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TIIE WINNING OF THE INFANTA. A ROMANTIC ...
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OA'WABfl AND _UPi 7 ARD ! ST ERNEST _JOSESRigbt onward the river is rolling , It _« fountains are pulsing below _. And 'tis not in human controlling To turn but a wave of its flow ! Right onward the _freiman may rifle it , And speed in the _li- M of its course , _Porfac _tionnomore can _rivide it , Xor dam it hy cunning or force . _Bijtbt upward the oak tree is growing , Forth waving its leaves in the sun _. And deep in the green earth is sowing The seed of a . forest to come . Rig ht upward are rising tbe nations , With high-throned corruption to cope Preparing , for fresh _generations _.
This earth for tbe harvest of hope . Right onward the breezesare blowing The rise ofthe forest and wave : Right onward the great thoughts are going , _Uf . liindliop the hearts of the brave 3 Right upward tbe eagle is winging , — . Leave SerpMits to crawl on the sod . !—Right upward the spirit is _springing From Priestcraft—to Nature and God !
As Acrostic. To Ibse8t Joses, Esq.. Babb...
AS ACROSTIC . TO IBSE 8 T JOSES , ESQ .. BABBISTEK-AT-LAW . _J _3 s * _ranfjed Aristocrat ! "What leave the favoured few , _lUgardlfss of fortune and _prospects in view , ( Xoble Democrat ) tojoin the Chartist band , Eschewed , despised , and scouted through tbe land . Such conduct we esteem , naj more , admire , Thy spirit burns wilh freedom ' s sacred fire . Just as the trav * Ier _p-irsuing his lonely way , On -whose dark path meteors bursting play , _Uow changing gloom to bright refulgent _flay ; Xrni ><* we hail tbee , from thy genius _bright Shines in full power pore Democratic light . John- Aixott . Somers Town , Oct . _12 ( h , lSlD .
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_SOSGS ¥ OK THE PEOPLE ¦ so . XXXIII . .
TIIE FIELD OF MORAT . ( From Talis Edinburgh Magazine for October . ] The morning sun was shining o '« r Tbe small but patriot band , "Whose banners _glfam'd right merril y On Morat ' s bloodless strand ; When thnnder-like tiiere rose a shoqt , _Lond-bursting to the sVy . "Por freedom and our mountain-homes "We'll conquer , or we'll die !" As _fiercelv _sweeps the wild siroc ., O ' er Syria ' s burninr plain _. So charge tbe Swiss in serried files , Retiring , charge again I In Tain . Bnte Charles , thy war-spears clash , Thy banners flaunt the sky : Tor , p itriot band no power can crush—They fight for liberty !
Tbe morn had seen a stranger host In _numberless array ; The evening ' s sun was sinking low , And all had _past'd away . The numerous , hutnow grass-clad piles , To distant time" shall tell . How once , on 3 Iorat ' s fnSeil plain , The stranger tyrants fVIl . Time , the resistless enemy , The parent of decay ; The memory of other fields May haply Wot away ; Bat . if orat , still thy glorious _S ? bt Shall unforgotten be , — The watch-word of the patriot , The glory of ihe fr e ! S . D
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Douglas Jerrollvs Magazine—Octobeb. Lond...
DOUGLAS JERROLLVS _MAGAZINE—Octobeb . London ; Punch Office , 85 , Fleet-street . This month ' s number opens with another portion of tbe Editor ' s story of " * St . Giles and St . James . " Notwithstanding tbe power and brilliancy of many _passages contained in this story , it is becoming _TOarKoro * from its length and tlie miserable modicums d » led out monthly . An article on the " Commerce of the Oriental _Archipelano" recommends this _tMlHry not to content itself with a solitary station there , since the Arcbipela « o is so immense , that it _would take _ages to exert an influence over it from 3 point like Labuan , lying at its north-western __ _cxfremityi bnt jw'icionsly to "' select o _^ her positions from time to time , as opportunity offers , that we !
may faithfully discharge towards the natives of thai part of Asia the obligations vre tidily take upon ourselves by settling permanently among them . " " Th * Enaland of the French Drama" is an amusin » exposure of the ignorant prejudices of our French _neighbours against Fernde Albion ; this ar _> tide would have been still more interesting had not a similar , but better -written , show-up of Le Mnrche de _Londres appeared some weeks ago in tbe _Aihexonum . - The Poor Law and the _Peasant Girl " Illusir- ~ . _ies some of the _wrongs of the poor under tbe Operatit _. ii of tbe now exploded and universally denounced "boon . " No . 1 of "Tables for Foolish Feli _& _w-i" is well done ; we shall be slad to see a series from the same pen . "We miss , in tbisnumber , the _continuation of the " _Historr for Young England "
Tiie Almanack Of The Month-Octoben. Lond...
TIIE ALMANACK OF THE MONTH-OcTOBEn . London ; Fundi Office , Fleet-street . "Wit . fun , and satire , in _prose and poetry , combine to make tills sixpenny worth a welcome monthly visitor . We extract CAMBRIDGE'S DKEAM . ' A KEW HEADING _TE 0 M _ElCHAKD THE THIED . . Enter Talet . _Ytdtt . "Why looks your crace so _stedily to-day ! Cam . Oh I have passed a miserable night , So full of _nightmare and of indigestion _Ti-at , as I'm a duke and diner-out , I would not spend another such a r . ight _TiiuUjjh ' twere to buv a world of city feasts . * " # # ?
_Metboiyht that I was _strolling down by Lambeth , Aud that , by mighty promises of lunch _. Of Burgundy , and double _Glo ' ster , my good friend , Sir P _.-tor Laarie , tempted _n » s to walk On lioard Ihe city barge ; and I embarked , And gobbled up a thousand dainty bits _Ofhrin . cold fowl , and tongue : but when I rose To _goou shore , I somehow couldn ' t stand _. But stumbled , and Sir Peter " put me _«? own " lutn the deep brown slimy Thames . Oh then , "What or wds of fishes _passed before my eyes ! T > 's , _turh <> ts salmon , heaps of oysters , too ; _Thousands of whitebait , that close by my jaws 5 n ~ ii > _nnmolerted _, and did jeer at me . IXor loi" = _ters , brown in yet unboiled pride , _Spnre-i me their sauce , but - - - . ith their monstrous claws Did _twpak tut nose : so that I longed to cry ,
" » aittr : do take away this fish , -u s quite _Offensive -o ihe nose _5 " but could not : then _2 ! _ct : » _-u-httbatby somegastly Chamberlaiu 3 was _c-nductid tc a dreary place , Tbe ball of banquet of a brother duke—Duke Humphrey—aad there wandered _tlitre Palo forms with sunken eyes , and checks Hollow and wan ; and these shrieked o < jt to me , _"Cambridge is come—great eating , hungry Caw bridge , j _Tlwt of his goodness dines with charities ; \ AU for onr sak « 1 Takn him , ye starve ! ings , ' Show bim onr fare . " With that methought a enwd _Environed me , and bowled in my ears , " Stnrvption ! "We are starving : 'Mid your feasts It-member ns ! " that with the noise I waked , _Slarrtllins if such things were .
