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, feBMJARY 7, 1846. ^ THE NOKTtiftm STAR...
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Veritas, Plv«odih.—We never did assert t...
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, Febmjary 7, 1846. ^ The Nokttiftm Star...
, feBMJARY 7 , 1846 . ^ THE NOKTtiftm STAR , * __| m * _
Veritas, Plv«Odih.—We Never Did Assert T...
Veritas , Plv « odih . —We never did assert that the Duke of Richmond had attempted te bribe us ; we merely gave the communieation ; without comment , which was mate to Mx . Rider , and every word of which was true , while the Duke of Richmond having denied it , we were not only bound to believe bis word , but do believe it ; and further , we believe that tlie scamp Crahtree sought an oppor tunity of making himself serviceable to the Duke of Richmond , and meiitioued his name for that purpose . "Veritas , " wiils « e , however , that it was our bounden dutv to stop the flirtationin the outset , otherwise no man " knows what a p lausible tale an ingenious
hireling mig ht have made autof his fertile brain . seeswich Chartists . —Yes . BaioaTos . —W « cannot in * ert report * of meetings received on ¥ riday morning . The meeting appears to have been held ou Tuesday , 23 * January : th « report , tlurefore , ought to have been sent to us several days before Friday , Feb . 6 th . ToDiaoBMS . —A portion of the letter will be given next weefc . J . BL , So-ms « HAii . —We will try to find room for the letter next week . Dixok Fond . —Oldham Account—We have no room this
week . Prestos . —The report of the Trades Meeting arrived too late for insertion this week . Shall appear in our next number . D . Morgan , Mebtbtx . —The notice of the suicide was received , but we had no room for its insertion .
Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operative La...
RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETI . SHAKES . TE & HB . o ' CONSoa . Z s . d Carrington , per , T . Ley .. .. .. .. 2 15 6 John Wbv , Great Glinn , Leicestershire ., .. 5 4 4 Halifax , perC W . Smith .. .. ~ 2 0 0 Brighton , per J . Giles * . .. .. .. 174 DttdU-y . ver VV . Rankin . ~ « .. .. Mill M % an , perT . Pye .. „ .. .. 214 0 Old Basford , Notts , perR . Moore .. .. 931 Oldham , per W . Hauier „ „ .. .. 200 Butterley , per G . Turnold 4 0 0 Cuckeruioutb , per G . Peat 214 2 Worcester , per M . Griffiths ~ .. „ -t 13 6 PJvnioutli , per E . Robertson ., „ .. 4 S 4
W-ikeheld , per T . Lazenby ., ' „ .. 500 Cbeltenhaiu , jier W . Milson . 400 Toduiordes , per J . Mitchell 2 0 0 Kottingham , perj . Sweet 16 6 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. .. 10 0 0 John Corby , Northampton .. M .. 136 Pershore , per W . Conn 5 0 0 Bochd ( ile , p <* rE . Mitchell ~ .. .. 200 jKewark , per ^ .. .. .. 507 Leeds , per * V . Brook .. .. ,. .. 5 0 0 Bolton , per E . Hodgldnsun M .. .. 500 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 34 0 0 Carlisle , per Gilbertson . ' . .. .. .. i 0 0 rershore , per W . Conn , ion .. „ .. .. 500 Ashton , per E . Uobsou .. „ .. .. 2 2 6
SHAKES . 7 E & GE 5 EKU , SECBETABt . £ s . d . £ b . d . Hyde .. .. .. 0 2 S IBndJey .. ~ S 4 0 S . Mills , Mere , Merthvr , per Mor-Wilts .. .. 033 gan * . .. .. 1 10 0 Coventry .. « . 2 0 0 Stalevbridge .. 500 Hendley .. .. 028 Worsbro'Common 014 Westminster .. 0 18 5 Calais , W . Brad-Hebden-Bridge bury .. .. 500 ( omitted ] .. .. 1 3 0 Do ., T . BramwelL . 5 0 0 Ditto « ~ « . 1 1 2 Barnslev « .. 4 S 5 © rrell 0 6 8 YeoviL 2 3 S Hauler k Shelton 7 19 10 Leicester .. .. 200 "Mr . Rawlins .. 2 12 2 Stoke-sub-Haropden 0 S 0 Northamptonshire RaddiSe .. .. 016 ( S . J . ) .. ... fl"l 4 Holbecfc ! .. .. 1 16 0 Oxford .. -10 0 COUuinpton .. .. 113 0 SowerbyHehn M 2 0 0 BCLES . Secretary .. .. 006 Nomich .. .. 024 YeoviL . * .. .. 0 3 4
EEVI fOB THE L * M > COSFEBESCE . PER MR . o ' COSSOB . Worcester , per M . Griffiths 0 2 6 Plymouth , per E . Robertson 0 0 8 "Nottingham , per J . Sweet « .. .. 8 2 C PER GESERAt . SECBETABT . Manchester .. .. 1 0 3 Small sums per Barnsley .. - 033 secretary .. .. 039 IXYI FOR . UttECTOtS . PER JIB . o ' COKKOK . Wigan , perT . Pye „ 0 2 3 Oldham , per W . Hamer .. « .. .. 02-4 Worcester , per M . Griffiths 0 2 0 Thmouth , perE . Robertson - .. .. 0 2 S Wakefield , per T . Lazenby 0 13 Kottingham . per J . Sweet .. .. -026 Leeds , per W . Brook y 0 2 0 Carlisle , per Gilbtrrtson - « .. .. 083 Barnsley , per Hark Norman .. „ ¦¦ 0 1 U
r « S THE CUAETIST COXVESTIOS . Koitingham , per J . Sweet .. « .. 190 The items received for the levy for directors shall be acknowledged next week . Ebhatcii . —Thelus . acknowledged iathe Land Fund last week from the Co-operative Cordwaiucrf , should have been for the Executive .
Hatiosal Cuabjer Association. Executive....
HATIOSAl CUABJER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PEE MB . O'COSSOB . Jar . J . Lewis , Penzance .. .. .. .. 0 1 10 ?*•& Gcsxaia secsetaht . TTestminster .. 030 Tnnbridge Wells .. 100 Marvlebone .. .. 0 o 0 Yeovil . .. - OK 0 Mr . Howard .. 0 0 S Brighton .. .. 0 " 0 ¦ victim rcsn . Ur . Roberts , Westminster 10 0 Toubridge Wells .. .. - ~ .. 010 0 DIXOS FCS 3 . Two Teetotallers at Melborneport .. ., 100 Thomas Mabtis Wheei .- £ b , Secretary .
Feaitgus O'Connor, Esq., Deputy Treasure...
FEAItGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., DEPUTY TREASURER , IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TREASURER . 2545 Dr . £ s . A June 14 Cash . 15 2 0 21 „ 18 16 0 * * fi f > 2 7 July 5 „ .. . 68 S 6 12 „ ... ... ... ... 00 1 ( 1 3 19 ,, 62 10 3 26 „ Go 9 11 Aug . 2 „ ... ... 57 7 4 " j ,, ... ... ... ... 04 * 7 « 7 16 „ ... ... 32 11 6 23 „ ... .. . ... ... loo 1 03
SO „ . . . 97 16 S General Secretary 220 0 0 Sept . 6 Cash 144 7 7 it 112 11 2 20 „ 133 1711 27 „ 7619 0 Oct 4 „ 9714 8 11 „ 6019 1 IS jj •*• ••• ••• lw * t > 4 25 „ 82 1 2 General Secretary 77 10 0 Sot . 1 Cask 79 11 1 8 t > ••• • - * * to 2 7 Xq ij •«• ••• ••• ¦»*• * l * v «* o 4 22 „ . * . ... 220 m s 29 „ ... 211 211 Dec . 6 Cash . 141 11 1 General Secretary 33 12 G
„ 234 0 0 13 Cash 67 $ 2 20 , 1 * 37 15 8 27 „ 102 7 11 1 S 46 J < m . 3 s y — - •** •••> iot > 3 0 lv j j •¦• *»* 1 * i * ii O U 17 $ t - "" *** **•* 1 " > S 14 2 24 „ 121 17 3 31 , » — — ••• ... lio 1 o General Secretary SO 0 0 £ 4189 10 8 1845 - Cr . £ s . d . July 18 Cash paid to Treasurer .. . 175 0 0 Sept . 4 Cash lodced in Bank toTreasurer s account 748 12 0 So y . 1 ditto ditto .. . 891 4 2 1846 Jan . 31 ditto dittr ... 1669 4 { Post-office Orders not signed by Treasurer . 5 S 2 13 It Cash received from Murray , per Treasurer SJ 17 0 Cash in hand 40 18 1 ] £ 4189 10 _ J Is B . Tie above acconnt dors not include nione received oa account of levy , nor tlie sura of £ 60 & paid daring this month by the 6 en « al Secretar * nor this week ' s receipts . It is the gene ral account made up te the end ot Jaauan The secretary ' s balance-sheet will specify the item more at large . A great difference tvril appear bi ttveen the weekir-receipts , as aekaowkdgedhere , an those published ' jo dke Scotch edition , several seen ferries very negligeaav and very improperly withhok ing their retntttaitflas till too late lor the . Scott edition ; in some instacces this occurs to an amour af nearly £ 100 per -wfc Henceforth , we sha Boi acknowledge the roeeiat of any modes that at reoaived after Thursday . ______
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3 U 4 £ RIAGE OF JAMES JftHR , OF GLASGOW . We have much pleasure io jano tweing die mar-» aje * f the above amiahle gsnf & ma "o an *^ sterling patrif-t ; while , at the same time , ire h . * ve to f P ™ ? « nr sincere regret at having mislaid an loreoetailed account of the happv event , which was t . ^^^ to us by a friend . For the present thereto ** •— we tfan do is to annonnce that Air . James il . ™ * mr reelected friend , lias been numed to anamial ^ - ^ SM » 0 fflphdied lad y the daughter of a respecte , M «* gtectag patriot of Glasgow . We trust , next wt ^
tnat vie Kinoness 01 our inend will enable us to < n V theroattermoreindetail ; whilewebegofhim toaccei . * our apology for having imposed the trouble by our own negligence . We beg Mr . Moir and his lady to accept our kindest and most cordial coiigratulaticns Since writing the above we rejoice to say that our Be & rcli has been repaid by success , and we now give file particulars as they came to hand : — " At 84 , liuctleueh-street > Garnet-hill , Glasgow , by < ihe Very Ilex . Principal Macfarlane , James Moir , i * g » i ., nureliant , Glasgow , to Martha , daughter of fhekit t l * Al « rtM Gar : « , E * ' j ., Tup Dal ) . IlaWilWH . "
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MONDAY . Tub " Times" asd tub " Siah . "—While we admit the right of the Thunderer to print on Monday the material portions of our article of the previous Saturday in its own phraseology , common courtesy entitles us to an acknowledgment of the fact . In this age of inconsistency , the newt-paper that supports the SEW PRINCIPLE should , of all others , be the hast ashamed to confess the source to which it is entitled for its new conceptions . We have no objection whatever to the Times adorning our simple truths , plainly told , in its peculiar mysterious phraseology . The sum and substance of our grievance is this : the Timts of Monday makes it an invariable
practice " to cog" our leading article of Saturday for its principal leader of Moaday . and we defy any man who has read the Star of Saturday and the Hmcs of Monday , upon that part of the Minister ' s policy respecting compensation to agriculturists in the proposed alterations in local taxation and management , to come to a » y other conclusion than that u are the great schoolmaster , and the Times our pupil . The limes had four whole days to consider the several proposed alterations , and during that period laughed at them as insignificant , but , on the fifth adopted our views , and appreciated them as great boons . What we have to expect in future , then , is this—that the Times will acknowledge Hs obligations to us thas :
a iiasu FKOsi saturdat ' s "kobxueux star . ' The Protechosists akd their Tools . —So , then , the reckoning dav has come , and agricultural fury , heretofore unconnected and weak , has been gathered into a storm , which threatens , if not a dissolution of Parliament , at least a severance ef that harmonious conneciion which so long existed between the farmers and their friends ; arid hence , like well-bred dogs , wc see the agricultural pups walking out of the house through the ¦ "Ghilfcrn Hundreds" door , before they are kicked into the street . We always predicted that the time would come when Peel' s pipe would ralJv the men "THAT WHISTLED AT THE I'LOUGITagainst the HACKS that WHISTLE IN DOWXISG-STREET . Which of the lines will Peel now select as the watcn-wrrd for his future struggles ? Are theyjto be peaceful or warlike ? Are they to be—Hie ego qui guan < fom graciti Hio *( lat «* atena ,
or - ¦ trmavtruniQKecatto Irojaquiprimiw ah oris ? The Tes Hours' Btu , akd Lord Ashley . —The fate of this unfortunate measure has been truly romantic . No sooner doesit appear to be within the easy . grasp of those who have so long cherished hope in its enactment , and who have supported it with such heroic and untiring devotiois , than anon it vanishes like a phantom , leaving little but the temporary astonishment it created for the puzzled mind to re flect upon . The year before last it was strong , substantial , and gi & aritio , nursed into form by the breath from without , and blown into strength by the voice
of the majority within . ' It suddenly acquired importance , paralysed its putative father , and after a Ministerial tribute to his tenderness and parental affection , the pareat sent it again to nur » e till any little Ministerial deformity should have been removed . In compliance with its noble parent ' s desire its friends and supporters allowed it to rest until a more fitting opportunity should present itself for its re-appeaiance , and in accordance with this policy the noble lord , early in the session , and at a time peculiarly fitting to its introduction , renews the subject . He says , " Behold my monster now ! See it , look well , feast your eves ; for a little time ye shall see it , and for a
GREAT WHILE YE SHALL NOT SEE . IT . " It was our misfortune to be compelled , in the exercise of a very painful duty , to speak severely , if not reproachfully , of the noble lord ' s first retreat ; but what are we to say of his second »—when victory was indisputable—when the triumph ot labour was within his grasp ? Is'it too much to say that there was as much significance in the SHAKE of the Premier ' s hand , as there was in the portentous NOD of Lord Burleigh' s head ? "A member of Parliament should weigh consequences and balance results , and should net capriciously preserve a mock , a puerile , aud hypoccitical tonsfeteacv at the expense of the interest of millions of toil-worn slaves . Lord Ashler had a more noble , a more just , and a luore
equitable course before kim than that of Ministerial pander or Parliamentary consistency .. He was at best but the delegate of the majority of Dorsetshire fanners , while he was the representative of millions FCittcred over the face of the country , whose confidence he has foully betrayed , and who « c cau ? c he has unfairly jeopardised . What ' s the op inion or even the existence of all the farmers of Dorsetshire in comparison with the importance of a measure which would stop slow and continuous torture , a lingering existence , and prematuredeath , a 8 theruleof an immense population ? If Lord Ashley was more ssnsitive upon the subject of his Parliamentary consistency than upon the incalculable blessings that must flow front that social reform which was within his reach , he should betake himself to retirement and solitary
