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LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM ¦ CHINA . On Sa ta rday , an Extraordinary Gazette was published , containing the official details famished by ilsjor-General Gtrogb , respecting the operations against Canton , being copies of those published in the Indian papers . These dispatches contain " extracts" from the Gallant Captain . Stenhouse ' a narrative . The Gaz tie publishes a copy of his report in fall . The only material point , how e ver , is the Captain ' s opinion of Captain Elliot ' s treaty . On Jhis subject , he says— " The terms were in opposition to the opinions of the Major-General and myself , as they left the troops in a precarious position for some days , when the conduct of the Chinese hitherto was cwi > idered ; with whom delay had always been Bsed to strengthen their defences ; the result of which . had always been a breach of faith . It gives another fair opening for Chinese treachery to work , and i t
took away the apparent symbol of , capture , which would haTe boen prevented by seeing the British banner floating within the city walls , and t ho s e wails lying crumbled befcre U . The fortified heights In the city once gained , the Chinese troops might hare marched out aadlaid down their arms , and not a British soldier had any occasion to enter the populous part of the town- That one of the first cities of the Chinese Empire , whose population of l , -20 Q , 000 , defended b y 40 , 000 soldiers , in and withon : the walls , who se d e fences had been n o w a w h ole year in preparation ; strong in its natural position , and approachable only by an intricate aud HDcertain fiavigatien , near 100 miles inland , should have in th re e da y s fallen b e f o r e a force of no t more t han 3 , 500 effective men , soldiers , royal marines , and seamen , I trnst will be considered a circumstance gratifying and creditable to the national feeling , and t o her Majesty ' s arms : —
EXTRACTS FROM THE OVERLAID DISPATCH . Frc + lamation by Vie Three Imperial Corrmissioners offering Rewards for the Bodies , dead or alive , of her Majesty ' s Plenipoterdiary , Bremer , Morrison , Dent , Thorn , Keaheape ( 1 ) By the rebellion-quell'ng generalissimo , Tib ., and the selected assistant great Ministers , Yang and Lung , a perspicuous proclamation to be circulated everywhere , coneerniag a universal conferment of rewards . As to the first reward , he who obtains it shall obtain favour and honour in the eyes of his ' countrymen l > econiing the most eminent worthies , his merit Trill be extraordinary . _ In crooked and difficult emergencies , then is the tisie to use all men of superior talent
The Engli sh rebels , since the past year , - when they thr ^ w ia the apple of disco rd at Tinghae , until now nave teen rebelling agiinst heaven , and prevereely opposed to reissn ; domineering and avaricious , depending upon their Enmbers , thej attacked and laid in ruins the frontiers , and from the profligacy of their dispositions , abandoned themselves to lewdness and robbery ; dug op the graves : but what crimes bad the decayed bones committed ? Burnt and laid in ruins the fieMs and outs j srd the people ' s fat is altogether exhausted ; they hare peeled the flesh and drunk the marrew ; and the crow of the cock and the b&rk of the do ? are sounds
that have been cut off from myriads of families ; and children of three cubits in height have not escaped a loss of chastity and defilement of their persons ; and now they have coma to Canton , and with niore false pret £ x : s seek for reconciliation ; taking adv&atage of our being unprepared ; and with fox-like cunning ( implying we are foxes changed into mtn ) they seduce both tiiostj abroad and at home to become traitors -, and -with rat-like irresolution their furtive glances are the carse of China ; this is what causes the hearts of men both far and nesr to grieve , and the middle and outsics natk-ns to en-Lsh their teeth .
we have received the Imperial orders to apply ourselves to one purpose only—that of subjugation , and to lead on tie troops to extermination , and rescue the people on the frontiers out cf the water and fire , an-1 sei 23 the rebellions seed as the kink-e-fish , devour its B . Bsh , and sleep in its skin . We early i short the people to strengthen thtir resolution , and to clap the King-e on Its tac £ and grasp its born ; let all strenuously unite their miscs and strength . Ye civil and military officers , country gentlemen , and scholars of Caaton , are generally aid to love righteousness , and hitherto have cultivated the principles of reason , and your ¦ whole province teens with plenty and happiness ; your resources are Ulimitible ; the winds and clouds now collecting in harmony , your whole dependence is now on excellent strataseais , and all are now gratefully incited by the
desire of the holy Lord to save his people ; j ou all have Heaven ' s warrant for the merit of destroying all jgut enemies Le-, if you conquer the English you will have another equal ; , and to build up prosperity and happiness in your several neighbourhoods , « nd again have your names engraved for meritorious loyalty on bamboo and silk , and have the official piteats hinging down ¦ with pendant seals ; and we , the officers , summon those who possess the knowledge of right principles , then plenty of national happiness will visit us , -and th « people will enjoy the blessings of peace . We the generals hold by your oaths as water , and grasp the laws as a mountain ; when issuing orders , -we act up to them , and will not postpone our rewards ; we again , therefore , issue thess commands , and distinctly arrange the scale of rewards .
Repay ( them ) for having involved you in calamity ; and revenue those who sacrificed their lives for their country ; when we can in the morning report your Hierits to the Emperor , yon will in the evening be proclaimed on the lista of the meritorions . Ye , soldiers and people , take care not to commit yourseives aa the Ch : isanites ; then , perhaps , you win be firm as rocks in tie pearly sea ; let each obey this simplicity ; slight it not . A special proclamation . Tns following is the acale of rewards . - —
Any one , either of the military or the people , who g £ ? 25 and deliver np Elliot , shall be rewarded , with 100 , 000 dollars , and reported for promotion to the 4 th degree of rank . Those who seize and deliver up Elli jfj subordinates—Bremer , Morrisson , Dent , . Thom , Key Hesp (?> shall be rewarded with 59 . 006 dollars , and be teperted to promotion to the 5 th degree of raak . Those who concoct a plan for burning the English baibarian ' B ships of war , with reference to the number of tkeir masts—at the rate of 1 , 008 dollars for one mast ; for a schooner , 3 , 600 dollars .
Those who seiza alive any head thieves , captains , < fec of her Majesty ' s ships , besides the settled scale of re-Trards , if there are any goods on board the ship , they shall be divided among the captors . If any dare ob-Btinately to oppose , they shall be heavily punished , without any remission . These who seize a steam-Tessel shall be rewarded with 6 , 000 dollars , and her cargo *> i » il be divided amongst them . 'Merchants of any foreign nation , who seize and deliver up Eiiiot , and aid China in the meritorious works of exterminating the English , shall be rewarded as follows , under the season ' s regulations ; they shall be- reported to be released from half the usual duties , in order to rouse ihsm to exertion .
Those who are thoroughly acquainted with the dispositions cf the barbarians , and can outwit by stratagercs their adherents , or cut off thsir ra . ee , or make fire utensils and vessels to destroy the lives of the barbarians Will be all allowed great merit , if they wish to become public officers , they will be reported for that purpose : if they do net wish to become public officers , they shall i » rewarded with 20 , 006 dollars . Those who eeisw alive a native-born Englishman shall be rewarded with 200 dollars ; those who cut off an Englishman ' s head Bhall receive 100 dollars ; for a live native of India 59 dollars , and for his head 30 dols . will be given . Tarious rewards and remissions of punishments for crimes committed are then promised tojrarious natives lor seizing and killing Englishmen , and also punishzaenti for : hose who use our goods or supply ns with necessaries .
