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      Ma-May If, 1847. The Northern Star * Iii...

      Ma-May if , 1847 . THE NORTHERN STAR * III I PXAlfc . ^ mamm ^ - < _ .. _*

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      d fbrhd forwarded by JottphLimwyandThomu Ham . ersleyKriley . oho f oho awb Oihku<—It would be quite impossible to . Sve enjrre employment to one in every fifty , who apply to me srwofcrwork . The joiners' work . u all contracted for alf tfcilf ti « parish Is out of employment , and being a hiieb » hirebolder will not induce me to . employ any one rfcom whom I donotrequlre ^— Fxajoci O'CbmoK : i * M ' iS * M'Aixiir , near Glajgbw . —Ifhis phut fcr balloting rM ae ^ adepteo ; we could repurchase oneestatein tare * [ ears . jean . The present mode of batiot is by far the most jeneSbeneSdilto accompany that could be devised . UiTOLoTiB of Fat * Pitt . —I have stated before tbat I isve ihsve nothing to do with , and that the Land Company sas ibm nothing to do with , Mr StaQwood'sBenefit Sosity : ciirr : * nd as to its being beaded , " Acxausv to rsx 3 jhs Natiokai . Jam Cowaht , " I ' have no control mc-vter-mdrertitemeitt , nor am I rtiponsible for their east « ont * nt » . _ PiA » ers O'Coanrtn .

      vn > ivrn Sunt . —Mr Duncombe " * address is "Spring Sard Gardens , PaD-maU , London . " * Wy We beg to remind our readers of the notice which appe appeared in the £ tsr of Aprillttfa , respecting a tea-tray smbi embeauhed with a view ef O'Connorville and other arm ornaments put up for public ballot at Bihrton ; the proc proceeds to be applied tor the benefit of the veteran patr patriots , and widows and orphans of the political victi victims ef class-usurpation . The generosity of the dom donor of the tea-tray and the patriotic exertions of the . the BOstonDemocrats should command an equally gew gesereus and universal response on the part of the Cha Chartist public .

      as Jhs Baimt »» the O'Cohsosvillk Tjja T * at . on beh behalf of the Widows' , Orphans ' , TeteransVand " vic tim tjaw * Prnid . —To the Chartist Bdiic . —Friends : We ear earnestly implore you to consider the object to which the the proceeds of the above ballet are to be applied , and we -we feel confident but little argument wiH be necessary to i to induce you to give it your support . What true De * . mo ujocrat but would feel coxsolatiou and pride in having Jo ; -done his share in placing those who have suffered , and an are still suftering , for the active part they or their relit Utires have takes on the battle-field ef liberty of ¦ cff < omfortableeircumsrances , aud beyond the reach oi tyi tyranny and oppression f How small an effort is ni necessary to accomplish _ tbis desirable object ! The so s ^ naRsnmofSd . from each Ludmemberand Chartist <« { who can afford it , ) would yield a snScient amount to

      pi p lace these victims on the Land , where they would « i enjay the fruits of that own labour , and possess that fr freedom which they have labenred to win far us . We « an sorry to say the abovenamed prcgect , although r responded to by several individuals , has not , thus far , fc been taken up by any locality . This unaccountable s jpatby in so meritorious a cause we deeply deplore , s and earnestly beg of the leading men inteich locality t to place it prominently before their meetings , an < 1 send i ia their waited subscriptions to Mr Linney , Highj street , Bilston , as early as possible . Tboxas Aucssd , Secretary to the Ballot P . S . —The time of balloting is fixed for the 10 th o Jane . flTbe following subscriptions have been reeeivedup to Hay l » : ^ . CWillianis , Iiondon , 3 subaeriptionB ; Wm . HaU bun , Bingley , 1 ; John Toung , KOmaniock , 5 ; F . KendalL

      Bradford , 4 ; A . Smith . Heywood . 3 ; H . Dangiw , Ely . 2 ; Thos . Gill , Wakefidd , 2 ; H . PJnmb , Lambley , 2 j Ju . Turnbnn , Wigton , 7 ; Wm . Allnnt ^ London , 2 ; Hannah Stone , Dunkirk , 1 ; Biias Hitehen , Hebden Bridge , 5 ; Geo . Holloway , Kidderminster , 6 ; Wm . Brinkbura , Smethwick , 1 ; JamesDouglas . Dundee , 5 ; Bichsxd Earner , Bstclifie Bridge , 8 ; Geo . Siamock , Brishtoa , 6 ; 9 . J . Harney , London , 5 ; Geo . Shaw , sear Leeds , 4 ; W , Bennet , Wotton-under . Edgp , 5 : George Sturgess , Winchester , 2 ; William Crabtreei Darby , 6 ; John Dibh . Dewsbnry , 3 : Francis Taugban , Liverpool , 1 ; A , Cameron , Paisley , 5 ; T . Z ., 23 BirstaU , 1 ; F . O'Connor HKay , 2 ; J . Andrews JGnster , Kent , 2 ; James Ronald , Paisley , 8 ; W . Stevenson , Spilsby , 2 ; John Sidaway , Bonen , 6 ; J . Sweet , Nottingham , 5 . — Thojcas Amosn , Secretary to tha Ballot .

      3 Us > Etws . —The address ef this " victim '' is "Emma Eilu . Grange-lane , Cobridge , Staffordshire Potteries . " Hones . —Persons desirous of gratuitous advice ( fegal or otherwise ) will oblige by paying pos'age , or other incidental expenses , attending the transmission of their communications . One parcel from Chichester arrived this week , per railway , with a charge of one shilling and twopence . In future we shall return all unpaidletters and parcels . Tosxshse . —AU the Sub-Secretaries of the National Charter Association of the West-Biding of Yorkshire will greatly oblige by fin-warding their addresses to Wm . Lacy , Cleckbeston , West-Biding Secretary . Mi S . Ja « uss . Bank Top , Darlington . —We bad sot a copy left . Answer to question : —He was not G . FooiKES , Wellington , Salop . —On Wednesday , the

      trial was postponed till Saturday next . 3 tr E . Tbaee , Bristol—We had not one left , or should bare sent it . MrJ . SrtviKQTos , Loughborough . —Four shillings and sixpence is the charge to subscribers . This has been announced repeatedly . Mr J . Lowst , Carlisle . —You are not to blame for the delay of tae coloured plates . We have not yet been able to keep pace with the demand . We trust we shall be able to supply most of the orders oa band during next week . las BzxostZRATiax xo O'CosfKoavrXiE . —Alf friends intendingto visit the People ' s First Estate on Whit-Henday are informed tbat the several allottees will be happy to supply hot water , tea , salads , < fcc ., ata moderate charge .

