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MANCHESTER W ATER-WORKS—DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY BY A FLOOD . A violent snow and thunder storm occurred on Friday week at GIossop , at the foot of some of the Torkshire and Derbyshire hills , and since that oc currence , the exceedinglyheavy and continuous falls of ram and snow on the summit ef the hills in question , have been productive of much more serf ous consequence * The Manchester corporation * * " * ! . * 2 s ^ ms which flow from those hills through the tongdendale valley , principal ? fedI by somepowerful springs near Wooufiead , SS a view feS ^ , ^ 0116 ^^ tWs beautiful Sr £ ^«? e reservoir and other works wUl probably be not muchless than amillion of money and JUXSTE ^ S ^ TEa-WOBKSL-DESTIiUC- . TIOS OF PROPERTY BY A FLOOD .
Sf » SSSr ** *« •» ^ denVo ^ urrTd S ™ i& $ y ? mMr tbe works back ^ several months . For about tea days there had been an weatLer cleared up for some hours on Saturday but about ten o ' clock on Saturday night XX commenced again with a strong easterl y wind ™ d never ceased t 5 l ten o ' clock on Sunday ni « ht The water came down literally in torrents . " The Eden Brook and the river Etherow are the principal Sfe ft ^ ^ water * orks . ^ d £ united at Jjoodhead . These streams were considerably swollen atthis point , owing to the fall of rain and from comparative ^ shallow but rapid streams they became torrents of great magnitude , The volume of water is estimate ? to haveincreased on Sunday to nearly three thousand cubic feet per second . About two o ' clock on Sunday , the flood down the Eden Brook so completely overtopped the new * - « . «• I ! r l ? j r
vrtach the company have erected across that stream , as to entirely carry off the coping of the immense Darner of stone work . Through the breaking down ol this weir , the new river-course , for the purpose of canyingoff the floods , was rendered useless , and the water consequentl y impounded into the valley bew e e" * ankments of the river ( which had been Taised to about twenty-four feet above the pipes for carrying off the water ) and collected there , nntil at half-past fire o clock on Sunday morning it flowed over the top , and cut down and swept away the embankment itself . The immense volume of water thus liberated from all control burst down the vale of the Etherow with fearful violence , sweenin ^
eremnmgoetore it . At Vale House Mill , three miles down the stream , where the spinning and weaving mill of Messrs Ilobbs and Sidebotton , are situated , the flood is described as makin < - it 3 appearance between six and seven o ' clock in the evening like a wall of water , the top fully five feet above the level of the ordinary stream / over which it-came rushing with fearful rapidity . There 13 a village of several hundred people there , and such of the inhabitants as were on the alert ran screaming into their nouses with terror . The lower
storev of the mills of Messrs . Hobbs and Sidebottom were flooded in an instant , and with such violence 25 V-iv J ater TOsl 1 into this part ofthe buildup flat it lifted up the stone flooring above , and almost filled the second storey . From two to three thousand pieces of printing cloths and shirtings were entirely destroyed in this mill , besides a quantity of yarn , and the flood washed down the day and Sunday-school attached to it , and part of a warehouse . It also washed down a great number of yard walls , and of the fences of the surrounding fields . Abridge for carriage across the Etherow at this place . was partly swept away , and will have
to be re-erected , several of the piers being destroyed . The banks of the river were here sufficiently high to prevent the flood going over them in so great a force as to destroy the village , but most of the houses were for a time under water , and on its subsiding the floors of them were left covered , as were all the surrounding fields and property , with mud and wreck . The fall of the river from Woodhead down to this point is estimated at eighty to ninety feet per mile , and the force of the torrent was so great that it bore down with it some of the hu « e blocks of Ashlar stone , two or three tons weight each , of which the works at Woodhead were constructed , for more than two miles .
The loss to the "Waterworks Company , at Woodhead , is estimated at a little over £ 500 ; but the damage to the mills and works down the stream is more serious . The loss of Messrs . Ifobbs and Sidebottom alone is said to exceed £ 1 , 000 . The next mills the flood came in contact with are a mile or two lower down the valley , being two spinning and weaving mills belonging to Mr . S . Lees . The machinery is partly turned by a waterwheel , and being in gear at the time , would have been considerably damaged , but that the volume of ¦ water drove three or four sections of the mill wheel
out of their frame , and thus brought its revolution very speedil y to an end . The water is described as rising at once to a height of eight feet above the previous level of the flqod ; and the lower part of the two mills ( filled with several hundred looms , in which as many pieces of shirting were in the course of weaving when the machinery had been stopped on Saturday night , ) being thus flooded , great injury was sustained ~ by the owner . The neighbouring cottages were flooded to a considerable depth , and the damasre sustained by Mr . Lees is said to exceed .-6500 .
The printworks of Messrs . Dalton , called the Holiingworth Mill Printworks , still further down the river , were also flooded . The flood reached the mill a little before seven o'clock , snapping asunder the cast-iron pillars which support a bridge for carriages , aud carrying away the whole fabric astbou < rh it were a toy . The inhabitants of the neighbouring cottages were taken by surprise , and the first floors of their dwellings being filled at once to a heig ht of several feet , they were compelled * ° ^ k safety , which they did , with the most pitiable cries and lamentations , in the upper storeys . The valley here
spreading out , however , to a considerable width , the force Gf the torrent was spent to a great extent Ly being divertedfrom its course . The printworks stand close to the river side , and the water ran into the lower sioreys , filling . the vats , and upsetting the colour tubs , besides wetting and injuring a quantity of cloth . A poor farmer , named Thomas Holland , occupying Woolley Farm , by the side of the river , had a quantity of com cut , which was in sheaf , but in the field , and this the flood carried entirely away . Messrs . Dalton sustained a loss of £ 5 , dO or £ 6 , 00 , and the fanner estimates his loss at something like £ 50 .
Messrs . Sidebottom ' s mills , at Waterside , being protected by a high mound of earth , escaped more lightly than the others . These mills are situated about five miles down the stream from Woodhead . A good many fences and walls upon the property adjoining the river , belonging to Mr . Sidebottom , were prostrated , and the handsome suspension bridge , crossing the Etherow to Mr . Sidebottom ' s residence , was injured by a bulk of timber borne down by the stream , the hand-rail being broken , and some oftlie ornamental work . Messrs . Sidebottom ' s lOS 5 , however , will probably not exceed £ 100 . The cottagers lived bv the side of the Etherow have
suffered considerably , though not nominally to a large amount . Many of them had pig-cotes and other premise 3 by tbe side of the stream , and in addition to these places being washed down , their pigs and other property were swept away . Xo doubt much injury was done which has not yet come to our reporter ' s knowledge , and £ 3 , 000 ¦ would probably be a low estimate of the whole , besides the alarm and inconvenience sustained . Some of the materials of the reservoir were carried as far as Stockport . Several of the mills have had to cease running through it , and thus the poor workpeople will also sustain a further loss by remaining unemployed for a time . —Manchester Examiner .