> " : r . E-IUFT 5 . —( From the Cordon Press J—A very EErir . TU accident , attended with the most distressing loss cf life , occurred & few days since to a boat's crew of . the Sealfeby Castle . Two fire-rafter or rather fire-3 u 2 is chiined together , wtre seen drifting upon the Scaleby Cistle , tfeen near the second bar , when , to avoid tLe danger threatened from theni , the cutter , manned "with cpurards of twenty hands , -was Eect to tow them out o ! the way—a service whits Wis happily effected , both the junks being towed ashore and left ia the mud . One of them seon burnt out , and the Other filled with combustibles , was not on fire . It vras thought prudent , to avoid her doing any future damage , should she get afloat again with the flood-tide , to set her on fire also , and the cutter accordingly returned to
effect this . The Tessel was found to be filled with combustibles of all descriptions , particularly powder , and some of the boat ' s crew imprudently tranferred Borne of it to the cutter : the junk was then set fire to , and the cutter came away , but returned shortly after to the fireship onfier the impression that the fire had not taken effect , whsn all at once she blew np with a tremendous explosion , setting fire also to the powder in the boat and blowing her nearly to pieces , and injuring almost every one of her crew in a most dreadful manner . The chief mate was very badly burnt , and fifteen of the men were sent to th e hospital here , where the sur-Tivors arrived in a sad plight , two of thtm having died on their way down , and several others since , while it is feared that many more of the sufferers will not long Burvrve the injury sustained .
SIICKJTESS OK BOARD THE CONWAT . ( From the Cordon Press , June 12 . ) "We are sorry to learn the extremely sickly state of the crew of her Majesty ' s ship Conway . The Conway was put in commission in the early part of September , 1837 , and ought to have be en re li eved , in the common routine of events , early in 1810- Her flick list numbers Bixty-one , and most of the cases are dimatorial , and she has lost since her departure from England , thirty-Bix ! namely , by dysentery ten , cholera six , feTer four , drowned seven , in conflict with the enemy two , of wounds one , drunkenness one , apoplexy one , consumption one , rheumatism one . The Conway * s complement is about 175 . The Alligator , commissioned in 1 . 837 , has also a very heavy sick list—fifty-seven . Her surgeon , Dr . Wallace , died on Thursday , the 9 th instant . THE CHINESE OFFICIAL BrLLETI 5 OF IHE ATTACK
• TPOS CASTOH . Report of Yihshan , tha Imperial nephew and Commissioner , dated the 31 st day of May , Bent by couriers at the rate of 600 le per day .
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Since my arrival In Canton province the forts of Oochnng ( first bar ) , Ty-wong-kow ( Macao passage fort ) , Tung wpng-kong ( Swallow ' s best fort ) , and other places were lost I then - eonsuHed with Lung and Yang , assistant commissioners , and erected on the banks of the river , In succession , the stone fort of Nyching ( near where the British froops ' landed ) and batteries at WoDtrsha , at the Singhae-gate ( petition gate ) , « nd at Hungioeou-cbuek ( a temple in the suburbs ) , at Kwangeha ( above Shaming ) , and at Yibx&srwih , and other places . Officers and soldiers guarded them , and all around we pat up sand-bags , palisadoes , piles of stone and balls : -we , moreover , dug trenehes for the protection of the isoldiers . We also placed sand-bags all around the city walls to make them stronger , and myself , 'with the assistant-conamisBienere , west round to recennoitre and inspeet the works in different places . Besides , \ re embodied some of the brave Fokeen sailors , to the numT > er of more than one thousand men , and prepared rafts and straw to make attacks by fire .
On the « rening of the first day . of the fourth moon ( 21 st of May ) , the great conflict with the barbarians commenced at the . -western fort . We attacked them with our guns , homing inetantly five of- their boats , breaking two of their gnns , and smashing two great masts of the barbarians * ships . TBey were- now all returning , when your Minister , at the fifth watch ( three o'clock to five , a . m ) wan upon tha point of bringing up his soldiers for their extermination ; but all on a sudden the number of their vessels was increased by sixteen ships , eight steam-ships , and eighty ships'boats , which all pressed forward . The soldiers , on aceount of the hard fighting dnring the night , were all fatigued , their guns were few , and , although they had fired several tens of rounds , yet , the barbarian ships being
strong and numerous , they could not beat them back . Their soldiers finally got on shore , and rushed to the plunder of the city , entering the forts at the small and large northern gates , and attacking the town on three sides . Their rockets were thrown in masses ; their balls hit the people ' s houses , and they caught fire ; all our own soldiers bad not a place to stand on ; their cannon was melted by the fire of the barbarians , and the buildings destroyed ( magazines blown up ?) I cannot yet accurately ascertain the number of all the soldiers and great officers that were killed and wounded . We were hard pressed , and returning into the citymyriads of people were weeping and wailing ; the number of those whe invoked heaves and begged for
peso * covered the roads . When your Minister looked with his ovrn eyes upon this , his very bowels were torn asunder . In stooping down from the wall , I made ; nquiries from the barbarians ; they all said that several millions of taels for the surrendered opiom had not yet been paid , and therefore they requested the sum of 1 , 000 , 000 taels in liquidation thereof , and then they wonld immediately withdraw their soldiers , and retire outeide the Bogue ; that they had to make no other r * qnest ; and that then the people might go out in their accustomary way . I then asked them about the surrender of the whole territory of Hongkong , and they replied that Keshan had aiven it them , and that an authenticated paper from him to this effect had been placed upen record .
Your Minister thought that the city was in danger ; that there had been repeated disturbances , and that tho whole people were prostrated in mud and ashes ; I therefore agreed to this pro tempore ; moreover , I consider again that this was a solitary city to be feught against , tnd that both the fat and liver were greatly injur ed . There was , moreover , no battle field for deploying a great army , and 1 could not do otherwise than beguiie them to go out of the Bogue . Then we shill repair our forts , and again endeavour to attack and exterminate them , and recover our old territory of Hi . nskong . Yaur Ministers beseech your Majesty to deliver us over to the board that we may be puniBhed , and also to direct that Ke , the Governor , and E , the Lieutenant-G-overnor , be severely dealt with . Respectfully , we pres-r . t a petition from all the people asking for peace . Your Minister is conscious of not being guiltless . UNITED STATES—ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT
WESTERN . Bristol , Fridat . —The Great Western left New York ou the 25 th ult-, and reached Bristol this morning at seven , having made the passage in twelve days and twelve hours . Sho had rather a rough passage , She brings forty-one passengers , and New York papers to the 25 th , ten days later than the last arrival .
DEATH OF LORD SYDEXHAM . Montreal papars received at New York on the 24 th nit , announce the death of Lord Sydenham , goveniorgeDcrai of the British North American Provinces . He had not recovered from tha severe accident which he met trith by the fall from his horse , lock-jaw was broueht on in consequence , and he died at his residence in Kingston on the 19 th of September . The sudden and lamentable event had caused universal sorrow in the provinces .
