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32 T The Secretaries of Trades' TJmons and ofhet bodies associated to protect and advance the mterests of Labour , will oblige b y forwarding reports of Trades' Meetings , Strikes and other information affecting the social position of the Working Classes .
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . 253 , Tottenham-court-road , London . « ' FUT JCSTlTXi . " " If it were possible for the working classes , by combinins among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wares , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to be ranfehed , bnt to be welcomed andrejoieed at "—SroAixiliit .
It must be admitted on all hands , we think , that the relations between Labour and Capital were never in a condition more anomalous and unsatisfactory . Disputes between workmen and lheir employers upon wages , aud other matters , have always existed , and we presume , in t be presen t s t a t e of s o c i e ty , are al w a y s 1 kel y to exist . Heretofore , tbe system of strikes acted as a sort of safely-valve , through which , the pent-up humour , and angry passions of either parts evaporated , and the industrial atmosphere was restored . to its wonted Sirenety . After lengthened conflicts , mutuall y damaging , each applied itself to recover its former positiou , w hich , when attained , the old spirit of antagonism again broke forth , to be allayed only by the same' unwi . e and irrational expedients . Strikes , nevarthdess , with 8 * 1 their manifold and acknowledged evils , are the only weapons which tbe working men can at present emp loy , to protect themselves from unjust aggressions . That they are dange . rous weapons , aud sometimes most improperly employed , is not the fault of the working class .
To eveiy other class of society , the law presents tribunals for the settlement of tbeir disputes , whose decisions are binding on each party . Agreements and undertakings , promises and provisoes , written and verbal , rights and privileg s by pre cription , usage and custom , & c , are maintainable and recoverable in Courts oi Law , Equity , and Arbitration , whose decisions and awards are obligatory . Labour , of all the great interests of society , the greatest and most im p ortan t , is alone d e ni e d thi s common ri ght of citizenshi p , and has , practically , no remedy for its wrongs , but Strikes . We have had recently some potent examples of the danserous and inefficient results of the present system .
Tbe present law of combination , although distinctly by Us lettur recognising the right of working men combining to fix the amount of their wages , & c , is t rul y "a mockery , delusion , aud snare ; " because the same law makes it penal in any combination of workmen , t o cause ' « obstruction or molestation" ( not merely of a physical character ) to tbeir employers ; and how is it possible for any combinative action for an advance , or in resistance to an offered rednction of wages to take p lace wi t hout cau s in g a molestation and obstruction to the employer ? Or how can any combination practically act for such purposes without their acts having a tendency to compel such employer " to change and alter his mode of conducting his business ? " And this , according to recent legal decisions , is penal .
Tbe National Association of United Trades was the first public movement to introduce a more rational mode of dealing with industrial disputes , by bring ing the antagonistic parties to agree together to submit tbeir conflicting claims to the sober arbitrament of reason and argument , and very great success has attended their efforts in this direction . Ann we are proud to find that the working classes in many trades have a evinced disposition to adopt our imprived system . The happy results , w hi c h can be shown to h av e follow e d this just and conciliatory policy , wherever it has been accepted and fairly acted upon by bot parties , is a powerful , and , we think , an irresistible argument for its general adoption .
"VVe therefore bave resolved to appeal to the legislature to institute some legal machinery , such as local boards of trade , consisting of equal number ,- ? of employers and emp loyed , presided over by some perfectly independent and impartial authority , to a djast all disputes between labour and capital , securing to each its rights , without injury or prejudice to tbe rights of the other . We think the working class entitled to this , b y every principle of equky and justice . The committee have prepared a petition to Parliament , which we hope our faithful friend anl champion , T . S . Buncombe , E < q ., will present in a few days ; and we earnestly invite the Trades of Great Britain to follow up the agitation of this important question which we thus initiate . If carried on , witb energy and moderation , there can bo little doubt of ultimate success . We shall publish onr petition test week , and forward cop es to all the trades we can reach , as a model for their adoption . Tnna Ifltfi 1 C !? - > fffitriu T >» -.-t CAAHr-x
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The following letter ras been received from T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., in rrpjy to a lettevconvfrying a nnpy o a rote of thanks for hislon » an ^ faithful services in and out of Parliament to tbe cause of Labnur , passed at the Conference of the Xaiional Association if United Trades : — 1 , Palace Chunbers , St . James ' s street , Jane 5 th 2 R 52 . i Sir Dea s Sra , —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of j our letter of the 4 tb Inst , communicatii-ij a coprofaresda'ionpaasednt the Conference of the United Trades Association on W ' tdn sday 1-sst . I bejr that yan trill do me tbe farour to express my warmest thanks to those who did me the honour to agree to tbat resolution , and to assure them that , as long as health and strength remains to me , the workior classes will nerer want an advora * £ to suMain tbeir rights and promote tbeir welfare . With best wishes . I hare the honour to be , dear Sir , jours firitMaUy , Tnos . Dc . vcomp . e . Mr . W . Peel , Secretary to the Xational Association ol I ' tajed j Irades .
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MACCLESFIELD . —WEAVERS MEETING IN FAVOUR OF THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE IX THAT TOWX A meeting was held on Weavers Green on Monday evening lart , for the purpose , as the placard stated , " of taking into consideration a Iettea from Mr . Brocfclehurst , which appeared ia the " Macc ' esSeld Courier " on Saturday last . ^ Air . G . Bailey waa called to the chair and stated tbe objects of the meeting . Mr . E . Mc . DoNSEt , after stating the merits of the dispnte between Hetsrs . Brockleharst and their hands , said , the Bosrd of Trade , recently existing in tbat town , was the best system ever established to regulate wages ; the only fault to be fonni with it being , tbat it had no legal power . Bat if it was once established by Act of Parliament , it wonld haw power to enforce its regulations . He had hoped that the Macclesfield Board of Trade , would have been adopted as a model , and would have been considered as something worth , supporting . He read the following letter which had passed between the committ of the National Association and himself .
National Association of Pr . ited Trades , 259 , Tottenham coMSt-rnafl . Deis Six , —I am rf quested by oar Committee to apply to you for infoimation as to the working of the Bosrt of trade , which , we understand , has been established for the last few years in Mac' les-Sefd . Tbe purpos * for which we reqoire the information sought , is , to embody all the facts we can obtain as to the amount of success , and the practical workings of any organised attempt which has been made in this conntry to supersede the practice of mutual concession and arbitration for the sjstem of strike !; in a petition to Parliament , to promote the establi hmentof 'Local Boards of Trade , ' 'Industrial Courts of Reconciliation , ' under the sanction and authority of Parliament , and to render their awards lawful and binding upon each party . We hare reason ; for believing that tbe present Presldrnt and Vice-President of the Board of Trade will be found favourable to such a measure , if we can protrace such an array of facts as may furnish them with arguments in their favour .