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_PUSCIL Pait LXI 1 I . Louden : Punch Office , 85 , Fket Street . "We _observe considerable improvement ill the numbers comprising this part as compared with their predeff « n » rs for some time past . We are glad of this ; Punch lias "done the Slate some _service "in Otlic-r days . _TYe shall be glad to see a revival of its _accicr ,- _spirit , which will _doubtless be accompanied bran-viral of its former popularity . The articles entitled _"TheSnobsof England on tbe Coniinent , " from which we liave already extracted , would alone ensure our approbation of the present part ; the > e articles " bold as't were the mirror up to nature . " and show to _EiiKltsll fouls and brutes of the " 1 'omper _likiii" ; md _"WircinV clas ? , _tViBsdvcs " _jis _Othc-is see tbem . " May tbey profit by the sight . The _ilJiHtiaiionscontained in this part are , as usual , exeell _' iit .
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THE _TRUTU-SEEKEit MAGAZIXE-Octcuer . TV second act of "Tlie Frogs , " of _Aristophanes _, _opeiwibis number in which _Ailunisn _s-i-. _tn" ia well _dc-IlC 1 * i » EliKliiJl ditto . A " tvet-tai" stwy cmes _3-tit , slid is followed by "A string of pearl- " fi _'« m tH > _v-ii'ii- " s of Jean Paul Itkbtcr . The articles on "Foirre Punishment" a : _; u "Ti _. e S . _ewd Death " -w _' _ili ii . _uvc-st those who fcavc «» i yet ; _...-q-. _iiiTd the _Lsiniksm" knowledge tbat "AH that _-- _» o know is , _jr-tbi' .-- can 5 * known ; " such dream-born _speeulator _^ however , do sot iiilero . t v _* . " Tlie Open _? eei « - _'' ' is to v . s still a _s-cal . _Pm-re r « n mad is not po _^ - _t' _-f-V'h it be cut u ;« int-j " _loiiC-. and shorts . " n-e _^ .. _rUi iii :. v tolerate _Thorucs C . _rlyle ' s _mystincatbr- _:, r ,: i obscurations < . f the EnulisU _kngaa-e , Iiut L _> ] _ui _= iatoKwili uot find Hie p « bi : e _s _^ _h-ntea t towar . _ls _ibcic . Of a differtiit _Uwure of a coniinon _gaise and truly poetical stamp , is the contribution oi
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a friend whose name is _^ known and honoured by every reader of tlie Northern Star ; from his pen we
give—THE POET'S MISSION _, _nr _CHNEsr jokes . Who is it rivets broken bands , And strangers' beans together , And builds , with fast-decaying hands , A home to last for ever ? From thunder-clouds draws but tho light , And casts the bolt away , U pluring , from tbe soul-less nigbt , The soul ' s returning day ? Who ii it calls up glories pan From tombs of churches old t And chains a hero ' s spirit fast , _W hen fades his grassy mould ? Who is it , with ags ' _s vanquished form _.
Treads death ' s ascending path ; Tet stronger than the fiery storm Of tyrant ' s in their wrath . Whose voice , so low to human years , lias still the strength sublime To ring thro the advancing years—And history—and time ? Who is it , in love ' s servitude , Devotes his generous life , And measures by his own heart ' s good , A world with evil rife ! The Sard—who walks earth's lonely length , 3 Till all bis gifts are given ; Hake others strong with his own strength , And then fleets back to heaven .
" Republican Slavery , " and tbe continuation of the memoir of ' * Archy Moore , " exhibit in a strong light tbe damnable character of American slavery _! May the hands of such men as Garrison be strengthened _, to victoriously labour tor the redemption of the Western republic from this foul unnatural stain .
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TIIE WINNING OF THE INFANTA . A ROMANTIC BALLAD . _( _FromiVneft . _) _FrtTE FIBBT . "The sun shines far on _Neullly , 'tis past the hour of dine , Old France and his four Royal sons are sitting o ' er their wine ; But untasted by the Monarch ' s side bright gleams the Clos-Voujreot , As he chinks his five-franc pieces , and surveys his sons a _« row . Oh , a wily man is that old King , his whiskers long and gray , With a twiukle in his eye , that seems " I ' m wide awake " to say ; And the smile that plays about his lip is just the smile that suits The only King in Europe who has _polished his own boots .
There sits daik . _Toinville , with moustaches right truculent of twist , Montpensier , the mumn-faced , Nemours , tbe close of fist , And young _D'Aumale , the fair and flat , a Chasseur tight and trim , And the Monarch thought " It ' s lueky tint I ' ve found a wife for him . " "Nemours , thou art mine own true son — small dower thy wife need pay : By skinning fl ' mts and shaving close thou still wilt make tby way ; _Joitiville I've wedded to Brazil , her diamonds and her _dollar . i , And all save one I ' ve fitted with matrimoni'd coILits .
" There sit tvro Royal maidens in the _Escurial towers , Tiicir hands his prize who _mystifies the European Towers ; Bv St . Deuis , thera _' s one for thee , _Jlontpeasier , my " V And down with a crack , on his third sou ' s back , came the Monarch's hand in joy' ! "For the rival _knights Trappani . Coburg , Montcnmlin , Don Francisco , Don Enrique , I hold them not a pin ! Let who will have Her Majesty , we for the Infanta stand : There are eases where one bird i * the bush is worth two birds in hand . " What ho , my squires bring forth my horse , my
armour and my shield . And ' twa _< rare to s _^ e the _unciehl King how he arm ed him for the field . While his four sons gathered round him , each on bis bendid knee , And took a lesson from that old Clietdlier d' Industrie . He hath braced his helm of humbug , hi * breastplate of _nntrutls , _HehathtaW Lis shield of impudence and his lance of little ruth ; And his sons up to tho saddle-tree give him a leg at need , And _proudly paces Artful Dodge , his old but _^ trusty steed !
_FTTTE SECOSD , The lists ar » cleared , the barriers reared , the knights come riding in . The captive maidens sadly look , for liking is a _s-in ; They may not choose , may not refuse , for such _theii Royal psrts , 'Tisbut tbeir bands are _wanted—what need to think 0 ! hearts ! TU _3 _* _s in the _Tra-n the pale Trappan , his sword is in it ? sheath , The legend blazoned on the shield " I fight "—a cross beneath , Monttmolin . h _' s shield within displays a crown of brass , _YThivb bis sire Don Carlos gave him when he found ii wouldn ' t pass . Next rides Cobourg-Cobary , and the Queen doth wish him luck ; For _th-ngh somewhat out ot elbows , he ' s what ladies call a "duck . "
And he bears the Coburg legend , which his seedy look confirms , Of _"llojal marriages performed upon the cheapest terms . " _Dnn Francisco rideth after , Iookiug fain to run away _. Right _groggy is he in his se de , and anything but gay : Follows closel bald Don Enrique , he hath caught the Infanta ' s eye , \\< Wows a kiss to ber , and she blows one in reply . The trumpets sound , the knights ride round , displaying of their paces , And the ladies gay , they flirt away , displaying of their faces ; When o er the barrier of Utrecht , that shuts the lists bfclow , With lusty leap Louis Philippe on Artful Dodge doth show .
He wear- I 113 crown with-vizor down ; "Hold _hal'tl ! " lie cries aloud _j ' I too will _li-le a tilt of arms before this noble crowd ;" And he strikes 0 : 1 Prince Trappani ' s shield , who , the challenge when lie h _? _ars _, Immediately is taken II , and straightway disappears . " Da , ha 11 guess that ' s one the less 1 Sow , Sir Coburg , for you ;" And lie lipped his lance with gold , for well bis foe ' s weal : point he kcew ; A _ruih , a thrust , —a cloud of dust , —and , when it left the air , There lay the Coburg , dead to " time , " and much the wors for wear .
