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e 5 = 5 _^ _ket- "ffMcli is doomed to replace that _jjaie m ar _^ glwmy deprcs 5 _fon " -isthc ecr' _' _^^ _cnce ofhis free trade measures ako . _^/ Tis that hitherto it has been xdl sun with the The -. L-and their measures have not yet been _^ S' tothetrying blasts of winter . Thet , _i-. l-- _aanroaching , however "; and we shall bc ready _^^ i notes some " six months hence with those _^^^ _ntain that Sir Robert ' s free trade tariff has _^ _Ctcd to _ourWHufert , happiness , and greatness . c 00 _* . _jjjg js a point in abeyance . Speculation _yeautime , _^ _^ remA _^ _worse _^ _g _]^ . for on th , S r _ . n . _~< of that "fair trial" _whiek was asked . i _, rtjic it would be unfair to xxmdeinn , and for the _scueun-5 * rifairtc , - ,, Iy a _W rove _- 85 __ . _;»» the determined aholi & m ofthe duties _-ppSjiCCKl'o * _/ . _~ tlie importation of foreign grain , Lord •__ miiaUn __? _ # . - __^ . ..
_" » i . jUs theiarmersoii « ii * setsiiir « : — AsB _& - - ias t 0 ai _£ ue the policy or impolicy of such a 11 fc _" would rather he wise to consider in whatway _&&& _^^^ _tj _, e force of _iea inevitable blow . The _y-a ' c 8 a _rf of _jijggg _^ _vs _ivould he destructive ; the sod "'* ' aDoli tion of them «< J » ld be less injurious . Youj " _^ i tbi s lnowent , the power to offer such terras ; 5 lST <; ' * no certainty that . yoa will retain it much longer _, "ft *""* * rtaal prosperity most eouie to au end ; aad _4 hen 1 ' and Jearful pressure of conunereial dis tress , ' with _^ frs _tUitj on the one side , and the indifference oa the _^ " of the great political chiefs , will leave _ywi / _'ra au " of esp « cl " _* iiffic , 2 ltJ '» altogether without ** efuge or xesouicB . The advice here given is well worthy of _teing fol-I wed . Aty < H * e _& on the question is at an « n 2 . The roinds of all _pnrtiesare made up : and -as both of
tLe great parries have coalesced , " zws , blow op _RtrEAL is _iSETiTABLE . " There is now-thai only thc _micstio * */ _MaMS * lf lUe " rarmerS * _* C w _5 ae _» the _*> " _^ _^ _gtanijyarfke " terms" with thc _woi-fcers of allsorts , and be tha 8 prepared to I * efer _^ "J"" _* " to tlie _niinHCTS Triich shaU effectually teeefc the force of that "inevitable blow" to all partiesiikcly to suffer fron it , -if not foiled . Those _ternis must be an _VOU'IMBLE ADJUSTMENT » of rents , tithes ,
_saiarieEf nensions , allowances , aod'the national buruen in ih _^ shape of bebt , with power "to carry that _adiastmeat into effect . These _measures , with the _Mateaad Hop taxes , and tbe -abolition of all excise _duties , will enable the fanners-to meet the foreign gnwas of corn in thc British market , and enable the -satires-producer to purchase their home-grown food . _BufraRepealof theCorn-lawswithout these "terms , " _orwlthless "terms" than these , will indeed "be ¦ destructive . " Itis fir the farmers to say Low they = wHI act .
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! Jo Agents , _Sobscriestss , _an _* d Readers . —For some lime after our location in the metropolis , we were inconvenienced by having the paper machined away from-the printing-office where-it was " set . " This -arose from the machines -we had at Leeds having to-be removed and re-er « eted Much _disappointment » to the readers was the consequence , both in bao _* . printing and late arrivals ; Another cause of -delay was in having _thejpriut-j
ing and puuli __ bing office so wide apart . Letters intended for one _placer were constantly senttothe other ; andall *& e , a _ c * SGgemeuts we could make Aid not prevent mistakes arising from this source . This has determined-us to concentrate oar-operations . The _printiagmachine is now . at work-in our own office ; -and * v ? e have further determined to publish , there also . In future , therefore , _; the " setting , " printing _^ _and publishing of the Star -will be done under one roof . This will involve no
change to the agents and subscribers , only m the addressing of 4 hnr -communications , and 4 he greater punctuality with which their _onlera-can be attended to . All communications must , _therfisere , in future , be addressed as follows : — Orders for the paper and advertisements , to E . O'Connor , Esq ., 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , Loudon . Communications for the paper , to Mr . Joshua -Hobson ,
Editor . dfsrlkera Star , Office , 16 , Great _VindiaHi-stsesi , Haymarket , London . All orders for money-must be made payable to Mv O'Counor , at _llie-Gharing-cross Post-office .
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Bl-EASE , DeGESEEICT AXD _DiATH _PfiOXOTEO BI fCSB 1 _'hesext Habitations-. os the Wobkisg Clase—We take tlie _foUowins letter froai the Times : Sir , —The great interest taken lately in investigating the sources of disease among -the . peorer classes ofthe population has sbdrn the necessity os extending throughout the country the wholesome laws regarding drainage and ventilation , formerly confined to the limits of certain towns , and I am happy to see that the G overmnent ar & anxious to promote , as much as possible , this _veryde * cirable enactment . -Still , a great deal remains to-be done to prevent the formation of disease by overcrowd _^ ing the apartments inhabited by the poor , each room _feeing usuaUy occupied -by one , and in some situations by more than one family . In the prosecution of my profession the following strong evidence of this evil
• of overcrowding has lately oome under my notice . —• . A family , _consLsting-of father , mother , and six children , ; the eldest a girl aged 15 , were living in one small room , tin a neighbouring court ; tliis room , although on the _; first floor , is incapable of _proper ventilation , from -the . circumstance that the court is a cul de sac ; tbe couse-• _qurnce is that most of the children are seriously -affected by scrofula , which mest be a source of suffering * _to them in after life , and theycungest has just expired , _^ woru out by the impossibility , through mesenteric dis- - _> _ease , of deriringnourisbmentirem its food ; four months _Jgo , likenise , the children were each in turn seiied witlv scarlet fever and measles , both diseases existing at the « _uue time in diff rentsubjects . The father , a farrier , 3 _iae worked at the same forge for many years , and -tbe children are brought np with more attention to -education than is usually paid by persons of this class . The Milt of their single room is Ss . a-week , amounting io £ 13 a-year , a sum amply sufficient to provide a cottage o £ considerable size in the country , ftemoval
io a more open situation would io much towards re-__ toricg these children to health , but the difficulties of effecting this are very great ; mapyhouseholders decline to admit into their bouses families vfitto many _children ; eren a single child is _frequoatly objected to , whUe in _thisifemily five still remain . From this difficulty it arises _ihgt those individuals who most require pure air in _abandonee are the most deprive- ! ctjt ; their constitutions are impaired , disease of a most injurious nature is set up , and life itself fregiwntjy terminated at an eariy _^ ge . This is a lamentable _etateaf things ; yet it prevails / more or less , in all the towns of this kingdom , to the shortening of life to an enormous extent , and to the destruction of proper moral _feelifigs in manycases . _Can-cothing-. bedone to prevent this ? Can no society be formed to provide wholesomelodgingg at reasona _' -le rales for the poor ? While millions are being spent upon railroads , surely a lit tle might be afforded to _rehire the necessities Ihaveattempted to
describe-T . W . J . MEfiW « AK , lLD . Brook-street , _Grosvenor-square , Oct . 13 . : € o 5 Dmos of the Bridfokd Woolcombebs . — Having what may he considered a _decree of practical eyperi-. ence regarding the situation of the Woolcombers of ithis town , and being oi _ of that body myself , i have . _ po doubt that you will aUow me to explain their _grievances , and the shameful condition in which they . _arejllaced . 1 do not feel disposed to play the editor hy philosophising on the * ircumstances of whieh I . complain , knowing well _ftat you are perfeetlv _capable of analysing the facts which , with your peraitssion , I shall now lay before your readers . In the course of the last week I have . visited some of the most filthy _juid wretched abodes that the mind of man can
