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THE POWELL PLOT—VERACITY OF DAVIS.
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THE 'POWELL PLOT,' (From the Liverpool M...
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THE LONDON STONEMASONS. Bhistol.—At a me...
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THE GREAT SEA SERPENT. Tha following int...
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THE LABOUR QUESTION. The Labour Question...
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ThUmedi « na haSl « . n ««{ aTath » 3 iifekpuhlioo . ^ a few years , and perhaps ia the anaals of the *«» ™* n ^^ tSccL equal to t ^ pr . gress ; thav ^ of this Vedicme were at once atfcnawlsseed w j"'f * T ™' and recommaadatioa followed recommendation , Urn .. o ^ . ^ sowtoaetaowiedgatkatP ^ a ' aLr- BPiiKhad saved them , and wera loud im t !_ eirpraise . The starUi «| fartsftatwaMCoafcmallj broi ** t b-fo * * » £ «*** enceremoudanypraju-licewhichsomemaybavaieit . xM Sual good wkichreault . dfr . m their nsaspreaithett femefarandwiie , at this moment Qwra is sew * " ? * country on the faea of tha e lobe wMch » a » « ot »««« their fienefia , and have soaght W « . yhe ^ j hatewr xm-rhi be the cost of transmission . TkeUmte- -tates , Canada , India , and even China , have kad i «» 'nse < ra * ° ; tities shipped ta their respective couatn * -, aa * witatne same result as in England- Uvivbbsai S «*» . Communicated by Mr Jans Heito * . Leeds . GfcJ-ttemett ,-Ias ! . happv t « inform jou that we ?" daily hearing accounts of the good ef ecu <> " *» £ ™ £ TiLif ; to enumtrate the cases would be a task too formidable for me , asd which has P ^ f ^ V' ^ JL . n inform jou before , as I can hardly tell * hera tobegm Onemansaidhewanteda box of lira . P »^ , for Lirs Pills rhey wera tohim , they had donehtm so much good in relieving him of an obstinate cough and asthma . Another said thav wera wonxn theib whom is gold ; as he was not like the same man since he kad taken Another saidhi 3 wife hadhad abadleg for years but after tafcins one small box , which was recommended by his Class lead * ., htr leg was much better , and when she bad taken the second bos , it was quite as well as the A very respectable female said her kusband had been aflictel above two years , and had tried raany things , butviucehehsd taken PAsa ' s L « E Pins he was quite 3 new man . ... . , . Toa will please gendimmediately , thirty-sixdoaenboxes a ls . lld ., andsixdozenar 28 . - d . I am , Gentlemen , yours respectfully , 7 . Briegate , Leeds . Jons Heatoh . Commonicatsa by ilr « . WBIT £ , Agest for Cirea-« ster . Gentlemsn , —Eaelosidisa statemaa t mats to me in person , by a female who requetta tiat 5 »« r case _ naj » 8 made knowi . t !_ at others pimllarly afflicted may receive benefit as she has done , through tke we af PAia ' a Life Pnis . 'I had been afflicted with a severe weakness , so much as to ultimately prevent me walking across the floor of the house . I applied t * a medical ma » for his advice , but Ms skill proved t » ba all in vain . At last I was reeammended by a persem wko had taken P-ibb's Life Pills to give them a trial . I did s » , and befura I took the whole of the first box , found mysalf greatly improved ; I continned the use of them for six weeks , ani am now stranger and reel better than I hava beea far years past ; and whilo I lire I -tail bless the aame ef yon and your Pass ' s -Lhte Puis . ' By applying to me , I have fte Ukerty to refer any owitftl » vaA - i « xesldftnca . Ittmain , * e « tlemen , 30 ui obtdient servant , W . White . — Ciresuester , Hay Sth . 1847 . TO PERSONS GOISG ABBOAD . These Pills are particularly recommended to all persons going- abroad and sutgecting themselves to great change of climate . Officers of the Abut add Navt , Hissionabies , Emigrants , < fcc , will find them an invaluable appendage to their medicine chests atap- » - vp . ntirp nf th « attaoia . of tiiu-c diseases so prevalent ia our colonies , especially in the West Indies , where a small box recently sold for 10 s . In America , also , its fame is getting known , and its virtues duly appreciated , causing an immense demand for it ; and there is no country or port in tHe world where it will not speedily become an article ef extensive trafnc and general utility , asitmay be had re & jttrte to in a 1 eases of sickness , with confidence in its simplicity , and in it power to produce relief . 5 one are genuine , unless the words 'PARR'S 1 IFE PILLS , ' are m White Utters on a Bed Srouad , on the Government Stomp , pasted round eack box ; also tho fae sirrJte of the oiguatara ef the Proprietors , * T . KQ 3 SRTS and C .., Crane-court , fleet-street , London , a t & e Directions . Sold in boxes as la 1 {& . 2 s 94 , and family packets at lls ' each , by ail respectable mediciae venders throughout thaworld . Foil directiaas are givea witk each box .
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PgmBfffiHl r ! le extensive practice of MESHftflilSI i 5 e 5 sr 3 R-radL . PEKRY and ^ Q ^» S | Z | II Co ., fUecon & sued demand for ^ 3 ^ g ^ 553 ^^ 5 lLENT FRIEND . 'tone hundred aad twentr-Sve thousand capie * of which have been io : 3 > . and fee extensive sale and high repute of their Medicines Usv ~ induced gome unprincipled pertons to assu _ a- the name of PiiRRY and closely imitate tbe title of the Work and names of the Medicines . The public is hereby c-utioned tiat such persons are not in anyway wnnected with the firm of R . and L . PERRY and Co ., of London , who do EOt visit the Provinces , and are only to be consulted personaUy , or by letter , at their Establishment , 19 . Berners-streat , Oxford-street , London . TWENTY-FIFTH EDITION , illustrated by Twenty-six Anatomical Engravings on Steel . Oh _ r % j _ ea ! l > UguaUjicatums , deiiemttee Incapacity , ond impediment * to Marriage . new and improved edition , enlarged to 196 pages , price ? s . Sd . ; by post , direct from tha Establishment , 3 s . 6 dL m postage stamps . THE SILENT FRIEND ; medical work on the exhaustion and physical decay of - the system , prodsced by excessive indulgence , the conseqatness of infection , or the abuse of mercury , with observations « i the married stats and the disqualifications which prevent it ; iiinstrated by twenty-six coloured en-. gravings , and by tfee dstail of cases . By It . and L . PEREY and Co ., 19 , Berners-strset , Oxford-street , London . Published by the authors , and sold by Strange , 21 , Panrnoster-row ; Hanney 63 , and Sanger , 150 , Oxfordstreet ; Starie , 22 , Tichh « ne-street , Haymiarket ; and Serdon , 146 , L-eadenhall-street , London ; J . and R . Barnes , and Co ., Leithwali , Edinburgh ; D . Campbell , Argyll-street , Glasgow ; J . Priestly , Lordritreet . and T . Jfewton , Cher-h-street , Liverpool ; R . H . Ingram , Market-place , Manchester . Part tie First s dedicated to the consideration of the Anatomy and Physiology of the organs which are directly er indirectly en . aged ia the process of reproduction . It is illustrated by six coloured engravings . Part the Second Treats of the infirmities and decay of tho system , produce * by ever indulgence * f the passions and by the practice of solitary gratification . It shaws clearly the manner in which tha baneful consequences of tbisindulgence operate on the economy in the impsirment and destineion of the social