reported One in week's tratic Railway on the Times of different Saturday lines railway RAILWAY now open, few pounds, to the TRAFFIC.amount, Hereford within a assizes on Friday, 'a enormous female, sum 21 years £99,000. old, At the Walters, was sentenced to ten years' transportation, named manslaughter of her illegitimate child. and She was journeying for the night Worcester to Hereford, in a waggon, when in seized with of and having delivered hershe was the road, she left the infant to perish. self in On Tuesday last, the inhabitants Birkenhead by were the highly police-officers delighted to by catch witnessing a pig, a which novel had and of glorious from the safe custody of keeper of the pinfold. After performing were various much and sullied sundry by evolutions, coming in whereby contact the with dignities several of commissioners' safe beds, at the the animal domicile of succeeded his in owner giving and them trainer, the go- Mr Councillor miles who, across a after fair this sporting wonderful country feat, against offered to all back the pig commitatue in the Standard.
PORT some unaccountable mistake pure of this gigantic structure, which appeared in our THE STOCK the paragraph week, which ran the round on was stated that if the bricks, which had been consumed Journals, it were placed end-ways, they would reach 568 miles in 32 yards. Now, it turns out, as we omitted to publish last week, the viaduct, and calculations erroniously made, but that the bricks that the were number, would be 99,000,000 inches in length being 50,000 11,000,000 yards (four bricks being equal to one yard)---or, 1,5621 miles! So that, the so arranged, -0 don to Cairo in Egypt, and or nearly from the from English London to Metropolis Mecca in to Arabia. beyond nearly from London to Ispahan, in Persia; from LonThey Morocco, would in exceed the whole length of the immense Mongolia Africa wall which bounds the Chinese reach dominions that on Celestial the north empire. and They would would considerably extend more across than the mountainous across and arid country of Arabia; would be above five times the length of Ireland, and which more is they than ten times that of the largest county in England, Yorkshire! RETORT certain Conservative of this THE Borough went the the other virus day of into Whig the house -Radicalism, of a who publican resides deeply very near a inoculated certain bridge in this town. In the course of a few minutes, with mine host" entered the room, and, being surrounded by those of his own kidney' in politics, commenced the some taunting attacks upon the Conservative on the subject of goodness Borough of his election, own at His opponent often replied, but of course his observathe same time laughing most heartily at the jokes.
appreciated, as because they were in favor of the tions Institutions were of our country. The publican, at length, as a chef not d'eure, said that Mr Cobden Stockport, having had displaced very kindly Major offered Marsland him the representation of his member's ticket" to the gallery of the House 66 Mr of Commons. How can that be?" interrogated the Conservative, Cobden has only one ticket at his disposal, and that already the he has promised to his the dear, defeated Paymaster of the Forces, the Hon. kicked-out-friend for North Cheshire, Alderley boy, for whose restoration to his mother, a reward of J. Stanley, half-a sovereign has been offered." The and retort was grumbled, happily his partizans successbummed and ha'd-and under an idle pretence that some ful -the disconcerted publican coughed invisible customer wanted a gill of ale, contrived to creep out friend of had the room- retired.
did he re appear until our Conservative nor Verily those who live in glass houses should not throw STATE OF excitement was created in this town on Monday morning, by the announcement of the failure of the long-established and well-known house of Messrs Samuel Stocks and Son, manufacturers and merchants, of Heaton Mersey and of this town; against whom, we believe, a fiat of bankruptcy has been issued. Messrs Stocks and Son were, a few years ago, cotton-spinners as well as manufacturers, but, their spinning mill having been destroyed by fire, they looms. had ceased to spin, and purchased yarn for the supply of their They were also extensive purchasers of manufactured goods for export. We understand that the amount of their engagements is something under £80,000. 'The necessary effect of this failure was to throw a very serious damp upon the market yesterday; and its effect was increased by the unpromising appearance of the weather, which, after two tolerably fine days, showed manifest symptoms of deterioration, Under these circ*mstances, it was not surprising that the market should be, as in fact it was, one of the worst, if not the very worst, of the present year.
For manufactured goods, indeed, there was literally no demand and the few sales made were at a serious reduction of prices. For yarn, the demand was not quite so unfavourable; and some business was done, though with difficulty, and at gradually declining rates. We are glad to state, however, that, with the exception of two small concerns at Blackburn, no additional failures were announced and a mischievous rumour of that nature, which was circulated through the town in the morning, was ascertained to be entirely Guardian. CHARGE OF UTTERING A FORGED Monday last, a desperate-looking, fellow named Daniel Lowe, of Disley, where he enjoys the distinction of being a formidable character, was brought up before our County magistrates, for final examination, on a charge of having uttered a forged bill of exchange for £15 10s. knowing it to be a forgery, with intent to 1 defraud Mr Joshua Reyner, corn factor, Swan-street, Manchester.
The case had been remanded from Saturday. It appeared that the prisoner, who is a cattle dealer and jobber, went on the 19th May last to Mr Reyner's warehouse, and ordered four loads of beans and one of meal, which amounted to f5 12s, in payment for which he tendered the following bill or promissory note, at two months' date, for £15 10s. purporting to be drawn by James Worsley, on the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Stockport, and endorsed by himself, at the same time requiring the difference in cash. Stockport, May 14th, I841 £15 10 0 due 17th July Two months after date I promise to pay to Mr Daniel Lowe, or order Fifteen Pounds Ten Shillings. Value recd as advised by the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company.
At Messrs Smith, Payne and Smiths Banker, JAMES WORSLEY. (Indorsed) Daniel Lowe, Stone Cottage, nr Disley Joshua Reyner Mr Reyner's son (his father being from home) enquired into the condition of the drawer, and the prisoner replied that he was a most respectable cattle dealer in Stockport, having a considerable sum of money in the Branch of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank in that town; and that he had received the bill from him in part payment for a cow. Mr Reyner however, hesitated to pay him the cash, and begged he would call again in a short time, when his father would be at home. Lowe said he had £6 to pay in Manchester before he left town; and asked for that amount, consenting to let the balance £3 18s stand over, having before had transactions at this warehouse. That amount was at length paid him, and the goods were sent off.
