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Februa ry 6, 1847. TH E N O R T H E R N ...
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Destiicte Peesoks (Lh.ela.nd). —The bill...
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INFORMATION FOR TIIE TRADES CON-. NECTED...
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NOTICE TO DISTRICT SECRETARIES AND TREAS...
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RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERAT1YE LA...
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EXPENSE FUND. Plymouth .. 0 11 0 Maidsto...
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TO TIIE SUB-TREASURERS OF THE NATIONAL C...
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REPAYMENTS TO MR. O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF...
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MARLBOIlOUGII-STREET.—Vaih Attempts to R...
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Ftoccixc I.V The Fke.Ncii Ahmv.—The Fret...
Ql DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT . IN DUBLIN . ( From our own _Corrf _t-powdott . ) It It may be a natter interesting to tke working tss _passes of England , as well as to the Liberal Irish sit resident there , to know that for some time back e the operatives of Dublin have shown strong sympimtoms of a determination to take their own affairs tc into their own hands . These men are all Repeat's , ers , bat they wish to see that in any settlement of ia that great question , the rights of the working _man ia shall not be overlooked ; they are in fact for coupnf ling the Suffrage with Repeal . Tbe Association ai had its origin in a Committee _fefrraed to scrutinise
ie the taxation of the city , and especially to make war ; n on tho unjust and nnholy impost called " Ministers j K money . " Mr . James M Cormick ( printer and pubis' lisher ) _, and Mr . Dennv _, _( anctioner and valuator ) , \ 0 | together with Mr . Covne , ( hatter ) , have greatly disii tinguished themselves in this crusade . They have rr grappled in the law warts with its collectors , where , j- owing tothe ingenuity of Mr . M'Cormick , ac * ma pletevictory has been achieved over the parsons ; a ta fact the tax is , if the citizens but stand firm , v virtually abolished . A petition to the legislature B Bas _lieen adopted , and already sicned by 30 , 000 inb habitants : it is to be committed to the charge of 3 Mr . O'Connell , with a request to W . S . O'Brien t to support it .
On last Sunday thc momentons subject of the ] land was ably lectured upon hy that talented and ] persecuted gentleman , Win . Connor , Esq ., of Inch , who advocates rent at a valuation , and a perpetual tenure . He was received with { Treat acclamation , and was seconded and supported by Mr . Dyott , ( printer ) , who strongly urged upon the assembly the necessity of _procuring a People ' s Hall for the purpose of discus-sin * : all questions affecting the interests of the working classes . After a resolution in favour of Mr . Connor ' s views had been carried , the meeting was addressed hy Mr . Coyne , who after _touchins ; on varioa _* * local grievances , " with the details of which he appeared to be minutely acooainted , broadly asserted that in the acquirement of the _SufFface alone _, lay the hope and safety of the people . He was loudly chereed , and there now appears butane mind among the working men of Dublin , they seem determined , in spite of all f actions , to keep a close look out after their own interests .
The Association has been joined by Mr . II . O'Neill , an artist of eminence , and a man of considerable literary attainments . Mr . Stark , ofthe World _newspaper , also gave in his adhesion and subscription , and promised that the columns of that able journal should be opened to the proceedings of the association . _Altogether political affairs begin to _bri-jhten here . The Franchise is the subject for next Sunday , and will probably occupy two meetings . I shall send yoa a report . F" _* BL 1 C 0 LA .
Februa Ry 6, 1847. Th E N O R T H E R N ...
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Destiicte Peesoks (Lh.Ela.Nd). —The Bill...
Destiicte _Peesoks ( Lh . ela . nd ) . —The bill " for tbe temporary relief of destitute persons in Ireland" is printed . It contains 21 clauses , of which the most important are tbe 14 th and tke 17 ib _, or tbe money clauses . The Mtk enacts that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Treasury to cause to be issued , as a temporary advance , from time to time , at any time before the lst of October in this year , as they may find necessary , out of the crowing product- of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom , any sum or sums of money by way of imprest ,
to tlie Relief Commissioners to be appointed for the execution ofthe act , to be by them applied by way ef _losn on the security of the rates made for the purposes ef thi ** act ; and all such sums of money shall _berepai _. 1 to the Consolidated Fund by the said Relief Commissioners , in such money as the Treasury mav direct , from the rates to be levied iu the union on bebalfof which loan shall have been made . The 17 th clause empowers the Treasury to make grants in aid of rates or voluntary contributions for the purposes of thisact .
Pcbuc _Meeting is Exeter ILvu ,. — A public meetins ; was held on Thursday in the large _rosm , Exeter Hall , for the purpose of hearm * _- * the statements of gentlemen from Ireland and Scotland , conversant with the extent ot the prevailing distress , and the mean * taken to relieve it , with the view of _giving the English public proper information on the subject , and e-uiting their sympathy and support . — At ten minutes past twelve , Samuel Guraey _, Esq , was called on to preside . Mi e observed on the platform Dr . Macleod of Glasgow , Dr . Unwick of Dublin , and other members of the Scotch and Irish _dcputitions to En _^ taud .
From thc statements made it would appear that the estimated loss of last year ' s potato crop in Irelaud was estimated at from twelve to sixteen or twenty mill son .- * sterling , and that it would require ten vessels , of 500 tons bnrden » each , to come into the ports of Ireland for every day during tbe next twelve months , with Indian corn , to " _mees the extremity in which Ireland was placed , racking an aggregate of 1 , 825 . 000 tons . The speakers gave a most _faraentablc _and touchins picture < f the extent and _coi . _ccqtiences of the prevailing famine , and referred to a number of cases in support of their statements .
_Alltozo Child _MiitDrn is Lambeth _WonKnousn . —On _Wednesday an inquest was held by Mr . W . Carter , at _Lrmbeth Workhouse , on the body of Richard Wilt-hire , aged six months , the illegitimate off-pring of Jane Wilt-dine , late an inmate , who has already nude : gone several examinations at the Lambeth Police Ciurt on a charge of having caused the dentil ofthe _deceased . Thc brief facts of the case are as follow : —The mother of tbe child had been in service , where she became enceinte . She proceeded to Lambeth Workhouse , where she was delivered of the deceased child on the 26 th of July last . She left the hotse , and took the deceased with her , and nothing was heard of her until the 23 rd of Jast month , when she applied for assistance , aud was admitted . The deceased was very ill , and when seen by Mr . Duke ,
thc iaedie . il _officer , he pronounced it to be in a dying state . The mother was accordingly placed in the sick ward , where Mr . Duke prescribed for the deceased , wIm was than suffering from acute _inflammation of the lur _. _gs , and _ciiarrncci . Susan Baber , an inmate ofthe ward , said that she begged ef the m _.-ther to give the child the breast ; when she again replied , "Oh , I am not going to spoil my shape by suckling the little d—1 . ** She subsequently took the deceased up by the left arm and struck it several times on thc back , and shook it severely , which nearly choked tbe child . Mr . Dake said that he had made a post monem examination ofthe body . He was unabie to detect any marks of violence , and was decidedly ol opinion that the deceased had died of inflammation of Ihe Junes , resulting from natural causes . Verdict — " Heath from natural causes . "
_Maskied . —On Monday , January _2 _** th , by the Rev . C . _Ancstrong , at St . Paul ' s Church , Nottingham , Mr . G , Hifrod , one of the Four Basket Makers tvho were turned off work for _jaiiang the Trades'Union , to Miss Caroline Bbtherwick , the eldest _daughter of ilr . Juha Blather _, iwtk , of Sneinton , Sotts .