The facts , therefore , which webriicve ion are in a condition to supply , are *—1 st How long has the Board of Trade been established in tour town ? 2 nd . Wh < it is its constitution , an d po w ers , and duties ? 3 rd . What number of cases hive been snbmirted for its consideration dorin ? the last rear , anil the proportion of such cases which BATS been srracsed satisfactorily * 4 th . HaBtbeiastimt : ouofthi 5 Board ia Macclesfield been pro . anciireofa better fie ing between emnluver and empJojed than pr e vio u sl y exist , d . ' 5 th . Has it been found that this arranzement is less expensive to the working men than the system o ! strike , and less injurious to the interests of employers . If weareina iHHsifnn tigire affirmative answers to these questions , we believe that we jhall Sad very powtrfnl and numeroaH supporters amongst the present minister * and in Ihe House of Uommonf . For so important anfol . jeci , we an t ici pate we shall have vonr best assistance and co-operation , and you will great ! , oblige us by an aa = wer at your earliest convenience
« wm . I am , dear Sir , yonra truly Mr . Manuel , - TBs . Teel .
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tw . «„ t GmlcMl Tavern , Macclesfield , May 28 , 1 S 52 . DOK ? n .-ln reply to the note which yoa addressed to Mr . letc--, « u Saturday last , I forwarded a short note yesterday . I now tTOrtedioanswerrourqufr ' es : — J 1 ^ -Tl-e * Uacc '« fi-ia Silk Trade Board was established ia jfara , 1849 . and was dirontimud . in March , 1 S 52 . At the Annual Ifeetmspf Manufacturers , called to elect representatives for their side of theBoanJ , only seven attended , and they passed a re-olo-& nJ— 'That in con'equenei of the apathy d ' laved , the Board should be discontinued . ' You will see in the papers which I sent to jou . the cause to which « e attribute the apathy . 2 . —I forward to jou a book of prices , which contains the rales and constitution of the Board
-3— Yj , u inll perceive from fte mf « s tSat tke Board confined itself to fixing the prices to be paid for lhediffm-ni fabrics of work , and left d spate * between weavers and employers to b . » settled by we Arbitration Act Yet man > men think , if the Board wae once legaly established , thatit would be desirable that it should be alio a court of Arbitration similar to the Lyonese Board . 4—^ Xot only has xhe Board been productive of u better feeling te ^^ ™ P \ ° jer 6 and empk-yedjbnt ju » t before it was ciirontior ^^ . 1 •^ T ^ e actin g with te rfect harmony , the onlv cause ? .- ! £ ? £ ' . ^ P ? that s 0 ^ mtnufacmrera ( and particularly Brccklehursts ) Tiolated its regulations ; and , in the abseaca of leeai power—the only power we po . se « sed—that of atrikinjj & e shop being a course to which the manufacturing side of the Board nao a s rong and rery natural objection ; they ( the manufacturers ) ^ o ^ atoattmg that the Board was a valuable institution , dec t 5 & rI ^ * f ¥ JP awai ( *»> aud , therefore , neglected to 5 The 2 " ** *»*» e » . compared , t &^ f ?* 3 ^ 0 ttt *»» « J * tem was a mere trifle «* ta « atwcA % & ^ e ^ nwortiag a strike , tothoga «* d tol » inc 3 crtKfc . * " * " to ae sWkes xueiEielTes may te
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Aa to the employers , they derivedtbe ^ e-testadvautaee A becansetheyhadasecuritjof bavin ? tbeir orders attended tojina time of brisk trade ; whereas , formerly , reductions WM ""™ toiuatime of depression ; then came M ntuHon-differentmanufacturers paring different prices -, andthe consequence , when trade revived , and it was known that the manufacturers had their orders to complete , fee weavers took tbeir advantage , auda 8 « f ™**™*! took place ; -these were exactly the circumstances wmcttleau to the formation of the Beard . t . « ,- ? jf , The Board p-evented those evils for the three 5 e"s that it lasted , and at the same time preserved a P ^™ £ rf 2 ? . M prices than has been known for many years , and a rate 01 wages with which the weavers were quite sattsfi d . « . «« .. u < n . rf »« You may rely upon our zealous co-operation . We feet mlgecle £ field particularly interested in this cause , and I have no 1 doubt , that at the proper timel canhave a petition numerously iigned both by manufacturers and weavers . „ , _ .. „„„ „ „ : » i . Pray let me knowthe pointson which Ihave not ban ™ ienHy explicit , and I will pay immediate attention to your commum cation . Ixemain , dear ^ foUhful ^ ouvs , ^^^
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National Association of United Trades 259 , Tot enham Court-road , If ^ H ^ Ttades ' Deae Sia ,-I am instructed by » e Committee of Umte ^ Trades to thank you for the information forwarded , and they woum oe happy to receive a few copies of such papers as yon may have at command , bearing upon thisquestion ot &^}?^™ f th J , neatest I have considered Ifor years that they would prove « le f ™ " Messing to the unprotected trades of *> s connW , awl « rtrt £ much to lord Dalliousie in a memorial from the frame-worK knitters n 1845 . . . , „ , „ j , I have been of jour idea , or way of thinking , sinces 1810 , and am now more convinced than ever of its absolute : necessity , and ae force it ought to have inlaw . I have read both your . f ^ , ™ were enclosed , which I shall present to our ^^ J « 2 S * mJ 5 ! if yon havea few more copies when you next send , I snail teei msiu obliged . . . I beg to enclose you a prospectus of our Association . I am sir , your obedient servant , Mr . M'Domnl ! . xamsir ' ? ° thcmis Warm *
Every one to whom he ( Mr . Mc . »« ll « II )' „ K . i ? reply , aaid that he had made a very fair and candid statement of the proceedings of the Macclesfield Board ot lraue . At the present time a movement was being mad ? among the thinking portion of the community to establish such a system as had been established in Macclesfield . It was an honour to tho town to be pointed at as a model for the establishment of local boards throughout the country , ine proposal for establishing such boards had the support qt many members of Parliament , and also of some ot tne ministry , and he believed there was a prospect of a miiamentary enactment to protect labour , without leaving it to the dictation of masters , or having recourse to strAes . Ihe men of Macclesfield were bound in honour to cling together to obtain such a desirable object . The shor inl 3 . 11 * as obtained nnder worse auspices ; and this aaeasure , founded in honour and honestv . could be obtained , if there was unity
in its support . He wished to say a word or two in reference to bis position in connection with the present stake . It had been said that he was an interested party m the stme , being Secretary . He admitted hs was an interest- d party , but only so far interested that he wished to support the wages of the trade bv which he and his children had to earn their bread , fie knew that , from the prominent part be had taken in t h e s t rike , he should no b e allowed t o w ork f o r th e Messrs . Brocklehorsts again . However , that there might be no obstacle to the restoration of the proposed local Board of Trade , as soon as the manufacturers had consented to the proposal , both be and Mr . Bailey would resign . He concluded by proposing the following resolution : — * ' That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the manufacturers should be requested to hold a meeting for tbe purpose of re-establishing tbe local Board of Trade . " Mr . Smith seconded the resolution . The resolution was put and carried , and the business of the meeting terminated ,
Yorkshire Trades' Strikes.—Bradford
YORKSHIRE TRADES' STRIKES . —BRADFORD
