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August 30, 1845. TEE NORTHERN STAR JL
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August 30, 1845. Tee Northern Star Jl
August 30 , 1845 . TEE NORTHERN STAR JL
More Proofs Of "Prosperity." Seductios O...
MORE PROOFS OF "PROSPERITY . " _SEDUCTIOS OF THE _WOItKSIAX'S " S 1 IAKE . " Iord Jons Russell lately made it a matter of tomplaint , in tne House of Commons , that ihe _troBKMis _' s " SHARE" of the good things that labour Causes to abound , was far from what it ought to be . Ou tbe _occasion to which wc refer , Lis lordship contended that it is notorious that the luxuries and voluptuousness of the aristocracy iave increased during the last century ; and ihat , too , in a great degree . He contended also , that tbe means of enjoyment for and to the middle classes bave been greatly augmented during the same period ; that the -wants , comforts , and eren luxuries of all the classes that live without
• _pBODUCiira labour , have been far better supplied and attended to ; while thc income of that section of society which , creates all the wealth for others to enjoy , not only has not ; increased in the relative proportion tothe increased means of the other classes—Irat tbat , when measured as it ought to be , —in the amount of food which it would purchase , compared with the amount a century hence , —it would be found to have positively racnEiSED . Lord Jons , therefore , rightfully contended that thc workman did not get Ms " SHARE ; " that lie was not fairly dealt with ; that our system of distribution was defective ; that it is not just towards the labourer that thc entire _ienefits arising from increased national wealth—from flie discoveries in science and the application of mechanics , should be exclusively enjoyed by those who do not labour ; and he contended further , that
Borne alteration in oar distributive process is needed , axv must be _hju > , or we cannot expect stability to our social system , or a cessation of that loud mtrramr of complaint , arising from discontent ! which has been so annoying , and so _alabmisg , at times , to the well-to-do . It 13 true that the measures which Lord Jonx Russell indicated , as likely to accomplish liis object , were ( most of them ) only adapted to make bad worse —being but an "EXTENSION" ofthe causes that have worked the end the noble lord deplores . It is true all this ; but still his lordship's pleadings were _valnahle for the admission of the fact that the other
classes prey on the worker—and , by the numerous modes our "high state of civilization" has placed at their command , sack outof his hands the wealth that he creates , leaving him a less SHARE than lie was wont to lave , even when the means of production and the aggregate of productions were much inferior to what tliey now are . We say bis lordship ' s admission of tliese facts was valuable indeed , as will be found 3 ome day , when the bight _bemedt for the evil comes tobe applied : a remedy for more sweeping , and far more efficacious for the end desired , than any _ft at Lord Jons _Russeu . seems to . have even dreamed of .
Hut small as is the workman ' s "SHARE ; " decreased as it is in value , comparing his present with his former capacity to purchase food ; unjust as is the dealing to him , when compared with the increased means of those who live out of him ; grossly partial as the law of distribution is , which leaves the producer comparatively penniless , foodless , and homeless , while it heaps-up wealth in abundance for those who " toil not , neither do they spin : " unjust and monstrous as all this is , still tho cormorant maw of the _btstem has not had aiough . ' The old adage says : " MUCH would have more : " and painfully are the workers forced to learn and know its stern truth ! Small as is thc workman ' s "SHARE "—it is still
toolarge for _sclicmingidlcncss to cease nibbling at . It matters not that " prosperity" abounds ; it matters not that there is a " roaring trade ; " it matters not tbat onr capitalists are so rich as to seek to " intest" £ 208 , 000 , 000 in Railways all over the habitable globe ; it matters not that the traders are amassing money as fast as they can count it ; it matters not tbat tbey can "lay field to Md , andliouseto house , " 'till there be no place left wherein for the poor todwell : itmattcrs notall this ; , thc " LITTLE SHARE" ihe workman has is a constant object of asault on the part of the monied cbsses , who are 33 constantly bearing away slices of it , and adding them to their already over-grown lieap 3 .
How often have we had to chronicle the "struggles" of Labour , in the _resistance ofthe assaults of Capital ! The pages of this journal , from the first day of its existence to the present hour , are little more than a record of tbe contests tbat have taken place , —in one shape or another , or on one ground or another , —to prevent the small" SHARE" doled out to the labourer from absolute annihilation . And how often , alas ! bave such contests been fruitless!—how often sneh resistance vain I Rich idleness preys on labour—and labour cannot prerent it . ' If foiled on one occasion , it makes up for it on another : if thwarted at one point , it sets to work at another . It never leaves its victim 'till it has , like the vampire , found tbe vulnerable part , and sucked of blood .
We have now to chronicle the beginning of another such , contest—the commencement of another such * ' struggle . " God only knows how it will end ; but past experience tells us that Labour ha 3 to fight with fearful odds ! The Birmingham Journal , of Saturday , has tlio following : — "Wc regret to learn that the parti-tl strike ofthe puddlers in the parish of Tipton and other parts of the district , is likely to be followed by a general turn-out ofthe colliers and ironstone miners . Settee tens given a fortnight ' since tothepuldlers , that TUB REVVCTIOK OF OSE SIIU .-LING A TON would he generally adopted by the masters ,
and as the notice expires this day . it is expected that operations will be suspended in most of the ivories in South Staffordshire . The thick coal colliers , with the sloneostters , have Also _nAi > xotjczs In tlie _ilistriet west of badley , FOR A _REDUCTION OF SIXPENCE , bringing _thewsgesof fheformcr toi 3 ., aniSielc > . Urlo is ., per day . These notices expired last Saturday , and hundreds of men _axi now _parambalating the _neijhbsurhood in CTery direction , watching tlie pits at work , and threatening those who continue in employment at the reduced rates . From the measures adopted by ths "turn-outs" it is expected that all the mines iu the district will very soon be at a stand-still . The state of tilings , iu connection with the
expiration of tbe _padulers' notices ' , wiil cause one ofthe greatest strikes hitherto _witnessed hi South Staffordshire . It ia difficult to say lio ¦» - tlie _uisjigrcemcat will terminate , as ths masters hate resolved not lo submit to tie terms of the KOrktMn , and the latter seem equally bent os _exfojiciso their uXX . vxds . The st .. cksof coal are very limited ; and should no immediate _arraignment be come to , the masters will he obliged to blow out their furnaces , and tbus throw ont of _eusploTinent all tlie hands _engaged in thc manufacture of iron . Iti 3 tn _bs hoped that matters will not be pushed to tliis extremity , as thc men a : vl ( ftcir jhmi-Ues are already in a state of great destitution ; and although they may obtain partial employment iu field labour , this
resource cannot last long ; and -wiiile tliey continue _* ai play , " workmen and colliers will flock in from other districts , and take their places in ( he mines and at the furnaces . We _havebscn infonneJl , on what we deem good authority , that by the _stoppage of three furnaces alone iu the parish of Tipton , during the present strike , th » puddlers hare _sacrificed ia wages £ 1 , 000 _n-week . Thus £ 15 , 000 ., -ivliieli would _otherwisa have found its way iuto different _channels of industry , _givin- _; employment and _brea-1 to hundreds of £ ini : _Iie-, U irrecorerablv lost : and