      ? oo * Max ' s Guasdiah Society . —Press of matter compels the postponement of a notice concerning this useful institution . J . K'Csas , Dundee . —Received . Your wishes shall be at . tended to . Send the inscription on the "box" and other particulars . To tub Editox or the Nosth . exs Sta « . — Sir : We have been directed to acknowledge the snm of one pound nineteen shillings aad sixpence , r . crived of MrWm . Byder , JVbr » ernStar Office , banded to him on the part of the Wesr-endDistrict London Bootmakers , by Kessrs Park and Joaes , of the Mutual-Assistant Association . The money , according to the kind wishes of the humane donors , has been forwarded to Ireland for the relief of those who are miserably suffering therenet to any of the aristocratic committees having a Mar--qais or an Earl at their bead , with well-paid deputies under them to discbarge those duties which they nominally assume , and so preventing a great portion

      of ttefttnSs generously contributed from finding its ¦ way to the cabins of the hunger and pestilence-stricken people , but to one in the sontb , whose whole Bfe of charity , and wonderful efforts to raise his prostrate fellow-men , convincas as he indeed would rather add than dirninisn—we allnde to theTery Kev . T . Mathews We have * also chosm in the West another almoner above suspicion—the Yery Bev . James Hughes , of Claremorris , Mayo , a gentleman who long previous to the receipts of any sums to enable him to relieve his famished parishioners , parted with bis horse , his fur . niture , and wearables . To such men we fearlessly -eatrost whatever we caa collect for the unsheltered , the hungry , and the diseased . We gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity of returning you our best thanks for your kind notice of our proceedings—for Mr Ernest Jones ' s powerful appeal , in Milton-street Theatre , in favour of onr subscription—and for your confidence in thus confiding to our care the monty entrusted to you for distribution .

      We are . Sir , your obedient Servants , G ^ AacnoEAcoK , | SecretariM < Finsbury Irish Belief Committee Booms . Prince Albert Coffee-house , Muton-stree ^ 9 th Hay , 1817 . Hew ! - ( " A friend in need is a friend indeed . "—( Hi Adage . }— Friends of Humanity , —in addressing those whom I thus denominate . I restrict tnysrlf to Bepnb-Lcaas , Radicals , or Chartists , asit would be fruitless to seekthe aid of the adherents of Faction . I am folly aware thit the Anti-Corn Law League have so far succeeded in bamboozling the people as to leave a dear and a little loaf npon the labouring man ' s table—much less and much dearer than at the commencement of their campaign ; yet there are those amongst us , still able to succour the needy , and help the helpless . We

      have been maligned , by the greatest adept in vituperation , as bearing an inveterate barred—a " Saxon" antipathy—towards onr Irish brethren . I deny onr ever having evinced such hostile feeling . It cannot find an abiding-place in the bosom of a true Chartist . It is repngnantto our nature and inimical to onrfaith . We believe the whole human race to be as one common x « nily , and * 'theworid as one vast dry , " and we care not whether a suffering brother pine in England street , in Erin alley , or on Sberia waste ; our ^ ynjpathy can wing its way alike to aU . I blush to own that England has been , forages , disgraced b y ruling factions—Ride an * Tye men—who bare made us appear before all the nations of the earth in the character of a plundering banditti . Bobbery carnage , desolation , and death , have ever foUowed in

      the tram of the " nternrismg" English . Happy would it bare been fertile people of the east , the west , the north , and the south , had England been a blank on the map of creation , or had we , her enterprising sons , confined our adventures within the shade of our own blaek-Berrynusb . Wemay endeavour ( but in vain ) to remove S e 2 m ! if T EI ? t ? om ? " * 0 Wn shoulders : ; the fact is , the fan of Ireland is the work of an English government As Poland is to Russia so is Ireland to England , « onqu « red by blood and fraud , and its vitals incessantly gnawed fy the gory-beaked vultures of State . Ireland cries aloud for help . Fmaiue , pestilence , death in all its horrors , stalks along her streets . Her sons are our brothers in bondage who tins perish . Let us share our morsel with the dying . " Itis moreblessed to give than to receive . ' God forbid tbat we sbonld become

      recipients , and so dream . ' tanced as the poor of Ireland now are . 0 ! that I could prevail upon one now sick , but , alas ! possessed of a perrifiedfbeart , to do bis duty—I mean one who was raised to might—one who teas idolised—one who was fed with fat things and wine < m the lees , like thebrazen idol of old . As a legislator , be certainly understands the Funding system . He and bis satellites bare bad much practice in the Funds . They have raised the Funds to an enormous amount , which has proved a " sHuans" fond to " the finest psiatry in the world . " It has sunk their last potato into a nonentity . Ireland now calls upon him , in thunder-tones , to nractire tbesvstem not vet attempted .

      She cabs upon Km to RE-FDND . Should the "Libers . tor " t ! i disgorgea portion of the very many thousands of pounds so eagerly swallowed from the cotter's trencher he would , doubtless , confer tbe greatest boon Ins country ever yet received from his hands . But as theleopard has notchangedhis spots , northe Ethiopian Ins skin , as the Bon cannot yet lie down with the Iamb , letpoor men help poor men . It is a noble example sat by tbe West End Boot and Shoe-makers . They have Tensed their profession as "Members of the Mutual /« etsnt Association , " Wffl other trades do likewise * WeshaBsee , Yours , truly , I < oadoa , Ha . , 16 * 7- W * . Buoa .

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      T . Obsouhsx . — Received . Thanks . J . M'Kjwwh , Xilbarehen . — The Petition Sheets ' have beenrtesived and will be handed to the Executive . We cannot say when tbe National Petition will bepresented . bnt we doubt not that the subject is engaging tbe attention ef the Executive . Wsc GiASDisoif . —Beceived . Thanks . XIOAl . ^ s" Press of matter compels the postpentraent of a number of answer * to legal questions . Jons Kiiqek . Stockport . —Send rat the copy of your grandfather ' s wiB , andl shall then be able to advise you what to do . A BaisTot CffiZTHr . —A . can seize for the rent owing by B . notwith » tandingB . ' a tenants may have paidbim ( B ) . B . should either satisfy his tenants that be has paid his r « nt to A ., or allow them to pay their rent to a ., or at least so much as may ha due to A , B . B . —If the debtor duly pays the debt according to the judgment of the abolished court , no fresh proceedings can be instituted against him in any court . WiiUAHpAKxia , Manchester . —Thefannerhadaoright to use the bay : under the conditions of tale he might have re-sold it . If he refuses to do you justice , you must proceed against him ; and under tbe circumstances of the case , I think it will be the best to pro . ceed only for the recovery of the deposit-money , and which youmust do under tbe Small Debts Act . S . B ., Leven . —If your society has conformed to the provisions of the lOthGeo . 4 , cap , 56 , it cannot be dissolved , without the votes of fire-sixths in value of the members , and tbe consent of all persons receiving relief from the society . See section 26 . Ebkatox ih Last Number . —J . Cook , Ilkeston , Derbyshire . —For ' Mertgage Deed ( Principal , )" read "Mortgage Ml . " NOTICE . —Mr Ernest Jones not having time for personal interviews with clients , begs that they will , in tbe rresT instascx , send bun their cases in writing , drawn up in as plain and concise a way as they can .

