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; ; IN the Prospectus which the NORTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY has already published \ their views , it is hoped , have been sufficiently explained as regards the promotion of Emigration to i Lands and Estates , purchased through its inter ventiou in Canada , &a . I The Agents confidently submit , however , that the same views , more fully developed , may be made ' essentially useful , not only to the unemployed classes i : i this country , but also to those who are possessed | of some capital , though insufficient iu amount to secure , of itself , their permanent welfare and prosperity . It will be admitted that Emigration has heretofore been conducted on a , system productive , in the ' aggregate , of much individual hardship and distress—and especially to the Emigrant of the poorer class ; I for on arriving at his port of debarkation , he has found himself , generally speaking , with Jittle or no ' money , and ho friends to assist him in proouring work , or even to point out in what part of the Province j he would be most likely to obtain it , —while he who possessed some lntlo capital has met with similar ( difficulties , in making choice of a location . Canada , though all things considered , perhaps the most i 1 important of our colonies , is virtually a terra incognita—simply because there if" no 0110 willing , if able , ! to afford ihe requisite informauon to tho = e who seekit , and it is this deficiency Which it is the aim and object of the Agents effectually to remedy . , ! There are hundreds in Great Britain anxious to emigrate , but who , from want of sufficient means are deterred from , or H . jable to do so . To such the Agents can offer facilities heretofore unthon « ht of , and unattainable ; for example : —A man having no more than £ 100 , would not better his situation by emigrating to Canada as an agriculturist—lor the purcnase of his Land , and the unavoidable preliminary expenditure thereon , the expence of conveyance thither , and his support , however lrugal , until his first crops were gathered in , would absorb more than his entire oapial , even under the most favourable circumstances . Such a capital , on the contrary , would be found not oijly sufficient on the plan proposed by the Agentu , as hereafter explained , but at the Bame tithe , immunity from the ufual hardships and privations would be secured , and to the prudent and industrious a comfortable and permanent oompeteatcy in the future . ... , „ . . , , But the great body of onr emigrating population is composed or persons having no capital whatever , generally without even the means of paying their passage-money to a Colony , however approximate to the mother country . The sufferings which too often befal'these poor people , are greater than would bo generally believed—not on shipboard , for there they aro now well-cared for , owing to the strictness with ¦ which tho wholesome regulations of the " Passengers' Aot '' are enforced by the Government Emigration Agents hero and in Canada . It is on their arrival in the Colony that the struggle really commences , a struggle not confined to tbe mere labourer , but more or less participated in by the small capitalist to whom reference was first made . He must search for his Land in a conntry , to the localities of which , its soil and seasons , he is a perfect stranger ; and when selected , however judiciously , he must live upon his own resources until the ensuing harvest . Ho mnst erect his own Ion house , clear and fence his laud , wasting valuable time , and spending much of bis already too scanty capital unprofitably , from inexperience in the work he has undertaken . The former , on landing at his destined port , applies for work , which if unattainable on the spot , be mnst seek for elsewhere , or starve . If without funds , he ia provided by the Emigration Agent appointed by Government , with a free passago in a steam boat to wherever he chooses to go , and then every resouroe bnt his own labour ceases . It may not be irrelevant to mention , that tho money thus expended in Canada in 184 ' 2 , was £ 13 , 161 ; and m 1843 , nearly £ 9 , 000 ; Emigration in the latter year having fallen off 51 per eent . as compared with the former : a plain proof of the generally helpless condition of our emigrating brethren , and that the distress alluded to is tar from being exaggerated . The Agent 3 will now proceed to state as briefly as possible , those remedial measures which they ar " sanguine enough to hope may remove in a great degree , it not altogether , tho evils complained of . It has be < n observed in the first prospectus' thai tho Agent in London has for sale upwards of 600 , 000 Atcs of Land in different parts of Upper aud Lower Canada ; and it is in a great degree owing to the exceedingly low terms on which the Agents are authorised to dispoao of some of tho best of these properties , that they are enabled to offer to the consideration of the public the followine scheme : — The statement marked A shows , that with no greater capital than £ 77 , a single snan , forming onb op a party of Tior less than ten families , OB PRINCIPALS , will acquire in fee simple , or Freehold , Land to the extent of 100 Acres . That for a man and his wife , or two single men . tno capital required will bo only £ 87 , or £ 43 10 s . each ; with one child , £ 92 S * ., or £ 30 153 . each ; tho amount per head decreasing as the numbers in a family increase . .... ,, It has been remarked , thai with bo smail a Bum at command as £ 100 , tho agriculturist would not better his condition by emigrating ; and it is presumed that , tho reasons given are a sufficient evidence of the fact . The plan now submitted goes , however , to prove that even this small stock of money caa be made not only ample for all useful purposes , but will leave a fund to meet contingencies . I The statement marked B shows in like manner the capital required to entitle the Emigrant to 50 Acres of Land in Freehold , and this scale is iattnded to apply to those who depend upon the assistance of others , partially or wholiy , to enable them to emigrate . To this table tbe Agencs bespeak the especial attention of those who support Emigration from benevolent views . Looking at ihe brightest K \ do of the pietura , it has been , to tho poor man , merely a transition from labour in one country , to labour in another , with tho prospect , if successful , of saving in the course of years , sufficient to procuro those advantages which ate here offered him on setting foot in Canada . Not only will he be exempt from the prospect of want , provided of course he be prudent and industrious , but be will bo spared those hardship ? and privations heretofore insaparable from the change or' home and country ; and secure to himself a state of comfort aud independence beyoad any expectations he coulJ ever have ventured to indulge in . The publio may fairly require some guarantee bey . > nd tho mere character of the Agents , that they have the power as well as tho iuclinavion , faithfully to carry oui that which they undertake to perform . l Suck a guarantee they are prepared to offer , and in a . 'form which they trust will be approved of : That when the purchase is made , the money contributed by eaoh family or principal shall bo placed in tho harjda of the Bankers of tbe Agency , in London , in the joint names of the Agent in London , and some one appointed by the Settlers , to be applied in the manner following , Vtf . : — 1 . To pay the purchase money of the Land so Boon as tho Title Deeds of tho same , legally executed in the Colony " are delivered over to the Purchasers . , . . 2 . To defray the Passage Money of the Settlers iff the manner usually practised m Emigrant j Ships , and ) 3 . To repay all other disbursements undertaken by the Agents , eo as , but not before , the Settlers , shall have arrived on their location , and are therefore in actual possession of tho settlement prepared , for them . : North American Land Agency , > RICHARD NORMAN , No . 