eenceire ,: w which misery of _tbejowest description was personified . In a portion of this io wn called the leys , there _are-sceres of wretched hovels , nnfurnished and nnventilated , damp , filthy in the _ _eztreme , and _surronaded by stagnant pools , hurnau . excrement , and everything offensive and disgusting to " sight and smell . " No sewers , no drainage , so Tentilation . Nothing to be seen but squalid wretchedness on every side _^ and the fea tures 0 f the inmates show forth a perfect anil _namistatible index of their condition : all ihls is to be Seen inthe _centre of this wealthy emporium of ihe worsted trade . Eags , filth , and the \ most hwsiliating wretchedness seem to be the order of the _xlay . . . How often are the intelligent and _Ijeaevotent portion of the inhabitants to appeal against this state of things ! Have some of the wealthier
classes grown _i > " 0 completely sordid , and given themselves so entirely to the worship of Mammon that not only the physical sod moral condition of their _fellowcreatures cannot . rouse them from their lethargy , but that a regard to theiealth and life of themselves and families i » nnot lift the scales from their eyes ? The Sanatory Committee of . t & is town have published two reports in Ehich the _coalition of ibe _jpoolepmbers
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have been clearly and explicitly set forth , and although the greater portion of cases detailed in . the first repot t might raise a blush on the cheek , and excite the commiseration-of those who have the slightest claim * to humanity , yet , in the words of the poet there is " Beneath the lowest depth a lower still . ** This morning my attention was drawn to the condition ofa family residing in a place situate ou the Mnnchester-road , dignified by ' the title of Albion Square ; at the entrance of this square are several good-looking cottage houses , under one of which is a single cellar _, ftcelce fed _fettotc Un surface . I entered ihis horrid den , and could Rot perceive any occupant owing to the darkness ofthe place , but in the course of a _miK'He I heard a low moan , as of a person suffering- from
bodily pain . I advanced along thc floor saturated with rain water , which _rollcdiu torrents from the door , and rccugmstd a female form laid on what it would be a shame to term a bed , 1 questioned her . and found sire _Smd been ill for some turns I asked whether she was married , and found that she had < n husband aud £ ve children living (?) with her iu this miserable hole . On looking round more _chssely , I beheid some wretched , _Jialf-nakcd children huddled togetht * , I resolved to see hu-husband , and after some delay he came . Hetoid lne he was a woolcombcr , tbat he-had worked in _that-ccllar until his health was-so Completely uuderminsd that he was compelled at ! ast togo _' and work elsewhere ; bis health was still bad , -and 'he had applied for several
cottage houses , but could-not get one , because lie was _dtooofcomber . The woolcombers are Warned tor their immorality , insubordination , irregularity , -Ac , _& c . Now , sir , who are to blame ? Perhaps _thesefew lines may come _undtrthe'iiotkc of parties _whosecensciences will give a response . "One thing must be clear to all . The present _unodvof woi ? . combers being _cotspeVxd to work in their be _& _cJuxmbers-e atsises the proprietors -of cottages to decline accepting them as tenants , they are-consequently forced to occupysuoh filthy and unhealthy holes , as I have endeavoured te describe . What is the remedy for this degrading state of things ? Tee _tbection oi * Snors fob _Wooecombers ! Yours truly , _Oeouge White .
"Divise" _-JoSbice in _LEICESTERSHJ 8 E . —Wo take the following from the Times ;— 'The _» X _« iccfl « r C' / iromete reports w-hirt it justly calls a "hard case , " tried , or we sliould _TOlher say , disposed of , At the late Quarter Sessions . Two young men appealed agaiust a _magiswatt _' _a conviction . The charge against them was that-ofhsving stolen some appies-from a garden . They cameinrovided with a host of witnesses to prove that they were elsewhere at the _tinve-cf the robbery , This defence was either true or false ; but instead of _illquiry " -whether the accused were guilty or innocent , theywere treated as guilty _and-sentenced to six weeks ' imprisonment , with hard labour , because they had , _Un their notice of appeal , through-their attorney ' s mistake , _-oailsd the convicting magistrate John Dudley , Esquire ,
instead of the J ? _ecereml John Dudley . The effect of this decision is , that because Mr . Dudley is a divhie J . | _ C _, therefore the men stole the apples . Had hebeen nn-esquire , tliey niight have established _their-iano-• cence , if they were _innocent , and if , in addition , -they had the means of proving at—a by no means necessary accompaniment . " Joss Dosaid , Edisbokcii . —The trade price of " * ' The ' .-Furgatory of Suicides' * is 4 hree fourths . We _lijve not any Stars for October 11 th . __!* _s . _Lancaster , Waee _ _-ie ___ d . —The reason of thc Stars -not being sent on September 13 th was , the persen who - - should have packed them , in Windu : ill-street ,-BiiElaid the cover for those to Wakefield , mid nlso those for Mr . T . S . Brook of De-. vsbury , aud Mr . liddle of
_Trcston . This mistake was not found out till the _" ¥ ? ednesday following , when Iho covers were brought to the office in the Strand . _SECESSITT Or _SANATOMTfREFORJI IN TnE ToWEtt IlAHiets . —In the street in which I reside , there exists a most abominable nuisance , iu consequence-of some of the houses not being provided with a proper-receptacle for the night-soil , and-other filth , which the occupiers are necessitated to _pun ? p out into the street , three or four times a week , where the nuisance often _accumulates opposite my door , and there remains _tV-r days . This nuisance is believed to be the cause of much of the sickuess that has latterly prevailed iu this district . The stench is at times so great that it is difficult to breathe . Now this is really loo bad , for when the
offensive stuff has heen floating before my own door , I have frequently pointed it out to the police , who admit the nuisance , yet tliiuk they have no power to interfere , take no notice , and it still remains tmeb . nt (_ d . I wonder how long it would he allowed to remain before the residence of some of the royal paupers who have receutly cut so conspicuous a figure in resisting the payment of poor rates . Be it remembered I and my neighbours pay all nates . Having _comolained to the police and collector cf the sewers rate without redress , I see no other _medo-cf removing this crying evil but ADpealiug to the press , in the hope that it -may meet the eye ef some of-the philanthropic gentlemen who are enquiring into the sanatory condition of the metropolis , that they-may be induced to'compel the
owners of property- to reform this abominable and mischievous nuisanee . By inserting this you will confer a favour on _y-eurc , & c ., J . Shaw . —2 t , _* _-Glouce 6 terstreet , Commercial-read East . Ma . T .-JL Wheelec _ash > his Balance SHE £ T .- _^ In the Kin ( hem Star Of _Gotchee ith ' we inserted the balance sheet of the Co-operative Land Society , as famished by Mr . T . JI . Wheeler , the secretary . In the Star-of the succeeding week Mr _.-Wheeler made it matter of complaint that mistakes had occurred in the account- of monies from "Ashtca , Barnsley , Bolton , Carrington , Dewsbury , Lambeth , Lamberhead-green , Mottram , "Northampton , _Nottingham , Old Basford , Oldham , Ratcliffe , RoiherbaiB , Sheffield , Somers Town , _IVheeler- ' s list , and the Whittington and Cat . " These errors Mr .