THE M'LEOD TRIAL . ( From the Xew York Journal of Commerce . ) The important trial will take place next week , and , in consequence of the illness of the Chief-justice Nelson , Jndge Grindley will preside . We aUo learn that there exists no doubt among those who have examined all the testimony , that he will be acquitted . Thus will end all difficulties in ralation to M'Leod's apprehension and indictment . Tkial op Alexander M'Leod . —The circuit court and court of oyer and terrniuer , which is to try AlexMder M'Leod on an indictment for mvriei , alleged to have been committed at Schlosser , in this State , on thenigat of the 29 th December , 1837 , commences its session at Utica , next Monday ( September 22 ) . From a list ef forty-eight jurors , t welve will be drawn tor the trial of M'Leod . M'Kenzie , in his folunteer , gars , " I never beard cf one of them till now . " He , however , expresses the opinion that M'Leod will be convicted .
Acc-rding to the laws of New York ( says the Volunteer ) , M'Leod , if convicted , cannot by the help of his British and Websteriau friends , carry the matter into the federal courts at Washington , for if he was at Schloosser he cam * voluntarily into & sovereign state , committed murder , was not kidnapped , but voluntary returned and was arrested , and is therefore in the same situat > en as if be being a native citizen were indicted in the state . We are not among those , if any there are , wbo expect that this dispute will result in war , —yet there is no advantage in blinking the dangers which do in fact exist . There are dangers , and they are serious ones . There is danger from the boundary question .
There is danger from the general imitation of the public mind , both in this country and England . Neither nation is in a mood to bear so much from the other as they were five years ago . Both are proud , self-confi . dent , and Belf-willed . An unfortunate tum of events may precipitate a war , contrary to tha wishes and original intentions of the parties . There are many on both g ides of the Canada line , who will do their best to complicate affairs , and render a pacific adjustment impossible . If M ' Leod should be either acquitted , or , en bein ^ convicted , be immediately pardoned , we have no douL : the affair will pass off in the form of diplomacy ; bnt if he should be executed , of which we believa there ia no probability , then look oat for breakers .
Mr . Fox a 5 d the M'Leod Affair . —( From the Journal de Commerce . J—There is nothing in the late news from England that contradicts the intelligence Teceived from Halifax , viz ., that despatches were preparing for Mr . Fox of a nature to bring the affair of M-Leod to a crisis . On the contrary , all that has publicly transpired goes to confirm the supposition that the British Government intends to hold the Government of the "United States to the principles of national law as avowed by Mr . Webster , as all knowledge of the individual state of New York is disclaimed iu the transaction . It is purely a national affair , and we have yet to learn whether Mr . Fox has received Instructions to remain at Lib post , awaiting the decision of a circuit court of this state , which , whatever may be its results
in this individual case , leaves the main principle undisposed of , vit , the right of any power to make individuals personally responsible for public acts of duty , performed under the orders of the national authorities cf their country . If the British nation submits this case to the jurisdiction of New York , she must be prepared to permit-tne same course to be applied to Sir Allen M'Xab , Capt Drew , and the forty-five individuals , -who formed his force in the attack upon the " Caroline , " any of whom , coming within American jurisdiction , may be seized and tried , a contingency which may happen any day ; and thus we Bhould have the new dilemma of Great Britain pretesting against the execution of the sentence of a court whose jnrisdictian she had tacitly admitted in the case of M'Leod j
an inconsistency , to await the consequences of which , Mr . Webster remains at bis post These are probably " the delicate negotiations" which have been going on lately at Washington , and are most likely still pentlini . Sir Robt Peel , the present Prime Minister of England , in his speech in Parliament , on the 27 th of August , significantly intimated that there were matters under discussion of a nature not yet to be promulgated , and that Lord Palmerston ' s cautious replies to Mr . Roebuck " were anything but full or satisfactory . " That England desires the maintenance of peace , is unquestionable ; we have yet to learn whether she will purchase it at the sacrifice of a principle , which for ever after leaves the brave defenders liable to be arraigned as felons before any foreign tribunal , for doing their duty in obedience to the orders of their superiors . Upon this pivot turns the whole affair . Men who reflect can judge of tie probabilities of Mr . Fox
countenancing or protesting against a course which places his country in the above dilemma . The British nation is arraigned , in the person of M'Leod ; can she go through the ordeal of a criminal trial , and if convicted sue for , or receive mercy at the h ands of the governor of an individual state ? Those who truly desire the pre-Berv&tion of peac « , will not press upon her such an indignity as the trial of Mr . M'Leod would In any event entaiL If England admits the principle involved in the detention and trial of Mr . M'Leod , the pacha of Egypt , or a governor of one of his provinces , may hereafter seizd every officer of the British fleet wbieh attacked Acre , and try and hang them as " murderers . " The Turkish Sultan , or any of bis pachas , may pursue the same measures to redress the " outrage" upon his fleet at Navarino . Neither of these hostile acts had the sanction of a formal declaration of war , and they were just as " illegal" as the attack upon the Caroline .
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CRIM . CON . IN HIGH LIFE—DAMAGES ONE THOUSAND POUNDS . Mitfokd v . Molineux—( Before Mr . Secondary Potter . ) This was an action brought by the plaintiff in the Secondaries Court on Friday , to recover damages from the defendant , for having had criminal oonversatioa with the plaintiff ' s wife . Sir W . Follett appeared for the plaintiff , and Mr Chambers for the defence . Sir WM . Follett stated the case to the Jury . He said they knew perfectly well that a person who had sustained an injury such as that of the plaintiff—an injury so serious—the only course be could pursue was t * bring an action for pecuniary damages , without
which he could not obtain a divorce , nor be guarded against a spurious offspring succeeding to his estates and property . In the present case there were no matters for them to decide , except the mere amount of pecuniary damages , as the case had gone in favour of the plaintiff by default , inasmuch as the defendant had placed no plea on the record , nor did he deny the fact of adultery . He would shortly state the case for the plaintiff , who was a gentleman of ample fortune , residing ia Hampshire , and was the cousin of Lord Redesdale . Lady Georguna Mitford , his wife , was the daughter of Lord and Lady Asbburnham , The paitieB were married in the year 1828 , and at that time the conduct of the parties led their friends to believe that the union would be a most happy one . For
several years they did live in happiness and several children were tho fruit of that union , some of whom had died , but thtre were three sons still remaining . They continued to live in happiness till the year 1838 , and in that year it was deemed necessary by the family of Mr . Mitford , that he and Lady Georgians should reside on the continent . He ( Sir W . Follett ) need not mention the circumstance which required this step . Mr . Mitford and Lady Georgians removed to the continent , and lived for a censiderable time at Frankfort , Mr . Mitford having previously taken a house there . Whilst they were residing at Frankfort , the defendant the Honourable Mr . Molyneux , the son of the late Ear ] of Stsfton , and brother of the present Lord , filled the office of Secretary to the Legation at Frankfort . Lady
Georgians bad been acquainted with Mr . Molyneux in England , and that acquaintance had been renewed in Frankfort . Mr . Molyneux frequently visited the houso of the plaintiff , and was frequently at their parties . On these occasions he showed great attentions to Lady Georgian * , and the greatest friendship existed between the parties . Tha happiaess of the plantiff and his lady continued undisturbed till the autumn of the year 1840 . In the autumn of that year Mr . Mitford discovered a diferenoe in the manners of liis wife , and was at & loss to account for the change . Mr . Mitford had occasion to visit Dresden shortly afterwards , and on bis return he found that his domestic happiness was entirely destroyed , discovering that the object of bis previous care , solicitude , and affection had flown from the roof of her natural protector , and was living in adultery with the defendant Lady Georgiana was up to the
present moment living with the defendant as man and wife . He ( Sir W . Follett ) was afraid he bad not evidence to show the circumstances of Mr . Molyneux . He only knew him to be the son of a noble and wealthy family , bat whether he was possessed of estates-or other property , he was not aware . He moved in a high station of life , and had filled the office of Secretary to the Legation at Frankfort , the emoluments of which were very considerable . Bat he bad been obliged to resign the office owing to the unfortunate occurrence , he ( Sir W . Follett ) was then detailing to them . Had the plaintiff been deprived by death of bis wife he would stllljhave had the melancholy satisfaction , but gratifying thought , that the remembrance would oe associated with virtue . But now his position was pure , unmixed misery . He would now proceed to call witnesses In support of the case , and leave it in the hands of the jury to assess the amount of damages .