"Sow rest _thae , Don Francisco , I leare the Queen to you . But , Don _Eurique , there ' s a crow to pluck between us two . And he bent his lance of slander'gainst that heart so tiu « : and leul , At . d , with a grin , the stern old King sent home the polso : ; e < l steel . Then silvnt Hewed the tears of those maidens as perfotce _. Each saw her favourite champion sentj as Bell ' s Life say $ , ' to dorse ;" But nought recked he , the grim Louis , of breaking hearts , or wo ; He'd come to win a wife , and one he'd have bfifore he'd fe'OOn came Montemolin , but aye his glance he backward threw , For ihe constable was on bis track , as well old Louis
knew ; _"Pol-cu ! " shouts France , but their approach the Count awaited not , At first glimpse of the alcaide be hath bolted like a shot ! The j _-susts are done , the prize is won , old France has aiued the day , Tho' ' tis in what some folks may call—a dirty soit oi way ; Ana lie strokes the neck of Artful Dodge , ' Well done thou trusty steed ! I ' ve worked tiice bard , but never yet thou _' st failed me at my need : ' Right proudly rode he up the lists to where the maidens sat , Aud courteously his vizor raised , beneath his _broadhi'imnnd hat ; " _V _.-ur hands are mine to pick and choose ; Francisco , _t--ike the Qr . ecn ; " For you , lufania , Fro a son , a gallant boy , tho' green . " A >;« : with a ro _^ _-uUh chuckle , as they looked both sad and
s , mr , He gave these sorry maidens each unto a husband ' * _pu'vi-r ; A : _m long . Madrid shall grumble at the doing of ihe day v . - j „ . , _nitlj Artful _Dwlgo , Louis l _' hilip _^ _cs the Iufa . ita bure away . r .-n , r-r —»» tuj _. M ,. _jjwtrnm—^—^ _^ _amaeiuawaaiemcawg
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CITf OF LONDON BOOT AND SHOEMAKER ' S . A general meeting of the city of London boot ami . jhoemakers was held in Mr . Duftey ' s lurge room , 01 . Tuesday the dh instant , to bear a charge laid against ilr . Clark , the general secretary , for the _embizriemtnl of £ H 9 d . 6 d ., which was brought under the considerstionof the meeting by Mr . John Richards , a member ol tlie Association , who called on Mr . John Steward , late district secretary of the West End Men ' s Men , aud now OUI of the Association , to substantiate ths charge , ns he it was who first set the report of the alleged embezzlement abroad . A deputation had invited Messrs . Stewart , _3 mitbyc 3 , and Clark to attend on the night of trial . _Smithves and Clark were in attendance , _uutSletvurt declined doing so . Mr . Nathaniel _Riuhards was unanimously called to the chair . He called the attention o the _meeting to the subject they had assembled to consider , and hoped they would _eive every one a fair hearing .
Mr . John Richabd then came forward and said , he had no ill feeling towards the general . secretary , but that the charges were the constant gossip of the putty who hud left the Association , and he was determined that there should be an investigation . He laid the charge against Clark to give the party the opportunity of proving the clr . irge _. jbutlie was sorry to say that he had received a letter from Stewart , declining to come forward . Mr . Clark then rose , and stated that he felt no ways angry with any man , if he had any doubt on his mind that all was not right , to lay any charge against him . Mr . Clark then produced his receipts and books for thr inspection of the meeting , to see how the money was spent , proving to the satisfaction of the meeting that nothing was-wrong . He likewise called Mr . Smithy ers to prove what he stated was true , which he did by stilting that he himself paid £ 8 9 s . fid . of the money that wa » disputed , out of the £ 14 8 s . Mr . Clark showing receipts from Stewart for the rest , which gave general
satisfaction . The Chairman having asked whether any member of the Association had any question to put to Mr . Smithyers or Mr . Clark , several questions were put to both o : them , and answered by Mr . Smithy era and Clark to the _sutistactioa of the meeting , when a _vota of the meeting was given to Mr . Smithyers , expresnive of the meeting ' s satisfaction with his explanations . Mr . _Me-meu from the third proposed , and Mr . West the district secretary , seconded , that this meeting places the greatest confidence in the general secretary , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Clark thanked them for the vote and the confidence they placed in him , and he hoped that his conduct hereafter would give them no cause to regret Hie votithey had taken .
The Chairman called o » ilr . _ll'Cai'tby to give il 1 'flport of his mission in the country , which he did to the great satisfaction of the meeting . Ue likewiso challenged his accusers to lay a single charge against him , and ealled on them to prove the _falsehoods they had circulated through the country . P . S . —Now , _shopmates , the truth of things is this : the general secretary paid on Hales' shop £ 1 8 s , Undcrinark ' s _, £ l 8 s ., which made £ 2 16 s ., which Mr . Stewart allows , and Stewart advanced ill ! Ss ., which be got credit for out of the levies of his district , so that the amount ol these two shops on sti ike was £ 0 4 s ; so that the £ G 8 s .
never came into the hands of the general secretary , but the general secretary was obliged to charge them with the fullamount that the shops cost on strike . Now Mr . Fawceti ' s shop was situated in __ tlie very same manner , for £ 3 Us . Cd . was paid by your late general secretary , Mr . Smithyers . and lie got credit for it out of the levies of his district . This , coupled with £ 5 18 s . Cd ., which Stewart says U . paid , will make £ 14 8 s , which is the money actually paid on Fawcutt ' s shop . Signed by the Coinmiitee , Thomas Price , Timothy Lynch , G eorge Ryan , Ed ward Collins , Win . _ShJcklvck , Charlvs M'Cartliy .
J .. hn Walkindine , James Mathers , Ji / hn West , Patrick R : i < _-y , District Secretaries . Nathaniel ltichard . s . Ciiairniaiii
GENERAL MEETING OF THE MANCIIESTEIL SECTIONS OF THE COKLMVAINERS ' MUTUAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION . At the general meeting of ihe Manchester Sections of the Coi-dwainers ' Mutual Assistance Association , held n > tlie _JJop Polo Inn , _Ilanlman-street , Sei'tum' _ii-r 19 : h , fm- the purpose of taking into cor . _aiiicrat on the report of the committee appointed to _invesk .- 't tho b . - i _l since-shccts , and other business eon-: i--c ; cd - . villi the _association , Mr . Wright having been _liiaiimmiish- _cal ' _ic-tl i <> ihe chair , the following resolutions were agreed to : — Moved by Mr . Ptmbcrti'i ) _, seconded by Mr , E . Tynan , and carried : —
_1 . That the committee appointed to investigate the balance sheets ofthe association and other business conmcted therewith , having reported the rcsultof such investigation , this meeting is of opinion , thattliercport ( cspccially = 15 regards the monetary _attairs of the association ) is highly < _iiscredhuble to the parties who have conducted the society , and unsatisfactory to the members , inasmuch as it ;>» s destroyed all cotifidcne ' . _' , and therefore fully warrants _tiiis meeting in withdrawing from tlie association . Moved by Air . Edward CahiJ ] , seconded by Mr , l-aae Morris , and carried : — 2 . That progression being one of the paramount objects of the industrious classes ; and experience having proved the utter inutility of isolated trades' unions for the accomplishment of its objects . This meeting is of opinion , that a more ixtensive combination of trades , based upon the principle of reciprocal interests , is better calculated to further the ends of labour we , therefore , resolve to give in our adhesion to the _National Association of United Trades .
