really at his failure , for as much uh , they contend , it induces a larger attendance on the ' ¦ means of grace ! " O mores ! There ceminly was a good congregation on Sunday . —Stamford Mercury .

      Madness and Sbicide pboduced by Destitution , —OnThursday a long investigation . wa-3- ' entered into before Mr . T . Wakley , M , P ., in tho ch-apelof the Strand Union Workhouse , Glovciand-ttreei , Fitzivysqaare , on the body of Charles Heathcote , aged 19 , tne son of a journeyman painter and glazier , living in Westminster . Charles . Heathcofce , dee < -ased ' cf father , said hissonhad been in the employ of a cowkeeper in WeBtminBteri but about seven weeks since be was discharged , his master having no longer occasion for his cervices . He was unable to find employment , or witness in any wa . y to assist him , being out of work Liins # lf . The deceased windered about from day to day , ' suffering the deepest distress and hunger , but would not apply to the parish . The effect of starTatlon caused him to . beoume insane and a night or two after he was found by the iiolice

      raving mad in the streets , and conveyed by them to St . Margaret ' s workhouse , where he had been but a few days when he sought an opportunity to cut his throat , but was detected before he had done so to a great extent . A week after , he again cut his throat to a greater extent , at which time ho was under an order of removal from St . Margaret ' s parish to the Strandunion . He was removed to tho Strand Union workhouse on the 5 th instant , at which time he was so weak as to be unable td walk . By the Coroner" ¦ I have ho complaint as regards hit . treatment , but I think his removal from St . Margaret ' s workhouse to this accelerated his death . " The Jury ' . ultimately returned a verdict , ^ ' That the deceased died from the effrcts of a wound in his throat ,- ' . inflid ' te'd . . . by him-6 ' elf whilst ia a state of insanity , produceci from hunger aad destitution . "

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      Wigney ' s Bank . —Meeting of Ckeditoks . —On Thursday evening , a priviate meeting of the principal creditors took place at the house of Mr . Dash , Castlo-Equare , Brighton . About sixty persons wore present . From various statements made , according to present , appearances , the largest dividend that can be expected is sixpence in the pound . From inquiries made by some of the creditors , it was deemed expedient that they should obtain the assistance of one of the leading counsel from London id order that the whole affair may be thoroughly investigated , aa slight hopes ar © entertained of recovering certain property for the benefit of the largo body of creditors . At the Leicester Assizes , an extraordinary case

      of slaiiderwaa tried . The action was brought by Dempster Hemming and wife against Mr . Power , a solicitor . Mr . Hemming is a gentleman of fortune , acquired in India , and sixty years of age . His wife is a fascinating lady , of about twenty-eight . Their marriage vyas solemnized in the year 1839 ; and Mr . Power was charged with spreading a rumonr that Mrs . Hemming was the wife of one Henry Alleyne , whom she called her brother . Mrs . Hemming was married as Rhoda Alleyne ; and she and her brother were strangers in thb neighbourhood , when Mr . Hemming became acquainted with her . The counsel for the plaintiff simply proved the uttering of the words by Mr , Power . In reply , the Solicitor-General indignantly commented upon the case being

      presented ia this naked manner . He would allow the description Mrs . Hemming had given of herself , as to her maiden name , to bo correct ; bat , with regard to her pretended brother , it was clear . thai his name was Henry Chavd ; that he was a supeiannuiited tide-waiter from Liverpool ; that he had been living at ¦ Fi ' Hchley , oi Hampstoad , with Mr ? . Hemming , osteusibly as brother and sister , in 1838 . If he proved theae oirenmstancoa , the jury would be satrisfied Mrs ; Hemming and her brother- were mere adventurers ; that Mr . Hemming was their dupe , and that the verdict should- pass for his client . Mr . Baljjjuy , oil the other side , insisted that the jury had nothing to do with A ) Jcyne , and the Judge inclined to that opinion . The jury , however , gave the plaintiff only one farthing carnages .

