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_jj 0 Bore than record the dtcVion . The latter part oi _« rate as to the formation of a quorum , was amended in _^| 0 q « _ingmannen—FtvetofoTmiquornni , andshould _^ eqnalityofTOtef _talte place , thequestion be referred to _SePresioent . As _tothefiUing of vacancies in the _Cen-^ Commi ttee , caused by death or resignation , it was _Solved that the next eligible candidate on the Confer . * _% l ist of candidate * should he elected to fill up the ' _jp _,, _te fon as thus amended was agreed to , and tbe /• _jjflice pveeedeS to _consider the other amendments * _$ , e roles _contsinedia the bnsinesspaper . ¦ _u _j-Robsos moved the following scale of allowance to „ 5 jibers ''ben out of work , instead of that adopted at _^ Conference : —Avera ge _wajres 2 s 6 d . pay ptrweek Li man i & . and receive 2 » . —Average wages 5 s , p » y per
• _jjj _; per man id , and receive 8 s 46 * . —Averazewages is t _Tp * y _p-r week per man _fd , and receive 4 « 8 d . —Average _^ _jes _' lO _* . pay per week per man Id , and receive 6 s . — _^ _pge wages I 2 i 64 , pay per week per man l _| d , and _*! _,: rt 7 s 4 a . —Average wages I 5 s , pay per week per man _jojnd receive 8 s 8 n . —ATerage wages 17 s 6 d , pay per * _£ per mm Ifd _, and receive Mi . —Average wages 29 s , _v | p r « e * kp * rman 2 d . and weeivellg id . —Average J _^ _gs 22-5 _Cd pay per week per man 2 _Jd . and receive _fjjj . _—Average _iragei 25 i . pay p > r week per man 2 § d , _5 r »« i « _Ma—Arerage wages 27 s 6 d , pay per week _josn _^ ld , and receive 15 s 4 d . —Average wages 30 s . f _' _-j _, week per man Sd , and receive 16 s 8 d . _—Avetajre _* _% SS _fri , pay pc week prr man Sid and receive 18 s . * _« frare wages 85 s , pay per week per man 3 jd , and 43
_^ rtlJs . —Average wages 37 s 63 , pay per week per _^ _Sfd , and receive 20 s 8 d . —Average wages 40 s , pay _* g _* e _& per man id , and receive 22 s . Hisobj'ctin _Eging forward this scale was merel y to simplify the _jSajnj scale , and he believed that the principle upon 5 _jtj it was constrncted was an equitable on * . _$ _t Dean , of Nottingham , said if the scale was adopted _asigiW have a most injurious effect upon the trade he _Ltsented . It would have the < _ffect of causing the _-jj _^ work knitters , in many cases where a reduction _pteffrred , rather to tale it than the allowance of the ¦ _giciaiion To certain portions of the trade it wonld jj _^ _uiolent _, in consequence of the lovmeis ot their _gfljhcs , to an allowance of only Is 6 d ppr week , and he
_tie red that if it was adopted it wonld cause a great _ _jir members to withdraw altogether . jjrEsHETT _. of Keighley , concurred in the views of _VrPssn , and was satisfied that any alteration in the _jjjscn ? scale -wonld produce jrreatdissatisTactiDTi in his _mSic . If that scale was considered to he somewhat _jj _^ _ma rable to the high-pa d trades , it should be rej _^ _uhered that it was their interest to improve and saiga the low paid , as the prevebtive between the high and _jj _* paM trades , which was so injurious to the former , _jj ] which had in so many instances pulled down their ( gangs to the lower IeveL He was instructed to oppose _£ a ? w and support the old scale , with which the _mcrajgsin his locality were perfectly satisfied .
Vx Hawkeswobth , of Sheffield , wonld support _theprepji scale , until it was shown that the funds ofthe _Assogf & fa were not sufficient to pay the old allowance . _jjrBrcKtET , of Leicester , deprecated the use of such _jjjEjsce on the part of delegates as threats that their ¦ _tfj , wonld withdraw unless certain courses were pnr-. _jjgjjy the _Conference . He did not believe that any _jfjj ? wonld act in that manner , and he hoped that the / _jjStrence would in that and all other matters take _jfctsfT-eared toit the best course after a foil consiliences of any particular sulject . For his own part he « H _9 JSsed to the proposed scale , because ha believed it
, 33 cat so good a one as the scale adopted at the last _Cijcfennce . There was one point , however , so _imporgmthat be could not avoid pressing it upon the _attends of th-Conference . It was , as he understood , not _fctisteution ofthe Association to support the men in _ykKS upon such allowances , but to set them to work , _jjj lie could testify to the fact that scores of men in _jijcsteriuirehad be n kept in work , and men ' s wages prated from being reduced , because it was understood _fe ttte _Association acted upon that principle ; and also lj tie knowledge of the fact , that it had 13 men now at _« rfc in feat county .
Tfce Chiibmas said it washis daty to state that he had _isewi lettersfrom -various trades who were unable to & A _& te * ates to the Conference , stating that they _gencrjlhroiscniTed in the amendment to be _snbmitte . 1 to the _Gic & renre , bnt that they objected to any alteration in fes ? _ale ( hear , hear . ) It was his duty to these _traces estate that fact , and it would he for the Conference to _fct-it in mind in coming to n decision on the subject Sr Bush proposed as an amendment—** That all 6 iia belonging to the Association shall p 3 y a weekly _tyoflJdin the pound on the wages tbey return ; anda
_STithly contribution of id in the pound to defray the _ejenses of management , & c ; and receive on strike ( if IS _employed ) bythefollowing scale ; 2 s 61 and under SSI , _Cdmnre than half wages—7 s 6 d and under ids , 3 d Ere thau half wages—10 s and under 12 s 6 d , 4 d more & aha ! f wages—12 s 6 d _ind under 15 s , 3 d more than half vue = —15 s and under 17 s 6 d , 2 d more than half wages—Vi SI and under 20 s , Id mors than half wages—all £ _ore 2 i * , one-half the waget returned . " He proposed _& U _& I ? from a belief that it would be more fair than _feeiisdsg scale to all the trades in the Association , _fiether h gh or low paid .