Wheeler stated to have arisen from " wantof due-attention on the part of the compositors _and-rcaders ' ; ' and their consequenees , he averred , had been to "compel him to issue another printed balance sheet" Now , it struck us " whoa ves saw this statement , tliat there had either been gross neglect on the part of those Mr . Wheeler described , or- that the errors had been committed by somebody -else before the balance sheet had been made out , and _jilaoed in the _compositoi _' s hands . To set this portion ofthe matter at rest , we caused the MS . of said balance > sheet to be forwarded to our present location , —atleast such portions of it _asoould be found , —for one -slip , containing the accounts
from Lambeth and Lamberhead-green , has been lost . All the others are there : _ .. and , in every _instonec that wa can traee , has Mr * Wheeler ' s MS . been scruplously followed . Both the compositors and readers have done _tfieirduty—printed the balance sheet as rendered to them . The errors Mr . Wheeler speaks of are not therefore chargeable to them . A . B ., _BiRMixoHAJi . —We cannot help him off with his songs . L . T ., Keswick . —The rnle & cf the United Trades' Association , and every information connected therewith , are to be obtained of Mr . . Barrett , the secretary , at the Trades * Office , 30 , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury .
Mb . Watts , _Bibjunohak _^ ajh > Me , Debb _ . ce , Noe-„ wich , will oblige by procuring their post-orders _payable at the branch Post-office ,- Charing-cross . 3 * H £ _Restoration of the _Esiied Patbiots . —We have received the following to which we call the attention of . our readers : —I have long been waiting in earnest expectation that some one of your numerous and talented . correspondents would hare called tbe attention of the . Chartist body to the important-subject at the head of this communication , but , finding . that no one has done 5 o , ifor me to be longer silent ivoiild be highly culpable . I therefore trust , sir , that _oneof yonr humblest subscriberc . will be allowed to express his sentiments through thecolumns of the Northern Star . —Brother Chartists—_ P __ H _ _£ , that exceUent compendium of _sterling wit aud
satire , says , that everybody is aski ng " Shall CromweU have a statue i" I reply in the _affirmative , inasmuch as Cromwell far surpassed many ( if not the whole ) of our _governors , whose names defile the pages of our history since Alfred the Great . But what is -it to us , tbe robbed , despised , degraded , and enslaved working classes , whether . this or that " slaughterer of the human family " has a place in the new Houses of Parliament ; whether those who have for ages beeu the upholders , defenders of , and participators in that system of spoliation , robbery , and murder , which has , and ' still curses this country , ace allowed a niche in that building , Ihave a question to . ask of far greater and momentous importance to us who profess to be firm adherents and warm admirers of truth , justice , and _liberty-r-a question
which should , in my humble opinion , make every democrat hold down tis head and plead guilty to thc charga of not having done his duty . The question , I would ask , sir , is tbis ; " Shall no effort be made for the restoration of thc patriots Frost , Williams , Jones , Bills , and other political exiles , tbe victims of class laws , class juries , and perjury ! Men who , for their attach _, ment to , and their exertions in the cause of freedom , were torn from all that affection held dear , and banished to a penal settlement , there to associate with those who had been guilty of every atrocity in the black catalogue of crime . Oh ! what men like these have suffereJ under such a punishmenti The late Chartist conven . Hon , imbued with the true spirit of democracy , and actuated by pure philanthropy , decided on
recommending that an united , energetic , and determined effort should be made to restore the expatriated patriots . to / their native land ; aud the convention appointed a deputation to wait on that friend of labour , T . S . Duncombe , M . _T ? ., to ascertain his opinion on the subject Jlr . _Doneombe assured the deputation that he would bring the question before the House af Commons , at the close of the then '( April last ) present session , or early in the next ; and for the motion to be successful , it would be necessary that it should be supported by numerously signed petitions . Suitable petitions Were drawn up , and it was agreed that a Central Exile Restoration Committee be formed , to
consist of a delegate from each of the metropolitan localities , to act in conjunction with the Executive . The duties assigned to the central committee were to wait oil and solicit members of the House of Commons to support the motion ( recollect in 1813 the motion was lost hy the casting vote of the Whig speaker ) of the patriotic Duncombe , to correspond with , and afford information to , petitioners ; to superintend the presentation of petitions , and facilitate the object for which they were appointed in every _possible way . Thus far . the _Contention nobl y did their duty . Six months have now elapsed , and what has been done . ! Have the comm . itteee . rermet ? _Holies have _appealed , paj . ' . _ing
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on the localities to elect their delegates , to which some have -responded , others cannot "' uudcisiaiid , _" _oV-haW neglected their duty . How can . we reconcile our profession of democracy with our culpable neglect of these ill-uted and persecuted men ! Certainl y , at the close of last year memorials were presented to her Majesty , or rather to Sir JamcsGraham , for that cold-hearted renegade returned his lithographed answers that he saw no reason why he sliould recommend their ease to the merciful consideration i . f « ' her _Miijesty . " It is , therefore , manifest ibat our only hope is in petitioning the House of Commons . It is now high time that ' we bestir ourseh-es in this good work— -irotaday should be lost , February will soon be here . Let us instantly set about getting _iap public meetings , to adopt petitions , and whevs this is not practicable , let individual petitions be _crowded into the Ilouse , that we may thereby back up the noble Duncombe * _Juet the working men of
Lendon , in particular , set -an example iu this laudable _ttudertakiug . as much Witt depend on the exertions of the central committee , _< the duties imposed on that committee being rather of an onerous character ) and the majority of the executive , from the importance of their functions , being -compelled to be much absent from town . I would advise that each of the metropolitan localities forthwith elect two deli-gates , men that are warm aud earnest in the cause , for tbis special purpose , and let the whole meet our worthy and assiduous gene _, ral secretary ( pi respectfully call his attention to this , ) in the Hall , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday afternoon , November » th , or llhb _, at thc latest . Let us « o more give " three _^ cheers" for them at our meetings , if wc fail to _eie'rt'ourselves in their behalf . There must be uo apathy , no halt-hearteduees , " ° _hesitation , no failure , but energy , firmness , promptitude , and success must and will crown our exertions .
" A _D-1 STBICT SECRETAR * OF IH « CHARTIST CO-OPEBAsmv _* e Land Society , " must -append UU _wsrae to his letters if he wishes their contents to be noticed . We -do uot give publicity to such letters wifi « _sut knowing the writer ' s address . J , Berts . —Your letter arrived too late for notice this week . Wo wish Mr . Berts , and some others of our _-ooi-respondeuts , would eschew _writiug'on both sides of tlie paper . It ig a great grievance _< br editors and -compositors .