and vital powers . The existence of oervoas and sexual debility and incapacity , with their accompanying trsin of symptoms and diserders , are traced by tUe chain of connecting results to their cause . This celection concludes with an explicit detail of tse means by which tfcese effects may be remedied , and full and ample directions for their use ? . It is illustrated by three coloured engravings , which fully display the effects of physical decay . Part the Third Contains an accurate description ef the diseases caused by iufeetioi ] , and by the abuse of mercury ; primary and secondary symptoms , eruptions of the skin , sore throat , Inflammation of the eyes , disease of the bones , gonorrhoea , glest , stricture , & c , are shown t « depend on this jause . Their tr & atmeat is tally described in this section . Tho effects of neglect , either in the recognition of disease or in the treatment , are shown t » be tbe prevalence of the iru . in de system , which sooner er later will show itself ia ons of the forms already meatioaed , and entail disease n its moat frightful shape , nav « nly en the individual himself , bat also on the offepring . Advice for tbe treatment of all then dissaiea and their eoiiaequsuees is tcn - « ered in this section , which , if inly followed np . cannot Baiueffautrngacure . Ttds part U illustrated by seven , teen coloured engravisga . Part tha Foarti Traits of the Prevention of Disease by a simple application , by which the danger of infection is obviated . Its action is < -hiii > le , but _ , nre . It acts with the einw chemically , and destroys its power on the system . This important part of ths Work should be read by every Young Man entering iato Ufa . Part the Fifth Is derated to tbe consideration of the Duties and Obligations of the Married state , and of the causes which lead to tha happiness or misery of those who have entered into the bonds of matrimony . Bisquletudes and jars between married coo ^ lea are traced to depend , in tho atajority of iurtsnees , on causes resulting from physical imperfections and errors , aad tae means for their removal of shown to bs within reach , and effectual . The operation of certain lisquaiiScationsis folly examined , andinfeli . eitous and unproductive unions chown to be the neces stay consequence . The causes and remedies for this stats form aa important consideration in this section of tbe work . THE CORDIAL BALK OP 8 YRIACUM expressly employed to renovate the impaired powers of life , when exhausted by the influence exerted by solitary indu-genca on the system . " Its action is purely balsamic i its power in relnvUoratiag the frame ia all casas of nerou- aad sexual debility , obstinate gleets , - mpotency , barrenness , ana aesilitfes arisiagfrom venereal excesses , has beta demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands ef eases To those persons wko ara prevented eneziog the aaarrie- state bytb- eonsefaences of early mm , it is . nvalaable . Prica Us . per bottle , or four nantiries in one far 88 s . THB C 0-JCE 5 TRATED MTERS 1 YE ESSESCE An anti syphilitic remedy , far purifying the system from -ecareal contamination , and is -ecommtndad for any of the varied farms .. secondarysymptoms , guaa aseruptiona on fee skin , blotches oa the Lead and face , enlargement of the throat , tonsils , and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose , palate , & c . Its action is purely detersive , aad its beneficial influence on the system ia undeniable . Price lit . ani 33 s . per battle . The W . cases of Syriacum or Ceacentrated Detersive Essence einoaly be had at 19 , Baners-atreet , Ozforditrest , London ; waerebj there is a saving of U . 12 » ., and ths pattest is entitled to rece . * t advice without a fee , which advantage ia tpplieable only tatkese who remitst . or a packet . Coasaltati-n fee , if by letter , 1 Z . —Patients are requested to be aa minut * aa possible in the descriptien of tbeir cases . Attsadaaoe da __ - , at 19 , Berners-atreet , Oxford-street , LcadoB , frem eleven to twe , and frota Ave to tight ; on Sondsyi front eleven to one . Sold by Sutton and Co , 10 , Bow Churea Yard ; W . Edwards . S 7 , St . Paul ' s Chureh Yard ; Jarclay and Sena , Farringdea-str-et ; Butler and Hardiag , 4 , Cheapside ; B . Joo-ien , S 3 , Cornbin ; L . Bill , Hew Cross : W . B . Jena .,. Kingston ; « ... Tanner , Egham ; S . Smith , Windsor ; J . B . Shillcock , Bremley ; T . Riches , Londonstreet , Qreecwkh ; Thai . Partes , Woolwich ; Edd and Co ,, B (> r _ ing ; and Jehu Thurley , High-street , Romford of whom may be aad tiie « SI £ EHT FKIKKD .
Diabolical Attempt. —On The Moraine Of Last
Diabolical Attempt . —On the moraine of last
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batnroay a quantity of gunpowder , or other explo-8 we substance , contained -within a piece of metal piping , was found placed near the dwelling-house of Mr Alfred Lee , a patent scythe maker , in the employ of Mr Thomas StainXorth , of Hw _ . entho . pe
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FAMED THR 0 U 6 H 0 HT THE SLOBE , HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . A CASE OF DROPSY . Extract of a Letter from Mr William Oardaer , of Hanging Haughton , Northamptonshire , dated September l . tfl , 1847 . To Professor Holleway . Sa , —I before informed yen that my wife had been tapped three times for the drepsy , but by the blessing of God upon your pills , and hsrperseverance in taking them , tie water has now been kept off eighteen months by their iieana , which is a great mercy . ( Signed ) Whlum Sabdneb . DISORDER OF THE LITER AND KIDNEYS . Extract of a Letter from J . K . Hey don , dated 7 S , Kingstreet , Sydney , New South Wales , the 30 th September 1847 . to Professor Holloway . Six , —I have the pleasure to inform you that , Stuart A . Donaldson , Esq ., an eminent merchant and agriculturalist , and also amagistrate of this town , called en me on fabe 18 th instant , and purchased your medicines to the amount of Fourteen Pounds to be forwarded te his heap stations in New England . He stated that oae of his overseers bad come to Sydney some time previously for medical aid , his disorder being an affection of the Liver and Kidneys — that lie bad placed tha man for three months under tbe care afone of the best surgeons , without any good resulting from the treatment ; the man taea iu despair used your pills and ointment , and much t « his own and Ilr Donaldson ' s astonishment , was completely restored to his health bj their means . How , this Burprifiing cure was effected in ahout ten days . ( Signed ) J . R . Heydon , A DISORDER OF THE CHEST . Sxtract of a Letter from Mr William Browne , of 21 , South Main-street , Bandon , Ireland , dated March 2 nd , 1847 . To Professor Holloway . Sib , —A young lady who was suffering from a disorder of tie chest , with her lungs so exceedingly- delicate that she bad the greatest difficulty of breathing if she cook a little cold , which was generally accompanied by nearly tetal loss of appetite , together with such general debility of body as to oblige her to rest herself when going up but one flight of stairs ; she commenced taking your pills about six months since , andlamhajpy to inform you fhey have restored her to perfect health . . ( Signed ) William Biiowne . A CURE OF ASTHMA AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH . Extract efa Letter from the Rev . David Williams , Resident Wesleyan Minister , at Beaumaris , Island of Anglesea , North Wales , January 1-tb , 1845 . To Professor Holloway . Sir , —The pills which I requested you to send me were or a poor man of tbe name of H-g „ Davis , who before be t » ok -beni , was almost unable to walk for the want of breath ! and had only taken tbem a few days when he appeared quite another man ; his breath is now easy and aatural , and he is increasing daily and strong . ( Signed ) David Williams . THE Earl of Aldborongh cured of a Liver and Stomach Complaint . Extract of a letter from the Earl of Aldborough , dated Villa Messina , Leghorn , 2 lst February , 1845 : — To Professor Holloway . Sa , —Various circumstances prevented the possibility my thanking you before this time for year politenes nding me your pills as you did . I now take this opportunity of sending you an erder for the araeunt , and tt the same time , to add that your pills have effected a jure of a disorder in my liver and stomach , which all the most eminent of the faculty at home , and aU over tbe continent , had not been abltto effect ; nay ! not even the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad . Iwish to have another box and a pot of the ointment , in case any of my family should ever require either . Your most obliged and obedient servant , Signed ) A __ . ao _ ot . oH . These celebrated Pills are wonderfully efficacious in the following complaints . — BiliousCompIai-its Female Irregu- Scrofala . orKings Ague larities Evil Asthma Fits Sore Throats Blotches on Skin Gout Secondary Syinp-Bowel Complaints Headache toins C ° lies Indigestion Tic Douloreux Constipation of Inflammation Tumours the Bowel * Jaandice Ulcers Consumption Liver Complaint s Venereal Affec Debility Lumbago tions Dropsy Piles Worms , all kinds Dysentery Rhematism Weakness , from erysipelas Retention of Urine whatever cause Fevers of allkiuds Stone and Gravel & c , & c . Sold at the establishment of Professor Holloway , 244 , Strand , tjear Temple Bar , London , and by all respectable Druggist ^ and Dealers in Medicines throughout the civilized world , at the following prices : —Is . ljd ., 2 a . 9 d ., 4 s . ' A ., lis ., 22 s ., and 83 s . each box . There ia a considerable ? aving by taking the larger siaes . N . B . —Dirgetions for the guidance of patients in every d-corder are affixed to each box .
The Powell Plot—Veracity Of Davis.
THE POWELL PLOT—VERACITY OF DAVIS .
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TO IHK SDITOR . OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Pari * . Oct . 20 ifl . 1818 . Dkar Sir , —The following letter was sent to the Trars for pobiication , but the editor , for reaeois of his owe . took no notice of it . If you can find room for it , yon will oblige lour obedient tsrv & nt , Thomas Daly . ' Paris . Oct . 1 st . 1848 .
1 , —In the Tnim of Tftureday last , under the fceed ' Ohartiet Trials / I find a statement , made by George Davis , a £ Gv * . nKa «_ t ageat , vrt _ y & , . tdto its being csl misted to do serious injury tea near and dear relative of mine , who in that plow ( Con Gross ) , and tho adjoining parish , has , for thirty years , given extensive employment w maa ? men , and during the whole of that time has maintained an hoi . omab < e position . pos ? e-sing the confidence and esteem of both rich arid poor , has induced ice to take that notice which otheiwise I might not have done . The statemen * alluded to is the fol l owing : — And Mulling then said it was a shame tha prisoners should go to prism without a struggle to mcuo them ; and re - -oid . that as the Chartist prisoners wera taken to Celdbath F . elds they would have to pans ttrough Cow Cro-B , where a friend ( whom bo und < rsta . d to be Da ' . y , ) would be ready to lead out tha Irith to rescue tbem .
' The only person connected with that family whs has in any way iaterfered with politics is your bumble servant , and I have been ia France since tho 17 th ^ f June , five weeks before the time this honest man ! swears I was rody to lead out the Irish to tha rescue of the Chartist prisnncis . ' And as to the men whose rescue" ! was to have effected , five weeks after If avicg tha country , some of them I never saw , —of the others I know but little , —atid the whole of them , except Ernest Janes , were mere than susoected by me up to the time ef their conviction . It is therelore impossible that Mnlh ' ns , of whom I never heard till I read of Lis trtaminatiop , and with whom , or his party , I never had correspondence or communication whatever , could have made the statement sworn to by that saviour of the state , Davis .
\ I know that the Confederates , properly so called , vfbnld . taffcr death rather than be parties to such vile conduct as that sworn toby the dirty instruments tf government ; for whatever account the Confederates may believe that they have to settle with the present government , ' whose ruinoui and heartless conduct baa been subversive alike of property and morals , ' towards the middle classes of England tbey entertain no other feelings than those of thankfulness and SUtitude for that employment and kindness which they conld not obtain in their own land . I have just received the Times of yesterday , and I find that that respectable friend of the government .
Davis , has again alluded io me : he says . ' that I and Mr Looney , with other Confederates , had a private room in Greenwich , ' and this , like all tbe test , no doubt , is a He . Intverwas in any room but the 'ball room ' of the Druid ' s Arms , which nas on each of the occasions that I attended at Greenwich—for the purpose of explaining the benefits that would accrue to Irishmen and their sons from the establishment of reading rooms , —crawded to excess ; there was nothing secret or mysterious in connexion with the Confederate ? , and the man who would propose any snch meeting , no matter who he was , would find himself treated in a manner anything but pleasant .
' The sesecret meetings were the work of the police , whose infernal system was so ably and so truthfully exposed by you at the time of the brutal murder of the young policeman in Essex , and Serjeant Parsons ' perjury case in connexion with it . ' Hoping that the journals which have eopied tbe statement of this Davis will , for the reasons stated in the commencement , give this letter insertion , ' I remain , yours , & c , Thomas Daly . '
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THE 'POWELL PLOT , ' ( From the Liverpool Mail ) Csffey and his confederates were charged with an at- , tempt to overthrow the Qaetn ' s government . If tbey had beta charged with an attempt to turn the world upside down it would not have been more ridiculous , for a jury of terrified Cockneys would have returned a verdict of ' guilty' in either case . That the Whig Attorney General well anew . But the Meekest part of tbe transaction is that the leading witntases for the crown were ten thousand times greater scoundrels , and more dangerous men , In any state of society , than the accused and now canvfcted prisoners . Th . London movement , which earned so much alarm at the time , appears to have been an affair of the police . Tbe prime movers in It were police agents , tut for whoa there would have been no rltl-g , or arming , or mobbing .
