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- THE NORTHERN STAR. _____^ March 58, 18...
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AMERICAN WORKING MEN'S MOVEMENT. EMANCIP...
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LORD MOUNT EDGCUMBE AND HIS TENANTS. [Fr...
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THE MILITIA, THE ARMY, - AND THE SUFFRAG...
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- The Northern Star. _____^ March 58, 18...
- THE NORTHERN STAR . _____^ March 58 , 1840 .
American Working Men's Movement. Emancip...
AMERICAN WORKING MEN'S MOVEMENT . EMANCIPATION OF LABOUB , AND THE IAND 3
PB 0 SEES . [ From Young AmetUa ( Sew York ) of Feb . 21 . ] Gradually , but no longer slowly , is the free soil movement p : < KH- ««» g . KC T 8 r to one wetk nave * ° J fltronrable account" come to hand as the present . From jlBinc , Massachusetts , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Illinois , -firgmia- Mississippi , and from various partt of this State , have come the joyful free soil echoes , through letters end papers many more than can be noticed this week . Several new movements have taken place , and several new papers have spoken out , more or less pbtin , against the " Grab System" now in operation , and in favour of securing the means of existence outside of the poor-house or the prison . Let us briefly enumerate a few of the . glorious symptoms of the week . Away off in
Maist . we find a gallant pioneer band of National Reformer ; nuking a successful stand against the combined forces of the two degenerate spoils-hunting parties . In HafHclinsrtts , the light of National Reform is pointing out the tine path to conflicting hosts who havo been » arneifly seeking it : in the old " cradle" city a spsrk is kindlc-d—from ZoweJl bright lights are redialing in all directions , at Randolp h the true standard is raised , and as old established paper is about to sound the jubilee tronmst at another important point In Pennsylvania tilt true doctrine is fast spreading , and our sterling coadjawra at Pittsburgh , by their new publication , the Advocate of Human Rights , have effectually roused the " spirit of liberty" in that quarter . In Illinois , the Bandtlph County Beard contends ably for the Inalienable
homrfttad . But perhaps the most important symptom of all is uie report of a select committee of tholegislatare of JPssissippi , to whom was referred the petition of sunnry dozens of Harrison county in that Stats . - , praying ihe abolition ef the Legal Credit System , submbting to the lcgiiliiture a hill for the repeal of all the laws for the eollociioii of debts : an admirable document , that shall appear in next week's paper . In our owu State , to which all eyes will now be turned till after our State Convention , movements less radical , but yet far in advance of the old party projects , have taken place : at Gtvego , Tioga county , a meeting has been held in favour of excepting 1000 dols . worth of real estate from debt ; tha Otuge- Gazette speaks highly of the proposition ; and the fiisghamton iris notices it favourably ; the DaU y
Telegraph , of this city recommends substantially the same thing ; and the Evening Ledger copies the recommendation . These evemtoms are significant . They mean something . They mean this , that the National Reform movement has awakened a new hope in the mind of the oppressed , and bat opened a new field for philanthropic effort . Hen are determining to be free—really free ; to have the nutans of axiitsnee secure gromibe grasp of legalised avarice ; and patriots have resolved to accomplish this work . " We have been governed too much . " Onr natural right to the foil has been usurped , instead of being protected , by legislation ; and the " strong arm of the law" has been extended in aid «> f all sorts of monopolies built upon the original usurpation . The day of deliverance drawcth nith .
It is not merely to secure property to the few fortunate , but cot always most worthy , possessors under the present aysttm , that the national reform movement is designed . To secure ell the rights of every human being is the work to be done . To secure , above all , the homestead , that absolute requisite to the existence of freemen , that most essential right of which the people of New York are now deprived , is especially the business of the coming Convention . Would it not be the broadest farce and biggest folly of the age for the greatest State of this great confederacy to assemble her wise men , seventy years after the declaration of independence , which all acknowledge sts authority , to form a government which should not guarantee to the citizens the means of free labour for a subsistence ? Onr forefathers decreed that the eldest
child of the family should notpossesss the family estate to the exclusion of the rest . Surely we have not lived to { his < b . y iriihoot learning that each child of the great family of the State has the same right to a foothold open the earth as the children of the most fortunate family ! -To si-core the homestead , it is necessary to provide that no further monopoly of the soil shall take place ; that a . limitation to individual possession shall be agreed upon ; that the land already monopolised shall be ( listributfdas the possessors decease , till it shall come down to the limit established ; and that the homestead shall be inalienable , except at the will of the occupants . To
accomplish this last-named purpose , the simplest way would be tu prohibit any legalised credit system , or laws ibr the ' collection of debts ; a measure which , of itself , would effect more good than all the other measures ( excepting the land measure ) that have been talked of or thought of with reference to the new constitution . Thes- measures would effect a compromise with our present legalised wrongs , that would gradually bring about tie full measure of justice without injury to any human being . Nothing short of these would accomplish the object . To the measures , therefore , the land limitation and the inviolability ofthe homestead , all delegates of the Constitutional Convention should he pledged .
It is by no means certain that these measures cannot fee carried . Greater revolutions have been effected in less time than is left us . At any rate , the work is to be done , either at this Convention or a future one ; and there is no more effectual way of advancing it than to get it before the Convention ; have it discussed ; and have . the discussions printed in the record of the ' proceedings for tiie benefit of the next Convention . The people now are ready for the change , if the press will do its duty in the matter . Is it not time for the National Reform Association to -be moving on this subject ! The adoption of the free - -soil principle by the State of New York would be the beginning ofa national reform , the greatest in the modern iistory of the world .
The vote for the State Convention will be the most important , perhaps , that the present generation will have the opportunity to cast . It will be far or against a landed aristocracy ; for or against a landed democracy ; f » r or against an inalienable homestead tor oar children and our children ' s children , one and alL and for ever !
THE OREGON . ( The following article we extract from an American Working Men ' s paper entitled , the Voice of iidustry . It will be seen that the principles and views recently expressed by the Fraternal Democrats , in their address to the people- of Great Britain and the United States , nave- someardent supporters ( and will yet have more ) on the other side of tiie Atlantic ] By reference to the Congressional proceedings , it will be seen that "Oregon" still continues to he the all-absorbing theme among our political loafers . "We are glad , however , to see among the froth and foam about " American rights , " " onr gallant navy , " and " our right to Oregon , " some manifestations of rationality on the part of somememhers , whose candour and sense of justice fit them for better company than a gang- of political vampires , who are rising the people ' s rights as a capital to gamble upon .
We declare again , that the sou of Oregon belongs to those who will settle and cultivate it . Great Britain or the United States have no valid claims upon it—it belongs to the people . Government has no right to traffic in the elements of life , to build ships of war to rot in our docks , and support a prodigal dynasty of republican rioters , Who , under pretence of gaining the people some apparent -superficial good , create a dozen evils to feed upon their their rights . Once practically establish the principle ( as established it surely will be ) , that as much of the soil belongs to every man as he can cultivate , without paying * tax to government , and directly tax property to support tHHnecessary legislation , and the American people would cot suffer under the grievous burden ot paying 40 , 009 , 000 dollars annually for annexing territory which has ever belonged to them . It is a shame and a disgrace that our people should suffer a clan of reckless officeholders to put into their crib 1 . 25 dollars for every acre of land that God gave as a free heritage to aU .
