The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-10 00:00:00

BEER BILI.

Mr. PAKINGTON moved the order of the day for bringing
upvtilsieeoroenpto rstAoNnDtohNe sale oft
to ofbeperropboilsle a clan.
ing the cousumption of beer on the premisesse• " for prevent-
houteosaht i
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after to be licensed for the first time, or tomnw
Those who altered the old law intended that theree should
only two sets of persons from which beer was to be obtained.
ede
He thought it was needless to go into the evils of the beer:
shop system, as there was evidence from all quarters of that
fact. The noble lord read several extracts from the report
of the commissioners in proof of the demoralising effects of
beer-shops ; and concluded by moving his clause.
theL Lord
Sandon'srditimen
cil,ahuusres(Nivaays.opposed, and negatived on a di-
vision, the ayes being 47, noes 91.
The report was agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read
The Drainage of Lands Bill was considered in committee,
but, during itis progress,
count out" several attempts were made to
the house.

As the morning advanced the crowd, which had been
during the night tolerably quiet, began to wax noisy—prac-
tical jokes were played off, coarse and ribald jests were ut-
tered, and roars of laughter were elicited in consequence, not
merely from the low vulgar who crowded the streets, but
from the high vulgar at the windows and on the house-tops.
It was the farce before the trairedy. Among the crowd were
many well-dressed females. At the windows were lads, some
apparently not more than twelve years of age ; but all were
gay—all were merry in anticilmtion of human suffering—
merry at the thought of witnessing the agony of death. If
another fact were wanting to prove the brutalising and de-
moralising tendency of public executions, we have it here.

•
Would that those who conscientiously believe in their effi-
cacy as a prevention of crime had been present, to have
beheld the disgusting spectacle which for four long hours we
were unwillingly compelled to witness. The Rev. Mr. Car-
ver, the ordinary of the prison, arrived at six o'clock, and
immediately proceeded to the prisoner's cell, to-administer to
him that spiritual consolation, of which in his awful situation
he must have stood in so much need. Shortly after we were
admitted within the walls of the prison. On inquiry we
found that Courvoisier, whose firmness, which had never de-
serted him, astonished even those the most used to such
scenes, had retired to rest list night at eleven o'clock, had

slept soundly for an hour, when he awoke and inquired of
Locke and Sargeant, the turnkeys in attendance on him, the
hour of the night. On being informed that it was only mid- I
night, he desired to be called at four o'clock, and was soon
again sleeping soundly. At four o'clock, agreeably to his
request, he was awoke by the turnkeys, and on his rising ,
commenced writing. He was thus occupied, we understand,
on the arrival of the Rev. Ordinary. At half-past six Mr.
Newman, the principal turnkey, passed through the ward of
the prison in which we were, bearing the chalice towards the
cell in which the prisoner was confined. After the sacra-
ment had been administered to him by the Rev. Ordinary,
breakfast was taken in, of which, we understand, he par-
took but sparingly. At a quarter before eight o'clock we
were conducted to the yard adjoining the condemned cell.
The yard was crowded with well-dressed visitors, some of
whom evidently belonged to the upper classes of society. We
are sorry to say that in some instances their anxiety to wit-
ness the preparations for the execution of the last sentence of
the law on the criminal, led them to press and crowd noisily
into the cell, utterly regardless of that decorum which all
ought to observe in the chamber of death. The unhappy
criminal, however, did not appear disturbed by this unseemly
interruption, but seemed totally absorbed in attending to the
exhortations of the reverend ordinary, repeating the prayers
after him in a low tone. Shortly before he was pinioned, Mr.
Sheriff Evans requested him, as we understood, to write some-
thing on a paper. Courvoisier immediately complied, and with
firm and steady hand wrote what lie was requested to write.
This writing betrays nothing like agitation or nervousness in
the writer, and cannot be distinguished from his ordinary hand.
At eight o'clock the knell of the prison bell was heard, and
the funeral procession of the living dead commenced. Cour-
voisier looked pale but calm, and quite firm. He followed the
Rev. Ordinary with steady and unfaltering step. The limbs
trembled not—the eye wandered not—the lip quivered not—
beyond excessive paleness there was no outward appearance
to betoken the agony within. Neither were there any visible
signs of strong mental effort to suppress the outward work-
ings of inward anguish. The eye was not fixed, neither was
the lip compressed. The countenance was calm as that of a
child. As he entered the yard he seized the hand of the
turnkey between his, and shaking it with great warmth, ex-
pressed by his looks the gratitude he felt for the kindness he
had experienced. The procession then proceeded through
the dark and gloomy passages of the prison to the place of
execution. The appearance of Courvoisier on the scaffold
was the signal for a terrific burst of execration from the as-
sembled thousands below ; he however appeared totally un-
moved by it, and stood firmly underneath the fatal beam
while the executioner proceeded with his dreadful prepara-
tions. These were soon completed—the fatal bolt was with-
drawn, the drop fell, and after a few convulsive struggles the
spirit of the murderer had left this world to meet the spirit of
his victim before the judgment-seat of God.
The crowd outside the prison was greater than was ever
known on any former occasion, and there were present a vast
number of livery servants of noblemen, &c. As early as six
o'clock there were as many persons present as generally as-
semble on ordinary occasions, and before seven the spacious
area was completely filled, so that it was impossible to pass
one way or the other. Every window, as far as the eye
could reach, had its numerous occupants, and the roofs of
some of the houses were crowded. Soon after the platform
fell, the assembled multitude sought egress by the two prin-
cipal entrances, but they were met by a rushing counter
crowd, which caused a good deal of struggling and the loss
of divers hats, shoes, &c.
One of the principaLbarriers gave way, but nothing serious
occurred in consequence; nor did we hear of any accident,
excepting that of a well-dressed woman falling from a first
floor window upon the shoulders of the persons below, but,
as we understand, without any great damage or bodily harm
being done to any party.
During the hour the culprit was suspended there was a
continual influx of new corners, so that the crowd lost but
little of its density. Some of the spectators who had hired
apartments, had occupied them from eleven o'clock on the
previous evening, and they appeared to have been well sup-
plied with cigars and potations. There were several persons
in a state of great exhaustion from having stood for five hours
pressed against the barriers, but retreat was impossible.
The police were on the alert, and it is due to them to state
that they performed their duty in a ;very efficient manner.
) When the clock struck nine, the body. was cut down and
taken to the dead room, where some artists were in attend-
ance to take a cast preparatory to its interment, which will
take place in the evening, in the usual burial-ground, within
the walls of the prison.

