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nec• 24. 1844 „s UTH ANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1844. Choi, RAPE CAES. o f _ 8 Brindle, 60, was indicted for the commission ,iwtrhaepevjoifue oArnn Turner, at Preston. The prosecutrix is respectable innkeeper at Preston, and bad ;es ; embe r t prisoner for many years. on the 18th No „Toter the prisoner went to the house of the prosecutrix. of th e until a late hour in the evening. The whole the gamily had retired to rest, with the exception of falleaprosecutrix and a servant, the latter of whom had with : sl eet). The prisoner then assaulted the prosecutrix afferie e rat , vi eleuce, threw her down, and committed the give n „ w ith which he stood charged. An alarm being th:ttieeidatsist assistance, to h e : *tr.was eventually rescued by her friends coming The prisoner observed, when appre , Y the police-officer, " What a shocking thing t atieh -e s aeuld live to this age, and then should conitm Retite !ut act at last." The prisoner was found guilty, and A o l g_ c ed, to t ransportation for life. c large st ood 7 . ‘i e Kelly, a young man apparently about 23, T aYlor d with having committed a rape on Jane m arried at Tottington Lower-end. The prisoner was a the earatetters deli eee , roa. and was employed by the postmaster to in the neighbourhood of Ramsbottom. hi t. Mr. R o r s,e of his occupation, he called at the house as a herv ar ,!"well, surgeon, where the prosecutrix lived s when s i" , and while there, having watched his opportunity der ee was alone, assaulted her in a most violent man , and, it was alleged, - • accomplishing his Parp nee was alleged, succeeded in ),,After . l ' , tr. M aong cross-examination of the prosecutrix by the ttzh ?a, who appeared for the prisoner, his Lordship Pris n , e ‘ the case could not be carried further, and the h served theas accordingly acquitted. His lordship o - he wi,,,, with respect to the resistence in such cases, in all 'aed it could be made more generally known, that . fled i n e ,,,a of that nature tee parties attacked were justi e jaldr - t l o pting every means at their disposal ; they might_ , taw: l Y :r •e'e weapon s which nature had given them, and p ose , bite, or ....,_ r, tve put the man's eyes out, for the e:_t_iire gre„t didrotecting themselves from his violence. r , i4 clitie• e c u,ltY was, owing to the delicate nature of such "%en ' - , Ir i making such a matter public. But elder att ack - might teach the younger, that iii case of such the ne s , lll e best course to adopt Ras to fly at the face of f vico e ' n ' e r L e Y, and use their nails with the utmost degree of that e • If such a course were adopted, he felt as lCl u be - eo tne re. such as they had been inquiring into would G e " 8 f rNtletit. Auti-°Pe Birchail was charged with commi'ting a Tye on Peareci'herrington. at Pemberton, near Wigan. f th t e a ar e ? 17, t h h a r . the prosecutrix was a yowl woman and ", 8 Y in oh avl ng formerly worked in a coal- n the I)", a? o -eareh °, eteng e atioe, the 2nd of September, she was m in b _ vi_ k tan, t i iv . - YEa ent, and walking along Goese-green, X man, accosted fa her "et. and''' Pll3oner, with whom was an old at 4,, ()tiered to procure her a situation with latio- Asht b isoner n ....:„, which she acceded to, and after some conver thoid- " 1 , the part'es, it was agreed that tee pr . .. took 4he calf it , a short time arid take her to the plate. lltr iliPti.hisserer accordingly ' waited upon her and 1 ume,, cv direction of Lord `s plantation, where they s . , efie ctin ' , s 9rne fields, where he eventually succeeded in se ttee g f . U 1 s Purpose Tie jury retired. and at er in ab- Prim r , ° ' about aquarter of an hour returned, finding the - eer gu e. y. guilty, Sentence, transportation for life. Inh e , HIGHWAY ROBBERY. 24, w 'lnsher, 24, John Locker, 24, and Win. Cho , lterlon : t on :re ; 'itdicted for robbing Peter Newton, at Warri a ng a far nie n the 12th November last. The prosecutor i I. bee, :' r esiding in Cheshire ; and, on the 12th . Nove . n tingtOnal' at the Star and Garter public-house, in War . - sue ere i drinking together with the prisoners. - 0, c left about twelve and the proseewor soon after. The the ee ls arriving at a dark , place in Bridge-street, one . of taittiT,B°ners (Fisher) came tip and accosted him, asking 111 sed: r Bi XPence, the others following him. This . he re thee st ,,a,ad they then accompanied l•im,. with the view, as ceed in .Led, of pi oviding him with lodgings. Atter pr.ne ?ishe g a little further, Locker pinioned his arms, while down, r died his pockets ; and one il them knocked him Q IN "; and abused him in a most brutal manner. They ,euri eei s n away. Mr. James Pollock, for the prisoners, nig ni v e ed there had been a mistake as regarded the tak . - deuc e the depositions, which did not agree with the evi %show wt by before the court. He called witnesses to 13 Y th e nuat the case was totally different from that opened a !Ilk] die r eaecutio n : that the prosecutor was in RI . had ~bo 7 t kno w w h at he was about, or what. money he tablic..l l 4 " l ' l a); and that the prisoners were never_ at the .4 ordet • ouse at all with hint, as had been stated.—His .. • v 14) at the evidence imufficien. to convict. discharged. of - acquittal was then taken, and the prisoners coNct i n ALING THE BIRTH OF A CI ILD. 14,1, th e bi rti •lohn.vtone, 27, was found guilty of laboured of her child, at Manchester, in November s entenced to two year's imprisonment and hard WEDNESDAY. 1 .8/i za CON CEALING,, THE BIRTH OF A CHILD. ( - "'8.8 - il' i , D aley. 20, (could read and wri e imperfectly, ' e "ltld Da l ey. 30, could a rite,) and Eliz abt th Daley, 66. tug t,, neither red d nor write,) were indicted for conceal- S ea birth birth of a child at Manchester. a tait h e , r ', witnesses were called, who proved the case ," to th e female prisoners, but there did not appear to .u.er h i ' ividence against the male prisoner, who was,. .un- Ilu s i 8 "rdship's direction, acquitted of any participa ,:th:lithe crime charged against the prisoners. . bard w,,'',." l ' found the two' female prisoners guilty, and 45 411 11 1 ) 1 . srontenced to twelve Months' imprisonment and u u • James Daley was immediately discharged. . tti, , CONCEALING A BIRTH. 2 11 (•4"th Gurnan, 20, (could read,) was charged . with kusp, ) : log the birth of a female illegitimate child, an g lug of its dead body. 'Die prieoner lived in H ar previ,,,,,ree-. A i Liverptiol and had been observed some time lue, t i o usly to the 9th October, when the occurrg n ce th in e ~.1 4! tte e il. i t -,?, ° ,,, k 15 . 1 "ce to be in the family. ~ ,,,e d, a ---6, Iron, beenof the tet it ir • and found her sitting ' some information a hick had r epriBo_l7 Person named Jones, went to the house om appa. htin Child-birth Of 4 7ery i ll . i n a lower room, ner on I° Hi n vi g n oin ta g k u en p sptl'aticres, there were.evidences but the Pr2sC,,, tact.