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      CANCER , EVERY VARIETY OF TUMOUR SCIRRHUS , FISTULA , &a . EXTIEPATED WITHOUT THE KNIFE , BY J . Ii . "WARD , 18 , Trafalgar-street , Leeds , and 82 , Oldfield-road , Saiford , DWELLINGS of the NECK , all Scrofulous DiskJ eases , whether from recent Syphilis , or hereditary causes , and every form of malady , which resist the commonly-known modes of treatment , are also , by a practical system of remediaKagency , effectually cured . To those conversant with the history of Surgery and Medicine , it is well known that , up to the present time , these maladies have defied all and every combined effort ot the medical lifcera'i ; and that from a general ignorance of healing agents , such is still the inadequate state of what has been called " regular practice , " that no means known offer the unfortunate sufferer any rational hopes of relief .

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      WE MAT , WE WILL , WE MUST , WE SHAXL BE PBEE . ¦ W e may b ? free ! "iis onrs the mighty poorer To spssk in tones both tumble and loud , If or "will we crouching ard obsequious lo *;_ r To worship bsnbles and adore ths proud ; The titled tyrants , 'who , with plunder ed might Have thrones erected on the grave of right . Ah ! so ; we seek for freedom , and car claim-Is bas'd upon our birth- Oar native land ! The lx .-& of glory and of butchering fame We seek to rescue from ifee bloody br ^ cd With "triiich proni cjrq ^ rors have its name begor'd , Eiose m = ik TiccgsrcDts of a righteous Lsril ! We tfi . V bs free . ' applauding reason smiles Her simple acquiescence ; and the just , The patriot noble , need no courtier ' s vn \~ t

      To shroud the truth within a hideous crest Of fclaefc psrrersica ; snch as priests xnd knaves Have used to model and to mould us ilaves . ' We ikss * be free ! for all th » varied FpringB 0 ' aark oppression , now would setrn , to lose Their potency ; as oa her bliss-impkrting wings - True knowledge soars abroad , disturbing the repose -Of acricst error , and diffusing light Where nought existed bnt ilie gloom of night . "We sia'l be free I aloud the truth proclaim , From east to west let freedom ' s name be heard ; - Xit tyrants hear it J that hei virtuous fame Win shfce unsullied , ikoueh they would retard' . With puny effort her msjgsiic sway , - - A nation Trills is and "who daie gain say ?

      Then hark : O countrymen ! awate ye dead ! Te who kave slept in apathy pnfoucd , - Arise ! arise ! by fre * dom ' ' . e star led , March nobly onward till wiih success crown'd Toa reap the comforts which your de ~ ls hive gain'd , And cease to straggle as do Eiave * enchain'd . - il . K .

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      THE APFBAT AT SKIBBEBEEX . The Cvrk Consii ' mlioii publishes the proceedings ol the coroner ' s irquest on the bodies of the two unfortunate men who lost their lives in the late fatal affray at Skibbereen . The following is an abridged report at the must material facts elucidated : — SK 1 E 3 EBEE 5 , Monday . —Since the affray took place Which lei to the death of twa mm , of irhich yon hare been heretofore informed , a large augmentation of police entered the town . The Earl of Band * n , Lientenant of the county , came to Skibbereen on Saturd&v

      and , finding that all excitement had subsided , he returned to Castle Bernard that evening . Sir O . Carey , general of the district , also came here on Saturday , and re tamed to Cork the same day . There is a large body of ifac Hossars and Infantry Btationed in ClonaMitv , \» ho are expected to be msved here to-morrow . Though it Was reported that four were dead , there are " but two deaths up t « the present time . There was one man tilled on the spot , three badly wounded foriesince dead ) , sad three slightly . Where the affray took placa is five miles from Skibbereen , in the direction of Baltimore , to which place the police were moving .

      At ten o ' clock precisely Sir . Fraakiin Baldwin took his Eeat on the bench in the Court-house , and proceeded to bold an inquest on the bodies . Mr . Dowsing called Wiliam Driscoll , " of the . town of Skibbereen . This witneES being sworn , stated that he knew John Erifii ! , who was dtad . On last Thursday witness went out with the constable to Creagh . Witness was in the rear . There was a rear gnard of police . Mr . Jones vas before the rear . There were seven or eight police In th = rear , ilr . Aylmer was in a gig before the party . When they came to Creagh there -were sixty men , TFonien , aid children following the police . Could not Bay how many "were in the front Does not think Mr Jones could sae what occurred at the head of the police . At this side of Creaeh Mr . Jones desired the people to

      fall back , which they did . The rear-guard turned on the people , and a , monnted policeman charged in amongst them , and attempted to take a man named Collins- Collins iras arrested . He had so coat on him . The people were doing nothing at the time . He waa handcuffed and carried on . The police then got orders to prime and load , and presented at the croxrd that -was With ¦ witness . Mr . Jones told the people U > step back . When they got at the top of Creagh , witness saw 2 > li Aylmer tussling "with a countryman . " -Brien , the deceased , was with witness at the time ] about forty yards from the rear guard . There was no shonting or Itone-throwing at that time . The man tussling with ilr . Aylmer was b ? yond the rear-guard at the side of the road . The police were at this time to the west of Creagh chapel . At that time witness saw stones thrown at the police . The stones were thrown in the direction cf where Mr . Ayliner and the cotuiiTjmsn were . Saw none of the polica knocked down or cat . When

      the stones were thrown witness heard seme shots . They Eied immediately after the stones were thrown . They fired one by one . The shots were fired in the direction where the stones were thrown from . . The . police ¦ wh eeled rerand and fired in the rear . There was no stone thrown there or shout given . It was there Brien fell , near witness . His face was turned to the police ¦ when he was shot . He was-forty or fifty yards from the police . He felL Witness did not wait to take him up , as the people all ran as fast as they eonld . After they ran there were forty or fifty shots fired . Witness saw a Tnim shot in ths back in a field as he was miming away . The rear-gnsrg , he thinks , primed snd loaded twice . All the people , with witness ,, were throwing themselves down at the side of the ditches . The ground about Creagh was very rough , hilly , and full of roots . On witnt ^ s ' s oath , from the tin ; e he lef : town with Brien thert was not a stone thrown or an offence given to the police by the people that . were ¦ with deceased and himself .

