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Octobeu 17,1846^ The Northern Star. A
Octobeu 17 , 1846 ^ THE NORTHERN STAR . a
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OS WARD AST ) UPWARD ! ST XRSEST JOSES . Bight onward the river is rolling , Its fountains are pulsing below , And ' tis not in human controlling To turn bnt a wave of its flow ! Bight onward the freeman may ride it , And speed in the lij htof its course , For faction no more can divide it , Xor dam it by cunning or force . Bight upward tke oak tree is growing , Torth -waving its leaves in the stm , And deep in ( ha green earth is sowing The seed of a forest to come . Rig ht upward are rising the nations , With high-throned corruption to cope ; Preparing , forfresh generations , This earth for the harvest of hope .
Bisht onward the breezesare blowing The rise of the forest and wave : Big ht onward tke great thoughts are going , Ipkindling the hearts of the brave ! fti-ht upward the eagle is winging , — Leave serpents to crawl on the sod!—Bight upward the spirit is springing From Priestcraft—to Nature and God !
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A > ACROSTIC . TO ERSEST 305 ES , ESQ ., BAERISTER-AT-LAW . E < Tanped Aristocrat : "What leave the favoured few "Rccardlc ss of fortune and prospects in view , ( XoWe Pemocrat ) tojola the Chartist band , jjciewed , despised , and scouted through the land . Such conduct we esteem , nav more , admire , Uiv spirit burns with freedom ' s sacred fire . 3 nst as the trav'lcr pursuing his lonely way , Oa whose dark path meteors bursting play , Sow changing gloom lo bright refulgent day ; Ernest we hail thee , from thy genius brijsht Shines in fall power pure Democratic light . Jons Aesott . Somers Town , Oct . 12 ih , lS 4 C .
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SOXGS FOR THE PEOPLE SO . XXXIII .
THE FIELD OF MORAT . ( From Taifs Edinburgh Jfagazine for October . ) The morning sun was shining o ' er The small bnt patriot band , Whose banners gleara'd right merrily On Moral ' s bloodless strand ; "When thunder-like there rose a shout , Loud-bursting to the sky , — " For freedom and our mountain-homes Well conquer , or well die !" . As fiercely sweeps the wild siroe , O ' er Syria ' s burning plain , So charge the Swiss in serried files , Retiring , charge again 1 In vain , Duke Charles , thy war-spears clash , Thy banners flaunt the sky : Yon patriot band no power can crush—Thev fight for liberty 1
The morn had seen a stranger host In numberless array ; The evening's sun was sinking low , And all had pass'd away . The numerous , bnt now grass-clad piles , To distant times shall tell , How once , on Moral's fated plain , The stranger tyrants fell . Time , the resistless enemy , The parent of decay ; The memory of other fields May haply blot away ; But , Moral , still thy glorioas fight Shall unforgotten be , — The watch-word of the patriot , The glory of the -free ! "S . D
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DOUGLAS JERROLLVS MA GAZ 1 KE—October . London ; Punch Office , S 5 , Fleet-street . This month ' s number opeas with another portion of the Editor ' s story of "St . Giles and St . James . " Notwithstanding the power and brilliancy of ^ nany passages-contained ia -this story , it is becoming wearisGrn * from its length arnd the miserable modicums dolec out monthly . Aa article on tne ""Commerce « f tie Oriental Archipelago" recommends this country not to content itself with a solitary station there , since the Archipelagc ss so immense , -that it wmid talie ages to exert an influence over it from a point like Labuan , lying si its north-western extremity , but judiciously to " select other positions from time to time , as opportunity offers , that A ? e I
may faiiMailr discharge towards the natives of that part of Asia ' the obligations * we tacitly take upon ourselves by fettling permanently among them . " " ¦ " The England of the French Drama" is an amusing exposure of the ignorant prejudices of our Trench neishboats against Perfidz Albion ; this antlcle would have been still more interesting had not a similar , but better written , show-up of Xe MarcM < k Londres appeared some weeks ago in the Athesw «» i , ' * The Poor Law and the Peasant Girl " illnstrates some of the wrongs of tbe poor under the operation of the now exploded and universally denounced " boon /* No . 1 of "Tables for Foolish Jeilows" is well done ; we shall be glad to see a series from the same pen . We miss , ia this number , the esatinnation of die "History for Soung England . *
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THE ALMANACK OF THE MONTE— Octobeu . London Punch Office , Fleet-street . Wit . fun , and satire , in prose and poetry , combine io make tkis sixpenny worth a welcome monthly visitor . Weestract
CAMBRIDGE'S DBEAM . * A SEW 2 EADIXG FEOM BICHiSD THE THlBD ; Enter VaLET . Tain . "Wht ' oofcs your grace so seedily to-day ? Cum . Oh I have passed a miserable night , So fall of nightmare and of indigestion That , as I ' m a duke and diner-out , 1 wculd not spend another such a night Though ' twere to buy a world of city feasts . * * * •* Ueihongbt that I was strolling down by Lambeth , And that , by mighty promises of lunch , Of Burgundy , and double Glo'ster , my good friend , Sir Peter Laurie , tempted nee to walk On board the city barge ; and I embarked , And gobbled up a thousand dainty bits Of ham , cold fowl , and tongue ; but when I rose To goon shore , I simehow couldn't * tand ,
Bnt stumbled , and Sir Peter " put me down " Into the deep brown shiny Thames . Oh thes , TThat cr . wds of fiffces passed before tuy eyes ! Es'f , turbots , salmon , heaps of oysters , too ; Thousands of whitebait , that close by my jaws Sn-am unmolested , and did jeer at me . 5 or lobsters , brown in yet unboiled pride , Spared me their sauce , but with their monstrous claws Bid t'Tenlj my nose ; so that I longed to cry , "Waiter ! do take away this fish , it ' s quite Offensive -a the nose ;** but could not : then 3 Jetbourhtthat by somegastly Chamberlaia I wa ? conducted to a dreary place , The hall of banquet of a brother duke—Duke Humphrey—and there wandered there Pale forms with sunken eyes , and cheeks Hollow and wan ; and these shrieked out to me , "Cambridire is come—great eating , hungry Cam
endge , That of his goodness dines with charities ; All for our sakes ! Take him , ye starvelings , Sietr him our fare . " " With that roethoaght a crowd Xnvlroned me , and howled in my ears , " Starvation I We are starring . ' 'Afid vourfeastS TIrmemberus ! " that with thenoise I waked , Marvelling if such things were .
