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The Lish Thus Iven Great. „ January Vv, ...
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Health op Tue Metropolis . —The deaths in London registered during the week endimr Jan . 13 , were 1 , 4 *? 7 or 270 over the weekl y average of five winters . The excess is produced xo a great extent by the sudden increase of mortality from bronchitis and inflammation of the lungs , the deaths from which wore 2 " ^ ; those of the tonner weeks having been 170 , while the average is 131 . But the excess is principally due to epidemic diseases ; thc deaths enumerated in this chiss were 407 , and amount to nearly double the average . Scarlatina , which is on the decline , was fatal " to sixty-three persons , or double the average ; hooping cough to sixcy-eiafht , the average being forty-two ; typhus to eightythree , the avi . rage ~ be : ng forty-two ; and cholera to nhicty-four , though this disease , when it is not epiticiuie , carries off " on -an average le * s than one in a
fortnight at this = wa-on of tho year . Th . j mortality from ? rnall-pox corresponds exactly with the average from this disc-ire . -Mr . Leonard states that' scarlatina of bad tviw exists in the district to which neis one of the medical oSecrs . A family , in Castiestrecr , Leicestcr-s-iuarc , has lost six e .-mdi-on out ol seven , three- from the form called « cyaacne inaligna , and three from dropsy after scarlatina . The children were of uncleanly habits , and ^ the atmosphere Of their apartment was intolerable trom amniouiacal "a « The res : of the house , tnough adjoinmg stable , was unaffected and free from unpleasant odour . * ' Mr . Kohertson , of the Berwick-street subdistrict , also mentions a family of eight persons , all livinn- and slcepinsr in a room of about ten feet by fourteen , at . Xo . T , ( ireen ' s-court , in which three children have died ofthe same disease within eleven days ; and a fourth was afterwards attacked . The average tomperature of the week was S ' . ' t . o .
MEi .. \ sciioi . Y Accident os the Hiver . — About four o ' clock on Friday morning week , whilst the Storm of wind was raging most violently , a light brir . the name of which is at present unknown , ran ibid of a sailing ijanre which was lying off Erith , aud ihmrg . 'il her so " seriously that she numediutely began to " settle . The only person on board the barse were the captain , his wife , and an infant child , who were sleeping below at the time of the collision , but , roused by the shock , hastily started to the deck , which win " then on a level with thc
wat-er , and sank immediately after . The poor woman and her child were carried rapidly down the river , whilst the captain , who was no swimmer , clun « f to tho riiririiiir and saw hi £ wife and child floating away . " The moonlight enabled him to see them tor a considerable distance , the violence ofthe element hearing them up , and the poor woman holding the infant above ner head with all a mother ' s energy . The captain , when rescued from his perilous position , slated that the brig which did the daiiiase kept on her course without either heaving to or lowering a boat to render assistance .
Coixi . vg . Information having been received that coining and smashing practices were carried on to some extent at a house situate 09 , Upper Whitecross-strcet , St . Luke ' s , Sergeants Brennan , Harvey , and another officer of the G division of police . On Saturday evening last , proceeded thither , and on their arrival they entered the place , where they met a man in the passage , whom they questioned , and his answers not satisfying them , they took him into custody , and on searching him a counterfeit shilling was found in his possession . On reaching the
second-noor apartment , where he lived , they discovered a large fire , and oa the mantle-shelf they found four newly-made counterfeit shillings , with the same impression as the one found on him . lie exclaimed to the woman present , " Good God , I have been sold . "' She said , " Not by me , Jones , " and he made no answer . He was taken to the stafcion-house , where he gavo his name William Jones . Home melted metal was found mixed with thc ashes , under the grate . On Monday he was placed at tho bar at Clefkonv . :--l police-court , and fully committed for trial
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DcsTnccTiox of x FiuiLT . —At Penkvidse , Staffordshire , on Thursday week , the eoronor lield an inquest at thc Bxir Tavern , whore evidence to tho following effect was given : —A family , consisting of an aged man , named Cress well , with his win ? , and two sons—the eldest an idiot , and the youngest about niacicen—resided in a cottage near tiie turnpike-road . On the previous Tuesday moniimr , a bricklayer , who had been ensraged the preceding day setting a stove in the kitchen , went to the cottago to remove his tools . Upon pom ; : there , he was rather a « tums : iod at not findinj any member of the family up . lie , however , waited at the door for nearlv an hour , when he commenced knockinz , hut
nor receiving an answer , he got a ladder and made to thc bedroom window , amfon looking through , he saw the inmates lying in bed . lie called to them , but no one answeredliim ; he therefore forced an entrance , when he found the mother lying on the bed quite dead , and her husband was at her side perfectly insensible . In another bed he found the idiot hoy lying unconscious , and in an adjoining bedroom he found the youngest son dead and cold " Medical aid was instantly sent for , but the husband , who was chrhty years of age , died during t ' . ie evening without " being able to relate anything respecting this very mysterious affair . The mquiry was adjourned . "
Ssmors Case of Bkumt . — - On Thursday week , Ueary Stanton Pyke , solicitor , was brought before P . B . * 'WlHi-ims , Esq ., : it the County Magistrates * Oniee , Palace-yaru , Worcester , on a charge of marrying Miss Eleanor Moss , of that city , during the life of a former wife . It appeared that he originally lived at Newport , in Monmouthshire . He afterwards practised as a solicitor in the county of iNbrfoIk , where he became acquainted with Miss Emma Robertson Hewlett , of Marsham , a young lady of most respectable connexions , to whom he was married on the 4 th August , 1 S 24 . He lived With her , hut not very happilv , up to the year 1833 , when he was tried for forgery at Xorwiclu and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . His ill health ar . * i other circumstances procured for him a
commutation of that sentence , and he was liberated after an imprisonment of two years . Immediately upon liis release he left the city , and his wife never saw him again . Having obtained a situation as assistant clerk to thc magistrates at Stourbridge , he was accustomed to visit "W orcester frequently , and thus became acquainted with Miss Moss , the third daughter of -Mr . Moss , of Great Malvern , a young lady of considerable personal attractions , to whom , after P yi" ? his addresses for some twelve months . he was married at Claincs , on the 12 th March . 1 ^ 4 . They lived together about two years , when , in cousequc-ace of the exhaustion of his . finances , she wu * : obliged to return homo to her father ' s house , gome tinie afterwards he sent for her to London , whore he very shortly deserted her . Since that time he Lad been lost skdit of . "When thc officer
proceeded to his lodgimrs , he found him sitting at hi > table with a couple oX decanters of wine hctorc lum , and living in first-rate style . He was arrested at Liverpool ; and when Mr . Lloyd told him his errand , he seemed thunderstruck , but said lie should jrive no trouble , and begired him so to comport himself as to spare the feelings of a lady whxAras hving with him , and of whom he took an affectionate partinjr , telling her that pressing business required his absence from home tor a few days . At the examination on Thursday , Mr . Howlett , brother ef the prisoner ' s first wife , " proved the marriage with his sister , and Mr . Moss , lather of his second bride . He made no sort of defence , and , as s :: ited above , was fully committed for trial at the ensuing March assizes . His first wife had no family bv him ; his second has one .
