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      Chartism. Past , Present , And Future.. ...

      jvoinvnimositiea , factious oppositions , and jealous trivafivalries . must give place to wise deliberatJjonjjons ; sacrifices will have to be made , and the golejole and paramount object of the Conference rmusmust be , to adopt Buch _ a mode of action as strilljriHj in the least possible time , lead to the Ip iafcBactment 0 f the People ' s Charter .

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      PARLIAMENTARY . 1 The Ministerial Crisis . — Expectation lira-iras on tiptoe on Monday afternoon . Soon jafoafter four o ' clock the House of Commons nafxap iilly filled , and what little business was idoiflonc was transacted in dumb show . All i © tli © ther matters for the time being had shrunk iintinto nothingness beside the Ministerial Crisis i an and the promised explanations of the head of ; fhi the temporary and conditional Cabinet . Every lav available seat in the bod y of the House vivas occup ied . The galleries were densel y or crowded—the seats allotted to peers were th thronged by members of the TJpper Houseco consp icuous among whom we noticed many of Jh the retiring ministry . Lord John was received wiwith a rather lukewarm cheer from his

      imjn-jncdiate supporters , on making his appearance fcsiwo or three minutes before five o ' clock . "We aiare bound to add , however , that this mi ght btbe in some degree caused by the shout of lalaughter which ran through the House at their iiiiiaving a few minutes previously bestowed , h y mmistake , the plaudits on Mr . Moxckton i'MlLXES , they intended aa a greeting to their £ fallen chief . The explanation was what the SScotch call "dreigh . '* Ittold nothing new , 21 and the facts included in it were narrated with

      a an ostentatious baldness and dryness in the B selection of phrases . Briefl y it amounted to t ] this : —He and his colleagues had resigned . D The Queen had accepted the resignation , and E Sent for Lord Staslef ; that nobleman was t not then prepared to form an administration ; t consequently the Queen had sent again for i him , and he bad undertaken the task . By 3 Siiday night he hoped to tell them , whether ] he had succeeded or not ; and he hoped ] therefore they would hold their tongues , and ] shut up the House till then . That was : all . Lord Stanley ' s Lieutenant ( Mr .

      Dis-BAELl ) was not , however , contented . He contradicted—in as strong terms as Parliamentary language aud etiquette permitted—Lord John s statement as to Lord Stan ley ' s declining to form a Government ; and had an equally courteous , but decisive retort b y the Minister , that whenever Lord Stanley got leave to state the facts , they would be in accordance with what he had said . There the matter would have ended , had not

      Mr . Roebuck , the Stormy Petrel of the House , interposed with his shrill voice a few warning sentences to Lord John . In the midst of political tempests the Member for Sheffield is sure to be conspicuous ; quiet times are the death of him as a public man . After he had duly , and in his most effective ex cathedra style , lectured the "Whi g Chief , as to what was expected from him , the House forthwith adjourned , in the midst of much excitement

      In the Lords a similar statement was made on behalf of the retiring Cabinet , b y Lord Laxspowne . Lard SiAsiEr—while he informed the Peers thatherMajest y had treated him in tbe most gracious , condescending , and Jdud manner during his interview—intimated that he reserved hia statement of what took place until a more fitting occasion ; and this drew forth an expression from Lord Lansjwwse , that whenever he did make the state d Sient , it would contain nothing contradictory of that he had just made . It was clear there was a screw loose somewhere . All had not

      heen told . The cause wh y Lord Stanley had sot formed a Cabinet did not rest with him , apparently , but with somebod y else . "Who could that be hut the Sovere ign ? Accordingl y everybody had their rumour in explanation . Some said , it was because she had refused to sanction a general election ; others because she insisted upon a stringent anti-Papal bill . 3 > y and bye we shall know all about it . Suffice it in say , that a second trial to form a Tory Ministry has failed still more concluavely than the first The attempt of Lord John to construct a coalition Cabinet has also broken down . The leading Peelites are apparentl y by no means in lore with the idea of

      risking their political reputation as administrators , with the broken-winded and lame Whig hacks they would be yoked to . Graham has again refused to take office with his quondam political friend and associate , and without Graham the Peelites won't move . The week has , np to this time , ( Friday ) , been consumed in fruitless attempts to construct an administration , and . rumour , with her thousand tongues , has each hour a new and differing version of the reason . It is scarcely likel y that any official or authoritative and satisfactory explanation will be offered to-nighfe . Thcform-itionof a Cahinet cannot he completed for some days , under the circumstances which have arisen . In the meantime we have been

      surprised , that among all the combinations that have been attempted of Whigs and Peelites , and Tories and Peelites , another should have been overlooked . The Peelite party is confessedly strong in administrative ability , though numerically weak . It is pledged to Pxee Trade and Financial Reform , to at least , as great an extent as the Whigs were , and it is not more opposed to organic reforms . Why should not a transition Peelite Ministry be formed to tide over the Session , failing the practicability of any other ? They would carry with them to the Treasury benches upwards of one hundred members—not very far short of the number of pure Whigs in the House ; they

      might fairly ask from the Whigs the same kind of support they have invariably g iven to the late occupaatsof office ; and as the Free Traders dread nothing so much as interference with the recent commercial policy of the legislature , who could more appropriately develope that policy than the men who inaugurated aud carried it through the legislature ? The House would then present nearly a similar balance of parties , as it does now , with the exception that we should have the clever Peelites in office , instead of the stupid , blundering , and incapable Whigs . Such a Ministry could only be temporary , but it would be , perhaps , the best temporary one wo could have . There can be no doubt that a dissolution and

      general election just now would be inexpedient , for many reasons ; and in view of such an event , the people would be better prepared if it were to take place in Autumn , after the crops are cot in , and the bustle of the Great Exhibition is over . It would appear that the actual business of the session will dwindle down to even smaller dimensions than the punv programme of the late administration . " lost h