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LAND SOCIETY . teX . MR . O'CONNOR . £ b . d . Halifax , per C . W . Smith ., „ „ 2 0 0 Wigan , per N . Canning .. .. .. ., - 7 0 10 Leeds , per Win . Brook -,. .. .. .. D 0 0 Burnley , per J . _Givjy .. .. .. .. 800 Worcester , per Mr . --Griffiths . -.. .. .. 500 Cullouinton _, per W . -roole „ „ .. 200 Stockport , per _T-. Woodhouse .. .. .. 2 0 0 Dudworth _, per _T-.-Grafts i . -.. .. .. 2 0 0 Keighley , per J . Vioars .. -.. .. .. 600 _KothcrluMU , pev W . Kimpster ... .. .. 4 18 6 Preston , per J . Srown .. -.. .. .. IS 17 7 Ileliu Locality , Sowerby , per W . Woodhouse ., 200 Manchester , per J . Murray .. ... .. 12 . o o Plymouth , pet * E . _llohertson .. .. .. i i 2 Coine , per II . Horsfield .. .. ,. .. 500 Birmingham , . per II . Parker .. .. .. 5 0 0 Brighton , Artichoke Inn Locality , No . 1 , per W .
Flower .. -.. ... .. .. .. 4 0 13 Ashtou undei ' -Lyue , per K . Hobson ., „ it li i ¦ -PEK G £ NEHA-1 _ _lECKETABTt
INSTALMENTS . £ s .-d . £ _s . d . Dorking o " _}' 2 o Birkenhead .. 0 9 4 - * HABES . Westmiirater .. 1 * 10 0 _Boulogne .. .. 2 N Farrington .. 7-2 0 Bradford .. .. 200 Bristol .. .. -1 16 10 Lkicestvr .. .. 2 0 t _C-ABDS AND RULES . Cheltenham ... 0 4 4 Wootteu - under - Worcester .. -O -2 6 Edge .. .. 0 2 -6 T 1 I 0 UA 8 Mautim _Wueelek . NATIONAL'OHAUTER ASSOCIATION . FEU-GENERAL SECRETARY . _^ eUBSCBlPTIONS , Greenwich .. 0 10 o Bristol , Mr . Hill .. 0 1 Q Bolton * _-0 5 0 Carrington .. 0 17 0 Do _^ a friend .. * 0 o 10
DIXOK FUND . Bolton , Mr . Livesay .. .. .. .. 0 _< -6 _'VBTEBAN PATIUOT 6 ' FCH 0 , Mr . _J Browett _, one quarter's subscription .. 0 ' 1 1 _Buotheb . SnAWinoi . nEas , —By the time yon peruse this every sub-secretary will be in possession of a balance sheet , which sheetl have no doubt will be satisfactory . There is one item in the expenses whieh seems to have been-misunderstood by some ofthe shareholders , and therefore I deem , it prudent that further explanation should bc-given—theitem alluded to is the salary of the directors . 'It is . asserted by some that the laws do not sanction any appropriation ofthe funds for that purpose . il believe tins ' to be-a mistake . Each shareholder , on joining the society , ist aware that 2 s . of the £ 2 12 s . is to be de-. voted to expenses for the _general good ot thc society . The expenditure must , of course , be left in a great measure tu
thc good sense and discretion of the board of directors . In the opinion of . the directors the employment of . Messrs Doyle , Clark , and M'Grath , as agents and expounders ol tlie principles of-the society , was the most expedient me-- tliod tliey could _.-adopt , and the result has justified their -conclusions . These gentlemen and myself have devoted nearly the whole- of our time and energies to the further _, -ance of- the interests of the society , aud they would _hu've been justified in-receiving , and the _firnds for that _purpose would have allowed of them being paid from _tliat-tsuurce ; but , aware of oniyposition as a pro tern , body , and anxiou . s to guard against .-tlie slightest shadow of _suspicion , thu -directors determined uot to touch one farthing of thefunds for the payment of their salaries ; there was still , however , a fund applicable to that purpose , and over which > we had perfect right of control—1 allude to the pro / its on the saltof cards and rules . Hy their exertions this source of revenue was raised _;> -they were as much entitled to it . as any
other tradesmanfocthe sale of goods which hemay -think , proper to vend . -It is from this source that our sul-. iries have . been paid , and there is still a considerable balanet . of . profit in hand . _:-I have offered these remarks because I am aware that tlic subject lias been warmly discussed * . .. and it is for the welfare of the society that the officers and the body should perfectly , and as speedily as possible , as . certaiu their relative positions . In conclusion , I haveonly to add , that , although our labours have been far wore onerous and responsible than when solely _employcd-asthe Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , yet we have not received one fraction extra salary . Whatever has been received by us as directors has been deducted from our salary . as members of the Executive _Committee of the National Charter Association . Yours , on . behalf of my brethren , Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secretary . No . 7 , Crown-court , _llean-street , Oxford-street .
N . B . —Tbe sub-secretaries arc requested immediately to collect and remit the levy to me , in order that 1 may ar . ranite the district representation .
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_Sisoolau Death from NionTMAnE . —Late on _Saturday evening Mr . Wm . Payne , the coroner , ' went into _ah _inquiry at the Crown Tavern , Basinghall-strect , . touching the death of John Connolly , aged 36 years , a . vocalist . It appeared that latterl _y thc deceased man had suffered a good deal from nightmare . On Friday evening last he went home rather depressed in _-spirits , and retired to rest at a quarter to ten . Ilis . conipanion _, Samuel M'Mahon , who slept in the
same bed with him , on _awaktns next morning ( _Saturdayjdiscovered the deceased lying in an apparently _lifelessrstatc . Witness , believing him at first to have beenlahouring under some paroxysm of his complaint , shook liim , when he breathed -very heavily . Mr . Lennifcer , surgeon , was immediately sent for , but before his arrival life was extinct . The surgeon was of opinion tbat death was caused by the breaking ot some blood-vessel in the region of the heart , no doubt from the . excitement consequent upon nightmare . — Verdict accordingly .
Maid _8 ioke . — Mysterious Disappearance . — A young girl , aged about 17 , named Dann , the daughter of _atradesman in this town , disappeared on Thursday evening week in a very strange manner . She had been , with a younger sister , hop-picking for Mr . Baxter , at _Shepway Court , and on Thursday night went to the Wheatsheaf Inn , on the Loose road , to receive her earnings . She received about £ 2 15 s .: and had left the house a few minutes , when a young man who had been-employed in the hop-ground said to another , "Why , you don't mean to let your sweetheart go off in that way , " and ran out after her . He returned in about five minutes , and said that he had run down the road but could not overtake her . Since that period she has never been seen , although everyplace likely to coatainher lias been searched . As she was a steady , well-behaved girl , her parents are in the deepest possible distress at her disappearance , which has caused much excitement in Maidstone .
Coroner ' s Inquest . —Death _prou the Kick or a Horse . —On Monday Mr . Wakley , M . P ., heldan inquest at the Middlesex Hospital , on the bodyol James Hills , aged 40 . It appeared that deceased was a horse-keeper in the employ of Mr . Glover , proprietor of some Norwood coaches , _^ n the 10 th instant deceased was in the stables in Little Portlandstreet , Portland-place , when a horse which he was rubbing down , suddenly kicked him on the left thigh . When he was picked up , it being found that he was unable to stand , he was removed to the above institution . Eyery attention was paid to him , but delirium tremens supervening , consequent on deceased ' s irregular mode of living , he sank , and died on Thursday last . Verdict , accidental death .