Mrs . Farrer , the first witness ealled , deposed that she was the mothei of the plaintiff , and was present at the marriage of her son to the Lady Georgiona Aahburnham , which took place in the year 1 & 28 , with the consent of both families . Her son was twenty-four years of age at the time of the marriage . Lady Georgiana lived on the most affectionate terms with her husband . She ( the witness ) never saw anything but the most perfect harmony existing between them from the time of their marriage up to their removal to Frankfort , in the year 1838 . Several sons , the fruit of their marriage , were living .
Lydia Royce being sworn , deposed that she had been in the capacity of lady ' s maid to Lady Georgiaua Mitford . She accompanied tho family when they went to Frankfort in 1838 . On all occasions Lady Georgiana was most attentive and affectionate to her husband . Daring their residence in Frankfort , Mr . Molyneux was in the habit of visiting them . In the autumn ef 1810 . Mr . Mitford hart oecasion to go to Dresden , and on the evening of his departure Lady Geoxgiana told witness that her brother had arrived that day at Frankfort , and that she was going to see him , telling hux to pack up a small portmanteau , winch she did , and Lady Georgiana left the house with Mr . Molyneux in a carriage and four , and never returned .
Cross-examined—On one occasion previous to this occurrence , Mr . Mitford waa absent for aome time in England ; on another occasion he was absent for a fortnight at Brussels . Mr . Molyneux resided at Wiesbaden , which ia about twenty-four miles from Frankfort . Lord Redesdale and Colonel Thomas Ashburnham severally deposed to the affectionate bearing shown by Lady Georgiana towards her husband , after their marriage . This being the case for the plaintiff ,
Mr . Chambers addressed the Jury for the defendant He contended that the most blameable person in the transaction was the plaintiff , who was indiscreet enough to leave his wife , a beautiful woman , on the continent , alone for weeks together , amidst all the temptations that must necessarily surround her in the werld of fashion on the continent He culled upon the Jury not to give heavy damages , as to persons in a station of life whose every comfort was destroyed in the loss of his wife , and the estrangement of her affections . The plaintiff was a man of wealth , and allied by blood to a noble family . He bad the means of purchasing pleasure , and of possessing all the enjoyments ef life . On the continent the manners of the inhabitants were light and frivolous , much more so than the
inhabitants of this country ; and long might it be ere the English people became otherwise . Lady Georgiana was placed amidst temptations , and amongst a people where the foibles of th « scfter sex were looked upon as trifles . She was neglected by her husband , and what more probable course , under such circumstances , and in such a land , than the one she had unhappily taken ? There was a mode of proceeding with these delicate flowers—if he might use the expression—a mode in which to bring them back to health , when they were placed in an atmosphere which would make them droop and probably die . In foreign society , nothing was so
dangerous as a wealthy man leaving his wife alone amidst the world of fashion for so long a period as three weeks . Pity it was that Mr . Mitford had not had some kind friend who knew something of the world , to advise him to remove Lady Georgiana from this scene of temptation . He might have removed her when he found her manners alter . It was unfair to Lady Georgiana—it was unfair to Mr . Molyneux , not to have done so ; because , leaving her open to temptation at the time when he knew Mr . Molyneux waa within reach , and knowing that Mr . Molyneux bad paid attention to Lady Georgians , it almost amounted to an invitation to Mr . Molyneux to come there to console her for the
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absence of her husband . He did so , and i n a h as ty moment , perhaps , without consideration , Lady Georgiana hod taken that step which led to the present proceedings . It appeared so from the circumstances , because it was quite dear that the visit of Mr . Molyneux was not preconcerted ; and every thing was done in haste , Lady Georgiana taking bat one small portmanteau with her . 16 was a case of sadden temptation—it was a sadden impulse of the moment—there was no intention shown of an elopement having been contemplated by Lady Georgiana ; bat in an unguarded moment she had taken that step she never could retrace . There was no undermining the affections of the wife on the part of the defendant —it was a sudden impulse of the moment , which every
one must blame and condemn . Therefore ,-it was not the heinous crime as might have existed in other ease * , where the lover might hare flown from the victim of hia passion . They had had evidence adduced to show the kindness and affection that existed between tile plaintiff and bis wife in England , bat they had no evidence is to their domestic felicity abroad . If the history of this family on the continent were to be gone into , it would be found to correspond with the history of one half the families from this country on the continent . On the continent they knew not what a domestic fireside was . They did not understand it , and when people went abroad they must do as the rest . The manners of this country dropped , and they found themselves different persons—all -was gaiety and temptation .
Mr . Mitford and Lady Georgiana were like all foreign visitors ; they hod no domestic comforts , their chief pleasures were visiting routs and balls in uninterrupted succession . With respect to damages , let-them consider the state of the parties ; tbe plaintiff was a man to whom money coala be no object ; tbe defendant was the youngest son of a large family , and they knew that the yeungest son of the richest nobleman was not a rieh man . In consequence of this unhappy transaction , the defendant had been compelled to resign his situation as minister of Frankfort , and he bad nothing to subsist npon exeept the small pittance usually doled eut to the younger son of a nobleman . He left it in the bands of the jury , but they were to consider that while the plaintiff was asking damages at their hands , he was a wealthy-man .
Mr . Secondary Potter rammed np the evidence , but tn so Iowa tone that be was quite inaudible at the place occupied by tbe gentlemen of the press . The jury retired for about twenty minutes , and returned with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages , £ 1 . 000 .
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ENCOURAGEMENT FOR BAD MAGISTRATES . In 1839 , Mr . Unwin . a magistrate of Mansfield , apprehending an attack from the Chartists , proceeded to search certain houses for arms , and fi n din g instead of arms , some Chartis t corresponden ce , in t he h o use o f a p e rson named Bro y an , he seized the papers as treasonable . For this Broyan brought an action , and obtained a verdict of one farthing damages , the Court having been of opinion that the Magistrate had exceeded his authority in the seizure of the papers . The procedure of the search for arms was extremely questionable , it must bo observed ; the information not having been of tbe im po r t of any imminent dang e r , but merely tha t arm s h a d b e en colleo t ed , and the search having be e n mad e by Mr . Unwin in person indeed , but without warrant . We waive discussion , howev e r ,
on this part of the case ; we will assume , indeed , that the search for arms was justifiable ; it wiil be euough for our purpose that tho seizure of papers wa 3 admitted to be an act beyond the Magistrate ' s authority , and the nominal verdict shows that the jury , with every disposition to look favourabl y a t the Magistrate's proceedings , felt under the necessity of giving judgment against the legality of his conduct . The minister for the Home Department , seeing two faults in the proceedings of the Magistrate , —one in his having taken so strong a step as the search for arms without sufficient information , and tbe other in having exceeded his powers in the seizure of papers , —very properly refused to support or indemnif y M r . Unwin , and lefts him to his own responsibilities for bis own errors .