      Thetime that has been necessarily y the change of Ministry is precious , and can never be recalled . It will require more even when a new Government is formed , before parties can settle down in their different places . Either Parliament will sit very long and late , or it will content itself with the merest routine and most imperative administrative business , and leave all important general questions to another session , and most likely

      another Parliament . . , The discussion on tbe Marriage Bill , in the Bonse of Lords , on Tuesday night , was only remarkable on account of it showing the Bishops in their natural characters , as obstructives of anything tending to liberalise onr laws and institutions . Because iu musty canons , passed b y ignorant monks and scheming uriests , hundred of years ago , they find certain laws laid down , they modestly demand that the decrees of these ignorant monks shall continue to be binding on all posterity . The Bishops of the Established Church do not agree in opinion as to whether ,

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      these marriages are prohibited by the law of God or not—rbutjhat does not matter ; they are prohibited by canon law and the priest—and that is enough . " Great is Diana of the Ephesians" is their cry to the crowd ; but they whisper to each other aside : " Sirs , by this craft we have , our living V

      DOMESTIC . Meetingshavebeenheld in several of the Metropolitan boroughs , for the purpose of condemning the defunct Budget of Sir Charles Wood , and calling for the abolition of the window duties , without any substitute . At least , this appears to have been the original object , and the resignation of the Ministry did not materially alter the course of those who took part in the proceedings , The language used was strong in many cases ; but , applied as it was to a Budget and a Minister , neither of which have now aa official existence , it was a waste of popular energy . A clear

      and decisive " pronunciamento , ' in favour of a sweeping and substantial reform in Parliament , and an entire aud equitable revision of our whole financial system , as the only conditions on which any Jfew Ministry could be tolerated , would have been more to the purpose . The onl y meeting that showed an appreciation of the real points at issue was the Southwark one . Whi ggism , in the person of SirW . Molesworth , met with nnmistakeable condemnation , and the "hon . hart . " may make up his mind that " the Borough " will not again return him to be one of the joints of Lord John ' s tail . The occasion has been

      by no means improved , as it ought to have been , by the country at large , which ought to have spoken out firmly and boldly on fundamental questions , and demanded that the new Cabinet should be constructed in accordance with the popular feeling . The " protracted and threatening Strike of the Seamen in the Northern Ports , has terminated by the virtual repeal of the Mercantile Seamen ' s Act by the Government , and the concession of the wages asked , by the Shipowners . The Sailors have , therefore , triumphed in both cases . The non-enforcement

      of the discretionary provisions of the Act does not , however , permanentl y release the Seamen from their observance ; they may be renewed piecemeal , and in detail ; and , therefore , if any Of those provisions are reall y objectionable and unfair to the working mariner , they ought to be formally repealed . As long as they are contained in the Act , it will be in the power of any pettifogging lawyer and sharping ship master to impose them on Seamen . Acting on this conviction , the Sailors connected with the Port of London have held several meetings , with the view of urging legislative repeal .

      Bedfordshire has failed to imitate the example of South Notts , and emancipate itself from the thraldom of the landlords . Mr . Houghton , the tenant farmer , was beaten by Colonel Gilpin , the nominee of the landed interest . The county seats have heretofore been shared between the Bedford and the De Grey interest ; and as the Duke has his nominee now in Parliament , of course he acted upon the compact , by aiding the Earl to place his echo there also . The baneful effect of these famil y compacts upon the county constituents , is seen in the small number of the existing electoral

      body who took share in the Bedfordshire election . Of the four thousand voters only about two thousand polled , and two-thirds of these for the landlord ' s candidate . The other half were either intimidated or indifferent ; and the county is thus neutralised in Parliament . Mr . Hastings Russell votes white , Colonel Gilfin black , and both at the bidding of the clique to which their respective " noble' ' patrons belong . As for the inhabitants of Bedfordshire , what have they to do with tbe question ? What right have they to meddle

      with politics , when the Duke of Bedford and Earl Be Gre y are willing to think for them , and save them the trouble of managing their own affairs ? It was to perpetuate this snug system of jobbing the country constituencies , and keeping the representation in the hands of the great territorial families , that Lord John last week opposed the enfranchisement of the £ 10 householders in counties . Seeing how he derives political power and influence from it , none can wonder at his preference . Whether the country should be satisfied with it or not is another question .

      Some time ago we noticed important experiments on the preparation of flax , with the view of adopting the fibre of that plant to be spun by the existing machinery of cotton mills . It was stated , that M . Claussen had succeeded in preparing a material to which he gave the name of cotton-flax from its adaptation to the cotton machinery . Had the statement been borne out by experiments upon a large scale , it would have been one of the greatest and most valuable discoveries of the age . The failing supplies of raw cotton from America , and the extreme danger of allowing

      the swarming population of our manufacturing districts , to be mainly , if not entirely dependent on the States for a suppl y of the raw material of their industry , made a substitute within our own power and control of the utmost importance at the present juncture . But beside the direct advantage which it would have conferred upon the manufacturing districts , it would have , opened np an almost illimitable outlet for the profitable employment

      of capital , skill , and labour in the agricultural districts ; and for the first time . in our history , reconciled the apparently hostile interests of agriculture and manufactures . We regret , therefore , to learn that extended and carefully conducted experiments in the mills of Mr . Bright , at Rochdale , have resulted in the conviction that new machinery must be constructed for working the new material . This will form a great impediment to the extended culture of flax , and the use of that material in

      the textile fabrics of this country . An investigation into the causes of the pauper rebellion of Barham is said to have resulted in tbe conclusion , first , that the paupers had no reason to complain of the dietary ; aud second , that the able-bodied labourers were thrust into the workhouses by the farmers and guardians , for the very purpose of creating a riot , with the view of making an impression on Parliament when Mr . Disraeli ' s motion came on . It is alleged that last year an entente was gotnpby precisely the sam « means—that the soil of the Union is stiff clay , which requires