2 , New Broad Streetf London . Agent in London . | STATEMENT A . I Table , shewing the amount required to be paid bv each Family according to the number of its members , to entitle them to a Freehold Fahm of 100 Acresj a Free Pasrage to Canada ; three Months ; Provisions after their arrival at the Settlement ; and a participation in all tho advantage offered by the Agency , which are as follows : — 1 . —A Log House to be built on each Farm . , 2 . —Five Acres of Land to be cleared on eaoh Farm , of which four acres to be cropped with Wheat , and one acre with Potatoes and other vegetables . ; I 3 . _ The settlers to be furnished with the necessary tools , such as Axes , Hoes , oickle ? , oxc ; and also , 4 ' —With one Yoke of Oxen for the general use of the Settlement . 5 . —A foreman , and two experienced assistants , to be engaged and paid by the Agents for three months , to work with acd instruct the Emigrants in clearing Land and fencing it ; and in the ereotion of Leg ' Houses , of which five will , for that purpose , be built after the arrival of tho Settlers . 6 . Three Months' Provisions to bo supplied to the Emigrants after they havo reached tho Settlement , thus securing them against the possibility of want while their oropo aro liponMg , 'dF . d tu 6 S ftTO engaged IU ' , he work referred to in the foregoing paragraph . j __ __ . —— ¦ - ^ TT , ,. _ , Amount to b « Paid . Under j Above Number . ; Members of each Family . 14 14 in «„„„„» , 1 « o / , k I Years . Y . ars . Family . » £ »* } » *»* I _____ ^—— ———~—— . : ¦ . i No . 1 . £ s ci £ s d A single roan . 1 1 77 0 0 77 0 0 I No . 2 . A man and wife 2 2 43 10 0 87 0 0 No . 3 . A man , wife ! and 1 child 1 2 3 30 15 0 92 5 0 No . 4 . A man , wife , and 2 children 2 2 4 24 10 0 93 0 0 No . 5 . 1 A man , wife , and 3 children 3 2 5 20 15 0 103 15 0 ! No . 6 . i Aman , wife , aud 4 children , 1 child above 14 year ? 3 3 G 18 17 6 113 5 0 } . No . 7 . 1 A man , wife , and 5 children , 1 child above 14 years 4 , 3 7 17 0 0 119 0 0 1 No . 8 . ] A man , wife , and 6 children , 2 children above 14 yr .-r 41 4 8 16 2 6 120 0 0 j _ : __ - ! . STATEMENT B Table shewing the Amount required to bo paid by each Family according to the number of its Members , to entitle them to a Freehold Farm of Fifty Acres ; a free Passage to Canada ; three Months ' Provisions after their arrival at the Settlement ; aad a participation in all tho advantages offered by the Agency , which are as foliows , v z .: — 1 . —A Log House to be built on each Farm . 2 . —Four and a Half Acres of Land to be cleared on each Farm , of which four aores to be cropped with Wheat , and Half an Acre with Potatoes and other vegetables . 1 3 . —Tho settlers to be furnished with tho necessary tools , such as Axes , Hoes , Sickles , &c ; and also 4 . —With one Yoke of Oxen for the general use of the Settlement . 5 . —A foreman , and two experienced assistants , to be engaged and paid by the Agents for tbree months , to work with and instruct the Emigrants in cloaring Laud and fencing it ; aud ia the erection of Log Houses , of wbich five will , for that purposs . be built after the arrival of the -Settlers . 6 . —Three Months' Provisions to be supplied to the Emigrants after they have reached the Settlement , thus Becuring them against tho possibility of want while their crops are ripening , and they are engaged in ] the werk referred to in the foregoing poTa ^ rapb . Unde , M » Te Numbei Amou-i to be paid . Itate . I b * ta d * ; »___*___*__ ,. , * !?* . $ » •! * Inqmdual . family . : x « j 0 1 . " £ s d ~ £ a d A single Man 1 I- 59 10 0 59 10 0 A Man and Wile ™ . ' . 2 2 34 12 6 69 5 0 A Man , Wife ^ and Child ..... . ' .... . 1 2 3 25 0 0 73 0 0 A Man , Wife , and two Children 2 2 4 20 2 6 80 10 0 No . 5 . A Man , Wife , and three Children 3 2 5 17 5 0 85 5 0 ' No . 6 . 1 1 A Man , Wife , and four Children , one Child above 14 yeara . » 3 3 6 16 00 96 00 l Ne . 7 . ; AMan , Wife , and five Children , one Child above 14 years ... 4 3 7 14 10 0 10110 0 '¦ No . 8 . 1 A Man , Wife , and six Children , two Children above 14 year :- 4 4 8 13 17 6 111 0 0 \\ . I j N . B . —A party desiring to have a larger Farm than above described , can obtain Land in any quantity , at the mere cost of such L _ nd , free from any increase in the other items of expenditure .
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Socth iAXCASHiUE . —At the quarterly cskgate rceSinf of the -various localities in South Lancashire , beld on Sunday , Aug . 4 , in tbe house of Mr . J . . Murray . Brook-street , Manchester , —present , Messrs . H . Nnttall , Tbos . Binkin , John Smith , Daniel Donovan , Congee , " Webeter , Ogden , John Millar ; Thos Dyvis , treasarer , _ md Ghaa . Taylor , secretary , —Mr . John Millar , of Salford , ¦ was unanimously elected io the chair , vehen the secretary read fhe minntes ot the previous meeting , which were confirmed , and the following resolutions unanimously adopted j— " That the election of the Executive be brought before the -various localities in Somh l-soc-sbire , and the future rc 3 n _ sr of election vruiged throu ; hout the connty , previous to the next annual . Convention . - " That the propriety of the various
legalities in South Lancashire sending their quota for the Executive once & month to the district secretary , transmission to the General Secretary , be taken into consideration previous to the next quarterly m&et-Jrsgj ^ nd each locality send its opinion to that meeting . " " That the secretary -write to each locality concerning ifae apponatoent of a county lecturer for South Laucs-sbire ; and the means of securing funds to pay him . " <• That we recommend each locality to earnestly attend So local and general registration , and to report at each meeting ibe addition to the register" After various items of fin Brial business had teen titled , and four shillings from Manchester , and oce shilling from Warlinjjton handed in , the meeting was aoj urned till the last Sunday in September , ao be held at ten o ' clock ,
Gl _ ASGOW . —The usual meeting of the Chartists of this locality was held , on Priday evening , in the Teetotal Hall , Nelson-street , Mr . Mai . n in the chair . At the close of the business , -Biuch -eras enfirely of a local nature , 3 Ir . Colquhoun called attention to s parsgraph in Mt O'Connor ' s letter or the 27 ch ultimo , " to the working classes , " from which he : JJr . C ) infem-d that thera waB an intention to recommend the Tkjopie to petition Parliament next session . T&Rt was " a m- * t Imscrtxnt question for their consideration , and at ? hat late cosr he would consider it premstnre to enter upon the consideration of the snbject ; be would therefore give notice that on that night fortnight be should submii a resolution on the sn ^ jeci . He also gave notice that he would , on the same evening , Etfomit a
resolntion on the subject of Mr O'Connor ' s intended visit . Mr . Sherrington said that the pesple of Bridgeton bad had the subject of Mr . O'Connor ' s visit under consideration , and were resolved to have a lecture from 3 Ir . O'Connor if possible . He believed they wonld gat the use of oae of their churches on the occasion . He was for Mr . O'Connor spendici ; three or iour nights in ths taty and suburbs . Mr . J . Cameron spoke in snppon of 2 flr . Saerrington ' s views . Mr . M'Phee and several others toot the same view of the subject . Dn the suggestion of Sir . Co ] qahoun the snbject was allowed to drop till __ . ch time as it should be brought forward in
a perdar manner . Tae meetms tfaen oro&e up IAccidentally omitted from last -weetrs S ! ar . —Ed" ff 5 . ] arETnoporiTis Delegate Cor > ciL , August ihe 11 th , 1844 . —Mr . S . Lewis in the chair . R ~ eeTedfot Miners , per Mt . LawislTs ; Mr . _ ui > l . vooa ' s took ii Id ; 2 dr . Coots da 3 ?; Mr . George ' s , da . ? s 7 d ; Mr . Willis , da Is 6 . 1 ; Mr . Rsyissee do . 4 s 21 . Iot * l ! rtm Hammersmith £ 1 03 41 P = r Mr . Siius . Saffon Hill locality—Mr . CroctefB b ^ k 3 s 6 d ; 2 ilx Sim ' i os € d . Per J . P . Linden , fte sixth EutBcription from twelve journeymen tailors 5 * 33 . Lecturers bavirg been appointed for the ensuing week , the Cunncil adienraed .