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      TREMENDOUS HURRICANE . DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND LOSS OF LIFE AT GLASGOW AND GREENOCK . Gueenock . —Throughout Friday it blew a violent wind , which incteased to a gale that betokened something worse . About eight o'clock the gale increased to a : perfect hurricane , and we are sorry to say that the ship Scotland ( bound for St . John ' s , N . B . ) . lying afc the patent moorings in the stream off the East Imlia ( iuay , bsok © loose , carrying the patent mooring wiiu h ^ r , ran foul of a schooner , and H , M . gun-brig Skylark , at anchor in the stream . The Scotland , a vessel of large tonnage , carried every thing before her , and iv . a ehoit tirao eight vessels , including the gnn-btig , were dashed ashore at Gammela Point , e . a& ' t' of Cartsdyl ' . e . jbreo of tfce small crafc , one of them the Oban packet , another a sloop laden with potatoes from Girvan , and a coal gabbert , were rendered complete wrecks . The gun-brig is atill ashore , and the Scotland has a crew aboard pumping her incessantly .

      On shore the hurricane was no loss destructive . In all par ts of the town , chimney stalks and stalks of various public works were blown down , and serious loss sustained / A considerable part of Messrs . Lsitch and Co . ^ opework was hurled to the ground ; and we are sorry to say that this hUrricance did not eud in the destruction of property only . About half-past eight o ' clock ,, the chimney top of a house situated at the highest elevation of Mearns-street , near the Mount , was blown upon the roof—the yoof wna carried «; way , and the dense maaa of rubbish , fcroke through the ceiling , and fell into a bed room , where two children were asleep . A number of heavy stones fell on the children , and one of them , aged twelve years , was killed instantly . The other bad her leg broken . We ako learn that a large house in course of building afc Gaurock , haa been par tly blown down . The large new steamer Precursor , which was lying in Gairlock , fitting out , drifted froni her moorings , and is ashere In Rodrieath Point .

      Glasgow . —On Friday night , this city was vi * 3 ited with one of the most severe storms of wind that has been experienced here for many years past The gale during the afternoon was considerable , but about six or seven o ' clock it increased to a perfect hurricane , so much so that the streots were nearly cleared-, people finding it next to impossible to maintain their footing ; while the danger was greatly increased from the vast number of chimney tops aud slates -which , 'weie hvirie \ i with violence from the tops of many houses , of which the streets thia morning bear ample evidecce . During the gale there were many vivid flashes of lightning . In the Gallowgate , during the height of the storm , a sign-board was wrenched from absva a shoemaker ' s

      Bhop , and by the force of the wind borne nearly sixty yards fartlier up the street . We lament to learn that , about ten o'clock last night > an accident of a serious nature , occurred at Garnkivk Fire Brick and Lime Works . Two of the stalks were blown down by the hurricane , which swept over the city aud suburbs , and as thia unfortunately happened to be the night on which the men at these works commenced a double shif t , all those engaged In that depiirtment were buried in the rijins . By the most active exertions the sufferers , five in number , were extricated from their dreadful situations , two of them dead , and the other three mtichinjured—one of them bo much that lie is not eX « Dected to recover .

      Pa is ley , — On Friday night this town was visitsd by the most severe inland hurricane we ever witnessed . The wind blew a furions north-wester , sometiniea dry and at others accompanied with heavy falls of sleet and rain . This morning the bills in . all directions are white with snow , and the streets are abundantly strewed ¦ wi th the week of chimney cans , siatssj large pipes of lead , Jcc . In town we have not heard of any injury being sustained by these exposed descriptions of property , but at Blackland Jjlill , in the neighbourhood , ¦ we learn that some of the stalks have Buffered from the storm . —Glasgow Post of Saturday ;

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      EXTRAORDINABY CHARGE OF ASSAULT ON A LADY . Monday , Mr . Robert Caldwell , solicitor , of 191 , Great Brunswick-street , for whose appreheiasion two warrants bad been outstanding for many days , was brought in custody of Police Serjeant Kennedy , 8 B , beforo the Magistvates of Gollege-streeS Police Omcei Dublin , charged with having assaulted , with intent to commit violation , the wife of Mr-Corbett , of Fitzwilliam-place , bai-rister . From the eyidenca Of the proaeoutrix , as given by The Freeman ' s Journal , it appeared the prisoner had been on friendly terms with Mr . Corbttt for the space of a year and a half , during ¦ which they had various transactions in the way of business , Mr .