Mr Reyner, sen. on examining the bill was not satisfied with the transaction, and immediately wrote to the prisoner desiring he would return the £6, which he promised to do, but had not complied. On the contrary, he repeatedly sent for the balance in goods. On Wednesday the 20th July, the bill came back, dishonored and Mr Reyner addressed a letter, of which the following is a copy, to the prisoner but which in consequence of irregularity at country post offices, it was delayed a day or two before it arrived at its destination. Manchester, 20th July, 1841.
Ma DANiEL LOWE have this day received the bill or promissory note drawn by James Worsley, $15 10 due 17th July, dishonoured in your favor and indorsed by you. I have sent it to my friend Mr Jas Shepherd, corn merchant, Stockport, that he may demand it from the drawer James Worley, Stockport. It will remain with him till Thursday, will when if not then paid by either him or you, he will return it to me, and I immediately without farther notice order writs for both of you. I shall owe you a small balance when you have paid the bill, or else bring the cash and we can settle both at the same time. You had better not neglect this notice, for I was so vexed at your palming such a shabby bill upon my son when I was out, that I shall not spare you.
I am, Sir, Your mo. ob. JOSHUA REYSER. No answer arriving in Manchester in due course of time, Mr Reyner's suspicions were awakened as to the real character of the transaction, and on Monday the 26th, Mr Rayner's son came over to Stockport to make some inquiries into the solvency of James Worsley." The Directory and the Branch of the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking company were respectively referred to, and no other James Worsley, Stockport," could he found except James Worsley, of the Red Bull public-house, Hillgate, and it was concluded that he was the drawer, particularly, as it turned out that he knew Lowe, and had had some conversation with him, about three months ago, respecting a cow. This individual, however, denied all knowledge of the bill, and said that the signature was a forgery.
The document was then given into the hands of Mr Barrett, the Special high Constable of the Stockport Division, and the following day one of his officers, Thos. Burgess, apprehended Lowe at his own house, Disley after an unsuccessful attempt to avoid capture. On tke previous day, however, the subjoined letter in answer to Mr Reyner's, had been sent off, by Lowe. Stoneheads, 26th July, 1841. Ma JOSHUA have this day, received your letter dated the 20th inst.
and am surprised that you did not send to me sooner, you will please to send me 1 the particulars of the bill, and the expenses upon it by return of post, so as and can write to Mr Worsley, who lives in the neighbourhood of Manchester, I will bring you the cash over. I am, Sir. Your's respectfully, DANIEL LOWE. It was admitted for the prosecution that such a communication had arrived at Manchester. Lowe, on being brought up on the Wednesday, denied that Mr Worley of the Red Bull, was the drawer; he also denied having told Mr Reyner that the drawer resided in Stockport, but that he had received the bill at Stockport.
drawer, he stated, lived near the Clarendon Inn, Choritonupon-Medlock. Burgers the policeman, at the prisoner's request, served James Worley, who inhabited a cellar, in Crossley-street, Chorlton, with a summons to appear and give evidence on Saturday; but Worsley stated to the officer that he was reduced in c*mstances, and having pledged his coat for rent, he was afraid he was not attend without much inconvenience. On Saturflay the case called on but Worsley, of Choriton, did not appear. The prisoner insisted that he was the person, and exhibited great uneasiness lost the drawer of his bill should abscond and leave him in till dilemma. Accordingly, the examination was again postponed this clothes, Monday, when measures were adopted to redeem Worley's and bring him over to Stockport, on which day the eviproving the uttering--the unauthenticity (by Mr Worley, thro port and the apprehension of the prisoner, was gone who is a The only new testimony was that of James Worsley, decayed tradesman of Choriton, and who underwent most Worley searching, the prisoner's attorney.
ture at the swore that he never drew a bill in his life- that the signathat he had bottom not seen of the the bill in question the was last not three his hand- months- writing that he never received any money prisoner from for him- nor did he owe him anyit was This was the digest of the examinations. The prisoner, thing. not clear from a specimen of his penmanship, handed in, had wrote. the answer of the 26th July bearing his name: yet it equally certain that whoever was the author of letter had drawn out the bill and forged the names. at once proved that wrote a his guilty accomplice a in the schoolmaster business: st or he Dear said the Disley person but he declined to divulge his name.
Mr Barrett stated to the Bench dated had that morning received from Macclesfield a bill for £18, the Aug. 1838, drawn by James Worley" upon Lowe (being same hand- writing as the other) and which Lowe paid to 1 in the above town; but when it became due and unfortunate Lowe creditor. was in The the prisoner's Insolvent attorney Court, said and that scheduled he was in- the transaction say between that the Worley bill given and to the Mr prisoner, Reyner, which bone would fide be Proved upon the was then fully committed for trial at casing Liverpool Assizes which commence on the 15th inst. Mr Pigott, after his election for Clonmel, gave the beggars of the town two shillings and sixpence. Manchester AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY-STOCKPORT Open between Manchester and Stockport.
for the week ending August 2nd, 1841, (Goods not yet carried.) Passengers, 12,640. Receipts, £357 13s. 9d. CONSERVATIVE STRENGTH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. -The strength of the conservatives in the House of Commons has thus gradually risen year by yearIn 1833 they were 145 In 1838 they were 318 1834 190 1839 318 1835 280 1840 325 1836 288 1841 368 1837 99 310 ATTEMPTED -On Saturday morning last, John Bibby, a desperado from Manchester, committed with others from this townfor trial at our Assizes for some burglaries in the Churchgate, in June last attempted self destruction by hanging in bis cell in Chester Castle, but having been fortunately discovered by the turnkey, he was cut down before life was extinct, and surgical assistance was called in.
He however continues in such a precarious state that on Monday it was considered unsafe to place him on his trial. That case was, therefore, put back till towards the close of the Assizes. SUITING THE ACTION TO THE Baptist minister from Derbyshire, being engaged to preach at Sheepshead, took his text from Mat. v. ch.
v. 4: If any man will sue thee at law, and take away thy coat, let him take away thy cloak also." In the course of the sermon he strenuously enforced the Christian duty of overcoming evil with good but to his no little astonishment, when he was about to enter his gig, which stood in an adjoining yard, he found his cloak and coat were both gone the thief having written on the wall with chalk, I have taken your cloak, and I hope you will give me your THE COTTON failure of Mr Samuel Stocks, of Heaton Mersey, near this town, has darkened considerably the cloud which hangs over this ill-fated portion of the manufacturing districts, and 500 hands, at the least, in addition to the 1000 discharged at another establishment last week, will be thrown out of employment, though the bleaching part of the concern will, we understand, be continued. The liabilities of Mr Stocks are stated to be little short of £80,000, nearly one thousand of which, we understand, is owing amongst the tradesmen of Macclesfield, for election expences incurred in a late fruitless contest for that borough, under the especial patronage and sanction of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Anti-Corn-Law League. THE LATE COUNTY of those ludicrous scenes which are sometimes witnessed at the polling booth, occurred on the first day of the county election in this town. A farmer from the neighbourhood of Poynton, on being brought to the poll to vote, was asked as the first question-" What is your name To which he replied, Edward John Stanley but on being told that it was his own name and not the candidate's which was required to satisfy the question, it was at length given.
