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do but maintain tie position they have for the last Jhree yeara occupied , ! ihey mil secure a permayieni and lasting advantage . If , however , they should now fall into the trap so cunningly laid , and BO temptingly bailed , then power for themselves is gone for many a long day ! On their own prndence depends their success . — '
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LIBERATION OF THE "KING . " Oh Monday last , Mr . Oasti . bb saw the ontside of the Queen ' s prison , and was , once more , a fbebhah . The whole of the demand whieh Mr . Thobnmu . had upon him , with the tremendous expenees of the suit , snd even interest npon the debt ( although Mr . THOKKHUi has had Mr . Oastlks ' s " body" in ids " keeping ") was , on that day , duly paid j and £ he gulden key being thus applied , the prison door flew open .
The "Zing , " therefore , is again at Txberiy . He can go amongst , conTerse with , take council with , tod ad-rise Ms " people . " He is thfirs for good The late movement for his liberation proved that he had earned their sympathy ; and that they knew his worth . He is now in a , commanding position to serve them . Last week , we announced the day , when the " King" would appear amongst his own " lads , " tore-enter npon a solemn league and covenant to battle together in Labors cause , 'till -rietory crowns their efforts . We are now able to put the leader in possession of the preliminary particulars of that important gathering . The following is a copy of a placard , that has been extensively circulated ;—
OiSTLEB IS FREE ! 2 TVXLCOXB SO THE *¦ KI 5 G ™ OF THE POOR ! The good deed is done ! The earnest desire of tie People is gratified . The object of tiieir benevolent 9-nA grateful exertions is accomplished J The poor man ' s friend ia liberated I The prison door has taen opened , and the captive " King" retunu to bis people to gladden their hearts , because he will again battle in their cause .
HIS KE-ENTR £ NCE INTO PUBLIC LIFE WiD take pl&cs in nis own beloved Huddersfield , smsngit Ms own laving people , os Shbove Tuesday , Feb . 20 th , 1844 , -when hifl friends -will have an opportunity of testifying thai xeg&xd for tiie xbampyai of labour * * cause by meeting him in PUBLIC PROCESSION , snd . accompanying him in their thousands , with musk and other tokens of joy , to
TKB PLACE OF TTE 1 . C 0 ME , these to sho-w to the patriot and the honest man that bit exertions in the came of truth aw appreciated , and his suffering * foi the truth deeply sympathised "With . 16 ha * bees arranged to meet Mr . Oasilbb at Bbigsocse Station , at one 9 " cT « ik on Tuesday , Feb . 20 th ; vfaere his friends "will fons InW Procession , and proceed along £ k& Bradford New Ho&d , . entering Hu&der ^ Seia "by "way of Korthgate ; ifesy -will then pass ajong Beast-Market , Cross Church-street , Queen-street , Ramsden-Btreet , 2 few-etreei , Market-place , Westgats , and Temple-street , to the open space fronting theJCroiro Tavern and Druid ' s Hotel .-where '
MB . OASTLEB WILL ADDRESS THE PEOPLE : KJ 3 . Those Persons whose employment detain * them imfill "too latejto join the procession at Bnghoose , house , are requested to join it as it panes along the Bradford-road . A large and elegant MEDAL , bearing a correct 2 jks 5 SSS 0 ? Mb . Oastlkb , on the one side , and a representation of a neat Cottage on the other , with suitable inscriptions by fee "King" Mgnwrtf , may be bad , T ) rice 6 d-, atMr . Pitkethly * s , Mr . Kemp's , Mr . J .
Hob 3 on ' s , aad Mr . Hulke ' B , Hudderafislu ; the northern Star Offlca , Leeds ; the Journal Office , Wakefleld ; Mr . I . S . Brooke ' s , Dswxbury ; at Mr . Squire Auty ' s , and 24 r . J . Ibbetaon " B , Bradford ; the Guardian Office , Halifax ; Mi-D . Weatherhead B , Keighley ; Mr . Outertide , Bicgley ; Outlets Committee , Hebdeo Bridge ; Mr . Brooke , bookseller , Todmorden . All towns in Lancashire , Cheshire , and Derbyshire , are requested to apply to Mr . B . B . B . Cobbett , solicitor , Marsdenstreet , Tffgncbflirtffr , for a supply . The Central Committee are desirous that no party colours may appear in the procession .
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Ms . James Foster , 0 * Hokbtbt , has written us to say that the paragraph inserted in our irit , stating that he had reduced the w ?^ es of the men in his employ lr a-week , and of the boys M . each , is incorrect ; us such reduction haling taken place . "We are sorry that our cerrespondtnt should have done Mr . Poster injustice ; asd we hasrsn to atone for it , by giving his contradiction publicity . We recsired the paragraph in the ordinary way from our correspondent at Wake £ eld . Isaac Babxow , Boltoh , wtUes to say that the statement made by Mr . O'Connor in bis letter of last -week is sot correct in its particulars . Mr . Barrow says he did sot write to the Council at Manchester , but to a mend ; that he did not" announce his desertion of Chartism , and his adhesion to the enemy , "
but simply that he should eene lecturing xa the Cbartist cause , because some of the Chartists flf Bolton had said strong things respecting him , for supporting Mr . gharman Crawford's Stop-tce-5 npply moTe . He deemed this to be a wise course , when Ira integrity w ? s called is question ; to s ^ snd out of the way when good might 13 retarded by his preraiea and company . Still he courts Investigation snl inquiry ; and if the public verdict fca against him , he will retire into the shade ; if for him , he Trill work and Blare ia the good cause &s he iti hitherto done ; with only this condition , that-his companions shall ta more honest than many with whom he has hitherto mixed . JOH > - " V ? AT £ l > s . —His letter ) has been sent to Mr . O'Connor , to fca dealt with by that gentleman in a pamphlet he is publishing , partly in answer to the
one Mr . W . has put forth . Address o ? the Exicctjtb . —We are reluctantly compelled to postpone publication of the above address till our nsxt The Cjls&isgtos Cbx&jisis wish for the address oi some friend of the cause at South Molton . Address to Mr . John Ley , sub-SecretaTy to the National Charter Association , Carrington , sear Nottingham . B . H . Holuhwood . —Bibles rrt sufficiently cheap , withont the Korffisrn Star occupying its columns with scriptural extracts . Scottish Poob . Lavs . — "We haT « receiTed from Mr . Donaldson , Gatehouse-of-Fitet , the espy ef Mr . Somers' psmphlet , together with Mr . D ' s . excellent letter . We hare also received a letter from Mr . Mefrnie , of Markinch . We return thanks to our friends , sud will make use of their favours
shortly . EiXT Chartists . —The Bub-Srcretaries * ef the National Charter Association in the Consty of Kent sre reques > 3 d to forward then- addresses to Mr , Sweetlove , Ha S . John-Jtreet , Church-street , Deptford , Ken * THE Poets . — " His Lordship ' s Coat ; " " Stsaz'i on Liberty ,- " "Lines by O . M . ;* and " Lines ty J Todd , " respectfully declined . 3 XB LrsDZSTOOT Sub-Seeretsrys addises is wanted by B . Brock , of Todmorden . A Constant Beadee . —The « ddren of the Bowling Colliers . assurers the purport of his communication . W . M . —Major Benniowski , Bow-street , Lcndon , is the only teacher on "Artificial Memoiy" -whose same ire are tefnainted with . We know nothing of the
publications our correspondent speaju of . AsthI / B O'Neih . ^ A petition , signed by the Mayor of Birmingham , twesty-one Town Councillors snd eight Ministers , having altogether fourteen thousand signatures , in fcahalf of Arthur O'Neill , at present confined in Stafford JaiL hrs teen sent to the ftueen , praying for the remission of toa . remainder of \ A * sentence . Sir James Graham has returned one of his usual lithographed answers , stating that he " does not see sumeiest grounds to justify him in sdTising her Majesty to comply with the prayer of the petition . " Wbiiehead , WisGAias—Tes , it it Itgal te call a & meeting by Ml ; the meeting ] having only legal objects to promote to and
E . Cakrajg . ^ -To barter is as legal as buy sell after the ordinary mode CHAST 1 ST PSISONEiS IS BlAIPOBD GAOL . —Mr . George White wxitss—*• A gentleman from Leicestsr , who has bees to visit poor Cooper at Stafford Gaol , passed through Birmingham *>»¦ weefc and infouned ns that Cooper is Teiy ill , his head bsing coTerei with mustard plcstera . He is much emaciated . He also stat 5 d that old * Daddy ^ Bichards hes only refayed iB' Itom the Potteries sisro Us inearcsiation . ChartiB ^ s look to this . " GSEESTTICH ASD DZPXF 0 ED CHABTISTS—If OP ? ideeds will take the trouble to look at the " Notices to Correspondents" in last week ' s Star , they will ftid their commcaieafioa both of Irst pud tt s wf -k r Pliedto .