Stoles Jeweileijt . —Upwards of twelve months ft 20 thp housft fif Xtr . Reveli , watchmaker and jeweller , at Slough , was broken into , and property , consisting of watches , brooches , and other articles of jewellery , of the value of upwards of £ 200 , was stolen and carried away . The robbery , from the skilful and systematic manner in which it was effected , -was evidently ¦ perpetrated by experienced Londoii thieves , of whom , however , no traces were discovered until very recentl y , when suspicion rested upon a man named JJcnjamin Isaacs , thc- landlord of the Blue Anchor , a low public-house , in retticoatlane , London . This man was apprehended upon a
-warrant granted by the Eton magistrates , before whom he was charged with receiving thc stolen property in question . The evidence not being complete against him , he was remanded till the 7 th of last month , but liberated upon bail , himself in £ -300 , and three sureties , conjointly , in a similar amount . On the day appointed i ' or his re-examination he was no : forthcoming . His counsel , Mr . J . J . Williams , and his solicitor , Mr . Hudson , were , however , present , and expressed considerable surprise at the absence of their client , Mr . Gwynne , one of his bail , who was also present , denied a ' ll knowledge of the fugitive , The whole of thc recognisances ' were ordered to be estreated , and a warrant was issued for
the approiicnsion of Isaacs , Mr . Gwynne [ offering a reward of £ 25 for his capture . A few days since he w-HapprehciiJcJbyMr . Charles Barker , inspector of the S division of the Metropolitan police , at the house ef Mr . Lazarus , bia brother-in-law , who resides near Petticoat-lane . Benjamin Brown , a convict , undergoing- his sentence for another otfeiiee in Miibank rrison ~ stated , that he and a man named ( .. . arlcs Constable , now a prisoner in Wakefield G * ..:-., L-rou ; e into the house of Mr . lie veil , at Slough , tluiins : m n : gat ofthe 2 nd December . 1347 . and rried off
ca a quantity 0 f watches and icwcilcrv ' with wh . ch thoy proceeded to the Blue Anchor , in Tettiew ,-hue a public-house kept by the prisoner , to ™ tLf ? 1 «; 1 uoen previously introduced bv a iu . u know :, by tne name of Silly Romaine , " who iii - .. cd t .-iem that the prisoner ' would buy anything tkey took him . " Upon calling at the Blue w w £ ' - r re jested by the prisoner to fol-If-n -- ! , sh . owed the etches , brooches , Ac llffofrt ^ ^ « = ' tney agreed to take * tv lor the siofcn property , the prisoner
refusinz to give more , and the money was pai d them in sovereigns . Before they left , and while they were drinking some beer , the prisoner told them that lie had removed the property from his house , ana stowed it awav in a safe p lace . Other ^ tdencecorroboratin-2 the above , was given , and the magistrates fullv committed the prisoner to fv ^^ ^ g take his trial , as a receiver of t he produce of the robberv , at the ensuing assizes lor Bucks Bail to the amount of £ 1 , 000 was offered , and refused In the case ofthe forfeited recognisances , it having hem proved that Mr . Gwvnne had paid Inspector Barker the reward of £ 25 for the apprehension ot the prisoner after he had absconded trom his bail , the estreat was withdrawn against Mr . Gwjmne . The other two bail , Mr . Davis " and Mr . . Levy , who were present , and who applied to be similarly favoured , were ordered to p ay the amounts for which thev had made themselves liable—viz ., Mr . Davis
£ 100 , and Mr . Lwy £ 150 . Deliberate Suicide . —We reported List week tho fact that an elderly gentleman had thrown himself from the breakwater at Plymouth . At the inquest held on Monday , it was deposed by Mr . Markes , tho postmaster , that thc name of thc deceased waa Richard Xewcome Alger , that he was sixty-six years of age , and at one time possessed of large property , which he had lost . Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . " Dbahi o ? a Railwat Guard . —One night last week , when a coal train was passing along the York Newcastle , and Berwick Railway , the last three
carriages accidently became detached , and were left behind . The careful guard immediately ran back with his lamp , exhibiting a red light , to give warning of danger . Unhappily , entering the west end of the tunnel at Hewortn , ' near the Felling station , just as an engine was entering it from the east , the smoke and steam prevented the lig ht from being visible , and he was run down ; and when , shortly afterwards , his body was found , life was extinct . Fatal Flood . —During the night of Saturday last some very heavy rain fell in various parts of West Yorkshire , bv which the viyers were much
swollen . Owing to the force of the current between Brotherton and " Castlcford , a little below the confluence of the rivers Aire and Calder , a vessel , laden with wool and a general cargo of drysalteries and groceries , named the YorKshircman ofBradford , aud belonging to Mr . Wood of Bradford , broke from her moorings during the absence of the master on shore . She was carried some distance down the river with irreat impetuosity , and was eventually sunk , the captain ' s wife , who was far advanced in pregnancy , and two children , who were also on board , being drowned .
A Woman Hanged dt her Husband . —Wigan , Fridav , Jantaey 12 th . —On Friday Mr . Rogerson , the coroner , resumed , at the Royal Oak Inn , StandislH ? a . tc , the adjourned inquiry respecting the death of Rebecca Kaye , who died from strangulation on the morning of Xew Year ' s Day . When the inquest was commenced it was generally supposed that the deceased had committed suicide , but- at the second adjourned inquiry a fresh string of evidence was produced . Several persons living in the immediate vicinity spoke to hearing cries of " Help , " and " God save me , " proceeding from the kitchen where the body was subsequently found . In consequence of this evidence the husband was taken into custody , and confined in prison . He was placed in a cell along with a man named Joseph Mousdell , who , last night , upon being sworn , said that ho knew nothing ofthe husband until he was placed in his cell , when he told him that he had pushed his wife down stairs ,
and had aitcrwards hanged her . Several witnesses nroved having heard screams proceeding from Kayo ' s house , and that they went to the door and knocked , but no one answered them . —Mr . Latham , surgeon , proved that death had resulted from strangulation , and the inquiry , after lasting to nearly one o ' clock this morning , was adjourned for additional evidence . A verdict of " Wilful Murder" has been returned at Wigan , by the coroner ' s jury , against Bernard Kaye , accused of strangling his wife . The IfancM * - ter Entwiner reports that- the deceased , when Kaye married her , about eight months ago , was maintaining herself in a repectablo manner by letting apartments . Kaye was always considered a dissipated man , and at the time of the marriage he left the party in the chapel , previous to the arrival of the priest , and was aosent for two or three hours . On his return he was intoxicated , but the ceremony was proceeded with .
