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_ _ m _^ sv- — -- —< - * _-- _*^ _-v- _* r _* ' _* _tj __* _st _'lCjI ? ni ACCIDBBT Ef A TlMBER-TARD . — On _-Tharsday forenoon the following accident occurred _inthe timber-yard of Mr . TTrquhart , No . 336 , Oxford-street . It appears that two men , named Moses fy & faia and Henry Barnes , were at work in the shove-vard in moving some timber -which had beer piled np , when the top piece fell down , striking boti men on the legs , and crushing them beneath it ami dm around . Tlieir cries were dreadful , and assist
_anee being * immeouately rendered , a chain was fastened round the middle of the log , which was hauled _ m , bnfchad scarcely been raised sufficiently high for ( he sufferers to be drawn out before the chain slipped , and the timber again fell on them . At length , but flot till upwards of half an hour had elapsed , they _iverc extricated , and conveyed to Middlesex Hospital , _ffhere the lower extremities of Gcddard were found to be completely crushed , and the thighs of Barnes broken . It is imagined that amputation in both _pses must be resorted to .
DisiBrcirvE Eibe at _"Wasbswobth . —On Thursday morning , shortly before one o ' clock , a fire , -which for the space of three hours caused great alarm in the Ticighbourhood , brokeout upon , the extensive premises belonging to Mr . K . Bell , saw-mill proprietor , and lucifer-match manufacturer , situate in Garret-lane , Wan dsworth . It originated in the saw-mill department , a building 70 feet long by 50 feet wide . This contained a large quantity of timber prepared for making into matches . Owing to the combustible nature of the stock the progress of the fire was inconceivably rapid , and in less than half an hour after the first discovery the flames could be seen from the afferent metropolitan bridgea . The river Wandle was immediately in the rear , from which direction the firemen set to work most vigorously ; but it was nearly five o ' clock before they had succeeded in extinguishing the flanKS . By that period the contents of the place in -which the fire began were destroyed and the building nearly consumed .
Fatal Accident . —On Saturday night , at half-past seven o ' clock , Mr . William Payne , the coroner , held an inquest at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on the hody of John Lambert , aged -12 years , lately in the service of Sir John Hennie , the eminent engineer , whose premises are situated in Holland-street , Blackfriarsroad , Stephen Collier deposed that the deceased was a millwright and engineer , and had been in the service of Sir J . Ronnie for several years . On Tuesday morning , the 9 th ult ., deceased and witness were on board a " barge moored off Sir J , Rennie ' 9 _-Trharfj directing the shipment of three large dockgates , each weighing about five tons . They were lowered by the means of a crane , and in getting the third one into the vessel it lodged on the deseased ' s foot . The men instantly raised the
ponderous mass of iron with considerable difficulty and he was extricated and conveyed to the above institution , where he was placed in bed , under the care of the house-snrgeon . Witness was of opinion that the occurrence was purely accidental . Mr . Thomas Hart well , the noose-surgeon , stated that fte deceased was admitted with compound fracture of the right foot . Deceased progressed favourably for lie last fortnight , whenhe complained of rheumatism : irritation of the limb consequently came on , _B-hich was speedily followed by mortification , when it was deemed advisable to amputate it at tiie knee joint . Sloughing ensued , and he gradually sank , and died on Friday night from the effects of the injuries . The coroner remarked on the melancholy nature of the case , _after-wMch the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "
Chabge of Poisoxikg . —Newcastle , Dec . 15 . —At a late hour on Saturday evening a body of police apprehended Ralph Joicey , a hind in the employment _« f the Duke of Portland , at Cockle Hall , near Morpeth , on acharge of causing poison lo be administered to his father , fromtheeffectsof which be died . The prisoner was immediately conveyed to Morpeth . It is rumoured that he has made important disclosures as anocting himself , hut they have not yet been made public . FfflGHTTra . Death fbom Machkekt . —An inqnest was held on Monday evening , at Mr . Thomas Izon's , lie Plough Inn , _Uewtown-rorr , Birmingham , on the 'body ofa fine-grown girl , fifteen years of age , named _Caroline Parker , whose death occurrred tinder the following truly awful circumstances . From the
evidence of her two brothers it was shown that the deceased worked ia Mr . Bullock ' s mill , in Clevelandstreet , where her step-father , Mr . Williams , of Brewerr-streei , had mill-power as a steel polisher . On Friday last she was at work at a bench beneath which ashaftrnnat 200 or 300 -revolutions a minute , and it is supposed her pinafore had caught the shaft , and she was instantly drawn eibsely round the shaft —" wrapped" round it , as the witness described it . Her death was instantaneous , as her back and one arm was broken , her hips were dislocated , and she _received other dreadful injuries . It did not appear that any great carelessness existed on the occasion than is usual in other mills , and the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death , with one shilling deodand , at the same time strongly nrgingonmill-owneis the necessity of putting npbo * jrdin _«| as a protection ,
_TtxEcvnox is Pobtcysai . — The _Revolucao oi the 3 rd instant gives an account ofthe execution of two men at Tivira , on the 24 th ult ., for the crime of murder , committed on an old lady , her grand-daugh ter , and servant . After the bodies of the culprits were taken down and conveyed to the place of burial , evident _sijrns of life -were discovered in one of them , and this intelligence being conveyed to the chief magistrateof the district , orders were sent by thelatter to shoot the man if life was found in him , and accordingly he was shot in the burying-ground by _j-jome soldiers .
Death _nv _Fmn . — -On Wednesday Mr . Baker held 4 m inquest at the Bricklayers' Arms , Gloucesterstreet , _ilile-end-road , on the body of Mr . Frederick Greenwaller , aged eighty years , a retired Customhouse officer . On Friday evening last , deceased was sitting by the fireside , when a noise was heard as if a heavy body had fallen , and on one of the witnesses going up stairs he found the deceased lying on the hearth , with his trousers on fixe . He was much burnt about the lower parts of his body , of which injuries he died on the following day . There was no evidence as to how the deceased set himself on fire . Verdict , " Accidentaldeath , "
Htdeop _30 bu . —At the village of Glassonby , neai * Edenhall , in the county of Cumberland , a few days ago , a raoid dog , belonging to a butcher of the name of Armstrong , bit not fewer than six or seven individuals , a sow in-pig , and other animals . One boy , the -son of Mr . John Eland , coachman te Sir George _Musgrave , of Eden-hall , was most severely bitten on one of his legs . A surgeon was soon in attendance , and cnt out that and some of the places bitten on other persons ; irafc Mr . Eland , the father of the boy , being so fearful of the effects of madness , that Sir George , with his usual kindness and liberality , we understand , at his own expense , sent the hov to a physician in Yorkshire , eminent
for his skill in cases of hydrophobia ; and we are glad to announce that hitherto no symptoms of madness have appeared in tbe boy or any other ofthe individuals bitten l _> v the rabid animaL The dog entered ihehouse of a ' farmer , and after biting one of the chairs , went into the backkitclen , when the servantman reached down a gun , which was loaded , and immediately succeeded in shooting it . The dog was oi ihe collv or sheep-dog kind . This shocking eircnmstance has given rise to the greatest fear and alarm amongst the whole of the villagers and the inhabitants of the surrounding hamlets , and the results ol the effects of the wounds of the persons bitten , who are principally boys , are awaited for with the greatest degree of anxiety and terror .