+ A fis t charged with it, g denied all knowledge of tl tttir.7l.ter inquiry took place, and a Tote ic.• when the body of a child d amongst police•officer was was found Ill'ivhe'Prainers in the cellar, wrapped in a handkerchief. d t er e ,' .er afterwards admitte.d that she had been e ,,,()11ad ° ,f a child on the previous evtini t n h g s ._ She was ' irnpris.m 'ett a g _ U _;itY, and sentenced to twelve mutt on hard labour. .P * e tde • STRALING A COW. 8 eh _ ars ey,3 3, 8 'lek Ke .1 (could neither read nor wr_ite,) gene) ar gett wi'll stealing a cow, the property of Job. tr on the oth The prosecutor was at the . Warrinon fa' n PR d' u November last and while his attention . was e - no e f,', u ue of the cows ' was taken away. From interma t i ',",'er• -- reiteived he went in the direction of Newton, an che f PA the prisoner. who had the cow atrot get others bl etli" e Was driving along the road. The pros- cutor im ir .- S e - p a lelY took possession of the cow, a0,..1 gave the f p h, ,er,, - ,,. into custody.' Mr. James called witnesses w or as t .n t"ce, from whom it appeared that the , ff i l i so c n a e u r sed . ti i ,, Ar t , u r• a;1 that a mistake had arisen 7_ 41t:rtY to come into his possesst.m. U i nder these cir 'tances the prisoner was acqiitted. IN STABBING AND 'WOUNDING. . coy _ IN . 1 Delap, 25, (could read and write imperfectly,) . ,) 8 k . charged with wounding Richard Bainbridge, by b a '"in him with a pitch fork. It appeared the prisoner 101 1 1 :In g ostler at Mr. Hayes's stables in lioscoe-street, tli r c the prosecutor was attending some horses. ?i t ] tpjtiorning of the 28th of August, the prosecutor wen Nti` t ' l e stables to look after his horses.yap n soue alter -44d took a pitch fork u took place, wlyn the prisoner.. a /t St abbed him in the neck, inflicting very serious o t , n. , tti,.,,"• Witnesses were caged to the character of the 41 Sa - i t i ler • He was found guilty, and sentenced to six " 4 ' impt isountent and hard labour. 006, FORGERY. ii ‘ e tti7 N e re Armstrong, 41, (could read and write ' was indicted for uttering a forged order for the '.N • er s' of some rods, with intent to defraud Thomas • sbd Joseuh Jeffries. It appeared tl‘at on . the 25th °° "rtib t..te r , er .ast, he went to Messrs. Eyre, paint menu_ Zlro, ra. and requested some goods to be furnished to `Thich were refused, unless he would proilt . ice a writ. ter W He then went away, and came again shortly pa Joaerds Presenting an order, purporting to be , signed 'Wilson painter, of 13titord.street, roxte . th. 4 ,751',„,,` he article ' s consisting of paint, orl, &c:, were % ,el, ~l ` " to him, 'when on inquiry. it turned out that no t 'llie",, t er had ver been sent by Mr. Wilson Tne s t ail" L ied that the . handwriting . of the oro was his, ~N15 . ,1 " had no intention of committing a forgery, but 1 4 ‘tertr4 t o, Pay for the goods. He was found guilty. It y. h t ac Pris-ner had been previontly cony .c.ted of fe ,- —e was sentenced to ten years' transportation. IN it BIGAMY. p a eh. 'Thomas, 34, (could read and write imperfectly,) ;g," h the crime of bigamy. It appeared that -bf he, ? . neary, t : lr '@ e ' 4 ' l fla t lB4O, he was married at the Regis aialicher. to Alicia Henrietta Cummins, 411 1 ribi t ' ",.1 the sth of August, 1844, to Jane . Clarkson, % p t. T Y Church Liverpool, the former wife being then In' 111isone . r was found guilty,. and sentenced to -(34 tha imprisonment. f sr ,at4„, . MAKING A FALSE DECLARATION.. f`s qt Y 141n e . 21 forgan, 20, (could read and write .imper ,Jl, I] V ill charged with making a false declaration be kol'itee,e'tte'of the peace. It appeared that,_on tl n ie_2_d_o r f Ilt o t ert i t. last, the prisoner went to the shop f . M tf f r ,, °}- riTts Elighfield-street, and pledged a pair of t oein ' the.name of Mary Brown. On the 20i ri • Lgact ;'°Cr she went again to the pawnbroker, and said 1 0,1 (.1 *, ,„ Ic it the ticket. A form was filled up and given IN' t 4 t; s 4 tl , l_ : after making a declaration before a magistrate, 1 41 % 7,, , il 7; v e ray, she took t' e form back to the pawn 144,t'er h a s - '_, brained the, bort,ts individual trned out that the ki sold the . ticket o a t . _n of the name Pri k ed Pr shilling, and 11., original duplicate was ° 4l. 'Sr another party. Mr. On behalf of the l t, Nin' i t( Ok an objection to the wording . of . t he indic- L dthe d tion of his Lordship, resulted 4 , under nee - gantal of the prisoner. '4• 'M e) , CHARGE OF MANSLA . UGHTER• n t has ta t' Gillis, 58, (could . neither read Maryor write,) th e 11 , 4 ger! with h-wing untiwiully killed one t L i Sno }spool. From the stdteinerit of Mr. Paget, ..4 ;'4 a: 1 toe the proSecution, it appeared th t on the t tls' q t the 31 - t August last, the deceased % . a. a% sitting 1 44 - . ll tii l - , h c os of a s hous,. in Craveu-staret, sewing, when ,thellag e -- er came up to her, and, after using somei o ,ti t ,' went so far as to spit in her face. Subsequently n. h i ii-„r!er proceeded to still greater violence—took her thi n . struck her and threw her on the ground 14022 d Occurred the deceased was pregnant, and on ."tth child, September following she was delivered of a sNt▪ il4l oh 0-,' On the 9th of October she died, and the ; tth wh o a t ten d e d h er d ur i ng h er con fi ne ment, it; - !' i on that death occurred under such circuni `o lead to the conclusion that it had resulted. , rom personal violence; the prisoner was consequently taken into custody. His Lordship declared it to be the most aggravated case of as , ault he had ever met with, and sentenced the prisoner to seven years' transportation. STABBING ON THE HIGH SEAS. The case of Samuel Brown, charged with stabbing and wounding Launcrlot Reed, on the high seas, in Novem ber last, was postponed until the next assizes. The trial was deferred on the affidavit of Mr. Deane, surgeon, which was to the effect that, in consequence of the wounds under which the prosecutor was suffering, he would be unable to attend and give evidence, without great risk and danger, during the present assizes. THURSDAY. James KPari, 35, (could read and write in a snperior manner) was charged with uttering a forged will of one James Baines deceased. Messrs. Blair and Drirrkwater appeared for the prose cution. The prisoner conducted his own defence, and manifested considerable dexterity in the management of his case. He is rather a good-looking man, of genteel exterior. In the early part of the present year Mr. James Baines, of Everton, died, leaving a considerable amount of pro perty, under a will (fated in 1840. Disaffection being ex cited amongst some of his relatives in consequence of their expectations not being realised, Mr. James Mawdesley, a brother-in-law to the deceased, residing in Burlington street. employed the prisoner to make