Frightful Accident . —A coroner ' s inquest was field on Thursday wee !; before F . Badger , Esq ., at tho Cricket Ball Inn , Burton Head . Sheffield , respecting the death of ahoy , fourteen years old , named John Hague ( son of Thomas Hague , of Walker-street , Wicker , a fitter in the employ of Messrs . Walker , Eaton , and Co . ) , who on Wednesday afternoon lost his life by a frightful accident at the Cyclops Works , at which establishment he was employed . Tho room in which the deceased worked is the enginehouse , i : i which the operations of spring rolling and steel cutting arc carried on . The steel cutting machine is a very powerful piece of mechanism , capable of clipping in " pieces lengths of steel five-eights of an inch thick and four inches in breadth . On thc afternoon of Wednesday the deceased and some other
boys , taking advantage of the absence of the foreman , gave way to a youthful love of frolic , and in tho course of their sambols repeatedly put out the gaslight of one of the workmen named Hawcroft . the man w .-i-s iii . ormod that Hague , the deceased , was the offender . Hawcroft was employed at a punching machine , which stands opposite to the fatal cutting machine . While sitting on a low seat at the machine Hague walked up to him to clear himself from the accusation , and stood between the machines . Hawcroft , believing Hague to be the delinquent , suddenly sprung up and made a dart at the boy , probably intending to chastise him . Hague , in his haste tb escape , stepped backwards , and ran 'with his heels against some long bars of steel that were lying on the floor in front of the cutting machine . He was tripped up , and fell backwards with his head
against the cog-wheels , one of which was revolving at the rate of 120 revolutions in a minute . ? His head and tho upper part of his person were drawn in amongst the cog-wheels , and ground through a space not more than three or four inches in width . His death must have been instantaneous for he was not heard to utter the slightest sound . Thc body became so firmly wedgcd " betwecn the wheels , that the whole machine was stopped , and the mangled limbs could not be extricated till tiie machine was taken to piecos . When freed from the wheels , the body presented a spectacle that would have struck terror to the stoutest heart . Several of the workmen were so shocked by the sight , as to be unable to render any assistance . The evidence of John Hawcroft corroborated the above statement , and thc jury immediately agreed to a verdict of " Accidental Death . "
. JixiKAORDUfART baciDE . —At' > orthwich , a gentleman of the name of Green , late in the employ of the Anderton Carrying Company , and who had , it was supposed , nearly recovered from a mental aflection , put an end to his existence in an extraordinary manner . On "Wednesday evening week he rose and was about to dress for the purpose of attending a party . His wife having left the room for a short time , he started off , almost in a state of nudity , direct to a rock salt mine in the neighbourhood , and precip itated himself down the shaft . The men had just before descended thc shaft , and had gone down about forty yards , when the unfortunate man fell upon them . One of them was severely hurt , and Mr Green was so severely injured that he died in a few hours .
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Mn . Duffy ' s Trial . —Another argument in this protracted case took place on Saturday . The judges again postponed their decision until Thursday . More Writs of Error . —The ease of Gogarfcy and others , convicted during the war mania of illegal drilling and training to arms , promises to cut out more work for the lawyers . At the rising of the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Saturday , the : issi *» nments of error on the part of Gogarty were hawfed in , but not road . The principal objections relate to the alleged defects of thc mdictiueut against the prisoner , for not negativing the exceptions in the statute in reference to those tried for illegally dri !! in < r . °
Decision of the Judges on the Writs op Error , is the case of W . S . 0 'Bhie . v , F . Meagiier , « S : c . —• The Judges delivered their decision on Tuesday , the appearance of the city was perfectly quiet . Half-a-dozen mounted police rode outside on the Quay opposite the court , and a few constables were placed about the hall . Tiie Court of Queen ' s Bench was closely filled , thc bar mustering very numerously to hear the Judges deliver their decisions seriatim . Whenever in any cause of importance Chief Justice Blackburn * is to deliver judgment , the court is crowded by thc profession , as he has an admirable mode of traversing much ground in little time . The state prisoners , Messrs . Vv . S . O'Brien , T . F . Meagher , T . I 5 . . M'Manug , and Patrick O'Donohoe , having been conducted to thc side bar , the Chief Justice remarked that
in these several causes writs of error had been brought to convictions obtained at a Soecial Commission held m the county of Tipperary . He then proceeded to state the grounds upon which those writs of error had been raised , with respect to thc caption and the appointment of the three judges , who presided at the commission , the particulars of which Lave already so ofted appeared in our columns . He declared that the first objection raised . ^ as to thc caption , could not be sustained , and afbrmed that he , as a legal depository of that commission , was bound to sav that the judges who presided there had been rightlv and legally appointed ^ hear and determine , and , therefore , the tirst objection was not valid . The second objection he decided to he wholly insupportable , and he undertook : to pronounce his judgment upon the Plea of Mr O'Brien on the question of his right to have notice of trial served tea davs before
he was called upon to plead , and that copies of the indictment should have been supplied him , with the list of witnesses for the crown endorsed thereon , within the same ten days , before he should be called upon to plead . The ' laws under which the prisoner iu error had boon tried were still in force in Ireland , and the acts of 25 th of Edward III ., and the acts of 7 th and 8 th of William III ., and ot Queen Anne , entitled prisoners accused of high treason to have copies of the indictment ten days before trial ; but these provisions did not apply to Ireland , and the Irish aet < , which bore upon the question , enacted that prisoners so charged were entitled to have copies of tho indictment only five davs before thoy could be called upon to plead ' ;
and , therefore , on these and several other grounds he declared that the third objection had not been sustained . The last objection was that named on the dttociitus , as to why the question had not been put to the prisoner why sentence of death and execution should not be pronounced upon him , which the learned judge also declared to be unsustainable . Judge Cranipton next delivered judgment , and proceeded to review the same grounds gone over by the Chief Justice , on each and all of which he declared himself of tho same opinion , and pronounced it as his opinion that the writ of error in all its bearings
should be disallowed . Judges Perrin and Moore followed , agreeing in opinion with the preceding judges . The court were unanimous in overruling the errors assigned , and confirming the judgment of the court below . The government have long since announced their determination to commute the sentence of death pronounced at Clonmel ; but the exact extent of the punishment to he inflicted will not transpire until the judgment at Clonmel shall have been finally confirmed . The prisoners intend to appeal to the House of Lords , if they can obtain the necessary certificate from the Attorney General .