      Secsjpts Of The Nationai. Co ' Operative Land Company.

      SECSJPTS OF THE NATIONAI . CO ' OPERATIVE LAND COMPANY .

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Sale M 0 10 6 Hertbyr , Morgan 2 6 6 Westminster .. 030 Worcester ~ 250 Ashton „ t li 10 Radford .. 0 4 0 Bury ~ - 515 0 Glasgow w 16 8 James Dickson 0 5 0 Sowerhy Lohgroyd 0 19 0 James tfoore .. 0 2 0 Newcastle-upon-Themas Moore * 0 2 0 Tyne .. 4 0 Camherwell M 0 S 6 Eecles .. „ l 16 8 Whitfingtonand Cheltenham - 0 7 6 Cat - .. 0 4 6 Birmingham , per Manchester M 1 16 0 Goodwin .. 0 4 2 Birmingham , Ship 0 16 Hudders & eld .. 018 0 Macclesfield M 7 0 0 Ashton-under-Salford N 10 0 Lyne « 14 6 Dunfermline M 15 6 Crieff .. ,. 090 Truro M „ o 15 0 Somers Town M o 8 0 £ 4110 0 SECTION 2 fo . 2 . ™ " ^™" Hottram „ 214 0 Newport , Hon-Halifax „ 12 0 month .. 010 0 Salford .. . 10 0 Worcester .. 5 2 4 ElJand „ 010 6 Badford .. 0 0 6 Birmingham .. 1 0 0 Hvda . « 12 0 Greenwich . 17 0 Bochdale . 0 9 6 James Hill . 0 12 0 Glasgow « 2 4 6 Westminster .. 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      Fob Tbs Bank. Sums Previously Acknowledg...

      FOB TBS BANK . Sums previously acknowledged 1 , 967 10 3 For the Week ending the 13 th May . ., „ 171 5 0 £ 2 , 138 15 3 T . M . Wheels * , Financial Secretary .

      Receipts Of National Charter Association...

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      Repayments To Mr O'Connor On Account Of ...

      REPAYMENTS TO MR O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT DUB BY DEFENCE FUND . Manchester , per Merthyr , per Radford .. 0 1 6 Morgan „ 0 0 6 Coventry . 076

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      RECEIPTS OF THB VICTIMS' COMMITTEE . Geor ge Turner , Westauhster .. 0 0 9 Rotherham .. 0 1 7 Mr Goodby . Lei . pnTBTitrv .. 0 J 0 cester . 0 10 Coventry .. » Tarns Cubs , Secretary .

      Police Jfowttt

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      LAMBETH . — Lots aw Aniuraxn Soicidi . — Martha Hill , a young woman , was charged with attempting to commit self-murder , by swallowing a quantity of laudanum . It was stated that the prisoner had , a short time since , been about to be married to & young man , to whom she was much attached , but the match from some traexplained cause had beta broken off , and this circumstance so operated on hex mind tbat tbe present was the second attempt she hai made at self-destruction . Tbe prisoner ' s mother , a respectable-lookiog woman , was on Monday in attendaace , and not only promised Mr Elliott to t aike her daughter home , but tolook closely after her . She was given up , after a severe adnonltron from the beach . A VrIT SiKUtnua Discovcs * op' a Notoeious

      Holts ASM Qio SrsAtxa . —Henry Baynton , a middleaged man , who was said to be connected with a highly respectable family , was , charged with stealing several gigs and horses from the keepers of livery stables la Berkshire and Oxfordshire . Sergeant Morton , an * active officer belonging to the P division , has been engaged for some weeks in endeavouring to secure the prisoner , bnt it was not until the night before that he succeeded in bis object . From bis own statement , it appeared that while watching the house No . 9 , William-street , Lock ' sfields , where be suspected'he was . concealed , he distinctly saw through the window-blinds tbe figure of a man answering bis description , and having satisfied himself of this fact he knocked for admission . The door was opened by a female , and , on getting in , he searched tbe bouse thoroughly , but could not find the objectof bis search . Feeling perfectly confident tbat he

      saw a man in tbe bouse s few moments before , and feeling equally certain that he could not have made bis escape , be ( Morton ) insisted tbat three females , who were in tbe same bed , sbonld get up . They very reluctantly did so , and on turning over the bed and mattress , he discovered the prisoner underneath , lying on the sacking . Fn finding himself detected , the prisoner exclaimed , " Well , you have got me at last ; it ' s now all up with me . " The" officer produced the "Hue and Cry " containing the various robberies committed by the prisener , and said he was ia a situation , or would be in a day or two , to bringone offence , namely , that ef stealing ahorse and gig of the value of £ 50 , froir Mr CollU , of the White Hart Tap , Newbury , Berks , on the 9 th oi March last , home to the prisoner . The prisoner , who declined saying anything in defence , was remanded to a future day . ¦; ,

      THAMES . —Extiaoidinabi Chaboe of Moudbb . — Gilbert Macdonald , a ship-joiner , about forty years of age , was charged with the wilful murder of Agnes , his wife , wbojdied in the London Hospital on Monday morning . The case was involved in some mystery , and the magistrate had a difficulty in getting at the facts , in consequence of the ignorance of the policeman who had charge of the case . Tbe prisoner , who has the appearance of being a very dissipated man , lived with his wife , ih Raymond-place , Green Bank , Wapping . The 'deceased watalso a person of dissipated habits , and lived very unhappily' with her husband . ; They repeatedly quarrelled , and she was in the practice of taunting him and using very . provokisg language , for which he frequently heather . A woman named Sarah Gray , who lived in the room underneath the parties , had ' often interposed during their quarrels , and protected the deceased from the violence of her husband . This witness

      described the pnsonsr as a most violent man when he was inebriated , but ou the contrary , when sobsr , he was particularly harmless and quiet , and bad more than ones requested her and others to keep him away from his wife when be was tipsy , for she was a very bad woman . He bad repeatedly said that be would be banged at Newgate for bis wife , and that she wasted bis hard earnings . The quarrels of the prisoner and bis ' wife bad lately been more frequent . Three weeks ago the prisoner beat his wife severely , and said she had spent all his money . On Saturday , the 1 st inst ., the prisoner and bis wife again quarrelled , and she absented heritlf from home , and did not return until Friday , assigning as tbe rsason , tbat she bad spent all her husband ' s money , and was afraid of him . The husband persuaded her to come home on Friday night , but on Saturday morning , at one