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PUNCH . Part LXIII . London : Punch Office , S-5 , Fleet Street . Me observe considerable improvement in the nnmkers comprising this part as compared with their prfd « essf . rs for some time past . We are glad of this ; Ptmch has "done the State some ? ervice " in fcth » r days . We shall be glad to sec a revival of its ancient spirit , which will doubtless be accompanied hj a revival of its former popularity . The articles entitled " The Snobs of England on " the Continent , " from which we hare already extracted , would alone ensure our approbation of the present part ; these articles " hold as ' t were the mirror np to nature , " aad shmr to EnclUli fools and brutes of the " Pom-Pej Hicks" and "Wkgins" class , themselves " as others see them . " May they profit by the sight . The illustrations contained in this part are , as usual , ^ celltm .
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THE TRUTH-SEEKER MAGAZINE—Ocionnn . The second act of " The Frogs , " of Aristophanes . ¦ Jens this number in which Athenian slang is well doneimo English ditto . A " teetotal" story c-rnies ^ t , and is followed bv "A string of pearls" from iae wmisics of Jean Paul Kichter . The articles on Future Punishment " and "The SecondDeath " * di iwerest those who have not yet acquired the hBml , > : ii K knowlcdre that "All that we know is , in » iLii ' . ( - ;< n be known ; " such dream-born spceu ' ajf'i-S Uv-ever , da net interest us . "" The Open . . M-rci" k i <» v . s si ill a secret . Prose run mad : s hot ] j * 'try . iljonjji , \ i \ # tut ,, r , into " Jones and shorts . " l lie worhi iiikv tolerate Tlioir . es Carlylc ' s mystinca-Jl ° ^ and obscurations of the English language , but - « nsi : aorswill nox find the public so lenient to" ^ Msiien ,. Of a thtierent because of a common fcase aud trul y poetical stamp , is the contribution of
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a friend whose name is . known to and honoured by every reader of the Northern Star } from his pen we give— TBE POET'S MISSION .
HI f BXEST JONES . Who is it rivets brolcen bands . And strangers'hearts together , And builds , with fast-decaying hands , A home to last for ever ! From thunder-clouds draws but the light , And casts the bolt away , I ' pluring , from the soul-less night , The soul ' s returning day ! "Who is it calls up glories past From tombs of churches old ! Aud chains a hero ' s spirit fast , When fades bis grassy mould ? "Who is it , with age ' s vanquished form , Treads death ' s ascendiug path ; Yet stronger than the fiery storm Of tyrant ' s in their wrath .
w hose voice , so low to human years , Has still the strength sublime To ring thro the advancing years—And history—and time ? "Who is it , in love ' s servitude , Devotes his generous life , And measures by his own heart ' s good , A world with evil rife 1 The Bard—who walks earth's lonely length , Till all his gifts are given ; Hake others strong with his own strength . And then fleets back to heaven .
"Republican Slavery , " and the continuation of the memoir of "Arehy Moore , " exhibit in a strong light the damnable character of American slavery . May the hands of such men as Garrison be strengthened , to victoriously labour for the redemption of the Western republic from this foul unnatural stain .
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THE WINKING OF THE INFANTA . A ROMANTIC BALLAD . ( From Psnci . ) FVTTE FIRST . The sun shrats far on Neuilly , ' tis past the hour of dine , Old France and bis four Royal sons are sitting o'er their wine ; Butuntasted by the Monarch ' s side bright gleraas tbe Clos-Vougect , As he chinks Ws five-franc pieces , and surveys his sons a-row . Oh , a wily man is that old Sing , his whiskers Song and S ? " -. With a twinkle in his -eye , that seems " Fm rrAe awake " to say ; And the « mile that plays - -about his lip is just the smile that-smts The only King ia Europe who has polished his own boots .
There « ts dark aoiftville , with moustaches-fight truculent of twist , Montpensier , the -muffin-faced , Nemours , the close of fist , And young TJPAtmale , the fair and fiat , a'Chasseur tight and trim , And the Monarch thought "It'slueky fnst I ' vefound : a wife for him . " " 5 emoure , thou art-mine own trae-son— small dower thy wifeneed pay ; -By-skinning-fiints andshaving close thou -still wilt make thy way .- ; JoinviUe I ' ve wedded "to Brazil , her diamonds and'bor dollars , And all save-cae J ' vetitted with matrimonial collars .
" There sit two Royal maidens m the Esccnal towers , Their hands his prize who mystifies the European Towers-Bv St . Denk , there's -one for thee , Montpensier , my " boy ?" And down with a crack , on bis third soc -e back , came the Honarch ' -s hand in-joy ' . * " For the rivsaknightsTrappani , Cobarg , Montetnelin , Don JTrancisco , Don Enrique , I hold them not a pinl Let who will have Her Majesty , we -for the Tafsnta -stand ; There are cases where one bird i' thebesh is worth two birds in hand .
" "What ho ,-my f quires . ' bring forth my horse , my armour and my shield . And'Stwa * rare to see the ancient King low he armed him for the-fieid . While-Ms four sens gathered round h » a , each -on his bended knee , And took a lesson from that olsl Chevalier d' InduSU-k . He hath braced his helm of-humbug , his breastplate of untruth , He hath ta ' en his shield of impudence and his lance of little tuth ; And his -sons up to the saddle-tree give him s Irg at need , And proudly paces Artful -Bodge , his old but 'trusty steed 1
ISTTE SECOSD . The lists are cleared , the barriers reared , the knights come riding in , The captiveEiaidens-ss . llylook ,-forliking is a sin ; They may not choose , may not i-efuse , for such -iheii Royal parts , J Tis bat their " sands are-wanted—what need to think of hearts i Sides in the van the pale Trappan , his sword is in its sheath , The legend blazosed on Hie shield - "I fight" —a cross beneath , Meatemolin , h ' s shield within displays s . crown of brass , "Which his sire Doc Carlos gave him when he found it wouldn ' t pass . Sert rides Cobourg-Cohary , and the § ueen doth wish him luck ; For though somewhat out at elbows , he ' s what ladie ?* caUa "duck "
And he hears the Coburg legend , which his seedy look confirms , Of " Royal marriages performed upon fee cheapest terms . " Don Francisco rideth after , looking fain to runaway , Right groggy is he in his « € ? te , and anything btt gay : Follows closej bold Don Enriojie , he hath caught the Infanta ' s eye . He blows a kiss to her , and she blows one in reply . The trumpets sound , the knights ride round , displaying of their paces , And the ladies gay , they flirt away , displaying of their faces ; When o ' er the barrier of Utrecht , that shuts the lists below , With lusty leap Louis Philippe on Artlul Dodge doth show .
