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TRAITORS IN HIGHTLACES. Better be any sh...
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WOLVERHAMPTON TIN-PLATE WORKERS. — GREAT...
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Thb Wolverhampton Conspiracy Case.—Mr. D...
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Balloon Descent at a Lunatic Abyi/dm.—Th...
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ADELPHI THEATRE. On Monday evening a new...
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DiAnoncAL Outkaor .—A conspiracy of an a...
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Liberation Of Kossuth. This . Illustriou...
^ tev en rtBtt - . tor .-fhe TransatlanticCon-St . Tte- combined tafiaence . ofthe two JJeat absolutist Powers has "been exercised to sL ntmosflo prevent the liberation of the « reat man ^ whoBe geniM and patriotism first furled backMhe Aristrianff from ^ the- plains « f Hungary ; and : who ,. but for thearmed hordes of Rnssia ; and the treachery of his own generals , would have B flcceeded in : making & at kinsddm independent arid free ^ The '
Sultan has , howeter , apparently -a- higher reverence for his promises than Christian monarch ? have for their solemn oaths . He pledged himself , tnder compulsion ^ to retain the Hangiinan Hero , . iuitil matters had some-• what settled'down in the country , for whose freedom he had so nobly and bravely straggled . He has done so , and thinks the time has now come ' wheh he should cease to be'the gaoler , either of Bussia Or Austria , Failing to intimidatei the Turkish ruler into
compliance withf their' demands ; the - Austrian ( Jovernment haveyit is . said , organised , a hand of ruffians for the" express purpose of murdering Kossuth immediacy on ; leaving the p lace of has . ' detentipri . It is confidently asserted that a , number of assassins , having a safe conduct from Vienna , were lurkingabout Ihe walla of'the fortress for that purpose ; andhy such-bloody and infamous means to prevent their / mastersfrom having any further trouble from a man . whose release they- have not been : able to prevent . We leave our readers to make their own comments on such atrocious conduct ^ and , in conjunction with other recentacta of the same Governments , to
say what kind of treatment , should be meted out to them ' when the day of retaliation comes . KoSSOTH will no doubt be received with enthusiasm o & his arrival in this country . But it is bo place for him to remain in at present . Our Foreign Office has , under Lord Palmerston , stooped to the inconceivable baseness and degradation of adding an Austrian spy department to our Police force . Copying the example of Sir James Graham , who lent the Post-office to a Foreign tyrant , and enabled him to entrap and murder the noble Brothers BA 5 D 1 ERA—the Foreign Minister of England
allows Austria to prostitute our Police force to her detestable and bloodthirsty purposes .. It is probable that this startling fact would have remained a . secret ,-but for . the very , singular circumstances attendant npon the death of the woman calling herself the Baroness Yon BECK , whose really interesting Book on Hungarian affairs we reviewed some time ago . Whether she . was a Baroness , and upon intimate terms with . KossuiH , or one ' Baicdla , an Austrian . woman of low birth , ' the hired spy , for a superior spy as is alleged by those who say she was an impostor , is a matter at present involved in -considerable obscurity .
But one thing is certain , that for the first time in English polity we have a woman spy employed , at a liberal weekly salary , and set to watch the movements of those obnoxious to the Austr ian despot , - with the complicity and sanction of-the Home and Foreign Offices , and the heads of the Police . What explanation the Government may he able to give of this damaging revelation next session ; we know not ; butj . in the meantime , it indicates that Eng land is no home for Kossuth jast now . In the United States , if his . steps are dogged by spies and assassins it . will , at all events , not be with the sanction of the Government . ;
and , in these days of railways and steam ships , a few days will place him in Hungary , whenever Ihe ^ necessity for his presence may arise . The probability is that that time is not far distant , and it is , therefore , all the more necessary that-a life so precious should be placed in -safety .
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Kaffir Wah. Just Before Parliament Rose ...
KAFFIR WAH . Just before Parliament rose for the recess , Lord Grey stated that he was in daily expectation of a mail , which he confidently anticipated would bring intelligence of . the termination of hostilities with the Kaffirs . That mail came , but it did not bring news of the close of the war . Another has arrived , and , instead of its termination , we learn that affairs are . goihg from had to worse , that the whole country is in the virtual possession of an enemy / with whom we are unable to cope effectually ; and that the tactics of the Governor Sir Habby Smith , so far from being
successful , have spread desolation , murder , and dismay through the whole of the territory subject to the incursions of these warlike savages . It . will he remembered' that hi previous defensive and stationary policy was explained by'the necessity for waiting until he received reinforcements to enable him to drive the Kaffirs from the fortresses of the Amatolas . The troops he waited for have arrived , the Kaffirs have been driven from the
fortresses , hut only to over-spread the more open country—to burn , destroy , and carry off property wholesale ; and to do so with impunity . Behind , before , and on each side of our troops the Kaffirs start up . They melt before the attack of trained and disciplined troops ; but the moment they are scattered in one spot they re-assemble in another , and conscious of their inferiority in open combat , they lie in ambush , and pick off our troops in detail , without risk to themselves .
