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      LETTERS T ( TO THE WORKING CLASSES _TTHfifrTT _^ _i-ii-.

      _LXVHL " _"W _* _""tJ _^ i anua small drop of ink ffimk _/ ' _^ th 0 Usan _-l-S Perhaps millions , _^^ BIEOS . [ RiRANCE , GERMANY , AND POLAND . Bi Bboihee _PuotEiAinAjr _^ _fuuM - Circumstances prevented me _aidddressmg _paw the last Saturday ' s Star . ( ouou may remember that in letter of date

      , my ne . ie loth of November , I anticipated that the mtmtence of tran sportationfor life , passed upon neie accused ofthe" 13 th of June" WHO were _mdflder arrest , would also he passed upon those ' . _'ho-Ho we absent It was so . Within twentv-» U 0 Ur hours of my letter being written theinte _' ljgegence arrived , that on the very day that letter _rraaras penned-the loth of November-Ledru aoholhn , and thirty-five other Patriots , were llsolso sentenced to the doom of life-long hanishnenent from their native land .

      I France mast , and will , reverse that _sentence- To believe otherwise would be to jeheheve in her eternal slavery , and _eva-lastino laaname . J _wu > _G The band _, of traitors , robbers , and intriguers _irhfho , by fraud and force have usurped the laanastery ofthe Republic , are evidently ill at _sasase , notwithstanding that almost the entire ustat of leaders , teachers , and defenders of the _;> eoeople are in chains , or exile . They know ; iuhat they are hated hy the people , _and—notinwithstanding their unscrupulous terrorism—;; hchey are in constant dread of a popular exploi ! 1 _^ - 0 f _^^ _** " _> conclusion of the late trials _il & Worded a signal proof . A foolish custom

      conirinues in France of exposing the names of ththose who are condemned as contumaciousththat is , absent when found guilty and sen-Eetenced—upon posts , erected upon a scaffold . TThis was done after the trials at Bourges , wwhen the names of Louis Blanc , Caussidiere , _aand others were so exposed in the court of the PPalace of Justice . On the occasion of the _conclusion of the Versailles trials , the Times _ctcorrespondent—who is always on the look-out fcfor something to please his worthy employers - —announced with great glee , thatthe names of Iliedru Rollin and his friends were to he expposed , aa Louis Blanc ' s had heen . The

      _exposure should have taken place within three < _j < day 3 of tlie passing of the . sentence ; but the £ three days passed and no exposition took place . _"D'Tb . en came announcements that there was di-T ? ision in the Government on the question of fthe exposition—some ofthe Junta being appre-1 tensive that if the names -were exposed , it 1 would lead to an ovation in honour of the * ' concdemned , " and a manifestation anything bnt _agreeable to the ruling tyrants . The President and his 3 _* Miristers bad more than one " serious deliberaiiion" on the question . At length , on the 20 th , the majority ofthe Ministers plucked up courage , and I determined on the exposition of the names , to take

      _yplace the next day . " The clerks at tho Prefecture i of Police received orders to prepare the placards , sand write , in enormously large letters , the names of 1 the absconded . The clerks " were busily at work , sand had nearly completed it , when , about half-past 1 twelve o ' clock , an order was received from the "Home Office countermanding the order previously _jgiven . " It appears that this sudden reversal of the ; resolution previously come to , was brought about in _i consequence of the receipt of certain information that tne inhabitants of the Faubourgs intended to : make a field day in the event of the exposition : taking place . Xext day , the Times correspondent

      announced that the exposure had heen "indefinitely postponed . " It may be remembered that when the names of Louis Blanc , Caussidiere , and others were exposed , the people showered wreaths of flowers upon the scaffold . A like demonstration would have taken place , had an exposure been made of the names of those condemned at Versailles The cowardly tyrants knew that , aud , therefore , Shrunk from carrying out the full sentence pronounced by their judicial tools . As Louis Blanc observed—two mouths ago—" even "—for the persecutors of the Republicans — " the resource of Pilori is lost ; the people hare buried it under wreaths of flowers /'

      Simultaneous with the sentences passed upon the patriots condemned at Versailles , President Buonaparte set at liberty seven hundred of the victims transported for participatinginthe insurrection of June , MS . 2 _To thanks to him for his pretended generosity . Many hundreds of the combatants of June yet linger in the gallies and dungeons of their conquerors , notwithstanding , that previous to Ins election , he led the people of France to expect a ecneral amnesty to take place immediately on his elevation to the post of chief magistrate ; instead of which , his " reign" from the 10 th of "December last , has been marked by thc unceasing persecution and savage proscription of the faithful defenders of the Republic . The liberation of the seven hundred combatants of June , is merely a sop to the people .

      to induce them to bear with the proscription of the ¦ victims just condemned . While I write , the trial of a number of workmen is going on before the Paris Court of Assize , on tbe charge of belonging to a secret society , formed , as alleged , for thc purpose of makinga new revolution ; and hardly a day passes , but new victims are dragged to prison , and new prosecutions instituted against the press . Of late , however , some of the persecuted patriots _"brougthbeforethejurieshavebeenacquitted . Several ofthe Democratic journals have also experienced the same good fortune . In one instance , that of the Tribunal de la Gironde , a Republican journal , published in Bordeaux , the Attorney-General instituted three prosecutions against the Editor , for _"havinc asserted that the expedition to Rome was _atriolation of the constitution . The jury returned three verdicts of acquittal .

      . It is evident that the special constable , is at this very time plotting desperately hard to get himself made Emperor , or President for life . __ The Pans correspondent ofthe Times , who has evidently received his instructions , and , either his pay , or the promise thereof , has been writing , day by day , for a week past , with a view of preparing the public mind of Europe for another eighteenth of Brumaire . " All men , " says he , " believe in the coup d' etat ; few ofthe masses speak of it with affright . The toup d ' etat is everywhere ; it is in the earth in the sky , and the very air you inhale is full ofit . All presage , all expect it , and few seem to be dismayed at its approach ; and however men may