      o ' clock , either tbrongh caprice on her part , or owing to some threats on the part of tbe prisoner , she left her own room and came down stairs to tbe one occupied by her landlady , in which there was a mangle , and crept under it . - She remained there until' her husband left home after breakfast on Saturday morning . On the afternoon of the same day , about halt-past two o ' clock , the deceased wai in her landlady ' s room when her busband returned home . He was rather inebriated , but knew what he was about , and after some friendly conversation with his landlady , he began to converse with his wife , and in a jocular tone aaid be had had his spree out and sbonld go to work again on Monday , and bring up his lee-way . His wife commenced abasing him , and although ber landlady requested hernot to kick up arow , she taunted her husband in a very foolish strain . The

      prisoner said tbat bis wife ' s slanderous and provoking tongue caused all the trouble and the rows between then . After a while tbe prisoner said be bad money enough for a drop of gin , and invited bis wife to accompany him to a pnblic boose close by . They left tbe house together , and proceeded to the Anchor and Hope in the adjoining alley . Neither the landlady nor Mrs Gray saw the man and his wife return home , or heard any more of them until about 5 o ' clock in the evening , when Mrs Gray bearing some one moan , opened her room door , and found tbe deceased on tbe landing , at tbe top of the second flight oi Stairs , and close to ber own room , weltering -in her blood , which was flowing profusely from her mouth , nose and ears . Mrs Gray raised the woman from the floor , and she faintly articulated "Don ' t let him come near me , I am dying . " Mrs Gray * asked what her husband

      bad been doing , and she said he had kicked her and jumped on her breast . The deceased was assisted into ber landlady ' s room . She appeared greatly disfigured . Her clothes were torn and very bloody , and there was a severe wound on the side of the head , from which the blood was flowing copiously . It would appear , however , from the evidence of tbe landlady , that the excessive hemorrhage which took plactarosefrom another cause , and it is supposed tbat some internal bloodvessel was ruptured by a kick , or by tbe prisoner trampling on bis wife . She was removed on a police stretcher to the hospital , where she lingered till Monday morning , when death put an end to her sufferings . Directly after tbe deceased was found in tbe situation above described , Mrs Hookham , the landlady , and Mrs Gray , went into the prisoner's room . They found him lying on the bed , and informed him that

      his wife was very seriously , injured . He treated the matter with some indifference , and on bis way to the station hoose said that bis wife would not appear against him , and that she had fallen down stairs . There coull be no doubt the deceased received the wound on her head , and other injuries , before she left tbe room , as no . part of her body was upon the stairs when she was discovered by Mrs Gray . Tbe prisoner ' s son was in the room when the quarrel took place between his parents . He is only eight years of age , and with very little intelligence . He was called up on thebench , and some questions were put to him by Mr Yardley , but he professed bis ignorance of a future state ; and on being asked if be said his prayers , be replied tbat be did sometimes , but only to please his father . His . replies generally to the questions put to him were such , that the magistrate did

      not consider it safe to examine him as a witness ; and it appearing that he bad no relatives , or any one to take care of him , Mr Yardley directed that he should be taken to the workhouse , where he would receive some instructions to quality him to take an oath . The magistrateiaquiredofSbeehan , the police constable , if be had made search for any instrument by meant of which it wasprobable the wound might have been inflicted , and he replied in tbe negative . He was also asked if be bad examined tbe stairs and the room for the purpose of ascertaining if there were any stains of blood discernible , and be said he had not , and excused himself by saying ; there was no light . Ha was then asked if he bad examined tbe prisoner ' s dress or bis boots , and be said he bad not thought of . doing so , and know very little of the affair , although . specially directed by his inspector to

      make the necessary inquiries . Mrs Hookham , who exhibited more tact and discernment than the police constable , locked the door , of the prisoner ' s room afttr he was taken into custody , to prevent any one entering the apartment . Some ' time afterwards she procured a li jt ht and examined tbe stairs and the landing , on which she discovered a great deal of blood . It was quits fresh . She also stated there was a " clod of blood" oa the floor by the side of tbe bed . She thought the wound , on the deceased ' s head had been inflicted by *' - kick , and that theprisoner wore very heavy boots . Mr Yardley directed Roche , the gaoler , to remove the prisoner ' s boots from his feet , which was immediately , done . There were stains of blood on both sides of the right boat , just above the sole . The prisoner appeared to be ssmewhat staggered at this discovery , and he said there-was' no blood

      on bis shoe , tbat bis shoes never touched his wife at all ; . bat Mr Yardley said there could be no doubt of the fact , and Mr Boss , a surgeon , who was present as a witness , aaid tbe stains on the boots were certainly those of blood . Mr Yardley . expressed his astonishment it the neglect and Ignorance ef the police-constable Sheehan ' , yvfcahad neglected to do all those things which be ought to have done , in a case of very great importance and hwelvcd in tome mystery . He asked tbe policeman if he had traced any blood upon the stairs or in the room , and the excuse he got was that it was dark * and tbat fee bad no light , The old woman , Hookham , appeared to have acted from tbe dictates of common sense , a quality which the policeman did not possess , and she had done , just what the constable ought to have done . Various other things ought to have suggested itself to the policeman , who had done nothing , and made ' no inquiries about the affair .

      Mrs Hookham was then further questioned by tbe ma . gistrate , and she stated that she believed the prisoner had kicked his wife , and her reasons foe thinking so were , that be was always very handy with his feet—very , indeed . AU the deceased ' s clothes were torn but her chemise , and she complained a good deal of some pains about the abdomen . Mr Yardley asked how long it was before the deceased was seat to the hospital after the was found bleeding on the top of the stairs ! Sheehan replied an hour or mote . Inspector Bilston asked the police constable if be did not issue orders for tbe woman to be removed to the London Hospital immediately be beard of the affair . Sheehan—Yes , Sir , you did . Inspector Bilston said tbat directly he understood the case was a very serious one , he ordered four men to convey the . woman to the hospital on a stretcher , which wa * done without delay . Mr Yardley—Perhaps tbe constable means it was an hour after sua received the wounds

      Lambeth. — Lots Aw Aniuraxn Soicidi. — M...

      before shsrsached ' the hospital . The prisoner atksd Mrs Hookham if hit wife did not return home bleeding ^ "vT M " Hookham—No , no ; no such thing ; Mr Yardley—Did any one see htr return home with h « r husband ! Mrs Hookham—N o one , Sir . . Sheehan wai then called upon to relate a conversation which took place at the ttation-house . but he did it so imperfectly that Mr Yardley called upon Inspector Bilson , who was sworn , and he st ated that , after taking the charge and reading it over to the prisoner , he said , "I struck her . but the fell down stairs . " Witness then quittiontd the lad ,, who said , "He did jump upon her . ' I saw my father jump upon mj moihsr and kick her . " The pi >

      soner again said , "I did not , I struck her and tbe fell down : stairs . " . The prisoner , In defence , said bis wife fell down stairs as she was returning to her room in his company , a nd that after he went to bed she Was continually patting d p and down stairs . She abused him Very much , and was very tipsy , and the wai always abusing him . Mr Yardley laid this case was not so clear at . it might have been if tbe police constable had only displayed common intelligence , and that all the witnettn whe could throw any light on tbe transaction mutt bs produced at the next examination . Ho should remand the prisoner on the charge of wilful murder until Monday next .