TnELATE _Boileu Explosion-. —Boltox , _Thebsdat . We have to add another death tothe list of casualties bv the late lamentable catastrophe at Messrs . lutts and Rothwell' s mill , viz ., a little boy who was in a house in the street adjoining the mill , and who was so much injured by the ruhbish . and scalding water , that he died vesterday morning .
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The _CoxoEMXEn _Cosncrs . _—Thewretohed woman , Martha Browning , convicted on Wednesday at the Central Criminal Court , of the murder ofhet-fellowbnger . anaged female , named _Elisabeth Mundell , Was immediately npon the conclusion of the trial removed io the apartment appropriated for the reception of capital criminals in Newgate . The prisoner had been gnite nnablc to stand during tne trial , ana when the awful result became known to her , hut ior the assistance of the officials in attendance , she would have sunk exhausted on the floor of the dock . Having been removed in an almost senseless condition to that portion of the prison above referred to , _sheremainedinastate of comparative insensibility until vi _^ itPrl hv Mr . Davis , the rev . ordinary of the
gaol at a late hour in the evening , Mr . Davis remained with the unhappy woman for some considerable period , but the excitement under which __ she laboured was so great , that his endeavours to afford for religious consolation had very little effect . At eleven o ' clock , thoroughly overcome by exhaust _^ and fatigue , she fell asleep , and slept sound y severa hours . The wretched woman appears to be almost friendless , and those of her connectionsjno have _^ _ncommnnicatedvvithare inthe P _™ . _^™ stances . She has a brother and two or three sisters _Ivirm w „_ i _««<•« , « latter resides in London . villi VJiC
_-T . ' _- " * e » _" V * f _*** ' ——— _„« . « . i _++ QI « i She has visited the convict since her committal to _Kewgate , but not subsequently to her condemnation . _OuThurs-lav the _reverend ordmary had another _« - 1 erriew with theunhappy woman , who was _someway _fflore composed than on the _^ previous _dityv _^ Sheriff Laurie and Mr . _Sheriffs Chaplin law afeo TKited the prisoner since her fionvietion . Samuel _QuennelL _Evicted on Thnrsa > . y ofthe _moTdertfa J _^ r Irishman , _namedFitzgerald , bore his sentence _^ extra ordinary firmness , nor has the fa **™ _» hieh he displayed during the _. _trial f _""* " * _™ _J Knee . Upon leaving the dock he was deUvered over _» to the custody of Mr . Abbott , nnder- - _* entt oi the county of Surrey , and Mr . Keane , the governor
Of Horsemonger-Luie-Gaol , by- whom he-was conducted bank to Newgate ; and thence , at three o cloc _£ _Wnveyed in a cab to Horsemonger-lane , where tne sentence of the law will be carried into effect .
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— - _¦*¦ ' _»_ . __¦ .. ~ « Y _r . INFAMOUS CRUELTY AT SEA TO AN ORPHAN HOT . At the Thames Police-office on Wednesday , Joseph Heaviside , mate of the brig Nunez ( Thomas Flight , roaster , ) was charged with a series of assaults continued throughout a voyage to Alexandria and back again , upon a fatherless lad , fifteen years of age , apprenticed to the vessel . The complainant , a genteellooking and intelligent lad , stated that he shipped on board the Nunez , as an apprentice , on the 10 th or 11 th of last July , and proceeded from London to Shields to take in a cargo of coals . He had no complaint to make up to that time , but when off _Newcastle-on-Tyne , the defendant commenced a series of cruelties , which werecontinued throughout the voyage , by beating him with a thick knotted stick about the shoulders , back , and thighs . The cause of it was , that he remained in his berth a few minutes after
the cook called him , and he was undressed when he was beaten . The next day the mate rope ' s ended him because he did not draw up the chain cable , which was too heavy for him . more quickly . Indeed , the rope ' s ending was a matter of daily occurrence until reaching Alexandria , and he became used to it . The blows used to run from two to a dozen , and always left their mark . Off Gibralter , being on short allowance of water , complainant was directed to see that the cook didnot waste it , but no waste having been committed he turned in , when it was his watch below , without making any report , not thinking it necessary . For ibis the defendant called him a b— , and rope ' s ended him with , he believed , the main sheet . He criedfor mercy , but the mate said , " Ha ha ! Fll show you mercy , you b— -. " and continued to beat him .
Though much injured , as could be proved by a sailor who saw his hack , he was obliged to go to work immediately afterwards , knowing that if he did not do so he should be worse served out . After leaving Gibraltar , the mate sketched a very indistinct compass , of which he was ordered to have the use , and whilst he was scanning it over on one ofthe watercasks in the fore-hold , whilst there , either the mate or the captain , he could not say which , said he was asleep , and he was sent to learn it in the after-gallery . The mate , on examining him , found he did not know it , and in ten minutes afterwards , came and rubbed a large wad of tarry oakum over his mouth , face , and eyes . His eyes were sore for a week after that , and
from that time out it was the constant practice of the defendant to give him from half a dozen to a couple of dozen daily on the hands with the sole of a thick shoe . The captain and mate used to talk of how the Greeks were bastinadoed , and then the mate beat him with the shoe on the soles of the feet , never giving him more than half a dozen at a time . It gave him terrible pain , which the captain observing , checked the practice . At Alexandria he was constantly rope's ended , but he was then still more used to it , having been about fifty-nine days on the voyage . There he was sent on board a lighter to trim coals , with a pair of slippers on , which were soon cut to pieces , and he had to work oh his bare feet .. He could not work fast enough to please the mate .
