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At thb eahsist eeqcest of his North lancaskure friends , Mr . Bill Trill spend a week among them from the llifc of February , If all be well . He leaves the disposition of his route to the friendB themselves j he vriU be at Accringion on Saturday evening , the 11 th , bnfc not to speak , merely to be ready for beginning "work on Snnday . Holbeck . —Mr . Hill will preach two sermons on Snnday ( to-morrow ) in the afternoon , at half-past two , and six . LoM ) O 5 . —Mr . Wheeler will lectors on Sunday evening , at ike Chartist Hall , Star-street , Bethnal Green . Mr . "Wheeler will lectors on Monday evening , at the Britannia , Waterloo Road . Mr . Skweix will lecture on Sunday evening , at the Goldbeater's Arms , Old St . Paoeras Road .
Mr . Baibstow wfli lecture at the Star Coffee Boose , Golden-square , next Snnday evening , at seven o'clock . A collection wDl be made . ilr , Skeltos , of the Clock House locality will lecture on Sunday evening , at 55 , Old Bailey . Snbject —Union , and the best means to be adopted to obtain the same . To commence at seven o ' clock precisely . Cambebwell . —Mr . Sewell will lecture here on the 6 th of February . 3 Ir J- R H . BiXBsroir will lectnre at the National Association Hal ] , 242 , High Holborn , on Monday next . Admission to body of the Hall , Id , to the gallery , 2 d , to the platform , 3 d . Lecture to commence at 8 o ' clock precisely .
The Members of the General Council from the foIlowiBg localises in She CDunty of Surrey and Sent are respectfully reqnested to attend at the King ' s Arms , King-street , Borotuh , on Snnday Feb . oih , at half-past two o ' clock , for the purpose of transacting business of the uttermost importance , connected with the above counties , vis ; Camberwell , Cock ^ Effn ; Walworth , MontpelierTavera ; Wat erloo-road , Britannia Coffee House , ( Teetotallers ) ; Si . Olave ' s and St . John ' s , Grueinx-lane , Bermondsey , Ship Tavern ; Crojden , Bald Faced Stag ; Sonth-T * - ark , Star Coffee HouseUNewington , Cross-street ?
Kingston , Chartist Hall ; Depiford , Prbce of Wales ; Lambeth , China Walk ; Southwark , Brown Bear ( hatters ); Bermondsey , Rsveb and Sun j ( leather finishers ) . It is earnestly reqnested that the members of the above localities see that their officers attend to their dnty upon this important occasion . NiTiosAi Association . —On Sunday evening next , Mr . Parry will lecture in the Hall , on the Press of ATneriea , France , and England . On "W ednesday evening , he will deliver the first of three lectures on * British Oratory—the Pulpit , the Bar , and the Senate , "
On Moxdat Evextng next , Mr . Bairstow will lecture in the hall , on " the State of Political Parties sue tie Prospeois of Democracy . " "Fixsmv&t . —The Chartists will meet on Tuesday evening next , at half-past eight o ' clock , at the Cannon Coffee House , Old-street . Sotthwxrk . —W , D . Saul , Esq ., will address the Men of Southwark , at the Workingmen ' s Chnrch , Dockhead , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . Messra . Gaxhjisd and Robeees will" address the 3 &en yt Southwark , on Sunday -week , at eight o ' clock in iHe evening , at Mr . Boaohe ' s , Red Lion , Maize , Tooley-streeL Borough .
A Peeuc Mhetixg of the Members of the Barnsboryllocality will be held on Sunday evening , at the Flora Tavern , York-place , for the transaction of important business ; a lecture will also be delivered . The Clssslssvsul Chastise meet at the Patriot CoSee House , Clerkenwell Green , on Monday evening next . KrDDEBinssiEB . —Mr . Clisseit will preach two sermons-on Sunday , at the Temperance Coffee House , Lion-field , for tho benefit of Mrs . Ellis . Mit Bsesxct will lecture at Blackburn , on Sunday f Aocrisgton , on Tuesday ? Bacup , on Wednesday ; ' and at Burnley , on Thursday . Mi . Hbxbt Sa > -5 pob » will lecture at the Prince of Wales , Leamingion , on Snnday next , at haifpast six .
Newtos Heaih . —Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , will lecture here in the Chartist Room , on Sonday , at two oxlock in the afternoon . A eolleefien will be made as . the close of the lecture , on behalf of John Mzssej . Fah ^ wobth . —Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , will lecture at the Fole-lano School , in this place , on Sunday , ai six o'clock in the evening .- A collection ¦ srill be made at the close of iue lectare en behalf of JohnJdassey , Upper Wablst . —A lecture will be delivered in tie Association room , on Sunday evening next at six o ' clock , by Mr . J . Clayton , of Alidgley ..
Brojegbove . —A supper will take place at Mr . Leek ' s , Queen ' s Head Inn , High-street , Bromsgrove , on Monday , in honour » f the liberation of Mr . John Mason , from Stafford Gaol , and likewise of his manly and patriotic condnct in advocating the rights of the working millions , and his stern adherence to the People ' s Charter . Mr . George WMJb of Birmingham , "will accompany Mr . Mason . Tickets to be had at Mr . Leek's , Qaeen ' s Head ; Mr . H . Prosser , Worcester-street ; and Mr . James Hall , Sidemore . Me . Ga 3 ou . gr , of Northampton , will lecture at fhe following places , duriDg the B * xt week : —Cheltenham , M
Bcry . —Mr . ^ William Dlxon , of Manchester , will lecture in this town on Monday evening next , in the Garden-street lecture room , at eight o ' clock . Mr . DavieB , from Hawick , ( Scotland ) will therefore have no occasion to go , Mr . Dixon being engaged previous to receiving his letter . Mr .-Davies would have been written to but his letter was without directions . Keigbxet . —The usual delegate meeting of the ^ Keigbley district will be held in the Working Man ' s Hafi ,-Snn- ^ treet , on Sunday , Feb . 5 th , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . A full attendance of delegates is requested , as business of importance is to be transacted .
