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August 30, 1845. THE NORTHERN STAR —^
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August 30, 1845. The Northern Star —^
August 30 , 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAR _—^
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MORE PROOFS OF "PROSPERITY . " REDUCTION OF THE _WOBJUIAX'S " SUABE . " Loud Jons _Resseu . lately msAe it a matter of complaint , in thc House of Commons , that the _wouEMja- ' s" SHARE" of the good things that labour Erases io abound , was far from what it ought to he . On the occasion to which wc refer , his lordship contended that it is notorious that the luxuries and voluptuousness of the aristocracy have increased during the last century ; and that , too , in a great degree . He contended also , that the means of enjoyment for and _f-o the middle classes bare been greatly augmented during thc same period ; that tha wants , comforts , and even luxuries of all the classes that live without prodcctive ZaJoiir , have been far better supplied and attended to ; while the income of that section of Koelefv which creates all the wealth for others to
enjoy , not only has not increased ia the relative proportion to the increased means of the other classesbut that , when measured as it ought to he , —in the amount of food which it would purchase , compared with thc amount acentury hence , —it would be found to have positively decreaseb . Lord Jons , therefore , rightfully contended that the workman did not get his " SHARE ; " that he was not fairly dealt with ; that our system of distribution was defective ; that it is not just _to-satds the iahonrei ? that thc entire benefits arisingfrom increased national wealth—from the discoveries in science and the application of mechanics , should be exclusively enjoyed by those who do not labour : and he contended further , that
some alteration in our distributive process is needed , _as » must be bad , or we cannot expect stability to our social system , or a cessation of that load mnraiur of complaint , arising from discontent * which has been so annoying , and so alarmixg , at times , to the well-to-do . It is true that thc measures which Lord Jonx ItussEtL indicated , as likely to accomplish his object , were ( most of them ) only adapted to make bad worse —being hut an _"EXTENSION" ofthe causes that hare worked the end the noble lord deplores . It is true all this ; but still his lordship ' s pleadings were valuable for the admission of the fact that the other
classes prc > t on the worker—and , hy the numerous modes our "high , state of civilization" has placed at their command , suck outof his hands the wealth that he creates , leaving him a less SHARE than he was wont to hare , even when the means of production and the aggregate of productions were much inferior to what they now are . We say his lordship's admission of these , facts was valuable indeed , as will 6 e found 3 ome day , when the bight _bemedt for the evil comes tabs applied : a remedy for more sweeping , and far more efficacious for the end desired , than any that Lord Jons Rcsseia seems to . have even dreamed of .
But small as is the _workman ' s "SHARE : " decreased as it is in value , comparing Ms present with his former capacity to purchase food ; unjust as is the dealing to him , when compared with thc increased means of those who live out of him ; _grosslypartial as the law of distribution is , which leaves the producer comparatively penniless , _foouless , and homeless , while it heaps-np wealth in abundance for those who " toil not , neither do they spin : " unjust and monstrous as all this is , still the cormorant maw of the _srsrm has uot had enough . ' The old adage says : " MUCH would have more : " and painfully are tlie workers forced to learn and know its stern truth 2 Small as is the workman ' s "SHARE " - * * * is still
too large for scheming idleness _tocense nibbling at . It matters not that " prosperity" abounds ; it matters not that there is a " roaring trade ; " it matters not that our capitalists arc so rich as to seek to " invest" _^ 200 , 000 , 000 in Railways all over the habitable globe ; it matters not that the traders are amassing money as fast as they can count it ; it matters not that they can "lay field to field , and house to house , " 'till there he no place left wherein for the poor todwell : it matters not all _thisj the " LITTLE SHARE" the workman has is a constant object of _asault on the pari ofthe monied classes , who aro as constantly bearing away slices of it , and adding them to their _alrcadv over-grown heaps .
How often have we had to chronicle the " struggles" of Labour , in the _kssistaxce of" the assaults of Capital ! The pages of tni 3 journal , from the first day of its existence to the present hour , are little more than a record of the contests that have taken place , —la one shape or _a-anther , ox on one ground or _auotlrcr , —to prevent the small" SHARE" doled out to the labourer from absolute annihilation . And how often , alas have such contests been fruitless!—how often such resistance vain ! Rich idleness prey on labour—and labour cannot prevent it ! If foiled on one occasion , it makes np for it on another : if ih ' _-sartei at one point , it sets to work at another . It never leaves its victim "till it has , like the vampire , found the vnlncraWe part , and sucked of blood .
"Wc have now to chronicle the beginning of another such contesi _^ -the commencement of another such * ' straggle . " God only knows how it will end ; but past experience tells ns tliat labour has to fight with fcaTraluuds ! The _FiTTninjharn Journal , of Saturday , has thc following : — Wc regret to learn that the parihl strila ofthe puddlers in the varish of Tjploa and other parts ofthe district , is likely lata followed bra _general turn-out of the colliers and ironstone miners . Xolice teas _gicea a fortnight since to ticyi liters , that THE _KSDUCTIOr . * OP _' OXE SI 1 IL-11 XG A TOS would be generally _adopted by the master * , suid as tbe notice expires this day , it is expected that operations will be suspended hi most of tbe works in
South Sia & _sv _& iire . Ths _tjhkl : cosl _eoSien , _tciOt fk < _sti : _& _gitfrrs , hays aiso rur > xotices in the district west of Dudley , _FOU A _HEDCCTIGa OI' SlXVEXCE _, _hrhyby theaugetof ihcfonnertois ., awlthsVztt € rto 3 s ., jw Say . _Ihc-se notices expired last Saturday , andliundrcds of men an _ao-. r _perambulatin _* , ' tlie nerjhb mi-hood in every _diree-Eon , watching the pits at work , aud threatening those who continue in employment at the reduced rates . From the measures adopted by tho "turn-outs , " it is expected that all tiie mines in the district will very soon be at a stand-still . The state of things , iu connection with the expiration of the puddlers' notices , trill cause one of the greatest strikes hitherto witnessed in South Staffordshire . It is difficult to say how the disagreement wiil terminate , as fee _ia < isf _.: « hats rcsolcel not to s : tbmit to tie terns of Vic