THE FINAL CONFESSION

On Saturday the prisoner wrote a very long confession, and
delivered it to Mr. Carver, the Ordinary, and Mr. Baud, the
minister of the French Protestant chapel, in Threadneedle-
street, who afterwards read it over to bim, and asked him whe-
ther it was all correct, to which he replied that it was. They
then asked him if there was any thing he wished to add to it,
and he replied nothing whatever, The confession is writ-
ten in the French language, with a slight admixture of Swiss,
which made it somewhat difficult to translate. We, howe-
ver, have seen a translation of it, and which has been also
read to the prisoner, and acknowledged by him to be correct.
We were not allowed to take a copy of it, it being thought
that it ought not to go forth to the public until after the ex-
ecution. The confession does not contain any fact with
which the public are not already acquainted. It commences
by stating, that he had planned the robbery several days be-
fore it was committed. It does not state (as in the first
confession) that Lord William Russell came down stairs and
caught him in the act of hiding some of his lordship's plate.
This part is altogether omitted. After stating that he had
resolved on -the robbery, it says that he went up stairs to
his lordship's bed-room, and finding him asleep, he went
down and got a large carving knife, with which he returned,
and having tucked up the sleeve of his coat, cut his throat.
It then gives a very long account of his having hid the diffe-
rent articles he had stolen, and persists in the statement that
he hid some of them while the police were present. It re-
peats the story of his having hid the ten sovereigns in the cell
at Bow-street, and concludes by thanking the clergymen for
the kind attention they had shown him. It is written in a
firm hand, all except the signature, and is attested by the or-
dinary and the Rev. Mr. Baud.

(From the Morning Herald of Wednesday.)

Courvoisier admitted, a short time before his execution,
that he had contemplated self-destruction, but the vigilant
superintendence under which he was kept ever since he was
placed within the walls of Newgate, rendered it impracticable
for him to carry his meditated scheme into execution.

Courvoisier's plan of self-destruction will be colleCted
from the following statement, which we have from the best
authority : _

At half•past ten on Sunday night Mr. Cope went to Cour-
voisier's room, and told him that he must go to bed. Upon
receiving this intimation he seemed dissatisfied, and ex-
pressed unwillingness to strio. Mr. Cope, however, insisted
that he should pull off his clothes, and the turnkeys received
directions to take away even his shirt. Mr. Cope then nar-
rowly searched the clothes, and in the coat pocket he found
a strip of cloth folded up carefully. When Courvoisier saw
the cloth in the governor's hand, he acknowledged that he
intended to use it as the means of destruction. "In what
way ?" asked Mr; Cope. - " I intended;" said he, " to tie
it tight round my arm, and to bleed myself to death in the
night." " But how," said Mr. Cope, " could you have
bled yourself?" " I had made preparation," he said. " I
had been looking about for a pin, but not being able to find
one I sharpened a bit of wood which you light your fires
with, and I intended to bleed myself with that." " Where
is that piece of wood ?" said Mr. Cope. " That, too
(replied Courvoisier), yuu have deprived me of by changing
my bed, in which I had deposited it." He then described
to the governor the manner in which he intended to get rid
of life, and he declared lie could easily have accomplished
the object if he had not been prevented by the caution of the
governor. He stated then that he had, while in the water-
closet, torn the extra cloth along the seams in the inside of
his trousers and fastened it together for the purpose of using
it as a ligature. Mr. Cope examined the mattress, which he
had caused to be removed on Sunday night, but no piece of
wood was found in it, and it is believed that in the confusion
of removing it the instrument dropped unperceived and was
lost.

The body was buried on Monday evening at eight o'clock
in the prison.

(From the Times of Wednesday.)

The following statement may be interesting to some of our
readers. It was written in 'rench by Courvoisier for the
Rev. J. Carver, Chaplain of Newgate, July 3d, 1840.
" Francois Benjamin Courvoisier gives some account of
the short duration of his life, which is to terminate on the
6th of July this year :

" I was born of very pious parents, who have neglected
nothing on their part for my education and religious instruc-
tion ; on the contrary, they have done all in their power, and
if I am not so well informed as I should he, it is my own
fault. It has been my evil habit to have always a falsehood
in my mouth ready to excuse what I did wrong or what I
omitted to do, I fancied that it was more disgraceful to have
a bad memory than to be a liar. At the age of 12, when 1 was
very religious, I loved God and my parents, I was kind to
my sisters, and took pleasure in doing what was good and
right before God, but unhappily the schoolmaster did not re-
main in my village, and his successor was not so religiously
disposed. I soon forgot all the good I had been taught, and
again became such as I was before ; it is true that I was not
immoral, but I had no longer those holy inclinations in my
heart ; I confirmed my baptismal vow at the age of 16, and
afterwards received for the first time the holy communion.
I now began to be righteous in the sight of men only, and I
thought that this was the highest duty of a Christian, and
that if I gave satisfaction to men I did so to God also. My
parents had a peculiar affection for me, and placed much
confidence in my good conduct ; they thought I was the one
in their family who was the most anxious to reward the pains
they had taken in my youth. I fancied that I loved my pa-
rents as myself ; but if I had indeed so loved them, I Should