Sr Patteh _, of Manchester , proposed as another _taaidment _, the following— "That all _traces _tielongsgtothe Association shall pay 2 " d in the pound on the _vaiB returned , and a monthly contribution of £ i in _fepatrad , to defray the expenses of management _^ & c „ cJ receive on strike ( if not employed ) by the _iollowins sAe—ap to 10 s three-fourths of the Razes they return -from 10 s to 20 s two-thirds added—from 20 s to _SOs _fce-balfaftfer ?—from 30 s to 40 s one-third added . _Aver-Iftna-es 2 s 6 d _, weekly pay Jd , receive on strike Is 1013 _-sverag * wages 5 s , weekly pay _il _, receive on strike % 9 i—arerage wages 7 s 6 d , weekly pay f d , receive on _Erikr Is 7 _xd—average wages 10 s , weekly pay Id , receive
_nsriie 7 s 6 d—average wages 12 s 6 d _, weekly pay l | d , _HHweon strike 9 s 2 d—average wages 15 s , weekly pay 1 U , receive on strike 10 s lOd—arerage wages 17 s 6 J , » 8 cily p * v _lfd , receive on strike 12 s 6 d—average wages 5 fe , * ekly pay 2 d , receive on strike 14 s 2 d—average _wjs 22 s _6 d , weekly pay 2 } d , receive on strike 15 s 5 dtRr »» e wages 25 s , weekly pay 2 | d , receive on strike IS 51—average wages 27 s weekly pay 2 _fd , receive on i £ i > el " s lid—average wages SOs , weekly pay 3 d , receive K srike 19 s 2-1—average wages 32 s 6 d , weekly pay Sid , _raareoa strike 20 s—average wage 3 35 s , weekly pay S 3 , receive on strike 20 s lOd—average wages 37 s 63 , _^ eiiy psy 3 | d , receive on strike 21 s Sd—average wages fe , weekly pay 4 d , receive on strike 22 s 6 d . "
Mr Jacobs said the objection to the existing scale was , _4 ith jumped too much from one rate of wage 3 to _pEaer . He had drawn np a scale which showed the i _& ftnediate rates , which he was willing to submit to a _Klst committee , by which , he was of opinion , the ques . fe could alone be properly settled . He had not found , is _iis experience in Scotland , that tbe high-paid trades * _£ fe any objection to tbe present allowance to the high-P « trades , it was merely desired that the scale should &* the allowance on wages not mentioned in the _exaimjfcale . He had drawn up one in which the _allowfcte was shown for every Is of wages , which , lie thought , 'odd obviate the objection he had alluded to . But the _* h »! e subject was , in his opinion , of so important a _^ _hiK , that it shonld be referred to a Committee , so _^ _ititjoi ght be settled permanently , for nothing could _«* nore injurious than to be constantly altering the fide of allowance . It wonld destroy all faith in the _j _& _bUity of the Association and the permanency of the _saiffits r iven to members .
» _is CsAiBXix said the best mode to pursue would he * 9 fcie the decision of the Conference on the question * i « ber there should beany alteration at all ; and , if so , _* _hke up the nature of the alteration , and whether it _toould be referred to a select committee or rot . _ifrJAHES proposed the following motion : —That the P « at srale of rates and support , as stated in the 24 tb _^ s tand as itis . -h- _Ladd seconded the motion , which , on being pnt to _^ Conference , was carried by a _msjority of 5 _C to 6 . fbi amended scales of course fell to the ground . _MrWuuAHSoif , in order to obviate the objection to _fte present scale , that it "jumped too much , " proposed _4 it there should be _added to it the following words : — _"& al all intermediate rates of shilling ! between 3 s and _ts in proportion . " & Hr ? £ Ei , said he was afraid that the Conference had
_wie to a permanent conclusion in voting that the _prefst scale should be unaltered , if it was understood that 5 no t to extend beyond wages of 24 s a week . By * : _* acouree they shut out all the trades who received 'tore that amount . He trusted the matter would be l 5 -c < a 5 i _^ ered with a view to include the higher-paid _^• _les in the scale . _ih-JEssiss , _ofStSinian _' s _, concurred in the opinions « f _SrPeel , as to the propriety of including the higher-Mi trades , if possible . He also strongly urged upon the wa ftrence the necessity of maintaining the present _*^ s _«> f allowance , because he was satisfied that it _« d the effect of preventing reductions , whereas if the i —r .- _» . « - _»— . _V _« _HHHW— ,
_. « soca ; iou reduced its allowance , it would embolden _* ? masters to propose reductions which otherwise they _*? ht never have thought of offering . They had a _praeaalinus trationof thefact , that a good aliment from the " _^ _oatioohad this effect ia the case ofthe Camelon _, 1 a > 5 « M ; for the sending down ofthe first week ' s _allow-*** hy _ths Central ( _tommittee settled the dispute in that _Pweiauneauuely _. ( Cheers . ) i _Stssrs Oitmond _, Winters , James , and Humphries , ¦ _*& a similar view ofthe subject ; and on the motion of _^ _tHd » hbies , _seconded by Mr Jenkins , it was re-*> _lted , that that portion ofthe resolution maintaining the P » sen t scale should be reconsidered , with a view of merely _^ jading the principle .
The subject was then re-opened ; and after some _farme r _fiisenssion , in the coarse of whic h Messrs Chance , _« _"lor _, and others took part , it was ultimately resolved , r _« he words , " and upwards , " after 24 , be expunged _fcttn rule 24 , and the words , « and so on in proportion 5 * « U intermediate wages of shillincs , commencing _UtOl _Ji _M _^ fi Bobsos said , that the Conference having _negaa _*< = d his amendment on the existing scale , he besse _" _^ d _raw the amendments to rules 25 , 26 , and 28 , by _^ "eh he meant to amplify the accounts , and have only _"fc Payment from the trades , instead of the two _paymen ts of _toies Md monthly subscriptions , at present _^ hy the trades ; but he feared that the mere levies cold not be sufficient both for _management and _allowaicei _. Several delegates objected to the withdrawal of these _foments ; and _^ c _Chauhias said the simplification of _tha accounts 1 iaj matter - _^ _- » eh _comrequeocq that he though _.
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the rgection of Sr fc _^ 5 _jSl _" _WJ _™?* ne «« sa . rh > involved the wtthdr « W : « oftheamendments b y which that desirable object might be tt £ _? Ineo . " Mr Bnsa _iaid , he was _ieddexOy H a *« nr of _oaiatalning the monthly payments as affording ft good check upon the expenditure of the committee , which otherwise might exceed what he considered to bd its legitimate limits , for mere management . He thought , however , that the special payment for the expenses of management should be regulated by ., the same principle of per centage as the payments for levies , Messrs Jacobs , Peel ,: Pattern , and Berry , advocated " the simplification of the accounts , and the adoption of one payment for al purposes instead of two .
Mr Gbeen said that Mr Bush ' s statement as to expenses ofthe Central Committee might lead to the infer _, ence that the committee had incurred expenses wbich they were not justified in doing . But he stated most decidedly that tbe Central Committee had done nothing more than they were empowered and instructed to do ; by the last conference tbey were instructed to commence an agitation for making known the nature and objects of tbe association , and tbey had done so : On the motion of Mr Ladd , seconded by Mr Pabkeb , Ride 26 , respectisg monthly payments for the expenses of general management was expunged .
Upon Rule 27 , requiring that the payments to the association shall be made monthly , or oftener , a lengthened discussion ensued . Several delegates contended that a longer period shonld be allowed to the trades connected with the association , on account of the difficulties experienced by them in meeting the demands on their funds for local expenses . It was contended on the other hand , that one of the greatest difficulties experienced by tbe association during the past year was the large amount of arrears which certain parties had suffered to accumulate . The efficiency of the association depended mainly upon the regularity with which the levies were paid , and so far from relating the existing rules on that subject it was desirable to make them mora stringent , and that where trades allowed themselves to fall into
arrears beyond a specified period , they should be disqualified from receiving any benefit some time after paving up such arrears . It was ultimately resolved that Bule 27 be expunged , and the following substituted in its place : — " Leries shall be collected by the local officers of each trades' union ia the association , and forwarded by them to the _Central Committee monthly , or oftener , to entitle the trades to tbe support of the association in cases of difEcalty ; and any trade being more than three months in _nrrear . shall ha disqualified from pecuniary benefits for two months after they shall have paid up such arrears . " The Conference adjourned at one o ' clock till half-past two . _AmasooK SITTING .