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1 m Doc axd the IIebb . —The inhabitants of lai ^ ge towns arc in general ignorant of the fact , that fcoth dogs and cats -when they feel themselves ill search about the fields for ¦ certain herbs which they devour ; and in less tlian lislf-anfcour afterwards , from a state of dullness and langour , thev are full of life . Persons who reside in small couutiy towns well know this to be a fact . Their knowledge is evidently from instinct , and it is a proof of the restorative powers of herbs . Old women also in tillages are in general noted for ¦ their snecess in curing the scurry , ring-worms , bad legs , &c Tliey employ nothing but terbs for the purpose . Ihe proprietor of a celebrated scorbutic medicine resided in a small village for some years , and his astonishment was unlioonded to witness the all but miraculous cures an old woman made in scorbutic complaints . He bought some oftlie medicine of the old woman and tried it on himself and about n dozen of bis friends . It had the desired effect in every case . He now offered to bny the recipe of the old woman ; she at first refused , but * ultimately consented , and one fine morning the proprietor of this medicine and the old woman were seen Gathering herbs from a neighbouring field . This" medicine is now called Hake's Scorbutic Drops . The most certain purifier of the blood as : jet discovered .
ABEaxEUK ' s Fi £ E Oiktsett . —Perhaps the only occasion ¦ on . which , the late eminent surgeon Mr . Abernetby was called on to proscribe for that fonl disease , "The Piles , " was in the case of the proprietor of "Abernetliy ' s Pile Ointment , " and wenderful was the speedy and permanent ¦ cure effected in his case . Since that period , a great number of persons , ( friends of the proprietor , ) sorely afflicted with this painful disorder , have been completely restored to ease and health by the use of this valuable preparation after the efforts of some of the most talented professionals had totally failed . Indeed , the fact of this application having satisfactorily proved itself , in every tried case , an iuvalnable cure , was the proprietor ' s sole inducement to convert its remedial properties into a great public good , instead of confining its usefulness , as heretofore , within the limits of his own and his friends acquaintance . Abernethy ' s Pile Oinfnent has now "been some time in general use , and is as well known and as powerfully recommended by the medical profession as by those thousands who have personally experienced its beneficial effects .
The Most EfeectmlCobe joB q ^^ ^ -p Rheumatism are Hollowat ' b Oistmesx - » t > Pnxs . —A frequent cause of these complaints is the inflammatory state of the Wood , attendant with bad digestion , lassitude , and great debiiitr , shewing the want of a proper circulation of the fluids , " and that impurity of the Wood greatly aggravates these painful disorders . HoBonay ' s Pills are ofse purifying a nature that a few doses , taken in time , is an effectual preventive against Gont and Rheumatism ; but any one that has an attack of either , should use Holloway ' s Ointment also , the powerful properties of which , combined with the effect of the Pills , ensures a certain care .
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— " ' - ¦ „ ' ' MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Illboal WmQ hi 8 , &o .-At a special court on ^ f *^™ before a fu 11 * ench of "Wtratea , by Mr . Childe , the inspector of weights and measures , and high-cenatable of Finsbury , the following important convictions took place at his suit : -Mr . Robert Goose , a baker , living in Old-street , « £ * * ' was charged w » to having a piece of lead mapped up , and concealed under his wei-hia * macmne , which , in consequence , caused a deficiency to apurctuuserofanounceand a half . The defendant endeavoured to concealthe fraud by snatching up TW ? "K ^^ PMtor and his witness , Mr . lur / ier entered the premises . The court severely censured the contact of the accused , and fined him 40 a .-Freder . ick Riches , a baker , at 93 . Golden-lan * . . ^ SJ 5 E ^> K 8 .
&t . Luke ' s was ordered to pay 103 . for a false balance of an ounce . - William Death , a pork-butcher in Aylesbury-street . Clerkenwell , ' complained oS having in use an illegal balance in his favour of ten drachms and also five , light weights . Theinspcctor informed the bench that the defendant is c ^ S on what is termed a « cutting trade , - ina very popu lated spot , where there is much opposition in his STta n He wa £ ^ 2 Os - « SoiX -V £ ham Jackson , a butcher , in Vernon-place , Baguse . welb . nad . was fined 10 * . for a deficient scale but ^^ . of » ounce ; He is another' cuSg t « i ? f T Charles BaWersou , a butcher , at % St . John street , was summoned for having a "ier-y ' SwS *? ' V f ^ V / alse balauce of an ounce . Fined 20 s .-Fredenck Holgate . ham and Wf .. W |
HE' : Tr ^» > was summon d for having a piece of lead under his weighing scale S ^ tW an unjust balance of fife drachml £ U ! ? TWw . ;! Stj ~« . a beer-shop Sav ^' fn ??" - ! , ^ , ^ -1 " 083 ' oiled on to SSL « X % alnieasures .-George Wilkins , chandler , of 34 , Great Arthur-street , St . Luke ' s ms sentenced to pay 20 s . lie had a halfpenny concealed in sotr . e fat under a custome / s scale .-KichardD . ane . a bread tally-shop keeper , in Great Arthur-street , was fined 10 s . for giving short weight . Ills shop , which was described to be one of the best in London of the ^ escription . is piled up with pledges taken . m by him from his poor neighbours , to prevent them from starving . The court said the Pawnbrokers Act would reach him , and requested the inspector to look after him . -Thomas iWrows , a marine _ store-shop keeper , in Whitetorse-allev .