Mr . Rumr "Bidlet ' s Tour previous to his appearance at the Gloucester Assizss for Bedition : — Reading , Monday , Feb . 6 tb—Oxford , Tuesday and "Wednesday , Feb . 7 th and 8 ih—Wisney , Thursday and Friday , 9 sh and lOih—Cheltenham , Saturday , Sunday , and Monday , llih , 12 ih , and 13 ih—and at "Winchcomb on Tuesday the 14 th . All communications to be " directed to Mm , at Mr . W . Perry ' s , 2 , High-street , Cheltenham . Cx £ ~ ias ~ ue . —Oji Snnday evening , an original paper iriil be read at the Working Men ' s Mental Improvement Society , 2 ? o . 6 , John-street , Caldew Gate ,
precisely at ex o ' clock , v On the absolute necessity of the Chartists , ^ tasting to the utmost of their power ; all those persons , and their itiiTnafti ^ to connections , who have suffered , and are liiely to suffer , for -advocating the cause of the people . " The object of the above proceeding ia -with a view of-getting up a subscription in behalf ol the bereaved Mis . Ellis . It is hoped that every good Chartist trill exert nimself in his own circle of friends and acquaintances , to xaiae as large a sum as possible , which he can pay in to the treasure , Mr . William Coultb&rd , on the ni £ ht in question , or previously .
Bikglet . — -Sermons will be preached on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) by Messrs . Hammond and Kitchen , from Bradford , in the Forester ' s Court Room-Mass PiAinsG . —The ChartiEts of thi 3 locality to 51 open a new room on Snnday next , in Cropperstreet , when Mr . William Dixoa will deliver a lt-cture . The lecture to commence at half-past six o ' clock . The room will be opened every Sunday evening , at half-post six . Bm > DZB ? FiBLD . — "Chabii&h akd Cob 5 i-Lawism . "
—Placards with the annexed title are now on the walls of Huddersneld , stating that Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., wiil deliver a lecture in the Philosophical HaU , on ^ Saturday ( this eTening . ) Poors open at six , and the lecture to commence at seven . Admission to the Gallery and Body of the Hall , one penny ; Orchestra , twopence . ** The League Repealers are challenged to attend . " The Teetotal Bandliave kindly onered their services for the occasion , which were readily accepted .
r ADisiaicT Delegate Msehkg will be held at Thurstwil&nd , on Sunday next , ( to-morrow , ) in the Chap ^ i » £ en it is hoped as many Tffll attend as possible , B 3 ba-nness of imporiance is toie transacted . ¦ . A ^ O ^ take P ^ ce ^ a Monday evening , the } I t £ ? & to **** ™** pwreck Inii Yew dreen , aa . fesiaaies . ffi . ' bsss SBOTnnj > .-FiD TBjB-Iaia-Mi . Geoise E-no-MB . Jra . iAS Bj&skt wSl deliver an address on Monday evening * fc * alf . past seven o ' cloek . ^^
A ISsKom ' -wMaaacas will be held on Wednes day evening , at lialf-past seven o ' clock . BaA ^ H £ ~ The Chartists of Bowling Back Lan e -mil me ^ fctm Monday morning , in their room , at ten o ' clock , ^ business of importance . ThsScbsctibses to the News Boom arerequested to meeV « a Bnnd » j eveamg , at ax o'dook / in flie oouncujroom . ^ " *" Thb CHisnsjs of Daisy Hill wfll aeet on Satnr d * y night . - «» ut-Tsb ; Chakdsis of GepTgeVrfreet are requested to meet on . Sunday morning , at ten-o ' clock , in their room .
Qh SdhdaTj at two o ' clock , a discussion will take jH&ee , xin the best means of Obtaining the Charter in tiie large room , Bniterworih BoOdings . , ' Mkbihtb "Ttdth , —The political ladmirers o Thomas Paiae propose to oelebrate to birth-day oa Mon ay eveanig , ' at the Three Hoise Shoes George Town . *
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SPRING CIBCUITS , 1843 ^ Home—Lord Chief Justice Denman , Mr . Justice Norfolk—Lord Chief-Justtoe Tindal , Mr . Justice Coleridge . ^ J ? obthbbn ( York , Liverpool , and NoTthern Counties)—Mr . Baron Parke , Mr . Justioe Coltman , Mr . Baron Rolfe . Mn > LAS * D—Mr . Baron Alderson , Mr . Baron Gurney . Oxeobd—Mr . Justice Erakine , Mr . Jastico Wight man . "Wesxebh—Mi . Justice Cresswell , Mr . Serj . . Nobth Wax ^ s— Mr . Justice Williams . South Walks—Mr . JuBtice Maule , Lord Abinger remainB in town .
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— ? NORTHERN CIRCUIT . APPOINTMENTS FOB THE SPRING ASSIZES , 1843 . Before Mr . Baron Park © and Mr . Justice Coltman . Yobk—Wednesday ^ 1 st March . Liverpool—Wednesday , 22 nd March . Before Mr . Baron Rolfe-LA > CAi » THB—Wednesday , 1 st March . A ppleby—Wednesday . 6 th March . Carlisle—Saturday , 11 th March . Newcastle— Saturday , 18 ' -h March . Dukham . —Saturday , 25 th March .
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ATHLONE POOR LA . W UNION . ( From the Aihlone SenlineLJ LAKDLOBD AJO ) TEIANI . —JEJjECTMfilfT OF TENANTKT . The board of guardians held their usual weekly meeting on Saturday , Mr . G . Dillon , of Coolmuck , in the chair . Amongst those who applied for admission was a youth named Michael Gosling , aged about eighteen , and four sisters , varying from fourteen to seven years of age . On the applicants coming into the room , the chairman aaked him if the four little girls were his sisters !
Gosling—Yes , yer honour , they are , sure enough . Chairman—Where isyour father ? Gosling—He ' s in America . Chairman—Where ' s your mother ! Gosling— "Troth I don ' t know , yer honour : but I b'lieve she went to mv father when we were turned out . Commissioner—Who turned you oat ? Gosling—Mr . Hill did . Commissioner ^ -Who is Mr . Hill t Gosling . —Divil a one of mysel knows . He only come there some years agone as agent , an ids the sore day to us all He ' s agent , I heard , to Mr . Dinney .