      Jamas Caverley sworn . —Lives in Skibbereen . - Knew the deceased , Brien , "whom he saw shot . Saw the last witness that day , with whom he was in company before the occurrence took place . When arrived s . 1 Highficldcross , was in front of the whols body of police .. Saw them handcuffing C-jllins . Saw them prime and load . Up to that time sa-sr the people do nothing ; saw no stones thrown ; saw no pressure on the police by the people . Thtre were a good many people at the head cf the police ; there were about flx : y persons . Witness kept always in front of the whole bocy ; when they came to Creagh , ilr . Aylmer came levtrsl tkues np to the mtn and asked tht-m what they were abont , and whit did they want ? Mr . Aylmer and witness were ¦ wslkin ? together , when Mr . Ayltcer ran eff and se » ed a man by the collar ; did not see the man do anything .

      The man had a stick in his band . Mr . Aylmer wanted to ttktr the stirk , bnt he threw it int * the field s * He then called , he thought , on Sab-iaspector Brew to take him prisoner . Th « re was no sttscfc on the police at the time . ' - iir . Brew then rode np , and was near riding crver witness , who got inside the ditch . Afterwards saw Z \ lr . Bretr stretched across the ditch , the man . holding his s-srord-scikbard . Could not swear whether 21 r . Brew had his sword drawn . After thst saw stones thrown from the scnth side of the road . Saw a goui many ktones thrown , but could not say how maiiy ; witness thought twenty at least . Did not see set of the police knocked -iown or cut . The police inuiirdiately leaped into the fisld with witness , and fired in tlie direction where the ttones came from . The police faced , sad fired from witness . Did not hear

      the orders to fare gvrea . Tmnks th&t Mr . Jones was in ths rear cf the grest body of police . Does not think that a man in the rear could see what occurred , in tie rrent . The people ran , after about rive shots The party in front of witness fired about fifteen ' in ^ re . There were np to forty shots firtrd all through . ^ Saw ¦* rh « TC Brim lay vfwi te was shot . That was patent EcTccty yards from irnere witness was whtn tie siiots ¦ Weir f .: eu- Ssw no stones come from the direction ¦ where Brien was . Heard no Ebcnticg there . The police mest have turned round to fire at him . Brien must have been from thirty to forty yards , from the rear-guard . He was sitting witb the p ^ cple abont him whea witness came np to him . Saw ^• Donnell lyirg at tie side where tbe police were themselves , net whtre the stone * were thrown from . He WiS-not dead whi . u witn&ss S 3 W him .

      J ^ 'hn Citik sworn . —Lives in Siibt ^ reec on the r » 2 d to Crt ££ h on Thar « 3 ay . Was In frost nctil he -went to Creagh . At Highfield-cross saw a bustle , and in a few minutes after the police rrimed and leaded , when he fell back . Brltn was shot in the same plsce witness was in . The peof ! e betas to fall back sid mount the hills coming near Creaih . There were Sooct two hundred in the mob . Heard pebpie in the crowd ssy that they were coming n&ar the place , and they h&d better get up on the bills in time . JCear the ch . jv , 1 saw stones come ovsr a bonse ; against the time the-y reached the police it was impossible they could fcnrt &ny one , ths distance waa so far ; there was firing immediately . There was no time for giving caution to the people between the throwing of the stones and the firing . The people ran before tbe police . His party , of course , stood , not being afraid , as they did sobbing .

      Gvis-examined by Mr . Jones . —The people were under the injpreKicn that there was to be zn attack at & certain place . Heard people say that there would be bad work at Ballyhinch—that there were & great number of people there . Heard that there was & great faction there , and that there would be bad work . When 1 left Skibbereen 1 expected that the police would be attacked . It was to see it I went ont . I beard ol the firei the night before on the hiii . I beard tie horns . I saw the people on the hills . I ECTer saw j-cch excitement fcefore .

      John lyrch iworn . —lifts in the Uwn of Skib-Iseivea . "Was in the rear of the police at Crtasb . lifere 3-eic no stores thrown , or insult offered to the police -where he was . When he heard ilr . Jonas gv * e orders to Ere witness ran . Saw about twenty stones Ihro-wn above Creaeh , when Mr . Jones cave orders to £ re . so time havirg elapsed . Mr . Jones was to the K-r . -l j Mr . Ajlmer to the front If Usre w ^ s cee-S « s . - j !\ it was Mr . Aylmer was in dagger , and = ot v . jta ^ s . Did re : txj-ect the police w&a . d-fire . . ttic xcsj g ^ d t ^ n and £ **¦ ^ ieJ 1 ' wa * KSX tbe Tit "