Mr Robson said tbe question of tha next greatest importance was the rules for the management of District Committees . On this subject there were two sets of propositions , one by the Central Committee , and the other made by the Manchester District Committee . The difference between these two sets of propositions was , however so great that it would be better , in his estimation , to refer tbe whole subject to a Select Committee , in order that , if possible , such a set of rules might he drawn up as would secure the objects of both parties . With that view , he moved that a Select Committee of seven be appointed to consider and amend the rules relating to the _dsties of District Committees . Mr Gociden said that with the consent of the Manchester delegates , and for the purpose of saviag tbe time of the Conference , he would second the motion .
Mr Jacobs said this question was a most important one . The constitution ofthe Association did not at present contain any detailed regulations on the subject , and as it was a question affecting the Association throughout the whole of its ramifications , he trusted that it wonld be maturely considered , and especially that powers would ba given to the District Committees to levy rands for defraying their local expenses , by which means th ? y would become powerful auxiliaries in extending a knowledge of the Association , and in perfecting its organisation . Mr James hoped that such a power would not be entrusted to the district committees , as be believed that it it would cause great discontent among the trades , who had already their own local funds to support , besides the levies to this Association .
The motion was then agreed to , and the following members wre elected to constitute the committee ( Messrs Robson . Goulden , Parker , Hawkesworth , Forsythe , 'Winters . Humphries , Peel , aud Hughes ) to report their opinion to the Conference to- morrow morning . Mr Gocloes moved that the accounts and statistical returns , ordered by rule 32 , shonld be issued to each trade within 21 days from the expiration of the date of each quarterly return . The motion was unanimously agreed to . The resolutions agreed to at the last Conference were then proposed fer confirmation . The first resolution— " That each trade shall belong tothe Association six months before eligible to receive any support , " was unanimously confirmed . On the second beingread— " That women and children be admitted members of this Association . ' - '
Mr _Cioughan said he trusted it would he understood that this excluded women employed in the coal mines . Such employment was illegal , and had been completely pet down in Scotland ; bnt they were still employed in tbe pits in Lancashire , and h ; thought that the Assoc _i ation should give all the support in its power to the law in this respect . Mr Mabtin said that both women and boys under ten years of age were employed in the pits of Lancashire , in defiance of the law , and the masters had threatened to discharce any of the workmen who gave information on the subject . Several other delegates said the object in view would be sufficiently attained by a public statement ofthe facts , and that the Association would not be accessory to the violation of the law . The other resolutions , which were as follows , were unantfi onsly confirmed : —
" 3 . That all trades belonging to the Association shall contribute tothe _inamtdiate creation of a fund of not less than £ 20 , 000 , in proportion to their average weekly earnings . The contribution to be a per centage of twopence in the ponnd per week oh such earnings respectively . The same to be remitted monthly . " 4 . That this Conference do recommend the Central Committee to employ tbe members on turn-out , or strike , whenever practicable . " 5 . That the _Central Committee be instructed to take from time to time , such number of shares in the * United Trades * Association for the Employment of Labour in Agriculture and Manufactures 1 as they may deem advisable , on _cftudition that the said Association shall provide employment for hands dependent on the Association , in proportion to the amount invested .
" 6 . That this Conference recommend to the Central Committee that immediately after the breaking-up of this Conference an active agitation be commenced , with a view of bringing in all working men who do not belong to the Association throughout Great Britain and Ireland . " Mr Robsos said that he was desirons of drawing the attention ofthe Conference to amost important question , namely , the amal gamation of the two Associations . At thepresent moment their relative position was a most anomalous one . This Association bad £ 2 , 080 invested in the funds of the Association for the Employment of _Latxjur , and had at the same time not the slightest control over these _fonds , except by the chance of his being _Vice-Pweid'nt , and the now Chairman the President of
the Association . There were , in fact , two distinct boards of management , the one to farnish the funds , the other to spend | them . But the Central Committee might , in consequence of a misunderstanding or dissatisfaction with the measures of the Beard of Directors , withdraw all pecuniary support , and which would have the effect of at once stopping the operations ofthe other Association . There was one important question connected with this subject . At present there were _individual shareholders in tbe othsr Association , hut he thought that they were not now in a position to act upon the commercial principle , which was necessary to pay _interest to such shareholders . The proper course to he pursued , in his opinion , was to take into consideration the difference between any loss incurred by tho system of the Association just now , and the loss which would arise from keeping the men entirely idle . That difference would be the gain of this Association . If by
adopting this course , they prejudiced the existing interests of individual shareholders , he thought they were bound to give them the option of withdrawing their investments , and thus converting the whole capital into that of trades for trades purposes , instead of private profits . ( Hear . ) While advocating this change as necessary for tbe present plan of the Association , he did not mean to say that the Association would never be successful as a commercial speculation . He believed that the time would come wben the trades would see their way so clearly to the employment of their united capitals , as to make the works carried on by the _Afcsociatien highly profitable . He was quite satisfied , that though tbey might be in some degree departing from the original design of the founders of the two Associations , they would thereby the most effectually promote the objects they had in view , by amalgamating the management of tbe two Associations . With these views he moved the following
resolution : — , . "That this Conference recommend the annual meeting j of the members of the Association for the Employment of Labour , with a view to greater unity of action between both branches nfthe _National Association , as wallas economy , alter their laws so as to establish a combined _systen of government between the Association for the Protection of Industry , and Association for the Employment of Labour ; and that the Central Committee use their influence at the annual meeting to carry ont the above recommendation . " | Mr _Jastes secon ded theresolution _. wbichwassupported by Messrs _Jacob-i and Peacock .
_MrFiEEiE said he found that the great principle of the Association , that of expending tho funds in nproaue-1 tive employment , and of creating a home market , which otherwise would _notexist , * as that which most attracted the sympathy and support of the trades in the country . The 180 hatters of Oldham , who had joined the _Association said that tens of thousands had been spent in use . l « _s strikes by their trade , which might otherwise have _Uninvested in profitable _esUblishments . So far as . 1 _^! mere strike machinery ef the Association was _contlZrtbettadessetveryfittlestore h , it , but on the _Soyi portion of the plan , the , rested all their IS _^ tStag thdr condition , He was of op inion
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that the proposed amalgamation of tho" management ( the two bodies wonld very much conduce to spread ge neral confidence among the trades . . . Messrs Diamond , Emmbtt , Berry , and Winter " , spok in support of the resolution . ; ' . " _.,. . : Mr Fobbest , of Cradley , said the Association might b useful for domestic trades , but in the case of his tradechainmakers— which depended mainly on a foreign mar ket , he did not see that it could be equally _beneficial . Mr _Roisost said , it was merely a question of degree It would depend entirely npon the amount of capital in vested , whether they should not become exporters o goods to foreign markets , as well as supply the _hotm markets !