Mr . Broderip : Who was trimming _thelightor with you , my boy ?—I was doing it myself , sir , but sometimes I was helped by a little Arab boy . Mr . Broderip : I should like to know the size of the lighter this child was trimming alone . Was it as large as those in the river ?—Complainant : It was , sir . The mate was the basket man , and he used to try to heave the basket on me . He also threw pieces of coal at me , some of them as large as both my fists . He knocked the skin off the inside of my ancles , and between the coal dust and the salt water , they turned to huge holes . The complainant proceeded to state they were dressed by himself on the passage , bat the captain applied blue-stone . On these occasions the mate would say , " Go aft , you h— , and get your
blue-stone ; and seeing the holes he would exclaim , " How do you like ' em ? " When his feet got so bad , the captain allowed him to knock off for a week . AtAlexandriahewasputovertheship ' ssidoinabowline knot to beat the rust off the chain plaits , and was kept at it , with the exception of breakfast time , from seven o ' clock in the morning until seven or eight at night , without any dinner . During this time he heard the mates voiee , for he was always scolding . On another occasion , being ordered to get the end of the signal halliard off the awning , he jnmpedontherailtotryanddoso , but could not . That was the easiest way with his sore feet . He then went up the topping lifts of the boom , as at first directed , and did as he was ordered . Because he
did not go np the topping lifts of the boom in the _SKiihsfcince , the mate gave him a , dozen with the shoe on the head . Complainant cried with pain , and the people ofthe Robert Ingram , which was lying near , called out shame on the mate . On another occasion , the defendant made liim put his finger in the month of a large turtle , which gave him a smart bite , and left two little black holes . After that the mate pulled his ears until the skin was split . One of the sailors told him the flesh was broken , and he himself felt the blood trickling down . His cruelty was constant . Once / when complainant was handing bun some beans , a few dropped , and the _~^ _atrnejj him . a blow on the nose which made the blood spurt out . At another time , complainant being unable to haul in the slack of the forefop-sail clew line , the
mate said , "There ' s a Useless toadof ab—r ? he can't do that yet : " and rope ' s ended him over the shoulders till the left was very much swollen . A fter that he was sent to trim the lamps , which , owing to the pain from his arm , took him more than the usual time . The mate complained of this , and taking np amarlm-spike , punched him in the arms with the thick iron end of it . On another occasion , he belaboured complainant with the handle of the deck scrubbing brush , giving him three severe blows on the ribs . His side was very bad for along time afterwards , and he still felt pain if he breathed hard . The blows felled him , and he could scarcely crawl along the deck for a panikin he wanted to fetch . The mate seeing this , said , " You b , I'll make you move a little faster , " took him up in his arms ,
and then dashed him down npon the deck . Immediately after the mate sent me aloft to grease the masts . Afterwards , when I was dying the captain ' s gloves in the gallery , he came and kicked me on the shins with liis boots . I felt my shins very sore at the time , but did not care much , being used to pain . When I came off Margate channel I looked at my legs , which were black and lived-like , and much swollen . The mate often kicked me before . I was hied overboard once or twice by the captain and mate . They used to heave me off the ladder into the sea . the vessel going half a knot an hour at the time . When I came to Stangate Creek my legs were bandaged by the doctor , who took me out ofthe ship , and I am still obliged to have bandages upon them .
The defendant was then bound , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each , to answer the charge at the sessions .
Fearful Steam-Boat Collision Ox The Rive...
Fearful Steam-Boat Collision ox the Riveb . — At ten minutes to five o ' clock on Saturday evening , as the Emerald , Diamond steam-packet , was , after touchino- at Greenhithe , proceeding on her way from London to Gravesend , her Captain ( J . Pindar ) observed alarge steam-vessel directly a-head of him , coming up the river . As she approached he and his men in the bow of the Emerald sung out , but the steamer kept in the same track . Captain Pindar s order to port th ehelm had scarcely been obeyed when the Emerald was struck on the larboard quarter by the bow ofthe other vessel ( which subsequently turned out to be the John Bull , Hamburg packet ) , Ihe paddle-box and quarter ofthe Emerald were stove m ,
the funnel was cast down with a tremendous _crasn , producing a shock throughout the vessel , which , in the after cabin , where the writer of this notice was at the moment , flung the passengers from then-seats , and tumbled over and amongst them the tables and everythin _^ thereon . The confusion and dismay which followed is indescribable . A rush was made to the cabin door , but the passage was stopped by all attemptin" to force their way up the stairs to the deck . Acrvot " Bring up the women , briHg up the women'" from the deck , added to the alarm and confusion ; but at length , owing to the self-possession oi some of the gentlemen , and a few of the ladies who made way and held back , the whole of the cabin pasminute and half after
_sengers were on deck in a a the ' collision took place . Then the scene was terrifici : the Emerald was believed to be gome down . The John Bull ' s bow was apparently wedged into thelar-S quarter , and the bowsprit of that vessel over thefori deck ofthe Emerald . This was endeavoured to he reached by several of the male passengers pt the latter bv means ofthe rigging . Some succeeded in _letting Into the John Bull in this way , and more clam lired up her bows . At _flros . fame both vessels had let off their steam , and drifting down with the tide in their state of entanglement , camcathwart the how ofa brig that lay at anchor nearly opposite Es . but close to the Kentish shore . The colhsion the of the steamers
with the brig increased danger , particularly the Emerald , whose decklarboard cabins were stove in by the brig ' s bowsprit , which broke off in the collision , and her fore topmast fell forward with all its gear , breaking in its fall the right arm of one , and the left arm of another gentleman on the deck ofthe Emerald , both of whom , as it would seem , attempted to get into the brig when the vessels came in contact . The three vessels were now entangled together , and the alarm on board each was perhaps equal . At length the John Bull fell off from the Emerald , whose anchor had now been dropped , and the Railway steamer from Blackwall to Gravesend , came alongside the brig , and the passengers of the Emerald , except those who got on board the John Bull , were taken off by her , and landed at Gravesend . Two men , in the first shock of the collision , were thrown overboard , but thewriter of this learned , before leaving the Emerald , that they were picked up aafftlv . Each narty blames the other for the collision . -- - - X 1
The Emerald was not . it is said , inner proper iwia withTS _^ -down tide ; and on the other hand it _faavema & the John Bull wasnot only not on the nronersideofthe river , gomgnp with a down tide , Bat she had no lights * up . That she had _nc . lights , m is certain , but the night was moonlight , and there _KS aid each vessel could , undoubtedly , with _S _??« ement , haveavoided the other .
