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THE _NORTHERN STAR . " ™ - _™< 18-15 . V * - _i _""" 11 r '" """ .-¦¦ - _i " .- _, * .. _" _,.-- r ~ ~ _T ~~ '¦ - " 1 i I of
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_AiUEKiOAN . AFFAIRS-. - _* i _» ., h _« i . f nnd succinct aeconnt of the Thinking flu * _« _J" ? f «« _hfSums ofthe British _, nd _America G ° _« _rnnmn _« _^ _^ _^ _^ _SSKSSlSJ con _» ry the _ibfeto . _s r ck _»*«> _«» _2- _lW , article is , we believe _pcricctiy 11 c _i _\„ A iminrtial . nnd as it saves us the labour _S _^ _SiTSStaP statement , we take the liberty to _S ' ihe " " _approi'miion clause : _ __ ; — _. _^ -L
_w-p WITH AMERICA—TIIE OREGON . _Ti-c lJurnaN the politicians , and the statesmen of _Fiirnnc are _M- _' c _culatisis on the probabilit y of a war between Great Britain and tue United States of For the reasons we briefly stated last week , and manv ethers miaul be assigned , wc do not yet believe in the _prolsibility of this event . At the same time , _ttc are aware that ia former years wars have broken « nt—A < that with Spam about the Falklaud Islands — -wfth le s 3 consideration than ihe Americans and the -war-party in Europe , including that of England , _i-ceiii disposed to pay to the grounds of this d spute ; and it therefore liecomes our duty to lay the best accounts wc arc able to obtain before our readers ; and _•
piscors . nr of the _phegos _TsnniTORT . _ItisMipposed ( and it is a mere supposition ) that Drake cAUt'iit sight of the coast , in lafc 4 S deg .. in 35-50 . lie certainly saw it to latitude 43 deg . But England made no use of tlie discovery , whatever it was . This coast then remained unvisitcd for nearly two centuries . But- in 1774 and 1775 , Eucareli , the Viceroy of Mexico , sent two persons to explore it-. * Perez left the port of San -Bios on the 24 th of Jan ., 3774 . and on _tlicflth of August he anchored in _Xootka _Itoad , b ? ing tlie first European to do so , which the Spaniards called the port of San Lorenzo , but which
Cook , four years afterwards , called King _Geoi-gc ' s Sound . The nest year ( 17731 lieceta _discovered the month of tiic _rm-r Columbia , and called it the Entrada de _Uccita . "I ikisscss , " says Humboldt , "two very carious small maps , engraved : n 1783 in the city of Mexico , which j : aTe the bearings of the coast ftvnn the 27 deg . to the 53 deg ., as they were ¦ discovered in the expedition of llcccia" ( or Quadra , ¦ who accomnanied him ) . ( Humboldt ' s New Spain _UWi's translation , t o ! . 5 , p . 316 to SIS . ) Captain € ook , 177 _S , _partially examined the coast ironi 44 deg . to 59 th , and after liis death the crews sold at . Canton some furs which they had bought of the natives .
It was these furs that gave a spur to the trade on _* his coast ; and the English and Americans prepared to work for it : but the South Sea Company having exclusive privilege * in the Paeih ' e , and the East India Company in China , the English adventurers _generallv sailed under foreign ii-ngs . JI < ares , an English officer , left Macao for Xootka _SoundlulTS-S ; but could not discover the river St . Hoquc or the Columbia . In I 7 S 7 , and live foHowinsyears , Captain Gray , an American , ventured Into _Xootka Sound , and on the lltb . of June , I _713 , he ran into the Entrada de lictcta , crossed it . and entered the Columbia , which * lie sailed up fifteen miles . It was he who changed the name of the river from St . ltoque to the Columbia , which it still bears . In 1791 Captain Vancouver was sent by the British Government . Uy _th" law of nations no private person , like Meares or Gray , can establish the right of a nation fo new discovered land .
Vancouver could not find the river ; but meeting ¦ with Gray , who _gave him the necessary Information , 1 c sent Lieutenant Broughton in a small vessel—the Chatham—which crossed the bar , but finding the coast dangcrou- - , Broughton left the vessel , and rowed np in Lis cutter 100 miles—nearly as far asit is navigable . Those are the main points as regards the _dissovery of this coast by sea . The first who penetrated by land was Sir A , _Hackciiire , in the service of the _2 _sorfn West ( Dritish ) Company , in 1703 . He crossed the Rocky Mountains ill about 54 deg ., discovered Eraser ' s Ilivcr , descended it 250 miles , then struck off iu a westerly direction , and reached the Pacific in 52 den . 20 mm .
In August . _1-S & _-5 , the American Government -despatched Lewis and Clark to the territory overland . _Tlu-y cro _.-sctf the _lt'icky Mountains in _lidcg ., _discovered the southern heads of the Columbia Ilivcr , _lbiatc-d o''U miles down it ; on the loth fif _November , 1805 , they arrived at the month , ami built some huts , ia which tb' _-y wintered , and returned to the United States in _J-SOG . This is the only time the llecky Mountains were « ver pa _« cd by p : rsons acting in a public capacity . in _lSGij Mr . Frascr , acting under the orders ofthe T \ 0 rlh West Company , crossed the Rocky Mountains , aud established a trading post in Eraser ' s River in SO deg . 4 niiM . In 1 * 811 Mr , _TiKimson , another agent of the above company , discovered the _nortkenThcads of the Columbia iu 52 de < r . This is the u-holo amount of information as io the fluesticn uf discovorv .
The Spaniards diseoved it first , but made no settlement . Broughton , under Vancouver , penetrated farthest ; but made no settlement . _Ciai-k and Lawk , _repi-A-cnting the American _Go-TCriiineut _, built huts ia lSt J -3 . AU _tiiree powers—Spain , England , and Americaset up claims on the grounds of discovery ; but none of than are clear or i _& tkfdotory . The _Aiui-ricans rest tlieir claim ( see the _negotia tions ia ISM and l _$ 2 tl ) chiefly as regards the sea on Gray . But this argument will not hold water . Gray -acted as an individual adventurer . Tiie Americans argue absurdly a : so on another point . They say that tlie discovery of a river entitles tin ? discoverer to all the territory drained by such river , _So Europciili jurist will admit sueh a dftctriau as ibis . But whatever the _pretensions under Gray , it Is clear that he is driven orit o : Courtbv Humboldt ' s mans .
Lewis and Clark only _discovered what had been discovered before—tiie mouth ofthe river . The British claim is lull ; , if at all , better . Drake merely saw it at most . Neither Cock nor Vancouver iad seen it till aitei * Jle & _i-ai _; so that the £ ; t !<; , . as f & 2 s _discovery _go-.-s . is with Spain ; but settlement as well as uisccvcrv is ueccssarv to co . _nth-in a title .