It is now made a matter of charge against the late Secretary for the Home Department that he did not sanction the Magistrate ' s abuse of his authority , and protect him against the cuuaequeacea justly attendant on- it . " Lord Wharncliffe contended' that the Noble Lord had in this , as in tbe sister country , manifested a bios against country gentlemen . " We do believe that this case may be taken as an example of what Lord Nornmnby did also in the sister country , and for which he was so loaded with abuse ; that which , in Lord Wharncliffe ' s eyes manifested a bias againBt country gentlemen having been the upright course of refusing to extend protection to illegal proceedings . Lord Wharnclifia
continued"It was thebonnden duty of a-Secretary of State to afford all fair protection to the magistracy , and unless a proper confidence was estaolisbed between tbe Homeoilice and the magistrates , the country could not be well governed . " Undoubtedly it is the duty of the Secretary of State to afford all fair protection to magistrates ; but is the protection of an act exceeding . authority in the view of t he Pr e siden t of t he Council , a- " fair protection ?" If it be , we should like to know where unfair protection can begin . We proceed with the President of the Council ' s curious lecture on tho merits of this case , and t he duties of the Home-office , in respect of tho defence of such
misdoings" The Noble Lord read several passages from the charge of Mr . Justice Littledale to- tbe Jury , to show that , so far as arms were concerned j Mr . Unwin was justified in what he did , and then went on to contend that , even admitting Mr . Unwin baU a little exceeded the law in seizing papers while searching for arms , he was , nevertheless , considering all the circumstances of the case , and tbe state ef different parts of tbe country at the moment , fully entitled to- tbe support and protection of the Government He ( Lord WharnclifTej asserted that a magistrate finding papers of such a character would nob have done his duty if be had not seized them , and that no magistrate could properly perform the functions of his office i £ < he were to be tied down by such striot rules . Though Mr . Justice Littledale admitted that Mr . TTnwin bad a right to search for arms where he had reason to believe arms were to be found , he still thought that , in searching for arms , tbe magistrate waa not , etrictly speaking , justified in taking papers . "
The Magistrate had a little exceeded tho law , admits the President of the CouboiI : but for a little exceeding the law he was entitled to the support and proteotion of the Government . Hay , the Magistrate , strange to say , would not have done his duty if he had nob a little exceedod his duty ; and no Magistrate , emphatically adds the President of the Council , can perform his duty if he be tied down by Euch strict rules—as what 1—the rules of koeping within the law and the bounds of authority . Again and again Lord Wbarnclifib confessed that the Magistrate had exceeded his authority , and again and again he burned Lord Normunby for not having sanctioned auc ^ defended the violation of the law .
Mr . Unwin is dead , and the case is now of importance only as it involved the question of principle , whether the Executive Government should or should not extend protection , aud impunity to magistrates who exceed their authority , and violate tbe laws . Ma g is t ra t es , as it is , a re so fe nc e d in b y the penalty of treble costs , in case of the failure of a prosecution , aud in the favourable constructions which the law and t he ju dg es p u t on t heir conduct , tha t in none but v e r y fla g r a n t ca s es ind e ed will any one be b o ld enough to venture on proceedings against them ; but this does not content Lord Wharncliffe , who holds that when , notwi t hs t andin g a ll t h e ex t raordinar y defences cast around them , the law declares them culpable , it is the duty of Government to sanction their offences , and to compass their impunity .
The speech of the President of the Council is indeed tantamount to a proclamation to the magistracy that the existing Government gives encouragement and im p unity t o any breaches of the law which they may be pleased to commit ., And this promise of protection in wrong is held out at tho very time when the disclosures of the Inspectors of Prisons , in addition to other examples of frequent occurrence , have made the public awaro of the monstrous misuses and abuses of the magisterial authority , and of the necessity of restraining them . —Examiner .
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' O'CONNOR IN SCOTLAND . Men and Women of the North , —On the 25 th the champion of the people will have passed the Forth . Let it be " the Rubicon 1 " With you it must depend whether as Caesar , to achievement and triumph , or as Napoleon , to dismay and defeat . Aye , let it be " the Rubicon , " more memorable than the conquest of the one or the ruin of the other . . Our struggle ia not one of rapine and devastation , nor is it the havoc of mod ambition . The enterprise demands , and is worthy of , every individual effort , and the most united exertion . We aim not at the tarnlrjaed evanescent honours of the gory field , but the bri ' aiant , substantial , inalienable right of man . The crocking , crawling , drivelling slave may be deaf to th Velce of
liberty ; surely , none but he will disregard r ^ 8 Umm ons of nature to the glorious strife of free *\ oni . Fathers , mothers , living again in your risinr , progeny husbands , wives , having ceased to exbV f ,, the satisfied , cheerful smiles of each faithful ^ . UHe—sons , daughters , the protectors ot the second , cniidhood of those to whom you owe your being—br <> $ & „ , sisters , living for and loving each other , cast t * inquiring glance on the relative object of nature > v yeaming , can there be a breast unmoved , a hear * _ , stjU ( . qi ^ mind unfired ? Contemplate the abode ? _ 0 ; TOetchedneB 8 , unaided destitutlon , systematic or pyession , crnel , relentless , starving immolatien of ' j ^ rants who would , bnt mourn they cannot , uuv r the existing system , produce toi themselves . M ' £ the gorgeous splendour , thoughtless extravagance ., and canton profligacy , which mocka the misery it vtr waue the meu care OEly ito con-
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sume and to destroy- Let thi ? front UtArn ettr > " hmn ? soul . Themonstroaa teebngini ^ f cannot—ought . *' exist Let Jnatice , l et mercy , let virtue , let bu ™ ntty arouse all who are capable of them , and it sb ^ notftet v £ ' ' " "' ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ . . - ¦¦ ' ' ' : • ¦ - ¦ O'Connor , with an ardour requisite to the « mnse , has labonred * sacrificed , perilled health , property , lifeendured the suffocatiog , chilling gloom of the felon ' s cell ; and , breathing once more the afar of heaven , has hurried again to the mighty contest' with dauntless intrepidity '—with nndlminlshed fervour , characterlatftally bowing the' trophies of science io his purpose and blending energy , st e am , and wind , the patriot chief , by his exer t ion s , plights the honour ot the millions of United Britain . Let the gathering thousands bail his approach , welcome his arrival at . every stage , and make the v er y hemisphere resound with acclamations for his protege " . Honour the man for the sake of his charge . - Catch the excitement to promote the Charter . Sefza the occasion of novelty to spread a knowledge of the principles ' , and to enlarge the number of their supporters . ¦ ¦ This must be no mere season of popular ebullition , kindled for the hour , then dying away—no mere transient display . It will be the object of your benefactor to infuse life and animation ; be it yonrs to preserve , to sustain tbe vigour imparted . Every man and every woman must not only remain stedfaat , but labour to ensure success . It must be " all at it and always at it , " or even the rival of Hercules will exhaust himself in vain .