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AP / aLLING murders . _BnurAnMuBDisB itr JERSEr . — We are to-day called upon to record one of the most apalling murders which probably ever took place within the circle of the Channel Islands . The name of the victim is Thomas Hodge , the name of the murderer John Noon , both seamen . It appears that the individual who has thus fallen a victim to brutal violence and passion , was a sailor belonging to a vessel which trades between the port of Jersey and Newfoundland . About three weeks ago he arrived in St . Helier ' s from the latter place , and took up his lodgings at a respectable house in Mulcaster-street , generally frequented by the better class of seamen who have occasion to be some tune in harbour . He was universally respected as a quiet orderly individual . On Wednesday , the 10 th instant , beim _*? the
anniversary ot his birthday , he treated his friends to an entertainment in the house in which he resided _, in return for the compliment , his fellow lodgers , being just on the eve of departure for a distant port , invited him pn the evening of Saturday last to a farewell entertainment in the house at which they had all mutuall _y taken up their residence . The hour of ten had arrived , and the whole party were quietly seated at supper when the individual who is at present in custody upon the atrocious charge of wickedly depriving a fellow-creature of his life , intruded upon their innocent hilarity . He had only arrived in port some few hours before from a long voyage , and , as was also his usual custom , had repaired tothe boarding-house where the melancholy catastrophe was fated to take place . _Seatinc
himself down ia the very midst ofthe company , heforthwith began to use language which ordinary decency would prevent us from repeating ; oaths ana imprecations and the most obscene epithets flowing from his lips in the most admired rapidity . At last , however , his conduct seems to have proceeded beyond all further endurance , and the landlord of the house was obliged to rebuke him for his unmanly behaviour in the company of females . The rebuke , however , did not seem to have much apparent effect , and Noon still continued his oaths and imprecations as before . All efforts proving unavailing , it was at length found necessary to remove him from the apartment , and at this moment itis important to observe the amiable conduct of the deceased . With the view of seeing that no harm
should result to the individual who had thus wantonly broken in upon the pleasures of the evening , and whom from the outrageous nature of his conduct , he could scarcely regard as in his sober senses , he volunteered to accompany him on board his vessel , where he was to take up his quarters for the night , Ilodge had only proceeded a few steps upon his way , and was descending a flight of steps which led from the door of the house to the court below , when the murderer was observed to draw from his pocket a large knife which he always carried about his person , and handle it in a manner as if aiming at some deadly purpose . Before , however , the murderous instrument reached the spot at which it was evidently intended to be struck , it fell upon the-assassin's hands : but hastily stooping to the ground , it was in
moment plunged into the thigh of the individual who , regardless of inconvenience , had so willingly volunteered to do an act of kindness . Falling . back upon the steps on which he had been standing , the unhappy man uttered a scream which was heard at a considerable distance , and was in a moment prostrate in a fit of insensibility . The murderer , however , did not wait to sec the issue of his atrocious act . Utter - ing an oath indicative of the pleasure he experienced on having done for the ill-fated Hodge , he hastily decamped . The unfortunate victim only survived for a . short space of time , and in three minutes from his receiving the fatal stab of the assassin , he had breathed his last . Medical assistance was imdiately procured , but all to no purpose . Thefemoral artery had been divided , and the haemorrhage
which had ensued was such as to have precluded all hope of saving life , had assistance arrived even within a minute from the infliction of the fatal gash . The eye-witnesses of the dire tragedy having in some degree _recovered from the consternation which ' , va been induced by the dreadful event of the moment , information was immediately forwarded . ' to the police , and about twelve o ' clock Mr . Cer _^ _eni er Le Cronier and Centenier _Du Parcq _, _asgisied by several other individuals , set out in search of the murderer . Directing their steng towards the vessel to _vdiich they suspect _^ ae had gone , they succeeded in apprehending him about one o ' clock on Sunday morning . He was found apparently asleep in bed , and , when apprised of the awful crime with which he stood charged , professed an utter
unconsciousness of what had taken place . Nor did he accompany them quietly to prison ; . for it was only after a desperate resistance that they were successful in bringing him to shore . His cabin being strictly searched , the knife with wliich he consummated the fatal deed was discovered . It bore evident marks of having been washed a very short period before , whieh would almost induce the supposition that at the period of the rash act his senses had not been _ulilw _feW _^ & oltt tae influence of liquor . ypyn i _*» "" t T - » 1 _i-l . * _» _. l . _•*•• _...-X Afl * M . _lfiW / IH . . £ .. _A Ins arrival at gaoi , tue _Btfongfiuu * . _* , _.. _m required to consign him to a cell , the ferocity and brutality of his conduct being scarcely credible . An inquest was held by the deputy viscount on Sunday afternoon , and a verdict of" wilful murder" was returned .
Shocking _MunnER in South Tippebahi _* . — Clonmel , Dec 16 . —The South Riding of this unfortunate county has become the scene of a blood-stained and cruel murder . The victim in this instance is Mr . Charles Acheson , formerly a respectable and extensive trader in this town ; but being unfortunate in business , was obliged to take a situation as clerk in the employment ef Messrs . John Stein and Co ., the eminent distillers at Marlfield , near this town . He came into town on yesterday evening , about some business , and delayed some time at the house of Mr . M . Glissan , town-clerk , which he left about nine o ' clock , and was accompanied by Mr . Glissan as far
as the union workhouse , where he bidhim good night _, when the unfortunate man proceeded on his way alone . He was waylaid in a lonesome part of the road , near Birdhill , and within forty perches of his own house , and beaten with stones on the head and breast in a most frightful manner ; the eye-balls were dislodged from their sockets , and his brains dashed about the road ! The lifeless body was found this morning in the horrible manner above described , on which an inquest will be held at four o ' clock this evening . The only cause that can be assigned for this horrible murder is , that Mr . Acheson discharged three men from the distillery last week for misconduct .
The Two Men Buried Al1ye. Death Op One O...
THE TWO MEN BURIED AL 1 YE . Death op one op the _Sutferers . —In our second page will be found an account of the frightful catastrophe at Forfar , by which two men were buried alive . The following particulars we take from the Dundee Advertiser ;—The sinking of the new well was carried on with great diligence until Friday morning , when the workmen were lower down than Brown . Having procured some boring instruments from Arbroath , and some boiler-plate boxes from Dundee , and having formed a tunnel from the new bore to the old well , a brother of Brown's , who had come from Dundee , boldly dashed down , and about four o ' clock p . m . extricated and brought him out . On being brought to the brink there was a party waiting , who instantly enveloped him in blankets , and carried him into Mi-. Barclay ' s house , where medical gentlemen were ready to attend to him .
We are informed that he was instantly put into a warm bath , and had restoratives administered . It is said that his pulse was strong and healthy , and that he is rallying wonderfully . Since the above report , we have heard that Macleish has perished . About half-past eight o'clock yesterday ( Monday ) morning he took some milk ; but he was not heard to speak or to make any movement afterwards . The bell had ceased to be heard , and it was too truly inferred that the power to ring it had also ceased .. By eleven o ' clock it was almost certain that he was dead . At one o ' clock the sheriff examined two medical men who had gone down , and who had been able to examine his legs , aud they declared that poor Macleish was dead , and that it was their belief that he had been so for three hours at least . Brown , the man who has fortunately been extricated , is doing well . At seven o ' clock the bod y had not been disinterred , but every exertion was being made for that purpose .
Fatal Acciuext In A Railwat Tunnel.—Titn...