reflection , and not again intrude h » sensitive mefficifKcy upon thou « mds , ave , millions , who are now SLAVES TO HIS CAPRICE . Lord Ashley might have saved bis consistency , and at the same time have preserved his dignity , his party , and his princip les by taking the sense of his constituents , as their delegate , and , by voting according te their directions , havestill remain as therepresentativc of the working classes . This would have been the honourable course , and one that would have beeri" satisfactory to all ; we trust , however , that the principle will gain strength by the command being transferred to the incorruptible ' and indomitable Fielden , wee Ashley , who retires in disgrace . Now , it will not do for Lord
Ashley to play fast and loose with this question—to run with the hare and hold with the hound—it will not do to make Dorsetshire a HACK , and infant labour a HOBBI-UORSE—it will not do to come and go , for mayhap some otherministerial crisis may present a fresh diftieuity , which would make it incumbent upon the noble lord to resign the house and the question , rather than impede the progress of the business of the country ; which means the passing of railway bills , raising supplies , coercing the working classes , and spending their money . Lord Ashley , then , can never again be permitted to take the lead in a question which he has twice deserted , and to accomplish which he lacks the moral courage .
Mr . Ferhakb asd the League . —In faith , but the houourab ' : e member for Knaresborough has had more than a taste of free trade philosophy , and we presume he understands their knuckles better than their arguments . The Scotchman says , " there is nothing convince ? like a lick in the lug ; " but the League , dreading a relapse from such hasty conviction , prefers the philosophy of the old
adage" A d « d cock « m ' t crow . " We have studionsly perused the speeches of Mr . Ferrand , recently delivered in the north , upon the subject of free trade , and we defy the most thick and thin supporter of the measure to negative his facts , or to shake his position ; and while we would not p lace the working classes in the false position of abettors to the very worst description of Toryism , by supporting or even countenancing Lune Fox , wc nevertheless fully appreciate the brave , the bold , and manly bearing of Mr . Ferrand , as far aa respects his
exposure of the League aud the factory system . Mr . Ferrand will have learned a salutary and wholesome lesson during his tour—the lesson , thatold Chartist birds arc not to be caug ht with chaff , and that the enfranchisement of sixty boroughs , which is the political boon that Mr . Ferrand proposes , is neither part nor parcel of the document called the PEOPLE'S CHARTER . Takinnall things into consideration , however , Mr . Ferrand ' s tour may conduce to great good—if it does nothing more than exhibit the League horror of discussion .
MoxEr axd Sham Market . — These twin devils cannot be well separated until after Thursday next , when the required amount of deposits are EXPECTED to be paid into the Acceuutant-Gcneral ' s office ; but . as we predicted with regard to railway stares , all the good substantial lines arc not creeping , but actually popping up , while , as we also predicted , the bubbles are vanishing . Ail attempts of the government practitioners failed to dispel the LITTLE SPECK that still hovered over the Exchange . The Cobs Trade . —As we predicted , in this branch also , the three years' breathing time allowed to the
clod-noles by the . Ministerial measure , has had a tendency to arrest the flail and stop the threshing machine— ihe consequence of which is an upward tendency in the prk-e of grain , with a simultaneous increase in the cry ot famine . Those poor ignorant clod-poles have no more notion of what tho inevitable result of Peel ' s measure will be than the man in the moon . We told them before , and we tell them again , that Peel has mesmerised them , and made them a body without limbs or members . - a hopeJ « J- " , hapless trunk , squatted npon the soil as seiirrcrowg to frighten future generations by the mutilated body of old abuse- and usurped privileges .
Tiunr . —The manufacturers very naturally make a sum of their fl ered prospect- " , and state it thus—If a pound spent on Peel ' s new tariff gives £ l !<•*•• what will it give in theerentofa war with America ? and they find the answer to be , DOUBTFUL . Now , another of our predictions was , that Peel would use ihe war-cry just as it might be made to serve his commercial policy , and if it presents a proepect of remunerative prices and protection to the landlords , through rivers of blood , and if thc commercial policy of the country cannot be otherwise secured , then war arc will have ; hut if , upon the other hand , the active < s " euk \ ting capitalists see great risk to their trade , they will demand a total aud immediate repeal of the " "" ore Laws , without being encumbered with the Lt ^ iSY LUMPS of legislation which thc Prime .- -ufi & r Ik * thrown in , such as five years' industrial " j " ? K » - We fear , that if an » arlv spring tttde r ' ; , ' vn , in , its progress will be \ top & d by tho war-! ""> , ^ istmalmeasures .
IRELAND . I ' . j-Tjs " * £ '" >—We learn tbat Bryan Soery , who s eoiivie * " "•¦ * Khtenced to doath at Ik * Mul-
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lingar sessions for firing at Sir Francis Hopkins , will not be executed , and that his sentence will be commuted to transportation for life . We think this is the least reparation to a miserable man who vas convicted by a second jury , frightened into unanimity by thc threatened starvation of their predecessors . C * XSE < iUENCES OT BaD Law AND LANDLORD Trraxst . —We give in another column reports . ©! ' more murders and " shooting , " collected from the Tory press , that has been long bellowing for coercion . I- mm thesa accounts we learn that one man was fired at on his way home , but we have given previously n a . L , nsti l i ^ 0 | outrages committed upon thc IIA IS and GARMENTS of individuals by their own hands . Wc tendered the following evidence to
Mr . Lyttletou . then Secretary for IreUnd , when the \\ hig governraent was getting up the howl for coercion , hut the Whig secretary refused to aid us in the exposure pf the guilty parties : —A celebrated Orangeman , who was a major in the army , was , toftnfcn e , ? t , ler LARKING DEFENDERS OF THEIR COUNTRY , on a visit with a gallant captain , and the whole party , with faces blackened , and otherwise disfi gurad , essayed , hr the middle ot a dark winter ' s night , to ransack the neighbouring farm-houses , their object being to swear the occupants to be White Boys , and to beg money to buy fire-arms and ammunition . The outrage was strongly relied upon by the Irish coercionists , and when we discovered the plot from one of the guilty
party , wbosmcerely repentedof his folly , and , although we had his permission to communicate the facts to the government , together with his name and what he could prove , the government refused any participation in the trial ef the offenders . So much for the mode of making out a case for coercion , and the real value of the howl to Ireland ' s oppressors . In 1823 a gallant captain of a yeomanry corps , who wished to be put on permanent pay , as well as being desirous to recommend himself to his employers , one night , on his return from a party , dismissed his servant , who was accompanying him home with a lantern , and after a lapse of time , more than sufficient to have gone ten times the distance , he ran home breathless , with his hat OP . Ills head , declaring that he was fired at , but that ho didn't know whether he was hit or not ; leaving it to his
afflicted family to discover the bullet hole in his UNMOVED hat . The hoax was so gross , and so clumsily done , that , although it served as a justification for ' increased tyranny , the author was the sufferer , for he became a perfect laughing-stock to his neighbours . Ton hearty ruffians can , in any ten days in the year , establish strong grounds for coercion . Ireland , however , never ought to be quiet , and we trust never will be quiet , until the Protestant Church Establishment is destroyed , rootand branch , —until her sons are allowed to cultivate the soil for their own benefit , and until every man of twenty-one years of age shall have a vote for the representative who is to make the laws to govern him . Then lieland would be the most h : ippy , the most prosperous , and the most moral nation upon thc face of the earth .