Commissioner—Oh ! you lived on the Ballykeeran property . Gosling—Yes , yer honour ; bud I was turned out three weeks since , and 1 was trying to support myBel and the childer here till I waa ladin' a horse that run away wud me , an' hurt my leg ; and as I wasn t able to work , I was forced to let mysel an' themsels come in here . Chairman—Did you get any money when you were turned out ! Gosling—My mother got 303 . for throwing down the house . Chairman—How much land bad you 1
GoaliDg—Three roods , yer honour , and a Bchramogne of a garden . Chairman—How many families were turned out \ Gosling—Forty families , wud bix or Beven , and sometimes eight and nine , in everyone of them . Chairman—That is , on the lowest calculation , 280 souls at a clearing . Well , it was not a bad day ' s work , certainly . Do you know John Doyle 1 Gosling—Faith an' to be sure I do , your reverence . Hell be in the next week : vrud you t he ' s strivin' to keep out , bud he won ' t be able , since he lost the bit tf land , an' the 30 s . he got for knocking down the cabin he ped for getting into a room till May , but he won ' t be able to support the fanrilj bavin * every thing . Chairman—Do you know Jem Heaton 1
Gosling—Sure enough I do , yer honour , for be gotten acres of the land , and moreavl say id . Chairman—Well , as you got money for throwing down the houses and giving 1 possession , I should suppose those who had land gave something for it to the agent , didthey ? Gosling—Diva a one o * mysel can well tell , only as the neighbours say . I heard Jem Heaton gave £ 7 oi £ 3 and Larry Dearden , every one knows , gave a heifer and a pound note , and got nine acres ; but though JohnKearneygavc £ 3 he only got an . acre . Captain Stubbs got the most entirely of ony one that ' s all . Chaiiman—Did Captain Stnbbs give any money ! Gosling . —Don't yba know well ehongh he did ? I didn ' t g ee any of the money counted to be sure ; but the divil a perch any one got if they did not give some , and that every one knows , for any one that did ' nt was turned out .
Chairman—Was it Mr . Hill who got all this money 1 Gosling—It was to be sure , and he'd take more av he got id , but he ' s in a stew now himself , for he ' s wrote against to the head man . Who wrote against him ? Gosling— 'Troth one that knew how to do it well , Mr . Tern Gannon : sure your reverence knows him well enough . Chairman—Was there any money sent to be given to the poor people when turned out ! Gosling—The neighbours say there was , and that he robbed the people . regularly , and didn ' tteive them the half . Chairman—Who is the owner of the property ? Gosling— Col . Bligh , yer honour . Chairman—Do CoL Bligh or Mr . Disney know of his work in Ballykeeran J
Gosling—Bad manners to me if I can well tell ; but sure Mr . Gannon wrote to some of them and tould them all . Some would say that the Colonel is a good man , an' av he knew id , he'd put a stop to id , an' some say they'd be no use in tellin' him about id , that his miad Ib pisoned wnd lieB and stories j bnt mysel doesn ' t think he knows th « half of id , for no Christian that thinks he has a sowlto be saved would do the like , more especially some of them that were lyin' or red hoi out of the fever , vhe Lord save us , an' they were all hurled out in the door just like pigs yon'dbedrivin'toafair . Some of the guardians said Colonel Bligh ought to be written to on the subject , but there was no guardian present who knew him , and we , having taken notes , were reqnested to publish them , in the hope that the manner in which his property is managed in this part of the country might be made known to him . The applicants were admitted .
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cordanoe with the nnanimous resolution of the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting , met on ' Wednesday evening , at the Dispatch , Bride-lane , Mr . Simpson , in the chair ; Mr . Hose was appointed secretary , and Mr . Simpson , treasurer . The sum of 5 s . was received from the city of London , for the victim , Robert Wild ; and 2 s . from Flora Tavera , Barnsbury-park , for the same purpose . Mr . Rose reported that he had sent the sum of 10 s . to Mrs . Wild . The following resolution was carried : —• That in order to more efficiently carry out the object for which this committgB has been created , we recommend to the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting and to the various London localities , the propriety of enlarging the committee , by receiving one delegate horn each locality an themetropolis at present unrepresented . " TBb Committee then adjourned until Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock , in the above house .
A Seppzb asd Baxl in honour of the Executive , was held on Tuesday evening , at Mr > Savage ' s , Circns-street . Messrs . Bairstow and Cambell were present . We have not room for tbe report : it only reached as on Friday morning . Mabtzebonb . —A meeting of the members of this locality was held at their Hall , on Sunday morning , Mr . Mudge in the chair . Mr . Maiden , Mr . Rouse , and Mr ,. Fealetter , were appointed auditors of their balance Bheet" ,, , Mr . Abel D . Cook , of No . 15 , Lisson Grove , was elected as corresponding secretary , and Mr . Vincent Fakes , of No 15 , Lisson Grove , as Secretary , in place of Mr . Edwarda , who has resigned . The meeting then adjourned until Thursday night , for the purpose of discussing Mr . Cooper ' s New plan of organisation . Communications to be addressed to mi . Abel D . Cook , 15 , Lisson Grove , Marylebone .
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PROSECUTION FOR SABBATH BKEAKING . Five eases of alleged Sabbath profanation were brought before Mr . Rushton , stipendiary magistrate , at the Liverpool Police Court on Friday , and excited the attention of an immense number of the merchants and other inhabitants of that town , partly on aocount of the ex tea * rdin » ry * nd unnsual nature ^ fe ^ f ^ P * * 11801 ?^^^ I ** * becauBeJMr itobertson Gladstone , ( the Mayor of the borough andfte brother of the Vree-Preaideai of the Board or Trade , ) waa one of the parties mainlv interested
% Jr J % r £ v worsbi P occupied » seat on the Tight of the bench , surrounded by several gentlemen . ^ The first case investigated was that of Joseph Sheppard , a newsvender , of Vauxhall Road , who had been summoned on a charge of ha \ ing his shop open for the Bale of the London journals and other puWicataonB , on the preceding Sunday . This waa « £ fJr ? S I *?? 011 dulin * ^ J *»*"» » n which bheppard had been summoned on a similar chawre On the two former occasions he had been fined in the penalty of five shillings for each offence ; but on both he informed the court that it was utterly impos-
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sible for him to meet the demands of his customers unless his shop was open pnrtbe Snnday ; that he was determined to keep it , open , even , though he should thereby subject himself to a 53 . penalty fot every infraction of the act during the next twelve months ; and that he could ' not understand why he , a poor man , shonld be singled out as an object of persecution , while the Mayor was permitted with impunity to ride to and from Church in his carriage ; the pubUonews-tooms of the town were kept opeiQi and many of the more "Tespeotable'Vof the inhabitants were allowed to indulge themselves in other practices on the Sabbath of a like profanatory nature . Mr . Rushton , while he admitted the justness of this line of reasoning , and the necessity
that existed for haviDg caution exercised on the part of those who instituted proBeontionB of the kind , declared , at the same time , that he had only to deal with such cases as might happen to be brought before him , and that as infractions of the act had taken place in that instance , the fines should be paid * Finding that be had been fined a second time , and wishing to bring the subject more at Jarge before the public . Shepherd had summonses served this week upon Wmv Spence , the Mayor's coaefcman , for having drivenhis worship to and from church on Sunday last , and also upon John Jones , the master of the Exchange ; David Hughes , the master of the Lyceum ; and Edward Griffiths , the master of the Athecnum , news-rooms , for having had their respectire ioobw open for public amusement and instructionTipoh Sunday last . The case against Sheppard was first gone into . He did not deny that he
had his shop open , bnt complained of the partial execution of the law against Sabbath-breaking . The information against him bad been laid by the churchwardens ; but he thought that it could not be from religion ? scruples that the churchwardens had interfered , inasmuch as they had not endeavoured to put down the whole system of Sunday trading in the town , bnt merely that part of it with which the humble classes , were more immediately concerned . Mr . Rushton Baid , that whether they did their duty or not , generally , or merely interfered in isolated cases as the defendant's , did not affect the matter . The question was , whether , under the statute , the defendant had been either trading on the Lord ' s day , or following his ordinary occupation . It had been proved beyond doubt in this , as in former cases , that he had been so engaged ; and therefore the Court had nothing to do but to put the law in force .