WEAVERS * MEETING . ( From our own Correspondent . J An important and numerous meeting of power-loom weavers was held on an open space of ground at the top of Tumbling Hill , near the Thornton-road , Bradford , to consider the best means of counteracting tbe "two-loom system , " which is causing so much distress and turmoil in these districts . Mr . Charles Whitecote was called to the chair , and briefl y introduced the business of the meeting . Mr , B < rnabas Knosthropp moved the first resolution , which was to the following effect : — " T h a t se e ing the ev i ls that exist , and tbe consequences that are likely to result from the continuance of the " two-loom system " by adding to tho numbers already out of employ , and thin furnishing the means , through " surplus labour , " for continual reduction in our wageswe therefore resolve to assist the
, wearers of Messrs . Brown until their just demands are complied with . " Mr . Knosthropp said that the two-loom system was the cause of throwing hundreds out of employ , and thus overstocking what was termed the " labour Market . " It likewise tended to stock the Hostile in Little Norton with the reveled outcasts who were no lonjer needed to swell the purses of tbeir oppressors . He would appeal to their experience . If there wero four weavers in a family , and two of them attended two looms each , of course tho other two were left without employment , and were competitors against them , ~ so that at length the four looms were kept at work for less thin should ba paid for the produce of two . Mr . Knoithropp made some other pertinent remarks , and concluded by stating , that at their worthy friend , Abraham Robinson was in ' attendance , at the sprcial request of the Committee , he would trespass no looser on their time bnt cordially support the resolution . ( Loud cheers . )
Miss Alice William 3 , a power -loom weaver , seconded the resolution . The Chnirman then announced Mr . Abraham Robinson to support the resolution . Mr . RoMnson arose amidst much applause to address the r * estii >« , which had then increased to a large multitude . He said there was no question of greater importance than the labour question . It was one , on tho proper solution of which depended the welfare and even the lives of the working classes . As' far as the parties on strike from Messrs . Brown's were concerned , theywer « compelled to strike . They had worked at one loom until they could not live by it any longer ; they were then forced to adopt the two-loom system ; and even then tho greediness of capital would not allow them to live ,
although doin . ' two persons work . The question , therefore , for them to consider was , whether they were to live by labour , or to labour , starve , and die . It wts said by the employers " O ' a , jf you do not do it at our prices , tbe trade will go into laneasirire . Let it go , then ! ( Loud cheers . ) Perish for ever , a trade by which the operative cannot iivo . ( Hear , hear . ) He then alluded to the mode by which capitalists ground down the price of labour . Their main object was to create a surplus of hands in the labour market , so t h a tt * o mi ght apply when there was only work for one . They then reduced tbe wages until the weavers could no longer bear it . Englishmen boasted of their bravery , w hil s t tbeir sons a nd d a u ghters were pining for bread ; and the parties who bad reduced them to that position were tho s e who sa id at one t i m e , ' * Let us get a Repeat of the Corn
Laws . Let us have cheap bread , and then yon shall have lusher wage * . " Where was the promised high wages ? ( Shoutsof "They are liars J" ) Yes , he knew theyvWFio liar ' . They had got cheap bread , but it w a s placed on so hi gh a shelf that they could not reach it . ( Loud cheers . ) What hopes could they have of supporting a family under such a system ? Under which the women had superseded tbeir husbands , and had to let tbeir children out to nurse whilst they toi ' ed in the factory for a bare existence . Shame on the Engl ' sh people for tolerating such a destructive system . ( Loud cheers . ) In former days , when women spun by their own firesides , and their husbands wove tho yarn thus produced , they lived iu peace and contentment ; but now that man's ingenuity had increased production two hundredfold , thev could scarcely exist . Where was the difference gone to ? To those who toiieJ not ; neither did they spin . ( Loud cheers . ) Their oppressors had erected costly mansions out of their sweat ; and the surplus
wealth , created by the toil of the labourer , in s tead of being a blessing , was converted into a corse , for it enabled the capitalists to purchase improved machinery to supersede manual labour . He then explained the cause of the present strike , and eloquently denounced the veracity of the brawling Free Traders , who , after working them beyond further endurance , had erected for their boneSt a large house on yonder hill ( tbe Bastile ) , to wh i c h their victims retired to die . and thus they eluded a verdict of " Wilful Murder . " ( Loud che e r s . ) Mr . Robinson aferwards reverted to numerous topics , which our limited space will not enable us to report . He inquired whether the Bradford newspaper reporter was present , and showed that the " Bradford Ons » rver" was the property of their enemies , sad that the only reporter pesent was that of the " Star of Fre e dom , " which was the faithful advocate of the rights of labour . He made an eloquent appeal to all present to support Brown ' s bands on strike , and c oncluded a mi ds t loud cheers .
Mrs . Hannah Bradley then moanted the rostrum , and 8 % id it was time the women began to attend to ihese matters , a 3 she considered the m > n a pare-1 of cowards . She made several pertinent remark ! 1 , and denounced the manufacturers as plunderers of the poor , who , in addition to low wages , gave them bad yarn , made of machine-combed wool , thus robbing the women of their wages , whilst they deprived tbeir husbands of employment . She urged the meeting to support the strike . The resolution was then put and unanimously adopted . A collection was made for the Strike Fund , and the meeting separated .
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Glbs Tilt . — A decision was given in the House of Lords , on Saturday , in the famous Glen Tilt case . The decision , ratifying that of the Court of Session , does not dispose of the action—it merely finds that the persons who desire to prosecute the Duke of AthoU are entitled to do so . The action was raised by three gentlemen—one . living in Aberd e en , another in Perth , and the third in Edinburgh . The Duk e - of AlhaJl maintained that , apart from the question whether the road through Glen Tilt was public or notthese gentlemen were strangers , who had no right to interfere in the matter . The Lord Ordinary of the Court of Session heard" very ample pleadings , and viewed the . matter
with much deliberation , but was unable to see any force in tha Duke ' s objections . The Duke carried tbis decision , by theform called reclaiming , into tbe Court of Second Instance , where the judges sit collectively . There , after a full hearing of all hia Grace ' s objections , the judges unanimously repelled them . The action was began four years ago , and even this final disposal of the objection in the Court of Session occurred upwards of two years ago . There is no appeal from such judgments as that given by the Court of Session , except by leave of that court . Though the judges were unani- ' mora and qmte dear in their decision ,-they granted leave to appeal . Ihe DuSe has now got ia the court of last tisoit & third judgment .