FOREIGN .-FnAscEAxDExcLAm—Still the war of "WHO SHALL ? " rages in the French Chambers . The national sympathy is in favour of America , while ministerial expediency leads towards the great maritime neighbour . Upon the whole , we incline to think that Africa and DOMESTIC PROGRESSION , together with tho unquietness by which the great nation is bounded , will give the despots quite enough to do npon their own account , without burning their fingers in a meddling war . For further foreign news see our general Foreign Summary . European Istervextiox . —Thc following tit bit , from its importance , and from the fact that it breathes our most sanguine wish , we dignif y with a place in our Summary :-
—On the 6 th , a Mr , Bowlin addressed the House , and broathed dreadful fury against Great Britain in particular , and the monarchical states of Europe in general , lie would not , according to tho report of the United States Courier , cede an inch for ihe purpose of preventing a war , but would rather , on the contrary , give up the whole territory of Oregon to hare a war , which might g ive him the oppartuuity of coming toEur-oj ^ uto inmil the principles of liberty amongst the European population , and to teach them how to dethrone the despots tvho lure , he says , vuwed an implacable hatred against America .
By the above , it appears that we did not miscalculate , when we aunouueed that thc question of nonintervention in the I ' rosiuent ' s message would be the greatest stumbling-block to the European League of Kings ; and Louis Philippe , whose tenure hangs , perhaps , upon the slightest thread , has set his Minister at War s wit to work front the commencement of the French sessions till the f resent moment , to see how he can best stem the torrent of non-intervention , which , in common language , means nothing more or less than the uninterrupted progress of democratic institutions .
TUESDAY . The Misister asd tub League . —The League aro playing the dodge , and not a bad one either , of keeping their forces together until the fate of the Ministeral measures are known . They arc mindful of theold adage , " MUCH WILL HAVE MORE " and will , therefore , frighten the already terrified landlords into a tame acquiescence in the proposed measure , by threatening tlicm , in case of sulk , with a total and immediate repeal . It reminds us of the Irish traveller in the oldcu time , who , with a sixpence
in the left hand and a bit of blackthorn in the right , said to a la ? . y postboy , " Here ' s this ( the sixpence ) if you ' go on , and this ( the blackthorn ) if you don't . " There ' s nothing like a stone in the sleeve , and for that reason we shall keep our ' s snug until the sixpence and bit ef blackthorn have done their work , and then our Chartist stone shall go into the " sling " of ag itation ; , as the League may rest assured that they are not going to wrest political power out of the hands of the multitude , to be used lor the irrevocable subjugation of labour .
Lord Staxhope asd Free Trade . —Elsewhere we publish a letter from the retreat of this truly English and philanthropic nobleman . Everything coming from the pen of this gifted philanthropist must be received with all the respect that is due to honest convictions , and with all the honour that is due te their bold and truthful assertion . We believe that there does not breathe a more purely honest man than Earl Stanhope , while at the same time we cannot consent to rally the support of the disinherited labourer . is an auxiliary force to fight the battles of their usurping oppressors . Earl Stanhope we know was a manful opponent to tlicdamnable act , that all its horrors and the vices ef its propounders were sure one day to recoil upon their own heads . Had they preserved the honourable connection , and patronage of patron and client , they might . have bison roused to theory
of our JOINT PROPERTY . IS IN DANGER ; but the wealthy powerful seized the opportunity presented by the flush of young manufactures to oust , disinherit , forsake , aud abandon their powerless partners , and then closed the door against the return of the " prodigal son , " who had been naturally invited by the fascinating prospect of a hasty fortune easily made . A human butcher was employed , a human slaughter-house was established , where infant blood was made the temptation to sell parental feeling . Whole families were bought and sold like pigs in a market-place , while the voice of Oastler ALONE was raised against tho hellish
aud unchristian practice .. Ibis was the manufacturers' price for agricultural slaves , and , in return , lie aided the heartless Squire iu rivettiug the chains of shame and sorrow upon his former clients , so as to make them badges of disgrace when they returned to the home of their fathers , the land of their birth , the inheritance from their God , and their guaranteed property , by laws that were wrung from the daughter of the tyrant who robbed thum of the kind patronage that was kindly administered by the fostering hand of a paternal priest , who had no interest in the world ' s gain—who found no pleasure in the world ' s revelry , and whose sole delight and joy was the preservation of the kindly fruits of the earth , thit IN
DUE TIME THEIR PRODUCERS MIGHT ENJOY THEM ; and as the immortal Cobbetthas well said , " Givo us thc cowled monk , as the administrator and dispenser of charity , in preference to the mustachioed regimental slave . " Herein Lord Stanhope rests the danger to your order ; and , pity it is , that in such cases the all-grasping law should make no distinction between the good and the bad , and that you should suffer with the ltichmonds and the Buckingham * . . As long as thc privileges ot the landlords were protective of the rights of labour , so long was the labourer ever ready to fly to the cry of " My cottage is in danger'" but now , when the strife comes , the u-urpers must fight their battle alone .
Tue Militia . —By a reference to the Parliamentary Summary it v ' M be seen that a sufficient amount of explanation has been given upon the subject of the proposed bill for the embodiment of the militia to lull the public mind into a false security ; but as it is our intention to devote some space to the more extensive consideration of the subject , wc abstain from sayinsr more under thc present head than merely to cry WARE HAWK . No vote , no musket ! Mokk Resigkatuws . —By St . Paul , but the work of retreating goes bravely on ; so much so , that for the first time in Parliamentary history the Prime Minister is compelled to consult * thc records of Parliament for precedents that bear upon the acceptance of the LUCRATIVE OFFICE of Steward of thc Chiltcrn Hundreds ; so that henceforth it appears tbat a retreat from Parliament is to be no sinecure .