not have acted as I have done. It is true that I considered
myself a good Christian. I cannot say that I often thought
of God, for then I should not have sinned as 1 have done ;
all who knew me believed that I acted uprightly, and I thought
so too. I had already acted unjustly towards Mrs. Fector at
the time of leaving her. I know that I should not have dared
to act thus a year before. This proves that I had begun to for-
get God, and that Satan had already some power over me. After
I left Mrs. Fector and went to my last unfortunate place, I
felt confident in my own strength, and began to say within
myself, ' Next year I will do such and such things,' but
never did say, if it please God.' During the first part of
the time I was with Lord William Russell, I was tolerably
comfortable until we went to Richmond, when Lord William
always appearing dissatisfied, especially towards the latter
part of the time, I fancied that I should not be able to re-
main with him, and having heard the other servants speak of
different scenes (towns, villages, country-houses), I began
to desire an employment which would enable me to travel
through England. I afterwards formed an idea that I should
be able to travel on foot from city to city for six months.
I then intended to endeavour to procure a place or re-
turn to Switzerland. I thought I shouid be able to make
my friends believe that I was in place during these six months.
This was the beginning of my misfortunes, for I soon com-
menced to harbour still worse designs, I thought that I could
go to a town, take a lodging ; and after remaining five or six
days I would depart without payment. I thought that £lO
or £l2 would suffice for this excursion, and began to seek an
opportunity for departure, but this was not enough, I began
to premeditate the seizure of what this venerable victim had
with him in gold, bank notes, and his watch ; but this did
not satisfy me. Satan, who knew that he had my heart fn
his power, began to persuade me that it was not enough only
to rob my master, and that if suspicion rested upon me the
world would be ready to believe it; and as during the time
I was at Camden Hill, I read a book containing the history
of thieves and murderers being under the dominion of Satan
(I read it with pleasure), I did not think that' it would be a
great sin to place myself among them. On the contrary, I
admired. their skill and their valour. I was particularly
struck with the history of a young man who was born of
very respectable parents, and who had spent his property in
gaming and debauchery, and afterwards went from place to
place stealing all he could. I admired his cunning, in-
stead of, feeling horrified at it; and now I reap but too
well the fruit of those papers and books which I had too
long suffered to supplant devotional works, and this book
—yes, this book—was read by me with more attention than
the oly Bible. Why so ! because my heart was under the
dominion of Satan, and I had forgotten for more than a month
to pray to God, or to read his word, and perhaps I had not
prayed to this Divine Saviour sincerely and from the bottom
of my heart for 12 months. Thou honourest me with thy
lips while thy heart is far from me, wherefore thou honour-
est me in vain, and thy words condemn thee instead of justi-
fying thee.' But all I have just said did not satisfy the
wicked desires of my heart. I have not been contented with
robbing ir.y master; being satisfied the devil, whose slave I
was, my master, thought me his guardian and the protector
of his property. Oh, what a Judas I have been,—of what
sins have I not been guilty ? If I ask myself what command-
ment have I transgressed? my conscience tells me all. Alas,
I know well that I have taken Satan as my God ; this is con-
trary to the first commandment. 2d. I have adored the
riches and the pleasures of this world, and I have loved them
more than God. 3d. I have often taken the name of the
Lord in vain. 4th. I have made the day of the Lord my day
of pleasure and amusement. sth. I have disobeyed my pa-
rents. 6th. I have murdered. 7th. I have been in company
with notorious debauchers. Bth. I have robbed. 9th. 1
have spoken ill of my neighbour. 10th. I have desired the
wealth of others. God says, however, that he who trans-
gresses only one of his commands shall be excluded from the
kingdom of Heaven. He says that neither hypocrites, nor
liars, nor thieves, nor murderers, shall enter the kingdom of
God. I am, however, guilty of all these; and the good
actions that I have done during my short life will not weigh
as much in the balance of the justice of God as the wicked
thoughts of my heart. If the transgression of a single com-
mandment causes me to be condemned to death by the hand
of man, what do I observe at the hand of God after having
disobeyed all the law, which is the commandment of God?
What punishment do I now deserve ? If, when 1 enjoyed a
good character in the eyes of men, I was an abomination in
the sight of God, what am I now before the Eternal, if I am
the greatest of sinners in the eyes of my fellow-creatures ?
How shall I appear in the eyes of him who knows all my
actions, my words, and my thoughts? Condemnation and
eternal sufferings are the portion I deserve."