Moved by Mr . John O'llea , seconded by Mr . Edward Kirby _, and carried : — That the thanks of this meeting ere hereby tendered to the Chairman for his impartial conduct during thu transaction of busine _.-s . ADPKF . SS OE THE OPERATIVE COKDWAl . VERS OF MAKCilESTER TO THEIR FELLOW _SIIOI'MATES OV TIIE _UMTKD KLVGPOMt Respected Shopmates , —We deem it prudent ( after matuiM deliberation ) thus publicly to inform you that we
have withdrawn fiom the Mutual Assistance Association , and given in our adhc-, 1011 to the _Nniiunal Association of United _Trailes , under the presidency of T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . l * . Most of you aro aware that we have bee :, connected with isolated trades' unions sufficiently long to convince us of their utter inutility . About two years ago we merged our sectional efforts into one united system of action , and , although supporting it under the most trying _tlillicultits , we find ourselves compelled to withdraw , owing to the mismanagement ofthe monetary and other business _connected with the association .
_Shopman , _—TVe are decidedly of opinion , that labour , hitherto oppressed and controlled by capital , is about to _assume its proper position , and that the syst . m of employing men upon their own capital is far preferable to the old system of * ' striking" and sending men on tramp thu * _hivaking up many a happy home , _deslrojiiij , ' the constitution and morals of our members , and , in many instances , when they do find _einployin-.-iit , actually engage to work for manufacturers who supply the shops from whence they struck . The following are successful instances of the practical working of the system we are about to embrace , namely : — "The workmen ' s own shop , _Drury-lanc _,
London . The framework Knitters , Chair-makers , & u . This ill our opinion is an improved feature in the history of Trades Unions , _aail if properly carried out will ultimatel y achieve the objects for lvliich we have struggled so long and vainly . One of the objections urged by our opponents is '' Oh ' . say they , if you cannot _legislate for yourselves how can you expect a mason or a carpenter to do so for you . " Sow we appeal to your common s-use , and ask : is this keeping pace with the spirit of progression , wc consider in our humble judgment that thu longer we keep our brethren of the order of labour in ignorance of our position , so long will they be mi _willing , because not understanding each other grievances , to lend a helping hand in thu hour ot trial .
Shopmates , —It wouM be an idle task were we to expatiate on the numerous beiietits wc anticipate from this great confedracy , suffice it to say , we have joined , and earnestly invite the co-operulion of our brethren in the achievement of this great work of Labour's regeneration . P . S . —Wo have decided upon a mutual exchange of cards whether of the old Trade , ov ilia Association , and ne csptct Uit : country to act upon the same principle , for it is our opinion , that however _tri-iuny differ upon the subject of union , men who are on the road and in search of employment , are justly entitled to tlie support of their sbopmates so long as they am _supplied with a legal Curd ,
By order , Samuel _Pembehton _, Secretary
NATIONAL UNITED TRADES ASSOCIATION The adjourned meeting of officers of Trades was held at Thomas Galespie ' s , i ) on Q , uixotc Tavern , Trongate Street , on Tuesday _evening , when a greater accession of trades were _entered on the roll . General approbation of , and confidence--in , the National Association was expressed as the only certain means by which the trades generally could save themselves from reductions of _waiies , and encroachments on their privileges iu any future _slight deuiessutm tit trade and commerce , which time ' s past experience hail proved the masters take immediate _.-uivnntagu of to increase their profits at the expense of the \ _vi-rl « : rs . _Arrangenwnts were made for the missionary to witness several trades bodies .
Wednesday _Evening , ' . — -Mr . Jacobs addressed tlie Joiners in _jzeneral _meeting , convened hy placard at ihe Tron Church Sessions 11 misc . Alter the lecturer had concluded , the following resolution was carried _nnanimouily : — That the society will be dialled _successfully to oiipo . se ii >) ' eiicio _. 'iehiiienrs on their wages or privileges b y j , ' ming tin * National _Association . That a special general meeting of the whole trade lie _convened at the earliest couvi-nicnec to bear a lecture from the mules missionary aud decide on our aJhusiuii . . Thursday . — A meeting- of Miners ofthe North Glasgow district _Avas held at Kelvin Dock _^ com-
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UMeinft atone o ' clock , _wlion Mr . _^ _J ., _**^' _iddress on the principles « nd _«™*»« w . - . in _iY . atninal Association , showing how the society v ,.,. put _o ba . ' to strikes by its . » t accumulated and ever . _'eeumui tUlng . funds , render _^ each society that joined so pmrcrf ' u ! thnt the _maaC _^ a would have no ¦ liaueci to conquer , and therefore thb ' v would _arjid entering Mp _., the conflict , for . said he , . there never vasaparty that entered into a strike knowi ' i . _' _? they ¦ vou _. d be beat , tiiere was always chances oil both * tuts , tlie Association would make ha societies sure ot success through the funds and income of the _national Association , ami therefore remove the most emote idea of victory from the employers , who votild from that moment cease oppressing the workand
_men , thus _remote tbe cause of strike , for all _ttnkeahaA arisen f _' r _. iiu one cause—in encroachment . fleeted or attempted on the wages , rights-, or _privileges ot labor , —there have , therefore , occurred but two classes ot strike , defensive or offensive , or rather oroteetive and reclaiming , the first to resist _encroaoliinentB _, the second to regain what had at some previous time of weakness been taken airay ; the Association would enable them to regain the last and maintain their present _rights and privileges with words , without strikes ; yet if at any time any mas ters should be to stubborn to form their own interests , t _. ie Association would emplov tho turnouts , a circumstance that would soon bring them lo their senses as they had done at Denbigh and Holywell , ill wales . Alter the missionary had concluded a lengthy address , it was moved by Charles Treanor , seconded by W . M'Nee _:-
Ttiat the Mint-re would possess much greater power by joining the National Association , and that a meeting be calltd of all ttio districts to consider che question , when the missionary be requested to attend and opon the business with a lecture thereon . Thursday Evening . — Mr . Jacobs delivered an address to the Imn Moulders in Nelson Street Chape ) , settins ; f orth how theira , as weJJ as other trades , may be benefited by the Association employing the turnouts and surplus hands' at their own occupation , and _accumulating the funds by tlie profits , in which all would have a joint interest . It was agreed to have another _meeting ' on the subject , and hear a lecture from the missionary , encompassing fhe whole question » f labour , its grievances , the cause and means within the reach of the trades to redeem themselves .
Friday _jEveninjr . —Mr . Jacobs addressed the Ba . kers iu the Odd Fellows Hall , Trongate , and tho roughly convinced them that by joining the Association they may maintain ; m < l increase their present advantages , by always being in a position to start _business under the hoard of _directors . A vote was taken for a second meeting to be ealled on the subject . Several members of the trades hero have determined to take shares in the £ 100 , 000 fund .
