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      ffiSEXTaTIOJC BY 1 AWHENCE PITKETHLY , of Hu . iderisneld . fCnr . ULUcdfrovi our last Keek ' s pa p& . j JOURNAL . JIomjaT , 4 th . —Dick Gfor--n , one of tie sailors , Iras at the -wheel , where lie captain ' sad he had a tprarrtl . Dick bad fttquentiy said ie should be delighted at the opportunity of giving ban * * 3 und "beating . The sailors complained of the 'beef , and after Kane altexcatioa , better -was given . then * „ Whs * a kawble man this captain mast be 1 This morning lie condescended to speak fr t me , observing tbitiad I been in America , txwlay , I . abould have bad a fine holiday , it being the annivero / y of the Declaration of American Independence . I told Mm I should have been right glad to bare be « m there , far more -seasons than one .

      The sight has teen propitious , ? , nd we have kept in enr-coarse at the rate of from seve n to ten knots , with a moderate sea . I 3 earnih * iwe s > xe abost six degrees "frora tka Banks cf Newfosndla nd- The Banks are about a degree across ; and fron » thence to Boston it ia only four days sail for a ishb jg beat ; * o that with ¦ fav ourable "weather we may expr ct to be in Boston in <^ ght days . Thi s account tendei 1 much to draw off the -gloom which-for some days had pervaded the minds ot the passengers , created by ^ a stat * m . ent to the « Eect that ttb were very lEfcely to hs * e a si rty day ' s passage . Ttesdat , 5 th . —Uota Bail t o be seen this morning . "During tbe greater j « urt of the night it fcas bean a dead yrtTn . Towards morning a bit « zs sprang np-from thf Korlb , -which sent us forward , for a abort lime , at the rate of Bins knots . It veered aboat ia the-aiternDoi and forced us to tack .

      The Captain * s curiosity seen led te oave bsen-eseiKC from some circumstance-or ot } ler . He-came aad asked me if I intended to stay in 3 iostoa or Kew YVzfe . J described my intended ? otite and Tet « rn to England , and left fo ™ -without an opj crtuni ^ to jnake-SBy re-TpnVir-Wjedsesdat 6 ih- —^ rb s r aornisg -Talbot , the-aseond mats , sent Jobs Hargrove , a young sailor of small siz % nloft to do some duty , the do ? ng of which did net please him . He therefore abused B argrove in -very rough language , and called him down fc > gi ^ e hlia s roogher ^ fcand-Hng . As soon as he retched deck , Talbot commenced ycfring Mm , and hsritg piu ted him d « -pu , be dashed his head for some time agate £ t the dedu This mighi bare ended in a tragedy , fi sr the fellow , who was * jatrre of iialta , and of a fen cions breed , was iiua

      per-¦ feet fury—had not a tailor , us med Tom , haye ran froi iha forecastle to thB release of EawroTe , * nd sacee&ie in Beparatfng tbe cosBiotasts ^ Tslbat asked "HI 5 Bten 3 cd to interfered * Tom replied "Ko ; ba : I QioBght he had done-enough . ™ Some iorther altercate < nsned , when Talbot collared * Tom ; bet Tom told hi ) to " leave go , er he ^ t-onld t sry « oon «« p * e him wri . Talbot was wise enonei to doi o ; bat wits Tosn w « jeturninedown the forrastle sfc 3 ps , Talbot aimed a bio ^ si Kb with a handsiJifce , which fortunately missed hii orhewonia no doobtiaTBbeen , killed . Tom returns snfl asked him "if he intended to strike him -with ths deadly weapon r"and -said " he t ronld wA do it with in pnnity . " Tom and HaigroYe wei * ord « rcd otct the aid < to scrape the ontside of the ship , and , as pusisbmen ! ¦ were kept there duriag their watch- They bot swore that Talbot should not _ go without his reward .

      TOB ^ HSDAT , 7 th . —5 ! he night has agatn been calm , snd no progress made . About noon , a . biters ^ o » np , but nearly a-head , acoaEi ? 3 nied by a thick fog , -which cansed the wet to fall like rain from the rigging , making it Tery nncomfortable . 2 ? o sail to ^ Tte seen . I . saw a barrel of far-west pork epened for the first tinia . It ¦ weighed 2 cwt , and co « t 315 s . at New Orleans , The jprtna ware zoized with BiB-GthBr parts . It wa » Isrge , « nd appeared to be in good ^^ nditiou . Is was to me a proof of tha producSaTeness cf the countryto which we ¦ sere bound .

      PBIDA 5 , Sit . —Tie breete ias kept np a little daring the nigbt , but our progressias been bJow—the same all day . Tht captain said , that unless we had some 'favonraHe veatLer , we shoald not reach Boston for ¦ three -weeks . We baye been on the rack all the way , not being able to ascertain latvtade on-longitude ; one saying it was so 2 nd bo , and anotbsr contradicting . Now ii -was said ire -were forty-f «» r norUi , and between fortyioor and forty-ax -west ; Marcely feslf- ^ ay . I now regretted much that I had not gone bj the Siddons , at all hazards . Eattxedat , 5 ih . — "Wind still a-head . The ma * e 3 differed in opinion as to best course ; one thought it iest to run nor th ; another tiiougbt south -would answer better . The captain inquired how the provisions "Were . He had not , ss he ought , had ' the prorisions of t&e passengers examined btfbre leaTing tba port ; howerer , they s ^ ood Tery well . We could still hold out for three weeks .

      This mornina the sailors were put on short allowance cf ** wateE . Thgy > ivj 1 given a deal to tlie Irish girls at rugLts , and now began to experieEcethe hardBhips their conduct had iz-filcted on the main portion of the jus sengezs . Svxdxy , 10 th . —^ Daring the night a strong breese got up , bnt right a-head , and continued till morning , ¦ when it veered round to the north , and carried us for-¦ waidfof a few hour *; it however veered to the west , and W 2 S very -weak towards evening , as was the case on the two previous days . It -was a strange sight to tee Pap i sts , Methodists , and every Hod ot yeiigiomsi Trashing and drying their dotheB to-Say , Sunday though It be .

      SIosdat , llth . —The night aas been a perfect calm and { he day by far the hottest we have had—not a breath of wind , and the sea quite smooth . ~ I sever bt the Mersey at Liverpool so smooth as is this wide ocean ; of course we made no visible progress . A fear was now generally expressed that we should ran short cf provisions . Ko sail seen to-day . Thef porpeaea rolling around us in vast numbers . As ] 3 arfin Flinn -was carrying coals from below to the cooking place along the deck , one of the sailors , who was aloft , let amarlingspike fall from tfee rigging , "which touched some part of Kynn ' s clothes and ennk above an inch into the deck ! Flynn had . an hairbreadth escape . The poor fellow wept at the very thought of it .