uenjanun-sweet , uerltenwell , was cWed with u « ng three heavy weights in making purchases , and also a false beam and scale , for which he was cautioned and 1 fined , 10 s .-William Halliday , a hawker of coals , hying m the Newington-lanes , was fined 20 s . for selling with a fraudulent machine to the extent of three-quarters of a pound ; and Joseph Payne , in the Byroad Kingshnd , had to pay a Uke sum for a deficiency in his coal-machine of two pounds and a quarter . City . —Saturday . — James Reid , beer-ahon-Seeper , m Fenchurch-street , was summoned for employing two measuresdeficientof their legal standard . -Mr . Harvard said he called the defendant's attention to the pots and begged them to be put correct , when he hastily replied that they were fair , and wished them to be measured . They were accordingl y tried , and found wantinjr .-Fined 5 s . ami mmL
Alexander West , a cookshop-keeper , Duke ' s Head ^ passage , Iyy-lane , had two unjust weights found in his possession . _ The defendant had been cautioned before , f he weights were loth light , and not legally stampeil .-Convicted . in the penally of 5 s . and costs . —James VVilmott and Co ., oilman , Fenchurch-street were summoned for usiug a half gallon vinegar measure , two and a half ounces short of its legal standard -Alderman Faiibrother said , even in vinegar , in these hard times , the poor ought not to be served with a deficient measure . He should impose a fine of 10 s . and expenses—George Smith , Blue Anchor , Loleman-street , had five unjust measures on his premises ; a quart , one and a half ounce short ; tiirce pints , one < unce , three-quarters of an ounce and half ounce , each short ; and a half-pint half-ounce short . titled 10
- s ., and costs .-Samuel Littlewood , wastepaper dealer , in Upper Thames-street , had two light weights . —Defendanfsaid he was not to blame in the matter . —Alderman Fairbrother said no great fraud appeared to have been done . The costs would satisfy the ends of justice . —Defendant begged to hand 2 * to the poor-box . -Alderman Fairbrothev raid he ' * as much obliged to him , butif he pleased , he might give f ~?\ laugli . ) -Delendant : Maylhavethe weights to adjust them ? -Alderman Fairbrother : No , we will do that . —Defendant : Then I cannot digest your law . —A costermonger , named Billington . in Windmill-street , i \ ew-cut was summoned fwr selling plums m the street , at a clseap price , with a very bad measure . Ihe defendant did not appear , aud in order to protect the public , the delinquent was ordered to be brought up on a warrant . TUESDA . W—The criminal business for the October Quarter Sessions commenced this dav
Ixdictmexi fob LAitcEXY . —Joseph Smith , a respectably attired young raan , v , < as indicted for stenlmg a handkerchief and a pair of gloves , from the person of Mr . Geor < re Evans Marriott , architect , 80 , Meet-street . —Mi-. Perry appeared for the prisoner . —The prosecutor deposed that on the evening of the oth mst ., at about half-yast ten o ' clock , he was standing in High-street , Camdcn-town , looking at a house on fire . There was a great crowd of persons standing about , and the prisoner at the bar was standing immediatel y behind him . He felt the hand , of some person fumbling in his coat pocket , and turning sharply ronild > Said to the Jisoner My friend , . you are making too free with mv pockets ; and as he said this , he missed from his coat-pocket his handkerchief and a pair of "loves . The next minute he saw the gloves picked up . Those produced were the samc-Charies Gould , 4 ii b , stated that ho was on dutv at the firn in
miesturn , andiie saw the prisoner standing behind the last witness . When Mr . Marriott saufthat the Prisoner was making too free with his pocket , witness asked him ( the prisoner ) if he was the person addressed . He said he was not , it was an individual standing behind him . The prosecutov then said Ao , its you , ' and witness , observing that the prisoner held lus hands under the tail of his coat , took hold of him and said , " -What are your hands doing down here . " At that moment the gloves fell troni his pocket , lie turned round and spnin * away , and witness saw the handkerchief also fall from his pocket . Witness seized him , and took him to the station-house—Mr . Parry made a very energetic address to the iury on behalf of the
prisoner , ana observed that he was a most respectable young married man , and had been for more than sixteen years in the service of Messrs . Wicganand Co ., hop factors , &c , in the Borough , and had always borne and deserred a most undeniable character . He happened to reside near the scene of the fire , of which mention had been made , and as it created a . great hubbub in the neighbourhood he went to the spot to witness it ; and , therefore , lie hada legitimate reason for being there , and had not , as the generality of thieves did , mix himself up in a crowd for the mere purpose of picking pockets . The learned gentleman very forcibly urged that the policeman and the prosecutor might be mistaken as to what they said the prisoner did , and that the
handKercniet and the gloves might have been abstracted by another person , who dropped them when Mr . Marriott challenged the prisoner with making too free with his pockets . —Several witnesses , including the foreman to Messrs . Wiinran gavetho prisoner a most excellent character for honesty . —The learned judge summed up , and having very impartially recapitulated the facts , asked the jury whether they could safely say that theprisoner , a person of unexceptionable character , would commit a crime which no one but an old thief would attempt . —The jury instantly returned a verdict of " Not Guilty , " and the prisoner left the court with a numerous body of friends . A Dissenting Juimm . —John Johnson , 24 , and William
¦ Turner , 14 , were indicted for having stolen a pewter pot , the property of a publican named Bishop . —The evidence of a policeman clearly proved the case against the prisoners , and the learned Judge having told the Jury that it was not a case in which they ' would require him to sum up , —One of the jurymen said he should very much like to know , before he acquiesced in any verdict , whatjoharacter the prisoners boi e , because he thought if would not be fair , in case the jury acquitted the prisoners , for his lordship to tell them that by their verdict of acquittal they had let loose a couple of plunderers upon society . If the court or the police knew anything of the character of the prisoners , the jury ought to hear what it was before thev
considered their verdict . —The learned Judge told him that the only evidence to character which the court or jury could listen to , must be called by the prisoner , and not by the prosecution . —The juryman said he thought it a very important consideration in the case , that the jury should have some evidence as to who the prisoners were , and how they got their living . He hoped the court would allow him to ask a question or two of the policeman in the case . — The Learned Judge said that the juryman might ask the officer any question he chose , through the court , that would explain any part of the case , but the juryman roust take care that he did not ask a single question as to the character of the prisoners . —The policeman having been placed in the witness-box , the juryman put the question to him , " 'What is
the character of the prisoners ?'—The Judge : ! tell you , sir , that you roust not ask questions in reference to character ; and it is extremely improrcr and disrespectful on the part of a juryman , not to submit to the direction of the court . —The Juryman : I think it material , and I think your lordship ought to put the question . —The Judge : If you are disposed to find a man guilty , because he happened to bear a bad character , you are a very unfit person to act as a juryman , that ' s all I have got to say . —As the juryman persisted in asking the question , the learned judge ordered the jury to leave the box , and retire to consider their verdict , and an officer was sworn to keep them in safe custody . —The other eleven jurymen said there was no necessity for them to retire , the case was plain enough , and no doubt their dissentient member would agree in a minute .
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MUTINY AND MURDER AT SEA . We glean the following particulars , of a most atrocious mutiny and murder of the cairtain ana mate of theBelgian brig Mam Antoinett ^ from the correspondent of aAew York paper , dated kev Wp «* August 23 th , received per the SiaVara > - ' The following is from the protest n > Ph-Scf ; Kessen boatswain who was ffS ^ offlS hfe upon her arrival here , and at the time of he ! getting on shore : — m aer Christian Kessen says , that the said bite Mark 5 &y last past-that she went to sea on the 24 th ( lay of May for Havannah , with a cargo of nails gb and flooring bucks , as per manifest of said E herewith produced — that the s-iM hi-uT \ t - Antoinettefat the begining of a d voV ^ under the command of Leopold Lauwers th « thnn master thereof ; that Louis de Jong wls the mate of the said brig ; and that the appeal ? Chr £ n Kessen aforesaid , Was the boatswS therSf S & ? t % wT ^ d mate on ^ the 5 brig ; and that Jean Franois Haezebroek Paul Cornelle Lot , Jean Joseph FUiaert , anS Leopold f ^ ^ dew eghe were thecrew of the saWbrig ; wfrtn « S * w ^ We , OCCUWedon board unti ?« ££ * & * £ " ? * * « " « & "It - * , behtfin lattitude 2 o 3 o N ., and longitude 4754 W . from breenwich , the said captain and mate were murdered on board the said brig , and their bodies thrown into the sea by the said crew ; that the tacts connected with the said murder , so far as they are known by the said appearer , are briefly as follows HITTirT ITI llTmill II \\ Ti ^ _ . _ ,. — ^
: —That on the 4 th day of July aforesaid , at about two o ' clock p . m . on that day , the appearer , Christian Kessen , was in the cabin oftlie said brig ; that the captain was also there , and asleep in his berth , that the appearer took some dinner plates from the cabin to the " caboose , that while ia the caboose he . heard a voice in the cabin , and thought that it was the captain ' s voice , uttered in distress that he immediately ran towards the cabin with the intention ofgoing in , but that he was met at the door , or entrance way of the cabin , by Loy aforesaid , who was coming out of the cabin with a bloody knife in his hand ; that Loy was much covered with blood , and that , as soon as he saw Loy , this approver was much frightened , and ran forward to set
away from Loy ; that Loy followed him for a short distance , and then turned and went back ; and this approver went forward to the forehatch , that he saw the said Yaudeweghe , one of the said crew approaching him ( Kessen ) with a knife in his hand that Tandeweghe was covered with blood , and this approver was afraid that Vandeweghe was coming to kill him , and that thereupon this approver- fell upon his knees , and-prayed-for his life , and that Tandeweghe said , " You shall live ; " that this approver then arose from his knee , and loy came forward and told this approver to take the helm , which he did . Did not see the captain or mate killed , and therefore does not know the circumstauecs further than he has since learned from conversations among the and admissions
crew , by made by the said crew to the said approver , to wit : that he , said Loy , admitted that be killed the captain , and that the said Vandeweghe admitted that he killed the mate ; that he saw the body of the said captain after he was dead , and that his throat was cut , and that his tongue was hanging out of his mouth , and that , his face and the fore part of his body was covered with blood , and that he also saw wounds on various parts of his body ; thathe saw the mate running forward with his throat cut and bleeding profusely ,- and saw him jump down the forehatch . That he did not see anymore of the mate or of his body . Saw all the crew engaged in throwing the captain ' s / body overboard about fifteen minutes after he was killed .