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are a more active preparation than the others, and are particularly and universally praised. They are admirably adapted for men of business, sportsmen, naval and military men, agriculturists, as they contain no mercury or calomel, and require neither confinement to the house nor restraint in diet. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD The King Wm. the 4th Lodge I. O.
F. held their anniversary on Monday last, at the house of Mr John Thorneley, the Lamb Inn, Bramhall, when the members walked in procession through Cheadle Hulme and Long Lane to Handforth Chapel, where a Sermon was preached to them by the Rev. E. Tr. Leigh, the Rector of Cheadle, from 20th chapter of Exodus, 8th verse Remember the Sabbath went Day to keep it Holy after which the procession wasre-formed and through Handforth to Wimslow, Deanrow, Woodford, to the Lodge House, where a sumptuous dinner awaited their arrival to which the mem, bers did ample Justice.
After the cloth was withdrawn P.P.G.M. William Brown, of the Stockport District, was called to the Chair, supported by the G.M. and D.G.M. of the Handforth District. The Vice Chair was filled by P.G.M.
Leigh, of the Stockport District, when a number of loyal and appropriate songs, toasts, and sentiments were given and drank through the evening. The members and friends did not separate till a late hour, highly pleased with the proceedings of the day. There were about 120 brethren in the procession, and the day being very fine, the handsome regalia and the Order altogether lookedvery No. 610Lodge" of the above Order, celebrated their anniversary on Monday, by dining together at the house of Miss Mary Knowles, the "Bulkeley Arms," Brinksway Banks. An excellent and substantial dinner was provided on the occasion, which did credit to the worthy hostess and the room was beautifully decorated for the occasion.
On the removal of the cloth, a very elegant medal was presented by D.G.M. Wm. Sykes, to P.G. Sykes, as a testimonial of the valuable services he has rendered to the Order. The ceremony excited great interest amongst the bretheren, and the room was crowded on this occasion.
The utmost conviviality prevailed during the evening; and at a late hour the members, with their wives, relatives, and sweethearts, retired to their homes delighted with the proceedings of the the same day, the Trafalgar Lodge" of the above Order, held their annual meeting at Mr Leah's, the Swan with Two Edgeley, and enjoyed themselves over a good dinner, to which ample justice was done doth by the host and the partakers of Monday last, the members of the Flower of the Forest Lodge," of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, held ther annual meeting by dining together at the house of Mrs Harding, the Bee Portwood. CHESHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES. The Commissions of Assize were opened in the Shire Hall, Chester Castle, on Wednesday afternoon last, before the Right Hon. Chief Baron, Lord Abinger, after which his Lordship attended Divine service in the cathedral, where the usual assize sermon was preached by the Rev. the Chancellor of the Diocese.
On Thursday the Courts opened for the dispatch of business, at ten o'clock in the morning, Lord Abinger presiding in the Nisi prius Court, and Mr Justice Erskine in the Crown Court. The business is rather heavy. There are nearly sixty prisoners for trial, including five charged with murder. CROWN COURT. The following Gentlemen were sworn on the GRAND JURY.
SIR RICHARD BROOKE. Bart. Norton Priory, Foreman, HON. SIR EDWARD CUST, Leasowe Castle, SIR EDWARD SAMUEL WALKER, Knt. Chester, JOHN DEAN CASE, ESQ.
Holly Bank, JOHN CLEMISON, ESQ. Chester, JOHN DIXON, ESQ. Astle Park, WILBRAHAM EGERTON, ESQ. Tatton Park, GEORGE FOLLIOTT, ESQ. Great Boughton, HENRY GARNETT, ESQ.
Bache Hall, ROBERT HOLLINGWORTH, ESQ. Hollingworth, SHALCROSS JACSON, ESQ. Newton Bank, CROTON JOHNSON, ESQ. Thornton, PETER LEGH, ESQ. Booths Hall, THOMAS MARSLAND.
ESQ. Cheadle Moseley, HARRY MAINWARING, ESQ. Peorer Hall, JAMES ROYDS. ESQ Hartford, R. EYLES EGERTON WARBURTON, ESQ.
Arley Hall, JOHN WRIGHT, ESQ. Brabins Hall, T. J. SWETTENHAM, ESQ. Swettenham Hall.
His LORDSHIP, in addressing the Grand Jury, said it must have been a common observation of all the Judges who had passed along the circuit, that the calendar for the county of Chester presented most painful and striking contrast to those to which their attention had been directed in the former part of the circuit; and he was sorry to say that the present occasion afforded no opportunity of congratulating the county on the present calendar being an exception to the general rule. The cause of this state of things was perhaps obvious- the remedy not so apparent. They found in the county of Chester a rapidly increasing population, and that population depending very much on the fluctuating state of commercial pursuits for their subsistence. They knew that in the county there must be amongst a large portion of the population, those alternations of privation and comfort- of deep distress following full employment, which necessarily not only produced great dis. content, but also offered strong temptation to the sufferers to relieve their distress by unlawful means.
Under these circ*mstances, when they remembered the comparative neglect which had been shewn in the education and and religious instruction of the people. they could hardly regard it as a matter of surprise, however much they might regret, that so many instances of crime should be presented both at the Quarter Sessions and the General Assize for the county. He was sure that however well the law might be administered, the fear of punishment would not of itself, be sufficient to repress crime: and they must look for a remedy of the evil that surrounded them to that principle which was so fully recognised in her Majesty's proclamation, the fear and love of God constantly abiding in the hearts that as the heart was the root of all the evil exhibited in the life, in the heart might be laid the foundation of true obedience to the laws both of God and man. And though he rejoiced to find that much had been done in this county both for the religious education of the young and the adu't portion of the community; yet they must remember that much more remained to be done. Their efforts must be commensurate with the necessity that called them forth, and sufficient to stem the strong stream that now pressed against them.