Irani the latest information , we learn that Congress has refused to accede to any proposition from the British Parliament , voting in favour of the "Notice ; " thereby virtually declaring that God in his wisdom decreed that a tax of 1 . 33 dollars on every acre of saleable land in Oregon shall be paid into the treasury of the United States , to build ships of war , support armies and navies , and pay men from eight to one hundred dollars per day for serving the devil—travelling- fees not considered .
Death Of Mb. Lisioji, The Comedias.—Mr. ...
Death of Mb . Lisioji , the Comedias . —Mr . Listen , who has long been in a declining state of health , expired on Sunday morning , at half-past ten ' clout , at hia residence at Uyde Park-corner . During die whole of the last week his medical men had given up the case as hopeless , and for some months he had been gradually sinking . It is now nearly forty-one years since he made his first appearance ia London , in the character of Jacob Gawhey , in the Chapter of Accidents . He is , we believe , the son of a watchmaker , who lived near Fenchurchstreet , and at a very early age exhibited a
predilection for dramatic performances ; however his peculiar line , as he conceived ( and , indeed , as Banniiter , Fawcett , Mathews , and many others thought of themselves } , was tragedy . As a performer of common characters , his place will , perhaps , never be adequately supplied . To a rich fund of natural humour he added the care , discrimination , and perception of the finished artist . Hence he never wa > merely droll , but so moulded and adapted his powers of humour as to make them perfectl y characteristic of thu : ? art nc played . In private life Mr . Lisa's habits ' -v ? re « orawt-ie , und he possessed the tispectof all who inww b j ) i .
Coiiissi'S >"!« ike BiasnjfGHAJi Railwat . —On Saturday f vctiug the ap mixed train , which Snil 8 irmingl'siB at tony-lnc liunutes past five , mol with an arjciderit A it Vi . rtuid- » b ! e nature , but-whi < -h ! ld not , £ > rtuii :. ii ' iy , causo Jjss of life or limb U . < ary Kit . Everyr : iir . jf went i . ; i < 'v ; l until the train Lt « i passed tiie I W < : " ; iti ; t := is ^ -- 'kn , but on unteriirg a itcp cutting s ' ku * v * i > osiUfc from Tring , the tr « in rame in viiJoi . ' ! - -oiiiMo :- " 'Hiitiiieeliigrgage waggir :. * , -. viiieh ¦ were mo « u ! : a € wu « iabiy left standing on . !! . uiis . Most £ the pssw-riu . rs werethwwn off ttrtir sms , and as so & n as th « y ? . J > -oyered from the si .- «_ - ; c r-muy of tlK-in pot out- iu « i scrambled up the citttins .. ?! s J ^ ere w : r ^ great Aar -: > i " the express nviiii <" - ; . ;»;«} an and da-Uiut ? ibe « : i .-: < train to pieces . TLc sjajivd * . however Lmiswifar- . - j . i « ipatchcd men boils up , ii ;> j down the Hr . ? . 'i-. h - -i >; : ' . ais to Stop it , and in tiiLs they fqrtunuteij oUix-e ^ Jt'' ' !
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^ PROTECTION OF NATIVE INDUSTRY . The following letter from Earl Stanhope was read at a meeting recently held in Marylebone , forthe Purpose of forming a Society forthe Protection of fative Industry : —• . _ Chevemng , near Sevenoaks , ( copr . ) March 2 , 18 * 6 . Sn , —I am much rejoiced to learn by your letter , that His intended to form in the parish of Marylebone a Society for the Pro tection of Nativa Industry ; and I most ardently , wish that the same course may be followed , not only throughout the metropolis , but also in every other part ofthe United Kingdom . No time ought to be lost , no eiertious ought to be omitted , in opposing most strenuously those measures of free trade which have lately
been proposed , and which would so much injure all the industriou classes by depriving them of the mean of subsistence , or by diminishing their wages . Theinclosed statement , which I prepared , and which relates solely to manufactured articles , shews how much the protection that is justly due to the artisans was reduced in 1842 , and how much more they would be exposed to the competition of foreigners by the new proposal of the present ministers . Tou will perceive by that statement that it includes many articles of luxury , the cheapness of which would be of no advantage whatever to the industrious classes , and you are aware that a reduction of price in other articles would be no compensation to them for the losses which they would sustain by free trade , and forthe intolerable distress with which it would afflict them .
I have exprsssed , both in and out of Parliament , my opinion that all the industrious tlasses have a right to be fully represented in the House of Commons , and that every citizen of the state is justly entitled to a vote . If such were now the case the ruinous and revolutionary project of Ministers would , I have no doubt , bartjeeted by an immense and overwhelming majority ; but as such is not the case , the industrious classes may ask wt ether a House of Commons , in which they are not fully represented , can have aright to adopt measures that vitally affect their rights and interests ! Public opinion has already been displayed in the meetings whieh have been held , and in the elections which have taken place , and it
would have bad still greater weight if several members of Parliament had not persisted in retaining their seats in utter disregard of the wishes of their constituents . As both the political factions are in favour of free trade , and as a party spirit is now more prevalent than patriotism , it is more than ever requisite forthe people to act with energy and union . The industrious classes should everywhere , and in a voice of thunder , demand full and effectual protection—a redress of their grievances , and a restoration of their rights . In this cause , in which all of them have a common interest , no differences in party politics should prevent them from cordially co-operating for their mutual defence .
I need not represent that the sufferings occasioned by free trade would be very much aggravated by the detestable and despotic New Poor Law , which punishes poverty as a crime , and which was truly described to be " the most infamous law that ever was enacted in any christian country . " The dangers of free trade would be very much increased by the Currency Xaws , as tha natural results might be an exportation of sold , a scarcity of money , and a stagnation of trade , attended with grievous and general distress . If the principles ef free trade are to be adopted , let them be carried into effect immediately , and la their fullest extent , aud the consequence would be a violent and sudden reaction , which the combined strength of the two political factions would he quite unable to resist . An injured and indignant people would drive , like ' chaff before the
wind , those who had attacked their rights by depriving them of that protection which it is the duty of every government to preserve , which all those who are engaged in native industry may most justly claim , and which cannot be taken from them without destroying the security of all property . I feel very strongly upon this subject , because it may have been the intention , and it would certainl y be the effect of these measures of free trade to lower the wages of labour ; and I have as much at heart the prosperity and welfare of the working classes as if I were one of their number , for I do not recognise any real superiority bat that which arises from moral , mental , or physical qualifications ; and I know what is due to their skill and industry , to their patience and perseverance , and to their rights , which ought at all times to be held sacred .
