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      '"T Fihifcl Accioest In A . Tlmber-Yabd ...

      ' "T fiHIfCL ACCIOEST IN A . TlMBER-YABD On _« J _^ Lkv forenoon the following accident occurred _P . _& nber-yard of Mr . Urquhart , No . 336 , _OxfXstreeU It appears that two men , named Moses Sar d * and Henry Barnes , were at work in the _tavc varu' in moving some timber which had been a op when the top piece fell down , striking both _rtffl on we legs , and crushing them beneath it and Spcrmnnd . Their _cnes were dreadful , and _assist-Sce being immediately rendered , a chain was fasil nca w the mid _* ile of tne log . "which wa 3 hauled IT butkad scarcely been raised sufficiently high for _ttesiff _eras 10 betIrawn out _^ fore the chain slipped , _Sdfte timber _ag 3 _" 1 fell ° n them . At length , but _rd fill upwards of half an hour had elapsed , they _* _# extricated , and conveyed to Middlesex Hospital , _^ ere the lower extremities of Goddard were found to be comp letely crushed , and the thighs of _Rai-nes tool . cn . It is imagined that amputation in both rases must be resorted to .

      DE . iHt . cnn . Fire at _TT _ i xdswoeth . —On Thursdav morn ing , shortly before one o ' clock , a fire , which for the space of three hours caused great alarm in the _aas hbourhood , _brokeoutiipon tut extensive premises belonging to Mr . R . BeU , saw-mill proprietor , and _lucifar-ni atch manufacturer , situate in _Garret-lane , "Wandsworth . It originated in the saw-mill department , a bonding 70 feet long by 50 feet wide . This contained a large quantity of timber prepared for Bak ing into matches . Owing to the combustible lature of the stock the progress of the Ire was _inconceivably rapid , and in less than half an hour after { he first discovery the flames could be seen from the different metropolitan bridges . The river Wandle _tts immediately in the rear , from which direction the firemen set to work most vigorously ; but it was nearly five o ' clock before they had succeeded in extinguishing the flames . By that period the contents of the place in whicli the fire began were destroved and the MldinL ' nearlv consumed .

      Fatal Accidest . —On Saturday night , at half-past seven o ' clock , Mr . William Payne , the coroner , held an inquest at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on the body of John Lambert , aged 42 years , lately in the service of Sir John Jlennie , the eminent engineer , whose premises are situated in Ilolland-street , Blackfriarsr road . Stephen Collier deposed that the deceased was a millwright and engineer , and had been in the service of Sir J . Rcnnie for several years . On Tuesday morning , the 9 th ult ., deceased and witness ¦ were on board a barge moored off Sir J . Rennie ' s wharf , directing the shipment of three large dockgates , each weighing about five tons . They were lowered by the means of a crane , and in getting the third one into the vessel it lodged on the deseased ' s foot The men instantly raised the

      ponderous mass of iron with considerable difficulty , and he was extricated and conveyed to the above institution , where he was placed in bed , under the care of the house-surgeon . "Witness _^ was of opinion that the occurrence was purely accidental . Mr . Thomas Hartwell , the house-surgeon , stated that the deceased was admitted with compound fracture of the right foot . Deceased progressed favourably for the first fortnight , when he complained of rheumatism : irritation of the limb consequently came on , which was speedily followed by mortification , when it was deemed advisable to amputate it at the knee joint . Sloughing ensued , and kegradually sank , and died on Friday night from the effects of the injuries . The coroner remarked on the melancholy nature of the case , after which the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "

      Chabge of Poisoxkg . —Newcastle , Dkc . 15 . —At a late hour on Saturday evening a body of police apprehended Ralph Joicey , aJiindin the employment ofthe . Duke of Portland , at Cockle Hall , near Morpeth , onacharge of causingpoisonlo be administered to his lather , from the effects of whicli he died . The prisoner was immediately conveyed to Morpeth . It io rumoured that he has made important disclosures as affecting himself , bnt they havenot yet been made public . Frightful Death from Machtsert . —An inquest was held on Monday evening , at Mr . Thomas Izon ' s , the Plough Inn , Newtown-row , Birmingham , on the body ofa fine-crown girl , fifteen years of age , named Caroline Parker , whose death ocenrrred under the followins . trulv awful circumstances . From the

      evidenee ofher two brothers it was shown that the deceased worked is Mr . Bullock ' s mill , in Clevelandstreet , "where her _step-father , Ilr . "Williams , of Brewerj-street , had mill-power as a steel polisher , pn Friday last she was at work at a bench beneath which a shaft run at 200 or 300 revolutions a minute , and it is supposed her pinafore had caught the shaft , and she was instantly drawn closely round the shaft — "wrapped" round it , as the witness described it . Her death was instantaneous , as her back and one arm was broken , her _hiiis were dislocated , and she received other dreadful injuries . It did not appear that any great carelessness existed on the occasion than is usual in other mills , andthe jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death , with one sbillins . _deodand , atthe same time strongly urgingonmill-owners the necessity of putting np boarding as a protection

      Execution is Portugal . —The Itevolucao of the 3 rd instant g ives an account ofthe execution of two men at Tivira . on the 24 th ult ., for the crime of murder , committed on an old lady , her grand-daughter , and servant . After the bodies of the culprits were taken down and conveyed to the place of burial , evident signs of life were discovered in one of them , and this _istelligence being conveyed to the chief magistrate of the district , orders were sent by __ the latter to shoot the man if life was found in him , and accordingly he was shot inthe burying-groundby some soldiers .

      Death 3 rFmE .--On "Wednesday Mr . Baker held sn inquest at the Bricklayers' Arms , Gloucesterstreet , Mile-end-road , on the body of Mr . Frederick Greenwaller _, aged eighty years , a retired Cnstomionse officer . On Friday evening last , deceased was sitting by the fireside , when a noise was heard as if a heavy body had fallen , and on one ofthe witnesses going up stairs he found the deceased ljin _? onthe hearth , -with his trousers on fire . He was much bnrnt about the lower parts of his body , of which injuries he died on the following day . There was no evidenee as to how the deceased sst himself onfire . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      Hydrophobia . —At the village of Glassonby , near Edenhall , in the county of Cumberland , a few days ago , a raoid dog , belonging to a butcher of the name of Armstrong , bit not fewer than six or seven individuals , a sow in-pig _, and other animals . One boy , the son of Mr . John Eland , coachman ie Sir George _Musgrave , of Eden-hall , was most severely bitten on one of his legs . A surgeon was soon in attendance , and cat oat that and some of tbe places bitten on _oflier persons j bnt ilr . Eland , the father of the boy , being so fearful of the effects of madness , _ that Sir George , with his usual kindness and liberality , we understand , at his own expense , sent the boy to a physician iu Yorkshire , eminent

      for his skill in cases of hydrophobia ; , and we are glad to announce that Mtnerto no symptoms of madness have appeared _intl'pjoy or anv other ofthe inoi-Tiduals bitten bv tbe rabid animal . Tbe dog entered the house of a farmer , and alter biting one of the chairs , went into the _backkitchen , when the servantman reached down a gun , which was loaded , and iinmcdiatelv succeeded in shootirg it . Thc dog was oi tteeollvor sheep-dog kind . This _SuocluiiJI circum-. stance has given rise to the _greatest fear and alarm amongst the whole of the villagers and the inhabitants of tbe surrounding hamlets , and the results ot the effects of the wounds of tlra persons bitten , who areprin 3 ipallv boys , are awaited for with thegreatest de _ n . ee of anxictv and terror .