inquiries as to the validity of the said will. Accordingly, in September last, the prisoner took some steps in the matter, and several interviews took place between him and Mawdesley, when the latter paid o'er several sums of money as a compensa tion for the prisoner's trouble. In October the prisoner called upon Mawdesley and produced a will, which he stated to be the original andlegitimate will of Mr. Baines, and purporting to be signed by him; he then proposed to go with Mawdslev to Chester to have the will executed, (that was about the latter end of October ;) but, on their meeting there. the prisoner made some excuses as to the non-appearance of several witnesses who were to have been in attendance, and afterwards contrived to make his escape. On the 25th of November he was discovered at Manchester, and taken into custody. A number of papers were found upon him co inected with the transaction in which he was implicated. The will which the prisoner had prepared, and which bore the signature of James Baines, was alleged to be a forgery, and in the handwriting of the prisoner. The prisoner entered into a long defence, in which he endeavoured to fix the charge of forgery on other parties, and to show that he himself could have no m ,five for the commission of such an act. He called several witnesses, whose evidence did not, however, change the features of the case. His LORDSHIP briefly summed up the evidence, and the jury, found the prisoner guilty of uttering the will, knowing it to he forged. The prisoner begged hard for mercy. when his Lordship said,—" Have you never experienced mercy before?"— Prisoner : " Slightly, and I have not abused it ; for many years of my life I have had great difficulties to contend with, and have fought my way up to hold a respectable station in society." The JUDGE.—You have been once before sentenced to transportali , in. The case of to-day has proved you are a most wicked, darine, bad man, in every sense of the word ; and I should ill discharge my duty if I gave you any opportuni' yof returning to this country. The sen tence of the court is, that you be transported for the term of your natural life. Prisoner, (with a look of concern.)—" We shall meet again, my Lord." - _ CHARGE OF ASSATILT. Edward Davies, wa: charged with assaulting Matthew Mathews, at Manchester. It appeared that, on the 2lth July last, Mathews and another . gentleman were walking along the street , when the defendant came up and struck him, and was about to repeat his violence, when he was given in charge t, the policeman. A verdict of guile y was returned, and the defendant fined 205., and ordered to enter in t o his own recogni zances to keep the peace. John Chamley, Edward Kvnaston, and John Lomax were discharged by proclamation. John Clarkson, convicted of forging a promissory note, was sentenced to ten years' transportation. The whole of the original business being disposed of, his Lo &hip thanked the jury and adjourned the court at a quarter to o'clock. LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS• The Manche , ter testimonial to Sir Henry Pottinger amounts to £3OOO. • Miss Bryers and Mr. Wooley have sold up their public house in Frederick-street. and left Liverpool. Mr. Booth, keeper of !the lock-ups at Birkenhead for the last thirteen years, has sent in his resignation. The Liverpool Observatoiy is now. as regards it most popukr use, the determination of time, in full operation. On Thursday a fire, which did but trifling damage, took place on the premises of Mr. Mantling, cabinet-maker, Stanley-street. MANUFACTURING PROSPERITY. —The sum deposited in the savings bank at Bolton amounts to £100.000., and in the two lst consecive weeks the dposits aid into the bank have exc. edeut the sun drawn out by £l p ooo. On Sunday week, at the parish church, Oldham, after a sermon from the Rev. W. Falloon, of Liverpool, the handsome sum of 1:128 was collected in aid of the schools attreled to the church. On Sunday week the Demerara racket, which sailed from this port on Friday week, with a general cargo, and amongst other things, a quantity of lime, was destroyed by fire off Dublin. The crew were saved. Yl Quarter Sessions will be The Lancashire E; iphan held at Lancaster on Monday, December 30 ; at Preston, on Wednesday , January 1 ; at Salford, on Monday, Jan. 6 ; and at Kirldale, on Wednesday, Jan. 15. SELLING OBSCENE WORKS.—On Friday, Bailey, bookseller, of Manchester-street, was found guilty, before the Itt , corder, of having exposed obscene bo-ks for sale, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning, a painter, of Birkenhead, named Henry Norman, accidentally fell from the front of one of the new houses in Hamilton square, where he war in the act of graining, and died almost immediately after. Several merchan's in the various out-p• rts of Britain, who have henefitted so much by the importation of guano, have been intimating a wish to join in a public testimo nial to Norman M'L( od, Esq. of Liverpool, who was the first individual that sent out a ship, at his own risk, for guano, from the west coast of Africa.—Fife Journal. Sure ON SHORE.—The ship Captain Henderson, from this port to Ca cut's, struck on the Black water Bank, on Friday morning, and afterwards went on shore in the North Bay, about three miles to the northward of the spot where the James Matlaie,on was lately wrecked. The crew were all saved, and the discharge ot the cargo was proceeding. TOE DUTY ON COTTON WOOL.—On Tuesday last, a meetiog of the itiliabit ants of Manchester was held at the Town stall, in that place, in compliance with a equisi lion to the mayor, for the purpose of promoting the re peal of the tax on cotton wool. The mayor presided, and after resolutions against the duty had been adopted, a de potato!, was appointed to watt ucon the lords of the treasury to urge the removal of the duty. DEATHS FROM BURNING.—On Saturday week, a child (aged 7) of Mr. ,Thomas Sayle, of Scotland-road, was burned to deith in conseque ice of its clothes catching fire, while at play, in a best.roo-tt, with its sisters.-- On Tuesday last a child (aged 31) the son of a man named Peter Bradley, living to Stewart-street, died from injuries received, the previous day, from its clothes hav ing caught fire whilst playing in the next cellar with two other children. THE LATE COLLISION. — On Monday week, as the crew of one of the team•tue company's packets were hauling up tt,e anchor off the T.ltteth Dot k, the body of Mr. John Harrison, one of the persons who were in the boat which swamped in the river cn the night of the 21st ult., by swinging of t h e Birkenhead steamer James, at the time of the cAsinn with the Roydist, was brought to the surface and conin-ed to the dead house. On Tues day an bluest was held on the Loh, and a verdict of found drowned was recorded. SERIOUS AFFRAY WITH POACIIERS.