Such intelligence as this is equivalent to a defeat , and must be met by a change of policy on the part of the Home Government . We ought cither to send out a very large and properly equipped force , sufficient to put an end to the war . at once , or withdraw both troops and colonists from the disputed territory , narrow our boundaries , and thus he able , should the Kaffirs persevere in hostilities , to
present a strong , compact , and welL-defended frontier to their attacks . For many reasons , we think , the last is the most advisable course . ~ R e can gain no glory , even in the vulgar acceptation of that term , by shooting down a host of almost naked savages . The country about which the quarrel , has arisen is one vast mass of sand and rocks , the fee-simple of which is not worth tbe price of a single year ' s estimate for the "keep of the troops ; and its possession would at all times render us liable to
similar aggressive or capricious outbreaks on the part of our barbarous nei g hbours . Extension in such a colony means weakness , disaster , and loss of life and treasure , without any corresponding return whatever . Instead of persevering in such a ruinous course as this , it will he far better , for Sir H . Smith to concentrate his forces on the frontier of the old settled lands , and betake himself to the task of giving satisfaction to the colonists of whom he is the nominal Governor . On the other hand , if Earl Grey will not doit , some other Colonial Minister musfbe found who will give the Cape
Colonists the power of managing their own affairs , accompanied by the corresponding duty of defending their own lives and propertiesat their own expense . When they are once placed in that position , ' Kaffir Wars' will be ' few and far between / and when they do occur , will he settled in one quarter of the . time , and at one tenth of the expense entailed upon the Mother Country , by such inglorious and f htile quarrels . When every class is crying out against the enormous load of taxation under which it labours , when remissions of taxes on knowledge , oh ; soap , on teay on incomes , and
a host of other , things necessary and desirable are refused , because the annual ' expenditure will not permit such reductions , it is surely 'too bad' for every taxpayer in England to he obliged to carry one or two Kaffirs on his hack . E very-penny squandered . in this insane Warfare is absolutely wasted . No possible good can resnltfrom it in any shape whatever to the nation , or to the Colony itself . The onl y class who appear to gain anything by its con tinuance are . the .. officers employed , who have a chance of , distinguishing themselves ID web- profession ^ aiMl obtaining thereby quicker
Kaffir Wah. Just Before Parliament Rose ...
promotion . But that is too small an object to be obtained at such a costly rate . It resembles the Chinese method of roasting pigs , so quaintly described hy .: Charles Lamb . : - Having discovered a pig roasted in the ashes of a house that had heen burned down , whenever they desired afterwards to taste that delicacy , they set' fire to a house , until some one more sagacious than the rest suggested , that'the kindling of a fire , and suspending the pig before it , would suit quite as well , and be much less costly and dangerous . So we say to our military" officers : . Ton must not burn down either your own houses , or tho houses of other people , to . cook : your pigs , but be contented with-less expensive methods .
Li the meantime , we may make up our minds to have a fearfully , large account sent in next Session , by way of showing how dear Lord Grey is to his country .
Traitors In Hightlaces. Better Be Any Sh...
TRAITORS IN HIGHTLACES . Better be any shade of politics than a republican ,, under Pbesident Buonaparte . The Legitimists may openly p lot for the restoration of the Bourbons , and make pilgrimages to consult as to the best means of handing over France once more to absolutism and dynastic tyranny , based on the right divine of kings to govern wrong . But for them the law has neither terrors nor punishment . They plot , intriuge , and conspire against the established order of things , without even
disapproval or censure . - The Orleanists , on the other hand , may as openly busy themselves with intrigues , the object of which is to place tho Count de Paris on a throne , and to subject the people of France " once more to a form of government so thoroughly detested that not even Louis Phileite ' s knowledge of the world and very considerable ability , conjoined with a liberal expenditure on public works and palaces—always a capital mode of popularity hunting in France , could not render it endurable . The lapse of eighteen years failed to enable the House of Orleans to . strike root .
At the very first revolutionary blast it was swept from its place as easily as a bed of thistle down . Yet even for the promotion of the dynastic pretensions of this family , adventurers , and intriguers , and conspirators , are allowed to band themselves together and act undisguised treason to the Republic without let or hindrance . The clique at Claremont are permitted , -through their agents , to . set on foot every description of electioneering and seditious movement against the established Constitution , unchecked and unpunished . The Republican President , who has sworn to maintain that Constitution inviolable—the .
Ministers , who have taken the same oath—the law officers , whose special duty it is to prosecute treasonable and seditious offenders , resolutel y close their eyes upon all these overt attempts to overthrow the Republic , " of which they are the Executive . In like mannertheSocieieBiie Decembre , the object of which is to make ' my uncle ' s nephew ' , an Emperor , pursue their course . unvisited by prosecution , fine or imprisonment , although both their purpose and their conduct are clearly illegal and treasonable .
Very different , indeed , is the treatment of those who seek to uphold the Republic . They are . proscribed , hunted from place to place , dragged from their beds at night by the Police , without warrant or distinct cause being shown for their arrest and imprisoned in filthy and unhealthy dungeons , without being told the charges against them . They are retained for long periods at the pleasure of the Government , until the abominable and infamous
mouckards in its pay , can contrive to cook up a case for the ready appetite of a Court Martial ; and , at length , in defiance of all the rights guaranteed to citizens by the . Constitution , they are condemned . to , transportation for life , to imprisonment for lengthened periods , accompanied by the deprivation of all civil rights—in other words , they are formally outlawed , and ' forcibly driven to herd with the vilest criminals , because they are loyal to the Republic 3
This week has seen quite a battue of Republicans by the Parisian police . At one sweep upwards of two hundred and fifty persons were carried off to prison , there to remain till the infamous mockery of Justice , at Lyons , is played oyer again , in their case . Tho only crime alleged against these persons is , that they were engaged in measures , the object of which was to maintain the Republic against the conspiracies . of Monarchists , Bourbons , Orleanists , and Buonapartists . . For that offence they are prosecuted by a Republican Government !