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Abkah Dfncak , an akti-Cbaetisx . —A Correspondent at Axbroath 'writes ua thst Abram Duncan lately delivered a lecture ia that town , in the conrse of which he avowed himself a League-man , arriring at that conclusion by abusing Mr . O'Connor and the Jforthern Stzr , and lauding the Ler ^ ue . Our Correspondent adds , that when Mr . O'Connor visited Arbroath , Abram Dancan pretended tola one of Mr . O'Connor ' s warmest friends , and took out a cird of the N . C- A ., on which , however , be never paid a
Eingle penny . Our Correspondent says that , seeing Mr . O' Connor hM , last week , published ihe names of several dersrtera and political pedlars , he thinks it only justice that the same of Abiom Duncan should ke added to the Kack list . South Staffordshire Mikxks—Their resolntiens condemning the conduct of certain lecturers of the Miners' Association for alleged immorality , we cansot insert . They must use tbe resolutions amongst tfae memlars of the fcodj : we cannot trouble the pnblic with them .
A . C . A ,, ( IsLlSGTON . )—Will find his subscription announced in the Stir of NoTember the 4 th . A BLack Sheep . —The Thornley Colliers warn their brethren against a fellow named Thomas Richardson , ¦ who unauthorized , Irs been going about collecting monies in the name of the Thornley Colliers , which monies be has expended in gambling and drunkenness ; having thrown away £ 7 10 s . on card playing . Beware of the Black Sheep . Persecution of Bebsyshiee Colliers—A Correspondent at Swauwick writes us that one of the Coil Kings of Derbyshire , in consequence of hU men joining the Miners' Association , has given the whole of them , t 3 tween 200 and 300 men , notice to leave his employment . The notice will expire on Saturday week , and then this large body of men will be turned adrift to staive . We trust that if the men are driven from their employment , they will hare th 8 support
of their brother Misers throughout the district . BOBBERT . —It is a custom for the men working in the mines of South Staffordshire to pay threepence per week to their employer , ia return for which , when se ' zsd with illness , they are allowed five shillings per week while ilL In the case of a man named George Griffiths , who wss hurt by a fall of coals , the usual pay was refused . The case was brought before the Bilston Magistrates on Tuesday last , when the Magistrates- decided that although the money claimed irss justly due to the man , jet that it was - sot recoverable . Our Correspondent appeals to his brother miners to no longer entrust their hardwrought earnings with such base robbers , but t » form a Benefit Society in connexion with the Miners Association , which , »/ regularly enrolled , will ensure them justice , asd the funds of which cannot be robbsd from the contributors without their obtaining redress , as is the above flagrant instance .
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T 1 CTH FVh'D . B . d From Thoa . Wells . Esq ., Maltos 8 0 — A Friend , White Lee 2 6 MRS . ELLIS . Prem a Friend , Todmorden 0 6 TRIBUTE FUND . Prom Bradford , Wilts ., per Mr . Kendel ... 5 5 Mr , Thompson , Saloj , asd several other enquirers , we have sot a copy of last week ' s Star left
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THE ASHTON COTTON-SPINNERS versus THE FREE-TRADE PLUNDERERS . THE Betters Again . —These notorious Milloerats ere at their dirty work again : they lately gave . £ 260 to the League Fund ; which they are now recovering sgain , by wringing from their oppressed Operatives " The hard-esrsed wages of their honest toil . " We request the attention of our readers to the following extract from an address issued by the Cotton Spinners : —
THE BETTERS AGAIN . To fhe Mamifa ^ urers and Inhabitant of Ashton and its Neighbourhood . Every brick of the Messrs . Reynera' property is cementsd with the tears of labour ; their property and capital are increased and upheld principally upon the sighs and sorrows of their work-people ; and hnman mkfety is interwoven with the pieces of doth they send to the market Pest and present events iuconteaUbly prove this tssertiou . The disasterous consequents of the " great strike , " ia 1842 , are mainly attributable to these men . Many a poor widow is sow mourning the Iocs « f a husband , butchered during the strike above-mentioned : many a noble heart is beating with anxiety in a foreign land : many a lofty and aspiring mind hath brooded in misery amidst the darkness of a prison celL asd great has been the misery entailed npon thousands is constqnence of that strike .
It would have been well for our neighbourhood If the above strike had been the last caorsd by these men , but nearly every mill was stopped in our neighbour , hood but a few weeks ago in consequence of their regressions upon the weavers ; asd sow we are compelled rery reluctantly to bring the caw of the Cotton Spinners bafore the public But a very few weeks ago he was paying sixpence a thousand less for his spinning than the majority of Blasters were . We sent him as courteous a letter as we knew how to compose , and be raised the spiuuers-tbreepesc 9 per thousand . But this sot fcsing the list pries we wrote him again ( as courteous m before ) , but no notice was taken of it We then sent a deputation to him requesting him to pay the same pries es his neighbour * , { not a very unreasonable request we think ) , and instead of reasoning the thing over as a gentleman would , he " damned" the deputation as scientifically as if he had served an apprenticeship to the rude and vulgar custom of swearing .