      _*** _rf * * * _ J _ ll __ ,. **«• nnnrlnnad * hnt . differ as to the period , all appear convinced that the period is not far off . " . I shall take an early opportunity of returning to Trench politics , which bid fair to , ere long , assume an aspect of more than ordinary gravity For the present I must proceed to other topics . The recent commemoration of the martyrdom ot Kohert Blum , testified to the unbroken spirit ot German Democracy- At Leipsic upwards ot six thousand persons assembled in mourning to hear the requiem performed in honour of his memory . At Mayence _, even the steamers hoisted their colours half-mast high . At Cologne , and fifty other Tilappq on the Rhine , meetings were held under the

      black flags . At Breslaw , it was proposed to establish a Blum commemoration festival . At Berlin more than a dozen Democratic clubs assembled In ' their halls , wbich were decorated with black banners , mourning garlands , & c . Throughout Prussia the meetings were dispersed by the police , who , in some instances , used their swords , and rounded the people ; besides arresting a number . "At one of these meetings , " says the correspondent of the Mrniwj ehromcle , " one of the orators designated Blum a holy martyr , " and added , " Beturn each of you to your homes , cast yourselves upon vour knees , offer up prayers for firmness and _conrasre : swear , swear , a binding oath , by

      the blood of this holy martyr , who died for the people , as Christ died for men ' s liberties , that you will live only for the people ' s freedom , and die for it , if required , as they , the sacred triumvrrate , Blum , Christ , and Huss , have died . " This the Chronicle's correspondent calls "blasphemy . I am happy to see that , notwithstanding the military terrorism which has reigned for some tune cast in Baden , the people are as . determined as ever in the cause of Democracy . I read in one of this evenings papers , that « The pastors in some districts have attempted to exhort the people to good order and i _° _. Jim th / _nulnit : but if a sermon

      las this ' reactionary' tendency the preacher is hissed and hooted down ; tbey do not itilowthe praver for the Sovereign to be read , and sing the ffeckerlid instead of the appointed psalms , in another paper I read that great fears are entertained ofa new outbreak at Vienna , and that the corps of Bombardiers has been ordered to Ollmutz , ithavmg been discovered that they , in common with almost the whole of the Austrian _artillery , are republicans , and would , in case of an emeute , be inclined rather to join the people than act against them . The revo lutionary spirit is unquenched , and unouenchable ; and yet that idiot , Louis _hapoleon , dreams that he can seize upon a crown .

      This day is tie anniversary of the memorable Polish Insurrection of 1830 . Since first I employed _Sa * m and pen to plead Poland ' scause-and I have donf so _fS £ W £ » Past-I have been forced to Witness many new oppressions of that unhappy

      Letters T( To The Working Classes Tthfif...

      land ; and new acts of treason to Humanity on the part of those who might have atoned for their share in the crimes of the past , by taking a course consonant with justice , and necessary for the lasting welfare , not af Poland only , but all nations . Nevertheless , I despair not of the Future . It is not necessary to repeat the oft-told story of Poland s wrong ; nor to waste words in renewed denunciations of that country ' s spoliators . Those purple-clad brigands are damned to everlasting infamy . But it may be well to remind the British aud French nations , that " those who permit oppression share the crime ; " and that the original partitions of Poland were connived at by the English and French Governments , and , subsequently , received the sanction of those Governments when all Europe was partitioned by the great robbers who constituted the Congress of Vienna . " When Poland roie on the 29 th of November , 1830 , to protest against her enslavementandsword in

      , , hand , attempted—alas , in vain—to rid herself ofthe iron despotism of Nicholas , England and France looked on , but gave no aid to the people who besought their assistance . Again England and France permitted tho perpetration of a great atrocity , and , so permitting , shared the crime . So also in 1 S 46 , when tho last relic of Polish nationality was annihilated , by the annexation of Cracow to Austria , the governments of England and Franc e permitted , and , therefore , shared that crime . True , those Governments affected , to " protest ; " bnt what cared the tyrants for the wastepaper pellets of Palmerston and Guizot ? Moreover , they knew that those state-jugglers were not in earnest : that their " protests " were not intended to serve Poland , but merely to throw dust into the eyes of the English and French peoples . Our brethren across the channel have even more reason than ourselves to curse the liberticidal policy of their rulers .

      Napoleon committed not tbe least of his crimes , and one ofthe greatest of his blunders , when herefused to reconstitute the independence of ' Poland ! o ' er which the avenging angel past , _Butlefther as he found her . still a waste , Forgetting all her still-enduring claim , Her lotted people and extinguish '*! name , Her sigh for freedom , her long-flowing tear , That sound that crashes in . a tyrant ' s ear Kosciusko I " The abandonment of Poland was one ofthe first of the treasons of Louis Philippe , Blacker still the infamy which attaches to—no not to the Republic of France—but to those unrepentant wretches , who by force and fraud have assassinated the veritable Republic ; and slain , chained

      and exiled those true sons of France who desired to redeem the pledges their country had given to Poland . It was not enough that that political weathercock and _word-mongering juggler , Lamartixe , first betrayed and then insulted and calumniated the Poles ; more shame must needs be neaped upon poor France by that despicable adventurer , and "Special Constable" of the Royalist conspiracy , President Buonaparte , who has banished from the French soil , every leading and known member ofthe Democratic Polish emigration . But the * Poles will not forget that Barbes , Albert , Blanqui , Raspail , and the other victims of the " 15 th of May , " are suffering in dungeons principally because of their devotion to Poland . Nor will they forget that amongst the entire host of the incarcerated , banished , and proscribed Republicans ,

      there is not one but awaits with impatience the day when the standards of France and Poland shall be seen together on the same battle-field , contending for the overthrow of Russian supremacy , and the salvation of Eastern Europe . A great future is in store for those men ; t / iercfore , let Poland hope ! England , too , has her " Men of the Future " men free from the poison of national selfishness , and uncontaniinatcd by the deleterious doctrines of the miserable peacemongers ; men who weary for the day when deeds shall take the place of words , and sympathy for Poland be no more a sentiment merely , but a practical verity . Courage , then , ye Polish exiles -dear friends and brothers—the more dear to us because of your misfortunes . Despair not . Hope , trust , r . nd believe 1

      Though Poland mourns , She shall not die ; Her watch-fire hums , And help is ni _gh ! Her ruffled Eagle speeds from shore to shore , Till nations rise to bid her weep no more . " L'AMI DTJ PEUPLE November 29 th , 1849 .

      The German Social Democrats And The « Ti...