      a great deal of labour—and that February is a month in which a greater proportion of labour is required on such soils than any other part of the year . All this may be true , but if the farmer , eaten up by rent , tithes , and taxes , and suffering from p rices altogether nnremunerative , has not the wherewithal to employ labour after he has paid all the idlers and tax-consumers;—what then ? " Ought to do " and " Can do ' are two very different things , and nnder the

      circumstances we should scarcely wonder at struggling farmers trying to make political capital out of unprofitable starving labourers . As to the dietary , we are informed by the Daily News , " . that in no establishment of the kind is it more satisfactory , or the comfort of the poor better looked to ; " and though it adtaits that Mr . Howard , the master , is "a strict disciplinarian , " it denies that any "illtreatment " was proved against either him or his subordinates .

      We are so accustomed to statements of this kind f rom politico-economical organs , that we always take them with a very wide latitude of interpretation . Hear the actual nature of this satisfactory and comfortable dietary ! The paupers were allowed the ample amounts of « eren ounces of bread , and twenty-four ounces of gruel at breakfast and supper , and for dinner eig ht ounces of bread and an ounce and a half of cheese ! But the magnificent and varied bill of fare of which Jhe Daily

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      Netcs expresses its august approbation , did not stop with these dainties . It actually ineluded fire ounces of cooked meat , and twelve of vegetables , twice a week ! and yet the ungrateful wretches had the audacity , like Oliver Twist , to " ask for more ! " While landlords and farmers play such tricks with labourers , and Free - Traders think such beggarly allowances of skilly , and dry bread and cheese , a satisfactory and comfortable dietary for the poor , we are very much afraid that we shall have more pauper rebellions . We trust we shall have ; otherwise we shall fear that the mind and bod y crushing influence of our anti-social system will have succeeded in utterly extinguishing all manhood , all human instincts , in our labouring classes .

      FOREIGN . Alas ! poor France ! Last Monday she celebrated , with maimed and halting rites , the anniversary of her last great Revolution . Louis Phillippe interdicted a Reform Banquet in 1848 , and the peop le made a Republic on the 24 th of February . The rulers of the Republic , graciousl y allow only the Republican members of the Legislative Assembly to dine together , and abstain from all formal recognition of the event which p laced them in power . Paris swarmed with soldiers and

      police , ready to be let slip on the people on the slightest pretence . Despotism and espionage have established themselves throughout the country under the name of a Republic , Liberty of association , liberty of speech , liberty of the press , are equally unknown under the renovated tyranny which has set its iron hoof upon the neck of France . Better have Henri V ., or Na p oleon II . at once , than perpetuate such . a piece of atrocious falsehood and hypocrisy in the face of Europe as to call this , a Republic .

      About seven hundred foreigners on Monday night enjoyed in Monarchial England the liberty . they would have been denied in Republican France . They met at Highbury Barn to commemorate the great event in which many of them bore a distinguished part , to express their unabated devotion to the principles which have doomed them to exile from their native lands , and to encourage each other still to hope and labour for the realisation of "theRepublic , Democratic , and Social . " It was a deepl y interesting meeting .

      The designs of Austria have been checked for the present . Low as Prussia has fallen , she is not yet prepared to surrender to her rival , a position aud power which would render it supreme upon ths continent . The conferences ; at Dresden will therefore , it is said , be adjourned for a short time , until the new differences which have arisen can be adjustsd . Events point to the re-establishment of the old Diet as the most likel y conclusion for the time being .

      Mazzini is actively engaged in Italy , and has been joined , it is said , b y the chivalrous and gallant Garribalm , with a bod y of troops and funds , furnished it is supposed by Monte Video . The Italian loan , it is said , progresses prosperously , Genoa being amongst the most liberal contributors . The news from the Colonies and the United States is of trifling political importance .

      Monies Received Fob The 'Week Ending Thu...

      MONIES RECEIVED Fob the 'Week Ending Thursday , February 27 th , 1851 . TOR THE HOUESTY FUND . stcavED bt w . bideb . £ s . d . J . Cotterill , Sandbach .. .. 0 0 6 J . Elms , Newton Abbott .. .. 0 10 W . Combes , Snton , near Chudleigh .. 0 0 6 W . Batt , Ipplepen , Devon .. .. 0 0 6 R . Hamer , Kadcliffe Bridge .. .. 0 0 6 A few Friends , Daventry .. .. 0 1 C Mr . Darlow , Wilton .. .. 0 0 6 _ £ 0 _ 5 0 H . Longwith .. .. .. 005 J . Knight , sen ,.. .. .. 006 J . Knightjun . ... .. .. 006 EECE 1 VED AT LAND OFFICE . P . Elliott .. .. .. 020

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      WMGDP OF THE LAND COMPANY . RECEIVED BF W . KIDEK . £ S . d . J . Squires , Ingatestone ( late of Chelmsford ) .. 0 0 6 J . Elms , Newton Abbot .. .. 0 10 W . Combe , Luton , near Chudleigh .. 0 10 W . Ipplepen , Devon- .. .. 0 0 6 J . Pickles , Greenock - .. .. 050 Totness , per W . Tanner .. .. 018 9 Alnwick , per W . Thompson .. .. 0 6 0 R . Hamer . Haddiffe Bridge .. .. 0 0 6 Messrs . Partington , Ratcliffe , Smith , Mitchel , and Dawson , Hey wood .. .. 0 2 6 3 . Cantelo , Newport , Isle of Wight .. 0 0 G From Nottingham , per J . Sweet—S . Williamson 0 10 J . Wakefield ., .. .. 009 J . Webster .. ., .. 010 J . Finder .. .. .. 006 Messrs . Bates , Beal , Ashwell , and Dawson , Daventry .. .. .. 040 Hamilton , Scotland , per A . Walker .. 0 8 0 A Friend , Rochdale ( a loan ) .. .. 100 £ 3 ~ 6 6 H . B . .. .. .. 020 J . Knight , sen , ,, ,, .. 029 J . Knight , jun ... ,, .. 0 2 0 W . Hutchens .. ., ,, 010 BECEIVED ATIAND OFFICE . P . ElHott ( 3 rdsuh . ) .. .. 020 A . Taylor .. .. .. 010 J . Taylor .. .. .. 010 K . Ford .. .. .. 010 J . Ford . ; .. .. 006 T . Ford .. .. .. 0 0 C 6 . Brown .. .. 0 1 0

      NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . Eeceived by Jons Absott . —Peterborough , per E . Sholej 8 s 2 d—A Red in the Guards , per T . Daniels Is—Messrs . Lamond , Itoss , Johnstone , a Friend , and 0 . Spews Is each —Messrs . Wilson , Picard , Hodges , W . H . B ., and J . D . Gd each—per Grant Sheers , total 8 b Gd—Hastings , per E . Moss 10 s ^ -George Burling , Hackney-road Js—W . and E . Jewis 2 s—George Gill Is—Collected at John-street £ 1 0 s 9 d —Cards at John-street 3 s—Hamilton , per A . Walker 10 s—Huddersfield , per C . Shackleton 6 s—Bermondsey Locality , per J . Percy £ l . —Total , £ 118 s od .

      FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Heceived by Jon . v Absott . —A Bed in tbe Guards , per T < Daniels ( id—A . Rankin , Edinburgh 3 d—Proceeds of Concer t at Edinburgh , per W . Pringle £ o . CONVENTION FUND . Receivd by John Arnott . —G . Gill 6 d—M . F ., per G . Gill 6 d—J . Hunt , Watford , per Mr . Harney , Is—H . Kaines , Watford , per Mr . Harney Is—a few Female Democrats , per B . D . Is . Received by W . Rides . —R . Hamer , Radcliffe Bridge 6 d .

      MONUMENT FUND . Collection at the Woodman Tavern , after Mr . Reynolds ' s Lecture , Sunday , February 23 rd 6 s Sd .

      To The Miners Of The North. The Miners O...

      TO THE MINERS OF THE NORTH . The Miners of Adwalton and Driglington , who have been forced into a strike by the tyranny of their emyloyers , have published tbe following : —

      "CAUTION TO MINERS . " We , the Coal Miners of Adwalton and Driglington , & c , have read in the Leeds Mercury , the Leeds htciliyencer , Ac ., of the 22 nd ult ., an advertisement stating that 200 miners were wanted in this district , who could readily find good employment at wages of £ 1 and upwards per week ; also , good employment for their female children in Mr . W . H . Bowers and Ackroyds' Factories , and that they shortly intend to build a quantity of cottage houses for the accommodation of those employed . Fellow-men , we , the Miners of the abovenamed places , are anxious to put the Miners and the public , of this country on their guard against being led astray by such unprincipled advertisements as the one just referred to . ' We appeal to the public to judge between us and the coal masters of this district when they have read the following facts :-Messrs . Bowers , who appear to have taken an active part in nnlW on the Miners , from the various _ parts ot

      Great Britain , to leave their homes , and to come to a coal district where not less than 120 Miners on an average , have been on play during the whole of the winter quarter ; that is , from ten to twelve Miners at each colliery have to play mturn , with the exception of Messrs . Bowers , tbey having within a few days onlv , reached the coal , and , consequently , have not room for more than some ciglit or ten men , composed of three shuts ; whilst Air . Ackroyd cannot find full employment for his own . And as to bis finding good emp loyment for female children , the only reply we shall at present make is , that Messrs . Aekioyd and Son ' s mill has been standing for upwards of a month , and is likely to remain so for some time to come ; the consequence is that a great many of his hands are obliged to seek work elsewhere . And as to the men , who may be induced to come here , earning £ 1 per week , we do not earn more than from 12 s . to 15 s , per week at tho best of times .

      To The Miners Of The North. The Miners O...

      But , perhaps , the public may be somewhat better enabled to judge of the vilo trickery contained in such an advertisement , when we inform them , that the . coal masters of this district-like many ottiers-. seem to have determined among themselves , if possible , to oppress the Miners of this district with more labour and less wages ; hence it is that one ot our coal , roasters has thought proper to try his band at oppression , by trying to enforce upon the Miners of his colliery-seventy in number-to leave behind a portion of tho lower part of the coal , without any remuneration , being a loss of not less than fivepenee per day . We , the Miners of the above colliery , believing this foul attack to be only the beginning of reductions on our labour , have determined , to a man , to cease work : not for an advance Of Wages , but against an fni > rn * t > hmpr , t nf

      bvepence per day on our already small earnings . Hence we presume , that the Miners and the public Snn 55 n 7 corae . ? ^ "elusion with us , that the m Miners wanted by the coal masters , have a twofold meaning m them ; first , seventy Miners to replace us or take our bread , and the remainder to be distributed amongst the other coal masters , so that they shall be better enabled to dispense with any of their own men , in case they ( the men ) will not fall down and worship according to dictation . Fellow men . trusting to your good sense of those things , and believing aa wo do , that after this statement you win see the necessity of staying at your homes , instead of replacing your brother Miners who are on strike , "I remain , yours , die ., on behalf of the Committee , " Gbo . Brown . "

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      Appleby. Charse Of Incexdiarism.—John M'...