Mosbt asd brum ; Market . —We have little alteration to note in these departments beyond the additional confirmation of our prediction , that the good lines continue to goslcadil y up , while the bubbles continue as steadily to vanish . Tub PnoiKciioxisis and tub Mikiskb . —The agricultural war rag < s with increased heat and fervour , and wherever a refractory wight has boen compelled to resign in consequence of his hasty conversion to free trade princi ples , gome unconverted walks unopposed' * Hlto Jiis ivSrin shoes . We always thought that tl » c una tendy ojiiiiiou of one mill was not tilC best dial by which we «< j \ il \ s mike the Iiw 0 / duu in
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his county , and yet tho present flight i # nothing to what it will be when Parliamentary intelligence begins to sift thc effect that the several propositions of the Minister is likely to have upon the several peculiar interests . When the debate comes on , every finger will be feeling in the pie for its own plum , and we very much fear , that when finally arranged , if the Minister does not show pluck , that when the pie is opened tho labourers wilL find that the stones only remain in the bottom as their share . We anticipate nosiuall ' amuserheiit front a perusal of the many discoveries that will be brought to boar upon tho IMPRACTICABILITY OF THIS PORTION . THE
IMPOSSIBILITY OF CARRYING OUT THAT PORTION , and the actual UNSOUNDNESS OF LEGISLATING UPON THE OTHER FORTJON ; so that from present appearances wc should not be at all astonished to fiutl that , like the old brig Elizabeth , she , from frequent repairs , hadn't 0110 remaining plank of her original hull ; that the allmighty Hieasuxc turned owl to be no measure at all , as in truth , the criticising press haa already commenced the work of emasculation , each selecting the portions most favourable to its own readers .
IKEXiANTJ . Cokhcion . —There can be little doubt that as soon as the great commercial policy is disposed of , the Irish red box will be opened , containing the hue and cry of every murder that has been committed in Ireland for the last fifty years , as the groundwork of a new Coercion Bill .
WEDNESDAY . The Tes limit' Bwa .. —We Ttjoice to find that the Thunderer is not so irrevocably steeped in free trade pledges as to be forced from the advocacy of the all-important principle of Short Time ; iiid if the Times only succeeds in keeping up the steam in favour of the holy cause to a successful issue , we shall willingly , gladly , and cheerfully accord to it that ascendancy which it has long struggled to achieve , but which it never will deserve until it can point to some substantial measure that it has wrung from the rich oppressor in favour of thc poor oppressed . We propose once more to take our humble position as private soldiers in the Short Time ranks , and to devote a month or more , if necessary , to the continuous
agitation of the tsubject , in order to back its supporters within , with an amount of petitions from without that will fairly , astonish the untutored minds of our sapient representatives . Now , we never promise what we do not mean to perform , hut we do promise , upon our own part , aud which cannot be had without our energy and agitation , ONE MILLION SIGNATURES , praying for the adoption of the measure , as soon as we are convinced that they will be availably used by its Parliamentary ( upporters . RlCUAKD OaSTLEB AND THE TKK UoiIES' BlU ,. — Men sometimes cannot comprehend the great importance of a subject in which , at-first sight , - individual importance can only appear . Despite this difficulty , however , we contend that no subject of
greater importance can possibly present itself to our mind at the present moment than that of FORCING Richard Oastlur into thc House of Commons , whether he will or no . If not the inventor , he is the renovator , the improver , and the engineer of the shorttime machinery ; and lie is tlie man , above all others in this world , to enforce the weight of the pressure from without , to strengthen the opinions within upon the subject . Moreover , we wish the question ot labour to bs forced in all its phases upon the consideration of the house , pending the debate upon the Ministerial policy ; and wo know of no man on earth whose advocacy of labour ' s social rights would have so astounding an effect upon the Protectionists as that of Richard Oastler . lie has a way peculiar to
himself , and , at the same time , not distasteful to the most critical , of plumping out truths and strong facts , and lab-ur VULGARITIES , which in another man would be sailed rude , but in iiim would be thought knowledge . There is an earnestness , a sincerity , a vigour , an irresistible courage about the Old King , which sets feeble opposition at defiance , and laughs prejudice out of countenance . Shall we , then , without a general election , put our every shoulder to the wheel , and give to the Ten Hours' cause a commander that can neither bo corrupted , bribed , or intimidated ? By all that is just , we would sutler any amount of privation to hear the lion of labour roaring amongst the wolves . We say again , that perhaps if we were writing our
fingers off , we could not suggest any change that would be more conducive to the cause of IftbOUV ll \ au that of transforming the quiet gentleman into a bust * ling representative . Nothing could be more easy ; and if the friends ot " Short Time , and the friends of liberty generally , back us in our endeavour , we have no doubt of success . We attaoh more importance to the question of Short Time than to all the Ministerial measures of Sir Rfibwt Peel put together , or to all other measure . * ., except the People ' s Charter . And , in point of fact , the greatest importance that we do attach to Peel ' s measures , is the conviction that they must inevitably lead to an adjustment between animate and inanimate producing power . Again , we repeat , that no power on earth can give
the people irny command over the power of capita ] , and the dominion of their masters , until there is such a demand tor labour as will make the child , Capital , obedient to its parent , Labour . And we further assert , that full and unrestricted free trade in everything , with the uurcstiicted use of machinery , would be the greatest curse that could befall this country , as the inevitable result would be an active and destroying competition in slave labour , to maintain our manufacturing pre-eminence abroad ; and no man in England can so effectually bring this question before the House and the country , as Richard Oastler , the lvJNG OF THE FACTORY CHILD I No- Vote , so Musket . '—In another place will be found the proceedings of several public meeting *
which have been held m opposition to thc proposed embodiment o the militia . Mr . Sturge attended the Leicester meeting , and his speech squared exactlj with the sentiments 'exprensed m our article of last Saturday , upon the question of providing substitutes for the government . We commend Mr . Sturge ' s speech for other reasons ; it wajs full of that milk of human kindness for which its author is so celebrated . Wc are glad to find that the gathering was a mixture of Chartist and the Complete Suffrageparty . We believe that the slightest differences which exist between any two sections of the movement party are those which separate the Chartists , with the name , from the ANONYMOUS CHARTISTS . WE NEVER WILL ABANDON OUR NAME , and ,
therefore , all that they have to do to insure a hearty co-operation is to adopt it , and wc shall be more than a match for Protectionists , Antimonopolists , and the whole tribe of undefined humbugs . And more , we promise to divide the service with our coadjutor , by leaving him , as far as we arc concerned , unopposed sway in the field , while we give effect to hig labour in the Cabinet . We have now as much as we can possibly do while Parliament is silting for five whole days in the week , and sometimes a bit of the night ; and now , at the commencement of the new struggle , we say to Mr . Sturge—our blood was shed for you , our money was spent for you , our time , our service , and our lite were
devoted to you at Nottingham ; our co-operation was cheerfully volunteered to you at Birmingham ; YOU HAVE TRIED TO GET RID OF US , AND YOU COULD NOT , and never can . Now , co-operate with us , and let the public judge of our relative motives by the manner in which our united strength for the overthrow of the united power of faction shall ba used—you , in the field , wc ia the Cabinet , NOT DIRECTING , b"t chronicling your actions , through the only channel by which they can possibly achieve one particle of strength . Mo . VKr a . vd Shark AfARKKr . —Wc have no change to notcsince jesterday iu either of these departments , beyond the steady advance iu the good lines , and thc still lowering effect that the little speck in the west has upon 'Change .