_sciriiHjn , _aa _3 the latter seem _equally Vent ox _ENFOEClXC THEia ues _\ s _35 . _Thcstocksof coakire very limited ; and should uc » Knraeflinte arrangement be came to , the masters wiil be obliged to blow out their furnaces , nnd thus tlirutv out of employment all the _hsnUi ens-aged in the _manufji-turc of iron . It is to be _boprf that matters trill not be _j'usJied to this extremity , as the men end their fami lies an altertg tit u , state tg great destitution ; and although _tht-y tn 3 y obtain partial employment in field labour , this resource cannot last _isr- _;*; aad while _flisycontinue " at play , " wor _i-raea aud coliiers trill flock in from other districts , aad talce their _placjs in tiie mines and at the furnaces . We have _bjcu _vafunne 3 , on what wo deem good authorit y , that b y the _sioppa-ja of three furnaces alone _m the parish of Tipton , _durfiKr the present strike , th » 3 5
_yu _* _Mwluire sacrificed in wages £ 1 , 009 n-vreek . Thus * ' _» , »» ., which would other-visa have found its tray into _mnersnt _ckmnds of industry , giving _empJovmeut and taw * tc-hundredsof fan *;* -, _fairrwoverabr _/ lost ; and _ttas v _^ _nxate state of Ob-, is uot onl y tobe _perpetu _^ eu , bat wideJ y extended , _producing disroot -nt and _waat inadis _' rictwhich . in the present state of trade , pus , ; all the elements of Sons-continued prosperity _^ _2-ir _. _hn- , ' tiie price ofiron , it is difficult to arrive at _anv-»; Ma ? a correct _conchisuM as to tho actual position L * _r T _* I " ' *¦* wr £ :, " - and not Ter _* 1 < aft 0 t 6 Bill-1 ' ' l iur Mtf . < z « _-i tfte _jp-neral Mpm ? ° - iU _^^ MJ bv « m _« _aers , _wiaima to _j-iw 5 r _* u _« p STJWl , Tr ***** _FaOSVSRITY TO THE
_Wmast _ershara resolved not to submit to mre _¦ ¦ - _« offte men , " and thelatterseem cquaVvlenton JJ ™ 0 A _™ DEMANDS . _TTIit , wlrat a pretty to Thev T Tilc lneaharCB ! _a'Je _« _"DEMANDS 2 " _Mt , filcta { cd * ° " _sraa - _" _n « V bate not J _„ fT _* _iteration . Thc REDUCTIONS are writer ! _fr m ? a % h _° WL _' therefor * , should this _riec kte _pim-a thcm j B , _^ _njnj . position , and _^ resent them rs _making DHXIa . _NTjS teiftft the em lw ****** acc < d _* _W Why ? _-becaaschc is ofthe _j _oierdag .. _bceausohcis _^ _a them in soul ami _£ _;?; _tfcansehcisi . _JcittiGcdTfith _themiu fceh ' ng _W ! it r f >" and th _" _^ _CBdearoBM hv foul _wni tk _?? _* ftlxims ca < k - El ! C _- _» _J ™> t _tdl _« s _ - Jit * wen ' s position was thai of _aaisixse ac-* - = > : 0 . v ?—that the employers Lad _niaiz a most
wji _^ . _^ ' ? s " }'~ _^ " on the men—a demand that _C _^;^ v " _^^« _y -inot _iovi-ortlott „? ih _« ralready • ' --a _^ _ilAilxi ; " ai : « _ta-ti ihe acn hid _dAcr-
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mined to resist this unjustifiable demand . Why did not this writer put the matter thus , and endeavour to enlist public sympathy on behalf of those nho were struggling against an attempt to filch from them their already too-small means ?¦—the more especially when he himself shows that tlie reductions are perfectly uncalled for by the state of the trade—and can only be prompted by a craving desire to get au . from thc la bourer , leaving him no "SHARE" at all ! Docs not
this writer conclude by telling us , that certain circumstances " combine to give _iscREiSED stabioty and _PBOSPEPJTyT to the Iron trade ? " Then where is thc necessity for REDUCTION in wages ? Where is the justification of the Capitalists' "DEMAND , " that Labour shall do with , less ? Why arc new " terms" of a worse character sought to he enforced ? " _LxcnEASEn _stABinir and PROSPERITY " onght to have had a different result '
But , why multiply proofs ? Why seek for further confirmation of the already-established livet , that , no matter whether times ave " good" or "bad , * " no matter whether trade be " prosperous" or " slack ;" no matter whether it be " stable" " unsteady ;" no matter what comes or what goes—what is or what may _Jc—the workman ' s "SHARE" decreases ! Why seek to make that fact more apparent , when it is " as notorious as the sun at noonday ? " Such has been the workman ' s fate : such it will continue to be ,
until he himself acquires _rc-micai _. _rowsn to enable his class to altes iJic law of distribution ; and above all , and before all , the _distuibciiox of the laxd . Those who live on him will never legislate to the end that their own " pickings" shall cease ; those who claim the land , will never bring it into the market for general use , so long as the quality of political power is attached to it . To expect either party to act in such a manner , is to he moon-struck indeed . _PomicAi power to the workers can alone give to them their "SHARE" of the National Wealth : and can alone secure to them that" SHARE" when they have once ascertained what it ought to be .
Stabbing Case At Bury
STABBING CASE AT BURY
CHECK TO THE DAGGER-STICK , Oca readers may recollect that about two months ago we gave an account of a case at Bury , in Lancashire , in which one of the " new men , " Fbebemck Ha 8 Ris , in the employ of Messrs . _Wjokeb , Smith , and Co ., had- ' tabbed with a dagger Jons Segdex , a working tr . r- , The masters took the part of the _stabber ; etc , nc matter was treated by them as but of little _CGikt-quence . At tlie Coroner ' s inouest , indeed , some ofthe jury expressed their opinion that Harris ' s jeouduct was perfectly right and proper : and were desirous of returning a verdict
of " Justifiable Homicide . " The stabbcr , however , notwithstanding the powerful protection extended over him , was committed , and has taken his trial at the present Liverpool _Assizes . His defence was in substance that he _\ fas " hooted at" by the " turnouts . " _SnGBKf was walking with or near the turnouts , who were calling out " 7 « w"and "baa ; " and dierefore he was stuck through with the dagger . The masters , as was before intimated , looked upon the matter lightly . They took the case to London , at
their own expense , on an application that Junius should be admitted to hail . In that attempt , however , they "were successfully opposed by Mr . Roberts . But so confident were Harris and his friends of an acquittal , that arrangements were made for his return in triumph from gaol ; and we must admit , considering that no expense was spared , and the powerful influence exerted in his behalf—that he had some ground for the hopes he so confidently indulged in .
Bur be -was xniEv by a just _Jcbcv , _B-Xbo . v _Rolfe : and the result is , that Frederick . Harris is sentenced to twenty years' transportation . In another part of our paper will be found a report of tha trial , which we have taken from thc Times newspaper ; and to this we beg the reader ' s attention . Next week we shall have something more to say about it . We look at the whole aiiair as a most significant sign of thc times . Harris _«*<« defended by the masters—he _tvas prosecuted by Hie People : and so we will leave the matter for a week .