Believes that Loy , Yendeweghe , and Haezebroek , were drunk at the time of the murder . That the crew all went to work to wipe up the blood , in the cabin and on deck as soon as they had thrown the captain overboard . After this they all went down into the cabin and took therefrom a bottle of gin and some wine , sugar and cheese and bread , and then went upon tb » roof of the house upon deck ; and ate and drank until they were all drunk , and so remained all that night and the following day . That this appearer remained at the helm all of the said night , and until about ten o ' clock the next morning , when he was relieved by the said Filiaert . The crew took charge of said brig on the 5 th day of July , and kept charge one day ; that they changed the course of said brig , and stood away for IXew York ; that Loy told him that , as soo ' n as thev
made land , they would scuttle the brig , and let her sink ; and that the rest of the crew said , '' That will be best ; " that on the aext day the crew requested this appearer to take charge of said brig , and put her on her course to Havannah ; that , after this , he took the sun and made observations every day , but that the said crew would not permit him to Teeord his observations , or make any remarks on the hg-boek ; that tie wrote these observations on a slate , and , after using them for the occasion , rubbed them out ; that he suspected some of the crew would destroy the log-book , and thathe therefore toreoutthe leaf containing the latitude and longitude , and observations made in the said log-book on the said 4 th day of July , in order that he might preserve some evidence as to the place where the captain and mate were murdered .
That , on the 10 th day of July aforesaid , they fell ia with an American barque , the captain of said barque came on board said brig , and when the captain of tbebarque was approaching the brig Loy told his appearer , that ifhe saidanythingto thesaid captain , he ( Lor ) wouldkillhiiu . Thisappearersaid , that some or all of said crew informed the said captain , that the former captain and mate had been killed by lightning ; and tfiis appearer confirmed tlicir story by saying it was true , forasmuch as he was afraid to contradict it . That , after the said captain left the said brig , he continued on his course to llavannah , and that no event of interest occurred until they reached the Bahama Banks , when they were boarded by a number of men , fourteen in all ,
from a schooner that fell in with them ; that as soon as the said men reached the brig , they went on board of her , and tweof their number went down the fore-hatch into the hold , and passed up to their companions on deck four demijohns of gin ; that others of them went into the cabin , and took therefrom about one hundred pounds of bread , and from sixty to seventy pounds of pork ; and after loitering about the vessel for about an hour , they took the said articles on board their own vessel ; that this appearer did not , and he believes the crew of said bri <* did not , give any permission to said men from said schooner to take the said gin , bread , and pork , and that tbe same was feloniously and piratically taken by them . ; that soon after these men left the
brig , this appearer being apprehensive they were nrates , and that they might return and forcibly take possession of the said brig and cargo , changed his course and steered in a northwest direction , and continued on that course for about four days , when he discovered the Cape Caraveral Light , on the coast of Florida ; then he changed his course to south , and continued on in this direction until the 12 th day of August . About three o ' clock , a . m ., of that day , the vessel struck on the Florida Reef , within a few miles of the Florida Gape Light ; that he carried out an anchor aft with ninety fathoms of hauser attached , and hove upon it without moving the brig ; that he continued and repeated these efforts without success until about nine a . m ., when
be was visited by three men from the shore , who offered to get the brig off and take her to Key West , for C 03 dollars . That he accepted the offer , and that the said men began to get the vessel off , and that after about thirty minutes labour they succeeded and got her into deep water , that they navigated the said brig to Key West , where they arrived on the 25 th day of August , and that the said men have libelled the said brigand her cargo for salvage . That upon the arrival of the brig at Key West the Yice-Consul came on board , who upon being made acquainted vritb . the deplorable events of our voyage , took the said brig and cargo into his custody , and caused all the crew to he handcuffed , and placed a sufficient guard on board to protect said brig and cargo .
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nSn ^ s JJl wlP ' with « t knowing whether the then wentor ^ ^ «*«?* otors . —Tho lenrnod judge conS a ? Ae eV ^»? . «* 4 «• dfivon iiiMrmon , g ,, ' of tlie prisoners . —The SlSSb t ? POated fe told to twelfth that it cTse ™ hu ? wh « , ^ ? , onldbeany '« lo «« ' » t about the SSdfct HtS dGC ared that ^ could not S » ' * onerS , 2 'It ) l TT oharactw Wils scttled Sered them £ . ° lcarncd ^ percmntorily SewndidSJli ^ , - - ^ e coinciding SSrs H-= "S --BgS * i = F ' ^ fe ££ 9 « 5 ?" . ' 5 ! £ ra angry manner . After some hmiv 9 hnrtiim ^ ti > However , he declared ^ w T ^ * _
toX fi J JOT , P" « s to be biwgh Bstonl&S ^ bcon com P licd ™ " »» prisoners consent , he should discharg ertSoni fiim giving a verdict at all Th « w ° Wandoxoitod nSnnef A . S ^ * ^ of the conduct of thed ( a win t 0 comP ] , ST n * 31 ? » « ss ^^^ irv - fi sEfts ^ -sHSusW ^; uiaiiuu oi
we juonuon . and in tii ;» , i u ° , : * , thepr ^ of ^ p ^ ^^^ Jj d jj appeared . for the prosecution —TW + i , l \ i ofthe learned counsel , itloen ^ fflr « ,. ^ mcnt stances out of which thoease arose % SS SKS" . guUw nature . A poor man named Charles L ^ ence and his wife , were removed from their dSn * 11 King s Arms-court , to Whitcch apd Workhousf ' suffering from cholera . After they kid been there some time the case became urgent , and they were removed to the London Hospital , where they both died shortly after admission , and their children , three m number , were taken into the workhouse By a recent act of parliament , the guardians of tho poor , of any parish are empowered to take possession of the property of any pauper to whom thov hn
, ueen giving relief after that pauper ' s death , to reimburse themselves , as far a s the value of the property went , for the relief given , and availing themselves of this power the guardians of St " Mary , Whitecnapol , took possession of tho fumturem Laurence ' s lod ings , and , by their direction it was removed to a shed adjoining the workhouse . Ihe prisoner was at that time an in-door pauper , and he was seen by some ofthe officers of the establishment leaving the place where the furniture vas deposited , with a Dutch clock which had belonged to Laurence binder his arm . To get to the shed , from the male side of the establishment , which ho bad no right to leave , he must have cot over a rat ?