—On Wednesday night last, as George Bury, be id keeper to W. Garnett, Esq., (if Qui-rtimore-park, and two of his assistants, were going the round of the preserves, they heard some shots tired from the direction of the wood, where pheasants are usually found. The three, having no guns but stout sticks, and accompanied by a large muzzled dog s made towards the spot. Sue posing there were three poachers, act agreed to seize his man. One of the poachers was ihrown down and secured ; but between the head keeper and another named Bury a desperate struggle took place. The poacher struck his interrupter a terrible blow on the head with the muzzle of his gun, inflicting a dangeroui wound. The dog, finding his master abused, became fu rious, and drapes stay attacked the poacher, tearing off le,rt of his coat. before he got away. The keeper was unable to pursue hire from loss of blood, and he has hi therto escaped. • A le , s serious struggle took, place be tween two of the others who have been taken and com mitted for trial. A great deal of noise has been made about a few bags of Venezuelan sugar imported at Liverpool. This noise has been made on the ground that the sugar is slave grown.—The territ ry of Venezuela—a territory as large us. France—has a population under 90,000, of whom, not wiihstat,dine that slavery has been long abolished by law, about 30,000 (one in thirty) are iii a state of qualified slavery, for this sole reason, that the Republic has been hitherto tco poor to • buy out the liberty of all its slaves, though having made the best provision it was able to do so. No slave, however, can be born in Venezuela, for all are born free. No slave can be imported ; and even the remnant of the slave population that lingers, notwith standing large annual redemptions; and manumissions cannot be transferred from master to master—the thirty thousand slaves—one in thirty the papultrion, are thus almost necessarily employed as house servants, or in the cultivation of gardens and small farms, and, from the na ture of things, cannot be employed in sugar grounds. The Venezuelan sugar, therefore, is neither slave-grown, nor the produce of a country attached to slavery. All the world is net as rich as Great Britain, and able, like her, to buy the freedom of the negro ; but the Venezuelans are doing the best they can to imitate our example, and there fore deserve all the encouragement that we can give them. Unfor unately, however, we have little opportunity to en courage the sugar trade, for the country produces little sugar, and it coats a dollar the hundred weight to tarry it t) the coast. To compare Venezuela in any respect with slave trading countries, like Cuba and the Brazils, would be the grossest folly as well as injustice.—Stondard. i e 2 &.. 1 6 1 ti '-• • ~.. ,c 1.3 -- -.4 , e:D . c) 1 .--. 1 ;,.., , es i CY, I r i ROVER tVOERSEY SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday last, a servant. who lived with Mr. Brownless, of Oliver-street, Birkenhead, was sent to a druggist for come paint, when, on her re turn. she was taken suddenly ill, and being carried to a milk-house in the neighbourhood, where medical aid was procured, died in about twenty-two hours afterwards. An inquest was held on Saturday, but in consequence of the friends of the deceased having removed the body on the previous evening, and interred it at Liverpool, the inquiry was adjourned till Monday. By an order from the Coroner, the body was disinterred, and brought back on Monday, when a long investigation took place, which resulted in a verdict to the effect that the deceased had died from a perforation of the intestines, but how pro duced there was no evidence to show. PROFESSIONAL PEDANTRY.—The world, generally speaking, gives professional gentlemen the credit of being learned, and, therefore, it is that pedantry on their part ought to be scouted by all right-minded individuals. A medical man gets into the witness box in an assize court to explain to twelve plain-going unprofessional jurymen, in the presence of an unlettered prisoner, the nature of certain wounds, and, instead of doing so in the simplest manner possible, he begins as if he were addressing a class of students, using every professional technicality. Mr. Baron Gurney seems to have a profound contempt for such " lingo." During the present assizes he has taken the opportunity of• rebuking several of the profes sionals who gave evidence of him. One was talking of the parts being '• eclymosed." and another of the wound being of a " crucial" form. On both occasions the shrewd judge, looking at the counsel, said in a tone of voice which conveyed far more meaning than the words he uttered,— " Get him to speak English ; the jury wish to understand him." REGISTRY OF SEAMEN.—The commissioners of the customs, with reference to their general order of the 19th ultimo, for carrying into effect the provisions of' the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, chap. 112, for amending the laws re lating to merchant seamen, have issued directions to the collectors and comptrollers at the several outports of the United Kingdom to keep an accownt of the expenses in curred in carrying into execution, distinct from all other charges ; introducing such payments in the charges of management, under a manuscript head, at the foot of ex penses not connected with the collection of revenue. In reference to this subject, it is important that it should be generally known by seamen in the merchant service, that, by this act, every seaman must be provided with a register ticket, in pursuance of the directions contained in the act of parliament above quoted, by the Ist of January next ; and every master of a vessel who, after that date, takes a man into his service without first calling on him to pro duce his ticket will be liable to a penalty of .£lO for each offence. The tickets are now being issued, and may be had on application to the Registrar of the Mefchant Sea man's-office in London. and at the custom-house of the different outports, free of all charge. PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—At the meeting on Thursday,—Mr. J. Holmes in the chair— after some minor proceedings a report was read from the Lighting, Sewerage, and Fire Police-offices, flom which it appeared, that for the year ending the 30th September, 1844, the amount collected was £41,809 10s. 10s. ; ,the per centage on the current year's rate, was £3256 Os. 2d., which, added to theformeryea r's collection ,gare £B2ls 10d. Per cent. on the rates of 1842. The reports of the col lectors from the various districts showed an increase of 1679 payments, and the rates received at the office amount ed to £7872 Ils. 5d., or nearly one-fifth of the whole. The number of persons who had been summoned to ap pear befcre the commissioners for rates exceeded two thousand. A deputation from the Guardian Gas Com pany waited on the board, requesting their concurrence in a renewed application to parliament for a "new gas company. They conceived it right to acquaint the board as the measure would interfere with the pavement. Some of the members considered it advisable to remain neutral on the subject, Mr. Brancker said the Company would supply the public with gas at a cheaper rate, and that the board ought to patronize the scheme. The chair man said that when they saw the bill they would be able to give an opinion ; and the deputation withdrew. The other business was financial, and consequently private. THE CORPORATION SEHOOLS.