Depreciation in Landed Property . — In tho office of Master Litton , on Monday , a portion of the property of Count Magawley , situated in the King ' s County , was submitted for sale , under a decree of the Court of Chancery ; and , after several vain attempts on the part of the Master to induce a purchaser , the sale was adjourned , there not being a single bidder present . The property is situate in the baronies of Ballyboy and Eglish , and is of a . very eligible description , comprising valuable land mills and household tenements , some of which lie in the town of Franckfort . The plaintiff in the cause is a Mr . Searle , who holds a mortgage on the property , to the amount ef about £ 8 , 000 , the rental of which , at present , yields an income , it is stated , of about £ 750 . This was not a property in the destitute districts of the west or south , but in one of the midland counties .
Embarrassed Landlords . —The Freeman says * . — " From every side we hear the crash of falling families and fortunes . Members of the old patrician houses , some of the most ancient and most aristocratic in the land are outcasts and beggars . One southern commoner has fled in disguise from his ancient castle , alone and unattended , without , host or retainer , to avoid the inconvenience of the Gazette . He was supposed to be the wealthiest and safest proprietor of the south . He turns out to be penniless , and his incumbrances hard upon a quarter of a . million ! Another instance of a reverse of
forture was lately brought to our notice . A gentleman , with a nominal rent-roll of £ 10 , 000 per annum , who lately filled the office of high-sheriff in a most important county , and represented one of the most honoured Protestant families in Ireland— a family , too , to which the Catholic proprietors of Minister ow'C no small debt of gratitude—this gentleman , we have heard , is now waiting at the office of the poor-law commissioners , looking for a vicc-guardianship ' . " Retributivp Justich . —The decay of the landlords continues . Within the last few days the lord lieutenant of a county in Munster had
thirteen executions against him . Meeting of the Irish Members . —Mr . Henry Grattan , has called this meeting for Tuesday the 23 rd , the Lord Mayor has granted the use of the Mansion House for the purpose . Tub Mock Rotaltv . — Amongst the questions which will be brought before the House of Commons in the ensuing session will be the propriety of abolishing the vice-royalty . An English member for an important constituency , connected by property and marriage with Ireland ( Mr . It . Osborne , we presume ) , intends , he says more suo . " to make a dash
at it . " Eoman Catholic Endowment . —It seems not to be very certain ' whether Mr . Keogh , the member for Athlone , will persevere in bringing forward the endowment of the Catholic clergy . That subject is as little popular here with any great party as in England . The landowners are not it layout * of it , and the popular organs cry out against it . Tiik Poor Law . —« Poor-law reform , in all its branches , is still the chief topic of discussion in this country . It would be amusing ( were not the matter too serious for sport ) to contrast the opposite views and contradictory ideas of the professed reformers of the poor-law . There would , probably , he a greater outcry amongst thc gentry , onlv for the
number amongst them who are looking for places under the system . A provincial journal recently stated that on the list of candidates for the office of vice-guardians , there were the names of a thousand magistrates . Certainly the crumbling of the old structure of society in this country is a most extraordinary moral spectacle . Upon the results of this social revolution it is almost presumptuous to speculate . The Tipperary Board of Guardians were dismissed last week by a sealed order of the poor-law commissioners , for refusing to strike a rate including the re-payment of the " Treasury advances . The average annual rate for the last three years of the famine was less than 2 s . in the pound . It is said the vice-guardians will now lay on a rate of 5 s . in the pound . .
The Fat Bor . —Mr . John O Council has , if possible , plunged deeper into the mire . He has now written a most abject apology to the " state prisoners" for the terms of contumely which ho applied to them in a recent lengthy letter . He mi g ht safely p lead in mitigation , that very few people read his letters , or remember them when read .
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DISASTROUS STORMS AND SHIPWRECKS . - Aberdeen , Jan . 11 . —The coast of Scotland has this week been visited by a most disastrous storm . On Monday there was a change ; the morning was mild , tho barometer fell about an inch , and tho wind eastward . As the tide rose a heavy sea came rolling in , and by mid-day , it was not safefor vessels to be on the coast . About tide time the Union ; of Stonehaven a schooner from Newcastle , with coals , in taking the harbour missed the channel , struck on the breakwater outside the pier , and in a quarter of an hour was in pieces . The crew were saved by means of life-buoys thrown from the shore . A poor little hoy was observed clinging to a spar , then to disappear , and twenty minutes afterwards , when he
was given up for lost , he was washed up on the p , and his life saved . About the same time the hne schooner Mansfield , of and for Aberdeen , got embayed to" the southward , and having carried away her foremast , drove ashore at John ' s Haven , near Montrose . The crew were with groat difficulty saved , the vessel has since become a wreck . On Tuesday the wind moderated . As night came down the wind settled in the south-cast , ami yesterday morning it blew a gale with a tremendous sea . A good number of vessels were seen in the offin g labouring hard . In the afternoon the Isabella , of Dundee , " from Riga , for Ireland , with linseed , had to run ashore on the sands . The vessel took the ground well , and , an efficient crew having manned
the life-boat , the whole of the shi p ' s crew were rescued from the wreck . About seven o ' clock the Elizabeth , of Aberdeen , also came ashore , hut owing to the darkness of the night , and the sea making a clean breach over her , the life-boat could renderbut small assistance , and the captain , the mate , and a boy were drowned ; the other men were saved . Early this morning a third vessel , the Dahlia , of Newcastle , coal laden , came ashore on the sands ; the tide being up the vessel was well beached , and the crew got safely to land as the tide receded . To the southward of the Girdleness a vessel is said to have foundered on the outer rocks of the Bay of Nigg . From the north the accounts are ofthe most distressing character . "Several vessels have been
wrecked m Peterhead Bay . At Bodham , near the Buchanness Lighthouse , about nine o ' clock , on Wednesday morning , two schooners and a bri" were seen standing to the northward , the sea running mountains high . It soonru ^ eame evident that the brig would not clear the Buchanness . When about three quarters of a mile from the Ness , and about a furlong from the shore , she wont down with all hands . The vessel appeared to be about 140 tons , with white paint streak and fi gurehead . Three or four men were seen in the boat on deck , and one or two on the ship ' s quarter . Fragments of the boat came on shore shortly after the vessel foundered . It was an old boat , fir plank outside , and painted black , inside a brown-red , gunwales light oluo or lead grey ; the stern had no ship ' s name on it . A
large vane came ashore at the same time . It was of red woollen stuff , with " C" in white cotton wove into it . About two o ' clock the two schooners got into Peterhead Bay , and were driven on shorethe one is the Catherine , of Aberdeen ; the other , the Hero , of Fraserburgh . One man was drowned from the Hero . A brig , with seven men , is lost at the Scores of Crudcn . The damage done along this coast is great . The bridge of communication between the Buchanness Light-house and the shore is carried away . The barometer , put up here bv Lord Aberdeen , is at 28 . 55 , and appearing to rise . * At Peterhead-ten men , who were on tSe quay in readiness to assist any vessel that mi ght attempt the harbour , were swept into the basin by a heavy sea and three of them drowned . The coast is strewed with wrecks ; twelve shi ps are wrecked between Aberdeen and Fraserburgh .