We have tried every means to bring them to their duty before we took this plan of public exposure ; and if we cannot wring from grinding capitalists the due reward of our labour , having hearts to feel and heads to think , we ns at ler si hold them up to the world as lovers of lifcsrality , justice , and humanity , and show how sensitively they feel for the poor , when they want them to have cheap provisions . But hear it and see it in their practices , working men and distributors of -wealth ; see it ia tAeqp labour . Yes , cheap labour is the grand desideratum of these soidisani philasthrophists— these modern Howards , whose itinerant humanity leads them over the world in csareb of fit objects of charity , but who deDy the common rules of justice at home , to those who are the bs sis of their wealth , and the coping stone of the grandeur and utilty of a mighty empire . The prices we want , together with what they are paying : —
Prices Wanted . Paid by Reyners . Price per Price per Dcz * . Counts . 1 , 000 hks . D . zj . Counts . 1 , 000 hks . s . d . s . d . 6 D S 5 ' s 2 11 SO 35 ' s 1 10 56 ditto 2 0 56 ditto 1 10 54 ditto 2 0 £ 54 ditto 1 10 48 ditto 2 2 48 ditto 2 0 40 ditto 2 4 40 ditto 2 S 32 ditto 2 6 32 ditto 2 3 30 ditto 2 6 $ 30 ditto 2 4 28 ditto 2 7 j 28 ditte 2 4 -27 ditto 2 8 I 27 ditto 2 4
We are sorry to the heart ' s core that these differences cannot be settled without these public expositions , knowing -well , as we do , the heart-burnings they canse , but it is the Is it retouno we have is endeavouring to prevent the lawless aggressions ef haughty capital upon long-insulted and trampled upon labour . The Committee of the Ashton Cotton Spinners .
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TO THE POWER-LOOM WEAVERS IN THE BOROUGH OF OLDHAM . Frissds , —At a public meeting of the p » wer-loem weavers of Mr . John Clegg , Cotton Manufacturer , High Crompton , it was the opinion thereof that we bad not a fair remuneration for our labour ; and also that two documents should be draws up , by two persons : one to state the position that we are at present placed in , and the other the redress which , with the aid of the power-loom weavers of the borough of Oldbam , asd & generous public we shall perhaps obtain . 1 st Upon 10-8 ' b looms we are only receiving 2 £ d . per pound , for 19 hanks weft . 2 nd . Upon 9-8 ' s looms we } have | oBlyJreceived 3 d . per pound , 21 hanks weft 3 rd . Upon 8-8 ' s looms we havejonly [ received 3 | 4 per pound , 21 hanks weft
4 th . The weigh Bcalea upon which we weigh our pieces take l ^ lb . to balance them , and we are only permitted to weigh one side at one time . If the weavers have sot come up to a certain weight be has a farthing a pound taken from him ; and , at the same time , the cnta would have weighed more than the weight , if the scales had been right fltb- Our master has taken Id . for a face end only a quarter ef an inch , if he has seen it ; and if the weaver or weavers had been dissatisfied with the ends that he has charged them wilh , at the pay day he has told them that if he counted them again be would charge them 3 d . per end for more than the number , asd he would have 3 d . for locking the cut over .
6 th . Our gas lights have not been good lights , and he has charged * d . per loom per week ; while there are weavers sot one mile from High Crompton , who only pay « d . per week , asd sonepay more than 3 d . There are also a many other grievances , too numerous to mention . We presume to think that yon are sow fully acquainted -with the particulars relative to the dispute which -at present exists between us and our late employer , Mr . Jobs Clegg , of High Crompton , sear
Oldham ; and in consequence of our ceasing labour , bis son , Joseph Clegg , hss stopped bit firm , which makes a total of 190 weavers out of employment We hope that this apperl will sot be made in Tain ; but that you will kindly leud us your assistance , in order that we may succeed is obtaining the aame amount of wages e-j sre paid by other masters in the brongh of Oldham . We remais , yours truly , The Power . Loom Weavers of High Crompton . [ Since the above address was in type , we have received tee Manchester Guardian of Wednesdey , by
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which we see that the strike has terminated . We subjoin the paragraph from the Guardian : —} " The turn-out of weavers in the employ of Messrs . John aud Joseph Clegg , High Crompton , near Oldbam , has t rmintted in a satisfactory adjustment of the differences between them aud the masters ; the latter having consented to give the required advance of a farthing ia the lb ., and to remedy the piindpal grievances complained of . "
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Chaboe of Cutting and Maiming against the Captain op a Tessel . —On Friday , at the Central Criminal Court , Captain Petrie , of the Lydia trader , between Liverpool and America , we 3 arraigned on a charge of cutting and maiming , with intent to do grievous bodily harm , to a seaman named Law ton , on the high seas . It appeared for the procrcntlon that the mate of the lydia aud toe prosecutor &s , d some alter * cation , and got quarrelling on board ship , about the middle of December last , fifteen d&ya after the vessel bad sailed from Bahia on her voy * je to Liverpool , when the prisoner interfered , struck him over the head with a pair of handcuff ) , aud then armed himself with a sword , with which he inflicted no less than eleven rrars upon the head and t 3 rson of the prosecutor—cut
off one of hi * fingers , and nearly split one of his thumbs in two . A belt which he wore round his body was cut through , and be entreated the prisoner to spare his life , as he wai bleeding , uyon wbicb the latter was stated to have used some coarse expressions , and thrown the drawn sword overboard . For the defence , it was stated that the prosecutor was a refractory man , aud that he had declared be would sink the ship and all in it , and did not mind taking a false oath for a shilling . The latter expression the prosecutor said he had made use of as a joke . Tae Lsarned Judge went minutely tkrough the evidence , and the Jury returned into court , finding the prisoner guilty on the first ami second counts of the indictment He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment
B ankruptcy . —The case of Charles Matbewe , comedian , came before the Court of Bankruptcy on Friday . He returns his proparty as nil , and hia debts at £ 8 , 111 . He proposes to set aside half his income , for the benefit of bis creditors . The cose was adjourned . Capture op an Escaped Convict . —William Thompson , one of tbo : Nottingham convicts , who escaped from custody on New Tear ' s-day , has been retaken and lodged in gaol . He was arrested iu the house of a labourer named Castles , at New Sneinton ,
near Nottingham , where he bad been concealed ever since Monday morning . Wbitwortb , the constable ef Sueintoc , having heard of the circumstance , obtained from Me . Burues , chief constable of Nottingham , proper assistance , and went to the house and captured the prisoner , without any resistance being offered . Thompson had just eaten a fowl fer his dinner , preparatory , es he stated on his way to gael , to starting from the town . A brace of loaded pistols aud a number of skeleton keys were found on bis person . Three others are still at large .