this unfortunate state of _thin-ta is not only to be perpetuated , but widely _extended , _jjroduciug discontent and want ia a district _tvlnc _' i , ia t"ic present State of trade , _potsesses all thc elen \ . _* nU of long-continued _prosperity . Regarding the price of iron , it is difficult to arrive at anything like a correct conclusion aa to tho actual position of the market ; Imt tiw certain , and not very remote ¦ apply of rails . Ac , required liy ths companies whoso Bills hare passed through _Parliament , _aiici tlie general _exh-ius lion of the slocks held In containers , combine to give i . _vcitiSED _ST-H-iLiTr md PROSPERITY TO THE
_TltADE . " The masters have resolved not to submit to tiie TEnns ofthe men , " and thc latter seem equally bent on _TXTonasc . their DEMANDS . Wh y , what a pretty to io is here ! The men have made no "DEMANDS ' . " _Thet have dictated no " ranis ?* Tliey hare not sought for any alteration . The REDUCTIONS arc not of their proposing ! Why , therefore , should this writer seek to placo tliem in awronz nosition , and represent them as making _DEMANDS which the employers cannot accede io ? _Yi ' ny 1—because he is of the employer class ; tee-rase he is with them in soul and _fi ' irit ; because lie is identified with them in feeling and interest , and thcreibre « -iI ; n * . * ouiv ; by foul meats to serve their nefarious end-,. Y . he . whv not tell ns
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nuned to resist this unjustiiiable demand . Why did not this writer put the matter thus , and endeavour to enlist public sympathy on behalf of those who were struggling against an attempt to filch from them their already too-small means ?—the more especially when he himself shows that the reductions are perfectly uncalled for by the state of the trade—and can only be prompted by a craving desire to get all from the la tourer _, leaving him no " SHARE" at all 1 Does not
this writer conclude by telling us , that certain circumstances " combine to give ixcbeased _srAniuir and PROSPERITY to the Iron trade ? " Then where is the necessity for REDUCTION in wages ? Where is thc justification ofthe Capitalists' "DEMAND , " that Labour shall do with less ? Why are new "terms" of a worse character sought to be enforced ? "Ixcueased _stabiutt and PROSPERITY " ought to have had a different result !
But , why multiply proofs ? Why seek for further confirmation of the already-established fact , that , no matter _whether times are " good" or "bad ; " no matter whether trade be "prosperous" or " slack ;" no matter whether it be " stable" or " unsteady ;" no matter what comes or what goes—what is or what may be—the workman ' s "SHARE" decreases ! _lYhy seek to make that fact more apparent , when it is " as notorious as the sun at noonday ? " Such has been the workman ' s fate : such it will continue to be ,
until he himself acquires romicju , power to enable his class to alter the law of distribution ; aud above all , and before all , _iue distribution op the land . Those who live on him will never legislate to the end that their own "pickings " shall cease ; those who claim the land , will never bring it into tbe market for general use , so long as the quality of political power is attached to it . To expect either party to act in such a manner , is to le moon-struck indeed . Political roirat to the workers can alone give to them their "SHARE" of the National Wealth : and
can alone secure to them that" SHARE" when thej have once ascertained what it ought to be .
Stabbing Case At Burt. Check To The Dagg...
STABBING CASE AT BURT . CHECK TO THE DAGGER-STICK . Our readers may recollect that about two months ago we gave an account of a case at Bury , in Lancashire , in which one of the " new men , " Frederick IIibkis , in the employ of Messrs Walker , Smith , and Co ., had- * tabbed with a dagger Joes _Soqdes , a working _«****• - _- , The masters took the part of the stabber ; * _u * . ne matter was treated by them as but of little C & ' £ i _* _jquence . At thc Coroner ' s inquest , indeed , some ofthe jury expressed their opinion that _Harhis ' s ( conduct was perfectly right and proper ; and were desirous of returning a verdict
of " Justifiable Homicide . " The stabber , however , notwithstanding tbe powerful protection extended over him , was committed , and has taken his trial at tke present Liverpool Assizes . His defence was in substance that he was "hooted at" by the " turnouts . " Svcbex was walking with or near the turnouts , who were calling out "hoo " and "baa ; " and therefore he was stuck through with the dagger . The masters , as was before intimated , looked upon thc matter lightly . They took the case to London , at
their own expense , on an application that Harris should be admitted to bail . In that attempt , however , they were successfully opposed by Mr . Roberts . But so confident were Harris and his friends of an acquittal , that arrangements were made for his return in triumph from gaol ; and we must admit , considering that no expense was spared , and the powerful influence exerted in his behalf—that he had some ground for the hopes ho so confidently indulged in .
But he was tried bt a jcst Jedoe , _Baito . _v Rolfe : and the result is , that Frederick Harms is sentenced t J twenty years' transportation . In another part ofour paper will be found a report of the trial , which we have taken from the Times newspaper ; and to this we beg the reader ' s attention . _Jiext week we skill have something more to say about it . Wc look at the whole aftitir as a most significant sign of the times . Harris was defended by thc masters—he wets ]> rosecutcd by the People : and so we will leave the matter for a week
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Jons Owes , Newtowx , _AIoXTcostEnrsmEE , writes as follows - . —* " 1 am mueli pleased with your Star of last week—especially Alt . O'Connor ' s letter . It has created general inquiry in this neighbourhood ou the Land question . Aly Star has been read by scores , who _itte fitted with astonishment at thc report of his tour : but Sonic are Sceptical as to the correctness of the report _otHr . Thornton keeping - four cows ou the produce of _lj acres . If you have the means at hand . 1 shall feel greatly obliged if you will state what he grows on his bind to keep the animals : or , in . other words , whether Mr . Thornton ' s cows are supported by grazing ; or whether they are fed by vegetables , the result of labour , and fcept in-doors ; or how otherwise . Be as explicit at you can ; fov it will take some time to
persuade the people that a cow can be supported on a quarter of an acre . "—We have the means at command to satisfy these queries . Wc have an account from Jfr . 'f horntou's own hand of tbe mode lie pursued during- the three first years of occupation . The preseutis the fourth year of possession ; and Jfr . Thornton has so far iniprovca on his third year ' s experiment as to be able to keep four cows _duriujj the spring and summer months , which said four cows he has yet , with food _enousb , and to spare , ou bis very " little plot . " Wc will here give Mr . Thornton ' s own account of ths manner in which he crapped his hind for the first three years , and the very satisfactory results he realised : — "¦ First year . —The land is situate at Paddock , near Huddersfield . The soil poor and sandy , with a subsoil _ofsilifious sand . When first talccu into possession
it tttmU not _KMiiiwiu a tingle cow . The first year 1 pared and trenched one rood for potatoes , placing the sod in thc bottom ofthe trench . I also turned over with the plough two roods to be cropped , in the following spring , with swede turnips . When tbe rood of potatoes came ofi " , cabbages were placed on the plot , in rows _tirentysbvcii inches apart , ani twenty inches from each other in thc _roxv . This _yearlhad only one cow , and tho _produce was entirely _c-msumcdhi maintaining ber . Second y . wr . —The laud was cropped in the following manner . During winter two roods were pared and trenched out or" grass , in tbe manner _before-mentioned , awl _plawtwl i : i tlie spiing with early and winter potatoes . The rood of cabbages of the first year came olf in June ; but , _yvwwva to tV . ew removal , u second crop was _introducjd into the trenches formed in earthing up the first ,