The Chaibhan , inputting _thequostion , _expressedhiTi self strongly in favour of the amalgamation of the _twt bodies , but at the same time deprecated the idea of aban doning tbe commercial principle in _regulating the trans _, actions ofthe Association for the Employm « nt of habour He was satisfied that under proper and judicious manage ment it could be made perfectly successful iu a comrair rial point of view , as well as beneficial to tbe _woikinj classes generally . The motion was then pnt and carried unanimously . . The Chaibhan said that the next point to wbich he thought tho attention ofthe _Conferonce should b = turned , was the necessity of having a complete registration oi the members of the Association , by which means they would be preserved from liability to an abase which was
possible under the present rules—that of being called upon to support parties who were not bona fide members of the Association . Among the returns Ui be made to the Central Committee was the number of paying members on the books of each local society . He thought that the returns should not only include the number , but the names ofthe members , by wbich means fraud ! w _> iuld _bt prevented . - He trusted the Committee now appointed would take this matter into considers ) on and report upon it . It was also important that the _sahvy of members ofthe permanent executive shouid oc fixed before electing them , as being at once a matter of justice to the parties who might be nominated to that office and to the Association , the affairs of which they wonld have to superintend . '
A discussion of considerable length took placeonthe latterpoint . It was moved that the salary be £ 80 a-year , to which an amendment was proposed that the salary should be 36 s per week . Upon a division the amendment was carried by a majority of 48 to 3 . Tho Conference then adjourned at a quarter past five o ' clock till nine o ' clock to-morrow , in order to give the Committee time toprepare their rep < rt . ( Continued in the Eighthpage . )
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FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT . Chester , May 24 , Half-past 8 , p . m . —A frightful accident has occurred on the Chester and _Rhuahoa Railway , by the giving way ( it is supposed ) ofthe girder in the centra of the last arch of the viaduct over the Dee . The train left tbe station at about a quarter-past six , and in less than another quarter every carriage was smashed to atoms . The scene of the accident is the noble bridge over the river Dee , close to the racecourse . The river is there crossed by an iron-bridge of three spans , each span 100 feet in width . Each span is composed of iron girders , supported by stone of the most Grm construction ; four girders in each span , one on each side of the up and down line of rails . Strong wooden beams were fixed across the girders , and along these the lines were laid . The girders themselves were formed of two pieces of iron , firmly riveted in the centre , and seemed well adapted to sustain an immense weight .
The train which left Chester at 61 last _evening , consisted of one first-class carriage , two second-class _carriages , and a luggage van ; but there was not more than two dozen passengers . _Thetr-- > in was proceeding as usual along the line , had already crossed two of tbe arches , and was in tbe act of _crossing the third , when , without one moment ' s warning , all the carriages were ] precipitated in the river , a depth of about 120 feet ; tbe engine and tender , which had crossed the bridge , pursuing their course along the line . The consternation of the passengers at this time must have been frightful ; and some individuals who witnessed the accident from the Roodee , describe their shrieks as being of the most heart-rending description . Bute 7 en this terror was merely momentary ; for the sudden shock and concussion
rendered almost all the persons in thecarriages totally insensible of their situation . One man , indeed , named Proud , recovered himself almost immediately ; he found himself in a carriage turned upside down in the river , and being folly sensible of the horrors of his situation , be exerted himself to the utmost , and succeeded in getting throngh the carriage window , whence he precipitated himself in theiiver , and swam ashore . The crash was heard at a great distance _^ and assistance was promptly on the spot . In a brief time four dead bodies were taken out of the river , and twelve or thirteen passenger ? , more cr less wounded , were extricated and conveyed to the Infirmary . _Assoon as the agitation consequent upon such a
dreadful occurrence had subsided , attention was directed to the fallen arch ; but , strange to say , only oae of the girders , that on the outside , had given way , while the other remained perfectly firm and entire . Of course the weight of the carriages bore down the rails and the horizontal beams , which with the girder , now broken into several pieces , fell into the river . It also tore with it a portion of the stone work in which it was fixed on the Welsh side of the river . Very fortunately , however , nothing seemed to have fallen upon the carriages , and _thoueh they were crashed one against the other , they did not _appe-. r so completely smashed as would have been the case had the arch been built of stone . Any conjecture as to the cause of the accident would be idle or misplaced .
The following is a correct list ofthe parties killed and injured : —
KILLED . 1 . John Matthews , a coachman on one of the Welsh mail coaches between Chester and some part ot Wales .-2 . — _Knyvett , also a coachdriver—3 . George Roberts , guard of the train . —4 . The stoker , a young man , whose name we have not been able to ascertain .
INJURED . 1 and 2 . Mr and Miss Town , of Wresham ( brother and sister ) . The injuries which Mr Town has received are of a very serious character . He has sustained a severe concussion of the brain , and it is apprehended his skull is also fractured . —3 . Mrs Evison , a middle-aged lady , from the reighbourhood of Rhuabon and Wrexham . Her injuries are very severe , consisting of a fracture of the hip-bone . —4 . Mr Isaac Jones , of Wrexham , has had his skull severely fractured , and lies in an exceedingly critical state . —5 . Mr John Jones , from the neighbourhood of Wrexham , a severe contusion about the head . —6 Mrs Elizabeth Jones ( wife of the . above ) , has had her thigh fractured . —7 . Ann Evan * , servant to Captain Hoskins , who resides near Rhuabon . This young woman hag suffered to a greater _decree
than perhaps any . other of the unfortunate individuals who were injured . Her thigh is fractured , and she bas likewise sustained a . serious fracture ef the collarbone , and a number of internal injuries . — 8 . Mr David Evans , of Wrexham , or the immediate neighbourhood , had his thigh fractured . —9 . Mrs Evans , his wife , received , a nnraher of bruises . —10 . A boy named Stevens , the sou . of one of the stationkeepers on the line , and himself employed on the line , dreadfully injured—11 . Mr John Bruce Ford , of Manchester , received a cut on the head , and other slight injuries . —12 . A married female , name _unknown , severe concussion of the brain . She has not spoken since her admission to the Infirmary . —13 . A boy or man , connected with some of the offices , named M'Gregor , had his skull fractured , but was . nevertheless , quite sensible .
ESCAPED UNHURT . Mr Walmsley , of Liverpool , who was proceeding ' Llangollen . —A young man , named Proud , connect * with one of the railway offices . —Lloyd Winn , Esq of Mount Zion , near Oswestry , and his son . —And yonn ? lady , Miss Maria Worthington , of Chester . There seems to be one man still missing , for a h has been found , marked with the name of Ashelfor fer which there is no owner , but this is supposed be the only body that has not been recovered .
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Repeal o ? thb _Ratepayiko Clauses of thb Re- j _jobm Act . —On Wednesday evening , a public meeting was held at the Music-hall , Bold-street , Liverpool , for the purpose of supporting the motion of which MrT . _S . Duneombe , M . P ., had given notice ol repealing the Ratepaying Clauses of the Reform Act . Lawrence Heyworth , Esq , presided ,, and the usual resolutions and petition were unanimously adopted . " Tom , " said a girl to her sweetheart , " you have been paying your distresses to me long enough . It is time you were making known your eontensions , so as not to keep me in expense any longer . " A certain cure for corns is to rub them well with salt every day for a week—then have both feet cuS off , just above tbe ancles .