CLAIMS EY _SETXLEJISST . Uj the hvs of _naiioiii ! . it is nut _suliisient , In order lo give a title to _new-discovered laud , that its uiscovc y has boon made by a private individual . To establish a valid claim , it must be made by an _official person—bv sonic _comnusii'k-r rcpivsentinjr tiie sovereignty , whether * inonsrchic-. il or repnblicau . of his _ujitio'i ; and even when sneh a _psi-son iias made Ihe discovery , if the nation that he represents take no further ii _« . » _t ice vf I he matter ; if it never direct a _settlement t « be established on such land , it loses the rights ! _miirht have claimed of discovery . " The law of nations , " says _Vattel ( book 1 , cap IS ) , " Will not a _; -knt . * . _vledge the so _\ _-ei-eig : siy ot' a nation _er _? r coanirk ' _* - except those in which it lias formed _sc-itlcmc'its and of which it makes actual use . "
** _I'ri-sr _iiist-fiver . v , s _: t ; -: i tue American _^ _Imister ot I § 2 " i . Mr . _GuliUiii , " gives a vigiii to occupy , _pro-Tidod that oceu := ancv tiike plate within a _reasonable time , ana is followed by permanent settlements and _ca _^ _tlvatiin oi the so " il . "—( " _2 _> cgo _. - ! ations on the Treaty of that Year . " ) It was prceisdy in this _spirit that Queen _Elizabeth , in her conversation _witfi _Mcndczi , tiie Sj _.-anish _lulnister . d-. -nicd _ih-i _risat of tiie Spaniards to _exclude tho Enf ; _iii ? h from _making _st-ttk-- _- i _* _iciits in the 2 Cew "World . " _JJec-ius-- t _= ! ey ' mil t-Jiichcd here aud liitrc c _: > the eoa' _-is , '' _siid tlie _llri ; : sh _Seminunis , "builr eettages , and . _iivcji names to a river and cape , * * t ; , _ov _euuki nut _Iiiiuicr other Princes _fr-.-m transplautin _' colonic ; imo those p . iiis thereof the Spaniards inhabit- not ; forasmuch as prescription without _T'OS-ession is little worth . "
VI e sko . ved m our last thr . t ihe _possesion of the Oregon , so far as the _rinlit of discovery _iroes , unqaestionablr _bciongs to Spain , as it was discovered by Ilec-eta iu 177-1 . Humboldt ' s map , on this point , is _dtwive . By the treaty of Florid * , dated February 22 , 1310 , Spain ceded all her riehts in tiie _Oregon _len-itory i-. i the followhw wcrds : — " His Catholic Majesty cedes to ' . he said United . States all his vhhu , claims , am ! _j . retcnsion ? lo the territories cast uf the said line ;" ( :- ; : C ; i ! iing the 42 nd parallel of north latitude , comijiencin _^ at the head-warers of the Arkansas ami _rtsnsiugavcss Ut the l- _' _iiciSc , ) " atul fi'r himtclf , h ' f _Jiii ' . _" . _Bihl _fHW-uorj , _i'enoiiiieis ail _eloign lo _thes- ' . hl _tiri- _'toricsjor ci' < ' f . Here , then , is a clear transference of whatever mht Spain lias over the _Creqon _tci-vifa > ry _t- _;> vhc _1-jiitea _Sir . i ' - _-H o ; America , if , as we feci _ecffitid-Siili , oar _aulhoriiks are _g-.-od , _tucre can be no doubt on the _isoiut _. liat
Spain never made any settlement in Oregon . She nam * _& _tibiisl :--: l her ri _^ _lit of discovery , ami consequently she- neither has nor _coiiid transfer anvrkiit whatever over _Oregon to the _ITniied _SrnVes o :
America . The _riuat of settlement by Great Britain is not mash better-It is true th . it she granted a charter t » the Ilnd-S 3 : rs _Ujv Ccinpanv to trade exclusivel y widi the " Ind ' _tsn-i of ail _siu-h pari , of _N-irtk _AUV . _- _fka X *) tlie ¦ northward ofthe westward ofthe _terriiuries of the _"Uaitcil Sti : _*? s . as shall no : form part oi ' _asy Eritis : _proviiiees or of ihe territory of auy European power ;" bat in Ibis _cli'J'IeT liiereis HO lli tie i >} " p . jwor iriven to _luat _Co-. i ; _.-anv to "form r . _nv * t ! kr . w . n * " " it has
licitue :- power _i-- > hold or grant _laiid . its _sule _potver is ta _u-i- _' c with the Indians . 'These remarks do _\\ ui apply _u ihe clif . _vl-er granted _vi _ikil _CainTianv in _Iv-. ' . ' , which _sivej thenuhe land on the Rod " River , est _inling fr . nn Canada aeross the _continent to Vancouver _, about _liineiy miles on and absvc the _luouta _^ _ac CV . aiabia . Oiit oi ' the Hudson ' s Bay Company ;> sa _o-Coas | _ritay Has been forme *! , called I _' u * : ei ' s iJav -i .-wm . any , whicli , with a _eanital of its own . " _scpasate _^ _"f . _of t 5 i « iludsou ' s Lav Goaipaav , trades in _! ~ ' itv _^ _far _., wb : c ! i the last-named Company * Humboldt ;
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cannot do . But this ( Pugct ' _s Company ) , though it has stockades on the north of the Columbia ( as the Americans have on the south ) , trades in those articles between Vancouver and the Straits of Fuea in the Faciiic _, aud even this trade , according to Mr . Wycth , who himself is a fur trader , is scarcely worth carrying on . America has as little claim to right by settlement . Iu 1 SI 1 a Mr . Astor , a wealthy citizen of the States , fitted out two expeditions at his own expense ; oue to make for the mouth of the Columbia river roun d Cape Horn ; the other overland . The particulars of these expeditions have been beautifully written _*" by Washington Irving in his work called " Astoi . ia , " Both expeditions failed entirely . The Aniei .-ic . ins reached the mouth of the river ; built a for * j ; and called it Astoria ; but it was taken by a . British force ; its name changed to Fort St . George , and this is the only casein which any part of the Oregon territory has been occupied by any person under the authority of the British government .
The treaty of Ghent provided for the restoration of all places laken by cither party ( British or American ) during the war ; and ok the Gtb . October , ISIS , Astoria was restored to the American government , the British flag struck , and the American hoisted . This , again , is the only-instance in which any person authorised by the American government has occupied any part of the Oregon . But Astoria itself was subsequently abandoned by the Americans , and is now reduced to f t mere log-house , in which a . clerk of the _Hudson ' s Bay Company resides for the purpose of kecnimr up a communication between Vancouver and
the mouth of the _Golambia . It follows that no nation lias exercised sovereignty over the Oregon territory , ' and the disputes about it have been gladly adjourned from time to time by _bsith governments , which , at last , came to an arrangement by which the territory is occupied by the subjects and citizens of bath Great Britain and America , but wliich occupancy may be terminated by eitber party on giving the other twelve months' notice . The _American government has been threatening to give that notke ; it sets up claims to Oregon founded on the treaty with Spain ; and hence all the talk of late about war .
Thvecpvopositions have been made . l > t . By Great Britain , to settle the dispute by arbitration . 2 nd . By America , to let things remain as they are for twenty years longer . 3 rd . And most recently , by Mr . Webster , that both governments shall abandon their rights of sovereignty and government over the territory , and leave it to time and the future inhabitants to decide what government they will have . The population ofthe territory at present consists of about 10 , 000 whites and about the same number of Indians , who in these negoclations seem to be no more considered , cither by the Americans or the _English , than so many wild _bumiloes .
Portrait Of President Folk, Lie Is Short...
PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT FOLK _, lie is short In stature , thin and bony in frame , and somewhat awkward in bis carriage . " Ilis iron grey , wiry hair is brushed back from his temples , and on the summit of his forehead bristles up stiffly . His brow is liigb , but narrow , and beneath it ure two deeply-set greyish eyes ; the nose is short and thick , and the mouth thin lipped and compressed ; he is dressed in plain black , and looks like a stern , obstinate man . There is no dignity , no suavity about llira . Ilcappearsasifitwoiildbepainfulforhiintolookpleas mi , and as he reads his speech , bis voice sounds harsh and husky , and his manner is ungraceful . Such is James K . Polk , who , in appearance , does not belle his character . He keeps himself up in a garment of selfsuliieienev , which he loosens not , thou"h advised
to do so by his best friends . lie relies on no one , and distrusts everybody . Ilis own breast is the sole depository of hissccrets _, and his cabinet possesses no key with which to unlock it . Cautious to an extreme , he suspects where no ground for suspicion exists ; and possessing only fifth rate talents , he refuses to avail himself of the _eounetk of better and more able men than himself . It will be well if his obstinacy about Oregon does not end in mischief . Yet , with nothing but disaster before his eyes , he is not a man to forsake a course which lie has once determined to adopt . lie will proceed in a wrong course because , he will , _ilaving been unexpectedly made President , he seems dctermiued to have his own way in everything , aud as lie is not considered to be very far-sighted , his own friends tremble for the results . Mark that striking looking man near him , with an abundance of white hair floating over his fine forehead , and half _liiiinir
his coat collar , and whose dark , piercing , lustrous eyes are bright with the fire of intellect . Ilis face is highly coloured in consequence of some cuticular disease , and his frame is very spare , but he walks the warble _iioor wish the dignity and grace of a monarch . What a contrast does tiiis tall , eommandinsr , form present to the little pinched up figure of Mr . Polk . That is Geo . M . Dallas , one of _th-j soundest _sfth' _-lars raid ablest lawyers of the United States , of which he has just been chosen Vice-President . Mr . Dallas has long been one of the leading members of the party to which he belongs , and enjoy- ** ' the _eatcsill ami respect ol even his political opponents . lie has _lonsr been engaged in public life , and , although holding so high an office in his native land , hePtill practises in the United States Courts . lie is a beautiful speaker , and very effective iu his addresses —in short , he is in all respects , witJ * tiie exception of his political opinions , the very opposite of Mr . ] 'oik .