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Jons Owes , Xewtows , _Mostcomebtskike , writes as follows : — " I am much pleased with your Star of last week—especially Mr . O'Connor's letter . It has created general inquiry in this neighbourhood on the Land question . My Star hashcen read by scores , who ore tilled with astouisiuneut at the report of his tour : but some are sceptical as to the correctness of the report of Mr . Thornton keeping Jour cows on the produce of 1 J acres . If you bare tlie means at hand . I shall feel great !/ obliged if you trill state what he _groirs on his land to keep the animals : or , in other words , whether Mr . Thornton ' s cows aro supported hy grazing : or
whether they are fed by vegetables , the result oi labour , and Uept _in-doors ; or how otherwise . Be as explicit as _vou can ; for it will take , some time to persuade the people that a cow cau lie supported on a quarter of an acre , " —We have thc means at command to satisfy these queries . We _h-. ive an account from Mr . Thornton ' s oivn hand of the mode be _jHU'sucd storing tlie three lirst years of occupation . Tlie _present is thc / uKrtA year of possession ; and Mr . Thornton has so far improved on his third . year ' s experiment as to bc able to keep four cows during the spring and summer mouths , which said four caws he has yet , with food enough , and to spare , on liis very " Utile plot . '' Vie will here give Mr . Thornton ' s own account ofthe manner in , wlncbbe cropped liis land for the first tlirci
years , and the very satisfactory results lie realised : — "First year . —Tlie land is situate nt Paddock , near _Hudilcrsficld . The soil poor and sandy , with a subsoil of silic _' wns sand . When first taken into possession it ikhiM not waintam a single cox . Tlie first year I pared and trenched one rood for potatoes , placing the sod in the bottom ofthe trench . I aiso turned over with the plough two roods to be cropped , in the following spring , witli swede turnips . When the rood of potatoes came oif , cabbages were placed on the plot , in rows tireutyseren inches apart , au _5 twenty inches from each Other in the row . This year Iliad only _ond com ) , and tho produce was entirely _csiatuned in _maiutuuuiig her . Second pear . —The land was cropped iu the following manner . During whiter two roods were pared and trenched out
of grass , in the maimer before-meutioued , aud planted in the ;« piins with early and winter potatoes . The rood of _cabbagca of the first year came _offiu June but , previous to their removal , n second crop was introduced into the trenches formed in earthing up the firat , by placing manure in them and lightly covering it with earth , placing therein cabbages from the spring seed _t > j _<> . s . They were planted in June and cut in October and _November . The half-acre ploughed tbe first year was sown with swede turnips in drills twenty-seven inches apart , which were followed by winter fares and rye ; tlie remaining half acre , being in _srass , vas partly cut greea till the cabbages were ready , the rest made iuto liny . Having tins year been bold enough to increase my stock trom a single cow to t' jco cows and a
_pl-7 , IX BECAME QC 1 TK _ATPaBESr THAT THE TWO COWS COULD SOT COSSCHE TJI £ C 8 EE . V CHOPS , TilC p ig _8 SEistcd—thc vest went to tho dung-heap . On reviewing the crops aiid _mauageaieat , I wa « convinced that three mat might be maintained , andiuwwlurtely _rcs-alved to _nukQ the attempt . After housing my _swudes I ploughed the land , and sowed win tar tares and ryo for green food in thc following spring . Third Year . —The vetches suwn last year , after tho swede turnips , vere followed by planted swedes , vtlrien , bafam housing , were topped for tho cows . The cabbage plot of the first year was _sgnin planted with _cabbsges _, manuring well and after the crop came off in June , was sown with Italian rye-grass , - which gave two cuttings . One-third of an acre , after tho _potatoa * of _tb « second year , was sown in April witli spring vetches aud _ItaUanryegrass , and gave three cuttings ; the first of which was made iuto hay , the second and third rr « ra used for
Stall-feeding . One-third of an acre , trenched partly out of grass for potatoes daring winter , was planted with PriiiCB-ltesents . Part wer * got « arly nnd _* 0 ld , ihe remainder were left to ripen . As the potato » s became cleared , _cabbages wuru planted , ond cut in Decembsr . The ground for tiie cabbages , turnips , aud potatoes , w _tndrely _toorlnalby tm spade , and the wifcreala between Vie rows abb win _digoeP . In addition to ¦ what ray miniature farm _producsu . I bad to expend this year In the parchrtsa of straw , brewers' grains , Ac ., ill 9 < - U ., but sold to . bacon , potatoes , ic , from tha fawn to the amountof £ S 19 s . Cd . _JTysl-xb _hasbeen'ruRzi cow sand a farrow of pigs , all of whose food has , with this exception , been derived from It ; therefore it is clenr that the three cows and the _pigsh . _tra Veen _m-jintaineu npon it , with , the additional expenditure of £ 2 10 s . 3 d . And I fed quite satisfied from the experiment that high fanning , at any rate ou a small scale , will remunerate
the individual who dares to adventure much labour on til ? land . My cows arc ofthe short-horned breed—very good _nssllsers _, and arc _stalt-fcdKhitcr or . d _siunwcr . Along wil _' n cabbage I give a Hide Italian v \ _v-gtass : _tbe same _n- ; _. *;* i _xitsioi haulm aad turnip tup . * , _wraslonally . id : ! ' :. '" .. ' _srilr . The g . " _- ; ett crops serve till Christinas . Thru folio- * swedes and _potatota with clwjpcd straw ;
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all well steamed , to which is added n little suit . Durinjj tne winter season each cow , if giving above oue gallon of milk per day , has two gallons of brewers ' grains with a little beau-meal per day . They consume about two torn of purchased straw , which , along with hay , turnips , & c , carry them on till the middle , of May , wheu the rye , rape , tares , and Italian rye-grass COffie round , "—Xow , we are able , from our own knowledge , to vouch for the correctness of theauove statement . Mr . Thornton is personally known to us . In the experi . meuts he h : is been making we have taken a deep interest . Business often calls us to lluddevsntld ; when itis a point with us to visit Hv . Thornton ' s plot , to ascertain what is doing , and what has been done . Wc are therefore enabled to state that tho above account
is fur from being overstated , _Jsay , it is understated . V _, r . Thornton is not a man to exaggerate . We know his anxiety on tliis point . Of this wc _1 / ad a convincing proof not lung ago . During the " third year , " set forth above , Mr . O'Connor visited Jlr . Thornton ' s little farm , to look nt bis crops and stock . Iu the observations that Mr . O'Connor made in the Star , he mentioned the pig which Mr . Thornton was then keeping , in addition to his three cows . That pig was a very large oue * , aud Sir . O'Gounuv stud that it _niijAt be fed up to weig h fifty or sixty stone—{ we forget which ) . This statement , though warranted by probability , greatly annoyed Mr . Thornton . Scores of persons visited Ins place , and asked to " see his sixty-stone pig- , " and Mr , Thornton was fearful tliat this statement as to what imnht be done
would be misunderstood , and that parties would be disappointed ivheii they saw thc animal alluded to , and thus become sceptical as to what had been done . Wo mention this to show the care that Mr . Thornton evinces , that exaggerated statements should not appear . It is true that this care does not prevent scepticism . On the contrary , persons in Mr , Thornton's own neighbourhood , who have the means at hand to satisfy themselves ; who can see the crops ; who can watch the mode of culture ; who cau judge ofthe amount of produce ; who can see the cattle , ; and know how they are fed : even of these , so circumstanced , are to be found those that " won't _leliece it . " The old silly cry of " it can ' t bc done" is set up ; and all sorts of unlikely stories are vamped up by these parties , to excuse the
scepticism to their own minds . But there the fads are . During the third year Mr , Thornton maintained three cows and a litter of pigs ou his seven roods of ground ; this year he has maintained fourcows , and had so much food for them , that he was enabled to make the second cutting of his Italian rye grass into hay . That same rye grass he expects to be _abic to cut twice more this season ; that is . four cuttings during the year . It is here that Mr . Thornton succeeds . He puts LAUOUli , and r /> . amirc , and good vegetables into tbe ground . This ye » r lie had a good quality of _B-trE , and found it to be most sen-ieaole , both for iccightof crop , aad as food ; thc rape being inferior to nothing he has given to his cattle , excepting Italian rye grass—which is superior , is liked better , and cives more milk , either green or
iu hay , to any food he can find . But tlicu Mr . TUorntofi does not let his land lay idle . As soon as it is cleared of one crop , it is in course of preparation for another , lie saves np his manure . He lets none be ¦ wasted , lie returns it back to the land , nnd bestows plenty of labour : and the earth is no niggard , under such circumstances , but yields forth _heu eetobs most abundatitiy . in our opinion , Mr . Thornton is far from having realised all he cau do . "We dare wager _' a trifle that , next year , he wiil maintain _Brecon's , on bis seven roods , with more ease than he maintained one during the iirst year he had possession . A " Cheat Pact" _ron _Jtiv . Cat- » m 3 . —The daily papers state-, that , " At Wandsworth police-court , on Slonday , an old woman named Alice Downer , who-reads
firewood about Battersea , was charged with scolding her husband most dreadfully as he was lying in bed iu a dying state . Kev conduct was so outrageous that the police were called on to interfere , and took bev into custody . Her husband died shortly after , Sbc was lined 20 s , ; and in default committed for fourteen days . " Was Alice Downer's offence really ' •' scolding , " or wriding , her dying husband ? If the former , the punishment tliat followed is really a " great fact" for Mr , Caudle . It is said that a man may " legally mid constitutionally" " correct" liis wife with a stick of not greater thickness than his thumb . But such a power is nothing in comparison with that of punishing a scold by fine or imprisonment ; fov if a woman may not use lier tongue without the risk of the " stone jug , "
miserable indeed is her position , Cau there be such a vanto fine a woman 20 s . or send lier to prison for fourteen days for wagging her tongue I This outrage on one of thu dearest of the "vigbts of woman , " the right to jaw , must produce serious conseijucnccs . We shall await the arrival of the next " overland despatches" from "Wandsworth with " intense Jiiterest , "fuH y anticipating as we do , a _uuivcvsal rising of the women of Wandsworth aud Battersea agaiust this monstrous decision . If thc women do not rise ; if they do not proclaim war to the teeth against this law , ov this magisterial decision , the result will bo to 'hem most disastrous . One half ofthe wives will be dragged before the bar of magisterial justice ( _fj'and sent to gaol for fourteen days ; Curtain Lectures will be no moro ; and Mrs . Caudle ' s occupation will begone !