" Sunday, the sth July, 1840,

Oh ! when I think how much evil I have done; I have
dishonoured the name of the Swiss for ever. I have de-
ceived those kind friends to whom my uncle's good cha-
racter has introduced me. Yes ; friends who, since the time of
my arrival in England, have treated me as a member of their
family. And my uncle—what have I not caused him to
suffer! After having done for me all the good in his power;
after having fulfiilled not only the duty of an uncle, but that
of a father towards me—oh ! how ill I have rewarded him !
Before leaving this world, I have dishonoured the name of
Courvoisier ; that name which my uncle has so carefully pre-
served. He hoped that when I left this country, the recol-
lection of me would remain engraven in the hearts and me-
mories of my friends ; and now my name will never be
effaced from the memory of the living, but it will always be
repeated with shame and contempt. Well ; I have deceived
all my relations in my own country, who had so good an
opinion of me. I have shewn them all that I was not worthy
to be called their friend, and to those poor young sisters who
loved me as their own life, what a sad memorial shall I leave
for the rest of their days : and that poor youth hardly of an
age to enter into society, who sees himself dishonoured by
that wicked brother, who, instead, of dishonouring him,
should have set him a good example! Oh ! that unhappy
brother will hear my name pronounced with sighs to the last
day of his life. I turn from them to that father and mother,
who have loved me so well, and who have been so kind to me,
what a reward do they now receive for all ; they will not live
long after me, but the remaining duration of their life will,
however, appear longer than mine, because they will pass it
in sadness and affliction. Oh !my God, how guilty have I
not been with regard to thee ! Oh ! wretch that I have been,
have 1 not rebelled against thee ? have I not done what is
contrary to thy commandments ? and, however, after having
done all that is hateful in thy sight, yes, to thee alone can I
look for refuge and consolation. Oh, Lord, receive me into
thy eternal happiness, for the sake of that divine Saviour
whom I have:crucified afresh ; yes, that Jesus, whom, like
St. Peter, I have denied again and again ; whom like Judas,
I have betrayed with a kiss ; whom I have scorned ; and after
all I have cornmited against him, he deigns to call himself
my friend, my Saviour, my advocate and intercessor with
God his Father, and promises me, at the same time, repent-
ance and humiliation, and through the precious blood of the
Lamb of God, I may be washed from all my sins, and be
fitted to be received into the kingdom of God. I still think
of those poor servants whom I have had the heart to treat so
cruelly. I doubt not that they will pardon me. I pray to
God that he may bless them, and make them prosper in this
world, and promote their salvation. I will also say that,
during the time I was under the guardianship of the police, I
was treated as a friend, and, since I have been hi prison, as
if innocent ; and the greatest attention has been paid to the
nourishment of my body, and more particularly that of my
soul. All this is as it comes from the heart of the person
whose name is Francois Benjamin Courvoisier."
The above statement, translated from the original French
by a competent scholar, and, upon a careful comparison with
the original, found to be accurately and faithfully rendered.
July 6, 1840. C. BAUP,
Minister of the French Protestant
Church in London.

At the request of a gentleman, who heard the Rev. Mr.
Carver's sermon last Sunday, we give the few concluding
words of the preacher's judicious and impressive address to
the condemned convict.

After alluding to former instances in which convicts, in the
prisoner's situation, had more voluntarily and explicitly con-
fessed their offences, early evincing the most abject sorrow,
and abiding in prostrate penitence, the preacher stated that
he had freely to such, who he believed were true in " repent-
ance towards God, and in faith towards Jesus Christ," pro-
claimed the forgiveness of the Gospel, and the hopes of
Heaven ; then faithfully exhorting the prisoner, on the verge
of eternity, to greater sincerity and truth, he added—
" In your case, likewise, I cannot raise, and I dare not
lower, the standard of the Gospel, and though I see, in your
position and offence, some peculiar and distressing aggrava-
tions—a servant's hand raised against a venerable and noble
master, a paltry consideration of money the base and only
inducement—no provocation on the one hand—no necessity
on the other—a good, an aged, a confiding master, brutally
murdered in his sleep ! This nation, throughout its varied
gradations and extensive interests, agitated and distressed ;
whilst your own country, justly famed for generosity and
manliness, for moral worth and peaceful virtue, is alike dis-
graced and disgusted, by your individual outrage on hu-
manity !
" I say, again, though I see in these things (and indeed in
most circumstances of your painful case) peculiar and distress-
ing aggravations, yet, with renewed earnestness for the sal-
vation of your soul, I am encouraged to entreat that the
mercy of God, in Christ Jesus, may be extended even to you,
and that the Lord may blot out your iniquities as a thick
cloud, &c. May the spirit of God write on the tablets of
your hearts what is engraven so firmly in your memory, the
penitential language of the fallen but restored Psalmist of
Israel : Have mercy upon me, 0 God, have mercy on me,
according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my
transgressions. For I acknowledge my transgressions, and
my sin is ever before me. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness,
0 God. thou God of my salvation.' "
The preacher then addressed the other prisoners, and the
numerous audience, with faithful applications of his subject,
many uniting in request for the discourse to be published.

(From a correspondent.)
It was stated in our report yesterday that Mr. Cope, the
governor of Newgate, had made no communication to Mr.
Carver, the ordinary, of any intention on Courvoisier's part
to anticipate the duties of the executioner by committing
suicide, and hence it was inferred that the report was un-
true, or that the governor was mistaken. The fact, however,
is beyond doubt that a strip of cloth torn from the inner
seam of Courvoisier's trousers was found in the coat pocket
of the wretched man on Sunday night, when he was stripped
for the last time previous to his going to bed, and it is also
perfectly true that he admitted to Mr. Cope, at the time, that
his intention was to commit suicide, by tying the piece of
cloth tightly around his arm, and puncturing the flesh with a
piece of wood which he had sharpened for the purpose. This
admission was made to Mr. Cope at ten o'clock on Sunday
night, after Mr. Carver had left the prison, and consequently
it could not have been communicated to the rev. gentleman
at the time, and although the Swiss clergyman was subse-
quently admitted to the cell of the convict, Mr. Cope had no
opportunity of mentioning the fact to him. On the following
morning, when the ordinary arrived at the gaol, he was so
closely engaged with the miserable man in the performance
of his solemn duty, that Mr. Cope felt it would be very wrong
;flin him at such a time to disturb the last moments of the
convict by announcing to the ordinary the circumstance
with which he had been previously acquainted, and soon after
the execution was over, that gentleman left the prison. This
explanation will sufficiently account for the supposed
omission of Mr. Cope, to whom no blame can fairly be
attributed.