      THE GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATS AND THE « TIMES . "

      TO THE EDITOR OF IHE _SOBinERX STAR . Sin , —The Times of Friday last contains a letter signed "Anti-Socialist , " denouncing to thc English public , and to tho English Home-Secretary , some of the " hellish doctrines" developed in the London German Newspaper , by a certain Mr . Charles Heinzen , described as a "shining light of the German Social Democratic party . " These " hellish doc trines " consist chiefly of a benevolent proposal for killing , in the next continental revolution , " a couple of millions of reactionaires . " We may safely leave it with you to qualify the conduct oF the editors ofthe Times , in allowing their columns to te made the receptacle of direct police information and denunciation in political matters . We are , however , rather astonished to see , in the " leading journal of Europe " Hcrr Heinzen decribedas " ashining light of the German Social

      Democratic party . " " The leading journal of Europe , " certainly might have known that Herr Heinzen , so far from serving as a shining light to the party in question , has , on the contrary , ever since 1842 , strenuously , though unsuccessfully , opposed everything like Socialism and Communism . "The German Social Democratic party , " therefore , never took , nor is it likely ever to take , the responsibility of anything said or written by Mr . Charles Heinzen . As to the danger likely to result from the "hellish doctrines" aforesaid , die Times might have known that Mr . Heinzen , far from trying to put these doctrines into practice during the last eighteen months of revolutionary convulsions in Germany , hardly ever during that time put his foot upon German soil , and played no part whatever in any of those revolutions .

      The idea , Sir , of a man who never did any damage even to the most diminutive of German princes , being able to do harm to tbe gigantic British empire , would be , in our eyes , an insult to the English nation . We , therefore , beg leave to move that the whole matter be wound up by the Times giving a vote of thanks to Mr . Charles Heinzen , for thc couragemaUicnrevx with which he combated Socialism and Communism . I am , Mr . Editor , Yours , very obediently , A German Social Democrat . London , Nov . 2 Sth , 1 S _49 .

      The Game Laws.—We Have Received What Pur...

      The Game Laws . —We have received what purports to be a report ofa meeting of "Agriculture and other labourers at Tisbury , Wilts , " which is of so extraordinary a nature that we would fain hope it may prove to be an attempt at a hoax ; but if what is described as having occurred really did take place , it is desirable that the Attorney-General ' s attention should be directed to the subject as speedily as possible , and to that end we shallbriefly make known what transpired on the occasion referred to . The meeting , it appears , was summoned by the " Rural Supporting Club established at Fisherton , Salisbury , " and for this purpose the country was placarded for miles round . The " Rural Supporting Club" cannot boast a very intelligible name , but its objects is plainly enough

      avowed—it is that of seducing poor men into the commission of crime , There were only two speakers at the meeting—the one a Mr . Bevan , and the secretary to the club , whose name is not given , but it may furnish gome clue to him to state that he described himself as the agent of " John Collett , Esq ., of Lake house Cheltenham . ; ' This agent for John Collett , Esq ., informs the world that " The only object ofthe Rural Supporting Club is that want and misery may not suffer to protect the rich in their pleasures ; that any of you ( his hearers ) may not be left unprotected and not cared for , if your poverty tempts you to violate an unnecessary and unjust law of man 1 " The law in question was avowed to be the Game Law , and the

      bait held out to tempt poor labourers to violate the law is that they shall be paid as much money whilst undergoing imprisonment for poaching as they would have obtained by the exercise of honest industry . "The entrance is 2 s . 6 d ., the weekly contributions Is ., the allowance the same as the captured and convicted earned when in work !" It must be admitted that this is methodical and business-like , whatever opinion may prevail as to the _legality ormorality ofthe proceedings . —rimes , Meetiko at Paisley . —On Tuesday , Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., and Mr . George Thompson , M . P ., made their appearance in the town of Paisley , as a deputation from the Parl iamentary and Financial Reformers of London . They wero received by all classes with the liveliest expressions of approbation and respect ; indeed , so much was public feeling in from

      this quarter excited b y the event , that an early hour in the morning until a late hour at night the inhabitants were quite on the qui vive in expectation of seeing and hearing these two advocates of the new movement for reform . _ExiEXsrvK Fibe dj WESTMINSTER . —About three o _' eloek on Friday morning , the family of Mr . Abbott , painter and glazier , Millbank-street , Westminster , narrowly escaped being burnt to death . A fire was discovered raging in the shop b y one ofthe police of the B division , whose first object was to arouse the family . They fortunately reached the roof of an adjoining house , and were sheltered by the neighbours . Iu a quarter of an hour about half a dozen engines were at work on the flames , but the fire was not extinguished till the shop and stock , with the rooms adjoining , were neatly consumed ,

      Postponement Of The Metropolitan Confere...

      POSTPONEMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN CONFERENCE . The Provisional Committeo have decided upon the postponement of the Metropolitan Conference from Monday 3 rd , to Monday 10 th of December , upon the evening of which latter day the Conference will commence its sittings . This alteration in the original programme of the committee , has been made in order to meet the convenience of two of the districts , who cannot make their elections until late in the ensuing week . The committee , in the meantime , solicit the advico of those friends in the country who are anxious for the re-organisation of the Chartist body .

      The prorogation of the Conference will afford time to the men of Lancashire , Yorkshire , Nottinghamshire , Leicestershire , Derbyshire , Cheshire , Birmingham , Merthyr Tydvil , Bristol , Carlisle , Newcastle , Dundee , Edinburgh , Glasgow , and the other large towns of England , Scotland , and Wales , to forward to the Conference such suggestions as they may deem advisable , and likely to aid in eonr solidating a strong and powerful movement for the Charter . —All communications to be made to the Secretary , at Iii , High Holborn , London . Thc time and place of meeting of Conference , will be published in the Northern Star , Reynolds ' s Political Instructor , of next week . William Dixon , Feargus O'Conxor , Philip M'Grath , Samuel Boosium , G . W . M . Reynolds , Thos . Clark , Sec .

      THE FUND FOR THE WIDOWS OF SHARPE AXD WILLIAMS . The following _subscriptions have heen _already received : — . & s . d . Baron Rothschild ... ... 5 5 0 Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds ' ... 5 5 0 Mr . Luke James Hansard ... ... 50 0 The proceeds ofa Concert in Edinburgh 5 0 0 The proprietors of the Weekly Dispatch 3 3 . 0 Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P . 2 "'" Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart 2 2 0 Mr . William Williams 110 Mr . Prout ... 110 Mr . W . J . Hall ... 110 Digby Arms Locality 10 0 Public meeting at Derby 0 17 0

      Proceeds of Ball in thc Tower Hamlets 0 10 0 The persons in Mr . G . W . M . Reynold ' s employment 0 10 0 J . W ., 2 s . 6 d . ; per Mr . _Illingworth , Is . ; Mrs . and Miss Eagle , 13 . ; Anonymous Correspondent of Reynold ' s Miscellany , 6 d . ; Ditto , 6 d . ; G . W . Od . ; a Youth , 3 d . ; J . H . ( Shoreditch _) 2 s . 6 d . ; Mr . Ruffey , 5 s . ; E . H . 2 s . Od . ; one of Mr . Reynold ' s Wood Engravers , 2 s . 6 d . ; William Prowsdate , Is . ; a Shoemaker , ( Liverpool , ) Is . ; J . J . Manbj , Is . ; a Labourer , ( Leek , ) Is . ; M . D . Forsyth , 5 s . ; Mr . Demiss , ( Pickering , ) Is . ; R . B . and J . A ., 2 s . ; Harmonic Meeting in Foley-street , 5 s . ; C . H . 11 . ( Cardiff , ) 5 s . _77 iLi , mi Davis , Chairman . G . W . M . Revxolds , Treasurer . Jons J . _Ferdixjxdo , Secretary . Nov . 28 th . 1 S 40 .