bs- placing manure in them and lightly covering it with carih , placing therein cabbages front the spring sect . bn \ s . They were planted in June and cut in October and Xoveiubcr . The half-acre ploughed the firat year w . - . s sown with swede turnips ia drills twenty-seven inches apart , which were followed by winter tares and rye ; the remuiniug half acre , being in gross , was partly cat green till thc cabbages were ready , the iest made into hay . Having t ' . ds year been Void enough to increase my stock lium a single cow to two cows and a pig , IT BECAME QUITE _ArPJlKEXT THAT THE TWO COWS could sot consume tiie gseex _ctors . The pig assisted—the lvst went to the dung-heap . On reviewing the crops aad management , I was convinced that _thrfcows might ha maintained , and iuunwliateiy resolved to niflUe the attempt . After Dousing my -swedes I ploughed
_th-j laud , and sowed wintw tares and rye tor green food in this following spring . _Tlth-d _llui-. —The vetehas sown last year , after tt-. e swede turnips , were followed by planted swedes , which , b # fore housing , were topped for tho cows . The cabbage plot of the first year was again planted with cabbages , manuring well ; and after thc crop _cama off in June , was sown with Italian rye-grass , which gave two cuttings . One-third of au acr ** , after tho potatoei of the second yonr . was sown in April with spring _retche * and Italian ryegrass , and gave three cutting *; thd first ofwhich was made into hay , the second and third w « ro U 3 ed for Stall-feeding . " One-third of an acre , trenched partly out of grass for potatoes during winter , was planted with Prince-Regents . Tart wore got early and sold , the remainder were left to ripen . As th * potatoes bocame cleared , _cabbares w _^ rj planted , nnd cut in I ) e-
_cembKi _* . The ground for the cabbages , turnips , and _j-otatoos , is entirely icorked by tiie epa < le , and the fnjerc-ils between the roiw am wm . 1 . _sucaEO . _l-. i addition to what my miniature farm producs « l , I hnd to expend this -rear iu the purchase of straw , brewers' grains , & c , £ 1195 . 94 ., but sold in bacon , potatoes , & e ., _lrora the farnitothemnountof £ S 19 s . Cj . _Jfysi-x _' _ihasbsen _-rnv . zt cows and afarroa of pigs , all of whose food has , with this exception , been derived from it ; therefore itis clrnr that the three cows and the pigs have baea maintained _tip-m it . with the additional expenditure of £ 2 10 s . 3 d . And I rVvl quite satisfied from the experiment that high farming , at auy rate on a small scale , will remunerate ill ? i-nHvi-i . _' _-il who _darrs to adventure much labour ov . the land , il . v _cowsare of tlic _h _^ _n-h _oriied breed—very go *! v . ' . iHttrs , n : vi arc _sUlWc-l . ¦ r ' ri ' ,- / f .-:: t _«* r ., i . i _«* . Along with _i-.-ibbage I _^ vc ' a li : t : J lt _;>' .: u ; ry .--g :. _i _?<* i ; the same wi : ' . n . _* _f-ito-j ¦ h : iu : ! _ii- . _'iii < l itir : t : n ! :: _* ¦ * , cc .-aswiiv . lly
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all well steamed , to which is added a little salt . During tne winter season each cow , if giving above one gallon of milk per day , has two gallons of brewers ' grains with a little bean . meal per day . They consume about two tons of purchased straw , which , along with hay , turuips , & c ., carry them on till the middle of May , when the rye , rape , tares , and Italian rye-grass come round . "—Now , we are able , from our own knowledge , to vouch for the correctness of theaboro statement . Mr . Thornton i 9 personally known to us . In thc experiments he has been making we have taken a deep interest . Business often calls us to Huddersfield ; when it is a point with us to visit Mr . Thornton ' s plot , to ascertain what is doing , and what has been done . Wc are therefore enabled to state that the above account is far from being overstated . Nay , it is understated .
Mr . Thornton is not a man to exaggerate . Wc know his anxiety on this point . Of this we had a convincing proof not long ago . During thc " third year , " set forth above , Mr . O'Connor visited Mv . Thornton ' s little farm , to look at Ms crops and stock . In the observations tbat Mr . O'Connor made in the Star , he mentioned thc pig which Mr . Thornton was then keeping , in addition to his three cows . That pig was a very large one ; and Mr . O'Connor said that t'f might be fed up to weigh fifty or sixty stone —( we forget which ) . This statement , though warranted by probability , greatly annoyed Mr . Thornton . Scores of persons visited his place , and asked to " see his sixty-stone pig ; " and Mr . Thornton was fearful that this statement as to what might be done would be misunderstood , and that parties would be disappointed when they saw the animal alluded to , and thus
become sceptical as to wlwA had bmx done . Wo mention this to show the care that Mr . Thornton evinces , that exaggerated statements should not appear . It is true that this care does not prevent scepticism . On the contrary , persons in ilr . Thornton ' s own neighbourhood , who have the means at hmid to satisfy themselves ; who _cnn 6 ee the crops ; who can watch the mode of culture ; who can judge ofthe amount of produce ; who can see the cattle , and know how they are fed : even of these , so circumstanced , are to be found those that " _tcon ' _t or fiece it . " Tho old silly cry of " it can't be done" is set up ; and all sorts of unlikely stories aro vamped up by these parties , to excuse the scepticism to theu- own minds . But there the facts are . During tbe third year Mr . Thornton maintained three cows and a litter of pigs on hia seven roods of ground ;
this year he has maintained four cows , and Uwi so much food for tliem , that he was enabled to make the second culling of his Italian rye grass into hay . That same rye grass he expects to be able to cut twice more this season ; that is , four cuttings during the year . It is here that Mr . Thornton succeeds . He puts LABOUR , and Manure , and good vegetables into the ground . This year he had a good quatity of rape , aud found it to be most servicable , both for weight of crop , and as food ; the rape being inferior to nothing he has given to his cattle , excepting Italian rye grass—whieh is superior , is liked better , and eives more milk , eitber green or in hay , to any food he can find . But then Mr . Thornton does not let his land lay idle . As s » on as it ' is cleared of one crop , it is iu course of preparation for another . lie saves up his manure . lie lets none be
wasted . He returns it back to the land , and bestows plenty of labour : and the earth is no niggard , under such circumstances , but yields forth hee betdbn most abundantly . In our opinion , Mr . Thornton is far from having realised all he can do . We dare wag ' er a trifle that , next year , lie will maintain _Jhie cows , on his seven roods , with more case than he maintained one during tbe first year he had possession . A " _Gheat Fact" foe Mb . Cauple . —The daily papers state , that , " At Wandsworth police-court , on Monday , an old woman named Alice Downer , who vends firewood about Battcrsea , was charged with scolding her husband most dreadfully as he was lying in bed in a dying state . Mer conduct was so outrageous thilt the police were called on to interfere , and took her into custody . Her husband died shortly after . She
was fined 20 s . ; and in default committed for fourteen days . " Was Alice Dowucr _' s offcncercally " scolding , " or scalding , her dying liusbaud ! If the former , the punishment that followed is really a " great fact" for Mr . Caudle . It is said that a man may " legally and constitutionally" "correct" his wife with a stick of not greater thickness than his thumb . Bat such a power is nothing in comparison with that of punishing a scold by fine or imprisonment ; for if a woman may not use her tongue without the risk of the " stone jug , " miserable indeed is her position . Can there be . such a law to fiue a woman 20 s . or send her to prison for fourteen days for wagging her tongue f This outrage on one of the dearest ofthe " rights of woman , " the right to jaw , must produce serious consequences . Wo shall await the arrival of the next " overland despatches" from