      APPLEBY . Charse of Incexdiarism . —John M'Donald was indicted for having , on the 24 th of November last , set hre to a stack of oats at Brough Sowerby , belonging to Thomas Kelvi ' ngton . It appeared that a day before tho firo , tho prisoner and another man went to Brough , where they slept at a lodgingi r t' i next m 01 ' ning was Sunday , and both left the house together , about eleven o ' clock , going towards Brough Sowerby . The prisoner was seen by a number of persons on the road leading to Brough-bank , where the prosecutor ' s stack was placed in afield adjoining the road ; and he was

      also seen a short distance from the stack , oh the road , by one witness a short time before the stack burst into aflame . The stack had scarcely begun burning before the police-inspector of the district and a constable drove past in a gig , and while tbe constable was sent off to alarm the neighbourhood the inspector began to examine for traces of persons who might have set the stack on fire . Just through the gate of the field he observed a footmark fresh in the earth , and of this he measured the length with his whip , and set off in pursuit along tho road . He soon came up with the prisoner and took him into custody on a charge of setting the stack on fire , and on examining the prisoner ' s shoes he found their length to correspond with tho measure

      he had taken . ' Oh his return to the stack , the footprint ho had seen was obliterated by the crowd of persons there . An admission or conversation which the prisoner had with another prisoner named Archer in the gaol , in the presence of other prisoners , was given in evidence against him , to the effect that he said he had set the stack on fire by igniting some straw and thrusting it into the stack . The prisoner , however , called several other prisoners in his defence , who contradicted this statement , and further said that Archer had boasted that he had done for the prisoner and was to have a sovereign from the governor for giving his evidence . The governor denied that there was any truth in this statement , so far as it affected him . —

      The jury Acquitted the prisoner . Burning a Vessbl—James Hilly , a respectable looking man , and William Jackeon Archer , were charged with setting fire to a steam-vessel called the Lord of the Isles , the property of the Windermere Steam Yacht Company on the 31 st of July last . It appeared from the opening of the learned counsel for the prosecution , that a company called the Windermere Steam Yacht Company had two steam-vessels plyingon lake Windermere , one called the Lord of the Isles , and the other the Lad y of the Lake , which plied alternately between Ambleside and Newby-bridge , calling at Bowness . On the evening of the 31 st of July last , both vessels were moored for the night at the pier at Bowness . The prisoner

      Hilly was fireman on board the Lord of the Isles , and the prisoner Archer was fireman on board the Lady of the Lake . Shortly before the 'Lord of the Isles reached Bowness that night Hilly went to the captain , and said he smelt fire on board the vessel . In consequence every part of the vessel was examined , but no traces of any fire whatever were discovered . This , it was suggested , had been done by him to disarm suspicion as against himself , as he knew what was going to happen . A man named Haydook was watchman on board these two vessels at night , and before Haydook went on board the two prisoners only were left on board , each in his own vessel . On going down to the Lake ' s side about ten o ' clock that night , Haydock met the prisoner Archer , and asked him where he had left Hilly , and was told he was still on board the Lord of the Isles . Haydock went on board that vessel and shouted for him below , but received no answer ,

      and then stepped on board the other vessel , which was moored close to , and went below to bed . , Ho had not been below many minutes before he heard a footstep across the deck , from the Lord of the Isles . About three o ' clock next morning Haydock was awoke by tho noise of fire , and , on getting on to the deck , he saw flames issuing out of the cabin windows of the Lord of the Isles , lie immediately gave the alarm , and by the exertions of the inhabitants of the place the fire was got out , but neither of the prisoners , though informed of the fire , got up or gave the slightest assistance . This , and some conversation which they had had of a suspicious character with other persons , was all the evidence affecting them . The vessel was afterwards examined by experienced persons from Liverpool , who gave it as their opinion that she had been set on fire wilfully . —The prisoners were Acquitted , — This case concluded the criminal business .

      CARLISLE . AiiEGED Pbrji'bt . —Henry Tweddle and Jane Storey were indicted for perjury . The case of Hy . Tweddle was proceeded with in the first place . This was an indictment for perjury , alleged to have been committed in an affiliation case , at the General Quarter Sessions held at Carlisle , on January 1 st , 1850 , in an appeal in which Joseph Tweddle was the appellant , and Jane Davis the respondent . The evidence disclosed a great deal of profligacy on the part of the principal actors in the scene , without throwing any light on the real truth of the matter . The iury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . Mr . James stated tbat it was not his intention , after the verdict of the jury , to go into the other case .

      Attempted Murdek . —Jane Watson , 23 , the wife of Matthew Watson , was indicted for having at Braithwaite , on the 25 th of las ^ July , feloniously cut the throat of her child , Sarah Watson ,, with intent to murder it . There were other counts in the indictment , laying the intent to do the child some grievous bodily harm . —It appeared that the prisoner is the wife of a labourer living at Braithwaite , ' a village about three miles from Keswick , and her father , John Kirkbride , lived in the same house with them . On the 25 th of July Mary Fearon , a little girl , the niece of the prisoner , went to call upon her , but finding the front door fast , she went round to tbe back door and entered the house , and on going upstairs she saw the prisoner sitting by the

      fire with her child , which was about fourteen months old , on her knee . There was blood on the floor , and two bloody razors lying on the dressingtable , and bloody clothes were wrapped round the necks of both the prisoner and the child . The little girl , Mary Fearon , in great alarm , ran back and informed her mother of what she had seen , and an" immediate alarm being given , various people ran to the prisoner ' s cottage to see what was to do . A witness named Jobson first entered , and found the prisoner still sitting as described by the little girl . He spoke to her , and asked her what she bad been doing .- She made no answer , but told him ' to keep off her . " He took up the razors , and there was . a little blood on them , which ho wiped

      off . He then went out , and Isaac Fearon , her brother-in-law , went into the room . She took no notice of him , and he sat down on the bedside and began talking kindly to her , asking her what was the matter , when she burst into tears . On seeing the child l ying on her knee with bloody cloths about it , he said , «• Oh , Jane , what could make thee do this ? " She said her father bad said or done something to her , and she could not bear it ; but she cared nothing about herself . He went out to send for a doctor , and on his return he found her standing over the child , which she had laid on the ¦ « vf Cfi ' ia S otrt . with her arms above her head , My poor bairn , my poor bairn . '' On the surgeon arriving he found the child bloody and apparently lifeless . There were two incised wounds on the throat , about three inches long each , but not very deep , and no material bloodvessels had been