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SKEWS OF WAR . [ From the Tyne Mercury . ' ] Three events , very curious in themselves , and very significant in tlieir way , have just occurred in three distant quarters of the globe . In Circassia , the Russian invaders , under Woronzow , have been " beaten info bench-holes , " as tiie saying goes , by Schamyl . Iu Morocco , the French Marshal Bugeaud , able , audacious , and unscrupulous as he is , has been foiled , and is now thrown into utter confusion by Abd-cl-Kader . Whilst , last and worst , _afashiouablc Colonel , named Despard , with whiskers and moustachoes , we'll be sworn , as big as bird-nests , has been _shamefully routed by a body of New _Zealand savages , under a warrior named " Keki , " and a third of 3 iis troops ( British troops 1 ) cut to pieces ! This is an instructive lesson , if certain sasjes had the wit to _appreheiui
it . It seems , then , that mercenary bayonets and discipline are not all —that in war , other elements mingle—that body is not ihe who _' c , and spirit _nothing . This , it seems , must be so ; or how come the umiiscipiiucd Mountaineers of Circassia to have balHcd tlie automaton-serfs of the cruel tyrant Nicholas fur so many years ? Or how comes it that so severely has riiis invasion of Circassia recoiled upon tiie iicavt- and head of the Muscovite _^ cro , that he is actually wandering in Italy and Germany in a paroxysm of terror and despondency , afraid to go home for fear of assassination ; and afraid to stay , lest his bafiK-d troops and discontented generals arid nobles revolt- in his absence ? Ah ' . how comes all this , ar . d hnw has it happened ? It is thus because these brave Mountaineers have evervthing to make
then- country dear to them , and nothing to disgust them with it . Thev are free as the air of their own mountains ; and make the simple laws under which they live . There is in Circassia no such thing as a rural police—no such thing as an urban police . There are no union workhouses in Circassia ; nor guardians like those at Andover ; nor philosophers to preach " surplus population , " and the duty of starving tlie poor . Gircassia , strange to say , has no national debt ; still less one borrowed in paper , worth seven shillings to the pound , and payable in gold , at £ 3 . _17-s . 10 = d . the ounce . There are no excisemen in Circassia , for they arc all " free traders ; " and not even a customhouse was ever seen by them except one set- up by the Muscovites , but now ( thank God' ) burned down . Having neither excise , customs , nor stamps—neither have they anv income-tax—and
taxes being nil . no standing army have they . No . When r / _it-i _' r country is invaded , or war is to _bs made , every chief and his followers of all ranks must , at their own expense , bear arms ; and , from firs ' io last , there has never been a Circassian _ilogueu for deserting ; or getting drunk . Here is the mystery . Does anybody suppose these Circassians _iroald have fought thus for the preservation of union workhouses , Windsor elections , rural police , Jew magistrates . ' national debt , commissioners , excisemen _, tide-waiters , jaiiors , union masters , cuardians . _pcnslonc-re , privy councillors , and post-office t = pic _* i f Poll . ' . _S \ m _> c : i- _* e : Had they been - blessed" with these " institutions , " they would have welcomed even a Russian army as a " God-scud ; " and . as for an American or a _Frem-h one , they _wonld have nr . r feclly hngwed iliem . Such is our theory of ' the ' sinews of war . "
Y » i : at constitutes a state : _ 5 ot lofty battlement * -, nor laboured mound ; Bi : t UK-is—high-minded wen—That _jtiioic their ri' jht : and . _A-i ! _Oi"i-, w . will maintain . "
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_Hailwuv _Roiiberiks . —In the Just week Daniel Garreti was removed from the Penitentiary to list huiks at Woolwich , preparatory to being sent abroad , and ou Tuesday the vessel sailed , which will convey him to iiis desthuitimi j the otiicv convict , _jd-vynsird " , goes _sr-pnraT-.-Iy . The former , whilst lie admits a g 8-e . it : _nunib-. > roi" cases , exceeding twenty , within tlie last few _mo'ith * , and some of them after _^ _faynuni was arrested , and _discloses information as to _property _, lias noi divulged _anythingas to his associates in sucli a way as io . _oeneiit the public , _although he resolutely
insists _ibai'Jic was not the original taker , aud that mors than one railway person is concerned . A novel proceeding took place on Saturday with reference to him : tlie " Secretary of State , on the application oi _ilr . . Nash , against whom , with others , actions have been brougiit , directed that Garrett shuuiil be brought np for private examination as a witness in those aciious , which is now allowed by the recent act of Lord Denman , and he was . submitted to a foui _Jo urs' examination before _OliC of the Masters of tin Court of _Comnion _Pteas . The evidence will net hi published until the trial .
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LONDON . " _" "' - " QUARTERLY AOGOUNT Of i " iie income and expenditure of Hie Vctero » Patriots ' _?/ und , and Exiles' Widows * _ctttd Children ' s Fund ; for the first quarter , ending Sunday , Bee . 7 tA _, 1 S 43 .
INCOMS . Money subscribed for the two funds jointly , £ s . d Mr . Cooper ' s half-yearly subscription ... 1 0 0 Collection at public meeting in the City Chartist llall , Turnagain-lane , September lo , ISio , Ill Donations : Mr . Dunnage , Is . ; Mr . Westrey , Is . ; Mr . Brcwerton , Is . ; Mr . Caughlan . Is . ; Mr . Whitfield , Is . ; Mr . King , 2 s . 6 d . ; Mr . Stratford , 5 s . 0 12 C Leicester friends ( being a subscription
originally intended for Mr . Cooper , but refused by him ) 0 17 3 Donations : Mr . _Ilogers , Lambeth , 2 s . Gd . ; , Mr . Bradley , Leicester , Is . ; Mr . Miller , 2 d . ; Mr . Sweetlove , Gd . ; Mr . Skelton , Is 0 5 2 Collected by Mr . Dear , Meet-lane , Old Bailey 0 11 Si Collected bv Mr . Overton , 2 s . 3 d . ; by Mr . Shaw , ISs . Od 10 9 Collected by Mr . Wheeler ( being contributions from Mr . Ingram , of
Abergavenny , and other friends ) 0 6 0 Second donation from Mr . Ingram , of Abergavenny 02 0 Collected by Mr . Rider , 5 d . ; by Mr . Harney ( from Sheffield ) , Is 0 15 From Mr . Ilarris , Mile End ( being a contribution intended originally for the Miners'strike ) 0 0 0 Collected at the Henry Hunt Supper , Bethnal-green , Nov . 5 0 0 0 Collected by Mr . Garrett , Is . Sd . ; by Mr . Reynolds , 7 s . 3 d . ; by Mr . Warren ,
5 s . lOd 0 U 9 Donations : Two Teetotallers , Bradford , Wilts , Is . ; Son of Crispin , Kothcrhithc , Is . ; Mr . Gray , Goodliam , Burnley , 5 s ; Mr . John Stevens , Trowbridge , 5 s . ; Mr . G . Mansfield , Bradlord , Wilts , < 5 d . ; Mr . Whitfield , per Mr . Stalhvood , Od 0 13 0 An Enemy to Oppression , per Mr . Cooper 2 0 0 Collected bv Mr . Livcsey , 3 s . Od . ; by Mr . John Bell , 2 s . ; by Mr . Dear , 4 s . 3 d . ; by Mr . Reynolds , 3 s . ; by Mr . Garrett , 5 s . 5 d . ; by Mr . Overton , Od 0 18 8