The fine having been paid , the case againRt Win . Snence , the Mayor ' s coachman , was called on , when Sheppard deposed , that about a quarter to one o ' clock on Sunday last , he was passing along Fenwickstreet , when he observed the defendant in the act of turning ronnd the Mayor ' s coach—an occupation which Rhe man ordinarily followed . It was decided that this case did not come within the meaning of the act against Sabbath breaking , and Mr . Rushton dismissed it . The case of John Jones , the master of the Exchange news-room , was next called on ,
wherenpon Sheppard deposed that about one o ' clock on Sunday last , he went into the afoiesaid news-room , having found it open , and that he considered the parties who were occupying the place to be equally liable with himself . On those grounds he had laid the information . Mr . Rushton said , that the evidence did not sustain the in f ormation , inasmuch as Jones had not been proved to be the master of the room . Mr . Corson , solicitor , who appeared for the defence , paid he would admit that Jones was the master . Mr . Rushton refused to allow the admission , and dismissed the ease .
Sbeppard said , that not having been able tn recognise Mr . Hughes at the Lyceum , or Mr . Griffiths at the Athenaeum news-rooms , he would relinquish the two other informations . He expressed a hope , however , that from what had taken place the publio would see the odiousness of the law . Mr . Rushton said that if the law vrere odious , it was the duty of the public to petition for its repeal , and not for any individua 1 to mention its " odiousness" in presence of the bench . He thought the law was good , inasmuch aa it was designed to preserve the Sabbath in the way it should be preserved . The parties then withdrew . —¦ » ^» i . i - _ ¦ ?
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FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE STORM . Lkith Roads , Sunday . —For the last forty-eight hours it has blown a terrific storm from the N . W ., with severe frost and heavy fall of snow . Shortly after it commenced' on Friday morning , an event of a most deplorable character took place in the Frith of Forth , whereby several lives were lost . A sloop of about fifty tons , called the Janet of Montrose , in making a passsge through the Forth , was overtaken by the storm , which almost immediately shivered her sails into numberless pieces , and afterwards drove her on a rock called Mickery-stone ,
where she ; in the course of a few hoore , went to pieces , and every soul on board met with a watery grave . Some of the unfortunate seamen were married men , and have left large families to deplore their loss . The sloop was laden with a valuable cargo of wheat , which , with the vessel , was insured . She had left Montrose in the early part of last week , and was bound to Glasgow , to deliver her cargo . Considerable portions of the wreck have been washed on Bbore , and amongst it -was a spar with the body of a man lashed to it . He was a seaman , apparently about thirty years of age .
At Bowcastleon Friday morning , before daybreak , a ship named the Elizabeth Aletta , was wrecked on the coast of Cruckington Haven , about six miles from this town , and the whole of her crew , amounting , it is supposed , to twelve persons , perished . Upon the discovery being made , a number of boats hastened off to their assistance , but upon arriving alongside of the vessel she was found to be a complete wreck , for the greater part of her hull had broken np and was scattered along the beach . Up to the period of this report being 6 ent off only three bodies bad been discovered . Near the same place two other vessels * were lost in the course of the storm , one a schooner , belonging to Southampton , from Swansea , laden with copper , on shore near Hartland Point ; and the Sarah , of Teignmouth , whioh foundered off Tintegile Head . Those who manned the latter were saved , but of the schooner , all ( with the exception of one ) perished .
The late Stoem it Brighton . —Intelligence has reached the town of the safety of the four trawl or " hog" boats which were missing Bince the storm . It appears from the statements of the crew , that after great suffering their little barques got into places of safety ; three of them ran ashore at Hastings , and the fourth drifted to Ramsgate Harbour , whioh the crew succeeded in reaching in almost an exhausted state . Messrs . Cheeseman ' s brig , the George , . whioh was off the town in the storm , also made Ramsgate Harbour , greatly damaged . The crew went down on their knees to the Captain to beg of him to run ashore on the Sussex coast ; but he would not listen to their entreaties , although the vessel had sprung a leak , fearing that by so doing their lives would be sacrificed . Fortunately they succeeded in safely entering the Harbour .
WRECK OF THE CONQUEROR . Further and interesting intelligence relative to this unfortunate vessel was received on Wednesday by the French mail as to ( he immediate loss ; and the City of Poonah , Indiaman , which arrived in the Downs on Tuesday , brings a file of Capetown papers containing some important facts relative to the passengers and state of the ship when she left Table-bay in Nov . last . The subjoined is an accurate list of the passengers and crew on board the Conqueror when she struck off Lornel on Thursday last , all of whom perished , with the single exception of the caddy servant , Henry Abchureh :
James E . Duggan , commander ; John Harvey , first mate ; William Smith , second mate ; Charles Rush , third mate ; James Rogers , surgeon ; Thomas Wilson , carpenter ; F . Martin , sail-maker ; W . Nelmes , steward ; Peter Constantino , captain ' s cook ; J . M'Dongall , ship ' s cook and baker ; G . Davison , batcher ; H . Howship , cuddy servant ( this individual left the ship in India , bnt returned before she sailed ); F . Bowen , boatswain ' s mate ; P . Kelly , ditto ; Charles Brown , George Harcourt . G . Dawson W . Lewis , C . Rowburth , R . Adams , J . Mann , T . Johnson , P . N . Peterson , R . Davidson , H . Scott , J . White , George Kinment , M . Barkholm , T . Walsh J . M'Lane , T . Prudey , able seamen ; W . Millar , W . Roach , W . Hipper , J . Payton , B . Jennings , ordinary seaman ; W . Jones and T . Pant , apprentices ; W . Pedley , fidder and joiner ; and W . Pattison , pantry boy . Midshipmen . —Messrs . Thomas Allen , A . T . Skynner , Frederick Verner , G . P . Barton , W . H . B . Whitchurch .