With regard to the principles of the Chartists , so far as we understand them , we see nothing illegal In them . A joarneyman shoemaker or knifegrlnder aspires to a seat in parliament , without any maaey qualification , and to be paid a guinea a day . - And why not ? Would not such a ; man make as good a representative , if not a much better one , than Cobden or Bright , or a' bundled more we could name ! What was the Manchester League but a body of C . bartists , * confederated for a selfish purpose , to rob tbe landowner and farmer , aad cheat their working pieple under tbe plea , the specious plea , of high wages and cheap bread ! They violated tbe law quits as optnly as Coffey did , but more , success / ally , becaise at that time tbey were wealth y , and profuse in spending money upon hired lecturers and peripatetic scamps .
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* -This we must take leave to correct . The Ccartists hare notafngin common with the l ying , cheating . labourrobbing * res Traders . — . Bd . N . 8 ,
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0 C . nuell's agitation ana CoS-en ' s agitation were as ae . ditious in their objects aod operations as was that of C \ . ffej aad bis associates . BuUbe Whigsnevar attempted to transport O'Conn * II or hang G . bdi'O . If Goff . y could have been as useful to them in parliament as 0 * bdm aid O'Dounell trero , be would have escaped in tho same way , and most probably wculd tre now be holding a lucrative iffice under the crown , Ths fact is that the really guilty parties in this sham Cbariist insurrection hsve ben * permitted lo escape , aad hsve Sem , or will be , bnndeorocly paid for Ihcir villany . m ^^^ w ^^^^^—^» - ^ ~ ~ . _ _
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MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF LANCASHIRE A public meeting of the WorseVy . Stweteate , and Little Ilulton colliers was held in Monday last , near to Mr John Higham ' s , bottom of Walk-en Moor . The meeting * a * truly a glorious one ; upwards or Me thousand colliers were piesent . Mr Peter Yates wee unanimously called to tha chair . After the Chairman bad stated the objects of the meetinp , Mr D . Swallow addrfssed the mectirg at great length , pointing out feelingly the prepen * . sufferings of the , miners , and proved to tha satisfaction of all praseote that the masters were net to blarxe for reducing 'by colliers' wage ? , because ths masters cannot pucar ; burthen upon them tbey are not willing to receive ; if the nvm had maintained tbeir union , tho masters would cever have attempted to reduce 'heir waxes .
There ave some hundreds of collie ™ around Wwrsely who have not ? ot more than five shillings per week for tha last six months . Three yearn ago when the men were in th ? . union , a vaatmsny of the colliers bad cows and pigs , but since they left , the union they have lost th ^ i" cows and pigs , asd , at the prssent time , are suffering ail the miseries of piiyation Every one present pltdged themselves to join the union forthwith , and every colliery premised to appoint each a delegate to attend the special delegate meeting , at tbe Farmer ' s Arms . cn the Thursday following . In the short space of three days 251 from Worsely , and cixteen from Dixon Green j-ined . alflo Wright ' s men , Grundy ' - men , Harrop ' s Ren , Ni ^ htingsle ' s men , » nd Aitkin's . In the Little Hulton district tho society is spreadim ? more rapidly around this neighbourhood than it did five years ago , when the society was first established . After a vote of addres ? two three frooa
thanks to Mr S . for his , or each pit adjourned to tbe large room of Mr Higbam's , for the onrpo « o of making the necessary arrangementa for the carrying out tbe objects of the society . Wioan A public meeting of the colliers of this town was held in the Commercial-room , Cloth Hull , on Tuesday tout , Ootofapr 3 rd . Mr Robert Marsh oresided over tbe meetine . Messr . Dennet and Swallow , « R 8 ntB , addressed tbe meeting at great length with very goodeftVet , and were often interrupted by loud and rapturous cheers from the hardy sons of the dreary mine . When the show of hands was called for by the chairman , every hand was held no in favour of the union . After votes of thanks to tho speakers , and the chairman , the assembly simultaneously arce , snd gave three tiroes three in honour of the union . Themte . irg was attended by upwards of , 500 . The society is spreading fast ia Wwm and its neiehrtouvnood .
Deah Church DisiRici .-On Wednesday , Messrs Marsh and Final ] held a meeting of the colliera of this district , at the Ilutton Arms . Chowbent . Tho meeting was well attended , and a . very lively feeling prevailed Bury District . —A public meeting of ihe miners of this district was held on October 4 'h , in Mr Greenhalgh's large roam , Bolton-street , Bury . The mm was well filled with colliers frora all the surrounding eoflieries . Mr Georee Lomax occupied tho chair . The benefit of trades' unions was pointed out very strikingly by D . Swallow . Every ons presmt pro . miaed to join as soon as prssible . Three lodges are already established in this distri-jfc , Bolton , Oorober 4 th —A meeting & f the miners of this district was htId at the Boar ' s Head , Church-• ate . to take into consideration the necessity of sending in statements to their employers for an advance ofwmref .
Dixoh-orehn , October 5 th . —Mr Swallow held a ? ery good meeting of the colliers of this place , in Mr Pickford ' s large room . They agreed to form two lodges—one for the little coal men , and one for tho men working in the Gannel pit " . Twenty-nine of tho former , and twenty-four of the latter , were enrolled . Hamhaw Moon . Friday night . —A meeting of tbe colliers of thi » neighbourhood was held in the large room of the Bowling Green Inn . Mr Swallow ad * dreteed the meeting , ' and Mr Roughly occupied the chair . They agreed to form a lodge . A secretary was elected , and several names enrolled . The colliers of Hatahaw Moor have formed a lodge at John Tonne ' s , sign of the Wool Pack , asd all of them have been enrolled .
Meetings have also been held at the Bull a Ilrad , RadeliffeBridge ; Queen Anne and Unicorn , Little Lsrer ; Mrs Garrard ' s , Little Hulton ; Wigan Arras , Scc-sles ; Johe Croston ' s , Bolton , & V ,
A special delegate meeting of the miners of Bolton , Bury , RRdclifff , Lever , Halshawmoor , & o ., was held at the Farmer ' s Arm ? , Damside . Darcy Lever , on Monday , Oc t ober 9 th , Mr John Lyon in the chair . After the various lodges had delivered in their number of members enrolled during tho fortnight , Mr James Jenkinson proposed : — ' That every member of the association in the above-named districts should come to a restriction of labour to 2 a . CJ . per day for eleven days per fortnight . ' .. Several other resolutions wore agreed to , acd the meeting adjourned to Monday , October 23 rd , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , when it is expected every colliery , in the above districts will eend a delegate to represent them .