£ 10 it _n Making £ 5 Ss . _4-jd . for the Veteran Patriots' Fund and £ 5 8 s . Ud . for the Exiles' Widows' and Children ' s Fund . Income of the Veteran Patriots' Fund continued : — £ s . d , Brought forward from the joint account 5 8 4 _J Major Beniowski ' s donation 0 10 0 Collected at the democratic supper , Angel , Inn , Webbci _' . streot , BlaelctViavs-i'oad 0 1 10 Friends at Bradford ( being the remnant of a subscription origiually intended for Mr . Cooper ) 0 5 0 Donations to make up round sums , by the Committee ; "A friend to liberty , " 3 _Jd . ; several members , 7 d . ; Mr . Cooper , 3 s . Old 0 4 7 s
£ 0 9 10 Income of the Exiles' Widows' and Children ' s Fund , continued . — A s . d . Brought forward from the joint account 5 S 41 Balance of receipts of St . Panoras' Vestry Public Meeting , for the Exiles ... 0 4 8 £ 5 13 1 _Exm-piiunK , Veteran Patriots' Fund . Half rent of City Chartist Hall , Turnagain-lane , for public meeting , September 15 th , 1 S-J 5 0 5 0
Half expense of 1 , 000 circulars . 0 7 0 Half expense of minute aud meinoranduui books 0 3 0 Mr . John Richards : Oct . 1 st , £ 1 ; Oct . 15 th , 5 s . ; Nov . 12 i _* h , 5 s . ; Dec . 2 nd , 10 s 2 0 0 Mr . Thomas Preston : Oct . 1 st , 10 s . ; Oct . 15 th , os . ; Nov . 12 th , _5-s . ; Dec . 2 nd , 10 s 1 10 0 Mr . Al _' a . i _De-. _* o : iport : Oct . 15 th , 10 s . ; Dec . 2 nd , 10 s 10 0 Mr . Thomas ilaymr Smart ; Nov . 12 th , Bk : Dec . 2 nd . 10 s 10 0
£ G 6 0 exiles' winows' axd children ' s * fuxd . Half rent of City Chartist Hall , Turnagain-lane , for public meeting , Sept . 15 th , 1845 0 5 0 Half expense of 1 , 000 circulars 0 7 0 Half expense of minute aud lncnioradumbooks 0 3 C Mrs . Ellis : Oct . 1 st , £ 1 ; Oct . 15 th , 15 s . Nov . 12 th , £ 1 ; Dec . 2 nd , £ 2 ... 4 15 0 £ 5 11 0 Total income of tho Veteran Patriots ' Fund ... ... 0 9 10 Total expenditure of ditto ... G G 0 Balance in hand £ 0 3 10 Total income of the Exiles' Widows' and Children ' s Fund 5 13 1 Total _expenditure of ditto 5 11 0
Balance m hand ... ... £ 0 2 1 Owing to severe indisposition I could net attend to read over the above account at the quarterly meeting last Sunday , but sent it to be read over , lo was then iu an imperfect form , but I have since corrected it ; and , as no auditors were appointed to revise it , I here present it to the public , and beg that anybody , or everybody , will point out its incorrectness if they be able . I trust the informality of not _apuointinu _* auditors will be excused ; when a secretary is ill ( which ho cannot help ) business is unavoidably neglected . After all , the best auditors are the pubiie .
Mr . Ihomas Martin Wheeler forwarded mo a letter from Bradford last week ; but the signature of the letter was tarn off . A 3 an answer to the inquiry made in it , 1 beg to direct the attention of tho writer , whoever he may be , to the foregoing account of income and expenditure , " -here he will find _5-s . placed to the account of Bradford . 1 trust that none will take offence at my refusal of monies , or at my application of them to benevolent purposes . Mr . Shaw begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums towards the second quarter : —Mr . _Brewcrt-jn , Is . S _^ d .: Dr . Bowkctt , Is . ; J . _Watkiuson , Is . ; W . Ellis . Od .
1 also beg to acknowledge the receipt ofthe following sums towards the second quarter : —Collected by Mr . Siumis , 7 s . Gd . ; by Mr . Warren , 3 s . Sd . ; by F . S ., a Chartist seaman _' of Stockton-on-Tees , Gs . lid . Can any friend Inform me of the _eircumsttvuees Ol Mrs . Roberts , wife of the injured Birmingham exile ? 1 have written twice into Wales , but can gov no _iiifonnaiion relative to the wives and families oi the exiles from Newport . Any information relative to individuals eligible to receive relief from either ol the above-named funds , I shall gladly receive , on behalf of the committee . I regret to observe , that Mr . Llewellyn is considered as not coming within the regulations under which the " National Victim Fund " w ; is established . Is Mr . Llewellyn sixty years of age , so that we may consider him as eligible to receive some small assistance from our fund—" The Veteran Patriots ? " A suffering man ought not to be neglected .
Let me earnestly entreat all veal Chartists , m conclusion , to exert themselves in the great and good work for which the " Veteran Patriots' Fund" and " Exiles' Widows' and Children ' s Fund" were established . Thomas Cooi'ek , Secretary . 104 , Blackfriars-road , London .
City Ciiauiisi Hall.—A General Meeting O...
City _Ciiauiisi Hall . —A general meeting of the shareholders of this _institution was held on Sunday _inoriiinir , December 7 th . Mr . Vailker , a member of the beard of directors , was unanimously called to the chair ; and after a long and animated discussion , in which Messrs . _Stallwootl , Simpson , Salmon , Dear , Bagiey _, John Sewcll , Edwards , Fliitlc , Overton , and the chairman took part , it was unanimously resolved ,
" that the vote come to at the last _meeUuir , relative to the meeting of the " Metropolitan District CounuilY meeting in tlio llall , be rescinded . " Consequently that council will meet in the Hall as usual _, it was also resolved , "That the secretary be herebv henceforth authorised to let tiie llall , or committeerooms _beionifing thereto , to the National Victim Fund Committee , the Veteran Patriot Fund , the Exiles' Widows' and Orphans' Funds , or any other similar committee , fur the sum of one shiHiiij ; each silting . " Me > srs . Stallwootl and Wyatt were appointed auditors , and Messrs . J . _Wyalt , Waller , Dear , Flude _, and B _.-ig ' . ey were duly elected to fill the vacancies in the board of directors . Mr . Overton was unanimously elected secretary for the ensuinjj three months . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and the _ineetimr dissolved .
_C'irv Loc . ti . irr . —The quarterly meetim ? for examination of the accounts belonuin _*>; to llie Veteran _Patriots' Fund , and _Files' Widows' ami Children ' s Fund , was held last Sunday afternoon ; and in the absence of the secretary , from illness , the financial statement was read over by the committee to the meeting . The two committees were re-appointed fur the second quarter , with the exception of Mr . _Brjlwell ( removed to Bath ) , in whose place Mr . Overtoil vas elected . The financial account , with notes hy ihe secretary , will be found in another part of our paper . In the evening , Mr . Walter Cooper ( Socialist lecturer , and a true-hearted Scotchman ) , delivered a very cincient and instructive address on the _geuinao . . us immortal countryman , Robert Hums . Mr . ihomas Cooper , author of the "l ' urqatory of sulfites , " being again unable to lecture ironi ill-
City Ciiauiisi Hall.—A General Meeting O...