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» - We shall ba glad to -receive Reports of Progress from Managers or Secretaries of Co-operative Ass oc iations a nd St o r es , in E n glan d , Ireland , Scotland and Wales .
Cooperative Le&Gue. On June Sth Thornton...
COOPERATIVE LE & GUE . On June Sth Thornton Hunt , Esq ., read ipiW 'On the Application of the Social Idea to Existing IwtitutWM . He said that the principle of Socialism was a great tuththat it I ad b e en t a ug ht by Christ , but had been Mglectedtbat Robert Owen and the "Christian Socialist 'had done much to revive it—but bot h had connected with it other views , which , however g ood t h e y mi g ht be , were not essenti a ll yany part of the principle ' . selt ' ^ amaaHn „ th „ He then briefly drew the attention of the meeting to tho evils resulting from the present injuriousi system of ' Competition , pointing out the misery it produced , and which would continue until production and distribution were better ar-For competition he would introduce . the P ™^ -ot eoncerted employments in the production and distribution of wealth ; and he was happy toroy that the progress of this principle was everywhere becoming manifest . It had However received a great impetus from the exertions of such men a s Louis Bl a n c , Vansittart Neale , William Conyngham , and others , who had spent their time , talent , and money in endeavouring to make the principle known amongst all parties . . . . , , Having explained the Social or Associative principle , he dr cwttsetftsntion of ihejmeetingto thaauccessful working ^
the Leeds Flour Mill Association , a fact we ll known t o t he whole town ; also to the number of working men s associations rising up in every part of the country . Ihe Poor Law Guardians were turning their attention to the principle , and now were advocating tho necessity of giving profitable employment to able-bodied paupers . In Bedford and Oxford arrangements were being roado , and he hoped before another year to see them carried out , to give an agricultural education to the juvenile paupers . He believed many tradesmen wore now carrying out a portion of the principle by dealing with each other for whatever one produced
that the other did not , and generally they found that by adopting this arrangement , where it was a mutual interest , and whore they met face to face , honesty and fair dealing were the result . He then said that much had been done , yet more was required . He called upon the Socialists throughout the kingdom to embrace every opportunity to make the great principle of concert known , and little by li t tle t he grevfc social problem would be solved . After tbe reading of the paper , an interesting discussion took place , in which Measr ? . Field , Conyng ham , Kicholls , Short e r , and others took Dart .
The Submarine Telegraph Between England ...
THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND . The following extremely interesting history of the submarine telegrap h bet w e e n Holy head and Howth is given by "Saunder's Dublin News . Letter : — " About three weeks ago tbe idea flashed across tho mind of Mr . R . S . Newall , of Gateshead . ' This Irish Telegraph will be a paying concern ; it will not require much capital . The firm with which 1 am connected have facilities for doing the thing—why should we not set about it , and do it at once ourselves V He accordingly explained his vie w to his partners , got their consent , and immediately app li e d t o Samuel S ta t h a m , Esq ., conductor of the Gu t ta Percha Works , City-road . ' Can you supply us with
eightv miles of telegraph wire , doubly covered with gutta percha , within a fortnight ? ' ' I'll try' was Mr . Statuam ' a response ; and accordingly ' it was commenced and finished within the time agreed on , being latterly don e a t the rate of twelve miles a day . The coated wire was then sent down to Gateshead-on-Tyne to be surrounded with twelve galvanised iron wires , twisted round it ia a spiral . The cable being finished , Mr . Newall called on Mr . Slatham last Tuesday week , and then for the first time told bim tbe object for which it was manufactured . It was agreed that Mr . Statham should bring a staff of assistants , and the requisite apparatus to Holyhead the next day to meet tbe wire . Tbe Admiralty was communicated with , and kindly sent down Captain Beechey , R . N ., to give his valuable advice and assistance ; and they also lent tbe
Prospero government steamer , Lieutenant Aldridse , R . N ., to aid in carrying out the undertaking . Meanwhile the Bri ta nnia . was hired to bring tho cable from Whitehaven , and afterwards pay it out from Holy he a d to Dub li n . . " The enormous cable , eighty miles in length , weighing a ton per mile , and all in one continuous piece , was wound up into immense coils , placed on trucks , one after tho other , and drawn by steam from Nowoastie-upon-Tyne to Whitehaven—from one side of England to the other . The Bri t anni a , as has been stated , steamed to Whitehaven to take it on board ,, when , unfortunately , it was found that the entrance to tbe dock was too narrow to permit tho vessel to enter . The coils had then to be replaced on trucks , and carried to Mary-port , where they were at length embarked , and speedily conveyed to Holyhead . Kow it
might be hoped that ail difficulties had been overcome , and tbat there was nothing to ... do but to lay dotvn the line ; but Mr . Statham , who had already achieved tho Dover and Calais connexion , knew too well the dangers and accidents to which those concerned were liable in the < vent of a gale , to trust anything to chance , or to proceed one step further without a careful preliminary .- inspection . The insulation of the copper was tested , and found to be defective ; then the portions stowed in the various departments of tho ship were examined separately , and at last it was ascertained that tbe fault lay in some eiglit miles of the lino lying in the bottom of the hold . There was nothing for it but to disembark the leviathan bulk , and to track it step by step to the exact seat of the defect . This was accordingly done , tbe f a ult remedi e d , and by Tuesday morning tbe giant
rope was in readiness to be placed in its abiding homo . "Early on Tuesday morning the Bri annia , under the command of Capt . Browne , andtovred by the Prospero , under Lieut . Aldridge , R . N ., commenced , paying out the cable , according as it sank by its own weight to the bottom of t ho s e a , along the route from Holyhead to Jlowth . There were on board , besides the officers and crew , R . S . Newall , E-q , with a gang from the Gateshead Works ; Samuel Statham , E-q „ with a party fronvthe Gutfa Percha Works ; Thomas Allen , Esq .. the inventor of a new telegraph ins t rum e nt ; a nd Mr . R a id , pin . L . D . Gordon , Esq , ( Mr . Newall ' s partner ) had previously departed to Dublin , to supervise the land line from the latter city to Howth .