"Wandsworth with " intensenitcrest / 'fully anticipating as we do , a universal rising of the women of Wandsworth and Battersea against this monstrous decision . If the women do uot rise ; if they do not proclaim war to tbe teeth against this law , or this magisterial decision , the result will ho to them most disastrous . One half of the wires xrill he dragged before the bar of magisterial justice _(?)> and sent to gaol for fourteen flays ; Curtain Lectures will be no more ; and Mrs . Caudle ' s occupation will be gone ! Jons _ItiCuAWis , PoTTEiiiES . —We see no good end to be obtained by the publication of his letters . They would only embroil us in a dispute we have no taste for . If couduct such as he describes is pursued by the party in question , the persons on tbe spot wiU know it , " and soon apply the _correcticc , by ceasing to
be so led . Robebi ; Wilb , Moitram . —We cannot answer his query , not having tbe Act to refer to . lie had better submit the whole case to a lawyer . Jons Kir . x , OadbT . —Yes , the " Field Garden Bill " passed into an Act . This week we tried to procure a copy , to give au abstract of thc measure in the 5 tor , ' but the answer was , that it would not be printed for a day or two . So also with the Silk Weavers' Act , aud the Frame-Work Knitters' Act . Tiie _Andovee Bone Gsawino . —If the statement in the following letter , —which we give just as we . have received it , —bo correct , it would appear that" boncgnawing" is not confined to the Andover Bastile ; but that it has existed in at least another l _' oor Law Union Workhouse . Hear our correspondent tell his
own tale , in his own simple artless manner : — Sir , having seen an artical in your paper of the 16 eded the bone gnawing atrocity Sir the bone crushing and gnawing is not confined to the Andovdr union Sir iu September 1 S _12 I was one of the inmates of thc Bakowcll union in Dcrbeyshirc , and finding that the alowancc that we got warnat what nature required asd as a prul ' e I will just mention afew circumstances as past my notice line wns eating potatoes that was pare roton and potato peelings aud gnawing thc bones that was to bee crushd it maynot bee amis to informe the public through the _Sortltsm Star that I made these things knawn to a full board of guardians of the Bakewell union withe justice Barker at their bead and the presence of " \ Y Gratton the _govorncr Sir by giving this a place in your paper may cause
something more to bee said on the subject Charles Rogers Droylsdcn . " C . 11 ESKOX . DS , _Pen-zakce . —The address ho has sent ns would do very well to circulate among tho working classes ofhis locality in a hand-bill , but it is unfit for the general pages of a newspaper . J . Walkekdixe , London . —With Trades' disputes wo do not interfere . It pains us to even hear of them . Wc laiow that they are tbe great bar to success , in all Working Men ' s Associations , 'fill working men learn to despise the little matters which now engross almost tlieir whole attention , they will not be able , nor can tlwy seasonably hope , to rcalvAO a tithe ot tho good which ought to flow from association . The truth is , that the Trades themselves are eaten up ¦ w ith petty jealousies and unworthy fears ; and this
leads them into courses of conduct which result iu anything but benefit to tliem , _eiiher individually ov collectively . A narrow , contracted , bigoted mind can never accomplish an enlightened and comprehensive cud : and until the Trades generally become wise enough to " put away the playthings of their childhood" , and _« ft p . s meu and not as babes , they will continue to be , as tbey have hitherto been , torn to pieces by internal divisions and disputes , arising from disgraceful jealousy and paltry fears . Iu the particular case to whicli our correspondent refers , we cannot interfere , Wc know not the facts of tlio case . All that _helutsfovwavdedus is _ISr . _Diwiuft aMres _* From that we arc not enabled to form a judgment , which would justify us in speaking in favour of either ono parly or tho other . Certainly , the reading oi
that address has produced the feeling that its tone and spirit is far from commendable ; and that the attacks on Mr . _Uarliu ' s " _brollter" candidates arc really out of all place : but then this opinion is the result of reading only one side of the question . We kaowmrtwlmt may have been said on tlie other side ; what provocation may have been given ; ov how far the example of one candidMe abusing another may have been set : but this we must say , that unless the provocations havo been extreme , Mr . Devlin has _cvincsd the worst _tasta imag inable iu ths addmra hu . has put forth . Say , we doubt that any provocation , however great , could justify the resort to what appwire to us to be mure personal nbuM . How _» v » r _, us wc 6 ald _buforc , we nro unacquainted nith the fuels ,
aud ther « fore cannot interfere . To the bod / generally _tl . ose facts tire known ; it is for them to judge between the parties . If they are wlee , tliey _nill sift the rail _cliiims of each ; and elect no man who is not _possMscd of good business habits , united to respectful demeanour and sterling honesty ami - integrity . Thay will , moreover , if they kno . r « n , ir own duty , take earn that noise and bluster docs not iinpos * on them for tht real qualities tliey require , Thk _Fsauebs . —A _oorrcsnondsnt wriUs as follows r « - tpecting tho amicable and accomplished _firni- _' y of "tbe _FreT-m , " who ave now fulfilling their mission of " concord *' in the _melropolis : —I attended nt _Milion-stivi ' t Theatre on one of the musical and _litn-ary evenings of _ the Mr . mid . Misses Fraz _.-r . Of the _musical . _iWliths of
these accomplished " Scotch lasses , " it is no ! my intention now to _spcal :. 1 ' uWic opinion has pronounced them to be most powerful and effective _t-. ac . _uivs of virtue and _itoi-. ility . Or . the occasion to wide :. I rcftr our national song of " Hide liriiannia" was sung ; nnd ir _i * to tlie _ni-ssly aud _independent criticisms of Jir . i'v ; r . _* _..-r _thi-tl v . isUto c . iU _atteivdnn . _"llrit'iiu rules the wave ' s . "' -aid lie ; "but UrHaiii has no _Moral _rifiti to rale ihe wav ; _- » . The occ ' _nii is-the highway of _ii-u _:. _' ; ::, -v . icr . _dtd !> t thft 1 ' eiiy far lhciv . uliv . il _lic'U'iii _ct" ti-.- - wh _.-is hunnm vae . v * Then a : ; ain ; "liritoiia
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never shall be slaves , " says the song . " Would to heaven , " said Mr . Frazer , " that tbe time were come when this could be said with truth . Britain will never be able to boast of her freedom from slavery until every sane individual within our land shall be invested with the political franchise ; or , in other words , have a voice in making those laws he is called upon to obey . " Now , Mr . Editor , is it not delightful to find not only amusement , but instruction , conveyed in euch a simple , truthful , and powerful manner J On leaving thc theatre I felt determined to do more than ' ever 1 had done for the advancement of truth , virtue , nnd freedom . I hope , sir , you will uso your influence witli tlio democrats of London , to cause them to pay a visit to the Milton-street Theatre , where they may listen to tho truthful strains of Scotia ' s sweetest poets , sung in a manner to penetrate the heart : and I feel convinced they will leave the theatre better men and women than
when they entered it . Yours , in the cause ef freedom , W . Cooper . Mb . Wiiioni , or _Biat-OMSwicu , and the _Sub-Secretarics of the National Charter Association at Sabden-bridge and Wheatley-lane , arerequested to send tlieir addresses to John Gray , Engineer , at Howarlh _' s-mill , Goodham-IIU 1 , Burnley . C . _AsnnottN , _S-raATroRD , Essex . —We aro obliged to _Iwip to letter over till next week , when it shall appear . In the matter of the Odd Fellow dispute , we are anxious to afford nil fair play . Tho observations that wo had ourselves announced , wo are also obliged to keep over .