He wears his crown with vizor down ; " Hold hard ! " he cries aloud , " I too will ride a tilt of arms before this noble crowd ;" And he strikes on Frinee Trappani's shield , who , the challenjre when he heirs , Immediately is taken ill , and straightway disappears , " Ha , hall guess that ' s one the less . ' Now , Sir Coburg , for you ; *• And he tipped his lance with gold , for well his foe ' s weak point he knew ; A rush , a thrust , —a cloud of dust , —and , when it left the air , There lay the Coburg , dead to " time , " and much the wors for wear .
"Now rest th » e , Bon Francisco , I leave the Queen to you , But , Don Enrique , there ' s a crow to pluck between us two . " And he bent his lance of slander ' gainst that heart so true and leal , And , with a grin , ths stern old King sent home the poisoned steel . Then silent flowed the tears of those maidens as perforce , Each saw her favourite champion sent , as Bed ' s Life says , "to dorse ;" But nought recked he , the grim Louis , of breaking hearts , or wo ; He'd come to win a wife , and one he'd have before he'd
go . On came Muniemolin , but aye his glance be backward threw . For the constable vras on bis track , as well old Louis knew ; 'Police ! '' shouts France , hut their approach the Count awaited not , At first glimpse of the alcaide he hath bolted like a shot The jousts are done , the prize is won , old France has gained the day , Tho' ' tis iu what some folks may call—a dirty sort of
way ; And he strokes the neck of Artful Dodge , " Well done thou trusty steed ! I ' ve worked thee bard , but never yet thou'stfailsi me at my need !' Right proudly rode he up the lists to whore the maidens sat , And courteously Lis vizor raised , beneath his broadbrimmed hat ; "Your hands are mine to pick and choose ; Francisco , take the Queen ; "For you , Infanta , I ' ve a son , a gallant boy , tho ' green . " And with a roguish chuckle , as they looked botli sad and sour , He gave these sorry maidens each unto a husband ' s power ; And lung Jlndrid shall grumble at the doing of the day When , with Artful Dodge , Louis I'hilippes the Infanta bore away . U PI 1 I ill W 1 ~ H ¥ TH H IIWII ¦ PPimiiniiii . im iM . i . MMMi—ivmin-iiWT
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CITY OF LONDON BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS . A general meeting of the city of London boot and snotJRakers -was held in Mr . Duftey ' s large room , 01 . Tuesday the fith instant , to hear a charge laid against Mr . Clark , the general secretary , for the embezzlement of £ U 9 d . « d ., which was brought under the consideration of the meeting by Mr . John Richards , a member ol the Association , who called on Mr . iohn Steward , late district secretary of the West End Men ' s Men , and now oui of the Association , to substantiate the charge , as he it was who first set the report of the alleged embezzlement abroad . A deputation had invited Messrs . Stewart , Sinithye ? , and Clark to attend on the niglit of trial . 3 m : tbyes and Clark were in attendance , hut Stewart de . clined doing so . Mr . Nathaniel Richards was uoani . mously called to the chair . He called the attention oi the meeting to the subject the } -had assembled to consider , and hoped they would give every one a fair hearing .
Mr . Jons Richakd then came forward and said , he had no ill feeling towards the general secretary , but that the charges were the constant gossip of the party who had left the Association , and he was determined that there should be an investigation . He laid tho charge against Clark to give the party tho opportunity of proving the cbargc , | but he was sorry to say that he had received a letter from Stewart , declining to come forward . Mr . Claek then rose , and stated that he felt no ways angry with any man , if he had any doubt on his mind that all was not right , to lay any charge against him . Mr , Clark then produced his receipts and books for the inspection of the meeting , to see how the money was spent , proving to the sa'isfaction of the meeting that nothing was wrong . He likewise called Mr . Smithyers to prove what he stated was true , which he did by stating that he himself paid ,- £ 8 9 s . 6 d . of the money that was disputed , out of the £ 14 8 s . Mr . Clark showing receipts from Stewart for the rest , which gave general satisfaction .
The Chairman having asked whether any member of the Association had any question to put to Mr . Smithyers or Mr . Clurk , several quettions were put to both of them , and answered by Mr . Smithyers and Clark to the satisfaction of the meeting , when a vote of tbe meeting was given to Mr . Smithyers , expressive of the meeting ' s satisfaction with bis explanations . Mr . Mi 3 ? Ser from the third proposed , anS Mr . West the district -secretary , seconded , that this meeting places the gwatest confidence iu the general secretary , which was carried unanimously . Mr . 'Olaek thanked rtiem for the rote and the confidence they placed in him , and he hoped t ) hat his conduct hereafter would give them no causa to regret the vote they ' had taken .
• TheK / liairman called on Mr . M'Cnrfey to give areport . of his-mhsion in the-country , which he did to the -great , satisfaction of the meeting . He likewise challenged his accusers to lay a srngle'cbsrge against him , and -called -on I them to prove ths falsehoods they had circulated through I the-country . P . S . —Sb-Wj-ehopmrttes , the truth of thinge is this : ;—the general secretary-paid on Hales" * shop £ 1 ^ Ss , 'Underim-xk ' s , £ 1 8 s ., which made £ -2 ' 16 s ., which Mr . -Stewart allows , and Stewart advanced' * C -Ss ., which -he-got credit for out of the-levies of his district , so that the amount-of these two shops-on strike was £ 0 4 s ; so that the-fS- 'Ss . never came'into the hands of the general secretary , but
the general -secretary was obliged to charge them with the full amount thatohe shops-cost on strike . -Now Mr . i'awcett ' s-dhop was-situated in " the very same manner , for £ 8 9 s . Cd .-was-paid'by your late general -secretary , "Mr . Smithyers , and begot credit for it out of the levies of his district . "This , coupled with . £ 5 18 s . Cd ., which Stewart fays is-paid , will make - £ te 8 s ., which-Is tbe ' -mcn ' ey actually-paid onTawcctt ' s shep . "Signed by the Committee , " Thomas Price , Timothy Lynch , GeorgeRyan , Edward Collins , W > m . Shaekivek , Charles M'Carthy . . John Walkindine , James Mathers ,
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GENERAL MEETING OF THE -MANOEESTER SECTIONS OF THE GQEDWArNERS ' MUTUAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION . At ths general meeting-of the Manchester Sections of the-Cordwainers' Mutual Assistance Association , Iield atithe Hop Pole Inn , Ilardman-strcet , September ilOth , for the purpose of taking into coHsideration the report of-the committee appointed to investigate rthe balance-sheets , and other business-connected'witli tlie-association , Mr . Wright having > £ > cen unanimously called to the-chair , therfollowing -resolutions were agreed to : — Moved by Mr . Pemberton , seconded by : > Mr . F . Tynan ,= and carried ::
—1 . That the committee appointed to investigate ths balance sheets of the associationand other business-connected therewith , having reportedstheresultof such investigation , this nieeting is of opinion , that thcreport { especially as regards the monetary aft ' airsof the associations highly discreditable to the . parties who have conducted the society , and unsatisfactory to the members , inasmuch . ns it lias destroyed all coii £ di / iice , and thereforefully warrants this meeting in withdrawing from the association . Moved'by Mr . Edward-Cahill , seconded ; by . 'Mr . I-aac Morris , and
carried?—2 . That jirogression -being one of the paramount , objects of the industrious classes . ; and experience . having proved theutter inutility of isolated trades' . unionsfor the accomplishment of its objects . This meeting is-ef opinion , that a more extensive .-combination of trades , based upenthe principle of reciprocal interests , . is better calculated to further the -ends of . labour ; we . ttherefore , resolve to . give in our adhesion totthe National Association of United Trades . Moved bj Mr . John O'llea , ^ eeondcd by Mr . ? Edward lvirby ,= and carried : — That the . thanks of this meeting are hereby tendered to the Chairmen for his impartial-conduct during tl > s transaction of business . ADDRESS OE THS OPERATIVE . CQRnVf / ISERS OF JK . ' - X-j CHESTER TO IHEIR FELLOW -SIIOI'MATES OP HIE VS 1 TBD KI . V 5 D 0 M .