This ie a strange and a fearful state of things . It is of a piece with the perjury , selfishness , meanness , and utter want of principle which , in almost every other direction , characterises the rulers of Europe at ^ the present moment . With perhaps the singe exception of Sardinia , there is scarcely a Prince on the Continent who has not openly and deliberately violated his solemn oaths , or is prepared to do so . Never before in history was such an example of wholesale perjury set to the people , by their rulers . Every principle that ought to be held most sacred has been
ruthlessly and wantonly trampled under foot . They have set at defiance every law , both human and Divine , in their atrocious onslaught on the liberties of their subjects . In the middle of the 19 th Century of the Christian era , Emperors , Kings , Grand Dukes , Electors , the Pope , and his Cardinals , have one and all fallen back upon brute force , as the sole weapon for maintaining their sway over prostrate nationalities . The cannon and the powder magazine are the foundation of their thrones—the sword and the bayonet their only ramparts . They regard their subjects as
their enemies , and in the name of ' Peace , Law , and Order , ' they are making Europe a moral desert . Talk of the Reign of Terror in the first French Revolution ! why it was a bagatelle , in comparison to the atrocities that are now weekly perpetrated in every petty principality on the Continent , by forsworn and shameless rnlers , who are , by their conduct , but too surely provoking terrible and bloody reprisals , from those whom their oppression is rapidly goading to madness , resistance , and revenge . Among these state criminalsone of the greatest is the
Pre-, sident of the French Republic . Let him beware of the result of his machinations against the people , whose generosity have placed him in his present elevated position . To whom much is given , much is expected . In proportion to the power and the opportunity ef doing rightly is the responsibility of the individual . - If , instead of using these powers honestly and truthfully , he has pervented and abused them . If he hashed , intrigued , and manoeuvred to gain for himself the prolongation of powers denied hy the Constitution he swore to maintain and uphold . If , instead of
applying the executive powers entrusted to him to their legitimate purposes—namely , the maintenance of Republican institutions iu all their integrity , he has basely and falsely turned them against the honest and sincere defenders of those institutions , let him depend upon it , that a day of retribution will arrive ; and instead of gaining the paltry object for which those political crimes have been committed , he will meet with the merited punishment , due to faithless and purjured traitors to the divine rig ht of the people , and their own solemnlv recorded oaths to uphold that rig ht . .
It Is Said In Galignani That M. Petin Wi...
It is said in Galignani that M . Petin will be ready in about a fortnight to make his first experimpnt with his " navigable balloon vessel . Wtikoham is raisThg a subscription to adorn her ¦ " SSSS- -SKA * *• fr * - ** exl , lblted intho Cryatal . ^ alace ,
It Is Said In Galignani That M. Petin Wi...
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . : T , B . Ddkcombb , Es ^ ., M . P ., President . Established 1845 . " MAT J 0 ST 1 TU . " "If it were possible for . the working classes , by combining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the B « n ® ral rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoices at , ' > - ... . 6 TOABT llltL .
As the 'Conspiracy * cases approach their solemn and final solution , their deep topoitynce . > ri a public view becomes daily ' more apparent / The Daily Press—ever ready to take sides with the poor man ' s oppressor , when that oppressor , appears in ibe person of an over-reaching , wages-reducing tyrant—has , it appears , learned with evident surprise and vexation , that it is not our intention to sit down submissively-under the , Stafford verdicts , or Judge Erie ' s version of the law , as applicable to . the working men and their employ eta ; . '
The 'Time ' s' and ; . * , DaiIy News , ' , have each within these few days honoured us and our cause with lengthy and gratuitous advertisements in tbe most prominent page of their journals , for which favour we duly return . them our grateful acknowledgments . The ' Times' is surprised to learn —and is evidently astonished—at our dissatisfaction with Justice Erie ' s law and Stafford verdicts ; arid in its peculiarly vigorous and . unscrupulous manner , bespeaks' for us' a severe and vindictive sentence . The . ' Daily News , ' in its more specious and Jesuitical style , sympathises with us ; inasmuch as , being already comfortably housed within her Majesty ' s gaol at Stafford , we . shall have undergone
three months of our imprisonment from . a sentence which may possibly after all be reversed , This remarkable specimen of editorial accuracy , is , however , far exceeded in another portion of tbe same article , wheli the learned scribe who perpetrates them , dreams that he has received and published a letter signed William Feel , ' wherein he has announced having given his solicitor instructions to enter an action against Mr . Perry far a libel . Whether , from a more than ordinary dose of gin or opium , or some other powerful narcotic , the editorial brain was in a happy state of obfuscation , we know not ' ; but we do know , that we are no ' , nor have been yet , within the walls of Stafford Gaol ,
and that we have not written any : such letter as is imputed to us ; and his editorship would be most amusedly puzzled to produce the copy of the journal in which he says it was inserted . Nevertheless , tbe object of' the article is sufficiently manifest , which is to deter the working classes from contributing towards the legal expenses required for the further prosecution of our defence , and to arouse the manufacturing interest to' rally round their champion—the litigious and immaculate Edward Perry . The * Daily Hews' demurs to the estimate repotted to have been given by Mr . Roberts of the cost of the past and future proceedings , and charges us with a desire—by parading the Heavy costs of these
proceedings—of "deterring | the' employ ingclass from imitating Mr . E . Perry ' s lawless proceedings . We should indeed rejoice to find such to be the case ; but we have not—nor ever had—the slightest doubt that pence enough would be found in England to defeud English workmen from so wanton and unjustifiable an attack upon their industrial rights . We think we can venture to promise the « Daily News , ' the ' Times , ' and their amiable protegees , the Perrys , that if needs be , we shall even intrude our plebeian wrongs into the princely and aristocratic atmosphere of the House of Lords ; for , to borrow the . * Daily News' important statement : — ' The principle at stake is far too great to be submitted
to , no matter what the cost of resistance may be . ' ' So the sooner the highest decision on the question can he obtained , the better . ' "We say Amen ' to that , and reiterate our thanks to the ' Times ' and ' Daily News , ' for their handsome fand gratuitous advertisements , whereby we have no doubt the Defence Fund will be materially strengthened , and a ¦ rue knowledge of the principle and objects of the National Association of United Trades , widely diffused . We are truly thankful for these small favours , and shall ever hold them in our grateful remembrance . We rejoice to learn that tbe cause is being taken up with becoming spirit in Glasgow ,
and other parts of Scotland , Manchester and Liverpool are also thoroughly aroused , and are doing their duty nobly . Messrs . Green and Humphries have left town , the one for the west , the otber for the north ; and we have no doubt tbe next few months will bear golden testimony to their energetic exertions , and our quailing prosecutors discover that thi'y have by these prosecutions done about as wise a thing as they would had they thrust their heads into a quickset hedge , or their unfortunate bands into a hornet ' s nest . We wish them much joy of their temporary triumph , which we fancy they will find short-lived and most unsatisfactory .