My friends , male and female , prepare to meet the denouncer of your wrongs , theasserter of your rights . Oh ! I have seen the fair daughters of Scotia degraded beneath Russian serfs , to despot ' s punishment of traitors , for the crime of industry . I have witnessed the very atmosphere polluted by the simple transition , of these otherwise lovely maidens , resulting from the confined damps and " reek , " consequent upon "banishment to the mines . " O , yes ; and one of these victims addressed me with wounding sensibility— "Ah ! ' Sir , woman ought not to work in the pits . " The only
response admitted by a manly bosom is the sympathy of a prophet— " For tbe hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt I am black ; astonishment hath taken hold on me . " Know it , ye wealthy and titled voluptuaries , notwithstanding these debasing , masculine employments and associations , these filthy humiliated colliers , surpassing many of your highest order , bad preserved the brightest ornament of the sex , for , arrived at a refuge , modesty darted them , as the spectres of a vision , from intercourse even with a sympathising stranger .
Countrymen of Barns . ' glows not In your bosom . the kindred , indigenous , panting thirst to redress the injuries of the " bonnie lassie . '" O , yes , her case ia registered on the long , black list of turpitude that must be wiped away . Press , then , upon the timid and the wavering , " How long halt ye ? " Yon know the cormorants that fatten upon your waste of flesh—the factious interests that flourish by your depression . You are not ignorant that the paramount laws ot nature and of God entitle you to share her bounteous produc tions by bis Providence . Why , then , does the labourer endure the privations , the exactions , the extortions that are heaped upon him ? Why submit to be denuded of all that is dear to man—to succumb to vassalage ?
" Slavery I virtue dreads it as her grave , Patience is meanness in a slave !" Yon behold the rapacity of monopolising capital , and the greedy grasping of the landed interest , arrayed as they may be against each other , each alike devouring you and yours ; and fierce aa may be the contest for ascendancy , either of them has against you a most bitter rancour . The remedy of our grievances , the People ' s Charter , makes tbe demand of surrender alike from eaeb , either or both . " Up , then , and at them !" " Without the aid of Highland gill , Or whether such Victoria ' s will , While there ' s the foe , We bae noe- thocbt but bow to kill : Twa at a blow . " Yeurs , in the cause , faithfully , THOMAS DAVIESv
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!©• THE CHARTISTS OF THE WEST OF ENGK LAND ANI > SOUTH WALES . Brethren , —The Executive Council having convened a Delegate Meeting for tbe West of England and South Wales , to be held in Bath , on Monday , October 18 y 1841 , and ordered the General Councillors of this city to make the necessary arrangements , we , the undersigned Councillors of the National Charter Association , hereby respectfully lay before you the following regulations-to which we think- you should adhere : — 1 st . All delegates to be elected by show of hands , in public meeting . This will render the assembly of tbe delegates perfectly legal . 2 nd . No more than two representatives to be delegated'from any town . 3 rd . Every town havin&the power of sending one or two delegates to do so .
4 th . Each delegate to be prepared to give a fair and « errect report of tbe state-ofGhartism , and the political parties , together with the oondi . ti . on of the people , in Ma districts 5 th . Towns which cannot'send delegates-, to communicate the required information . 6 th . All delegates to be in Bath at nine o ' clock on the morning of the day of meeting , and to call at the National- Vindicator Office , 1 , Chando » Buildings , where information of the place of meeting will be given . ¦ 7 th . Delegates to bring with them proper credentials of their appointment We further recommend all persons who may be elected , previously to consider , and to come prepared for the discussion of the following questions : * - 1 st . The best means to < aid in carrying out the important-plans laid down bjr the Executive Council .
2 nd . How to extend Ghartiflm in thej West of England and Wales . 3 rd . The engagement * , of missionaries in several counties . 4 . How- most effectually and adv&ntageously to heal the divisions existing in ttfe Chartist ranks . 5 th . Means to raise funds far tbe forthasming . Conventioat cth . By what method may the National Petition obtain the greatest number of signatures . Such other subjects will be brought under consideration a * tbe delegates may think proper . We earnestly recommend the delegates bo be in Bath at nine o ' clock , and to proceed to the appointment of a Chairman at ton precisely , as there will be much business to transact , and it will be desirable to devote the whole day to most important deliberations ,.
Brethren , we have prepared these regulations and suggestions for tbe purpose of assisting yon . It is necessary fer you immediately to call public meetings , and appoint your representatives . Do not delay . The projected meeting ia of great Importance , and-, if numerously attended and judiciously conducted , will result in great good to our just cause . Youxs in political brotherhood , j . Twite , J . ENGLAND T . BOLWELL , G . M . Bartlett , H . Bartlett , J . Hopkins , W . CHAP 8 ELL , C . Clarke , Sub-Secretary .
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TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL CHARTIST ASSOCIATION . Brethren , —The good work goes nobly on . Our Association now extends to 204 cities , towns , and villages ,, and ever ) prospect of it extending farther and wider . We have now enrolled amongst us , members residing in the most remote villages , ia towns , and boroughs .. Our principles have got firm footing in cities , and tha moat populous districts . No other doctrine but Chartism will satisfy the industrious sons of toil . From , east to west , from north to south , the shout of liberty rises on the breeze , and by continuing our present- firm ,, peaceable , determined , yet constitutional , agitation , tha day cannot be far distant when success must crown our efforts ; and here let me mention , that the-district missionaries , and local lecturers , by aiding th&Executive ia their labours , are performing a vast amount of good ,
and I publicly thank Messrs . Jobn Skovington , Sean Taylor , and Mr . Mason , for the energy and zeal with which they endeavour to extend the Association . I would feel obliged to , the following plaeesif they wauld let me have the names of the Sub-Secretaries , viz ., Stafford , Chowben 4 , Warminster , Glossop , Frame , Blackwood , Bosap , Middlesbro ' , Darlington , Stockton , Durham , Yarrav Hartlepool , Stokesley , llkeston , Alfreton , Holbroofc , Dufiield , Milford , Percy-Main , North Shields , SeatoSH , Beverley , Scarboro * . Cramlington . Hunslet , Batlfiy , Heckmondwike , Birstall , Churwell , Holmfirth , Newport , ( Isle of "Wight , ) EccleBfield , and such other places aa have not as yet joined the Association . I v vish further to have it corrected concerning the m ating of the Executive in London , on the 1 st of November , instead of , as is stated in the press of Saturday on the 11 th . - ¦
Therefore , the Chartists of London may expect us on . the 1 st of the next month , in order to allay differera « B and propagate our sacred principles . There is to be a proviso ; if the Association will only pay Its deUs according to the plan of organization . The cards most be paid for as soon aa delivered , twopence for each , card , and one-fourth of the contributions to be remitted monthly to the general Treasurer , Mr . A * Heywood , Bookseller , Oldham-street , Manchester . : The plan ot organisation will be reprinted next ¦ week , and may be had of me , by applying to No . 18 , Adderlystreet , Shaw ' s Brow , Salford , Manchester . John Campbem ., General Secretary ; . Executive Council Rooms , Ma nche s ter , October lltb , 1841 .