In justice to the labouring classes , whose wages , or whose means of employment , would be very much reduced through a competition with foreigners in the home market , it is indispensably requisite , and they would have a right to demand , amongst other measures , the entire repeal of the Excise duties on soap , malt , and hops , and ofthe Customs duties on coffee and sugar , the produce of British colonies , and on the low-priced sorts of tea and tobacco . I am well , aware that this would be only a relief , but not a sufficient compensation , and that many other measures ought also to be adopted , Which I forbear to mention at present , as the first object is to oppose the progress of free trade , and to drive from office those Ministers who have entirely and for ever forfeited the respect and confidence of the people . I am , sir , Your obedient humble servant , To Mr . H . D . Griffiths . Stahhok ,
REDUCTIONS OF DUTIES ON MANUFACTURED GOODS . OH OKI HCNDSED FOUNDS VALUE , HADB PROPOSED IN 18 * 2 . in 1846 . SMns or tors ( articles ma- £ . s . d . £ . s . d . £ . s . d . nnfactured of , ) from 75 0 0 to 20 0 0 10 0 0 Tiles 50 0 0 10 0 0 Casks , empty ... fiO 0 0 85 0 0 10 0 C Crayons 40 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Linen and diaper ( plain ) not otherwise described 40 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 G Lacs made by the hand SO 0 0 12 10 0 10 0 0 Hides , dressed , not otherwise described ... 80 0 0 10 0 0 free . Skint , tanned or dressed , and not particularly described ... 30 0 0 10 0 0 Beads , not otherwise enumerated 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Bronze manufactures 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Brass and copper
manufacture s ... ... 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Gauze of thread ... 30 0 0 li 0 0 " 10 0 0 Hair and goats' wool manufactures ... 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Linen sails 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Pencils 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Sealing wax 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 z 0 Spa ware 30 0 0 IS 0 0 10 0 0 Telescopes 30 0 0 ID 0 . 0 free . Tobacco pipes of clay 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Turnery 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Tarnish ... ... 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Brocade of gold or silver 30 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 Carriages 30 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 China , ornamented ... 30 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 Embroidery and needlework ... ... 30 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0
Pomatum ... an n n 90 n n in n n Pomatum ... ... 30 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 Pots , of stone ... SO 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 Thread , not otherwise enumerated ... 25 0 0 10 0 0 free . Watches 35 0 0 10 0 0 Linen and cotton , or linen and wool manufactures , notparticularlj enumerated ... ... 25 0 0 15 0 0 free . Clocks 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 Matting 20 0 0 5 0 0 Baskets 20 0 0 10 0 0 Boxes 20 0 0 10 0 0 Feathers , dressed ... 20 0 0 10 0 0 Frames for pictures , & c . 20 0 0 10 0 0 Mattresses 20 0 0 10 0 0 free . Toys 20 0 0 10 0 0
Buttons 20 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 Iron and steel , wrought , aud not otherwise enumerated 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Japanned and lacquered war 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Musical instruments 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Pencils , of slate ... 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Pewter , steel , and tin manufactures ... 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Earthenware ... 15 0 0 10 0 0 Iron cast ( per ton ) ... 10 0 0 110 0 free . bt weight , & c . £ 100 value . Blacking ( per cwt . ) 3 12 0 100 10 00 Candles , of tallow ( cwt ) 334 0 10 0 056 Ditto , of spermaceti ( lb . ) 026 006 003 Ditto , of wax ( lb . ) 026 004 002 Corks , ready made , from
July 5 th , 1848 ( per lb . ) . 0 7 0 0 0 8 Gunpowder ( per cwt . ) 3 0 0 10 0 Ilatsofchipfperlb . ) 080 050 036 Ditto of cane , ic , not more than 22 in . in diameter ( per doz . ) ... 100 0 10 0 07 C Ditto , more than 22 in . in diameter ( per doz . ) 300 0 15 0 0 10 6 Ditto , made of , or Mixed with felt , hair , wool , or beaver , each ... 010 6 0 2 6 Hemp , dressed ( per cwt . ) 4 15 0 0 4 0 free . Iron , pig ( perton ) ... 010 0 0 5 0 ... Ditto , bars , unwrought "( per ton ) ' Z 10 0 10 0 3 ' aner , waste , & c . ( per lb . ) 0 0 9 0 0 4 J i ' asteboardsfperewt . ) 3 8 2 110 0 rinithig of cane , horsehair ,
. fee . ( per lb . ) ... 10 0 0 10 0 Wtioofcbiplperlb . ) 0 8 0 0 2 0 free . Ditto of straw ( per lb . ) 0 17 0 07 C 050 2 ' owder ( hair ) , per cwt . 9 15 0 10 0 Ditto , perfumed , do . 13 13 0 10 0 S « . ap , hard do . 4 10 0 1 10 0 1 0 0 Ditto , soft do . 3 11 3 1 0 0 0 14 0 ilaus of sheep , tnnned or awed , per 100 ... 2 0 0 019 o free , iil' . io , dressed in oil , do . 4 0 0 10 0 Ditto of lambs , tanned or tawed , per 100 ... 0 10 0 0 5 0 Ditto , dressed in oil , per W 0 010 0 010 0 3-. Aio , dyed or coloured , per 100 ... ... 4 0 0 2 0 0 Starch , per cwt , ... 9 10 0 0 10 0
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£ : t : d . £ . g . d . £ i « V d . Wafers , per lb . ... 0 13 : t > 0 8 10 0 0 Washing balls , ( per cwt . ) 018 000 100 IBAIHEB JUNUFAOTCBEB . Women ' * boots and ca « lashes , per dozan ... 110 0 0 12 0 0 C 0 Ditto lined or trimmed , per dozen ... ... 116 0 0 15 0 0 7 G Ditto shoes ... ... 160 0 10 0050 Ditto ditto , trimmed .. ; 190 0 12 0 050 Ditto of silk ... ... 0 18 0 0 9 0 0 4 6 Ditto trimmed ... 14 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 Men ' s boots 8 14 0-180 014 0 Ditto shoes 14 0 0 It 0 0 7 0 Gloves ( habit ) ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 Ditto ( men's ) ... 0 5 0 0 3 6 Ditto ( women ' s ) , or mitts 0 7 0 0 4 fi Parchments , perdoi . sheets 0 10 0 0 6 0 free . Tellum , per skin ... 0 7 2 0 10- ...
FAPIB HANGINGS . Per square yard ... 0 10 0 0 2 — -
Lord Mount Edgcumbe And His Tenants. [Fr...