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A Case or Sjmtt £ ski > _Constitotios Cured by nollo-j wav » s Rlls .-Miss Glover , aged 24 , daughter « f _CBionel _, Sover , 15 , Broadway , Sew . York , had an enhu _» ment ofthe liver , a constant palpitation of the heart , besides terns dropsW ; was never free from a cough , accompanied with much expectoration . She was so bad as not to be able to leave her chamber . The first advice in the country had been obtained for her , but to _nopurP 0 _' ' . _* she daily Kot worse , and kept her bed altogether . In this hopeless state the Colonel sent to Toronto for 20 dollars worth of Ilolloway _' s Pills , which had the effect of completely restoring the youag lady to health in about nine weeks . . _^ .
__ Among the mast biscovebies that characterise _« " - present age , nothing has contributed so much to thecotufbrt and ease of the community , nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity , as that important discovery and neverfailing remedy for gout and rheumatism , Blair ' s Goutand Rheumatic _IHUs . Thousands would join in the observation of an elderly female , as made to Mr Fogget , the Agent at Thlrsk — " that she would rather be without butter to her bread and sugar to her tea , than Blair ' s Pills . " This Important medicine is sold by all medicine venders . Price 2 s . 9 d . per box . Observe tho name of' -Thomas PrQat , 229 , 'Strand , London / ' on the government stamp ,
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- * . _** - _* _± _. _aj \ JUU * _lVHJifl . A ! JL _. ( From the German of Dr . List . Continued from the Star of May 22 nd . ) THE MEANS POSSESSED BY BNGtAND OF MAINTAINING HER SUPREMACY LV ALLIANCE WITH GERMANY . Having clearly laid down the 'damnum emergens that would accrue to England from _thesubjection of Germany , or rather the positive loss that England wonld suffer at regards her present safety , we have now to bring to light the _iKcnim cessans arising therefrom , or that which England would lose by the fall of Germany in her prospects of future greatness
There are but two means for England to maintain feer supremacy against _thefasMncreastogponsr of the United States of North America—England must cither discover some mode of dissolving the North American Union , or pnrsaingaplanbywfiich she will increase , faster than that tfnion in wealth and power . As _tbejuture greatness of the American Unloff » i sought in the extension of its populati on , _culture nnc " civilisation on tbe territory behind it to tl : ePacific 0 \ re * n and in theincorporation of Mexico and Canada ¦ _scMii like manner , the future greatness of _En gland lies ' in ' the extension of European population , culture / and civilisation over Asia , Africa , and Australasia , with the singl ' e exception of Algeria , and the adjoining countries , together with some parts of Asia , which Engfandcnti always leave tothe Russians and French , that they may waste their strength in their conquest and retention ;
Those barbarian , or half-barbarian , countries which England already possesses in the three above-named porta ofthe world , or over which she may be able to- extend her power , or her commercial influence , number not less than 500 . 000 souls—a number that may still _be- 'inflnitely increased by culture and civilisation . ' The total value of the goods exported by England to these countries in the course of the last ten years ( _fffitM ) and consequently tbo value ot those she had _reeeirfd from thence , amounts on thr average to not _moro titan ten million pounds _sterling , that n , not more than 5 d . per head ; while the United States of North America , witb only twenty million inhabitants , have consumed in the same period from eight to nine million pounds _sterlingv or from 9 s . to 10 s " . per heod .
In the _Eaat , however , there are countries which greatly excaed even North America as regard their production and consumption , and consequently is regards their trade with England , namely , those tbe foundations of wlmsi culture have been laid by England . New South Wales , Van Dieman ' s Land , and the colonies en the Swan River , consume in English manufactured goods £ 7 or £ 8 sterling per bead annually , or sixteen times more than North America . There also seems no reason why an important increase of population should not be attracted to these shores by promoting European immigration , and settlement of coolies . : ;; .
Among all the countries we have mentioned , there is scarcely one with which England could not in the course of ten years double her present trade ; it being understood that she would take fitting means to advance their civilisation , and especially to provide them with improved means of communication . European Turkey , Egypt , and Syrio , are an example of this . The exports ef England to those countries have risen in the ten years , 183 * 4 i , from £ 1 , 400 , 000 to £ 3 , 300 , 000 , or 130 per cent . By the extension of the new means of communication , railroads , to Asia and Africa , the countries on the Nile and the Red Sea . on the Euphrates and the Persian Gull , may be brought as near to the English coast as were twenty _yeors ago the countries on the Scheldt , the Rhine , tbe _Weser , and the Elbe , and the harbours of Bombay and Calcutta as near as Lisbon and Cadiz then were .
The project of the continuation of the Be ' _glan and German railway system from Vienna towards tho north coast of the Archipelago , and from the south coast of the Archipelago along tbe Euphrates and the left coast of the Periien Gult , in no : rise exceeds also—that project ofthe North Americans , by means of which they intend to unite tbe Atlantic coast countries witb the countries on the banks ofthe Rio Grandc _. and then with the Pacific Ocean . Think only _wh-itan immense advantage will arise to England from the formation of nn electric-telegraph line , by meaas of which the East Indies may be governed from _Downing-street as easily as aro now Jersey and Guernsey .
In all great projects , however , that England wishes to carry out , in r _« _-gard to Africa and Asia , threo things ore to be presupposed—Tbe enction of an English mediregniim or central _kinjrdon , comprising E , 'ypt and Asia Minor ; 2 . A close alliance between England and the whole ofthe German powers ; and 3 . tha extension of the German power over nil the European possessions of the Porte , so that the English might , for all time , be assured the speediest _lani communication through the immediate contact of the possessions of the two powers , iutact from any possible interruption by a hostile power .
This middle kingdom ( Mit'elrekh ) would in every reB . pect form the half way house between England and the East . Depots might be established here , not only for the commerce , but for the land aftd sen forces of England . Hew , on this and the other side ef the Isttumi 3 , the English fleet would be concentrated , from here hVets and armies could easily , and in a short time , be despatched to any part of tho East where tbey might be wanted . Through the forces concentrated here it would not be diffiult to fall on the French on one side , and hold tbe Russians in check on the other .
That those two powers would make all possible exertions to prevent the foundation of a kingdom that would insure to England the possession of the supremacy of the world to an in 6 nitively distant period , may readily be conceived . That England would have little to fear from them , if all Germany with her seventy or eightj million of inhabitants ( including the countries dependent on Germany ) stood by her side with heart and hand . An active _tdliance between these two countries presupposes that Germany is in possession of those national powers wbich free institutions , and a perfect national organization can alone raise her to ; for it is not only the power and disposition ofthe German Princes and Governments , it is mainly the power and sympathy of tho German people that England requires in a contest with France and Russia .