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WOBCBSMBSHIBE . —TnBOTBB S TORW .-TnE ElBCTRIC Tr . LEonirn .-The weather has been exceedingly Saleable in the Midland Counti es for he last See weeks , oscillating continually . between ere frost and the mildness of spring . On Cday we had a very violent storm of tfiunder , Sand wind . The morning had boon beautrfully fair but about one o ' clock the sky became overcast , and a 1 .. ricane of wind and ram , accompanied by Sunder wid lig htning , swept over this part of the countrv AtDefford , on the line ofthe Bristol and SS & ham Raihv a / one of the electric e egap li posts wis struck and broken oft . 1 «^ ° " ° * ed he ^ ^^ rflowed
K nd lower p ^ oH- vernve the adjacent country to a considerable extent Kent .-A Distress-iso SniPifBECK a > d Loss o * LnS-The Albion lugger . left the harbour ¦ * Broadstairs , with a crew of nine men ° » Wednoatoy week in pursuit of her calhng-viz ., to aflord aid to vessel * in distress , or to savelhelives of shmwrccked wamon . On her return on the following ™) > ™ " about three miles from shore , a heavy sea strut * her , she filled , went down , and all her crew * , save one ( who clung to the keel of the punt wr twenty minutes , and was p icked up by a larmouth boat * , perished within sight of their homes . The eight persons drowned were all married , and have lott widows and twenty-five children .
, Siohm w Morecambk Bat . —Last week witnessed a most severe storm and a higher tide than has been know for many years . On Wednesday the gale rose to a perfect hurricane , and the high tide occasioned serious damage to the works of the Furness Railway , near Barrow , and also to the embankment between Roe Isle and the main land . The force of the water rushed over the embankment , and ripped up and carried away the upper pavement on the westside to a great extent . In some p laces the rails and sleepers were whirled into the air . Great damage was also done to several vessels on the coast .
Reported Destruction- or Government Works . —The Isle of Alderney has for some years past been regarded by the war authorities as a place where extensive fortifications ought to be erected , since , in case of a war with France , wc should be able to command from that island a great portion of the coasting trade of France . For the last three years , therefore , a large number of workmen have been engaged in extensive government works at Alderney ; a pier and breakwater were forming , in the completion of which considerable progress had been made . Intelligence ha , s reached Southampton that the whole " of these extensive works , together with a number of vessels that were near them , were entirely destroyed during a hurricane which raged in the Channel during Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday week last .
Letters'from Messina of the 2 nd inst . state that on the night of the 26 th and 27 th ult . the wind blew a perfect hurricane from N . N . E ., which wrecked some twenty English , Danish , American , and Sicilian vessels . There has been a violent storm at Malta . The total damage on shore and on board will be at least £ 20 , 000 . Shipwreck at Cardigan * Bar , a . vd Loss of Tk . v Lives . —On Thursday , the 11 th inst ., it blew a violent gale from the north-west . About three , p . m ., a large brig was seen to run into the breakers . The vessel was ascertained to be the Agnes Lee , of North Shields , John Clarence , master , bound from Alexandria , with wheat . She left the Cove of Cork on
Tuesday morning last . The sea beating very high , no boat could go out to render any assistance , althoug h several attempts were made . There is no life-boat at Cardigan . The crew launched the jollyboat , which was filled with eleven of the crew , and captain , wife , and child , one of the crew taking to the rigging . The boat swamped after leaving the vessel , tho fishermen , boatmen , and others on the shore , under the direction of Mr . George Bowen , master mariner , joined hands , and went into tho water at the risk of their liven , and saved four of the individuals . When brought on shore , they were quite insensible . Tiie bodies of two of the crew and the infant child were washed ashore , one of the parties saved being the mate , a native of Cork , named John Fortune . The night of Thursday being very dark and boisterous , no boat could
go out . On Friday morning they put on , and found tho man in the rigging , in a very exhausted state . The body of the captain ' s wife and one of the crew were washed on shore on Friday , one body on Saturday , and three on Sunday , leaving only the body of the captain to come ashore . It a lifeboat had been there , the whole of the crew would have been saved . One was promised after the disasters of 1343 , ami' every year since wo have had accidents upon the Bar , and nothing is ever done to obtain so desirable an object as a lifeboat . It is now promised again , on tho eve of an election , but when that is over we shall have the same complaint . On Sunday live of the bodies were interred at St . Dognieli ' s church-yard . Tho vessel still lies boating where she struck ; the cargo is floating up each tide .
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . Is Lixcoln ' s-inn . —On Sunday morning , about half-past four o ' clock , a lire broke out in Jfewsquare , Lineoln ' s-inn . The police-constable on duty was passing down Bishop ' s-court , aud saw a strong light in the basement floor of one of the houses . He alarmed the porters of the inn , and with them proceeded to make an investigation . Thoy soon discovered that a fire Viad broken out on the basement floor of No . 2 , New-square , tho chambers being occupied by Messrs . Harrington and Kebble . The latter gentleman , it appears , was the only person who slept on the premises , but he can give no account ot the origin of the fire . As soon as it was discovered , Mr . Kebble was aroused , but the flames having encircled tho greater portion of his chamber .