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      cess when he was down . When four er five she 't were fired , the stone thro ^ -iag ceased ; about forty shot were fired when tbe people were running away . The following -Is a copy of ttie d .- ing declaration made by one of the sofferers : — 11 Cocmt os Cobs . " The dying declaration of John Brien , of High-Etreet , Sk'bbtreen , made before us this 19 th day of November , 1 S 42 . Proceeded as fir as Creagh , with the polic * in the rear , when Mr . Jones directed the police to fix bayonets . At this time there was no disturbance , or demonstration of any resistance . Proceeded to Rha , where Mr . Aylmer saw a man inside the road with a stick . Mr . Aylmer went in and took the stick from the man , wao was at the time doing nothing . Then a few stones were throwr , two or three from above the

      houses . 7 * either of them struck tbe polica , because the stones were thrown across the road , about thirty yards . A horse policeman then went in to help Mr . Aylmer , and the man and Mr . Aylmer bad a dispute about the stick . The man took a sword from the horse policeman , when Mr . Jones desired the police to fire . Some fired towards Bha chapel , and some down the read , ¦ where deponens was . Ko « tone -was then thrown from that direction . Deponent then ran towards the house , when he was shot through the lfeg . There was no stoae thrown at any time from the quarter where deponent was , nor was any stone thrown at any time until Mr . Aylmer went to take the stick . Mr . Jones desired us all to retire to Creagh when he threatened to fire , and then the police primed and loaded , and Mr . Aylmer begged of the crowd for God ' s sake " to return T . iis declaration I in-ie , knowing that I - cannot

      recover . " John Brien , his y , mark . " " Hugh Lawton . " D . ODonovan . " These melancholy results of " passive resistance , " it w&nid appear , bsve had bnt little eff&ct in allaying the detp-rooted animosity against ths rate which has taken hold of the minds of the peasantry . In the county of Tipperary , it is stated , that the police detachments in various districts are ordered to concentrate at Clonmel , where it is expected that the people will make a determined apposition to the payment of an additional rate which has been just laid on in that union ; and a similar manifestation h »« begun to display itself in the union of Clozheen , in the same county .

      The first witness examined for the defence was Mr . A . P . Aylmer , a relative and an agent of lard Carberry , who possesses considerable property near the scene of the late fatal affray . Mr . Aylmer deposed to the manifest disposition of the people to obstruct the police in the discharge of their duty from the time the force left Skibbcreen till they arrived at Rhamore . This witness said , that the numbers of the psasantry gradually increased until he and his party arrived at Oldcourtbridge . " When we got to Creaijh-eross / 'hecontinoed , " the people were joined by a number of persons from the Hiehfield-road . Considerable shouting and excitement took place . There was s considerable number of persons collected at that plnce . There might be perhaps 206 there . At this time Mr . Jones had ordered them to prime and load , and considering that they would

      immediately fire , I ¦ out b&tween the men and the people , and expostulated with them in the strongest language 1 could use to desist from their madness . Th * ir excitement was such that at this point we thought it necessary to have a flanking party out for fear of surprise . I stated to Mr . J ^ nes the difficult nature of the country into which he was going , where many opportunities would offer for attacking him on the flinks . The flanking party continued about fifty yards from the road ; as tbe ground suited them , nntil we came to the chapel at Rnamore . A crowd followed ns , and a crowd went a-head the whole way . Ko opportunity was lost of expostulating with every one we met . The flanking party returned into the hich road , at the west side of Rbamore chapel . They came threugh the chapel yard . I caunot say what bronght them in that particular spot .

      The excitement on the hills round seemtd very great at that moment I then went on to tbe front , feeling that 1 was in a place where I supposed I had a little influence . We ascended a small hill , where the road is extremely narrow . "When wa had got to the top of the hill the advance guard of three mounted police were in front of me , when two men from the sonic side came towards me in a slanting direction . 1 toot particular notice of tbe man that was nearest to me , thongh I cannot say that I could remember his face . He had a stick under his left arm , and appeared to me to be there for the purpose of heading the party . I expostulated with him , and told him the trouble he might b : ing on himself . He made some answer to the effect that he was doing no harm there , or ssm&thing to that purpose . I asked him what that

      stick was for ,- upon which he flung it about twenty yards away to the westward ahead of him , but still persisted in walking against myself . I considered then he was determined upon opposition , when I took hold of him , and iarned round to call upon the police to give him into custody . While I was doiug so Sir . Brew passed by me , in pursuit of a man who had got , as I thought , his sword and scabbard , but it turned ont to be only the scabbard . I saw one of the horse policexienin the field , and his object seemed tometoiecovertbe scabbard . Things were exactly in that position when I felt a blow « n my head , which 1 suppose waa from a stoce . I was knocked down by it . On recovering a lkt . ' e I eaw Captain Brew ' s horre in tbe middle of the road without a rider . I took hold of tbe bridle to

      support myself , a « I was stunned without receiving any great blow . I saw three or fonr men corns round to the south end of Curly Collins ' s house , as if to attack us ; seven or eight stones were thrown at the time from the front and from the south side : then I distinctly heard the word ' Fire . " I could see nothing of what took place in the Tear . I also heard the wordB " cease Fire , " when the firing instantly stopped . I don't think a single minute elapsed between them . The whole matter has taken much longer in narration thin ii did in occurrence . I waa particularly i-trnck with the coolness of one of thepolicemen who had hi * gnn pointed , and might have shot a poor man who waa running along the road side . I was trembling lest he might pull the trigger , but he had coolness enough to stop . ' *

      To Mr . G 3 re Jones—From what occurred there I think the police would have been massacred if it were not for the siercifnl shots that had been fired—( great sensation in the conrij . And after a few minutes the witness added , I mean those shots in the front , for I conld not see what occurred in the rear . I rtmember your having said to me that we had the satisfaction of knowing that wt- had used all our efforts to prevent mischief being done . After mnch irregular discussion , Richard George Brew , sub-Inspector , was sworn and examined by Mr- Jones . His testimony went to confirm that of the preceding witness . After the examination of several other witnesses , Mr . Downing adtiretsed the Jury ; and when the Learned Gentleman bad closed

      Mr . Jones said , that he would not then trespass on the time vf the Cuurt and Jury , but was quite satisfied to Ie 3 ve the case in their hands , fet-ling convinced that they would decide according to their consciences and their oaths . Tha Coroner then commented briefly on the evidence , and laid down tbe law distinctly and fully as it applied to the finding of murder , justifiable hemicide , or manslaughter . The Jury retired at twenty minutes to five o ' clock , and Were cioseted abont three-quarters of an hour , when Ths Foreman entered the box , and desired to ask a question of tbe Coroner . He wished to know from the Coroner , did the unjustifiable firing cf the rear guard on the party in the rear constitute murder or manslaughter ?