The Commissioner of the City Police Force has received
the following letter

" Central Criminal Court, July 7.
" Sir,—We are directed by the Sheriffs to express their
most sincere thanks to you for the great trouble and atten-
tion you must have taken in the judicious arrangements you
made of the police force in the Central Criminal Court on
the long trial of Courvoisier, and also on his execution, for
it is an unheard-of circumstance, that in an attendance of
nearly 50,000 persons, not a single accident should occur.
The Sheriffs attribute this to the good and steady conduct of
the police force, and they are desirous that this should be
made known to them.
" We are, sir, your obedient servants,
• " THOMAS FRANCE, Under-Sheriffs."
" HENRY JACKSON,

Etnow Roots.—Elbow room has been quite scarce in
Nashville during the past week. Such scrouging, goudging,
turning in and turning out, has seldom before been witnessed.
Instance the following :—Traveller dismounts at a tavern :
" Halloa, landlord ! can I get lodgings here to-night ?"
Landlord : " No, sir ; every room in the house is engaged."
Traveller : " Can't you even give me a blanket, and a bunch
of shavings for a pillow, in your bar-room ?" Landlord :
No, sir; there's not a square foot of space unoccupied
anywhere in the house." Traveller : " Then I'll thank you,
sir, to shove a pole out of your second-1100r window, and I'll
roost on that."—American Paper,

Maria Howe, Uttoxeter
Joseph Heath, Tunstall
Josh.Haigh,Sheepridge, Hud-
dersfield
William Hastings, Liverpool
Harriet Hinton, Whitchurch
John Hutchinson, Newport
James Peat Heane, do.
Anne Higginson, do.
Robert Higgins, do.
William Harding, Ludlow
William Hodson, do
George Hooper, do
_ .

James Brough, Leek
Joshua Brough, do.
John Brough, jun., do.
Mary Anne Bracewell, Bar-
mildswick, Burnley
Alexander Bower, Manchester
James Bradford, do.
William Baghton, Burslem
William Barker, do.

James Hobs-on Liverpool
John Hoole, High Hatton
Elizabeth Hadley, Ludlow
John Holt, Stubby Lee
Henry Hall, Blackburn
George Holden, Liverpool
John Howarth, juu., Bacup
Sarah Holmes, Heywood,Bury
William Higgins, Salford
Mary Holt, Broadhalgh,Roch-
dale
John Hunt, Manchester
James Hamilton, Glasgow
John Kerr Hastings, Man-
chester
William Harbridge, Chester
Robert Harling, Almondbury,
Wm.Brown,The Orchards,do. Huddersfield
Joseph Breyan, Blackburn George Hammersley, Leek
Elizabeth Bradley, Skipton Samuel Horne, Manchester
Thos. Brindley, Sneyd Green, Matthew Harrison, Chester
Burslem Thotnas Hebblewhite, as trus-
Joseph Bladon, Uttoxeter tee, Liverpool
James Bennett, Manchester William Innocent, Brighouse,
Elizabeth Barbour, do. Halifax
Thos. Simpson Bradley, Hud- WilliamFinneyJohnson, Man-
dersfield chester
John Buckley, Rochdale John Ingham, Liverpool
Mary Badnall, Leek William Johnson, Whitchurch
William Brook, Mold Green, Thomas Jebb, do.
Huddersfield Thomas James, Chester
Thomas Banner, Liverpool Richard Johnson, Blackburn
Samuel Bentley, Newport Mary Justice, Newport
Elizabeth Bennett, do. Thomas Jones, Tibberton, do.
Mary Anne Blakemore, do. Paul Jones, Newport
William Brittane, do. Eliza Justice, do.
ElizabethAnnedackrnore, do. Henry Jackes,- Stoke Park, do.
Thos. Beeston, Goldstone, do. George Jackson, Blackburn
Samuel Bell, Newport Samuel Jones, High Hatton
John Blakemore, Edgmond, Samuel Ibbs, do.
Newport Jonathan Jones, Chester
Hen. Bannerman, Manchester Robert Barrow Jones, jun.,
Thomas Barnber, Blackburn Whitchurch
William Boycott, Donnington Edward Kirby, Manchester
John Bayley, Summer Hill, Richard Kay, Bury
Newport John Kirkpatrick, Chester
Timothy Bishop, Rowton, Barbara Keate, Shrewsbury
Ludlow John Kenyon, Accrington
Chas.Bannerman,Manchester George Knox, Blackburn
Richard Bentley, Newport Sally Kay, Bury
Saint. Stenson Bennett, Leigh- Robert Knox, Blackburn
ton-Buzzard Michael Kerley, Manchester
Benj. Butterworth, Liverpool Thomas Kempshall, Liverpool
Mary Buckley, Pen y lan James Knox, Blackburn
Edwin Bradley, Ashbourn John Kearsley, Chester
Joseph Bates, jun., Liverpool William Lancaster, Pendleton
Anne Bladon, Uttoxeter William Lindop, Manchester
Elizabeth Bladon, do. Thomas Lupton, Halifax
David Bradley, Ashbourn John Lee, Manchester
James Pickford Bloor, Man- Ben Lupton, Cheadle
chester Edward Lowe, Ettingshall
William Bain, do. Colliery, Bilstone
Alexander Bower (as trustee), James Stirling Livesey, Black-
Manchester
William Balston, do.
Mary Barnes, Milne-row,
Rochdale
Elizabeth Bridge, Pendleton
Margaret Brown, Kendal
John Cooke, Uttoxeter
Charles Comer, Manchester
Saml. Cavan,Wibbersley Hall,
Disley
George Clover, Manchester
Joseph Chell, Leek
Samuel Clowes, Basford
Harriet Critchley, Worside,
Liverpool
John Clarke, Shrewsbury
George Caley, Leek
Robert Caldecott, Chester
John Cooper, Gisburne
William Challinor, Leek
Jane Cheetham, Salford
William Challinor, jun., Leek
John Cartwright, Shrewsbury
Charles Clegg, Manchester
Jesse Challioner, London
William Caslon, Hanley
John Carter, Chorley
Thomas Chadwicke, Liverpool
William Critchton, Leek
John Cropp, Manchester
James Cox, do.
James Coop, Liverpool
Henry Critchley, The Heys,
Newton
William Cooke, Aqualcite Hall
Thomas Catherall, Chester
John Clegg, George Keeling,
and Thos. Higson, as trus-
tees, Manchester
Joshua Cooper, Ludlow
Samuel Cobb, jun., Newport
Mary Colley, do.
Thomas Childe, Ludlow
George Cocking, do.
Jno.Clegg,Hall-foot,Clitheroe
Richard Cutting, Leek
John Clegg, Geo. Doncaster,
and Thos. Higson, as trus-
tees, Manchester
Thos. Calrow, Woodhill, Bury
Archibald Christie, London
Benj. Crosland, Fenny Bridge,
Huddersfield
William Cliffe, Paddock, do
John Caldicott, Chester