The verbatim report of the trials is now in the course of publication , in weekly threepenny numbers . We advise our members to possess themselves oi a record of , perhaps , the most interesting and important trials which have ever taken place between the rival interests—Labour and Capital . We regret that from the very heavy expenses attending its publication , its price is somewhat higher than periodicals which are usually patronised by the working classes ; but we are sure its very great important will obtain for it an extended circulation . JJo . II . is published this day , and may be obtained through any bookseller or newsman .
We return our thanks to the Metropolitan Trades who arc , for the most part , sending in additional contributions . We have this week received ' Ml additional £ 30 from the Ainalgawald Engineers , making , we believe , nearly £ 100 from that important body ; indeed , iu all quarters our prospects are cheering and satisfactory . ' Our excellent President , Mr . Buncombe , whoso health , we are happy to say , is rapidly improving under the genial influence of the present delightful weather , has sent us a letter , which will be read with feelings of pleasure by onr friends and members . We are proud to find that our proceedings have that patriotic gentleman ' s sympathy and approval ; and we shall not fail , to our utmost , in acting upon his excellent advice , and seek redress for the deep wrongs done to us by Mr , Perry in a court of justice .
We are happy to state that applications have been received for rules and information from nearly 400 Boiler Makers of Glasgow , preparatory to joining the Association ; and additional adhesions from the Silk Dressers , whom the '; Leeds Employers , oppressions have aroused into active resistance . Thus does tyranny ever defeat itself , and promote the cause it blindly and ignorantly endeavours to crush ; as if the Silk Dressers were to surrender their constitutional rights at the imperial bidding of a bloated profitinonger . ( Credat Judjeus . )
We hope next week to be able to report of the satisfactory progress of our friends and colleagues , Messrs . Green and Humphries , and of the wide and rapid extension of an Association , for the destruction of which a powerful confederacy is forming , but which , we venture to predict , will reap nought but disappointment and disgrace from their conspiracy . William Pbbl , Secretary . 259 , Tottenham-court-road .
Mr. T. S. Duncombe And The Trades. We Ha...
MR . T . S . DUNCOMBE AND THE TRADES . We have heen requested to publish the following correspondence : —« 88 , St . James ' s-street , August 30 th , 1851 . Dear Sib , — I duly received your able account of the proceedings at Stafford , together with various newspapers containing comments thereon . I shall be further obliged to you to send me the full report of both trials as soon as printed , for if the views of the committee are correct , I think it is impossible that the matter can or ought to rest where it is .
... As innocent men , you acted quite right in rejecting with scorn the contemptible compromise proposed at the eleventh hour , by yow quailing prose outers ; but I see no reason , because -an appeal is ponding , why the contemplated indictment for perjurv should not proceed , unless certain employer ' s are to be permitted , not only to conspire with impunity to defraud their workmen of that " fair day ' s wage" proved to be given by their more honest and liberal-minded townsmen , but also to perjure themselves to any extent that may best suit their sinister objects . „„„ ., 1 am sanguine as to the success of on appeal , from perusing the vile attempts and foul misrepresentations of a portion of the press , written evibocieiiea
dently with a view of deterring Trades , and the working classes generally , from Providing those " sinews of war" whereby the Stanqrq . verdicts will most probably be set aside , such parties well knowing , that if those verdicts are permitted to pass undisturbed and unquestioned , no violence , no threats , no intimidation having been used , the praiseworthy intention of this legislature in repealing the combination Act , will be defeated beyona their most sanguine hopes and expectations . . I cannot conclude without expressing my admiration of the very eloquent and unflinching manner in which Mr . Parry and the other gentlemen , counsel for the defence ; maintained the rights ot
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wfJlw" ola 8 /? 8 ' upon au occasion so important to the cause of labour . , I remain , dear sir , yours faithfully , ' -. Tzv \ t « to " „ , Thomas S . Dcncombe . A « n „ i »«;«^ ; T ? eei '« ^ y t 0 tne National Association , of United Trades , « fc 0 ., Ac .
• - ' . ' ¦ N * 'J { j l . Association of United Trades , tw cJ % L otte '* iham-court-road , London . ? k ^ . »„ n £ ' r haTe the honour to acknowledge tne receipt of your kind communication of the 30 th u . t ., and am instructed by the Committee , on behalf of themselves ana ot tne labw > , j nterest 8 of Great Britain generall y , to offer you their grateful thanks for this fresh proof of . your devotedness to the interests of the working classes . + ! , »? - •?¦ ¦ them great satisfaction-to find that ffl i A , gna ? ' 1 fus ^ tho terms of compromise ottered thern . by the prosecutors has met with your IT ° 1 l ., an < i I , * " " ^ runted further to assure you , that they will avail themselves of everymeans at their disposal of legally vindicating their proceedings , as the popularly elected directors for their order , whose mission it is to defend the sacred right of " industrial combination . " within those limits recognised by the statute law of England , . .
I shall not fail to forward a copy of the verbatim report of the trial as soon as published . I nave the honour to remain , dear sir , ( On behalf tbe Committee ) , Your . obliged and faithful servant , nv b t » . ; WuMurpBBii . Secretary , T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., m . P .
Wolverhampton Tin-Plate Workers. — Great...
WOLVERHAMPTON TIN-PLATE WORKERS . — GREAT PUBLIC MEETING AT CHELTENHAM . The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to by a public meeting of working men , recently held at the Working Men ' s Institution , Cheltenham : — 1 st . —That this meeting look upon the late trial at Stafford , of the London Trades Delegates and Tin-plate Workers of Wolverhampton , as an act of oppression , and an encroachment upon the labouring classes generally . That we render every just available means in our power , to defend them , as the best means of checking the evil intentions of designing . men . 2 nd . —This meeting views the conduct of Perry , the Tin-plate Manufacturer , of Wolverhampton , while holding correspondence and conference with the Trades' Delegates , as treacherous and unprincipled , and deserving the censure of every honest man .