      Coroner . —If they fir ^ d without any cause , or without thinking that they had any cause whatever , then you should return a verdict of murder ; but , on the other hand , if they had formed a presumption , althouch a wrong one , that there was a necessity for their firing , then youwiil briiig in a verdict of justifiable homicide , or manslaughter , just as you conceive Jon have a right to do from the "whole of the evidence . , Foreman . —Mr . Coroner , there are many yenng men here on the jury , and they are anxious to know what will constitute a verdict—whether there must fee a majority . Coroner . —There must be a finding by twelve , but it would be better to have it unanimous . The Jury then retired , bnt zczin entered the box , ard rt quested that the Coroner would once mora lay down the law , snd in as br . vf terms as possible . The Coroner again laid it down in almost the same terms as before ,

      Tpon which the jury retired as if then satisfied upon the exact point . In the course of another half hour they returned , and declared that they had come to ihcir verdict . The following is the verdict in both cases t" In the case of Michael M'Dir . ne : ! , we find that he came by his death in consequence of a gun-shot wound , fired by oes of a party of police , on the lands of Rha , on the l ? th of November , 1842 , under the eemmand of John Gore Jones , E « q , stipendiary magistrate ; and we find a vercict cf justifiable homicide , being of opinion that Mr . JuEes was justified in giving that orcer . ' The Jury were unanimous in giving the abors verdict . The next was as follows : —

      " In the case of John Brien , we find that he came by his death in consequence of s > gut-shot wound fired by one of the party composing the rear-guard under the command of constaNe Alexander Hcnston , at Rha , on the 17 th of November , 1842 ; and we find that the said rear-guard consisted of eight men , namely Alexander Henston , John Jtenedy , Richard Magrath , Jeremiah Guerin , Patrick Donogbme , Stephen Grady , Patrick Quinn , and Thomas Scott , and that they are guilty of Manslaughter , conceiving that under the circumstances , thsy were not justified in firing on an unoffending party in t > . e real . "

      To this verdict the following sixteen names of jurors Were attached : —Daniel M'Caxihy , Thomas Henry Marmion . Richard Coppinger , Daniel Welply , Jehn Coliins , Patrick Mahony , Patrick Lecnars , WUiiam Toune , Jamts Co ' . lins . Daniel M'C-rtie . Richard O Leary , Edward Fuller , Jc-hr . Levis , Thon . as St . John Clarke , Timothy M'C * rtiy , and Ralph Fuller . There wers ftui jurors who asiveQ to a verdict of justifiatle tomicidf , and two fox iLurdei . i

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      Mr . Downing . —Gentlemen , it is my duty to tell you that I entirely coincide with your verdict , and I say that it is both a discriminating and proper one . Forem » n . —We have bat endeavonred to discharge our dnty honestly and fairly . But we wish to have one t , bservation ma < ie from this box , and it is this—that we h » ve ever looked upon this district as one of the most pei eeable and quiet of all Ireland , and did so np to this late melancholy transaction . We are Borry that bad advice » . honld have bten given to the poor misgnided people by persons in a superior rank of life , for if thai mischie * ou 9 advice had not been received by the poor people wo "wonld not now be placed in our present painful positio-o . This we deem it right to have go before the country .

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      WARWICK . —Reporm Birth > o « bt Society . —A meeting of this society was held lately at the i Escott Tavsrn . Mr . Brownxidge being called to the chair , briefly addressed the meeting on " the neees- j sity of union , " proposed the health of Mr . S . L . Rice , whom he congratulated © n the 54 r , h anniversary I of his birth , hlx . Price responded , and proposed the health of Wm . Collins , Esq ., M . P ., who was absent , and of Mr . Donaldson . Mr . Donaldson ] responded for himself and Mr . Collins in an excel- j lent speech . " " Several patriotic songs and sentiments j followed , and the meeting separated highly gratified .

      SUTTON-IN-ASHFIEIJ ) . —The first anniversary of the Ashford Lodge , Ko . 215 , of the United Order of Druid 3 , was celebrated on Tuesday week , when upwards of fifty sat down to an excellent dinner , ¦ which gave the utmost satisfaction , and reflected great credit on the worthy host , brother KirK . for the taste and liberality so amply displayed . A long list of toasts has been furnished to us ; but we can make no use of it , on account of its a ? e . The account ought to have reached us last week .

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      The Assizes . —A contemporary says , — " We have good authority to state that there will not be a Special Commission held for the trial of prisoners in December ; nor will thera be a £ a ° l delivery before the regular assizes in March next . " WrrHEV the last week or two , upwards of sixty bushels of acorns , collected from the finest trees growing on Sherwood Forest and the Clumber estate , where the oaks are of first-rate quality , have been forwarded to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , to be sown in Her Majesty ' s plantations in Hampshire .