I must here be permitted to make the assertion , that at present , at a period when so much might and should be done to satisfy the political and national wonts and wishes of the German people , very littls is contributed to this < reat object'b y the German Government , or rather by . their Bureaucracy ; whilst on the side of the commercial policy of England , nt a tim _^ when it would be so euey to befriend the German people , everything is done to estrange their sympathies . It thus appears as if both parties bad nothing better to do than to kill that spirit of _nutionaliti in the German people of which they will yet stand so mnch in need , and which , if not now planted , cannot be suddenly conjured up in the hour of need , unless in the _msan time a new discovery be made of producing it bj steam .
Everything in this world comes to an end , and to will the universal peace . No one will complain of diplomacy that it is now making every possible exertion to preserve peace ; on the contrary , every man of head and heart will praise them highly forit _. But no prudent politician will conceal from himself that a time will come when even angels , if they were to alight on this earth and assume diplomatic functions , would find it impossible to preserve pence . The growiug power of the United States , the necessity thence accruing to England to make extraordinary exertions to increase her wealth and power , the luat of aggrandi « cment , and the warlike spirit of Russia and France , aud finally , the approaching fall of the Turkish empire , must at last cause complications which cannot be unloosed by peaceful means .
The _last-mentioni'd , namely , the dissolution of the Turkish empuv , is , doubtless , the strongest reason _. Diplomacy has , therefore , taken tho utmost trouble to discover a given plan for solving this question peacefully , by a project of sharing the Turkish provinces between Russia , France , and England . It is possible to maintain peace some time longer by this mode . But will the thirst for aggrandisement of Russia and France be appeased thereby ! This h much to be doubted . It is rather to be apprehended that , _hswever the division may be made , the appetite of these two Powers for the provinces of Central and Southern Asia will only be the more whetted . Such a division appears to us a palliative , which only serves to prolong tho disease it is intended to cure .
In _allcaseB the alliance with Germany is tho only real means England has of making Asia and Africa available for her future greatness ; but not Germany a « it now is , but _Germany as it ought , to be , and , with tbe help of England , could become .
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MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . The rapid fall in the price of every description oi grain which commenced last Monday in this metropo-Iis , is extending not onl y throughout this country but also on the continent . The weather , in _Frances's most magnificent , and this , accompanied by every _indication of a full harvest , has induced the holders of grain to launch out much more freely than the buyers have cared to meet them . A considerable fall lias been tbe result in Paris , as also in Picardy ,
Alsace , and other departments .,. Vegetables promise a most abundant crop , and apples and other fruit will be equally plent i ful . The hay crop will be _exceedingly heavy ; au . _muwnse advantage in saving grain and pulse , fit for human consumption , which , otherwise , would be appropriated for cattle . Alto . gethcr , as regards France , the prospects of food , _bolh plentiful and cheap , are most encouraging . Very favourable reports have also reached us from Holland , the South of Germ my , the shores of . the Meite » anean and
. . .. We have _heardhothfogfurther _cfUlie " horrible plots and * conspiracies" zmd to have _fEsn discovered ! by the French police lasf week . _MbsS likely the I discoverers were also the _ccwcoctors . Wc recommend the admirers of Monarchy to read the Spanish hffws given below . In Portugal Lord i PalVmston ' s ( wot ; England ' s ) _representatives- are doing their best , by their insolen * rbrutal an / 3 tyrannical _interference between the Portuguese and tlieir vile _qucsn , to irretrievably damage-She character of this _country , and mate * the name of an Englishman stink in tHe nostrils of the people . The dispute between Sreece and flurfsey remains unsettled , ' ami is causing _aerious evil _/&> the mercantile in _terests-of Greece . According to _> t _\ ie Journal de ( bnstanti ' mple the _numhfr of Greek vessels whiclv passed tlie Straits of the Dardanelles-ha 184 G ,
amounted to 2 , 553 ; being more than th _^ _vessels of England , Russia- and Austria put toge _$ ier .. The great strength of ' Sreecc is in'hcr mercantile'navy , and the immense majority of _lisr merchants-are engaged in the trade ofthe Black S _? a . The retaliatory measures adopted by Turkey _agaisst the commerce of _Greese will , therefore , in all probability , excite a public feeling strongly adverse to Ml Coletti ,. and cause his-fall or even events of slil _? greater irapojl-
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INDIA AND CHINA . - Bombay papers to the 15 th of April have been received . The Punjaub continues perfectly- tranquil ; our troops at Lahore and in the _Jullnntrai- D _. iab are healthy , and not likely to quit their _cantenm- _'uts for six months to come . Gholab Singh is described as busy in his new states , extracting money as fast as he can from his subjects . The Governor-General has granted £€ 00 a year for the establishment of schools in Scinde—a small contribution , but the only one that has been made from the public purse for the welfare of the pcoplo . Wc have little news from
_Afghanistan , excepting that relating to the obsequies of Mahomed tJkhbar Khan . There have been considerable disturbances in Oudhandtlie adjoining districts ; and the Nizam ' s dominions furnish , the usual ground of complaint of _misgovernment . The collection for the relief of the suffering Scotch and Irish amounts to £ 7 , 523 in Western ' India alone ; The natives have shown a deep interest in the calamity , and contributed liberally to the fund . Lord Hardinge reached Siml * on March £ 7 . " ushered in , " says a correspondent of the Mofuosilite , "by one of the heaviest storms of hail ever _witnessed . " Serious disturbances have occurred in the -Raj warra districts ) caused by a freebooter named DhpOBgher Singh , who at the head of about 4 , 000 men sometimes shows in
one place and soon after in another distant one . lie attacked Ramghur , plundered several' villages , took black mail from others , burned several dwelling ? , and then started off towards Bickaneer . The latest new 3 is that he has gone in the direction of the Sirsa jungles . From the Bengal papers we learn that Dr Esdaile has ' performed some other very _sue-, cesst'ul operations on patients reduced to unconsciousness by means ofthe mesmeric process . It has been stated that the use of sulphuric ether has been found very efficacious in cases of cholera . The Stmit 3 Times ( Singapore ) of 27 th March mentions a rumour put in circulation by the nakodahof a native vessel that the King of Cochin China had died about the beginning of the month . The report was
credited-FRANCE . The weather in France has changed remarkably within the last few days . On Thursday .. Friday , and Saturday , the weather was nearly as hot as the hottest part of last season . On Sunday the thermometer stood at 85 degrees of Fahrenheit ' s scale . Notwithstanding this seasonable encouragement , the National draws the following gioomy picture of the general state of the country : — All commercial affairs suffer . All the springs of labour are strained . The lately most flourishing manufactures are by degrees exhausted . The city of Houen will contain 50 , 000 : operatives without bread at the end of the month . The same remark applies io several of our manufacturing cities . In Paris the principal manufacturers
have diminished the number of their hands . At Puteaux alone , of 2 , 000 workmen employed 1 , 400 have been dismissed . The railroad directors , who are menaced with a crisis , threaten the government if concessions are not made to them . The Lyons Company , for example , declared that it would suspend the works on the line , and deprive 30 , 000 labourers of their daily broad . If this state of affairs continues we shall have the entire population reduced to the most dire extremity , at a . moment when , thanks to the most infamous speculations , flour is becoming dearer . Who could have predicted on the barricades ofthe year 1830 that France so glorious could have fallen so low ?' M . Guizot has laid before the chamber a project of law for the reform of criminal courts in the colonies .