Escape of Seven Convicts from the Penitsntiarv Millbank . —On Saturday , much conversation wasloccaaioned ar the West-end of the town , by the circulation of a report , that a number of the convicts undergoing their sentence of imprisonment within the walls of the Penitentiary , at Milbunk , bad effected their escape . Notwithstanding the strictest silence has been maintained on the subject by the authorities at Millbask , we have ascertained thai the report is strictly correct , and that the following seven convicts succeeded iu liberating themselves from the prison , between one aud two o ' clock on Saturday morning , viz ., Peter Shields , a native of Scotland , eighteen years of age ; Edward Garden , also a Scotchman , eighteen years of age ; Qeo . M'Neil , another Scotchman , of the same age ; Patrick
Little , a native of Ireland , eighteen years of age ; John Sullivan , also as Irishman , of the same age ; Roger Peers , a native of Liverpool , seventeen years of age ; aud William Edwards , also an Englishman , eighteen years of ege , The escape is stated to have been effected by the convicts gaining the roof of the Penteson , or corner tower , in which they were confined , and by means of the clothes of their beds knotted together , letting themselves down into the moat which surrounds the Penitentiary , unseen and unheard by any of tee officers . The first intimation they received of the escape was conveyed to them by a policeman of tbo B division , who w& 3 on duty close to the spot , aud seeing several men crawling out of the moat , hastened to the entrance of the Penitentiary to
give an alarm . Prompt measures were immediately adopted by the governor to ascertain which of the prisoners were missing , aud ou their identity being made certain , a description of their names and persens was forwarded to the police stations , aud from thenco distributed throughout each division , while several of the warders were instantly despatched in purauit of the runaway convicts . . About three o ' clock , four of the warders ascertained through the police , that four men of suspicious appearance had been seen proceeding across the fields , botween Fulham and Hammersmith , in the direction of the : Great Western-road . The warders having a fly with them , instantly hastened in that direction , and « u arriving sear the four-and-a-half- - milestone on the road , seeing police constable Joue « , 31 T , ou duty , they inquired of him if ha had seen any persons passing answering the description of the
convicts , when he immediately told them that he had only a few minutes before seen four persons , whom he took to be sweeps , go along the road , to whom he wished " good morning , " aud was answered by one of them . The warders feeling confident that they were some of the runaway con-? lets , with the assistance of Jones and another policeman , continued the pursuit , and came up with them at a lane loading into the village of Coiswick , where surrounding them , the'" succeeded in recapturing Little , Sullivan , Peers , aud Edwards . The convicts were immediately handcuffed and chained together , placed in the fly , and reconveyed back to their old quarters , the policemen walking by the Bide of the vehicle as an additional guard ; they arrived at the Penitentiary about half-past four o ' clock . Every endeavour was made during vhe day to trace the other three but without effect
Central Criminal Court—Shooting at with intent to kill—On Saturday John Marabello , aged 48 , an Italian , described as a valet , was indicted for feloniously sbooting at Joseph Lever , with & loaded pistol , with intent to kill aud murder him . A Jury of Bix foreigners aud six Englishmen we ? sworn . Mr . Howard conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr . Wilkins . From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had taken the lease of a house in Silver-street , Golden-square ! from the prosecutor . The prosecutor wasted to remove tome fixtures , and a difference arose between them on the subject , On the 26 ta of January the prosecutor went to the bouse , and
seeing the prisoner inside , he asked from the door , " Old fellow , nre you going to let us have the fixtures ?" ( The prosecutor bad previously taken away some of them by force ) . The prisoner presest 3 d a pistol at him , and advanred towards the door . Lejer ran away , down an adjoining yard , and the prisoner fired after him , just as he passed the door of the yard . The bullet pierced the door at eighteen inches to two feet above the ground , and was found outside . The Jnry returned a verdict of Utility of shooting at with intent to do some grievous bodily harm , but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy . Mr . Justice Cressweil sentenced the prisoner to fifteen years transportation .
Charge of Murder on the High Seas — Thomas Edwards , aged 25 , seaman , was placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder of William Kamish , upon the high sea , within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England . There were three count ? in the indictment Mr . Clarkson appeared for ths prisoner . Sunuel Grant deposed that be was a seaman on board the ship Amelia , homeward bound from the Brazils to London . The prisoner was one of tbe crew . The deceased , William Kamish , wei cook of the vessel . On the 29 th December , tbe mate , the prisoner , aud witness were at work on the bowsprit The prisoner had a knife which he required at his work . The cook came forward and tsgan to abuse the prisoner , saying he was no man , and challenging him to come down and fight . After a good deal of quarrelling in words , something was said about knife for knife , aud the cook said " Done , by G . " Tbe cook then went to the galley ,
as witness thought , to get a knife . He soon afterwards came out , and when be was close to tbe prisoner he put his hand en him . Immediately afterwards witness saw blood spouting from the cook jast above the waistband of bis trousers . The cook ran- and [ called the captain , who took him below , and soon afterwardB ordered witness down to attend him . He was [ lying on his back . He died in about three quarters of an hour after . The mate aud captain of the vessel gave evidence corroborating tbe above , and the captain added that tbe prisoner gave himself up to witness , and desired to be pnt ia irons , but witness desired him to keep himself quiet asd work as usual . He did so . Tbe prissner was a good seaman . Mr . Justice Coleridge summed up the evidence with great clearness aud minuteness , aud tbe jury , after aminute ' s consideration , returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter . The vtiaonei was sentenced to b& transported for life .
Charge against a Pather op cutting and ¦ wounding his son , with intent to murder him . —William Hausford , aged 47 , carpenter , was placed at the ear , charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Arthur Hansford , with intent to kill aud murder him . Mr . Prendergast announced that he was engaged for the defence . It appeared that the prisoner had three children , the eldest of whom waa the pro £ 3 cutor ( apparently a lad about fifteen or sixteen years of age ) . They evidently lived on the most unhappy and disgracefully irregular terms . The son commenced quarrelling with his father about some dogs which he kept in the
room , on the morning of the day in question , Sundayj the 14 th of January . He Btruck his father in the face , and offered to fight him . He annoyed and prevented him from reading tbe newspaper , and kept up the annoyance all day . The prisoner broke a table with a blow of his fist , and his wife , the mother of the b ? y , appeared to have somewhat sided with tbe lad , for she said tbe prisoner seed not have broken her father ' s table , and she then broke one of the prisoner ' s pots . In the evening tbe lad and prisoner quarrelled again , and he struck his father in the mouth , asd knocked eut two of bis teeth . He then challenged him to fight , and his dog flew at the prisoner and fastened en him . The prisoner did not aecstt tbe challenge or return a blow ,
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but be knocked some of the furniture about , whereupon the bob * 8 ld he also would knock the pots about which he accordingly did . The prisoner ' s wife and the younger children theu ^ weut out , leaving the prisoner Bitting near the fire aud tbe son lying eileep . Soon aftewards a cry was heard , and , an persons running in , tbe prisoner wai found in a state of excitement ; tbe Bon wai nearly insensible from several severe ( but not dangerous ) woundVon his bead and face , which had been infiictaa by his father with a fire . shovel . When spoken to , the prisoner said he had . fcsen aggravated all day , and could fcaar it no longer . Mr . Justice Cressweil summed up the evidence , and the Jury returned a verdict ef of guilty of an assault only . Sentence two yeaW imprisonment ,-with hard labour .
The MuNRo-MTjRDER . -At the Central Crimlturt Conrt , on Monday , ( Captain Grant , one of the seconds engaged in the Camden Town duel , in which Colonel Fawcett was killed , surrendered to tako bia tola ' . The indictment was retd , and the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty . The Attorney General appealed for the pro * : ( ration , and Mr ; Justtca CressweU said that tbe car 3 could not possibly be H&en tbte day or to-morrow . It should , therefore , atand over until Wednesday , after the trial , or M'Donald , under *« ie Srrx ' al Commission . It sheuld be understood that it wn to come after the other . Captain Grant * n then removed la custidy to Newgate . The Rebeccaitb Convicts . —Shoni Scybor Fawr and Dailr Cantors , eentsnr . i at the lnt wint : r e-jsizi , the farmer to transportation for life , ond the lathr for twenty years , are now in Millbank Penitentiary , preparatory to their embarkation for a peril settlement .