John Broxup, Burnley
John Brown, jun., Calton, ,
Skipton
John Brown, do.
Richard Blundell, Hooton,
Chester
Mary Bennett, London
John Booth, Notthowram,
Halifax
Francis Blagg, Uttoxeter
Thomas Burrows, Tunstall
Robert Butler, Whitchurch
Thomas Boardman, Blackburn
Mary Blantern, Whitchurch
William Butler, do.
Wm. Beresford, Sandy Brook,
Ashburn

burn -
Joseph Lang, Accrington
James Logan, Liverpool
Thomas Langley, Birmingham
Henry Latham, Chester
Frederick Lilly, Manchester
William Laycock, Skipton
Benjamin Little, Manchester
Richard Ledger, Liverpool
Elizabeth Lucy, Hill Farm,
Worcestershire
Charles Lucy, do.
Caroline Lucy, do.
Thomas Livesey, Blackburn
John Livesey, do.
Richard Livesey, Blackburn
John Lewis, do.
William Litchfield, Woolstan,
Burslem
George Lee, Leek
Margaret Lowe, Warrington
George Lowe, Chester
James Litchfield, Shirley Co-
mmon, Ashbourn
William Lang, Accrington
James M*Kenzie, Gatehouse
of Lawrieston
John M`Keand, Blackburn
William Mitchell, Southow-
ram, Halifax
John Mellor, Liverpool
William Mellor, Ashbourn
John Miller, Manchester!
Anne Mitchell, Barnoldswick,
Skipton
Chas. Jas. Mason, Lane Delph
IVlaryMattock,Emsev,Skipton
Samuel Milne, Cliff Hill, Ha-
lifax
Thomas Milne, jun., Skircoat,

do.
James M'lntyre, Longport
Sarah Margraves, Sheffield
Robert Hume Mossman, Lon-
don
John Wood, Massey, Chester
Robert Mattock, Bradley,
Skipton
John Maxwell, Haslingden
Thomas John Mountfort, Ash-
bourn
Robert Oldham Middleton,
Salford
Luke Marsden, Aspley, Hud-
dersfield

John Chatterton, Uttoxeter
LawrenceCho rnley, Black burn
James Durham, Manchester
Moritz Detmer, Giessen

Joseph Murray, Blackburn
John Martin, Liverpool
John Samuel Mayer, Castle
Howard

Josh. Barnard Davies, Shelton John Melling, Liverpool
Joseph Deaville, Manchester Alexander M'Neale, do.
James Dunlop, Mahon Alexander M'Lellau, Chester
William Denby, Dukinfield Robert Masefield; Ellerton
John Dean, Bolton Hall, Newport
Richard Danson, Liverpool Richard Maitland, Blackburn
John Dawson, Ashbourn William Banks Maymon, do.
Samuel Dawson, do. William Mallison, do.
George Dodd, Whitchurch Jane Maymon, do.
Christopher Demaine,Bardon, John Meir, Tunstall
Skipton James M'Kune, Preston
John Dale, Leek Thomas Mullineux, Blackburn
John Drighton, Ellesmere William M'Kune, Preston
Thomas Dale, Broughton, Robert Mayon' Hanley
Skipton William Towas Minors, Brom-
Caleb Dawson, Chorley shall, Uttoxeter
James Dix, Leek Richard Nixon
Thomas Davies, Chetwynend, Blackburn
Newport Absalom Watkin and Ann
George Doody, Aston Brewer, trustees of Eliza-
James Davies, Elin Lodge, beth Makinson, Manchester
Ludlow John Mellor, Nottingham
Walter Dunlop, Rochdale David Marsden, Huddersfield
James Dewsbury, Blackburn John Moore, Whitehaven
Major Dawson, Salford Edward Morris, Chorley
Robert Norris Dale, Hollins Andrew M'Kean, Halifax
Green, Warrington John Nixon, Basford
Charlotte Downie, Chester Jane Newbold, Bury
William Daffora Evarard, Ut- Joseph Nightingale, Otter-
toxeter burn, Skipton
Jos.Edwards,Wood,Newport Henry Newling, Whitchurch
Thomas Ettrell, High Offiey, George Nall, Leek
Newport Robert Naylor, Manchester
William Edwards, Ludlow Juliana Norton, Matlock
John Eggiuton, do. John Nash, Ludlow
Thos. Edwards, Dowton-on- John Norris, Newport
the-Rock Ishmael Nash, Manchester
Thomas Eagin, Burnley Joseph Nadin, do.
Thomas Edge, Birmingham Richard Nichol, Blackburn
John Froggart, Manchester Emma Newall, Chester
James Pernyhough, Leek Peter Owen, Manchester
Peter France, do. Anne Owen, do.
William France, do. Ralph Oakden, do.
James Fildes Manchester Thomas Osborne, Longport
Samuel Baylis Farady, Bir- William Osborne, Great Bar
mingham Francis Woodworth Owen,
Geo. Robinson Fardon, do. Manchester
Elizabeth Frere, Ganthorpe James Ogden, Rochdale
Wm.Ford,Tibberton,Newport John Overton, Old Castle,
Edward Foster, Ludlow ! Malpas
Fanny Fletcher, do. Joseph Oakes, Chester
William Fletcher, do. Thomas Palin, Manchester
Ebenezer Fowler, Blackburn Thomas Pickles, Grange Moor,
William Forrest, do. Wakefield
Thomas Fletcher, Chester
(Harriet Page, Lynn
Ellen Fox, St. Thomas, Par-John Pilling, Manchester
sonage House John Preston, do.
John Garnett,Warley, Halifax Francis Peckett, do.
Thomas Gorst, Ireland Joseph Pickford, Leek
William Gray, Haslingden James Patrick, Manchester
Joseph Goodwin, Leek John Palm, Chester
James Grugeon, Broughton, Richard Pattison, Cheetham
Manchester Hill, Manchester
John Goodwin, Brown Hills, Thomas Podmore, Tunstall
Burslem William Hanley Petty, Dikes-
Jas. Goldstran, Withy Rocks, land, Skipton
Leek Joseph Pearce, Sheffield
Joseph Grundy, Birmingham Joseph Taylor Phillips, New
Grace Gledhill, Grey Stones, Lodge, Lillishall
Halifax Henry Pooler, Chetwynend
William Gaman, Chester Edward Parry, Chester
Mary Gibson, London Humphrey Parsons, Ludlow
Wm. Anderson Green, Man- Paul Griffiths Panton, Hafod
chester House, Ruabon
William Gillibrand, Blackburn Thomas Platt, Manchester
Philip Gillibrand, Manchester Robert Parkinson, Blackburn
Thos. Hebblewhite, Liverpool John Pearce, Guild, Newport
John Higson, Manchester Mary Pilkington, Blackburn
Lawrence Hitchon, Wakefield James Pilkington, jun., do.
Richard Hudson, Birmingham William Pilkington, do.
Robert Holt, Manchester Christopher Parkinson, do.
Benjamin Harris, Stone Road, Peter Pickering, do.
Lane End Francis Parker, Manchester
Henry Wellman Heartley, Edward Trevor Pover, Chester
Manchester Charles Pover, do.
James Marger Harbleacher, Joseph Priestley, Wakefield
Manchester Edwin Vickers Parry, Chester
Geo. Holehouse, Manchester Peter Rothwell, Holcombe
Rd. Howard Heywood, Burs- Brook, Bury
lem Thomas Robertson, Perth
Charles Hayward, Leek Smith Phillips Robinson, Mar-
Peter Hitchon, Wakefield ket Drayton
Rd. Hilditch, jun. Shrewsbury John Rutherford, Blackburn
Rd. Hilditch, sen., do. William Dudley Rider, Bir-
Richard Horrocks, Ratcliffe, mingham
Holcombe John Rylauds, Newport