      _TuEixiTETJortEn Exri . osiox . —Boltox , Thc tsdat . We have to add another death to the list of casualties by the late lamentable catastrophe at Messrs . Kitts and Rothwell _' mill , viz ., a little boy who was in a liouse in the street adjoining the mill , and who was so much injured by the rubbish and scalding water , tbat he died yesterday morning . The Goshemxed Coxncis . —The wretched woman . Martha Browning , convicted on Wednesday , at the Central Criminal Court , of the murder o * her fellowlodger , an aged female , named Elizabeth Mundell , "was immediately npon the conclusion of the trial removed to the apartment appiopriated for the reception of capital criminals in Newgate . The _jnisoner bad been quite unable to stand during the trial , and when the awful result became known to her , but for the assistance of the officials in attendance , she would have sank exhausted ou the floor of the dock .

      Having been removed in an almost senseless condition to ' that portion of the prison above' referred to , she remained in a state of comparative insensibility until visited bv Mr . Davis , the rev . crdmarv oi t . ie gaol , at a late hour in the evening . Mr . Davis remained with the unhappv woman for some considerable period , but the excitement under which she laboured was so great , that his endeavours to afford her religious consolation had very little effect . At eleven o ' clock , thoroughly overcome by exhaustion aad fatigue , she fell asleep , and slept soundly several hours . The wretched woman appears to be almost friendless , and those of her connections who have been communicated with are in the poorest circumstances . She has a brother and two or three sisters living , but only one of the latter resides in London . She has visited tbe convict since her committal to Newgate , but not snhsennentlv to her condemnation .

      On Thursday the reverend ordinary had another interview with the unhappy woman , who was somewhat more composed than on tbe previous day . Mr . Sheriff Laurie and Mr . Sheriff Chaplin have also visited tbe prisoner since her conviction . Samuel Quennell , convicted on Thursday of the murder ofa poor Irishman , named Fitzgerald , bore his sentence "With extraordinary firmness , nor has the fortitude which he displayed during the trial deserted him since ; Upon leaving the dock be was delivered over into tie custody of Mr . Abbott , " under-sheriff of the county of Surrey , andMr . Keane , the go vernor of _Horsemonger-lane Gaol , "by whom he was conducted back to Newgate , and thence , at three o ' clock , COOT eyed in a cab to Hor semonger-lane , where the sentence ofthe law will be earned into effect .

      '"T Fihifcl Accioest In A . Tlmber-Yabd ...

      INFAMOUS CRUELTY AT SEA TO AN ORPHANBOT . n _£ _yke ThamesPoli « M ) ffi-e on _Wednesday , Joseph mSrf ' _"" _£ of _t . L gNunez ( Tbom _^ Flight ™« _ate- , > -mu _eharaed with a series of assaults con ' tinued throughout a voyage to Alexandria and back again , upon a fatherless lad , fifteen years of age , anprenticed to the vessel . The complainant , a genteellooking and intelligent lad , stated that he Shipped on board the Nunez , as an apprentice , on the 10 th or cl-u * !* , Ju . * » and proceeded from London to Shields to take ra a cargo of coals . He had no _eomplamttomake up to that time , but when off _Newcastle-on-Iyne , the defendant commenced a series of cruelties , which werecontinued throughout the vova _? y beating him with a thick knotted stick about the shoulders , back , and _thishs . The cause of it was , tnat he remained in his berth a few minutes after iuiuui _iiotima _^/ , ~

      ? I ... _ . l ii ... .-- » .. » ....... _« _» n LCI tne cook called him , and he was undressed when he was beaten . The next day the mate rope ' s ended nim because he did not draw np the chain cable which was too heavy for him , more quickly . Indeed , the rope s ending was a matter of daily occurrence until reaching Alexandria , and he became used to it . lhe blows used to run from two to a dozen , and always left their mark . Off Gibraltev , being on short allowance of water , complainant was directed to see thatthe cook did not waste it , but no waste having been committed he turned in , when it was his watch below , without making any report , not thinkin « it necessary . For ibis the defendant called him a b— , and rope ' s ended liim with , he believed , the main sheet . _^ He cried for mercy , but the mate said , " Ha ha . I'll show you mercv , vou b— . " and continued to beat him .

      Though much injured , as could be proved by a sailor who saw his back , he was obliged to go to work immediately afterwards , knowing that if he did not do so he should be worse served out . After leaving Gibraltar , the mate sketched a very indistinct compass , of which lie was ordered to bave the use , and whilst he was scanning it over on one ofthe watercasks in the fore-hold , whilst there , either the mate or the captain , he eould not say which , said he was asleep , and he was sent to learn it in the after-gallery . The mate , on examining him , found be did not know it , and in ten minutes afterwards , came and rubbed a large wad of tarry oakum over his mouth , face , and eyes . His eyes were sore for a week after that , and

      from that time out it was the constant practice of the defendant to give him from half a dozen to a couple of dozen daily on the hands with the sole of a thick shoe . The captain and mate used to talk of how the Greeks were bastinadoed ,. and then the mate beat him with the shoe on the soles of the feet , never giving him more than half a dozen at a time . It gave him terrible pain , which the captain observing , cheeked ihe practice . At Alexandria he was constantly rope ' s ended , but he was then still more used to it , having been about fifty-nine days on the voyage . There he was sent on board a lighter to trim coals , with a pair of slippers on , wbich were soon cut to pieces , and he had to work on his bare feet . He could not work fast enough to please the mate .