SPAIN . The Q , ueen continues at Aranjouz , where she amuses herself with hunting and other diversions . She continues separated from her husband , and it is said , is determined upon being divorced . Two or three ofthe Ministers are for it , the others against . The general opinion is that the Cabinet will go out ob the question ; and it is not considered unlikely that the _Progresistas will come in , who ,, it is to be _preaumed _, will make no difficulty of it . In the mean
time , Olozaga remains as snug as possible at an Aranjeuz , ready to act if called upon . In Catalonia , on the loth instant , General-Favia overtook a strong band of _Carlists , under the command , of the famous Tristany , which was routed-after a most obstinate resistance , the Cat-list chief having been taken prisoner and immediately ordered lor execution by his blood-thirsty conqueror . The Guerilla chief met his fate with perfect calmness . Hardly a day passes which is not marked by similar acts of cruelty on the part of the Captain-General .
Later news from Madrid states that a Cabinet Council was held at Aranjeuz on the 1-Sth iastant , when the Queen is understood to- have _aauounced again to her Ministers her desivc that they should instantly take into _consideration the question of divorce ; and she _deslared that if any obstacle were offered , either by ihe Government or any other power , lay or otherwise , site was determined to- renounce her crown—abdicate—go into exile eve » , rather than live in bonds she longed to break , a » d married to a being she always loatbed , and never more than at tbe present rcsment . She is said to have expressed herself in the strongest _nianiter ; to- have uttered what almost sounded like a _isialedictioa on the
heartless old hypocrite of the _Tuilerios , fop -whom , and foi > whom _alons , tbe vengeance of Heaven must be yet in store for having sacrificed her tc-satisfy his vile _<&• pidity . She told them to decide ,, before twenty-four hours had passed over , whether they would sanation her dfcorce or qtut their posts ; and she intimated that _cae or the other they must do , or she should provision Cabinet who would maintain her in her appeal : to the nation , to all Europe , to its chivalry and it & manhood , to- womanly feeling all over tee world , efievery cliiae , country , and religion , to sympathise . with and protect her against tho base (» ew who
betrayed her , and the tyrants who . _' oppressed and bullied her into a hateful marriage . The Ministers represented tohsr that there was still _ona way of cutting short tbe scandal that was now but too public and of preserving the decescies of life ; and that was by Her Majesty returning to her Royal Palace at Madrid . She absolutely refused to listen to any proposition short of separating herself for ever and forever from a man she hates , and by whom s he is hated ; and she anaih declared she would lay down her crown and abandon her queenly rank , whatever might be the consequence , rather than continue _td be the wife , even in name , of Francisco do _Assis .
The King , it is rumoured , now resolutely denies having given his free consent to his marriage with the Queen . He declares ho was forced to marry her , and that he disliked hev- as much as she did him . It is , however , stited in _l-eply , that documents now exist in the War Office in which he bound himself to pay 8 , 000 , 000 francs to certain parties now in France , who persuaded him they had the power of bringing abont his marriage with Isabella . It is further stated , that the money has been already demanded .
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' : ' _i'ORTUGAL ; . MB CIVIL WAR . I "' - The junta of Oporto lWJsts upon the following ouarantees , without _hrhich the intervention of tho British government is declared _rented : —L That . the Miguelite officers who tave joined the _Rational cause be confirmed in their military grade * —» That the debts incurred by the junta be guaranteed _^ on accounts being furnished to the Cortes—g . That the election" * ( of the' Gortes ) be direct . —4 . That all military and civil ranks and honours granted by the junta - be confirmed . —5 . ' 'That - the military forces under ' ¦ the command of the junta , shall bo main ! tained on foot , occupying Lisbon and Oporto until
the Cortes shall assemble . —6 . Tlmt the military commandants throughout the provinces shall not be drawn from those employed under tSe ministry of the 6 th October ( the revolution of the palace ) . —7- That the king shai / mi ? n the commandof the army , and renounce it-for ' the future , his hbldinsr that office tons ; contrary t & the constitutional charter . —8 . That tho queen . shall nominate officers of her royal household according « o the will of the ministry . —9 . That the junta on these several condition * _beuiur fnlfilled , » iU then . dissolve . —16 is sa _& that the British iVlinisfer has refused to cntertaifav these conditions , and tlmatens _"m effective aimedintervention . "
HOLLAND . The _Caors . _^ -T'fee accounts from Holland are of the most _iavourabfe description , not only with reference to the prosperous appearance of the _"rowinz grain crops , but also- ofthe fruits _ani vegetables lie early potatoes Were showing well , and already selling in the markets . '
GERMANY . PitussiA .-The ehamfcer of the thro elective estates met on the 17 th hut . The orders ofthe day were : 1 he general debate on the : dearth which prevails m the country ; the appeal of Couat Richenbach m respect to his election ; the debata ' on the _riiihtof petition ; the debate on the law of deetion with respect to the _dissident ( German ' catholics ) . fhe o / heiai report of these preceedings has cot vet appeared .
lire _Pubss . —The Prussian _government lately addressed strong complaints to _the-Senate of Hamburg a . sainst a little satirical journal called _Mephhtopmes , which had turned into ridieulo the speech of the _Kinir of Frussia on the opening of the Diet . _Accordingly the Senate called the writers of . this periodical before . thorn ; and , -after hearing their observations condemned them ; to- a fine of 150 f . and a month' " imprisonment . It also ordered that the journar _slioald be' suppressed ,, and that one of its contribc _^ tors , a'Dane ; -should ' qjstfc Hamburg .
ITALY . _Lexers from Rome of the 14 th _inst . state , thai ; the _Pflpe'sbir-thday was celebrated with great enthusiasm e-n tho 13 ih > ,
_Cr'RiEECE . A letter frnm Athens , ofthe 10 th , in the Debate says : — _"'Embsaries-ofthe opposition are at present traversing tho PelopoMrjesus i ;*» d Continental Greece , exhorting people to refuse payment of taxes , and enrolling _fbran" _! insurrectionary movement , of which GeneralKalerai is _thechief , _all the men with no recos _^ nised means of _livelihoodtIio are disseminated all over the kingdom . _Rallying signs have been distributed to ifcem . _places-of rendezvous have been assigned ; and it is announcedcor . _4 dential ) y that a revolt plotted hi'the political meetings at Athens will shortly take place . The Oourrier d' Atheist , which is the avowed organ ot the _Opposition , declares that M . Colettiresorts to the most extraordinary measures to secure a majority at the-approaching elections ; but , if its acco _tnt of the impression caused by the dissolution of the'Chamber of ' Representatives bo a 1 it
. ' correctone ,.-the Ministry ' will fjn _^ difficult to obtain a more complacent Chamberfchan that which has been dissolved . Patius , May 19 ;—The King , andi _Queen arrived here on the 7 th , accompanied by the Prince Royal of Bavaria . The opposition party ; to the number of 3 _i-500 , went out to meet him ; as also- did the ministerial _oarty , in number about 800 } A quarrel arose beSween the two parties ,-and ! _some flags were taken away from the ministerial party .. One ofthe oppositionists _wasBtabbedby-apolicemanyand a bloody affray would have ensued had not . the commandant of the troops arrested the offender ; and harangued _thepeople . The King : wasmetonhisentry by about _oOO people , when a petition was-presented to him , praying for a reform in-the administration of govern * ment , and a close adherence to tbe charter and the constitution . His Majesty received it , and promised to- give an answer the next morning , which he did not .