      «• k j 0 n sewing lI P this wound , the child flinched , and he then resorted to every moans he could to revive it . The child recovered , and was now quite well . There were also two gashes on the P ! f ° , ner s throat , and both her own throat and the child s had been bound up by her with cloths . On the cross-examination of the various witnesses it was attempted to be elicited that the prisoner lived an unhappy iife j n conscojicnco of having a ft" ? a husband and she was shown to have exhibited a state of great despondency before this event . It was also attempted to be shown that tliere was hereditary insanity in the familv , that her mother died childish and insane , and her grandmother cut cor throat .-The jury found the prisoner Guilty of doing bodily harm to the child , but no grievous bodily harm , " which his lordship said was guilty only of an assault . —She was sentenced to be imprisoned for one year .

      Anniversary Of The French Revolution. A ...

      ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . A grand public banquet was held on Monday evening at Highbury Bam Tavern , to celebrate the anniversary of the French Revolution of February , 1848 . About ono thousand persons , including all the noted European Democrats now in London , sat down to an excellent ! supper . The great hall was decorated with republican flags , each bearing an inscription commemorative of some achievement in political warfare . The walls were inscribed with the names of various Social and Political Reformers in different parts of the Continent , and at one side a tribune was erected , over which were suspended flags of various nations bearing the words , " Bepublique Democratique , Sociale , Universelle , " & c . At the close of the banquet several gentlemen successively ascended the tribune , and read reports from the representatives of democracy in various continental states : and amongst these gentlemen was M . Louis Blanc , who was greeted with warm applause . The reports were all received with loud tokens of approbation .

      M . LisnoLPnE , of France , proposed the first sentiment , " The spread of Intelligence , " in an energetic address , showing that it was only by the general spread of intelligence that the human family could be benefited . They demanded a Social and Democratic Republic , not only that the body should be supported with proper necessaries , but also that the mind should be properly educated , and the disgrace of supporting so many prisons and convict establishments be removed from tho world . M , Simony addressed the assembly in the Hungarian tongue , and gave the toast , "Lovo to all nations , and destruction to their oppressors . " Aike

      M . . v also responded , and said their Hungarian brother had told them that he was opposed to i ( ' £ ? P ' whether in Russia or on the banks of the Thames . He was sorry that so few understood iV ' a 7 knew th ! lt ifc was tue language of Kossuth , and also the language of freedom , and as such would be venerated . He knew they would all respond to that feeling . Carl SciiArr-Bn , ( who spoke in English , 1 gave tho sentiment , "Our brother Democrats in Great Britain and Ireland . " In the name of their Continental brethren he expressed thanks for the sympathy that had been shown to the exiles who had heen driven to tho British shores by the tyranny of their own governments . Some of his brothers had been led to believe that they would not be met with

      sympathy . That England was not with them in their struggle against Continental despotism . This error could exist no longer . The great majority of the peoplo of England wore with them in their hearts , and if they had had a vote in the election of their government the sword of England would have been drawn long ago for heroic Poland , for brave Hungary , for Home , and for Germany . England had been misrepresented by a vile Press ; her citizens had been calumniated . They had full satisfaction in the sympathy of the English Democrats ; they had also full satisfaction in . the opposition of the Press of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie . Like the philosopher of old , he should think tbey had

      committed some error if they received their praise . The sympathy of England was a great sign of the times ; it told them tho time would soon como when the people of one nation would no longer be led to slaughter the people of another land . Liberty was spreading its light around , and if they united and stood together like brothers they would ho more be baffled . When the last grand struggle came , and the sooner the better , he trusted the people of England would be strong enough to force their government to take part with the sons of freedom , and assist in putting down despotism forever . ( This speaker , in common with all who addressed tho meeting during the evening , was greeted with enthusiastic applause . ) '

      M . Widdeh , of France , gave the "Sovereignty of the People and the destruction of despotism . " They wanted tbe people to be in power that tbey might insure the liberty of the press—the liberty to live—and the libeity to elect ; they would then be able to fulfil tho destiny for which they were created . M . BAirniELEiii proposed the . toast of "The triumph of Socialism , tbe real reign of the People . " He alluded , in an excellent address , to tho exertions of the various Social Reformers , from Robespierre to tho heroic Barbes and Blanqui . When Robespierre fell equality fell with him . They must have a government in which the members of the Legislature could be dismissed immediately if they disobeyed the will of the people . He concluded by reading a speech of Robespierre ' s . A Spanish Democrat sung a song , which was loudly cheered and encored .

      Mr . O'Connor had been appointed as the Englishman to respond to . the above toast , but being compelled to leave prior to its being proposed , Mr . R . ' Coor-EB , of Manchester , supplied his place . He congratulated them upon tbe numbers present , and the enthusiasm displayed . Though the vile press did not attend , and might even misrepresent their doings , yet Liberty , Fraternity , and Equality would speedily flourish , not only in continental Europe , but in England . Parties opposed to them might point out the thousand engines which Kingcraft could bring to put them down ; the

      cold-hearted might look on with contempt , but he felt that meetings like the present would be productive of great good , and that they would create a spirit of amity and fraternity , which would tend greatly to the emancipation of mankind . If they looked to nature they saw sufficient food for every beast and bird j why should man alone be an outcast and a slave ? It was their duty to assist the efforts of all nations to achieve freedom . On the part of his English friends , he thanked tho Democrats of other nations for the patience , endurance , and heroism they had shown in defending their common rights .