3 rd . —That the services of the commiitee a ! ready formed to raise subscriptions for the above object , be accepted , with power to add to their numbers , — viz ., Messrs . Birbeck , Chapman , Apperley , Hiscox , Miller , Joiner , and E . Shavland , Secretary ; ' . ¦ £ . —That the . thanks of this meeting is due—and are hereby given—to the conductors of tho National Association of United Trades , for their manly conduct during this long-pending trial ; and we hereby recommend our fellow-townsmen to forthwith join tho above association . . . . 5 th . —That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Cheltenham Free Press , for sending a reporter ; and to the Northern Star , Reynolds ' s Newspaper , Wolverhampton Herald , and Glasgow Sentinel , for their advocacy of the cause .
The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman , for his noble conduct as an employer in advocating the rights of labour .
Thb Wolverhampton Conspiracy Case.—Mr. D...
Thb Wolverhampton Conspiracy Case . —Mr . Dickinson sends us an address , from which we select the following ;—It is possible , though not probable , that we may be beaten in the Queen ' s Bench , and if we are , every workman and trade ' s unionist will have to put their shoulders to the wheel , and get the obnoxious law erased from the statute book . We shall then be compelled to make a dash at the Suffrage . Self-protection will force us to be politician ; our numbers and united actions will force any parliament or ministry to do us
justice , and thus good will come out of evil . I expect to visit our brethren in Derby , Nottingham , Stafford , Leicester , and other places , within a few days ; and it will bo well , if all who have this cause at heart in those places , would prepare the trades as quickly as possible ; and if friends require our aid in other parts of the country to assist in the necessary work of raising funds , let them write immediately to Mr . Greenslade , Bell Inn , Old Bailey , and their communications will be attended to .
Balloon Descent At A Lunatic Abyi/Dm.—Th...
Balloon Descent at a Lunatic Abyi / dm . —The veteran Green , having made his 485 th ascent from Yauxhall Gardens in the Nassau Balloon on Monday evening , accompanied by a party of gentlemen , effec ted a safe descent on the lawn in front of the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum . Many of the patients , who were enjoying their evening amusements , immediately assisted him in securing the balloon , and rendering him the required assistance . It being the intention of the company ) which consisted of a party of distinguished military officers , again to embark at dawn of day on an aerial voyage , the descent was accomplished with scarcely any loss of gas . Balloon ascents being now of so frequent occurrence they scarcely deserve any notice in a public journal , but it is with pleasure that we record this , being a practical illustration of the great improvement which has been
effected by Dr . Conolly , and others following his humane views , in the treatment of the insane in this country . Here a large quantity of afflicted persons immediately rendered the required assistance j and , although the extensive grounds soon became visited by neighbours from all directions , with whom they mixed , they cheerfully returned to the wards of the building , without any mischievous excitement from the event . Mr . Green and his friends having been received and made welcome by Dr . Diamond , they again ascended early in the morning , Mr . Green observing , it had never been his lot to alight in a more suitable or cheerful spot ; his companions , some of whom bad travelled much in foreign countries , expressing in very strong language the " immense humanity " now here displayed in the treatment of lunatics compared to similar establishments they had visited .
Tub Government Duty on Rahwats . —A Bill is to be brought into Parliament early next session , which has for its object the abolition or . modification of the present very oppressive passenger tax levied on railways . Many companies which at present paid no dividend , and indeed should they ever be so successful arc not likely for many years to come , are obliged to pay large sums annually for passenger duty to the goveanment , which tho shareholders naturally consider a great hardship , and as it can hardly be urged by any person in the House that a number of gentlemen are to invest their capital solely for tho purpose of increasing the revenue of the country , there is very little doubfbut that the Bill will pass .
Canadian Land and Railway Association . —At the last meeting of this Association , held at their offices , 18 , Aldermanbury , City , a communication , received by the last American mail , ' was read by Mr . Alexander Campbell , Secretary , stating that the Canadian Legislature had , before its rising , voted 30 , 000 dollars as the proportion of the province towards completing the survey of tbe Great Trunk Lino of Railway from Halifax , in Novo Seotia , through New Brunswick to Quebec in Canada , and that there is every probability of the works being soon commenced , which will enable the Association to find employment and freehold land for thousands of their shareholders .
Bloomerism . —On Wednesday , two ladies , attired in short black silk petticoats , reaching below the knee , loose grey silk trowsers fastened at tho ankle , brown cashmere boots , with a short jacket for the upper garment , over which was worn a scarf , the he . id-dress being the bonnot usually worn by females , appeared in Piccadilly , Saint James ' s-square , and vicinity , their unusunl costume attracting considerable curiosity . They had a number of small handbills , addressed to * ' mothers , wives , and daughters , " inviting them to the ranks of Dress Reform , and to join the Association of Bloomers , founded near Fitzroy-square ( Literary Institution , John-street . ) These were left at miliners ' , dressmakers ' , die . The leader of the movement is said to be a Mrs . Dexter .
Tub Widow of the Ettrick Shepherd . —Everyone must be gratified with the mark of respect shown to the talents of our countryman , Professor Wilson , the celebrated Christopher North of Blachvood ' s Magazine , by tbe recent bestowal of a pension on him by her Majesty . It is not , however , generally known , that the widow of the Ettrick Shepherd has but very slender means of support since the death of her husband , and that these means have been still further reduced by the expenses ; consequent upon the education of her
family , so that her income of late years , irrespective of . sources on which she could not rely , and of which in part she has been deprived , has been quite inadequate for her comfortable support . We believe that this requires only to bo known in the right quarter to be remedied , and we trust that Scotland , which has been so often taunted with having allowed her great national poet , Burns , to starve , will not be reproached also with , having . neglected the family of him who has always been considered Burns' most eminent successor . —Edinburgh Advertiser .