Information For Tiie Trades Con-. Nected...
INFORMATION FOR TIIE TRADES CON-. NECTED WITH OR DESIROUS OF JOINING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRADES . Trades desirous of joining the above Association , an- required to remitone month ' s subscription of one halfpenny per member , and one month ' s levy , at two pence in the pound on tbeir average earnings * such sill scription and levy to be considered _forthecunetit "ninth , to _A-.-. te their adhesion from the first of the said month . No trade will be _enrolled on the books belore sending such subscription and leviesniter
, wbich these levies are to be transmitted monthly or oftener , and their Eabrcripuons quarterly . A quarterly running account will be kept with each trade , and as a more equitable way of taking the average number , the trades are to transmit at the end of each quarter , the average namlicr for that quarter , and pay accordingly . The trades are particularly requested to address all their correspondence for the _Association , to their new offices , at No . 11 , Tottenham Court Road , and to make the past office ordeis payab ' e at the _Bloomsburv post ofiice , to Thomas _iJanett , Secretary .
Notice To District Secretaries And Treas...
NOTICE TO DISTRICT SECRETARIES AND TREASURERS . All district Secretaries and Treasurers tothe tnartist Co-operative Land Company , me herebv strictly enjoined to attend to thefollo * _iugregnla " - -ions m all transactions with the Directors . No _circamstai . ces will be admitted ss a reason for depatting from these roles in anv case where they apply . First . —A scrutineer shall be appointed bv each _S-lf _*? 2 . _? _Tf . . - _s or _** y JneT"y month , _whose-toty shall be to attend thc branch meetings , and receive the subscri ptions . The Secretary shall , before the dissolving of each meeting , sum up the receipts , when the scrutineer shall immcniate _'? hand them orer to the Treasurer . He shall Keep a check book against the Secretary and _Treasurer and be present at the audit of the Branch j _^ p report to the shareholders as to their
_cor-*« w _^ Ever * brancl 1 $ aia 11 appoint tw _« auditors , wnoseterm of office shail bs six months ; their duty _wau be to examine the Branch nooks , and report ' _-S _^ ' tbe first meeting in every month . -p . _r , _' _" ~ Letters enclosing " money must distinctly _»« 'orUi the respective funds to whieh the whole atnynnt belongs . fni '( ; | u —In all letters requiring certificates it wusi be stated whether they are for _memrcwi . ! e first set & nd » or third section . And _, _"f . - " - * _^ e certificate required be the first orsecond , riW _\ m saBi ' the number of the first mast be on « r « r i _*« certificates will not be sent to the re-Km i 8 "" which this ru , e " <** _rrad . nuwA ! " coramunicatwEs , _? betU _« r enclosing
Notice To District Secretaries And Treas...
monev or otherwise , must be addressed as follows .-— "Tothe Directors of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , 83 . _Dean-street , Soho , London . All monies must be remitted in Post Office Orders , or by Bank Order payable on demand to Feargus O'Connor . All Post Office Orders must be made payable at tbe General Post Office , St . Martin _' s-le-Grand , London , as none otber will be acknowledged . The person ' s name applying to tbe local post office for tbe order must be written at full length at the top of ibe order , and who must see the order pTopeTly stamped , and the order must be made payable to Feargus O'Connor . All letters containing money ; must be addressed as follows , for
"The Directors , Land Office , 83 , Dean Street , Soho . LONDON
By Order of the Directors , _Pniur M'Grath , Corresponding Secretary . The attention of all District Secretaries and Members of the Company is particularly called to the _sdbjoined instructions : — 1 . As the Joint Stock Company ' s Act doe 3 not recognise parts of shares , no _translcr of such can m future take place ; neither can any paid-up share be transferred during the period of provisional regis 2 . The collection of the halfpenny levy per share er month , henceforth shall cease . Every memte pf theCompanv , and all who may join it , are liable o one shilling per share per annum , to commence wm the lst of January , 1 S 47 . Holders of paid-op _ihaies must pay thc share charge to be eligible for the Ballot
. . .. 3 . Persons taking one share must pay 3 * . 4 d ., those _takino * one share and a half os ., those taking two shares < 5 _s . * M . within 3 months from the date of entrance , or forfeit the instalments subscribed . And as there are several persons in the Company more than three months who have net paid th * - amounts above stated . All District Secretaries are hereby instructed to erase from their books , on the lst of April next , the names of al ! defaulters who have entered previously to January lst . 1 S 47 . 4 . All matters relative to the third Section mnst be totally distinct and separate from the first and second .
5 . The nest ballot for the second Section will take place in London , on February 22 nd , and all shareholders , to establish tbe r eligibility , must pay in full on or before Feb , loth , 1 S 47 . 2 » v order of the Directors .
Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operat1ye La...
RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERAT 1 YE LAND COMPANY . PEll MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . _SHAKES . £ « . d . _Smethwick .. 0 10 Merthyr Tydvil .. 013 0 PlTmouth .. 1 16 0 S . L . U . .. 1 0 « Croydon .. 0 10 Richard Sladden 0 2 0 Ashton .. 0 9 0 James Chapman 0 2 0 Alra .. .. 2 7 10 Carlisle .. 7 2 _£ S Leigh .. .. 16 3 Birmingham , Ely .. ., * 9 0 Goodwin .. G H 6 Westminster .. 0 4 0 Manchester .. % 14 2 Hyde .. .. 010 0 Central , _Rossen-C'lllumptun .. 15 0 dale .. 14 0 Whittington and Salford .. 3 0 0 Cat . .. 2 9 2 Hull .. .. 2 19 0 Brighton .. 13 6 Colne , per Wat-Wigan .. 2 6 8 son 6 10 0 Xottingham .. 0 13 0 Boulogne .. 12 0 Colne , per Hey ., o 1 6 Kidderminster .. 0 5 0 Worcester .. 416 6 Glasgow .. 1 17 0 Leicester , Astill 12 8 Paisley _« 011 li _Carrintrtou .. 0 16 6 Ashton .. 0 7 C
£ 59 9 11 SECTION No . 2 . 8 HABES . Southampton .. 1 11 3 Wigan .. 4 910 Kirkaldy .. 2 12 1 Nottingham , per Huddersfield .. 10 0 Sweet .. 5 14 10 Smethwick .. 3 6 4 Oldham .. 2 0 0 Edinburgh .. 16 0 Worcester .. 4 8 0 PlTmouth .. 1 19 5 Leicester , Astill 3 0 4 Croydon .. 1 11 3 Clitheroe .. 3 10 6 George Dunham 2 7 0 Chorley .. 2 15 0 Ashtou .. 0 18 0 Carrington ., 10 5 _Aberdeen .. 3 19 0 Merthyr Tydvil .. C 4 0 Portsea .. 1 10 0 Bnth , J . Penny . Oil 0 T . eirfi .. .. 0 14 6 lloubridrre .. ' J 13 10 Leigh .. .. 0 14 6 lloubndge .. ' J 13 10