      A French Lady sang a national song , which was loudly encored . M . Fanbau responded to the toast of " The Martyrs of Calumny , " and showed the manner in which their opponents had misrepresented the best and holiest efforts of the true friends of the people , from Babuef , down to Louis Blanc and Ledru Rollin . Raspail , Barbes , and Blanqui were no traitors . Cabet was not the man ho had b « en represented , but a true-hearted friend of the people . Mr . Pettie next addressed the audience , and stated they had come to mingle their sympathy with that of their brethren from other lands , for those who were now languishing in dungeons or exile . He was deputed by the Fraternal Democrats to give them their hopes , their sympathy , and their love . Mr . G . J . Harney read an address from the

      Fraternal Democrats , which was loudly cheered . He considered it a pleasure and a duty to be at that meeting . The revolution of February was made not alone for France but for the whole world . In past ages they had , in many different countries , glorious pioneers to the cause of liberty , but it was left to Franco to come nearest to its consummation . None of the past efforts had failed—they had only failed for the time . Not in vain had Marat , Robespierre , and Couthon spoke and written ; not in vain had they lost their lives and good names in the great cause .. The blood of the martyrs was the

      seed of the tree of liberty , and their deeds would yet assist in procuring that freedom of which they had laid the foundation . The Democrats of England had a foreign policy comprised in these words — "Fraternity with all peoples ; War with all tyrants . " They contended for the complete extinction of all classes , and the establishment of a race of mon independent of all distinction of aristocrats , bourgeoisie , or proletarian . It was for these reasons that they assisted their foreign friends in . that banquet , thereby showing their sympathy and . fellow feeling .

      A German , M . ScnEPPERT , responded to the toast of " Victory to the Proletarians . " A Ladt sung the " Marsaillaise Hymn" in French , and was accompanied in the chorus by tho whole assembly with great effect . M . Claidbr ( France ) responded to tho toast of " The Vanquished of 1848 , " and in an energetic manner invoked their sympathy for the memory of the martyrs of Paris , Milan , Venice , Vienna , and all who had fallen in the combat for liberty . Their cause was progressing , for Cavaignac , who was in 184 . 8 the slaughterer of the friends of liberty , had now declared himself the champion of freedom . . Louis Blanc responded to the toast in an eloquent address , which was received with breathless attention , and , occasionally , tremendous applause .

      He entered elaborately into the Labour question , showing that every man had a right to be furnished with the means of exercising his faculties , physical or mental , and that none should be suffered to want who were willing to labour . To effect this great object had been the constant effort of all the democratic and social organisations in France . They must not allow competition to eat up the poor . They must protect the weak from the strong . Liberty to the poor must no longer be a mockery and a dream , but a reality , giving them plenty and abundance . Infanticide , foundling hospitals , prostitution , workhouses , and gaols were the sure results of the present system of society . Despotism produced crime , hunger , and disease . It did not even brine hanniness to those who wielded it . Louis

      XVI . would have been more happy working as a blacksmith , for which his genius fitted him , than as a King ; and he might then have ended his days m peace , instead of on the scaffold . Every man must have libeity to choose his own vocation ; no monopolies must interfere with tho fr-op oxorcise of his powers . Despotism was a mysterious evil , working in diirkness , enwrapping h 11 in its folds . Liberty was pure and open . Louis Blanc then described a peasant driven to the manufactories , thence , employment failing , enlisting for a soldier , fighting for despotism , and dying at the barricades , opposing his father and bis brethren . He concluded by stating that liberty and fraternity were inseparable and immortal , and there could be no true liberty without equality . He sat down amid loud cheers

      Anniversary Of The French Revolution. A ...

      A French Exile , iu a long address , much applauded , supponed tho toast . Dr . Frank , of Milan , proposed tho toast of " Fraternity of Xations . ' . ' Toasts in French , German , Polish , and Italian were then given . Mr . T . BitowN proposed a toast to the memory of " Alitchel , Meagher , and the Irish democrats , " which was well received . Toasts and songs were given until an early hour of the morning , when the meeting separated , highly delighted . Tho decorations , including monumental trophies , surmounted with a Cap of Liberty of twelve prisons in Europe in which Democrats were confined , attracted much attention

      On Monday evening tho above event was commemorated by a banquet at tho Literary Institution , John-street , Tottenham-court-road . The hall was crowded to excess , and the supper excellent . Sentiments similar to those given at Highbury Barn , were responded to by Mossra . Lodru Rollin , Caussidiere , Reynolds , Harney , and others . The greatest enthusiasm prevailed , and high hopes were expressed relative to the speedy progress of tho democratic cause . The meeting broke up at a late hour .

      National Association Of United Trades. T...

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Of UNITED TRADES . T . S . Duscombe , Esq ., M . P ., President . Established 1845 . " FIAT JUSTITIA . " _ " If it were possible for the working classes , by combining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoicsd at iStoabt JIiw ,, In a few days Mr . Edward Perry , of Wolverhampton , will exhibit , himself in tho last scene of tho last act of a most awful drama . This persecutor of labour , true to his promise , made as far back as May last , when he boastingly daredus to a conflict , which we were most desirous of avoiding , has hoisted his coloursand nailed them to the mast .