Passengers . —Mrs . Thompson and four children ; Mrs . Major Johnstone and fonr children Miss Tnrton , Mr . Marshall , Lieutenant Marshall , 73 d Native Infantry ; Captain Milner , 39 th Bengal Native Infantry ; Master Blake and Master Reeves . William Kellar , bootswain ' s mate , died at Calcutta on the 21 st July . Jamas Cotton , able seamen , and Charles Pepernell , cuddy-servant , were drowned at the same place a few days before the ship sailed . It is stated that nine men of the 91 st Regiment embarked at St . Helena on their way home as invalids . They mast of course have perished with the remainder of throrew .
Abchurch ( the unfortunate survivor ) is much better , and got up for the first time on Monday . The Confuerer left England on her Hi-fated voyage on the 8 th of January , 1842 . Her crew consisted almost exclusively of sailors from Blackwall , and Poplar ; the widows and orphans are numerous , and public sympathy is very generally excited in the neighbourhood . The Conqueror was engaged to leave England next month . Nearly all her cabins were engaged , and another of Mr . Green ' 8 vessels has been appointed in her stead .
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LEEDS . —Stealing Ropjj . —On Tuesday , Gco . Ashworth was committed for trial for having stolen a waggon rope , the property of Mr . Benjamin Wilson , in Pontefraot-lane . Conviction under the Worsted Act . —On Tuesday , David Bastow , general-dealer , in Hunslet-Jane , was charged , at the Court House , with having in his possession a quantity of wool , of whioh he could give no satisfactory account . It was found secreted while searching for stolen goods . He wa 8 fined £ 20 , or , in default , to go to Wakefield for two months . The fine was paid .
Melancholy Death by Drowning * —On Friday ( yesterday ) morning , the bodies of two young women were taken out of the canal at Knostrop . The elder one , named Sarah Collishe , aged 27 , is niece to Mr . J , Benson , gardener , Knostrop , and has lived with him for the last ten years ; the other is Misa Jane Foxcroft , aged 24 or 25 , whose father , a stuff prc sser , resides in the Isle of Cinder . The latter had been on a visit at Mr . Benson ' s , on Thursday afternoon , and left there about ten minutes before eight o ' clock in the evening , Misa Collishe accompanying her , and the probability is that from the darkness of the night ; they had both fallen into the water together , as they were found within a short distance of each other , and not more than fifty or sixty yards from the house whioh they had left in all
the bloom of health , only a very few minutes previous to the awful catastrophe . Mr . and Mrs . Benson made enquires at the look house , on Thursday night , for their niece , but not hearing any thing of her contented themselves with the thought that she had determined to spend the night with her companion ; and yesterday morning a message was despatched to ascertain the fact . In the meantime , however , Jackson , the lock-keeper , found a silk ba # . containing a pocket handkerchief , and other trifling articles , in the lock , and this was identified by Mr . and Mrs . Benson as belonging to Miss Foxoroft , and measures were then taken to drag the canal , where the bodies were ' very sjpon found . The bodies were removed to Mr . Benson ' s house , to await an inquest , which was held yesterday afternoon , and a verdict of ** Accidental Death" returned .
Extensive Felony . —Henry Lineham , late clerk to . Messrs . Ward and Son , solicitors , was , on Monday last , fully committed to York Castle , on two charges , one for stealing £ 575 odd , and the other for embezzling £ 27 odd , whioh he had received on Messrs . Ward ' s account from Mr . Edward Ripley , Lady Lane , under the bankruptcy of Mr . Blackett , grocer , Briggate . A . Philosophical Reason , —On Saturday last , a man named Alexander M'Kay , a journeyman tailor , was charged before the magistrates with neglecting to provide for bis wife , and for refusing to live with her . His reason was that there was neither " affinity of feeling nor unity of action" between them . Stealing Trowsers . —On Monday , a man named John Marshall , was committed for trial for having stolen a pair of trousers , on Saturday night , from a shop in Kirksate .
Stealing Lead . —On Monday , a young lad named Richard Ponrose , was committed for trial , for having stolon a quantity of lead from the maltkiln of Mr . N . . Nell , in Meadow-lane ; an accomplice , named Eli Langdale , was admitted evidence , and the wife of David Bastow , a general dealer , in Hunslet-lane . who " asks no questions , " w ^ s committed for receiving the same . The Watch Committee . —This body passed a law that all public-houses shall be closed at twelve o ' clock at night . In reference to this we should like to know if it be true that some policemen were drinking in a public-house in Kirkgate , until between three and four o ' clock a few mornings ago . Perhaps Dr . Craven will look after this ?
Novel Mode of Detecting Prostitutes , by a MeMbeb of the Town Council . —A oase came before the Bench of Magistrates at the Court House , on Saturday last , in which Mr . Councillor Craven appeared to complain of two unfortunate females whom he had met in the street at a late hour on Friday night . On the women being called on , the Councillor stepped forward , and addressing the Bench said , " We have passed a law that all women - " Mr . GrifliJi Wright— " We , whose we ? Who are you ! " "I , " replied the astonished Councillor , in his softest strains , " am a member of the Town Council , and by the latter section of the 116 th clause of the Leeds Improvement Act
we are empowered to make a law " Mr . Wright — " Dont tell us any thing about the law ; tell us the charge against these women . " Mr . Craven— " We have madea law—— " Mr . W . —What ' s the charge against these women 1 " Mr . Craven— "I was walking in the street last night , when these women stopped me . " Mr . Wright— " Pray did you go into the street for the purpose of being Btopped 1 " Mr . Craven— "I did . " . Mr . Wright— " Then go about your business . This is an open Court , an < i we want impartial witnesses , not such as you . The women are discharged . The Watch Committee have no power to make laws . Go about your business . " The new fledged Councillor then retired , amidst the laughter of all present .
STOCKPORT . —Committal of Shop-liptetis . —Three notorious shop-lifters , from Manchester named Thomas Goulden , alias Rynes , Sarah Goulden , s /» a » Rynes , his wife , and Eliza Williams , alias Barlow , were detected whilst on a professional visit to this town , on Friday last . On the forenoon of that day , the two females Went into the shop of Mr . J . J . Moody , draper , Lower Hillgate , and requested to look at some silk handkerchiefs . A variety was placed before them , and , after some delay , the prisoner Williams was observed to place a parcel of seven handkerchiefs , worth about 26 s . under her cloak . . : She was charged with the theft , at which she affected to be greatly shocked , and denied the accusation . Before ehe could be searched , she
dropped the handkerchiefs upon the floor ; and the other female picked them up and placed them on the counter , observing that the hooks of Williams ' cloak must have caught them , and by that means have dragged them off the counter . The action was so well observed by one of Mr . Moody ' s assistants , that this excuse did not satisfy ; and they were both accordingly placed in the hands of the police . The male prisoner was afterwards apprehended in the Market Place , by policeman Talton , he having been previously seen in their company . On his being confronted with the other prisoners at the police-office , he denied all knowledge of them , and
they stated that they had never eeeu him before . On their being brought before the magistrates , however , on the : following day , several witnesses proved having seen them all in company previous to their ' apprehension ; and , from their conversation , which was overheard by some of the police , whilst they were in the lock-ups , their guilt and connection was proved beyond a doubt . They were all recognised as old offenders , each having been once or oftener convicted . The male prisoner , it was said , had been in Salford , Leeds , Hull , Carlisle , and other gaola , in addition to having been transported seven years from Chatham . They were all committed to the sessions for trial .