THE NEEDLE POINTERS ON STRIKE . Uedditch . —About two years ago , a manufacturer ofthe above place , Mr . John Choice Chambers , introduced a machine to dispense with tbe Ruff Pointers or Needle Grinders , a boily of men in number about 170 . They seeing their employment about to fly from them , formed themselves into a Union , when after a short struggle , Mr . C . ve y wi ely , because compelled , gave up the obnoxious instrument , himself breaking the first wheel , an account of which was given in the Star at the time . Since then the men have continued paying weekly , until now tbey have _cmaased a sum of from 300 to 1000 pounds . Five weeks _aso _^ the _ni-jority not feeling _satisfied with tin ir prices , a meeting was called of the entire
body , when a fresh scale or list was made out -ind handed to the two principal masters of the trade , Messrs . Hemming and Messrs . Bartleet , with an intimation that after finishing the work ont they Should stop until their terms were acceded to . The above named firms arc decidedly the most liberal in tho place , and therefore , many of the Star readers may naturally say why strike against them . The fact is thorn-oat bulk of their Needles pointed , & c , are called Bitweens and Blunts , which is the Pointers very worst work , that is to say , the four first sizes , viz , 1 , 2 , , 1 -1 , Now although the workers of this branch of the trade are the best paid body ol men , yet at these _sizas , of which an immense numbe * are done , thev cannot earn on an average more than
_os . per day , out of which they have to pay rent , and wear and tear of tools . Ac . But to proceed , the afore-aid gentlemen refused to comply . A meeting was called ofthe manufacturers , who not only refused the advance , but gave out a scale considerably lower than at any _previous known period . The masters pompously paraded through the medium oi the Worcester papers , the injustice of the men , sitting forth the unfounded _assertion , that they , the Pointers , w _.-re earning from three to five pounds per week , thereby endeavouring to disarm them of any sympathy tlie kingdon at large might be disposed to exhibit . N ' _, w we arc informed on _Ullqtiestionatile authority , that the above statement i . false . It is true three or even five pounds could _br
eamed at some _sizos , ami no doubt at times has been . But wc are positively assured by our informant , a foreman of one of the _prinuipnl firms of thirty years standing , that they cannot on the average f « rn and work hard six hours per day , more than from thirty to forty shillings per week . This sum to the eye of a stranger will appear very great . But be it understood as a positive fact , that the moment tbey enter the Mills , many of which are complete Hill holes , their lives are in _daiiycr every moment from the frequent breaking ofthe stones . This is no far fetched assertion , but a possitivc fact , the truth of which many widows and orphans can testily to , bavimr theirhusbanclMnnd fathers brought _homelifeless , their brains literally dashed out . Even supposing they
escape tins catastrnphy , their lives are being daily and hourly sacrificed by ihe pernicious nature < _-f their employment . Few , very few , over see the age of thirty-five or forty . Let " the hired scribe who _writcsforthelocal papers in the nei ghbourhood ( who by the by might net recognized if Arthur Thistlewood was in _beinc ) let him , we say , visit the sick chamber of the Pointer , and _witness the awful natnre nf his _dis ? ase , which is tlie _inevitable consequence of his employment , and then say whether a Pointer is ton well paid . It is cough , cough , day and night , vomitting at every reach portions of his _liveraml Jungs , with no help til ! released by death . Since the commencement ofthe _strike , various _meetinss of the employers have been held , at which resolutions have been passed , expressive of a stern determination of starving the men into complyance with their reduced terms , Tlie Pointers have recentlv
handed in a " reformed" list of prices , _taking off or rather retlncimi the prices on their best j'ibs , and puttiii _" . ' it on the sizes so ill paid ; bnt all to no purpose . The masters a-e striveing to get machinery to do entirely a way with band labour . It is currently reported tiiey intend as soon as their present order ? ore disposed of , toc ' . ose _tbeii-factories , whereby from ten to twelve thousand will be entirely deprived of employment . ' But like the iieroic Miners , they are _dotiTniiiieil to _st ; nu ] out , Wc are in formed application was last week made to the National Trades ' Union , and that that _application wa 3 _responded to , and on Saturday last the Treasurer of the Pointers forwarded a cheque for something less than fifty pounds , which makes up their quota levies , &<> ., Ac ., for six months , and we believe a _delegate will by the time this is read , bave been down , and we trust in the next number of-the Star to have the pleasure of announcing the _termin-ition of the strike .
_Bkm'SB . —A correspondent writes : —I am quite surprised that you have not had before this time a report of the meeting of the Horse Nail Makers , held at the NagVheud . on Monday the 2 Sth of September , to make further enquiries into the truck system and " drawbacks" earned on by some of their employers . At that meeting it was unanimously agreed that , if such evil practises were not abolished , further proceedings would _bs taken against the- parties practising them . Shares , to the number of fourteen were taken up , in the " United Trades' Association for the employment of labour in agriculture and manufactures . "
_Miskhs' Anniversary , —On Monday the I 2 t . Ii inst . the Miners of _ltini ' ley held their Third Anniversary nf" The Miners ' Sick and Burial Society , " at Mr . Edmund Turner ' s , Grapes Inn , when upwards tif 200 of the hardy sons of thu mine , their wives , and sweethearts _, sat down to a good substantial dinner of prime roast beef and plumb pudding , which reflected _^ reat credit on the worthy host and hostess . After regaling them « olves with the good things set before them , the cloth was removed , and Mr . John Ua « lam , a veteran miner , was called to the chair . The chairman opened the _meeting by showing the present posit ' wn of the Minors' Association , mid the { tcivccations he had undergone since its commencement , but this did not abate his zeal for the cause . It was only the means of pushing him _fm-wnrd in the eauso of labour . The chairman concluded by cillins 0 I 1 _Wm-Cheefham tn address the meetiiijj . Mr . G . did _r . o , and proceeded to inform the _meeting ot what had
missed between him and a coal _master , while o ; i n deputation that morning . _TIih master , who resides _Jiot-flllUliOl'l'd miles from _ltinuloy , had discharged a portion of _liis men because tbey would _not-rtovfVnvr . ' more work than they were able—the men had been in the pit from six o ' clock in the morning , until five o ' clock in tbe _eveniiiL' , and because Vhcy \ _vvh not performed mere work than it was possible for them to ( In , he discharged them . The lanauatrc of this tyrant , when the men asked him what be had _disehar- ; eil them for , was , " Yon _slwll not _wm-k for rac any _luiiaer , and ii you go to get work elsewhere , 1 will send a letter after you to prevent your obtaining _employment . " 'fhe speaker _IIicm remarked on _l'lisirieiiim ( if labour , as the only _safeunard for labour _naainst the encroachment of capital - , and was _listem-d to with great attention . After this tho company enjoyed themselves , with singing and _duncing _lil ' _itha hourof _.-ievenoMu'k , when all returned to their homes well satisfied with the evening ' s pleasures .
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_PhisiMr Rbform in Germany . —In the second sit ' - Of the Friends of Penitentiary Reform at _Frankti « the 28 th ult . the _advantages and _disadvanttort , on ' _o-r and solitary imprisonment for the a _^ _cs of cel u . - _^ cussed . The _assembly decided condemned was v . * _- > a well as individuals detained that the condemned _. < i _„ | separately , each in a before trial , should be con ... _. _fl ] ] o j e cell , but in such a manner as _t ,. _, _LtlJ'J ' , . ... ; day into the open air , and daily to _"t , ? _**?' religious , intellectual , and industrial _hwH ™ visited by the director , doctor , the chaplain , s _? n _« a member ofthe Committee of Inspection and of t _» e Protection Society . This _avstem with all its _gradations , has likewise been recommended as the best for , _tlwe confined for long terms of imprisonment .
