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DR . LOCOCK'S FULMOMG WAFERS , THE TESTIMONIALS alread y received' of Cures of Asthmas , Consumptions , Coughs , and Colds , and sUl disorders of the lire . ith and lungs ,, by Dr . LOCOCK'S PUUKHJTO W AVEIlS , now fill upwards of Mty sheets of closely printed paper , and numbon- continue to bu received almost daily—not only from-Ehj ;] aml , but India , America , and all other parts of tha world—proving tlioni to be tho most unfailiug and sgeody remedy ever discovered . The following lias just been Moeived from the Itev . J . Stainsby , Rector of Hanover , Jauuticai . Dated Nov . 20 , 18 U . Gentlemen , —Having oeen carod of an obstinate an * distressing cough , under wlriah , I ; laboured for the hist eleven months , by the use of > ' « uT > £ ulmoiric Wafers ,. ! tulic the liberty of addressing you ilitse few lmcs ,, Uoyi \ ng that my fteble testimony ot their t'ific « eymay . bo the nwun& of inducing those who sutler a » ilih ' ave to apply to so safe Kid effectual a remedy . I am , gentlemen , yo ^ r < olfligedsc » v .- \« t , J . Stainsiiy , Svatoriof Haaover , Jamaica .
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. - CUItE OF ASTHMAS , e 0 SSUMPT 19 NS , &c , &o ; , TsS CMfiSTElt . Rend the following from . Messrs * . Elutt and Son , ID , Poregate-street , Ches ^ r . March 5 . B , 1845 . Sir , —Tour invalituWa Wafers ooiuinue to perform wonders here . Siaoe ovm lust we-cculd send you doaons of cases of the mosis astonishing uvwes . One gentlom » ivvlio hns lmrt a bad cough for years , bought one box , andiWis-curou bsfiw . uring the whole of it . He ga ve ihe-aest away ,, ami lUcy were equally bene * , tidal . ' , A medical gentleman here is so convinced of their value , that , besides regularly recommending them to liis I patients , he iiad some a few days since for one of his chiltlrcu , for ths-hooping cough . One of o » s clergymen also , who laboured under an 5 astlun a many years , has received such nttr : ion ) in : iry beue . . lit hir . iself , that ho now gives tuaiuy boxes awsiy every week ' , amor . g the poor .. 1 Pe rsons who have laboured under asthma , asthmatic : s couf ; bs , consumption , < fcc ., cull upon us almost daily to . t , tha ' . iU us for having recommended to them this "instant , cvu e , » &e . y Vi . 1 ' latt and Sox .
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ANOTHER EXTIUOUDlN'AllY CURE OF CONFIRMED ASTHMA . Mis . Gordon , of Flooker ' s-brook , Chester , liadlongbeea ; ivcn up as incurable , and was for many weeks COnfiiml to bed in tlw last stage of an asthma . She cuuld not sleep for her difficult breathing , cough , ic . The firs ! two Wafers she took relieved hw cough , an hour after which she had a comfortable sleep , aud in twelve days was » Wc to walk out . Hvs . Gordon will bs liappy to ruply to all inquiries . March 26 th , 1 W 3 .
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' IMPORTANT TO ALL WnO SING . Troxa S . PearsaJl . Esq ., of lier Majesty ' s Concerts , and Vicav Choral of Iichfield Cathedral , Lk-hfleld , 10 th of July , 1845 . G » ft « OTn « & , —A lady of distinction baring pointed out to me the qunlitiesof Dr . Locock ' s Wftfws , I was inducuft to make a trial of a box , and from this trial I um happy to give my testimonial in their j » Tour . I find , by allowing a few of the Wafers ( taken in the course of the day ) to gffttlwallj dissolvo iu the mouth , my voice bucomc * bright & \\ d c 1 »» t , » ui \ the tone full and distinet . They ar » deeidodlj tho most mcacious of nuy I hava everuied . ( Signed ) SAiWiu . Pbahsaii . Thepartkvlan ofmanyhmuind « i / m ma \> he ^ a < J frp * ewrji agenWkrovghOntthe kingdom and <» . % ' <«*>)««* .... . Da . Lococrt YT * iE » 8 give instant refe and \ japii ' > cure of asthmas , consumption , coughB / coWs , avui til foiU f orders ofthe breath andlungs , &c , &c £ . ' -, - < .. ' . *¦ ' To Sihgsbs and Public Speakius tfieWuyisinvatwbiO , . as in a few hours they remoToallhoarS ^ niiss ^ aud . iaereasft the power and flexibility of the voiceJ ^ Tuey . kivo a - must pleasant ta » t « . & { - , . j . ' ^^ " ¦ — Priee Is . ljd ., 3 s . 90 ,, and l ! s . jj&r Aoi . Agents-Da Silva and Co ., 1 , lirAde-lane , Fleefct ' tr&t , London' .. " CAUTION . _ Topvotcct tUQvuuU ^ r 4 wi ;) uVin Ata .. turns , her Majest y ' s Honourable Cwrtnpssiouvr ^ -h ' avoi caused io be pri nted on tha stamp , outs-ite ^ fe . &r ^ nS words , "Dr L- oeock ' s Wafers , " in white UttarPoYVrea . ground , Wltb out which none are genuine . ! Sold by all Medicine Venders .