They would feel that every encouragement that could be given to industry- every discountenance that should be offered to vice should at all times be exercised, but the effects of this would never fully appear, unless they endea. voured to repress the misbelief that would nevertheless grow up around them, by carefully educating the young, and affording to those who were grown up, the meens of religious instruction. At present they had a painful duty to discharge in endeavouring to correct the evil, by holding out to the vicious the fear of punishment. He was sorry to observe so many cases in the calendar, which cast a painful light on the state of this county. The most distressing, however, of the cases which wonld require the attention of the court, would not be brought before them, having undergone the consi.
deration of the Grand Jury at the last assizes. But, besides the cases for murder, there were four for stabbing, five for robbery, eleven for burglary, two for cattle stealing, and others of minor importance, including ten for riot. In none of these cases it would benecessary to detain them at any length, because they were such as usua ly arose, and which they must have had occasion to deal with on former occasions, both at the Quarter Sessions and the Assises. His Lordship then made a few general remarks on the cases, for the purpose of instructing the Grand Jury as to the precise character of the offences, and then dismissed them to their duties. The following prisoners were then placed at the Henry Cooper, 17, pleaded guilty to stealing an ass, the property of Geo.
Ward, of Sentence- Nine months' imp. BURGLARY. Jonathan Lowndes and Peter Percival were indicted for barglariously entering the dwelling house of Ambrose Clayton, at Offerton, on the 24th of February, and pleaded guilty. Both the prisoners having been previously convicted, they were sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. STABBING.
Joke Carragon, 27, was indicted for maliciously stabbing Christopher Hayes, at Lower Withington, with intent, It appeared that the prosecutor lived at Lower Withington, in April last, and was an excayator on the railway. The prisoner was employed on the same railway as a time-keeper. On the 13th of April, Hayes was drinking at a beer-shop, kept by a man named Potts, when the prisoner came in intoxicated, and called Hayes ill names. The latter retorted, and prisoner then struck him, and knocked the pipe out of his mouth, upon which a fight took place, and prosecutor was thrown down. Prisoner then left the room, but soon afterwards returned, and they again fought.
While rolling together on the floor, a man named Lloyd, who was present, observed that the prisoner had a pistol in his hand, with which he was jobbing" Hayes in the head. The pistol was taken from his hand, and Carragan secured in a room until the arrival of policeman to take him into custody. Guilty of a common assault. Sentence-18 months' imprisonment, STABBING. James Pearce, 26, was indicted for stabbing Thos.
M- Kenzie, at Newton, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm, on the 11th of April. The prosecutor stated, that on the 11th of April he was a labourer on the Manchester and Sheffield Railway. About seven o'clock at night he was at a public house at Newton, called the Mechanics' Arms," drinking with sereral other excavators heard a noise outside of the house, and went to the door there were several men near the door one of them called out (alluding to witness) that's one of Pearce then came towards him with an open knife, and witness having a stick in his hand attempted to strike him. He struck at prisoner because some of their chaps (Scotchmen) had been abused by the English on the previous Saturday night. Prisoner then stabbed him in the belly he was taken into a public-house, and immediately fainted.
In his cross-examination, witness said he was sure prisoner was the man who stabbed him, and never told the surgeon who visited him that he did not know the man; no one struck at Pearce except himself. Daniel Shone, an Irishman, partly corroborated the last witness. Mr Fernally, a surgeon, of Newton, who was called in to see the prosecutor, stated that on examining him, he found a wound in his bowels an inch deep. It was not dangerous, as inflammation did not ensue, and healed in about five days. Mr TOWNSEND addressed the jury for the prisoner, and said his client stood at the bar the victim of a national conspiracy which bad been got up against him by the Scotch and Irish to revenge themselves for having suffered fines and imprisonment for their own misconduct.
He should call a witness who would prove that a most brutal attack had been made upon the prisoner, by which his life had been endangered, and that his using a knife was done as a matter of absolute self defence. His LORDSHIP summed up the case in a very luminous manner, and left it for the Jury to decide between the conflicting evidence they had heard. Guilty. UTTERING BASE COIN. Elizabeth Vaughan, 24, Catherine Stokes, 36, were indicted for uttering base coin to James and Hannah Lockett, on the 3rd and 4th November.
Mr Powell, inspector to the mint, proved that the monies were counterfeit, and the prisoners being found guilty, were sentenced to two imprisonment. BURGLARY. John Duffey, 21, was indicted for a burglary in the house of John Bray, at Northen Etchells, on the 11th May, 1839. The prosecutor deposed that in May, 1839, he lived at Peel Hall, Northen Etchells. About one o'clock on Sunday morning, the 11th May, he was alarmed by a noise in the house.
He got out of bed, and met on the stairs four men with sticks in their hands. They attacked and beat him severely. Mr Bray. wife of the last witness, deposed to two of the party entering her room in the morning of the 11th May. They threw her on the ground, and almost throttled her and whenever she attempted to get up, they immediately knocked her downagain.
In her pocket was 11s. which was stolen there was a box taining £125 in the room, but the robbers missed that. Mary Burgess, servant to the prosecutor, stated that she went to bed about half past one on the morning, of the 11th May, having previously secured the house. After she had been in bed about five minutes, heard a noise in the lower part of the house. Went into her mistress's room, and found that two men were "throttling" her on the floor.
Witness then went into another room, andthrew the window open for the purpose of jumping through' it to make her escape. It was a moonlight morning, and immediately on opening the winow, she perceived the prisoner, Duffey, keeping watch in the garden. Witness then went into her mistress's room, and threw the window open; Duffey was then under her mistress's window. One of the men in the room then put a pikel to her breast, and she said, What are ye after, are ye going to kill me He said and witness replied, 66 Nay, I think not to night." He then said Money we want and money we'll have." After remaining in the room some time, they all left the house. Henry Jackson, a little boy who lived with Mr Bray, proved that he had made his escape from the house as soon as the robbers got in.