Occasional difficulties were experienced in the paying out ot the coils ; bnt they wero all overcome through tbe tkb ] and energy of Messrs . Statham and Newall . Slowly the vessels ploughed on at a rate varying from three to five miles an hour ; and at length , between seven and eight o ' clock on tbe same evening , tbe Britannia anchored off Howth . An electric current was sent through the wire to Holyhead , and th e r e turning a nswer broug h t t h e ple as ing intelli gence that tbe line was all ri g ht throu g hou t , and perfectly insulated . The portion of cable requisite for completing the connexion with the shore and land line was now laid down , and the parties engaged in this arduous undertaking soug ht som e repose , after nearly t wo days and ni ghts of excessive and harrowing exertion , about daybreak on Wednesday
morning . " It might be supposed that everything was now smooth and prosperous Buoyant with hope , those who had already suffered so much in tbe attempt went down at noon on Wednesday , to ' the Amiens-street terminus , to teat the success of their enterprise . The batteries were put in action , t he w ire s w e re c onnected , and they anxiously waited a repl y , but none arrived ! They telegraphed to Howth and were answered—tho fault was further off than the land line . An express train was provided and they dashed down to Howth . Again they telegraphed to Holyhead from the shore—no answer ! They took a boat and rowed to tbe shi p . A message sent to Holyhead brought back the reply th a t' all was right there . ' I t w a s now m a nifest th a t t he fault lay somewhere between the Britannia and tbe shore .
" It was necessary again to take up this portion of the line , and test it Utile by little . The defect was probably caused by the straining of the ship upon a line comparatively short . When discovered , it , was soon remedied on board . It was again recoiled into an open boat , the crew of which made a renewed attempt to lay it d own to the shore . In the meantime Messrs . Statham and Newall pro * ceeded to shore in another boat with the instruments ; but when they undertook the boat which had been engaged in paying out the cable they found it at a stand , tbe crew having managed tosink the whole line while still some digtance from the shore . Again Mr . Statham had to return
to tbe ship , get another mile of cable uncoiled , recoil it in the boa t , and then row to where the deficient extremity or tbe cable remained ; and there , in a-i open boat , at t w o o clock in the morning ; , w i t h t he aid of a li tt le burnm * spirits , to solder the wires , reunite the gutta percha , an 3 restore the cable to a continuous and nsulated whole . This was effected , the remaining distance to the shore laid down , and that night of toil was at length repaid by a success the most ample and complete . On Thursday the Britannia let go the cable and steamed away ; while those on sliore , after repeated experiments , were satisfactorily convinced that the communication with Holyhead was now at length without impediment . "
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Death Unoer Mtsikrious CiacuMsiAscEs .-Thebody of a man a b ou t fort y-iWe years of ago , unknown , was found in the river Irwell , at Manchester , on Saturday , under mysterious circumstances . He was found in a part of tho river near the race course , by a man named John Ellis , who slept at one of the booths on the course on Friday night . Ellis rose about half-past four o ' cl o ck on Sa t urd ay morning and was walking b y t ho s ide of the riv e r , when JET u ° ft \\ ° l 0 Wer - parfc mi ] n S on a sand b a nk , and the bead and other portions under water . He returned to the booth and gave information to his master , and afterwards went to a police-officer , who immediately accoompanied him to the spot . The body was conveyed to the Griffin inn Broughton-road . Thedeceawjd was about five feet t ' sroe
inches in height , with a full face , was rather stout built , and his hair turned a little grey . He bad on a pair of good black cloth trowsers , woollen stockings , and a twilled calico shirt . He was without . either coat , waistcoat , shoes , or hat . His neck was uncovered . Neither money nor any other article was to bo found in his pockets or on any part of his person . There was no wound or mark upon any part of his bod y . Iaforhiation has been left at all the police offices , but the body has not been identified . An inquest was held on Saturday evening , when the jury found a verdict of"Found drowned *
OrsambntaI Art . —The exhibition of tbe works of the students of the several Schools of Ornamental Art , recently opened . at the department of Practical Art at Marlboroughboos e , has been closed to the public , having been visited by several thousands of persons . The works will be forthwith returned to the local schools .
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JLKULAND . EXTRAOnWNABT BIOTS J . V BEXFASr . The subjoin e d account is com p il e d from t h e B e lfast p ap ers of Wednesday : — One of the extraordinary and unforeseen occurrences which , from time to lime , avise out of tbe roost trivial causes , took place yesterday evening i" Belfast mtiie shape of disturbances , amounting to riots , which continued , at interval ? , for some hours . In the morn , ing a verv large body of Teetotaller * nwt in procesnon in town , aecordins to annual custom , and proceeded by the Belfast and Ballvmena Railway to Randnlstowu . where a puMic meeting was . held . On fornjer occasions a very large muster was made to witness tbe return of the party in the evening ; and last year , when the Teetotallevs spent the day in Armagh , the crowds were so dense at the terminus of the Ulster Railway , that the returning party were enabled onlv with the utmost difficulty , to emerge from the station . It is well known that , from whatever cause , those processions are nr . t looked wwn with favour hy a cl : > ss in the town ; and . on the last occasion verv serious apprehensions were entertained that on the ot tne ensued
return of the procession a breach peace woum nave . Fortur . ate ! v , however , though there was a good deal of mischievous hustlin" everything passed off quietly . A large crowd collected in the vicinity of the Belfast and Ball y m ena Railway ter m in u s , awaitine the arrival of the processionists about six o ' cl' ck . Shortly after that hour news arrived of the breakdown of the engine attached to the special train , near the BallvpsiHady station . After the lapse of a brief period , another engine was got ready and despatched to brin" the train home . The crowd , disappointed at the amusement IheVhad promised themselves . occupied themselves with pelting tods at the cars that passed up and down , and pebbles at-a small bodv of nolice who bad lormed to keep order . At first the matter did not excite any serious apprehensions , but it was thought prudent to send for more police . Mr . Lindsay , who was present with the local town police . Acting County Inspector Hill , constable Hender . son and a party of the constabulary , were soon joined by Mr . Armstrong with about thirty men of the local force . Tbe arrival of this mrtv on the around was marked , by repeated groaning on the part
of the mob , and renewed volleys of stones , by which many of the no'ice were very seriously injured . Mr . Tracy , R . M ., who was among the first at the scene of the disturbance , after several Stintless attempts , by remonstrating with the rioter * , to induce them to sepavate , was ' struck by a large stone on the cheek , under the right eve and cut severely . His face and neck were immediately covered with blood . At tbis moment stones were flying in all directions Mr . Hill , while awaiting the directions of the magistrates present , Messrs Tracy and Stevenson , received a blow of a stone on the back of the head which stunned him . The Riot Act was then read and the constabulary charged , when the crowd gave way , retiring up York-street , ana into Ship-street Dock street , and the other avenues leading from the scene of the occurrence . A messenger bad been despatched at the commencement of the disturbance to tbe Bally , macavrett station , at > d Head . eonstable M'lntyre , with his party from that station , immediately ui receiving the intimation that they were required , procured cars , and had proceeded to the middle of York-street , when they were attacked with stones . The last car , on