Hotei , Toutebs . —In consequence of tbe hindrance , to business , and the great inconvenience and annoyance occasioned to passengers landing at London-bridge Steam-packet Wharf , arising from tbe immense number of pretended hotel touters who wait tbe arrival of the boats , orders were issued that none should oo allowed to enter unless tbey bring an authority from the hotel they represent , and only one will be allowed ' from each establishment . A great many foreigners have : been dragged to disreputable places by these fellows , and terribly imposed upon .
Balloon Descent At A Lunatic Abyi/Dm.—Th...
^ EXPERIMENTS WITH FIRE-ARMS . Woolwich , September 10 Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman , Major-General Fox :, Colonel Dundas , Lieutenant-Colonel Ohalmer , Assistant Director-General of Artillery ; Lieutenant-Colonel Burn , Captain Wingfield and Captain Anderson , Boyal Artilleryj' Brigade-Major Wal p ple , Royal Engineers ; Captain Fox , of the Grenadier GuardB ; Captain March , and
several other officers ; Mr . Lawrence , jun ., son of the American Minister ; Mr . S . Colt , of revolver celebrity ; Mr . Adams , who sub mitted another kind of revolver ; and Mr . Sears , inventor of the needle gun ; Mr . Lovell , the armourer in charge of , the stores at the Tower , and several scientific gentlemen attended at the butt in the Boyal Arsenal , at half-past ten o ' clock to-day , to witness experiments with Mr . Colt ' s and Mr . Adam ' s revolvers , and Mr . Sear ' s needle guns and carbine .
The experiments commenced , at eleven o ' clock , with Mr . Colt ' s revolving pistols at fifty yards range , and the practice was very gocki , in several instances , the whole of the six balls striking the target , which was about six feet . square . Mr . . Adams then tried his revolving pistol , which differs from Mr . Colt ' s m havmg no ramrod , the balls , which were all of a conical shape , being merely placed in the revolving receptacles with the thumb , and the percussion daps placed in their proper position for firing by a spring feeder with the least trouble imaginable . When Mr . Colt ' s six charges are fired the cock of the pistol is drawn back by the thumb on each firing , but the action is different in . Mr . Adams ' s
invention ; the works which discharge the percussion caps do not have any outside projection , and are yet capable of causing the firing to be very ' rapid in succession , and the reports very sharp , as if the balls were projected with great velocity . Mr . Colt used both spherical and conical shot , but all those used by Mr . Adams were conical , and wadded with an elastic material glued to the ball . Almost immediately after the firing of the revolving pistols was completed , at one o'clock p . m ., the 20 th company of the Royal Sappers and Miners arrived at the place of embarkation , and Major-General Fox , Mr . Colt , and the other gentlemen present , went to the spot , and Mr , Colt , in a very handsome manner , with
the consent of the Major-General , presented Lieut . Ray , in charge of the company of Royal Sappers and Miners , with one of his revolving pistols . On the return of the officers and gentlemen from witnessing , the embarkation of tho Sappers and Miners , ' the rifle stand was removed from fifty to 200 yards range , and the experiments commenced with Mr , Sears ' s neddle-gun . The ball , one and a half ounces in weight , used in Mr . Sears ' s gun is of a conical shape , and the charge , two and a quarter drams of powder , with a small quantity of igniting composition , is made up in a similar manner to a ball cartridge , and is placed in its firing position with the greatest ease , the loading being at the breech of the gun , and consequently no
ramrod is required . When the charge is placed in tho chamber a sliding cover is pushed forwavds which so effectually prevents the smallest portion ot the powder escaping that a greater range is obtained with a comparatively smaller charge than can be obtained by any other means yet tried , and the combustion of the projective materials is so complete that apparently hundreds of rounds may bo fired without materially soiling tho interior of the barrel , or rendering it necessary to cleanse it . The perfect nature of tho combustion was repeatedly tested , by placing clean white paper over the part where the charge was inserted , and it was invariably exhibited as clean and free from stain as it was when applied . Tho next gun experimented with was . one of tbe present service gun barrels , fitted with Mr . Sears ' s invention , in
which the charge and ball are inserted in one cartridge under the gun , and the firing took place at 400 yards range , to show its capabilities when fitted with Mr . Sears's invention . The firing with both guns , and with a carbine , carrying a bull of one ounce in weight , with a charge of li drams of powder ( about half the usual service charge ) , was remarkably good . The firing was not confined to Mr . Sears ; Colonel Dundas , Brigade Major Walpole , Mr . Lovell , Mr . W . H . Gordon , a sei'j ;< - ' and three gunners of the ltoyal Artillery vepoutedly tiring from each of the pieces , and with excellent effect There were 135 rounds fired from the two muskets and eighty from the carbine , ' several times in rap'd sutcess on , the pieces being capable of firing twenty rounds in two minutes , and yet there was no appearance of any of the parts heating or getting the least out of order durig the whole time of trial .
Tnx Fatal Accioent On The Midland Railwa...