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'O Six Men Drowndd . —It is our melancholy duty this day to record the following distressing and fatal circumatances : —It appeals that the fishermen of Whitehills , a village in the neighbourhood of Banff , were at sea on the morning of Wednesdaji when , about half past seven o ' clock , a trenrtndbua hurricane came on , by which two of the boats containing eight men , were upset . Only two of the crew were saved by clinging to the boat till the arrival of another boat . Those who mei a watery grave are W . Watson , James Watson , and John watson , brothers ; George Ritchie , George Watson , sen ., and : George Watson , jun ., all married men , and who have left wives and families to lament their untimely fate . The two saved were much exhausted when brought to shore , but are now in the way of recouery ;; their names are | David Watson and James Watson , all connected with each other by marriage . Elgin Courant .
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Most determined Suicide .- —Oh Sunday last , Thomas Mitchell , Esq .., surgeon , &c , Birstal , com * mitted a most determined act of self-destruction by stabbing himself through the heart with a dissecting knife . fFrom the facts adduced before the coroner and jury upon the inquest , held on Tuesday last , it appeared that upon the maid servant pro * oeeding to flay the cloth for dinner , she found the door of the , room fastened , and Mr . Mitchell oalled oat from within fox hex to wait awhile ; she mentioned the oircumstance to her fellow-servant , who tried the door , and finding it still fastened , informed Mr . Henry Mitchell , Mr . Mitchell ' s second son , of the i very singular circumstance , who
instantly called in other assistance , and the door was forced ] open , and Mr . Mitchell was found with his upper garment taken off , and after one cod * vulsivo sob expired . A case of surgical instruments was found lying op ; n on the table , and the bloody knife by his side , which appeared to have been thrust up to te handle . From the evidence of a man , a connexion of the family , it appeared that the deceased had for some months back laboured under a great depression of spirits , and under a delusion with respect to his monetary affairs , amounting to an aberration of mind . The jury returned a verdict , "Killed himself whilst labouring under aberration of mind . " Deceased was sixty-two years of age , and has lived upwards of forty years ia Birstal .
Cask of Stabbing . —Patrick Murray , an -Irishman , resident in Bradford , an oyster hawker , was oa Wednesday committed to York Castle , for trial on a charge of having stabbed John Priestley , wheelwright ) Bradford moor . Fjom the evidence it appeared ( that on Monday night , about twelve o ' clock , prosecutor and a friend , named John Wake , an overlooker , residing in High-street , left the Beehive Inn , in Westgate , with the intention of going to the ] Victoria public house , in Silsbridgelane , with the intention of stopping all night , as Priestley was going to Halifax , early in the morning . When ) jn Silsbridge lane , prosecutor considered he would be too late for the Victoria , he therefore resolved to go to the Odd Fellows' Hall . With that object , he and Waite proceeded down the Leys where the prisoner lives . As they approached his
house , the prisoner , who was Btandiug at his own door , with a poker in his right band , and an oyster knife in his left , cried out ( making use of an indeoent expression ) th ' at he would kill them by 6—d , and as they were passing he struck Priestley on the forehead with the poker , and immediately afterwards he made a lunge with his knife at tlie side of prosecutor , who at that moment waa crouching from the effect of the blow , he received the blow on his head , the knife passing through his hat , and inflicting a wound a quarter of an inch in depth on the head . The injuries altogether were of the most serious character . Waite also received many severe blows from the poker , in his endeavours to rescue Priestley . The prisoner sought to fix the charge of intoxication on tho prosecutor and Waite , but in that he totally failed , He then declined to say anything in his dofence till on his trial .
Maxims wobthy of Public Attention . —Men can bear hanger for a long time under the equator , but cold and hunger united very soon exhaust the body . The cooling of the body , by whatever cause it may be produced , increases the amount of food necessary . The time which is required to cause death by starvation depends on the amount of fat in the body , on the degree ef exercise , as in labour or exertion of any ! kind , and on the temperature of the air . As an immediate effect of the manifestation of mechanical force , we see that a part of the muscu ar
substance loses } its vital properties ,- its character of life ; and all experience proves that this conversion of living muscular fibre into compounds destitute of vitality is accelerated or retarded according to the amount of forcejemployed to produce motion . With the external cooling the respiratory motion becomes stronger ; in aj lower temperatnre more oxygen is conveyed to the blood ; the waste of matter incr « aces , and if the supply be not kept in equilibrium with this waste by means of food , the temperatnre of the body gradually sinks ^—Leibeg ' s Animal Chemistry .