which constable M'Eneely and Larkin were seated , was considerably behind tbe others , and on them the crowd expended their en . tire resentment . Constable M'Eneely was knocked off the car on his back , and Constable Larkin shared a similar fate j some of the crowd then set upon them , and kicked them in the ribs and breast , rendering the former almost insensible , and , had it not been for the intervention of some men from Ballymaosrrett , to whom the constables were knowu , the consequences might have been far more serious . These me ' n threw tliemselves among the acsatlants , and helped to keep off the blows aimed at the constables , Larkin escaped into a house , and M'Eneely was rescued by a party of conntubulary who came to his aid . He was helped in to the house of Mr . M'Kenzie , in Abbotsiord place , not being able to walk without assistance . At this time the flinging of stones was persevered in witb as much ferocity as before . Lieutenant Lloyd , of the coast-guard , received a blow of a brickbat over tbe right eye , which inflicted a very severe wound . Most of the constabulary , against whom the greatest animosity seemed te have been directed , were at this period bleeding from wounds in the face and bead . The toivn police did net softer
so much . A Grenadier company of the 16 th . underthe command of Captain Child , arrived on the scene about nine o ' clock , amid groans and a few stones , none of which did any injury . By the aid of the military the portion of York street from the railway station up to Dock-street was cleared in a short time ; but stones continued to be thrown even after the crowd had been driven tbat distance back About half-past nine o ' clock Lieutenant Colonel Garrett , K . C . B ., arrived accompanied by Captain Piper , with the Light Company of the 16 th , and by the juaiwous posting of small detachments on the footways , and clearing the streets , order was partly restored , The town police had made about eleven piisoners , and while escorting them to the police-office the crowd renewed their attacks with stones . Sergeant Baxter received a blow on the mouth from a large brickbat , and it was apprehended that a rescue was about being made . A halt was obliged to be called on three several occas ' ons in York-street , and the streets cleared , the irowd retreating on all occasions when a charge was made . Eventually the prisoners were given in charge at the police-office , aud at a late hour tho crowd gadually dispersed .
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EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FEMALE DEPRAYm —THE JET-BLACK BEGGAR AKD HIS LADYFAIR . Mahomet Abraham , a jet-black beggar man , who is usually led through t he s t ree t s by a brown dog , and Elizi ¦ , aged twenty-three , the daughter of a gentleman whs > resides in London , were broug ht before the Lord Mayor by Henry Major , an offioer of the Mendicity Society . The mala prisoner is a peculiarly revolting object , his head being covered with long matted hair , and the covering upon his limbs being tattered and filthy to an extreme degreo . The woma is a S'nall-sized , pretty-faced one , presenting a remarkable contrast to tho wretched creature who accompanied and was cherished by hor .
The Moodicuy Officer said : At twenty minutes past eleven o ' clock I saw tlio two pri-oners together in Bishopspato-stroet . They had come from Halifax-street , where they live together , and tho girl fastened a petition to the man ' s breast , and placed him and his dog rear the Sir Paul Pindar public-house , in an aU i t ude of su pp lic at ion . As soon as she bad deposited him to her satisfaction against the wall , she retired from biro , I soon saw him receive a p e nny , and I apprehended them both . The Lord Mayor . —Is it possible that those twe parsons have been living together ?" The Mendicity Officer . —I have traced them to their very bed , and have been particularly informed of tbeir habits .
Captain Wood , of tbe Mendicity Society . —Tbe case is certainly , the most extraordinary I have met with in all my experience , and discloses not on y a singular instance of per v erted t asto , but other peculiarities calculated to excite surprise and illustrate the beg-ring system . Perhaps the most exploit way of infomniag your Lordship of t ); c circumstances of tho case is by realling a letter which I re c eiv e d fro m the young wom a n ' s father , who i s presen t i n the justice-room : — TO THE SECHETABr OF THE MEVDICiTV SricrMT . BED tlOHSQUARE . Dear Sir , —I bes to submit the following utetvossing case to yrur sympathies , and to solicit from you the advice and assistance which I am led to understand are kindly afforded by your society in extraordinary cases out of the pale of parental aathoiity . By birth ind education a gentleman , I married hi the jear 1829 a lady in the same -pliere « f society , by whom I had issue two ( laugh ' ers ,
the elde * t < rf waanx ( the unfortunate subject of this application ) , now twenty-three years of age , was , from the age of three months , brought up and educated in the first style y her mntersial grandfather and grandmother . At their decease , ahout soiea or eiglit years s i nce , she became an unwilling inmate of her parents ' dwelling , from which the cantrireil to getaway m . hn married man , and was not heard « f ( having eluded the effort * of the police to trace her for many momhO until the receipt of a letter in the 'Times ' newspaper , from Mr . D'Arcy , our solicitor , at :-eirtou Abbott , in Devonshire , in which paper a detailed and humane account of the distressing condition of a young lad y then lying at St , Luke ' s Work house appeared under the assumed name of E / izabeth Allen . This account , as regarded my daughter , abo u nded with the most atrocious falsehoods , as detailed by herself to the Board of Guardians of St Luke ' .-t . My wife , having ; a cousin of that name , to whom the solicitor suggested it might apply , went to St .
Luke's , and found our daughter to be the person w ose case had been detailed in the ' Times , ' and on her being brought before them and her mother , was there and then convicted of deliberate falsehood and fraud , and handed over to her mother . Exertions were then successfully made to get her eured of a complication i . f loathsome disorders at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , whence , after being brought to a state of convalescence , and robbing soma of the nurses of small sums of money , she escaped , and again was lost sight of for many months when a gentleman , a friend . of the family , saw her aud gave her into custodv of the police , who restored her once more to her afflicted parents . Her conduct from this period was infamous in tlw extreme , nnd , on her coning of age , she threw off all restraint , and having a small house property ia Devonshire , subject to her parents' interest , but which was waved in lmr favour , she left us , nor did we know of her whweabe-uts until about ten months slnce ^
I met her in tbe streets of tVhitechapel . in the last stage of destitution , filth , and rags , singing ballads . My humanity once aj-. jn led me to speak with h » r , and to remonstrate , the result of which was that we took her home , cleansed , clothed , and cared for her . This lasted but n short time , and her recurrence to her former habits ajain precluded all knowledge respecting hw until a tew days sit . ee , we received u letter from our solicitor , saying tbat he had heard from cur daughter , as the wife of a Jlr . Abraham , de-Bir > e ; the > ale of her property , and requesting him to t » ke the necessaty steps—one oi these , and the preliminary step , being our signatures and consent . My first impulse was to visit the locality specified in the solicitor's letter , « 7 , Little Halifau-street , Whitecliapel , ' and there , in one miserable room , cohabiting with a black blind beggar who
perambulates the streets with a brown dog , this wretched girl is to be found . The parties who live in the same house say that she has been cohabiting with this monstrous loathsome being for two months , and tbat they live most luxuriously . Her mother , who has had an interview with her , states that she boasts of thi * man's bringing her home from the West-end frtquentty I 5 s , perdav , and on an average 7 a . or 8 s per diem . She ttated herself to have " been married to him seven months since at Wliitechapel Church , which on careful inquiry , I f i n d to b e fal s e , having examined tho church books and seen the officials on the subject . These latter conimunieations induce mo to think that tbe humanity and exertions of your society may ho ma 4 o availahlo for the suppression of So much vice and the salvation of this unfortunate child .