Fatal _Acciuext in a _Railwat Tunnel . _—Titn-BRinoE , Wedsesbay . —An inquest was held on Monday at the George Inn , before Mr . Dudlow , the coroner , on the bodv of James Abraham , who was killed in the tunnefat Tunbridge Wells , under the following circumstances : —Deceased was employed in the fonriation ofthe tunnel leading from Grosvenor-fields to the bottom of Grove-hill-road . On Saturday night , about twelve o ' clock , whilst the workmen were engaged in the tunnel , some one called for them "too look out , " and immediately afterwards a _uonderous mass of rock , weighing seven
or eight tons , gave way , carrying away the huge timber supporters . At first many of the miners were supposed to have perished , and it was some time ere the fact could be learned , the lights having been extinguished . The witnesses recovering from their fright , proceeded to call over the labourers , and then found the deceased missing , and after much time had elapsed they discovered him buried underneath the rock . __ All hands were instantly set to work in removing it , which occupied more than an hour , and when extricated he was perfectly dead . Two . other labourers were much injured by the falling mass . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . '
United Trapes ' - Association foe tbe BMMorirENT of Lauoub _, < fcc—Messrs . _Robson , Gimblett , and Storey , members oftbe board of directors , will attend the belowmentioned places , at seven o _' clook every Sunday evening , for tie purpose of reoeiving deposits on shares , registering the names of new shareholders , and communicating every requisite information as to the objects and plans of the association , viz :: —Mr . Robson will attend at the Belt _* l , n i Old Bailey ; Mr . Gimblett , at the King ' s Arms , Upper _Ebury-street , Fimlico ; and Mr . Storey , at the King and Qneen , Corner of Foley-place , Cleveland-street .
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TO THE MINERS OF _JfOBTHOKBEBLAND AND DOBHAH , _—ieilow men ,-it having come to our knowledge , that _ceitain agents from the county of Lancashire have been , or are at present , in tbis neighbourhood , engaging men _« «¦ «? colUeries of Lancashire , " this is to give notice , tnat tbe workmen ofthe undermentioned collieries are on strike , and it would be ingratitude of the blackest dye to go and supplant them under their present circumstances . The Lancashire miners have nobly and bravely stood by , and supported the association , up to the present time , and they did more to support you during the late strike , than aU the other miners ' In this country ; therefore , we beseech you , do not degrade your hitherto
honourable name by any such act as that of leaving your homes for the purpose of injuring such brave men , " but rather take advantage \ of the present great demand for miners in your own two counties , aldO all parts of the country ( the more especially Scotland ) , and make one unanimous effort to raise up , once more , the glorious union , whicli alone can ensure to you good wages , constant employ ment , and kind treatment . We are , faithfully yours , the Executive Council of the Miners' Association , John Hall , Mabtin Jcde , JonN Stokoe _, Williasi Ddro , William Welsby . —Newcastle-upon-Tyne , December 2 nd , 1845 . —P . S . —The following are the places on strike above referred to , viz ., Oldham , Shcvington , _Aspul , _Duncan-park , Ashton , Wigan , Rochdale , and St . Helens , Lancashire .
A _Casl of Oppression . — Liverpool Trades . — To working men , —Be on your guard against a system of oppression that should not be tolerated in this or any other country , that is at present being enacted in Liverpool . The facts of the case are these : —Several workmen were discharged from Vauxhall foundry without any faultbeing assigned as a reason . They then made application at Messrs . Bury , Curtis , aad Kennedy ' s Clarence foundry , and wcre told that if they could procure clearances from Vauxhall they could have employment . They then returned to Vauxhall and procured clearances quite satisfactory at least to themselves . They then presented them at the Clarence foundry , and were told that a letter had , in the interim , been received from their former employers , stating that they were not to be employed , for what reason
was not stated . They wish it to be clearly understood that it is not against being discharged that they protest , but against the persecution wliich followed them while endeavouring to gain work in another establishment . If such a system of tyranny be allowed to continue , without the public voice being raised against it , the position ofthe working classes will be a degradation to any country professing to be free . There is still one power which the working classes hare access to , the liberal press of this country , which is at aU times ready to expose abuses , in whatever position the contending parties may he . Knowing this to be the case , they make this appeal to the sympathies of the public . They hope the employers alluded to will have the honesty to state their reasons , through the medium of the public press , for preventing them from getting employment .
Bilston Miners . —At a meeting of the Miners' Victim Fund committee , held at Mr . J . Linney ' s , White Horse Inn , High-street , Bilston , on Sunday , December-Uth , the accounts of the Law Fund were audited and found correct , tho receipts being £ 519 s . 2 _£ d _., and the disbursements £ 17 _lfis . Sd . Audited by John Hamnor and George Ramsay . Tub Glasgow " Cbimps . "—( From a Correspondent . ) On Saturday last a very important case was tried here , at the Justice of Peace Court , before Provost Bankier _, of Carlton , and Jolm Lang , two of her Majesty ' s justices for the shire of Lanark . ' The complaint was made by J , S . Fildes , of the Seaman ' s Guardian Society , against M . L . Flett , of the firm of Boyd , Flctt , and Boyce , alias Devins _, as will be seen from their transactions . Smith , a seaman , went and shipped with these fellows , and
signed articles of agreement for the Earl Dalhousie _^ Captain Primrose . One _ the crimps went with Smit _> to get the notes cash so as to get the fees , and mo * -, ong of his partners at tn 0 public-house ; the sailor Smith , refused to - _^ _ay the high price demanded for exchanging and wi _>^ leaving , when one ofthe crimps told him to leave ov « c of the two notes , as security for the fees . Smith told him , that the law did not allow him to pay fees . Boyce then told him that he would scratch out his name if he did not leave the notes . Smith then , through fear of losing the berth , gave up one of the notes . I called the day after , in company with Smith , as I was going in tlie same ship . I saw Smith pay some silver money , and when I signed articles I was compelled to pay
two shillings , and five shillings more for whiskey , & c , extorted from me by Flett and his comrogues before he would _giyc me my advance note . To these particulars I distinctly sworebefore the justice , still they thought the case was not sufficiently proven , and threw the case out of court , each party to pay their own expences . The case for the prosecution was conducted by John Lang , jun ., Fiscal . Such is the way the crimps carry on , in defiance of ail laws passed for the protection of seamen , but the fault is not with the crimps , so much as it rests with those who grant licences to such fellows to carry on their wholesale plunder . As soon as the court was over Mr . Fildes brought forward three more seamen , imposed on in a similar _maimer .
_APPBess pp the _, Journeymen Boot and Shoe ' - Makers to we Inhabitants of Oho Wex _4 _W , Vicinixt . —There appeared in the Preston Chronicle newspaper , December 7 th , 1815 , a statement respecting the journeymen boot and shoe makers of Chorley having struck against working for Barton Smith , a master living in Market . street ,, Chorley , through a reduction of wages ; and the saidBarton Smith , has been bold enough to contradict such statement in the same paper , ofthe 13 th of December—we now consider ourselves justifiable in thus addressing you , to shew you that he is not worthy to be believed : we have a statement of wages whicli the snid Barton Smith signed in 1813 , after having the same in his possession several days , and making such alterations as he thoughtproper , which was a reduction in some serts of work , which the journeymen submitted to . It was also signed hy Thomas Magnall , William Hodgkinson ,
William Howarth , William Tootall , Archibald Briton , James Soutbwort , —the same is paid by Thomas Emmet , Robert Hindis , Robert Thompson and others ; since Smith sighed such statement , he has made several attempts so reduce the wagos ; in one thing he succeeded , that was soling boots , 4 d , per pair . We wish to know whether his customers have received the benefit of such reduction , or if he has pocketed it to himself , he states : in the newspaper , that he is paying the same wages that he has paid for nine years ; we wonder that heAvill acknowledge that he has committed such a robbery , ( as it can be' considered nothing else , ) on those whom he found submissive enough to allow it . He is a Tyrant ! and wishes to pay such wages as he thinks fit , hut it will not do ; he has had the audacity to say that he will stprve the men into compliance , hut in that he will find himself in a lamentable error . —Signed on behalf of the Trade , William Bland , Seoretary , December loth , 1845 .