      Mr . Broderip : "W ho was trimming the lighter with you , my boy ?—I was doing it myself , sir , but sometimes 1 was helped by a little Arab boy . Mr . Broderip : I should like to know the size of the lighter this child was trimming alone . "Was it as large as those in the river ?—Complainant : It was , sir . Tbe mate was the basket man , and he used to try to heave the basket on me . He also threw pieces of coal at me , some of them as large as both my fists . He knocked the skin off tbe inside of my ancles , and between the coal dust and the salt water , they turned to large holes . The complainant proceeded to state they were dressed by himself on the passage , but the captain applied blue-stone . On these occasions tbe mate wonld say , "Go aft , you b— , and get yonr

      blue-stone ; " and seeing the holes he would exclaim , " Hob * do you like 'em ? " "When his feet got so bad , the captain allowed him to knock off for a week . At Alexandriahe was put over the ship ' sside in a bowline knot to beat the rust off the chain plaits , and was kept at it , with tbe exception of breakfast time , from seven o'clock in the morning until seven or eight at night , without any dinner . During this time he beard the mates voice , for he was always scolding . On another occasion , being ordered to get the end of the signal halliard offthe awning , he jumped onthe rail to try and doso , buteouldnot . That was the easiest way with his sore feet . He then went np the topping lifts of the boom , as at first directed , and did as he was ordered . Because he

      did hot go up the topping lifts of the boom in the first instance , the mate gave him a dozen with the shoe on the head . Complainant cried with pain , and the people ofthe Robert Ingram , which was lying near , called out shame on the mate . On another occasion , the defendant made him put his finger in the mouth ofa large turtle , which gave him asraartbite , and left _tjvo little black holes . After that the mate pulled his ears until the skin was split . One of the sailors told him the flesh was broken , and he himself felt the blood trickling down . His cruelty was constant . Once , " when complainant was handing him some beans , a few dropped , and the mate struck him a blow on the nose which made the blood spurt out . At another time , complainant being unable to haul in the slack ofthe foretop-sail clew line , the

      mate said , " There ' s a useless toad of ab— -r ? he can't do that yet ; " and rope ' s ended him over the shoulders tUl the left was very much swollen . . A fter that he was sent to trim the lamps , which , owing to the pain from his arm , took him _« ore than the usual time . The mate complained of this , and taking up _amariin-spike , punched him in the arms with the thick iron end of it . On another occasion , be belaboured complainant with the handle of the deck scrubbing brush , giving him three severe blows on the ribs . His side was very bad for along time afterwards , and he still felt pain if he breathed bard . The blows felled bim , and be could scarcely crawl along the deck for a panikin he wanted to fetch . The mate seeing this , said , ' * Youb , I'll make you move a little faster , " took him up in his arms , and then dashed him down upon the deck .

      Immediately after the mate sent me aloft to grease the masts . Afterwards , when I was dying the captain ' s gloves in the gallery , he came and kicked me on the shins with his boots . I felt my shins very sore at the time , but did not care much , being used to pain . When I came off Margate channel I looked at my legs , which were black and lived-like , and much swollen . The mate often kicked me before . I was hied overboard once or twice by the captain and mate . They used to heave me off the ladder into the sea . the vessel going half a knot an hour at the time . When I came to Stangate Creek my legs were bandaged by tlie doctor , who took me out ofthe ship , and I am still obliged to have bandages upon them . The defendant was then bound , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in . £ 50 each , to answer the charge at the sessions _.

      Feabfci. Steam-Boat Cotmsiojf On Thi* It...

      FEABFCI . STEAM-BOAT _CotMSIOJf ON THI * ItlVEB . At ten minutes to five o ' clock on Saturday evening , as the Emerald , Diamond steam-packet , was , after touching at Greenhitlie , proceeding on her way from London to Gravesend , her Captain ( J . Pindar ) observed a large steam-vessel directly _a-kead of hiin , coming up the river . As she approached he and his men in the bow of the Emerald sung out , but the steamer kept in the same traek . Captain Pindar ' s order to port the helm had scarcely been obeyed when the Emerald was struck on the larboard quarter bv thc bow of the other vessel ( which subsequently turned out to be the John Bull , Hamburg packet ) . The paddle-box and quarter ofthe Emerald were stove in , the funnel was cast down with a tremendous crash ,

      producing a shock throughout the vessel , which , in the alter cabin , where the writer of this notice was at the moment , flung the passengers from their seats , and tumbled over and amongst them the tables and everything thereon . The confusion and dismay which followed is indescribable . A rush was made to the cabin door , but the passage was stopped by all attempting to force their way up the stairs to the deck . A cry of " Bring up the women , bring up the women ! " from the deck , added to the alarm and confusion ; but at length , owing to tbe self-possession ol some of the gentlemen , and a few of the ladies who made way and held back , the whole of the cabin pas---- •¦ . i i p . r _ _ and half after

      _sengere were on deck in a minute a the collision took place . Then the scene was terrific : the Emerald was believed to be going down . The John Bull's bow was apparently wedged into thc larboard quarter , and the bowsprit of that vessel over the fore deck of the Emerald . This was endeavoured to be reached by several of the male passengers ofthe latter by means of the rigging . Some succeeded iu getting into the John Bull in this way , and more dambered up her bows . At this time both vessels had let off their steam , and drifting down with the tide in their state of entanglement , came athwart the Imwofa brifr tbat lay at anchor nearly opposite collision

      Grays , but close to the Kentish shore , l ue with the brig increased the danger of thc steamers , particularly the Emerald , wh & se deck larboard cabins were stove in by the brig ' s bowsprit , whieh broke off in the collision , and her fore topmast fell forward with all its gear , breaking in its faU the right arm of one , and the left arm of another gentleman on the deck ofthe Emerald , both of whom , as it would seem , attempted to tret into tbe brig when tlie vessels came in contact . The three vessels were now entangled together , and the alarm on board each was perhaps equal . At length the John Bull fell off from the Emerald , whose anchor had now been dropped , and the Railway steamer from Blackwall to Gravesend , came alongside the brig , and the passengers of thc Emerald , except those who got on board the John Bull ; were taken off by her , and landed at Gravesend . Two men , in the first shock of the collision , were thrown overboard , but the writer of this learned , befnre leaving the Emerald , that they were picked up collision

      « afelv Each partv blames the other ior the . Tie Emerald was " not , it is said , in her proper track with a going-down tide ; and on the other hand it 2 _averred thd- the John Bull _wasnot only not on the uronersideofthe river , going up with a down tide , Eut that she bad no lighteup . Tbat she had no lights up , is certain , butthe night was moonlight , and there was bo fog , and each Tessel could , undoubtedly , with _pwpermanagement , haveaTwded the other _.

      Apalling Murders. Brutal Murder In Jerse...