Poucb _BnrrAi . iTT and Justices' Justice at _Ashtonundeh-Ltke . —We have received the following communication :-Sir ,-Allow me , through the medium of your widely circulated paper , to call public attention to the manner in which justice is administered in the Police Court of Ashton . Last week was what is called Ashton Wakes ; and generall y that time is held as it merrymaking among the working classes . On Thursday afternoon an individual , of tlio name of John Conner , had got "a drop too much , " and fell into the hands of one of the police of the name of Matthew Maidiu , u meddling , officious , would-be great man , who , ivithoufc any ceremony , dragged him off to the office . Knowing that he had been guilty of no breach of the peace—for he wns not quarrelling nor fighting , I followed him to the office to make inquiry how he could be got out . At the door of the office 1 met _theaforesiiid Maidiu , who asked
nie where I was going 11 told him I was going to sec about bail for Conner , and was passing hiin to go into the office , when he seized me by the collar and nearly strangled mo . I struggled to release his hold , which lie did , and seizing me by the breast dashed nie against the wall with such violence that I _thoughthalvAdkiwitol my breast-bone in altogether . He then locked me up iu a cell . Some persons who witnessed tho whole transaction immediately went to procure bail for me , which he would not take , saying , I also was drunk . They went to a magistrate , who told them to apply to Mr . Sykes ; but Maidin told Mr . Sykes the same story , that I was drunk . They begged hard of Mr . Sykes to sec me nnd judge for himself . lie came , and immediately allowed mc to go out on bail . After I got home I lv . ul a violentpain in my breast , and I found next rooming I had been severely injured , for I did nothing but pass
blood . I made application to Mr . Sykes next morning to see if there was any doctor attached to the police establishment * , fov Iwished . hun to examine mc to ascertain what injury I had received . He told mo there was none , so I was left to my own rcsourees . On Saturday morning I attended at the office . — Jowctt , Esq ., was on the bench . Conner and I were put to the bar . The policeman , Maidin , would class both of our cases together ; and when speaking of one individual used thc plural number to make liis own _cuse good . IVhen called ou for my defence , I told the magistrate I was not drunk ( in iced I was as sober then as I am at this moment when writing ) . I was going to see about bail for Conner when Maidiu sci ? . ed me and committed the cowardly and brutal assault above complained of . I had two or three witnesses to prove my case , but only called one , who clearly substantiated my statement ; and yet he was repeatedly interrupted by Maidin calling him
a "liar ! " Well , what did this official rascal do ? He lodged a counter statement against me ( after I hail replied to his charge ) for " obstructing him in his duty ;" and swore that I had firstscized hiin by the collar . Now , mark , when I was being let out on bail , he made no such charge against me . He said nothing about mc collaring him till I made a complaint of ins Hl-usagc . Thu magistrate said he could not believe that an officer could behave so bad to any man . He called on Connor fur an apology and a promise to behave better and ho would discharge him , with which he readily complied , lie called on me for the same , this 1 declined . I told him it was thc first time I had boon iu a police-court , and I shuuld as far as possible keep out of their hands . He discharged me , but 5 s . wns charged as court fees . This I refused to pay , when I was put hack to the bar and asked my reason for not paying . I told tho magistrate
I was not able to pay such a charge . One ofthe olhecvs said , " youhave friends here who will pay if you only say the word . " I tr . ld them I was not willing . So the magistrate rose and said , " I now fine you _half-a-crown or fourteen days in prison ; which wiil you do , pay , or go to prison ? " I replied , sir , I prefer going to prison . This is a true statement without any colouring . The magistrate could not believe tho policeman could make such a brutal assault on any man , even when there were witnesses to prove it . Now , on the other hand , could he believe that I would walk into the public office and collar tho stoutest man in tho force , with six or fnore , for aught I knew , to support him ? One of the statements he was bound to believe . If lie thought thc policeman was _spcaluna the truth he ought to have supported him in the discharge of his duty , and punished me . The magistrate did not believe him ov lie would not havo allowed mo to go clear . To conclude , Jowett , Esq ., after passing Fentmice on mo , left the
court . I was wailing to be locked up , when to my surprise I was told I was at liberty . A friend had paid the 5 s . for court expenses , but would by no means pay the magistrate ' s fine . So the policemen decided against the magistrate ' s decision , and took the money , minus the half crown ! I have been laid oft' work ever since , nnd am uoxv under the hands of Doctor Glover , who says my compltihit is the rupture of one of the smaller arteries , caused by the ruffianly conduct of the policeman , Maidin . — Ciiables Hume , Shoemaker , Buoth-Btreet , Asliton . uuder-I . yiic . [ If this account be anything like true , wc advise the good lads of Ashton to enable _lluino to bring his action for false-imprisonment . If evor such an action lay , surely it is in this instance . The _ponpic of Ashton oiurht to make this case their own , and enable Hume to employ Mr . Roberts . If the facts as narrated above are true , both policeman and magistrate may be taught a lesson - , Iff they arc uot true , Hume has " imposed on us . l
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_IMPORTANT TO LAND SECRETARIES . TO T 5 ! E SEVE 1 UI , SECRETAMES OF THE LAND SOCIETT . Sfy Friends , —Again I have to call your attention to Mr . Roberts ' s direction as to the mode of _paying your monies . No class ' of men require move _puuctutUii-y in money matter . ? , in tlie management of their aftairs _, thau thc working classes ; and therefore those who undertake the trouble of management should insist upon the same exactness . Now , what I have to observe is , that the double entries of money paid to the sceretavy , am ! t \« double lists published by liim and iue , have the inevitable effect of so complicating our accounts , that I cannot , _anii will not , longer act as Mr . Roberts's deputy , with all the trouble as my reward , unless all the monies for shares , rides , and cards , are tent direct to ine , as recommended b y Mr . Roberts . If _tliM rule is not observed , I must and will resign my post as deputy treasurer . _Taith fully yours , _i ' EAKous O'Connor . [ I have again to call attention to tho above , as I iini some secretaries will not observe it . ]
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'—"' - "' " - ¦ —»¦¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ w THE SOUTHWARK . ELECTION . All three candidates are still in the field . Tlie Chronicle , on behalf of tho Whigs , lias been thrusting bard to get Mr . Miall to retire . It has , in turn , ilattered , coaxed , wheedled , and threatened , to accomplish that object . But , spite of all , Mr . Miall sticks there , and wiil do till tho poll is over , whatever be the result . Wc confess tliat at 0110 time we had misgivings that he would not bo proof against tlie cry of " you will let thc Tory in ; " but now all fear of that sort is ended . Mr . Miall has taken his stand . Itis on broad intelligible ground . lie propounds certain defined principles : he is determined to give all men of principle an opportunity of registering a vote for principle . It is cheering to find that this courageous conduct is finding a response amongst
tho constituency . Most important meetings are being held nightly in support of Mr . Miall , at which he appears , and goes "the whole hog . " lie blinks nothing : but boldly avows all the Chartist principles . Ho lias also declared against the New Poor Law and the Somerset House Dynasty : and in favour ( wc believe ) of "Short Time . " Sir W . Molesworth is also attending meetings , at which the main card that the undefined democratic aristocrat can play , is the old dodge of " don ' t let a Tory in ! " Mr , Miall ' s _. _answer is , where is the difference between you and the Tory 1 The fact is , that "thc Tory , " as far as the "two State churches" arc concerned , is move defined than the Religion-cndowing-voiuiitary-principIe-Baroiict ; and therefore to the Dissenters a . better man .