—Tbe half-yearly exa minations of the North Schools took place on Wednesday last, before Dr. Tattershall, the Rev. G. Dover, Mr. Alderman Molyneux, (chairman of the Educational Corn mittee,) Ald. Hodgson, and a great number of the parents of the children. The Rev. Doctor, assisted by Mr. Isaac Holmes. the head master, examined the boys and girls as to their knowledge of the scriptures, and their urquirements in history, geography, grammar, and arith metic. At the conclusion the prizes were distributed, and the Rev. Doctor expressed the great satisfaction he felt at the readiness with which the children gave the answers to the important questions which had been put to them, their good conduct and behaviour, and their cleanly and orderly appearance, and paid Mr. Holmes a high and deserved compliment on the successful results of his labours. He also dwelt with peculiar pleasure upon the unvarying good conduct and regular attendance, during five years, of one of the boys named Samuel Webster, to whom a prize had been awarded, but had recently left the school to be apprenticed to a lithographic printer, and held out his career as an example for the emulation of his fellows. He also expressed great delight at the nu merous attendance of the parents of the children, and re quested them to spread among their neighbours a desire to send their children to be educated. The Rev. G. Dover addressed the scholars, who afterwards sung " God save the Queen." They were then dismissed for the holidays, each being presented with a bun and an orange. The examination of the South Schools took place on Thursday, before the Rev. Rector Campbell, the Rev. Mr. Carpenter, and the Rev. Mr. Lawrence. The Rev. Mr. Lawrence examined the infants, and the Rev. Mr. Carpenter the elder boys and girls, after which Mr. Al derman Molyneux addressed the children, highly com mending the progress they had made. The prizes were distributed and the children dismissed with the usual presents of buns and oranges. These schools, which are attended daily by upwards of fifteen hundred children, will be re-opened on the 6th of January. SETTING FIRE TO A WHEAT RlCK.—Tilowas Bath e , aged fifteen, was, with two men, indicted, at the Exeter assizes, on Wednesday last, fur having set fire to a rick of corn. It did not appear that the two men had been at all concerned its the crime. Baths, when before the magis trates, made a statement, and, in consequence, he was sworn and examined as a witness : but, as be afterwards varied in his tale, he was prosecuted, and, it was now pro posed to read his statement. Mr. Baron Alderson, how ever, said he certainly should not allow it to be read. It was improper to admit a man as a witness and then to turn round and prosecute him. The administering an oath was of itself giving a person reason to suppose it would be better for him to speak the truth. We must, said his lordship, with great emphasis, keep faith, even with a bad man. If he should be found guilty, Ido not know whether I shall not recommend that he be pardoned. The jury acquitted the two men and found Baths guilty. Mr. Baron Ald erson sa id t h e pr i soner was an unfortunate . boy : he should place all the circumstances before her Majesty, and he would not say what the punishment would be. He should, however, at present, adjudge him to be transported for fifteen years: The governor of the gaol said the boy's parents were very respectable, and resided at Liverpool or Mancheater. DOCK COMMITTEE—THURSDAY.—Present, Messrs. Moore, (in the chair.) Molyneuz, Henderson, Chilton, Nicol, Wood, Horsfall, Moon, Aikin, Houghton, Evans, Royden, Bold, Kendall, Sandbach. and Mann. It was determined to make the width of the entrance of the new dock east of Regent-road, 51 feet, being n feet wider than the entrance to the Clarence Dock.—A conversation took place relative to the bad state of the dock quays. The Chairman said the Watch Committee had formerly a superintendent to look after them, but the Dock Com mittee had been deprived of his services: if they had him back, all would be right, and he believed the Watch. Committee would attend to it. Three lamps were or dered to be placed on Chi - epee Pier, in order, if possible, to prevent cattle, landed there, falling into the river. —The Chairman said the sub-committee recommended that notices should be painted on the gates, intimating which were for passengers exclusively, and which for cat tie.—lt was ordered that £5 should be demanded for the injury done to the Albert light ship by the barque Daunt less.—A new life-boat was ordered for the Magazines station, but the subject was referred again to the Sub committee to consider as to the best mode of construction. —A letter w , s read from the Dale-street Gas Co., de clining to give a contract fur certain of the dock lamps, on the ground that they had no mains laid where the lights were required.—A letter was also read from the New Gas and Coke Company, offering to light the lamps for seven years at £4 12s. eaeh lamp per annum. It was stated that the late contract was only £4. Some conver sation then arose as to the desirability of the Dock estate making its rwn gas. seeing the committee expended about £2OOO per annum for that article alone, and, after a little I discussion, it was agreed to go on as they were fora short time, inquiries to be made, in the meantime, to ascertain at what cost the gas could be made.—A demand for £2 made by Mr. Hausburg for fitting-up a bode light at the south mortar mills was refused, the committee having nothing whatever to do with the matter —Plans of the intended docks at Tranmere Pool, submitted by Mr. Chamberlain, were ordered to be returned in the most courteous manner, the committee deeming it prudent not to give any, opinion upon them. The Clia . rman seid the committee would no doubt take the usual course; they would not volunteer any opposition, but they would watch the proceedings. THE MURDER OF A POLICE-OFFICER.