A great public meeting of tbe colliers of the above * named districts was held on Tuesday , 10 th instant , on the space of ground near to the Unicorn Inn , Little Lever . All the collieries had half a day ' s holiday to attend the meeting . This was the largest meeting held is Lever for many years past . Mr G . Lomax was elected as chairman , and briefly , stated < he objects of the tnsetir . g , after which he introduced the deputation from Aapul snd B'ackrod district , who gave a cheering account of the proeress of the socitty in thair neighbourhood—Mr D . Swallow next addressed the meeting , pointing out the evils of competition , end showed his audience that the reason why the working classes of this county could not tet clothing to their backs was not because the
working classes were either unwilling , or could not produce plenty of cl-thin ; . but because there is too much clothing in the country . He asked if it was not an anomaly that a man was compelled to go wi'hout a shirt , simply because there were to many shirts ; yet this is a fact which meets us at every turn . The colliers are actually in a state of starvation , and the only crime that can te laid to their charge is , that they had got too many coals upon the pit bank ; so it is with every branch ot trade . Then U follows , as a matter of course , that if tbe people wish to enjoy a greater share of the produce of their own labour , that they must work shorter time —( restrict their labour )—regulate the supply according to tbe demand , so that the unemployed can . fee called
into employment , and have an equal share of work ; for ao long as there nrd men . out of employment in any trade , the unemployed always did , and always will , regulate the price of wages , and those that are in employment have not any voice in saying what they shall receive for their la boer so long as there is a surplus of labourers . Restriction of labour i » a better and safer remedy than strikes . Restriction advanced wages five years ago : bo long a « restriction was _ observed wages were maintained ; but as soon as it was broken a portion of the men were discharged , and immediate reduction of wages commenced . Mr S . spoke at great length on several other subject * of great interest to the miners ot every district , and . sat down amidst the hearty cheers of
every one present ; _ In accordance with the resolution passed at the special meeting on . tbe 0 th , Mr Jenkinson proposed : — That the miners in tbe above-named districts should restrict their labour to eleven days per fortnight ; ' A collier in the body of the meeting proposed ) :-- That on and after the 23 rd of October , tie miners should come to a restriction of ten days per fortnight , and 2 ) .. 6 J . per day , ' the amendment was carried by a large majority . It was also resolved :- « That every pit or colliery moat have a meeting amonget themseiveii , so that they can make thenecessaiy . arrangements for restriction coming into operation at the appointed time ' After a vote of thanks to the chairman , tho meeting was concluded , by giving three hearty oheert for the union . ! ; ; v » vm > hi ««
™ . ? hit !^ 0 otobar - llth » Public meeting wag held id the open air , and listened to a long and affecting discourse upon their many Brievanoea bv D . Swallow , one of the society ' s agents held . a ^ eeting in the large room of the Commercial Inn ,, TMroom ms . mU- filled , and a glorious spirit S 25 K &' Swklrt , ° K ^ P" 8 eS ; Messfs . Marsh and Swallow both addressed the meetirg , and were loudly cheered . «""*»» & , ! ^"" Hulton Oototer l 3 th .---A meeting of tbe colhers ef this district was held at Poor Dick's . ^ The 2 ff . !? SST . ^ V ^ W ,. Daniel Six-Finale occupied the chair . Numbers are crowding to the standard every day . 8
1rades' Meeting At Sowerby Bridge. '^Ww ...
1 RADES' MEETING AT SOWERBY BRIDGE . ' ^ WW ? i ? 8 ? 'he Ripponden district of United Tnde . took place on Sunday , Oetober ht ., at Sowerby . Bridge . , . ., " - ^ ha . report . of the ; IMstriot . Committee was read , ibowingtfaat several oasM ^^ duption ^ andX ; 3 pec . es of tyranny had beea'ytwW &' - Mtffi cable unngen » nta - bNn effected-1 with' einployere , through the medium of mediatum-that an aritatlon ing , and about 3 TO members had iained tha- Aa » ooi » . tioVaa tha mult . The ' . rtportSaffid aS other mators connected ^ itS ^ tSMSfS bwngread wai put to the ' vote . received , and adopted unanimously . « w »»« u , «_ u Aipirited diKuMiwi then took place wtatiw t *
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the £ 50 , 000 fund of tho A «» oeiatu > n , and the loo al fund of the district , when the following resolutio " was unanimously adopted : — 'That ? in oonsequeno * of the decision of Conference , that a fund of £ 50 . 000 iM raised by tha Association for the Employment of Labour in Agriculture and Manufactures , the subscriptions to tks local fund of this district remain » s heretofore ; and that tha District Committee be empowered to take out shares in the above fund , when they find that tho surplus of ths local fund will allow them—and that this _ meeting earnestly call upon the members of the district to give effect to the resolution of Conference , by taking out shares indiridually , ' Three auditors were then appointed to examine tha account * of tha quarter , and , having been found correct a resolution was passed that they be received . _ _____ • ..
. The ease of Mr Thomas Taylor , of Elland , cotton spinner ( who had been driven from his employment in consequence of his master requesting him to work twelve hours per day instead of ten , find larger piecers for the two hours , and pay khem extra wages ) next occupied the attention of the delegates . After s-me deliberation , it was thought requisite to appeal to the Central Committee of trades , and draw their attention to the 25 th rule , in order , if possible , to obtain something for his support by being thus victimised . A vote of thanks having bean given to the chairman , the meeting ; dissolved , after collecting the sum of 5 < i . 6 i . for the Dafenoe and Victim Fund .
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THE LONDON STONEMASONS . Bhistol . —At a meeting of the operative Stonemasons , belonging to the general and local bodies , held October 9 th , Mr Richard Chandler in the chair , tho chairman read the notice , convening the meeting , which was , ' To take in ' o consideration the best means to be adopted to support the Stonemasons in London , now awaiting their trial at the Old Bailey tor conspiracy , charged by Mr Trego , a government contractor . ' The chairman said , he was proud to find the men of Bristol once more in the field to raise subscriptions , in oidsr to enable their brethren in Loudon to obtain a fair trial , he being fully aware that it was the duty of every mason in Bristol to give his mite cheerfully and willingly , for they did not know bow soon it might come to their turn to be persecuted in tho same manner . Mr Joseph Hartney proposed ,
Ttiat ii Is tVio opinion ot this meetlr . g , that tie pr * n & nt position of our brethren Id London is critical , ani calls l ' er our utmost exertions , to put down the base attempt n : iw in operation to crush trade societies , the working man ' s best institution . Seconded by Mr Thomas Thelper . Proposed by Mr William Shaw , seconded by Mr John Drew , Thatitiatbo opinion of tMs meetinir , in crder ta carry out our present position , we pledge ourselves to contribute , as far as in our power , towards the defends of our persecuted brethren in London . Proposed by Mr David Whyte , seconded by Mr Henry Johnson , That this meeting appoint a deputation of six , to " wait upon other Trade Societios , to lay the case of our brethren in London before them . The whole of the resolutions were carried unanimously .
John Price wassailed upon to address the meeting . He stated that be had narrowly watched tho movements of the employers and employed ever since he became a member of the tociety , in 1 S 34 , and was convinced that in nine oases out of ten the cause of strikes was attributable to the overreaching and tyrannicU conduct of the employer . l He had been himself obliged to : strike from the same cause . He felt praud in belonging to this society , and regretted the lukewarmness of many masons in Bristol and its
neighbourhood ; he likewise condemned the present system of men working overtime , while many of their brother masons were without employment ; he should like | to see the golden rule of King Alfred carried out —eigbt hours to work , eight hours to sleep , and eight hours for recreation . He concluded his remarks by expressing a wish that the sons of toil would be enabled successfully to beat down oppression , ar-d that the Bristol masons' wculd make a determined ( ff-rc to assist their brethren of London in tbe ti ' me ofto'Stoution .