Jons IticiiAtiDs , Pottekies _, —We see no good end to be " obtained by the publication of his letters . They would only embroil us in a dispute we have no taste for . If conduct such as lie describes is pursued by the party in question , the persons on tlie spot will know it , and soon apply-the corrective , by ceasing to be so led . _nouEirr _Wilp , _MoTittAM . —Wo cannot answer his query , not having tbe Act to refer to . He had better submit thc whole case to a lawyer . _Jonsr ICikk _, _OiORV . —Yes , the "Field Garden Bill " passed into au Act . This week we tried to procure a copy , to give an abstract of the measure ill the Star ; but thc answer was , that it would not be printed for a day or tiro . So also with the Silk Weavers' Act , and the Frame-Work Kuitters * Act .
The _An-Dover Boke _Gsawihg . —If the statement m the following letter , —which we give just as we have received it , —be correct , it would appear that" bonegnawing" is not confined to thc Andover Bastilc ; but that it lias existed in at least another l _' oor Law Union Workhouse . Hear our correspondent tell his own tide , in his own simple artless manner : — " Sir , having seen an artical in your paper of tlie IS cded the bone gnawing atrocity Sir tha bone crushing aud gnawing is not confined to the Andover union Sir iu September 1812 I was one of tho inmates of tho Bakewcll union in Dtrbeyshire , and finding that thc alowancc that we got ivarnat what nature required _m « d as a _iirufe 1 will just mention afew circumstances ns past my notice ane was eating potatoes that was
part _roton and potato peelings and gnawing the bones that was to bee crushd it maynot bee amis to informe the public through tbe northern Star that I made these things kuawn to a full hoard of guardians of the llakewell union witiie justice Backer nt their head aud the presence of W Grutton the governor Sir by giving this a place in your paper may cause something more to bee said on tbe subject Charles Rogers Broylsdeu . " C . Ret . voids , Peszaxce . —Tbe address ho has sent us would do very well to circulate among thc working classes of bis locality in a band-bill , but it is unfit for the general pages of a newspaper . J . _Walkeeuise , _Londoh . —With Trades' disputes wo do not interfere . It pains us to even hear of them . We
_J-now that they are the great bar to success , in all Worldng Men ' s Associations . Till working men learn t _« despiso the little matters whicli now engross almost their whole attention , they will not be able , nor can they reasonably hope , to realize a titue ot the good whicli ought to flow from association . The truth ie , that the Trades _tluonselres are eaten up with petty jealousies and unworthy fears ; and this lends them into courses of conduct which rosult iu anything but benefit to them , either individually or collectively . A narrow , contracted , bigoted mind can never accomplish an enlightened and comprehensive cud : and until the Trades generally becomo wise enough to " put away the playthings of their childhood" , and net . as men and not as babes , tliey will
continue to be , as they have hitherto been , torn to pieces by internal divisions ami disputes , arising from disgraceful jealousy and paltry fears . In the particular case to which our correspondent refers , we cannot interfere . We know not the facts of thu case . All that he has forwarded us is Mr , Devlin's address . From that we are not enabled to form a judgment , which would justify us in speaking in favour of either one party or the other . Certainly , the reading of that address has produced the feeling tliat its tone and spirit is far from commendable ; and that the attacks on llv . TUrlin ' s "brother '' candidates are really out of all placa : hut then this opinion is the result of reading only one side of the question . _ w " e know not what mav have been said on the other side ;
_iriiat provocation nmy have been given ; or lion- far the _exampl « of one candidi _» te abusing another may have been set : but this we must say , that unless the provocations have been extreme , Mr . Devlin 1 ms evinced thc woist-tests imaginable in tho address lis has put forth . Hay , we doubt that any provocation , howover gr « at , could justify tli » resort to what appears to us to be mere personal abuse . _Hotwer , as we said b * fore , we are unacquainted with the _fncts , aud ther » fore cannot interfere . To tho body generally those facts _ure known ; it is for them to judgebetween the parties . If they ore wt « e , they will Sift Uio r * nl claims of each ; and elect no man who is not possessed of good business habits , united to respectful demeanour and _sterling honesty anil Integrity . They will , moreover , if they know their own duty , take corn that noise and bluster does not Impose
on them for the real _qualities tlicy require Ths _FnABEBg . —A correspondent -writes as follows respecting ths amicable and accomplished _fa'njly of " the 1 Frezers , " nho are now fulfilling their mission of " eoncord" in the metropolis : —I attended at _MUton-strect Theatre on one of the niusicai and literary evenings of tbe Mr . aud Misses _Frazcr . Of thc musical abilities of _ilifse accomplished " Scotch lasses , " It ii uot my intention now to speak . Public opinion has pvoiviw . ced them to bc most powerful and eftectivc teachers of virtue and ltorality . On the occasion to which 1 refer our national song of " Ilule Britannia" was sung ; and jtis to the nw « ly and independent criticisms of Mr . PrM _.-r that I wish to call attention . "Britain rules the wave ? , " F . \ id he ; " hut Britain has ? w moral right to rule the _wav-s . The ocean is the highway oi » . ilii > :: i _) _iiiteadi'd by the _Tlcity for the _wmii-il _bt-wiit of lb- - - whole _liunKB race . ' * Then _asaiu ; " Britons
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never shall be slavef , " _suys _thi song . " Would to heaven , " gaid Mr . Frazer , "that tho time were tome when this could bc said with truth . Britain will never bo able to boast of her freedom from slavery until every sane individual within our land shall Be invested with the political franchise ; or , in other words , have a voice in making those laws he is called upon to obey . " Now , Mr . Editor , is it not delightful to find not only amusement , but instruction , conveyed in such a simple , truthful , _« nd powerful _luanaer f On leaving the theatre I felt determined to do more than ever Iliad done for the advancement of trutb , virtue , and freedom . I hope , sir , you will uso your influence with the democrats of London , to cause them to pay a visit to tbe MUton-street Theatre , where they may listen to the
tvutlitul strains of Scotia ' s sweetest poets , snag m a maimer to penetrate the heart : and I feel convinced they will leave tho theatre better men and women than when tlicy entered it . Yours , in the cause of freedom , W . Cooper , Ma . yf & _ionT , or Babnoldswick , aud the Sub-Secretaries of the National Charter Association at Sabden-bridge and Wiieatley-l . ine , are requested to send theiraddresses to John Gray , Engiuccr , at Uowavtli _' s-mill , Goodham-Hill , Burnley . C . AsflDowy , _StJUWOud _, Essex . —Wo are obliged to keep his letter over till next week , when it shall appear _. In the matter of tho Odd Fellow dispute , we are anxious to afford all fair play . The obseivatiotis that we bad ourselves announced , wo are also obliged to keep orer ,