ClavtonWcst ., 0 15 6 JohnBroadbank Ely " .. .. 17 7 0 Rose .. 5 4 C Lambeth .. 3 7 0 James S . Cullen » 1 0 Richard Spar . Rochdale .. 5 0 « row .. 1 13 4 Lynn , per Bun-Edward Smith „ 0 15 0 ton .. .. 0 10 0 Westminster .. 2 I 6 Carlisle .. 2 3 10 Thrapst ne .. 0 10 Stratford , J . Mr . BMiop .. 0 0 6 Haines .. 0 2 0 Market , Laving- Manchester .. II H 0 ton _. Love .. 0 G 9 Hull .. .. 515 10 Newport .. 19 6 _Teiglimouih .. 2 7 6 Hyde .. .. 12 0 Denny .. 13 0 Somers Town .. 0 13 10 Ledbury .. 6 2 N Shrewsbury .. 4 15 4 Kieldermin-ter .. G 7 6 Banbury .. 2 0 0 Wolverhampton 14 6
Weltingboroueh 1 U 4 Glasgow .. 13 5 0 John Bradford .. 2 19 <" . Leeds .. .. S 0 0 « Si > lm Rennason 0 11 0 Bradford .. 5 0 0 Whittington and Warrington .. 0 10 0 Cat . .. 3 3 8 Leamington .. 8 3 0 Samuel Lee .. 0 3 0 Stockport .- 5 0 0 Henry Aston .. 5 16 Gainsborough ., 0 10 0 Hougbton-dale .. 13 0 Paisley .. 1 8 ( I Birmingham , Athcrstone .. 0 7 C Paro .. 1 «) 0 Mary Clarkson , Mr . Ouin .. 0 4 0 Addington .. 0 5 0 Maidstone .. 4 5 6 Ashton .. 1 1 C Brighton .. 1 19 0 Lynn , per Scott .. 4 8 4 Andrew Burnay 0 0 6 Torquay .. 11 S 8 Westminster , G . Marylebone .. 015 0 Allison .. 0 2 0 Swindon .. 12 0 0 Cambmrell .. 0 12 0 finsbury .. 4 2 0 Daveiitry .. 1 18 2
j _£ 252 3 0 SECTION No . S .
_tHAKFS . Croydon .. 0 110 Ann Wilson .. 0 5 0 Stephen Bennett , MaryBjers .. 0 5 0 Mitcham .. 16 4 Worcester .. 0 3 0 Market , Laving- Central Rossenton , Love .. 8 0 10 dale .. 0 2 8 Maidstone .. 0 5 8 Hull .. .. 18 fi Brighton .. 0 14 Bromsgrove , per Hyde .. .. 0 5 6 Nowell .. 0 9 8 © swaMwhist'e .. 119 10 William Brown _Bridge uorth .. 0 5 0 la « e .. 5 4 6 Whittington and Ashton .. 0 9 C Cut .. .. 0 14 Torquay .. 0 5 0
£ 21 o 6 TOTAL LAND FD . VD . Mr . O'Connor , Section _^ o . 1 ... / _5 _D 9 11 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 252 3 0 Mr , O'Connor , Section No . 3 ... 21 0 C £ mj 3 ~ 5
Expense Fund. Plymouth .. 0 11 0 Maidsto...
EXPENSE FUND . Plymouth .. 0 11 0 Maidstone .. 0 10 O George Dunham 0 2 0 Sutton-iu-Ash-AlexanderShaw , field .. 0 16 Stoke Roch- Camberwell .. 0 10 ford .. 0 16 Nottingham .. 0 10 o Robert White , Dudley .. 0 14 6 ditto .. 0 1 G Clitheroe „ 1 'J ft Limehouse , 3 . Bowbridgc .. 0 4 0 Hewes , and Henry Davis .. 0 2 o Co ... .. 0 6 0 Mr . Harnett .. n - ' 0 Philip Pearce , Mr . Drew .. 0 2 0 South _Moulton 0 2 0 Warrington .. 0 10 Alva .. .. 048 Hull .. .. O 10 i : Mr . Owen .. 0 2 0 Glasgow .. 1 le ! 0 Ely .. .. fl C 6 Mr . Perry .. O 2 O Mr . G . Taylor .. 0 2 0 W . E . Hrooks .. O 1 fi Mr . K . Gray .. 0 2 0 Leamington .. O 8 C Westminster .. O 6 o Atherstoue .. 0 10 Mr . UawKug _* _- . .. 0 2 0 Northampton .. 0 15 0 Mr . Bradford .. tl 2 0 _Elackie ' . * - , Edin . * A hittington and Durgh .. 0 C 0 Cat ., .. 0 2 3 _JM Hi 11 Thomas Mabtin Wheeler , Financial SetreUiy .
To Tiie Sub-Treasurers Of The National C...
TO TIIE SUB-TREASURERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Manchester .. 10 0 Birmingham , per Nurwich .. 0 lo 0 Mr . Chapman , 0 10 0 John Lewis , IVnyancc * .. 0 2 0 _ £ 2 2 0 CuuisTorilCR _DortE , Secretary .
Repayments To Mr. O'Connor On Account Of...
REPAYMENTS TO MR . O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT DUE BY DEFENCE FUND . Receired at the " Nortliern Star" Office . Glasgow , per J . Loughborough CV . emliijuii .. 0 10 0 per . ? . Skiver . iiigtau .. 0 6 C 0 16 (• Per Mr . Christopher Doyle . Kirkaldy .. 0 5 9 _FPix dressers at Huddersfield .. 0 18 o Lille , France ., 0 4 7 Alra .. .. e 15 6 Au ¦ Id Radical , Cliorlev .. G 8 6 Leeds .. 0 10 Carriiigton .. 0 19 11 Hull , per Lundy 0 10 2 Top shop , Slier- Hugh , Noble , wood , lace fat * . Brechin .. 0 0 6 tory ., 0 5 2 Birmingham , per The flax dressers , Mr . Chapman 0 12 5 of Wambrechies _, France .. 0 7 8 £ _- > 8 S
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„ , „ _JJ-T _EHIKS * , WIDOWS ' , and _OUMAS ' s TEND . Sheffield , per H . Do . William Home ' s Hook .. 0 2 3 Tarry .. O 0 G Camberwell .. 0 ' 2 6 EEGISTIATION _I'DND , Per Wm , Tarry 0 0 6 FOB MLS . JONEB , Wiran 0 3
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_NATIONAL TRADES ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF
INDUSTRY . " Union for the Million . " What the Anti-Corn Law League has done for the-Corn Laws , the National Association of United Trades will , in a few years , do for that great proportion of poverlv , disease , _dissipation , and crime , that is produced , " either directly or indirectly _. by low wages . Although the institution is only in its . infancy , it has nevertheless attaiued to a monster growth , having _upwards of eighty thousand registcred members . L ke the late great fact above mentioned , its origin is attributable to the « _«*« - ency and consequent failure of numerous local ettorts and institution" . , which kad unanimity of purpose ,
but were wanting in unity of action , and therefore were inadequate to the Herculean task ot overthrowing a mon' -ter evil of national magnitude , and which was supported by a monster nmty of power . The promoters , however , nothing daunted by the defeat of their numerous predecessors , have determined to act upon the a dvice of a late eminent statesman , by giving " a lon g pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether . " T o effect this extraordinary achievement , they have devised means which will be found _fullv commensurate with their object , lite ellicacy of those means has been demonstrated on various occasions , in which simultaneous enorts of great bodies of people have been exerted for the accomplishment of great and important purposes , the attainment of which wa ** , of course , _progressive .
the means adopted had to pass through the various stages of infancy and youth , with all their unavoidable difficulties , until they arrived at maturity , and the promoters obtained the consummation of their wishes as the reward of their zeal and perseverance . Our institution is now in the first stage of its progress , its numerical dimensions demonstrate that it » no puny infant , but that , on the contrary , it is in thriving condition . Our committee , agent ? , and member * * , are perfectly reconciled to encounter any degree of persecution or other species of difficulties that may be presented . Wc are not , however , monopolists , on the contrary , we aim a deadly blow at th * very root of monopoly , " and , therefore , we wish not to enjoy the glory of fighting this great moral battle , and gaining the victory ourselves .