      APALLING MURDERS . Brutal Murder in _Jersei . — "We are to-day called upon to record one of the most apalliBg murders which probably ever took place within the circle ofthe Channel Islands . The name of the victim is Thomas Hodge , the name of the murderer John Noon , both seamen . It appears that the individual who bas thus fallen a victim to brutal violence and passion , was a sailor belonging to a vessel which trades between the port of Jersey and Newfoundland . About . hree weeks ago he arrived in St . Helier ' _s from the latter place , and took up his lodgings at a respectable house in Muicaster-street , generally frequented by the better class of seamen who have occasion to be some time in harbour . He was universally respected as a quiet orderly individual . On Wednesday , the . 10 th instant , being the anniversary of his birthday , he treated his friends ___

      to an entertainment in tlie house in which he resided . In return for the compliment , his fellow lodgers , being just on the eve of departure for a distant port , invited him on the evening of Saturday last to a farewell entertainment in the house at which they had all mutually taken up their residence . The hour oi ten had arrived , and the whele party were quietly seated at supper when the individual who is at present in custody upon the atrocious charge oi wickedly depriving a fellow-creature of his life , intruded upon their innocent hilarity . He had only arrived in port some few hours before from a long voyage , and , as was also his usual custom , had repaired to the boarding-house where the melancholy catastrophe was fated to take place . Seating himself down in the very midst ofthe companyho

      forth-, witn began to use language which ordinary decency would prevent us from repeating ; oaths and imprecations and the most obscene epithets flowing from his lips in the most admired rapidity . At last , however , his conduct seems to have proceeded beyond all further endurance , and the landlord of tbe house was obliged to rebuke him for his unmanly behaviour in the company of females . The rebuke , however , did not seem to have much apparent effect , and Noon still continued his oaths aud imprecations as before . All efforts proving unavailing , it was at length found necessary to remove him from tbe apartment , and at this moment it is important to observe the amiable conduct ef the deceased . "With the view of seeing that no harm should result to the individual who . had thus

      wantonly broken in upon the pleasures of the evening , and whom from the outrageous nature of his conduct , he could scarcely regard as in his sober senses , he volunteered to accompany him on board his vessel , where he was to take up his quarters for the night . Dodge had only proceeded a few steps upon his way , and was descending a flight of steps which led from the door of the house to the court below , when the murderer was observed to draw from his pocket a large knife which he always carried about his person , and handle it in a manner as if aiming at some deadly purpose . Before , however , the murderous instrument reached the spot at which it was evidently intended to be struck , it fell upon the assassin's hands : but hastily stooping to the ground , it was in moment plunged into the thigh of the individual

      who , regardless of inconvenience , had so willingly volunteered to do an act of kindness . Falling back upon the steps on which he had been standing , the unhappy man uttered a scream which was heard at a considerable distance , and was in a moment prostrate in a fit of insensibility . The murderer , however , did not wait to see the issue of his atrocious act . Utter * ing an oath indicative of the pleasure he experienced on having done for the ill-fated Hodge , he hastily decamped . The unfortunate victim only survived for a short space of time , and in three minutes from his receiving the fatal stab of the assassin , he bad breathed bis last . Medical assistance was imdiately procured , but all to no purpose . The femoral artery had been divided , and the hsemorrliage which had ensued was such as to have precluded all

      hope of saving life , kad assistance arrived even within a minute from the infliction of the fatal gash . The eye-witnesses of the dire tragedy having in some degree recovered from the consternation which had been induced by the dreadful event of the moment , information was immediately forwarded to the police , and about twelve o ' clock Mr . Centenier Le Cronier and Centenier Du Parcq , assisted by several other individuals , set out in search of the murderer . Directing their steps towards the vessel to wliich they suspected he had gone , they succeeded in apprehending him about one o ' clock on Sunday morning . He was found apparently asleep in bed , and , when apprised of the awful crime with which he stood charged , professed an utter

      unconsciousness ot what had taken place . Nor did he accompany them quietly to prison ; for it was only after a desperate resistance that they were successful in bringing him to shore . His cabin being strictly searched , the knife with wliich he consummated tbe fatal deed was discovered . It bore evident marks of having been washed a very short period before , which would almost induce the supposition that at the period ofthe rash act his senses had not been quite obscured from the influence of liquor . Upon his arrival at gaol , the strongest efforts were required to consign hbn to a cell , the ferocity and brutality of his conduct being scarcely credible . An inquest was held by the deputy viscount on Sunday afternoon , and a verdict of' * wilful murder" was returned .

      Shocking Murder in South _Tuterary . — Clonmel , Dec 16 . —The South Riding of this unfortunate county has become the scene of a blood-stained and cruel murder . The victim in this instance is Mr . Charles Acheson , formerly a respectable and extensive trader in this town ; but being unfortunate in business , was obliged to take a situation as clerk in the employment ef Messrs . John Stein and Co ., the eminent distillers at Marlfield , near this town . He came into town on yesterday evening , about some business , and delayed some time at the house of Mr . M . Glissan , town-clerk , which he left about nine o ' clock , and was accompanied by Mr . Glissan as far

      as the union workhouse , where he bidhim goodnight _, when the unfortunate man proceeded on his way alone . He was waylaid in a lonesome part of the road , near Birdhill , and within forty perches of his own bouse , and beaten with stones on the head and breast in a most frightful manner ; the eye-balls were dislodged from their sockets , and his brains dashed about the road ! The lifeless body was found this morning in the horrible manner above described , on which an inquest will be held at four o'clock this evening . The only cause that can be assigned for this horrible murder is , that Mr . Acheson discharged three men from the distillery last week for misconduct .

      The Two Men Buried Alive. Death Op One O...

      THE TWO MEN BURIED ALIVE . Death op one or the _Sotferers . —In our second page will be found an account of tho frightful catastrophe at Forfar , by which two men were buried alive . The following particulars we take from tbe Dundee Advertiser : —The sinking of the new well was carried on with great ' diligence until Friday morning , when the workmen were lower down than Brown . Having procured some boring instruments from Arbroath , and SGme boiler-plate boxes from Dundee , and having formed a tunnel from the new burc to thc old well , a brother of Brown ' s , who bad come from Dundee , boldly dashed down , and about four o ' clock p . m . extricated and brought him out . On being brought to the brink there was a party waiting , who instantly enveloped him in blankets , and carried liim into Mr . Barclay ' s bouse , where medical gentlemen were ready to sttend to him . We are informed that he was instantiy put into a

      warm bath , and had restoratives administered , It is said that his pulse was strong and healthy , and that he is rallying wonderfully . Since the above report , we have heard that Macleish has perished . About half-past eight o ' clock yesterday ( Monday ) morning he took some milk ; but he was not heard to speak or to make any movement afterwards . The bell had censed to be heard , and it was too truly inferred that the power to ring it had also ceased . By eleven o ' clock it was almost certain that he was dead . At one o ' clock the sheriff examined two medical men who had gone down , and who had been able to examine his legs , and tbey declared that poor Macleish was dead , and that it was their belief that he had been so for three hours at least . Brown , the man who has fortunately been extricated , is doing well . At seven o ' clock the body had not been disinterred , but everv exertion was being made for that purpose .

      Fatal Accident Is A Railway Tunnel.—Tunb...