      A Cohjiercul Trateixer , proceeding from Andnver to London , on Friday week , by the Southwestern Railway , left a linen bag containing 244 sovereigns and two silver watch cases on the seat of the carriage . On discovering his loss , he hastened back to the Nine EIni 3 station , but the bag had vanished , and h » 3 not pince been heard of , although the railway company has used every exertion , and the unfortunate loser has offered £ 50 for its

      recovery . It is rkmarkajle that there is not a 5 th regiment of Light Dragoons . The reason is that , during the Irish rebellion , the 5 th regiment almost to a man , deserted and joined the insurgents . This so exasperated George III ., that he declared a 5 th regiment should not exist during his reign ; and from that time the number of regiments jumps from ftmT to six . Desperate Affrat with Poachers . —It appears that a gang of poachers have been in the habit lately of pursuing their nocturnal depredations in the preserves adjoining "Warkworth , and on the ni ^ ht of Wednesday week they were guilty of an unprovoked and brutal attack upon the occupant of a neighbouring estate , and a gentleman who was with him , under

      the following circumstances : —On the night in question information waa brought to Morwick-hall , the residence of Mr . S . G . Barrett , ihat a party of poachers were upon the estate , and that gentleman immediately went out , accompanied by his brotherin-law , the Rev . H . Bell , vicar of Longhoughton , for the purpose of warning them off . Shortly after leaving the house , and b <; ing a shot $ . $ g * & )} , ce from each other , Mr . Barrett heard Mr . Bell call out as if for aid , and on proceeding to the spot he found the R , ev . Gentleman attacked by the whole gang , five in number , who had kuocked him down , and wtre beating him unmercifully with the butts of their guns and bludgeons . After defending himself

      Mr . Barrett , who in turn was attacked , succeeded in getting out his pistol- ? , when the villains fled . Mr . Bell was conveyed to Morwick-hall , with one of his arm 3 broken by a desperate blow from the butt of the gun , which was also broken by the blow , the butt end being afterwards fomnd on the spot ; he was also severely beaten about the head by the cowardly villains when on the ground . The Rev . Gentleman , though still suffering severely from the bloW 3 he received , is , we are happy to state , in a fair way of recovery ; and , from the measures that have been adopted , it is confidently anticipated that the Iawle 33 and ferocious savage 3 will be brought to speedy justice . —Newcastle Journal .

      ROMEHY OF THE LONDON JoINT-StOCK BaNK . — An unusual bustle was excited in tbe city m the course of Monday in consequence of the extensive robbery committed upon the London Joint-Stock Bank by one of the junior clerks of the establishment , named Edwin John Jordan , The thief , who 1 b a tall thin young man , had been sent out on Saturday to collect the amount of the checks , and received at the Bank of England eighteen notes for £ 1 . 0 &O each , one for £ 500 , one for £ 300 , one for £ 200 , two for £ 100 each , three for £ 50 each , two for £ 40 earh , two for £ 30 each , one for £ 20 , and one for £ 5 ; total , £ 19 . 715 . As he did not appear at the London Joint-Stock Bank at four o ' clock , some apprehensions were entertained that he had met with some accident , but it is stated that the managers had no suspicion that he had decamped .

      It was , however , we are given to understand , ascertained that he had exchanged bank-notes for 500 or 600 sovereigns at the Bank of England in the course ot the day , so that little doubt waa then felt as to his departure with the whole of the property , Mr . Bush , the solicitor to the committee of bankers for pretection against forgeries and frauds , was engaged during the whole of Sunday on the business , and caused a reward of £ 600 to be offered for the apprehension of Jordan and the recovery of the notes . John and Daniel Forester , were also actively at work . The number of notes are known , and have been advertised , and messengers were seDt off to the different parts of the continent . Mr . Bush's arrangements to meet occasions of the kind are so exocilem , ihat every expectation is entertained of the recovery of the property .

      Sale oi the Animals at the Manchester Zcologi « al Gardens . —Tins saie , the necessity ior which is oae ot the melancholy proots of the depression of the tircts , began on Wednesday , the first day being devoted chiefly to the bird .-, parrots , macaws , to . The weather was unfavourable , the gardens looked bleak and dismal , the half-melted show lying on the ground , and the attendance was not numerous . The spltiidid-golden eaale sold for only £ 1 4 s ., and the laTge eagle for £ 1 14 s . The lot which excited the greatest interest was the large boa-constrictor , with the cage and hot-water apparatus for maintaining the requisite temperature . The cage was brought ont of the aviary and placed on tressels ; and the r-ptile , which , having had no food since the early part of October , was " deadly lively , " was inspected

      by the company . The £ r * t bid was five guineas ; and it was soon clear , that the competition was between two parties , the proprietrix of a travelling menagerie now ia Salford ( the counterpart of Miss Keilv ' s redoubtable Mrs . Leo ) , and the no less celebrated Mr . Vvombwell . An amusing contest now took place , by bids of balf-a-giiinea lach , which Mr . Fietcher , the auctioneer , of coarse promoted , with the usual eloquence of the hammer , till at the offer of " 20 guineas by her opponent , the lady shook her head finally to the auctioneer ' s eloquent appeals , the hammer dropped , and Mr . Wombwell exclaimed , " It is mine , and I would have given forty for it . " ff . voemus were also knocked down to Mr . Wombwell for £ 8 , and a pelican for £ 7 . A fine blood-hound fetr . hed £ 3 15 s . The denizens of the monkey-house

      went off with spirit , and were chiefly bought by Mr . 5 harples , of Bolton . One laughab ' e incident oocurred here . A monkey , who apparently did not like the appeaTanceofMr . Fletcher , watcheditsopportunity , and darting a hand through the bars of the cage , s . satched away the small silver hammer of the auctioneer , with which so many of his brethren had been " kuocked down , " and darted away with it . The keeper , however , compelled the animal to give up the stokn prize , a . mkist the laughter of all present , rhe monkey house being filled to suffocation . The attendance at ihe second day ' s sale was much more numerous , the weather being fine . Tbe rockery , an immense pile of stone , which cost the company £ 200 , was sold for £ 19 . The splendid Bengal tiger , which cost £ 80 , was bought by Mr . "Wombwell for £ 45 . The fine two-year old lion , bred in these gardens , was bought for Van Amburgh at £ 150 , and the lioness by Mr . Wombwell for £ 125 guineas . A male striped hyena was bought by Mr . Hnlse , of