Stockport . —Summons for Pooh Rates . —About 200 poor householders ware summoned I rfore the magistrates on Monday , for airrsrs of poor-iat : s . Orders for payment , by inBtalment . lwere made upon the vctloui parties . Deficient Weights and Scales . —At the Rochdale petty sewions on Friday tot , Benjamin Livesay , of Church Stile , Rochdale , was charged by Mr . JobnsoD , inspector of Weights aud measures , with feiving in hh possession eight weighti all deflcien * He was convicted in the penalty of 20 a . and cob * - ! . —Riobard Hoyle was charged with having five deficient weights . The inspector said tho defendant wn very poor ; be was ordered to pay expenses , the weight ! to t ) foifeir-d . —William Taylor , wast 3 dealer . Church-lane , for having a false balance , ten ounces deficient , wn Sued 10 s . and costs .
Trials in the Central Criminal Court . — Charge of Stabbing—On Tuesday , George Gifford , aged 71 , seaman , was indict ; 1 for feloniously s' -. bbiDg and wounding Henry Howard , with intent to do him some grevioua bodily harm . Mr . Payne conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner vrrt defended by Mr . Ballantine . From the evidenca , which was recently published in the police tapoits , it appeared that the prisoner kept a house of ill-fame , to which the prosecutor went on the occasion In question , accompanied by a female . There was some dispute about the money , and the prosecutor toek up tbe poker , which he flourished about , singing " Tbe sprig of shilleloh and shamrock so green . " The prisoner left tbe room , and shortly after wards returned with a drawn sword . Some of the
witnesses deposed that there » m then no row going « n , and the procecutor had laid aside the poker . The prisoner , however , struck at him with the sword , saying " Here ' s for Erin go hragb . ' The prosecutor warded tbe blow , and the prisoner then thrust at him , inflicting a not very serious wound in tbe breas . The jury returned avtrdict of guilty of a common assault only ; and Mr : Justice Cressweil sentenced the prisoner to twelve months Incarceration with hard labour . FoRCBRT . pCharlotte Scott | we 3 indicted for forging the signature of Ann Lee to a receipt , for the purpose of defrauding Nicholas Baron Bexley , and others , the trustees of tbe St . Martin ' s Savings Bank . The prosecution waa conducted by Mr . Doane , and tbe defence by Mr . Ballantine . From the evidenc 9 It apjjored that the prisoner had applied to the savings bank co withdrawa sum of above 460 , which lay In the name of Ann Lee . The clerk obrstving something peculiar about her writing , referred to toe original signature ,
and found that the depositor could not write . On Icing questioned , the prisoner admitted that ehe mi not Ann Lee , but that Ann Lee wci a lodger of hex ' s , who in consequence of having reriously injured by accident a child of her ' s ( prisoner's ) , had , when dying , left her all she was worth . It was then discovered that the old woman , who went by tbe name of Ann Lto , bad died , and w" buried & 9 a pauper . During her life she had , by means of brgglng letters , ameised the money lodged in the savings teok , and the book was secreted somewhere In her led . There wn no will found—the prisoner merely said that it wn by word of mouth tbe eld woman declared her beir . The Jury returned a verdict of guilty , with a recommendation to mercy . Mr . Justio Cressweil esn * inc ? d the prisoner to two years' imprisonment with hard labour , but added that , under tbe circumstances , a recommendation would be forwarded to tho proper quarter ; which doubtless would obtain a considerable , mitigation of punishment .
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REPEAL ASSOCIATION . Dublin , Feb . 12 . —At one o'clock the chair wn ? tlken by John A . O'Neill Esq . Mr . M . OConnell Introduced to the meeting , which was crowded to suffocation , the new Member for Tipperary , Mr . Nicholas Maher . Mr . O'Neivl said , as be came forward to preside at the first meeting held after the arrest of Mr , O'Connell , he conceived he was bound now to take the chair at the first meeting after the Verdict It bad been eatd that the Government would put down the Association by a proclamation . He would tell her Majesty ' s Government very calmly , but not less determinedly , that if they did , patriotism would assume m many Protean shapes , that no Administration could put down the
stiuggte for national independence . Shortly before two o'clock Mr . O'Connell entered the hall , and was received with peals of applause . Mr . O'Connell—Oae word for Ireland . Everybody knows that Lord John Russell has given notice of a motion for to-morrow in reference to the aff . iirs of Ireland . I do not think much of any battle which may take place between , parties in London upon the subject . The present Parliament is packed agaloet Ireland , aud it is not my intention to go over to the debate , lest I should hold - out the expectation that the present Parliament would do anything for Ireland . But still I
would wish to give every reasonable assistance to Lord John Russell ' s motion . Therefore , I will move tbat two of the gentlemen who acted as counsel for the traversers ( Sir Colman O'Loghlin and Mr . O'Hea ) be nominated te proceed to London this night to render assistance te Lord John Russell . They ore full masters of all the details of the case , and may be useful In affording information to Lord John Russell . I therefore move that tba standing order be suspended , to enable me to move that tbe Association should request Sir C . O'Loghlin and Mr . O'Hea to proceed to London to-night . The motion was pnt and passed .
Mr . W . S . O'Bribn , M . P ., moved , and Mr . N . Maher , M . P ., seconded the proposition , that Mr . O'Connell's address in the Court of Queen ' s Beach be printed for circulation by the Association , The motion having been put from the chair , and carried , Mr . O'Connell said that of course he wonld comply with the request . He had extorted religious equality , and trampled under foot Orange ascendancy—( here a ccane of yelling ensued that it would be impossible to describe ) . If be were confined in a dungeon —( cries of " No , ne , " and great confusion )—he meant to say , that in case such an event occurred , was it not a subject of congratulaticb that they would Sad another leader in Smith O'Brien J
Mr . O'CONNELL read a letter from Dr . Ovay , in which that gentleman tendered bis resignation as a member of the Association , because he felt that the pressnt were times whan proprietors of public journals ought not to be identified with an Association like thiB . Mr . O'Connell regretted that Dr . Gray was obliged to adopt the course he bad done . He would always consider him as one of his dearest friends , and an unflinching advocate of the people ' s rights . Mr . W . S . O'Brien wished it to to distinctly understood that they received Dr . Gray'a resignation under protest .
Tho week ' s rent was then announced to be £ 643 , and the meeting separated .