ness / Mr . T _. C , _rehear , however , is . better , and expects to take his usual post in the City Chartist Hall to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , when he intends to devote a portion of his lecture to Burns , and the remaining time to the subject appointed tor theevenj „ rr __ "The Life , Character , and Novels ot Sir Walter Scott . " These lectures continue to be attended by crowded audiences . . _„ „ _. __•; _, .= ,..:... _ _. _ _.-., _*„**„„ ,
BOLTON . LEcrunE . —On Monday night last , Mr . O'Connor visited Bolton , and the large Temperance Hall was crammed to receive him ; when he entered the hall his progress to the platform was followed by one continuous cheer , loud and long . Mr . Blinhorn , a veteran _Charti-t , was appointed to the chair ; _siud after a few well-timed observations , and announcing that discussion was not only invited but courted , he introduced Mr . O'Connor , who addressed the meeting upon the subject published in the bills , " The Land , '' for nearly two hours , showing also what the effect of a repeal " of the Corn Laws must be , and what was the duty of the working classes . As soon as the lecturer had " concluded aa address that gave unmixed satisfaction , the League , who mustered as strong _, as they could , started a puppet in the gallery to question
Mr . O'Connor relative 10 fifty pounds he had given to Mr . Dewhirst , ot" Bolton , when he , Dewhirst , was sent to Monmouth as a deputation to O'Connor . The meeting was not inclined to permit this kind of cross-firing ; but , Mr . O'Connor insisted upon the speaker being heard ; and after Mr . O'Connor had replied , the person who put the question came to the platform to express his satisf ' aciion at Mr . O'Connor ' s answer—not so , however , with the less sober portion of the free trade gentlemen . A chemist , of the name of Morris , next staggered upon the platform , and indulged in a tirade of free trade stuff that made the meeting almost split with laughter . Tne purchase of land for the benefit of the working-classes was what appeared most to annoy the chemist ; but when
he had concluded , Mr . O'Connor turned him . into such a laughing-stock as really made his own friends ashamed ot him . Next , the well-known _Finnigan , the _Manchester free trade _icR . v-srrr , mounted the platform , amid the most uproarious squeak ' . of the " corn creaks . " Ho repeated his free trade lesson ibr about half an hour , and when he had concluded , Mr . O'Connor , with as much precision as if he had taken down every one of his points , went through them , one after the other , and turned the laugh against the unfortunate volunteer . Real _' y , said Mr . O'Connor , 1 have a right to object to him , kept here , for two hours after my lecture , to speak upon subjects foreign to the object of this meeting _; but , nevertheless , I
would stay for two hours longer for another half hour of such fu ' s as Mr . Finnigan has afforded us . ( ltoars of laughter . ) When Mr . O'Connor had replied to Morris and Finuigan , he then turned to the pair , who . sat upon his left , and addressed them in such a strain of hearty ridicule , conveying advice and instruction for the future government of their conduct , as made the whole audience , Iree traders and all , literally roar with laughter . When the _proceeding were over , a vote of thanks was given to Mr , O'Connor , and another to the chairman . Mr . O'Connor started between eleven and twelve for Manchester—a large concourse of people fullowing - liim through the town and cheering . It was a glorious sight for Chartism and the land .
MANCHESTER . _Giskat Public Meeting . —It being announced that Mr . O'Connor would address the working classes in the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday evening last , thatspacious building , capable of accommodating over 5 , 000 persons , was _ei-flinmod in every part long before the time for commencing proceedings . Since the great excitement iu 1842 , consequent upon the League revolution , there has not been so large or so spirited a meeting in our town . One of the council presided , and after a few preliminary observations , introduced the members of the Executive , who severally addressed the meeting , and appeared to give unmixed satisfaction upon the subject of their mission connected with the land plan . When Mi * . O'Connor
arrived , he was greeted with the most rapturous welcome , and upon presenting himself to the audience the applause was actually stunning . Well , said he , here ' s the Erotic man , where is the starch and skilly m : in that sail ! he would again show himself in the north ? ( Cheers and laughter . ) The speaker then proceeded in the most . lucid manner to point out to the working classes what the inevitable effect of a repeal of the Com Laws must be , and , at the same time , lay down tho rule which should guide their conduct . Ilo knew that when people were crying for bread , at any price , bow unpopular , inhuman , ami offensive it would be to say starve , in order that you may frighten more out of your hard task-masters . ( Chccis . ) No , what he said was , look on , make Lord John bid again , aud Feel bid again . ( Cheers . ) The
thunder is not ours , but we will have our share in the noise and in the triumph , whatever it may be . After speaking at considerable length upon the Corn laws , the lecturer then went on to illustrate the laud plan in a moit familiar aud satisfactory manner , and concluded a _tpjec-h that gave unmixed satisfaction , by assuring tbe shareholders that , before the 1 st of May , the first draft of 100 free men would by led out of the house of bondage , and located on the promised land . The speaker concluded amid rapturous applause ; after which the work of enrolment and paying up shares was proceeded with , and many new members were added to the list of subscribers . Upon the whole , the meeting lias inspired the working classes with fresh , vigour for the anpvoaehiug struggle .
STOCKPORT . Mr . J . Williams addressed the people of this town last Sunday evening , in the Olmrust Institution , _Bombci-sbi-ow . Several questions were put to him , to which ho replied satisfactorily , and received a vote of thanks .
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Skxdixo _w _J . nmkt in a Basket to tub _LiVEitroor Femalu _OariiAX Asylum . —Between the bouts ot six and seven o ' clock on Friday evening last , two respectably attired females met a lad of the name oi James Burrows , in Back Berry-street , and , liandiug him a basket with a liandlo to it , told him to take it to the Female Orphan Asyhvm , Myrtle-street . They said that , as it contained glass , he was io he particularly careful not to break it , or knock up .-. gainst any person in the streets through which he passed ; and for the trouble he was to have in conveying it into its destination , they gave him a piece of money , which he put in his pocket , and which thoy said was sixpence . The fad _pr-.-ceeded 011 liis errand , and , on being admitted at tho institution , the basket wns opened , and , underneath a pile of children ' s cap ;* ,
petticoats , handkerchief- ; , and socks , there was found a very line , healthy-looking female infant , fast asleep . By its side was lying a bottle filled with milk , and a paper written ill a good female hand , of which the following is it copy : — "Christian friends , pray take care of this dear little orphan . I will semi you a sum in a few flays . " The inmates ofthe institution were , of course , much surpris . _-,-d : tho lad , perhaps , much more go than anybody , _elee . Ha could only give the explanation wliich we havo already given , that he received it from the females , and was toUi that it was glass . lie stated , that the statement proved correct , that ho resided at No . 8 , Back Berry-street , the street in which the _baskes was handed to him ; aud that one of the females appeared to be old and the other young . The elderly female , he said , was dressed in a black cloak , light gown , ami black velvet bonnet ; aud the younger one , who most probably was the mother of the infant , in a black
_mantel ' ii , and white straw bonnet . Ilo did not omit to mention that thoy had ' girai him a . piece of money for his trouble ; but , on putting his baud in his pocket and drawing it forth , it turned out , not to be a sixpence merely , as they informed him it was , but a lii ' _ilf'sovcreigii . AU subiefiuent . _soareii to discover the female 3 has proved unavailing ; but the child , we need scarcely say , having b-jen once received within the hospitable doors of the institution in question , is sure , even if thoy should novoi * be _discovers ! , to have all its wants supplied , lite basket which contained the sleeping innocent was new , and had apparently been bought fcr the purpose . It was composed of ii soft substance , something like matting , and was about two fed in length and nine inches in breadth . It has since been sent to the commissioner ' s ofliee , together with ths . miik battle , caps , petticoats , < fce _., iu order to enable the police oi ' Iioars tho hotter to trace the females .
D ; S _!! AS ! -D 1 OTATOKS . _—hft'OitTAXr E . XPERQCKXT . — We are authorised to state that the simple method of rendering diseased potatoes available fur luiiniui food b _, r boiling them in two waters , the _fir- _'t boillg thrown away when it has reached tho boiling puint ° has been tried by Major Beamish with complete success . He purchased , we are informed , last week 100 _wcigh's or ' so called diseased potatoes , at the current depreciated rate of 2 d . per weight , for the puipo-e ol giving them to cattle , conceiving , with the seller , that they were fitted for no other purpose , ami had already applied many or'them to thai use , but after seeing a statement iu the public prints , he had a portion taken
indiscriminately from tne neap , and boiled according to the prescribed directions . The result w _.-, _s iu every respect corroborative- of the first experiment . The whole ofthe black acrid matter , which in' few cases extended b _? yond the skin , was completely extracted by the first water , and the potatoes , when served up to table , alter the seconil bailing , presented as sound an appearance , and were as dry and palatable as anv potatoes ofthe kind under the most favourable circumstances . Thoy were ths common v _. ilite ItllllpCl ' or horse potatii , and were COuked " in thV . jackets . " Cork Reporter .