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THE LAND CONFERENCE . THURSDAY SITTINGS . Mr . Sherrington in the chair . The Roll having been called , and the minutes of the proceedings of Wednesday being read , it was moved by Mr . Doyle , and seconded by Mr . Yates , that they he confirmed , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Cuffay moved that the standing orders be resumed , Mr . Knight seconded the motion . On a division there appeared for the motion five against five . The chairman decided in favour of the motion _. The following resolutions were proposed just at the close ofthe proceedings of yesterday , the discussion upon which was adjourned till the morning : —
It was moved by Mr . O Connor , " That each shareholder , upon being appointed to his allotment , shall be liable to M per cent , interest upon all moneys advanced by the directors , aud that the payment of such interest shall continue until the last draft of the first section of shareholders shall be located , and then , and not till then , the payment of such interest to cease , and the occupant be discharged from payment of further interest . " Of course , this applied to the £ 15 , for which , by this arrangement , the occupant who received it would pay 5 s . a year until the last was located . This was to preserve the link of
brotherhood , and then the account would stand thus . - —The occupants who were located the first year would pay 5 s . a year for four years , tbat is £ 1 ; the occupants who were located the second year would pay for three years , or 13 s . ; those of the third year for two years , or 10 s . ; and the poor who were located last would receive the £ 15 , discharged of all interest , and then interest would not only cease altogether , but he trusted that the society would be in a situation to give every man his allotment for EVER FOR XOTniSG . Mr . Poole seconded the resolution .
Mr Saunders moved , and Mr Taylor seconded : •—" That , as tlie allotments are made , and cottagegare built thereon , the trustees and board of directors shall fix the amount of rent to be paid by the occupiers , such holders shall receive a loan from this society ( say £ 15 16 s . 8 d . for one share , £ 3113 s . 4 d . for two shares ) which shall be repaid to the trustees for the use of this society , and such occupier to pay £ 3 per cent , per annum , until such loan be repaid , and tho trustees shall withhold all title deeds , or have some other security for such loan until it is repaid , but such occupier shall be allowed to repay it to the trustees by _instalments , and his interest to be reduced accordingly . " Mr . Doyle : The very idea of interest is so repugnant to the feelings of the _great body of shaveholders , that he should be afraid to attend a public
meeting after the conference had decided in favour of charging interest—it would be much better to make a direct charge . Mr . Cuffay : It was his wish to have the society conducted so as to get the members located as soon as _posssble . If the conference laid down good rules , what temptations it would hold out to persons to join , and concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That each shareholder shall receive two acres of land , a cottage , and £ 15 16 s . 8 d .. for wliich the minimum rent shall be £ S 10 a . per year , until each _shareholder of the division to which he belongs shall be located ; when that is the case his rent shall be reduced to £ 5 per annum . " Mr ; Knight seconded the resolution . The shareholders have been induced to become members from the fact of the bonus offered by the directors . The proposition of Mr . Leach , no doubt , will be received
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_t hroughout the whole country , but still he considered that it was better to charge on extra rent instead of interest . Mr . O'Connor : Every person has argued the question as though it was a loan that was to be paid back —it is no such thing—it never was expected that it would be paid back . We are not doing an injury to any person . - The Society proposes to lay down a sum at which they can start and cany out their purpose without any danger . lie would rather give £ 15 an acre for good land than five shillings an acre with a cottage for poor land . Good land requires less labour .
The poorer the ground the more seed is required to cultivate it . A great many of the shareholders will not require an advance ; and they won't be damaged , for when the profits of the society are divided , they who have had no advance will get their £ 15 then . Mr . O'Connor thought it very likely that some persons would require £ 20 , some £ 25 , or sonic even more , ' as the society was paternal and not usurious , and God forbid that the loss of a cow or . two should be the means of destroying one of its children . Of these matters the directors must be sole j udges .
Mr . Vallance : Mr . Leach's motion was endeavouring to throw a covering over the words , loan or gift . Yet Mr . Leach ' s resolution states , that all shareholders should be subject to the interest of the advance , whereas it has beeii argued , that there are many persons who would not require it . Mr . Saunder ' s resolution , however , does state the amount of the loan aud the rate of interest to be charged . Any person who may have received any loan from the society should be compelled to pay it back at the last location—supposing a man haa \ reccivcd £ 20 , and on the settlement of the affairs ofthe society there appeared only £ 10 due to him , he should then be considered as a debtor to the society , and compellable to pay the difference to enable the directors to keep faith with the other shareholders . Mr . O'Connor moved , and Mr . Dixon seconded that the standing orders be suspended . Carried unanimously .
. _ _, Mr . Dixon : There is already an interest charged for the £ 15 16 s . 8 d . in the shape of rent . Now if a person does not take the money , would ho be charged with interest . __ ¦ Mr . Tavlor : The proposed sum is not tho property of lie society . If the plan or bonus be adopted you have no claim upon the party borrowing the money . , _, , , . „ Mr . Leach : The amount is not a loan , but a gift , as you hold out these inducements to persons to become members—two acres of land—a cottage—and £ 15 in money . Those parties who do not require an advance will not bo injured—while those who do require it will be very much benefited . Mr . G . W . Wheeler stated that it was necessary that the directors shouldhave some security for the money advanced . His resolution proposed that the money should not be advanced at once , but spread over a distance of time . . .
The resolution , however , fell to the ground for want of a seconder . Mr . M'Grath ; Whenever you depart from a principle you get into error . In this case the advance must be regarded as a right , the individual has as much right to _receive the money as he has to receive the land and cottage . Decidedly in favour of fixing a definite sum . Mr . Clark : There is already an interest charged in the rent . There is no doubt , that it is an admitted right that the parties should receive the amount promised . The feelings of tlie members decidedly would be in favour of paying any extra sum , provided they wore guaranteed that they should be repaid at the , time when all the parties were located .