ten teet high . In order to preven t any question as to the ownership of the property , it was laid in tho indictment , first as belonging to the guardians then as the property of the Bishop of London , to whom as ordinary , all the property of intestate persons belongs until administered to , and thirdly , as the property of some person unknown ' . —The prisoner in his defence , said that he should not have taken the clock , or even thought of going to the shed at all , had not ho seen the task master go and ransack some boxes , and take some trinkets , which he afterwerds gave to one oftlie female paupers , to take improper liberties with her . There were plenty of persons m the house who could prove that tfhat
he said was true . — Tho learned judge then called the task-master , who was one of tno witnesses for the prosecution , and asked him pointedly , whether there was any truth in the prisoner ' s statement . He positivel y swore that it was false . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty " and ho was sentenced to tnreo months' hard labour , nowssiso and lloBBr . nv . - ~ Mary Merrick 20 Bridget M'Kenzie , 22 , Catherine Pratt , 34 ' and Mary Ann Sullivan , 17 , were indicted for robbinc David Dor-ward , a master mariner , of a gold watclf gold chain , four gold seals , £ 5 note , two sovereigns and other articles . —Mr . Parry appeared for the prisoner Merrick , and Mr . Paynedefended M'Kenzie ; Sullivan pleaded guilty . —The prosecutor stated that
he accompanied the prisoner Sullivan to a disreputable house in the vicinity of llatcliffe-hiffhway kept by tho prisoner Pratt . lie was induced to partake of some gin and beer , and directly afterwards he fell asleep , and when he regained his consciousness ho found that he had been robbed of all lus money , his watch , with gold chain and seals attached , and a portion of his clothing . —The only evidence against the three prisoners who pleaded notguiHy was the positive statement of the prosecutor that they were present in the room when ho drank tho potation , and that when Sullivan said she took tho money at the -insti gation of Merrick , the latter said , " Well , yon were a fool to be persuaded to rob the man by me . "—Tho learned Jud <* e
withdrew the case from the jury as regarded Pratt and M'Kenzie , but left it for their decision as warded Merrick . —The jury returned a verdict of " Acquittal . "— Sulliran was sentenced to six months ' hard labour . —The learned Jud ge told Pratt that she had experienced a very narrow escape , for had she been convicted , tho sentence upon her would certainly have been ten years' transportation ; for _ though there was a want of logal evidence against her , the court was satisfied that tho prosecutor liad been " hocusscd" in her house , and robbed with her knowledge , and she- might tell her associates , and the keepers of houses liko her own , that every person who suffered this practice of drugging in their house would , if convicted in that court , bo sent out of the country .
A Second Dando . —Frederick William Molloy , 61 , a baW-headed m « n , with an impudent expression of countenance , was indicted for " fraudulrutly obtaining ly false pretences from Henry . Maniting , certain meat , drink , and lodging , to the value of six shillings , with intent to cheat »«<) defraud liim of th- ! same . " The prisoner appeared to be excessively deaf , and when called upon to plead , he pretended not to hear ih » question , though it was repeated loudly close to his eats at lea ^ t half a dozen times , by one of the officers . At length the indi ' ctment itstlf was handed to him , with a written request that he would either say that he was or was not guilty , and after reading it over attentively he said boldly
" Guilty . " The evidence upon which the indictment was founded was as follows : — On Saturday , the 30 tli of September , the prisoner presented himself at the Cafe de Paris , in the Haymayket , and told the head waiter , who appeared on this occasion as the prosecutor , that he wanted a dinner and a bed . The waiter observing that , though somewhat respectably dressed , he had no luggage , told him that they were not in the habit of providing lodgings for gentlemen who bp . ught no luggage , upon which the urisoncr said it was all light , his portmanteau would arrive rext morning , and he wrote a letter to a Mrs . Ridley , Barnes-terrace , Surrey , requesting her to forward it , but it was afterwards ascertained that
there was no such person at the address indicated . That day , the amount incurred by the prisoner was sixteen shillings , and his dinner with wine the next day came to six shillings—the sum mentioned in the indictment . When the waiter presented his bill , the prisoner said all his friends were out of town , and as lie was short of money he would give him a cheque for £ 5 up n his bankers , and he wrote as follows upon half a sheet of note paper . " Pay to Mr . John Esden or bearer , the sum of five pounds , F . W . Molloy . £ 5 . 0 s . Od . Messrs . Spooner and Attwood , Gracfchurch-street . " This was promptly forwarded to the bank , and it was brought back by
the messenger , marked " account , and the prisoner was thPii given into custody . He was searched by Sergeatit Grey , 10 C , but no money whatever was found upon him . In answer to the court , the waiter said that he should certainly have given the prisoner into custody had he nof given the cheque or paid the bill when it was presented to him . He would personally be the loser of the amount . The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to three months Iiavd labour . Several hotel and tavern k < epers were in attendance to prefer charges of swindling against the prisoner . His name also figured conspicuously in the circular of the 1 rade Protection Society
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THE ATTEMPTED PARRICIDE AT CHIS"fflCK . EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED ' m ^ T ' * ° ? \ - ° —m' Beil ( Ion ' sitting magistrate , took his seat on the bench at twS SW ,, Amon ^ tlio leading inhabitants FlS \ t ° J - lh T \ Es . 1- illocal magistrate ; West Ac Bowcrbank » vic « 11 of Cliiswicl ?; Capt . fnllo i - "? Hn 0 nt 0 r 0 i ° ? P ' ce-3 l'cofc was as follows .- " Henry Bathurst Monkhousc , iwd twenty-seven years , a mariner , charged with owoharging a loaded pistol at John Fanner Moil - house , in the parish of Chiswick , with intent to do him some grievous bodilv harm . " ^ r ~~
Elizabeth Baises was the first witness called She deposed that she was in the service of Captain Monkhouse . She knew the prisoner at tho bar who was the sccotm son of her master . On the previous night , shortly after ten o ' clock , she answered a ring at tho gate bell , and on openin " it saw a cabman , who asked her if Captain Monlfhouse was at home , and on her replying in tbe affirmative , he said a gentleman in the cab wished to speak with him . Witness shut thogato to go and tell her master , whom she met in the doorway of the house , and told him what the cabman had said . Captain Monkhousc desired her to go and ask tho name of the gentleman , and she went back
to the gate , and asked the cabman what the gentleman ' s name was . The cabman replied he did not know ; and at that instant the prisoner rushed past them , exclaiming "I ' m a ftionkJiouso , and I'll speak to him . " She then saw the prisoner rush forward towards her master , and directly heard two shots go "bang , bang . " Witness saw her master fall , and the prisoner instantly bounced out of the gate . Then she went to hw master ' s assistance , and found him crawling on his hands and knees in the front parlour . —By Mr . Beadon-Could not say where tho prisoner came from as she did not see him until he rushed into the "ate She saw him take something out of the breast of his coat , which she believed was a pistol .