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HOUSE OF LORDS-Tuesday , . Feb . 13 . The Marquis of Normanbt brought forward his motion on the State of Ireland , and justified the course he bad adopted , on the ground that all admuted the affairs of that country imperiously demauded the immediate attention of Parliament . The conduct of the Government , instead of conciliating the people , had been the very reverse , and it had roused up against them many who were formerly their supporters . After commenting on the mistaken policy of the Government , with respect to the cry for a Repeal of the Union , he said the best way to repress the agitation waa to remove the grievances . With respect to the payment of tho
Catholic clergy , lie thought the present moment was a most ' unfortunate time for suoh a proposition . If the clergy , were to be paid they should be paid an income for religious duties , and not have a bribe for political apostaoy . After paying a high compliment to the Irish nation for their domestic virtues , and their gratitude for the due administration of justice , he adverted to the state of the franchise , to the character of the Irish Attorney-General , and the egregious injustice and impolicy of excluding Catholics from juries , and more especially that jury which had condemned the traversers . The Noble Marquis
concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that tho House would examine into the cause of discontent prevailing in Ireland , in order to secure to all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects the practical enjoyment of equal rights . . Lord Whabnclipfe replied at great length to the charges brought , against tho Government ; lie concluded by asserting that although the Government was opposed by the majority of the Irish people , still England and Scotland , which constituted the majority , supported them , and they did not rule by a minority . They had done thoir utmost to gain their favour ; but they ( the Irish people ) did not
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like them , and would not support thorn . He was glad thstt his Noble Friend had brought forward his motion , as it gave him an opportunity of stating the views of the Government . They were the Miuisters of the Crown ; and it was their duty to maintain inviolate the Union between the two countries , to preserve the authority of the , Throne , and they were determined to support her Majesty in her resolution to preserve the supremacy of tbe law . The Marquis of Clanbicardb spake in support of the Marquis of Normanby'a motion . The Earl of Roden , the Marquis of Westmeath , Lord Howden , and Lord Beaumont followed , in support of the government , and in opposition to the motion . The debate , on the motion of Loid Campbell , was adjourned till Thursday . ¦
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HOUSE OP COMMONS-Thesday , Feb . 13 . THE POORi LAW . Mr . Febband gave notice that he should , on a future day , move for a copy of the minutes of Poor Law Commissioners , whieh Had received the sanction of the Secretary of State for ! the Home Department , as to the separation of mother aud child in the Poor Law Unions . !
STATE OF IRELAND . Lord John Russell brought forward hi 3 motion for a Committee of the whole House on the state of Ireland . That country , he said , waa not governed as it ought to be . The Government of Ireland should be a Government of peace ; sow it was a Government of force . After adverting to the verdict received that day against Mr . O'Connell , the instrument of Catholic Emancipation , he said , if the favourite of the Irish nation were imprisoned , would that circumstance be a guarantee for the peace of the country . The Noble Lord entered at great length into the grievances of which Ireland had just reason to complain , and more especially to the
exclusion of Catholics from juries and all places of trust , as well as to tho undefined aud imperfect state ] of the Parliamentary franchise . The exclusion of Catholics from high offices , whether on the bench or in the State , was a glaring injustice , aud could not be palliated even by the present Government , j Sir Robert Pcol had declared that after the passing of the Catholic Bill all classes would be placed on the same footing ; yet , though he had since his retnrn to office had the appointment of five or six Judges , not one was a Roman Catholic . The conduct of the Government , in regard to the late prosecutions , was quite in keeping with all their other proceedings towards
the Irish people . The Noble Lord concluded by moving for a Committee of the whole House to take into consideration the state of Ireland . Mr . Wyse seconded the motion . Sir James Graham in fa ] lengthy speech opposed the motion . Ho twitted ! the Whigs upon their Coercion Bill ; he asked what was the policy of the Government towards Ireland i What was the con * dut of the Government which he was called upon to defend ! Was it in favour : of a coercive Bill ! Did he stand up to advocate trial by court-martial ? It was not military law nor military executions he was called upon to defend . He stood up to advocate the propriety of governing Ireland according to
the established laws of this country—the trial by jury ; and it was those laws which , he was happy to say , had triumphed in that country , and which he stood up to vindicate . He charged Lord John Russell with participating in all the acts of the governments of Lord Weilesley aud Anglesea towards Ireland . He defended the conduot of the Irish Law Officers in striking the Jury . He vindicated the prosecutions—warmly defended Lord Lyudhurst from the attacks of Lord J . Russell . Admitted that it was unwise polioy to hold Ireland by military j force , aud concluded by expressing the determination of the government to stand by the Union at all hazards . The debate was then adiourned .
Wednesday , Feb . 14 . The debate on the state of Ireland was opened by Lord Leveson , who wa 9 followed by Mr . B . Coohrane , Lord Clements ; Mr . Young , Sir George Grey , and Lord Elliot . The debate waa again adjourned .
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The Chartists of White Abbey will meet on Monday evening , at eight o ' ck 3 k , in the Association Room .
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Yorkshire , Feb . 3 rd . —A delegate meeting of Miners was held at the Griffin Inn , Wakefield , when the following sums were paid ia : —Halifax , No . I , 13 s lOd ; Kippax £ 1 Cs Id ; Birkenshaw 13 s 8 d ; Barnsiey £ & 17 s 3 d ; Rothwell £ 2 6 i 3 d ; Four-lane Ends £ 1 0 a 8 d ; Boston 17 s ; Thwaite Gate 7 s 3 d ; Bradford Moor £ 1 3 s 10 d ; Bowling £ 3 15 a Id ; Clifton 12 s 8 Jd ; Staincliffe 14 s 6 d ; Ossett Common 5 s 4 d ; Thornton 4 a 7 jd ; Hcckmondwicke 2 ? 3 d ; Stainbro ' jC 2 33 4 d ; Bierley £ 2 7 s \ Ih& \ Daw Green 12 a ; Elland 10 s 4 d ; Denholme 6 s 7 < i ; Low Moor £ 3 6 s 2 d ; Silkstone £ 2 3 s 5 d ; Shelf £ I Us 3 d ; Cawthorne 14 s ; Griffin , Wakefield £ 3 11 s | 2 d ; Cross Keys , Wakefield 13 s 6 J ; Darnal ) , Sheffieldi £ l 10 s 6 d ; Robinhood , do . £ 2 24 3 d ; Intake , do . £ 2 16 *; Alvertborpe 14 s 94 ; Batley 5 * 9 d ; Carr Gate ! 9 a 6 d ; Great Preston 12 s ; Birdwell £ 2 9 s bU ; Lepton 5 j ; Mirfield 3 s 63 ; Mosborough £ 1 23 2 d ; Dronfield £ ' 6 5 s 4 d ; Ecclesall lls Id ; Eckingtonjls Id ; Crigglestone 5 s 3 d ;
Advocates and Almanacks 2 g 9 d . Total £ 56 0 s 7 d . Tho following resolutions were also adopted : — " That there be a public meeting held at Hood Hill between Barnsiey and Sheffield , on Shrove Tuesday , Fob . 2 ( Rh , when Mr . David Swallow and other friends will address the meeting . " " That Mr . Harris remain in the Bradford , Halifax , and Huddersfield district until the next district meeting . " " That Mr . John Toft lecture in the Leeds , Wakefield , and Dewsbury district . " " That there be a Victim Fund established throughout Yorkshire , and one penny per week , per member , subscribed to the same . " " That the restriction question be put into operation at all places where the minors are properly organieed . and that eyerymember da all that he can " to pst it into operation as soon as possible . " " That thiB meeting adjourn its sitting to March 2 , to be beld at the house of Mr . John Pickering , Union Inn , Barnsiey . " ) Au increase of 1573 new members was reported . ;
Yobkshibb . —A meeting of Miners was beld on Monday , the 5 th inst ., at Birtchenoliff , when a new sooiety was formed , and eighteen members took out cards . Mr . William Hairis , agent of the Miners ' Association , addressed the meeting . Yorkshire . —A meeting of the Colliers of New Miller Dam , Hall Gresn , Durkey , &c ., was held at Crigglestone on Wednesday last , The meeting was addressed by Mr . David Swallow , who read several extracts from the Miner ' s Advocate and the Collier ' s Movement , " at fulljlengfch from the poor man's paper , the Northern Star , which was listened to with the greatest attention . Mr . Swallow spoke at considerable length . At the conclusion , a sooiety was formed and several took out cards ; it was also agreed that the society should take in the Northern Star regularly .