CITT CBjLKTIST HAiX , 1 , TfS > -AGAES La > E , Atgust the 11 th . —liofwithsfcmdiEg the -unfavourable stste cf the irfcather , a most respectable mttting assembled to hear the usual Sanday evening discourse . Sir . Stallwood was unanimously called to ths chair -, ssd , at the request of the meeting , resd the . speech of Feargus O'Connor , delivered in the Market Squar * , Iferthampton , amid great applause . 2 Jr . Cooper then delivered s most eloquent and convincing ledta * on lie life , writings , asd ch ^ r 3 ctci of the immortal IbonsBB Pane , frequently quoting his masterly writings , ana eliciting the loud plaudits of bis audieEce At the conclusion of the lsctnre , ilr , Wynne iaid fce did not agree with all Paine had said or written ; but certainly Sir . Piine deserved higKyof the woria for Ihe politscal principles he put forth , and for his c ^ e-
iistency in nuuntainiDg-tfcem . ilr . Djlrymple complimented the lecturer on his very ab ' w diiconrse ; and said there was one thing hs cculd not forbear mentioning . He had frtqDently disspprovad of matt-r that appeared in the yorihern Star— but tbis he wonld Bay , the leading article in that paper of this day , headed' -I > emocr&cy versus Dsspoti ^ H ) , " ixadii " , as it did , evils to their sonrc = —tS-c : to cacje—that art : ci ? . bad the sins of the XarOierr , Star been as scarlet , w-oid have washed them all away ; it "sras an admiraMe Siucle —( loud cheers ) . After 3 few words approbatory of the subject of the lecture , Mr . Dilrjmple reiiiwi , and the veteran Preston advanced to the front of the platform ^ SUd spoke in enl ' -gy of the character of PMnft . YoteS Of tbntitH was tileii UEMikccnsly a-ward&d to the ltcturfes snd ehaijman , and ths . mtsticg separated .
3 Jr . WlST ' s TcrE—As it has befn customary of late for lecturers to give an account of the progress cf onr ¦ Drineiples , cud their labourd in advancing tLose principles in tie vaiicns districts whir-h they visi :, I deem it my dn ; y to sts . te to my brethren generally ho ^ c I find Chartism inlfurth Lancashire . On Monday 1 arrived at Chorley , but owing to the Chartists noi liaviiig a room of ^ their own , I was nnible to hole a mating . Thfc p ^ -ple in general are vtry poor , asd tbc Charuits , for wast cf picper organisaitca , are but few . There are a great msry eolllers in the n ? ighbonrhoed . and I got into ccnTersation with some of ihun and the Chartists , and urged upsn th&m the pK-pr : ety of both lneeticg togtther , ard erecting a place of thtir own . I have ^ very reason to believe that tte good work -will
be set about -srithent delsy . On Tntsday 1 went u > Preston : I feeld a meeting at night in the H ^ il of Science , a splendid building . Tke w ^ atbtr was nioit nnfaTcniibla , and consequently , tbe meeting wa cos bo numerous as it &ifc £ iwise wonld hav ^ betn . Tiitr-^ ras an exceH&nt spirit manilested . And onr friend liarsdsn made a capital opening speech as chairman . 1 am glad to find , that psst differences &re dying a-Tay , and we may hope to see ere long " Ptond Preron ' taking its proper portion in the ranks of Charlism . On Wednesday I visited Blackburn , where I fonnd the Cbartista of the right sort . They have for some Hme been deprived of the use of the Musie-hall , wh = re tiiey formerly held tceii Pieetings ; so tbsy have Ceterdined on erec&ng a tail of their own , and are xjpidly
progressing with the shares . At night I had a moss , excellent meeUng , altough the weather was uufavonr- ; able . 1 may liere state that Blackburn will re- ; turn a Chartist at tbe next election . No "town j Jbat 1 have "visited is bo favourably situated ; they hold [ the balance of power , and tire determined to tx ^ icise it at the next election for the benefit of their country . Oa ' Thursasy , I went to Accrington , and on _ my way paid a j fitit , in the company of two Blactbnrn friends , to a ' plot cf land of raihei bstter than two acres , ¦ which a , few Cnartista have taken , and are cultivating on Mr .: O'Connor ' s plan . Aa it is an experiment , tbe fanners ] In tbe seigebcurhood are looking to ths result , with no j OOimaas interest . "Prr > m the ttsia iad appeara ~ i » of j the crop , I uuj Bafely say , that after paying fo * reiit , I seed , icuamie , ana all other expences , the men will be J
able to clear twenty pounds net , by the first crop . At i Accrington I found ChartiEm at but a low ebb ; it . wants ; tbe presence of the lion-hearted Betsley to arouse them ! Ircm tfetir apathy . At night I had a meeting , which i they told me was much more unmerottsly attended than on former occasions . I rallied them on their apathy i End they promised to be more attentive to their _ duty j in fnture . Oa Friday , 1 proceeded to Haslingden , j "Where 1 had a Eplendid and enthnsia % tic meeting . The i inhabitants are principally iand-loom -weaTtrs , and here ] for tbe fiat toe 1 taw an effort mads to compete with ! the power loom . It is a loom made to work two warps j at once and to have two shuttles going at a time , anfi it ! is surprising with what ease it c * n be worked ; 1 am tcld that they can by this method turn off more work j than any -power loom , bnt liio all other improTementa ;
under the present system , it k& 3 had a tendency to j reduce wages . On Saturday , I went te Bacnp , " and teld a meeting out of doors . Ths men of Bacnp are all j up to the mark . Oa Snnday , 1 attended a camp meet- 1 Jng on DIrpley Hill , a most bsautiful place . The men j of Bzcap , with their wives and daughters , of Baruley , I and also the nei ^ bbouriag villages , poured ont their i population to ecjoy the charmitg weather and the de- j lightful and picturesque prospect around . At this meeting , two very important resolutions were passed , Trbici will be found in the Chartist inte'iigence from j that nei f hbouibood . There were as usual two police- ' men from BunQey present , but there was little use fGr their services . — Joh > " WEST .
If OBTH LAItCASHiBS . —On Sand 3 y last a camp meetr 5 ng was held on Dirpley Hill , between Baenp and Bare- ' ley . There was a very numerous attendance : Mr . W . Barker , of Bacnp , was unanimously elected to preside , ; The Chairman intxodnced Mi . John West to addrtss the meeting , who spoke for nearly two hours , touching upon a variety of subjects , and evidently gaver great satisfaction to ths assembled thousands . At the close of his address ^ Mt Place , of Burnley , moved the following resolution : —" Tiiat we th-a inhabitants of Horth lancashire , in public meeting assembled , having long beheld -with feelings of gratitude the noble and patriotic conduct of X S . Doncombe , Esq ., M . P . in the House ct Commons , on behalf of the working classes , end ia defence of tte rights of Labour , hereby tender -to that geattemsn ouislncere ajid keartfelt thanks , and fervsntly tope . that he may long continue in the enjoyment of health to
pursue fcU honourable and moat useful jpaieer ; * nd ttat he may liv « to see the emancipation oi the sobs of Laboni , tbe * egene » Bon of his country , and-the Sf ^ S ? jy ^ " ? " ^ 'PP ^^ of every kind . " 1 CR Qflj ^ Haslingdsn , ¦ econdedtheiesobitioB : carried Ht SbatWeton , of Bacup , moved Ua following resoln-Son : — - We , the inhabitants of North Lancashire in jmbEc BwetiBg aesemblfia , hereby renew our assurance of confidence in JFeargos O'Connor , Esq ., « a the con-Blstttxt , patriotic , and nnpurchaseable champion of the r ights of labour ; and while we acknowledge our great , and lasting obligations to that gentleman i ? r his almost superhuman past exertions , we cannot allow this opportunity to pass "withont Bpeeally returcisg toiiin OQI ameers and beany thanks for bia eloquent defence of oni rights and Interests at the great meeting at JUatbuupton , on Monday last , August the 5 th ; sad WiiEe we hive to express ooz lioaest indignation at
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me b ^ se , trascberous , and despicaMe conduct of the Anti-Corn Law League , and their chairman , Mr . Gmndy , we must confess we are not the least taken by surprise , as en all forme * occasions , when "We have placed trust ia that heartless faction we have always bf * -n deceived . We therefore call upon our brethren throughout the country to ienew their former policy , in ; ' at every public meeting called to discuss the question of Com Law Repeal or Free Trade , to elect their own chairman , one who will see justice and fair play uieted out to b ! 1 parties . " Mr . Tagg , of Bacup , in an excellent speech seconded tbe motion , which was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks to Mr . West for his able and eloquent address was carried unanimously , which that gentleman suitably acknowledged , and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman this great w&ttiBg peaceably dispersed .