LORD MOUNT EDGCUMBE AND HIS TENANTS . [ From the Plymouth Herald , } Mi Friends , —At this moment , so interesting to the agricultural interest , it would , as your landlord , have given me great pleasure to meet you , but , as I anvprerented from doing so by the state of my health , I cannot refrain from addressing you by letter . It is not to hold out any hopes that protection to agriculture can be longer maintained ; it is decided that in a few years the English farmer will have to compete with the world . Nor can I so entirely get rid of my former opinions as to be able to declare that we have not great ground for alarm . '
Yet , when I see , with very few exceptions , every man who can claim any title to the character of a statesman openly commit himself to directly contrary opinions , and consider that on a question of this kind , that of any man of acknowledged talent , who has laboured to ascertain the facts upon which it is formed , is worth the opinion of any number of ordinary men , particularly when his sincerity is proved by his interests being deeply involved I cannot ; tinder such circumstances , myself despair , and hope that you will not , but wait till the result is shown by experience . If , as some say , the change prove
beneficial rather than injurious , I shall most sincerely congratulate those who hold leases under me on their good fertune ; if the contrary , I then , after obtaining the best information and advice in my power , shall take that course which , according to my judgment and conscience , I shall deem to be liberally just . One thing is ; however , certain all agree that to ward off these dangers we must exert ourselvei . We are started in a race against all comers and wo betide the hiadtrmost . In such a race the manufacturers have been signally victorious , and it is well for farmers to consider by what means they hare succeeded .
That success is attributable to , not only a steady attention to [ their business , but also to an unceasing activity of mind . Each improvement in their respective trades is no sooner made public than it is immediately adopted , antiquated methods are put aside , and every new discovery of science and ingenuity without delay or hesitation put into practice . Those without the activity , the talents , or the capital necessary to effect such changes become bankrupts , and their places are supplied ; by others in the enjoyment of those advantages , or rather necessaries . Against all but tenants has this last penalty been in force , and why has it not been against them
Because other influences besides the love of moneymaking have been allowed to operate . The landlord feels that the tenant is bound to his estate , and he to his tenants , by ties of the heart , rarely , if ever , known to the manufacturer , or by those with whom he is connected . Far be it from me to wish those feelings should cc-ase to exist or to extrcise their kindly influence ; I diem them to be the best source ofthe peace , and the happiness , and the strength ofthe community ; and when I am told that we are fated to become the shopkeepers of the world , I deplore the change , from the belief that with it must come the diminution of such feelings . »
The misfortune that has tended the most to cripple the efforts of your friends ( which , like most so-called misfortunes , arises from a great fault ) is , that the agricultural labourers have not , and do not , enjoy the comforts they , in reward for their services , are justly entitled to . Our duty as Christians to society , and to ourselves , calls upon us , each in our station , to remedy to tho utmost of our power that disgraceful evil ; but for that , none who hold happiness , morality , and kindly fellow-feeling to' be greater blessings than any wealth alone can bestow , will doubt that the life of an agriculturist is as much to be preferred to that of men toiling , speculating , and gambling in dark manufacturing towns , as a healthy spot on the green is to a night passed over dice at the gambling table .
The power to check the ordained course of events , however , nowhere exists ; the agriculturists are treated as , and now indeed are termed , " manufacturers" of corn , and to exist must , however unpalatable , adopt to a great degree the system , and submit to the same fate as their fellow manufacturers . It must be remembered that now no capital produces to its owner so small a return as that invested in land ; while iu no manufacture have science and ingenuity introduced greater improvements than in that of food ; and it is not only the interest , but the duty ef tenants , following tha example of aU other manufacturers , to use every exertion—first to learn , and then to put into practice these iinproremeuts without delay . To tenants who have succeeded to estates from their anceators have also frequently descended habits which it is
hard to cast off . The attempt , however , now must be made . Landlords are on their part bound to take every meaus in their power to make their tenants acquainted with all changes in agriculture which from time to time experience may have shown to be improvements—and also to give them every assistance in their power , by sharinjr on equitable terms the expense , or by in any other way aiding them to carry them out ; but , in return , they have a full right to expect the utmost readiness in tenants te take advantage ofthe assistance and information offered , and to decline a renewal of connection with men who refuse to perform theii part in what is no more
than their duty , ' at a time of difficulty and danger to all . As I said before , in other trades , either the want of sufficient activity or of capital is followed as a matter of course by inevitable ruin , and no aid is offered ; but a tensnt ' s case , as I put it , and as I hope under most landlords it would in fact stan 4 , is fur better . For if he will be but willing and active , consideration and assistance will be shown to shield him from the ditastrousconsequences that naturally flow from the want of talent and capital . But I repeat , that when advice and assistance aro offered and not readily accepted , the fate common to all must be expected , aud cannot iu justice be complained of .
' T will not lose any time in determining on a system by wbich information proved to be useful , and the assistance you can fairly expect from the , may be afforded ; arid in the meantime confidently call your attention to the advantages which are certain to be derived from a great increase of the number of cattle fed on your , estates , to the better preservation of their manure , and to underdraining . Wita this I should have concluded , but that I have been assured that a strong feeling exists among tenants generally that the late conduct of many of their representatives on this question is such as to shake their confidence in the honour of gentlemen .
Let me , then , state my conviction , and the reasons for that conviction , why men , unbound by positive pledges or promises , have not , under the existing altered s tnte of things , injured the agricultural interest , or done more than their public duty . Mind , I am not attempting to defend Sir It . Peel , for with sorrow must I admit , that nothing I have read , heard , or been able in my . own mind to conceive , dous afford a sufficient justification for having led so large a portion of the gentry and legislators of England to take the position they now are placed in , aud then , by heading himself the attack against it , rendering it equally impossible for them to attempt to maintain it without injury to the public interests , or to retreat from it without rendering themselves liable to the imputations they are now exposed to . The destruction of confidence between the people and their representatives is a great social evil , which it is one of the first duties of a man
holding his high office to guard against . He , on the contrary , hai to an unhappy extent caused it—that is certain—but , whether unavoidably or not , I will not now discuss , That which I now wish to convince you ot , is , that after that course of conduct of Sir R . Peel's , joined in by all others ( but one or two ) who do or have held high Ministerial offices—a man quite equal to the high station of a member of the legislature , but who has no pretensions to the still higher position of Minister of this great empire—still holding opinions in favour of the Corn Laws , and who has sufficient determination and self-devotion , at any personal risk or sacrifice , strenuously to combat for them ( did he think it right ) , may well be induced to ace upon the opinion , that a further attempt to do so is neither in accordance with the public interests generally , nor , in one point of view , his own honour or that of the great agricultural body he belongs to .
Our ca ? e is less good than that of a man supporting rights against another making equal claims to them ; for we aro accused of maintaining ours by an abuse of powers granted to us for the public goud , and at the same time violating justice and humanity by rendering food to the half-fed dearer . We conscientiously believed thsse imputations to bo groundless—that the withdrawal of protection would benefit none , while it would cause ruin to tiie many interests connected with our own , and thus destroy the firmest support of the Crown and empi e ; and so long as
that opinion was supported by all the statesmen in whom , upon every other question , we reposed confidence , we were fully justified in enforcing it . Dut , as a man would be charged with forfeiting his honour if he attempted to maintain rights when all , whom he must admit to be the best judges in the case , have declared against him , muy not wc be similarly accused if wc still attempt to maintain advantages which all disinterested men , all the most talented amongst iho . se even who are interested , have declared to be unjust to others , injurious to the public , and unnecessary to ourselves ?