      Liverpool , for £ 3 5 . c ., and the female for £ 3 15 s . The companv afterwards adjourned to tbe bear pits , where the competition and speculations as to tbe object of some of the " bidders" ( . who were Manchester hair-dressers ) caused a good deal of mirth . One large brown European bear was bought by Mr . Langfield , hair-dresser , Oxford-road , for £ 5 , the hams being afterwards disposed of to some admirers of bear ' s flesh . This bear was shot in the course of the day . There were numerous spectators to witness the dying agonies of poor Bruin , whose carcase was removed , and whose fat will , doubtless , erelong , anoint the heads of some of her Majesty ' s lieges in Manchester and the neighbourhood . The female elephant , valued at 4 < j # guineas , was bought in for the company at £ 250 . The rhinoceros , which cost the directors r . esr £ 500 , was bought by Mr . Wombwell for 2 i * guineas . The third day ' s sale consisted of Jmpkmtnts , fittings up , dec . The gross amount of the three days' sale , exclusive of the elephant tousht in . is about £ 1 , 610 .

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      Symbolical Epitaph . —In a recent : nnml ^ er of the Cambridge Chronicle is the following typos . 'aphical morcean : — " Death of a printer—George Woi / dcoek , the ' * of his profession , the type of honesty , th e ! of all ; and although the $ g * of death his put & , W & = existence , every § of hisJife is without a B . " Flying ArPARATUs . ~ The MoniteurPariiien \ i \ $ tne following : — " An aeronaut named Schwartz has just made at Lyons an experiment of a new system of ascension . He suspends himself at the bottom of his balloon by means of straps and cords , binding bis body , legs , and feet in a manner similar to that used by painters and other workmen when employed on the outside of houses . His weight is calculated at

      two pounds beyond the ascending ibrre of the balloon . To obtain his buoyancy he employs a pair of large wings , made , of lighi framework , covered with cloth , and which , when fixed to his arms , have the appearance of two ancient bucklers . These wings , whose ascending pow ^ r is equal to fourteen pounds , rrhea once' they have raised the man and Jhe balloon , serve to direct their movement . To effect a deseent it is merely necessary to allow them to fall by the side of the man , and his Btate in relation to the Balloon becomes the same as when they started . On tbe 14 th instant , M . Schwartz raiBed himself by this apparatus to the height of about forty yards and then alighted again after traversing a shert distance . " .

      ExTBiioaDiNAHT Cask op Ahson—The police magistrates of Belfast were occupied the whole of Mouday'last in an investigation , which has caused great excitement in that town , arising out of a charge against two persons , one of whom was understood to be in rather comfortable circumstances , who were . charged with having entered into a conspiracy , and made an attempt to set fire to no fewer than fifteen houses , for the purpose of defrauding the County Insurance OJBce of London . The oircums « liiC 69 of the case are as follows : —On Saturday night last , the watchman on Stephen-street station observed fire issuing from some empty houses in that street , and having given the alarm tho flames woro subdued . On examining the premises , in order to discover the cause of the fire , a quantity of carpenter ' s shavings and sticks , piled , and covered with tar , was found , and amoogst these were placed several lightedi candles—the entire arranged in the most

      judicious manner possible for speedy combustion . The houses were insured , and had been occupied by improper persons , .. who were dispossessed at the last quarter sessions of this town , and since then the premises have been unlet . The houses intended to have beau consumed , had the diabolical arrangement taken effect , belong to Mr . H . Hamilton , from whom they were held on lease by William M'Master . It appeared that the latter individual offered certain sums of money to Samuel Boyle , his own agent , and a carpenter named Nicholl , if they would sot fire to the premises in question . Nicoll had , however , after helping to set fire to the houses , and fearing an arrest , turned informer , and was a material witness in the ca » e . The Bench finally decided on taking informations against the parties , and the witnesses were bound over , to prosecute at the next Antrim Assizes . An application to admit M'Master to bail was refused .

      Singular WAGEU . ~ The once celebrated Duke of Queensbury , of sporting notoriety , was in the habit of making the most extraordinary bets . On one occasion he heard that there was a man resident in Norfolk who could eat at one sitting , a most enormous meal , sufficient to satisfy the appetites of forty ordinary men . The Duke had the man up to town , and betted a largo sum of money that he would find a person who would be able to eat more than the Norfolk glutton . In a short time he found his man . The beligerent parties , with their respective friends , met at an hotel , ( Where a superfluity of dishes were provided . The table groaned beneath the weight of roast and boiled turkeys , geese , legs of mutton , and rounds of beef . At a given signal two men commenced eating ; the Duke was present at the

      commencement of the engagement , and dire was the slaughter—shoulders of mutton , roast ducks , and boiled f ' owls : - ( disappeared as if by magic . The Duke at last declared that the sight was too disgusting ftm him to witness , and he therefore proposed to retire ' into an adjoining room , giving instructions that & person should occasionally come to him and report progress . After the lapse of some time a friend of the Duke rushed into the room where he was ivaifciug the issue of the conflict , and exclaimed , with , a loud voice , " My Lord Duke , my Lord Duke , I congratulate you ; it is all right ; your man is winning . "— " What do you mean ! " asked the Duke . — " Why , my Lord , your man is three roast geese , and four boiled legs of mutton a-head of t'other chap . "—F . Winslow ' s " Health of Body and Mind . " *

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      From the London Gaxeit * of Friday , A ' oc . 23 . ' '¦ ' BAVKRDPTS . Barnard , Lin ? ay Watson , Cornhill , Oordon-sqn&re , and Qaeenborotiiih , Kent , manufacture * of flags , to surrender December 4 . at half , past 11 , and January 4 , at 10 . at theBaikrupta ' Court . Soticitor , Mr Hardiugham , Serle-street , Lincoln ' s Inn . Official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basiriphall-fiti-eet ,. John LoBther , Qjeeu ' s-row , Pentonville , builder , December -t > ,, at half-past 1 , and Jannary 7 , at 12 , at the Bai . kTupts' Court . S jlicitor , Mr Lindo , Penchurch-street . -. Official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurch lane . ; ; ' ' : " ¦ '¦' - . ¦ : . . - .- ' -. ' . . .. '¦¦ •; William P ^ man . Bryansrone-street , Portman-square , etocer , December 1 . at 11 , and December 30 , at 1 , at 1 , at the Bankrupts ' : Court . Solicitor , Mr . Branscome , Wine efficercourt , Fleet-street Official assignee , Mr . Gkeen . AhlBrmanburv .