CARLISLE . — Quarterly Meeting of the Members of the Chariist Association —Let it not be considered from onr long silence that the Chartist movement is dead in Carlisle ; for Chartism here is neither dead nor sleeping , but is waiting ready to be calJed in f o action when required . On Monday eveninf last , tht Quarterly Meeting was held at the Associaation Room , No . 6 , Jobn-street , Caldewgate . On the motion of Mr . Thomas Carrutbers , seconded by Mr . T . B . Hanson , Mr . John Gilbertson was called to the chair ; the Chairman stated the object of the meeting in a brief manner , and then called upon the secretary , Mr . Jnhu Lowry , to read the balance sheet and report , which be did , and both gave the utmost satisfaction . Mr J . B . HanBon then moved , and Mr . Thomas
Carruthcrs seconded , " That tbe balance sheet and report uow read be adopted by this meeting . " Carried unanimously . The following persons were then nominated for th « General Council . Thomas Carruthers , Blacksmith , 6 , Annetwell-Btreet ; James Muir , labourer , Dover ' s-iane ; Thomas Oraiston , weaver , Dnke * itr «* t ; Joseph Brown HansoD , weaver , Butcher-, gase ; John G Iberteon , shoemaker . Broad- guards , John M'Guire , weaver , Brown ' s row , Henry j Gitie , weaver , Qaeec-street , Joseph Rnmley , labourer , j E .-slish Dim-bide , Jjhn Watson , labourer , Ejglish Dam-side , James Hirst , grocer , English Dim-side , John
Sinclair , weaver , Duke-Btreet , Wm Conlthard , grocer , John-strifit . sub-Treasurer , John Lowry , weaver . Broadzaards , su ^ -Secretary . Mr . Long then moved , and Mr . Eirs ^ seconded , the followiug resolution— " That this mtttin ? strongly urgt npon Mr . 0 Connor the absolute necessity of his paying a visit to Carlisle , at his earliest opportunity for tbe purpose of delivering two lectures , and tfeat tbe whole of the procteds , after paying all rei £ otable expenses , go to the support of the Cbartist Ex ^ -cniJva * ' Carried unanimously . After some other busin- so of a local character had been transacted , the meeting separated , highly gratified with tbe night ' s proceedings .
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SfBscsiPTio > S fob IHE COAX MlKEBS BECE 1 TED ix Iosdos .-Mi . Side ' s book 6 s 41 ; Metropolitan I ^ ritsite Co uncil ( CaaTtislsy 7 s 6 Painters , ^ Jsorge a"d Bnujon , Greek-street 2 s 41 , Mr . Hill and friends 7 i ; journeymen tin-plate warkers , per Mr . ChiDg £ l ; cbiir jnikera and friends , per Mr . Morland 13 i 8 J ; ens ? nt > fr : > , Limfceth 83 8 d ; Messrs . Clowes' pressmen 7 » i ;; journeymen steam engine makers , ic benefit ^¦ eifciy . iiessr 8-Blytb ' sl 2 s ; ditto Messrs Hoar's 6 j 61 ; ditto Messrs . Swaine and Co . 15 s ; diito Messrs . Easton s . n . 1 Amos lla 61 ; Mr . Fullnck Is 61 ; Mr . Cook sty ' s MiK hatters 7 a ; Mr . Jeffries' workmeu 2 i ; Mr . Connel 3 s ; painters , Merlin ' s Cave , Margaretstreet 17 s a 1 ; Mr . -Mock's boeJr . Na 13 , F . S- O . C . 133 ; Mr . Roger ' s btt-fe Is 9 d ; Mr . Nssh ' s bruBh makers , 5 Ui , 2 j 7 d ; Mr . Harmon Is ; Metropolitan Delegate Council ( Gbartists ) 143 2 d ; Stratford locality , per Mr . Tuff 2 a 61 ' ,
sawyers , per Mr . Bjott , 3 s ; Mr . Merrick ' a book 3 i 4 d ; Mr . D .-ake ' s book 1-j lid ; Mr . Sfcifford ' s book Is lOd ; Mr . Smalley ' s book , 2 d , 2 s lid ; Mr . JBennet ' a silk butters 4 « 5 d ; bookbinder's subscription , per Mr . Dun-Ei : g £ 2 03 3 i < i ; btuefit taken at Albert 5 iloon ( first iu'iaiiDeat ) ^ 12 53 93 ; pr oceeds of Bcrmons by Mi . Cncr , ai Hart-street Fields £ 1 8 s lidj sermon , Globe Fitlds , Mile E :. d 17 a 9 d ; and Primrose-hill 18 s 4 d ; c-litc ' . ed at public meeting , National Hall , Holborn , £ 1 5 i 0 ^ 1 ; tailors , Mr . Dinden 6 j 4 ^ 1 ; Lambeth ironfua&dem ii ; masons in the employ of Mr . Windslands 11 s ; tailors , Blue Posts , Ruptrt-street , Mr . George £ 1 Us ; Mt . Bigby's brush maker's la 7 d ; Mr . Owen Owtc , Y ^ rkEhire Grey , 53 , Lower Thamtss-street 10 * . Parties having pamphlets unsold are requested to send ttcm in to the Winers' delegates , as they are much in w . t of them—53 , Lower Thames-Btreet—Wilson B . I 7 S 03 . StC
Sheffield . —Ths Sbefileld Miners wi * b to return tbtir b-ir-j&e tnanks to the trades and the public for the uiiEHbr m which they have hitherto assisted them , by in-tumfj tbe following sums received since our last , jtu w-, ii greatly oblige the Sbtfield Miners : —Edge u , oi xaakers £ i 10 s ; anvil makers £ l 23 ; spindle and fly makers Us 9 & ; G- Bradshaw ' a shop 5 s lOd ; comb m . lrfrs 73 ; button pressers £ 1 23 7 d ; fils grindera £ i i . > - ; oune scale cutteis 10 a ; table knife hafters £ 7 i ); co-itcted , two sermons preached by Mr . West ± 2 4 " ; ju-iners' tool makers 10 a ; A . BitklnBhaw 17 s lOd-, bricklayers and masons' Buciety 14 s 1 ^ 1 ; nail a a scale pretsers 1 S « 4 d ; rtzar smiths 12 s 7 d ; sylice i . Ais cutlerB £ 1 03 8 d ; Anderson ' s gardeners
6 = ; tyj ., > foanders 10 ^; table blade forgers £ 14 ; sickle Hi-ikers £ 1 ; Barlow ' s tailorB 3 s € d ; Cowen and Dixon ' s £ 0 . 03 ; "Jackay's do . do 3 s ; Mr . Hiliers 5 j ; per Ihai £ ia » R 3 ikesl 43 5 " 1 ; female bair weavers £ 11 2 al £ < 1 ; tsbie finifts hafters £ 1 18 a 7 rt ; two femaies ' s coliectioLs S- ; one « ermon £ 1 2 s lOd ; Messrs . Dixon ' s bilver piitera £ 1 9 s ; Btaney and Woods Is lid ; collection a : Mr . Feargns O ' Connor ' s lecture at the circus 15 s 3 J ; button makers 4 s ; Rawson ' s brewery men £ 1 43 ; United Trades £ 22 4 s Cd , ; huxters , flsbmonseis , it , woith of potatoes £ 5 4 a ; in money 2 s i ? A-i -, bting £ 5 6 s 9 ^ q collected amongst themselves —isG-E-s-J Miners' Gommittee Room , Robin Hood Inn , Sb > ffind P . rfc
Ma > " CHESTER—Yon will oblige the committee sitting at 4 i Brook-street , on behalf of Ui 8 ilineta ot Kcnhuajberiand and Durham , by inserting the following items—Messrs Johnson and Mather 14 s lid ; Kmkin acd Bucklty 15 s 8 d ; J . HaiUey , publican £ ij Wm . Bitty , publican 6 s Id ; Thos . Smith 2 a ; Jobn Whittle ? 3 s 4 & ; Edward Mellor 8 s ; female friend , per Murray 31 ; Mr . Berry ' s book 2 i 6 d ; Thos . Sidley's book -2 ? 63 ; pet Grocot £ 1 la ; Lewis ' s shop 4 s 3 d . — Pirtie . * holding books are particularly requested to bring tte tz-ae forward to the committee sitting a » above . — Ihos Bi > KiN . Gen . Sec .