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MORE PROOFS OF PROSPERITY . " BEDUCTIOX OF MB HORKHAK'S " SHARE . " Lord Jobs Russeli , lately made it a matter of Complaint , iu the House of Commons , that the ttobkmas ' s "SHARE" of the good things that labour causes to abound , was far from what it ought to be . Oa the occasion to which we refer , his lordship contended that it is notorious that the luxuries and voluptuousness of the aristocracy have increased during thelastcentury ; andtliafc , too , in a great degree . He contended also , that the means of enjoyment for and to the middle classes have been greatly augmented during the same period ; that the wants , comforts , and even luxuries of all the classes that live widiout
IBODTJCT 1 VE ia&our . have been far better supplied and attended to ; while the income of that section of Society which creates all the wealth for others to enjoy , not only lias not increased in the relative proportion to the increased means of the other classesbat that , when measured as it ought to be , —in the amount of food which it would purchase , compared with the amount a century hence , —it would be found to have positively decreased . Lord John , therefore , rightfully contended that the workman did not get iis " SHARE ; " that he was not fairly dealt with
that our system of distribution was defective ; that it is not just towards the labourer that the entire benefits arising from increased national wealth—from the discoveries in science and the application of mechanics , should be exclusively enjoyed by those who do not labour : and lie contended further , that some alteration in our distributive process is needed , jusd jicsi be had , or we cannot expect stability to our social system , or a cessation of that loud murmur of complaint , arising from discontent-¦ which has been so annoying , and so alarming , at "times , to the well-to-do .
It is true that the measures which Lord Jons Russell indicated , as likely to accomplish Ms oliject , were ( most of them ) only adapted to make lad worse —being but an " EXTENSION" of the cause 3 that lave worked the end the noble lord deplores . It is true all this ; but still his lordship ' s pleadings were valuable for the admission of the fact that the other classes prey on the worker—and , by the numerous modes our "high state of civilization" has placed at their command , suck outof his hands the wealth tbat
he creates , leaving him a less SHARE than he wa 9 wont to bare , even when the means of production and the aggregate of productions were much inferior to what they now are . We say his lordship ' s admisfion of iliesc facts was valuable indeed , as will be found 3 onie day , when the Kictrr keiied * for the evil comes to be applied : a remedy for more sweeping , and far more efficacious for the end desired , than any that Lord Jons Rcsseu . seems to have even breamed of .
But small as is the workman's "SHARE ; " deceased as it is in value , comparing his present with his former capacity to purchase food ; unjust as is the dealing to him , when compared with the increased moans of those who live out of him ; grossly partial as the law of distribution is , which leaves the producer comparatively penniless , foodless , and homeless , while it heaps-up wealth in abundance for those who "toil not , neither do they spin : " unjust and monstrous as all this is , still the cormorant maw of in £ etsiem has not had enough . ' The old adage says : " ' MUCH would have more : " and painfully arc the workers forced to learn and know its stern truth Small as is the workman ' s " SHARE" —ft is still
toolar . for scheming idleness to cease nibbling at . It matters not that " prosperity" abounds ; it matters ¦ not that there is a " roaring trade ; " it matters not that our capitalists are so rich as to seek to " invest ? ' £ 200 , 000 , 000 in Railways all over the habitable globe ; it matters not that the traders are amassing money as fast as they can count it ; it matters not that they can " lay field to field , and house to house , " 'till there be no place left wherein for * the poor to dwell : itmatters not all this ); the " LITTLE SHARE" the workman has is a constant object of assault on the part of the monied classes , who are as constantly bearing away slices of it , and adding them to their already over-grown heaps .