Tahiti :. The Moniteur publishes a _despatoh from Rear-Admiral _Bruat , Governor of Otalfcite ,. announcing the complete aoknowled » mentof the French "protectorate " by Queen Pomare and ; her subjects , and the final settlement of French _afrairs in that qnarlev . To Admiral Bruet ' s despatch , which is dated _Papefcoai , ( Island _ of Moorea , )< the > 7 th of February last , are annexed details of his interviews- with Pomare , from wh _' ch he would appear' to have excluded an English missionary and some native chiefs .
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Tub Polish Bail . —A brilliant company _asBembled at VYillis ' s Rooms ,. St James ' s , on Friday evening , attracted by the _aanual grand ball , in aid of the Sarmatian exiles rewdent in tha country . Frequently as we have attended these assemblies , we never sw one so _cswvded as _thatcrening . Both the lower and upper rooms were filled to overflowi » _jr , so much so , that it was difficult in either for the dancers to find space for the figures of the quadrille and the _Mazurka . Tho latter , the national dance of Poland , was beautifully executed by a nartv of
Poles , the ladies wearing tho picturesque national costume ,-which , for the information of those of our readers curious in such matters , we may briefty describe to be—a scarlet Polonaise pelisse trimmed with white _swansdown , thrown over a -white satin vests and petticoats ; red boots , with metallio heel appendage ? , and squaro velvet caps , ateo scarlet , ornamented with silver tassels , complete the costume . The " gay dance" was kept up till a lato hour . The Sutlej medals for military _distribution this summer will cost the East India Company twentj thousand pounds .
" Are the grouse sitting close'to-day ? was the inquiry of a sportsman to & Lammermoor shepherd . " Uncommon close , sir , I have not seen one for a week , " was the consoling reply .
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_Scarcity of Cor \ is Russia—A- letter from St Petersburgh , of April 2 _S . in tho Gemain Universal Gazette , says— " If the greater part of the centre and south of the empire has this year been blessed with so abundant a harvest as'has been able to supply western and southern Europe , several districts ofthe north and west have not been so favoured , and are now in great want . It is said that all Eastern Siberia is afflicted in that way . In lS _4 * and ISio the harvest failed there completely ,, which forced the government to establish depots of _grainan that part of the empire . The _harvest-of the last year was certainly better , but still not _sufficient-topay back the
supplies furnished by the Grown , and- to- _support the inhabitants . Already , in the-month of March , the Crown accorded new succours tothe peasants , and the quantity which this district will require before the new harvest is ripe is-estimated at 300 , 000 chetwerts . In good years , the province of Irkutsk suplies the country situated ! to the north-west as far as the frontier of China . The districts of the government of Jenisseisk have already required more than 1 , 000 , 600 chetwerts of wheat . These districts , to which a greater population is each year proceeding , require as much wheat as all the rest of tho popu ) a < tion of northern Siberia . " "
Loss of a Yacht a » d » _Pive Liyss _. —A sad catastrophe occurred in the Beaumari ? _Road 3 on theeveningofWhit 8 un-Monday , of so appalling a nature , indeed , as to spread a deep gloom _oser __ that fashionable watering-place . On the same morning a party of four respectable inhabitants-put to sea on a fishing excursion in a yacht about ten tons burden , taking with them an experienced boatman , and a youth of 16 to manage the boat ; . Of that party which left their homes at early , morn the youth alone survives , the others having . perished miserably ,. within sight of their homes , by the upsetting of the boat . Persons lost—Mr George Owen ( owner , of the yacht ); Mr Thomas Lloyd , brother-in-law to the postmaster ; Mr Spackman , Excise officer ; : Mr Jones , painter ; and Hugh Tyrer , boatman ,. an experienced seaman who had survived * many a shipwreck : Lloyd has left a widow and five children , and Tyrer a widow and four children . The- others were unmarried . None ofthe bodies-have yet been recovered .
Dreadful Fire . —Four Houses- Burnt Down . — A most destructive fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon , in a cottage situate at Throckmorton , a village belonging to Sir R ; Throakmorton , situate about five miles from . this borough . The fire originated in an outbuilding adjoining the cottage , and arose front some chiton who were playing with matches , which ignited some loose straw in-the building . Tho fire immediately spread to the thatch of the cottage , and in less th & n ten minutes , so rapid was the progress of the devouring element , the whole of the building was in a mass of flame . The next cottage adjoining it also took fire immediately , as- did also two others at a , 8 hort distance ; . and : in the space of half nn hour , before twenty people had collected on the spot ( the population , which is entirely agricultural , being all at work in the fields ); the four houses were enveloped
in a sheet of flame , roaring : and crackling in an awful manner . Theengirjc 3 were immediately seni ; ibr on the outbreak of tho tire ,, but before they could possibly arrive the whole of the four houses were _reohiced to a heap of _ashss . Only a portion ofthe cottagers' furniture was saved . Neither buildings nor their contents weia insured , it not being the habit of the owner to insure any portion of his property except that occupied by himself . Everything was done by . the neighbours to stop tha-progress of the flames which the limited means _afc hand would admit of , but to . little purpose , in cansequenco of the whole of the bouses being thatched , in one o _£ the bttimiHg houses was a loaded gun _^ which exploded when heated , but without injuring _jyiy person . Th & owner , who was- assisting in tho effort to put out tho flames , had his powder-flask hi- his pneket .
ftc-BBBBiES . —On Wednesday information of the following robberies was received _& y the police ;—Fiona & gentleman , iu the _neighbourhood of Strangsways , Manchester , a strong _hrmvn siJk purse , containing a £ 100 Bank of England no _/ _io , dated Manchester , Feb . 25 , 1846 , No . 91 , 698 ; , lour £ 50 Dank of England notes , also a £ 5 note ,, sorae gold and silver . On the 25 th , from the persoaof Mr Court ,, of No . 33 , _Tavistock-strcet _, Coveni _^ garden , a double-cased gold watch with open face , W . and C Cuthwood , makers . Fromthe person ef Mr John Arthur , a gold lever engine-turned watch , with gold dial , No . 9 , 032 . . From
the coat-pocket of Mr Gladstone , of Brunswicksquare , while assisting a _gentleman in a fit in a box of tho Lyceum Theatre , a leathern pocket-book , containing a promissory nolo for £ 400 and a bill of exchange fo «' £ 162 2 s . lUh , drawn by Nathan Brothers , of Rio Janeiro , and payable at Mastorman and Company ' s , Lombard-street , and not due until November , with several other _doruments and papers of value . They say that there is au artist in this city , who paints imitation Lotties of spruce beer so naturally that the corks fly out before , he can _pait \ t the . strings to fasten them .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29051847/page/7/
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