      , George Duffield , Thomas Woodnortb , and John Gaunt , stand charged with entering into a conspiracy to prevent Mr ; E . Perry from carrying on his trade of a tin-plate worker , and of seducing and enticing his workmen from his service , and to compel him to alter the rate of wages paid to his workmen , tfcc , die , Wc suspect Mr . Perry is somewhat disappointed that he bas not got a more numerous array of victims . Wo have reasons for believing that it was against the Committee of this Association that this venomed shaft was originally directed ; but in this , as in most of his former proceedings , ho has been miserably disappointed . Ho caused two members of this Association , Henry Rowlands , the trade secretary , and Alfred Pitt , to be arrested

      upon this charge of conspiracy , but completely failed in bringing a tittle of evidence to support his case ¦ , they were acquitted , and wc shall be very much surprised if this most trumpery case ever gets further than the Grand Jury Room . We have cautiously abstained , and have constantly advised our members to abstain from any act which even legal ingenuity could torture into an infringement of the law , and we rejoice to know that during the protracted struggle our wily opponent has oeen constantly outgeneralled . It is quite true there has been a conspiracy , and one too of a most cru » l and disgraceful character . There has been and still exists a conspiracy of avaricious , purse-proud money-grubber ? , to impoverish the working men ,

      by cheating them of their hard-earned wages ; there- has been the most foul and disreputable means employed to induce them to enter into onesided , illegal , agreements : and if justice was fairly administered , it is not Dnffield , Woodnorth , and Gaunt who would appear at the Bar upon this charge of conspiracy , but a very different class of persons . in looking through the evidence given heforo tho magistrates we confess we are totally unable to discover upon what grounds these men have been committed ; as far as we can see , there is not one act of a criminal nature proved against any of them ; and wo think , had tho gentlemen on the bench been lawyers as well as magistrates , they would have pooh poohed Mr , Perry and his case out of court .

      However , it behoves us now to use our best exertions to enable the presumed conspirators to meet their persecutor before a Jury . We are quite aware that through thorn a deadly blow is aimed at the National Association , and at the working classes generally ; and we hope , therefore , tbat no time will be lost in furnishing them with the means for their defe & ce . It is a cause in which every man is interested . It is a direct and deadly stab at the liberties of labour . This case appears to us to be perfectly novel in its character . It is not even pretended that * any violence , threat ? , or intimidation were used to any individual , but simply persuasion and inducement , which we have always understood to be a perfectly constitutional means whereby to effect any object , in itself legal and just . We have no fears

      for the issue of the trial , provided the means are furnished to enable tho men to make a proper defence . We feel assured we shall not appeal in vain to our members , and to the readers of the Northern Star , to come forward promptly and generously in behalf of these victims of oppression . We trust the character of Mr . E . Perry is sufficiently known to our readers to convince them that no means will be neglected by him to ensure a conviction ; and it would be mortif ying indeed , to allow that amiable gentleman to triumph by the indifference or apathy of those whose ri g hts and liberties he claims the privilege of trampling upon . All contributions for this purpose should be sent to Mr . H . Rowlands , Secretary to the Tin Plate Workers , Brickhillstreet , Wolverhampton .

      We have much satisfaction in finding a constantly increasing desire on the part of the Trades to inquire into the origin and merits of the National Association . We look forward with much confidence to a not very distant future , when the power and influence of this movement will be felt and appreciated throughout tho country . We have this week the satisfaction of announcing tho adhesion of another branch of the Coach Harness Platers of Birmingham , and applications for rules from the Welsh Flannel Weavers of Newtown , Montgomeryshire ; and also from several bodies of Engine Drivers and Firemen in the North of England . We feel satisfied that , as regards this last important interest , nothing but a general union is necessary

      to ensure them from any farther encroachment upon their wages or privileges . With the disastrous consequences experienced by the Eastern Counties Directors , we feel assured that upon other lines great caution will in future be used in their dealings with their workpeople . We think railway proprietors will not permit their dividends to be made ducks and drakes of by the mad pranks of locomotive superintendents . They will , wo think , find it but a blind economy which cheapens the working expenses by the sacrifice of tho dividend , as turns out to be the case on the Eastern Counties for the current half year . We heartily rejoice at the utter discomfiture , so manifest , though so clumsily attempted to be

      concealed , in the Directors' report for tho past half year . The increased rate demanded to make good deficiencies in the rolling stock , and the total absorption of all profit , tell a tale which no language can conceal . We hope and believe that this will prove a wholesome lesson to other boards , and wiU also teach the railway operatives how necessary it is for them to keep themselves in constant preparation , by a general union , to counteract and repel any attempt to infringe upon their rights , in whatever quarter those attempts may manifest themselves . It is not by sudden , ill-prepared strikes , that this can be accomplished ; but by a firm and well-organised confederation for mutual protection . Whenever the labour of England becomes nationally

      confederated , the rights of the working man will be acknowledged and appreciated . Strikes will be impossible ; for who would be so insane aa to enter into a contest with the gigantic power of an embodiment of British labour ? We rejoice , then , to perceive the growing disposition to give this important question a more attentive and unprejudiced consideration . It will be found to recommend itself even upon tbe score of economy . . The contribution to support the practical operations of a National Union would be almost nominal , and little else in tho shano of funds would be required . Capital to

      almost any conceivable amount could be called into existence at any time , without any appreciable sacrifice to any individual ; and the knowledge of this great fact would certainly diminish—if not entirely remove—any necessity for its application . The collateral advantages which would grow out of such a confederation it is impossible to over-estimate . The value of united operations once discovered its application would become general , and men would wonder at their past folly in neglecting so self-evident and so beneficial a principle . n-n m , x L W . Em , Beoretary . 2 o 9 , Tottenham-court-road .

      Robert Owen And The Exhibition Of 1851. ...

      ROBERT OWEN AND THE EXHIBITION OF 1851 . The weekly meeting of the Central Committeo of Social Propoganda was held on Wednesday evening , at the office , 52 , College-place , Carnden-toun , when communications were read from Bradford , Dundee , & c . An address explanatory of the objects of the committee was agreed upon , also a subscription list to be sent to various friends and local committees throughout the country . 11 . A . Ivory , Secretary .

      Mrs. Fanxt Kembie I Sgiving Her Ronding ...

      Mrs . Fanxt Kembie i sgiving her ronding s from Shakspeare , at Hertz ' s rooms , in Pans , . anew much auplauded , but has a scanty audience .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 1, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01031851/page/5/