      National Association Of Usited

      _NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF USITED

      TRADES . Establiskd 18 i 5 . The Central Committee have the satisfaction of reporting the continued success of Mr . Green , in Birmingham , and its neighbourhood . He has had numerous meetings with the Pearl Button Makers , Fender Makers , Gun Stock and Locksmiths , Bellows Makers . Small Ware Weavers , Ac , « fcc , with the greatest promises of success ; and in reference to his useful efforts in the case of the Wire Weavers , ( reported iu the Star , of November 17 th , ) the Committee have the pleasure in presenting tho following corroborations of the effective and valuable services rendered by this association ( through its agents , ) to the cause of labour : — Birmingham , November _lltli _, 1 S 49 .

      Sin , —A determination having been come to ou thc part of tlie Operative Wire Weavers of Birmingham to resist tlie _? ncro . iclinieiits upon the just and reasonable price of labour , in tlie shape of discount taken from our -wages at the time of payment , which has now reached as much as fifty per cent . ; » n entire cessation from work was the consequence , which commenced on the 18 th of October , by the men who had finished their work , which continued until all had finished and come out , _33 ut as we previously had no society for tlie protection of the rights of labour , w e had no funds sufficient to subsist on for one week ; and in the course of our applications to kindred trades for assistance , we came across ilr . Holmes , ofthe Wire Drawers Society , who referred us to your excellent representative , Sir , Green , for counsel , advice , and mediation ; and it affords us tlie greatest pleasure to state that he commenced Ws exertions on our account on the Gth instant , and has been , as opportunity offered since , unremitting-in his endeavours to

      obtain for us our rights . We occupied thc whole of his attention one day from daylight till dark ; and his _u-eiiucnt addresses to our men has been atteuded with the greatest success , for they have produced a perfect unanimity of purpose and action , so that his knowledge imparted to us , as well as his interviews with our employers , has elicited universal approbation ; and the plan we are at present adopting is quite in accordance with , his recommendation . He has left us a copy ofthe rules of your association , and we told him to consider us as prospective members of tho Xation . il Association of United Trades . I should have posted to you beiore , but I had a reasonable hope every day of being able to have reported to you an account of Ms signal success . Eleven out of thirteen of our employers have advanced the wages of tlieir men to the net price , and ws are quite satisfied that his talents and exertions deserve the other two , and as we shall follow his advice we are sure to have tlie net price ot them also .

      Birmingham has been for a long time in a sad state of apathy , but his talents being ior a time devoted to their interests will no doubt renovate their exertions ; and , if so , firesides will have to record many of thciv comforts to the sending ; of your agent at Birmingham . I remain , yours , In the hope ofa speedy amalgamation of Hie Trades of Birmingham with your general body , To Mr . Wm . Peel , _Gsokce _(" _jiegobt . Secretary to tlie National Association of United Trades . Birmingham , Neveinber 15 th , 18-19 . SlB , —It is with feelings of gratitude that the Wire Workers of Birmingham return you their thanks for the kind attention which your agent pays to us , aud for the information we recived from him , we have much to thank hira for . I can tell you that before an agent came to us

      we did not know that such a society was in being . Snch was the feeling produced upon our members by Mr . Green ' s information that they said they would join your association . _wiu you please to let me know whether wc shall be entered members from the 1 st of this month if we remit you the money on Tuesday next You will please to excuse tiiis short note—I have not had time , for we only met last night On behalf of tlie club I return tlieir thanks to your agent , and we are glad that such a man has come to us . If he continues his labours he will raise the working class to that state 1 hope to see them before long . I must conclude by returning our most humble thanks that such a society is in being . 1 'lease to write , that I may let thc members know on meeting night next . I remain , for the Wire Workers , S . Clare , Secretary . To Mr . Wm . Peel , _Secretary , ic .

      The Central Committee have deemed it their duty to publish these letters as thc best answer to those who would desire to depreciate this movement by affecting to throw doubts upon its efficacy or capability in confering benefits upon its members . They believe the working men of England , and the Metropolis in particular , have committed a grievous error to themselves , and to the interests of their less fortunate fellow-men , in so long withholding their support from tho National Assoeiation ol United Trades . Its claims upon tho working men are based upon its practical utility . The great advantages it offers are _substantial , practical , and immediate . It does not interfere or supersede any

      other movement , but supplies that invaluable aid to Trades when in difficulties , which no other society is capable of affording . The secret of its power is the justness and reasonableness of its principles , and the steadfastness and integrity with which they have been maintained , through evil report and good report . It may not be as showy as some of its contemporaneous rivals for public favour , but it carries with" it areality and stability which time and experience can alone confer npon any movement . The Central Committee are as satisfied of its ultimate success as they ave of the soundness of its principles , -which have been proved and tested through the ordeal of six Conferences of Delegates in various parts of England , and five years of practical working .

      These are its claims for the support of the working men ; " Let them , then , judge of the tree by its fruits . " The Central Committee beg further to report , that the letters received from Mr . Kobson , ( who is now in the centre of the silk manufacture in Cheshire , ) are equally cheering and satisfactory . In Congleton there is every prospect ofa thorough reorganisation ofthe Weavers and Throwsters ; and the Ribbon Weavers ( a well-organised body , ) appear also favourable to the movement , as the means of adding to their present organised power . In Macclesfield , Mr . Robson met with a sincere welcome from several old members and friends of the movement , which received much obstruction from a local society—the "Rights of Industry "—about two

      years ago , ; but that powerful society no longer exists , nor has any other organisation been maintained ; but a locai board of trade has been established , consisting of twelve master manufacturers and twelve working men , to whom all trade disputes are submitted . This excellent arrangement worked admirably for a time , or so long as there was an organised body at the back of the workmen's delegates , but with the apathy and gradual secession of the members from the society , the power ofthe delegates was diminished ; the masters began little by little to encroach , until , at thc time of Mr . Robson ' s arrival , a consultation was being held upon the altered and unfavourable position ofthe Labour Board . Mr . Robson at once pointed to the true cause of the master ' s encroachments . —tUe want of

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      moral power behind , to give weight and support to their representatives upon tho board . These views were considered important , and it was resolved to call a , meeting to take the whole subject into cons ' - deratlon ' Wm . Fuel , Secretary .