      Caldwell taking to Mr . Corbett all the briefs he could muster . The prisoner had b « en frequently at Mr ; Gorbett ' s house , his presence there being , however , occasioned , for the-pivsb part , by : professional affairs , though on two occasions he had dined there . On Monday se ' nnight he dined with &lr- Corbett aad his lady , mnd on the Saturday following he proceeded to the house of the prosecutor in Fitzwilliam-place , under t ' a « pretence of paying the visit usually exacted by etiquette , after the acceptance of such a complinitnt . Having knocked at the door , he inquired of the servant if Mr . Corbett were at home ? The servant answered in the negative , saying tbat his master had just gone out ; which , however , was not the case ; but Mr . Corbett , being in disability at the time , had

      given tlirecti ' ona that fie should fee dented . The prisoner then inquired whether Mrs . Corbett was at home , for that if so her . presence would euit his purpose jia well ? The servant replioii that his mistress wats in the study , t- > -srhich apartment the other was unhesitatingly admitted . The" prisoner having found the lady seated in aa arm chuir saluted her courteooaly , and ,: draWing over his own chair in the vicinity of Uie lady ' s , they conversed fur a few minutes upon ordinary topics . Presently , however , his conversation assumed a different toiie- ^ he talked rapidly with great fervour , and began to praise the eyes of his companion , which he averred were bright above tfepae of all other niortals . He then spefee niore nndisguisedly , and ihrowiDg himself on his knee he lamented the situation of his fair

      coHipanipn , and assured her with great impassionment that he grieved that her heart yras not at her own disposal , for that if she were single she should not be without an offer . . Fired with indignation at hearing herstlf addressed in such a strain , the lady rose in high displeasiire i and told the p isoner that such words were unfit for the fears of a married wouian , and infoimed him that if he did not immediatfc ' y leave the room she / should ring for the servant to turn him out . She Was proceeding accordingly acrosa the room , with the design of summoniing the servant with the belli when the priabner sprang from his seat with desperate violence , and spreading his hand over the lips of the lady ^ in order to stifle her ao effectually as to render utterance impossible , he told her that all ker resistance would bain vain . The prisoner then proceeded t 6 take liberties of the most infamoos nature with the lady , the details of which are , of course , utterly unfit for publication . A deadly struggle ensued , the fortune of which

      wa 3 » s yet doubtful , when the lady , descrying a large cai ; e-knif 9 lying in a silver bread-basket upon the table , seized it in desperation , and made a fierce plunge at the breast of her assailant The prisoner , in bis effort to elude the blow , which mU 3 t have been fatal had it takeneffect with such : excessive violence ¦ was it aimed , let go his hold of the lady ' s mouth , and succeeded in wringing the weapon out of her hand . The lady , uttering the most clamorous shrieks , rushed to the door , closely pursued by her aBsailant , who brandished the kaifai ill the air , and had almost felled her to the earth , when Mr . Corbetfc , who was in the lower part of the house , in the act of fastening his straps , when his wife ' s screams first reached his ear , ran up stairs , having seized , in the exigency of tlie moment , a fork , the only ¦ weapon which lay at hand , On . the instant of Mr . Corbett ' s ar . iying , his lady had effected her' escape froa the room , and having exclaimed , in tones of agony , " The knife ,

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      the knife } look , look to Caldwell ; " she fell upon the lobby almos t , lifeless horn exhaustion . Mr . Corbett stepped over her and mailed in Ule direction of lha study , whero the prisoner yet remained , but one of the servant maids , apprehensive lest blood might be shed , in case her master and the prisoner : should meet , ran past the former with the speed of lightning , and succeeded in * atering the room before him , shut the door , inhia face , and bolted it from -within , Mr . Corbett conceiving that his lady was dying , so utterly devoid of animation did she appear , then turned to her assiitance , and having raised her drooping head from the ground ; was leaning over her on the lobby , whea the prisoner , suddenly darting from his ambuscade , sprang down stairs . Mr . Corbett seized a boot-jack sind