Ikkland a . vd America . —At the Conciliation Hall , on Monday , Tom Steele denounced in tho strongest terms the resolutions that had been proposed in the American Congress , declaratory of * sympathy for Ireland , aud suggesting the probability of that country becoming a Republic . O'Cossell asd O'Bbien . —These two gentlemen are at issue upon the subject of the Corn Laws—Dan for their repeal , O'Brien agviist it ; while the member tor . Limerick admits that there is no difference between- himself and Dan upon one point—namely , that the repeal of thc Corn Laws will expedite thc repeal ot the Union . If we were of the same opinion as the two gentlemen , we should vote for a repeal of the Corn Laws ; but wo much fear that the adjustment of that question will have the effect of creating such a state of things as will place thc Repeal question in abeyance for some time . Tho week ' s rent was announced to be £ 270 .
FOREIGN . Amkiiica . —The war question proceeds with increased vi gour ; and the Yankees do not seem disposed to give their monarchical friends a single moment ' s breathing time . The English press has laboured hard to convince its readers that President Polk was opposed to any warlike movement , while news to be move relied upon assures us'that Mr . President Polk , in private as well as in public , expresses a wish that the House of Representatives would sanction the notice to quit being served upon the British government .
THURSDAY . The " Times" and the Poor . —It not unfrequently happens that you meet a FRIEND with a resolution to give him a good blowing up , while something affable iu his manner dashing in his recklessness , or winning in his smile , converts the hostile resolution into . a friendly feeling , and you say— " Oh , curse the fellow ! " When you see him , he makes you forget everything , and you can't help liking him . Now such , we confess , is precisely our situation with regard to the Times . Notwithstanding its irreconciJable thick . and thin , senseless support of free trade and tue League , it does nevertheless come out with such astounding articles in favour of the rights ef the pour , as distinguished from the privilo « is of tinrich , that we aro literally induced to say— " Ottl'Se the fellow ! there ' s uo such thing as falling out with I mm . ' 1 la-rc is »» article in the Units of this mow-
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ing- in support of Sir Robert Peel ' s five years' industrial residence , which wc regret not having reomfor . This article is more elaborate upon the same subject than our comment in yesterday ' s Summary . It treats at large the subject that wc there merely glanced at . The pith of the article is , that a minister should net allow the rig hts of the poor to be made a bone of contention by the rich ot different classes ; and in order to strengtnen an impression , which never should have faded , as to thc injustice of seducing agricultural labourers to thc manufacturing districts , we give the following correspondence , which is extracted from thc article in question : — Extract of a letter from Mr . Edmund Ashworth to his " mpeeted friend , Edward Chadwick , Poor law Commis * sion . offie * . "
" This bespeaks a scarcity of labourers here ; at tho same time , great complaints are made of surplus population in the agricultural counties , aud societies are formed for transporting them to our colonies and other countries , whilst here our deficiency is made up by a vast influx from Ireland of ignorant , discontented , and turbulent people , who , introducing and widely spreading their own habits , have a tendency gradually to demoralise our own native population . " He then suggests , that " the greatest pos » 'M « facility should be afforded to families who should be willing or desirous of removing from th d agricultural counties , where work is scarce , to the manufacturing districts , wheru it is abundant . " This recommendation is followed up by Mr . Robert Hyde Greg , of Manchester , who thus addressut Mr . Chadwick : —
" I have for some time thought of addressing you on the same matter as my friend Achworth did some time ago ; namely , the propriety of opening a communication between our ( strange to say ) underpeopled districts and the southern overpeopled ones . " It is at this moment a most important suggestion , and deserves to be put into immediate operation , " It must he looked upon as a happy coincidence that at the period of depriving or curtailing perhaps the facilities of gaining a livelihood to the people of ono-lmU of England , and causing a fall in their present low wages , Unit a scramble amongst them for employment , there should exist a difficulty iu obtaining labourers at txtravugnnt wages in these northern counties , This fortunate occurrence should be taken advantage of .
"The suage & tion I would make is this , that seme official channel of communication should be opened in two or three of our large towns with your office , or any office , to which the most overcharged parishes might transmit lists of their families , Manufacturers short of labourers , or starting new concerns , might look over the lists and select , as they might require ( for the variety of our wants Is $ rcat ) , large families or small ones , young children or -jrowu up , men or widows , or orphans , etc . " Now let the leader read the aWe , in connection with our comment on Lord Stanhope ' s letter , and he will sec how all the friends of the poor , however they may differ in politics , sometimes think alike . We would really recommend every person who can get hold of the Times of Thursday , the 5 th of February , to read the third leading article .
Moue Wemhno of The Wheat Field . — Lord Jocelyn , son of Lord Roden , Grand Master of the Orange blood-hounds of Ireland , has been plucked up , roots and all , and thrown out of the house . Sir Thomas Frcmantle , the nominee of hi * . 'Grace of Buckingham , has also boen obliged to cut his stick , and many more weeds have still to be uprooted . Those pliant-minded gentlemen really thought that they had nothing to do but to change their opinions for pelf and patronage , and that their pliant supporters should as quickly change theirs . " What , " said an Irish patriot to a borough-monger in tlie Irish Parliament , who had purchased his seat , " Arc vou going to sell your country ? " " AYE , AND D D GLAD TO HAVE A COUNTRY TO SELL ; I bought you dear , and I'll sell you dear . " Now , those scamps who are obliged to resign , are obliged to consult their constituents about the price ,
AND WHO IS TO RECEIVE IT . The Peeks and Reform . —One of tho leading features of what is called our constitution , declares that peers shall take no part at elections ; but we think , according to present appearances , that the law should be reversed , and enact that the people should take no part , as all the new elections are consequent upon lordly displeasure . We trust that Mr . Duncorabe wi'l renew his motion upon this growing and now insufferable evil . The Hqhb Secubtaut asd the Bose Pickers . — The disgusting admission wan extracted from Sir James Graham yesterday in the House of Commons , that in 200 out of 500 Union Workhouses this hellish system was extensively practised , and further , that time was actually allowed to tlie savage managers of these churchyards to alter thoir machinery for different purposes ; while it also appears that the investigation into the Andovor cannibalism has been a one-sided thing , suited to the book of tyranny .