Hcnslet Cabb . —Mr . Swallow addressed a meeting of the Colliers of this place , several took out oards of membership . West Melton . —The miners of Melton Field Colliery held a meeting at the Star Inn , in Wath . New members were enrolled , j - Wakrfield . — On Saturday eveniag , the 3 rd inst . a glorious meeting of Colliers was held at the Griffin ; Mr . Geo . Shepherd in the chair . The " Collier's Movement" frpm the Northern Star was read at full length . The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr . D . Swallow and Mr . Harris , from Oldham , who gave great satisfaction . A resolution was proposed , seconded and carried , " That a public meeting should be held at Wakefield on Shrove Tuesday , to commence at eleven o ' clock , and that Mr . VVm . Dixon , of Manchester , should be invited to attend . A large number of members were enrolled .
Cawthobne . —A public meeting of the Colliers of this place was held at Mr . Bell's public-house . The meeting was addressed at considerable length by Mr . David Swallow , on the restriction question . SiLKLTONE . —The Colliers of this place met in large numbers in the Ring of I Bells , to hear an address from Mr . D . Swallow . Mr . Swallow spoke at considerablo length , and sat down amidst applause . At the conclusion several took oat cards of membership .
The Patricroft Miners beg to inform their brethren in Staffordshire , Shropshire , and all other places , that the statements made by interested parties relative to the sinking of new pits in Patricroft are entirely without foundation ; and they beg that the Miners will not be jdeluded , as the object is to bring an influx of new ! hands to take tneir work , they having been compelled to strike , on account of their employers refusing ito give the same scale of prices as those given by tbe other masters > u the district . :
Walsall . —A meeting Jwas held by the minors of this district , ou Monday , Feb . 5 th , when fifty enrolled their names , making in all , two hundred and fifty enrolled within one month . Mr . Kiusey , lectured to tho men assembled , aud gave great satisfaction . ¦; Mr . J . Autt addressed tho colliers of Chaiiiock Rioharda , at the Bowling Green Inn , ou Wednesday night , the 31 st nit . j They have been standing out for au advance of their wages for a month past . On Thursday , Feb . lat , ho addressed the colliers of Chorley , at the George Inn . It was a very enthusiastic meeting . On Friday , the 2 nd , he addressed the colliers of Black Hod , at the Black Horse Inn , On Saturday , the 3 rd , the colliers of Green Bam ; on Monday tho 5 th , he attended a meeting at the Bridge Inn , Staudi 3 h ; aud another at Mr . Anderton ' s ; and on Tuesday the 6 ch , held ft meeting at the Colliers' Arms , New Black Rod .
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The Miners of Halshaw Moor beg to return their heartfelt thauka to the various collieries and lodges in the surrounding neighbourhood , for the prompt manner iu which they have como forward to help aud supf-jit t ^ eir much-injured fePow workmen in this district . TbsfolJowir ^ is a Jisfc of the sums received : —Good Intert , Wors ' ey Lodge £ 5 3 s ; HaJl Lane , Little Levet diiLo £ 3 14 a 6 d ; Queen Auu ditto £ 3 Ifiu 6 d ; Robin Hood ditto 9 s ; Ro . o Hi " , ditto 13 s ; Unicorn ditra £ 1 16 s ; Cilliera' Arrr >< ditto £ 1 lls ; Horse Shoe ditto £ 1 lls 6 d ; Black Horse , Darcy Liver £ 2 14 i ; Farmers' Arms ditto £ 6 9 a 4 d ; Hanging Bank £ 5 ; Spinners' Arms ,
Tyldsley £ 1 9 s ; Dean Church Lodge £ 7 2 i 6 d ; Dog and Pheasant ditto £ 1 14 s ; Stag ' s Head ditto 12 s ; Peodlebury ditto £ 6 2 s 6 d ; Grapes Inn , Bindley £ 8 16 s 91 ; Horse Shoe , ditto £ 2 19 s 6 d ; Bans . Top , Bury £ 2 5 s ; Bay H © rce , ditto £ 2 10 s : Fern Hill , ditto £ 1 18 s ; Ratclifte-bridge £ 2 143 6 d ; GruDdy ' s Lodge , ditto £ 1 15 a ; Vitriol . Makers ' Arms £ 5 ; Blue Bell , Worsley £ 2 14 s ; Bowling Green £ 5 4 s ; CDmers'Frierd , Worsley £ 1 18 a . — Total £ 87 12 s 7 d . D : ducted for Patricroft men the sum of £ 53 83 . Deducted for Grapes Inn men £ 22 1 ) 3 lOd . Dednoted for Bowling Green men £ 9 12 a . On hand £ 2 lls 9 d .
The following is the list of subscriptions for tho Bradford Miners ( near Manchester ) , for the present week : —Clayton Colliery £ 3 ; Middleton , No . 2 Lodge 133 ; Rabbit Hole £ 1 8-, 2 id ; Old Mess House , Oldham £ 1 2 * 7 d ; Hollfcs Lodge 2 s 6 d ; Brittaunia 8 s 6 d ; White Hari IO 3 ; a few ColHera 4 * 4 d : Victoria Pit 103 £ d ; Gorton Potlciie- 10 s ; Wood Park Pit 83 6 d ; Union Ground 33 5 d ; a friend 53 ; a few Gardeners 4 s 6 d ; No . 3 Shop 5 s ; a few friends 14 s 9 d ; Worthington ' ssbop 7 ?; Grimshaw 5 s ; a Friend 6 s ; other email sums £ 5 16 s 5 d ; making a total of £ 16 19 i 9 d . The Bradford Miners beg to tender their heartfelt thanks to the Proprietor and Editor of the Northern Star , for tke ki ^ d manner in which they made known their grievances through the medium of that invaluable journal .
The Minebs of Bbadford Colliesv , near Manchester , feel thankful for the insen \ oa of their list of subscriptions iu last Saturday's Star ; and they teusfc you will favour them with space for tbe insertion of the following : —Whyatt ' s Dyer 17 s » Devoguo ' s men , 10 s 7 d ; a few boiler-makers Zi ' a few factory hands , 7 s 2 d ; Gore ' s iron-moulders , 33 ; No . 3 shop , 5 ?; Hursl Brook Lodge of Coal Miners , £ 1 ; Oldham District , 10 s lOd ; Dunkirk men , £ 1 ; Victoria Pit , £ 1 O 3 4 d ; A Frieud , IO 3 ; 'A few Gardeners , 83 7 d ; Horse Shoe Lodge , No . 7 , £ 1 ; A number of Friends , £ 5 1 is 7 d ; total , £ 13 10 s Id .