The meeting separated determined to carry out the resolutions . Subscriptions will be received every Saturday evening , parties being employed for that purpose .
The Great Sea Serpent. Tha Following Int...
THE GREAT SEA SERPENT . Tha following interesting report respecting the appearance of the extraordinary animal seen by aome of the officers and crew of her Majesty ' s shir P » ialua , has been forwarded to the Admiralty by Captain M'Qula ) :-H & r Majesty ' s ship Dsslalus , Hamobze , October 11 , Sir , —In reply to your letter of this day ' s date raquir . ing information * s to the truth of a statement published in tbe Globe newspaper , of a aca serpent ot extraordinary dimensions having been seen from her Majesty ' s ship B & dtlus , under my command , on her passage ( rem the East Indies . I have the honour to acquaint you .
for , tho Information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty , that at five o ' clock on the 6 th of August last , ' n latitude 24 deg . 41 tain . S „ and longitude 90 deg . 22 minutes E ., tbe weather dark and cloudy , wind fresh from ( ho N . W ., with a long ocean swell from the S . W ., tbe snip on the port tack heading N , E . by K ., something very unu ual was seen by Mr Snrtoris , mldshlpmsn , rapidly appreacbing the ship from before tha beam . The circumstanee was immediately reported , by ; him to tho officer of the watchj Lieutenant Bigar Drammond , with whom ani Mr William Barrett , the master , I was at the time walhiagthe quartsr deck . The ship ' s
company re supper . On . our attention being called , to the object , it was discovered to be an enormous serpen * with head and shoal . der » kept about four feet constantly abort , tho aurfsce < i tho sea , and as nearly as we couU approximate by com paring it with the length of what our maintopiail yard W ) u ! d thow in the water , there was at least sixty feet of tbe animal a flew d ' ean , no portion ot which was , to our perception , used in propelling it through the water , oith » r by vertical or horizontal undulation . It passed rapidly , but bo close under our lee quarter that had it been a man of my acquaintance I should bare easily recognised Wsfeavuies with the naked eye ; and it did not , either in approaching tbe ship or after It bad passed our wako , deviate in tbo slightest degree from its course to ths S . W ., wMchhhelri on at tbo pace ef from twelve to fifteen miles per heur , apparently on some do < ermined purpose .
The diameter of tbe serpent was about fifteen or sixteen inches behind the head , which was , without any doubt , that of a snake , and never , during the twenty minut' b that it continued in sight of our glasses , once below ihe surface of the water ; its colour a dark brown , with yellowish white about the throat . It had no fins , bat something like tbe mane of a horse , er ratber a bunch of seaweed , washed about its back . It was seen by the quartermaster , tho boatswain's mate , and tbe man at tbe wheel , in addition to myself and officers above mentioned . I am having a drawing ot' the serpent mode from a aaetob taken vmmtdiatBty after it was seen , which I hope to have ready for transmission to my Lordi Commissioners of the Admiralty by » o-morrow ' e post .
I have , issc ., Pjsiib II Qob / B , Captain . To Admiral Sir W . H .. Gage , G . C . H ., Devonport .
Honniale Circumstance. — On Saturday Wee...
HonniaLE Circumstance . — On Saturday week last a woman from the neighbourhood of the Windy Gap electoral division of Addaergole , stated at our office that a m an in her neighbourhood ( her own brether-in-law ) had made away with his two children ( by his first wife ) , a boy aged 14 , and a girl 11 year * , and buried them in a field or skirt of a bog , where the bodies were afterwards found by the neighbours , covered with heather and earth . Our foreman instantly brought the'woman before Sergeant Conroy , of the oona'tabulaty , and Mr R . Gallaher , clerk of petty sessions , where ehe made the following statement : —The father , stepmother , and children , were in the poor-house , from which they were sent out up on the out-door relief ; that the stepmother swore not wiin
the children enema jive ner , nor m partakers of tbe tood allowed by the union ; that the children had to go away begging ; that tbey returned to the father ' s house on Sunday the 4 th instant , when the wife swore a horvibleoath that beneath her roof they should net sleep , and the father insisted they should remain that night ; the children related these facts to their aunt , who told them to sleep in the house , as it was their father ' s wish . She never taw them again alive ; and next day the father was seen with some bulk in a bag , and a spade under hit arm , going in the direction where the bodies were found . On the following Thursday or Friday , a man
and woman were observed by the villagers—the man carrying a bulk in a bag—going to the same spot , f he man and woman then left the neighbourhood , and went to another part of the . union , where the woman's relatives reside . Policemen were instantly despatched to the place , and there tha bodies were found by them as described by the woman . On the same evening the father was arrested , and oh Sunday he was brought before Or Dillon for examination , and finally was set at liberty . No inquest had been held that we can hear of—nor were there any of the villagers confronted with the acoused , — Castkbar Telegraph . . .
_ 'Coincidbkobs . —If is very singular that so many of our Princes hare died on the Saturday . It would almost seem as though the Revolution had set the example , the throne having been declared vacant on Saturday , Feb . 16 , 1688 . William , III . died on Saturday , March 8 , 1702 ; Queen Anne died on Saturday ; August 1 , 1714 ; George I . at two o ' clock on Sunday morning , June 11 , 1727 ; ( what in common parlance is called Saturday night ); George II died on Saturday , October 25 . 1760 ; George HI died on Saturday , Jan . 19 , 1820 ; George IV . on Saturday , June 6 . 1830 .
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THE LABOUR QUESTION . The Labour Question is evidently destined to become not only the condition of England question , but the condition of the world question ; for not only in the great manufacturing cities of Britain , France , Belgium , Saxony , and Prussia , but likewise in New York , under the Republican institutions of Washington and his compatriots , are the elements gathering of social outbursts like that which recently required for its repression , a military dictatorship and a horrible slaughter . If governments
would be guided by the experience of the past , and not tread for ever in the wake of public opinion without overtaking it , such calamities might be avoided . The failure of the French revolution of February last to accomplish the ardent expectations of the brave men who succeeded in establishing it , in spite of the attempt of the imbecile Odillon Barrot to proclaim a regency , and the present position of the Labour Question in that country , render the subject , at all times interesting to the proletarian class , peculiarly so at the present moment .
It will scarcely excite surprise to find that all the most eminent writers on this subject are Frenchmen , when it is considered that in France those principles th social reform were first promulgated which led ofe worker to look for a greater share of the produce of his labour than be bad hitherto received . Before the revolution of 1793 , Rousseau , Diderot , Helvetius , and Marelly , bad paved the way for further inquiries into , the nature , production , and distribution of wealth ; and when these speculations descended among tbe people , and met the cry of poverty and discontent that thence ascended , the revolution
became inevitable . It was the horrible misery of the people which engendered discontent , but it was Rousseau and tbe Illuminatists who >< ave it a shape and a direction . Insurrections , the offspring of hunger , may occur at any time , but revolutions only happen when knowledge comes to the assistance of the masses , and directs the popular discontent to some defined and practical end . The famishing and oppressed workers of France might have revoltedthere might have been another Jacquerie , and another slaughter of the insurgents ; but without the ideas which permeated society prior to 1789 , there would have been no revolution .