      hurled it at the head of the prisoner , whom he pursued down the stairs with terrific speed , and might , perhaps , have succeeded in overtaking him , were it not that the same servant maid who had already interfered , threw herself in the course of the pursuer , and terminated the chase , 'and secured the present escape of the prisoner . Mrs .. Corbett , a young iady cf very prepossessing manners and great personal attraction , was examined at great length , and : deposed in a very becoming manner tothe facts detailed in the foregoing statsmant . The prisoner ^ » tall , athletic , well-proportioned man , aged thirty-six years , and who was dressed in very fashionable attire , when called upon for his defence , stat « d that the lady had made warm and repeated professions of attachment to him , and he was only

      presuming on the encouragement he bad thus received in acting as he had . The prisoner then produced four or five letters , signed for the most part , " Your affectionate Caroline , " and all of which contained professions of the most passionate regard . Mrs . Corbett being crossexamined by Mr . Fitzgibbpn , denied in terms of the most unmitigated indignation , all knowledge whatso ever of these documents , the production of which appeared to excite in no one more surprise Ulan in herself . Ifc was "false as hell , '' the assertion that she had penned any such composition . She had never given the prisoner more countenance than becania an honourable ) woman . She never walked with him in the street , nor

      never had had interviews with him in private . Mr . Corbett deposed that he did not consider the letters to be written , any one of them , in the hand- writing of his lady . Mr . Currau observed that there were no post marks whatsoever upon the letters , and many of them were written in different hands . The magistrates said that such 9 case had been made ont as . left bat one course open for them , namely * to take the informations « f the complainant , and hold the prisoner in surety to stand his trial at the next commission . The prisoner entered into his own recognizance for £ 100 , and two sureties of ^ 50 each , to stand his trial at the commission , and was thereupon liberated .

      Another " delicate' { affair" came before one of the Police-offices , on Saturday . Mr . F ., a gentleman of propferiy , cbargeU Miss : i / lit a lady , with " a . conspiracy to rob his houae . ' . The prosecutor did not appear to support the charge . Mies M . then explained , that Mr . F . had been paying bis addresses to her ; when she found that he was already married , and broke off / the intercourse . He then propoisiedta settle j £ l 600 a year upon and to marry her after his wife ' s death , should that eccur within a certain period , upon conditions which she indignantly repelled ; and in revenge he instituted the present accusation . The lady was discharged from custody .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , March 25 . BANKRTJP 1 S . David Nutfc , Stratford-garden , Essex , merchant , to surrender April' 8 , May 6 ,. at eleven , o ' clock at the BanliTUpVa Cpuit . Solicitors , Messra . Ollyerson , Denby , and la vie , Frederick ' s-plfce , OH Jewry ; ofilcial assignee , Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lane . Dean , Samuel Walker , Great-street , St . Helen ' s , india-rubber manufacturer , April 5 , at one o ' clock , May 6 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Bankrupt ' s Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Maybew . and Co ., Carey-steeet , LincolH ' a-inn : official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basing hall ^ street .. . ' . , \ . : Charles Grayuon , St . Anne ' s-place , Limehouse , shipchandler , April 5 , at twelve o ' ciocK , May sixV at eleven , at the Bankrupt's Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Gble and Co ., Lime-street-square ; official asaignee , Mr . Turquhand , Copthall-buidingB .

      Richard Turvill , Kingeton-upon-Thames , Snrrey , baker , April 6 , at two o ' clock , May 6 , at eleven , afc the Bankrupt ^ s ; Courfc Solicitors . Messrs . Addis and Guy , Great Qiieen-streetj Westminster ; offioial-assiguee , Mr . Ls-ckvagton , Coleman-sireet-biald ' mgs ^ Piers Xowe , iJforley , GheBbire , shoemaker , April e ^ at one o'clock , at the Clsrendon-rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Adlingtpn , Gregory , Fanikner , and Follett , Badferd-row ; and Messrs . Nicholson and Sons , Warrington . Thomas Thomas , Iieinfcwardine , Herefordshire , miller , April 8 , May 6 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Angel Inn , Ludlow , Shropshire . Solicitora , Mr . Rogerson , Norfolkstreet , Strand > and Mr . CoJlins , } Iereford ; . '¦ > . Edward . Young , BirchingtonjIsle ' . . of Thanet , Kent , blacksmith ; April 6 , May 6 , at ten o ' clock , at the London Hotel , Margate . Solicitors , Messrs . Egan , Wattrmau , and Knight , EssfeX-Btxeet , Strand ; and Messrs . Boys and Son , Margate , ¦¦ ' - .. ' ¦ " . . .. ; ,