How can a cause be maintained in opposition to such a vast portion of the community , including the most diutingttished of ourselves , when not a disinterested judge or umpire can be tound to sanction or support it—nay , even to refrain from condemning it ? But ynu will : i « lc , ava members justified in acting against opinions declared by them at the hustings ! I say , yes , if they went not as delegates , but as members of Parliament , free to do their
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duty , such as the constitution requires them to be , unbound by positive pledges or promises . [ The act of resigning in the middle of a Parliament , in consequence of a difference of opinion with constituents , is in principlemore democratic than annual Parliaments . ] 1 will try to make you understand my view of their conduct , by putting for your consideration a parallel case . A naval man undertakes the charge of a ship , and declares his determination to avoid a certain port , After , however , having joined the floet , all the commanders in whom he has confidence , to his amaxement , sail themselves straight into it , and assure him that it is for the interest of his smployers that he should follow . He himself feels , that whether it be prudent or not , it is certain that his vessel must eventually do so , and that her
exposure in the meantime to the tempests can be « nly productive of dancer and evil . Would it not bo acting upon a mistaken point of honour , forthe sake » f adhering to the words of his agreement , to do that which in his opinion can only injure the interests intrusted to his charge » Such , in my opinion , would have been the cm :, duct of members of Parliament on the present occasion , in continuing a resistance under the circumstances equally impossible to be maintained , or to ba productive of any benefit , and which it maybe well considered not honourable to attempt . Never forget , also , that they could have no possible object in changing their opinion . ' but that of doing their duty to the public . It is a step
which a timid man , or one who would rather be dishonest than risk being thought so , would not take—but which those justly confident in their past character , the purity of their lnotlret , and of receiving ultimate justice from Englishmen , may safely ( as I have striven to show ) properly take for once ; but let Ministers of the Crown , who value tho constitution , which , to exist , must enjoy , in its scleral branches , the confidence of the community , beware how they again lead the majorities of Parliament guided by them into a similar position . It is not the destruction of party ( a comparatively insignificant consideration ) , but the destruction of confidence in statesmen , in members of the Legislature , in English gentlemen , which is to be deprecated and dreaded .
These few lines on polities have I added from the desire to soften any ill-feelings that may exist amongst us . It is most desirable that , whatever may be the consequences , as yield we must , we should do so with a good grace , that the agricultural body who stilljmay claim so high a station should not present the undignified spectacle of struggles , now so clearly ineffectual as to hare the appearance of impotent efforts of childish angerstill less of quarrels and criminations amongst ourselves . Let us rather determine at once to unite all our energies to do our duty to the community and ourselves , by industriously putting into practice those improvements which science and experience have shown will enable us to produce from' aur land the greatest quantity of food at a fairly remunerating cost . Believe me , your very sincere friend , March , 1846 . Mount Edqcomdb . '
The Militia, The Army, - And The Suffrag...
THE MILITIA , THE ARMY , - AND THE SUFFRAGE . ADDRESS OF THE COMPLETE SUFFRAGE ASSO CIATIOH" TO THE N 0 N-EL 2 CT 0 HS . Fribkds aud Fellow OousiBVMEN ,--The recent strong and general expression of public condemnation against the enforcement of the unchristian and cruelly unjust Militia Act , lias been followed by an announcement of the intention of government to abandon the compulsory ballot . It may , therefore , be expected that the measures about to be taken will , ifpossible , be so shaped as to prevent the determined opposition with which the eld Militia Act wag threatened . In the whole circumstances , however , there is much which culls for your serious attention ; and we areinducsd now to address you because the military system has an important bearing on the extension ofthe electivefrancbise .
Every unprejudiced mind musthave seen , in the good sense and correct feeling you have displayed in opposing the contemplated measure , a fresh evidence of the strength of your claims to enfranchisement , and a proof that you are not only qualified to make a proper use of your political rights , but that you are in advance of many who already possess them , in your zealous and effective opposition to measures which are subversive both of justice and religion , We are anxious , however , ait the present moment , to draw your particular attention to the proposed increase in our military forces . Though a standing army in time of peace is unconstitutional , and has existed scarcely 200 years , yet it has been increased from 91 , 750 in 1822 , to 139 , 480 in 1844 ; and yet government has now determined to add to it from 10 , 000 to 20 , 000 met , besides the militia , [ thelatter ] amounting to 42 , 0001 So long as the supporters of unjust laws are enabled to hire men to uphold them by brute
force , so long only can those laws operate . To you , therefore , who feel that your political rights are unjustly withheld , the question whether this enormous addition to the army shall ' be permitted , is one el vital ' interest . You are , we conceive , especially called unon to refuse to enter the ranks , and to use all your influence with your friends and neighbours to induce them to refuse also . It is generally understood that the resort to the ballot was suggested by the difficulty of obtaining recruits ; and the widespread determination which has lately shown itself , neither to serve in . the militia nor to pay for a substitute , leaves the government in as great a difficulty as ever . So long , however , as the people submit to pay tho money with which our rulers bribe men to enter the army , and men are to be found who will accept the bribe , the war system will continue , and its profits and emoluments will be retained by the aristocracy , while upon the working classes will fall its attendant sufferings and misery .
Our earnest appeal to you , therefore , is , that you will remain firm and inflexible in refusing to be hired , at any price , to learn the art of wholesale murder , and that you will do all in your power to render tiie profession of arms as disreputable and odious as it is criminal . * Should the repugnance to enlist become universal , your political rights are secured . No statesman will then attempt to continue a system by which the poor man , for no other , reason than because he is poor , is deprived of his citizenship , —a system which give .-to property , and not to man , the elective franchise , from which has sprung innumerable evils , the burden of which rests upon your shoulders , and which maintains its existence now , and can only continue to do so , by the power of the sword .
Though , individually , we hold the opinion that all war is unchristian , our present object is to show the bearing of a standing army on the question of complete suffrage , which we are associated to promote . In recommending this momentous subject to your serious consideration , we earnestly desire that no man who loves liberty himself , or who would secure it for his fellow countrymen , will be induced , under any temptation whatever , to identify himself with the military profession . Jos . Sturqe , Chairman .
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# If anything were required to prove the degradation ami hardship of the life of a common soliticr and sailor , even i" a time of profound peace , it is furnished bv u ncviit ol'rivml publication of the committals to i-rison and corporeal puuisluuvntsin the army and navy , printed by order of the House of Commons , from which it apptais that in the live yrnrs from 1839 to 1814 , the corporeal punishments inflicted on British soldiors , sailors , and murines , were U . SVl ; and that the commitments ol noldiers to prison , during the same period , were 41 , 288 , equal to one third of the British army : while the commitmtnis from tho general population of Great Britain , during the same period , were only 1 in 110 ' .