      MABYLEBONE . —Stbaliko a Diamoh * Kino .-On Tuesday John Simpson , and Ann Simpson , his tister-inlaw , were placed at the bar before Mr Eawlinson , charged with having been concerned in the robbery of a diamond ring valued at 50 guineas , theproperty of a lady named CarolineDawson Bruce Wetherilt , describing herself at the authoress of a paraphrase of the " Pilgrim ' s Progress , " and other works , and who resldet at No . 6 , Seymour place , Bryanstone . square . It appeared tbat on Saturday last the male prisoner delivered at the house some coals , and some time alter be was gone prosecutrix missed the article from a tray in her parlour . Information of tbe loss was given to the police , and handbills were also circulated principally amongst the pawnbrokers in the district . Oh tbe morning of Monday Ann

      Simpson went to the , shop of Mr Thompson , corner of Eatt-street , Mauchest « r . square , and offered a ring for pledge , when the foreman , Collins , not being satisfied with the account she gave of it , detained her until the arrival of the prosecutrix / fbrwhombe immediately sent . She came db ' wn accompanied by Hetseltine of the D division , and on the ' ring being identified as the one Stolen , she ( the female prisoner ) was conveyed to the station housi . The ofksr subsequently took the male prisoner iuttfcuitody at the shop of his master , within a short distance of prosecutrix ' s dwelling , John Simpson on being asked what he had , to say , admitted . having taken the ring and given it to bit brother ; and the female prisoner said that the brother , her husband , had given ittoberto" pledge . They ' were both committed .

      . Atteuktsd Smews or a tonne , Fexale bt Poison —A well-dressed young female , named Maria Poulton , was charged with attempting suicide . B . Traite . one of the Begcht ' s-park constables , deposed , that on the previous evening , be saw the young woman reclining upon a seat in the "Broad Walk . " .. She teemed unwell , and he told her she had better get up . and make the best of her way home , ae he must shortly close the gates , upon which she remarked to huh that she was unable to rise , as tbe bad taken tixpennywortb of laudanum , which she bad purchased at three different places . Witness then

      took her to a surgeon near at band , and subsequently to the University College Hospital . , Her father , who had been standing by his unfortunate daughter during , the recital of the above facts , and who seemed much distressed at her unhappy situation , was briefly addressed by Mr Bawlinson , who said , " I . will not distress either you or her by putting any questions as to the motives by which yonr daughter was actuated in this melancholy affair . You wish me , I dare say , to deliver her up into your charge . " The father said that that was what , be mostearnestly desired . . , ,. ¦ ,

      An Ex-Policevav in Tsouble . — William Jones , an ex-police constable of the Thames division , was charged with obtaining £ 3 from Mrs Lydia Cherry by means of a forged advance note for seamen ' s wages . The prisoner cohabited with a young woman who lodged at the house of the prosecutrix , Palmer's Folly , St Georgcin . the-Easr . He requested of tbe prosecutrix to advance £ 3 oh a seaman ' s note purporting to be made payable by Sir John Tander Rumple Johnstone , 27 , Grosvehor-square . Having with some difficulty raised the amount , she handed it to the prisoner ; but when tbe note became payable , it was found that Sir John had bo connection whatsoever with any shipping department . Finding that she had been imposed upon , she gave Jones into custody for the fraud . The prisoner , who seemed to make very light of the matter , said be would leave bis defence in the hands of the counsel whom he should employ . He was committed to Newgate for trial , MARLBOROCOH-STREET . —Dabiho Robbery . — W .

      Cox and Eliza Smith were brought before Mr Bingham , charged with having' committed tbe following daring robbery . Sarah Ann Tanner , the wife of an artht , living at No . 9 , Lloyd ' s-place , Brompton , said sho had been to see ber niece home on Monday ,, and was returning to Brompton , through Hyde Park , when she met with two women and two men , who entered into conversation with her . When they got out of tbe Park she was induced to accompany the four persons , who wern strangers to her , into a public-beuse , where she partook of some beer . The small quantity that she drank had such ' an effect on her tbat she became giddy , and soon lost allrecollection . When sbe recovered her senses she found herself in a cab with her four companions , and on'inquiring vshere . sbe was , she was informed she was in the Haymarket , Tbe cab stopped , and she got out . Some

      oneinimidiately pushed ber down , and Smith snatched her shawl from her shoulders worth £ 2 and ran off' She gave an alarm , - and soon afterwards' she saw her shawl at the station-bouse , and the'two prisoners who had robbed her of it . A boy named Hatton , said he was in the Haymarket between one and two o ' clock on Tuesday morning He saw five persons get out of tbe cab , one of whom was the complainant . He saw one of ' the men give the com . plainant either' a blow or a push , which knocked' her down , and he then saw a woman' snatch her shawl off aud run wvay . Witness immediately went in search ol a constable , and gave him information of what . he had seen . Police-constable Caught , C 140 , said , on being told that a robbery bad been committed in the Haymarket , he ran into Orange-street , and saw four persons in company together . He followed them , and on finding be was noticed , and that an attempt was about to be made by the party to escape , he ran forward arid seized the two prisoners . Cox struggled violently , and got away . Smith threw a sliawlaway ' which was after wards

      picked up and identified by the complainant , as witness was taking the prisoner Smith to the station-house , a man came up to them and said to the prisoner " Keep it dork , Lis , and all will be right . " Witness immediately knew the man to be theprisoner who bad made bis escape from him , and be accordingly took him into enstody again . The prisoner Cox said the constable had made a mistake . He had not been inthe Hajmnrket tbat night , nor had he been in the company of the prosecutrix at all that night . Theprisoner then gave a circumstantial account of his movements ~ on Monday ' night . He was a supernumerary at tbe Lyceum Theatre , ' and bad played in the Wood Demon oh the evening in question . The prosecutrix taid she was quite positive the prisoner was one of tbe persons with whom she bad been in company at the public-house . The constable was , also positive of the prisoner ' s identity . The defence of Smith was , that ) she saw the shawl fall from the shoulders of the prosecutrix , and she merely picked it up . Both prisoners were committed .