      We had now been fonr weeks at sea . I had calculated upon being in Boston , and here we were little mere than half-way . The day was concluded with singing aad dandn ? , a person playing the flute—sailors and passengers all joining . Margaret Nolan , a young Irishwoman , having finished ler provisions , applied to the Captain ; he said he "was glad that her provisions were "dons , as he should not be troubled with so much cooking in future . Tcxsdat , 12 th . —The night "h as been calm , but toward * morniag -we nad a fair -wind ? and during the early part of &e day we got on very -welL

      Wjsdkesdat , lsth . —We have been highly favoured during the ni ? ht , and ¦ wen t on well till two p . m ., when it kept falling and veering xound nnta evening , when it got right a-head . Clouds , black and dismal , collected a-head . The Captain was evidently alarmed ; I thought he apprehended the bursting of a waterspout upon us , or that -we should have some severe squalls ; the clends , however , disappeared , bat left the wind a-head . "We saw a ship in fnjl sail a head of us this morning , ¦ with studding Bails Jset , and very Boon a second , in the same sijle , bound for Europe , and soon after this . J third one . They passed us must gallantly . How enviable ] We soon saw two more vessels , but at a steal distance .

      thcssdat , 14 th . —The night has been very boisterous , with the wind a head the whols time , and we ¦ were told we had been drawn back a very long way . It was not so , however , bnt ; we had made very litlle "way . TheJay was fair ; and the evening brongiit a favourable breczsj every sail ¦ was hoisted , the side sails set , and all prepare ! topreceed to 3 ostoa . Alas ! "We lost our moving power almost immediately , and again lsy motionless on the surfica . PBiDAT , 15 th . —After a still night , we have had a perfectly calm day ; -we did £ eel tbs air b * intervals , but it was quite against ns . One saiTpassed this morning about six . Satusda ^ , 16 th . —Wini south irest , nearly against ns , very -ireak , by tacking -we sained a very little way . The Captain laid ou $ some waste pot&tees , cot fit for fcogs , and tola the ^ passengers they mi ght have them . Ha also gave away a portion of salt beef which the sailors -had rtfosed to eat

      5 >" I > a *» 17 Ul— Favourable tut a very slight breeze , itincreased during the day and at night at it-ras t * tj strong . Sana of a © passengers "were much al&rmed , and some were sick . U 05 BAT , ISHl—Dark , and much rain falling . The poor sapors have had to be expesed to a most dreadful night , but were gratified by the progress we had made , for they seemed as anxious as tiie passenger * to get on a&ore . They did not sing "The more days the more dollars . " At nine a-m ., the rain eeassd , and the wind abated and soon got near a-head , and lemained so till noon . An island of lea , « r ^ an iceberg , -was gulte vUifele , bnt a great distance , to U » north .. I tbougbt it w * s a ship , but it seemed whiter and lower . The Captain oaseeiBf it sent the second mite aloft to look for jnore a-head , but he saw none .

      This morning , the passenfea had their allowaaceria job water . This -ma very -wrong . It had washed a ¦ food part of the ship . It might ha-re been pat ista casks to be used in case of scarcity , or have been used lor washing purposes . The sailors 2 nd waded through , it , and thB dirty Captain had been spitting about on . all sides . The passengers , however , are no more cared - _ iortfi * npigB . ^^ IS&b * k . ia reiy cold and we mBSeboi little w * y . Jfnmeroai porpoises are rolling around us . - ' TuisDAT . 'lJth- —An immense iceberg wm the firat ttiof ' * ew / about five miles to leeward . It boro ttie

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      appearance of an immense building raieed to the height « f the window bottoms , the corners in sight being square and perpendicular , the height « pparently twolTe feet , but is reality it was not less than one hundred feet high ; the two-sides in view , seemed nearly equal in length ; the top was square and flat- The Captain called me to " see the like of what I had neves seen in my life , "' and said ** that I mustput It in my journal '' ( He did not seeatolike the " journal . " ! Ha went for the glass to ascertain if there were any people upon it , and evidently wanted to make me believe there was smoke arising from it For « noe , he was so civil as to offer me hi s ^ lass to look through . This f did . It was to me iv great natural curiosity . 1 had always thought these bergs "were formed of shelves of See j but neither ¦ wi th the glass nor naked eye could I perceive any joints or fissures . It appeared a solid mass of ice .

      The night has been still and calm . ; the same during the day . ; asd now , at eight p . m ., ! not sufficient wind to stretch a saiL In the forenoon "we discovered another iceberg in the opposite tiireetion . It had a most curious towering appearance . Haw , at right p-m ., it has assumed the appearance of acottage between us and the moon ; and it being too dark to show the absence of windows , it makes the illusion more complete . The fiat part consists of three small pieces of saoyr , on a row , ttpoa the surface of the water . A small piece of ice also rested nponthe water , about a mile -from the " cottage . " A fishing schooner was said to have been seen to-day . It now turns out to be a piece of ice . Wesjsesdat , 20 th . —At ten last night , a fine favourable bresaa overtook -as , and every sail was set with all possible expfcdition . We went at a fine rate all night . Now , at ten a-sn ., we are going at eight tcota .

      1 am just disturbed in my minntes by the cry of The carcass of a whale a-head . " I ran to the side , and saw a large floating m * ss , which sent forth a most herrible stench . There was no doubt of its being a dead whale ; its colour waB a yellowish one , with spota , and its form indiscribaWe- It lay flat npon the ¦ water , and appeired to have been partly devoured by birds . It was not one hundred yards from the afcip , bo that it could be very distinctly seen . The colour was as near that of the leopard as anything I could imagine . We next saw the spar of a ship , and then a very large dead cod-fi > n , all very near ns .

      At six this morning , the first object which Btiuck my eye was another mass of ice of an oblong shape or nearly square , in siza a hundred and fifty by three hundred yards , and ferty feet abeve the surface of the -v&ter , with an inclined plane fcom twelve to sixteen fdet It appeared about two miles distant . A number more were in sight , an € one closely resembling a cottage in shape and siso , but in reality vastly larger ; while my eyes , and those of several who stood by me . were fixed upon it , it disappeared and a cloud of smoke seemed to rise from the water , and a noi « e , as

      of faint thunder was heard . From the heat of the sun and other canses it tumbJeg to pieces , and seemed to form three large and many very small lumps , forming a kind at floating island . The -captain came to me and said heiad crossed many times and at all seasons , but had sever seen the quantity of ics as at present . He was lost what to do should it become foggy . I said , I thocgbt when we got off the Banks we should be clear of the ice . Yes , he said , tut we are juat no-w entering the BitAa . I had concluded we were just about to leave them .

      " Hope told a flattering tale . " Many bergs , or islands of ice were seen during last night and many during the day . The man on watch at the mast-heed has just reported more in view , so that we are not out of danger . The evening brought a dense fog , and one sail and then another was xeefed . A man -was constantly kept on the watch , and the ship moved at a very slow rate , although the srind was fair . The danger we were m of running foul of the ice kept us back . TbcbsdjlX * 21 st . —We are favoured with a good and fair bret-zs this morning . The fog has almost disappeared and no ice has been Been during the night , nor is there any in siifht this rnor ning .