Romaxism versus Fuotestaxtism . —The Question Seitixd . —Two labourers * , a , _Uwiiinist and Protestant , hen ! the- Movriiigcoiioqjiy . - —P . All'd ' ye mauo to tell me that-the Catholic U ihe only true religion ? -11 . C . Faith , an' I do . D" ye beiievc- in _llic ' _riiiisthies of tiic _Apostlile Paul , ar-d 2 i » t ?—P . _ofec-orse —11 . C . Arrah , thin I have ye sure . D' ve mind the Episthloof Paul to the Romans ? Aa ' was ve _ivcafter hearing of inny L ' pisthie to the Protestants ?
There are fifty vessels , with mm ! m < i _,-.,. „ ,.:,.: „„ . ahercaTOh . _ t . vvi . sst-. *! , with corn and provisions from niis port . or the kr . ghsh markets , wind boii'id in the river _fc-liarmon , by adverse weather . — LimcrH Chronicle .
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IMPORTANT TO THE MINERS . TO THE EniTOB OP THE _NOBTmSlinN _***? . _taioro Sin _,-Wmyoube so kind as to inert the following letter , signed by ' one of tha cm trade , " which recently appeared in the _Lwerpoo Mercury , together with a iesv remarks tuercm , « nd you will greatly oblige the members of the Minors Association in the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire : —
THE COLLIEKS . TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL _MERCCR * . Gextlemes , —A large amount of public syiiipaihy lias been exercised towards that useful portion of our Iciloivmen , the colliers , in _consciuieuee of the risk _incidents their occupation—hence the general advance 111 the price of con !* , which took p lace two years ago , was cheertmly acceded to with a view to afford them adegust ,, eompensatlou for their dangerous toil ; ami that the coal _lusuteis hnving a better price for their coal might realise a sufficient return for the heavy capital invested in their works when the produce of their mines was lessened by the abridgement of labour attendant upon an advance oi " ' aSes _«
. ..... Sow ; however , the sympathy is called- lor in another direction , for it is evident that tho insatiable demands and indolence of the organised miners will entail upon the poor , already alarmed for their food , aggravated misery , by an unprecedented scarcity of coals , ami by the advances Vn _pvkvi winch _contuuml scarcity or severe weather will render inevitable . The colliers are banded together in a powerful union , the utility of which they are sadly abusing . They pay a legal adviser handsomely to keep them clear of the law , and act upon the advice "Restrict your labour , then
you may command your own price for it . " Thtir moral condition , to ihe shame of the Christian pliiliwtliropists _, is such , that when their animal disires are gratified they are generally content , and so easily is this now accomplished , that " the amount of coal now produced is only one half of what is required , and not half as they might prodo . ee by working eight hours regularly per day ; instead of this they can _noiv idle away entire days , or they will work two or three hours per day , while the masters must employ as many weekly hands and as much niaehhiery , as if a whole week ' s work was done . . Moreover , they will not work- with colliers who arc not ill the union , and if a
member of the union send yiore than a prescribed ( _jmintity of coals per day , his comrades fine him heavily , ll follows that the trade and consumers suiter great loss and inconvenience . Boats are detained at our collieries _, ships arc detained in our docks , the coal masters cannot supply the trade , nor the trade the cousumcrs , Ir . _trge orders lor export are daily refused , and new customer ? with money iu their hands arc turned away ; yet with tin coolest indifference the colliers are demanding * a furthci advonce , wliich , if obtained , will enable them to take v still move easy , while their arbitrary monopoly and restriction of labour inflict upon tlieir poorer countrymen
a heavy tax when they are least able to endure it . lnese explanations I Imvo _tboujiht duo to tho public , that the onus of the scarcity and high prices may rest upon the right shoulders . No workmen might be better paid than the Wigan colliers at present , if they would only work as they can , This monopoly can onl y be broken up with competition . Perhaps government might liml it profitable to teach the able-bodied criminal to raise coal instead of transporting him , or maintaining him in unprofitable confinement . But I must not theorise here . Should this not _bu deemed too lengthy for your crowded columns , its admission will greatly ablige yours ,
ONE OF THE COAL 1 HAVE . Tho unbltishinn _; effrontery with whicli " ono of the coal trade" promulgates the most infamous falsehoods against an honourable and industrious body of men , renders it necessary that the public should he made fully acquainted with the real state of affairs , and as to that , the most direct and unqualified contradiction should be g iven to the i ' _ovil and . slanderous imputations thrown out with no sparing hand against the objects and principles of the Miners' Association . This task I have _uudoi'talcoii to peafown , not by writing a lon < r string of mere contradictions to the charges made , but by bringin _/ r forward a number o ! plain , broad , unequivocal truths , such as will bear the most _rigid scrutiny , or open investigation , I shall not occupy my time with commenting * upon the
_ciiiUY . e he makes against the miners having : a slron » predilection for the gratification of their passions , but will leave him and the Christian philanthropists upon whom he falls find in the _coiiivj of his remarks , to solve the problem as best they can . Still I do protest _agaiuht the blame being charged upon the Miners' Union for cither the _deavuess or scarcity o ! coals , and I prove the union is not to blame , _livm the fact of there being at present several hundreds of able-bodied miners out of employ who would gladly accept of work at a fair remuneration . Will " one of the coal trade" inform the public wh y they are not employed ? Would not the concentrated amount of coals brought to bank , as tho produce oi the labour of * several hundred men , be more than sufficient to dissipate the evil so frightfully depicted by our anonymous scribe . Wotiki
there not be a suflieicncy t ;> furnish both the boats at the collieries , the ships in the dock s , and the new customers with money in _thi-h bunds , with more than a supply ? Until these questions arc answered , I think he will have som difficulty to persuade the discerning portion of the public that the operative coal miners , merely _becausv they only worii a limited number of hours per day , are inflicting alio avy tax upon tliciv poorer countrymen . No , ; he members of the Miners' Association have no such o ' oiect ; by restricting their labour , thoy iire solely desirous of slightly improving their prcsen * ¦ very inadequate wages , so that they may be better prepared to encounter the miseries likely to emanate from closed ports , dear bread , and rotten potatoes ; and also , if possible , furnish with _cmrilovmtni
hundreds of their brethren who arc _suftei-insj the most severe privations . Oh , but the colliers with the coolest indifference are * demanding a further- advance which if obtained , will only enable them to take ii still more easy , ( really one would think tho gentlemen shuddered at the idea of a miner having anything like a cessation from toil . ) Well , as he _ha--not told what is the nature of the advance , I shall make bold to do so , and call upon him to _cotitradic : me if he can do so without more deepl y imp ! icatillr himself as a man regardless of the truth , when ji docs not suit his purpose . In the district of Pcmberton , near Wigan , the masters _avocfib-.-ing the _rneii an advance of nincpencc per score , but which score , lot mc inform the public , consists of twenty-sis baskets , which will averaee _, I believe , from five to
six cwt . each , 'these baskets they have advanced to the public at the rate of twopence per basket , which where the twenty-six baskets to the score ansent to bank , is four shillings and ibiirponoc per score ; deduct nincpencc , which I may call tinmen ' s share , and there is a clear profit of Gs . Til _., per score for those paragons of perfection . The _* _-care facts which arc irrefutable : and 1 ask whether my opponent has succeeded in throwing the onus of high prices or scarcity upon the shoulders of _th-. _- operative miners , or rather , docs not the responsibility still rest with the coal proprietors and their ag ' -nts ? These questions I leave the public to answer , and by public decision I and the miners are content to abide . A few words _u- _-on the Infamous proposal _t- ; supersede the honest miner bv _ttachinir
convicted felons who are sentenced to banishment , t » work iu the mines , instead uf being sent out of the country , and J _a-. ; k what , sore of feelings must a mini possess , who could coolly propose a niensure _fi-auuht with so much wretchedness to the unhappy _beings whoso multiplied crimes . have _j-endcrcd them undo to mix with society ? What , to be driven from those ¦ Jens of immorality called gaols , to mix with , and be instructed by , the honest miner ? dues he of the coal trade imagine for a moment that a working miller wonld be found s ? base as to give his own and his children ' s bread to a convicted felon ? And if not , what would become of the poor unfortunates , kuowim : nothing of the nature of the work ' , anil totally linac _* quamted with the dangers to which thoy would be exposed . It is sickening , it is disgusting ; the painless extinction system of Marcus is purity itself , when contrasted with this cold-blooded scheme of wholesale
murder ; and the man who could deliberately propose such a-scheme ought to be scouted from society ns . _* i monster , fit only to prowl with the tkc : i- of the forest . I have now done with one of the coal trade fm- olio present , and shall conclude by . *> _j-iw words ol advice to the colliers themselves . 1 . ot neither calumny nor threats induce you to abandon restriction . Your employers hate it—ymi _lovo it . They wish jou t _*> _abitndou it _; you be _ileleniiined to adhere to it more closely . It is ihe mighty Jove :- which will effect the entire mxclioration " of ' your condition . The letter upon which J have bccu ' coniineutina is a proof til' its Value ; then cling to it with still greater tenacity , and lot your cry ho , " union , restriction ; " and an expression of your determination not to work with , or instruct , or allow . your children (» work with , convicted felons , should thoy ovoi * he Iiroii « _tii into the pits . I remain , very respectfully , ° W . M . CliOCOTT .