Melancholy . Scicidk . —On Monday evening Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at the St . George s favern , Lambeth-road , on the body of Mr . Charles Pitcher , aged 34 , late landlord of the above house , lhe deceased had lost his wife about two months , ana ever since he had exhibited a singular strangeness in his manner , accompannied with great despondency . On Friday he retired to rest about twelve o ' clock ; on Saturday morning , about nine o ' clock , he was found by the waiter suspended by a silk handkerchiet trom the frame ofthe bedstead : he was cut down immediately , and Mr . Hooper , a surgeon of the Londonroad , attended , and tried every means to restore animation , as the body was still warm , but ineffectually . About seven o ' clock the 9 ame morning the deceased spoke to one of his children , 5 _yenrs old , and told him that he hoped he would be taken care of , for he should not be with him long , and he wished to be hurried by the side ofhis poor mother . —VeiV diet" Temporary tonifcy , "
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' - _* . _- ! , _* _^ _H 9 . . ° _p . ' . T « b' Mauv _fkom Stiwbt . —Livkr' pooh , :. j . u . _mjai-. —hy ihe _aii-iViifhcro to day oi" the _Luwpualus , Captain Small , from Bombav , we learn the total loss otthe above vessel , and seventeen of her uutortnnate passengers , women and children _, lhe Mary left Sydney , iN . S . W ., on the 19 th Mav , and all went on well until the 24 th , when the vessel , about midnight , struck on a reef in Bass ' s Straits , and immediately went to pieces ; the passengers and crew , with the above exceptions , saving themselves with , much difficulty ,, and ultimately reached Fhnder _' s Island in safety , whence they were conveyed to _Launceston , New South . Wales . Captain Collins , a passenger , has . written a luug narrative to one of the Sydney papers , in which ho deprecates in -strong terms the unseaworthy state of tbe vessel , as it appeal's she began to leak shortl y after leaving Sydney , he also says , that from thc striking of tlieshin to her
parting and going down , only seven minutes elapsed . Wc subjoin a list of passengers saved and lost : — Saved : Captain Collins , 13 th Light Dragoons ; Mm . Collins , Miss Elizabeth Collins , Miss Emma Collins , Miss _Stnitliallen Collins , Sarah Saretn . Mrs . Newhv , Mr . Reeves , Mrs . Reeve , Mrs , Stnnbury , Mrs . Evans , Mr . Ilcffcrman , Mrs . Hefferman , Stephen Dwycr , Mr . Thomas Newman , Mr . James Abbott , Mr . J . Jones , Mr Joseph Wilkiuson . Mr . Heather , Master Arthur Heather , Michael Nicholson , George llempson , Patrick Gardiner , -ami all the crew . Lost —Mrs . Heather , an *! two children , Mrs . Grey , Mrs . Turnbull , two daughters ' of Captain Collins , three daughtors of Captain Newby , Sarah Foivkes _, and six children ot Mrs . Kvans . The Bucephalus received her report from thc Indian , bound from Launceston to London , which vessel she spoke on the 6 th instant in hit . 37 N .
Au . i-. o __ d Child Murbkb . —On Tuesday last Mr . William Payne resumed and concluded an inquiry at the _tJecce , ( Jnecn-stieet , Cheapside , on the body of a newly-born male -child , discovered on the night of Sunday week , lying on . the doorsteps of Mr . llalford , of _Irontno-nger-iane , the churchwarden of the parish . Notwithstanding every exertion on the part of the city police , and _41 kj parochial authorities , not the slightest clue can be obtained to the parent . The jury returned an open verdict of" Fownd dead . " Fatal _Occuri-knce . _—Nkgm-ct on- a Road _Coxthacto-r . — 'On'Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr _.-St . Clair Bedford , _coronenof Westminster , at the George , Wardour-street _, Soho , on the body of Mr , Alfred Richard Harrison , aged 30 , silversmith
and jeweller , ol _Pickett-street , Strand , whose death occurred -under thc following _ntelaneholy circum stances . George Hill , tailor , No . 9 , Doune-terracc , Hackney , ' , stated that about ten o ' clock on the night of . Satiiri _'« y , the 4 th _ipst ., lie was walking along Portland-. place , Clapton , when hearing a shout from _behind'hc-looked back and _§ aw a gentleman ( who proved to be ' the deceased ) on horseback coming along , and the rider at that time _seopied'to be righting himself in his saddle . Presently the gentleman passed him , and had only proceeded a . low yards before his horse stumbled oyer some dirt in the road , and he was thrown head foremost to the ground . Witness , on the accident occurring , _went-up to the deceased , and a _^ 'ked him if he was hurt , but receiving no answer , he raised an alarm , and assistance arriving , deceased , who was found to be insensible , was carried to Mr . _Hovell's , asur _^ _en ( in _the-ncighboiirhood ) _, and from
thence home to his friends in Wardour-street . By the Coroner : The road had been taken up to repn ir the sewers , and the mound of dirt over which . deceased's horse fell was between three and four yards from tho pathway , and about eighteen inches in height . There wasno light to warn any person of danger , but on the other side of tlie heap of dirt there would have been plenty of room to have passed . The horse , when witness first saw it , he should judge was goingat the rate of from ten to twelve miles an hour . Deceased seemed to have perfect controul ovev it . There was a gas lamp about 30 yards from where the accident happened , but it did not show a li ght on the spot . The jury , many of whom felt inclined to return a verdict of niiWiJaughteragainst the contractor of the roads under the commissioners of sewers , ( Mr . Crooks ) , eventually adjourned the inquiry , which lasted four hours , till Friday " .
_Xellow Fever at Malta—The _Gaxetu du Midi states that thc Mongibello steamer , whicli arrived at Marseilles on-the 16 th of October , has brought news that the yellow fever had made its appearance on board a vessel which had entered the port of Malta . The number of cases was said to be two , one of whieh was followed _> by death . On receiving this news , the Neapolitan Council of State had assembled , and laid the matter before the Board of Health , which immediately ordered all vessels from Malta to be subjected to a strict quarantine . This intelligence is not confirmed , however , from any other source .
_Waterbeacii . —Incksdiary Fires . —This village is most unenviably notorious for the ravings of incendiarism . Not -less than eleven fires of this description , and some -of them very serious ones , have occurred within about two years . We have to add two more to the list which occurred last week . The first took place on Thursday night , about eight o ' clock , in the lodge belonging to Mr . William Mason . Fortunately it was discovered and extinguished without doing any serious damage . The second broke out on the same evening , about eleven o ' clock , on the premises of Mr . William Denson , situated a considerable distance from Mr . Mason ' s : thisalsowas first discovered in a lodge , whence the Hames speedily communicated to the dwelling-house , whicli was partially consumed , and the lodge entirely burnt down . No doubt can exist as to the origin of these fires , and we earnestly hope the infamous perpetrators will be discovered . —Cambridge Advertiser .