The Li > rd Mayor . —Certainly this is the most horrible piece of London romance I ever hoard of , and it would be quite incredible if I had not here before me all tbe person ? concerned . Is it po <* ible , young woman , that you can have any respect or affection for the miserable creature at your sloe ; The Female Prisoner . -Yw , I h a v e both respect and affection for him . I have no idea of leaving him . We can do very well together ( and she laid hold of the tatterdemalion ' s greasy black paw ) . Tho Mendicity officer . —Tho man lias been begging about for several years , and I hare no doubt i « well able to keep a woman m great luxury . I am convinced tbat the g irl has been attracfed by tbe excellent living with which he indulges . her . They have been in the habit of getting the best , and she does not denv it . The Female Prisoner . —Well , I can't go home , and I won't go home . b
Ihebiaos said he had been dog-led through the streets of London for eight years ; that there could be no mistake about his blindness , and if any one knew bow a blind man was to support himself , except upon the kindness of those who were not blind , ho would be much oblioed to be informed in what way , ° The Lord Mayor then communicated privately with the lather of tbe girl , and b o t h prisoners were remanded .
On Tuesday, Mahomet Waa Brought Up For F...
On Tuesday , Mahomet waa brought up for further examination . He was r emanded for a week , in order that arrangements might be made for sending h im b a c k to his o wn country . He was then removed , and Eliz i was placed at the bar . After some examination , and a severe reprimand by the Alderman , she was asked whether she was wlllins to accept tbe arrangements which her friends would make to send her abro . » d . Being answered in tbe affirmative , tha Alderman remanded her for a few days , till such arrangements nerd completed .
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" OUR SPECIAL CORP ^^ T ^ ^^ THE COUP D'ETAT A ^ R Hf ? ^ N ?^ t VEBTISER . ~ th £ BDHWs ^ . ifS ?? " * ' ' An LECTIONS" OF HAViSgI j ^^ OJ } H ^ HYAN V . HOMRR . IHE SHOREDIT CH COUSTV Gwt »„ .-consequence of the anxieties Eft £ ««•*« , i , case the investigation of which occupied ihrS' < £ The s » , t was ins , ilntfd b M Ja P raSS b (> u « = 8 the newspapers , against Mr . John J ^ es fi " *'" " for registered proprietors of the « M or „ MS •' * pap e r , for the recovery of * 14 5 s ! f " iort Suf " ^ S 3 ?& £ &* ^ i ^^ S tSJi ^^^ SSt \^ Ryan deposed that he had been engaged h lE J / ' « WJ ' Mornmg Advertiser" on the 2 nd 0 { December 1 ? r ° Ul > to Pans to take charge of the" Adwiw ™ ° ^ W letters , !* that they ntighi arrivedf ^ tLt ?^ in the columns of the paper . On the 2 nd 1 ^^ pamtiff waited Upon J . J , ^^ * W " "J" ?™* " * minted bim m t „ ll ^ ui iour
<» . < = « me trench generals , the inln ™ ,. ' " « t r e ached plaintiff by telegrl ph . The efflff ^ X « g « od on | f . Eotinth'f irrital at Sou * 1 > * mown correspondent failed , and , should vo ? , " ' * hi * fv ' } ' ° v ' 8 ht se ™ » ^ n " The di ?« asked bun what remuneration be would r quire th * to Pans for the "Advertiser , " and he renlLT , J l peuses , witb tbe liberty of sending co ^ Sci ^ ' "f & lf papers on tbe chance of their miSrT The editor told him that should he require \ " ?* . ** . would not object to the terms , and added « ., ! i !* anxiety in the matter was the dread ot the pZ LS ^ dent , letter not reaching the paper in time without ? ' - s » tuce of a person taking charge of them as iL as bliahraent hadnottbe same arrangements li IT tSta ' some of the morning papers had . The editor tbenfi !! services
me piamtiti , should he be gent , wciilri i ^ render : he would take tbe despatches from Z \ lT the Paris correspondent and bring them on to Calni , 2 . o he would pl a ce t hem on board t he boa t , to be delS ? a person in waiting at Dover , who would bring themll , tbe office . He then requested the plaintiff to call « i m at nine o ' clock in tbe morning at tbe office , when he JS receive a final decision as to whether his services vSa not be required . The plaintiff called tbe next momin ! . J met the editor at tbe door of the office . The editor « $£ } the plaintiff . of having misinformed him as to the " ar , V i the four French generals , " as he ( the editor ) bad been . L „ tounderatand tbat nothing of the kind had taken 2 ? The p laintiff replied tbat the editor was wrong , for 2 upon looking at the morning papers he would fine the fn fully authenticated . Tbe editor rejoined , " You don ' t ma . tbat ? " The plaintiff answered , « Yes , and more than that
your correspondent ' s letter has not arrived , and t he'Ad vertiser' is a blank , with tbe exception of what was bans ferred from the previous evening papers . " This cunveraa ' tiou ensued at the street door of the office in Sboe-lane ' The editor then requested the plaintiff to step upataits and ' having done so , be was asked which paper contained the best account of tbe proceedings at Paris on the previous day . He replied , " I have gjanced at four-all are eood The "Times" ia tbe best . " Tbe editor then requested the plaintiff to procure the "Times , " bo t ha t he mi ght get out a second edition . The plaintiff complied , and the Paris
correspondence of the " Times" was cut out for a second edition of the " Morning Advertiser , " and which edition was published about twelve o ' clock . This was on tbe moraing of the 3 rd ol December . The editor , after t he prin t ers were se t to work , there and then engaged the plaintiff to proceed to Paris upon the terms already mentioned , and Rave him a letter of authority to tbe Paris correspondent . The plaintiff then told the editor that the best mantoliwi at Dover in waiting would be a Mr . Fowler , from his
expenance in running expresses . To tbis the editor replied . "I shall leave all that to yourself . " Tk p laintiff sent Mr . Fowler to Dover and departed himself for Paris , where be arrived on the following morning at an early hour , and at once proceeded to the correspondent ' s residence , where he sent up bis letter of introduction . The correspondent ' s wife informed plaintiff that her husband had left home earl y tbat morning , and requested plaintiff to call again . He called a dnzen times that day and for the two following daysbut could teara