Hilstox Mixkks.—The Various Lodges Of (H...
_Hilstox _Mixkks . —The various lodges of ( ho district lire requested to send delegates to " a _mcct-iii" to bo ! _ie : d at Mr . kinney ' _s , _Whito llnr . se , _Ui-h-sf-rcot Biist"ii , on December Mth . viz ., Uikon . lh _^ L _^ _t-i . , ' _ttulvevhiim ' _iton , _Wedneslield-k-ath , _Wcdncsbtiry ' _WaVisall _, _Bkixwieh , limit-bridge , _Westbromwleh ! ami iipton . Xmox . iT , I ' siTEB Trades' Association- for _Tm-Protkc-ciox op Industry . —A _meefu-. . .: _,-, f th < central committee was held at tho Trades' Oilice . 30 llviestivct , Bl-. _omsbin-y , on Mondav , December Sth ' Mr Du ; min » . baokbinder , in the absence of the nreVuieni
i > . _b . _DuiKoml-c _, M . l \) , was called to the chair ' _Lomraunications ofa very encouragin *! description was _i-cat . _lroin Jie Manchester district , Ihe trade * of Lrisiol , the tailors and _carpoiiter . _s of ]>
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number of members ) , and others . Several _ucnuttions reported that they had waited on trades which had not yet given in their adhesion , with _veVv « _i-eu success , and they had every reason to be ! ievc ° tiia _£ . several very influential trades would send in the ! _,, adhesion in a few days . At the conclusion of _tui central committee ' s business , a mutual mcciinw 15 the board of directors of the Association for tiie Fm nlornicnt of Labour , and the Central _CoininittcVfir the Protection of Industry , was held , vhtu it ly _,, resolved , " That a properly organised _; im | ent ? ' ; _ getically pursued system of personal visi ts to _Tnults ' Societies , at their own time and places of _meetinnbe adopted throughout the United Kingdom . " \ l was announced that several additional shnros wns taken up in the Association for the _Employmen t of Labour . All communications for this association must be addressed to Mr . J . Harris , secretary Trades' Oftice , 80 , ilydc _= strcet , Bloomsburv . numbe r _nieiiibcrs ) , and others . Several dwnh ,
Successful Teemisatios op tiiu _Stiuke or tih ; Horssr . - _* SAiL-MAKEus _ox > Beweu . —The gratif ying inl telligenee has been received at the ofliee of ° tho United Trades' Association , that the above strike has been brought to a speedy termination ; and , what is better , the terms requited by the men have ken fully acceded to . A similar advance ( 10 per cent . ) of wages lias boon also acquired by the liorso-nali . makers of Worcestershire . _LouGiiBonouGii SnoE-MARV . _us . —On Monday evening , December 1 st , the shoe-makers of this place had a dinner at Mr . Cox ' s , Talbot Inn , to commemorate their victory in the late strike . After partaking 0 f the cood things provided by the worthy host and hostess , Mr . J . Skevingtou , who , though not of the craft , had b ? eii invited to attend , was willed fo the chair , when the various toasts ' were heartily responded to , and the evening was spent in a very satisfactory manner . On the day following the wives , _itc , had a tea party at the same place . The evening was spent iu _duncine : , « fec .
The _FitAMiiwonK-RxiiTEns . — A meeting of deleaatcs representing the _framework-knitting trade , was held at the Odd Fellows' Anns , Kegworth , Leicestershire , on Monday , Dec . Sth . The meeting was called for the purposeof adjusting the statements preparitory to laying them before the manufacturers . This having been done , Mr . Thomas En / iiierson , of Arnold , was appointed to superintend tho printing and distribution of the wrought cotton hose branch , and parties not present were requested to make early application for the number required , at the rate of one halfpenny each , and forward the money at tho same time . It was resolved that Joseph Johnston , of Leicester , be intrusted with the care of providing _^ tatemonts fou tho wrought woollen hose branch , lor all swages below twenty-four , and that James Taylor
of Loughborough , and Joseph Warner , oi Sheepshead , be appointed for the same purpose , for all guages from twenty-four upwards , with power to call to their aid persons to assist them in the fulfilment of this important duty . After a long discussion on the subject oi wide frames , and the injury sustained by the workmen , from the _spurii'ii ? _artieles produced from _vheiii , it was resolved that each delegate present u » e his best endeavours to induce the frame-smiths neither to make nor repair any more wide frames , as such frames equally affect frame-smiths and frameworkknitters , ! u depriving them of labour , and reduce the pi-ice thereof . A vote of thanks was given to . Mr . Levers , for his _untiriniienergy , and his brother
_franic-sniitbs who have stood forward to restore the trade to a system of wrought productions , Jt was recommended by the delegates that a _delegate meetin * , ' be held at tlie Bull and Butcher , _Bulwcll , on Monday , the loth inst ., at ten o clock in the forenoon . It was then resolved that this meeting stand adjourned until Monday , the 15 th inst ., to be hold at thesigv . ofthe Pheasant , Bridge-street , Derby , to coirincncc at nine o ' clock in the forenoon . The question respecting the outstanding debt was brought forward , but not one delegate was prepared vrith an _insiiilracnt , and thus the parties to whom it is due are kept out of their _jus-t _rights . Let the _franicivorkknitters consider , and ask themselves what must the public think of them for time fcreatiii _< j their servants .
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EANKMUrTS . CFrom Tuesday ' s Gazette , December 0 , ISio . J _IU-bert Yvatson Shepp _.-ird , now or late of _Eiisham , Oxfordshire , innkeeper— Qmrles JCoiul'il Luce , of _isuuti- ' _iiiniton , _nierctr—Henry Gamble , ijfGi'iiustone , Xorfolk , grocer —Tliuni _.-is Hutnelt , of Cambridge , tailor—Jolm 1 ' _euituu , jun ., of Luton , Bedfordshire , straw hat manufacturer—Arthur _Suuthc _.-inbe 'fucker and George Muriel _liidwcll , of Melcoinbc _Ki'sis , Dorsetshire , grocers—John Dyer Williams , of 'J , _itewcastlc-strect , _i'lirr-iigiioii-sti-cct _, Ciiy , _bUcking manufacturer —Thomas ilurtinier _, ot Eastlane , Walworth , victualler —llebcrt Gccrge . Spwikihig late uf a \) , ( hiecu . street _, _Cheapsiilo . ' aud _liush-Iuuo , _Ciuiuuii-strcct , City , zinc manufacturer - — » _'iJI-i < in Lewis , of Ii ' . 'irnslcy , Yorkshire , tob . iccoiiist—Frederick _Sai-i-ison , of Manchester , woollen draper— Charles lies , ot' lli-Utol , itroccr—John _l'ojie , formerly of liristol , but now of Stapleton , Gloucestershire , lime hunier— William ( _Jchu-slon , of Liverpool , hide merchant— _Thtodure _Fi-icilhin . -lccy , of I _' . ir-: _iiiiigliitiu , chandler — Thomas _Mager , of _Iloibui-u-iiill , City , aud _Covuiitry-s-trect _, Ilaymarket , poitKeroi _- . Ba . _NKitrjrrci - _ahXVi . i . t . d . Samuel Thomas , of 21 , Conihill , buliiou merchant .