Fire -at Si . Peter s College . —Great alarm was excited in -this college on Sunday morning by the discovery of a fire in the ' rooms of Mr . Craven , in Gisborne ' s-court . The fire was discovered by the bedmaker , who , entering the room at half-past nine o'clock , found it full of smoke . She instantly gave the alarm , and in a few moments the authorities of the collegc . and the servants were present , and shortly afterwards Mr . Hazard ' s fire-engine ( Sun-office ) arrived , and « vcry effort was made to suppress the lire ,
but although it was prevented extending further , it was not totally subdued until two o ' clock . For two days previously a smell of fire hadbeen observed in the room , which no one could account tor , and it ftppears now that it arose from the heat of the flues communicating to a beam in the wall , which on the morning in question broke out in flames . Though the utmost alarm prevailed we are happy to say no damage was done to any property , or other injury sustained than that we have stated . —Cambridge Advertiser _^
_GAMLINGAV , CAUBRIDGESnmE . — Alabmiko Lvce . v diary Fire . —On Monday morning this neighbourhood wus thrown into thc _utmost state of alarm by the discovery of a . fire on the premises of Mr . Payne , called Brockden , in this village , which we understand extended to nearly the whele of the corn stacks and farm buildings . At ten o'clock on Monday the fire was blazing fearfully . There is no doubt as to its origin . Shocking Omnibus Accident . —On Wednesday afternoon , about four o ' clock , an accident occurred on Ludgatc-hill , to a fine child named Edward _FJemming-, aged five years , tire son of a glass manufacturer , residing near Smithtield , It appears tliat a
Wandsworth and City omnibus . No . 2 , 235 , was proceeding down Ludgate-hill , when the child alluded to was observed suddenly to shoot out from among the _passer--by ; into the road , and before the driver was aware of the circumstance , lie was knocked down , and the near fore-wheel had passed over his neck and head . Mr . 0 'IIennesy , who was passing by , rushed forward and seizing the child , who was bleeding profusely from the mouth , nose , and ears , earried him to the shop of Messrs . Orridge and Co ., where he was promptly attended by Mr . Pointing , a surgeon , who at once pronounced the case hopeless . The little sufferer was then conveyed to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital . The driver of the omnibus was taken into custody .
Paring Outrage wear _Maxsfield . —About halfpast six o ' clock on thc evening of Saturday last , two ruffians attacked and committed a most murderous assault'upon the person of Mr . William Bunting , articled clerk to Messrs . Parsons , Benn , and Parsons , solicitors , of Mansfield , whilst returning in a gigfrom Nottingham to the latter place . At the period of this brutal attack Mr . Bunting was driving at a very steady pace , when he was struck a most severe blow on the back part of hia head . The injuries whicli Mr . Bunting received from this blow were of so dreadful a nature that he was rendered insensible , and his head was severely cut , and laid open in five different parts , the wounds being two and a-half inches long , and extending to the bone . Mr .
Bunting was completely covered with blood . Fortunately before the villains proceeded to other acts of violence and maltreatment , or before tliey had time to rifle the peckets of their victim , they were alarmed by the appearance of a farmer on horseback , who came up at the moment , and instantly gave the alarm , but the robbers succeeded in making their escape . The spot where this daring outrage took place _^ was a complete pool of blood , and is between Thieves and Harlow woods , about 21 miles from Mansfield . The unfortunate gentleman had only a short time previous to the attack passed the man on horseback , who , hearing theories of Mr . Bunting , called out "What ' s the matter ? " and on riding up at a quick pace , he
observed tne _two men make off in . the wood on each side of the road . The night was dark , the moon not having risen , _andit is supposed that one man stopped the horse ( the animal stopping very suddenly ) while the other attacked Mr . Bunting from behind . It is conjectured that the ruffians had mistaken Mr . Bunting for Mr . White , stockbroker , who was expected home from Nottingham about thesame hour , and what makes the supposition the more probable is , that both m " _^ j te and Mr * BuntinS _wexo driving white horses . ' 1 his daring attemptat murder has created thegrcatest excitement in the neighbourhood , such a diabolical outrage not having been committed in that part of the country before this period , and a reward of fifty guineas has been offered for the men's apprehension . Wig fu jl particulars of this mtvm have been laid
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before the caniit . _y-vviicUtvaten , who , it is t . ' ifiit _* : ! it ; nt liicir noxi , iiit _& uug wili otl ' er a i ' _urtlier . reward , so that tliese villains may be brought to condign punishment . Mr . Bunting has been attended by a medical gentleman ever since thc murderous attack , and wc rejoice to be enabled to state that he is no « considered out of danger , altlwugls . very weak from the loss of blood . The medical attendant ' states that very favourable symptoms have appeared ; and , considering the murderous attack , Mr . Bunting is _progressing favourably .
_AnULTKBT AND ATTKMIT AT MuRDER , —At tllC Middlesex Sessions , on Thursday , Joseph Samuels was indicted for assaulting Henry Samuels . The prosecutor was the defendant ' s brother . They resided together in the same house . On Saturday , the 5 th of September , the prosecutor liad eccasion to be absent from home , and upon his return found his wife in bed with his brother . He ordered them out of the house , but defendent refused to go . An altercation ensued , in the course of which the latter made a thrust at Ill ' s brother , the _proseewtor _, with a large knife , at the same time utteriug a horrible imprecation . The jury returned a verdict of guilty . The court sentenced the prisoner to one month ' s imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Correction , nnd to enter into his own recognizances in £ 20 , and find one surety iu the sum of £ 10 to keep the peace for six months .
Suicide op a Fkmale at Bi _ ACK . FniAns-BRn . GE . — On Wednesday night , about eleven o ' clock , a respectably attired female was observed to mount the parapet near the centre arch of Blackfriars-bridge , and in tantly to precipitate herself into the water . No time was lost in procuring the drags , but the body could not be found . Her bonnet , and a letter signed M . Mann , was afterwards observed iii the recess of thc bridge . The letter led to tho discovery of her friends , when it appeared that the unfortunate woman ' s name was Mann , and that she was a widow , about 28 years of age . Sho had a few months since arrived home from the West Indies . Disappointed affection is supposed to have been the cause of her committing self-destruction . Up to last evening the body had not been recovered .
Falling-is op tub Floor op a _DissEKTKns _Chapei .. —Two Persons Killed . —On Wednesday evening last , in thc village of East Waldren , the floor of the Methodist chapel fell in . There was a meeting for the purpose of considering the plan of erecting a new chapel , the present building being in a dilapidated state . During the _proceedings a crash was heard , and a considerable portion of the flooring suddenly }; ave way , precipitating a number of persons into the cellars under the building . Several were extricated with fractured limbs and other serious injuries . Unfortunately two persons were killed , namely , Mr . Joseph Sandon , of Stoke Marsh , fanner , and a _young man named Patterson , an assistant to Mr . William Jones , draper , of Waldren . The bodies ofthe unfortunate men wove found jammed between thc wood of the flooring and the brick work of the cellar , and crushed in a shocking manner .,
DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . Fatal _Acciokkt on tiik Siinv _ . ii . i _ i > and _IIothbriiam Railway . —On Sunday night last , about ten o ' clock , after the mail train had arrived at the Sheffield station , the engine was detached , and after going on to the turn-table was driven on to another line of rails , preparatory to being attached to oue of the morning trains . . At that time a man named Matthew Jessop , a pJate layer , in the employment of the contractor of the line from Sheflield to llothcrham , was engaged in shunting several carriages , and amongst them was one heavily laden with iron . It was no part of tlie man ' s _duty to do this work ; but be was employed that evening to supply the piaee of another man who was ill . For the purposo of shunting the goods train towards the S hefficld
station , he had hooked a long chain on to thc centre hook of the hind _carriage , the other end of the chain being attached to the tender which was going in the same direction down another line . He placed his back against the carriage , for the purpose of unhooking the chain when the goods tvain had been shunted sufficiently far , and when it was tOO late found tliat he had placed himself on that side of the hook nearest the line of rails which the engine was going down upon . The consequence was that the chain was drawn in a direct line across the poor man ' s breast , and he was dragged along till the stopping of the engine relaxed the hold of the chain . He then fell , and was immediately afterwards found in a sitting position . On being spoken to , he merely said he should be better if he could cough , and died in about three minutes afterwards .