Police _BRUTALWr and Justices' _Justice at _Asiitonuhmr-Ltne , —We have received tho following _communicntion : —Sir , —Allow ine , through the medium of your widely circulated paper , to call public attention to thc manner in which justice is administered in tlie Police Court of Ashton , Last week was what is called Ashton Wakes ; and generally that time is held as a merrymaking among the working classes . On Thursday afternoon an individual , of the name of John Conner , bad got " a drop too much , " and foil into the hands of one of tho police of the name of Matthew itaidin _, a meddling , officious , would . be great man , who , without any ceremony , dragged him off to tbe office . Knowing that be bad been guilty of no breach of the pence—for he was not quarrelling uor fighting , I followed him to the ofliee to make inquiry how he could be got out . At the door of the office I met the aforesaid Maidin _, who asked me where I was going 11 told him I was going to see about
bail for Conner , and was passing bim to go iuto the office , when he seized mc by the . ' collar and nearly strangled me . I struggled to rclcasehis hold , which lie did , and seizing me by the breast dashed me against tbe wall with such violence that I thought heliad knocked my breast-bone in altogether . He then locked me up in a cell . Some persons who witnessed the whole transaction immediately went to procure bail foe mo , which he would not take , saying , I also was drunk . They went to _lUuagistY ' . vle , _T , \ _-ho told them to apply to Mr . Sykes ; but Maidia told Mr , _Sykes the same story , that I was drunk . They begged hard of Mr . Sykes to see mc and judge for himself . He enme , and immediately allowed me to go out on bail . After I got homo I had aviolcntpnin in my breast , and Ifoundiiext morning I bad been severely injured , for I did nothing but pass blood . I made application to Mr , Sykes next morning to see if there was any doctor attached to the police
establishment ; for I wishedbmi to examine mc to ascertain what injury I bad received . He told mo there was none , so I was left to my own resources . On Saturday morning I attended at the office . Sowett , "Esq ., was on the bench . Conner and I were put to the bur . The policeman , Maidin , would class both of our cases together ; and when speaking of one individual used the plural number to make bis own case good . When called ou for iny defence , I told the magistrate I was not drunk ( _indeed I was as sober then as I am at this moment when writing ) . I was going to sec about bail for Conner when Maidin _seized mc and committed the cowardly and brutal assault above complained of . I had tiro or three witnesses to prove my case , but only called one , who clearly substantiated my statement ; and yet he was repeatedly interrupted by Maidin calling him a " liar ! " Well , what did this official rascal do t He lodged a counter statement against me ( after I had
replied to lus charge ) for " obstructing bun in his duty ;" and swore that I had first seized him by the collar . Xww , marfr , when 1 was being let out ou bail , he made no such charge against me . He said nothing about mc collaring him till I made a complaint of his ill-usage . The magistrate said ho could not believe that an ofiicer could behave so bad to any man . He called on Conner for an apology and a promise to behave better awl ho would discharge him , with which lie readily complied . He called on me for the same ; this 1 declined . I told bim it was the first time 1 had been in a police-couvt , and I should as far as possible keep out of their hands . He discharged me , but 5 s . was charged as court fees . This I refused to pay , when I was put back to the . bar and asked my reason for not paying . I told thc magistrate 1 was not able to pay such a cbnrge . One ofthe oflieers said , " you have friends here who will pay if you only say the word . " I told them I was not _wiljing . So the
magistrate rose and said , " I now hue you _haU-a-cvown or fourteen days in prison ; which will you do , pay , ov go to prison * " 1 replied , sir , I prefer going to prison . This is a true statement without any colouring . The . magistrate could not believe the policeman could make such a brutal assault on any man , even when there were witnesses to prove it . Now , on the othor hand , could he believe that I would walk into the public office and collar the _ftoutest man in thc force , with six or more , fov aught 1 knew , to support bim ? Ono of the statements he was bound to believe , if he thought the policeman was speaking thc truth he ought to have supported him in the discharge of his duty , and punished mc . Tho magistrate did not believe liim or he would not have allowed me to go clear . To conclude , Jou-fitt , Esq ., after passing sentence on me , left the court . I iras waiting to uo locked up , when to mv
surprise I was told I was ut liberty . A friend had paid the 5 s . for court expenses , but would by no means pay thc magistrate ' s fine . So the policemen decided against the magistrate ' s decision , and took ihe money , minus the half crown . ' I have been laid off work ever since , and am now under the hands of Doctor Glover , who gays my _comprint is the rupture of one of the smaller nrteries , caused by the ruffianly conduct of the policeman , Maidin . — Cium . es Hume , Shoemaker , Boothstreet , _Asliton-under-Lyne . fit' this account be ' anything like truo , we advise the good lads of Ashton to enable Hume to bring his action for falsc-uvipvkoument If over such an action lay , surely it is in this instance . The _pot _> p ! e of Ashton ouirht to make this case their own , awlemblc Hume to employ Mr . Honoris . If the facts as narrated above ore true , both policemau and magistrate may bo taught a lesson ; if they ure uot true , Hume has imposed ou us . )
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_IMPORTANT TO LA . _ND _SEOHT 3 TAU 3 ES . TO THE SEVERAL SECRETAlllES OP THE LAJfD S 0 CIETV , My Friends , —Agaiu I have to call your attention to Mr . Koherts ' s direction as to tlio mode of paying your monies . No class of men require move punctuality in money matters , in tlio management of their affairs , than the working classes ; and therefore those who undertake the _trouMu ' ot' management should insist upon the same exactness . Now , what I have to observe is , that the double entries of money paid to tho secretary , and the cfoi _' . _Zitc this published by him and me , havo thc inevitable cft ' ect of so complicating ow accounts , that I cannot , aud will not , longer act as Mr . Koberts _' s deputy , with all the trouble as my reward , _mitoss all the monies for shires , rules , and cards , are sent direct to me , as recommended hy Mr . Roberts . It this rule is not observed , I must and will resign ray post as deputy treasurer . Faithfully yours , _Feaeous 0 'Connob . [ I have again to catt attention to thc above , as 1 find sonic secretaries wUI not observe it . ]
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RECEIPTS OP THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY .
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_fEll Mil . O ' _COSNOB , & S . ll . _'Ashton-unuer-lAne , per E . ITobson „ .. „ 3 » 0 Sto ' pliport , peri . _"Vi ' obb .. .. ., ,. ., 2 0 o _Butterly , per T . Moss 2 15 8 _barnsley , per J . Ward _~ a 0 0 Choriey , per " Wm . Willtinson 1 Oil / II « 2 ifii . v , per IV . _iVooduoosc ., ' 2 0 0 _Dodn-orth , per Thomas Croft 0 16 8 Holbeclc , near Leeds , per Wm . Sykes .. _.. 0 12 7 Manchester , per John Murray .. 18 7 7 Uarnsley _, per John Ward .. .. .. .. 2 0 o
Derby , per Messrs . Chandler and Crahtroo ,. 400 _Carriiigron , per Jolm Moss „ „ .. .. 5 < 1 0 Oldham , per William Ilamer ,. 500 Selby , per J . S . Jordan 2 0 0 Leeds , per Wax . Brook 5 0 0 South Shields , per John Patrick 14 8 Vlvmoiith , per E . Robertson „ 1 13 10 _Mforpester , per At . Griffith .. .. .. „ G 5 0 _Norwich , per Jonathan Hurry .. ,. 2 ft 0 Stoclvport _. pev T . Webb .. ., 500 Preston , per J . Brown _« „ 3 10 Huddersfieid , per J . Stead ~ , o 17 7 Boulojjiie-Sur-Mcr , per J . Orani a g ' 2 Bradford , per J . Ahlerson ] 2 o <• liilstoR , per J . Linncy _„ ,, 200 Todmorden , per S . Witluun „ 2 o 0 Macclesfield , _perJJolin Warner * , „ .. .. 500 Rouen , pa * John Smith ' , „ „ 7 17 0 Hamilton , pc-i W . Weir 18 8 Newark , per W . Walton .. .. .. .. . ' . 2 U 0
_VEB OESEBAl , _BECBETABT . _ISSTitnESTS , £ s - <*• & s , a Whithngron & , Cat 0 4 8 Mr . Sumner .... 0 1 4 Emmett Brigade .. 0 8 0 Mr . Tucker .... oil C . Udttisoii .... 0 1 4 Hehdcn Bridge .. 0 1 i Mr . Goldsmith .. 0 a 8 _81 UHE _9 . Whittington < t Cat 3 1 G 0 Mr . B . _Pox „ . 0 15 0 Greenwich .... 2 0 0 _llssMen Briugo _- 111 ' > Mr . _Cnug-lilan .. .. 1 0 0 Brighton .. .. .. 018 3 1 W . Dickson ..., 020 CARPS _A . SD BOIES , W- _hittington &¦ Cat « 04 Stockport .. .. ,. ft 0 fcimuctt Brigade . 0 1 0 H _^ _-wood „ .. .. 0 3 0 Secretary 0 2 0 Mossier „ „ ,. 0 3 g
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION _i-XEcenvs .. rEn . jm . o _' connob _, llirmlni'hnm , per J ) . Pott „ « . •„ inn Haa'fiix * . ., " " 100 * In last weeli ' s Star the sum announced for tho _Exoeutire should have bceu from Kalif » x £ 3 5 s "d not liy ( _ictoowledging £ 1 , as above . —F . CO . TZ _& OBSERit _SECRBXAar . . - . soBsc ttirnoitt . - Rutterly H _Mosslev o n WSslmon Q « B _^ - - - " - ° T . Salmon .. „ .. _o C _Wadsworth-row ! " go _C—rsdale .. .. .. 5 0 _Loiter _^ two females 1 a _Ctu-usle .. .. ,. .. 2 l ) _itto , J . Stou „ ' .. .. 0 C InoKM _MastiMVo tmhb _, _Sectary . « ¦ n « _' i Bracw "re _wsthhwub . From _Coflford „ „ A victim vesn , Southampton .. .. .. ¦ „ „ ,, ,. «• V c 'inouAs MAiwnr _Wuehleu ,
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The Soutilwark I Lection. All Three Cand...
THE SOUTilWARK I LECTION . All three candidates aro still in the field . 'Die Chronicle , on boluilf of the _AVhigs , has been thrusting hard to get Mr . Miall to retire . It has , in turn , flattered , coaxed , _wheatled , awl threatened , to accomplish tliat object . But , spite of all , Mr . Miall stiete then ? , and irill do till the poll _isorei _* , whatever be the result . We confess that at one time lve had misgivings that he would , not bc _ywoof against the cry of " you will let the Tory in * . " but now all fear of that sort is ended . Mr . Miall lias taken his stand , Itis on broad intclli « iblo ground . Ho propounds certain defined principles : he is determined to give all men of' principle an opportunity of registering ti vote for principle . It is cheering to find that this courageous conduct is finding a response amongst the constituency . Most important meetings are being held nightly in support of Mr . Miall , at whicli lie appears , and goes " the whole hog . " Kc blinks nothing : but boldly avows all the Chartist principles . Ee lias also declared against the New Poor Law and the Somerset House Dynasty : and in lavour ( wc believe ) of "ShortTime . " Sir W . Molesworth is also attending meetings , at which thc main card that the undefined democratic aristocrat can play , is the old dodge of " don't let a Tory in ' . " Mr . Miall ' s , nn . s \ vcr is , _it'Ao'c is the difference between vou and tlio Ton * ? The fact is , that ' " tke , Tory , " as far as the " two State churches" arc concerned , is more defined than the _Ilciigiou-endowing-voiuiitary-priiitfiplc-Baronct j and therefore to the Dissenters a butter man .
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_Tdk Late _Roddehv _fhoji Loan Cottesium s . — On Tuesday last James Macarthy , aged thirty , am Mary , liis wife , who during tiic session were indicted i ' or having received a gold bracelet , valued at £ 70 , thc property of Lord Cottonliara , well knowing the same to have been stolen , were placed at the bar , when Mr . _Ballantiuc _, ou behalf of the prisoners , said that lie had been instructed to state that the male prisoner was desirous of retracting thc plea of . Not Guiltv , ami pleading Guilty ; and at tho same time
he ( the learned counsel ) begged to state that the female prisoner had acted entirely under the instruction of her husband . Mr . Bodkin said that under those circumstances he sliould not press for any conviction against the woman , who was pub upon her trial and discharged . Mr . Ballantiuc said that if the judgment was respited until next session , the man , under the advice of la ' s wife , would give sueli information as to the disposal of the precious stones with which tho bracelet was set that would lead to their reeovcrv . Judgment respited accordingly .
_HonmiiLE Catastuovue . — Accounts of the 12 th inst ., _fi'ow thc Polish frontier , state that thc Russian Government had despatched to a village in Lithuania several ministers of thc Greek church ; in order to convert the peasantry , supported by a , detachment , consisting of an ollieer aud forty men . The peasantry , however _. _h-ul inveigled the priests into a neighbouring forest , and murdered them . They had likewise set fire to the barn in which the soldiers were quartered , and thrown into tho flames all those who attempted to escape . The game accounts state that the town of Luck had six times been ravaged by lire between the Cth and 26 th oi Mav .
_Dm-i . c-iuiiLE Suicidb . —U ' liilethc Dundee steamer was on its passage from that place to lid in burgh , on Thursday week , a woman on board suddenly took oif her bonnet and shoes , and before anybody was aware of her intention jumped overboard . The captain immediately stopped and put about the steamer , but the utifoi'tunaio _woman ' luut sunk and was seen no more . The name " Margaret Miller" was inscribed on thc inside of her shoes . A . CC 1 _DE 5 T OX THE Lo . SDOX AXD _BnlQnTON R . \ 1 I > - W . W . —On Swum ? night one of the trains from London arrived at the terminus , ami the carriages were drawn under the shed . After the passengers had
alighted the engine came up for thc purpose of _dragging the cnrriiigcs from the shed , to mako room for the excursion train , which was expected every minute . A rope was affixed to the carriages , the engine being on a separate line of rails , and a man named Robert Ridley , a porter in the employ of the London and _Brighton Hailway Company , got on the buffers ofthe foremost carriage , for the purpose of lotting go the riipo when necessary ; but while in thc act of doing so the rope is . supposed to have become entangled , _aiul to ha re drawn him on to the Hue . The whole of ihe carriages went over thc poor mini ' s leg . He was immediately conveyed to the Sussex Oovnvty Hospital .
Sudden - Death . — -On Tuesday morning , between six and seven o'clock , Captain Joseph Dowiing , barrack master of the Scotch Fusilier Guards , residing in _Sialibrii-row , Pimlico _, was found by his servant lying extended in the passage of his residence _quitt _liciuT . A surgeon was sent for immediately , who pronounced liim to have been dead some hours . The deceased gentleman had a latch-key of the street door , which he always let himself in with , and ' it is supposed that on his arrival overnight he was seized with a fit of apoplexy and expired immediately afterwards .