. Respected Shonmtes . — n e deem lit prudent ( after mature deliberation . ' thus publicly to . inform you that we have withdrawn from the Mutual Assistance Association , aiiC 4 tiven in our adhesion to the iKttloaal Association of'United Trades , under the presidency of T . S . Duecombe , Esq ., M . P . Jtcst of you are aware that we have . bee ; :. connected with isolated trades' . unicas sufficiently long ts convince us of their utter inutility . About two years Rgo we merged our sectional efforts into one united system . of action , and , although supporting it under the most trying difficulties , we find ourselves . compelled to withdraiv , owing to the mismanagement of the monetary and other . business connected with the association .
Shopsiates , —We are decidedly of opinion , , tast labour , hitherto oppressed and coati-c-lled by capital , is about to assume its proper position , ar . d that the system of employing men upon their owe-capital is fur preferable to the old system of " striking" and sending men ontoimp , thus breaking np many a happy home , destroying the constitution and morals of our . members , and , iu many instances , when they do find einjdoymint , actually engage to work for manufacturers v / Jio supply the shaps from whence they struck . The following are successful instances of the practical working of the system we are acout to embrace , namely : — "The workmen ' s own shop , Drury-lane ,
London . The Framework Knitters , Ckasr-makers , & c . This iu our opinion is an improved feature in the history of Trades Unions , and if properly carried out will ultimately achieve the objects for which ws have struggled so long and vainly . One of the objections urged by our opponents is ' Oh ! say they , if you cannot legislate for joursclves ho * - can you expect ; i mason or a carpenter to do so for you . " Now we appeal to your common sinse , and ask : is this keeping-pace with the spirit of progression , we consider in our humble judgment that the longer we keep our brethren of the order of labour in ignorance of our position , so long will they he unwilling , because not understanding each other grievances , to lend a helping hand in the hour of trial .
Shopmates , —It would be an idle task were we to expatiate on tbe numerous benefits we anticipate from this great confedracy , suffice it to say , we have joined , and earnestly invite the co-operation of our brethren in the achievement of this great work of Labour's regeneration . P . S . —We have decided upon a mutual exchange of cards whether of the old Trade , or the Association , and we expect the country to act upon the same principle , for it is our opinion , that however we may differ upon the subject of union , men who are on the road and in search of employment , are justly entitled to the support of their shopmates so long as they are supplied with a legal card . By order , Samuel Pemberton , Secretary .
NATIONAL UNITED TRADES ASSOCIATION The adjourned meeting of officers of Trades was held at Thomas Galespie ' s , Uon Quixote Tavern Trongate Street , on Tuesday evening , when a greater accession of trades were entered on the roll . General approbation of , and confidence in , the National Association was expressed as the only certain means by which the trades generally could save themselves from reductions of wages , and encroachments on their privileges in any future slight depression of trade and commerce , which time ' s past experience had proved the masters take immediate advantage of to increase their proiits at the expense of the wr . rkcrs . Arrangements were made for tlie missionary to witness several trades bodies .
Wednesday Evening . —Mr . Jacobs addressed the Joiners in general meeting , convened by placard at the Tion Church Sessions House . After tlie lecturer had concluded , the following resolution was cirried unanimously : — That the society will be enabled successfully to oppose any encroachments on their wages or privileges by joining the National Association . That a special general meeting of tlie whole trade be convened at the earliest convenience to hear a lecture from the trades missionary and decide on our adhesion . Thursday " . — A meetinfj of Miners of tha North Glasgow district was held at Kelvin JJoek ,= com-
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raencing atone o clock , when Mr . Jacobs attended , according to previous arrangement , and delivered an address on the princi ples and advantages of the National Association , showing how the society will put a bar to strikes by its vast accumulated and ever iccuniulating lunda , rendering each society that joined so powevluV that the masters would have no . iliance to conquer , and therefore they would .- . void entering upon the conflict , for , said he , tlierc never was a party that entered into a strike knowing they would be beat , there was always chances on both aides , the Association would make its societies sure of success , through the funds and income of the National Association , and therefore remove tlie most remote idea of victory from the employers , who would from that moment cease oppressing tlie workmen , and thus remoTC the cause of strike , for all
strikes had arisen from one cause—in encroachments effected or attempted on the wages , rights , or privileges of labor , —there have , therefore , occurred but two classes of strike , defensive or offensive , or rather protective and reclaiming , the first to resist eniToaclinients , the second to regain what had at some previous time of weakness been taken away j the Association would enable them to regain the last and maintain their , present rights and privileges with words , without strikes ; yet if at any time any mas tors should be to stubborn to forget their own interests , the Association would employ the turnouts , a circumstance that would soon bring them to their senses , as they had done at Denbigh ami Holywell , in Wales . Alter the missionary had concluded a iengthy address , it was moved by Oharles Trcanov , seconded by W , M'Nec : — '
That the Mintrs would possess much greater power by joining the National Association , and that a meeting be called of all the districts to consider the question , when the missionary be requested to attend and open the business with a lecture thereon . Thursday Evening . ~ Mr . Jacobs delivered mi address to the Iron Moulders in Nelson Street Chapel , setting forth how theirs , as well as other trades , tiny bo benefited by the Association employing the turnouts and surplus hands at their own occupation , and accumulating the funds by the profits , in which all would have a joint interest It was agrecd to have another meeting on the s \ £ y ect , and hear a lecture from the missionary , encompassing the whole question of 'labour , its grievances , the cause and means ' withta the reach of the trades to redeem themselves . '
Friday ! Eventng . —Mr . Jacobs addressed the Bakers in the Odd Fellows Hall , Trongate , and thoroughly convirxed them that by joining the Association they may maintain and increase their present advantages , oy -always being in a position to start business under the 'board of directors . A vote was taken for a second meeting to be called oa the subject . Scleral members of the trades here have determined to take shares in the & itOCjGOO fund .