—We last week announced the death, on the previous evening, of a police officer named Fairclough, in consequence of a wound re ceived from a man named William Jones. On Tuesday last the prisoner was bre ught up before Mr. Rushton. Police-officer Tegisson (3b7) said that as he was going home on Sunday morning, about one o'clock, at the bot tom of Whitfield-street, he heard a scream, and some one calling " police." He went up the street, and saw the pri soner and his sister standing at the bottom of a court, and asked what was to do. The sister steel, " I give this man in charge for abusing me." Witness told them to go into the house and be quiet. Prisoner said he would nor, and if witness offered to take him he would knock him down. The sister insisted on his being taken up, and witness k nocked for assistance. Officers Fairclough and Price came up, and they all advised the brother and sister to go in. The sister said she was frightened to do so, and the priso ner officerswen t t h u o p o t t h o e l d c w o t r n t to i n g t o o o h m e h e o t u o s t b e ed . T hHe e tiro a odth enotr got home when he heard a stick knock, ran back, and met Price bleeding very much. Fairclough was also in the street bleeding. Witness went into the house, and found the prisoner within. He took Fairclough, who seemed insensible, to the house of Mr. Hodgson, surgeon, and afterwards took the prisoner into custody. The officer Price, after corroborating the last witness, said, " After Tegisson left, Fairclough and I remained a few minutes. The prisoner, who had gone in, came out of the house with an instrument in his hand. lie got hold of it with his two hands, and swung it round a many tines. He dared us to come near him. He used a deal of threateninz lan guage, and then Fairclough made a spring at him. I was close behind him. He struck Fairclough over the head first, and he fell down. He struck him again, when he was down, and then struck me. 1 received a blow on the right temple, cutting through my hlat. Saw Gregg pick up a piker in the yard opposite the prisoner's door."-- Mr. Hodgson, surgeon, said deceased had a lacerated wound on the front of the forehead, an inch and a half long, a n d a still larger one on the right temporal bone. The skull was fractured. He was removed to the hospi• tal, where he died. At the prisoner's request his sister was called. She said prisoner came home at 12 that morn ing in so violent a state that she asked him if he was going mad. He broke every thing in the house, and she called the police. The prisoner, who has frequently before been in custody, was committed to take his trial for minder at the next assizes. On Sunday the remains of poor Fair dough were interred at St. Mary's, Kirkdale. The funeral-was attended by Mr. Commissioner Dowling, on horseback. and about five hundred of the borough police and fire-brigade, who walked five abreast. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Ti 111 II I I 0 C Acres 1980 Area ~ , k: '-' ~/ h l t 0 ) 47 . 41 q ....._____ i ttf4 .---- [- ( 6'611, ! 1 . Saill? - -- - - - .. , P• Ps i --. oerel, THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SOCIETY—AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.—We l earn th a t i t i s contemplated by this society to give in a short time an amateur enter tainment at the Theatre-Royal, in aid of the funds of their excellent institution for the support of the widows, decayed members, and orphans of the fraternity, and the education of the children. The objt.ct is highly praiseworthy ; and as it is purposed that the pieces will be performed by mem bers of their own body, several of whom are rumoured to be possessed of histrionic talent of a respectable order, vv e have no doubt, if the intention be carried out, but that the appeal will be responded to by the Liverpool public with that liberality which characterises them on all benevolent occasions. POTATOES AND LOBSTERS FOR LtvenPoot..—Potstoes shipped for Liverpool and other ports still form a con siderable branch of trade from the different ports of Dum friesshire and Galloway ; and prices at a distance are still advancing rather than declining. The best picked table potatoes, put up in bags, bring, in Liverpool, 2s. to 2s 2d. per 90 pounds ; and as this figure is 22 pounds beneath the cwt. or purchase tale, the shippers will realise, we should suppose, a fair living profit.—Dumfries Courier. Ttiis year lobsters have increased on the hands of the fishermen of the Hebrides, and the Liverpool fishmongers, taking advantage of the supply being only once a fort night from Scotland, have reduced the price, and sub jected the fishermen to other deductions, which bid fair to cripple, if not altogether to destroy, this branch of employment for the inhabitants of the western isles. On Saturd.y evening upwards of twenty large boxes, cram med full of lobsters, from Mull alone, were sent by the steamer from this port to Liverpool.—Greenock Adver tiser. -4er 0 t 4 C wt ei v dlo 0 . 11 41 a 41 ards 0 4e - 1 ),. • . . Nil GENERAL MISCELLANY. Major-General Nott is again so seriously ill as to create apprehensions of his recovery. The Marquis of Salisbury gave a splendid entertain ment to his tenantry, at Hatfield House, on Thursday. The execution of Mary Gallop, at Chester, will take place on Saturday. Dr. Adler, the new chief rabbi, is known to be de scended in a straight, pure line from Aaron ! When the railroad to Marseilles is finished, we shall be within seven or eight days' journey of Syria. About 15 cwt. of tobacco has lately been smuggled into Plymouth, in barrels stated to contain pitch. Another steamer for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company is building at Glasgow. It will ply between this port and Douglas. At a large meeting of the inhabitants of Brighton, the proposal to apply for a charter of incorporation for the town was rejected by a considerable majority. A surgeon, named Crowther, of Linthwaite, in Hud dersfield, was killed yesterday week, by falling into a quarry in consequence of the fog. A dramatised version of Mr. Dickens's new work, The Chimes, w;,s produced with great success, on Wednesday, at the Adelphi Theatre, London. A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against a man named Thomas Thomaq, charged with the - murder of the butter tnetch , int, near Brecon. At Grineley, near Doncaster, a cow may be seen suck ling a litter of pigs, from which she refuses to be separa ted:. The Earl of Harrowby and Len Calftorpe have given garden allotments to their labourers on their estates in Staffurdshire. The Earl of Harewood, since his accession to the title and estates, has had his farms revalued, and reduced his rents to the extent of several thousand pounds per ann. The expenses of the late musical festival at Gloucester exceeded the receipts by £747 16s. 2d. The difference .vas made up from the guarantee fund. At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, William Burgess, charged with uttering a forged warrmit-of—ittor ney for the transfer of £6,305 3s. sd. Bank Stork, wa found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for life. AI TOM THUMB AND THE INCOME TAX.