      Seven p-m . —The brt « 3 b »^ favoured us all the day , bet the sea being rough we b » ve not progressed so well as yesterday . We have just bad a little rain and the hreeza has left as witn it . The mate cheers me by stating that we shall very soon . * have it from a better quartsr . Feidat , 22 cd—We weresm -prised this morning by the appearance of acothej islan d of ice ; it passed on the right at a abort distance . 7- 7 e soon espied another and a larger one , a-head ; it pag& * 1 us on the left at not more than a mile distant Wet " > on after perceived a third . The morning was very fine indee !• It b . * been calm all the night , and has kept the s- one daring tbe day . The second mate keeps cheering us b T saying that a more favourable breeze will abortJy overtak "fi us

      -What handy fellowB the Tanfcee sai lors are . Not one of them has been put to learn carpem xy ; yet they all work wonderfully well at it . They ai » m « preparing all things for going into port , so that they may look clean and in order . How surprising it is that the sailors cannot be spoken to by their *• suj * riors , " but as a West India planter would speak to his slaves , before he commands his whipper-in to cut them Titb the lash . Not a word has been spoken to these fin e fellows by the Captain , so far as 1 have heard , durin % the whole voyage , except in tne way of " orders , " sl . id I really should not have been surprised had they tb town him overboard . They certainly expreised their feeling in i strong terms . I

      Satcrdat , 23 rd . —About seven this mor lung , at sail hove in sight behind us , which made upon ^ s very ' regularly nntil she passed us in fine styla SI * * from Malaga and bi und for Boston , laden with wine j and fruit . At dusk she was considered twelve or tour tt * n milfs B-bead We conld not learn her name . 1 * j was calculated she had travelled thirty miles more tl aa : ns during the dar . The Captain said I had better t , ** j my luggage ready and go on board the brig ( for sue ^» : she was ) as she was msMng upon us . I said I had ' I just been thinking of doing so . Immediately after , the I Captain asked Charles Earnshaw bow the provisions i stood ; he ^ ras answered that tbey would h old out till we reached Boston if we cot along at nlL I . « I j 1 ¦\

      After this conversation with myself and Charles , we expected a signal would have been givin for the brig to lay to , but no such signal was given , and she pa * sed close astern , and being spoken with by tho Captain , cut through the water rapidly , and was speedily out of hearing . We had calculated on having an opportunity to purchase such tilings as they had sad which we re * quired ; bnt this was denied us . The reason given tot our slow sailtog was , that the vessel which had passed was light , and tbe wind just suited her , it being Bgbt also . She had left Malaga on the 28 th , while we left Liverpool on the 14 th , the two places being about eqai-distant ; so she had gained fourteen days upon us , while the weather Bad been more unfavourable for them tbau us . Our ship lay like a log -upon the water all the day . I had porridge and raisins to my breakfast , both this morning and yesterday , for want of other sweetening . I could eat nothing but oatmeal—no tea , no coffee , nor biscuits . To dinner I had a little salt fish , with oatcake .

      Sunday , 24 th- —No progress during the night ; all was as still as de = th At four A . M ., a slight bretZ 9 got up , which increased till six , when we got on at the rale of seven-and-a-half knots ; bnt , alack-aday , all at osce it became calm , and continued so during the whole day . Two ships , apparently for Europe , have gone on their way to the left . llr . Bywater , in speaking of the ladder by which we ascend and descend , which is both dangerous and indecen * for females , told me that a few days after we came on board , the captain wished he ( Mr . B . ) might be the first who fell , and that be might break his neck .

      Mo > "Datt , 23 rd . —A cum nicbt again . Two vessels crossed na on their ont-wsrd coarse . The first , a fishing smack , crossed us about two ; at the same time , we observed a ship not twelve miles distant , in the htz ?; she kept racking upon and passed us at eight . It was too dark to ascertain what she was . Tbe crew said she was the Sea . I told them I -was certain that although thB Sta left Liverpool after us , she was in New York a week ago . The captain exchanged signals with this ship , but he woul 4 as soon have given us his teeth as have told ua anything that would afford us a ray of pleasure . The Sea left Liverpool kiter us . This ship appeared bound for Boston .

      The passengers consulted together this morning upon the propriety of making a formal application to the captain for a supply of provisions , as many were now entirely oni . A person , named William XJammings , went by himself . Tbe captain told him " he must apply to that power which rules & 1 L" He also said , " he did not know in what latitude or longi tude we were in , " although he and his brother capiain ( Marshall ) had just been ascertaining the position , with the quadrants . Cmnmings laid him his provisions "were dobe , as also were those of Borne others ; indeed , all were nearly without ; and that those "who had any were willing to divide with the rest , conld they obtain any idea of the time we should be likely to land ; but nothing could be elicited from the fellow , only that " ¦ he bad nothing to do with the provisions ; Roche , at Liverpool , being tbe only person to apply to . "

      This afternoon , about three , the best and fairest bretsa sprung up ; the ship was pnt in erder , and we were going slong at the rate of from to nine ten knots an hour . A small -whale was seen astern , but few passengers had an opportunity of seeing it Tdesdat , 26 th . —The wind kept favourable till two or three o ' clock this morning , when it veered and -we were driven out of our course several points . A ship which passed last night , is from fifteen to twenty miles a-head tfcU morning . Tb © wind is now right against us . We observed the other ship tacking till evening ; her mart ! are only visible . WED 1 TESDaT , 2 JtH—Wina s-head during the whole » igfat ; the ship rode hsid upon a fclgfc sea , Uriting all tne time , which is rather dangerous . In changing our 6 " » e tad much spray breaking over the bows , "Which continued till nightfall .

      ! Che captain gave away some salt beef to-day ; the passengers wanted lice , potatoes , and fresh foud of any kind ; « alt provisions not agreeing with them . The sailors charged the steward with giving them short ailoVflxee of beef and vinegar ; they had it increasad . T 2 * 8 second and last pig was slaughtered to-day .

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      Only one ship seen to-day . The weather has been very dull and "hEEy . . Thubsdat , 28 th . —we baw bad a v « y uneasy night , with a strong wind right a-head ; the vessel has heaved ' very much , and we have had VLVOo sleep . A shark hv » been seen to-day , and a strong line and hook bas been baited and put out to try if it would bite . The captain has given away some more salt beef today , and he has given Charles some loaf-sugar . This was attributed to my «• journal , " of which , we had proof be was greatly » fraid . * s . '*; . < ' A British brig was very near ; the passengers applied to the captain to bail her , and see if they would sell us any provisions , his answer was that he would rather jump overboard than ask an English ship ; " and assured us that we should meet with plenty of American vessels before : night when we could be supplied ; and that we should reach the port is three days . :

      A regular fight to-night , between Dick Gordon and Jack the Stowaway , who , being Irish , Borne of his conntrymen struck I ? ick in tbe figbt , which caused Bom © threats of vengeance on shore . The captain Bep »> rated the comBatants and threatened Jack with ' the rope ' s end . Fhidat , 29 th . —No sight of land , and very faint bope ot a favourable wind . A krig was in sight behind us this morning , making rapidly towards us ; when she came near , she turned off to tbe S . S . West . in the direction of New York , The passengers Main appealed to the captain to get her to lay to for provisions . He told them that the ship left Liverpool on the Sunday we did , and , of course , was as badly off for provisions as we were . This vessel had gained upon us , at least , eight miles in a few hours , which proved the statement to be false and a mere Bubfie .