TIIE NEEDTJE POINTERS ON STRIKE . Redmtch . —About two years ago , amanufacturer of the above place , Mr . John Choice 'Chambers , introduced a mRchine to dispense with the Ruff ; Pointers or Needle Grinders , a body of men in numher about 170 . "They seeing their employment about - to fly from them , formed themselves into a Union , when after a short struggle , Mr . 'C . 'w : y wi-: ely , bo-1 cau 86 compelled , gave up the obnoxious instrument , himself breaking the first wheel , an account of which was grven in thenar at the time . Since then thoi men have continued paying weekly , until now they have-cmasseda sum of from " 8 tK ) to 1000 pounds . Five-weeks « , go , thft mnjority not feeling satisfied with'their prices , a meeting was called of the entire
body . ^ when a fresh scale or -list was made out and handed'to the ? fnro principal masters of the trade , Messrs . Ilemming and Messrs . 'Bartleet , with -. in intim & tion that after finishing tho work out'they shouldstqp until their terms were acceded to . The aboTenameVl'firms arc decidedly the most liberal in the place , and therefore , many of the Star readers may naturally vsay why strike against them . The fact k the great hulk of their Weedles pointed ,-Ac , are -called 'lletwecns and Blunts , which is the Pointers very vworst work , 'that is to say , tho four first sizes , viz ., % 2 , 3 , 4 . Now although the workers of this branohof the trade are the best paid body of meB , * yefc at these sizes , of which-an immense-number aro 4 cne , they-cannot earn on an average more 'than
5 s . per day , out of which they have to pay rent , and wear and tear uf tools , & c . But to proceed , the aforesaid gentlemen refused to comply . A meeting was called of the manufacturers , who not only refuse & iihe advance , but gave ont-a scale considerably lower than > at any previous known period . The masters pompously paraded through the medium of the Worcester papers , the injustice of the men , sitting- forth the unfounded assertion , that they , the Pointers , were earning from three to five < -pounds per "week , thereby endeavouring to disarm ^ tliem of any sympathy the kingdom at large > might be disposed to exhibit . Now we 'are informed en unquestionable authority , that thcMihove -statement is false . Ht is true three or eventfive pounds could be
earned at some sizes , and no doubt at times has been . But we-, are positively assured by our informant , a foreman of one of the principal * firras of thirty . years standing ,- that they cannot on the average earn and work hard six hours per day , more than fronifthirty to forty-shillings per week . This sum to the ^ ye of a strangert-will appear very great . But be it-understood as-a . positive fact , that the- 'ir . nment the y' enter the Mills , many of which are complete Hill-holes , their livoc are in danger every moment from the frequent brodlriug- of the stones . This is no far fetched assertion , ihut a . possitivc fact , the : truth of which many widows and orphans can testify to , having their husbands and fathers brought home lifeless , - ; fch-eir brains literally s . dashed out . Even supposing they
escape tbisvcatastropb-v , their liv . es ; are being < daily and hourly-sacrificed by the pernicious nature of their employment . Kew , very few ,. cver see tue .-gge of thirty-five-or forty . Let the hired scribe who « write g for tbalneal . papers in the neighbourhood , ( who shy the by might get recognized if Arthur Tliistic-= wood was in . feeing ) let Lim , we say , visit the sick ¦ ehamber of tlie iPointer , and witness / the ^ awful . nf . - -tr . re of his diesase , which is the iuavit . ible conse-. ¦ qu-enee of his employment , and then cay whether a Pointer is too well paid . It is cough , cough , day and night , vomifcting at every reach portions of : his -liver and lungs , with no help till released by death . Sinee the commencement of the strike , various meetingsflf the employer ^ have been held , at which resolutions have been passed , expressive of a siern determination of starving-the men into compliance with theirrseduced terms . The Bointers have recently
handed in a " reformed" list of prices , talcing off or rather . reducing the prices on their best jobs , and putting it on the sizes so ill paid . - ; but all to no purpose . ' { The masters are . striveing to get machinery to do . entirely away wrt ' a hand labour . It is currently -reported they intend as soon as their present orders ore disposed of , to « lose their factories , whereby from ten-to twelve thousand will be entirely deprived of employment ! But like . tfiie heroie Miners , they arc determined to stand out . We are informed application was-last week made to the National Trades ' Union , and tifcat that application was responded to , and on Saturday last the Treasurer of the Pointers forwarded a cheque for something less than fifty pounds , wlrieh . makes up their quota levies , & c „ < fcc , for six months , nod wo believe a delegate will by the time this is read , have been down , and we trust in tlie next niimbcrfff the Star to have tho pleasure of announcing the termination of the strike .
Bki . p 2 b . —A correspondent writes ;—Tarn quite surprised that you have not had before this time a report of the meeting of the Horse Nail Makers , held at the Nag's-head , ou Monday the 2 £ th of September , to make further enquiries into , the truck system and " drawbacks" carried on by some of their employers . At that meeting it was unanimously agreed that , if such evil practises were not abolished , further proceedings would be taken against the parties practising them . Shares , to the number of fourteen were taken up , in the " United Trades' Association for the employment of labour in agriculture and manufactures . "
Mixers' Anniveesiry , —On Monday the 12 th inst . the Miners of Ringley held their Third Anniversary of " The Miners' Sick and Burial Society , " at Mr . Edmund Turner ' s , Grapes Inn , when upwards of 200 of the hardy sons of the mine , their wives , and sweethearts , safc down to a good substantial dinnev of prime roast beef and plumb pudding , which reflected great credit on the worthy host and hostess . After regaling themselves with the good tinners set before them , the cloth was removed , and Mr . John Ilaslam , a veteran miner , was called to the chair . The chairman opened the meeting by showing the present position of the Miners' Association , and the persecutions lie had undergone since its commencement , but this did not abate his zeal for the cause . It was onlv
the means of pushing him forward in the cause of labour . The chairman concluded by calling on Wm . Chcetham to address the meeting . Mr . 0 . did so , and proceeded to inform the meeting of what had passed between him and a coal master , while on a deputation that morning . This master , who resides not a hundred miles from llinglcy , had discharged a portion of his men because they would not perform more work than they were able—the men had been in the pit from six o ' clock in the morning , until five o ' clock in the eveninir , and because they had not performed mure work than it- was possible for them
to do , he discharged them . The language of this tyrant , when the men asked him what he had discharged them for , was , " You shall not work for me any longer , and if you go to get work elsewhere , 1 will send a letter after you to prevent your obtaining employment . " The speaker then remarked on restriction of labour , as tho only safeguard for labour against the encroachment' of capital ; and was listcnctUo with great attention . After this the company enjoyed themselves' with singing and dancing till the hour of eleven o ' chHc , when ; ill returned t- > their homes well satisfied with the evening ' s pleasures .