_ANORM 0 U 3 QUAMTITT OF SHIPPING AT OoESSA . — Letters from Odessa ofthe 18 th September , received in Liverpool , state that a fleet of no _Jes 3 than 150 merchant vessels arrived at that port the day before , thus effectually _patting an end to the scarcity of shipping which had so long prevailed . These vessels were chiefly Greek and Italian , only six of them beingr British . From 350 , 000 to 400 , 000 quarters of wheat had been bought for shipment on boaro ? these vessels , chiefly for Italy and the soirih of France , and from llO _. OOO to 150 , 000 quarters still remained on sale , _fhearrivals of new wheat hacf been small , But wero expected to be liberal _during the next two months . _Pho price of new _wlieat . of K ood quality , wm 349 . to 34 s . 8 ( 1 . per qr ., and the freight to England was m . 3 d . a qr . The stock of Indian corn was very small . FonEioN _Potatobs . —Several vessels with foreign potatoes have arrived at various ports . Tlie first mil _riutum
o or me Kind tor several months past . Iortuoi / _esk FRu-iTs . -. The importation of onions and grapes from Portugal has continued to an extent quite unprecedented . One vessel had an entire carco , comprising the _Inrge number of 843 boxes of onions ; another , from Oporto , in addition to a cargo of wine , _J _< 2 boxes of onions ; a third , from Lisbon , ¦ J 4 U packages of onions and nearly 500 boxes of grapes ; a fourth , the Providence , from Lisbon , a large quantity of onions and C 50 _packages of crapes ' : the _VVorthtPffton , from Oporto , COS packages of onions ; the _Wysen , from Lisbon , the extraordinary large number of 1 , 509 packages of onions , and 831 packages of grapes ; and the Charles , from Oporto , 010 _packages of onions ; all of which arrivals took place in one day , the vessels by which they were imported being more or less laden with wine and other Portuguese productions .
Sir _Georob Gkky , Bart ., Secretary of State for tlie Home _D-partment , and tlu > owner of extensive landed possessions in this country , is one of manv who have this year suffered the penalty of disfranchisement at the hards _« f the revising barrister . The flaw in Sir George ' s claim was clerical . —JVeio . castle Advertiser . [ Verdict , " Saryed him _riaht , " and all other supporters of the swindling rating classes and clumsy machinery of tbe Reform Act . ] Princely Generosity . —The Journal de Franrfort states that the Duke of Saxe Coburg . in the ' five
months from January 1 to May 31 , distributing to 700 of his peasantry in Hungary , who were suffering from the deficiency of the last year's harvest , lib . of meat and 21 b . of bread each per day , and gave employment for all who were able to work—thus expending during this period 28 , 000 florrins , upwards of 70 , 000 ? ., in food ; and 144 , 000 florins , about o 00 , 500 t _" ., in labour . The _busin-kss of the Home Office is removed to apartments in _the-Treasury during the time that will be required for completing the extensive alterations which are now in progress .
Rejoicings fob _Rovai , Marriages . — The _Quotidiitnesaya : — "The lone talked of _weddinss in _Spiviu will be destructive to the poor bulls of the country . To conoili . _tto tho ill . humour nf the people of Madrid , there are to be brilliant Coridas de Toros . Fifty bulls are to be eiven up to slaughter , forty horses are to be enibowelled , seven or ei « ht _picadorc _* are to be wounded , and some Matadors will prnbahly bo killed on tbe arena , as happened once at Cape IJillo , and then the fete will be complete . _IIku Majesty ' s Lands . —The lands of her _Maiesfy
in the Isle of Wight aro about to he drained . 'Um Hampshire Guardian says : — "Mr . Webster , of _litiuiisdown , went to Osborne to put on hands t <» drain sufficient about 300 acres this winter . The total number of acres to bo drained is about 1 , 000 There cannot be a more primitive soil fman estate occupied tor centuries by a family of distinction . The wild blackberry erows in the middle of what is called the lawn ; and tbe whole place is , or rather was ( for some improvements have been made ) , in all the rudeness of nature .
The Model Lodging _1 ' ousk , St . Giles s—The erection of this building is rapidly progressing . The frontage is rather more than 90 feet , depth 30 . It is to bo divided into three compartments—for married couples , single men , and _single woman . It is in contemplation , that Gnvernment Schools of Design shall be established in Dublin anil Belfast . The carefully-adjusted institution of such means of general and artistic improvement would be rechnncd among the worthy efforts for tbe moral aud _statistieiil welfare of the sister coiinfrr .
Royal Naval School Kew-. _ckoss . —The Earl of Aiifkland has continued the _privilege conferred on this institution by tho Earl of EDcnbnrnugh , by placing a marine cadetship at the disposal of the council for competition amongst the pupils . Tiik _Ilnititi . vo Fishery . — It is gratifying-to learn that for the last four years tbe take of herrings at tha Ferry-side has been gradually _incrrasint ' . This useful fish had before that period been a comparative _stronger in Carmarthen B _^ y , _l > nt now shoals frequent our shores , and are easily captured by tlie fishermen . Tlie size of the ( ish this year has been much larger than previously . Risk in the PmcF . oi- Coals . —The coal owners have advanced the price of coals sent coastwise 4 s per Newcastle chaldron .
Damage to _Suirnxo os the River . —The high south-westerly winds of the past week bave been productive of considerable damage to the craft on tho river . American * Produce . —The supplies of provisions which have taken place at the ports of London and Liverpool , from Urn United States of America , and tile British _provinces in that quarter of _thn < _i ! obe , during the past week , have been of an extensive nature . Ax Unsophisticated Witness . —During the sessions at Wakefield , a witness was asked if he wus not a husbandman , when he hesitated for a moment , then coolly replied , amid the laughter of the court , " Nae , Sir , l _'^ c n ot married .
Religious Intolerance ix Sweden . — She _Augshur < j Gazette h . ! s the following from Stockholm . dated _theS-ltli ult .: — "Dunns' tlie Jn & t six months the intolerance of the Government in favour of orthi'd'ix Lutheranism has been productive nt ' snd results for the country . _Norrland , the population ot which did not exceed GO or TO persons per square mile . _ishoeiiraingDiitirelyilcnnpniiitcfl , must of the inhabitants having emigrated for Atuenca _, in o ¦ dcr that they may be free to worship God according to their relicion . "
The Famixe is Iev . laxd asp _Scoti _.. _\> _-t > . — The Admiralty have ordered tbe _^ Eolus , an old _42- ( _rttii frigate , of 1 , 077 f nns , and the . Blnnde _. ' another old 4 ' _2-gan frigate , of 1 , 100 ton 3 , the fornierat Sheerness , and the _latter at _Povtsimioth , be fitted immediately as a depot ships for provisions for tin- distressed _population on ihe wfst const of Scotland . The Mmlsigasear , frigate , fitted as a depot for provisions for ( lie ovist of Ireland , has been towed to _mom-iivjs at Foynes . in the Shannon , by iheStrombnli steam-sloop , Omniundcr Fisher , which vessel will return to Cork , with her masts and gear , to he sent to Devonport , for _another depot frigate , nearly ready to be navigated to the coast of Ireland .