Marshall,

Henry Robinson, Manchester Anne Tomkinson Stafford
Alfred Reyner, Ashton-under- Samuel Thwaite, Halifax
Lyne Elizabeth Taylor, Newport
Rodgett, Blackburn Sarah Taylor, do.
Joseph Rodgett, do. Thomas Teesdale, Malton
Christopher Reyner, do. Marianne Turner, Cresabrook
Thomas Quelleyn Roberts, Susannah Tombs, Shrewsbury.
Chester Anne Turner, do.
James Boyle' Manchester John Tarleton, Rhyl and Li-
Andrew Reid, Glasgow verpool
Thomas Rylands, Pilson, Samuel Urwick, Ludlow
Newport William Urwick, do.
Honora Elizabeth Raynes, John Vernon, Uttoxeter
Milne-row, Rochdale Thos. Veevers, Salford, Black-
James Rose, Hanley burn
Thomas Slater, Ashby-de-la- John Veevers, Todmorden
Zouch John Vallely, Armagh, Ireland
John Stancliffe, Halifax Jane Wilcock, Manchester
Joseph Speight. Barnsley Wm. Whitehouse, jun., Li-
Robert Stavert, Manchester verpool
Henry Surr, London Anthony Ward, Leek
Sarah Stubbs, Burslem' John 'Whittaker, Manchester
Thos. Smith, Park-lane, Leek John Wascoe, do.
James Sutton, Burslem Benjamin Woolfe, Leek
John Shackleton,
Airton, Thomas Waters, ditto.
Skipton Samuel Walker, Stockport
Richard Shaw, Burnley John Whitehurst, Shrewsbury
Joseph Smith, Birmingham Joseph Weston, Liverpool
Wm. Scott, Bolton, Skipton John Walls, Southport
Robert Sunderland, Hepton- Ibbotson Walker, Manchester
stall, Halifax Thomas Winton, Leek
Daniel Spilsbury, Tunstall John Wright, Manchester
Abraham Shuttleworth,Black- Sarah Wright, do.
burn John Williamson, Burnley
John Smith, Leek Thos. Wallworth, Manchester
Alice Sturland, Birmingham Catherine Williams, Leek
John Smith, Ashbourn William Walker, Burslem
Samuel Smallpage, Burnley John Watkin, Newport
Wm. Stansfield, Haslingden William Walker, Chetwynend
George Smith, Doveridge Watkin Watkin, do.
Wm. Hen. Smith, Manchester Robert Thornley and Charles
Thomas Stones, Blackburn Hudson, trustees of Mary
Thos.Smith,Burnsall,Skipton Wallworth, of Manchester
William Stokes, Newport William Heaton Wall, Troy-
John Stokes, do. ford Cottage, Ludlow
George Shenton, Lillishall John Williams, do.
John Stanley, Newport Thos. Wright, Pilson, Newport
William Smith, Ludlow Thomas Westcott, Ludlow
John Smith, do. John Walker, Tunstall
William Sefton, Blackburn John Westall, White Ash,
James Stoneley, Newport Blackburn
Benj. Slanev, HolleyGrove,do. Philip Wayn, Ludlow
Joseph Smith, Blackburn William Wilding, Preston
Moses Sharpies, do. Richard Wilding, do.
Robt. Holdgate Sagar, do. Richard Whitmore, Forton
Humphrey Smith, Ludlow Jno.Williams,WelshHampton
Benjamin Sarson,Birmingham John Ward, Loudon
Adam Scott, Bakewell Edgar Webster, Chester
Susan Straw, Leeds Jemima Willdig, Shelton
Elizabeth Stanley, Newport ThomasWhittinghame, Liver-
Samuel Sharp, Manchester pool
Daniel Sharp, do. Samuel Willis, Birmingham
William Spient, Chester Thomas Walker, Tunstall
Joseph Shaw, Huddersfield William Windle, Skipton
Charles William Sikes, do. Anne Walker, Bone Hill,
James Sheldrick, Prestwich Fazley
William Frederick Seebohm, Thomas Wharf, Gargrave
Manchester Henry Worthington, Black-
William Townsend, Stanfield burn
Robert Turner, Chester Samuel Grundy Walker, Bury
John Tonle, Salford John Witham, Pheasant Ford,
George Thompson, Leek Burnley
Cath. Tidswell, Manchester Josiah Wigley, Seasons, Ut-
Robert Turner, do. toxeter
Joseph Turner, Liverpool Thomas Wilkinson, Skipton
Thomas Tell, Burslem Chas.Warren,MarketDrayton
Ralph Turner, Manchester Henry Wood, Worathorne,
Wm. Hen. Turner, Blackburn Burnley
Thomas Blucher Turner, do. Susan Whitehead, Rochdale
Susan Tomkies, Chester John Waugh, do.
Richard Thomas, Whitchnrcb Alfred Webb. Liverpool
Susannah Tomlinson, Ash- Mary Anne Wibberley, Dou-
bourn glas, Isle of Mau
John West, Leek
George Wharrie, Liverpool
John Walsh, do.
3 Wm. Wilson, Ryecroft Lodge,
, Uttoxeter
Betsy Wimberley, Louth
James Yates, Stanley, Leek
Samuel Young, Lymhouse, do.