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Thk Late Robbery Fhom Lorii Corrusimm's....
Thk Late Robbery _fhom Lorii _CorrusiMM _' s . — On Tuesday last James Macarfcliy , aged thirty , and Mary , liis wife , who during the session were indicted for having received a gold bracelet , valued at £ 70 , the property of Lord Cottenham , well knowing thc same to have been stolen , were placed at the bar , when Mr . Ballantine , on behalf of the prisoners , said that he had been instructed to state that the male prisoner was desirous of retracting thc plea of Not Guilty , and pleading Guilty ; and at t / 10 same time he ( the learned counsel ) begged to state that the female prisoner liad acted entirely under the instruction of her husband . Mr . Bodkin said that under those circumstances he should not press for any conviction against thc woman , wiio was put upon her trial and discharged . Mr . Ballantine said that it the judgment was respited until next session , the man , under the advice of his wife , would give such information as to thc disposal of tho precious stones with wliich thc bracelet was set that would lead to their recovery . Judgment respited accordingly .
_HouniMVE C . vrASTuornE . — Accounts of the 12 th inst ., from the Polish frontier , state that the Russian Government had despatched to a village in Lithuania several ministers of tlic Greek church , in order to convert the peasantry , supported by a detachment , consisting of an ofiicer and forty men . Tlie peasantry , . lowercr . bad inveigled the priests into . 1 neighbouring forest , and murdered tliem . They had likewise set lire to the barn in wliich the soldiers were quartered , and thrown into the _ilanies all those who Attempted to escape . The same accounts state tliat tlie town of Luck had six times been ravaged by fire between the Gth and _SCtli of Mav .
Dcplouablu Suicidb , —While tho Dundee steamer was on its passage from that place to Edinburgh , on Thursday week , a woman on hoard suddenly took oil her bonnet and shoes , and before anybody was aware of her intention jumped overboard . " The captain immediately stopped and put about the steamer , but thc unfortunate woman had sunk and was seen no more . Thc name "Margaret Miller" was inscribed on tbe inside of her shoes . _Accinusr on the Lo . vno . v and _Brighto * * , * Railway . —On Sunday night one of the trains from London arrived at tlie terminus , and tho carriages were drawn under the shed . Alter the passengers had alighted tbe engine came up for the purpose of _dragging the carriages from the shed , to make room for ihe excursion train , which was expected every minute . A rope was affixed to the carriages , the engine being on a separate line of rails , and a man named Robert Ridley , a porter in the employ of the London and
Brighton Railway Company , got on tiie buffers ofthe foremost carriage , for the purpose of letting go the rope when necessary ; but while in the act of doing so the rope is supposed to have _beeomo entangled , ami to have drawn him on to the line . The whole ofthe carriages went over the poor man's leg . He was immediately conveyed to the Sussex County Hospital . Sudden Death . —On Tuesday morning , between six and seven o ' clock , Captain . Joseph _Dowling , barrack master of the Scotch Fusilier Guards , residing in Stafford-row , Pimlico , was found by his servant lying extended in the passage of liis residence quite dead . A surgeon was sent for immediately , who pronounced him to have been dead some hours . Thc deceased gentleman had a latch-key of tiie street door , which he always let himself iu with , and it is supposed that on his arrival over nigh the was seized with a lit of apoplexy and expired immediately afterwards .
Tub South _Easteux Railway . —On Monday morning , bctweui seven and eight o ' clock , an accident occurred by which a h ' nc horse , value upwards of forty pounds , belonging to Mr . Ilooi ' e , the contractor of tho Tunbridge branch line , was sacrificed . It appears that some labourers of Mr , Iloofc were at work under tho direction of Mr . Bailey , thc foi _' . emati of the works at the Tunbridge station , drawing timber , and , on crossing the lino at Tun bridge , disconnected thc leader from thc train . At this moment the u ' rst uptraiii from Dover came along , and the engine struck thc poor animal on its haunches witli such violence as to knock it down , when thc whole train , consisting of about thirty carriages , passed over it , thc sudden shock causing considerable alarm to the passengers . At thc time oi" tho occurrence tliere was a dense fog .