Imposition of Railway Clerks . —On Saturday last a very respectable tradesman , residing at Huddersneld , having occasion to go to Leedd , took his fare in the ! third class , being 2 a . 6 d ., ng proceeded as far as the Normanton station , at which place he got out of the carriage for the purpose of seeing his son , whom he kad brought with him thus far , safely seated in one of the carriages attached to another traiu which was going up the North Midland . By this time the Leeds train , in which he had been taken to Normanton , had left the station . This being the j case , he fully , and very justly so , expected to be allowed to procoed to Leeds by the next train . But , behold ,, the officers at the station who strut about , i dressed in a little brief authority ,
refused to allow ] him to go to the place of his destination unless he would submit to take his fare over again from that station , which is two shillings , and pay an extra shilling besides 1 ( It is necessary here to observe , that the fare from Cooper Bridge to Normanton , in the third class , is three shillings and sixpence , and two shillings from Normanton to Leeds ; but when the fare is taken through from Cooper Bridge to Leeds , it is only half a crown . ) This extra shilling was to make up the three and sixpence as if the gentleman had only paid for proceeding to Normanton . He , however , protested against the imposition which they thus attempted to praotice upon him . This drew down upon his head a volley of abuse , [ accompanied with threats to have
him secured in the lock-up ; bat be was not to be intimidated with language such as that , and stoutly maintained his right to be allowed to pursue his journey without any further impost being laid npon him . Notwithstanding all his firmness , however , they still insisted upon his payiDg the extra charge which they demanded . Again , he told them positively that he would not lenter the carriage under any such disgraceful circumstances ; sooner than do so , he would walk the remainder of the way . Upon this they demanded the extra shilling for the distance he had already travelled , and told him that if he would not pay that they would take him to Wakefield ! He paid the shilling and walked away about his business . He proceeded forwards to Leeds another way , got his
business done and returned home , taking care that the Railway Officers should not have another opportunity of picking bis pocket . After he got home , he sat down and wrote to the Directors , informing them of all the circumstances of the case , and the abusive language with which he had been assailed by their servants , and ! asked them whether such unjust proceedings , on thejpart of those whom they employ , was in compliance with their orders . On Tuesday he reoeived a letter ^ from one of the Clerks in the more immediate employ of the Directors and by their order , in which was enclosed 12 postage stamps , in lieu of the shilling which he had been compelled to
pay at Normanton . | Thus , it appears , the Directors nave honourably exonerated themselves from having issued any such unjust law , for the purpose of being carried out by their servants , and discountenanced such disgraceful proceedings as were manifested by their clerks at Normanton , towards the gentleman in question . Travellers by railway will do Well to look to this ; and whenever any imposition is attempted to be practised upon them by these understrappers , let them write at once to head quarters , and expose such conduct ; where , as in this case , they will , no doubt , obtain redress . They will keep the offenders within proper restraint , and secure to the public justice and respectful treatment . —Bradford
Observer , i The Murder in Wharfdale . —This brutal affair , the particulars of whioh appeared in this paper about a month ago , has , during the past week , been officially investigated by the magistrates , the result of which bas been the committal of Joseph Hey , of Beamley , ( the person on whom suspicion was in the first instance cast , ) on a charge of wilful murder . Since the inquest was held , the greatest anxiety has ! been felt by a ll , both rich and poor , that the mystery should be cleared up ; but , unfortunately , feeling both in Beamsley and llkley , appears to have been against Hey ; all his actions have been canvassed , his every movement has been watched , and however Bimple the deviation from
his usual course of conduct , it has been noted , and inferences but seldom favourable to him deduced therefrom . Reports that evidence had been withheld by witnesses who were examined on the inquest , and that some had been mis-stated , were in circulation freely , and having reached the ears of B . C . L . Kay « , Esqi , of Addingham , who attended the inquest , and has since been engaged in endeavouring to clear the mystery up , he summoned other magistrates immediately to his assistance , and held a consultation as to what course was best to adopt . This took place last Saturday , and appears to have resulted in a determination to apprehend Hey and investigate the matter again . On Monday morning last , at half-past ten o'clock ,
tbe investigation commenced at the Lister s Arms in llkley , the magistrates being E . C . L . Kay , W . R . C . Stanafield , and F . lHawksworth Fawkes , Esqs . Mr . Wagstaff , solicitor , from Bradford , with his olerk , Mr . Farrar , attended to take the depositions . Thomas Brook , Esq ., { of Skipton , the coroner , also attended . As before , { the case excited great interest . Hey was present during the whole of the ' examination in the custody of England , the constable of Addingham . Two of his brothers and several relatives and frisnda of the deceased HuBtwiok were also present throughout . No professional person attended on behalf of the prisoner . The witnesses ,
called to narrate the finding Hustwick ' s body , and tn * other circumstances , were precisely the same as before ; and in fact , the evidence altogether , with the exception of one or two facts , was precisely the same as at the inquest . The examination being concluded , the room was cleared , in order that tLte magistrates might consult together . After a short tune had elapsed , Hey ! was ordered in again , and informed that he stood committed for trial at the next assizes , on the jcharge of wilful murder . The commitment was , then made out , and he was removed in the charge , of the constable of Addingb& BU
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France . —The Paris Journals of Sunday an * Monday teem with more alarming : interest ^ regards the stability of the present pacific '' relati on * between France and England , than did any of thef ? immediate predecessors . The Committee on tu Address , which had [ already held their third sitting and discussed seriaiim every paragraph of thespea * from the Throne , had , it 13 Baid on all sides , aSeS to introduce an amendment , relative to thatmtS portentous of all questions—the right of sewchT it is stated with equal confidence - ( the republieto National chiming in with the organs of ^ the Coml and the Cabinet ) that the amendment wiit-not Sj * , ' the effect of overturning the present Ministry . Xhn ? the compliments so prodigally lavishedon themedemi iwn oi oouitvnuzot
me - uaoinei Dy our ' - £ ae ] Wk contemporaries of all shades of opinions , are fltS » back in their faces with contempt ; and it is iinS clear that all parties in France join in one ] On 5 chorus of hostility to England . Even the coma Debuts , hitherto the loudest , and apparentlyi& sincerest , of the veiy few French journals which W up to this time the courage to insist on the incbhi veniences of a rupture with this country , has som taken an indirect method of fanning the mm E . / glish feeling , showing upon what a sandy fountfa , * tion our oligarchical rulers have built their hopeajS maintaining , through the agency of Guizot and ( V the outward forms , if not the cordiality of peact in the present awkward state of all ^ 2 tional interests
great na . With extraordj . nary glee does the mouthpiece of the Frenei Ministry dwell on that very item of the FreM revenue , which our masters , in presenting thS yearly budgets , were always , until very lately in the habit of representing as the only sum test of national prosperity or depression—we \ am . of course , the Excise : — " The improvement iaita revenue , particularly in the Excise , is a certain & £ dication of public wealth , as the increase of con . sumption necessarily implies an increase in labow and in production . " " France" continues theD ^ M "has suffered a series of political changes , traversed a serious commercial crisis , recently engaged inu mense sums of money iu works necessary , perhaps .