      ¦ —¦¦ Metropolitan Trades' Conference. O...

      ¦ _—¦¦ METROPOLITAN TRADES' CONFERENCE . On Wednesday night an adjourned meeting of the Conference of Metropolitan Trades' Delegates was lmld in the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square , to discuss the propriety ot establishing local boards of trade for the _regulation of wages from time to time in their respective trades and districts , Mr . Seagravc , tailor , in the chair . a ' i ' _u' _'k ' ¦ _P"iBDi , 'ASDO said the reason why he brought forward the question was , that the Association had put forward two plans for the _ameliorat A l i tlle con ( htion of the working classesnftmely , homo colonisation and local boards . The Conference had attended to the first ohject , but had so far neglected the otherWithout

      _under-_ . valuing the importance of . home colonisation , he was _prepared to say that the metropolitan trades were deepl y interested in the question of local boaids of trade , and fully approved of thorn . Local uoaras ot trade were in themselves utterly opposed to tne philosophy of the Manchester school of economists , and , indeed , ho believed that Conference had no sympathy with the views of that party . He contended that to bring the working classes-tlie productive classes , whether manufacturing , or agricultural , or handicraft , into competition with the comparatively untaxed labour of other countries , was gross injustice . ( Hear , hear . ) While the people of this country were burdened with a such excessive taxation , it was impossible for them tn eon tend

      against the cheaper labour of other countries . He said this without fear of being called a Tory . In the silk trade this season there had been a very large increased demand , but the working weavers bad reaped very little benefit from it . In some cases an advance of threepence a yard had been made , making perhaps an increase of Is . 3 d . a week to the weaver . The masters had the lion ' s share of tho bonefit . ( Hear , hear . ) This system of unrestricted competition had not always existed in this country . In the old times—the good old times they had been not untruly called—under a protective policy the working classes could enjoy such substantive things as beef , bread , and beer , instead of the unsubstantivc slops they had now to exist upon . He held that

      the government were bound—not to employ all who might want work , but at least—to provide facilities by which all willing and able to labour might secure a fair subsistence . He did not mean to say that local boards of trade would do everything , but they would do a great deal . Perhaps tho best thing he could do would be to read them a few extracts from a Bill which had been prepared for the Spitalfiehls silk trade . With a little alteration it might be adapted to every trade in the countrv . It empowered tho Board of Trade to issue orders , directing tho master manufacturers and operative handloom weavers to meet in their several districts , within fourteen days from tlie date ofthe order , and provided that at such meetings six emplovcrs shall

      be elected by master manufacturers only , and six operativo weavers by the workmen only . Each party to bo elected by show of hands at the respective meetings . When the boards thus elected are duly constituted , they shall meet quarterly , and consider the wages to be paid to the operative hand-loom weavers for the various descriptions of silk weaving within their respective districts , due regard being had to the competition of foreign nations , and also to the present and future perma _» nont benefit of masters and workpeople . At every quarterly meeting tho uniform rate of wages shall be reviewed , and , if found necessary , determined afresh , either partially or entirely in each district . That when , and from time to time , tho maximum

      rate of wages shall have been determined by any such local board , the said board shall forthwith report thc same to the Board of Trade , within fourteen days from the date of the quarterly meeting , at which the rate is fixed ; and if the Board of Trade , upon receipt of such lists of prices , shall find any variations of descriptive terms in the works so to be rated , at a price or widely different proposed rates of wages , between any of the local boards , not rccoiicileable with any peculiar advantages , applying the districts wherein such difference of a minimum rate of wages has been determined , the Board of Trade shall put themselves into correspondence with the local board so differing , in order to reconcile and adjust the difference . The

      board arc also empowered and instructed , from time to time , to give their authority to the rates _fixed by the lotvl boards , and with such authorisation the said rates shall be ratified as a legal authority in the respective districts from which such rates are fixed . In case of the masters of workmen in any district neglecting or refusing to elect their representatives to the local board , it shall be lawful for tho party duly elected , whether masters or workmen , to enter upon the duties' and functions of such boards , and all the preceding provisions shall apply to their acts . The Lords of tlie Privy Council of Trade are also empowered to make such rules and regulations in relation to local hoards or otherwise as , not being specified in the Bill be

      , may needful for carrying but effectually the present intention of the legislation and spirit ofthe Act , and the provisions ofthe Act shall be deemed and taken to be t ' le law of the land by thc judges iu the courts of law and equity , and by all officers in superior courts of judicature . Tho Bill also enacts that , if there shall be any default of the payment of sucli minimum rate of wages prescribed under the authority ofthe boards so constituted and sanctioned by the Board of Trade , it shall be lawful for a justice of the peace , on complaint being made * , to summon the defaulting party , and that two or more justices shall hear and determine tlie complaint , and order such payment as shall be due , together with the _ costs for loss of timo and

      recovering the same . The said justices shall also fine the defaulting party £ o forthe first offence , £ 10 for the second , and for every subsequent offence £ 5 extra , and in default of thc payment of wages , costs , and fines , so adjudged and awarded , the justices shall issue within forty-eight hours their warrant to levy the same by distress and sale ofthe goods and chattels of the defaulting party , and the proceeds of such sale shall , after paying the wages , fines , and costs , be paid over to the person so convicted . The fines to be paid to the Sheriffs , and returned to the Court of Quarter Sessions , and applied according to the provisions of the Act 3 rd George IV . "for the more speedy return and levying of fines , penalties , and forfeitures ,

      and recognisances estreated . " Tho preparation of that Bill had cost the silk-weavers of Spitalfields much time and labour , and if the Conference thought proper to adopt his proposition , and to take it as a model for a Bill , he for one should not regret the time and labour ho had bestowed upon it . As he had already said , he bolioved if it was referred to a committee of delegates , it might be adapted to every trade in the country . In " his own trade he found very many masters manufacturers favourable to the principle of local boards ; they felt that it would abate one evil at least , to which they as well : is tlie men were liable , namely , home competition . Without such a regular power , no stop could be put to the injurious conduct of those unprincipled manufactures who cut down prices by their reckless speculations and forced sales . He was sorry to have hoard some of thc de-Icgaiees say that local boards were a piece of

      humbug . ( Hear , hoar . ) He could assure the delegates who cailcd " Ocar , hear , " that the subject had not been considered "humbug" by a numerous Conference of Delegates in 1345 , from all parts of the country—what was called the " Duncombe Conference , " —although this question was then a new one it was only lost by two or three votes , nearly forty delegates having voted for it . Since that time the trades had mere fully considered it , and ho b » - lievcd a gtrong opinion now existed in its iavour . He begged to move that a sub-committee of five delegates be appointed to draw up a Bill for the establishment of local boards of trade . Mr . Read ( baker ) said tho question brought before the meeting by Mr . Ferdinando , was , in his mind , second to none that could como before them . He had , therefore great pleasure in supporting the motion , and thanked the mover for having di rccted their attention to such an important subject .