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Romakcb of Rbal Lipb . —The " Tenth Report of the Inspectors of Prisons" contains the following from the journal of the keeper of Lancaster Castle : — " A poor fellow named Joseph F ., committed for begging , and about to be discharged in a few days , gave me the following singular outline of liis past life : — ' I was born in Scotland , and brought up as a millwright . At fifteen years old I entered the 32 nd foot , in which regiment I served eleven years . -1 was in Spain and Portugal , at Salamanca , and the siege of St . Sebastian . I was at Quatro Bras and at Waterloo . At the former place the Duke , twice over , placed himself in our square . I received two slight wounds at Quatre Bras , and two more , also slight , at Waterloo . I went to Paris with my
regiment , and got my discharge in 1810 . A Polish general engaged me ( through Sir John Rennie ) as a millwright , to go to Rozoaka ( Rddienna ?) , in Lithuania . I made £ 150 a year wages for four years , and saved £ 100 a year . I then came to Warsaw , and learned to brew from a countryman . I commenced the trade of a brewer iu 1821 , in conjunction with two other persons ; I also had a millwright concern , and a flour-mill . Some little time after , Dr . M'All , the missionary , came to Wareaw , and I engaged my . self to him as interpreter , being able to speak Russian , German , and Polish ., I went with Dr . M'AU to St . Petersburg !! , Moscow , Astracan , Tobolsk , Archangel , Vienna , Rome ( where Dr . M'All dined twice with the Pope ) , Naples , Genoa , Sicily , then through Austria into Hungary , Pesth , Brodof ( Brod or Brad ?) , where there are a great many Jews , Cracow , and Warsaw , This occupied about two years and three months . During the ten years we were in business , the firm to which I belonged realised about
£ 30 , 000 , my share being £ 11 , 000 . Then came the bombardment of Warsaw , in 1830 . A child and two of my workmen were killed , and all my property was destroyed . I was reduced to nothing . In 1833 , the Emperor Nicholas came , and I sent a petition to him . He granted me an interview , and ordered me £ 200 ( in ducats ) . I afterwards engaged as manager to a brewery , but the principals failed , I then engaged with another establishment , and made a more living of it ; everything having been ruined bv the revolution . I left Warsaw in 1842 , and came to London , where I spent a short time with Dr . M'All . Lord Dudley Stuart was kind to me , and gave me £ 10 to curvy mo into the north . I was on mv way from Scotland to seek some friends in Liverpool , when , my money beinc all jjone . I was taken up for begging . ' This singular story was given in answer to numerous questions . F . docs not seem aware that liis life ha . s been more eventful than that of other men . "
Dreadful Fire And Loss Of Life. # A Most...
DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE . # most disastrous fire , resulting in tho loss ol * four lives and serious injury of several ether persons , occurred at an early hour oa Monday morning , in Crawford-street , Marylebone . The premises destroyed are situate No . 11 , near the western extremity of Crawford-street , and inimediateley between Seyraour-place and Croydon-street . The house ; was occupied by several families . Mr . Tempson , a surgeon , occupied the shop and back parlour on the ground-floor , residing'in Lisson-grove himself , but leaving a youth , aged 16 , in charge of his shop Jn'J ? l ' tnis person slee P "g in tne hack parlour . Ihe first floor was occupied by Mr . Hosting , the landlord of the house , together with his wife and daughter ; and on the second floor lived a man and bis wife , named Butters , with a family of three young children .
The fire was first observed by Sergeant Bennett , 18 D , who happened to be passing the house at about a quarter past twelve o ' clock on Sunday night . He had already proceeded a few paces beyond the premises , when , fancying that he perceived a strong stnellof firo , he returned , and at ones observed smoke issuing throug h the shutters of Mr . Tempson ' s shop , lie immediately knocked loudly at the private door , which in the course of a very few minutes was opened by the youth in charge of the shop . On being made acquainted with the fact that the house was on fire , this youth ran back again , and proceeded upstairs , lor the purpose of arousing the various inmates . Sergeant Bennett immediately despatched messengers to the various fire-engine stations , and also to
the station of the fire-escape in King-street , Bakerstreet . During the interval of their arrival the utmost anxiety was evinced for the parties known to be sleeping in the house .. The inflammable nature of tiie contents of the shop caused the flames to spread with extraordinary rapidity , and within a few moments after the private door was opened it was an impossibility to reach the foot of the staircase from the street . The smoke and flames , having burst through the door at the back of the shop , ascended the staircase , and not only effectually prevented the escape of those inmates who were above stairs when the fire broke out , but also cut oil' the escape of the youth who had rushed upstairs for the laudable pur . pose of saving life . With some difficulty this youth
escaped , together with Mr . and Mrs . Hosking and their daughter , by passing from the balcony of their own house to that of the next . The situation of the parties residing on the second floor was even more dreadful . They were of course soon aroused to a sense of their danger , but the flames having previously attained a fearful height , it was quite impossible for them to attempt escaping by the staircase . The only surviving person of the five persons w ! i » slept on the second floor is Mrs . Butters . She aUtes that her husband had not been in bed more than ten minutes when the alarm was given . He immediately , opened the door of the front room , in
which he slept , together with herself and infant child , and proceeded to the back room for the purpose of waking his other children . Even then the unfortunate man told his wife that it was impossible to escape by ihe staircase , adding that he would endeavour to open the tran door of the roof . He was attempting this , when the dense volume of smoke and flame which ascended from the lower part of the heuse obliged him to desist and retreat into the front roera , closing the door after him . About the same time Mrs . Butters , unable longer to bear the dreadful suspense in which she was placed , threw herself from the second-floor window into the street .
There had been no time for preparation to receive her , and she fell heavily upon the paventent , fracturing her left _ arm just abovo the wrist , and being seriously injured about the lower part of the back . Mr . Butters at this time was standing at the same window from which his wile had fallen , raising his hands imploringly , asif asking help of the bystanders . The flames Irom the firstfloor windows are described to have actually played r » und the wretched man ' s face as he stood . The fire-escape from King-street arrived just at this time , and having been hastily placed against the house , the officer in' charge ascended to the second floor for the purpose of endeavouring to afford him assistance . The officer reached the window , and not only spoke
to Butters , but had actually caught hold of him with the intention of pulling him into the escape , when he tore himself away , saying that he would go and seek his children . At the same moment the front ol the shop was blown out with a loud explosion , aad the flames from the first-floor having increased in their violence , set fire to the top of the fire-escape , causing the officer to lose his hold , and fall heavily to the ground . On being picked up the poor fellow was found to have sustained a severe fracture of the skull . He was immediately removed to Middleeex Hospital . Although Butters came to the window once or twice subsequently , he was unable to keep his position for more than a few moments , and very
soon alter it became evident to the bystanders that both himself and children had perished miserably in the flames . After the arrival of the engines , the supply of water being good , the flames were got under . About a quarter to one o ' clock the house was sufficiently cool to allow a search to be made for the missing persons . On entering the front room on the second floor Butters was found near the window , in a reclining posture , his hand resting on the sill of the windows . He was not much burned , and appeared to have died from suffocation . The bodies of the three children were found lying together in thtf back room on the same floor . They were all shortly after their discovery placed in shells , and removed to the workhouse .