' What has civilisation done for us ? In what is our condition preferable to that ' ot the red Indian ? The savage has his hunting grounds , rivers teeming with fish , and the spontaneous fruits of the forest and tbe prairie—but what have we ? Nothing—absolutely nothing ! The soil that we bedew with our sweat , the labour that gives value to everything , it is not our own . ' Such , from the crowded Faubourg St Antoinefrora the workshops of Marseilles—from the cornfields of Provence—from the vineyards ofLanguedoc —was the ominous cry of discontent that surged upward in sullen roar , and eventuated the revolution .
while Royalists and Constitutionalists , Girondists and Montagnards , were contending in the Assembly and tbe Convention , the idea of social amelioration was germinating in the bosom of one man . That man was Robespierre , of whom even Lamartine says , that he alone of the popular leaders understoood the revolution in all its bearings , and its application to the rescue of industry from the iron grasp of monopoly and capital , While the Constitutional and Girondist deputies were intent only upon transferring the power hitherto enjoyed by the aristocracy to the crafty , selfish , grasping middle class , Robespierre ' s aim was to ameliorate the condition of tbe worker , and make the many partakers of the fruits of the revolution , instead of conserving them for the few .
Hence , the trader , the soldier , the priest , and the emigrant noble , conspired against him , and he fell . His mantle descended upon Gracchus Babeuf , the ' Tribune of the People , ' whose social Republic , contemned by Lamartine , is destined to supersede the Republic of the bourgetisie , with its military Dictator , and its suspension of the liberty of the Press . Babeuf committed suicide * to avoid the guillotine . His conspiracy was the last struggle for pure democracy after the fall of Robespierre , until tbe red flag
was again raised by the insurgents of June . The aim ot Babeuf and his associates was to restore the Republic upon the basis of veritable Equality , without which Liberty and Fraternity can only exist in parchment Constitutions . His aim was a grand one—but France was not , and is not , prepared for the actualisation of the principles of Communism , in the full extent of the common family , common property , and common labour , as idealised by Babeut .
We must turn , therefore , to later writers upon the Labour Question , for such a solution of it as might be applied as a state of transition to present society ; and next in order of time we come to St Simon , whose formula ef industrial remuneration is . 1 To all according to capacity , to each capacity according to works . ' Louis Blanc has ably exposed the fallacy of this arrangement , in bis comments upon St Simonism , in his Histoire de Dix Ans—and it needs , in truth , but little reflection to show that the St Simonism formula is delusive . It accords with the demand of the English Radicals for ' a fair day ' s wages for a fair day's work , ' which can only be obtained by the ¦ labourer working for himself , and
never while he is compelled to hire his labour to a master . What constitutes a fair day ' s wages , was , for a long time , an undefined point ; latterly , it has been declared to be comfortable lodging , good food , and clothing , and sufficient of tbem , and the means of educating tbe rising generation of the order of Labour . This seems very fair , but it is open to many objections , which may be briefly ' stated—Firstly , tbe unskilful workman needs all these things as much as tbe skilled one—the hand-loom weaverand the agricultural labourer as much as the compositor and the engraver—and , if all worked for themselves , the produce of their labour would be of nearly equal value ; but employers will never be brought to give equal
wages to the classes specified—Secondly , if employers were to give workmen the full value of their labour , they would be compelled to charge it upon the public in the price of goods sold , or work performed , in order to obtain the same profit as at present—the employer , who now pays 3 s . per day , and charges the customer 5 s ., if he paid the workman the latter sum , would charge the customer 7 s—Thirdly , its adoption would not relieve the Labour market of the surplus created by machinery—And , lastly—and this is the most important objection—it cannot be adopted while that surplus exists , for while there are three men to compete for every man ' s work , wages will inevitably remain at the
minimum . Fourier comes next , with his theory of associations on the plan of awarding one-sixth of tbe prefits to the capitalists , two-sixths to talent , and three-sixths to labour . This is a much nearer approximation to social justice than the formula of St Simon , and has the additional merit of being definite and precise . It has been adopted to the extent of allowing ' tbe workmen a share of the profits proportioned to their wages , by M . Ledaire , a painter employing a great many hands in Paris , and also on the Northern Railway , and in the printing establishment of La Presse newspaper . There are many practical difficulties in the way of the universal adoption of this principle , except on tbe plan of association upon which it was based by its founder ; and the social experiments of the disciples
of Fourier atCiteaux , and of the Socialists in Hampshire , prove that it is only a very few of the elite of the working-classes who are prepared for such a change ., Even if it could be successfully appl ' ed to every branch of employment , it can scarcely be expected that employers would voluntaril y adopt it , or . that a > class-elected parliament would give it a legal sanction . The solution of the Labour Question , as Mr O'Connor has truly remarked , would not be difficult were labour represented ; but even though Universal Suffrage might make even Fourierism practicable , it must be remembered that , with an unemployed population , high wages is only the second consideration , and the means of existence through labour the first . Fourier has only solved this difficulty by his theory of association , which the masses are morally and intellectually unprepared for .
Consideraht is sometimes classed by the press with the Communists , but this classification is unjust to that party , M . Considerant being the author of a work on the organisation of labour , in which he propounds the singular principle , that cultivation gives a right of ' possession to the soil , and as it has been brought into cultivation by the present pos-
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sessors , the landowners have an undeniable ri ght t it in perpetuity , and tbe landless masses can o „ i claim so much of the necessaries of life as tbe could obtain in the savage state , while the land r / mained uncultivated . He has forgotten to show & the origin of the right to cultivate , which must ne ' cessarily have preceded the right of private posset sion , which he deduces from cultivation . Upon this principle , a Poor Law like that of England i « the utmost that the destitute proletarians of Fi ^ have a right to expect . Further comment upon his views would be superfluous . _ r _ trjt _ - \ - > H i-ViA li _ M _ 3 /_*_ fM _ kwai' !*/ .. *__ a-.---. J-j . _ -.., 1 . 1
The hireling and venal journalists , both of this country and France , class every writer and speaker upon the Labour Question with the advocates of Communism , which with them is but another name for anarchy and universal plunder . Pierre Leroux I believe , is a St Simonian ; Cabet and Proudboa are well-known Communists ; but none of that school contemplate tbe preposterous idea of reducing their views to practice in their entirety , so often attributed to them . They believe the communisation of goods and works to be the only means of attaining perfect social equality ; they view Communism as the ultimatum to which society must eventually come , but they are not so ignorant of human nature as to think that their views can be reduced to practice suddenly and at once , without
any previous moral training and educational prepa . ration , which must be tbe work of more than one generation . _ Undeterred by the calumnies and misrepresenta . tions which Communism has to endure , alike from mere political . reformers , and from those whose interest it is ta uphold the present system of social disorganisation , I avow myself a Communist ; but I believe that Communism cannot be arrived at sud . denly , but must be approached with that gradual progression by which society has passed from sa . vagism to pastoralism ; from pasforalism to feuda . lism j from the feudal state to municipalism ; and
through civilisation to monopolism ; every transition being more quickly and easily effected as we ap . preach the goal of the moral world . But believing Communism to be impracticable for the present generation in the fullness of its doctrines of common labour , property , suffrage , and family , I had in . tended to develope in this communication such a modification of the principles of Communism as seem to me a practical solution of the problem of the organisation of Labour , but having already exceeded my intended limits , I must postpone tbe exposition of my views to another communication . Croydon Common . T . Frost .