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

      our course . Some pork was given away to-day ; it was very strong , and bad been bought at about a penny a pound at Now Orleans , where an immense quantity is sold . It comes down the Mississippi in boats , after being shot like game and cured ; it coses nothing but the trouble . Others , of course , are taken , which are kept and killed in the usual way ; but that is generally fed in tbe woods upon hickory buuh hizel , and other roots , with fruit which falls from tbe trees , or that gtowB on tbe ground , or near enough for them to reach . Yesterday we were informed that eighteen hours ' sailing would take us into port ; now we are told that when the bm zt got up last tiight , we were 460 inilea from Boston . Thus we are kept in continual suspense .

      SixDAT , 31 st . —In the night we bad a squall one moment and a calm the next ; on the average , however , we have dene middling , say six to seven knots ; from Bis to eight this morning bhe was at the rate of seven knots ; and what is the reverse of what we have seen , daring the whole passage , we have actually passed two brigs this morning since day-light Two ships in sight thia afternoon , but not near enough to know wbat they are . A fishing smack bas gone dose past us . We are now convinced that we are about ! one hundred miles froni Hoston .

      Mosdat , August 1 st . —After breakfast we discovered land . It was that famous spot , ' Cape Cod . " This head , or cape , is the point of a very long neck of lasd , which forms a large bay from Cape Ann , on tho north , and named Masaachusstt ' s Bay ; and on the left is Plymouth Bay , Boston Bay , and other small bays . On Cape Cod the first pilgrims from Europe landed and Bettled at Plymouth , enduring great hardships . Soon after wa saw the Cape , we discovered a numerous fleet of fishing boats within the bead , occupied in their vocation . I have just , counted eightyfour , but there must be near double that number in the bay . We have bad an unfavourable wind—afterwards a calm .

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

      trousers on at the time . I did not know of the circumstance till the alarm was given , when I ran to the Btern and saw poor Gordon at the distance of four hundred yatds ; the ship was put about and s > barrel cast overboard , also a rope tied to a billet of woed , which , After a struggle , aad all bat going to the bottom , Gordon succeeded in laying hold of , and was dragged towards the ship ; in the mean time the boat was let down and sent oW to meet him , into which he was got , and thereby saved . A life had nearly been lost for an old red shirt . The Bay appeared bonnded by flat and sandy nhores —no roiks , nor mountains , or anything to give shelter from the storm .

      Tho evening brought a calm , and we bad not entered Soaton Bay when we retired to bed . Tuesday 2 nd . —Now we had got into Boston Bay , with its many islands , formed by tbe enoroachments of tbe sea , as at Bomt . es ., in Yorkshire , and several other parts of tha English coast . Those islands ore so eituiifced , so numerous and so surrounded on all sides with vessels passing to and fro , as greatly to surprise me . We bad Boston before us , which in a moment vas lost of , but very soon fonnd it in another direction . Y « were apparently near the city , when turning a few ro inds wo seemed to be more distant from it . We coufliii TOtly -expected being in Boston during tbe night , but the Tisd headed us and we despaired . 1 ^ it sight , at dusk , a pilot came on board ; he inforn *** ¦ ° 6 tQat taa Onerfca and William Goddard were b " ^ iD port . One of them left Liverpool a week after us .

      At fou o ' closK we run aground at the entrance to one of the wh v ^ 8 - Batl had to wa " ' or tne 'king of the water to c 7 lU 8 in - Tne Custom House officers have been on bo v < * asc * DaTe taken tbe papers on shore . Tbey conntei * *^ number of passengers . The inspectors , or searcl t * e >< £ * the surgeon have not yet been , and UBtil they com * we-East remain prisoners . We have set *> 4 ^ B Ba 7 ° f Islands , for such it may with propriety ** termed . It is beautifully picturesque , and from tbenoe the city appears to very great advantage . Tbe t ^** -House is tbe mo » t prominent of

      ita public building " » » & has a most msgnifieent dome , and is erected on > ** itigheat of the three mounds of the island upon whi *• & tba city is built To tbe right , and at no great distn o « fi , . elands the noble moaament , which is just compi * £ «* , in commemoration of the memorable battle of Bu « &erfc Hill . It U 220 feet blgh . To the left of the bay , ai xi dese to tha city , stands tbe House of Refuge , the Pooi * fi « wae , the Asylum for the Blind—formerly an hotel , t *• lunatic Asylum , and the House of Correction , all of vhUh . appear very idean , with the excej ition of one , a i **< & irailding .

      I am informed that persi " *»* found drunk in the streets are taken to the worfehi vseand then before the magistrates , und if they cannot i * J * flne of ten dollars and exponces , they aro sent to the H « we of Correction for various periods ; the terms of thedr imprisonment being in accordance with their habi ! * ««** reputation . Tiie ^ ound on -which these inbtitu . l ° stands i . s the sp . t where Washington raised his deft vcesin the n'ght , which drove General Gage and the Bn * && army out of Boston . They stand upon a sloping ba ut , rising to a rid . » e from the ¦ water's edge . Upon an island lower down the bay standa tks school ¦ where in . V .: * ent and vicious boys are taught a cammon education and are trained to habits of industry is agricultural pursuits . Adjacent to there institutions and a little more distant from the city is the Castle Islaiii , cpon which

      stands a lofty , strong-built fortification oi fortress . Oa an opposite iblb . nl is a fort and baation , and still lower is Fore William , upon which large addition s are being Hiaae to the strong works , -which , with the * coffulolng and tjekie , have vtry much the appearance of . * powerloom factory . The Ohio , which is called a 74 , but I am t old carries 120 guns , is here , and is used as o school ship , for drilling and training Beams .. 3-Sbo is a splendid sfcip , wit-i a covering over her whofe upper dsck . H ^ re 1 saw tbe first States soldier and uniform ; the man was on sentry outside the ship , upon a sort of platform , to which the descent was made by a kind of temporary fcfairs . At theer . ttance of the bay lay a war frigate . A large ship of war alBo lay at the entrance of the dock , which is one of the principal in tbe United Siates . A ship was on the stecks , which I . was told was to carry 180 guns .