      Fatal Accident is a Railway Tunnel . —Tunbridge , Wednesday . —An inquest was held on Monday at the George Inn , before Mr . Dudlow , the coroner , on the body of James Abraham , who was killed in the tunnel at Tunbridge Wells , under the following circumstances : —Deceased was employed in the formation ofthe tunnel leading from Grosvenor-fields to the bottom of Grove-hill-road . On Saturday night , about twelve o ' clock , whilst the workmen were engaged in the tunnel , some one called for them "too look out , " and immediately afterwards a ponderous mass of rock , weighing seven

      or eight tons _. ' gave way , carrying away thc huge timber supporters . At first many of the miners were supposed to have perished , and it was some time ere the fact eould be learned , the lights having been extinguished . Tlic witnesses recovering from their fright , proceeded to call over the labourers , and then found the deceased missing , and after much time had elapsed they discovered him buried underneath the rock . __ All lianas were instantly set to work in removing it , which occupied more than an hour , and when extricated he was perfectly dead . Two other labourers were much injured by the falling mass . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "

      Usited Tbades' Association fob the Employment of LiBooK , itc—Messrs . Ilobson , Gimblett , and Storey , members ofthe board of directors , will attend thc belowmentioned places , at seven o ' clock every Sunday evening , for the purpose of receiving deposits on shares , registering the names of new shareholders , and communicating every requisite information as to the objects and plans of the association , viz .: —Mr . Robson will attend at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey ; Mr . Gimblett , at the King's Arms , Upper Ebury-street , Fimlico ; and Mr . Storey , at the King and Queen , Corner of Foley-place , Cleveland-street ,

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      To The Lllkees Of Noethombebland And Dur...

      TO THE _lllKEEs OF NOETHOMBEBLAND AND DURHAM . —I _ellow men , —it having come to our knowledge , that certain agents from the county of Lancashire have been , or are at present , in this neighbourhood , engaging men for the collieries of Lancashire , this is to give notice , that tne workmen of the undermentioned collieries are on Strike , and it would be ingratitude of the blackest dye to go and supplant them under their present circumstances . The Lancashire miners have nobly and bravely stood by , and supported the association , up to the present time , and they did more to support you during tlie late strike , than all the other miners in this country ; therefore

      , we beseech you , do not degrade your hitherto honourable name by any such act as tliat of leaving your homes for the purpose of injuring such brave men , but rather take advantage of the present great demand for miners in your own two counties , also all parts of the country ( the more especially Scotland ) , and make one unanimous effort to raise up , once more , the glorious union , which alone can ensure to you good wages , constant _employment , nnd kind treatment . We are , faithfully jours , the Executive Council of the Miiiers' Association , Jons Hau ,. Maetin Jude , John Stokoe , Wiiwam Dono , William _Welsbt . —Newcastle-upon-Tyne , December 2 nd , 184 u .-. P . S . _—Tlie following are Urn places on strike above referred to , viz ., Oldham , Slievington , Aspul , Duncan-park , Ashton , Wigan , Rochdale , and St , Helens . Lancashire .

      A Case of Oppression . —Liverpool _Teades . —To working men , —Be on your guard against a system of oppression that Should not be tolerated in this or any otlier country , that is at present being enacted in Liverpool . The facts of the case are these : —Several workmen were discharged from Vauxhall foundry without any fault being assigned as a reason . They then made application at Messrs . Uury , Curtis , aad Kennedy ' s Clarence foundry , and were told that if they could procure clearances from Vauxhall they could have employment . Thoy then returned to Vauxhall and procured clearances quite satisfactory at least to themselves . They then presented them at the Clarence foundry , and were told that a letter had , in tlie interim , been received from their former employers , stating that they were not to be employed , for what reason was not stated . They wish it to be clearly understood that it is not against being discharged that they protest , but against the persecution which followed them while

      endeavouring to gain work in another establishment . If such a system of tyranny be allowed to continue , without tho public voice being raised against it , the position of the working classes will be a d ; _j . _'adation to any country professing to be free . There te still one power which the working classes have access to , the liberal press of this country , which is at all times read y to expose abuses , in whatever position the contending parties may be . Knowing this to be the ease , they make tins appeal to the sympathies of the public . They hope the employers alluded to will have the honesty to state tln . ii * reasons , through the medium ofthe public press , for preventing them from getting employment . Bilston Miners . —At a meeting of the Miners' Victim Fund committee , held at Mr . J . Linney ' _s , White Horse Inn , High-street , Bilston , on Sunday , December 14 th , the accounts of the Law Fund were audited and found correct , the receipts being £ 51 Os . 2 id ., and the disbursements £ 1716 s . 5 d . Audited by John Hamnor and George Ramsay .

      The Glasgow "Crimps . "—( From a Correspondent . ) On Saturday last a very important case was tried here , at the Justice of Peace Court , before Provost Bankier , of Carlton , and John Lang , two of her Majesty ' s justices for the shire of Lanark . The complaint was made by J . S . Fildes , of the Seaman ' s Guardian Society , against M . L . Flett , of the firm of Boyd , Flett , and Boyce , alias Devins , as will be seen from their transactions . Smith , a seaman , went and shipped with these fellows , and signed articles of agreement for the Earl Dalhousie , Captain Primrose . One of the crimps went with Smith to get the notes cashed so as to get the fees , and met one of his partners at the public-house ; the sailor , Smith , refused to pay the high price demanded for exchanging , and was leaving , when one ofthe crimps told him to leave one of the two notes , as security for the fees . Smith told him , that , the law did not allow him to pay fees . Boyce then told him that he would scratch out his

      name if he did not leave the notes . Smith then , through fear of losing the berth , gave up one of the notes . I called the day after , in company with Smith , as I was going in the same ship . I saw Smith pay some silver money , and when I signed articles I was compelled to pay two shillings , and five shillings more for whiskey , ice ,, extorted from me by Flett and his comrogues before he would give me my advance note . To these particulars I distinctly sworehefore tho justice , still they thought the case was not sufficiently proven , and threw the case out of court , each party to pay their own expences . The case for the prosecution was conducted by John Lang , jun ., Fiscal . Such is the way the crimps carry on , in defiance of all laws passed for the protection of seamen , but the fault is not with the crimps , so much as it rests with those who grant licences to such fellows to carry on their wholesale plunder . As soon as the court was over Mr . Fildes brought forward three more seamen , imposed on in a similar manner .

      Address of the Jouhneimen Boot and Shoemakers to the Inhabitants of Cuoeley anp its Vicikity . —There appeared in the Preston Chronicle newspaper , December 7 th , 1845 , a statement respecting the journeymen boot and shoe makers of Chorley having struck against working for Barton Smith , a master living in Market-street , Chorley , tlirough a reduction of wages ; and the suidBurton Smith , has been bold enough to contradict such statement in the same paper , ofthe 13 th of December—we now consider ourselves justifiable in thus addressing you , to shew you that he is not worthy to be believed : wc have a statement of wages which the said Barton Smith signed in 1813 , after having the same in his possession several days , and making sueh alterations as he thoughtproper , which was a reduction insome sorts of work , wliich the journeymen submitted to . It was also signed by Thomas Magnall , William Hodgkinson _,

      William Howarth , William Tootall , Archibald Briton , James Southwort , —the same is paid by Thomas Emmet , Robert Hindis , Robert Thompson and others ; since Smith signed such statement , he has made several attempts so reduce the wages ; in one thing he succeeded , that was . soling boots , 4 d , per pair . Wc-wish to know whether his customers have received the benefit of such reduction , or if he has pocketed it to himself , he states * . inthe newspaper , that he is paying thc same wages that he has paid for nine years ; we wonder that he will acknowledge that he has comndttcd such a robbery , ( as it can be considered nothing else , ) on those whom he found submissive enough to allow it . He is a Tyrant ! and wishes to pay such wages as he thinks fit , but it will not do ; he lias had the audacity to say that he will stprre the men into compliance , but in that he will find himself in a lamentable error . —Signed on behalf ofthe Trade , William Bland , Secretary , December 15 th , 1815 .