, nothing of tbe correspondent , tbe mfe of the latter being in the greatest alarm , she not having seen or heard ol her husband from the moment of his leaving home on the Thursday morning . The plaintiff returned to London on the Sunday , and waited upon the editor at his private itsidenre . The editor informed plaintiff that the corresr / m dent had sent his letters by the same express as the other papers , and so far that all was right . The plaintiff then expressed bis doubts as to the correspondent ' s ab s ence from home , and added tbat be should feel himself ill-used
if such turned out not to have been the case . The ed it or said he should write ta the correspondent upon the subject , and t his t be edi t o r , in a few days subsequently , said he h a d don e , and received a satisfactory reply . During this interview on the Sunday evenintr , the 7 th of December , tbe editor asked tbe plaintiff his opinion as to ihe policy of tbe 'Advertiser' upon the coup ff elal bein g in favour ot Louis Napoleon , a n d plaintiff said tbat it was a wrong policy , and would have to be changed to that of the Times' and other papers upon the subject . The editor combated this opinion , and they argued the question very w armly and the result was that ihe editor bad to adopt
that opinion in about a fortnight afterwards . ~ Mr . Sergeant Stokes : I cannot allow you to go into the policy of the pap ? r . What can that have to do with the question at issue . '—Plaintiff would bow to the decision of his honour . At , the close of the argument the editor requested Win ( plaintiff ) to call at the office at night , lie did so , and the editor rebuked him severely for having made him look little before his family upon the policy of the paper , and would listen to no explanation . —Mr . Child cross-examined the plaintiff . —Mr . T . F . Fowlet gave evidence confirmatory of the plain ti ff ' s case ,-Mr . Child addressed the court for the defendant . —Mr . James Grant deposed that he was the
editor of the " Morning Advertiser " newspaper . Bad never engaged the plaintiff to go to Paris . There was no occasion for his services , as the delpascbes from Paris bad come regularly to hand during the week . Mr . Ryan had done several matters for the papers , bu t on t his o c caaionhe was never engaged to do anything . Mr . Ryan told witness that he was going to Paris , aud witness said if he sent any thing of interest he ( tbe editor ) would use it . Gave him a letter to the Paris correspondent out of friendly feeling , but not with tbe intention of his services being engaged , as there was no occasion . Mr . Ryan bad called upon witness ha t
about remuneration for his journey , bu t be t old him t he had no 4 aim . Could only remember bis calling once about his claim ; but never saw a bill of expenses until today . f Remembered but one note from plaintiff upon the queetion .-Mr . Sergeant Stokes gave judgment to thee & ct of nonsuiting the plaintiff , upon the ground of want o evidence to prove a contract , leaving bim tbe opportunity ol proceeding anew , should he think himself in a position to produce further evidence upon material circumstances attending this case—Plaintiff : I shall avail myself of the opportunity afforded me for bavins * trial . —The patuw then withdrew .
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Am Americas ok English Rural Scbserit . -IQ a ft * minutes they go off in carriages , and room is left " * •" little waiting-room to strap on our knapsacks . lne * T slackens—ceases , and wo mount by stone steps up a Dan * of roses and closely-shaven turf , to the top of the brm over the cutting . Tiiere wo were right in the mluS " . ' , The country—and aucha country—green , dripp ing , giw «" ing , gorgeous We stood dumb-stricken by its loveiinessi as from tbe Weak Ap ril a nd bar e boug hs we had w * home , broke upon us that English May—in an EngUsfl J »« > with hedges , English hedges , hawthorn hed ges , a » blossom ; homely old farm-houses , quaint stables , ana >
stacks ; the old church-spire over the distant « " ' i . | i mild sun beaming through the watery atmosp here , »« . so quiet—the only sounds the bum of bees and tbe cr -j grass-tearing of a silken-skinned , real , unimporlpu lleI l ' jI | fe cow , over th e ed ge I No longer excited by daring to w ^ wo should see it , as we discussed the scene round tji e ^ home-fire ; no longer cheering ourselves with it " > l »^ pid , tedious ship ; no more forgetful of it in th . 7 ; tt , 0 ment of the busy town ; but there wo were r 'S 'KL aS midst of it ! L o ng time silent , and then spenkmj , ' ""^ n 4 if i t were en c h ant ment ind ee d , wo gazed upon "» y . ^ breathed it—never to be forgotten . At length we > on , rapidly , but frequently stopp ing , one w » » " de . other , like children in a garden : hedges sW , "; " tf 8 licious fr a grance , on each si d e of us , and on , as tar a can see , true farm-fencing hedg es ; nothing trim , stin , t and amateur-liko , but the verdure broken , tufty , low , natural . They are set on a ridee of earth thrown oui » ioe
a ditch beside them , which raises and strengthens « a fence . They are nearly all hawthorn , which w ^ covered in patches , as if after a slight fall of , ? no ' reea clusters of white or pink blossoms over its Jigot 6 { foliage . Here and there a holiy-bush , with bunches ^ sca rl et berri es , and a few other shrubs , mingle witu it . oart meets us—a real , he a vy , big-wheeled Mg »»» *¦ and English horses-real , bi g , shaRgyhoo f ed , sleek , £ »/ , English . cart-horses ; and a carter- * real , a PP'f' ; % eSl smock-froeked , red-beaded , wool-hatted < 'Mj * ~~ . ,, jw . s tockin g s , hob-nailed shoes , and " Gee-up po » MD ^ lish carter . Little birds hop along ibe road before us , bj } we guess at their names , first of all electing one t Robin Redbreast . We study the flowers under « " »»*"» , ! and 'determine them nothing else t h an pr i mro s es ou cups .. Through the gates woadmiro tbe creat , lac , ^ fi ( J necked , contented-facedcows , and l ar g e , white , Iong-w » sheep . What else was there ? I cannot « f ^ . ^ , there was that altogether tbat made us forget ^ our « disregard the win , thoughtless of the way we were go b ^ serious , happy , and grateful . And this excitement contm for many days ' -fPflf ^ ffWl Talks , bg < s » Ammwfi in En g land
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12061852/page/6/
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