We , therefore , respectfully invite the co-operation of each sect , and of allranksandconditiuns , of British subjects , who desire to see that the working classes should obtain , aud be secured in tke enjoyment of , a fair day ' s wages for a lair day ' s work , and that sentiments of self-sustaining _inr-ependence should be elis * _-eminited and _cultivaied amongst them , and that the whole of that proportion of wretchedness , degradation , disease , dissipation , and crime , which is , either directly or indirectly , the result of incompetence from low wages , should eease to exist in our land , and be superseded by competence , -domestic comfort , health , _temtierance _, and virtue . These are our objects , and the operations- and influence of the National Association » f United Trades are the means iw which we _purpsse that they _Bhould be effected .
That it will be a difficult object to induce employers to pay as high an amount of wages as the profits ot business will equitably permit , and to convince them that it is their duty and interest to do so , few _pcr--ons will dispute ; bat , however improbable the achievement of this great object may appear in the estimation of many persons , who view it with all its seeming obstacles abstractedly , and without taking into consideration that the means are commensurate withtheend designed , thc barriers to it ' are by no meai . s _insurniouatable . The evil is under human control , and is capable' of being removed by efficient counteracting circumstances . There is , therefore , good grounds of encouragement for action . If Archimedes had had as good a basis to rest his machine upon , lit would have used his endeavours to raise the world .
The principle on which the amount of remuneration for labour is estimated generally , is very erroneous , and is never resorted to in otber business transactions , except where it is unavoidable . The price of labour ought to be iu some proportion or affinity to the amount of wealth or increased value which labour creates . For example—if a piece of timber was ol less value in the solid log than after being converted into plank by the operations of the saw , the increased price is the amoust of wealth created by the labour of the sawyers—whose compensation should beaprojiartion ami shave of that wealth . Ihe same _pvincipTe holds good through all the multifarious and _comtilic'ited concerns of manufacture , in which the operations of labour are _eniployed . Inswad ot the workmen
being paid in _ai _. y proportion of the amount of value created by their labour , the rate of wages isgenera / iy estimated " according to the demand for labour , or in accordance with the number of workmen required , and the quantity of work to be performed ; and as there is generally a surplus number of workmen in tiie labour market , the amount of _waxes which the most necessitous will take , is made the reguiatiiig amount of wages for the time being ; which critciion generally tmai _. ates from tiie most extensive employers , who are frequent y whole-ale business speculators , and to whom any saving in wages is ot considerable importance . A change in the rate of wages { particularly a reduction ) with the workmen of one business , is often productive of similar results in others . To promote poverty among work people is the interest of masters _. more particularly _tliosespeculatois
who are extensive employers ; it is greatly to their advantage to nave at all times a surplus . number of operatives in the labour market , who can subsist upon the coarsest iood , and are contented to be clothed in rags , and whose degradation is secured by habits of dissipation . Such a class of persons is viewed by speculating employers , not as a necessary evil , but as a positive good , in enabling them to keep down the prke of labour ; for if they were not available , it would rise to the intrinsic value of a fair proportion ot the amount of wealth itcreates . Doubtlts-sapreference is given to well behaved work people , while they please to work at the same rate of wages that the necessitous _cliiss will take ; but rather than advance their wages to what they would consider a lair compensation , the necessitous class would bs employed in their stead .
Wherever a body of workmen are defeated in their t-ndcavours to obtain an advance , or to resist a reduction of thtir wages , it is most frequently by the unprincipled conduct of some of _iliis grovelling class , whose dissipated habits render them familiar to mean and dishonourable practices , and places them in circumstances of sheer necessity , which , together with their short sighted ignoranc e , makes ihci _.-i an easy _pr-jy to designing employers , by whom tiiey are duped and trepanned to serve thtm fur less than tiie re quiad rate of wages , aud by that means to break tlie confidence of workmen one with _another . By this means many workmen become disheartened , and nut having the means to support them-elves and families lor any length of time , while their labour is suspended , they are
compeiltd to succumb from necessity , and to wmk for such wages as the mo _= t wretched and dissipated workmen wiil consent to take in their sheer necessity . This shows the iuelliciency of local Trade- , ' Unions , which ever have , and ever will he iucapablc of maintaining permanently a fair day V wages lor a fair day ' s work , for thc _opjratives of Britain . The grievance of l * w wages is a national evil , and requires a national remedy , such as the operations and influence of the National Association of United Trades , which will shortly be in a position to bring the mural-force operations of a million of workpeople to bear against thc lucal or individual tif rtu of any employers-fib . ! shall refuse to pay to those of their workpeople who are its members , a fair d . _ij ' _s wages for a fair day ' s work .