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      THE LAND CONFERENCE . . THURSDAY SITTINGS . Mr . Sherrington in the chair . The Roll having been called , and the minutes of the _proceedings of Wednesday being read , it was moved by Mr . Doyle , anil seconded by Mr . Yates , tlwt they be confirmed , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Cuffay moved that the standing orders be resumed . Mr . Knight seconded the motion . On a division tliere appeared for the motion five against live . The chairman decided in favour of the motion . The following resolutions were proposed just at the close of the proceedings of yesterday , thc discussion upon whieh was adjourned" tilltlic morning : —

      It was moved by Mr . O'Connor , " That each shareholder , upon being appointed to his allotment , shall be liable to 2 * per cent , interest upon all moneys advanced by the directors , and that the payment of such interest shall continue until the last draft of the first section of shareholders shall be located , and then , and not till then , the payment of such interest to cease , and the occupant bc discharged from payment of further interest . " Of course , this applied to thc £ 15 , for which , by this arrangement , the occupant who received it would pay 5 s . a year until the

      last was located . _Ihis was to preserve the link of brotherhood , and then . the account would stand thus : —The occupants who were located the first year would pay 5 s . a year for four years , that is £ 1 ; the occupants who were located the second year would pay for three years , or Ios . ; those ofthe third year for two years , or 10 s . ; and the poor who were located last would receive the £ 15 , _discharged of all interest , and then interest would not only cease altogether , but he trusted that the society would bc in a situation to give every man his allotment _i _* or

      ever for _NOiniKO . Mr . Poole seconded the resolution . Mr Saunders moved , and Mr Taylor seconded : — " That , as the allotments are made , and _cottagcB are built thereon , the trustees and board of directors shall fix the amount of rent to be paid by the occupiers , such holders shall receive a loan from this society ( say £ 15 16 s . 8 d . for one share , . £ 3113 s . 4 < 1 . for two shares ) which shall be repaid to the trustees for the use of this society , and sueh occupier to pay £ 3 per cent , per annum , until such loan bc repaid , and the trustees shall withhold all title deeds , or have some other security for such loan uniil it is repaid , but such occupier shall be allowed to repay it to the trustees by rnstalments , and his interest to be reduced accordingly . "

      Mr . Doyle : The very idea of interest is so repugnant to the feelings of the great body of shareholders , that he should be afraid to attend a public meeting after the conference hail decided in favour of charging interest—it would be much better to make a direct charge . Mr . Cuffay : It was his wish to have the society conducted so as to get the members located as soon as posasble . If the conference laid down good rules , what temptations it would hold out to persons to join , and concluded by moving tlie following resolution : — " That each shareholder shall receive two acres of land , a cottage , and £ 15 16 s . 8 d ., for whicli the minimum rent shall be £ 5 l _( 3 s . per year , until each shareholder of the division to which he belongs shall be located _; when that is the case Lis rent shall be reduced to £ 5 per annum . " Mr . Knight seconded the resolution . The shareholders have been induced to become members from the fact of the bonus offered by the directors . The proposition of Mr . Leach , no doubt , will be received

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      hroughout the whole country , but still he considered that it was better to charge on extra rent instead of interest . Mr . O'Connor : Every person has argued the _qusstion as though it was a loan that was to be paid back —it is no such thiug—it never was expected that it \ _vould be paid back . "We are not doing an injury to any person . The Society proposes to lay down a sum at which they can start and carry out tlieir purpose without any danger . He would rather give £ 15 ah acre for good land than five shillings an acre with a

      cottage for poor land . Good land requires less labour . The poorer the ground the more seed is required to cultivate it . A great many of the shareholders will not require an advance ; and tliey won't be damaged , for when tbe profits of the society arc divided , they who have had no advance will get their £ 15 then ' . Mr . O'Connor thought it very likely that some persons would require £ 20 , some £ 25 , or some even more , as the society was paternal and not usurious , and God forbid that the loss of a cow or two should be the means of destroying one of its children . Of these matters the directors must be sole judges .

      Jlr . Vallance : Mr . Leach ' s motion was endeavouring to throw a covering over the words , loan or gift . Yet Mr . Leach ' s resolution states , that all shareholders should bc subject to the interest of the advance , whereas it has been argued , that there arc many persons who would not require it . Mr . Saunder ' s resolution , however , does state thc amount of the loan and the rate of interest to bo _charged , Any person who may have received any loan from the society should be compelled to pay it back at the last location—supposing a man had . received £ 20 , and on the settlement of the affairs of the society there appeared only £ 10 due to him , he should then be considered as a debtor to the society , and compellable to pay the difference to enable the directors to keep laith with the other shareholders . Mr . O'Connor moved , and Mr . Dixon seconded that the standing orders be suspended . Carried unanimously .

      Mr . " Dixon : There is already an interest charged for tlio £ 15 10 s . Sd . in the shape of rent . Now il a person does not take the money , would he be charged with interest , Mr . Taylor : Tho proposed sum is not the property ofthe society . If the plan or bonus be adopted you have no claim upon the party borrowing the money . Mr . Leach : The amount is not a lean , but a gift , as you hold out these inducements to persons to become members—two acres of laud—a cottage—and £ 15 in money . Thoseparties who do not require an advance will not be injured—while those who do require it will be very much benefited . Mr . G . W . Wheeler stated tliat it was necessary that the directors sliouldhave some security for the money advanced . His resolution proposed that the money should not be advanced at once , but spread over a distance of time . The resolution , however , Ml to the ground for want of a seconder .

      Mr . M'Grath : Whenever you depart from a principle you get into error . In this case the advance must be regarded as a right , thc individual has as much right to ' receive the money as he has to receive the land and cottage . Decidedly in favour of fixing a definite sum . Mr . Clark : There is already an interest charged in the rent . There is no doubt , that it is an admitted right that the parties should receive the amount promised . The feelings of the members decidedly would be in favour of paying any extra sum , provided they were guaranteed that tliey should be repaid at the time when all the parties were located . Mr . Smith : There can be no right—as the members cannot have a right till all the members are

      located—the advance must , therefore , be considered as a loan—as there cannot be a right till there is a surplus , the shareholders can only have a right in the surplus . Mr . O'Connor , in answer to a question from Mr . Taylor as to whether the directors had any claim after accepting the bonus of 5 s . or 10 s . over the £ 15 , stated that he did not take one step without consulting counsel . He was not going to be a party to any resolution that would cut the throat of the society _. The rules must not be repugnant to law , neither must they be repugnant to equity . He was providing against any contingencies , and considered that the minimum proposed was the best security that would be proposed . There can be no doubt of the success of the plan , and instead of th © money to be divided at the termination of the society , amongst the members _, it is more likely to be over than under £ 50 .