      Frederick Neweomh , XewMte-market , carcasebutcher , arid Thebcrtoror-atreet , Islington , bam shopkeeper , Dec . S , at half-past 10 , and Jan . § , at H , at the Bankrupts' Contt . Solicitor , Mr . Smitbi Barnard ' s Inn . Official ' . assignee , Mr . Graham , Basinghallstreet , ¦ _'* . . ' ; . ' ' , ¦ . .. Samuel Clinch Beyce , Faixhurch-street , cheese-mon . ye ' , and Rood-lane , accountant . Dec . 7 , at 2 , and Dec . 28 , at 12 , --at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Myatt . OKI Broad-atreet . Official assignee , Mr . Juhnson , Basinghall-atreet . Henry Cmpham , Liverpool , woollen-draper , Dec . 3 , at 12 , and Jan . 6 , at 11 , at tfco Bintrnpts' District Court . Liverpool . Solicitor , M ? . ; Froi 1 sbam , Liverpool . Official assignee , Mr . Turner , Liverpool . George 3 wires , Birstall . Yorkshire , merchant , Dec . 7 " , and Jan . 4 . at il , at the Bankrupts" District Court , Leeds . Solicitors , Messrs . Van Saadau and Camming , King-street , Cheapside : aud Mr . Jacomb , Huddersfleld . Official assignee , Mr . Hope , Leeds . .

      James Ashwell , Saiford , grocer , Decv 2 , and Jan . 9 . at 11 , at the Binkrupta' District Court , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Son , and TVentherali , Temple , and Mr . Deardon , Manchester . Official assignee , Mr . Pott . Manchester . William Barton , St . Helen's , Linsasaire , watchmoyement maker , Dec . 6 , and Jan . 6 , at 12 , at tha Bankrupts' ~ District Court , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Norrls , Allen , and Simpson , BartlettVbttUdings , Hrtborn , . and Messrs . Harnea and Barrow , and Mr . Taylor , St . Helens . Official assignee , Mr . Caaenove , Liverpool . . Thomas Holyland , Manchester , woollen-cloth manufacturer , Dec . 5 , and Jan . 11 , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Manchester . Solicitors , Mr . 'Fox . Finsbury-circus and Mr . Earle , Manchester . Official assignee , Mr . Pott , Manchester . '

      Thomas Perry , Kirkdale , Lancashire , builder , Dec . 3 , at 11 , and Jan . 5 , at 12 , at tbe Bankrupts ' District Court , Liverpool . Solicitor . Mi . WhiUey , Liverpool . Official assignee , Mr . Bird , Liverpool . " ¦ John Parry ; , Hanllwchairn , M « ntgomeryshire , mercer , Dec . 6 , anfl Jan . 13 , at 11 , at the Bankrupts * District Court , Liverpool . Solicitors , Meaars , Stephens and Jones , Newtown . Official assignee , Mr . Follett , Liverpool . ¦ ¦" . "¦¦ Peter Little , Blackburn , currier , Dec . 9 , and 20 , at 1 , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Manchester . Solidtors , Messrs . Norriss , Allen , and Simpson , Bartlett ' sbuildiups , Holborn , and Messrs . Howard and Harrison , Preston . Official assignee , Mr . Frascr , Manchester . ¦ -. '

      -.-John Wilkinson , Ardwlck , Manchester , innkeeper , Dec . 12 and . 29 , at 11 , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Mackinson and Sauudeis , Temple , and Messrs . Atkinson and Saunders , Manchester . Official assignee , Mr . Fraser , Manchester . James Green , Leeds , victualler , Dec .. 6 , and Jan 3 , at at 11 , at the Bankrupts ' District Court , Leeds . Solictor , Mr . Nay lor , Leeds . Official assignee , Mr . Hops , Leeds . Richard Bellingham . Wem , Shropshire , bootmaker , Dec , at 12 , and Jan . 10 , at 1 , at tbe Waterloo Booms , Birmingham . Solicitor , Mr . Walmsley , W « m , Official assignee , Mr . Valpy , Birmingham . Joseph Webster and Mary Pickles , Morley , Yorkshire , cloth-manufacturers , Dec . 7 , and Jan . 4 , at 12 , at tha Bankrupts' . District Court , Leeds . Solicitors , Mr . Walker , FurnivaVa-inn , and Mr . Blackburn , Leeds . Official assignee , Mr . Hope , Leeds .

      Robert Loosempre , Tiverton , scrivener , Dec 19 , at 11 , at the Bankrupts'District Court , Exeter . Solicitor , Mr . Moora ,. Exeter . Official assignee , Mr . Hitaal , Exeter . - V ¦ ¦ ' " . . ¦ . , James Wyatt , Plymouth , upholsterer , Dec . 6 , at 11 , at tho Bankrupts ' District Court , Exeter . Solicitors , Mr . Surr , Lombard-street ; Mr . Hogden , Exeter , and Mr . Edmonds , and Mr . Elworthy , Plymouth . John Pepper , Wootton-under-Edjfe , Gloucestershire , tailor , Dec . 9 , at 2 , at the Bankrupts' District Court Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Edwards , Bristol . Edward Lane , Cirencester , edge-tool maker , Dec . 6 , and Jan . 3 , ' at 12 , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Bristol . Solicitor , ' ' Mr . Bevir , Ciraucester . Official assignee , Mr Hutton , Bristol . William Castle , Wanborough , Wiltshire , sbeepfanher , Nov . 59 , at 2 , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Crowdy , Swindon , Wiltshire . Official assignee , Mr . HuttOD , Bristol . ¦'¦ * . PA . U . TNEUSHIP DISSOLVED . Pearson and Taylor , York , common brewers . .