By tracing cause aud effect we easily perceive tbat , in the aggregate there is an almost inseparable connexion between low wages , asd poverty , disease , dissipation , degradation , ignorance , and crime , to a t-i ' i-atcr or lesser degree , and that the contaminating influence of such characters is often injurious to the morals of others , who are more comfortably -. ituated , operating in the same manner morally , that fevers and other pestilential diseases whxh mc engendered by their wretchedness do physically , and which are _iiijurioefs to persons who are in better circumstances , by infectious communications , which often prove fatal . These evils , however , t reat and obvious as they appear , are not the he ali , and the end all of the injurious effects of low wages . To
reduce the rate of wages is generally the first effort resorted to by that unprincipled race of manufacturers , who strive to obtain a great share of busine s by " underselling others ; they are _generally needy adventurers , whose career terminates in insolvency or bankruptcy . Their creditors are defrauded of their property , and their workmen robbed of a part ol their wages , and in order to compete with them in business , other manufacturers or _tntoesmen , are obliged to reduce the wages of tbeir workpeople to the same level . Those discouraging circumstances tend to drive many well-disposed workmen to habits of dissipation , who feel degraded by poverty , whieh their utmost endeavours cairn > t avert . It cannot be denied that dissipation , disease , and immorality , aie more frequently the concomitants of poverty than of competence , and in proportion its these evils increase , the amount of poor rates , county rates ,
expenses of supporting police , prosecutions , niiprisouings , and . _traii'portations , also increase , till of which thc rate-paying community have to pay , and much of which might be saved , by paying the working _c'asses an equitable compensation for their labotir , by which means they would be enabled to _improve their condition , and educate themselves and their families , and acquire and support habits of comfort and cleanliness wbich would become indispensable to tbem , and cause them to forsake habits of tilth and dissipation , and thc train of evils that usually follow , which are attended with auch enormous _expenses to the very persons ( the rate-paying employers ) , by whom they might be in a great degree prevented . __ We have previously remarked that the erroneous principle of estimating the remuneration of labour according to the number of necessitous _wkruen who may be in want of emp loyment ,
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ia very partially acted upon in other business transactions . Men of business calculate their selling prices at an amount of per centago at which the minimum ( or lowest ) price will be above a paying * point , taking into consideration the interest of capital invested in business , the expenses of their business establishment for rent , taxes , losses , wear and tear oi implements , books , clerks' salaries , < fcc , & c , so that a person doing an ordinary degree of business , can live comfortably even on the lowest estimated profits , but when business is good , and profits higher , they may save money and perhaps make a fortune . Many thousands of persons have retired from business independant , who made the whole of their money by profits , and who commenced business with little or
nothing of their own . There are many also who are in good circumstance * though not independent , who begun with nothing of their own , and have nothing but what tbey have acquired by business . "Wc will not take into account any who have had fortunes left to them , but merely those who have made all they h _tve by business . Such characters are to be met within every town in Britain , and in large commercial towns there are great numbers . But while this is the frequent result of business pursuits , how rare is it to find a retired operative workman of any business whatever , who has never been above that condition , and who has exclusively by his industry , brought up a family with ordinary comfort , aud has saved as much as will keep hint ontof aworhouso unassisted by the aid of others in his old sgc ; and how many thousand of workmen are there who have been
industrious , sober , and of good character , and at the best , were never able to do more than live with great frugality , while the greater portion of working men and their families have known many domestic privations consequent upon their not receiving an equitable compensation for their labour . Ilavjug extended our remarks to a greater length than our limits will conveniently permit , we must briefly conclude this sketch by intimating that in addition to the reports which appear weekly in the columns of this paper on the progress and proceedings ofthe National Association of United Trades , we purpose in future to give such remarks in the above form as the developement of our plans , the exposure of the evils against which we contend , the advocacy of our cause , and befitting notice of passing circumstances and occurrences in which we are identified , may appear to us to require .
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The Central Committee held their usual weekly meeting at their office , No . 11 . Tottenham-courtroad , T . S . Duncombe , Esq .. M . P ., in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed , the financial accounts read and received . Amongst a mass ol correspondence was a letter from Southampton , giving the adhesion of thc shoemakers of that town . The United Society of Boiler makers of Greenock sent in their adhesion , as well as thc Sunderland sawyers , and several other bodies . Mr . Allen reported he had visited the serge weavers at Collumpton . lie found the representation of the men correct ; attempted an interview with the employer , bnt failed ; recommended the men to go on with their work as usual , and if the employer persevered in compelling the men to find their own harness , cord , &> e ., the Central Committee wouid , no
doubt , take the matter up . A letter was read from Mr . Felkin , of Mansfield , framework knitter , respecting the excessire frame rent charged by a Mr . Upcott , of that town . Mr . Bush was appointed to visit Mansfield , to ascertain the facts of the case , and report thereon to the Central Committee . Mr . Bush was deputed to visit Nottingham and Duffield . A lettev was read from Mr . Goldin _. distviet secretary of Manchester , recommending the formation of miscellaneous lodges of trades in each town , as there arc many men favourable to the principles of tbe National Association , who arc prevented from becoming members in consequence of being in a minority in - . their respective bodies . Such persons could join tho . * c miscellaneous lodges , and still retain their position as membera of their own Trades' Societies . The following report was received from Mr . Jacobs , Association Missionary in Scotland : —
HAWICK . Monday _ctcning , 8 o ' clock . — A public meeting of the Frame-work Knitters was held in the Town Hall , to hear a lecture from the Association ' s Missionary . Mr . Jacobs . The Lecturer commenced by observing , that many no doubt had come expecting to hear something now on trade subjects , and he trusted he should not disappoint them ; many thought that nothing new could be advanced , that all had been done and said on Trades movements that could . Those ho expected to agreeably disappoint , for tho great association that had sent him forth , did not intend to travel in old worn-out track of local societies or general unions that had preceded it , only to raise a name , and earn
a deathlike fame ; the association bursting through the trammels of trade societies , breaking down the barriers of prejudice , party spirit , petty selfish feeling , and aristocraticpride that had foryearsdivided the diff erent classes of workers , and severed their sympathies from each other , preventing that mutual assistance that was necessary to their frequent struggles against their common enemies—the _m-ister class—who were continually seeking to encroach on their means of existence ; thc association avoiding this bane of union , and its narrow views , lmth _marlted out a new path lor itself , a wide field for its operations ; they had determined at one and the same time , to grapple
with all the grievances of the trades , by the same simple , yet potent means ; namely , substantial support , andself-errploymcnt . The Lceturei here dwelt on the nature ot the grievances of the stockingers and other trades ; reduced them , as he said , to one common focus , showing they could be dealt with readily by the National Association . Mr . J ., after showing by facts and figures the immense amount oi wealth the workers could accumulate , concluded by a soul stirring apper . _l to unitein their common causeas children of one common parent , against their one Common enemy , amidst the loud applause of the meeting . The following resolutions were proposed , seconded , and carried unanimously . —
"That wo , the Stockingers of Hawich , in public meeting assembled , highly approve of the principles now advocated , and empower the secretary to make the _necestary arrangements , and convene a meeting ofthe body to decide on our adheBion . " " That a public meeting of the trades generally of Hawich , be called on Tuesday evening , to hear a lecture from Mr . Jacobs . " Votes of thanks were passed to the Missionary and Chairman , the Missionary replied , and thc meeting broke up .
Tuesday evening—Tho public meeting of the trades of Hawich was held in the Town Hall , when Mr . Jacobs delivered a powerful lecture in his former style ; which , as it bore expressly on the same subject , we need not give here . At the close , a resolution in favour of tbe association was carried , and a District Committee formed , consisting of three Weavers , three Spinners , threo Knitters , and one or two of several trades , whose duties are to arrange and enrol the several bodies in the _association . After the usual votes of thanks and replies , the meeting separated . The Committee having arranged for their first meeting , adjourned . N . B . —The Frame Knitters here are all in the woollen line .
GLASGOW . The district sub-committee met on Friday evening , Mr . Jacobs , missionary , and Mr . J . Laurie , district secretary , reported progress , when , after arrangements for the disirict secretary to attend trades meeting in the town during the absence of the missionary , it was agreed to get up a public meeting in the City Hall , to consider the propriety of the whole of thc trades of this city joining the National Trades Association , and that T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., President , be requested to honour the city by taking the chair on that occasion .
PAISLEY NEWTOWN . A public meeting of the weavers of the Newtown district , duly convened by placard , was held on Saturday evening , at the Philosophical Hall , to hear a lecture from Mr . Jacobs , the missionary , who commenced by alluding to the heading of the placard" Wealth for the Weavers . " He doubted not that many thought this out of their reach ; he would in his address prove that by union they could accumulate vast wealth , and remove all the grievances they had groaned under for so many years . Mr . J . went into the question of grievances in an able and extensive manuer , showing Uva new _wode in Y , hvch tho Association would deal with them and remove them altogether . The lecturer wad frequently applauded , but the closing appeal to union drew forth three rounds of the most rapturous approbation . Thanks were duly given to the missionary and chairman , and arrangements made for the adhesion of the district .