he . was unable to make his escape , and remained in hi * rooms fully twenty minutes , while messengers were dispatched for the fire-escape . As this did not arrive , Mr . Kebble . leaped from his bedroom window into the garden , and at length , effected his escape without any very serious danger . When the porters were informed of the fire they called out the engines belonging to the Inn , but , from being in a bad condition , they wore comparatively useless , and much confusion and delay were the consequence . It is stated also that every disposition was manifested to keep the knowledge of the fire from the brigade or other parties outside the walls , and even on the arrival of the brigade engines at the gates admission was for a time refused . Owing to " the quantity of timber and the walls being encased in oak the fire
spread with great rapidity . Many papers and books were saved by means of exertion of the firemen , but these form a very small portion of those which were on the premises . The want of water thwarted iu a great degree the exertions which were made to save the buildings . When the engines were got into play , several of the'brigade men very narrowly escaped with their lives . They bravely attempted to carry the hose into the centre of tiie buildings , and had nearly accomplished their purpose , when the stone staircase fell with a fri g htful crash , burying everything in the way under its ruins . This event cut off all communication with the chambers above ; the flames raged uncontrolled throughout the building , and the greatest fears were entertained that the whole
range of buildings would be consumed . By Mr . Braidwood ' s directions , engines from the whole of the metropolitan stations " were "sent , and , on their arrival , the most complete measures were adopted for arresting the progress of the fire . It was not until eight o ' clock that apprehension was allayed . Between nine and ten o clock fear was again excited , several stacks of chimneys , and a portion of the front wall , having fallen , leaving only one , between fifty and sixty Tect in height , resting upon a very slender basis . That fell in shortly before twoD ' clock . The destruction of property is variously estimated at from £ 15 , 000 to £ 20 , 000 . Most of it was insured in the principal London fire offices . The premises were built in 1666 , immediately after the great fire of London .
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS . Jv ot fewer than nine fire-proof boxes have been taken out ofthe basement ofthe destroyed building , where they had fallen from tho first-floor , and upon opening them on Monday morning , the deeds and other documents were found uninjured . This is exceedingly fortunate , as the papers had reference to property of considerable value . The account books belonging to Messrs . Jones , Bateman , and Bennett , with several drawers filled with important writings , have been taken out of the premises but triflingly injured ; but a great number of tin boxes , containing legal parchments , Ac ., have boon entirely destroyed . The prcsentunfortunatc circumstance will cause the question to be again agitated to obtain
a general registry of all deeds and mortgaged property , as is the case in Scotland , in Ireland , and most parts of the Continent . The oldest firemen can scarcely remember a fire of similar magnitude burning for so long a period . Although the engines were kept at work during the whole oi Sunday ni « ht and Monday , there remained at seven o ' clockTon Monday evening a considerable body of tire on the basement , and also in the walls ofthe buildin «* . Mr . Kebble , a barrister , had a narrow escape from being burned to death . He slept on the ground floor , at the back of the premises , and before any alarm was given in the front , he was awoke by hearin" a slight noise , like the drip-Ding of water , in thn ™ vt-.
room . He immediately jumped out of bed , and on opening the door found the passage full of smoke and of such a suffocating nature that he could not pass through . Ho therefore ran to another door and found that the fire was breaking into the passage , so that his escape in that direction was likewise cut oft ' . lie then made for one of the windows but even his escape was in that direction cut oil , for had he jumped down a distance only a fewfeet , he would have had to climb up a wall twelve or fourteen feet hi gh . 2 fot knowing what to do for the best , Mr . kebble sat upon the window sill , where he remained calling " Fire" and " Help" for upwards of a quarter of an hour , during which time the names broke through the door of lus room , aud
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nothing hut destruction looked him in the face . At leSfho wcver , a lamplighter ' s ladder was brought , anlbyitsaid he managed to effect a retreat , THu onifiion i « that the fire must have occurred in the S floor . It half-past nine o ' clock on Monday evening the firemen were still engaged pouring water upon tSc ruins ; and so dangerous were the walls that they were expected momentarily to fall . The houses on cither side have sustained less damage than was at first expected . During Monday forenoon , whilst the firemen were employed upon tins fire , an alarm was given that another had broken out in Chancery-lane . One of the engines was immediately taken there , when it was ascertained that some ofthe burning flakes had been wafted by the wind upon the roof of the law chambers , No . 77 , in the lano . and having melted the gutter plato had . .
come in contact with the timber underneath and fired the roof . When the brigade arrived , the flames were raging with such fury that the two roofs at the least were in great danger of being consumed . With the aid , however , of plenty of water , the fire was extinguished , but not before considerable damage was aono by fire and water . Ik Spitalpields . —On Saturday morning , shortly before four o ' clock , a fire broke out in the . cabinet manufactory belonging to Messrs . M . and , T . Mahony , in Brown ' s-Lane , Spitalfields . The flames , when first discovered , were raging in the factory , a building nearly 150 feet long , immediately at tho rear of tho dwelling-house , which contained pronertv of considerable value . Owing to the highly
inflammable character ofthe stock , but fewminutca elapsed ere the greater portion of the factory was enveloped in flames . When the engines arrived , not only the manufacturing premises of Messrs . Mahony were completely wrapped in flames , but Jireh Chapel , with the private house of Messrs . Mahony and the back workshops of Mr . L . B . Ogers , were also blazing away with great fury . The various engines were as speedily as possible set to work , when the firemen conveyed the hose of their engines around the adjoining houses , and succeeded in cutting off the further progress of the flames in the direction ofthe chapel , but not until they had burnod some of the gallery windows out , and the building
was materially damaged . Having succeeded in stopping the fire in this quarter , the next object was to extinguish the main body of flames , and that was a work of no little difficulty , for , besides the premises being on firo , the destructive element had extended to the piles of timber in the openyard . It was nearly eight o ' clock before the fire was wholly extinguished , and not until the factory ot Messrs . Mahony was burned dovrn , the chapel extensively damaged by fire and water , and the workshops of Mr . Ogers much burned . Fortunately the sufferers were insured in tho West of England Fire Office . The cause of the outbreak could not be learned .
I . v Broapwat , Deptfokd , another fire occurred nearly at the same time . It commenced in the large range of premises belonging to Mr . Watts , a linendraper and silk mercer , carrying on business at ' So . 19 , in the Broadway . The building was of considerable magnitude , and , owing to the easily ignitible character of the goods , the house , in the course of a few minutes , was in a blaze from the base to the roof , so that the various inmates had the greatest difficulty in effecting a retreat . When the engines arrived , they found the entire range of Mr . Watts ' s premises in a broad sheet of flame , and the adjoining property of Mr . 6 . Couzens , No . 18 , and Mr . J . W . Hasley , grocer , were also on fire . Nearly three hours elapsed before the fire could be extinguished and not until the whole of Mr . Watts ' s premises were
levelled with the ground , his stock-in-trade , furniture , and other effects reduced to ashes , besides which , the upper part of Mr . Couzens' premises was destroyed , the tront and roof of Mr . Hasley ' s house extensively damaged by fire and water , and the stock-in-trade materially injured . At Hampstead Water Works ; — On Saturday night a fire broke out on the newly-erected premises termed the Hampstead Water Works , which was attended with a destruction of property valued at several thousand pounds . The premises in which the fire began were of vast extent , being about eighty feet square , of considerable altitude , and fitted up with most costly machinery , the weight of which is estimated at 30 tons . How the calamity occurred is enveloped in mystery .