      Hugh Wickham , Bristol , linendraper , Apr il 9 , May 6 , at two o ' clock ,, at . the Commercial-rooms , Bristol , Solicitors , Mrr Frampton , South-square , Gray ' s-inn ; and Messrs .. JPaniel , and Mr . Smitli , JBriatot - John Bennett , Manchester , ealico . ptlnter , April li , May 6 , at eleven o ' clock , at tho Commissioners ' - xooms , Manchester . - Solicitors , Messrs . Campbell and Witty , Essex-street , Strand ; Mr . Fox , Nottingham ; and Messrs . Atkinson and Saunders , Manchester . . ' . Richard Turner , Manchester , flbur-dealer , April 8 , May C , at twelve o'clock , at the Commissioners ' - rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Bower and Back , Chancery-lane ; and Mr . Barratt , Manchester . John Cunard and James Ingram , New Broad-street , London , merchants . April 1 , May * , at eleven o'clock , at the Clarendoii-rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs Sharpe , Field , and Jackspn > Bedford-row ; and Messrs Harvey and Falcon , Liverpool .

      William Darlington , Liverpool , wine-merchant , April 5 , May 6 , at twelve o'clock , at the Ciarendon-ropnur , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Vincent and Sherwood , King ' s Bench-walk , Temple ; and Mr . Fisher , Liverpool . ¦'¦ ¦ - . '' . ¦¦ "' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' - ' - ¦ -- ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ : . --, - ' : . " . ' ' . - ¦¦ ... ¦ John Alfred Wood , Bromsgrove , Worcefiterehire , chymist , April 13 , May 6 , at eleven o ' clock , at the omces of Mr . Cameron , Worcester . Solicitor , Mr . Herbert , Staple-inn , Holborn . . - . - ¦'¦'

      -PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . . J . Scott and Co ., Halifax , Yorkshire , linendrapers . WiBBtanley and MarsbJall , Manchester , Reed-makers JB . Day and J . S . Hirst , Bradford , Yoibahira , woolstaplers . W . Barker , Brotneis , Hayton , Lancashire , common brewers . J . R . and T . Homer , Manchester , flour factors . J . Bainpson and son , Stockport , Cheshire , rag merchants . Smith and Conliffee , Bedfordmill , Lancashire , corn millers . Murray , Strachan , and Co ., Liverpool , sail-makers ; as \ far as regards IL Linton . Crook and Cotton , Liverpool , earthenware dealers .

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      w . From the Gazette of Tuesday , March 29 , BANKRUPTS . Joseph Kilsby , shoe manufacturer , Roade , Northampton , to surrender Aprii 8 , at elsven , and May lo , at two , at the . Dolphin , Nortbamptoi ! . Solicitors , Mr . Lowe , Staple Inn , London ; Mr . Becke , North-. ampton . ; " '¦ - 'T : .- .. " - ' - " ; . ; ¦ ' ¦ .. : ' . .: ¦ - : ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ :.- : - .. " John Crowe , Innkeeper , Durham , April 14 , afc twelve , and May 10 , at eleven , at the Bridge Hotel , Sunder-Iand . Solicitors , Messrs . Shield and Harweod , Queenstreet , Cheapside , LondOD ; Mr . Tieatoh , Newcastle-. uppn-Tyne . ¦ ..- ' : ¦ : ,, . ' :. ;' . ' : ... - rt :,- ¦ - -- - ' ' ¦ •"' : ' ' . : ' , Samu « l Wild , coal dealer ^ Manchester , April 22 , and May 10 , at twi > , at the CommissionerB ' -rooms , Manchester . SolicitoiB , Mr , Wright , New Inni Londen ; Mr . Taylor , Manchester .