Several deputations fiom the other districts attended to invite the missionary to lecture to their bodies . Mr . J . requested them to meet together and arrange such days as would suit him on his return from Aberdeen , from whence he would write them . A report was read from Mr . Dunn , the society ' s agent in Sunderland , to thc following effect : — On Monday evening last , a general meeting of the Sawyers of Sunderland was held in the long room of the Dun C iw Hotel , Bishopwcarmoutb . Mr . Wm . Walshaw in the chair . AI tor the business of thc trade was disposed of , Mr . James Dunn , the Secretary , addressed tho meeting on their initiation with the National Association of United Trades , and stated thathe had been appointed as an agent for the Association . After whieh ho read the rules which he had at tbeir request drawn up tor their branch , which is called the Sunderland Saw vers branch of the National Association of United ' Trades .
All the rules were approved of , and were passed unanimously . One hundred and forty-eight members wero enrolled in the Branch Association . Votes of thanks were passed to T . S . _Duncomle , Esq ., M _. P _., for his kindness and condescension in
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Sj zealously aiding the working men in their great struggle to obtain a fair remuneration for their labour , and to improve their moral and physical condition ; and to the editor of the Northern Star for devoting » portion of the columns of that liberal paper to tho cause of the National Association of United Trades . It was resolved to support the Northern Star to the utmost of their ability , and that henceforth a copy ol the paper should be filed forthe use of the Branch Association . The meeting then adjourned . Messrs Buckby and Winter , agents for Leicester and neighbourhood , reported as follows :-\ JI hey had held a meeting at Silsby , whieh waa very numerouiily attended , tho result of which was the passing a resolution in favour of tho Association , and ono ot the largest employers in that village consented to act upon the committee .
I-rom Mr . Lenegan , the agent for Wigan and district , thc following report was received , on the 2 oth of January . Addressed a public meeting of _Il-indloom Weavers , at Standish , it was a good mctting and they resolved to join forthwith , also the same evening addressed a meeting of Bricklayers in Wigan , at which the following resolution was adopted , viz . — "That we , thc Bricklayers of Wigan , do bring the question of National Association before our district committee , in order to induce them to join thc same . " On the 26 th , attended a meeting of tho Wood-turners of Wi _^ an , the result of which was the passing of the following resolution
;"That we , the Wood-turners of Wigan , having every confidence in the Notional Aasociation , pledge _oursc-tves to do all in our power to carry out its glori Otis objects , and that the Central Committee be requested fo send Mr . Lenegan to our various Lodges to explain the principles of tho National Union , anil that Mr . _Lencjan be requested to attend a general Delegate Meeting of our trade on the l > t of February . " On the 2 Sth , visited Leith and addressed the _Silkpicjtera , when they passed a vote of confidence in thc Association . On the 29 th , in the same place , attended a Public Meeting of all trades , there were not less than 2 , 000 persons present : at the close of a very lengthened and animated address , the following resolution was carried unanimously : —
" That we , the trades of Leith , having heard Mr . Lenegan so eloquently expound tlio principles of the National Association for the protection of Industry and employment of Labour , believe them to bo preferable to any mere _locil union , and we hereby pledge ourselves to become members thereof , and to use our best endeavours to induce our brethren to do the same . " Three Cheers were given for Mr . Donovan , and three for the Lecturer , and the meeting separated highly gratified . Also attended a Meeting of Shoemakers who resolved to join immediately . *—Mr . Green reported that he and Mr . Robson had attended a meeting of Boiler-makers at Greenwich which was not very numerously attended in consequence of a large number of their lodge having to
work overtime that evening , it was resolved they should attend next Monday evening at the Ship am ! Billett , to explain thc principles and _objects of thc National Association . Mr , Bush reported he had attended a meeting of tho Carpenters of Stratford , who passed resolntson * i _lavoivraWctothe Association . It was then resolved , that £ 200 be paid to the Board of Directors as a further instalment on the five hundred shares held by them in that Association . At a Quarterly General Meeting of the _Ladies' _Sh-iem-v kcrs of the City of London , Mr . Rob < on explained the position of the so called Warrington Conspirators , when it was unanimously resolved to enter into a subscription to be transmitted to the Central Committee of tbe National Association , to defend tho _* e persecuted trade-unionists .
The Central Committee beg to appeal to those bodies in union with them and others , to raise subscriptions to defend the " Warrington Conspirators , " and transmit the same to tho Office of thc Association , 11 , Tottenham Court Road , London .
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MARLBOIlOUGII-STREET . _—Vaih Attempts to Reclaim a Virago . —Bridget M'Guirc , a young Irishwoman , was charged with having wilfully brofctn upwards of 20 _pnn-is of glass in the house of al-idy named Stubbs , No . I , _Mjttdox Street , where she had recently lived as servant , The prisoner was about a year ago brought to this court , charged with having stolen money from the cash bor of her master , a coffee shop keeper in Rupert Street , The evidence was sufficiently conclusive to iiduce _thenvigistrate to commit her for trial . As s ! ic passed through the office to the lock up cell she managed to seize a pint pot , with which she attacked her late muster with savage violence , and inflicted serious wounds on his heai . She was
tried and convicted , and sentenced to a short imprison _, ment . Her plausibility of manner , and her repeated _ih-nial of her guilt , so lar interested one of the visitin- ; _magistrates as to induce him to procure her transfer to Hamvell _, on tbe supposition tbat she was partially deranged . She was dismissed from llanwell after a short confinement , as the medical men pronounced her quite ssne , but of an incurab' -y sulky and _vie-iou-i _disposition . On _lie-r liberation she came to this court , aud _Vroke a number of windows . She was apprehended ani se'tit to the House of Correction , _declaring that she would do the sime thine ; as soon as she obtained her liberty . True tu her word , the worning she wa 9 discharged she came to the court a » d broke some more windows . She was again committed . * < V ' _i . en discharged she came to the court a
third time , and was about to break more windows , when she was taken before Mr , _Hai'dividc before she could effect her intention , Mr . Hardwick reasoned with the young woman on the folly and _uselessness of her conduct . The young woman said she had been wrongfully imprisoned , and her clothes detained from her , and heing without a character or friends , she was perfectly indifferent as to what became of her , and she was , therefore , quite as well pleased to be in prison as out . Jlr . Hardwick _tliou-jlit there was n possibility of reclaiming this young woman , anel he set about making the experiment . The young woman was clothed well aud decently ; an excellent service was found her at No . 1 , Maddox Street , the lady kindly consenting to aid Mr . Hardwiek ' s benevolent speculation , by overlooking the doubtful state of the young
woman ' s character , For some time the young woman conducted herself tolerably well , and so far the experiment appeared to be successful . Recently , however , she began to show symptoms of being tired of the restraint of a respectable mode of life and to manifest a desire fur change . On Saturday week she came to the court to tell the magistrate that she meant to leave her place , as she did not like the ways of her mistress , and last Saturday she came to the court to say she bad Mr , and that her mistress would not give her such a character as would get her a place such as she liked , She was now placed at Un bar charged with having got into Mrs . _Stubhjs liouse , and commenced the work of destruction on the windows . The damage done was £ 10 . She was sent for two months to prison by Mr , Bingham .