Fever Ravages at _Nottinoam . —Fever is still prevailing at Nottingham , at Old and New Lcnton , and at Radford , all within two miles of the town , to an alarming extent , and the new eases are of a . more malignant character than those reported previously . Attempt to Destroy Loud Rosse ' s Telescope . —On Fridav evening , three respectably dressed in-( lividmils applied tor permission to view the moon through Lord ltnsse ' s telescope . On its being granted they ascended the platform , and at tho moment when tin : instrument was depressed on a level with
the iioriz m . one of them advanced to the extreme end and ca ? t a stone , which he must have concealed for the purpose , at tlie speculum . It happily did not take effect , and in the effort he fel l and fractured his leg . They were immediately arrested . They state themselves to be from Cheltenham ; and the one _wlio threw the stone expresses his regret at not having destroyed the telescope , as he considers it '' a _blasphemv for a man to suriitise too closely the works of the Creator , " and _allirms that " the right hand of the Lord will yet be employed to dash to pieces the enemy . "
The packet-packet ship Cornelia , which sailed for New York on Friday , carried with her a large number of the _nasscnt'crs who had embarked in the unfortunate Great Britain . The C ornelia has taken with her the greatest number of passengers ever destined to cross the Atlantic in OHO Vessel . The owners provided in her accommodation for UlVee hundred passengers in the steerage , and , inclusive of her crew , she sailed with nearly -100 persons on board . Tub Ashes of OiiRisToniRit _Coixmiiub . —Tlu > Sardinian Government has entered iut . oa . negotiation with Spain for the restitution ot the ashes id ' ChristopherCoUimbus . The . mortal remains of this great mini , after bavins ; been first deposited : r . t Seville , were removed to St . Domingo , whoru they remained until 1 ( 05 , when they were taken lo tin cathedral church of the llavanr . aU , where they now
are . _DisTnicssicn Ni : i : _di , i : womi : x ' h 'Society . —In tin course of last week a deputation fvom the above so cicty waited upon the committee of tho Foin _.-ih Penitentiary , l _' _entoirvnle , for tho purpose of pointing out tbe great detriment that , is _t-aused by _'hpractice of taking in work under pv'ec . The _laife b'jlont'ing to that establishment have in _confoqu ; . ' ! " _' taken precaution , to _olmatejtlio evil in Move , Th e
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deputation then visited the Model Prison , when the e governor promised , as soon as the society could i furnish him with the standard _pricey such as are 3 adopted by respectable tradesmen , Ac , lie would lay r the case before the commissioners of that establish- ment . The deputation continued their route to the Penitentiary , Milbank _, when the governor entered most warmly into their views , and promised to do all in his power to cam out the same object in that establishment . The Queen has signified her intention of honouring the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk with a visit during the present month , at their family residence , _^ run _« dt'l Castle .
Tin ? _Sciiemk for _raising £ ZO , 000 _, by subscription for the erection of four churches in the poor districts of Liverpool has been already successful to the _extent of £ 10 , 600 . £ 20 . 000 laid out in prorM ' mg inhabitable houses for the poor , instead ofthe loathsome . and pestilential cellars in which 40 000 ofthe population of Liverpool are doomed to perish , would be a much more rational and useful application ofthe money . A Lad of about eighteen , employed on the Oxford and Rugby . Railway , fell _dotvn , and a _waggon passed over his arm _* nd shattered it . On the night of the accident the arm was _ampoSatednearthe ( shoulder _, lie walked quietly from th * . place to the . inn , talked coolly while the amputation was going on , and requested the hone mi . » ht be saved , sjo that he might have a tobacco-stopper made of' it !
A Nbw Species op _Mohomania . — 'Fhe whims and caprices of some ofthe biped race may truly be said to amount to a species of monomania . At Stratford , in the suburbs of the metropolis , within the boundary of thisconnty , resides art old and eccentric personage , possessed of considerable house property , who haa a monomania for empty houses , and to-such an extent does he indulge in this species of madness , that houses which would realise , an _aggregate annual-rental of between £ 500 and £ 50 . 0 . per , annuni he _allows to stand empty , nor will tire ; solicitations aud importunities of _hisdcst friends' i * Bduec . "him to kt them . The loss already siisiainel in parochial rates , < _fcc ., in the parish of West , llam _; frorh _^ _this empty house monomania , is estimated ; * at ' from eleven toj twelve hundred pounds . ' _.. ¦ ' ¦ . ' . _% ' ¦ .: ' . : ; . ¦ _£ _....- " ' >•
DfiPK _»« 3 ZD State" of " the _FniSTiW _BfeiKEss . - _^ The scarcity of employment _whieh'has-prevaile . d lor a considerable po tionof'the ! _presenCyea _!' . amongst the printers ot the metropolis has ; _-hardly e . ver . been equalled . During the last , six _inontliv _^ the compositors of London have , disbursed _towards _therelief of their brethren out of work a sUrn _exceeding il , 200 . Each person , has reeeived < r 6 _* . _a-week _,- ' 'th e number of recipients ranging from 160 to _.-230 . r . Even .. at the present time of thfr year , wheriformerly . trade has been considered good , their _mimb / er _amwfntVto 210 , A large proportion of this most jnt _. _ellfgejat qiwl . _uaeitil body of men have families dimeridiin . t' _oxf their labour . The privations they . must _have'tinder _^ jaiieV _^ rid ara still enduring , need no _.-conimWt-. ; -5 : TJril ' ortutiately , - too , there is no- present _prospect , of : their amelioray .
tion _, -r _^ v "" . v .-, - _'" _t _^ W ' Rumoured Brevbt . _—tWeatejinforihsd . by * _- _§) j ) questionuble authority , thauit is _djcidejit ' _tO-. havaiimmediately a Brevet _promobvon in the' : _fa _; my . _^ _-L ) imerick Chron . ' . >•• :: ; : ' - _^¦ ' ¦¦ : ' _''?; _-y _' _- _^ K' >> _i A Shipwrecked BEAR .- _^ The ' R _^ at ,, Botanic Garden of Glasgow has lately- had { pre ' sente'd _^ _. itja ' fine young Russian bear . Tlie . history _of its voyage _" home from Russia is rather interesting , ' thV vessel' lmving gone on shore in a storm , and :-her cr , ew . and passengers were saved with diffiflu ! ty . . Atiii'dst . _the'corifitsiou and danger _attendant _on-getting from , the vessel to the life-boat , poor Bruin was overlooked ; but finding herself deserted on ., the . ' _wrtx-kV _sli ' e clinib > _-d up one ofthe broken masts , and ' set up- _saiejlj a . pitil ' ul and melancholy howling , as induced . a daring baud ofthe sailors so man tlie boat ' , and _^ eVen atitiic risk of their own lives , they savcd . their . poor _foiftr-froted _fellow-passenger trom a . _watery . ' _gvixVcij- 'Scotitsn _Cticirdiun . ¦¦ i :- .- ¦ ¦• ¦ -. V .