How often have we had to chronicle the "straggles" of labour , in the resistance of the assaults of Capital ¦ The pages of this journal , from the first day of its existence to the present hour , are little more than a record of the contests that have taken place , —in one shape or another , or on one ground or another , —to prevent the small" SHARE" doled out to tlie lalwurcr from absolute annihilation . And how often , alas \ have such contests been fruitless ' . —how often such resistance vain ! Rich idleness preiis on labour—and labour cannot prevent it ! If foiled en one occasion , it makes up for it on another : if thwarted at otic ^ orat , it sets to work at another . It never leaves its victim 'till it has , like the vampire , found the vulnerable part , and sucked of blood .
"BTe have now to chronicle the beginning of another such contest—the commencement of another such " struggle . " God only know * how it will end ; but past experience tells us that labour has to fight with fearful odds ! The Birmingham Journal , of Saturday , has the following : — ^ ^ eregrettolearnthattheparthlstrike of the puddle . ™ in the parish of Tipton and other parts of the district , is fikety . toba followed b _ v a general turn-out of the colliers and ironstone miners , libtice was given a fortnight since tothcpHldiers , that THE REDUCTION OF OXE Sint-H 2 JG A TOX would be generally adopted by the masters .
and as the notice expires this day , it is expected that ¦ operations will be suspended iu most of the works in South Staffordshire . The thick cod colliers , with tte stonegeiJm , have also had notices in the district vest of Dudley , FOIt A IIEDUCTIOX OF SIXPENCE , bringing Vie wages of theformertoit ., andlhelaUerto os ., per day . These notices expired last Saturday , andhundreds of men are now perambulating the neishb mrhood in every direction , watching the pits at work , and threatening those Who continue in employment at the reduced rates . From the measures adopted by the "turn-outs , " it is expected that all the mines in the district will very soon be at a Btand-sfiU . The state of things , iu connection with the expiration of the pudtUers' notices , will cause one of the
Sreateststnke * hitherto witnessed in South Staffordshire . It IS difficult to say how the disagreement mill terminate < u tht avtstin have ruoTxed not to snhm . lt to the Urms of tt « uortonen , and the latter seem equally bent ox estobcisc their bejusds . The stoeksofcoal are very limited ; and should no immediate arrangement be come to , the masters will be obliged to blew out their furnaces , and thus throw out of employment all the hands engaged in the manufacture of iron . It is to be hoped that matters will not be pushed to this extremity , as themn andtheir families are already in a state of great destitution ; and although they may obtain partial employment infield labour , fl ? U resource cannot last long ; and while they continue 5 at Play , " workmen and colliers nill flock infrom other districts , and take their places in the mines and at the fur .