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At Nottingham there is a partial strike among the shoemakere , in consequence |<> 1 an attempt to abate wages .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , 00 , 8 . BANKRUPTS . £ teven Hawes Crosswell and John May , Jan ., wi bro ok t wine-nierchant 8 , to surrender , Oct 21 Nov . 19 . Veu' * tthe Ceurt of Banktnptcjr , Baainghall-street SoMdtor ; ' ' ^ ' -Ml *^ V' ^ . lfon : ^^ . « ' ' ° ? Be ^' "ii % « ^ Georm ^ iTi ^ ' Bishop ' ted ftimofc Hilyard , South . *> £ ?« £ & . OA 15 , ; 4 Uwo -gf " , attwerS at the Court of B * S *** W . rBasfeghall-street , / Solid . tor , Mr . Ashqrst , v * P ** de ; oflieial assignee , Mr . Gibson , BaslngaaU-ft ^ r * . ^ . _ . Edward Tanner , Fi « , b- . « 6 t-luU » ship-agent , Oct . 15 , at twelve , Nov . 19 , at <****** > ' *' > * be Court of Bank . ruptcy , BasingbaU-street . . Spli «*« » Mr . Weeks , Tbtyn . house-yard ; official assignee * Mr Green , Alderman .
James Coulsell , Richmond , fc 7 arre / . ^ a » der , Oct . le , Nov . 18 , at the Court of Bankruptcy , JJasinghaU-street Solicitor , Mr . Kightlej , Panton- * ' H * yn » rket ; official assignee , Mr . Laekington , Co . 'eman -street-build inga . ; , Charles Hoppe , Blackfriars-road , chin . ' wnai V Oct . 20 , at twelve , Nov .. 10 , at eleven , at the Coiv& « f Bank ruptcy , Basingholl-street Solicitor , Mr . LeVh , George * street , Mansion-house ; official assignee , Mr . J ^ dwards , Frederick' 8-place , Old Jewry . Thomas Lee , Battye-mill , Yorkshire , beat-bu'Uder , Oct 18 , at ten , at the Court House , Leeds , Nov . l £ - at ten , at the Royal Hotel , Brighonce . Solicitors , Ju r « Walker , Furnival ' a Inn ; and Mr . Blackburn , Leeds . Robert Brown , Kingston-npon-Hull , bookseller , Oct . 26 , at eleven , Nov . 19 , at one , at . the George Inn Kingston-upon-Hnll . Solicitors , Messrs . Rosser and Son , Warwick-court , Gray ' s Inn ; and Messrs . Eng ia ^ and Shackles . HnlL
John Russell , Brampton , Derbyshire , tailor , Oct . 19 Nor . 19 > at twelve , at tbe Commissioners' Booms , Man cheater . Solicitors , Messrs . Sale and Wostbington , Manchester ; and Messrs . Baxter , Lincoln ' s Ian-fields , London . " . ' - .. ¦ ¦ ¦ Thomas Bryan , Leamington Priora , Warwickshire , hotel proprietor , Oct . 20 , at eleven , Nov . 19 , at half past two , at the Lansdowne Hotel , Leamington Prior Solicitors , Mr . Warrand , South-square , Gray ' s Inn ; and Mr . Empson , Leamington . ' Francis Saeade , Chester , timber-merchant , Oct 2 ff , Nov . 19 , at twelve , at the Royal Hotel , Chester . 8 » U citors , Messrs . Johnson , Son , and Weatherall , Temple j and Messrs . Higson and Son , Manchester . John Ellacot , Cheltenham , shoe-manufacturer , Oct . 18 , Nov . 19 , at one , at the Royal Hotel , Cheltenham , Solicitors , Messrs . Savery , Clark , and Fussell , Bristol ; and Messrs . Hornby and Towgood , St . Swithln ' a * lane .
Andrew Monaon , Great Malvern , Worcestershire , lodging-honse-keeper , Oct 19 , Nev . 19 , at twelve , at the Goldei \ Lion Inn , Worcester . Solicitors , Messrs White and Eyre , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Finch and Jones , and Mr . Hill , Worcester . ' Rudolph Moritz Dittrich , King 8 ton-npon-Hull , merchant , Nov . 3 , at eleven . 19 , at two , at the George Inn , Kingsion-upon-Hull . Solicitors , Messrs . Hicks and ¦ M orris , Gray ' s Inn-square ; and Mr . Holden , Kingston . upon-HulL George Carey , Nottingham , lace-manufacturer , Oct . 22 , Nov . 19 , at eleven , at the George the Fourth HoteL Nottingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Percy , Smith , and Purcy , Nottingham ; and Messrs . Austen and Hobson , Ruymond ' s-bmldinga , Gray ' s Inn .
Joseph Tomkinson , Newton , Lancashire , joiner , Oct 22 , Nov . 19 , at eleven , at the Commissioners' Kooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Chapman and Roberts , Manchester ; and Messrs . Chester and Toulmin , Stapi « Inn . Jobn Caparne , Riddinfs , Derbyshire , common brewer , Oet 22 , Nov . 1 £ > , at one , at tbe George the Fourth Ina , Nottingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Capes and Stuart , Field-court , Gray '» Inn . James Gibson , Over Darwen , cotton-cloth-manufaa tnrer , Nov . 3 , 19 , at eleven , at the Swan Inn , Boltoi Solicitors , Messrs . Fiiher and De Jersey , Aldersg&tostreet ; and Mr . Barker , Manchester . fi ^ gga
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . J . Evans and C . Walmsley , Hoghton , Lancashire ^ power-loom-cloth-manufacturers . C . Hall and J . Jones , Sheffield , cutlers . P . Hope and W . Hope , Liverpool , tea-dealers . T . Holllngs , I . B . Hollings , and T . Hollisgs , jun ., Bradford , Yorkshire , worsted-spinners , u far as regards £ . Hollings , j « n . W . H . Hodgson and T . Fallows , Manchester , cotton-manufacturers . W . Thorp and T . Meakin , Manchester , silk-manufactureM J . Boberts and J . Jones , Liverpool , joiners . J . Higgin son and R . Watkins , Liverpool , pump-makers . A . Horsfall and S . Tew , Halifax , Yorkshire , keepers of a ladies' shoe warehouse .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Oct . 12 . RAN-KRUPT 3 . John Peirce ,, Bedford , tailor , Oct 22 , at ene , Nov . 23 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basing hall-street . Solicitor , Mr .- Ness , 4 , IXyer ' s-buildingj , Holborn , London ; official assignee , Johnson , Basing , hall-street Francis Lee Byrne , Liverpool , wine-broker , Oct 2 T and Ifov . 23 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Baimond and Gooday , Ellesmere-, Salop . Thomas Cheetham , Bon ., Stodkport , Cheshire , surgeon , Oct . 29 , and Nov . 23 , at two , at the Commissioners ' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Milne , Parry , Milne , and Morals , Temple , London ; and Mr . Weston , Manchester .
John Smith and Robert Smith , Manchester , yarn agents , Nov . 4 , and 23 , at two , at the Commissioners ' Rooms , Manchester . Solteitow , Messrs * Bower and Back , Chancery-lane , London ; and Mr . Barrat , Manchester ; John Sberring Clark , Throgmorton-street , City , brokery Oct 23 , and Nov . 23 * at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mr . Stephens , Nortbnmberiand-street , CharingfCross ; . official assignee , Mr . Greom , Abchurch-lane , London . William Monteith , Oxford-street , Middlesex , linen * draper , Oct 19 , at two , and Nov . 23 , at eleven , at the Coarfc of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street , Solicitor , Mr . Lloyd , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr .. Green , Abchnrch-lane , London .