Padiham . —The Association of Padiuam beg to announce the receipt of the following sums during the past week : —Ighton Hill Park £ 2 5 s ; Swiasham £ 3 7 s 6 d ; Bacup £ 6 ; William Dean 3 s ; Nicholas Steverjson 23 ; Fox Clough 73 3 d ; Grc on Barn Lodge , Blaokrod , 5 i ; Black Horse Lodge , Blaokrod 2 ); Mr . Lomax ' s men 16 s 3 d ; Over Darwen lls 6 d ; Bedhorn £ 3 Is 6 d ; Baxenden £ 5 ; Thomas Thompson 2 i 6 d ; Burnley 6 s 4 d ; Dunkenhalgh Park £ 4 ; Broadfield £ 1 ; John Hudsor ,. 4 s 6 d .
The Altham Colliery Men have got their price , aud went to work on the first of this month ; but the men of Hapton and Deau Collieries are-still on strike .
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OVERLAND MAIL . India and China . —The accounts brought by this mail from India aud China are considered by the press of the factious to be " very satisfactory , " i . e . Britten conquests are being exteud < d ; and what matters it at what cost to the millions , whether of thiB country or HindoBtan , these " extensions" of territory are acquired , so long as the Molochs of British power obtain gold aud glory I Perhap 3 it will be the people ' s turn some day to have some say in the manasemen * ; of " our Indian Empire , " ana then We subjoin a brief sketch of the most striking eveata : —
Gwalior . —The affaire of Gwalior have been settled without shedding a drop of blood . The Governor-General reached Agra on tho 11 th of December , aad was making aTraugementB for marching the s'my of exercibe , under Sir Hugh Gough , into the country ; but its services were not required . The authorities , on findiog that they had no chance of resisting such au overpowering force , held a council of war , which was attended by the principal officers and IeadiBg men of the country ; and after & short deliberation resolved to give up the Minister Khaageewalla ,
who was regard as the prime mover in tbo late demonstrations against British authority in that qua ; - ter . He was immediately sent off prisoner under an escort of fifty men to Agra . The young Raja , who waa considered the rightful heir to the throne , took refuge in the British camp , aud in doe time was to be regularly installed as Sovereign . Lord Ellenborough was ta proceed to Gwalior , accompanied by the-young Prince , but no particulars had transpired as to his ultimate plans . That district , howeyer , is now entirely under British dominion .
The Pcnjaub . —Affairs remained nearly m the same state at Lahore , but now that the Gwaliof affair is Eettlcd , we may shortly expect to hear the question of interference in the affairs of the Punjaub decided . Scinde is tranquil , but the decimation of the English forces by sickness still continued , " of 3 , 600 men quartered at Sukkur , only 360 were fit for duty , or one in ten . " Of 164 European artillerymers eevenfcy were already buried , and the Sepoys safferedasmuch as the Europeans . The 21 st Native infantry had 815 men iu hospits 1 . out 0 ? a total of 995 f Nepaul and OaDE . —There have been some hos * le collisions between the people of Oude and the Nepaulese , and the disputes between the two Governments are of a nature so serious , that it is believed the interference of the British _ will be nec / essary Troops are moving iu that direction .
Herat . —The three nephews of Yar Mahomed , late Vizier , bufc now apparently ruler , of Herat , have quarrelled with their uncle , and joined tho two eona of the late Shah Kamran , against him . The followers of the five young men assembled their followers and besieged Herat . A conflict ensued outside the walls , the result of whioh was , that the " sirdars and prince , being victorious , succeeded iu shutting up Yar Mahomed in the fort . "
CHINA . F / om China the intelligence is favourable . The supplementary treaty , by Sir Henry Pottinger and the Chinese Commissioner , would be forthwith signed by the Emperor without waiting for the signature of the Queen of England . The sickness at Hong-Kong had abated , but we regret to state that Major Pottinger , Colonel Kuowles , and two snrgeons had b ; 3 n carried off by it . Some moit terious fires have taken place at Canton . The fire , which took place on the 24 in and
25 th of October , completely destroyc d the Danish and Spanish Hongs , and a portion of the French , together with about twelve hundred houses , and a va&t amount of property of every description . The British Consulate wn burnt oat , but the papers we re saved . It is estimated that the value of the goods belonging to the Chinese , which were lost duriDg the fire , amounts to 300 , 000 dollars . Another fire broke out on the 26 th , but was fortunately got under before auy considerable injury w ? i done . Reason exists to believe that both were the acts of incendiaries .
UNITED STATES . Liverpool , TuESDAr Evening . —The Philadelphia packet ship , Susquehana , Captain Moircken , arrived this day , after a very quick voyage from that port , she left the city of Philadelphia on the 15 th . Thomas Paine . — 'A meeting of the admirers of this immortal patriot had been held at Philadelphia . Congress had been chiefly occupied with the question of "Right of Petition f that is , whether petitions for the abolition of slavery , or for mea-8 U < 3 rending to that object , should be received or not . The debates were of a verj excitable character .
Accidents , Murders , &c . —There had been received from St . Lorna accounts of a most terrible and distressing steam-boat accident , by which ninety or a hundred persons had lost their lives . The vessel plied between Cincinnati and St . Louis , and was on her way to the latter port on the night of the 4 th inst ., when , at eleven o ' clock , and within three miles of St . Loais , she struck on a snag ( sunken tree under water ) ; the concussion was very severe , and tore up several of her planks . The passengers had mostly retired to bed , and the vessel filled so'rapidly from the extensive injury she had sustained , that
they had not time to dress themselves—the engines almost immediately became useless , and the vessel became at the mercy of the current . Upon striking , she broke in two , one part sunk immediately , and the other floated Bome distance nearer to the shore . Upon the parting of the vessel many were thrown in the water and drowned , and many of the females and children died from exposure to the cold , which wa& excessive , besides others who were drowned in their berths . Altogether , the number of lives Ios 6 was estimated at ninety to one hundred ; but as the ship ' s papers were lost , along with the oaptain , the exact number could not be ascertained .
Captain Nock , of the steamer Tautes , was killed in a quarrel at Mobile , by John Wade . At New Alexandria Mr . George lettering was killed ia a quarrel by Mr , S . Dixon . Both the manslayers are arrested . Three son ? of Gsneral J . W . Brown were lately drowned ia the liver Raisin , Michigan , by'the ice givingway . -
Bradford.—On Sunday, The. Chartists Of Little Hortoa Will Meet In The School Room, Park-Place.
Bradford . —On Sunday , the . Chartists of Little Hortoa will meet in the School Room , Park-place .
The Chabiists of the Central Locality will meet on Sunday morning , at ten o clockr ^ The Chartists of Manningham ' will meet in the jSobooi Ream , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . The Chartists of Thompson ' s HouEea * villmeet on Sunday morning , at tea o olook . * -i . - _ 0
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Sis , —Some one tells me that one of the League papers has published an assertion from you that 1 gave £ 10 to buy drink for the parties who attended the Crown and Anchor meeting ; my answer is that not one of your lying party could have told a bigger lie : and I will -give you £ 50 , and £ 50 to any man , who wiQ substantiate , upon the very poorest evidence , the fact of my having given £ 10 , or ten farthings , or any money , for the purpose of procuring drink for these who attended the Crown and Anchor meeting j or that I ever gave a fraction to purchase drink for any party in my life for such ft purpose . If you tell lies man , tell Hes that can't be so easily contradicted . TW rgus O'Coknob-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 17, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1252/page/5/
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