tnougn unproductive ; but strong in her elements « national wealth , she is every day actively repairing : without additional taxes , but solely by thenatujS course of affairs , the enoroachment made on hei fortune by the faults , the errors , or the exigencies of political par ties . This is because her , strength ] i neither factitious nor extraneous . It is becitaa her power reposes upon an admirable soiL , whidL with the help of peace , will be rendewij more fertile by the public works voted lastsessioo , The financial prosperity of oar country is a remark able fact when compared with that ef other coos ; tries . France had to apprehend two formidable obstacles—anarchy at home , and war abroad . Ih *
wisdom of the King ' s Government has p reserved us from the first of those calamities , and the 6 o > vernments of Europe will preserve France and themselves from the other . " - ^ -In the foregoing load note of exultation over the really prosperous stated a country , which the organs of our privileged classes have one and all joined in describing as |]] but sinking under the weight of- her burdens—how many sly hits are given to the land , which , in the language of prostituted orators and writers , was w long , so pompously , and so mendaciously termed " The envy and admiration of surrounding nations whose merchants were princes , and whose nobles had all the state and more than the pride of kings . "
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LOSS OF ANOTHER EAST INDIAMAN . On Wednesday [ information Was received that another East India trader had been added to the melancholy catalogue of losses occasioned by the late violent gales . The vessel was named the Jessie Logan , the property of Mr . Logan , a merchant at Liverpool , from , which port she traded to and from Calcutta , She was 850 tons burden , and commanded by Captain Major . On Monday last the vessel was on tier homeward voyage , beating up Channel , and apparently making for Tintagell or Bude Bay , on tne Cornish coast , for whioh the north-west wind wonldnave been favourable but for its extreme violence . At length she became * unmanageable , an d was driven agreahd off Boscastle , formerly
Botterean Castle , about seventeen miles from Launceston , Blue-lights and Other signals of distress were made , but such was the fury of the gale and the violence of the surf , that none whatever would venture to her assistance , and at length she drifted on the rocks and soon became a total wreck . She had evidently been abandoned by the crew and passengers , but from the long-boat having been washed on shore , it is feared they have all perished , as up to the time of writing this account no information had been obtained respecting them ; and , from the fact of the Jessie Logan not being a London trader , no account
of the number of her crew or passengers could be procured . She was a North American built vessel , termed , in commercial parlance , a Quebecker ; her cargo , consisting of rum , sugar , spices , and general iiast India produce , was being hourly washed ashore , but no despatches or papers of any kind have , it is presumed , been recovered , as none have as yet reached the East India-house , Jerusalem Coffee House , or Lloyd ' s . It is not at present known whether she was uninsured , or whether underwritten at Liverpool or London , nor till further accounts arrive , can any clue be given as to the value of the cargo .
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THE AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL . fFrom the Times Correspondent . ) Lisbon , Monday , Jan . 16 . The routine business being terminated , both Chambers proceeded to their work this morning in earned Tbe Queen's speech and the Ministerial bill of ihdetfr nity form the staples of discussion . The Chamber rf Deputies Is at this moment the scene of a very livslj debate , which will doubtless be continued throughout the week . The determination is , if possible , to bring the debates to a conclnsion by Saturday . ;
The Finance Minister is prepared to lay his budget on the table this day or to-morrow . This import ^ document , when It makes its appearance , will be mj . veraally pronounced to be of a most satisfactory charwter . It declines to impose any fresh items of general taxation , except on hemp , flax , and iron , until tbe 1 st of January , 1 8 44 , recites an inerease in the resources d the country to the extent of 200 contos by tbe improved assessment of the decima , and of 100 contos by extending the Lisbon octroi as far as Oliras on one side isd Aimada on the other . But the most important . resoK of this state paper is that it shows the deficit to him already substantially disappeared .
The negotiations for the tariff convention remain in the same position , except that our Foreign-office veiy properly requires reductions on the sixteen fresh specific classes of goods . Tee alarming state of Oporto and Madeira , which are both upon the very verge rf an explosion , gives a most interesting political as fctij as fiscal and commercial complexion to the question < & tariff reductions . Not only is an universal banfcrupUJ daily apprehended , but starvation is reaching tbe woifr ing classes , and the utter ruin of these great districts ii imminently threatening . Superadded to the inten » suffering , the most direct proximate cause of this dreadful state of things is tbe indifference , amounting almost to contempt , with which the Government oB treated the repeated memorials and remonstrances proceeding from these and the other wine districts throngout the kingdom , and of which there are at thia moment no fewer than 300 stuffed into recesses at thfl public offices . ¦
The exact state of the existing negotiations on m subject of tariff redactions will be seen ih tbe following table , which unquestionably ia tne most curious diplomatic equation on record : —
ENGLAND OFV £ BS XO PORTUGAL A reduction on her wines of every description from 5 s . 6 d . to 3 s . per imperial gallon , or 45 h per cent Ditto on brandy from 22 s . 6 d . to 14 s . " per imperial gallon , or 40 per cent . Ditto on oil , to a nominal duty . Ditto on fruit , to a statistical duty . Thus none of the staples of Portugal are excluded We retain no monopoly whatever , nor restriction affecting anyone article which the Portuguese can export . We consent to the abolition of our Judge Consa * vator'B Court , to the forfeiture of all our privilege */ to the mulcting of every British Bubject in Portogu with the decima , or tax of 10 percent on property . Our principle of reduction is universal , and arerages nearly 50 per cent .
To make the balance true we must have a redVj tion of 40 per cant , in the duties upon all classes d goods enumerated in the list below , which are either not produced at all in Portugal , or produced in a « ta » unfit for use . N . B . Portugal must give way—1 st Because the wine interests of Oporto , Madeto , and Estramadura are on the brink of ruin or rebellion explosion . 2 d . Because tbe classes interested in the proprietary culture , and sale of her wines are full three-fourths of her entire population ; whilst those interested in tb 8 exclusion of British produce are six petty manufactured and one rained fishing company .
, 3 d . Because the " poor-mouth" pretext of exigeneW of revenue ia exploded by the retrenchments to « W extent of ^ 70 , 000 per annum which the PortugnfiM Ministers have lately effected , and by the demonstrate * certainty that the deficit will be next year converted into a surplus . Therefore , " No surrender . "
PORTUGAL OFFERS TO ENGLAND . A reduction in the duties on certain classes of eottoni consumed in Portugal of 20 per cent . . A reduction in the duties ou an equal proportion of cottons going into Spain of 40 per cent . The bulk of the staples of England ars stiil & eluded . Portugal is allowed to retain her six close monopoly namely , —tobacce , soap , gunpowder , tuzella , ivory , &S » gold dust Portugal cedes nothing of Immunity , exemption , or privilege .
Their principle of reduction is partial , and for tt « partial selection averages only 30 per cent . No considerable reduction on our woollens . No reduction on our salt fish . No redaction on batter or cheese . No considerable reduction on hardware . No reduction on porcelain , china , or delf ware-No reduction on hosiery or linens . ' No reduction on silks or satins . Np redaction on fancy goods . No reduction on cutlery . No reduction on leather ( finer qualities ) . No rednctien on shawls , scarfs , and mantles . No redaction on stationery . No reduction on glass , cat , blown , house , or plate-No redaction on jewellery or wrought silver . No redaction on . hats , caps , or millinery . No reduction on books , prints , or pictures . No redaction on needles , thread , lace , tape * , <>* ribands , fee .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 28, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1197/page/8/
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