. William Siezt . r deposed that he was tho driver of the cab No . 018 , belonging to Mrs . Birch , cnb proprietor , Ilorseferry-roaa , Westminster . Oil tho previDus evening , between seven and cMit o ' clock ho was oh thc stand in tho Minories , wiicn the prisoner asked him the faro to Chiswick . Witness told him that it was eight miles , and with back far would be 14 s . The prisoner agreed to go . Witness followed him into a public-house , opposite the stand to have somethin g to drink . Having had what ho wished , ho went into the parlour where the prisoner was sitting . On entering , the prisoner , who was in the act of putting his hand into his trowscrs' pocket had . before him on thc tablo a lot of silver money ' which the prisoner attempted to hide . Witness
went out and told the landlord of the circumstance , who wont into the parlour , and in a minute or two the prisoner came out and got into the cab and witness drove off . On reaching tho White Horse public-house at Knightsbrid go , the prisoner told him to pull up . They went inside and had some dank . The prisoner seemed to be known there and told the female at tho bar there that ho would bring her some scent , and left the handkerchief with her as a pledge . Witness then drove on to Chiswick , calling at several public-houses on the way , the last being the Black Lion , in Black Lionlano , near thc prisoner ' s father ' s house . The prisoner sot out there , and went in and spoke to tlio landlady , who seemed to know him , but he had
notlimj ! to drink . Tho prisoner then got on the box with witness to show him his father ' s house where the cab was to stop , which it did . The witness then corroborated the testimony of the first witness as to the delivery of the message , and her returning to the gate to ask tho gentleman ' s name and stated that the prisoner , who was at that time standing on the further side ofthe cab , in the road rushed into tho gate , and hia hearing a noise . The witness was , however , closely questioned by Mr Beadon , as to what the noise was . Tho witness at first said like something falling , but at last admitted that it was like the report of a gun or . pistol . —Examination continued -. When the prisoner came out witness asked him what that noiso was . The prisoner smiled , and said , " Oh . that was nothing 1 "
The prisoner then got into the cab , and ordered Iiira to go back into the hi gh-road , and pull up at the White llavt public-house , round the corner . Witness then asked him for his fare , as he had brought him to his destination , but lie said he wanted to go to Baling , four miles further , and witness . weed to do bo for n sovereign . On reaching the Bel ! publichouse on the Uxbridge-road , at Baling , ho stopped witness and went inside , and on his return he told him to drive him to his brother ' 3 house , Castlebarhall , which he did . The prisoner then rang several times , but was not answered , and witness drove him back to the Bull . Witness there asked him fov tho sovereign , his fare ; but theprisoner said he had no sovereign to spare . While witness was speakin" to the landlord relative to tho farethe patrol came in
, and took the prisoner into custody . The Patrol deposed to apprehending the prisoner at the Bell . On asking him if liis name was Monkhousc ,. he said it was not , and asked witness what he wanted with him ? Witness told him ho must < 'o with him to the Ealing station , and called another constable to his aid . At the . station tbe prisoner pulled out from the two pockets of his coat tho barrel and stock of tho pistol produced ; which he had screwed together , and liandod to witness . The prisoner said , "If I hiuU bva . cc of loaded pistols I'd blow my brains out . " Witness found in his waistcoat pocket eijrht bullets , six percussions caps , and some gunpowder ; also some documents in the niMiieofMonkliouse . Ho subsequentl y brought him in the cab to the head station at Hammersmith .
Mr . Thomas W . C . Perfect , the first surgeon called in , w . is next examined . He ' deposed that he was fetched about a quarter past ten o ' clock on tho previous night by Miss Monkhouse . On reaching thc house he found Captain Monkhouso in a back bed-room , nnd ordered his removal to his own bedroom . Thc captain was very faint , and vomiting blood . On examining his neck ho saw that a ball hau passed through the . black stock the captain wore at tho time , and perforated tho flesh of the neck exactly over the thyroid cartilage of the windpipe , called the poueum adami , ov the centre of the most projecting point of the windpipe . It did not perforate the air tube , but passed down on the right
side ot the neck and through the threat , wounuW tho membraneous parts ofthe oesophagus or gullet through which the food passes to the stomach , and striking against tho clavicle vertebra or the os hyride , descended between tho external and internal carotid arteries in the direction of tho hernomastoideus muscle , came out a little posteriorly , where it was found among the dots of Wood ill tlio oollaiot the shu-t . Witness gave up tlio case on tlio arrival of Mr . Halford , of thc firm of Bowling and Halford , surgeons , of Hammersmith , tho medical attendant of the family . Mr . Hal ? ord deposed to having seen Captain Monkhouse between one and tiro o ' clock that afternoon , lie was in a state of great danger .
Tho prisoner was thenvemanded until Wednesday next . Wednesday . —This being the day appointed for the re-examination of Henry Bathurst Monkhouse , the prisoner who stands charged with having shot his father , Mr . John Farmer Monkhouse , at his residence , Chiswick-mnll , on the night of the 4 th inst ., thc avenues of the court were thronged by persons anxious to witness the proceedings , long before tho usual hour of opening tho court . Thc prisoner arrived about ten minutes before two o ' clock , having been brought in the poli-e van from the House of Detention at Clerkenwell , and was placed in one oftlie cells with a constable with him . Mr . Beadon , immediately on his arrival , save
directions iov thc prisoner to be placed at the bar , and he was directly brought up by Miller , thc gaoler . He appeared very much altered since his first examination , and was thinner , and had apparently lost the sclf-composnre and confidence he exhibited on that occasion . On entering the dock , he looked round the court into every part in an anxious manner , as if looking tov some persons whom he expected to be present , and seemed greatly disappointed at not finding them there . Mr . Beadon inquired if any medical certificate had been received from the medical gentlemen attending the wounded gentleman ? Inspector Jceks , T divison , said there was , « id handed to thc magistrate thc
following docui cnt : — " We hereby jcrtify , that we have visited Mr . John Farmer fclonkhouse this morning , and found the constitutional disturbance produced by the wound in his throat considerably abated ; but while the wound itself continues in its present state he must bo considered in danger , and quite unable to attend the police court . Signed , Jonx Bowuso , \ Members of the Col-EmvARD Halford , / lege ot Surgeons . " Hammersmith , Oct . 10 , 18-10 . Mr . Bcadon said the prisoner is further remanded for a week . The whole proceedings did not occupy more tlian ten minutes , to the great disappointment of those present .