Richard Halford , William Henry Baldook , and 0 * born Smoulten , Canterbury , bankers , Oct 25 , andjNoT . 22 , at eleven , at the Guildhall , Canterbury . Solicitor ! , Messrs . Sankey and Sladden , Canterbury ; and Meun . Richardson and Talbot , Bedford-row , LoBflon . J « hn Edwards , Htingerford , Berkshire , wine-merchant , Nov . 2 , and 23 , at eleven , at the Bear Inn , Wangate . Solicitor , Mr . Dimmock , Slse-lane , Buckles * bury , London . Samuel Eastwood , Huddersfleld , woolstapler , Oct 26 ) at eleven , at Scarborough's Hotel , Leeds , and Nor . 23 , at ten , at the George Hotel , Hudderafield . Solidtors , Van Sandau and Cummlngs , King-street , Cieapside , London ; Jacomb , Huddersfleld . Thomas Hoyland , Manchester , woollen . manufactorar , Oct 23 , and Nov . 23 , at eleven , at the Gommi&sionenf Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Sale sad Worthington , Manchester ; and Messrs . R . M . andC Baxter , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , London .
Richard Morris , Chepstow , Monmouthshire , tinnier * merchant , Oct . 15 , and Nov . 23 , at eleven , at tbe Boafort Arms Inn , Monuionth . Solicitors , Mr . Whitebouse , Chancery-lane , London ; and Mr-Morgan , Waterstreet , Birmingham . Edward Paine , Liverpool , drysalter , Oct 23 , "d Nov . 23 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool Solicitors , Messrs Duncan and Radcliffe , Liver pool ; and Messrs . Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Foiled Bedford-row , London . John Baldwin , Edgbaeton , Warwickshire , w * drawer , Oct 22 , and Nov . 23 , at eleven , at the Watf * loo Rooms , Birmingham . Solicitor , Mr . Beawick , B ** mineham .
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The annual ploughing match and dinner o £ . the South Buckingham Agricultural Association jj *» j place in that county oh Wednesday . Fifty 4 flree ploughs contested the prizes , and there wera > o *
. By the stsrpage of Messrs , Halford and <*• bank , Canterbury , great consternation was occasiw ed in that city ob Tuesday .. The conse queaces wui be for soxne time very seriously felt , as it » , ^ f * J the liabilities of all sorta will not fall- short « £ 100 , 000 . A MicsitEWUS Gooss . —On Saturday la s t , & w obery was aommitted at tha mansion of Mz- t ^! j . independent gentleman residing at Hailsham , i" ™~ sex , undUr thefollswing sircunwtances : ^* t - * ' ' 5 ] k that Mr ,. Baberiaavery eecenfrrio character , w ° jr : a great , taste for * rnithoiogy . On the day in < & * % one of bis maid-servants , named Mary R' -f . ^ lViLd to he » master ,, aad told him- -that a man had &w t
to saj theio was a most extraordinary white >»« hfe . pyrk , larger than a gc , ose . The oid ' 8 en T ^ imowdiately summoned his groom an " ? v ^ s aud all parties having avmed themselves ^ ' ^ Kj sallied forth , to Bhoot the wonderful wmte o ^ n They had no * been absent long when the alarffl ™ i at the mansion rang . On arriving at the » ® iJ t fonnd the maid-servant , to their exceeding h ^ astonishment , lock ' jd in an upper room . M , ? «* . thatimmediately after their departure to show » great white bird , the same man got in at the pa ™ £ window , dragged her upstairs , and madeher owwhere her mritert money was kept . The ttaw yj broke open a desk , and carried off » «¦»* g fr OAVAMiffllll Ti mnot Iva ArtUAFVari tnftt tflO A * " , •_ * Uy 4 ! w—— - 1
OV ! V *«« Ui- ^ X * IUUQH VWTOWJ « glV * seoured . o a moat extraordinary manner ^ 1 y Xaac 9 orders given not to open the 4 ooniinniW- " ? L *•* of th emen servants . The girl stated that . ago ^ Btrack twice on the head with a hammer , * 1 J ^ ? Jnere was no mark left . . She was » PP » gSgrt * underwent an examination before the n »* JP ^ bat as there is no trace at present to the mgL ier was discharged . A young man ,, wM _ 'Mr . company , " was near the spot at w ^^ eon-Fagan , the superintendant of the East 5 us * £ tfd Btabuliry , has taken the matter » , "gjitf * . expects shortly to bring the M& % V" £ L $ MrVBabeiy on returning home , o onfegsedue «^ had be » n the " goose ' in tins afiwr .
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A HEAVY FORGERY . The New Orleans Bulletin of the 8 th says : — " Intelligence has been received here that an individual calling himself John P . Caldwell had forged a letter of credit for 25 , 000 dollars , from the house of Maunsel White and Co ., of this city , upon the banking-house of Brown , Brothers , and Co ., in New York , which latter firm is a branch of the English firm of that name in Liverpool . Caldwell is supposed to be the Englishman who forged certificates of deposits to- a large amount npon several banks of this city last winter . ** The Bee states that the letter of credit was sent from Georgetown , D . C ., based on consignment of 1 , 011 bales of cotton . It was paid . —( Another account)—Two great forgeries have just been perpetrated on houses here by a process somewhat like that by which so large sums were obtained some months ago . In this case , one of the frauds was practised on the great house of Brown , Brothers , and Co ., of England , each for about 25 , 000 dollars .
( From the Eltmra Republican . ) Four Persons -Burnt xo Ashes i—We have been furnished with the following details of a late horrible catastrophe . The house of Sylvester S . B . Brown , on South Creek , about eight milas from this place , was consumed by fire on the 11 th inst , at about eleven o'clock at night , and four persons , vis ., two sons of Mr . Brown , one aged eleven and the other five years , Thomas Smith , aged fifty yean , and a daughter of Eukiel Campbell , aged eleven years . The persons burnt , we are informed , slept up stairs , while Mr . Brown and bis wife and a babe , whoalept below , barely escaped , without saving anything whatever but their night clothes . Mr . Smith was a stonemason , formerly from Smithville , Chenango co . The fire caught from a stove shanty , joining the house , very probably near the Btaircase , which prevented a descent of the persons upstairs—we must suppose there was no upper window large enough to admit of jumping through .
State of Parties—Pleasant Peospects . — All the furies of faction are now turned loose at once . We are to bave a long and violent political strugglebreaking up of the old parties—and old friendships . There is a distinct object in this strife . The daymen bave hoisted the banner of the bank—the fight for a bank and nothing else . The state of things at the approaching session of _ Congress will be extraordinary and exciting . Tbe severance of old political friends will create a fearful war of words—and , probably , the Bowie knife will be brought in aid of tbe argument That is the opinion deliberately given in tbe late debate in tbe house on the lost week's riot , by Mr . Warren , of Georgia , and other respectable members . The abolition question , which must be met at the opening of Congress , and is the first thing to come np , will add much to the general excitement and confusion . — A ete York Inquirer .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct401/page/6/
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