naces . ^ We hare been informed , on what we deem Rood authority , that by the stoppage of three furnaces alone » n the parish of Tipton , during the present strikeVthe pnaaiers have sacrificed in wages £ 1 , 000 a-week . Thus « a , 00 & ., whieh would otherwise have found its way into r &erent channels of industry , giving employment and oread to hundreds of families , is irrecoverably lost . ; and « us unfortunate state of things is not only tbbeper-Pew « ed , but widel y extended , producing discontent and WKe / t aad , i 5 trietWllich ' il 1 the P re 3 ent state of trndc - Berarr v the demeat « « f long-confinuea prosperity , ^ sawing the price of iron , it is difficult to arrive at anyofthp f corre <* conclusion as to the actual position tumfr f ' but &e certain » and not vet T remote BiSsii , Tan * &c - » required by the companies whose « cLi «« rJe PjTd tbroBi ? h Parliament , and ih * general Z" ™ ° f a * * M * Md bgeommen , tomlme to gke XIUM ST * BIUTt ani HtOSFBBIir TO THE
'lle iiiMten fowewsoJved not to submit to mb ™ ofthe m ™ , '' and thelatterseem < u « % fent < m Er ° , f MMAN 1 ) S - ™ * ^ ataprettyto "isnere ! The men hare made no "DEMANDS !" ««? have dictated w » iERMS J » They have not « SWfcr any alteration . The REDUCTIONS are ^ w tt cfr proposing ! my , therefore , should this fenn ^ t 0 place them in a wron " P ° tJ » and present them as making DEMANDS urJhVA the em-^? J «^ nnot aetedcto ? Why ' -because he is ofthe Ptojer class ; because he is with them in soul and ™ : because he is identified with them in ieeling . " Merest , and therefore endeavours by foul maw » serve their nefarious ends . Else , why not tell us " •» the men ' s position was that of resisting
agcbessi ox ' —that the employers had made a most urreasouiM e " demand" on the men-a demand ihat . - sl : oull S » ve up aiotaer portion of their already too-littb " SHARE ; and that the men had detcr-
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^^ -dtorentothis unjustifiable demand . Why did nottia * writer put the . matter thus , and endeavour to enlist pbbUo sympathy jon behalf of those who were struggling a ^ inst an attemptto filch from them their already too-sm : 41 means ?—the more especially when he himself shows ih . at the . reduction * are perfectly uncalled for by the state of the trade-and can only be prompted by a craving desire to get ali , from the la bourer , leaving /«« no "SHARE" at all ! Does not
this writer conclude by telling us , that certain circumstances " combine to give iscreased STAmnr and PROSPERITY to the Iron trade ? " Then where jsthe necessity for REDUCTION in wages ? Where is the justification ofthe Capitalists' "DEMAND , " that Labour shall do with less ? Why are new " terms" of a worse character sought to be enforced ! " Ixcreased sTABmir and PROSPERITY " onght to have had a different result !
But , why multiply proofs ? Why seek for further confirmation of the alread y-established fact , tbat , no matter whether times are " good" or "bad- " no matter whether trade be "prosperous" or " slack •" no matter whether it be " stable" or " unsteady- " no matter what comes or what goes-what w or what may ta-the workman ' s "SHARE" decreases ' Why seek to make that fact more apparent , when it « as notorious as the sun at noonday ? " Such has been the workman ' s fate : such it will continue to be
until he himself acquires political poweb to enable his class to alter the law of distribution : and above all , and before al , the bistribuiios of the land . Those who live on Mm will never legislate to the end that their own "pickings " shall cease ; those who claim the land , will never bring ifc into the market for general use , so long as the quality of political power is attached to it . To expect either party to act in such a manner , is to be moon-struck indeed . Political power to the workers can alone give to them their " SHARE" of the National "Wealth : and can alone secure to them that" SHARE" when they have once ascertained what it ought to be .
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Jons Owes , Sewtown , Montgomeryshire , writes as follows : — " I am much pleased with your Star of last week—especially Mr . O'Connor's letter . It has created general inquiry in this neighbourhood on the land question . My Star has been read by scores , who are filled with astonishment at the report of his tour : but some are sceptical as to the correctness of the report of Mr . Thornton keeping four cows on the produce of 1 | acres . If you have the means at hand . I shall feel greatly obliged if you will state what he grows on his land to keep the animals : or , in other words , whether Mr . Thornton ' s cows are supported by grazing ; or whether they are fed by vegetables , the result of labuur , and kept in-doors ; or how otherwise . Be as