      The Assembly of the States is not at present sitting . I was surprised to find that the county of Suffolk , which contains only Boston and Chelsea , —a small town-Bhip , thinly inhabited—formerly sent fifty six and now sends thirty-seven representatives to tbe legislative assembly—thirty-six for Boeton and one for Chelseaquite sufficient to make laws for the whole of the United States . In tdditlpn to which , this county sends fonr or six senator * for tbe State of Massachusetts . There are above 200 representatives and fifty or sixty senators . This is one of the worst watered cittea in the Union . Some tolerably hard wffterfa procured from the pumps , and the soft is brought In pipoB a distance of four miles . Suffolk county contains a population of 80 , 161 . ( To be continued . J

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      On Monday week , 100 convicts from the Leviathan , and 100 from the York hulkt at Portsmouth , were shipped for Van Dieman ' s Land , in the Cressey . The Managers of the aerial ateam ship concern are burlcing their wing 3 at Montpellier gardens , Walworth .

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      THE POWJ ? ER MILLS AT WALT-HAM ABBEY . DREADFUL EXPLOSION . Oa Thursday , one of those mournful accidents ocurred which have from time to time been deplored it every gunpowder manufactory , and which unhappily hurried seven unfortunates into eternity . The gunpowder mills at Waltham Abbey Btand at gome distance oat of the town , on the side of a broad running Btream , which branches out of the river Lea , is tbe property of Government , and is called " Powder Mill River . " Here a series of erections connected with bbe public servica are found . They are built of wood , with slated rosfa , and are termed «• Coming-houses , " ' Press-houses , " "Washing-bouses , " and "Glazing

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

      vain . Oa Thursday afternoon , the business being carried on in the usual way , about five minutes after three o ' clock , from some cause at present unknown , an explosion took place in the more northern corning-house . A few seconds afterwards , the press-house and washinghouse , separated , as already explained , from the corning-honse by tbe buttress , also blew up . In a minute or two from that time , the next corning-houBe , distant from the former about 200 yards , ahared tbe same fate , and that in a few seconds was followed by a fourth explosion and a second press-house and washing-house , separated , ai in the other case , from the corniug-houao , were in an instant destroyed .

      It would be well if the ruin of the buildings , and the destruction of the stores , were all ; but , unfortunately , in the works whieh first blew up a number of unfortunate persons wore employed , not one of whom survives . Seven men were in an instant dismissed fvom life ; five of them wer « carried over the river to a very considerable distance , and fell lift-less fragments in tbe marshes . One corse was recovered from the ruins , and one dead body Was found out of the building , but on the same side of tbe river . It Waa difficult to recognise tbe deceased , tbey were so blackened , shattered , and disfigured . The uameg of the unfortunate men who have perished are as follow : —Taoraas Sadd , Edward Essex , John Newland , John DaJIoy , James Luck . Samuel Brown , and James Cole . Mr . Sudd was the master

      worker . Oa Thursday he had b . en in the building but about ten minutes when the event occurred . The victims were all corning-house men and persons of respectable character . Essex bad worked on the establishment for more than half a century . Sadd ' a remains were soou identified by the blue coat which he wore , and by the loss of one tooth . He was said to have been carried not less than 130 yards from the carniwg-house , and to have lost one foot when he reached tbe ground . At a considerable distance from the ruins tho impression made by tbe fall of one of the sufferers remains very distinct . Tue marks of the head , the shoulder , the hip , Bnl the leg , were yesterday most distinctly traced ; and the indentation made by the body was in some parts nearly six inches deep .

      Immediately after the accident many hundreds of persons repaired to the marshes . The bodies were c # ll « cted , wrapped in sheets , and deposited in one of the buildings belonging to Government , at some distance from the ruins , there to await the orders which may be given for holding a Coroner ' s inquest . Those who lost their lives were all in the cominghouses , and press , and washing-houses that were first destroyed . Tbe others were under repair , and contained but little gunpowder , enough , however , to have caused a melancholy additional loss of life bad the inmates not fled from the danger when the filBt explosion was heard . Mr . Austin , the superintendent of the machinery , with two other persous was there . The escape ef that gentleman was almost miraculous .

      He was engaged in ascertaining the dimensions of some of the machinery , when tbe report of the blowing up of the first corniug-hause was beard . The character of the explosion was not to h £ mistaken by him or by those who were with him , and they thoroughly understood that tbe question ef l'fc or death was in that moment to be decided . One of his companions exclaimed they must run for it , and Mr . Austin found himself left alone . He rushed out of the second corning-house , in which he had heard the crash of the first , and reached tbe front of the buttress adjoiuing , when the second explosion took place Though bewildered , he felt that his danger was imminent , and attempted to continue his retreat . He

      passed from the buttress , went through the wash-house attached to it , and had just reached the outside when the second coming-house , in which be bad been so recently engaged , and which joined the buttress be had that moment left , became a mass of smoking ruins . He saw the glara , and conld expect nothing less than the destruction of the building by whloh he now stood . In this distressing situation , when a moment ' s pause would have cost him his life , bo happily moved from the spot , and had taken but a few steps when tho fourth explosion occurred . A pieca of wood , as he supposes , struck him when the bouses blew up . At all events he received a severe blow from some fragment of the buildiug , from which be Buffeted much pain , but no dangerous consequences are apprehended .

      The alarm caused by this accident it is not easy to describe . A third and fourth building having been fired , from others that bad exploded , distant from thorn some 600 fuet , it was not immediately clear that those which were still further off were safe . Net only were many windows in the town , and especially in the church , broken , but tbe effects of the shock were felt at a much greater distance * A considerable number of persons yesterday repaired to Waltham Abbey to view the ruins . On approaching tlie remains of the w « rks last destroyed , a man ' s jacket and some other fragment of male attire were Been lodged in a lofty ash tree , the trunk of which bad been blackened nearly up to the branches by the blast A willow tree , which had stood close to the building , was almost shattered , and rafter ? , joists , blocks , and pieces of machinery , and innumerable Blates . bad been carried across the river , and scattered to an imme : se distance in the marshes .

      Hie last explosion here at ail comparable to this occurred in 1811 .

      ( From the Hertford County Press . ) Position of the Buildings . —The Cornlng-house was built about forty-two years ago , on the banks of a stream which runs through the meadows north of Waltham Abbey , its gables pointing due north and south , it is composed of two parts , separated by a traverse or buttress of solid material , 20 feet thick . In the first of these were , as near as can be ascertained , about 2 30 Glbs . of gunpowder , and in tbe second about 2 , 0001 bs . ; tbe explosion in the two chambers took place almost simultaneously . It is remarkable the buttress was shattered but was not blown away , and it is very feasibly indeed supposed that the wind , which at tbe time wrs blowing strongly from tbe north , bad . in whiffling roend tbe angles carried

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

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

      . there may be soms truth in them , and , tn eases like the i present , involving considerations for the safety of human life , independent of the preservation of pro- ! porty , it would be criminal in the highest degree in a T ublic journalist to suppress for a moment any of the gr ating opinions that may be gathered and promulgate' <* ° r the information of the public Some attribute tbe explosion too very small portion of stone or grit thai . might by some means have been introduced into 1 sono $ Mti of the machinery . Others attribute it to j the i . '&ct * of the machinery , supposed to arise . from ! the too- Jrspid revolutions of the wheels ; some agaia

      lay some * fclsnie to the master worker , the unfortunate Mr . Sadd , *? bo , in hfs lifetime , was known in Waltham and a . ' tt d * ea < I entertained of Sadd ' s supervision , that they '* & » ald bs found loitering , had tmrried their work when . * & *? « aw him approaching the building , and , in so doing , < UMl accelerated the MTolu . tions of the wheels , and bron& . 'Ht on the friction . Again we say . we give this as mere rurn'onr . We cannot Touch

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      * Almost incredible as it may appear , the report of the two explosions waa distictly audible in the metropolls ' , la Hyde Park , abouc ten min . ntes past three o ' clock , they were heard , and amidst tL ~ e prevailing stillness appeared so loud that several persons imagined them to proceed from the guns fired in celebration of tier Mffjesty ' d accouchment .