WANDSWORTH . — Suspected _Chud Mueder . — Amongst the charges entered upon the Clapham sheet , was one against Catherine Shaughnessy , aged 37 , a single woman , who is suspected of having miirdcred her newlyborn male infant . Police-sergeant Moore stated , that in consequence of information he received fie went on Saturday afternoon , -it two o ' clock , to the house of a Mrs . Paynter , in North Street , Clapham , and asked her if a woman hed not been ci . nfmtM in her house that morning . She admitted that such was the fact , and that tbe woman was then up . stairs iu bed ' . Wituess procured thc
attendance of the parish officer , and proceeded with him to visit thc woman . On entering the room witness saw a _finegroivn male child lying e > n the table ; it ivas dead . Itappeared to have been injured ; there were marks of _violence on the base of the skull , which was soft and swollen . From further inquiries witness made he considered it necessary to place the mother under the surveillance of the police until she was in a fit state to be brought to that court , Mr , Clive directed that the accused should be brought up ou that day fortnight , or sooner if she was able to attend , and that in the mean time she should be properly wa . tched by the police .
CLERKENWELL . — Alleged Seduction and _As-SAitLTS . —Yesterday , Mr . Patrick Riordan , upholsterer , of So . 11 , _Cross-Btreet , Hatton-garden _, and Margaret Riordan , his wife , a portly , well-formed woman , were , charged by Thomas William Cu-sen , ayoung Irishman with having violently assaulted him . Jhc complainant stated that , on Friday afternoon last ; -Shout live o'clock he was at a public-house in _Cross-strect , _Hatton-gardeii , standing before the bar , when the male defendant entered , armed with a stick , and struck him a tremendous blow with it on thc back part of the head , which for the moment stupified him . He turned round , when defendant aimed a second blow at liini , but he warded it off with his arm . Witness called out , " Don't let him murder me , " and he made his way into the street , where ho was
met by ius . Kmrdaii , who struck and kicked him , whilst she called him a " vagabond" aud "scoundrel . " ne ran away , when she pursued him and again struck him , and kicked him . He called out " Police-, " "Murder , " but they escaped into their house . Mr . Csmbe asked Mr . Riordan what lie had to say ? Mr . Riordan—My wife has nothing to do with it . I committed the as ' - _sault . That fellow seduced my daughter whilst ! was absent from home with my wife , and he will not let us know where she it , Mr . Combe , to prosecutor—Do you know where she is ? Prosecutor—1 do ; and I assure you she is us virtuous now as when she left ber father ' s house . There is certainly an attachment between us . She left owing to her father's ill-treatment lo her . Mr . Combe inquired the age of the daughter 1 Mr . Riordan
—She m _twenty-su years of age . In answer to questions , prosecutor said he had lodged in Mv . lUordan ' a liouse upwards of twelve months . Tlte daughter and aud himself left the fathers house on Thursday last . Mr . Riordan—Pray , who did you omploy to remove property from my house during our abseacc ? Prosecutor—I am not bound to answer that question . Mr . Combe told the prosecutor that he might indict at the sessions . The defendants were ordered to put in bail , two sureties in £ 20 eaeh , and themselves in £ 10 , to answer tbe charges at the sessions ; and the parties were bound over to prosecute , Mr . Riordan—How am I to get my daughter back , your worship ? Mr . Combe—She :. twenty-M * years of age . Mr . Riordan—Then how am I to gctm property that was surreptitiously taken away from my _houee ! Mr . Mallett , the clerk—Tbat will be settled
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at tho sessions , Mr . Riordan procured the requi red ball . LAMBETn . _—Youko Oxford ' s Mother Acain . —Mrs , Ann King , the mother of young Oxford , who shot at the Queen , was charged with having been drunk awl disorderly , ani with having annoyed ber son-in-law . The prisoner subsequently to the trial and conviction of ber ? on got married to a gentleman at Abingdon , in Berk _, shire , but their tempers being _unsuited , they soon scpa . rated , and lived apart . Soon after their separation her husband commenced an action against a coachmaker for
crim . con ., and recovered small damages . A suit was subsequently instituted in Doctors' Commons , which terminated in a judgment of divorce . This led to the loss of a separate maintenance on the part of the wife , and latterly Mrs . King has given way to intemperance . Her sonin-law did not appear against her , but the polictman proved quite enough to cause Mr . Elliott to convict her in a penalty of 20 s . for the offence , or in default to be committed to prison for fourteen _daye . Tho prisoner , whohas more than ouce before been brought to this court , subsequently paid thc penalty and was discharged .
_WOhsillP-STREBT . —H 0 R 8 B _CuAUimt-o _, —Samuel Jones , a smart looking young man , who described himself as a horse dealer , living at No . C , Hertford Place , Kingsland , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Arnold , the newly appointed magistrate , on a charge of having fraudulently obtained £ 6 from Mr . Thomas Heason , a goldsmith and jeweller . From the complainant ' s statement it appeared that one lay , six weeks ago , ho was accosted in Shoreditch by a _respectable looking man , who appealed to him on the subject of a horse that he wanted to purcbaso frora the prisoner , who was riding it . The prisoner objected , say ing that the horse belonged to his uncle , who was a very rich man , and did not care to sell it at all , and nould not , 011 anj event , allow it to be sold to that person , who had overreached him in 0 former bargain . The other offered to give £ 10 for it , and seemed very anxious to have it , and he told the complainant aside tbat he would give him a sovereign to assist him in the purchase ofthe nnimal ,
which he affirmed to be worth much more than the sum offered . They all adjourned to the Railway Tavern to discuss tho matter , and drink gin and water , and tho would-be purchaser pradueed his £ 10 ; but the scrupulous prisoner refused to accept him as a purchaser , as that would be deceiving his uncle , although he would coe \ s . eo . t to sell it to any one else . At length the complainant was Induced to act for the other . He went home , acompanied by them , and procured six sovereigns , and the fir ? t man having put four more into his hand , they returned to a corner , wheie a boy was holding thc horse , and the com . plainant handed the £ 10 to the prisoner , who bad no _sconor got possession ofthe money than he snatched off a cloth which covered the animal , and ran off down tho street , Thc other man also disappeared , and the complainant found himself left with a most wretched animal , which had since been sold to a knacker for 233 . Mr . Arnold remanded the prisouer , who , being unable to procure bail , was conveyed to prison .