Mr . Sniith " : There can be no nglnV * . & s the members cannot have a right till aU tiie members are ' located—the advance must , therefore , be considered as a loan-as there can » 9 v be _» right _pfe » a surplus , the shareholders can omj nave a _? _'g uvin _" _£ surplus , Mr . O'Connor , in answer to a question from Mi * . Taylor . as to whether the directors had any claim after accepting the bonus of 5 s . or 10 s . over the £ 15 , stated that he did not take one . step without consulting counsel . He was not going to be a party to any resolution that would cut the throat of the society . The rules must not bo repugnant to law , neither must they be repugnant to equity . He was providing against any contingencies , and considered that the minimum proposed was the best security that would be proposed . There can be no doubt of the success of the plan , and instead ofthe money to be divided at the termination of the society , amongst the
members , it is more likely to be over than under £ 50 . Mr . Hobson asked permission to withdraw his motion in favour of that proposed by Mr , Saunders , which was granted . Mr . Leach moved and Mr . _Doyleseconded , the _followinu resolution , which was carried , " That each shareholder , after being located upon his allotment , shall pay to the society the sum of 5 s . per share as a bonus for the beuefit such member has received from the society each year , until the whole of the members of the section to which such member belongs shall have keen locateu UP ° n t _^ e land , whence all further demands upon such member _bu _^ I cease > and . _^ "J 1 profits and benefits arising from the pUOpeny 81 _*?§ society to be equitably divided amongst all the _siiarfij holders of the society aa soon as the directors and trustees shall be able to dispose of the same to the best advantage . On a division there appeared—For Mr . Cuffay 1
" Mr . Leacfi 14 " Mr . Saunders 4 Mr . Leach moved the resumption of the consideration of the proposition , made to the conference yesterday , of allowing the directors to emplov agricultural labourers for the purpose of preparing the ground . Mr . O'Connor * . This is not only a proper , but a useful proposition . The man takes possession of his cottage as soon as completed—this will enable the directors either to sell or morgage the land , & c _, to great advantage . If this proposition is not adopted , you will have no labour upon the land until the cot « tage is built . He had no objection to become steward . It must be evident to every man that the occupant cannot live in his cottage until it is built , and
therefore when the foundation stone Is laid , the labour of cultivation is at once undertaken , and when the cottage is ready for his reception , every man finds his allotment in an improved condition , at a less cost than he could have brought it to that condition for , and thus both works are going on together , while , as a matter of course , the directors will allow every occupant who thinks proper , to undertake the labour himself at once . Mr . Knight said , had not this motion been brought forward , ho should have been compelled to employ a person to cultivate his land when he obtained it , and he was perfectly well aware that his voting for it would satisfy his constituents , who were generally mechanics of various trades . The motion was carried unanimously .
Mr . Dixon was instructed to advocate the principle of no person holding more than two acres , and concluded by moving the following resolution : — "That the rule as to shares be as they are now , namely , two acres ; at the same time any person may be allowed to hold as many shares as they . thiuk proper ; but , in no case , to have more than two shares , or four acres , in one allotment . " Mr . O'Connor was decidedly against any person holding move than four acres . The conference must decide as to the manner in which the person holding two shares shall be located . Mr . Clark : There can be no difficulty in settling this question . There is no provision in the present rules as to tlie way in which those parties holding two shares are to ballot for their prize .
Mr . Hobson : The best plan to " be adopted is that when the land is purchased , tlie number of shareholders , distinguishing the double shareholders from those holding one , and then divide the land into so many farms as to provide for those holding four acres and those holding two . If _ysu allow a person to hold more than he can occupy you introduce the subletting system . Mr . Cuffay would oppose any motion enabling any shareholders from holding nio _' re than four acres . Mr . Knight : The plan was instituted for the erecting of an independant class of farmers . The
shareholders of Lambeth , are decidedly in favour of not allowing any shareholder to hold more than four shares . The proposition opens a wide field for creating an aristocracy of farmers , and enables persons to take shares for the express purpose ol getting the control of the society . Mr . Sherrington : It never was contemplated by the Scotch members , that any peison should hold more tlian four acres . The rent is not fixed to any individual to whom the farms may be sublet , though the rent is fixed aa between the society and the original shareholder .
Mr . O'Connor : The object of a man holding more than two acres is , that he looks to the land to secure his rate of interest as the best security for the advance of capital . There is no difficulty in preventing a member from sub-letting . There are always clauses introduced into leases providing for the forfeiture of the lease , if certain conditions are not performed or arc violated . It is to be hoped that very stringent clauses will be introduced into the leases . Mr . Taylor asked whether a provision could be made in the leases to prevent persons from holding more than four acres from subletting .
Mr . Ilobson : What advantage can be derived from keeping open the question of how many shares a member may hold . It should be confined to the case where a man may require either one share or two shares . You cannot prevent premiums being given , notwithstanding all the stringent clauses that may be introduced ; and , allowing shareholders to hold more than four acres , would introduce the principle of sub-letting . Mr . O'Connor : With regard to premiums Mr . Hobson seems to forget that there is such a power as coercive law . If a man takes a premium he has violated the lease ,, and it becomes forfeited . Many persons with money would , no doubt , come into the society , and make loans merely on the idea of gua _« ranteeing the interest upon their money . He would rather see the question confined to the fact , that no _personahould beallowed to hold more than _twoshares You will recollect that you are not to legislate for
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_jaff . e j ; - ; but for parties who hare a great aversion to _" M _' _rT Chirk * stated Be nad received " instruction from Bath of parties' being willing fo advance certain _suniai of money by wav of loan—had no fear of capitalists coming into the ' society and breaking it up—but aft the same time they ought to havo the priYilege . ot _receivinc interest for the capital advanced . Mr . Wheeler : You cannot guard against a man holding as many shares as he pleases . '¦ Adjourned . AFTERNOON SITTING . ¦ ¦
.. Mr . Dixon , in resuming the debate , said that he understood the present object of this society was to break down the system of largo farms . There are a great many persons who would willingly give £ 10 a year for two acres of ground and a cottage . - He concluded by reading his resolution as altered : " That the rule as to allotments should be as follows —namely , two acres , three acres , and four acres ; at the same time , any person may bo allowed to hold as many shares as they think proper , but in no case to occupy more than four acres . "
Mr . Vallance : Is the question of the size and the number of shares to be considered together ? In favour of dividing tho shares into two , three , and four acres , the price of a two-acre share to be £ 210 s ., a three-acre share to be £ 3 15 s ., and the price of a four-acre share to be £ 5 , but in no case shall the size of the allotments be for more than four acres . Great numbers of persons who are shareholders wish the first allotment to be strictly confined to two acres . The respective classes to be balloted for at separate times . He most cordially seconded the resolution . Mr . Poole supported the motion . Mr . Wheeler-. We are all determined that no shareholder shall occupy more than four acres , but will you confine a shareholder to the number of shares that he shall hold ? Would you object to any man subscribing for as many shares , and disposing of them either by gift or otherwise , as he may think
proper . Mr . Canning , Mr . Gilbertson , and Mr . Saunders supported the resolution . Mr . Shaw : Mr . Cuffay ' s and Mr . Dixon ' s motions aro two separate and distinct questions . His instructions would justify him in voting for Mr . Cuffay's amendment , while on the other hand Mr . Dixon _saya that a shareholder may purchase as many shares as he pleases , but not be allowed to occupy more than four acres . Every man has a right to just as much land as he can cultivate , He should support the motion of Mr . Cuffay . Mr . Dixon would withdraw liis motion by permission of the conference , which was agreed to . Mr . _Cuffav's motion was then carried unanimously . .