Hawick—A public meeting waaholdenin the Town Hail , Hawiek , on Monday , August 5 tb , for the purpose of sympathising with the oppressed coal-miners of Northumberland and Darbam . B , eaolations In accordance with tbe object of the meeting were unanimously passed , and persons appeinted to collect subscriptions . A paragraph embodying tbe above was received lavt ¦ wee k , but accidentally omitted . Halshaw MOOR —The men of Knowle's and Stotfs Colliery request the insertion of the following sums : — gpisdle and fly makers £ 1 7 a ; John Diwson 2 s ; Wm . He-. p 10 s ; Henry E-ijje 2 s ; John Nnttal ! 2 s ; painters
and plasterers 2 «; WjliiBm Raw 2 » 6 d ; Francis Gioster 1 * : James Opettrs Is 61 ; George Mann 2 s 6 d ; JoBi-pb Giirard 2 s 6 d : John Gmndy Is ; Isaac Towers li ; Djji Smith la ; G ^ rrard Bowden 5 »; a friend Is ; spicule an 4 flj makers £ 1 i «; James Rosco ^ 12 i 6 d ; Robert Boscow 2 « 6 1 ; Tflomat Brawn 5 i ; George Section Is ; Isaac Derbyshire Is ; John Lawton Is ; brickLijcia at Old Chums 2 s ; Thomas D : xon Is ; and sevcTal smaller sums amounting to 3 s . —P-S . —August 12 th . —TiAs morning two men from Wales ( black sheep ) have b&en dtendfnlly burnt in the pit ; there ia no hope of their recovery .
N £ WCASTLE-0 K-TTNE . —ACGtTST 12 th . —I atn requested to forward to you the enclosed items collected for the Miners of Darbam and Northumberland to be inserted in your valuable paper . —Johs Clark , District Secretary : — Lakcashire—Chorley Moor , No . 2 Lodge £ 2 43 ; a ftiesd Is ; No . 3 Lodge 133 ; Chorley District , No . 1 Lodge £ 1 33 6 d ; a friend 2 s 6 d ; do . 6 d . Bolto . n District—No . 1 L ? dge £ 8 10 s ; No 2 £ 8 16 s ; No 3 £ 2 ; No 4 £ l 14 s ; Robert Greenhaugh , Bowling Mills 5 s ; Butcher ' s mill 83 921 ; a friend Is ; J . Scbolcfitl" ! Is ; J . Sherrocks Is ; J ones Kay Is ; James AshUm is ; Wm . Nelson 1 ?; fustiau cutters 93 11 J I 5 Mr . Jimes Merricb 5 s ; a few friends 93 7 d ; Mr . Ciegg ' s spinners 3 ? ; M . Fieherwood 13 . Oldiiaji District—Wm . Richards 7 s ; Elizabeth Wrhht 2 j 6 d ; two friends Is ; Providence Inn Lodge £ l 93 6 i . P £ Keebton District—J . Aspinall £ 13 10 s .
Rochdale District—No . 1 Lodge £ 1 lls ; No . 2 £ 2 10 s ; N ^ 3 16 a ; No 4 ISa ; No 5 los 8 J ; No 6 7 s ; S ? 7 £ 3 -, Ku 8 £ 2 12 * j No 10 18 s ; trades &nd publio f KccUdile and vicinity—Stansfield ' s printers £ l 4 a 31 ; T . ylor ' a shop , Small Bridge Is 6 d ; a few friends CsSJ ; August 6 . h . —Manchester Trades , per John Murray £ 5 . Oldhaii District , per Jo&hua Hirst—A few friends 5 .= 21 ; Hack Inn 123 € d ; Copperas-house pit £ l 16 s 91 ; Home pit £ 2 63 3 d ; Ireland pit £ l 61 4 ^ J ; public of Oidbam £ 1 Oj lid ; A . Mellon and Hudson Is 61 ; a few friends , of Greenacre ' s Moor and Hill
5310 d ; J . Bobinson is ; five friends sixpence each 2- G S ; Walmsley ' s weavers 6 i € ^ d ; da spinners Is 5 d ; the public of HollinBWood 7 s 6 d ; do . 3 s » d ; the publio of Millbottom Us Id ; Darcy Laver—J . Ojjenshaw £ 1 . Aspcll District -Jolly Miners ( 1 Lodge ) £ 3 la ; Colliers' Aims i 2 j £ . 5 ; Bridge Inn ( 3 ) £ 3 lls : Colliers ' Atma ; 4 ) £ 1 16 s ; Jerry Shop ( 5 ) « s ; Black Horse ( 6 ) £ 1 is ; Green Bain ( 7 ) £ 2 14 s ; Rad House { 8 ) £ l 7 s ; Jolly Carters ( 9 ) £ 1 4 s ; Cock Tavem ( 10 ) 8 s j Running Horses ( 11 ) 17 a ; Wm- Lepthton la . Margaret Norris 2 i ; Richard Tyei Is 6 d ; R . Sharpies la ; J , Smith la ; T . Mm * Is ; T . Pilkisgtoa « d .
Wigah District . — Brewers' Arms £ l \ Zt 6 d ; King of Prussia £ 1 1 «; Eagle and Child £ l It ; Millstone 28 s ; Henry Taylor 5 s ; Rope sad Anchor £ 2 ; Thomas Walmsley 10 s ; Jockey Is ; AshaU ' a men £ 1 12 s 3 d ; Fleece £ 1 ; Cross Keys 16 s Woodhouse £ 2 10 s : Dickon ' s Arms 19 s ; Painters' da 10 s ; Lord Nelson £ l ; J . Hunderw&od 53 ; King Willitm 12 b ; J . March 5 a ; J . Topping Is j Wfaelles's men £ 1 Qi 61 ; Round Boara £ 2 53 ; Low Green 6 d ; Green Slate lls 6 d ; Wakensbaw is ; T . Cotrall 33 6 d ; Union Inn 2 s <> d -, T . Giuudy 23 6 i ; T . Monks 2 a 63 ; Red L \ on 3 s ,- J . Gecnison 5 s ; Windsor Castle 5 a ; a few friguds 63 3 d . ' 1 l ; '¦ 1 j
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Boltos District , AuguBt 8 th .- —TailorsSociety . £ 2 ; a friend Is ; H . Gillebrand Is ; Joseph Kay Is ; Wm . Parkinson Is ; Wm . Drinnan 5 s ; Wm . Yeates 23 6 d ; R Almond Is ; N . MorriBls ; A . Haimer Is ; L . Haslam Is ; T . Thoraley 3 s ; and small donations 38 3 dy . YORKSHIRE . —Tailors of Huddewfleld £ 1 53 6 d ; Four Lsne-ends , per Thomas Craven £ 1 12 » . Wiltshire—EDgine drivers , Swindon 16 s 2 < L Edi . 'sbdrgh . —P . M'Intyre £ l . Birmingham . —chartists meeting at tbe Ship , Steelhouse-lane £ 1 : and some stonemasons lls 9 d .