Thu Supposed Case or Poisoxi . vo at Bath . — An inquest lias been holden over the exhumed body ot General Dick * and , after hearing the evidence 01 two surgeons , and of Mr . Ilerapath , the analytical chemist of Bristol , who deposed tliat they were unable to detect any metallic or mineral poison in tlic remains , the jury returned the following vevdiet * . — "Died from inflammation of the stomach and bowels , but how produced there is no evidence show . " Dreadful _Sron . v and Loss of Life . —It is tliis week our painful duty to record . 1 fearful visitation of Providence upon our shoves , by which bolli and property have _sufferal . On " Tuesday evening our boats procecdod to sea . The fishing was prosper ous , and many of thc boats reached the harbour
safety . But 011 the nioriiiu s ot Wednesday a strong gale broke out from tho north-east , which raised heavy swell in the bay , while a considerable numb ofthe boats were lying waiting high water . About mid-day , most ofthe crews ofthe boats thus situated were got ashore , some of them with thc utmost dilli cttlty , but others , in the hope that the gale would speedily moderate , tried for / do it out . The gale ami sea , however , increased , and the perilous posi tion oi tho fishermen became the object of the heart rending anxiety of thousands , who had congregated ou tho shores of both sides of the river . Several boat 3 hoisted their sails and bore away tn the southward , but we regret to state that , ns ono crew belonging to Assynt , in Sutherlandshire , was attempting to imitate tho example oftheir neighbours , a heavv
sea upset her not far irom the harbour , and her hapless crew were throw : * , upon the mercy of wind and wave . Tho dreadful state of feeling on shore at observing five fellow-creatures peri-dung within hail , no attempt to portray van adequately ( _Irocribe . As wave succeeded wave , man after man " sunk , til ] four were buried _^ in thc waters . One poor fellow clung with . surprising tenacity to the mast of the boat , afterwards to a plank , until a few humane individuals boldly mawml a ship ' * _baal , and at ihe imminent risk of their own lives , saved that of tlic remaining one of the hapless crew , "While , however , they were returning with the man they hail saved , a tremendous sea broke right over them , and threw the whole into the sea . A tiutY . _lier of individuals immediately jumped over thc quay , tlaslieti forward into the waves , and assisted them in bringing the man ashore . Whilst this mournful spectacle was _beine
exhibited , a boat was iib-.-erv «| in danger , with one man on board , the rest of the crew havinsr gone ashore before the gale _c-anie ou . _SingIc-handei . ' , he weighed the anchor , and rowed the boat in ihe face of the mounuiiiious billows , til . a sm » i \ boat was humanely sent from an Ostcml vessel in the hay , and the brave fellow was rescued from his situation of peril . By three o ' clock , the sen had risen to a fcavful height , and one by one the boats that were riding at anchor were " driven from their mooring * , and upset . Out uf about twenty that were riding at tliree o ' clock , only three remained at seven . Tho scene at this period was truly affecting . Ihinilrttl . * ' of people were standing on the be . ieh , many of them seeing their property added to the genera ) wreck . Wrecks of boats wero floating OTcr tho bay in all directions—masts , spars , sail ** , oars , buoys , ami nets , presenting a sight of devastation , thc like oi _Wlt ' _ii-li has never been witnessed nn our northern
shores , what rendered the loss of property Hie greater was , that tho nets had been left , in mostol " the boats , forthe purpose of proceeding to sea again , tlio storm not having . 1 very threatening aspect in the morning . The number of the boats stranded and sunk in tho bay , as wt < can ascertain , is seventeen , including one _drircn off the laud . The value of property lost here ( Wick ) cannot , it is said , be less than £ I 000 , a sum whicli , falling on poor , fishermen , together with the loss of fishing for the remainder of the seasonwill press with peculiar severity upon
, many families , who may be said to be almost ruined by this iiukokcd-fov dkw ' cy . Kvery fishing station along this coast , as far as Dunbeath . lias been more o-- ! eV > visited , and ai almost .. vrry IVw yards piece !; uf _wvc' _-k r . _vo * . o lie w , ) . This fi . _llowjug are ti ; e names o < h « _:-e who : ;¦ : ¦; . : !;< . ( ' im _(• : ¦ , ¦ lost off th ' s p _' ace : — T- r' ct . Ma : i -: d _Asijius _ilv-let ' _;!••!;!!>!•? . ' . •! . The ' name of ihe . wi . ; . _avt ' il .. s _iViiii . i . 'ii . \ bthe ; ii _' _, who , weave happy to .-. tate , b , in a fair way < frcc ¦ very . Tiro
Thk Late Robbery Fhom Lorii Corrusimm's....
_„ -a ,.,., i nf _Whalh'oe . six miles to the Hvcs were _^ " _^ _- _^^ ffi were to southward ot Wick * seven """¦ _" ..,. 0 f t i _, eJsJo pieces , and thc sloop Begum , _McyfeJ _. _a JS of Whithorn , with 7 < J barrels ot _fW _* was totally lost at « io samo pla _«> . At _Ju _^ ont _w two lives have also been lost ; 0110 ol the bohc * as got this ( Thursday ) morning . It is that ol _* _g named Sinclair * , and at Lytetor there has afeo been great destruction of property . Several vessels aio much injured , and one or two boats , with tlieir materials , have been totally lost .
Inquiry Into The Andoveu Umon Abominatio...
INQUIRY INTO THE ANDOVEU UMON ABOMINATIONS . Thc horrihlo revelations respecting the AndovcY Union _"WorhhonsD which have appeared m this paper , and in the press generally , are at present forming the subject of official inquiry ou the part ot the Poor Law Commissioners . On Monday last , Mr . Parker , the _Assistant-Coin .... ssio .. * v , nrvwed at Andover , and the same day commenced his inquiry into the conduct of Colin M'Dougal , tlic master of the union workhouse , in thc hall of tliat building . Very great excitement prevailed in tho town , and several of its inli . ioitniifs , as iveJI as of the nehjhbourlng villages , ilocked to the place of mcctin ? , and soon filled the apartment , which is capable of
accommodating upwards of 200 persons . 'Ilicre w . isa numerous muster of the guardians . Mr . 1 > . Etw . _tll , M . P . for tho borough , was present . Mr . Bovvcn May , solicitor , of Quccn-squarc , Bloomsbury , London , attended to conduct thc examination in support of the charges against the master , on the vari . of Mr . _Wcstiake , and a large number of the ratepayers , including Mr . Etwall . The master _mis represented by Mr . Curtis _^ an attorney of _ltcmiscy and by Mr . Missing , a barrister . Amongst other charges preferred against tho master , the following arc preferred by Mr . Wcstiake , the medical officer to the union , in a letter _aildio-sed by him to tho Commissioners : —
" Tho reports of previous examinations already forwarded to you accuac the niasttr of peculations of the property of the union . I shall be able to show that other acts of peculation have been committed hyhini , such as sending soap , candies , cheese , tea , bed-linen , he , to the liouse ofhis son-in-law , Mr . _Stocltbridge . " That the linen and clothes of the family of his sonin-law have heen washed at the expense of the union constantly . " That shoes , clothes , he , have been made and fur-• u ' shed to the samo family at tho expense aud charge of the union . "The other charges nro of this nature : — "That he has frequently taken liberties with the younger women and girls in thc house , and attempted at various times to prevail upon them , by force or otherwise , to consent to gratify his wishes .
" Tliat he has actually had criminal _intercjmrse with some oftlie female inmates , and for a length of time has been guilty of drunkenness aud other _inunoraUtit-s . " The principal witness examined on Monday wiw Sarah Barrett , an aged woman in a very weak condition , who deposed to some of the facts which have already appeared in this paper relative f 0 her treatment in thc workhouse . She complained of _having beeu allowed bad and _insufiieient food ; that she had not been allowed meat or beer except upon two or three occasions for a day or so at a time , though sho was so worn down by disease as to require both co . i stantJy . The orders oftlie doctor for allowing her better and strengthening diet had not heen attended to , or she hnd to wait several days before she got
what was ordered . When weak and ill with the dropsy she had been compelled , on a bitter eokl day , to wheel snow from one place to another in the yard . The witness was so exhausted with disease and long suffering , that sho was taken ill during her examination , and had to be removed . Thc next witness , Elizabeth Morrison , corroborated much of Barrett ' s statement . She had seen the workhouse master drunk . Amongst the witnesses on Tuesday was Jane Grace , who deposed to the bad diet of the inmates of the workhouse ; she had seen the master " worse for beer" at times , sometimes , too , when reading tho
pravcrs . Mr . Wcstiake , the medical officer of thc Union , was next sworn , and proved that thc allowances of meat , & c ., he had ordered for some of the workhouse inmates had not been given to them liy thc master and niatrou ; the conduct of thc matron to the sick paupers was frequently violent and unkind . Throughout Mr . Wcstiake * s examination he was subjected fo repeated questionings aud interruptions , 011 the part of ( lie assistant-commissioner , who seems to 11 st as the champion of the aceu-ed master , rather than ? n impartial inquirer . On _Wednesday the examination of witnesses was resumed and continued throughout tho day ; no fact of importance was elicited .