Among the efforts made to save the lives of the unfortunate deceased , was that of sending a chimneysweeper named Lake through the trap-door of an adjoining house to open the trap of the house on fire , ile succeeded in doing so , and heard both the deceased and his children running about from room to room , but the smoke prevented him from descending to render any assistance , and the deceased persons do not appear to have observed him themselves . The names * f the deceased are as follows : —Robert Butters , tho elder , aged chirty-one ; Robert Butters , the younger , aged tsevfcn ' and a hall ' ; Jane Butters , aged four ; and William Butters , an infant , aged eighteen months . Tho premises and stock arc insured in the Sun and Law Insurance offices . The origin of the fire has not been ascertained .
Mr . Tempson had only been in possession of the premises three weeks , having purchased the business of a Mr . Lewis , who had previously carried it on .
C 0 B 0 SBB S INQUEST . On Tuesday , at half-past nine o ' clock , Mr . Wakley , M P ., and a jury of fourteen respectable inhabitants of the district of St . Mary , Marylebone , assembled at the workhouse of that parish for the purpose of commencing an inquiry as to the deaths of the four unfortunate persons who perished on the occasion of the late dreadful fire in Crawford-street . After the bodies had been identified , the coroner explained that the inquiry on which they were about to enter was intended merely as a preliminary proceeding , it being his intention , " after examining two or three witnesses , to adjourn the investigation to a future period , in order to allow time for a more complete investigation as to the origin of the fire than , from all he could learn , they were at present likely to obtain . Sergeant Bennett , 18 D , was first examined . He deposed to tho fact of having observed smoke issuing
from the abutters of Mr . Tempson ' s shop . He gave an alarm , and the private door was opened by a young man named Hughes , who had the care of Mr . Tempson ' s shop . Hughes , after opening the door , ran back into the house , and went up stairs to arouse the inmates who slept above . The witness here deposed to Mrs . Butters having thrown herself from the window of the second floor front room , and other facts , all of which are given in the above account . He said he had heard that Mr . Butters , the elder ( one of the deceased persons ) , had only entered the house shortly before the lire , and that be appeared tu have been drinking . At the time the fire occurred he was not undressed , and some of his clothes were on him when his body was found . John Adams , sub-engineer of the London Fireengine Establishment , deposed to the arrival of the engines and fire-escape , progress of the fire , Ac , but his testimony contained nothing which has not already been given .
riiomas John Hughes was next called , but prior to commencing bis examination the coroner ordered the court to be cleared . The effect of his evidence was subsequently detailed to the reporter . He stated that he was a .-sistant to Mr . Tempson , and , in accordance with his usual custom , closed the shop at nine o clock on Sunday night . He went subsequentl y to Mr . Tempson ' s apartments , in Lisson-grove , to sup with bis family , and returned to . the shop about ten o clock , and immediately retired to rest . About twelve o ' clock he was awoke by a suffocating sensation and a violent knocking at the door ; after opening which he ran up stairs to arouse the inmates
Alter arousing the people in the first floor , he radi up to Mr . Butt-era ' s apartments , calling out that the house was on hre . Mr . Butters opened his bedroom door and iimde answer " You fool , there is no fire . " Witness returned to the first noor and muc h 5 s escape on to the balcony of the next house . Witness ban no candle when he wenttobed , having undressed himself by the light of tho gas , which was always kit burning in the shop . Th . burner used in the shop was what is called a " fish-tail burner . " He had no idea how tho fire ori ginated , but thought it must have commenced iu the shop , as the kitchen had not been burnt . Ho ( witness ) had been tryin » no experiments during Sunday . °
At the close ol this witness ' s examination the cuurt was again opened and the proceedings of the inquiry wove declared ad journed until Mouthy next
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REVOLTING CASE .-MURDER OF A MAN BY HIS WIFE'S PARAMOUR . Dubiw , MAHCJi 22 . -The following may give the English readers some notion ot . the internal economy ofan Irish small farmer ' s family :--On Wfidne » day last , James Carroll , Esq . ( coroner ) , held an inquest on the body of Daniel Berochree , at Touroenbrion , about fourteen miles from Nenagh , who was beaten on the night of the loth inst . ihe deceased was a man over sixty years of age , and his wife ( who appears to havo been accessory to his death ) is about twenty years his junior . -He was rather a comfortable farmer , and has eleven children . William Walshe , the deceased ' s servant , appears to hare been & paramour of the wife ' s . He is a married man , and has a wife and three children .
Ellen Berochree sworn and examined by the coroner . —I am daughter , of the deceased , Daniel Berochree . I remember the night of tho 10 th inst . On the night in question my mother , father , three sisters , three brothers , and Patrick Hayes ( servant ) , were in the house . About half-past eight o clock , after we had eaten supper , I and my two sisters , Catherine and Honora , went to bed . I fell asleep immediately after going to bed . I did not hear any of the persons I left behind me go to bed . My mother slept in the same room , in a bed adjoining mine . In the course of tha night I was awakened by my mother , who had her petticoat about her shoulders ' , clapping her hands , and crying , " Ellen , Ellen , your father is killed . " I slept outside , and saw YfiUiam
W alshe going from tho bed in which my father lay . He had a hatchet in his hand ; on going towards the room-door , I heard Walshe aay , " Take that . " Walshe had nothing on him at the time but bis shirt . He has been in my father ' s service since July last ; I saw no othor person in tho room at the time of the occurrence but Walshe . lie was not in the house at the time I went to bed , and I can't say what hour he came in . When I got out of bed , I saw the deceased lying on his back in the bed ; he was covered with , blood , and was unable to speak . I heard my mother say it was four black boys that killed my father . I knew at the time that it was Walshe who killed him , because I saw him leave the room with the hatchet in his hand . When I began to cry , I saw Walshe
run out ofthe kitchen door , as if to go and alarm the police . When he first came to our house , he slept with my father and mother , but latterly he slept on the loft . My brother William also slept with my father and mother , but did not do so on this night ; I recollect on one occasion that he slept with my father and mother , my father got up an hour before day , to go to the fair of Cappamore , and left Walshe in bed after him with my mother . After the police came to the house , I went to search for the hatchet , and found it under the dresser in the kitchen , with blood on it . The hatchet belonged to my father . I first searched for it where it generally lay , but did not find it . My father lingered from the 10 th to the 17 th inst ., when be died .
Grace Berochree , examined by the coroner , corro « borated her sister ' s testimony . Other corroborative evidence having been given , and evidence that the man died of the wounds , the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against William Walshe aud Mary Berochree , and they were accordingly committed for trial by the coroner .
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Tub lwb Mb . Cabkick . —State ot Clare . —Mr . Carrick was perfectly sensible to the last , and he made his will after the faculty had seen him , leaving to his wife , and to his only child , Mrs . Finucane , wife of the high sheriff of Clare , all his property . Thomas Whitestone , Esq ., coroner on Thursday held an inquest upon the body , when Mr . Carrick ' s servant was examined , and the verdict returned was Wilful Murder against persons unknown . [ We undoritand that the Lord Lieutenant has acceded to the requisition ofthe magistrates of Clare , and has issued a special commission for the trial of all persons accused of criminal outrages in that country . ]
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Bankrupts. (Tnm Tuesday's Gazette, March...