      Mr . Leslie moved , ns an amendment , that the decision ¦ be adjourned till the next meeting , in order to give their trades time to couslder a question of so much importance . - Mr . Wilso . v _, earnestly advised that the further consideration of boards of trade had better be deferred until thc bill for home colonics was fairly brought before Parliament . Mr . Wilson concluded by moving an amendment to that effect . Mr . Essery seconded the amendment . Mr . Read did not sec that the preparation of a Bill for local boards by a committee , would interfere with the progress of the Bill for Home Colonies .

      Mr . Campbkll did not think it advisable now to alter their arrangements . At the same time , he considered they would only be doing justice to the mover , and to the Conference itself , by declaring their conviction that protection to trade was a jnst and beneficial principle . Mr . Leelie withdrew his amendment in favour of Mr . Wilson , and Mr . Febdinando briefly replied . The _Chairman put the motion and amendment to the meeting , and declared the amendment to be carried by a majority of four . The meeting then adjourned to December 23 rd .

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      The first session ot this court for the present mayoralty commenced on Monday . At ten o ' clock the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , the Recorder Alderman Hunter , Alderman Salomons , and Alderman Garden , accompanied by Mr . Sheriff Nicoll , Under-Sheriffs Millard and Wire , and tho other civic authorities , entered the court . The Recorder , in delivering his charge to the grand jury , said that the calendar contained the names of 184 prisoners for trial at the present session , ' and that number would probably be increased to some extent by fresh committals during the performance of tlieir duties .

      IiNniCTMEST AGAINST A BANHTtOTT . —C . Bishop surrendered to take his trial for misdemeanonr , ill having wilfully and corruptly made a false statement upon his examination before one of thc bankruptcy commissioners upon an adjudication of bankruptcy against a person named Hugh Swan . — Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Huddlestone prosecuted . Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Robinson appeared for the defendant . —it appeared that the defendant had been in the service of Mr . Swan , and at tlie time of the bankruptcy , he was found to bo in thc occupation , as lessee , of a small house at Mortlake , called Park Farm , and from some information that was received by thc assignees , it appeared that they were induced to come to the opinion that this

      possession was merely a colourable one , and that the property in question belonged to the bankrupt . —In consequence of a reward offered by thc assignees , a person named Hokinggave information , and Bishop was summoned to give evidence at the Bankruptcy Court on the 15 th of June last , when he swore that the farm was his own property , and that he had purchased the lease for £ 299 . —A number of _witnessses were examined , thc effect of their testimony being to show that the defendant was engaged as a gardener , and that he appeared to be in poor circumstances , and that lie had stated upon several occasions that the farm was not his , and that he was paid 20 s . a week for taking care of it for Mr . Swan . It appeared , however , in the course of the

      case , that the defendant had always strenuously insisted upon his ri g ht to tho property , in the course ofthe legal proceedings taken by the assignees , and upon a messenger from the Court of Bankruptcy being put in possession , he resisted the attempt to take that step , and brought an action of trespass , and recovered a verdict with £ 25 damages , a rule , however , having since been obtained for a new trial . —The witnesses who spoke to the declarations alleged to have been made by the defendant with regard to the ownership of the property were subjected to a very rigorous cross-examination by-Mr . Ballantine , and two of them admitted that they had each been guaranteed five percent upon the amount of the properly , if it should be

      recovered by the assignees and sold . —Mr . Ballantine then made an energetic address to the jury on behalf of the defendant , and the Recorder having summed up , the jury , after a very short deliberation , returned a verdict of " Not guilty . " _RECEivijio Stolen Goods . —Jacob Vandenberg , 36 , a dealer , who surrendered in court , was iudicted for receiving a quantity of property , kno w ing it to have been stolen . —It appeared that on the morning of the 22 nd of September a portion of the premises , belonging to Mr . Barbar , wharfinger , of Lower Thames-street , wero broken into , and a quantity of metal screws , and about $ cwt . of white lead was stolen . Suspicion falling upon a man named Jones who had been in their

      employment , he was taken into custody by one of the city police , who met him on the evening of the same day near Aldgato Church . Somo information having then been given , the constable went to the house of Vandenberg , who keeps a marine store dealers in Rosemary-lane , and there found behind the weighing-machine , the cask of lead covered with an old sack . Vandenberg then s ; iid to thc officer " I have been . looking for you . I have sent down to the station for Sergeant Nolly ; do you take me for a witness ? " Thc officer said , ' "No ; as a receiver . " Vandenberg then said , " I have let a man have 0 s . on it , but told him that I would not buy it . " The prisoner's house was then searched ,

      and the metal screws were found hidden under Ihe counter . —The prisoner Jones , who was arraigned upon tlie charge last session and pleaded guilty , was admitted evidence , and he stated that the prisoner Vandenberg , after buying tbe screws on thc Friday previously to the robbery , and knowing him to bo at Mr . Barber ' s , _anked him if he could not get some white lead , nnd that he would stand 9 s . a ewt . for it , and told him that if he should not find his front door open , he could come round to the side one . lie , Jones , however , could not get it that night , but did during the early part of the morning , and at seven o _' cloak took it to tho prisoner ' s shop , who , at n later period in the day , advanced him ( Is . on it . — Several police-constables of the district where Vandenberg lived , gave him a good character , and

      said that fie had been upon many instances the means of their obtaining convictions against thieves who had brought stolen goods to his shop . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and he , together with Jones was sentenced to twelve months ' imprisonment and hard labour . Utteiuno Bad Coin . —Tho greater portion of Tuesday was occupied in trying prisoners for passing bad mono , and the charges were of the ordinary character . The principal titterings were to licensed victuallers , and in several instances the prisoners had gone together in gangs , one of the party remaining outside with tile base coin in bulk , whilst the others went into several shops , and successive utterings were effected . In one or two instances the prisoners were sentenced to six months' imprisonment , but the remaining portion were ordered to be imprisoned for various terms upwards to twelve months .