explicit as you can ; for it will take some time to persuade the people that a cow can be supported ona quarter of an acre . "—We have the means at command to satisfy these queries . We have an account from Mr . Thornton ' s own hand of the mode he pursued during the three first years of occupation . Theprsscwtis the / tartt year of possession -, and Mr . Thornton has so far improved on his third year's experiment as to be able to keep / our cows during the spring and summer months , which said four cows he has yet , with food enough , and to spare , on his very "little plot . " We will here give Mr . Thornton ' s own account of the manner in which he cropped his Jarid for the first three years , and the very satisfactory results he realised : — "J- ' irst year . —The land is situate at Paddock , near
Huddersfield . The soil poor and sandy , with a subsoil ofsilicious sand . When first takeolnto p <* ss < i 5 s « H it u&Mnot vvtintain a . sinjti Ml ? . The firs ; year I pared and trenched one rood for potatoes , placing the sod in the bottom of the trench . I also turned over with the plough two roods to be cropped , in the following spring , with swede turnips . When the rood of potatoes came ott ; cabbages were placed on the plot , in rows twentystven inches apart , and twenty inches from each other in the row . This year / had only one cow , and tho produce was xnlirely consumedin maintaining her . Second year . —The land was cropped in the following manner . During wiuter two roods were pared and trenched out of grass , in the manner before-mentioned , and planted
In the spring with early and winter potatoes . The rood of cabbages of the first jearcamc off in June ; but , previous to their removal , a second crop was introduced into the trenches formed inearthing up the first , by placin ™ manure in them and lightly covering it with earth , placing therein cabbages from the spring seed beds . They were planted in June and cut in October and Sovember . The balf-acre ploughed the first year was sown . with swede turnips in drills twenty-seven Inches apart , which were followed by winter tares and rye ; the remaining half acre , being in grass , was partly cut green fill the cabbages were ready , the test made into hay . Having this year been bold enough to increase my stock from a single cow to two cotes and a pij , IT BECAME QUITE APPABEHT THAT THE TWO COWS
COULD MOT CONSOStE THE G&SE 3 CSOFS . The pig 8 Ssisted—the rest went to th » dung-heap . On reviewing the crops and management I was convinced that three coui might be maintained , and immediately resolved to nuke the attempt . After housing my swedes I ploughed tha land ,, and sowed winter tares and rje for green food in the following spring . Third Year . —The vetches sown last year , after the swede turnips , were followed by planted swedos , which , btfore housing , were topped for the cows . The cabbage plot of the first jear was again planted with cabbages , manuring well ; and after the crop came off iu June , was sown with Italian rye-grass , which gave two cuttings . One-third of an acre , after the potatoes of the second year , was own in April with spring vetches and Italian
ryegrass , nnd gave three cuttings ; the first of which was made into hay , the second and third were used . for stall-feeding . One-third of an sere , trenched partly out of grass for potatoes during winter , was planted with Prince-Regents . Part were got early and m > M , the remainder were left to ripen . As the potatoes became cleared , cabbages were planted , and cut in December . The ground for the cabbages , turnips , and potatoes , is entirely wrktdby tte tpadt , and the infcrvalt bttettn the rows abs well digged . In addition to what my immature farm produced , I had to expend this year in the purchase of straw , brewers' grains , &c ., £ 119 s . 9 d ., but sold in bacon , potatoes , &c , from the
farmtotheamountof £ 319 s . 6 d . 3 fystockhatoeenTH % zz cows and a farrow of pigs , all of whose food has , with this exception , been derived from it ; therefore it is clear that the three cows and tho pigshave been maintained upon it , with the additional expenditure of £ 2 10 s . 3 d . And I feel quite satisfied from the experiment that Tagli farming , at any rate on a small scale , will remunerate the individual who dares to adventure much labour on the land . My cows are ofthe short-horned breed—very good milkers , and are staH-fedwinler and summer . Along with cabbase I give a little Italian rje-grass ; the same ¦ with potatoB liaulm and turnip tops , occasionally adding salt . The green crops serve till Christmas . T ! icn follow swedes and potatoes wita chopped straw ;
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all well steamed , to which is added a little salt . During tne winter season each cow , if giving above one gallon of milk per day , has two galloRs of brewers ' grains with a little bean-meal per day . They consume about two tons of purchased straw , which , along with hay , turnips , &c ., carry them on till the middle of May , when the rye , rape , tares , and Italian rye-grass como round . —No \ v , we are able , from our own knowledge , to vouch for the correctness of tueabove statement . Mr . Ihorntoms personall y known t 0 us , In the experi . meuts he has been making we have taken a deep interest . Business often calls us to Huddersfield ; when it is a point with us to visit Mr . Thornton's plot , to ascertain what is doing , and what has been done . We are therefore enabled to state that the above account is far from being overstated . Nayit is understated .