Gloucestershire . —Incendiarism . —At an early hour on Sunday morning it was discovered that two barley mows and one wheat mow , belonging to Mr . Pamphlin , of Queen ' s Charlton , about five miles from Bristol , were on fire . In a short time the Kcynsham fire-engine was on the spot , and was immediately followed by several engines from Bristol . The conflagration by this time had reached a groat height , and it was with the utmost difficulty that the firemen succeeded in preventing the extension of the flames to the homestead . About thirtv sacks of wheat and eighty sacks of barley were totally consumed .
Destructive Fire nearOughtbridce . —On Thursday week , about nine o ' clock , intelligence was received at both fire-offices at Sheffield , that a fire was raging in the farm premises of Mr . John Itodfearn , at the Gate , near Oughtbrid ge . On the arrival of the engines the roof of tho barn had fallen in . The barn was a large , long building , and it contained about twenty tons of fodder , besides a quantity of oats and seeds , and some farming implements . Fortunately the work of destruction was limited to the barn , the roof of which was quite destroyed , and likewise a large portion of the contents . The fire is supposed to have originated in the act of an incendiary ,
To The People Of England. Letter Xi. Fel...
TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND . Letter XI . Fellow Couxtrtuen—The industrial operations of the whole world are indeed , too vast and numerous for observation . I will , therefore , on resumin g the consideration of the results of " Free sellin g , a ° well as free buying , or Free Trade full y and fairly carried out , " select one branch of our manufacture for remark . I think there are circumstances connected with the manufacture of merinos that call for particular notice ; it is , moreover , a branch of national industry with which Mr . William Rand must be well acquainted . It is very remarkable that , while the measures of government have tended very much to depress that branch of British manufacture , it has received the honour of her Majesty ' s patronage . . Before the tariff of 1840 , great improvement was
made in the English merinos . Those improvements were suddenly checked by that tariff . Tho low price of wool , tho great want of work , and tho sympathv of the Queen , who , early in this year , ordered tho ladies attending her Majesty ' s drawing rooms to appear in articles of British manufacture , encouraged the revival of the attempts to improve tho manufacture , which have resulted in producing merino ^ of finer quality than those of France . Mr . William Walker , of Bradford , Yorkshire , has produced the most superb article , which has entirely removed prejudice from buyers , and even foreign buyers admit its decided . superiority . The price is higher than that of tho finest forei gn merino * Her Majesty has been pleased to patronise that ' manufacture , and is supplied therewith by Messrs . Richard Brook and Co . ot Bradford .
Merinos were originall y manufactured in Saxony They are now made in England ( principally in Yorkshire ) , Scotland , France , and Saxony . ' They are produced from German , French , English , and Australian wool . The princi pal consumption of merinos is vn Lngland and her dependencies . Europe and America arc also consumers . Before tho Free-trade tariff of 1848 , an import duty of 15 to 20 per cent , was charged here on foreign merinos . Franco prohibited the introduction of English merinos , and granted a bounty of 10 per cent , on the export of French merinos to England . Germany and America charged a duty of about 30 per cent , on all merinos imported . Under these regulations , the manufacture of merinos in Yorkshire and other parts of Great Britain increased and was generally remuneratm * The French , having tho " ftshion" in their favour " were enabled to pay the duty , but only on the finest qualities .
As nearly as can be computed , the number of men women , and children then employed in the manufacl ture of merinos in Yorkshire and other home dis--nn . w ^ 80 , 000 i France "A &«<*? about . . 0 , 000 The capital employed in that branch in Groat Britain was supposed to be about £ 0 , 000 , 000 in baxony and France , about £ 3 , 000 , 000 . In 1 S 4 G the duty charged in England was entirely abandoned The French have lately increased the bounty on their exported merinos from 10 to 15 ner cent . ^ The import duty in Germany and America remains the same as before , about 30 per cent . wtaremain 3 The wages of labour in France are 30 to 40 nor cent . lower than m England . They have disadvantages in coal , < tc ., which amount to about half the difference in wages . * " c Some idea may bo formed of tho value of conti-S Ifci ^ L / , ^ P ri « to which V £
StithaCin S ^ 2 , 000 persons were em / orcd £ «? ffi ^ W ° ' The worshippers of the god « Cheapness" ^ ill revd mttic sacrifices consequent on thcSUlies The capital of £ 5 , 000 , 000 and n , n i i 80 , 000 persons , employed ' princely £ #£ !? . of m the manufacture of merinos £ J iJJS ' been subject , as above related to S' ° -, im > petition of tho French , SwohihSfi ^ ^^ COm ; England and allow a bount ? o ? 1 ? £ tnToXh free ingress to ourmarket he k « s aiso have . 10 TWM-7-ont f ™ . v ,-, lKet > although thoy charge Kl u L « lsh - I merinos ending theirs ! lhmllnd lit ! 1 0 ne ' Slded , ' - nffi , ir of whichMl 1 WilcompS Q " ^ J ^ w ^ ¦ » n » M > a force
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Eng government havo g a impetus to the French trade in merinos , as well as a favourable position to the Saxons ; and now , not only the fine , ' but the middle and low qualities of French and Saxon manufacture imindcto our markets , flow into every town of importance , anil are to be found , instead of English merinos , in almost every British draper ' s shop ' . At the same tirno the English manufacture has encountered a witherin <» blast from its own government ; many thousands of the people ( forming a part of those masses of unemp loyed operatives alluded to by Mr William Rand ; , hitherto engaged in the manufacture of merinos being now sustained out of the poors' rates , and many hundreds of thousands of pounds invested in mills , warehouses , cottages , and otherwise , in the manufacture of merinos , having boon destroyed by an act of our own government . , „
The manufacture of merinos in Britain , where continued , is now almost profitless , not because ) ours is an inferior article , but because our wages are higher than those of our rivals , and our government is resolved to maintain an unequal com * P It would , I think , be very difficult to find another people that would designate such proceedings " common sense . " . , The English market is now inundated with trench merinos of all qualities . They are so much " cheaper" than our own that they ( the French ) sell readilr everv piece they send , whilst our own manufacturers are left just to supp ly the residue , lowered in price bv these imports nearly to their prices . Our skill , labour , and capital are thus rendered valueless by the act of our own government , who ,
when complaint is made , taunt their victims with as sarcastic jeer , saying , " Surely you can manufacture as cheaply as your rivals ?" Is it asked—What have these facts to do with our present question , we having now to supose tliat all duties and bounties are removed , that there ia "a clear stage and no favour ?" I allude to those circumstances because they formed the subject of conversation a few weeks ago , with a kind friend , who was in 1810 extensively connected with the manufacture of merinos . Ha was justly complaining of the robbery of himself and his workpeople by tho English government allowing the tree importation ot French merinos , when the French government prohibited the introduction of English merinos , and g ranted a bounty of 15 per centoil the exportation of their own .