      HAMMERSMITH . —Baffmd Horss . —Four Irish , two men and two womeni from the county of Cork , wlio had only baen at Kensington a week , from Ireland , Were brought by the parish officers to be passed back to Ireland . They appeared very anxious to return , and snid they thought there was plenty of work to be got in England , but they found there was not . They said that with a great many more , they bad money given them to enme over , by a gentleman , r-ho was a sea captain . One of tbe parish officers told ' the reporter that the two femalts , who were good-looking young women , ' twenty years of . age , when asked Id the workhouse to do some needlework , said they had never sewed in their lives , and when told to assist in the washing , they declnrud they did not know how to do it , as all they had ever done was to mttk the cows . - ¦' .

      BOW STREET . — Simiko Obsmkz Books , W On Wednesday , Thomas Blacketer appeared upon a summons before Mr Henry , to answer a complaint preferred against him under the 1 st andSud Victoria , cap . 88 , sec . ^ for having , on fthe 8 th-inst ., exposed for sale to public view in bis shop window , in , Wych-stree * , certain obsc * ne publications . Mr Pritchard , solicitor to the Society for Suppression of Vice , attended to support the complaint . A young gentleman , named Short ; having sein a biok iu defendant's wisdow , the print and titlepage of which laft no doubt on his mind that the contents were equally abominable , - waited ' at the Society's Chambers in Idncoln ' s Inutfields , andgpve information of the circumstance . Ha then returned to the shop , accompanied by the secretary ' s managing clerk , asd purchased it from the defendant . Mr Pritchard sow ! that it

      would baunnecessary to call tha defendant ' s leadtord to prove that be was th « occupier of the premises , as he had already admitted such to be thecaae , in addition to which the shop wai well known to the society for a considers , ble lime .: In answer to the " charge , the dtfendant said that he never sold the book produced , as be bad a private mark upon every work of the kind he disposed of . Mr Robert Kaal , managing clerk to Messrs . PrUchard andCillett , proved that the . defendant called at the chambers , on Monday , and informed witness that ho hod been summoned for selling some publications , that he did not wish to go into court upon the subject , having formerly been , in respectable circumstances , and if the society would forego the present prosecution he would | clear his shop , Witness told him be could not entertain such a proposition , and that he could not forget his

      having made large seizures at tho same shop , and that on every occasion he bud faithfully promised to abandon such an abominab ' . e trade , at the same time referring him to the secretary , who told him that he was bound on behalf of the public to proceed with the case . The defendant then examined the print and title-page in front of the book , and again requested that the prosecution would be dropped , at tbe same time admitting the facts . MrHsnrysaid there could be no doubt of the obscene character , both of the picture and the title-page , ind as sufficient warning had been given hy tbe seizures made under the directions of the Commissioners of Customs , which seemed to he totally disregarded , he saw no reason for any mitigation ot punishmsnt for such on offence , and the defendant should be cominltUd to hai . 6 labour for three months ,

      Rational 0s^Onattdn Of ^ M „»Te* Totosu ; Tuft

      Rational 0 s ^ onattdn of ^ „» te * totosu ; tUft

      *«*- Rkuiection Of Industry.

      *«* - rKUiECTION OF INDUSTRY .

      " Union For The Mmon." '"

      " Union for the MMon . " '"

      In Ancflier Week From The Day On Whiqh T...

      In ancflier week from the day on whiqh this paper is pnblished , many of our Association ' s members who are elected as delegates ; to represent their respective branches at , the ensuing Conference , to * be held at Birmingham , on Fhit-Afonday , the 2 Jth inst ., and following day , will have proceeded from their homes on that important duty , and others will be on the eve of their departure ; consequently they cannot generally be expected to see any reinafks which might be made on their approaching duties ,

      in next week ' s . paper . Under these considerations we shall steal a march upon time , by calling the attention of delegates to the subject , in the present number . Far be it from ns , in the capacity we now exercise , to suppose that our numerous members are likely to act inconsiderately' in the selection they make of representatives , by electing delegates who require instruction from us to fit them for the discharge of the duties they are appointed to perform ; on the contrary , we hope that every branch of our Association has seen it their duty to select , as far as their capabilities would permit , delegates possessing the essential qualifications of intelligence , philanthropy , integrity , discernment , and general good

      feeling—men whose object in res ponding to the call of their fellow-members is not to gratify their own private feelings , but to promote the utility of an institution which is founded on principles of philanthropy , and seeks ; to benefit hot only its own members but the whole human . race . But ' while we deprecate every idea of a dictatorial characters bear in mind , that there are comparatively few persons who oh being temporarily removed from their usual occupations , and required to consider and decide on numerous complicated and interesting subjects ; with which they are not . practically familiar ^ and which are of such ; importance as to merit the serious attention of the many , thousands of persons composing

      our Association , and who , on considering the serious consequences and bitter reflections that might result from , an erroneous . decision on any important matter , at such a critical juncture as the present , when the Association , though yet in its . infancy , is attracting the attention of numerous persons in various classes of the community ; r-we say that there are comparatively few persons who ,. under such circumstances , would not feel in a great measure overcome by a sense of the great responsibility they had incurred by their appointment , and perhaps be led to entertain fears of their inability to discharge the duties of their delegated trust with equal credit to themselves and satisfaction to their constituents ,

      and to the ultimate success of the Association . A conference composed of delegates of this character are likely to arrive at correct decisions , as their deliberations may reasonably be expected to-be calm and dispassionate , and their , decisions the result of conviction , after all requisite points have been impartially heard , and duly considered . However inexperienced some may be on matters of public business , if they ardently wish to promote the great objects of ; ourAssociation they will , by the exercise of good feeling and patient hearing of the statements that will be made during the proceedings , and a common-sense view of the subject , will be prevented from going far wrong in the

      discharge of their duties ; It will be requisite- for them to bear in mind that while much good that has been attempted by the Association has been effected , and has exceeded in results the expectations of . the Executive Officers of the Association , that such success has not attended every effort that has been made . Some cases have been attended with circumstances of such a character as to prevent the same results that have followed in others , and some of the circumstances were unforeseen . In all such cases , howtver , the delegates will require to remember tbat mortals cannot command success , even though they may do their utmost to deserve it .