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      for its being founded even in prokability , bnt we lay it before the Ipublic with the view of eliciting remarks from such as are competent to form ft correct judgment on such matters , and not for casting a slot upon the memory of fSadd , or of hurting , ' even momentarily , the feelings lof hi * surviving relatives and friends . vTe are bound , however , to place in juxta-poaition with this the fact that the principal officers of Ordnance are themselves jat a loss for any cause for this sad catastrophe .

      | COROHEB'S INQUEST . It having ] been announced that the Inquest on the bodies of the deceased would take place at ten . o ' clock on Saturday morning , a large concourse ot perBonshad assembled at the station-house , tbe place fixed en for the purpose-, long before the . hour appointed for comraencing the proceedings j and when tbe coroner ( Mr . Lewis ) and j jury made their appearance , the place was crowded to excess . Mr . Jesaop , of Waltham Abbey , deputy solicitor to the Crown , Ttras in attendance to watch the proceedings on behalf of government The first jwitness called by the coroner was—Henry Castell , a labourer , employed in the m ' xmghouse . Knew all the deceased . The bodies which the jury had seen he believed to be their bodies . He could give no information as to their death , but heard an explosion somewhere about three o ' clock on Thursday last , when he was at Pain ' s I sland , a quarter of a mile from the building that was blown jap . AH the deceased answered the call at one o ' clock , after which they went in

      the direction of the corning-house . Robert Walker , carpenter in the storekeeper's office—Saw all the deceased alive on Thursday at one o ' clock , with the exception of Mr . Sadd . It was usual far witness to call the names over at one o ' clock , and he did bo himself that day . The reason why Mr . Sadd did not answer to his name xtm that he was a master workman . The whole of the men who answered to their names he saw going tip the walk to the coratng-hoase , bat no further . The six men who were killed were working in No . 2 corning-boase . Heard the explosien about a

      quarter to three . Went to the spot , and saw the rums . Sarah Adams—Lives in a cottage about 159 yards from tbe corning house . About ten minutes past three o ' clock , 8 » w Mr . Sidd going across the meadows to the coming-house , and saw him enter . Believes that was the haur , but she had no clock . He had scarcely got in when Bhe heard the first report . The B&cond blew out the windowl , and split the door . She looked out and saw No . 1 , corning-bouse In a blaze , and directly after Mr . Fiulay came down and rang the belL That' is all she koaw about the occurrence .

      Benjamin Stroud , labourer in the powder-mills—Saw all the deceased , with the exception of Mr . Sadd , alive about ten minutes after one on Thursday . Saw tbam at the one o ' clock call , when they went on their way to corning-houss , No . 2 , where they were employed . About three ; o ' clock he heard an explosion He ran out aDd saw nothing but a cloud of smake ; but when it cleared away he saw that the building was gone , and knew the ' consequences . Went to the ruiua , and saw part of the body supposed to be that of James Luck . By a Juror—Was at Pain ' s Island at the time of the explosion , and was painting barrels .

      William Adams , workman in No . 1 corning-house , deposed that tbe deceased Sadd was master workman . Essex was frame-house or calling-house man , Luck was pressman , Cole was corn-house man , Tvewland was superintending as foreman in the Teel-honse in the place of Thomas Baldock , Dudley and Brown w « re corn-house men , the latter doing Bratsman ' s duty at the cornincr-kouse . Did not recollect , seeing the deceased alive that day , but they were generally employed in No . 2 corning-house . Witness was himself in No . 1 corning-house on Thursday afternoon , wish l . lr . Austin and Robert Dickson , when the first explosion took place , which shook the building h » was in . Immediately ; he said , " That is an explosion ; let us

      make our escape . " He ran out , followed by Mr . Austin and Robert Dickson . He looked back over his shoulder , and saw the fire coming in torrents from tbe house be had l eft , which blew up in about a third of a minute afterwardB , and he saw Mr . Austin . When about fifteen yards from the house , he turned about and saw a board knock Mr . Austin down . In a few minntes afterwards , he went to the ruins , and saw the shoulders and arms of a man whom he thought to be Luck . He saw another man , whom he Uok to be Newland , in the reeling-house . The other five men were thrown over the river , and be did not see them . Saw Sadd about eight minutes bof » re * the explosion , when he left him going towards the coming-house .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Jessap—Boltaved Sadd said he was going to meet Captain Tulloh at the cominghouse . During the whole period that he bad been employed there ; bad never known but one explosion attended with loss of life . This took place in 1811 , when eight lives were lost There was nothing unusual in the rapidity of the works . Had often worked at No . 2 corning-house hinself , and knew it to be an oldfashioned house , with nothing about it Every precaution was taken to prevent accidents . Visitors going to see the machinery had goloshes put on their feet Sadd generally went to that place once a-day , so did Captain Tulloh and Mr . Austin . The machinery was examined once or twice a-week , and the cog-wheel soaped to prevent friction . Wus engaged in a

      building where machinery had been lately erected for g ; auulating powder en a new system . This machine was introduced at the expense of Government , and for the purpose of saving human life . It was being conducted under the superintendence of Captain Tulloh . Tbe -works were always carried on , while he had been in the Ordnance employment , in the same way that tbey weTB when tbe deceased met their deaths . They could not have worked hurriedly , for they were making rifle powder , jwhich required a slower process than tbe common description of powder . Every precaution was used to prevent accidents . Visitors coming to inspect the gunpowder mills were always supplied with

      goloshes , which they put en their feet when they entered the building , to prevent the possibility of the introduction of grit or sand . Indeed , ever since Capt Tullwh had had the superintendence , nothing conld exceed the care or attention that was paid to prevent accidents . So satisfied was he with the precautions , that he ( witness ) should not have the slightest objection to work in the same mill under the same management were the works rebuilt . He was persuaded that there were fewer accidents at the Waltham Abbey powder mills | thau at any mills in the country . There might have been about l 50 tlbs . of powder in the reelhouse , eoolbsJ in the corning-house , and 2 , 0001 bs . in the press-house .