, " I ask for no protection , " said my friend , " only f ive me a cle ^ r stage , even-handed reciprocity , and should , as an English manufacturer , be ashamed of myself if I could not meet my foreign rivals in any market . But it is too bad to be forced by our own government into such unequal Competition witli the French in our own market , when wo are prohibited , on any term * , from entering the French market !"— " My friend , " I replied , " tho question is not whether ' you would be ashamed' or no ; but the solemn question you have to ask yourself is , could I afford , in equal competition with the French
or other rivals , whose wages are so very much lower than those I havo given—could I afford to give my workpeople such wages as would fairly remunerate * them for their skill ' and labour , remembering that no manufacture can be nationally advantageous that does not allow a sufficiency for those employed therein ?" That observation gave a new current to my friend ' s thoughts . It is in that direction , fellowcountrymen , I wish your thoughts to flow ; now , while leaving things as they are , I would turn your attention to tho period when duties and bounties ? will be no more .
A vulgar error has been planted m the national mind , viz ., an idea that our manufacturers need no protection—that the landlords and farmers were unreasonable in requiring what was said to be an exclusive protection . I would eradicate that untrue supposition by showing that our manufacturers cannot be nationally beneficial if they arc not protected ; in fact , that every nation must , to secure prosperity , protect its industry . Under the system of absolute freedom , there are only two modes of procedure for the choice of the manufacturers of merinos . They must cither afc once yield the palm to the " cheapest" producers , or , acting in the spirit of rivalry , drive the competition to its utmost limit , until those
manufacturers who can exist on the lowest possible wages and profits should destroy the property and tho value of the labour of their vanquished rivals , and thus gain the prize . I will endeavour , without exaggeration , to show the effects that would be produced in cither case . Should the first sacrifice be preferred , the British manufacturers would immediately prepare for a retreat . They would adopt the most prudent measures for releasing their capital from an unprofitable employment , and , as soon as possible , engage it in some gainful occupation . Tho 80 , 000 persons forming the body engaged in our manufacture of merinos would strive to find another craft , wherein profit , or better wages , would be their reward .
Of course , great loss and destruction of property would be consequent on these changes . Without doubt , terrible sacrifices would be made by those 80 , 000 unhappy individuals . According to the doctrine of the ? Economists , those evils are more than counterbalanced by ' the gam resulting . Cheap merinos would be the universal reward ; and the maxim , " The few must lose for the gain of tho many , " being admitted among tho lessons taught hy " common sense , " those " few" must not repine ! How different are those lessons taught bv tho unerring Spirit of Truth !— " Love worketh ' no ill to his neighbour , " and , "As you would that others should do unto you , do ye even so to them . " On that principle , " tho many " ( tho consumers of merinos ) would prefer to pay rather more money for their dresses than drive "the few" ( the 80 , 000 of "their neighbours" ) into so much sufienns- .
But mark the retributive hand of justice ! It ia not clear gain to " the many . " In the transit , those S 0 , 000 persons would become very burdensome , " eating up" the ratepayers , " crowding tho gaols , increasing the army of tho discontented , and requiring troops and police to watch their ? movements and cheek their crimes . Those costs arc never calculated by the " philosophers ; " they do , notwithstanding , form a very heavv drawba ck trom the profit made by " the many" at the expense ot the few . When those losses have been incurredand the
, season of trial and of suffering is ended , the remwnt of those people and of that capital will have found employment m some other branch of industry which may in its turn , be required to yield to tl ' i-j " Cheapness" of a foreign rival ! I need trace their wanderings no farther . It is enough—merinos aru now " cheap" all over the world . ° ° I appeal to Mr . W . Rand . Have I exaggerated * 1 think I have tairly stated the case shoulS the fir « r alternative be adopted . r 6 u
I do not , however , imagine that the owners nf £ 5 . 000 , 000 : of British capital , and ' tLa ° t S OOf British operatives will quietly surrender to th ,. owners of £ 3 000 , 000 of foreigft capi ll , and 50 ) fc foreign operatives . I think tfie second mode of ietion will be adopted-that tho god « Cheapness " will urge his votaries to engafe in the 4 r fe of competition for the mastery ± afid that yeaVs o struggles , of losses , and depressions will oe consequent W the adoption of the free princi ples ^ Space is wanting , else I would now watch tho mm . rations in that field of strife ! tllC 0 I c __ This part of the subject is too intei ™ ti „« . ?« •¦ , « .
mereiv g anced at . The extreme follv of those who M ^ rffi ^ - ^ ' ^ S The subject shall bo resumed in mv next I am , Englishmen , ' The friend of your manufacturer * , Fulliam , Middlesex . RlCB ™ ™'
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-one into Mr w ^ T P 1 C 3 L ' case ™ Seeding hll' a i Sn . r refcrre « l to the former procTurK ulll 5 , ' ] llt t 0 to '" Sued in a superioi-? m Sodt ° * \ S « trates not to decide others tu the decision of the court above was known . Mr . uunt urged that the case should be proceeded with , on the ground that Barton by keeping his shop opea ior sale on Sundays caused others to have excuses tor so doing , hut offered to allow the case to stand over provided thc defendant would not in tho moan time offend . This promise was not ffivon , and the complaint was heard . It was proved that tho how
namcu aw buy a halfpennyworth of cakes onthed-iv m question . Mr Wagner submitted that it was n ' n ' fan offence within the act in question , and that tho soiling of cakes to children was not contemplate . ! by it . The magistrates postponed their decision Hir after the decisfon of the Court of QuSs Bench shall have been recorded . [ Why should the « LoS Day Act of the infamous Charles II . be allowed tJ remain on the statute-book ? Why does not Parli * X ^& l ^*™ ^ te- iKT ? Jo T '"" S entleruan observed to his jjj ^ uto was beaut ifu l , youthful , piJJg ^ S
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 20, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20011849/page/6/
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