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SSiftt IS ~" ' , llis is t 0 certif r > that IIc «™ tfatnurat Alonkhouso has served as se-nntn « n E « ftr «™«! the 20 th of September in tho latter rear Tim above-named I recommend as a steady and obedient scaman .-WCi . mM > " The prisoner U oSd to tho reversion of a largo sum of money at his father s death , and on the back of a card found in one of his pockets the gross amount £ 8 , 722 -Is , id is set down , with a calculation as to what a one * fourth share , to which he was entitled , would amount . It may bo added that on Thursday week the accused called upon Messrs . Ley and Dcndy , solicitors , of Bream ' s-buildings , who arc en ^ a ^ ed professionall y for his father , and obtained U from _
. Sunday nioiit . -TIio second pistol , which was SLa " ^" ^ of ^ Prisoner ' s apprehension , ™ r 4 n Saturday , under the following circum ' ascertain what had become of the swSnd weapo ? caused inquiries to be made on the snbjrct of Mr Wi hams , the landlord , of the Bell pubHc-hoi . se at Lahng . where , on failing to ebfain admission at his brother s residence , the prisoner drove on Thursday night , and where- he mi subsequently captured by lolice-consable Reason . On being questioned , Mr . Williams admitted that he had received from voung Monkhouse , on Thursday nisht , almost imme ' dhtly alterhe entered luslioase , two pistols and a flask containing a quantity of powder . He added , that he placed them all together in a drawer , and the-onlr way m * Inch lie could account for the accused l «« ini
re-possessed himself of one of thc pistols was that he must have taken it fromths drawer while his back was turned . It has been alread y stated that Mr , Williams ,, the landlord , and young Monkhouse , are related , . the daughter of the former luring married thubroheroftheato ofCastlebar-haU , Ealjng . This may account for the unwillmgness of Mr . Williams to afTord the police any assistance ! n the capture of young Monkhousc When the officer entered and found the latter in the parlour , he appealed to Mr . Williams , as well usone of husoiuvas to whether his name was not Henry Bathurst Monkhouse ; in reply to which both father anil son denied any knowled ge of his identity . On ueiiiff searched , documents were found upon him which set all doubts at rest , and the capture was at once effected . In the event of any unfavourable change taking place in the condition of Mr .
Mnnfchouse , sen ,, Mr . Beadon , the magistrate for the district , has made arrangements to proceed immediatly to his residence and take his deposition .
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Statistics op the STOsucir . - ( From " Soyer ' s Modern Housewife . "J-Tako seventy years of the life of an epicure , beyond which age many of that class of " bon vivants" arrived , and even above eighty still in tho full enjoyment of deputation , &c ( for example , Talleyrand , Cambaecros , Lord Sefton , &o . ); if the first of the said epicures , when entering on the tenth spring of his extraordinary career , had been placed on an eminence , say the top of Pttmrosc-hiH , and had exhibited be fore his infantine eyes tho enormous qunntitv of food his then . insignificant person would destroy before he attained his seventy-first year-first , ho would Uelievo it must be a delusion ;• then , secondly , ho would inquire whore the money could come from to
purchase so much luxurious extravagance . But hero I shall leave the pecuniary expenses on one side which a man of wealth can easily surmount when required . So now , dearest , for tho extraordinary hUuZW u f t ] \ ° * W of ««« nbove-mentioneS lull a rushlight of a boy jnst entering his tenth year , surrounded with tho recherche provision , and del Iieacios churned b y his rank and wealth , taking merely the medium consumption of his dail y meals . By closely calculating , ho would bo surrounded and gazed at by the following number of quadrupeds , birds , fishes , fe > . :-By no less than 3 ( T oxen , 200 sbocp , lW calves , 200 lambs . 50 nira : ;„ „„ , » ,, " 3
SiZr T L tlirkcys { ^ a-OwMiinK % o pigeons ; 1 , 400 partridges , pheasants and grouse ; 600 woodcocks and sni pes ; COO wild ducks , wukeon and teal ; 4 oO plovers , ruffecs , and reeves ; 800 « uails ortolans , and dotterrals , and a few guillemots and ° 1 B ? £ nT- bird 8 , f 80 5001 iai ^ ™ d rabbi t * . 40 deer , 420 Guinea- fowl , 10 peacocks , and SCO wild fow ' . In the way of fish , ] 20 turbot MOsilmnn 120 cod , 2 G 0 jrout 400 mackerel , SfUSiSS so cs and slips , 4 pO flounders , 400 red mullet 290 i J 1 addocks , 400 herrings , 5 , 000 smelts , and Home hundred thousand of those delicious silvery whitebait besides a few hundred species of freshwater-fishers . In shell-fish , 20 turtle , 30 , 000 ovster , I , o 00 lobsters or crabs , 300 . 000 nrawns . sln- ' im ™
-nn , i > / nd aucuov «» - I" the way of fruit about oOOlbs . of grapes , SCOlbs . of pineapples , GOO peaches , 1 , 400 apricots , 240 melons , and some hundred thousand plumbs , greengages , apples , pears , and some millions of chernos , strawberries , raspberries currants , mulberries , and an abundance of other small Iruifc , viz ., walnuts , chestnuts , dry fi ^ s and nlumbs In vegetable of all kinds , 5 , 47 * pouSliVe S ? a 5 i about ; 2 . 4 W 3 pounds of butter , 03 i pounds of cheese , 21 000 eggs 800 ditto plovers . Of bread 4 itons I , ! . ;; ' . 1 0 f ., J 1 iln , 1 P PP nearly 24 tonsof Mig . 11 , and if , ho had happened to bo a covetous boy , ho could have formed a fortification of meat round the said hill with the liquids he would have to partake of to facilitate the digestion of tho above named pvovMions , which would amount to no less tlian 11 , 0 ( 4 gallons , which maybe tnlsnn t « linno
below : ~ 49 hogsheads of wino , 13631 j&Uoiuofbeer . o 84 : gallons of spirits , 342 liqueurs , 2 , 3 Wf gallons of cotfce , cocoa tea , &e ., and 304 gallons of milk , 2736 gallons of ' water , all of which would actually protect him and his anticipated property from any young thief or fellow school-boy , like Alexander Dumas , had protected Banton and bis immense treasure from thc pirates in iiis island of Monte Christo . lou now , dearest , fancy that Iamexaffffor . itin «» in . everyway ; but to convince you , and to present your puzzling your brain to no purpose , I also enclose you a medium scale ofthe regular iccals of tho day , from which i have taken my basis , and in sixty years it amounts to no less than 33 £ tons weight of meat ., farinaceous food and vegetables , Ac . ; out of which I have named in detail the probable delicacies that would bo selected b y an epicure through life
Denominational Statistics ov thk United States . —The Methodists in the United States , including the chnreh north and South , and those 1 K n m o ; ated Pl > otc 3 tant , number in their body ' Vi pL " ? ^ " ; 1 > rotestant portion number but , 8 J . 000 of this large aggregate . The number of Methodist churches is not reported in tho tables from which these Statistics iiro compiled . The number of ministers in tho episcopal portion of this body is 5 , 080 . The Baptists , including the reg ular , anti-mission , free-will , and others , have 11 , 261 } churches , C . 50 S ministers , and 813 , 021 members . J he Presbyterians , old school and new , have 1 027 churches , 3 , 204 ministers , and 334 , 453 members . Ihe Oongregationalists have 1 , SCO churches . I . flia