Tnx Fatal Accioent on the Midland Railway . —On Thursday an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of John Taylor , the stoker , who was killed on the above railway on Wednesday , took place at the Nottingham General Hospital , before Mr . M . Browne , the coroner for the borough of . Nottingham . It appeared from tho evidence of William Kearsley , engine driver , that on Wednesday morning he was engaged to take a passenger train from Nottingham at seven o ' clock , but that the train did not start until three minutes after that hour ; that the morning was very foggy ; and that after they had proceeded about half a mile he saw the break of a goods train standing on the rail ,
not more than twenty yards off . lie rati to the other side of the engine to reverse it , and saw a man holding up a white cap for a signal a few yards above the break . He then jumped off the engine , and called out to Taylor , tbe stoker , to do the same . They ran into the luggage train with considerable violence . Afterwards saw Taylor carried to the hospital . The luggage train was to have started from Nottingham at half-past six o ' clock . Witness did not see it start ; but , if it left at halfpast six o ' clock , it ought to have been miles out of the road , unless something unforeseen had happened . Had no intimation given him before reaching the place that there was a train in the way , and was not going at more , than fifteen miles au hour . According to the regulations , if a train was obliged to stop upon a line , it wa < s the duty of tho guard , or other competent person , to go back 300 or 400 yards to . give notice by signal . There were
fogsignals to put On the rails when necessary , but none were used on this occasion . He believed the luggage-train was waiting for one of the guards , who had just got up to it when the accident occurred . When the passenger train passed Wilford-gate , about 500 yards off , they were told that the luggage train had passed fifteen minutes before . Thomas Carter , tho guard in charge of tho passenger train gave evidence very similar to the above . He perceived tho driver put his steam off and reverse the engine , and immediately ho turned his break , and held it down till he felt a collision . Witness wasa good'deal hurt , and saw Taylor lying apparently in a dying state . Mr . J . White , resident surgeen of the hospital , proved that Taylor was brought there , and died in the course of an hour . From a post mortem examination , he fouad his breast bono fractured , and a large quantity of effused blood in that region , which would be quite sufficient to cause death within tho hour . An
inquiry was going on when the express left Nottingham , but it was understood an adjournment would take place . It appears that Taylor was killed , not by jumping from the engine as at first supposed , but by being crushed between the engine and tho tender . The Fatal Accident on thb TJockisohamshire Railway . —Tho inquiry into the cause of this fatal accident commenced on Monday , and is not yet concluded . At the close of the proceedings on Thursday night , tho Coroner announced that tbe jury had unanimously determined to postpone the
further proceedings of this important inquiry until Monday next , when they should require some evidence as to : the printing of tho handbill !? , and proof from the head-quarters of tho Company at Euston-squiiie as to tho authority under which they had been issued . The inquiry was then formally adjourned . Qpkmno of the Line from Wesiburt to Warmixstsr . —The portion of the Wilts ., Somerset , and Weymouth branch of the Great Westom Railway , between Westbury and Warminster , was opened for general traffic on Tuesday . The occasion was one of great rejoicing , and was observed as a general holiday .
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MONIES RECEIVED Fob ihk Week Ending Thursday , September 11 th , 1851 . . NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . Ueceived by John Abnott . —Bermondsey , per II . Baker as—Coventry , per A Vales Ss—Newcastle-npon-Tyne , per G . Grant ' 4 s 7 d—Crook , per 3 . Ceilings 3 s Gd—Greenwich , per J , Morgan 38 £ d—Stalybridge , per A . Hill 2 s 6 d—Nottingham District , per J . Skerrett , ilr . Whitley 2 s ( id—Buiwell , per Mr . Evely 5 s—New Radford , per Mr . Lowe 5 s—Sutton in-Ashfield , per Mr . Kendall , 10 a—Beeston , 8 s . — Total £ 1 5 s CO . —Deduct expenses for calling delegate meeting 2 s . Balance in hand £ 1 3 s 6 d . — Stockport , per T . Clews 10 s .-Total £ 31 7 d . TRACT FUND . Rnceivcd by Jons Aknott . —Matthew John . Merthvr Tydvil 2 sCd . . ' . "' * REFUGEES AT TURNMH , U STREET * * , 5 . i ! i cdby 3 vm Arnott - —loi * Bliborougli , per M . Newfold 4 b 3 d . i
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Adelphi Theatre. On Monday Evening A New...
ADELPHI THEATRE . On Monday evening a new melodrama , entitled ! The Queen ' s secret ; or the Iron Mask , founded on an an opera by Ambroise Thomas , called Le Secret de la Mine , performed at the Opera Comique , in nil " ' ri s Pr ? duced here with complete sueu \» m ? da P ° f the piece is said to be Mr . Webster , who played the principal character on the occasion . The story is founded on a well known historical incident of the reign of Louis AlV ., and has often affbrded-subjectmatter to the novelist , as well as to the playwright . History tells ot a man of noble birth , who was condemned to imprisonment in theJBastile for political offences , and was compelled to wear an iron mask during his
incarceration . Una extraordinary event led to numerous surmises and theories respecting the name and position of the prisoner , and many persons believed that he was the rightful heir to the throne of France , and that he had received the dreadful sentence in question to prevent the discovery of his birthright . The belief in this romantic improbability has given rise to the present production , in which a most ingenious plot ( quite impossible to unravel ) , has been interwoven out of the historicar materials . Roland ( MadameCeleste ) , who , in tbe end , is . doomed to wear the iron mask , has been deserted by his parents , and a reckless adventurer , called the Chevalier de Kosarges ( Webster ) , is employed by the CardinalM &« zarin ( not in the piece ) to watch over his career .
Roland is travelling through a distant part of the country of his birth , when he meets and falls in love with a peasant girl—Aline ( Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam)—and he is on the point of being married to her when tbe nuptials are prevented through the instrumentality of the Countess de Chevreuse ( Miss Woolgar ) , who is aware that a mystery hangs about the birth of the young lover , and is Jiccordingly deeply interested in his welfare . In order to favour the Countess ' s design the Chevalier ( but unknown to her ) sets fire to Roland ' s mansion , and in the confusion which ensues the marriage is suspended . Various incidents follow in rapid succession , and amongst other things it is discovered that the Chevalier had formerly seduced an innocent girl , who had since died .
leaving an only child . The name and history of this child forms another episode in the piece , and serves very conveniently to increase the mystery which envelopes the character of Ihe Chevalier . The progress of the plot also discloses the fact that Roland is the Queen ' s son , and the brother of Louis XIV ., and immediately after this discovery he is consigned to a prison under the circumstances before mentioned , The fates , however , interpose , through the agency oC the aforesaid Countess , whose influence over the destiny of the Chevalier is so powerful that she causes an interview to take place between him and Aline , which leads to the discoverv that the girl is his own ,
child . In this juncture , he is entreated to favour the escape of the imprisoned youth , and bo completely is he overcome by compunctions of conscience , that he resolves to atone for his conduct by wearing the iron mask in Roland ' s stead , and leaving the youth to fly from the prison accompanied by his betrothed , who , having partaken of hia sorrows , is now determined to share bis joys in a distant land . The drama was extremely interesting throughout , and , when shorn of a great deal of unnecessary dialogue , will prove a valuable addition to the " stock pieces" of this theatre . The acting was all that could be desired , and the play was announced for repetition amidst the loudest applause .
