Snippets from the Liverpool Mercury (and Lancashire General advertiser) October 25th 1833 On Friday se'nnight, two colliers named R BARLOW and J ATHERTON were killed in a coal pit near Bolton, by the accidental breaking of the chain attached to the bucket in which they were ascending, which precipitated them to the bottom On Sunday se'nnight, whilst the family were at church, the premises of Mr ACKROYD tailor and draper, Fleet street Bury, were entered and robbed of £256 in sovereigns and about £5 in silver. A man named James LAWRENSON who had been employed by Mr ACKROYD, and who has absconded is the person suspected of committing the robbery Emigration (upper Canada paper) A considerable portion of the emigrants for Bark Harvey, from Liverpool, that arrived here on Monday last were from the Irish estates of the Earl of Derby (Grandfather to Mr Stanley, the present Colonial Minister) These emigrants were aided to come to Canada by the Noble Earl in the most bountiful manner, their passage, including an abundant supply of provisions, provided them and each head of family recieved here yesterday, from Mr BUCHANAN, His Majesty's Chief Agent for Emigrants, in cash from £10 to £25, funds having been remitted out to Mr B by the Earl of Derby's agent for this purpose. We understand these emigrants intend to settle on lands in the vicinity of Lake Simcoe in Upper Canada, for which place they proceeded last night per steam boat to Montreal, highly pleased at their prospects and with grateful hearts to their noble and kind benefactor Bankrupts John SMITH, Liverpool, county of Lancaster, wheelright William Robert Wales KING, of Hosier lane London, tin-plate worker Chas. GREGORY, Luton Bedfordshire, maltster Edward DENMAN Mark-lane London, watchmaker John RYLEY, Newcastle-under-lyme Staffordshire, draper, Henry HORD, Leeds, Yorkshire, victualler Whereas a fiat in Bankruptcy is awarded and issued against Robert Gordon ROBERTS, of Liverpool in the county of Lancaster, Timber Merchant, Dealer and Chapman, formerly carrying on business in Co-partnership with Robert RAWLINSON, late of Liverpool, aforesaid, timber-merchant, deceased, under the firm of RAWLINSON & ROBERTS and more lately in partnership with Thomas PEARSON, aforesaid, timber-merchant under the firm of Thomas PEARSON and Company and he being declared a bankrupt is hereby required to surrender himselfto the Commissioners in the said Fiat named, or the major part of them, on the 11 day of November next....(there is more to this) The Commissioners in a Commission of bankrupt, bearing the date of 18th December 1829, awarded and issued forth against John LLOYD of Liverpool in the county of Lancaster, Linen-draper, dealer and Chapman intend to meet on Monday the 28th instant at the Commissioners room in St James' Square Manchester in order to make a dividend of the joint estate of the said bankrupt and Thomas THOMAS, late of Scotland road Liverpool, Linen-draper (pursuant to an order of His Honour the Vice-Chancellor made on or about the 1st day of November 1830, that amongst other matters , such joint estates should be paid and divided to and amongst the joint creditors of the said bankrupt and Thomas THOMAS who should come in and prove under the said Commission)...(there is more to this) The Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt bearing date the 18th day of November 1826 awarded and issued forth against James DUNCAN and William CLEGG of Liverpool, , in the county of Lancaster, and Thomas HOLLINS of Manchester, in the said county of Lancaster, Merchants and Co-partners ( carrying on trade together at Liverpool aforesaid under the firm of "DUNCAN & CLEGG" and wich said James DUNCAN and William CLEGG and Thomas HOLLINS likewise carried on trade at Permanbuco in the Brazils in Co-partnership with Thomas HARDMAN of Pernambuco, aforesaid, merchant under the firm of "CLEGG, DUNCAN, and Company")...(there is more to this) Caryl www.old-liverpool.co.uk