Serious _Acciokkts o . s the North _Midlasd Railway . —Leeds , Oct . 22 . —We are sorry to record another very serious accident , which occurred on Monday on the Midland Railway , near Barnsley , which has resulted in several of the passengers having received very fearful injuries . As the Leeds and London mail train , which is due here at about five o ' clock in the morning , was running between the Masborough and Cudworth stations , some part of the engine became out of order , owing to which the train was unable to travel beyond tne rate of eight or nine miles an hour * In consequence of this messengers were sent back to thc Masborough station in order to procure another engine to carry the train on to Leeds . In the meantime the train
proceeded at a slow pace , with the usual si / rnal lights fixed behind , nnd when passing between the Wath and Danfield stations , the assistant engine came up behind at a rapid pace , and ran with immense force into the train . The concussion was of course a tremendous one . Thc last carriage , wliich was secondclass , Aas forced up from thc rails , and the buffers were driven through into the first compartment of a first-class carriage which preceded it . In this compartment were William Botcler , Esq ., one of the commissioners of the Leeds Bankruptcy Court , Inspector Child , and Sergeant _Stubbs , of the Leeds detective police force , two of whom have sustained injuries , the issue ol which it is impossible to anticipate . Mr . Botcler , who is a gentleman between sixty and seventy years of age , had one kg broken close to the knee , and thc other severely bruised ;
and Mr . Stubbs received a compound fracture of the left leg , and other material injuries . Mr . Child was much shocked , but not otherwise hurt . All the other passengers in the train were more or less injured by the violence of the collision , but we arc happy to say that they have escaped with a stun and some slight contusions . Sir John II . Lowther _, Bart ., M P ., for York , was one of the passengers . Mr . Boteler has been taken home to his residence , which 18 it Qultone , a feiv miles from Leeds , and Air . Stubbs was conveyed to the Leeds Infirmary . The cause of the accident is stated to be that the driver of the assistant engine had anticipated that the train would be considerably further in advance than it was , that he was unaware of being near it until it was too late to slacken his pace and avoid a collision .
Another Account . —The following letter was received iu Liverpool on Monday evening * . —My Dear Sir , —I have this moment arrived home , having met with a most serious accident on the railway ; both my legs are much hurt , and I can with difficulty walk . My escape was the most miraculous thing that can bu imagined . Alma and self went yesterday to Chatsworth ; and , with a view to get home at an early hour in the morning , determined to take the London and Gloucester train on the North Midland Line , at Barnsley , which passed there at half-past two in the morning . The train was a very lengthy one , and crowded with passengers . In consequence of somo trifling defect in one of the valves , the engine wa , only enabled to go at a very slow pace , but rathd
than lose the entire time by waiting at Barnsley , they determined to proceed quick , previously sendirjf for an engine , with directions'to . follow . _Aboutai hour after starting , the engine in pursuit came u {< and it being dark , or from negligence somewhere , il run with all its power into the train , smashing the carriages to atoms , and throwing them off the line to the verge of a steep embankment , where , providentially , the wheels became embedded . To describe the scene which ensued is impossible . I have often read of such casualties , but could imagine nothinglike it . Four or five persons had their legs completely severed from their bodies , and were thrown on cither side screaming in agony . One gentleman , upwards of 60 years of age ( judge of the Court of Bankruptcy nt Leeds ) , had his legs crushed to mummy . The buffers of the engine tender came through the carriage where he was sitting , and sofirmlv
pinned him to his seat that it was at lcast an hour before he could be extricated _; he was left at the first station , where , I have no doubt , he has since expired . A little child remained in one of the carriages , left , in the fright , by its father , and was found unhurt . A lady , who was in the coupe with her father , had her head cut frightfully . How Alma and myself escaped I know not . I waa asleep , and thrown with great violence against the edge of the arms of the opposite seat , cutting tho knee of my pantaloons completely through , and hurting both my legs severely . Alma escaped unhurt . During the whole time the rain was pouring in torrents , and the winds piercing cold , which , coupled with the bodies of the sufferers lying on the ground , supported on the cushions from the seats , made me feci as I shall never forget . I cannot be too thankful to Providence for this wonderful preservation , and I assure you it will be long ere I expose myself to similar danger .
Further _PAnnccLAns . —The following letter is from tho son of Matthew Hill , Esq ., the eminent barrister , wlio was a passenger by the train : —Don ' t be alarmed , I am all safe , life and limb , but I had the narrowest escape I ever met with . Soon after we passed Sheffield our engine burst one of its cylinders , and broke the piston rod . This was cleared in about a quarter of an hour , and with the other cylinder we proceeded about four miles beyond Boursley , at a foot pace , sending word by a luggage train that passed us for a fresh engine ; this overtook us at such a violent pace as to crush up the last carriage , a second class , and drive it bodily into the one I was sitting in ( a first class ) . Fortunately I was in tlie centre compartment , and not in the last . I was thrown furiously forward , and pitched head first into the opposite scat . I lost no time , you may
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h _^ ure in niekm _^ myselfnp and set ting ditt ; "VI « cn a bomb ! " K _Fcscntcd _ilsclf . The ! . _™ V * _gffi £ immediately behind mine was _hlled V _^ J _^ _V and groaning victims , calling for _assisi . ntc . iruard and 1 soon opened the door , and dragged o c man out , who the moment he readied the g _*« c _^* _Wcsoon had him up , and I led him to the bank , seated him , felt his leg , and pronounced no holies broken . Returning to the carnage I saw a lion wsi » ht , an old gentleman with white haiv was sitting _, with firm determination , his less being both _jainmetibetween the ¦ buffer of the second class , whicit had penetrated into the centre and his . _owij scat—one leg cut completely off , except a smalt piece of flesh , and the other dreadfully smashed ; and what was worse , so fast were the carriages stuck togetherthat it was nearly an hour
, before he could be released . ' A poor man with one leg escaped by a miracle _losing that one , aRd as it is , is much hurt ; a lady is much cut , and bruises are like blackberries . _A- * soon as I saw sufficient people attending the wounded , I sent an old gentleman , with a terribly crushed hat , one way with a red lamp , whilst I went the other with another * , by this means we stopped a down-train , which might have rushed in upon all the passengers . Soon after daylight an engine came and fetched us away . __ My carriage was forced off the rails and the rest of the train before it broke away , and went on for 100 yards , in wliich we went on . I luckily saved . my level at first , and fortunately found everything right at last , with the exception ofa _slight hurt on the calf of my leg , and mv nerves a good deal shaken . I am all right . —Royal Hotel , Leeds , Monday
morning . _Latkii _PinTicuURS . — Lkcds _Tcesoav . — After Mr . Botcler was conveyed to his own residence at Otilton ,. near Leeds , medical attendance was scut for from Leeds , and after a consultation between Mr . S . P . Teale , Mr . S . Smith , Mr . Hey , and Mr . Chorley , all surgeons of Leeds , it was decided that the immediate amputation of one of thc legs was necessary , and the operation was performed the same evening . From the latest inquiries , I learn that Mr . Boteler is onlv just alive , and cannot bc expected to survive beyosd a few hours . The learned gentleman is about 70 years of age , and his conduct in his judicial capacity has gained for him the highest respect here . When this sad occurrence took place , he was returning from Kent , where he had been on a visit with his family for some time , lie was returning home alone ; but his family have had information forwarded them of this melancholy disaster , and they are ex ? pectcd home this evening .