—The hifotne ttx collectors insist on the General making a return of £25,000 a-year ; but, as he has only teen in England nine months, he refuses to make any return whatever. POLTGAMY.—At Worship-street police-office, on Wednesday, a man nameu Truheit was remanded on a charge of having married a fifth w:fe whilst the previous four were living. On Sunday night week a female lunatic, named Frith, Placed herself on the rails of the London and Birmingham Railway, and being run over by a trsin was almost in stantaneously killed. On Thursday night week a fine East Indianian, the Scotland, just arrived at Glasgow. with a cargo of new cotton, su gar , &c.,was, with her c argo , t ota ll y destroyed by fire. The grand jury at the Nottingham Assizes have ignored the bill preferred against Mr. Lightfoot and Mr. Raven, managers on the Midland Railway, for manslaughter, by the coroner's jury. At the Stafford Assizes. Arthur George Reed, late a clerk in the post office. Stafford, WAS sentenced to trans portation .or ten years, for stealing a £5 Bank of Eng land note out of a letter which passed through his hands. Mr. Murphy, the weather prophet, irecrcts that Wed.` nesday, the Bth of January, will be the coldest day of the season. He does not agree with M. Arago as to the p; o habie s-verity and duration of the winter. CHESTER IMPROVEMENT BlLL — This bill is generally approved of. Tne existing police acts, except as to the management of the poor and workhouse affairs, are to be repealed; and, consequently, local legislation will com mence de novo. In rating, tlhe principle of equality on the annual value is adopted. Extensive powers for im provements are to be taken ; and also power to light, with gas or otherwise, and to purchase by consent the existing gas-works. SHOOTING A GAMEKEEPER —Two men, named John and Richard Baster, have been committed to Chester, for trial at the assizes, on a charge of shooting an assistant gamekeeper to H. Ackers, Esq., in. Moreton. Other men have since been taken into custody. On the 20th September the barque Saint Mungo, on her homeward passage from Calcutta to INT, wcastle-on- Tyne, was wrecked on the Point of Cape L'Agullas, and ten of the crew were drowned. The loss is estimated at £25.000. riV Three men were suff ocate d on Saturday night week, at Darland, near Chatham, thrcuh a quantity of charcoal 1 having been placed in their bed room to warm it. From their appearance when found they must have died instan. taneously on entering the room. The eldest was only twenty-twa. At the Bury St. Edmonds Assizes, three men were found guilty and sentenced to death, for the murder of a policeman on the 30th J uly. The deceased having heard - s of a robbery i nten d e d to b e committed by the prisoners ' was on the bight in question on the watch for them, and 1 , being discovered was shot by them. d W fo e r d c ri o es n d c a ea y i , in a g t Stafford Tire NV assizes,oL vE RiIanA,MRPTt O i 1 N t. o n C . A a S s E i TldPet n , rel the birth of her child, and John Sheriff and Jas. Hildreth with abetting her in such concealment. The prosecutor's L i counsel t ffered not to b r i ng any ev id ence against Miss r Railton if she would be a witness fir the prosecution, il but this was declined. The prisoners were acquitted. At Stafford, two youths, 17 and 19 years of age, were sentenced to death for the murder of a young man named Cooper. who assisted his father as under-gamekeeper, in the employ of Sir T. Boughey, at Audley. The act ap. pears to have been instigated by revenge against the elder e . Coop t er, who had cau se d t h e mur d erers to be imprisoned for poachi ng . ' EIGHT MEN OF WAR COMMISSIONED.—On Saturday eight British men of war were commissioned :—The . Actaeon, 26, frigate; Racehorse, 18; Persian, 16; Acorn, 16, sloops ; and R anger. 6 , b r i e, at Devonpurt—Lily, 16, t sloop, at P or t smout h—C om us, 18, sloop ; and Fantome, , 16, sloop, at Chatham.' It is probable that the English navy never was in such an efficient state as at present, THE SHORTEST DAY.--The shortest day this year ' was not on the 21st Deer mber, but on the following one, the 22d. On the 21st the sun rose at 8h 6m. and set 3h. 51m.: on the 22d it rose at Bh. 7m. and set at 3h. 51m. ; consequently the 22d was one minute shorter than the 21st, the commonly called shortest day. The sun ' set 2 minutes earlier on the 17th than on the 21st. 1 At the Centrill Criminal Court, on Tuesday, Hew Burn, the captain of a barque called the Himalaya, was tried and found guilty of a miedemeanour under the provisions of the Merchant Seamen's Act, the sth and 6th of William IV., i char,. 19, and fined in the sun of £2O, for unlaw fully having forsaken Ertl abandoned, at tort Nelson, in the island of New Zoiland, Gsorge Robert Roe, a seaman ll on board a cersain yes-el of which the defendant was the mad T s t il e E r and To c c i c o m T ° D N A t ;1 0 7 . GERS.—On Thursday last, at the Durham Assizes, Russell and the two Watsons, father and son, were tried for forging notes of the Stockton and Durham Bank. The younger Wets_in having pleaded gt..ilty to the (barge was called as Queen's evidence for the prosecution, and the jury, without much hesitation, after a long trial, found the prisoners guilty arid th i s were sentenced to t wenty years ' transp ortation., Beiglass, ey who was tried for uttering five pound notes, was sentenced ki to be transported for fifteen years. r,71 SINGULAR CASE.—A gold-looking woman, aged 23, :r was tried at York assizes for bigamy. It appeared that she was married five years eg t, when only 18 years of age, to a man named Nvoodheed, who, at the commence ment of the present year, offered her for sale in the public market at Leeds. She was purchased by William Idle, to who m she was shortly afterwards married. The first i husband was in court. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but strongly recommended her to mercy. She was sentenced to be imprisoned one month. FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Saturday lest a fire broke out in the residence of Mr. T. Fairy, Guildford street, Russell-square, London. The house was soon i enveloped in flames, and the interior, with all its valuable 1 contents, was destroyed. When the fire was subsiding, i two constable s en t ere d the hall, and were about to try to Imake their way to an interior apartment, it having been stated that some of the inmates were missing, when, at that moment, the floors fell in with a tremendous crash, and the unfortunate men were buried in the burning ruins. Two other men wet ea so killed. DEATH OF MISS CLARA WEBSTER.—In our last we gave an account of a deplorable accident, by burning, which happened to this young lady while performing at Drury Lane Theatre. The hopes e itertained of her ultimate re covery have proved to be fallacious, as she expired at about three o'clock on Tuesday morning. At ,'bout six o'clock on Monday evening it was apparent that a change for the worse had taken place; she became delirious. She talked incoherently, and was continually counting " one, two, three, one, two, three," until death put a period to her sufferings. CARELESSNFSS.