A few yards from the house, he saw Duffey, who raised his hand as if to strike him witness said, Don't kill me," and then ran past him. Sarah Jackson, mother to the last witness, proved that as she was coming home from Stockport market, on the morning in question, she met the prisoner coming in the direction from Peel Hall. She spoke to him, but he made no reply, and she then made the best of her way home. Mr Barrett, of Stockport, Special High of the Stockport Division, proved that the prisoner up to the commission of the offence lived at Stockport, but he afterwards absconded, and witness never heard of him until he was apprehended at Middlewich. Dr.
BROWN addressed the Jury for the defence, and contended that the opportunities of identifying the prisoner had not been sufficiently clear to justify the Jury in pronouncing a verdict of guilty. His LORDSHIP summed up the case, and the Jury found the prisoner guilty. Sentence- -15 years' transportation. FRIDAY. His Lordship took his seat on the bench this morning at nine o'clock.
The first person arraigned was Henry Harding, aged 24 years of age, who was indicted for a misdemeanor, and being convicted, was sentenced to 2 years' imp. ASSAULT WITH INTENT, John Silvester, 32, was indicted for assaulting Sarah Walley, at Audlem, with intent to commit a rape, in January, 1839. The prosecutrix's husband and prisoner are both labouring men, and had been working together on the day above named. They returned homewards about twelve o'clock at night, but before getting there, Walley stopped at a house to drink a glass of ale. Prisoner went on to Walley's, whose wife was gone to bed, and under the protext of being her husband, had committed the alleged offence.
The crime was committed in Jannary 1840, but the prosecutrix had not brought the prisoner to justice until the present assizes. -Not Guilty. LARCENY. John Simmister pleaded guilty to an indictment char ging him with larceny, in the house of John Cotton, at Chorley, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. STEALING FROM THE PERSON.
Jane Tollett and Mary Morley pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging them with stealing £1 7s. 6d. from the person of William Corley, at Stockport. Sentence, three months' imprisonment. William Bradshaw pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing two watches, the property of Joseph Gil months' imprisonment.
BURGLARY. James Tyron, 21, was indicted for a burglary in the house of Sarah Lowe, at Bredbury, and stealing therefrom a quantity of cheese and sugar; and Mary Bradshaw, 46, was charged with receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen. The prosecutor, Mrs Lowe, stated that she lived by herself at Bredbury. She went to bed on Tuesday, the 13th of April, at about one o'clock, after having secured the doors and windows of her house. The next morning she got up about seven o'clock, when she found a portion of the shop window taken out, large enough to admit of a person getting through it.
On examining the shop, she discovered that a quantity of sugar, butter, and three cheeses, besides other articles which had been taken out of it. From the shop to the window through which the person had entered, were marks of a crutch, which she had not noticed the night before. The male prisoner, who used a crutch, had been at her shop to purchase some tobacco on the evening before the robbery. Immediately on perceiving the crutch marks, witness gave information to the police. Samuel Bradshaw, a collier at Bredbury, stated that about two o'clock on Tuesday morning he was at the boiler house of Mr Jowett, when the prisoner and two other men came in.
Witness was lying down, and not being noticed, one of the men said to the others that they had grabbed 4s. 6d. very nicely, and would have something from Bench Lane (where prosecutor resided,) when she went to bed. William Fish, a collier at Bredbury, deposed to having seen the prisoner, with two other men, Joshua Lea and James Andrews, going in the direction of prosecutor's house about midnight; and John Stannier, a tailor, to whose father the prisoner was apprenticed, proved that he went out about nine o'clock on the night of the 13th of April, and did not return until six on the following morning. Thomas Burgess, a police-officer at Bosden, deposed that in consequence of information he received respecting the robbery, he apprehended the prisoner, who walked with a crutch.
On comparing the marks of the crutch with those on the soil behind Mrs Lowe's house, they exactly corresponded. Joseph Lee, a man who had been taken up on suspicion of picking pockets, but discharged on the following day, stated that while he was in custody, the prisoner had confessed to him that he had broken into Mrs Lowe's house, by taking the shop window out, and had taken a cheese or two, some butter and some sugar. Mr Gatley, one of the constabulary force in the Stockport Division, stated that in consequence of information he received, he went to the honse of the female prisoner, and asked her if there was anything in the house or garden that did not belong to her. She said "No." Witnesss then took her into the garden, and dug up a cheese. He asked her How the cheese came Bradshaw replied that those who put it there could perhaps (The cheese was then produced and identified by Mrs Lowe, as her property.) James Whittaker deposed, that on Wednesday the 21st of April, he saw the female prisoner, with a spade in her hand in the garden, covering something with soil.
In a subsequent part of the day he heard one of Bradshaw's daughters asking her what she had done with the cheese, and the latter said, if her daughter mentioned it again she would stick the knife into her. His LORDSHIP having summed up the evidence, the Jury found Tyron guilty, but acquitted the other prisoner. Tyron was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. BREAKING INTO A COUNTING HOUSE. James Hampton, 28, and Thomas Hampton, 28, were indicted for breaking into the counting-house of Messrs Skerratt and Remer, at Sandbach, and stealing therefrom bank notes, to the amount of £1000 and upwards.
The Jury after consulting for a few minutes, found both the prisoners guilty. LARCENY. James Hampton, and Thomas Hampton, were Again placed at the bar, charged with stealing certain property belonging to Mr Ralph Young. The prisoners were both found guilty, and were sentenced for the first offence to 7 years; and for the second to 7 years additional transportation. FELONY.
Robert Miller was charged with having, on the 22nd Dec. 1839, feloniously cut down and carried away certain trees from a plantation in Little Saughall, belonging to John Hawksley Ackerley, of Bath, to whom the prisoner was tenant. After the examination of a great number of witnesses, the jury, under the direction of the Chief Baron, acquitted the prisoner. John Whittaker, charged with breaking into a building within the curtilage, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to be imprisoned for the space of three months in the House of Correction, and to be kept to hard labour. Thomas Trickett, aged 47, charged with maliciously stabbing John Latham, at Walgherton, was found guilty of a common assanlt, without intent to do any bodily harm: sentenced to be imprisoned six months, and kept to hard labor.
Thomas Thompson, Sampson Harrison, and James Deaville, farmers, were charged on the coroner's inquisition with killing James Pownall at Macclesfield. Verdict not guilty. Anne Maria Bomber, was also acquitted of stealing twenty sorereigns from James Braddock, at Macclesfield. Joseph Lairton, charged with maliciously stabbing Robert Tind low, at Sutton; was found guilty of a common assault, and sentenced to be imprisoned for the space of three weeks in the House of Correction. William Hibbert was fonnd guilty of stealing from the person at Rancorn: and sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labor for six months in the House of Correction.