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Pkison Reform in Germany . —In the second sitting of the Friends of Penitentiary Reform at Frankfort , on the 28 th ult . the advantages and disadvantages of celular and solitary imprisonment forthe condemned was discussed . The assembly decided that the condemned , jas well as individuals detained before trial , should be confined separately , each in a cell , but in such a manner as to be able to go every day into tho open air , and daily to receive moral , religious , intellectual , and industrial lessons , to be visited by the director , doctor , the chaplain , and a member of the Committee of Inspection and of the 1 rotection Society . This system with all its gradations , has likewise been recommended as the beat for tlios-e confined forking terms of imprisonment .
Enormous Quantity of Siiiiting at Odessa . — Letters from Odessa of the ISth September , received in Liverpool , state that a fleet of no less than 150 merchant vessels arrived at that port the . day before , thus effectually putting an end to the scarcity of shipping which had so long prevailed . These vessels were chiefly Greek and Italian , only six of them being British . From 350 , 000 to 400 , 000 quarters of wheat had been bought for shipment on board these vessels , chiefly for Italy and the south of France , and from 110 , 000 to 150 , 000 quarters still remained on sale . Thcarrivals of new wheat had been small , but were expected to be liberal during the next two months . The price of new wheat , of good quality , was 31 s . to 34 s . Sd . per qr ., and the freight to England was 12 s . 3 d . a qr . The stock of Indian corn was very small .
FoitEios Potatobs . —Several vessels with foreign potatoes have arrived at various ports . The first importation of the kind for several months past . Portuguese Fruits . —The importation of onions and grapes from Portugal has continued to an extent ( mite unprecedented . One vessel had an entire cargo , comprising the large number ot" S 43 boxes of onions ; another , from Oporto , in addition to a cargo of wine , 372 boxes of onions ; a third , from Lisbon , 310 packages of onions and nearly 500 boxes of grapes ; a fourth , the Providence , from Lisbon , a large quantity of onions and 050 packages of grapes ; the Worthington , from Oporto , GG 8 packages of onions ; the Wysen , from Lisbon , the extraordinary large number of 1 , 509 packages of onions , and 831 packages of grapes ; and the Charles , from Oporto , 019 packages of onions ; all of which arrivals took place in one day , the vessels by which they were imported being more or less laden with wine and other Portuguese productions .
Ssn George < 3-rey , Bart ., Secretary of State for the Home Department , and the owner of extensive landed possessions in this country , is one of manv who have this year suffered the penalty of disfranchisement at the hands ef the revising barrister . The flaw in Sir George ' s claim was clerical . —Newcastle Advertise * . i | Verdict , " Sarved Mm rinht , " and all other supporters of theswindling rating classes and clumsy machinery of the Reform Act . " ] Princely Generositv . —The Journal de Francfort states that the Duke of Saxe Cobur ? , in the five
months from January 1 to May 31 , distributing to 700 of his peasantry in Hungary , who were suffering from the deficiency of the last year ' s harvest , lib . of meat and' 21 b . of bread each per day , and gave employment for all who were able to work—thus expending during this period 28 , 080 florrins , upwards of 70 ; 000 f ,, m food ; and 144 , 000 florins , about 3 G 0 , 500 f ., in labour . The busikkss of the Home Office is removed te apartments in the Treasury during the time that will be required for completing the extensive alterations which are now in progress .
Rejoicings for Royal M-mmm'es . —The Qitatidiane says-: — = " The long talked of weddings in Spain will be destructive to the poor bulls of the country . To conciliate the ill-humour of the people of Madrid , there are 'to be brilliant ' -CentUrs de Toros . Fifty bulls are'to be given up to slaughter , forty horses are to be embowelled , seven or -eight picaaorcs-nre to be wourided , and some Matadors will probably be killed on 'the arena , as happened once at Capcllillo , and then * the fete will be complete . IlER'Mii .- 'ESTY ' s Lands . —The lands of her Majesty
in the Isle of Wight areabcutto be drained . The Hampshire-Guardian says : — "Mr , Webster , of Ilaunsdown , went to Osborne to put on hands to drain -sufficient about -300 acres this winter . The total-number of acres to bo drained is about 1 , 600 . There cannot be a more primitive soil for an estate occupied for centuries by a family of distinction . The wild blackberry erows in tho middle of whatia-eallcd the lawn . ; and the whole place is , or rather ^ was ( for some improvements have been made ) , in all the rudeness of nature .
Tni ! Mo-del Lodging House , St . Giles ' s . —The erection of this building is rapidly progressing . The frontage is-rather more than 00 feet , depth 30 . It is to be divided into three compartments—for married couples , single men , an'd ^ in glc woman . It is ; in contemplation that Government Schools of Design stall be established in Dublin and Belfast . The carefully-adjusted institution of such means of general and : artistic improvement would be reckoned among'the worthy efforts for the moral and statistical welfare of the sister country . Royal ' -Kat . \ Ii School . New-cross . —The Earl of Auckland has continued the privilege conferred on this institution by the Earl of Ellenbornngh , by placing a marinecadetship at the disposal of the council for competition amongst the pupils .
Tug iiitR .-iHia Fisheiu \ — 'It is gratifying to learn that for ; ti : c -faet four years the take of herrings at tha Ferry-side has been gradually increasing . This useful fich-had'before that period been a comparative stranger in ' Carmarthen Bay , but now shoals frequent our shores , and aie easily captured by the fishermen . The size of the fish " this year has been much larg « r than previously . Rise in tub > Puice op Coale . —The coal owners have advanccd-thc price of coals sent coastwise 4 s per Newcastle chaldron . Damagk to -Siuitixg o . v the River . —The high south-westerly winds of tho past week have been productive of . considerable damage to the craft on the river .