      Mr . Thomas Austin deposed that he was superintendent of the machinery at the mills . He inspected-the machinery once a month , under the direction of tbe commanding engineer . The last time he inspected it was on the Monday wetsk previous to the exp ' . osion , when it was found to be iu its ueual worktog state . He heard no complaints from the men at the time , although it was their duty to shut off the machine whenever anything defective appeared in it , and to report the fact to the ! proper authorities . On the day of explosion witness had gone up to tbe granulating mills ,

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

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

      although he repeatedly enquired if they had any . Had nude an appointment with Mr . Sadd to meet him on the very day the exploaion took place , and was only prevented doing s « by his being obliged to remain at home to write an official letter . Had never heard any complaint from Mr . Sadd of tbe men not doing enough of work , and there jwas no reason in a Government concern to do anything ib a hurry , as might be the case in a merchant's concern , where an order might require to be made np within a given time . He considered that an electric shock in passing through might have . ignited the powder .

      Col . James Cockburn , director of the Royal Laboratory , Woolwich , corroborated the evidence of Captain Tulloh and Captain Whitmore . as to the satisfaatory state of the machinery , and tbe precautionary measures taken to prevent accident . It was hia duty to inspect the machinery arid premises periodically . The Hev . John Lewis Capper , resident clergyman of Walthsm , had frequently visited the powder mills , and deposed to the precautions which were taken to prevent accidents . These precautions were bo excellent that be never felt tbe slightest timidity in passing through the works . This closed the ! evidence .

      The Coroner then briefly addressed the Jury , who retired for a few ( minutes , and then returned with a verdict of " Accidental death , " accompanied by an expression of their unanimous and Redded opinion that the manufactory appears to have" been conducted by Captain Tulloh , * the inspector , with every possible precaution for the safety of the men employed under his superintendence , j The deceased were all married men . Mr . Sadd bad left o widow and | one child ; John Newland a widow and eight children , most of them , however , are grown up ; Edward Essex a widow and two grown-up children ; James ] Cole a widow and four children ; James Luck a widow and one child ; John Budley a widow and one child ; and Samuel Brown a widow end two children I -if fri im t

      . v w ^^ a ^ a t i ^ r j The interment of the bodies , with the exception of that of Mr . Sadd , which was removed to a family burial ground at some distance , took place yesterday afternoon at five o ' clock in the parish churchyard . An immense number of persons assembled to witness the aolemu scene , ami a feeling of the deepest sorrow for ( ho fate of the unfortunate men filled the winds of

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      all present . The tragical occurrence bas made an fm pression on the people in the place and neighbonihnS which will never be effaced during life . ™ The Quantity of gunpowder in the place at the Hn » iBsnpposedto have exceeded ^ . OOOlbs . In weight ^ J the amount of property destroyed is estimated at nearW £ 12 , 000 . The mills are literally a heap of rnin 8 ; e > I the form of the building could not be ascertained bj * person who inspected the ruins . Fragments of- ' -H ul building were blown by the force of the explosion & | 2 trace of several hundred yards . The inhabitants in . to * neighbourhood think they heard three , if not fra ? separate explosions , though only a f « w seconds of inter val elapsed between them . The death of one of & unfortunate men ( Mr . Sadd , the foreman ) was parti& larly affecting , he having entered the works but a fe » seconds before the catastrophe took place .

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      - ~ ~^ From the London Gazette of Friday , Apr il 14 . BANKRUPTS . James Wilson , of Liudfield , Sussex , cowfceeper , Apj 21 , at half-past twelve , and May 26 , at twelve , at Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr- T . M . Alsag . l official assignee , 12 , Birobin-lane , London ; Mes ^ I Rickards and Walker , solicitors , 29 , Lincoln ' -inn-nel 4 \ and Mr . S . W . Bennett , solicitor , Brighton . I James Whitfleld , of 67 , Taoley-street , Southwa * grocer , April 26 , and May 25 , at one , at the Court t 1 Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Ghwrge Gibson , officialas& ,-nee , 72 . Basinghall-street ; and Mr . George Stepba I

      solicitor , Skinners-place , Sise-lane . " I William Hitch , of Kingsland , Middlesex , groe ^ ; April 24 , and May 25 , at eleven , at the Court of Bag . [ , ruptcy , London . Mr . George Green , official assign * y 18 , Aldermandbury ; and Mr . Rutherford , solicit \\ Lombard-street . ' Y Thomas Pottinger , Henry Howell , and AlexanS } Oswald , late of 27 , Austin-friars , City , merchar ^ f . April 20 , and May 17 , at eleven , at the Court ( f '' Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Lackington , official assign '' 3 , Coleman-street-bulldingB ; and Mr . Bentall , Bolici&i s Coleraan-street , London .

      Elizabeth White and Elizabeth Lsith , of Worfatj Nottingham , machine makers , April 26 , and Mayjj at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . ^ George Young , official assignee , Leeds ; Messrs . Wjfc and Pemberton , solicitors , 4 , Symond ' s-inn , Chancsj , lane , London ; Messrs . Payne and Co ,, solicitors , iejjj and Mr . Henry Stephen Wake , solicitor , Worksop . Edmund Smith , of Sheffield , innkeeper , May 3 , 4 ' ten , and May 17 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankrupt » Leeds . Mr . George William Freeman , official assign f . Leeds ; Mr . Bromhead , solicitor , Sheffield ; and Si ^ W . Sykes . Solicitor , Leeds . 1 George Ratcliffe , of Sheffield , fe . der manufachna , 1 April 18 , and May 9 . at twelve , at the Court of Bat , ruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Henry Philip Hope , official assi Leeds ; Mr . Albert Smith , and Messrs . Hay wood ssi Bramley , solicitors , Sheflield . J

      William Gregson Pitt , of Cheltenham , Gloucaig . shire , banker , May 3 and 25 , at eleven , at the Courti 1 Bankruptcy , Bristol ; Mr . Stradford , solicitor , CheiJa . I ham ; and Messrs . King and Son , solicitors , Serjeatii . i inn , London . Robert Biggs , of Bath , chemist , April 28 at one , eft f May 26 , at twelve , at the Court Of Bankruptcy , Brlitol Mr . E . Miller , official assignee , Bristol ; and Me 5 § Stalland , solicitor , Bath . Charles John Gftussen , and James Gsussen , of Lira . pool , corn factors , April 26 , at half-past twelve , aj § May 26 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , £ ft $ pool . Mr . William Bird , official assignee , Liverpfldj Messrs . Stockley and Thompson , solicitors , LiverMjl ;

      and Mr . Henry Weeks , solicitor , 12 , Cook s-court , En- p coln ' s-inn-fields , London . H Joseph Edmund Robinson , of Liverpool , wine ns > || chant , April 28 , at twelve , and May 26 , at one , a \ & % Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . Charles Tana , E official awignee , Liverpool ; Mr . Hostage , solidisr , % Liverpool ; and Messrs . Chester and Toolmin , solicits , || Staple-inn , London . . ¦ f ! Aothony Merga , of Nantwich , Cheshire , w ! 4 ff maker , May 5 . at twelve , and May 26 , at half-pi || one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Ltverp ^ oL Mr . We . % Bird , official assignee , Liverpool ; Mr . Henry Reid , H solicitor , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Sharpe , Field aniGo ,, M solicitors , Bedford-row , London . ' v fi