The Kxari-Sbonougii Wkaykrs.—The Turn-Ou...
_The _KxARi-SBOnOuGii Wkaykrs . —The turn-out still continues with unabated determination 011 the part of the men , and , should they still roiuniti linn another week ot * _fcivo , tliey must conquer . Tlie committee return their thanks to Mr . J . _lletheriiitjton , ol ' KcwSliihl ? n , for the 2 s . 7 * 1 . received .
Under Royal Patkoa'age. Dr. Locock's Pul...
UNDER ROYAL PATKOA'AGE . DR . LOCOCK'S PULMONIC . _Wgi _^ RS , TKE _TESTIMONIALS already received pf C res of Asthmas , Consumptions , _Coughs , and Colds , ul alt disorders of the breath and lungs , by In-. ' JAjC CK'S _I'ULMOXIO "WAFERS , now fill upwards of fn . 7 _i-. neefs of closely printed paper , and numbers continue to he received almost daily—not only _fnuurhijihiiiil , but India , America , and all other parts of thc world—proviii ! , ' them to bo the most unfailing aud speedy remedy ever discovered . The following lias just heen received from fhe Ilev . J . Stainshy _, Hector of Hanover , Jamaica . " Dated Nov . I'D , _iS-H .
to life - iu 11 ! Gentlemen , _—Having been cured of an obstinate and lo distressing cough , under wliich I laboured for _'liclstsc eleven months , by the use of your Pulmonic _Wnfet s , i take iif > the liberty of addressing you tliese few fines , Impiug that in my fecbiu testimony of their _cflicacy may be the means of _l ' c inihic : u < , ' those who snficr as I hare fo app . ' y ! o so sate and _t _£ _i-ifcctual a remedy . ' . _' ' " I am , gentlemen , your obliged servant , 11 ' j . _SrAissav , _itector of H _.-inorer _, Jamaica .
A Er - - - A Er Cube Of Astiima8, Consum...
a er - - - er CUBE OF ASTIIMA 8 , CONSUMPTION" !? , he , he , _VA Ut C 11 KSTE 11 . _•¦ d J- Head the _follotviajr irom "Messrs . Haft and _Smi , 13 , ] _'• Forejate-strcct , Chester . , _" March 26 , _1 S _15 . . _' ; Sir , —Your invaluable Wafers cmithnie' to _pc-rform . . wonders here . Since um'last we _touUl send you dozens „ ' 1 of eases of the most astonishing cures .
Cni _geutlcmaw , who lias had a bad _cough for years , hoii ' _. ' _lit one box , and was cured before using the whole of it . He gave thc rest away , and they were equally beneficial . A medical _jjenflcnian here is so ronvj ' _urid of ( heir value , that , _besides regularly _rccuiutncniiiii !; tliein to his patients , ho had some a few dais sinco i ' ui- one ofhis children , for the hooping couc ; h . On « of our c _' . _crjryiiicn also , who Inhimved under an asthma many years , has received such i * xtraoi _* _iliiiary benefit himself , ihat he now gives many boxes away every week aturtuu ; tUe _t ' . iior .
lVrsons who liave laboured under _ns'iuna , asthmatic coughs , consumption , he , call upan us almost daily to thank us for having recommended " to tliem this " instant cure , " < fc 0 . It . Platt and Sox .
Anotiif.H Extitaokulnally Cu1vr 01? C0nf...
ANOTIIF . H EXTItAOKUlNAllY CU 1 _VR 01 ? C 0 NFltlMEl ) _ASl'HMA . Mrs . Uorilon , of _I'looher _' s-hrooh _, Chester , l ; atl . ongh « _ju Siren up lis incurable , and was for many . reek * -confined to bed . in the last stage of an asthma . Shu cmiiil not slwp fvr her difficult l-i _\!! itlrhl |! . _i-uii » li , A-.- . " , ); c first two Vi ' ulel'i alio took relieved her cough , au hour afler which she had a comfortable sleep , and in twelve days was _iViO to wall-, out . ilrs . Gordon will he happy to r . ply lo nlliu' _-uuict . March 2 litti . IS 15 .
Nu'oi.Tarr To All Who Sixc. From S. Reiw...
_nu'Oi . TArr to all who _sixc . From S . _reiw-satt , V . » r . .. of her _Majesty ' s Concerts , and Vicar Choral of _Liehfiidd Cathedral , LiehnuM _, _lOtli nf July , _1 _S-13 . 0 « ntlemen , —A lady of distinction hatinj nuhited out to me t ! m qualitiesof Dr . Lococl- ' s Wafers , r was im ! nc * . il to mako n Irial ofa lio . _t , and from this trial I am _har-vy to give my _teutimom ' a ! in tlieir favour . I _fijtil , _l-y aKmviiifCa f »\ _r ot tlia Wafers ( taken in thu course of tho day ) to Kr : i <" iu ; _vllj OissuWo in tin ) _nionlli , my voice hccvines _brikhl and clem-, ami tho tone full anil distinct . Thoy ara decidedly tho most _bllicaclor . s of any I havo 6 _ter used .
( Signed ; Saiivbi . Peaxsali . The _jiai-thMfRM-ts 0 / _iskwjj _?^ _u _)^ _' _^ _r _^[ _i _cifresjKiyJje hud from every agent throughout the kin Dn . LoiHiort _' _s W . i « . ns give cur j of asthma * , _eoasunijition orders _offciw _luvath _jiiidUiii-To'Siscbiw and _I _' _vjbuc _^ as in 11 _fuvr hours tliey rcu » _"' tho power and _liaxiliiiily of _jAcasj-nUalte . Prico Is . Ik ! ., 2 s . 0 , 1 .. a : f ) a _* i ! _---. _an-U _' o ., i _, Hrid c-iaii CAl / riO . ' i . —To protect the tioa _.- ; , iicr . " . '; . jesty ' s Honouval i . w .:. * _-cd _: o ! e _primml mi t ' r . _u words , _"Vr . _Lo-.-ytk ' : i Waf _jjiouud , without v . _- _' . iic ' . i r . _tme ac • . -r _.-msim' . _Sohi bv ail . Medicine Venders .
Gdoxf^Tpkon (^Cf^Tmena I^I!Wnt'?Eliot , ...
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_30081845/page/5/
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