OLYMPIC THEATRE . A story , which iiaa its place among Parisian lc » gends , and which may he indifferently called the " Murderous Barber" or the " Barbarous Murder , " has been diluted down from cut throat horror to broad farce , and has been produced at the Olympic under the title of / have Eaten my Friend . In the proper story a Parisian barber cut the throats of hig customers , and they were conveyed , by means of a subterranean communication to a pieman next door , who converted them into meat for pasties . In the farce these facts are so modified that a gentleman is only made to suppose tbe horrors , on the strength of a button found in a pie , and his terrors give a good opportunity for Mr . Compton to display his admirable humour .
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE . The attendances last week at this theatre have , it seems , been immense , and the termination of the season—announced to have taken place on Saturday last—was again deferred for another week . The " playhouse" price entertainments ha \ c hitherto consisted of a variety of operatic and choreographic fragments , such as would be the most likely to suit the taste of the general multitude . The crush on Saturday night last was of that perilous kind which , few of the wealthier classes were willing to encounter , and numbers left the theatre from the inability to obtain seats .
COLOSSEUM . The powerful attraction of the Crystal Palace has not diminished the number of visitors who have , during tho summer , actually crowded this confessedly tho most beautiful and interesting exhibition in the metropolis . The matchless Panorama of London , painted by Parris , has been restored to its place amongst the moat popular features of the exhibition . D . inson ' s magnificent picture of Paris by night , ia an object of general interest to all foregners who visit London , by whom it is pronounced a most faithful , ; representation of the French metropolis . We cannot enumerate all the various attractions of this fairy spot , but no visitor here should omit seeing tho Grand Moving Panorama of the Earthquake at Lisbon , exhibiting at the Cyclorama in Albany-street , adjoining the Colosseum .
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FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION . The receipts at the doors on Saturday last amounted to £ 1 , 198 las ., and £ 1 10 s . was realised by the sale of season tickets , which still continues . According to tho police returns , 12 , G 72 persons visited the building during the day . The attendance at the Crystal Palace once more appears to be on the increase , and on Monday the receipts at the doora rose to A" 2 , 767 I 7 i . ; the number of visitors , according to the police returns , was 50 , 852 . For this increase several reasons may be assigned , among which may bo mentioned the gradual diminution of harvest labour , and the approaching close of the Exhibition . Another feature now becomes prominent . The workingclassos appear upon tho scene in great force , and seem determined to witness the spectacle while it is in their power to do so . Wo do not remember to have seen so
many artisans and mechanics present in the interior as there were on Monday . On Saturday night , before " the departure of the excursion train to London , one pawnbroker in Leeds had received on deposit no less than a bushel and a half of watches ; and this sudden and extraordinary accession of business he attributes entirely to the de ' sire which those who nve little able to afford the treat have to visit the Crystal Palace . On Tuesday tho receipts at the " doors of the building rose to £ 2 , 705 Is ., the number of visitors , according to the police returns , being 53 , 015 . The Duke of Norfolk gave a holyday to sixty more of his farm labourers , who , previous to starting , were regaled with a substantial breakfast at Arundel . Thence tbey were conveyed by express train to the London-bridge terminus , and they made their
appearance in the Exhibition in full agricultural costume , and with green rosettes in their hats , surmounted by ears of corn , as the signs of a completed harvest . The receipts at tho doors on Wednesday amounted to £ 2 , 395 5 s . 6 d ,, and , strange to say , the sale of season tickets produced £ . 5 . According to the police report , 50 , 108 persons visited tho building . Among these wove 400 mechanics and bhourers from Wilton , sent by Mr . Sidney Herbert from his estate , the clergyman of the place , and others . Of that number 120 were from the carpet manufactory of Messrs . Blackmore , Brothers . They were chiefly gins , and many of them had been employed in making the great Windsor carpet exhibited by Prince Albert . Their expenses were defrayed by the Messrs . Blackmore , and by Messrs . Watson ^ Bell , and Co ., of Bond-street . The children at Wi . 1 ton-park , and the Sational , Free , and Union Workhouse Schools were also included in this benevolent pleasure trip .
The receipts at the doors on Thursday amounted to £ 2 , 037 19 s . Gd ., the number of visitors , according to tho police reports , being 54 , 827 . The receipts at the doors on Friday amounted to £ 1 , 900 , and marvellous to relate , the sum of £ 6 was realised by the sale oi * season tickets . According to tho police returns the number of visitors was 17 , 950 . -
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DiAnoncAL Outkaor . —A conspiracy of an atrocious nature , in connexion with the'killing of cattle , has just been brought to light : At the Limerick petty sessions of Murroe , on ' WcdneEdi . V , Thomas Ryan , James Ciirey , Jeremiah C & revVMicbael Carey fhomas Carey , Michael Ryan , Daniel Ryan , Malachy Ryan ,-James Casey , and Patrick CaW , were charged with killing and houghing cattle on the lands of Furkeela , in this county , the property ' oi a larmer named Murphy . It appeared the Carey family had been e " eoted by the agent of Lord Cloncurry , an ( j that the cattlo hilled and houghed had been » ui , Up 0 n ta 0 limd 8 l 0 ^ Tvv 0 witnesses pwved that the parties had entered into a conspiracy to put to death all beasts sent upon the farm , and that brutul means hud been resorted to to accompiiah the fiendish deep , hy driving red hot irons through their intestines . The prisoners we e fully committed to the county gaol for trial at thone » assizes .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 13, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13091851/page/5/
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