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, # Babeuf ani jila . tylow . martyr , Darthe , attempted suicide ,, On tying sentenced to death , they atabbtd themselves in the pHsence of tfcelr Jddgeg , but tbe in . s . trumenw of intended self-destruction broke , and only Inflicted wound * , not death : Alter paisiog a night of extreme suffering—during . which the blade of the weapon remained . tUrifld In , Bab-uf ' s wound , close to Mi heart—the two ; dauntlesa ; Pcniocrat » were . gulllotJDBd . Fifty years have elapsed Vinci' their martyrdom , and now their very names strike terror to the huwt » olthe enomtei of Justice ; So ton * It is that * They never fall who dls in a great cams . '
Mr Alfred Novello, Of Dean-Street, Soho,...
Mr Alfred Novello , of Dean-street , Soho , revives a suggestion for altering the present inconvenient formulas for registering time : — ' It has long appeared to me , that it would be very convenient to number the hours of the day from one to twenty-four , beginsing at midnight , as the additional words ' morning , ' afternoon , ' ' evening' ' a . m ., ' and ' p . m ., ' at present essential to specify the time , might be dispensed with , and we should then have a dist inct name for each hour in a day . This is becoming more necessary to the proper understanding of railway time bills , especially for the long lines . The
proposed numbering would take no extra room ia any tables , as four figures are already required for the hours and their fractions . No difficulty would occur even with the clocks , which could easily have the additional figures placed in an outer or inner circle on the face . In England , I think , this change would find universal adoption , if two establishments would agree to adopt it—I mean the Post Office and the railways . The announcement « The packet sails Sept . 16 , at fourteen o ' clock , ' would completely explain , the time , instead of saying two o ' clock in the afternoon . '
* Napoleon ' s Mother' dead in Paris . —We condense the following narrative from La Demo , cbatib Pacifique : Mad . Ametiger was an old sutler to the Imperial Guard . She laboured in her vocation at most of Napoleon ' s great battles frequently showing great intrepidity , and once had the good fortune even to save Bernadotte ' s life . When that able general was elevated to Swedish royalty , Ametiger repaired to Stockholm and received many testimonies of his . esteem . She
returned to Paris and after the fall of the empire she was reduced to great poverty , labouring as a chiffonniire ( a sort of street rag-picker ) but was slill so fond of fighting her battles over again , with many a tale of the emperor , that she acquired tbe name of ' Napoleon ' s mother . ' She took the greatest interest in the election of Prince Louis Napoleon , canvassing for votes , and when she was assured of his triumphant election , she was seized with such a transport of joy that apoplexy resulted and she fell dead . Her age was seventv-nine .
High Tide—Destruction of Property . —On Tuesday , the Thames rose to such an unusual height as to cause very great damage to property . At Lambeth , the houses near the Archbishop ' s palace were completely inundated , being several fe 2 t deep in water , and in many instances the inmate s were compelled to make a precipitate retreat from their dwellings . In Fore-street which runs from the end of Bishop ' s-walk to Princes street , Vauxhall , a number of poor families were driven from their small habitations until tbe tide receded and the water had been pumped out . The licensed victuallers at Bankside and other parts were very great sufferers , their
cellars being completely filled with water , causing considerable injury to their goods . At Vauxhall , Battersea , Wandsworth , Chelsea , Millbank , and other water-side premises below bridge , similar floods occurred , and the damage to property has i ^ een very alarming . The London docks , in some parts , appear to have been visited , but immediate steps were taken to check the unexpected flood . Towards evening , when the tide was at its highest point , the steamboats could scarcely pass under the bridges , and it required great skill in the management of tbe various vessels to avoid coming in contact with the stonework . No accidents of any cousequence have taken place , although the property destroyed is
immense . A New Mode of Travelling per Rail . —The servants at the General Station at Dundee have much difficulty in getting the cattle put into trucks , particularly Highland stock which have never been undercover , In loading one of these a few days ago , a fine Argylshire stot , after having his fore legs in , was startled by an engine whistle at his ear and making a desperate leap cleared the truck and dashed up the line to the General Station . His first mark was a pointsman , stooping with his back towards the animal , which pitched him forwards , but fortunately was untouched by his horns . He
then tore onwards to the station , wbere his approach caused great sensation , and speedily every guard , driver , and porter , were on the roof of every available carriage . The agility displayed on this occasion was much to the satisfaction of the superintendent , who purposes an occasional visit of tbe same ki nd with a view of practising the servants in celerity of movement . Onward , however , the animal went , passed on to the Scottish Midland line , which he left about a mile to the north , and was last seen making for his native bills , with ^ foaming mouth and streaming tail , forming no unapt representation of ' Taurus' as depicted on the Celestial globes .
Extraordinary Feats . —Tbe Fife Herald narrates tbe antics of a steeple and chimney climber on the top of a chimney stalk at Newton of Abbotsball , 136 feet high . He fixed a plank ten inches broad , and projecting about twelve feet on each side , on the top of the chimney . In the centre of this plank , he placed a pole sixteen feet high , having a small piece of wood on the top , which he climbed up and stood upright on , holding a flag in his hand . After doing so , he descended to the top of tbe stalk , when he walked out to each end of the plauk and struck an axe into them . He then turned about towards tbe centre , and , to the great alarm of the assembled multitude , stood on his head for some time , and , returning to his feet , he stamped firmly upon the plank on each side of the chimney . He then safely descended head-foremost .
Shipwreck . —A correspondent at St Margaret's Hope sends us the following : — ' On Sundaynighrf the 1 st of October , the ship Penang , of Liverpool , from Cronstadt , with a cargo of 500 casks 6 itallow , 100 bales of hemp , and 270 quarters of wheat ' , struck upon Strose Head , in tbe island of South Ronaldshay . She had been endeavouring to make the passage of the Pentland Frith , but , owing to adense fog , she lost the Skerry Lights , and struck at ten o ' clock . , In half an hour she was on her beam ends . The crew , consisting of twenty , including the captain
and mate , were all saved . Three of them got into the long-boat when the ship went over , and were tossed about in her until morning ; another swam ashore , and the rest were clinging to the side of tha ship , expecting every minute to be dashed to pieces , until eight o ' clock next morning , when they wen brought off by boats with much difficulty . Whether it was . ovviag to . the heedlessness , said to be natural to seamen , or to . joy athaving escaped a watery grave , it was striking to observe the cheerful aspect of the poor fellows when they came into the village of St Margaret ' s Hope . —Invent * Cwriff *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21101848/page/2/
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