The South . _Easters _IIailwat , —On Monday morning , between seven and eight o ' clock , an accident occurred by which a line horse , value upwards ot forty pounds _^ belonging to Mr . IIool ' c , the contractor of the Tunbridge branch line , was sacrificed . It appears that some labourers of Mr , iioofe were at work under thc direction of Mr . Bailey , the _iurgmsm of the works at the Tunbridge station , drawing timber , and , on crossing the line at Tunbridge , disconnected the leader from the train . At this moment thc first uptrain from Dover came along , and _uic engine struck thc poor animal on its _luuiuchcs with such violence an' to knock it down , when thc whole train , consisting of about thirty carriages , passed over it , tlie sudden shock causing considerable alarm to the passengers . At the time of tho occurrence there was a dense fog .
run SurrosED Cask op _Poisoxvxg at Bath . — An inquest has ben holdcn over the exhumed body ot General Dick ; and , after hearing tlie evidence oi two surgeons , and of Mr . Herapath , the analytical chemist of Bristol , who deposed that they wove unable to detect any metallic or nuncral poison in thc remains , thejury returned tho . 'bliowiag verdict : — "Pied from inflammation of tiie stomach and bowels , but how produced there is no evidence to show . " _Dreadfi-j , _Sromt ami Loss ov _Lii- ' j _* . — -It is this week ow painful duty to record a fearful visitation of Providence upon our shmvs _, hy which both iitb aud property have _smil-ml . On Tuesday evening our boats proceeded to sea . The _fishine ; was nros ;> _ci _* -
ous , and many of the boats reached the harbour in safety . But on the morning of Wednesday a strong gale broke out from tho north-east , whicli raised a hcoxv swell in the bay , while a considerable number of the boats were lying waiting high water . About mid-day , most ofthe crews of the boats thus situated were got ashore , somo of them with the utmost diih ' - cuity , but others , in thc hope that the gale would speedily moderate , tried to ride it out . The gale and sea , however , increased , ami thc perilous position of the fishermen became the object of the heartrending anxiety of thousands , who had congregated on the shores of both sides of the river . Several boats hoisted their sails and bovc away to the southward , but wc regret to state that , as o _' no crew
_belonging to Assynt , m SulhcrJandsliirc , was attempting to imitate tho example of tlieir neighbours , a heavy sea upset Iter not far from the harbour , and her hapless crew were throws upon the mercy of y > sym and wave . Thc dreadful state of feelin _? ou shore at observing live fellow-creatures perishing within hail , no attempt to portray can adequately dcfcribe . As wave succeeded wave , man after man sunk , till four were buried in the waters . One poor fellow clung with surprising tenacity to thc mast of the boat , afterwards to a plank , until a few Imniano individuals boldly manned a ship ' s boat , and at ( ho imminent risk of their own lives , saved that of tho remainim : one of tha __ hapless crew . While , however , they were returning with tlie man they hod saved , a
tremendous sea broke right oyer them , ami threw the whole into the sea . A number of individuals immediately jumped over the quay , dashed forward into the waves , and assisted them in bringing thc man ashore . Whilst this Mournful spectacle was _beins exhibited , a boat was observed in danger , with one man < m board , _thereat of the crew having gone ashore before the gale came on . Single-handed , lie weighed the anchor , and rowed thc boat in the face ot the mountainous billows , till a small boat was humanely sent from an Ostend vessel in thc bay , ami the brave follow was rescued from his situation of peril . By . " three o ' clock , the sti \ had risen to ' a feavl ' ul height , and one by one the boats that were riding at anchor were driven from their
moorings and upset . Out of about twenty that were riding at three o ' clock , only three remained at seven . The scene at this period was truly affecting . Hundreds of people wore standing on tho beach , many of them seeing tlieir property added to the genera ! wreck , __ "Wrecks of boats wero floating over thc bay in all _dire-jttons—masts , spars , sails , oars , buoys , and nets , presenting a sight of devastation , the like of which has never been witnessed on our northern shores . What rendered the loss of property the greater was , that tho nets had been left in most of tho heats , for thc purpose of _proceeding to sea again , tho storm not having a very threatening aspect in thc morning ' . The number of the boats stranded and
sunn in the Day , as we can ascertain , is seventeen including one driven off thc land . _Tlio raluo of property Jost hero ( ll'ick ) cannot , it is said , be less than . £ 1000 , ' a sum which , falling on poor fishermen , together with the Joss of fishing for ihe remainder of iho season , will press with peculiar severity upon many families who may be said to be almost ruined bv this imicoked-for disaster . Every feh _' _m-.- station alongthis coast , as far ns _Dnnbeatt _fcftaXJ o _* less v , s , tcd , and at _aljnosl _' _evcry'fjw vards , ifcS _' of w . c : k aro ( o be scon . The _fttlowiVn _* . U « _u _5-im . * _MacfcoH _, _iS _^^! ' _* _^ tiie man s ; iV _, d -s Wii- !; i ;! 1 j ' lae & . "l _™ " _' '
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lives were sacrificed at _WJaljgoe , « x _« a « to _^ _tto southward of Wick . Seven boa _s _^ diijM . M » pieces , and the sloop llegma _, MaowiUwm , ot _twsjafc Sf Whithorn , with 70 barrels c _. j I » ¦ _f _. _JJf totally lost at the same place . At _i " _^; , _^ 35 boats , 20 or 30 have been totally _^^ g the whole of the _^^ _'JS E ftr this place was truly awful , and baffles afl i _* a _, ter less description . At Clyth a number _<^ boate and two lives have also been lost ; ow tli © _bortica _>«» got this ( Thursday ) morning . It n that ol a man named Sinclair _; mid at _-Wostcn tbcro has ako bj _^ great destruction of property . Several ve _& cls aiC mock injured , and one or two boats , with their materials , havo been totally Jost .
Inquiry Into Tiie Andover Tjxi02* Abomin...
_INQUIRY INTO TIIE ANDOVER _TJXI 02 * ABOMINATIONS . Thc _horriblo revelations respecting tho Andover Union Workhouse which have appeared in this paper , and in the press generally , arc at present forming the subject of official inquiry on tiie pai t ot ihe foov Law Commissioners . On _Monday wt , Mr . Parker , tne Assistant-Commissioner , ... >" . ;>• ii / . it Andover , and the same day commenced his iv . _rn _, _^ into the conduct of Colin _M- _'Dougal , tho m » y « ot the union workhouse , in the hall of that _biiiidicg . Very great excitement prevailed in thc town , and several of its inhabitants , as well as of tne _nci-jliuotirinir _villages . Hocked to the place of _xocctinr , and
soon filled the anartiueut , which is capable ot accommodating upwards of 200 persons . There was a numerous muster of the guardians . Mr , B . Etw . ilJ , M . P . for the borough , was present . Mr . Bowcn May , solicitor , of Queen-square , Bloomsbury , London " , attended to conduct the examination in _supjorfe of the charges against the master , on the 1 ari of Mr . Westiake , and a large number of the _ratepayers , including Mr . _EtwalJ . Thc master was represented by Mr . Curtis , an attorney of _lloinsoy and by Mr . Missing , a barrister . Amongst other charges preferred against the master , ihe following aro preferred by Mr . Westiake , tho medical officer to the union , in a letter _audrcoscd by liim to tho Commissioners : —
" The reports of previous examinations already _forirai'ded to you accuse tho master of peculations of the property of tlie union , I shall be able to show that other acts of peculation have been committed hy him , such as sending sunn , candles , cheese , tea , _bed-lincu _, & c ., < to thc house ofhis son-in-law , Jlr , Stockbridge . "That the linen and clothes of the family ofhis sonin-law havo been washed" at thc expense of the union constantly . " That shoes , clothes , & c , havo been made and furnished to thc same family at thc expense and charge of tho union . "The other charges aro of this nature : — "That ho 1 ms frequently _taken Yihertics with the younger women aud girls in the house , and attempted at various times to prevail upon them , hy force or oilier-¦ rise , to consent to gratify his wishes .