      William Jones , of Wolverhampton , mercer , April ft 21 , and May 18 , at twelve , at the Court of Bmkrupuj , Birmingham ; and Mr . George Robinson , solicta , % Welverhampton , -. fi ? John Johnston , of Manchester , banker , April 25 , d May 16 , at one , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Manila U ter . Mr . James Stansall Pott , official assignee , H& j Chester ; Mr . S . Appleby , solicitor , Harpur-street , Bsd Lion-square , London ; and Mr . Alexander Oliver , ffr citor , Manchester . § Kenneth M'Leod and John Boyle Wood , of lira- 8 $ pool , ship chandlers , May 4 , at eleven , and May J 5 . it p twelve , at the Court of Baukruptcj , Liverpool ; Mt , John FoIIett , official assignee , Liverpool ; Duncan , » fr §

      citor , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Gregory , Peters , id fj Abbot , solicitors , Bristol . M Charles James Morley , of Liverpool , flour dfl !* ffj May 2 , at one . and May 24 , at 4 jeven at the Cotiti ||§ Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . James Caz ^ nove , ofiail $ M assignee , Liverpool ; Mr . Joan Cornthwsite , solifjW , m Liverpool ; and Messrs . Corethwaite and Adams , !* A citors , Dean ' g-court , Doctora ' -commons , London . || James Green , of Oldbury , Shropshire , licensedifr % tualler , April 24 . at eleven , and May 20 , at tweliM ; the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham ; and Mr . Bffl- J ton , solicitor , Birmingham . » -

      rARTNEfiSHIPS DiSSOLTED . $ T . Ogilvy , G Arbuthnot , Or , C . Gillaoders , andito |* S . Gladstone , of Liverpool and Calcutta ( so faras ttpfo it Thomas Ogilvy } . John Seymour Smith and L ^ f , Simpson , late of Liverpool , merchants . Edward JEW 4 Sarah Raleigh , and Rachel Raleigh , of Mancbate / | y drapers . William Woodhead and Ezra Woodhaii * !> Idle Colliery , Calverley , Yorkshire , coal owners . ,, ' <

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      w From the Gazette of Tws&iy , dpril 17 . BANKRUPTS . David Ellis , Jun ., draper , Haverhill , Suffolk , fe . ^ render April 27 , at two , and May 26 , at oneri ^ Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Pennell , official affi igiW Mr . Ware , solicitor , Blackman-streat , Southwart _ Henry Walton , Jun ., wheelwright , Crowland , &B ' colnshire , April 28 . at half-past two , and May 25 , »» twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Belcher , ' »" clal assignee ; Messrs ? . Watson and Broughton , solicits 1 ) Falcon-square , City . William Penn , cabinet-maker , Canterbury , April 25 . and Jane 2 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy ; . ^ Whitmore , official assignee ; Mr . Fiddey , " solicit * Paper-buildings , Temple . Richard Watkins , carpenter , Holloway , April .. . ft at two , and June 2 , at half-past one , at the Conrt * Bankruptcy . Mr . Aisagor , official assignee , B&cii * lane ; Mr . Wright solicitorLondon streetCity .

      , , William Fuller , currier , CUffe , Sussex , May * . » one , and 29 , at twelve , at the Court of Banb » WMr . Graham , official assignee . Basinghall-street j Mao * Sowton and Co ., solicitors , Great James-streei Nathaniel Wegg , victualler , East Greenwich , W '» at two , and 29 , at eleven , at the Court of B * iAt 0 f-Mr . Tarquand , official assignees , C uptball-buildiBS ' Messrs . Parnell and Co ., solicitors , New Broad-s treet George Harris , tailor , Dorking , Surrey , April 27 . « two , and May 22 , at half-past twelve , at the Court * Bankruptcy . Mr . Graham , official assigne e , Butifi ** street ; Mr . Parry , solicitor , Gsorge-street , Aland * ' house . ,. John Prat , surgeon , Adelaide-street , Strand , Apw 28 , at two , and May 19 , at one , at the Court of BW *' ruptcy . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , BmIb * " ' streetMrPillsolicitorHattongarden

      ; . , , - . , Jabtz Vines , miller , Beading , April 28 , at tnree . »? May 24 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . M * I ** ington , official assignee , Coleman-streefc-buiJ < liJ «»' Messrs . Pain and Hatherley , solicitors , Great S * borough-street . . Jibn Philipps Daviea , apothecary , Davies-sW ^ Berkeley-square , April 29 , at two , and May 3 fli » eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Grooin , _ o »" cial assignee , Abchurch-laae . Lombard-street ; Sir . 0 * solicitor , Pinner ' s-hall , Oid Broad-streefc ., ~ John Morgan , merchant , Weodside , Cheshire , »* j 5 , at one , and May 36 , at twelve , at the'LitW " District Court . Mr . Turner , official assignee . SoftcWjw Messrs . Lowndes , Robinson , and Bateson , liv ^ PP ? . ' Messrs . Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedfow-r ?" Londen . . ,. Joserjh Edmund . Rohtnsnn . wino merchant . LiT * V !? 7

      April 28 , at twelve , and May 20 , at one , at the W '" pool District Court Mr . Turner , official ^^ Solicitors , Mr . Jenkins , Liverpool ; Messrs . Soars Field , and Co ., Bedford-row , London . /*„« Anthony Merga , watchmaker , Nantwicn . ^* j May 5 , at twelve , and May 26 , at half-p ast one ,. «» Liverpool District Court Mr . Bird , official »»*~ r Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Hostage , Liverpool ; M * * Chester and Touimin , Staple Inn , London . „ « Charles Webb , timber merchant , Xing 8 ton-upo »> Ji ?« May I and 26 , at eleven , at the Leeds District 0 ^ Mr . Freeman , f pfficial assignee , Leeds . Mr , r »» Solicitor , St . Paul ' s Churchyard , London . f . ^ William Peate , grocer , Shrewsburyi April * 6 > » ^ past eleven , and June 2 , at eleven , at the % b&mjr District Court . Mr . Cixi * tie , official assignee , Bl £ " £ 5 ham . Solicitors , Mr . Teece , Shrewsbury ; Mr . W& » Binningban . . " . -ir ' * John Parker , cotton-waste-spinner , . BaltonJfr 5 " > ° "j Lancashire . April 29 , at one , and May 16 , »* t *^

      assignee , Manchester- Solicitors , Messrs . Norris , ^ u ^ and Simpson , Bartletftf-buiidtngs , HoiboW ! ^ Criover , Bolton-le-Moors .

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      The conveyance of the Order of the Garter to the King of Saxony cost this country £ 1065 . An explosion took place at the gunpowder worn of Messrs . Wakefield and Bainbridge , near Rendft last week , which did considerable damage , and to of the workmen were seriously hurt . An explosion took place on board the eteaa packet " Cutter , " plying between Pittsburg aa Cincinnati on the 17 th ult . by which three men wa killed and ten very much injured .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct799/page/6/