DIVIDENDS DECLAKt'D . Jolm Can- Petrie , of _Hedlington , miller , third dividend of r _> il . in tlu 2 _,-ouiid , u » y » bl » at 57 , Grer-slittl , _Kewcistlc-U ) KHl- 'i . \ lio , on any _Ssituwlay after _Ik-ci-iiibur 10 . John ' Fisher and Elizabeth Fisher , of . Ma _^ _iiuil , wine dealers , _fivat _divkland . of * Ss . lflil . i-. i tlie _yiouu'l , ymyalile at 1 , Liver-court , South Castle-street , _Livui-nuo ' , on-any Monday . DIVIDENDS TO BB DECLARED . Iu the Country , James Bryan , of _llristol , chemist , January 2 , at eleven , at th » Cuiirt of Bankruptcy , liiislot . Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting . John _Iii-eakem-idjjc _, ol' Liverpool , tailor , December SOThomas Hodgson , of Greta bank , Yorkshire , brick malar , I _.-tiiuni-y 3 . _CEUT-mcATES to be granted by _tkc Court of Review , unless cause be shown to the contrary , on or before _Dtcwiilvr " ¦ _•!> . _Stcnheii Davies . of Somerset-wharf , liankside , . S ; . uthtvarlt , and _Timca-wharf , WiltuiM _' _utid , Piuilico , coal liter _, chant .
rAHT-: s dissulveb . Jolm _Pcrc-ivall and Anne Clarke , of Iiirinin _^ bam , accoaiitiiiits—John Potter and _Gcoi- pC IIiirri $ _-. u , vi iMk _, -. iiaie brokers—Henry Hickman ami William ClVi ' t , ut " llouk-ieny , Cheshire , joiners—David Dudman and James Kemp , ol' 51 , lied _Liou-sti-oet , Holborn , _mibiieans—' Yi ' - iiam _Tauutui : and . Joseph Adams , ofCuvemry _, _.-liijit ' aisers —William i I miry _Piirkev lilHukburn and John Lee , of Leeds , etucK nruKcrs—Jirotvu mid Co ., ot" Ifeillieclc nnd Gildeisomc , Yorkshire , flax _sjiinucrs _—rliiKtib-itli J cilery , _Uichard Jefl'ery , ami Thomas J ' _-ifery , ol" I ' uckiugtou ( sn ¦ ' ar as _rcjcnrds Thomas _Jeiiei-y ')—Thomas Hultboy and J . Harnes _, of York , horje brcnkeis— William I ' riclmrd , . « _en ., ami Lewis William * , of Cardiff , Gl _.-nnorrans ' iire , wharfi : igers— _-Uk-rtj .-imiii Jones and Joseph _Uivwii , or" C'ardil " , _Glauioiyansl . _ii-e _, bonded store merchants . ¦ _miTrir- _"tfl-nir-irg ii-im . nn
Excr.Wnmsmiy. Cask.—The Court Ui Assvacs...
ExcR . _wnmsMiY . Cask . —The Court ui _Assvacs oi' the Bas Khin was occupied on _thoSOth anduGliiuit . with tiic following extraordinary case . In _Aiuitet last , two soldiers , la _jjai-i-isoa at _Sti-a-sburij , named _IV-liupji and Bi _^ aliet , crossed the frontier intti _ii-uicu to pass the day . Ou their return , and when on a bridge , Tschuijp said to IS _iijullet , who was nearly hi-D . ixicated , ' CouiG aud _see how-strong the _wsitei-ciai- _--, " iVi . _-raHeo went to the slue of the bridge , and having loaned forward to look at the water Tseiiupii suddenly laid hold of him , and threw him in ; then , sn ; .-posing " , as a _niiUtci- of course , that Uio ni . ui must he drowned , its the current was si ma **; , and he was not in si state to help himself , hurried to _Str _.-i . djiiir . and entered his barracks , before tho _giuw wcru doa'ti .
_l'ruvMeiicu . _ho'vever , had willed that this ¦ ur . _'i-i-. ms net should _ivit remain concealed . The bridue is built on boats , and the full of _1-iia . aliut was broken _i-y one of tiic cables by which tiicy arc fastened t _*' ci : _* vr . Alter liis _miinerston , which completely cured him uf his _iiituxie-iti-.-n , tie _ca-iuiit by this ro ' _j-e , and , ai ' _ier _struirt'ling for a great time , his cries were heard by * o : uc boatmen , just a >* lie WilS sinkim * _li'till rxiiRlistion , and tiicy saved liim . _Tlio dismay of T _^ _-imi 1 !' wiw very great on the following morning * when lie sa * v _liviti _" - itieuian whom ho supposed to be dead- _Uij-a ' - lct made his declaration , aud Tsciutpp was arrested . At first ; he declared that lie had liothseu iu company _withliigallct ; but . several witnesses , \ _v-: o had som them _di-iukingtngether dur ' ui _*; tiic davhaving cuius
, forward to prove this fact , the prisoner was c > >« - i ' oiiuded . Still , however , ho refused to confess Jv . s crime , which was unaccountable , as tiie two seMie" _* 1 were supposed to ho friends . When Tsehupp h '! , d boon in prison tor some time , he resolved to avow ins _j : uiit , ami _ilec ' mrc'i that he had _Ijeou induced hy li- ; c wife , ofa ni . " . u who _k-iep . - tho canteen , _wlio-c mime ' _¦* Gaphiot , to commit the c ! eed . This woman , in _wi'" _» service he was , had , he said , told liim that r . _iiadcr , hoi * _f ' _drmoi'tervant , and wall whom she bad entertained _criminal relations , wns constantly _c-uoui ' _- _'S muiicy iVotu her on a menace of anyr-isim _; her m * - _- _* - _liaud of what had taken placeand that she wr .
, _ilUTGfui-e I'osf . lved to act rid of him . She told tue prkmcr that _tt'ko would Hike _Bigaliec out for the day , and in the- _eveninc throw him into tiic river , she would reward ihe act ii . ' _jeraiiy , and site cave Ji '» i 10-iraucstuSftOnd . in order tiiac lie _illicit so oveiv _jiqwoi ; _Hiaallet with drink as to render him _i-ic . ip : _ihl « J ul resistance . Tschupp said , that he objected to _coniiiiit the crime , but the woman told him that ifho retuscd she wcukl etaiihim , and thaturreibre _, part *? irom i ' e _. -. _i- , aud partly from tUcIiopcoi rcward , He " ' last consented . The woman was taken into custody , ami _Innh were tried for _rlie attempt to commit mi ; r-¦ _i _O '' . _Tl : c _evKk-ncowi the trial f ' uliv co _' _-robo _^ ici ! th < J
_siatcnu'iitol'Tschunpasti ) the woman , a mi thev weio hoth found _gx . iity ' by the jury . Tschivp _w _* ; f ° ' ' \ demned to twenty years' ' imprisonment , with _hmu i : ibiiui ' , _ft-id _oxposu ' re < m the pillory , ilia _re-iunu ( _iristmer was condemned to ten years' _tmprisu _--me ! U , with hard labour , but with jut exposure on me _piliori —Gidignani ' s Messenger . _Poisi » : _i . v < _-. —Mary Kvans , domestic sorvnut to a gentleman residing iu _lii-oaks-slitct , _lVirke _' . il _' . ciw . attempted on Wednesday last to destroy her _iliei . " _- - - m . ite infant child by . _K-iinihistering to it red _prccij" _- cate powder ; but she was detected in the act . a ' " the immediate death ef the . child prevented hy _t--e prompt exhibition of a vumit . The child , however _, is in a precarious state , and _t-he utiuatuwl niy _' . iier " > . in cusio-. lv , awaiting the event .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 13, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_13121845/page/6/
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