Monet Market . —fhe operations of the government practitioner , together with the mild colouring i >' ven to American feeling by the Times of yesterday , nas literally shoved Consols up to 95 ! , being a sudden jump of more than a naif , and a very great god-send on thc eve of the discussion upon Peel's commercial policy . If Peel is as wise as we take him to be , ho will keep his practitioner operating during the whole lebate upon his measures , buying everything , no matter what , that has a tendency to inspire confidence in government , for he may rest assured that when his measures are carried , we shall all for a time turn'lie into the same pot . Until Peel ' s measures are fully and practically developed—that is , for throe years at least , not a single man will know who he is , what he is , where he is , what he is about , or what he ' s worth .
West Ridiko Election . —The Poor Law lord has had a walk over this time , and all that we can collect of his future policy will be found in the following few lines : — In answer to a question put by Mr . W . Walker ( a large manufacturer of Bradford ) , Lord Morpeth said , ho wished that tho question of the hours of labour could be adjusted by thc masters and the employed thomselves , but if it wmtd not be , he should be willing to bo a party to some legislative enactment , reserving to himself tho liberty of judging what was best at thc time for both parties .
What a pity , that while protectionists ana free traders can extract pledges , the violation of which involves thc loss of seat , that thc people , for whose especial benefit the power is said to be conferred , can only squeeze out a bit of mock sympathy . But never mind , every old adage is in our favour : " It ' s a long lane that has no turn , " " Thc longest day must have an end , " " There ' s luck in leisure , and pleasure in waiting for it . " Banish grief , banish sorrow , For to the gods belong to-morrow . " The rainiest day , live till to-morrow and it will have passed away . " " Every dog will have his day , " AND NOW FOR BULLY . And God send us our day soon and sudden , for , in truth , the landlords and cotton lords have had a long day , and no mistake .
IRELAND . The Potatoe Crop . —We give thc following disastrous account of the prospects of tho Irish people , just as we find it , from the Cork £ xamncr : — The accounts we continue to receive from Sungarran are indeed melancholy in the extreme . £ ickii « ss , scarcity , and want of employment , shed their bitterness upon the devoted heads of the poor . There are upwards of 5 , 000 human beings , wo are given to understand , in a state of want and wretchedness , requiring assistance from government , or from those whom God has blessed with means for such purpose . The poor-house is crammed with woinenaiidcliiicia'ii , iu which there nrealso upwards of forty men , capable of work , but none to be had . The spread of fever is really alarming , induced , of course ,
from want , cold , , aiul hunger . Nov do thc evils stop here . The Poor Law Guardians met on lust Thursday , when tluy reported that the supply of potatoes destined for use during the season , and carefully put up , turned out , on examination , to be more than half rotten , and that the remainder are going fast . It is some consola . tion , under these melancholy circumstances , when the government does not seem to move in the matter , that the townspeople are exerting themselves with equal spirit and benevolence . From the subscriptions raised , pota . toes are purchased in large quantities , and sold after by retail , at first cost , to tho poor , a plan attended with much good . In the meantime the board of guardians
and the inhabitants and rate-payers of thc town have addressed the Lord-Lieutenant . The reply of his Excellency to thc memorial of the guardians , under the circumstances , is cold , heartless , and flippant . What cures this EnglUh official—this worn-out diplomatistfor the starving people of an Irish fishing town ? What sympathy could ho have with their misery—what fcllowfeoling for their distress I 'Tis a Iieai tless mockery , this creating Englishmen and Scotclimun into rice . kings ; throning them in the marble hails of St . Patrick , and giving them jurisdiction and sway over ' a warm-hearted people , in whose elevation they take no interest , for whose prosperity they ars not proud , and for wiiose afflictions they do not griere .
Aye , indeed , it is a heartless mockery , this creating Englishmen and Scotchmen into vice-kings ; but who but the Irish press has induced a brave and devoted people to tolerate the mockery so long ?
FOREIGN . Frakce asd America . —Still the Ministers and thc Opposition are at daggers drawn as to whether France shall assist England in her contemplated war with America . Whatever tlie feeling of tho Chambers may be , the Opposition speaks the feeling of the nation , and that is in favour of Republicanism against the league of kings . They may all seek to mystify thc grand question as they will , but , after all , that ' s the true nature of thc struggle . Kingcraft against Democracy—tho league of * kings against the league of people— -the Old World and its abuses against thc New World and its growing genius ; and it ' s to fight for those abuses that Eng lishmen aye to ! . >?} cmbodw ' into a militia . i
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On Saturday morning week , Benjamin Ilealey , carter for Mr . James Hartley , of tllC Fflkoil Lin , Liuluboi'oufjh , went into tho stable , and whilst cleanine tlie hors" , it kicltcd hiiu ou tho stomach , and to iftjurcd him that he dwdtUesaiuc day .
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DESTRUCTIVE fittJ } . Nbwcastlb-upon-Tine , Tuesdav A most destructive fire occurred this morning at the extensive locomotiveengine manufactory of Messrs . R . and IV . Hairfhdro , at the Forth fknkt , in this town . The principal portion of the manufactory has been completely dcstroy « d , together with a number of locomotive engines iu progress , and nearly the whole . of thc valuable models of locomotive and other machinery . The Hre originated in thc joiners' shop , which formed the second story of an immense reutiingular building in the centre of the worlis , tlac lower story being the locomotive shop , where the locomotive engines are put together after their several parts have been manufactured in the various parts of the establishment ,
The fire was discovered between four and five o ' clock in the morning by John Keside , the night watchman , who shortly before had let one of the workmen , a joiner , named Motpcrop , into thc premises to complete some work he had left unfinished the previous night . He observed the fire from the east window of thc joiners' shop , aud tried to effect an entrance , but could not for the smoke . lie then gave thc alarm , and Mosscrop and another man who came into the yard at thc time van away for the fire-engines , and to give information to tho foremen and the police . The fire-engines were on the spot with unusual celerity , but the fire had then attained such a height , that all attempts to extinguish it were useless , so thttt the exertions of the firemen and police were chiefly directed towards preventing the lire spreading to the
adjoining premisus . A detachment of soldiers from the garrison , with the brigade engine , were presently on the ground , and rendered very essential service . An immense number of pencils had collected outside the worlis , watching tho progress of the devouring element , which raged with irresistible fury , and seemed to threaten the entire neighbourhood . In little more than an hour the work of destruction was complete , the roofof the building fell in , the ponderous wheels of the locomotive tenders bur « t through thc burning rafters of the floor , and the whole place was wrapped in one intensely burning flame . The cause ofthe intensity of tlie heat and the magnitude of the flame was soon discovered to proceed from the gas , which had been turned into the pipes a few miuuics
before the fire broke out , and 011 the melting of the pipes , which ran in various directions along the building , the gas ignited , and , being fed from the main , it continued to burn with appalling fury till thu supply was cut off by choking Ihe pipe , the meter and the main tap being inaccessible from thc fire . The workmen of the establishment were exceedingly active ; but from the first it was svident tbat no efforts could save the principal building and its contents-, hut ta xho * e , with a few triiimg exceptions , the destructim was confined . No one : sustained any serious personal injury . Thc damage is estimated at from £ 16 , 000 to £ 20 , 000 , and the works are insured in the Leeds and Yorkshire Insurance-office , but not , it is understood , to the entire amount of the loss ;
The most serious inconvenience and lots will result from tha » u » p < Kwion of tho works , and the impossibility of completing contracts within the stipulated period . The house is understood to have contracts for workthat will keep the establishment fully employed for three years to come , and thc utmost exurtions have been made for some time past to keep pace with the extraordinary demand for locomotive power in all parts of the world . A notice wat affixed to th » entrances of tho premised this forenoon , intimating that all the workmen employed in this portion of the establishment that had escaped the fire were to resume ' labour atone o'clock to-day , and arrangements are being made , with the usual prompt * , tude of the enterprising firm , to repair tho damage with as littlo delay as possible .