      Mr . Hobson asked permission to withdraw his motion in favour of that proposed by Mr . Saunders , which was granted . Mr . Leach moved and Mr . Doyle seconded , the _following resolution , which was carried , " That each shareholder , after being located upon his allotment , shall pay to the society the sum of 5 s . per share as a bonus for the beuefit sueh member has received from the society each year , until the whole of the members of the section to which such member _belongs shall have been located upon the land , whence all _tui'thei * demands upon such member shall cease , and then all profits and benefits arising from the property of the society to be equitably divided amongst all the shareholders of the society as soon as the directors and trustees shall be able to dispose of the same to the best advantage . On a division there appeared—For Mr . Cuffav 1

      " Mr . Leach 14 " Mr . Saunders 4 Mr . Leach moved the resumption of the consideration of the proposition , made to the conference yesterday , of allowing the directors to employ agricultural labourers for the purpose of preparing the ground . Mr . O'Connor ; This is not only a proper , but a useful proposition , The man takes possession of his cottage as soon as completed—this will enable the directors either to sell or morgage the land , & c , to great advantage . If this proposition is not adopted ,

      you will have no labour upon the land until the cottage is built . He had no objection to become steward . It must be evident to every man thatthe occupant cannot live in his cottage until it is built , and therefore when the foundation stone is laid , the labour of cultivation is at once undertaken , and when t _!; e cottage is ready for his reception , every man finds bis allotment in an improved condition , at a less cost than he could have brought it to that condition fov , and thus both works are going on together , while , as a matter of course , the directors will allow every occupant who thinks proper , to undertake the labour

      _himsclf-at once . Mr . Knight said , had not this motion been brought forward , he should , haye been compelled Jo employ a person to cultivate his land when he obtained it , and he _tfas perfectly well aware that his voting for it would satisfy his constituents , who were generall y mechanics of various trades . The million was carried unanimously . Mr . Dixon was instructed to advocate the principle of no person holding more than two acres , and coneluded bv moving the following resolution : —" That the rule _' as to shares be as they are now , namely , two acres ; at the same time any person may be allowed to hold as many shares as ihey think proper ; but , in no case , io have more than two shares , or four acres , in one allotment . "

      Mr . O'Connor was decidedly against any person holding more than four acres . The conference must decide as to the manner in which the person holding two shares shall be located . Mr . Clark : There can be no difficulty in settling this question . There is no provision in the present rules as to the way in which those parties holding two shaves are to ballot for their prize . Mr . Hobson : The best plan to be adopted is that when the land is purchased , the number of shareholders , distinguishing the double shareholders from those holding one , and then divide the land into so many farms as to provide for those holding four acres and those holding two . If yeu allow a person to hold more than he can occupy * you introduce the subletting system .

      Mr . Cuffay would oppose any motion enabling any shareholders from holding more than four acres . Mr . Knight : The plan was instituted for the erecting of an independant class of farmers . Tha shareholders of Lambeth , are decidedly in favour of not allowing any shareholder to hold more than four shares . The proposition opens a wide field for creating an aristocracy of farmers , and enables persons to take shares for the express purpose of getting the control of the society . Mr . Sherrington : It never was contemplated by the Scotch members , that any pei son should hold more than four acres . The rent " is not fixed to any individual to whom the farms may be sublet , though the rent is fixed as between the society and the original shareholder .

      Mr . O'Connor : The object of-a man holding more than two acres is , that lm looks to the hind to secure his rate of interest as the best security for the advance of capital . There is no dilliculty in preventing a member from sub-letting . There are always clauses introduced into leases providing for the forfeiture of the lease , if certain conditions are not performed or are violated . It is to bc hoped that very stringent clauses will be introduced into the leases . Mr . Taylor ashed whether a provision could be made in the leases to prevent persons from holding more than four acres from sublcttimr .

      Mi * . Hobson : What advantage' can be derived from keeping open tlie question of how many shares a member may hold . Ic should be confined to the case where a man may require either one share or two shares . You cannot prevent premiums being given , notwithstanding all the stringent clauses that may be introduced ; and , allowing shareholders to hold more than four acres , would introduce the principle of sub-letting . Mr . O'Connor : With regard io premiums Mr . Ilobson seems to forget that there is such a power as coercive law . If a man takes a premium he has violated the lease , aud it becomes forfeited . Many persons with money would , no doubt , come into the society , and make loans merely on the idea of guaranteeing the interest upon their money . He wonld rather see the question confined to the fact , that no person should be allowed to hold more than two shares . You will recollect that you are not to legislate for

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      lawyers , but for parties who have a great aversion to law and lawyers . . , ,. r Mr . Clark stated he had received instruction front Bath of parties being willing to advance certain sums of money by way of loan—had no fear of capitalists coming into the ' _societv and breaking it up—but at thesame time they ought to have the privilege Ot receiving interest for the capital advanced . Mr . W heeler : You cannot guard against a man holding as many shares as he pleases . Adjourned .

      AFTERNOON SITTING . M- * . Dixon , in resuming the debate , said that he understood the present object of this society was to break down the system of large farms . There are a great many persons who would willingly give £ 10 a year for two acres of ground and a cottage . He concluded by reading liis resolution as altered : " That the rule as to allotments should be as follows —namely , two acres , three acres , and four acres ; at the same time , any person may be allowed to hold as many shares as they think proper , but in no case to occupy moro than lour acres . "

      Mr . Vallance * . Is the question of the size and the number of shares to be considered together ? In favour of dividing the shares into two , three , and four acres , the pr ' co of a two-acre share to bo £ 210 s . _> , a three-acre share to be £ . " 15 s ., and the price of a four-acre share to be £ 5 , but in no case shall the size of the allotments be for more than four acres . Great numbers of persons who arc shareholders wish the first allotment to be strictly confined to two acres . The respective classes to be balloted for at separate times , lie most cordially seconded the resolution . Mr . Pooio supported the motion . Mr . Wheeler : We are all determined that no shareholder shall occupy more than four acres , but will you confine a shareholder to the number of shares that he shall hold ? Would you object to any man subscribing for as many shares , and disposing of them cither by gift or o _' tbonvise , ns he may think proper .