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RESTRICTION OF LABOUR . to the editor op the northern star . Sir , —A Mr . Pringle , of Gateshead , has lately * _thought proper to attempt to gainsay the truthfulness and utility ofthe assertion , that a diminution ofthe hours of labour would advantage the Pitmen of this country , and so strongly has he worked up his opposition fo the views and opinions , tiie arguments and conclusions , of the Editor of the Miners' Advocate ' _^ and other wrif crs ia the late Nos . of that Periodical , that ho , if not wisely , yet boldly , denounces the proncsitiou advanced in the Advocate , viz ., " That restriction of labour will ultimately cause higher wages , " as a fallacy . That Mr . Pringle , or any other person , has an undoubted rieht to differ from our
opinions , and to promulgate his own , no o- c will attempt to deny , and I fulJy admit , that any _indiyidua is entitled to our best thanks , who attempts to arrest , as it ivere _. _jin their birth , the promulgation of opinions which he , _lioneatly conceives would be injurious , to tho welfare of thousands of his fellow * creatures , whose labour is tlieir only capital . To the position of Mr . Pringle ( if indeed position it can be called ) I intend to reply , though his manner of treating the subject , viz ., personal attacks , ic , might call for severe censure , ( especially as he has attacked us in a paper which is the greatest enemy the pitmen have , viz .. tha Durham Chronicle , ] but as such would be a
waste of time , aud might bring about crimination and recrimination , I refrain , and shall proceed to the disquisition ol' the subject , namely , " Will restriction of labour produce higher wages J " My experience as a pitman for thc last thirty years has fully demonstrated to my mind that great work or long hours of labour ultimately briny low wages . In order to afford Mr . Pringle the easiest way to solve the problem , and to understand the doctrine at which he seems so alarmed , I shall set down in consecutive order certain arguments and reasons as they practically occurred to my observation and experience .
From the year 1 S 10 to 1 S 20 the pitmen of these two counties ( Northumberland and Durham ) were not restricted , except working in the pits , from fourteen to sixteen hours a-day could be called restriction . Now , during that period , wages had decreased from 4 s . 6 d . per day to 2 s . 8 d . ! besides , we lost many important privileges during that time : for instance , we were compelled to find our own powder and candles , the putters had to find tlieir own grease , all of which was previously found by the masters , and which was an indirect reduction of our wages of at least id . per day , making a total reduction of ourwages in ten years of upwards of 2 s . per day !
Now , sir , had Mr . Pringlc ' s position heen sound | and just , had his arguments (?) been founded on truth ! and reason , then would pitmc ns' wages have rose during the above-mentioned period ; that is to say , wages should have been _C- * . or 'is . a-day , instead of 2 s . id ., secing there was ccrtainlyplentyoflabour , which Mr . Pringle seems so much to admire , and nothing in tho shape of restriction . Again , from tlic year 1820 to 1830 another period of" ten years , practical operation and experience demonstrated during that time , whether gliittin . tr thc market with coals would bring higher prices . That pitmen's wages were further reduced during the ten years above alluded to can be attested by ten thousand witnesses , therefore , it will only be necessary for mc to draw Mr . Pringlc ' s
attention to the state and condition ofthe pitmen in 1831 , when the memorable strike took place , and which ended so advantageously for the pitmen , that they recovered back full 25 per cent , of their previous reductions . As this may go a ' great way to enlighten Mr . Pringle , on the principle of supply and demand , I shall relate an incident or two for the purpose of showing thc causes of , and the manner by which the masters were again enabled to reduce the men ' s wages . First , they ( thc masters ) made small reductions in the score price , with a sly and artful suggestion—each mau had only to hew a " coyf" a day more , and then he would get the same money ! This advice the men were foolish enough to follow—it was generally followed—and , as a natural consequence , further reductions followed . Still the men were infatuated enough to follow thc masters' advice , until they had placed upon each pit heap , or bank , a large
quantity of coals . Not satisfied , the masters did not stop here ; but , as the men were evincing strong symptoms of discontent , the plan of reducing the score price was relaxed , and another deep-laid scheme adopted . This plan was to increase the dimensions of the tub or corf , by which the miners send the coals to bank . This unjust system was carried on for , at least , the five or six years previous to 1831 ; and such was the extent of the fraud , that when tlie day of adjustment came , it was found that very many collieries had been _exacting twenty-five picks of coals _fi'OIll the poor pitmen , instead of twenty ! By these means tlicy not only got one-fourth of their coals worked for nothing ; but they were enabled to keep by them an enormous stock of coals , which gave them greater facilities to effect further reductions , and at the same time to prevent any successful attempt being made , to either obtain a higher , or prevent a lower rate of wages .
Having thus afforded Mr . Pringle an opportunity of judging , from twenty years' experience as ahewer , and ten years' experience as a putter , when anything appertaining to restriction of labour was unheard of and unknown , and during which period they had , by following out and adopting ( ignorant of thc results ) the very identical doctrine which he recommends , brought upon themselves a decrease of wages , from 4 s . ( id . to , on an average , 2 s . 6 d . ; and besides being compelled to labour twelve or fourteen hours for the latter sum , when , but for fraud , eight hours would have been sufficient to have obtained the former . Looking at all these things , I come to the conclusion that it _will take something more on thc part of this Mr . Pringle , than a poor attempt at satire to remove or obliterate from pitmen ' s memories that which twenty , thirty , and , in some instances , forty years ' experience and suffering has impressed thereon—viz ., that the want of a well-directed and proper system of restricted labour causes low wages .
I am , sir , yours respectfully , Martin Jude Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Oct . lfth , 1845 .
Tire Potatoe Murrain, In Maxchesieb.—Wc ...
Tire Potatoe Murrain , in _Maxchesieb . —Wc have made inquiries of intelligent agriculturists and scientific friends who have visited different districts in this immediate neighbourhood , and the result is a conviction that the disease exists here , though as yet in a very modified form . It is , however , exceedingly difficult to arrive at any precise conclusion at present ; for a great quantity ot * potatoes in this neighbourhood are not yet gathered , and it is found that the murrain is later in making its appearance in some places than others . An intelligent friend , who has extended his inquiries in every direction around Manchester within a few miles , informs us that he believes the murrain to be more or less m every district in the neighbourhood , except in that about Chcctham-hill , which exemption he supposes to be owing to its very light and sandy soil . Indeed thc potatoes on the light , dry soils , aro generally more free from murrain , than those on the cold heavy lands . —Manchester Guardian ,
Death of the Last Dignitary op Ancient Poland . —Thc last great dignitary of the'Polish Crown . died some days ago at his country-Seat , a SllOl't _dlStance from Posen . His name was Herr von Czar nccki ; Jiowasthe royal caryer of Stanislaus AugususPoniatowski , the last King of Poland , and liad attained , before his death , his 90 th year . ' Accord _ng to his expressed w , _sh , he was buried with all the ceremony due to his _Ibmer high rank ai _SkSoS Mgemiie / citimg , _«* _- _* - » kiwh .,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 25, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25101845/page/5/
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