Saul Wilco*ck pleaded guilty to pigeon stealing at Bowden. MANSLAUGHTER. Peter Burgess was charged with the manslaughter of Samuel Lawton, at Chorley. The parties had been drinking together; and the deceased went to the prisoner's house, and lay down on screen, from which the prisoner, who was drunk, pulled him, and kicked him on the head, so as to cause his death, by fracture of the skull and concussion of the brain. Verdict: Guilty.
Sentence -to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months. SATURDAY. THE MURDER AT HUXLEY. Thomas Brooks, 30, farmer, was placed at the bar charged with the murder of Thomas Henshall, gamekeeper at Huxley, in September last. The case, which was supported by evidence entirely of a circ*mstantial character, occupied the Court nearly the whole of the day.
It had been postponed from the last Assizes. The jury acquitted the prisoner. THE STOCKPORT POISONING CASES. This case had remained over from the last assizes, in consequence of the principal witness being too young to be examined. Ann Sandys alias Devanah, 25, Robert Sandys, 25, Sandys, 28, and Honor Sandys, 28, had been committed at a coroner's inquisition, (and true bills found) for the murder of three children, Elizabeth Sandys, Catherine Sandys, and Mary Ann Sandys, by poisoning, at Stockport.
They were first arraigned for the murder of Mary Ann, the two first as principals, and the two last as accessories both before and after the fact. They severally pleaded not guilty. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL stated the case to the effect, that the indictment on which he proceeded was for the murder of Mary Ann Sandys, by administering arsenic in bread and butter, on the 12th of October last, so as to produce death on the 13th and the prisoners Robert Sandys, and Ann Sandys alias Devanah, were charged as principals, and the other two as accessories, both before and after the fact. The prisoners were all Irish, and followed the occupation of door mat makers. 'The two first prisoners had four childrea, which were all entered in the Philanthropic Benefit Society at Stockport, and a penny per head per week was paid.
When seventeen pence on each child had been paid, then it became entitled to the benefit of the club, and if it died, the parents received £3 12s. as burial money. On the morning of the 11th of October the child Mary Ann, the subject of this enquiry, was perfectly well, and had some tea given it by a woman named Bridget Riley, its godmother. At ten o'clock it was still well, and was seen playing with two of its brothers and sisters. At eleven o'clock the children got some sand for a neighbour, and were then well.
About twenty minutes before twelve, the child Mary Ann, became ill. One of the other children -Robert Sandys, who had been instructed as to the nature of an oath since the last assizes would say, that Ann Deranah, the mother, gave Mary Ann a butty." Mr WELSRY objected to this statement. The Court stated, that it would be as well not to mention it now. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then said, the children were seen on the steps, and Mary Ann, and some of the others became sick and vomited. A dog eat up the vomit, and it became sick also.
The neighbours wished the child to be taken to a doctor, which was done, and he recommended an emetic, which the prisoners objected to but he made one up for them, which, however, was never administered, as it was found untouched after the death of the child. They then took the child to Mr Ryan, a surgeon, who also recommended an emetic, and again they were averse to that treatment. He, however, caused it to be administered by his apprentice; but the child was taken away in his absence, though he was not away snore than three minutes. The children became worse, and Mary Ann died next day. The prisoners on being questioned, said they were sure the children had been poisoned, and attributed the death to Bridget Riley; but on the inquiry before the coroner, suspicion attached to the prisoners.
The body of the child was opened, and the contents of the stomach aralysed, by which it appeared death was caused by white arsenic. Immediately after the death of the child, the two male prisoners applied for the burial money, and they received it. They stated the child had been poisoned by its god-mother, Bridget Riley. It would appear that two papers were found near the fire-place, in the house of Bridget Riley, which it was supposed might have contained poison but they had been subjected to a variety of tests, and were found perfectly pure. Mr Ryan called at the house to see the child just after it had died and he enquired after its clothes, but every thing had been washed clean, and no trace of vomitting remained.
After some months had passed, that is on the 31st of March, a paper was discovered in a crevice in the he cellar in which they lived, containing sugar and white arsenic; the crevice was between the beam and window, and was discovered by the tenant, in a most remarkable manner. All the subsequent tenants would prove that they had not put it there. evidence, which has already in substance been before our Readers, is extraordinarily lengthy, and therefore we cannot give it in detail. The trial upon the first Bill lasted till Wednesday afternoon, when a verdict of not guilty was recorded. The prisoners were to be indicted for the murder of the two other children respectively, commencing this morning (Thursday at eleven o'clock) and the cases were not expected to terminate before Friday evening, there being 42 witnesses for examination.
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Correspondence. To the Editor of the Stockport Advertiser. your columns are open to all men, will you do me the favor to inform the Stockport Chronicle, that as he had thought proper to make some observations upon the Election in St. Thomas's Ward, that so far as 1 myself is concerned in voting for Mr Cooper, I do say that I bad no intention whatever to oppose any individual, but to vote as usual according to law, although it might not be in consonance with the public meeting, or any other gambling truck system, and you will very much oblige Your obedient Servant, JOHN BARDSLEY, A Burgess of the said Ward. Cooper Street, July 31st, 1841.
AUCTIONEERS AND BROKERS. To the Editor of the Stockport Advertiser. -At a time when monopolies are the subject of public vituperation, permit me to say that there exists a monopoly in Stockport which ought to be publicly exposed. The monopoly which I am pow writing about is called a Broker's This monopoly, by the bye, is one that seriously affects the public, insomuch that, in consequence of its operations, the landlord, in cases of distrain, is often the cause of his going short of his rent, and the property of the tenant being sold at a great sacrifice. For instance, sales are advertised, the day arrives, and we see certain auctioneers creeping to the place attended by a flock of brokers--a preconcerted plan is acted upon, one wants this, another requires that, and a third wants something else.
Biddings are made by the brokers' club, and no one else has a chance, unless he chooses to succumb to its rules, by paying them a certain sum to buy them off. This is so publicly known, that parties will not go to sales, knowing they have no chance with the brokers, who join in any loss occasioned by over-bidding. But mark, Sir, how they manage to cover this loss, -it is by nothing less than being bought off from bidding- -and this has got to so great an extent that they have now the impudence to go to any party they see bidding, even if it be the poor distressed owner, and ask a certain sum in order to stop their mouths, and which, in many, too many, instances they succeed in obtaining. Is not this a species of obtaining money nearly allied to thimble rigging It ought to be put a stop to, and I trust this public exposure will put the public on their guard, and some plan be used to arrest the progress of such nefarious practices. I am, Sir, your's, Hillgate, August 1841.