HenTiginclairThompson,Hal-
dane Cottage, Dumbarton
John Taylor, Liverpool
Hannah Tudman,Whitchurel
William Taylor, Tibberton
Newport
William Tinson, Ludlow
Jane Thomas, do.

FROM THE " LONDON GAZETTE," FRIDAY, JULY 3

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY I.—The Queen has been
please to appoint the Earl of Aboyne, one of the lords in
waiting to her Majesty, in the room of the Viscount Falkland,

resigned.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon the Right Hon. William Stephenson Clerk,
lord mayor of the city of York.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon Joshua Walmsley, of Wavertree Hall, in
the county palatine of Lancaster, Esq. mayor of the borough
of Liverpool, and a magistrate for the said county palatine.
The queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon William Lowthrop, Esq. mayor of Hull.
The queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon John Westley Williams, Esq. F.R.S.
mayor of Portsmouth.
The queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon Thomas Potter, Esq. mayor of Manchester,
and a magistrate for the county palatine of Lancaster.
The queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon Jacob Adolphus, Esq. M.D. Inspector
General of Army Hospitals and Physician General to the
Militia Forces in the island of Jamaica.

The queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon Alexander Mackenxie Downie, Esq. M.D.
Physician to her late Royal Highness the Landgravine of
Hesse Homburg.
The queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon John Hare, of Springfield, in the county of
Somerset, and of the city of Bristol, Esq.

GREAT FIRES NEAR EXETER.-TWO LIVES
LOST-FORTY HOUSES BURNT DOWN.

Yesterday morning intelligence arrived at the numerous
fire insurance companies, in the metropolis, of two terrific
fires, which occurred during Friday and Saturday last, near
the city of Exeter, occasioning the destruction of 40 houses,
with the loss of two lives, and great sacrifice of property.
The particulars are as follows :
About half-past two o'clock on the night in question,
mounted expresses arrived at the fire-stations of the West
of England, in Exeter, with information of a large fire raging
in the village of Stoke Cannon, a few miles from the city.
The engines instantly hastened to the spot. On their arri-
val they found several houses, the dwellings of tradespeople,
in flames, and the fire extending with alarming rapidity to
others. On inquiry being made, it was ascertained that it
commenced in a smith's workshop, belonging to a person
named Webber, and arose from the forge-chimney taking fire.
The people living on the spot endeavoured to extinguish the
fire, but owing to the strong wind were unable to do so, and
and in consequence the flames communicated to the buildings
adjacent,. and, subsequently, consumed in the whole nine
houses with other property. During the raging of the fire
the walls of some of the houses fell and killed two men,
one, the son of Mr. Webber, and the other a labourer
named Herbert, who has left a wife and five children. Their
bodies were soon got out
.of the ruins, and an inquest has
since been held on them. The loss is very great. The only
part of the property insured are the buildings.
On the following day (Saturday) the inhabitants of Credi-
ton, a small village, eight miles from Exeter, were alarmed
by the outbreak of a fire on the premises of Mr. W. Francis,
tanner, situate in the vicinity of East Town, opposite the
well. The engines of the village were immediately taken to
the spot, and were worked vigorously by the inhabitants. It
was, however, upwards of an hour before the flames were got
under, and by that time five houses had been burned to the
ground. By nine o'clock, the fire, to all appearance, was
wholly extinguished, and the engines were withdrawn from
the spot. About two hours after, however, the dreadful cry
of " fire" was again raised in the village. Another, occa-
sioned by the previous one, had broken out, and, we regret
to say, proved of a most calamitous description. The flames
burst forth from a thatched cottage opposite the ruins left by
the former fire. It was tenanted by a poor family, who
nearly fell a sacrifice to the flames. The conflagration raged
for three hours, in its career destroying 22 houses, the dwell-
ings of upwards of 60 families. The sufferings of the poor
creatures were truly heart-rending. Everything that they
possessed was burned, and many, in consequence, were re-
duced to a state of utter destitution. The fire was not got
under till near, seven o'clock the next morning. It is sup-
posed to have originated by some sparks during the previous
fire falling on the thatched roof of the cottage. The loss
cannot be estimated.—Morniny Herald of Wednesday.