Amf . uican PnoDucK . —The supplies of provisions which have taken place at the ports of London and Liverpool , from tha United States of America , and the British provinces in that quarter of the globe , during the past week , have been of an extensive itiature . _ An Unsopiiisti-cat-ed Witness . —During the sessions at Wakefield * a witness was asked if he was not a husbandman , when he hesitated for a moment , then coolly replied , amid the laughter of the court , "Nae , Sir , 1 'se not married . Religious Intolerance in Sweden . —The .-ln ^ - bu , r $ Gazette has the following from Stockholm , dated the 2-lth ult .: —" Dtirin * r the last six months tho intolerance of the Government in favour of
orthodox Lutheranism has been productive of sad results for the country . Norrland , the population of which did not exceed 60 or TO persons per square mile , is becoming entirely depopulated , most of the inhabitants having emigrated for America , in order that they may be free to worship God according to their religion . " The Famine is Iuui . xsd a'sd Sccn .. vsT > . — The Admiralty have ordered tkeJE'Am , an old -12-gtin frigate , of lyO / T tons , and the Blondclanothcr old-lS-gun frigate , of 2 , 100 tons , the former at Shecmess , and the latter at Portsmuoth , be fitted immediately as a depot ships -for provisions for tho distressed population on the west coast of Scotland . The Madagascar , frigate , fitted as a depot for provisions for the coast of Ireland , has been towed to moorings at Foyncs , in the Shannon , by the Scromboli steam-sloop , Commander Fisher , which vessel will return to Cork , with her masts and gear , to be sent to Devonporr , for another depot frigate , nearly ready to be navigated to the coast of Ireland .
Fever Ravages at Nottinoam . —Fever is still prevailingat Nottingham , at OUI and New Lenton , and at Radtord , all within two miles of the town , to an alarming extent , and the new cases are of a more malignant character than those reported previously . Attempt to Desthoy Lord Rosse ' s Tklescope . —On Friday evening , three respectably dressed individuals applied lor permission to view the moon through Lord Rosse ' s telescope . On its being granted they ascended the platform , and ft the moment when the instrument was depressed on a level with the horizon , one of them advanced to the extreme end and cast a stone , which he must have concealed for the purpose , at t ' . e speculum . It happily did not take effect , and in the effort he fell and fractured his leg . They were immediately arrested . They
state themselves to be from Cheltenham ; and the one who threw tho stone expresses his regret at not having destroyed the telescope , as he considers it " a blasphemy Cora man to scrutise too closely the works of the Creator , " and affirms that " the right hand of the Lord will yet be employed to dash to pieces the enemy . " The packet-packet ship Cornelia , which sailed for New York on Friday , carried with her a large number of the nassengors who had embarked in the unfortunate Great Britain . The Cornelia has taken with her the greatest number of passengers ever destined to cross the Atlantic iu one vessel . The owners provided in her accommodation for three hundred passengers in the steerage , and , inclusive of her crew , she sailed with nearly -. 100 persons on board .
Tub Ashes op CuiusTOPiri : !! Coi . umiius . —The Sardinian Government has entered intoa negotiation with Spain for the restitution of the ashes of Christopher Columbus . The mortal remains of this great man , after having been first deposited at Seville , were removed to St . Domingo , whore thev remained until 17 H 5 , when they were taken to the cathedral church of the llavaniiah , where I hey now are . DiSTr . r . ssF . n Ni : ! : ni . Kwr . M ; . \' .-i ( Society . —In the course of last week a deputation from ilic above society waited upon the committee of the Female Penitentiary , l ' entonville , for the purpose of pointing out the great detriment that is caused by the practice of taking in work under price . Tlie ladies Mousing to that establishment have in consequence taken precaution to obratc-thc evil in luturc . The
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deputation then visited the Model Prison , when the governor promised , as soon as the society could iurnish him with the standard prices , such * as are adopted by respectable tradesmen , Ac ., he would lay tlie case before the commissioners of that establishment . 1 he deputation continued their routs to tho 1 emtontiary , Milbank . when the governor vntered most warmly into their views , and promised to do nil in his power to carrv out the same object in that establishment . The Queen has signified her intention of honouring the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk with a visit . hirin <» the present month , at their family residence . Arundel Castle .
The Scheme for raising £ 20 , 000 , by subscription for the erection of four churches in the poor districts of Liverpool h :-. a been already successful to the extant of £ 10 , 500 . £ 20 . 000 bid out in providing inhabitable houses for ths poor , instead oftho loathsome and pestilential cellars in which 40 . 00 !) of thepopulation of Liverpool are doomed to perish , would be a much more rational and useful application of
themoney . , , .,- > -, A Lad of about eighteen , employed on th * Oxford , and Rugby Railway fell down , and a waggon passed over his arm * nd shattered it . On the niirlit of the accident the arm was amputated near the shoulder . He walked quietly from the place to tho inn , talked coolly while the amputation was £ ' -: ng on ,, and requested the bone mhjht be saved , so that he mi c ; ht have a tobacco-stopper made of it ! A Nkw Species of Monomania . —The whims anil caprices of some of the biped race may truly be said to amount to a species of monomania . At Stratford ,
in the suburbs of the metropolis , within I he boundary of this county , resides an old ar . d ccccnU'ic personage , possessed of considerable house property , whelms a monomania for empty houses , and to such an extent does he indulge in this species of madness ,, that houses which would realise an aggrcmre annual rental of between £ 500 and £ G 00 per ivr . nura he allows to stand empty , nor will the solicitations and importunities of his best friends induce him to letthem . The loss already sustained in parochial ratea , ifcc ., in the parish of West Ham , from this empty house monomania , is estimated at from eleven to twelve hundred pounds .
DisruESSED State of the Printing Bus'skss . — The scarcity of employment which has prevailed for a considerable po-tion of the prenent year amongst the printers of the metropolis lias hardly ever been equalled . During the last six months , the compositors of London have disbursed towards the relief of their brethren out of work a sum exceeding . * Ll , 200 . Each person has received 0 s . a-week , the number of recipients ranging from 160 to 230 . Even at the present time of the year , when formerly tnuie has been considered good , their number amounts to 210 . A large proportion of this most intelligent and useful body of men have families dependant on their labour . The privations they must have undergone , and are still enduring , need no comment . Unfortunately , too , there ia no present prospect of their amelioration .