      Charge of Robbery . —William Warlters was indicted for stealing a handkerchief , a pair of gloves , and a measure , tlie property of Henry Parry . Mr . Parry defended the prisoner , The prosecutor stated that on tho morning of the 7 th November , between ono and two o ' clock , ho went into the White Hart public-house , at Greenwich , to take some refreshment , and while he was there a dispute arose between him and one of the persons present about paying for some punch , and there was a scuffle , and shortly afterwards he looked for his greatcoat , which he had thrown off on going into the room , but could not find it , and on his making inquiries for it the coat was brought to him , and he put it on and was about to leave the house , when the prisoner followed him , and threw some flour

      over him . lie immediately called a policeman , and gave the prisoner into custody for the assault , and he was taken to the station-house , where he was searched , and the gloves , measure , and handkerchief , which he found had been taken from thc pocket of his coat , were found in his possession ; and , upon tiiis , he charged thc prisoner with felony in stealing these articles . The prosecutor , in answer to a question put by Mr . Parry , said that he was an attorney . —Mr . Parry : An attorney ? Why , where do you practise ?—At Deptford . —Mr . Parry : And have you taken out your certificate ?—I have . — In answer to other _questions , the prosecutor denied that he was drunk when he went into the

      publichouse , or that he took off his coat to fight . lie said , however , that he . was insulted , and he beat one of the parties with his cane . —The constable who took the prisoner into custody stated that , upon his taking the measure from his pocket , he said that he had picked it up ; but he said he did not hear him give any explanation with regard to the other articles . —Several witnesses were then examined , from whose evidence it appeared that tlie prosecutor was drunk when he went into the public-house , and that he quarrelled with an old man named Moore , and took off his coat to fight , and at last beat Moore with his cane . —The Recorder summed up , and thc jurv immediately returned a verdict of "Not Guilty . "

      _RouBEnv ix A Pniuc-IIousE . —James May , 30 , was indicted for stealing a bottle and four quarts of brandy , the property of John Thomas . The prosecutor is the landlord of the Coach and Horses public-house , Broadway , Lambeth , and it appeared that on the afternoon of the Oth of November the prisoner and another man went into the taproom , and shortly afterwards the daughter of the prosecutor hearing a great noise went to the door of the taproom , and observed that a hole had been made through tho floor large enough to admit of access to the spirit cellar underneath , and in the course of a few minutes the prisoner came out of the hole , having in his possession a stone bottle which contained nearly a gallon of brandy . He was about to walk off with his booty when Mr . Thomas camo up and secured him . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and he was sentenced to be transported

      for ten years . The Attempted Parricide at Cuiswick . —Henry Bathurst Monkhouse , 27 , mariner , who was indicted for feloniously shooting at John Farmer Monkhouse , his father , with intent to murder him , was then placed at the bar . Mr . Huddlestone said that in this case he waa instructed to move upon an affidavit made by Mr . Wontner , the solicitor for the prisoner , tliat the trial should be postponed to the next session . The affidavit was to the effect that it would be necessary to make some inquiries with regard to the prisoner ' s state of mind , and that further time was required for that purpose . —Mr . Bodkin said , that on the part of the prosecution , he had no objection to the postponement of the trial . — Mr . Baron Alderson said that as they were both agreed the Court had no difficulty in granting the application .

      Robbery by a Bask Clerk . —G . B . Walker , 20 , a clerk in the London and County Bank , pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a £ 10 note , the property of his employers . —Testimonials of the prisoner's former good character having been produced , and on bis heing recommended to mercy by the prosecuting counsel , Baron Alderson sentenced him to six months' imprisonment in Newgate . _Passiso , Barb Com-Mav y kvm Hughes , 18 ,

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      and Elizabeth llomen , 23 , two _notorious _utterers of base coin , were convicted of that offence , after a previous conviction ofthe same character , and they wero sentenced to be transported for seven years . RomiEiiT by a Confidential Clerk . —Benjamin Hopkins Bond , 20 , a person of gentlemanly appearance , was indicted for stealing £ 70 , the monies of Messrs . Currc and * Co ., bankers , his employers The money stolen , in different counts , was alleged to have consisted of sovereigns , _hnJf-sovei'CignS , crowns , half-crowns , florins , shillings , and sixpences . —It appeared that the _prisoner , who had been eight years in the service of Messrs . Currie and Co ., filled the confidential position of one of the cashiers , and on the 10 th of October , the clerk of Mr . Ellev , a stockbroker , paid to him a sum of

      £ 2 , 0 G 0 5 s . 7 d ., which was made up of cheques , and a sum of £ 145 in notes of the Bank of England . It was of course the duty of the prisoner to have p laced this amount to tiie credit of Mr . Ellcy ; but it would appear that although ho did so nominall y yet by a very artful contrivance he succeeded in applying £ 70 of the sum to himself . The robbery appeared to have been committed in the following manner . The prisoner duly entered all the cheques and other securities , but instead of placing tho sum £ 14 o of that had been paid in notes to Mr . EUoy ' 8 credit , he only gave him credit for £ 75 , and represented that the remainder was made up by a draft upon Messrs . Brown and Co ., who are bankers at Leeds . According to the custom ofthe bank , the prisoner placed a sort of memorandum rcferrins ; to

      this draft in a drawer appropriated to that purpose , and thus of course the balance appeared correct when thc books were made up , at the close ofthe day . It then appeared that the notes forming the remainder ofthe . i'Mo were changed by the prisoner as he represented for customers ofthe bank , so that the identical notes paid in by Mr . Elley still remained in the possession ofthe bank , but of course there was no evidence what precise description of coin had been taken in exchange . It turned out that thero was no such draft in existence as the one represented to be upon Messrs . Brown and Co ., and , from the inquiries that was set on foot , suspicion fell upon the prisoner , and the present charge was eventually preferred against him . — " Guilty , " and sentence deferred . The Murder in tiik Mn . LnASK Prison . —John

      Francis , 38 , watch finisher , was indicted for tho wilful murder of Thomas Hall . Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Clerk conducted the prosecution . The prisoner was defended by Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Robinson . Mr . Bodkin briefly opened the case , from which it appeared that the prisoner was a convict confined in that prison , on the 7 th of November . On that day tho deceased had tho charge of the ward in which the prisoner was confined , and about half-past three o ' clock in the afternoon , the prisoner struck the deceased on the head with his chamber utensil , and kicked kirn until he died . Witnesses were called , who proved that some ofthe prisoner ' s ianiily had been afflicted with insanity , and that the prisoner himself had given proofs of suffering from that malady . The jury returned a verdict of "Jfot Guilty , " on the ground of insanity .