ministers , and 193 , 093 members . Thc E piscopalians have 1 , 192 churches , 1 , 404 ministers , and 07 , 550 members . Here are 212 more ministers than , churches . Tho Lutherans have 1 , 452 churches , o 981 ministers , and 149 , 620 members . The Associate , Reformed , Cumberland , and other Presbyterians , together with Reformed Dutch and German Reformed Cmirchrs , have 2 , 052 churches , 2 , 091 ministers , and 241 , 740 members . The Roman'Catholics have 907 churches , 017 minister ? , and 1 , 199 , 700 members . The Unitarians have 244 churches . The number of ministers and members not reported ; but tbe numberof ministers is doubtless as lai- £ c as the number of churches , if not larger . If the churches contain , on an average , as
many as the Orthodox Congregational Churches , the aggregate number would bo 27 , 532 . Tho number of churches oF these- several denominations exclusive of Methodists , which arc not reported , is 21 , 981 . Allowing the Methodists 10 , 000 churches , the whole nun . bcr would be about 33 , 000 . The whole number of ministers in these denominations is 22 , 808 , and the whole number of members of c lurches 4 , 197 , 141 . Supposing the population of the United States to be 20 , 000 , 000 , it would give one professor of reli gion to every five of thc population-not including the children , one-to three and fraction
a . How many of these professors of religion are not possessors we may not pyesume to say . but undoubtedl y the Omniscient One would make a very material deduction . The Baptists have the largest number of churches and ministers . TJho Catho . cs have the largest number of members , f no Methodists have thc largest namber amor . * the Protestant denominations , the Old School P-. osbvtemns have 72 S . move chuvchss than tho- Hmr benool , 1 G 2 more . ministers , and , 23 , 953 more- members . Tho Oldi and New Safcool Presbyterians together have 2 / IGO more chiuwhes than ihe Congregationalists * 1 , 052 more ministers , aiii 141 , 36 ft
more members . Ths BniTAxsiA . Tuijk . —Oft the 0 inst . . at elcvea o ' clock , the steamer Fah % on her passage from Beaumaris So Conway , saifed under this stupendous ! tube . Mi \ Stephenson , Mr . Forstcr , the Mo 3 srs . Clark , with all the principal managess of the bridge togethervrith a great manber of tho workmen , were congregated on the to ? of the tube , ' and gave three most hearty cheers , a » this beautiful vessel fflidei beneath them , which were returned by the united voices ptthc passeagorsanu owwof thft - fc , i « , » E
rejowed m the opportunity of being ia tho first Tesselto pass nader the BritannL ^ BridC T ?» Fairy returned through tho samo channo from Ca £ narvon and was saluted * ith the fir n ^ 5 the wi W «\ ? MUo 5 a h al ) out 58 feetfrom th ° fw ? *\ she hni several f <* t to sparo T 3 n tkttll ) ft - « Wale * Gazette . iT & **?** ASTLUM , _ Tho vacancy occanoned by the lamented decease of Mr . Charles Aston Key , as consulting surgeon to this excellenir"wWatwn , has . vast been filled up by the eftotloa ^ of Mr . T , U , Cnrlinnr , of the London Ilospifcte ; ¦ '
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The Equinoctial Gauss—Mom : Fatal Losses .-fhese galos continue along the eastern and northern coasts with much severity . In addition to the losses of coasting vessels reported in this journal " last week , many others have since taken place , accompanied by a melanchol y loss of life . K « ar Coatham {\ orkshirc ) , where the John Saltcoats was totally lost with all hands , another vessel met with a similar fate on Sunday morning ; every soul perished with her . Irotn the dimensions of the wreck she is supposed to have been a collier , and to have a crew ot ten hands . At daybreak on Saturday a sloop was discovered by some of the Colne fishermen wrecked on the Gunfleet Sands , and it is greatly to be feared that all hands and some passengers met with a watery grave . In the course of Sunday
intelligence was communicated at Newcastle of thc totalloss of tho Hero steamer , which left Shields in the early part of the week for Stettin . On thc 27 th ult ., when off the coast of Norway , she was struck by a tremendous sea which completely disabled her engines , as well as sweeping every thing off her deck , bhortl y afterwards sbe foundered . Tho crew were saved by the brig Symmetry . Enclostjive of Common Lands . —A meeting , convened according to law by Mr . Nathaniel Wetherell , Assistant Enclosure Commissioner , was held on Friday , the oth inst ., at the Crown Inn , in the parish ot Saltford , Somerset , to take into consideration the expediency of enclosing the commonable land known as Saltford meadow , at which thc majority or landowners interested consented to tho enclosure *
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——JTew Drainage Act . —An act was passed in the last session ( which requires to be more generally known ) , to promote the advance of private money for drainage of lands in Great Britain and Ireland ( 12 and 13 Victoria , cap . 100 ) . The preamble recites the large sums advanced for the drainage of land in England and Ireland—that further applications hare been made for loans , and that it is expedient that the same should be advanced by private persons . A good deal has been said of . late respecting drainage , and the act states , " That it is desirable that works of drainage should continue to be encouraged , in order to promote the increased productiveness of tbe land and bealtbiness of the districts where it is required , and to supply thedemand
for agricultural labour , especially at that season of the year when other sources are suspended . " The object of the act is to enable owners of lands to borrow or advance money , to be applied lo works of drainage under the sanction , of the Enclosure Commissioners in England , and ofthe Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland . The money expended under the act is to be charged on the inheritance of the land . The commissioners are authorised to issue " rent-charges" on the property for twentytwo years . As between tbe several persons interested in any land charged witb a rent-charge under
this act , the persons respectively are bound to keep down and discharge the payments thereof as if tho same were interest payable upon a mortgage in fee on such lands . The Commissioners have a general power of inspection and examination , to ascertain the proper application of tho funds raised for works of drainage . Death op thk Fatheb of Frasce . —The oldest man in France , M . Jean BaptisteRobillard , died on the 1 st of October , at Fontenay , near Paris , at the age of 113 years four months and two days . He was bom in June , 1730 . Robillard retained the use of all Ms faculties to the last moment .
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The wretched man makes no secret of his guilt , and hits confessed to having purchased the pistols and balls shortly before the fatal occurrence . One ofthe pistols was found upon him , the other is not yet discovered . The prisoner states that he cannot tell what he did with it . This might arises from the excited state in which he is known to have been fov some time before and aftev the melancholy catastrophe . Among the- papers found upon the accused is a mariner ' s register ticket , No . 828 , 060 , in which the date of his birth ia set down as the 27 th of December , 1822 . He is further described as five foot six inches and a half high , fresh colour , brown liair , grey eyes , and having tho letters " II . 13 . " and an anchor tattoed upon his loft arm . A certificate of his having performed a voyage from London to New Zealand in the barque Clara as an able seaman in 1347 , and another to tho following e . ffeot . were also
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 13, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1543/page/7/
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