"That lie has actually had criminal _intercourse with some of tlie female inuuvles , awl for a length of time lias been guilty of drunkenness and other immoralities . " Tiic principal witness examined on Monday was Sarah Barrett , an aged woman in a very weak condition , who deposed to some of the facts which have already appeared in this paper relative to her treatment in the workhouse . She complained of bavins been allowed bad and _itiau / iicient food ; that she had not been allowed meat or beer except upon two or three occasions for a day or so at a time , though she was so worn down by disease as to require both co _jstantly . The orders ofthe doctor for allowing her better and strengthening diet had not been attended
to , or she had to wait several days before she got what was ordered . When weak and ill with the dropsy she had been compelled , on n bitter cokl day , to wheel suow from , one place to anothor in thc yard . The witness was so exhausted with disease and long suffering , that she was taken ill during her examination , and hail to be removed . The next witness , Elizabeth Morrison , corroborated much of Barretts statement . She had seen thc workhouse master drunk . Amongst the witnesses on Tuesday was Jane Grace , who deposed to the bad diet of thc inmates of thc workhouse ; she had seen the master " worse for beer" at times , sometimes , too , when reading tiic
prayers . Mr . Westiake , the medical officer of file Union , was next sworn , and proved that the allowances of meat , & c ., he had oi'dcrctl i ' or some of thc workhouse inmates had not been given to them by the master and matron ; thc conduct of tho matron to the sick paupers was frequently violent and unkind . Throughout ; Mr . _Wcsttake _' s examination lie was subjected to repeated questionings and interruptions , on the part of the assistant-commissioner , who seems to act as thc champion of the accused muster , rather than an impartial inquirer . On Wednesday the examination of witnesses was resumed aud continued throughout tho day ; no fact of importance was elicited .
The Kxanesboroi/Gn Weavehs.—-The Turn-Ou...
The _KxAnESBORoi / Gn _Weavehs . — -The turn-out still continues with unabated determination on the part of thc men , and , should they still remain firm another week or two , they must conquer . The committee return their thanks to Mr . J . llcthjfin » toii of New _Shildqn _, for the 2 s . Id . received . _Mia | _BriBMMMaVMnMIMd _^ _BMMrnMPMPMI'VB'' _^ _' _* _^^* _^ _* _T _^ W ! _inilRV > _M
Under Royal Patiionage.
UNDER ROYAL _PATIIONAGE .
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DR . LOCOCK'S _PULMONIC WAFERS , THE TESTIMONIALS alread y received of Cures of Asthmas , Consumptions , Coughs , and Colds , -uk ! all disorders of the hratth and lungs , bv Dr . LOCOCK'S PULMONIC n'Al'EIlS , now ( ill \ vpwarus of fifty sheets of closely printed paper , and numbers continue * to he received almost daily—not only from England , but In-Ha _, America , and a _! 2 other parts of the _world—proving them to bc tho most unfailing mul speed y remedy ever dis . covered . _^ The following has just been received from the Rev . J . Stniiisby , Rector of Hanover , Jamaica . Dated Kov . _*? f ) , lS 41 . Gentlemen , — -Having been cured of an _oWtinatc _-ind distressing cou _li , under which I labfmrcd for tbe las * eleven nioiiHis , by tbe use of your Pulmonic Wafers , rt . iJ . -c tiic liberty ol' _addressing you these few lines , _hoiiii ' _.-r that my feeble testimony of their efficacy maybe the _iiu-iTns of _inducing those who sillier us I havo to apply to so sa ' l ' o aivA effectual a remedy , I am , gentlemen , your _obli-rexl servant J , _STAtNsny , Keetor oflianovey _/ _jaraaica . CURB OF ASTHMAS , _WysVUl'TlOXS & c - ? _-c I _\ _CHESTEK . _Tvcad the follorrinsr from Messrs . Plait awl Sou , 13 , _t ' ore _^ _ate-strcet , Chester , „ . ,, . , , March' 18 , IS ! , ') . Sir , —1 our invaluable Wafers continue to _jx-rtorm wonders hero . Since 0111 * last we could send you dozens of cases of the most _astonishing wires , Cue gentleman , who lias had . 1 had cough for years bought one box , and was cured before usuu ; " tUc- whole of it . He gave the rest away , and they were _oyaaily bane . fici . il . A medical gentleman here is so convinced of their value , that , besides _regularly rccommcmlin" them to his patients , ho bad some a few days since for one of his children , for the hooping cough .. Ono of our clergymen also , who laboured under au asthma many years , has received such _vxtraoriiinarvhenafit himself , that he now _givesminiy boxes aw » v every we _« fc mining the poor , Persons nho have laboured under asthma , asthmatic eonsjhs , consumption , & c _., call »; ,.-, _« us a / most a ' ailv to thank us for having recommended to Ilium this " instant cure , " _ifec . M . 1 _'latt and Son . ANOTHER EXTRAOUDIXAUY CUBE Ol' _COX-1 'IKMED _ASriDU , Mrs . Gordon , of J _' 'looker ' s-broolc , Chester , _U-. v . U . > -. ; _£ Wn _givi-n up as incurable , and was lVir many weeks uoufmed to bed in ihe last stiife'c of an asUmm . " Shu could nut sleep fur her difficult _brentliirijr , _tuti" ! _, _, _fc _^ •¦•* _- two Wafer * fhu took relieved her cough , an hour after which she had a comfortable sleep , mid in twelve _uays w » s _-iblu to walk out . Mrs . Gordon wiil ho h » pp _$ to i _\ t . ly to nil inquiries . March _iGlh , 3 Si 5 . _IMPORTANT TO ALL WW 8 JSQ . _Vrwn S . Pent * all . Bin ,, of her _Majesty ' s Concerts , and V icur Choral of _LithSiJU CatlicdraL _r . ., , _Lii'lifield , lOtll of Jul-- l _« y 0 _«««» m A lad , of distinction flavin * poi , 5 out to mo tho _quKl _ticsof Dr . Lococh ' s _Wafers , I w ; s l _^ d to n aku a „ _-, „ of a box , _uudfrom this trial I „ , _"S to _gvw _mj testimonial in their W _. r . I find - £ lug a few 0 the Wafers ( take , in . he _coum of tne S ) to _gradiinlW _uissolro In tho « , _„ ,,.-, .. . " ' " _' _- ' _- brHn -mil _,-u-av .,... 1 « . 0 utu m J TO : t _* _oc-coinos T I T \ ' , llllthoton < " '«» _indistinct _, _eri uii ' no _»* _"Bk _* mo * of any I have ( Signed ) ¦ 8 AKOK 1 _rs _' AMiiA . J _^ _2 ° lrJi _^ AT 1 , n S _- ' tin _^ _«« - •* and a rapid orS « o ?? T' T l- _« ° _** . "" Ens . coU ., and _& U k _ordwe Of _& . breath * .. d lulWl & fc / & c , as in a _fwTV" _^ Vmuc s _«*»« _ks thoy are invaluable , the , _« , «! . , l ! _lfc _- ' ' ° ''flNll ! i 0 _niisaHQ ! _-s , andiuor « Ee _r _tJT _?* _fl « _XibilU y of the Toico . T hcv have a most _pw _. ibMit ta . « te . . Prico _l » . 1 _^} ,, « _s . _m ., and lis . per box . _A- _^ eats—> . , t _^ : ? 1 " ' _Uri , h > - } i , ne , _Fiert-sln-et , I , ou . i . _- .: i , _uu _i iQK . —T „ _motct-t die public from fptinuu _* _fruitatlOlli , her _MajwtyV IW . trnMe C _.-m : i : ; . _* .:. io : w .. < ! _i- _* vo _esi'isctl ;<} be printed <> i : tha s { fiJap , outside _wl . _b-w . _&•> words , ' •[) _:-, J . U ; . „ . . . v Wafer !! , " _Jnniiite _' iK . ' t .: _' _.-: on a mi _gTOiiil'I , _irs- ' . ' . _i' _-t which _iii-ne are _trc-iiuiac _S / _ildby all Medicine Venders ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30081845/page/5/
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