The origin of the fire appears clearly traceable to Mosscrop , the joiner . ^ ho entered the premises shortly after four o ' clock in the morning , and who , it seems , went into the tender-room wilh a lantern to get his saw , as be confesses harinp opened the lantorn door , and the fire was . discoiered by the watchman a very short time afterwards . These circumstances having come to the knowledge of tho polio * , they made inquiries for Mosscrop and found that lie had never been in the yard after leaving it when the fire broke out , in order to f » tch the engines . They proceeded to his lodgings and found him sitting by the tire-side , on which they took him into custody and conveyed him to the police-station , where a preliminary investigation has been instituted during the day .
After hearing the evidence of the watchman , which was similar to the statement above given . Robert Mosscrop was examined , lie lisudtd m a long written statement , of which the following U the most material portion — " I was told by the foreman of the joiners' shop , John lladdon , yesterday morning , that I had to work on till a quarter P « st ten o ' clock at night , when I remarked that he might let me offif possible , as I had promised to go and play the violin at Mr . Douglas ' s , where I always play when the violin is wanted . He did not say much to it , and I considered it settled till night , when one of the men told me I had to work on . I got a ' gliff of John Haddon , and 1 told him that if it laid upon that I would not stop , & t it would dissappoint them 1 was going to play for , but , if it suited , I would come in at four o ' clock and ' finish the
box I was doing . He said that would do , and I fulfilled my promise and came to work . I think it was about a quarter after four o ' clock when I came to the door , and I knocked four or five times and rang the Ml . After a great deal to do , the ivntch came to the door and let me in . He was about dead asleep . 1 went into thc time-office to get my time . board out , and a lanteru to go upstairs to get my saw out , and when I gotinto the time-office , tlie watchman asked me what the devil I wanted there , ; ind I told him I had to start at four o ' clock , aud I was wanting tlie lantern . Ho threw himself on to the drawers and seemed quite doad asle * p , I got hold of the lantern , and not being accustomed to lanterns of that description , the wick had gone iu , and I held it to the gas to light it , audit would not take hold . Tlie watchman put the wick right , and I lighted it , and shut tlie lantern door , and went up into the shop , to get my saw out . I was not three minutes
in the shop , till I came out again ; and 1 had not the door of tho lantern open till I got to the drawer to get my saw out , and then I closed it again and came down stairs . I saw no fire , nor smelt any smell . " He further statod , that he went to a shed and got a candle , and thou went into the smiths' shop to get a candlestick . Did not know whero the watchman was all that time . Oa returning from the smiths ' shop he in » t tie watchman coming for the lamp , and gave it to him . Then went into the shed , and had been there at workjabout a quarter-of-anhourwhen the watchman called out and said , "he had set the place oa fire . " . Went to call the foreman , and afterwards went to call for the fire-engines , when he met soino policemen , who told him the firfr-engiaemen had been warned . Returned to the yard , but could not get in , and , after standing a while outside , went home , and was there taken into custody .
John Haudon , foreman of the joiners , confirmed Moracrop ' s statement of what took place between them the preceding day . Had received orders from Mr . Dunu to get curtain work done , as it was required to-day , and at the request of Mosscrop consented to his leaving at night aud coming at four o ' clock in the morning to finish it . —Mosscrop was remanded . NSWCABTLB . OH-TVHE , WEDNESDAY . — - MoSSCrop , the man accused of having cauatd the extensive fire at Messrs , Hawthorne's manufactory , in this ton 11 , was discharged this morning , nothing tutting transpired to show more than gross neglect ou his part .
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Makslauohtbh at Adisodos . — -An inquest on the body of Joseph Barnett , who died from the effects of a blow struck by his employer , Mr . Fowler , was commenced on Saturday before E . Coucher , Esq ., coroner for tho borou-sk . Joseph MiMcton , a carter in the employ of Afr . Ilanimans , of Ilanney , stated that on Thursday , the 22 nd ult ., ho went to Mr . Fowler ' s wharf , a little before twelve , when he saw a person whom he since understood to be Joseph Barnett , at Mr . Fowler ' s door . Thc deceased was on the outsidft , and Mr . Fouler just within , lie saw the deceased iu a fighting attitude , with his . fists clenched , but he did not know what was said , and saw no blow . He saw Mr . Fowler take up an iron shovel which stood in the corner , and strike the deceased with the
back part of it on thc left side of thc head . The deceased fell to the ground against the door . He was taken out hy a man , who set him against the wall , on the pavement , but he immediately tell again . Witness wa g distant three or four yards . John Weils , warehouseman to Mr . Fowler ; Was upstairs at the time of the occurrence . When he came down he saw a man lying on the floor , lie was asked hy Mr . Fowler to take him up , which he did . Deceased was quite helpless , and Air . Fowler told witness he wished he could have seen a policeman , and bad deceased taken up , as he threatened to knock him down . Mr . Fowler admitted to witness that he had struck him with a shovel . The jury re-assembled on Friday morning at cloven o ' clock . Mr . John Box ,
surgeon , deposed to making a ; w * t mortem examination , which had resulted in thc discovery of a considerable fracture of thc skull ; but from other symptoms he found reason to infer the existence of chronic disease , and did not think the injury from the fracture alone sunicient to cause death in a healthy man . It might have accelerated the influence ofthe pre-existing disease . Tlie jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Fowler , who was committed on the coroner s warrant to tho borough gaol . Gloucester , Saturday . —Charge of Muuder . —• Giovanni Baptistc Kibcco , and Giainoto Ribcco , two Italians , were brought before the magistrates this
morning , charged with having murdered Mary Ann Butt , an unfortunate girl , on the previous Thursday . On the evening of Wednesday week thc unfortunate deceased and another woman were in the company of thc prisoners , drinking together at the Bridue Inn , near thc Docks . Abouthalf-pastninco ' clock the two women , the prisoners , and a man net yet in custody , left the house together . The man not in custody proceeded to his vessel in company with thc deceased Her companion advised her not to go , as ( hero were so many men on hoard , but she persisted in doing so , The shipkeeper of thc Niearagud bark , lying a very short distance from the prisoners' vessel , heard a cry of " murder" about seven o clock on the morning of
the death of thc deceased . There were several men 1 the deck of the Italian was apparently afforded . ceased in the water , but he of-murder . " Th * case at loped in thc greatest luystejy decided , after m ' - her a leng th « prisoners in order to P- ' additional evidence ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07021846/page/5/
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