      Mr . Canning , Mr . Gilbertson , and Mr . Saunders supported thc resolution . Mr . Shaw : Mr . Outlay ' s and Mr . Dixon ' s motions are two separate and distinct questions . His instructions would j ustify him in voting for Mr . Cuffay ' s amendment , while on the other hand Mr . Dixon says that a shareholder may purchase as many shares aa he pleases , but not be allowed to occupy moro than four acres . Eveiy man has a right to just as much land as he can cultivate . He should support thc motion of Mr . Cuffay . Mr . Dixon would withdraw his motion by permission of the conference , which was agreed to . Mr . Cuffay ' s motion was then carried unanimously .

      Mi ' . Clark i The next question that wili come under consideration is the question of the ballot . He would , therefore , submit a resolution for the conference , but should any other person propose a more eligible plan , he should consider himself at liberty to withdraw his own proposition , and support that which he considered more applicable to the case . Mr . O'Connor : The value of land in Lancashire 13 not so dear as might have been supposed , as parlies prefer letting land lie waste , because the proprietors can make more interest of their money from labour . Near Cheshire there is a quantity of land to be sold which would cost about £ 20 an acre . You can't go into the market and say that you will buy a certain quantity of land of tabular value—yon can't buy

      land of the same complexion . I contend that you must buy your land before you ballot for occupants . Mr . T . M . Wheeler detailed bis view of the man * ner in which the ballot for occupation was to be made , and Mr . Clark agreed to withdraw his resolution , and second that of Mr . Wheeler . Mr . Wheeler then moved , " That the members resident in shall elect ten persons , not being paid-up shareholders , in conjunction with the directors , to superintend the allotment in the following manner : —The committee shall examine the secretary ' s book , and place in a vessel the name of each person who has paid up his share , or shares . They shall then place in a similar vessel a determined number of prizes , each prize representing one acre , with blanks to make them equal to the number of paid-up members . Two disinterested parties shall then draw the names , and the prizes and blanks shall be apportioned as

      follows : —The holder of one share , if he draw a prize , shall have two acres ; if one share and a half , three acres ; if two shares , four acres ; until the whole of the number of prizes or acres are drawn . " Mr . Hobson : The arrangement proposed by Mr . Wheeler will clog the exertions of the society . Equality of benefit ought to be the object of tne society . In some instances you would have to give one man more , and another less , than his quantity of land . The allotment ? , when made , should be num « bered . He then moved the following resolution : — " That when a purchase is made , the directors shall divide the same into allotments of , say two , three , and four acres , in proportion to the number of each class then entitled to occupy ; and the ballot for such respective allotments shall be taken separately among the respective classes . " Mr . Vallance seconded tho resolution .

      Mr . Doyle : Unless you classify _' . the different classes of shareholders you will cause great dissatisfaction amongst the great majority of the members . By classification you get wd of all angry feelings . Mi * . Clark would withdraw , if permitted , his support of Mr . Wheeler's motion , and support that of Air . Hobson . Mr . Wheeler did not wish to press his motion to a division , but merely that it should stand as his opinion upon the subject of the ballot . Tlie motion of Messrs . Robson and Vallance waa then carried unanimously .

      Mr . Clark : The next business to come before the ; conference is that of the transfer of shares . Without going into detail , he would move tbe following resolution , — " That in the event of members residing in districts Nos . 2 , 3 , 4 , or o , and winning a prize in the ballot for the location in district No . 1 , and not wishing to take possession of such allotment , they shall have the privilege of giving up such allotment to be balloted for amongst the members in the district where the location may be situated , and who have paid uptheirshares _. andwho were unsuccessful in the first ballot . " Mr . Poole seconded the motion .

      The Chairman : The difficulty is very near at hand , and coming nearer to the principle advocated by Mr . Hobson . There may be a good many of the English people who would not go to Scotland ; and il the ballot was to be then open for tbe whole shareholders you might go on ad libitum before you obtained parties who would locate in the Scottish districts . Mr . T . M . Wheeler was most decidedly against th & proposition of Mr . Clark . He then entered into a detail of his plan for the transfer of shares . The plan was most unjust , and attended with the most _BiUchWYOUf . _censrquences to the shareholders . Mr . Clark explained that when a party who bad drawn a prize , and should not like to locate in the district where the land was purchased , that then th ; prize should be balloted for among the other shareholders in the district .

      Mr . O'Connor : The object should have been to divide the country into as many districts as there was a possibility , instead of limiting the division , which had been ' done by the resolution already come to . The object of the society was to realise as mauj * practical results of the plan as possible . Mr . Clark , in giving explanation , had mis-stated what he rose to explain . By not divulging the place where tho locations are to bc , you give an impetus to the shareholders in paying up their shares , which , if it wast known where the location was to be made , the shareholders in that district would lose no time in paying up their shares , Mr . Vallance would lay before the conference his ideas upon the subject . Thc Chairman supported the resolution of Mr . Yftilancc .

      Mr . Shaw would support the motion of Mr . Vallance . The fact is , that if thc land is purchased in Manchester , and a shareholder lives in Leeds , he ought to have the opportunity of relinquishing his prize by giving notice to the secretary that he does not require to be located at present ; and that their he should be balloted for again , when the land might be purchased near this own home . Mr . O'Connor strongly supported the views of Mr . Wheeler , as the only plan that was likely to give satisfaction to the members , namely , to go on through the list till you met with persons who would go on tbe land purchased . The Chairman said , Mr . Clark ' s system was a bunding proposition . The plan of Mr . Vallance was the most just . Under either of the propositions you :

      will find , that you might have forty ballots belore you obtained the requisite number of shareholders . Mr . Ilobson : What svas the main reason which caused ( he proposition made by him to be rejected ? why , that you ought to give thc chance to all the shareholders to come in in the first allotment . If tliere should bc two ballots , justice says , that the second ballot should take place between those who participated in tho first . But what Mr . Clark proposes now , is to give the man a chance of refusinga chance of giving his lot to another person who did not draw a prize . Why should that be allowed ? The most judicious plan would be . to ballot from thc whole ol the shareholders . . Mr . Vallaucc ' s resolution docs _rccoanisc tlie principle of cqualitv . _Lct

      Mr . . ch could see so much of siinolicity in ' the views of Mr . "Wheeler , that he cannot _understand what objection there could be to it . Mr . Clark ' s plan allows a man who refuses to go at oue ballot to take precedence in a second ballot .-Mr . O'Connor moved , that when a . ballot takes place for occupation , that all the paid up members shall be cleeible to ballot and that tbe whole numbec ' shall be drawn , and according to priority shall be located , and in case of any member who lias / been _, elected shall object to occupy that , then the list ' shall proceed , those standing next in rotation having the next preierence and so on till the members be filled Mr . T . _* M . Wheeler seconded the resolution , whicli was earned unanimously . * _..-.-.

      Mr . Smith moved , and Mr . Clark seconded , tha motion Tor laying the accounts of the _BQCWty _befOM the conference on Friday morning , ¦ ' " ¦ Adjourned .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20121845/page/5/