TIlU _Mtanvrtal of Vukm « . l illO - . _-ltll . _stntOS-llhat tll _6 higher mountains ofthe Pyrenees in the district were already covered with snow . . - . _.-. <• ' ' HUDDEJSSFIELD AND MANCHESTER : _RAILWAY _STATION . —Oil Friday hist the foundation stone ofthe newrailway station iu connection with the _lluddeisfit-ld and _Miincf-csterline was laid with great festivity , the K _.-irl i- 'itzwilJiani officiating as the chief guest at the C _' . _fv nioiir , A dinner took p lace at the conclusion of ti . e ceremony , in the Philosophical Unit . Tables were laid tor abou 6 3 G 0 poisons , and they were _i'lnply tilled . . _' ¦ . ; . ' _lUl'ROVt . ilEXTS _AT EDMOKTOS AXD ? . ToTTESHAM . —• In ihe above parsihes gas pipes are being- Ja id down iu order that the high road should ., be . _lighted with gas . When tbis shall have _bi-en ' effeetcd , there will ' be a continuance of gas lights for a diMimceof above six miles in that direction . - _^ ¦ a " . . ' _:- ¦ : Glimpses of _i-iie Plans for - Patching . up the
Palacs . — iVu have seen what we na ' ye ' every reason to __ think is the only design yet prepared in accordance with the last _suggestions of Lord do-Gr . cy ' aiid the commissioners . Some will wonder-how ''; - ' suffice it to say , we have many eyes and keep them pp " on . Tlie intention a . s it now stands , is to erect a long rei-tanuular building from north to south , in a line with the front of the present palace , close up - to the wings , am ! extending past them on cither side ( thus _eiiclusiiitf a quadrangular court ) , _; iiid to _builo a bailroom fur _staic occasions , and other rooms , on the
_iOtith side of the old _buiidirg . The drawing in question was to a small scale , quite insufficient for a decision , probably it is so regarded by tbe architect , who would scarcely like to be bound by it , or bave it criticised , a » d yet the builder is . appointed ( a ' very good one , by the way , Mr . Thomas . " f . ' ubbitl ) the hoarding _is'bcing put up , the ' _seVejrty thousand pminds ' " worth of marble—arch is > to \ 'omo-down , _iiliiii > t : i ; li what it is to done with it seems _tineei'taih , and the works are to go on at kasv ' oi ' ie _^ s « Vge —The Builder . . ' '¦' - _? _-. ' . . ¦¦ _' -. ' ¦ _-. ¦
Provisions at the Rasters Part * of ,. i . he Me * _TitovoLis . —The rise in the priec ' tif _bnSid-an ' _il thaitin potatoes , consequent on the _decreasing , quantity- ofthose ofthe latter of " goud qtialiiy _. v . Jias ' _proJiiced . a corresponding rise in the price of , niai _' iyvof those other commodities of life on which flic , poor have _ehiifly to depend for their support ' . It . was noticed generally , that at the butcher ' s shops in _Sshov- _'ditch : and Whituchapel , and other poorer distt'iol . 4 Oil Saturday , the price of meat ro-e fiom a _haif ' _-peiiny- to a penny per pound . Every description of vegetables nise In price , and even chandler ' s shops , have taken advantage of the scarcity panic by raising" the price nf soap and candles . The disease in potatoes is beconuni daily more apparent , ami whilst , in some of our m iirk _' _.-ts on Saturday there was scarcely a _healtliv s _:-. mple , full four-lifths of those at Spitailiokls market were _infecti-d . _P' _-taiocs of good quality , were not to be procur ed ii' der one penny per pound ;' few of _tl _! _o _^ _e of a lower _average bi'ing at all fit for f . iud . Bacon was not to be obtained under 10 . 1 . per
pound . _Lasauksiiirf . Election . — U ' o understand it is more _tlniii probable that the Earl _of'L inuo ! .: will bo requested to stand for this great county , at the next general election . — Scotch Jleformers' Qi .: ette . UkYKSOK . —The butter weighers ot Bi ' . rnard Castle having last week discovered _soiUC Of ' tll . 'it . _'U'tick '« _C « tkieut in w _< it-lit in tho basket of a country leniaie , site was nuuviiod oil'to the authorities , w ! _io cmdemised the whole . Tiie worthy dune was n » t to be done out nf her w _» v , _- , s without tier revenge ; she stock her fineers intuuucuf the pound .-, and seizing one of the weighers by thu collar , i-. _tbiied him ova the iac-ami neck with the condemned grease . _—Anecitsile Jouru . U .
_Piioi'tesmt SciiOM _' . Bls ' s _Gl'N Cotton . — A short time . sine an eNperiuu Rial trial took place in the proof _MV'itvc of the UouU Arsenal , Woolwich , with _, the new _iv invented { Mm cotton of _Pr"IVs .-ci- _Schoiibeit _' _, of _Has-lo ! Tim _l-fhi ' ilt ft ' the _i-xperifiii-nt was i . iahly satisfactory , ami has led , we _uuderJinml , u < r . u or . _U-r for the Professor t <> manufacture a larger _qmisitiiy _, with which experiments will take- pb _. _w with heavy ordnance , in the presence of tbe select committee . Titosu wb' < witnessed the tiiiii" of a riff ; in the proof square , whielnvas fired with a minimum charge of the cotton by Lieut _.-Uobnel _fundus , .-i-iie _th ; u there was no report , no smoke , no _n-cuil , and scarcely any residuum in the breach of ihe _t : un ; in fain they wore not aware ofthe gun having been tired till Ike t fleets of the ball were seen .
Death of a _DwAltl' — Oil Friday last , a diminutive woman , named Johanna O'Uoniicr , _ajrui about iii ' ty _, from the _s-itter _isk \ was _brought il . t _Nnitin ;; - liam fertile purpose of being i _xhihiu-d in the iair . Perwns who l _. _oii' _-uved _h-.-i- v . iiu lueireonii'any on that day were struck ui : ti ihe _gliasilimss ui ' her appearance . On Saturday at noon , the wi . udcr ot the world" was taken ill , aud died at two o ' clock . — Nottivi _/ _hum Journal . _^ , " , „ Ki ; _aiiscir . _\ tn . N « _r the _Potatoi :. —Tho Ccrk _n . _xaminer savs _, " » Ve are _miu-li pleased fn receive more favourable reports » f ihe puf . _iuio vr _.-p . Is would
appear that , on inspection , _disease h : w made but little ravarcs amongst it , and that the , tub ..-. s which have reached maturity are sound , and _iiiivurOit measure tit for In man consumption . Thvy have nor , it is true , cither the flavour or the nutritious qualities which , iu ordinary years , tho _vegetable possesses : still it is gratifying to learn that , _wleie no produce was looked for , we have now the > . r . _wpect , \\\ manv instances , ot a half i > i' nu last n i hit da-op . We trust that llOt Ollly is this _iilMiig-neo oorreet , but tiiat this condition ol " the plant is uei _' . _t- ' _-al _ihrniisihout ihe country , for , if so , it wo'iUt _u-m ' . _matvviauy lo avert those sad consequences , wli ' _u-h _searcity must
ever pvoducu . " . . AitTEsiA . N 'Vklls . —it isiii emiteiKphi : _!!)!! _t-osir . K another shaft at the woihs in T ' raf . iUi _' . _v-sc i uare , in order to obtain a further supply ol water lor tiio _tictehbourhood . _I- _' _iup iv St I . _tivi / _iV-Un _Numtiy _aftcrnr-on , an . ¦ . h-r iuiii" fire ' b" _-k _« - _' « l' _« ' « ' ! _'rc-mise » in tue oeeui ' _.-. tion id _Nr . John Tr . _> l . « r , _t-anl ami _pasti-hoaru m » - „ ! , ¦ _„; . ; , 11 , _JohnW-w _, St . Luke ' s , it _^ mntfd - _,-,..,-,. u : the lower _lirji-.-g-Yooms , ai : d _spci-in . _y _e . \ - „ _, „ :,.. ! to tlm HiWabove . 'lhcci . !; i « _.-B •< r . e _s « -on at voi ' ls , hinnl « h «; _usl « H'e BrcnuH fsevU'dthtfii : _yelvcsu > he WM ft _llo v v . _- ere unable to ' : < ' { . the fl . _- . nies _Sllb' ' , i ' .... \) _.- ! oro ' _ii { _-onsiih-niWe quantity "f the slock ill _i- V | _.. i < _t'e-iH _^ ed , and I be h' _-. t ! i . l : ; is _st-veicly _ditiumlci ' :. _Uuiortiimik-iy _, Mr . _Tajior was not insured .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 17, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17101846/page/3/
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