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      Ffom ( he Gazette of Tuesday , Nov . 29 . . BANKRUPTS . Joaepb . / PbAUips , tavern keeper , HeTCules-passage , Threadneedle : street , to surrender Nov . 80 , at 12 , and Sec . 23 , at 1 , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghallstreet Solicitors . Fox , Loxlejr , and Fry , Poultry . Official assignee , Lackington , Coleman-street-buildings . John Hooker Chattarton , haberdasher , Nottingham , Dec 8 , and Jan . 23 . at 1 , at the Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham .- Solicitors , Cursham and Campbell , Nottingham . ' Official assignee , Blttleston , Birmingham . .. John Hemy Befl , apothecary , Stoke ' s-croft , Bristol , Dec . 13 , at l , and Jan . 10 , at 2 , nt the Court of Bankruptcy for ' . the Bristol District . -Solicitor , Edwards , Bank-court , Bristol . Offleial assignee , Hutton , St . Augustine ' s ^ place .

      Thomas Rowell , linen draper , Cambridge , Dec 5 , at half-past 12 and Jan . 6 , at 11 , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitors , Adcock , Cambridge ; Smith , Bedford-row , London . Official assignee Alsagar , Bircbin-lane , London . Margaret' Edmonds , lodging-house-keeper , Parkplace , Saint James ' s , December 14 , at 1 , and Janaury 11 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basing . hall-street . Solicitors , Pollock , and Ce ., Parliamentstreet . Official assignee , Johnson , Basinghall-street-William Thomas , tailor , Bristol , Dec . 9 , and Dec . 30 , at 12 , at the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Short , Bristol . Official assignee , Acraman , Bristol . . ¦ = , ' ¦ .-Edward'Mari . sell , upholsterer , Chippenham , Wiltshire Dec 23 , at 11 ,- at the Bristol District Court of Bank , ruptcy . Solicitor , Pinniger , Chippenham . Official assignee , Hutton , Bristol .

      Thomas Feaver , mercer , Ludgate-bill , Dec 13 , and Jan . 13 , at 11 , ' at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghallstreet . Solicitor , Ashurst , Cheapside . Official assignee , Green , Aldermanburj . Benjamin Price , general dealer , Birmingham , Dec 5 , at half past 11 , and Jan . < , at 12 , at the Waterloorooms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Heswood and Webb , Birmingham . Official assignee , Witmore , Birmingham . Edward Everall , coal merchant , Liverpool , Dec . 3 , at 1 , and Dec 28 , at 11 , at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Kodgers , Uniou-buildings , North Jetm-street , Liverpool . Official assignee , Bird , Old Church Yard , Liverpool . Saniuel . Appleyard , stuff merchant , Manchester , Dec . 13 , and-Jan . . -21 , at 11 , at the Manchester District Court - of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , B . M . and C . Baxter , Lfncoln ' s-inn-fields , London ; Sale and Worthington , Manchester . Official assignee , Pott , Manchester . . ¦

      Mary Manwaring , grocer , Gornal , Staffordshire , Dec . 8 , and Jan . 5 . at half-past 11 , at the Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham . Solicitor , Palmer and Nettlesbip , Trafalgar-square ,. Chariug-cross , London ; Wight , jun ., Kingswinford , Staffordshire . Official assignee , Witmore , Birmingbanu William Heslewood , Robert Heslewood , and Jolin Skitt , white-lead manufacturers , Kingston-upon-Hull , Dec . 12 , at 12 , and Jan 4 , at l , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Tilson , Squance , and Tiison , Coleman-ltreet , London ; P . and B . Wells , HulL Official assignee , Hope , Leeds . , William Green , coach-maker , Cheltenham , Dec 15 , and Jan . 10 , at 12 , at the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy ' ., ' Solicitor , Packwood , Cheltenham . Offioial assignee , Hutton , Bristol . December 9

      Richard Warren , druggist , Liverpool ,. , and Jan . 10 , at 11 , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Liverfopi ; Solicitors / Vincent and Co ., Temple , London . Official assignees , Follet and Cross , Liverpool . David Thomas , merchant , Manchester , Dec 10 , and Jan . 14 , at 10 , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Solicitors , Pott and Sampson , Manchester . . John Antrobus , plater , Birmingham , Dec 13 , at 12 , and Jan . il , at 1 , at the Waterloo-iooHtB , Binning ham . Solicitors , Tincent and Sherwood , Temple , London ; Hodgson , Birmingham . Official asrignee , Valpy , Birmingham . John Cunliffe , coach and car proprietor , Liverpool , Dec 0 , and Jan . 10 , at 12 , at the District Ceurt of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Solicitors , Whitley , Highstreet , Liverpool : Garey , Sontbampton-bmildings Chancery-lane . Official assignee . Turner , Duke-street , Liverpool .

      Rienard Ellison and John Goodworthlinea manu facturers , Baroaley , Dec : 12 , and the Leeds District Court of Bankruptes buildings , Leeds . Solicitor , Heneer shire . Official assignee , Hope , Leeds . . : , ; ; Ieaac Bell and John Davison , turers , Newcastle-upon-Tjne , Dec . 8 11 , at the District Court of Bankrupted upon-Tyne . . Solicitors , Williamson and London ; and Inaledew . Newcastleassignee , Miller . \

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 3, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct781/page/3/