      Edwaid Smifch i grocer , JSonthainpton , April 0 , and May 10 , at twelve , at the George Inn , Southampton . Solicitor , Mr . Sandell , Biead ^ atreet , Choapside , London ; . . . - - . ¦ . : ¦ : . ; . . . - ¦ -:- ; .. - .. " , . ; . ' -. . : ¦ . - ¦ . - '¦ . .- ; . : . . ; .,. ; . , Samuel Magnus , Blop-seller , Dover , April 11 , anfl May 10 , at two , at the Shakfipeara Hotel , Dover , Basa Dover .- ; ,. '¦ .: . ' . .: ¦ ' . - ¦ ¦;¦ - ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦¦' . ¦¦ ... ' ' . ¦ . < :. ; - '¦• . ¦ ¦ / - .- . . Elizabeth Franklahdi widow , innkeeper ; Beadinfo Aprilll , and May 10 , at the George Inn , Beading ; Solicitors , Messrs . Weedon and SloCombe , Beading ; Mr . Hill , 23 , Throgmorton-Btieet , London . - , Edwatd TU 1 , butcher , Worcester , April 5 , and May 10 , at twelve , at the New Greyhound Inn , Worcester . Solicitors , Messrs . Becke and Flower , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , London j Mr . Hill , Worcester ^

      Charles James Williams and Edward Nevill * coffia makers , Birmingham , 4 pril 6 , and May 10 , at two , Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham . Solicitora , Messrs . Tooke and Son ; Bsdford-row , London ; Messrs . Unetfc and Sons , Suckling , Birmiflgbam . Robert Martin , carpenter , Beceles , Suffolk , April 12 , and May 10 , at twelve , at the White Idon Inn , Beceles . Solicitors . Mr . Bead . Halesworth ; Mesawi Francis and Son , Monument-yard , London . John Darbyshire and Samuel Pope , calico and moussellne de laine printers , Manchester , April 13 , and May 10 , at two , at the CommiBsioners ' -rooma , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . R . M . and C . Baxter , Lincoln ' s Inn-fi » lds , London ,- Messrs . SaJe and Tfortbington , Manchester ^ "

      Thomas Scott , brick » aker , Barnwood , Gloaceater , April 1 . 1 , ' and May 10 , at twelve , at ihe office of Messrs . Winterbotham and Thomas , Tewkesbury , Gloucester . Solicitors , Mr . Baylis , Devonshire-square , London ; Messrs . Winterbotham and Thomae , Tewkea . bury . ^' - ' ' , . '"¦ ¦;; . - .. "¦ . - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦"¦; ' v : " ¦¦ ¦ , ; - . '; ¦ ' •'• ;¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦' . ' - . " ; ¦ ¦ : ' : ¦ . ' . . ¦ : . ;' Samuel Pahner , Gladstone ^ shipwright , Crisp-stieet , East India-road , Poplar , April 7 , at eleven , and May 10 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . WMtmore , BasinghaU-stxeet , official aBsigne ©; Solicitor , Mr . Gole , Lime-street , Leadenhail-Btreet . !

      Henry Duckett , ^ carpenter , Ramsgate , April 6 , aad May 10 , at one , at the Roydl Odt inn , Ramagate , Solicitprfl , Mr . Daniel , Ramsgate ' - , Messrs . Hawkins , Bloxam , and Stocker , New BosweU-wurt , Xiapoln ' fl Inn . . ¦ '¦•' . . - ' . . - ' - ¦ ' ¦ - . - . - ¦ .- . .- . ¦• • ¦ • ¦ :- . ¦¦ :. -- ¦ : - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦' - .

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      A T 0 C 5 G phtsician of Rome , savs a letter from tlm city , xtas succeeded in discovering the means of petrifying aii substances of organic formation , vriihout their "being changed materially in oolonr . A gw dajs are sufficient to operate this transformation . He In ? already exhibited flowers , birds , fishes , and "Ten human heads , beaunfolly petrified- _

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      THE NORTHERN STAR 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct592/page/3/