Rumoured Brevet . —We are informed , by unquestionable authority , that it is decided to have immediately a Brevet promotion in the Army . —Limerick Chron . A Shipwrecked Bear . —The Royal Botanic Garden of Glasgow has lately had presented to it a fine young Russian bear . The history of its voyago home from Russia is rather interesting , the vessel having gone on shore in a storm , and her crew and passengers were saved with difficulty . Amidst the confusion and danger attendant on grtting from the vessel to the life-boat , poor Bruin was ovcrlooUeil ; but finding herself deserted on the wreck , she climbed up one of the broken masts , and set up such a pitiful and melancholy howling , as induced a daring band of the sailors to man the boat , and , even at the risk of their own lives , they saved their poor four-fcoted fellow-passenger from a watery grave . - » Scottish Guardian . The Memorial of Pan ot the 4 th states that the
higher mountains of the Pyrenees in the district were already covered with snow . HUDDERSFIKLD ASD MaNCUHSTER RaII . WAT STATION ' . —On Friday last the foundation stone nf the new railway station in connection with the Hutidersfield and Manchester line was laid with great festivity , the Earl Fitzwilliam officiating as the chief guest at the ceremony . A dinner took place at the conclusion of the ceremony , in the Philosophical Hall . Tables were laid for about 3 G 0 persons , and they were amply filled . [ hprovemekt-s at Edmonton axd Tottk . vimm . — In the above parsihes gas pipes arc being laid down in order that the high road should be lighted with ga . « . When this shall have been effected , there will be a continuance of gas lights for a distance of above ,, six miles in that direction .
Glimpses or the Plans for Patching vp tke Palace . —We have seen what we have every reason to think is the only design yet prepared in accordance with the last suggestions of Lord de Grey and the commissioners . Some will wonder how ; suffice it to say , wo have many eyes and keep them open . The intention as it now stands , is to erect a long rectangular building from north to south , in a line with the front of the present palace , close up to the wings , and extending past them on either side ( thus cnclosinu a quadrangular court ) , and to build a
ballroom lor state occasions , and other rooms , on the south side of the old building . The drawing in question was to a small scale , quite insufficient for a decision , probably it is so regarded by the architect , who would scarcely like to be bound by it , or have it criticised , avd yet the builder is appointed ( a very good one , by the way , Mr . Thomas Cabbitt ) the hoarding is ^ bcing put up , the seventy thousand pounds' worth of marble—arch is to come down , although what it is to done with it seems uncertain , and the works are to go on at least one staee . —The Builder .
Provisions at the Eastern Parts or the Metropolis . —The rise in the price of bread and that in potatoes , consequent on the decreasing quantity ot those of the latter of good quality , has produced a corresponding rise in the price of many of those other commodities of lite on which the poor have chiefly to depend for their support . It was noticed generally , that at the butcher ' s shops in Shoreditcb and Whitechnpel , and other poorer districts on Saturday , the price of meat rose from a half-penny to a penny per pound . Every description of vegetables
rose in price , and even chandler ' s shops have taken advantage of the scarcity panic by raising the price of soap and candles . The disease in potatoes is becoming daily more apparent , and whilst in some of our markets on Saturday there was scarcely a healthy sample , full four-fifths of those at Spitalfields market were infected . Potatoes of good quality were not to be procured under one penny per pound , few of those of a lower average being " at all fit for food . Bacon was not to be obtained under lOd . per pound .
Lanarkshire Election . — We understand it is more than probable that the Earl of Lincoln will be requested to stand for this great county at the next general election . —Scotch iJc / orHicrs' Gazette . Kkykxgb . —The butter weighers of Barnard Castle having last week discovered some of that article deficient in weight in the basket of a country female , she was man-lied off to the authorities , who condemned the whole . The worthy dame was not to be done out of her wares without her revenge ; she stuck her fingers into one of the pounds , and seizing one of the weighers by the collar , rubbed him over the face and neck with the condemned grease . —Neivcastle Journal . '
PKOr'KfSOK SCIIOXllKLV S Gt'N COTTON , — A SllOrfc time since an experimental trial took pl ,-i > 'e in the proof square of the Royal Arsenal , Woolwich , with the ncwiy invented gun cotton of Professor Sohonbcin , of Basic . The result of the experiment was highly satisfactory , ami has led , wc understand , to an order for ttie Professor to manufacture a larger quantity , with which experiments will take place with heavy ordnance , in the presence of the select committee . Those who witnessed the firing of a rille in the proof square , which was fired with a minimum charge of the cotton by Lieut .-ColonelDundas , state that there was no report , no smoke , no recoil , and scarcely any residuum in the breach of the gun ; in fact they were not aware of tbe gun having been tired till the effects of tho ball were seen .
Death or a Dwarf . —On Friday last , a diminutive woman , named Johanna O'Connor , aged about fifty , from tho s-ister isle , was brought inti Nottingham for the purpose of being exhibited in the fair . Persons who honoured her with their company on that day wore struck with the glmstlincss of her appearance . On Saturday at noon , the " wonder ofthe world" was taken ill , and died at two o ' clock , — Nottingham Journal . l ( ii « i scTrATio . v or the Potatok . —The Cork Examiner says , " We are much pleased to receive more favourable reports of the potatoe crop . Jfc would uppcar that , on inspection , disease ha-s made but
little ravages amongst it , and that the tubers which have reached maturity arc sound , and in a ercat measure fit for human consumption . Thev havd ' not-, it is true , either the flavour or the nutritious qualities which , in ordinary years , the veactable possessi's : still it is gratifying to learn that , "" w } iere no produce was looked for , wc have now the prospect , in many instances , of a half or at least a third crop . We trust- that not only is this intelligence correct , but thatthiscondition of the plant is general ihroughoutthe country , for , if so , it would tend maicrinlly to avert those sad consequences , which scarcity must ever produce . "
AniEjiA . 7 Wiai . s . —It is in contemplation to sink another shaft at the works in Trafiilgnr-squa . ro in order to obtain a further supply of water lor the neighbourhood . l- ' -iiE in St Lriii- 's , —On Monthly afternoon , an . ihirinin ? fire broko out on the premises in the occupation < .- ! - Nr . John Taylor , card and pasl .-board manufacturer , ll . 'John ' .-i-ro . w , St . Luke's , it originated in one of the lower drying-rooms , and speedily extended » o the liooi- above . ' 1 he engines « ere soon at work bu ' although the liremcn exerted themselves to the utnv .-st , llu-y were unable to get the ibur . es subiluetl before a considerable quantity of the stock in trade was destroyed , and the building severely dainnged . Unfortunately , Mr . Taylor was not insuied .
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