OBSERVER. GOVERNORSHIP OF THE NEW BASTILA. To the Editor of the Stockport Advertiser. have been informed that one of our liberals," who is closely connected with the Board of Guardians, intends shortly to offer himself as a candidate for the Governorship of the new Bastile. 1 can scarcely credit it, but so it is stated.
We are come to a pretty pass, if offices of trust and importance are to be filled up by men who hare long proved their total incapacity to manage their own small affairs in another place. If they cannot manage them, how can they manage others If this puritan wishes a place in such an establishment, let him apply in his distress to the relieving officer, where persons in indigent circ*mstances, and out of employment, are accustomed to go. As he is an admirer and supporter of the New Poor Law, let him hare the advantage of that admirable law and the tirst berth in those hammocks to which his gender will consign him. If he belongs to us, we will keep him in forma pauperis; but if he should belong to another union, let him, according to law, be removed and I am sure the remor will promptly obey the summons of the Magistrates, and convey him safely to his proper destination. a man is incapable for business, or idle, or the subject of severe misfortune, let him acknowledge the same, and submit to what fate, or providence, or his own waywardness brings upon him but let us have fit and proper men for every office, and not political quacks.
Stockport, August 3, 1841. A RATE PAYER. MONDAY. 500 STOCKPORT YOUNG MEN'S ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION." To the Editor of the Stockport Advertiser. DEAR heard much talk in the town lately about the above Association, I ventured to attend a meeting of the Members on Monday evening last, which was held in an empty house near the Shawcross-fold Candle Warehouse.
The meeting, it appeared, was for the purpose of electing a Committee, and really it was such a treat that I never before witnessed. At one end of the room where the ballot box was kept (box! no, it was an old hat sat the Secretary, busy receiving sixpences from a few poor lads, who looked as if their money would have been better appropriated at some cook shop. Next to the Secretary sat a would-be Doctor, who was a conductor of the ballot. The thing meant for a table, was an old dirty potatoe chest, and the seats (which were few) were dilapidated tea boxes; the room was lighted with candles, and each now and then some of the gentleman snuffed them with their fingers! The meeting was carried on without any Chairman, the Secretary and the ballot conductors being all Chairman or Boxmen While the balloting was going on, a body of the Members were engaged in larking." One had his coat off for wrestling; another was exciting their mirth by exhibiting an indecent paper; and one youth I observed busily employed telling individuals not to vote for any Factory But the most laughable part of the joke was, that the Secretary and the persons who conducted the ballot, actually mode of procceding unparalleled in the history of any Society. I left the room before the names of the elected persons were read, but I have since heard that not one Factory Goskin was elected.
And yet this is an Association for gaining Cheap Bread! and for raising the poor despised workers in our mills, to a higher scale in Sociely Faugh Trash! and The preceding, Sir, is a true account of the proceedings of this much vaunted Anti-Monopoly Association; and a more paltry concern I never before saw. It is, Sir, a Society which will benefit the moral character of no young man, even supposing that its pretended object was a just one. I shall, Sir, on other occasions, send you reports of the talented speeches which I understand are delivered by the Anti-Factory Goskins." I am, Sir, A HATER OF FREE Respectfully your's, HUMBUG. August, 1841. P.S.- -I understand tickets are to be had from the following Heginbotham, founder of the Association, Millgate; G.
Mather, Secretary, Millgate W. Derbyshire, Wellington Road; and at the Mechanic's and Social Institutions. Cotton, Corn, Markets. Q.B. Q.B.
The CORN heavy rains of the EXCHANGE, last two LONDON. further excitement in the wheat trade this morning. The supplics, since Monday are short; English and free foreign brought 2s per qr more money. In bonded, the transactions were extensive, at fully 2s to 3s over our previous currency. A choice parcel of Dantzig sold for 65s per qr.
Barley and malt are rather dearer. Bonded barley in better request at Is per qr advance. We were unable to obtain any improvement in the price of oats, but the sale was brisk at Monday's extreme rates. LIVERPOOL COTTON trade continue to buy sparingly, and the market is heavy, but without change in prices from Friday last. The sales of the three days are about 8,000 bags: 1,000 American for export.
The imports reported since Friday are 10,063 from the United States, and 532 from Egypt: -total 11,105 bales. (Wednesday.) The sales on Thursday last were 2,500 bags; Friday 3000; Saturday 3000 Monday Tuesday and 2000. There has been a very limited demand since last week: consumers buy very sparingly in conse. quence of the depression which still exists in the Manchester market--Prices of American have declined Ad per lb. WAKEFIELD CORN The arrival reported this week is small.
and the stock of wheat now in granary here is estimated at about 7000 qrs, and in Leeds 3000 qrs. Although the weather of late has been more favourable, yet it has had no reducing effect in prices. In wheat a fair business has been done, at fully last week's rates. Oats and beans were held at 4d per stone, and is per qr advance, with a better demand. Nothing doing in barley.
Shelling sold freely at 29s to 31s per load. LIVERPOOL NEW CATTLE We have had a fair supply of stock at this day's market, as to number, but generally speaking of a very inferior quality. Prime beef met ready sale at 64d per lb middling 6d. Good wethers 64d to 74d; ewes 6d lambs 64d to 7d per lb, sinking the offal, and nearly all sold up, with the exception of a few pens of poor of beas's 995 sheep and lambs, 10,687. MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE.
The few samples of free wheats offering, both English and foreign, bring fully, and, in some instances, exceed last week's prices. The same may be said of flour; but this article is, in some degree, held in check by the expected supply of Canadian. The stock of oats is small, and all lities are id per bushel dearer, with a moderate sale. Meal attracts attention, and fresh qualities sell steadily at Is per load advance. Malt is Is higher, with an improved inquiry for fine samples.