Public Meeting at Eiswick , —a meeting ot the Miners of tbis district was held at South Elswicfc Quarry , on Tuesday evening , August 6 tb , which was addressed at great length by Mr . W . Danielle . A most excellent spirit waa displayed . After passing a vote of thanks to the speaker , the meeting separated , giving three cheers for tbe Union . Meeting of the miners op Kenton and Fawdos . —The Miners of tbe above collieries held fl meeting on Wednesday , August 7 th , at the Dake of
Wellington Inn , Fawdon , for tbe parpoBe of tearing an address from Mr . William Diniella , who spoke upwards of an hour , amid the cheering of the meeting . He reviewed the present position of the Miners ol Northumberland and Durham , and their future prospects . He strongly exhorted them to obtain information , and to continue united . Tbe thanks of tbe meeting were given to the lecturer and the chairman , when the meeting broke up . This was a good meeting ; the house was crowded to the door ; many could not get admission .
Newcastle —The second meeting of delegates from ' the manufactories and workshops in aid of the Miners ' was held in the Long Room , Tbree Tuns , Manor ( Chare , on Saturday evening . August lOtb , Air Thomas £ Foster in the cbair . Mr . Wm . Fyfe , Mr . Isnac Bruce , e Mr . Jas . M'Farlane , and others having addressed the meeting , the following resolutions were unanimously carried : — " That the collecii&nB from tbe various trades 9
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brought In thift evening , of £ 6 5 s 4 Jd be forthwith paii into the handB of the Miners' Treasurer . '' "Thatal collecting books be brought ; to ihe committee meeting every Saturday evening , between the hours of half-paB seven and nine o ' clock , and all monies at tbe ooncla eion of each meeting be handed over to tbe Treasure of the Miners' Association . " " That the addrea issued in circulars be printed in a larger type , am 300 posted on the walls , and laid in the shopkeepers windows . " " That a committee of five ba now cbosei to prepare a bUl and resolutions , and call a meeting ii the ! Lecture-room , Nelson-street , as early as they cai obtain the room . " The greatest Z ) al appeared to pre vail on the part of all present , and there is moat asaur edjy such a spirit evinced as has not been sbown by th < trades of Newcastle for a very long period . Delegate ! present , thirty-seven .
The Miners of the leeds district retm their sincere thanks to the public of Leeds and i ' vicinity tor the following-sums 1—Hewnr *!'? Weaver 2 s 7 id ; Hunslet Stilhouse , 2 i ; Paper Mill , Is 9 Al Snail ' s Mill , 2 « 9 * 1 ; Bower ' s Press Sbop , 4 * 9 . ^ 1 Hurialet Friends , £ 1 7 < 1 ; Pullon ' s Fjundry , 3 * 81 Ardill and Pickatd ' uFoundry , 4 i 6 i ; Laather Finishen 33 ; Old Mills , 3 d 4 jjl ; Golden Cock , la 4 | J ; Dobson MeD , Hi 6 d ; LawBon's Mill , 5 b 9 JiIj Waterloo hv Bricige , 3 a ltl ; Rouk Colliery , 2 «; other Friends , £
¦ 5 s 2 d ; Mr . Liaaey , Is ; Brown ' s Mill , 15 s 7 d ; W . C , 3 s 81 ; Safty Lamp , Is ; Wnteiloo Colliery , 6 s $ d \ Tottieand Giant's Men ; £ 6 6 a 2 d ; Mao Lea ' s Men , 4 * 4 d ; Churwell Friends , 13 s 8 d ; Star Inn , Uppei Wortley , 5 s 31 ; Bseston Collection , £ 213 * York Cbair Makers , Is 61 ; York FnendB , 15 ) 1 ^ 1 ; Ebe r'E Tailors-shop , York , 5 a ; Chartist Association , York , 53 ; Barrowclough's Mill , Is 6 J ; Wilson ' s , Middleton Deep Coal £ 2 8 s 91 ; Wilson ' s , Coal , 2 s : SmallpaRa ' s , la ^ il ; Hardwict , Is 61 ; Smiths-shop , 33 6 ( 1 ; Gildersome Men , £ 7 17 ts 3 A'l ; Buthwell Collection , 7 s 3 i .
! : ^ YORK—Oa Fridny and Saturday next , Messrs . Shepherd and Holdirate will address meetings of Miners in the City of York .
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Shocking Murder . —The Nenagh Guardian contains the foilowing appalling narrative : —•• It again becomes our sad | duty to record the perpetration " of a barbarous murder . The locality of this scene of blood is the King ' s County , close to the borders of Tipperary , and within one mile and a half of the Tillage of Shinrone , at Kilcommon , in the barony of Clonlisk . The ^ eoeased , Thomas Grenvill , was a stonemason , of industrious habits , the only support of an aged father and mother ; but , unfortunately for himself and others , he became acquainted with a girl named YVinny Cahil , who , with her parents and four brothers , lived contiguous to the residence of the Grenvills . Their intimacy resulted in the girl giving birth to a child , which is now one year and a half old .
No excuse can be pleaded for Grenvill's unfeeling conduct towards ithe girl Cahill , not only in refusing to marry her , but even to allow her any recompense for the support ' of her offspring or the loss . of her character , on which the blight of defamation never rested up to the period Grenvill became her seducer Her father obtained a quarter sessions' decree for the loss of his daughter's services and time during her confinement ^ but was unable to recover the amount . The Cahills at last were incensed at the harsh and ungenerous treatment their sister received , and ii . Himed with revenge , they wore frequently heard threatening Grenvill : his house was attacked , and on many occasions the polico had to protect him . Grenvill's mother , about ten o'clock , had
proceeded to Shinrone to buy some bread , when her son determined to meet her , in order to carry her over a part of the road which was flooded , near the bridge Of Kilcommon adjacent to which there was a wake , whero many persons , and among them were the Cahills , assembled . GrenviH was seen taking off hfa shoes and stockings , and must have been followed down to a dark part , whero his assailants waited the return of their victim . They fractured his skull in several places , and broke his arm and jaw-bono , and from the severity : of tho wounds it is thought instantaneous death must have ensued . Ssmo boys going
home found him on the road bathed in his own blood , and bore him to i the home of his aged parents a helpless and mangled corpse . 0 a the followiug day a lengthened investigation was hold bsfore Sir W . Lyuar , R . M ., when six persons were committed . An inquest waa held oa Thursday , and the following verdict returnedr 4- " That on the 6 th day of August , at Clika , parish of Kilcommon , barony of Clonlisk , King ' a County , Thomas Grenvill was found dead , where he was previously wilfully , feloniously , and ot malice aforethought waylaid , killed , and murdered by some person or persons to that jury unknown . " \
Exlcctctok—Rdscoaisiow , August 8 . —At halfpast twciv © o ' elock yesterday , pursuant to the respite , Catherine Brien and Bridge Lanigan were executed in front jof the county gaol . There were one hundred of the constabulary , and a troop of the 4 ( h Dragoons from A ' . hlone , iu attendance , for the purpose of affording protection . There were not less than seven thousand persons present , and of these one-half at lfeast , were females . The Rev . Mr . Madden , immediately after the arrival of the post , proceoded with the Sub-sheriff to remove the convicts to the cliapel , where they heard mass , after which they proceedea across the gaol yard to the jury-room ( called the farewell room ) , the priest still in attendance . C . Brien , on her way from the
chapel , laughed and saluted those she met on tierway to the execution-roota , and appeared in good health and spirits ; she protested that she had neither hand , act , { or part in the murder ; but did not deny that she knew of it , and , therefore , admitted the knowledge of all that took place . Bridget Lanigan , who appeared rather weak and depressed , admitted her guilt , and stated that she murdered her brother-iu-law . and that she was anxious , along with her sister , to forgive all her prosecutors . ' Long dresses had been prepared for both eoavists , with running strings at foot of each dress . The pariah priest and his two curates accompanied the unfortunate women , and stood between them on the centre drop , and thus , being placed with one on either side , had the opportunity of administering
spiritual consolation to each . The priest read some statement at their instance , which could not be heard at any distance ; and be subsequently addressed the people . After he had concluded the drops fell , and they died almost immediately . Mr . Malone , the under-ehi riff , allowed them tea , meat , and broth—infact , ieverything they wished for since their sentence—but tea and whey were their principal food . They were both put into cofiins , and in ? terred within the gaol . Bridget Lanigan ' s husband ' and sister-in-law were present , as well as their mother , and remained at the door of the gaol till their clothes were given to them ; they appeared not to feel their situation . It was not until Saturday last , on the receipt of a letter from tho Lord Lieutenant , that they changd for the better , and became apparently penitent and resigned .