      Aggravated Assault , —Jacob Hess , 28 , labourer , was indicted for cutting and wounding John Werner , with intont . It appeared that the parties live in Buckle-street , Wliitechapel , and arc all Germans , and on the night of thc 29 th of October thoy were all at the Half Moon public-house , in a dancingroom , and had been drinking . As they were leaving the prisoner became very noisy and quarrelsome , and began pushing and quarrelling with the prosecutor ; they got on as far- as tnoir own homes , when some more insulting language being used , prosecutor said , " If you will fight English fashion , I'll fight you-, " upon which they both closed , and some one cried out , " He ' s using a knife ; " and

      prosecutor felt ho was bleeding profusely . The screams of "Murder ! " bringing the police up , the prisoner relinquished his hold of the prosecutor , and ran in doors , from whence he was taken by the police ; on his road to the station he took something out of his pocket , which turned out to be a knife stained with blood , then wet . Thc injured man was conveyed to the London Hospital , where it was found he had at least twenty wounds , stabs , and contusions on his head . The * jury found the piisoner " Guilty " of an aggravated assault . The Recorder said the frequent occurrence of these cases called for severe example to check , if possible , the cowardly use of tho lenife . Two witnesses gave the prisoner a good character for humanity . Tho Recorder said the

      sentence he was about to pass he did not think at all too severe , which was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve montlis . Attempt to Siioot a Constable . —T . Allen , 24 , W . Lovegvove , 33 , awl G . Emmett , alios Scotland , 20 , were indicted for feloniously shooting at George Lawn , " a police-constable , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm ; and in other counts the intention was laid to bo to resist their lawful apprehension . It appeared that on the night of the 7 th of November a person , named Webb , who is in the service of Sir F . Pollock , at Haiuvorth , heard the report of firearms in one ofthe preserves for game , ami he went , accompanied by a police constable to Ucnwortii Park , where they laid up with a view to

      detect ihe tresspassers . In a short time three persons approached them , and the constable sprung up and flashed his lantern in the faces ofthe intruders , and immediately he diil so the prisoner Allen presented _agun ; _it him and fired , _butfortuti . itcly missed him , the shots _lodging in a tree closed by . A scuffle then took place , and the prisoners succce led in get- * t ' ng away , but th < y were apprehended the same night at tlie neighbouring village of Feltham , and they were all clearly identified as the persons who were in the wood . ' The jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of" Guilty " against Allen , and " Acquitted" the other prisoners . Allen , who was proved to have been previously convicted of felony , was then sentenced to be transported for ten years .

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      Fires ik tub _Citt-Road as » _Goswell-strket . — « On Thursday night , between eight awl nine o'clock , two alarming fires broke out . Thc first was at the Albion , No . 23 , Macclesfield-strcet _, City-road , tho property of Sir . Hatswill , by which thc upper part of the house was burned out , and the lower rooms much damaged . ¦ The other fire happened on the premises of Mr . Graven , a staymaker , carrying on business at SI , Goswell-street . The flames were confined to a workshop in whieh the fire commenced , but great damage was done to the lower portions ofthe premises by water , and the contents were seriously injured by hasty removal . Mr Graves was insured in thc Sun Fire-office .

      Six Mux Drowned . —A lamentable accident lias occurred off Margate . The Mystery , Raveling boat _^ with a crew of six hands , left tho port for tho purpose ef boarding and speaking all vessels bound to the port of Loudon . The boat in running under the bow ofa schooner for the purpose of putting a man on board , on the leeward side of the vessel , was run into by the schooner , cutting her right asunder . The boat immediately filled , and disappeared with all her unfortunate * crew . The captain of the schooner , it is said , never hove his vessel to , or attempted to put his boat out to save the unfortunate crew . Immediately the intelligence arrived by a vessel running dowu , that witnessed the circumstance , but too far leeward to be of any assistance , two of the owners proceeded to London , furnished with proper authority to apprckeud tlie captain of the vessel .

      Fire and probable Loss op _Lii-e . —On Thursday morning , about half-past eleven o ' cloek , afire broke out in the private residence of Mrs . Mary Powtnor , a lady of independent property , situate at Ko . 40 , White Lion-street , Pentonville . The flames originated in the back parlour , at which time Mrs . Pewtner was lying in the room asleep . The cries of the poor lady brought assistance , and by dint oS great exertion the fire was subdued , but not until _nsaiiy the whole ofthe bedding and wearing apparel in the room were destroyed , and Mrs . Pewtner so frightfully burned that little hopes are enter tained of her recovery .

      Frigiitfl-l Accident at the Royal Mint . — On Wednesday morning an accident ofa most distressing character took place at thc Royal Mint Tower-hill , whereby a man named John _"Vblas , aged forty-nine years , a mechanic , received some fearful injuries . Thc unfortunate man was cmployed in the department where the coin is washed with boiling liquid , consisting of vitriol and other powerful acids , and whilst walking along tho plank over the copper lie , by some means , slipped and fe into it . His screams brought several ofthe workmen to his aid , but the poor fellow had crawled out of the hot liquid to the top of the copper . _H was conveyed with all possible speed to the accident ward of Guy ' s Hospital , where he is suffering severely and in a very precarious state .

      TiiePitmens' Strike ix Durham . —On Wednesday last eleven pitmen employed at LudwortU Colliery , about six miles from Durham , were brought before thc magistrates charged with riot , and with an agcravated assault on William Trcnholm , whom they had beat in the most cruel manner because ho haa accepted work m a pit which thc men on strike haft left . A medical witness said thc only surprise he felt , on examining the prosecutor , was , tbat concussion of the brain had not ensued from the injuries on the head , which had apparently been inflicted by some edged instrument , such as a coal rake or the edge of a poker . The prisoners were all fully committed for trial .

      Meeting on Capital Punishments . —On the 22 _na ult ., a public meeting , numerously attended , was held in the Lecture-room , Kelson-street , _Newcastle _, to consider the subject of "hanging by law . " Mr . James Gilmore bavin ? been called to the chair , introduced tho subject ofthe meeting . Mr . Thomas Pringle then moved , and Mr . Cooper seconded , * resolution to the effect that the gallows , as amiwl example or a preventative of crime , is _inefficiat and useless . The resolution was put and carnal unanimously . and enthusiastically . Mr . _Joseph Cowcn , jun ., moved , and Mr . Richardson seconded a resolution , that all moral means be taken to _ftMlisl \ the . _pwnislwaftBt of death ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 1, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01121849/page/5/