Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-04 00:00:00

FRIDAY'S GAZETTE.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.—R. B. Walker and T. Jack-
son, Liverpool, commission merchants; W. Thompson and
J, Williams, Liverpool, pawnbrokers; J. Mayall and Co.,
and Mayall and Taylor, Hnddersfield, fancy woolen manu-
facturers ; M. Ingle and J. Parker, Liverpool, cabinet-
makers ; Pilling and Birchall, Bacup, Lancashire, iron-
mongers ; Thompson, McKay and Co., Manchester and
elsewhere, commission agents ; Hancock and Wilson,
Manchester, joiners ; T. Crook and Co., Royle-road Mill,
Burnley, cotton spinners, as far as regards T. Crook ; J.
Hodson and E. Robinson, Crawshaw Booth, Lancashire,
cotton spinners; H. Briggs and Son, Featherstone, York-
shire, coal masters ; Ellis and Armitage. Silkstone and
High Hoyland, Yorkshire, coal merchants, as far as regards
S. Armitage.
DECLARATION OP DIVIDENDS. —J. Wilson, Nether Silton,
corn merchant; first div. of is 21d, any day, at Mr. Young's,
Leeds. J. Langdale, South Stockton, timber merchant ;
first div. of 4s sd, any day, at Mr. Young's, Leeds: R.
Dawson, Sheffield, common brewer ; first div. of 2s 4d
(separate estate), kny Tuesday, at Mr. Brewin's, Sheffield.
J. Turner, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, miller ; first div. of
8s Gd, any Tuesday, at Mr. Brewin's, Sheffield. R. Parkin-
son. Blackburn, innkeeper; first div. of 5s sd, any Tuesday,
at Mr. Hernaman's, Manchester. G. F.'Abbott, Clonakilty,
draper; second div. of ltd,_ any Tuesday, at Mr. Herna-
man's, Manchester. J. Burd, Radcliffe and Manchester,
calico printer; second div. of is 41d, any Tuesday, at Mr.
Pott's, Manchester.

LOVE AND WITCHCRAFT. - The Durham Chronicle gives
some curious proofs of the fact that we have not yet seen
the last of the days of belief. in witchcraft. A number of
letters have been seized in the house 'of Mrs. Leadpiper, a
notorious " witch," and from these extracts are given. One
woman had lost a pony, and she seems to have a confident
belief that-Mrs. Leadpiper can furniSh her with the names
of the thieves. " Please (she says) to give me diserepsbins
of them who took it and send me thire names as so that I
may no my enemys and that I may 'catch them dowing sum
think els. I hope you will make them suffer that that'
will not do the like to neither me nor no parson else, and if
you send me word hack that I may now the parsons I shall
come over on purpus to pay you 'some more mony the first
opportunity."—Another letter is from Isabella Barrow, and
has.reference to some young man whose affections the fair
Isabella is desirous to secure by means of the potent charms
of Mrs. Leadpiper. Isabella, it appears; " ware doun on
saturday," at some place where she had believed she would
see the young man, but seems to have been disappointed,
and she earnestly implores the fortune-teller to " dow what
she proinised 'me and I will not forget you as soone as i see
himin." the next letter is from "Elizabeth Pearson," of
" Hougall Colry," who writes to say that she has seen
" Mr. W.—." She then refers to some other " partey,"
probably a rival, whom she desires Mrs. Leadpiper to " be
so kind as to tirment." As to " she does not seem to
think he is quite so ardent as he should be, for she thus
writes to Mrs. Leadpiper —" I think my Self that he is
very carlas and I should like you to ster him up if you
please." She concludes by promising to pay Mrs. Lead-
piper for her " truble." As the next letter is a novelty, we
give it entire : " July 21, 1858 Well dear Elizabeth i take
the opertunity of Writing a line or two to you hoping it to
find yon in Good health as i am in the Preasend time But
Elizabeth i hard that you and your Lover had Faun out i
think if you are Willing i Will fall into hes Place if you are
Willing i Will collie on sunday First the 25 Day i Come if
you are Willing lo Right Back and to tell if you are Wil-
ling and Right soon as you can For if you Right Back to
me i Will meet you acoming to your house on Sunday the
25 day So if I am welcome Right as soon as you can and if
lam Not Welcome send a line or tow sill So no more at
Preseand From your intenet Dire° you Letter to Benjamin
Clark to the Care of Wm Clark Old Grange Row Carville
Near Durham."