Tight LACiNG . HOn Monday evening an inquest was held before Mrj . Hig ^ s , at the Coach and Hofses , A very row , Bond-street , as to tho death of Miss Eiizibeth Allr-n , aged twenty , a pupil of Madame-Davy , of No . 75 , Lower Gro 3 vcnor-street , the fashionablu milliner . Mri Robert Druett , of No 6 , Bruronstreet , surgeon , stated , that he was called in to sea the deceased on Friday afternoon , about fivo o'clock , and found her quite dead on the bed , aad very nearly cold . He was of opinion that she had died very slowly from the appearances about the mouth . He could discover notjracea of poison about her or in the room . He understood she had gone up to her room at two o'clock , after eating a very hearty dinner . She was of very full habit of body > had come up from tho country , and was one of the finest younn women ho ever saw . She had been foand by the Btdo of her box ; and he heard she was saWeet . to
fits . He had no jdoubi the stopiog posture and tight-laced 6 tays had brought on congestion of tho vessels of the head , which was the cause © f ' death . Ho had measured her corset , which was ' one foot eleven inches round , and on her body it \ would not meet in the smallest part by two ir » che ? ., He wan not aware if that was the usual way 1 they were madej but if so it waa © ertainly too I much contracted . ( Mrs . Cowley , housekeeper of Mr . j Evaus , of No . 4 , A very-row , the deceased's uncle , stated that she bad lived at the house for about four months , having come up from her father's , aS ' Barn 6 taple , in Devonshire , to be" finished" in tha millinery busiaess , ' at Madamo De \ y ' s . Witness ] saw her at two o ' clock on Friday , wheu she appeared in excellent health and spirits . She had eaton a very hearty dinner . She had had holidays , from Madame Devy , in fact was not to return till tho 1 st of October . The jury returned a verdict of" Died by the visitation of God . "
Suici » e , in Everton . —On Saturday , by adjournment from the preceding day , an inquest was heid , before the borough' coroaer , on view of the body of Siovucl Jackson Lewthwai-e , a mathematical instrument makor , twenty-four years of age , who committed suicide on ; Thuisday evening , by shooting himself bohind the ' right ear , in the houne of Henry Potter , Fairclough-row , Mill Lane , Evenon . It appeared that the ; deoeascd , on Wednesday , took lodgings in the house for his brother ' s wife , who : had arrived from Dublin ow Saturday week .- The deceased remained ' at his own lodgings , in the house of Mrs . Ann Smith , Bridgewater-street , wh \ re he conducted himself { with perfect propriety . He had corresponded with' a young lady residing in
Goldworthy Terrace , London , who had consented to marry him , and he- undertook to write for her father s consent . Copies of these letters were found in his possession ; and it appeared , that in the forenoon of Thursday he had received a letter , which was supposed to be I in reply to an application of this nature , jfrcni the lady's father , arid to be a rej'ctioni of his proposal ; for immediately after ho had read it . he went out , purchased a brace of pistols ( at Mr . Beutiey ' 3 , the gun-maker , loaded them with ! brsibs bullets , drank three glasses of gin punch , and ! proceeded to his sister-in-law ' s lodgingg , where , jn her presence , he deliberately committed the rash act . This letter , though diligently searched for , could not be found ; therefore , tho cause which had immediately led to the sad catastrophe wa 3 involved in some degree of
obscurity . A letter from the father of the deceased was discovered , but as Ht referred to pecuniary and domestic affairs , it threw no additional light on the matter . Some scraps of poetry and several love Bonnets were also 1 discovered . The deceased ' s aunt observed , that the young lady residing at Goldsworthy Terrace vtis the daughter of a London merchant , of very respectable connections ; that it was "Jooking up" on the part of her nephew , to solicit the hand of such a gentleman ' s daughter , and that she should not at all be surprised if the letter he had received was a rejection of his proposal . The jury returned a verdict of felo de se ; and the body was interred , at twelve o ' olook on Saturday night , in the parish , burialrground , of course without the usual funeral rites being performed . —Liverpool Albloit . :
Another Barbarous Mdrder in Staffordshire . —This county seems doomed to maintain its unenviable notoriety in the oriminal annals of the country . We have this week the painful duty oi announcing another foul and cruel murder , which has been perpetrated at Halmerend , in the parish oi Audley , near Newcastle-under-Lyne . H is rather a remarkable coincidence that exactly * year ago , James Beech , one of the parish constables of Audley , was killed in a rencontre with poachers , about a
mile and a half from the scene of the tragical murder , the particulars of which wb are about to narrate . The unfortunate individual whose life has been sacrificed , William Cooper , was a young man about twenty-three years of age , son of Thomas Cooper , one of the gamekeepers of Sir T . F . F , Bcughey , Bart . It appears that deceased was a labourer , and lived with his father at the Hays , a secluded situation jskirting a wood , in the township of Halmerend , and he was in the habit of assisting his father in watching the game at nights . The last time he vr&a so employed was on Saturday night
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week t but no'hing worthy of notice then transpired On Sunday evening last , the deceased , accompanied , by a young man of the name of Colclougn , a neighbour , attended the Wesleyan chapel , Audley , on the occasion of a charity sermon , and on their retirement , they met with two other individuals in the village , and all four went to fhe King ' s Head publio house , where they had a pint of ale eae& . They left the house about eleven o'clock , when two of the men went on their way home to Eardley-end , and Colcloug'h and the deceased went in an opposite direction for Halmerend . The deceased having to pass Calclough ' s house , merely called in to get a draught of water , and leaving his companion , there , went towards hm own home , whichhoweverit wasiu ' 3
, , melancholy fate never again to enter alive . Having reached tha threshold of his father's house , be bad , it is supposed , his right hand upon tbe latch of tha door , which had been left unlocked for the purpose of admitting him , the family having retired to rest , and at that instant some unknown assassin , who waa lurking near the premises , fired a gun loaded with small shot , neariy the whole of which entered tha unhappy man ' s throat . He altered a piercing scream , and fell with his bead in tbe house and hia body in the yard . The father , who was in bed , heard the report of a gun and the scream ; upon which he oame hastily down stairs , and the firafc object that arrested his attention was his own son , whom he could distinguish by tbe light of the moon ,
lv ing oa the ground weltering ra his blood . The father interrogated him , but received no reply . The deceased was never heard to speak after he was wounded , ' he did not survive , indeed , longer than five minutes . With assistance he waa removed into tha house , and a surgeon was sent for but unhappily medical aid was of no avail . This dreadful deed was committed about midnight . Tbs spot from which the gun was fired could not hare been more than seven yards from the unhappy vicSia . About noon on Monday , Major M'Knight apprehended a collier , named Paul Downing , in a partial state ot intoxication , at Halmerend . Downing's boots were takea from his feet , and the heels of the basts were found to be studded in a most remarkable manner
with large naila . The larger footmarks whieh had been traced were aeeuraiely compared with- tbe ^ e boots , and they corresponded in every particular . Downing , who had only been released from prison oa Saturday last , where he had been confined for two months , upon the evidenee of the father of the deceased , for poaching , said , when taken into custody , that he slept oa Sunday night with Charles Powys , at his ( Powys ' sX father ' s house , at Soot Hay . Powys , hearing that Downing was in custody , came in about an hour afterwards , to attempt toclear Downing by alleging that be had slept with htm on Sunday night . Saspicion instantly attached to him also , and his boots were taken from him and compared with the smaller footmarks , with which