Mr . Clark : The next question that will come under consideration i 3 the question of the ballot . He would , therefore , submit a resolution for the conference , but should any other person propose a more eligible plan , lie should consider himself at liberty to withdraw his own proposition , and support that wliich he considered more applicable to the case . Mr . O'Connor : The _valuGoflandinLaneaahirois not so dear as might have been supposed , as parties prefer letting land lie waste , because the proprietors can make more interest of their money from labour . Near Cheshire there is a quantity , of land to be sold , whicli would cost about £ 20 an acre . You can't go ) into the market and say that you will buy a certain auantitv ot land of tabular value—you can't buy
land of the same complexion . I contend that you . must buy vour land before you ballot for occupants . Mr . T . M . Wheeler detailed his view ofthe manner in which the ballot for occupation waa to be made , and Mr . Clark agreed to withdraw his resolution , and second that of Mr . Wheeler . Mr . Wheeler then moved , " That the members resident in shall elect ten persons , not being paid-up shareholders , in conjunction with the directors , to _superiuUnu me _iilmiiivPt is the following manner --The committee shall _toaminG tlie Secretary ' s book , and plafce in a vessel the name of each person whe > has •• aid Up his share , or shares . They shall then place _fn a' similar vessel a determined number erf ™ _-m _^ each prize representing one aero , witli bfahbtf ) make theT _^ _d ua' to the number of paid-up member *? Two _disinterred parties shall then draw the names .
and the prizes and blanks shall be apportioned aa follows : —Tlie holder of one share , if he draw a prize , shall have two acTcs ; if one share and a half , three acres ; if two shares , four acres ; until the whole of the number of prizes or acres aro drawn . " " Mr . Hobson ; The arrangement proposed by Mr . Wheeler will clog the exertions of the society . Equality of benefit ought to be the object of the society . In some instances you would have to give one man more , and another less , than his quantity o £ land . The allotments , when made , should be numbered . He then moved the following resolution : — " That when a purchase is made , the directors shall divide the same into allotments of , say two , three , and four acres , in proportion to the number of each class then entitled to occupy ; and the ballot for such respective allotments shall be taken separately among tho respective classes . "
Mr . Vallance seconded the resolution . Mr . Doyle : Unless you classify _^ the different classes of shareholders you will cause great dissatisfaction amongst the great majority of the members . By classification you get rid of all angry feelings . Mr . _Clai-i : would withdraw , if permitted , his support of Mr . _Wheeled _inojion , and support that of Mr . Hobson . Mi * . Wheeler did not wish to press his motion to 3 division , but merely that it should stand as his opinion upon the subject of the ballot . The motion of Messrs . Hobson and Vallance was then carried unanimously . Mr . Clark : The next business to come before the conference is that of the transfer of shares . Without going into detail , he would move the following
resolution ,- — " That in the event of members residing in districts Nos . 2 , 3 , 4 , or 5 , and winning a prize ia the ballot for the location in district No . 1 , and not wishing to take possession of such allotment , they shall have the privilege of giving up sueh . _allotment to be balloted for amongst the members in the district where the location may be situated , and who have paid up their shares , and who were unsuccessful in the first ballot . " Mr . Poole seconded the motion . The Chairman : The difficulty is very near afc hand , and coming nearer to the principle advocated by Mr . Hobson . There may be a good many of the English people who would not go to Scotland ; and if the ballot was to be then open for the whole shareholders you might go on ad libitum before you obtained parties who would locate in the Scottish districts .
Mr . T . M . Wheeler was most decidedly against the proposition of Mr . Clark . He then entered into a detail of his plan for the transfer of shares . The plan was most unjust , and attended with the most mischievous consequences to the shareholders . Mr . Clark explained that when a party who had drawn a prize , and should not like to locate in the district where the land was purchased , that then tha prize should be balloted for among the other shareholders in the district . Mr . O'Connor : The object should have been to divide tlie country into as many districts as there
was a possibility , instead of limiting the division , which had been done by the resolution already come to . The object of the society was to realise as many practical results of the plan as possible . Mr . Clark , in giving explanation , had mis-stated what he rose to explain . By not divulging the place where the locations are to be , you give an impetus to the _shareholder in paying up their shares , which , If It was known where the location was to be made , the shareholders in that district would lose no time in paying up their shares . Mr . Vallance would lay before the conference his ideas upon the subject .
Tlie Chairman supported the resolution of Mr . Vallance . Mr . Shaw would support the motion of Mr . Vallance . The fact is , that if the land is purchased in Manchester , and a shareholder lives in Leeds , he ought to have the opportunity of relinquishing his prize by giving notice to the secretary that he does not require to be located at present ; and that then he should be balloted for again , when the land might be purchased near this own home . Mr . O'Connor strongly supported the views of Mr . Wheeler , as the only plan that was likely to give satisfaction to the members , namely , to go on through the list till you met with persons who would go on the land purchased .
The Chairman said , Mr . Clark's system was a bungling proposition . The plan of Mr . Vallance was the most just . Under either of the propositions you will find , that you might have forty ballots before you obtained the requisite number of shareholders . Mr . Ilobson : What was the main reason which caused the proposition made by him to be rejected ? why , that you ought to give the chance to all the shareholders to come in in the first allotment . If there should be two ballots , justice says , that the second ballot should take place between those who participated in the first . Btft what Mr . Clark proposes now , is to give the man a chance of refusinga chance of giving his lot to another person _vrho did not draw a prize . Why should that be allowed ? The most judicious plan would be . to ballot from the
whole of the shareholders . Mr . _Vallancc ' s resolution does recognise the principle of equality . Mr . Leach could see so much of simplicity in the views of Mr . Wheeler , that he cannot understand what objection there could be to it . Mr . Clark ' s plan allows a man who refuses to go at one ballot to take precedence in a second ballot . .... . Mr . O'Connor moved , that when a ballot takes place for occupation , that all the paid up members 8 hall , be _elegible to ballot and that the whole number shall be drawn , and according to priority shall be located , and in case of any member who has beea elected shall object to occupy'that , then the / list shall proceed , those standing next in rotation having tha next preference and so oh till the members be filled up . - _"^ _r . ¦ ''; " u _-- - ;¦¦ - : : Mr . T . M . Wheeler seconded the resolution ; whieh was carried unanimously ;* . ' . '• ' -y _* ¦ ' ' ¦¦* - - _™ .
Mr . Smith moved , and ' Mr . Ulark seconded , the motion for laying the accounts of the _Bocietv before the conference on Friday morning . * " _^* a : Adjourned .
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_20121845/page/5/
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