—On Wednesday last, at Exeter, be fore B•iron Alderson, Humphrey Harvey was indicted for having killed William Hale, by shooting him with a gun. It appeared that the prisoner had drawn the charge of the gun, but, unknown to himself, had left a few shot in the barrel. He put the gun over a hatch -door and dis charged it. He immediately discovered, to his great grief, that he had Shot a boy, who was standing in the road. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but not of malice aforethought, Mr. Baron Alderson: "Gentle men, there is no such charge. If it is not carelessness for a man to fire a gun across a road with a child before him, the sooner I get out of Devonshire the better, for I should not be safe. With the punishment you have no thing to do." The jury then found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned one month. Lose BANK Nores.—The amount of Bank of En gland notes lost and destroyed, and for which the bank will never probably be called upon to pay, is estimated at marl, £700.000. The following digest of a recent re turn io parliament shows the exact amount and descrip tion of these notes. No bonus has ever yet been divided to the proprietors of the bank for the notes lost or de stroyed. Between the 4th of March, 1843, and the sth January, 1844, a total amount of £695,571 was excluded from the returns of notesin circulation as loetor destroyed ; of which, the sum of £426,321 was represented as notes of £5 and upwards, and £269,257 as notes of £1 and £2, The total amount of notes which the directors estimate es lost from the establishment of the hank, in the year 1694, to the sth January, 1844, is £507.279. All the notes comprised in this total have been outstanding fir more than 30 years. The additional sum of £188,299, which makes up the total of £695,578 mentioned above excluded from the returns, has been outstanding for more than 15 years, and is therefore considered to be out of circulation ; but the bank, of course, is liable to pay every note that has been issued. DREADFUL COLLISION. —On Tuesday afternoon, as the Sylph steamer, 50 tons, was proceeding down to Woclwich during a dense fog, she was struck and nearly cut in two by the Orwell (Ipswich steamer), 150 tons. Immediately on the Orwell receding from the Sylph, three of the cabin passengers were carried to the surface by the rush of water thus created. They were picked up by the boats in attendance, as well as the crew of the ' ylph, and num'rous deck passengers, who had been washed overboard. One of the officers of the Orwell rushed on board the sinking vessel, with an axe in his hand, arid rescued two persons who were wedged in be tween the broken timbers and the vessel's side. These were also taken on shore. Some children were picked up, and taken on board the Orwell. One person had his skull frightfully fractured, one eye knocked out, and a lee and an ern. broken ; he is since dead: Another man and three yoeng women were taken on board the Hospital Ship, with wounds andliffhere contusions. The Wan has since died, but the women, having had their wounds dressed, were sent home. zie-veral other Women and chil dren, more or less hurt, as well as being immersed in the iver. were taken to different public-houses. The Sylph is of course sunk, and only her funnel is visible. GREAT BOAT RACE.—The great boat race between Robert Cotimbes, the champion of the Thames, and Henry Clasper, the champion of the Tyne, took place on Wednesday last, at Newcastle, but ended in a dispute. The match arose out of the great four-oared cutter con test on t e Thames last season, in which a crew of the Claspers (brothers), though beaten in the first instance by the Coombes's and others, best the second picked lot with apparent ease, and it was thought that had their steerage been better kept they would have defeated both parties of London men. The present match was to run fire miles on the Tyne, for a stake of £lOO on the Coombes, and £BO from his opponent, with an addition of £lO allowed by the latter for expenses. Coombe a took with him from London a beautiful wager wherry, weigh ing under 40b, while that of his cpporient resembled the cutter in whim, the Claspers rowed at the Thames regatta, and almost as light. Money in London had been laid out at 5 and 6 to 4 on Coombes; but at Newcastle, a few days previous to the race, there was but a trifling call in favour of him. Coombes claimed the prize as won easily, but the other party refused on Wednesday afternoon to give up the stakes, alleging that a London waterman made a signal to him. The decision of the referee was given on Thursday, and was in favour of Coornbes. EASTER IN 1815.—The Rev. G. D. Wheeler, vicar of Wall , -r& thus simply, but clearly, reconciles the alleged discrepancy between the calendar and almanacs on this subject. He says, " True it is that the full moo i may fall on the 23(1 of March, and that the rubric is correctly quoted, and vet the almanacs are correct in their asser tion that the 23d of March is Easter-day; the reason teeing, that the pascal or ecclesiastical full moons do not always fall on the same day of the month as the real full moons, a circumstance referred to in the Prayer-book, in the table to find Easter, from the year 1900 to the year 2199 In order to explain this briefly, it must be stated that the day on which the pascal full moon will fall is fixed by the metonic cycle or golden number ; but that cycle being framed on a calculation slightly inaccurate, it follows that after a course of years the difference between the time of the full moon as found by the cycle and its real time will amount to a whole day, and that difference will on some rare occasions produce the variation of a whole week in fixing the proper day for the festival of Easter. To obviate the necessity of remedying this inac curacy by continual changes of the cycle, and to secure - at the same time unifot Entry in the observance of Easter, it was ordered by an act of the 24th of George 11., that, during the present century, those days in the calendar, between the 21st of March and the 18th of April, against which the golden numbers are set, should be held to be the days of the pascal full moon by which Easter is go verned, as indicated In each year by the golden number for that year. Now, the golden number for 1845 is 3; and that number in the calendar stands against the 22d of March, which is consequently to be taken as the pascal .. full moon, and Easter will fall upon the following Sunday, according to the rubric; that is, on the 23d of Mar* u stated in tile almanacs. ' ‘ 114 12 TPaiimere hotel. aridG ‘ -. 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