MANSION-HOUSE . _—Robberi or Diamonds , — Robt . Kerr , captain ofthe barque _Levenside , whose case _appeared in the provincial portion t-f our paper , waa charged with having stolen two parcels of dia . monds of the valuo of £ 3 , 000 ., which were intrusted to hira to convey to the port of London from JJahia . The prisoner had left his vessel and come usbore in a boat with the diamonds , and as soon as the persons to whom they were consigned learned that the captain had disappeared with thero , a warrant was put into thehands of John and Daniel _TorrcsUr , who after having traced _, tli cm from place to place with extraordinary skill and activity at last pounced upon him in France , ami hurried him away to London with great expedition , having found upon lira about £ 300 , some ef which was in Bank of Englaud notes , which had bjen paid in the Commer-¦¦ ial Bank for a cheque drawn for the amount of apor . tion ol the diamonds . Mr . John M'Millan _, part owner ofthe barque Levenside , ol'Gre-nock , stated that Robert ICerr , the prisoner , was the muster of that vessel . From
information which the witness hod received , he had rea . son to believe that the prisouer had received certain dia . monds to come to this country . The prisoner ' s ' receipt for two packages of diamom ' s were upon the bills o { lading , and it was the duty ofthe captain to bring them to the port of London . The value , as appeared from tiie bills uf lading , was £ 3 , 300 . The vessel had been re . porte . l in the port of London , aud witness had seen the manifest , in which the diamonds had been referred to . One oftlie parcels was consigned to Messrs . Costello and Co ., and tho other to Messrs . Suhooeder and Co ,, Mr . F . Costello , of the house of _Costello and Co ., stated that Hen n " _. _' >* - b .-. d received the bill of lading , but rxi _tiid diamonds . The prisoner was tben remanded till Tues . day next . The prisoner * it was stated in the justiceroom , was _plundered of almost all the money he possessed himself of by the robbery before he quitted town , with the exception of that which John Forester took from him , and forty guineas , the price of which he gave for a gold watch upon selling tbe diamonds .
_CLERKENWELL—ExiBAoBDiNAiir Case Mr . G . Lardner , a smartly-dressed young man , carrying on the business ofa staymaker nith his wife , at No . S , Montpe . licr-promenade , and in _Pittyille-strret _, Cheltenham , was charged by Mrs . ElUa Smith , a lady of property , and said to be tho widow of an officer , residing at No . 19 , _Eaststreet ,, Lamb ' s Cemduit-ssrcet , with having stolen a quantity of jewellery , a coat , seven shirts , and othor property . —The prosecutrix , who was _dreBsed in the height of fashion , being perfectly enveloped in a nun ' s black veil , by which her face was completely precluded from public view , was supported into Court apparently in a weak and fainting state . She evinced an evident reluctance to prosecute the prisoner , but wished to have her property restored to her . —It appears that a few days ago , she applied to Mr . Cjmbe for his advico and
assistance , informing him that fho was residing st Chelten ham , where she accidentally met with a gentleman wLq importuned her to accotnpaay liim to London . She consented to do so , and on their arrival they took apart _, ments in _Eiist-s-reet _, Lamb ' s Conduit-street , where they lived together for a short time as man and wife , _fihen he left her , taking with him the property alluded to . He had sent her a letter , " bidding her adieu for ever , " and she bad no doubt hehad returned to Cheltenham . Mr , Combe referred her to the police in the district of her residence , and it would appear that she subsequently did apply to Inspector Rawley , E division , and she accompanied an officer to Cheltenham , to _identify the prisoner , which _be-uii * done , Ue . was hm-gUt up to _Loviutm . The prosecutrix being sworn , said she did not with to
prosecute , Mr . Combe—Yoa cannot have the property restored to you unless you do so . In answer to questions , she said she lived upon her property . She hai known the prisoner one month . She mot him at Cheltenham , where she resided . He was a stay maker , at No , 8 , Montpelier Promenade . The prisouer questioned the _proseeutrix , and she how _admitted that she had allowed him to wear the rings and _oti-tr articles . Mr . Combe said therowasnocaseofsteal . il ; uiadeout . He discharged ihe prisoner . Prisoner ( crying ) . —I never expected to be in this disgraceful position . If it reaches Cheltenham , I shall bo ruined . He said heshould be happy to return to the prosecutrix all that she claimed . He joined her in the waiting room , when she pretended to faint , and he began to show attention to her , and they left together apparently on friendly terms ,
MARYLEBONE . —Robbert bt a Gcaud on the Gbeat Western Railwat . —Charles Ginger , a guard , in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company , was brought up for final examination , on the charge of having stolen a parcel containing 44 sovereigns and some silver , the property ofthe company above alluded to . The evieleHCe given on the previous occasion went to sbe » _v that on Friday , the 22 d ult ., the prisoner had seven pat-eels containing money delivered to him at the Paddington Terminus ; and it was his duty to have left them at various stations on the line , that the weekly payments might be made fo constables and others employed . The prisoner left all tho parcels correctly with the exception of the one in question , wbich ought to
have beeu given up by hira at Swindon for transmission to Cirencester , and on his defalcation heing made known ho was suspended by Mr . _Collard , chief _inspectoi of the police . A parcel was brought from his lodgings at New . tou , near Exeter , and in it was found thirty sovereigns and a half . Directions wero given for the prisoner to be apprehended , and on Sunday morning Inst he was cap . tured in Gresse-street , Rathbono Place . The prisoner , who admitted his guilt , was remanded , am ! yesterday several additional witnessesuccossary to the completion of the case were present . They , however , were not examined , as the magistrate decided upon sending the prisoner into _WilMTre for trial , the offence having been committed in that county . He was accordingly handed over to the custody of Mr . Collard .
_BOIV-STREET Assaclt bv a _Doo-fanciek Michael Lenry , a dog-fancier , nas brought before Mr , Henry on a warrant , charged with having committed nn unprovoked and aggravated assault upon John Atchelor , a horse slaughterman , lesiding in Cow-eross . It appeared from the evidence for the prosecution that the parties , who wero not known to each other , met on the night of the ISth January at the White Horse publichouse , iu Short _' _s-gardeiis , Drury-lane , where a bet was made by the prosecutor that his dog would kill one hum died rats in seven minutes . The prisoner immediately laid 5 to 4 against the dog , and thc rats being let loose , a dispute arose in consequence of the prisoner and his friends considering that the proceedings were uot fairly
conducted , on which he demanded thatthe stakes , which were held by the prosecutor , should be given up , but this was not aceeded to , as the match was not allowed to be decided . The prosecutor then left with his son to go home , and being followed by the prisoner , he attempted to pick the son ' s pocket ; but not succeeding , he struck the _prost-cutor a severe blow on the forehead withsome blunt instrument , supposed to be a life preserver , which felled him to tho ground , and the prisoner was atout to npjat the blow when he was prevented . The pro . _secutor bad been orer since confined to his house un . der medical treatment . Mr . Henry ordered the prisoner to put in bail to answer the charge at the next Middlesex Sessions .
_CLBKHENVfELL . — Theft . — Wm . Jordan was charged before Mr . Greenwood with stealing _nprr-U'ds cf 100 yards of valuable stuff , cashmere , and other fabrics , tho property of Mr . Turner , draper and silk mercer , of _High-stroet , Islington . It appeared that the goods w «« exposed for sale close to the shop door , where they wero seen safe by the prosecutor on Wednesday evening aboi t eight o ' clock , soon after wli'ch time the _prisoner was mot carrying them by n policeman , who arrested hira , aud after injury took him to tho shop of Mr . Turner , who was not aware before that be bad been robbed , and , upon making a search , identified them as those b _» hr < d placed " . ear tbe door for sale . The prisoner , who said they had been given him to carry by a stranger , was ful ' y committed to take his trial _.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06021847/page/5/
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