      The Conference is the , legislative assembly of the Association , and the central committee and agents arc its executives . A certain degree of discretionary power is necessarily vested in the latter , and all they can do in : the exercise of that discretion is to be guided by the best of their judgment , taking all circumstances concerned into consideration . It is also the duty of the delegates in Conference to take all circumstances into consideration , and to give the executive officers credit for having done their best , according to circumstances . By the exercise of those feelings any unsuccessful results that may occur from the proceedings of either the Conference or the executive officers will at all times be turned

      to good account , as the circumstances which produce disappointment will ever operate as a caution in future proceedings , and , unless such feelings be exercised , the good that the Association is capable of effecting would ever be subject to be retarded , as no proceedings could be pursued vigorously and satisfactorily if the parties moving therein were to be subjected to unpleasant reflections should success not attend their efforts , or should they not receive credit for the best motives in their proceedings . We hope these brief remarks will have the desired effect , and those delegates who from inexperience in public business , or from excessive sanguine expectations , maybe led to consider that uninterrupted success

      should attend all our proceedings , will not be discouraged , or be led to use any useless or painful reflections in cases in which the results have not been followed hy . ordinary success . We deem these remarks necessary as a precaution , not that we anticipate any manifestation of recriminatory feeling in any of the unsuccessful efforts to which we allude , but , knowing as we do that some may be appointed as delegates who may , from not being practically familiar with the difficulties attending public business , and knowing tbe success that has attended our

      efforts generally , be led to expect more than is possible to achieve , and finding , that some cases have not been so successful as others , may be led to the use of useless reflections thereon , which , while they could do no good , might do much harm . Our Association is yet in its infancy ; it has been instrumental iu doing immense good , and doubtless it will do all that is intended , if the proper means are adopted ; but patience , aud good feeling , and forbearance , in cases of disappointment , wiljf ever require to . be exercised in our Association as in every other institution . .-. —¦

      The Central Committee Of The Above Assoc...

      The central committee of the above Association 1 held their usual meeting en Monday ,. ! . S * Buncombe , Esq . M . P ., iu the chair . ' The minutes of the previous meetings wose read and continued , the financial accounts read and received . An iaimense number . of letters were read , amongst which was . one iroui the miners ot Darcy Lever respecting a i proposed reduction , aad tbe men would be- out . in a 'few days .. The cential committee resolved to send dowri , Mr Williamson to mediate , between the men and their employer * The central committee have since learned that . Mr W . succeeded ia effecting an amicable arrangement . , The delegates elected to serve on . the Conference oS the United , Trades' Association , are respectfully informed thai they are requested to deliver in their ' credentials , and receive admission cards , at the Hall

      of Science-, Lawrenee-street ( Birmingham , at ten o ' clock ca the morniag of Whit-Monday , The President will take the chair at three o'tfock in tlie afternoon . • ¦ .- SCOTLAKI > .- GREpOCK ..-Oa Monday evening a public meeting of ( he coopers of this town and Port Glasgow was held in the free School-room ; when Mr Jacobs delivered a lecture on the National AssociatiosV for the purpose of confirming the new member ^ and converting those that remained isolated . A vote of confidence was passed in the Association , and a number of members entered . A vote of thanks to tha Lecturer and the Chairman , and the meeting adjourned to Thursday , to elect delegates to the Conference .

      DALKEITH . — On Tuesday evening a public meeting of alithetiades and working classes generally was ' held in the Public HaH , to hear a lee ture on the National Association's means of protecting and enriching the Labourer . The missionary , Mr Jacobs , thoroughly expounded the question in aU its bearings , in an interesting manner . A vote of approval of the plan was carried unanimously , and a provisional committee elected to organise the town . The usual votes of thanks were passed , and the meeting separated in revived spirits .

      GLASG 0 W . « -0 n Wednesday evening a public meeting of the carpet weavers was-held in their room , ut Tradeston , to hear the plans and progress of the . National'Association explained . A vote of confidence was passed in the Association by this branch ; the question of strike cmicably arranged ; aad an increase of members has been . ' effected . BIJSB \^—The missionary attended the officers of the block printers , representing 300 members , who , after the explanation , given by Mr Jacobs ,

      agreed to call a meeting of . the body and Wher trades at tho earliest day the lecturer , could atte » l . „ BARRHEAD : ^ -A public meeting -of ' the trade ' s was held in the Free Kirk School Room ; a sprinkling of the female power-loom and other workers were present , when Mr Jacobs entertained them , with a lecture fraught with facts conducive to their well-being . A committee consisting of spinners , printers , weavers , shoemakers , tenters , smiths , moulders , miners , » nd other trades-, was formed to organise their bodies , in the Association . GLASGOW , Saturday Evening . —The district committee met and agreed to commence a series of district public meetings , to enable the lecturer to further publish the p lans of the Assocredbn ;

      NETHERTON . —Mr JVW . Parker reported , tSat on Monday he attended a meeting of the horse nail-makers-and blast furnace-men , at ' the' - Dog ainet Back , Darby Hand , to explain the principles and objects of the-Association , which he dief after / his , usual manner . A deputation attended from ther Tjce-makers of Dudler , who expressed themselves highly satisfied ' with the National Association , and would , on their return to their body , use all their in- ^ fluence and persuasion with a view to their joining ; immediately . They were exceedingly anxious- for a general meeting of the trades of Dudley being called , as they were assured that every trade in Dudley would unite themselves with the United Trades ^ werff they made acquainted with the glorious objects ; . bufc

      tho engagements of Mr P . prevented him from fixing a time , but referred them to the central committee ,, who would gladly oroply with their wishes insending an agent for the purpose . BROMSGROVfcY . —Mr Parker also attended > meeting ef the nail makers on Tuesday evening- " afr the Towfttlall . The Key . —Villers , the vicar , a rela <* tivo of Sir R . Peel ' s , was at the meetin * , Iikewise thehigh bailiff , and several- of the gentry and tradesmen ) of the town , also a great number of females . Tbe-. Rov . "Vicar is interesting bhnseli ' with others of thotown ,. in preventing children of ah early age beingapprenticed to the nail trade , many of whom , at theage of fourteen , become journeymen—thus creating early marriages and otherwise militating against

      the Improvement of their mental faculties , and creating a numerous progeny . On his advising thenailers to abstain from apprenticing their childrenat so early an age , he was met by the statement , that the wages-they received ( the maximum being twelve ahillings per week ) prevented them , i &> fact , they were not able , to support their childrenout of such wages , therefore were compelled to put them to the nail trade , in order to enable them tosupport them , 'i'he rev . gentleman was astounded at the statement , and declared that there must be Boraething wrong in society , that such a state of things existed , and assured them he deeply

      sympathised wii h them , and would do aU he could to alleviate and improve their condition . The nailers promised to take into consideration tho views as set forth by the worthy vicar , and carried a vote of thanks to him amid loud cheers . - Mr Parker was then called upon to state the principles of the National -Associa tion , which he did at great length . Votes of thanks were passed to T . S . Duncombe , Esq . V M . P ., the Northern Star , and the Missionary ; and a resolution , approving of the United Trades' movement , and their , determination of supporting it to tho utmost of their ability . After a vote of thanks to tbe chairman , the meeting , a very interesting one , was dissolved .