they appeared to agree moeb decidedly . The house of Powys ' s father was afterwards searched , and in a nest of drawers a £ UQ was discovered , locked up amongst some females' wearing apparel . The gun bore every appearance of having beea recently discharged . A small quantity of powder was also wrapped up in a blue paper . This payer corresponded as nearly as possible with a piece of discharged wadding found upon the spot where tho mu rder was committed , the following morning . The inquest on the body was held on Tuesday afternoon , belore W . Harding , Esq ., Coroaor . At eight o'clock two witnesses had been examined , and the testimony of the third was proceeding , when it was intimated by the coronor , that in order to allow the police to
make the fullest in ^ airies , it was necessary to adjourn the inquest , which was accordingly done until Wednesday next . The prisoners , Paul Downing and Charles Powys were remanded , and are in the custody of the police at the constabulary office at Stoke —SCoffbrdskire Adverl&ser . Shocking Case op Bestitcthw in ScoiiiAND . —At the eastern extremity of tbe genteel , populous , and beautiful village of Currie , some ten or a dozan yards from the publio road , against a garden wall stands a wooden abed , about five feet long r four feet broad , tbree feet faigb in front , and four and a half feet high at tbe upper part of the roof , where it rests upon the wall . Tbis small structure is composed of what is technically called earking boards , five-eighths of an inch thick
and admits tha rain at almost every joint . It has an opening in the south end of abont two feet wide , the whole height of the building , but without any door . Its appearaue might be mistaken for a pig-stye , only it is too small , and composed of too light materials ; or for a rabbit-hoaae , but that it is too large , and so open aad bo cold that no humane boy would beep rabbits in it . No one would guess how tbis tenement is occupied , or dream that it contains a human tenant ; Yet here , for the last eight years , summer and winter , scarcely covered with miserable and filthy rags , exposed alike co tbe fierce beat of tbe summer sun , and to the cold , and snow , and . tempests ot winter , has lived a poor female maniac , so helpless and imbeaile that she has not even the capacity to bog , and who . but for the
kindnsss of a few persons near her , and ot oae benevolent individual in particular ( Mr . Fisher ) from whose family she derives her ohief supplies , and who attend to hex necessities , hunger or cold would : long since have released her from , the world . Of her- history nothing further is known tbaa- she appeared ia Currid rather nioie than twenty years ago , and as she could give ns . account of herself , and did nob seem even to knov * her own name , it was supposed that she hid escaped from some lunatic asylum . It is said that attempts vtera then mada , by a&vertisementSi in the newspapers , and otherwise , to obtain some clue-to bee previous residence and esigin ; but as thsea led to nothing , all that could be ascertained regarding her was that she possessed some accomplishment , indioatiog an
origin andriducafcion abowtha common rank . It is said that abe- was skilled in . mtuic , and until lately when she could , be pravailed oa to use a needle , has work was occasiousJly executed -witU a high degree e £ finish and beauty .. Oa ber first axsi ?< il in Cunia , shs took a lodgings in an open shad , which she occupied several years- till the then tenant was rouped out , when the sonfuaion occasioned by the * oup , and tha change ef faces and objects which followed , dro ? e her from be ? domicile , and tent ber to a d-sailing still more singular and wretched than that she now occupies . Tbis was an old hogshead , from which t&e end had been removed , and into which she crept and lived till it rotted from about her . Her present dwelling was then erected , acd in ii she has lived ever
since . A few shillings have generally been subscribed by the neighbours about the end of autumn to procure a rug and a few other articles ot body clothing for tbe winter , bat in bo far as we have been able to learn , neither the parish nor any one of the numerous , wenlthy , and influential heritors or neighbouring gentry , to the moat of whom her case is said to be known , have ever made any attempt to procure an asylum for this wretched being . In winter she has been repeatedly dag out of the snow , the rags about her covered with > ice , and , strange to tell , up till last winter , her health has generally been good . She is now supposed to be afebut sixtyrive years of age , and is known in the neighbourhood by the came of " Charles "—a name which was long Constantly on her lips , and supposed by the inhabitants
of the village to have been that of a person to whom an early and disappointed attachment bad reduced hen to ber present etate of mental alienation and misery When we bow this 'wretched creature , living in a place compared to which an Esquimax hut , or a Hottentot kraal , are palaces , we could scarcely help asking if we were indeed living in moral and religious Scotlandwithin six miles of its metropolis—in the midst of a deuse and wealthy population , where there are ministers of the gospel , with means at their command for the relief of destitution , and where asylums are erected specially for the care abd support of the insane , and where other agencies exist wfeose proper business it is to attend to a case like this ? Shame , shame < n those whose Eoiemu duty it was to have procured a shelter
aad a home for tbis helpless being , and yet , although they had mothers , and sisters , and daughters of their own , did it not . We hope that the minister and heritors of the parish , or the civic authorities , will tufee instant measures to procure a decent and comfortable home for the few remaining days and years of tbia unhappy creature . —Another correspondent of tbe Scotsman says : —It is true she cannot labour for bez sustenance , and that she seldom begs ; but your correspondent suppresses the fact tbat sbe is regularly and amply supplied With food , without either labouring or begging . It is true ber clothes aro ragged ; but he suppresses the fact that the moment she receives a new garment , she rends it in pieces and inserts patches of old cloth . It is true she sleeps in a wooden shieladmis
ing , but it is not true that rain or enow can gain - sion at the joining of the boards ; and , moreover , font correspondent suppresses the fact tbat when sbe forsook her former abode she was offered and urged to accept a lodge with atone walla and a slate roof , but that sbe obstinately refused to enter any place of shelter of larger dimensions or of other materials than the one she now occupies . It is true that there is no wooden dcot to the lodge , but he suppresses the fact that sbe will not allow a door to be fix-ad on her dwelling , that so great is her terror of restraint ( to which it is probable she - was once subjected ^ that in whatever house she happens to be , she becomes violently agitated and screams most loudly for permission to escape , as soon as she is aware that the door is closed . Your correspondent has also declined to state , what he noted well , that , in lieu of a door , there is a thick ma suspended from the top of the entrance in such a manrain
ner as most effectually to exclude both wind and . I may add , that botn the heritors and the householders of Currie , ( particularly Mr . and Mrs . Fisher , whose conduct deserves the highest praise ) , bave evinced the moat anxioua desire to contribute to thi » nnfortonate creature's comfort ever since « ne strolled into thia pwWJ , but tbat experience bat » tt » aed them that to force »> commodaUciw upon hat to which her wayward nuro has insuperable aversion , would only be to make Her miserable and drive ker to distraction . A » to ¦•¦¦ pecuniary oonBiderationsare involved , I need only atata that if yoar correspondent bad inquired , he mi ^ t have learned that I had instrnotions from the heritors to snppiy whatever Bums might be deemed necesssuy roi her comfort-that they were ready even to defray the expence of her ma i ntenance to * lunatic asylum , if her removal thither was deemed advisable j bat that such a course is not advisable in her case , in the conviction of eyeiy judicious person who is acquainted with her habits . — Scotsman ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1276/page/6/
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