BANKRUPTS . ( Tnm Tuesday ' s Gazette , March ii , 1846 J James Giro , Moorgate-itreet , merchant — Charles Henry TVateri , Queon ' s-row , Pimlico , dealer in paintings — Joseph Thompson , Norwich , grocer — William Morphew , Sevenoaks , draper — John Perkins , North , place , Gray's-inn-lane , jeweller—Thomas Fierson , Warwick . court , Holborn , monoy-scriveuer — John Brett , Luton , Bedfordshire , sheep lalesman—Richard Ellis , Richmond-street , Srho , carpenter—Ann Abigail Innell
and Alfred Cooks , Little Queen-street , Holborn , varnishmanufacturers—Martin Cubitt , High Holborn , builder—George Prince , Romsey , Hampshire , wine-merchant—William Hull , Leeds , and Addle-street , cloth-merchants —James Riding and James FieMen , Leyland , Lancashire , cotton-manufacturers — James Rishton , Oct Darwen , Lancashire , cotton-spinner—John Gibson , Manchester , veterinary surgeon—James Riddall Wood , Manchester , varnish maker—John Taylor , Hereford , grocer—Moses Smith , Birmingham , ironfounder — Philip Crispin , Bristol , carpenter—Edward Williams , Northop , Flint , shire , draper .
DIVIDENDS DICLABEP . R . Mackenzie , Hunter-street , Brunsmck-sqnare , and Bond-court , Walbrook , commission-agent , first dividend of 2 s . Gd ., on Monday , March 23 , and the two subsequent Mondays , at Mr . Alsnger ' s , Birchin-lane . C . Allen , Tadley , Hampshire , maltsUr , first dividend of 5 s . 4 d ., on Monday , March 23 , and the two subsequent Mondays , at Mr . Alsager ' s , Birchin-lane . J . Milne , Liverpool , painter , first dividend of 3 s . ld „ on Monday , March 23 , or any subsequent Monday , at Mr , Bird's , Liverpool . D . Parry , Rutbin , Denbighshire , currier , first dividend of 2 s . 3 d . on Monday , March 23 , or any subsequent Mon . day , at Mr . Bird ' s , Liverpool . W . J . Cooper and J . Beattic , North Shields , drapers , first dividend of 9 s ., on Saturday , March 28 , or anv subsequent Saturday , at Mr . Wakley ' s , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .
J . Jonlin , Bishopwearmouth , draper , first dividend of 4 s . 6 d „ on Saturday , Marcli 28 , or any subsequent Saturday , at Mr . Wakley ' s , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . C . Brigham , Dodden , nenr Kendal , Roman Catholic clergyman , first and final dividend of Is . 7 d ., on Saturday , March 28 , or any subsequent Saturday , at Mr . Wakley ' s , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . C . Barber , Benhain Springs , Lancashire , calico-printer , first dividend of 3 s . l } d ., on Tuesday , March 31 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mr Pott ' s , Manchester . H . Whittaker , Macclesfield , silk-throwster , second dividend of Id ., and firstand second dividend of Is . 3 d . on new proofs , on Tuesday , If arch SI , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mr . Frazer ' s , Manchester . G . Payne , King . street , Covent-garden , tailor , dividend of 2 s . 3 d . ( making , with a former dividend , 4 s . 9 d ., ) on Wednesday , March 25 , and the two subsequent Wednesdays , and any subsequent Thursday , at Mr , Belcher ' s , King ' s Arm ' s-yard , Moorgate-street .
G . T . Whittington , Great St . Helen ' s , merchant , first dividend of 4 s . 6 d ., on Wednesday , March 25 , and the two subsequent Wednesdajs , and any subsequent Thursday , at Mr . Belcher ' s , King ' s Arms-yard , Moorgate-street . J , Chamberlaine , Lisson-grove North , glass-merchant , first dividend of 5 s . 5 d ., on Wednesday , Match 24 , and the two subsequent Wednesdays , at Mr . Turquand ' a , Old Jewry ,
Eskcution Of Spickr Foy The Murder Of Hi...
Eskcution of Spickr foy the Murder of his Wife . —f his criminal underwent the extreme penalty of the law on Friday . He made a full confession . Ihe evening previous to his execution Spicer went to bed , and rose at the usual time , and ate a hearty breakfast . With a firm step Spicer mounted the scaffold . Tho executioner adjusted the cord , and Spicer at that moment moved towards the governor and said , looking very pathetically , " I should like to shake bands with you , Sir . " Lieutenant Hackett of course assented , and the poor culprit then observed , " Give my love to your family , Sir , " and then , with the same imperturbable calmness as before , took his place on the drop . The crowd in tha meadow opposite consisted of from 5 , 000 to 6 , 000 persons .
Militart Outrage at Bradford .-. Permit me through the medium ofthe people ' s organ , to expose the brutal conduct of a horde of military ruffians at present stationed in this nei ghbourhood . On Thursday afternoon , March 20 th , the tranquillity of our much distressed town was alarmingl y disturbed by a recruiting party , numbering upwards of forty , who , after having unsuccessfull y paraded the principal streets , baited in front of a public house contiguous to the old Church , when a scene commenced which beggars all descri ption . A civilian having expressed lus disapproval of tho military svstem , and being overheard by one ofthe red-coats , the latter inflicted a most tremendous blow on the head of tile poor man with a stick . Tho brave fellow , on oollectine
himseit , resented the assault—a fight between them ensued . A number of tho recruiting party now commenced an indiscriminate aitsekon the people , inflicting innumerable wounto with tli w sticks . One Wood-Unysty villain unsheathed his bayonet , brandished it high in air , swore he would run even a dog through tor the mere sport ofthe thing , and the next moment his bayonet was dved with human blood . Another of the ruffians was about to strike down with his cane a respectable female , who was merely passing at the moment with an infant at her breast , when , prompted by mingled feelings of indignation and humanity , I rushed upon the cowardly assailant , disarmed him of his weapon , and broke it across his bead . At this stage ot the proceeding , the inhuman butchers , finding themselves worsted , and deeming it j expedient to act upon the old adage ,
" He that ti ghts and runs away , Jiay live to light another dav , " ignobly retreated from the battle-field of their own creating . Takim ? advantage of tho moment , I mounted a wall , and addressed the people , exposing tho horrors of the military system , aud concluded a somewhat lengthy address by advising my hearers to abandon . Ihe public ; houses , ' and shun a ' ll occasions where military temptations aro to be found . 1 have not been nble to ascertain the number of the wounded , but I saw one man in particular leave the scene of action with bis face ble eding and horribly mutilated , partly by a bayonet . — Geokoe Fmsk ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 28, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28031846/page/6/
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