      MANCHESTER .--Mr Parker attended a meet > ing of the district committee and was appointed one of a deputation to wait upon Mr G . E . Clarke , of Hope Mills , Pollard-street , who , three weeks ago , reduced the hand-mule spinners and the self-acting ' minders 10 per cent , and , since a lurther reduction to the extent of 35 per cent ., the latter reduction will affect the self-acting minders at the following rate : — The price they have been receiving was seventeen * pence per thousand hanks , now reduced to thirteenpence ; they can spin twenty-one thousand hacks ) per week , which will make a difference of seven shillings per week in wages . The reduction of the hand-mule spinners is to one and ninepenceper thousand hanks , the amount originally paid being two

      and sixpence—being a reduction of ninepence per thousand . The amount usually spun in a week istwenty-two thousand , making a reduction of sixteen and sixpence per week ; In some cases where these men are employed at two off pair wiieels , tliereduction will effect to the extent of double the above amount . Tho spinners in the above department have to employ a certain number of pieeers and scavengers , whoreceive their wages from- them , not the nnllowner , therefore they would be compelled to reduce the wages of the piercers and scavengers also , were they to submit . Mr Parker and another sent in a respectful note on Friday , solieiting an interview with Mr Clarke , who conceded it . On meeting that gentlemanthey stated their object : he wished to know

      , if they were in his employ ; on being answered in the negative , he asked by what right they presumed to interfere between him and his hands . They endeavoured to reason with him , bub it was no avail ; he said if the United Trades did not like the price he could afford to give his hands , let them , the United Trades , keep them ; he would have nothing to do with the United Trades-, nor would recognise any ; such body . The deputation tried their hardest to persuade him to forego the reduction , but he would not listen to them for a moment . When he informed his hands of the intended reduction , he made use of these words— ' * You have done it now ; I am obliged to reduce you , because you have been

      signing petitions at the corner of the streets for the Ten iiours ' Bill , , it is all your own doings and Lord Ashley ' s ; you see what it has brought you to . " This millowner was not compelled to reduce his hands on account ofa heavy stock , or the high price of cotton , because he has sold out all that he has made ; . but his hatred to that beneficial measure , the Ten Hours * Bill , induces him to wreak his vengeance upon thopoor factory workers .. Mr Parker will resume-hia labours in Sheffield on . the 17 th inst . One thousand of the- spring-knife trade have . paid , their first month ' s levies as their adhesion ; one of the results of the former visit .

      * Trades'movements. Rochdale Cab»-Room O...

      * TRADES ' MOVEMENTS . Rochdale Cab » -Room Opjratiybs . — The . following is ah extract froraan Address issued by the . Rochdale branch of the Card-room Operatives' Association , of the Northern Districts , to the public , :- ^ " Wa : are induced to address you in consequence of the po sitioH taken by . J . Pilling , and Sons towards their hands , endeatouring to compel them to sign a Viladocument against our union , in order that they . may with ease reduce our . wages to the lowest miserable pittance . The hands-knowing that ajeductionw . ouIi be the result , refused to" sign ; " the , consequence is ,, they are driven to . walk the streets ; we , therefore .

      deem it tho duty ofi every humane being to pour in their support for those who have fallen a sacrifice .: — Friends , we earnestly solicit the support of the shopkeepers and gentsy of Rochdale , Parties contributing to our support are cautioned against giving any but those -whohave the word , " Justice stajnped on the collecting Boota ^ ^ Cmmee „ T © THE JOUBSKTMEtf BOOT J ? D , SHOE IVUigUSS-OF Chamiak , Rochester , and SwooD . ^ A ^ special general ineeti ngof the above trade will be held at the Rose High-sweet , Chatham , on Monday ,. May 19 th , at eight o elock in the evening , to tako into , consideration the propriety of joining the Untfed . Trades

      Association . _ . _ , 0 , _ , The Dabmstadi' Faotopjes . —The Second Chamber of Darmstadt has decided that children under nine years of age shall npi be allowed- to work in the manufactories ; children of frora nipe to twelve may be authorised by the police to work , for a period not exceeding eight hours each day ,, ana those betwean twelve and sixteen may work ten hours . In . the course of the debaie on the measure i . 4 was stated that there are more than 10 , 00 ft children employed in the manufactories in the Grand'Duchy of Hesse-DawB & tadt . ^ i

      Alxkoed Cowahdice Op Thb American Froogf...

      AlXKOED COWAHDICE OP THB AMERICAN fROOgft . m Mexico . — The New Orleans Tapfe gives a very explicit statement of the cowardice of portion of the Indian areginwnts at the- battle of Buena Vista ,: — " While the enemy ' s cavalry had been pressing its way around the mountain , and just astuey . were ) ready to attack the Americansiu the rear , the Indiana regiment turned upon its . proper front , and commenced an inglorious flight . The efforts of Col .. Bowles to bring it to , its position were in Tail ) , and over bills , and over ravines they pursued their shameful career , to the great delight of the enemy , who rent tho air with shouts ef triumph . Several officers oi General Tayl & r ' s staff koraediatelv , dashed off to arrest , if possible , the retreating regiment , and re

      store it agaia to reputation and . duty . Major Dix , of the Pay Department , formerly of the 7 . ta Infantry , was the fi ^ ai to reach the deserters , and seizing the- colours of the regirasnt appealed to tha men to know whether they had determined to desert thera . He was answered by three cheers , showing thst though the men had Vittle disposition to become heroes thsmselves thej were not unmindful or an act of distinguished gallantry on the partot another . A . portion of . the regiment iro ^ ' *™? rallied around him , and was reformed by the olhcers . Dixthen led-them towards the enemy , until oneoi the men volunteeredio take the flag , the party reh not t to

      turned to thefieW , and thoug w »»» repair the disaster « hieh their flight had caused to retrieve , in a slight degree , the character of tha state . " * At auother stageofthe battle , itu « id that the Arkansas cavalry rode at full speed to Saltillo , and renorted General Taylor in full retreat ; and during the very hottest of the fight , " says tho correspondent of the Topic , " while every effective man was wanted in the fields , hundreds , some say thou-Kinds of volunteers had collected in the rancho , with the waggon train , whom noefforts or entreaties «> uld induce to join their brethren , neighbours , andfawnd then Uthe laststrugglo for death or victory . ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15051847/page/5/