Beans and peas are held firmly for an advance of Is to 2s per qr. LIVERPOOL CORN At our market this morning, free wheat was generally held for an advance of 3d per bushel on the rates of last Tuesday; but the millers and dealers buying sparingly, only a limited business was done. Free flour was in fair demand, and Is per sack and barrel dearer. A few parcels of oats were taken for the country, and there was a moderate sale of oatmeal, at an improvement of id per bushel, and fully 6d per load respectively. Several parcels of bonded wheat and flour changed hands within the range of our quotations, which are 4d to 6d per bushel, aud is to Is Gd per barrel above the rates of this day se'nnight.
Births, Braids. BIRTHS. On the 27th ult. at Leonard Stanley, the wife of Mr Joseph Jenkins, of twins. She is hat her 47th year, and these are the Arst children she hus given birth to.
MARRIED. On the 2nd inst. at our Parish Church, by the Rector, Mr Wm Wood, of Marple, to Miss Ann White, of Offerton. On the 4th inst. at our Parish Church, by the Rev.
R. Kent, Mr Wm. Hollingworth Piatt, of Hyde, to Miss Mary Sidebotham, of Disley. the 28th ult. at Hanley Church, J.
Newall, Esq. solicitor, Manchester' to Elizabeth Mellard, elder daughter of W. Parker, Esq. of Albion House' Shelton, and late of Rownall Hall, both in the county of Stafford. On the 22nd ult.
at Caunton, Mr J. Hilton, eldest son of J. Hilton, Esq. of Ardwick, to Mary Elizabeth, second daughter of S. Hole, Esq.
of Caunton Manor, Notts. On the 22nd ult. at the Friends' Meeting House, Frandley, in this county, W. Payne, of Northampton, eldest son of T. Payne, late of Brampton, near of Northampton, to Hannah, youngest daughter of the W.
Derbyshire, Stretton, Cheshire, near Warrington. On the 19th ult. at Prestbury, G. J. Gosling, Esq.
surgeon, of Maccles. field, to Sarah, second daughter of the late S. Barker, Esq. of Stader, near Buxton. On the 22nd ult.
at Wem, John, eldest son of the late J. Walmsley, Esq. of Creamore, to Eliza, second daughter of the late John Mulliner, Esq. of Edstaston Hall, both in the county of Salop. On the 27th ult.
at St. Peter's Church, Liverpool, Capt. E. Roberts, of Rhyl, to Miss A. Sutton, of Woodside, Staffordshire.
On the 27th ult. at the Parish Church, Warrington, Mr I. Langshaw, Grappenhall, in this county, to Miss Robinson, of Warrington. On the 30th ult. at Wybunbury, W.
H. Rogers, Esq. of Market Drayton, Salop, to Phebe Cornthwaite, second daughter of W. Smith, Esq. of Stapeley Hall, in this county.
On the 28th nit. at Eccles, Mr J. Bradburn, of Didsbury, to Hannah, daughter of the late Mr T. Ashworth, of Pendleton. On the 28th ult.
at Chelsfield, Kent, LI. F. Lloyd, Esq. of Pontriffith, and Kilkin Hall, in the county of Flint, to Mary Susan, only daughter of the late Rev. W.
W. Drake, rector of Malpas, in this county. On the 26th ult. at the Vice-Regal Lodge, Park, Dublin, by the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Cashel, His Excellency the Earl Fortescue, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to Lady Somerville. The ceremony was private, only the immediate relatives of the parties being present.
DIED. On the 30th ult. James Tomlinson, Esq. of Cobden Edge, Mellor, Derbyshire, in the 70th year of his age. This gentleman had been steward to Wilbraham Egerton, Esq.
and his family for nearly 40 years, and this agency has been in the family of the deceased for upwards of a century. He died respected by his neighbours; and his removal from time to eternity is much regretted by his friends and acquaintance. He was a sincere supporter of our excellent Institutions in Church and State; and truly one of the school of an Englishman of the olden time." On the 22nd ult. Sarah, wife of Mr G. Bramall, jun.
of Limefeld, near Mosley, daughter of the late Mr T. Maydew, of Macclesfield, butcher, in the 28th year of her age. On the 21st ult. Alice, the beloved wife of Mr S. Hibbert, manufacturer, of Ashton under-Lyne, in the 50th year of her age.
On the 19th ult. at Dresden, Ohio, U.S. aged 32 years, Mr Jos. Neild, formerly of Bowdon, in this county. On the 13th ult.
at Birkenhead, aged 35 years, Mary, the wife of Mr. S. of T. Robinson Her death was awfully sudden, in consequence of an attack apoplexy. At Coleby, near Lincoln, suddenly, Lady Kaye, relict of the Very Rev.
Sir Richard Kaye, formerly Dean of Lincole, aged 96 years. Lady Kaye was the mother of Charles Mainwaring, Esq. and grandmother of Lady Sutton. On the 8th ult. deeply lamented, through excessive grief, aged 41, Sarah, relict of the late Thomas Henshall, of Huxley, who was brutally murdered in September last-leaving seven children to deplore their loss.
On the 13th ult. at Hodnet Hall, Salop, in her 80th year, Mrs Spence, mother of Mr R. H. Spence, printer, Birkenhead. She nursed Bishop Heber.
Throughout life she maintained the true character of a Christian, and in death triumphed over the last enemy." On the 17th ult. at the Deanery, Hereford, in the 17th year of her age, Adelaide, e'dest daughter of the Very Rev. the Dean of Hereford. On the 22nd ult. aged 60 years, Mr T.
Blackburne, of Voryd, near Rhyl, formerly of Croft, Lancashire: a man universally respected. On the 28th ult. at Birkenhead, in the 25th year of his age, Mr J. Williams, builder, eldest son of Hugh Williams, Esq. of Oxton.
the 20th alt. at her seat, Broughton Hall, Anne Elizabeth, relict of the late Rev. G. Allanson, Prebendary of Ripon. On the 21st alt.
on board the Reindeer steamer from Liverpool, her passage to Belfast, Lord Dufferin. His Lordship complained of indis. position on leaving Liverpool the previous evening, and after taking a dose of morphine, retired to rest. Oh the 27th ult. aged 65 years, at Shirley, near Derby, Mrs.
Blake, after long illness, which she bore with Christian fortitude, much respected ani beloved by all who knew her. On the 26th ult. aged 41 years, Ellen, wife of T. H. Whitlow, Esq.
late of Churton House, in this county. On the 25th ult. aged 37 years, Ellen, eldest daughter of Mr. Rugby. of Ashton.
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