, ar . Thornton is not a man to exaggerate . We know his anxiety on this point . Of this we had a convincing proof not long ago . During the " third year , " set forth above , Mr . O'Connor visited Hr . Thornton ' s little farm , to look at his crops aad stock . In the observations that Mr . O'Connor madcin the Star , he mentioned the pig which Mr . Thornton was then kcepisg , in addition to his three cows . That jag was a very lavge one ; and Mr . O'Connor said that it night be fed up to weigh fifty or sixty stone —( we forget which ) . This statement , though warranted by probability , greatly annoyed Mr . Thornton . Scores of porsoas visited his place , and asked to " see his sixty-stone pig ;' and Mr . "Sho-roton was fearful that this statement as to what mighi he done would be misunderstood , and that parties would be disappointed when they saw the animalalluded to , and thus
become sceptical as to what had been done . Wg mention this to show the cave that Mr . Thornton evinces , that exaggerated statements should not appear . It is true that this care does not prevent scepticism . On the contrary , persons in Air . Thornton ' s own nei s libourhood , who have the means at hand to satisfy themselves ; who can see the crops ; who can watch tho mode of culture ; who can judge of the amount of produce ; who can see the cattle , ana know how they are fed : even of Oese , so circumstanced , are to be found those that " won't btlieve it . " The old silly cry of " it can't be done" is set up ; and all sorts of unlikely stories are vamped up by these parties , to excuse the scepticism to their own minds . But there the facts are . Daring the third year Mr . Thornton maintained three cows aud a litter of pigs on his seven roods of ground
this yearhe has maintained four cows , ana had so much food for them , that he was enabled to make the second cutting of his Italian rye grass into hay . That same rye grass he expects to be able to cut twice more this season ; that is . four cuttings during the year . It is here that Mr . Thornton succeeds . lie puts LABOUR , and manure , and good vegetables into the ground . This year he had a good quatity of bape , and lound it to be most scrricable , both for weight of crop , and as food ; the rape being inferior to nothing he has given to his cattle , excepting Italian rye grass—whieh is superior , is liked better , and cives more milk , cither green or in hay , to any food he can find . But then Mr . Thornton does not let his land lay idle . As soon as it is cleared of one crop , his in course of preparation for another . He saves up his manure . He lets none be
wasted . Ho returns it back to the land , and bestows plenty of labour : and the earth is no niggard , under sueh circumstances , but yields forth HER RETURN most abundantl y . In our opinion , Mr . Thornton is farfrom baring realised all he can do . We dare wagerja trifle that , next year , he will maintain five cows , on his seven roods , witU more ease thau lie maintained one during the first year he had possession . A "Gbeat Fact" foe Mk . Caudle . —The daily papers state , that , " At Wandsworth police-court , on Monday , an old woman named Alice Downer , who vends firewood about Battersea , was charged with scolding her husband most dreadfully as he was lying in bed in a dying state . Her conduct was so outrageous that the police were called oa to interfere , and took her into custody . Her husband died shortly after . She
was fined 20 s . ; and in default committed for fourteen days . " "Was AHcj Downer ' s offence really " scolding , " or scolding , her dying husband ? If the former , tlie punishment that followed is really a " great fact" for Mr . Caudle . It is said that a man may "legally nnd constitutionally" " correct" bis wife with a stick of not greater thickness than his thumb . But such a power is nothing in comparison with that of punishing a scold by fine or imprisonment ; for if a woman may not use her tongue without the risk of the " stone jug , " miserable indeed is her position . Can there be such a law to fine a woman 20 s . or send her to prison for fourteen days for wagging her tongue ? This outrage on one of the dearest ofthe "rights of woman , " the right to jaw , must produce serious consequences . We shall await the arrival of the next " overland despatches" from
Wandsworth with " intense ; nterest , "fully anticipating as we do , a universal rising of the women of Wandsworth and Battersea against this monstrous decision . If the \ vom « n do » ot rise ; if they do not proclaim war to the teeth ng . iinst this law , or this magisterial decision , the result will be to them most disastrous . One half of the wives will be dragged before the bar of magisterial justice (!) and sent to gaol for fourteen days ; Curtain Lectures will be no more ; and Mrs Caudlts ' 3 occupation will be gone ! Johx Richakds , Potteries . —We see no good end to be obtained by the publication of his letters . They would only embroil tw in a dispute we have no taste for . If conduct such as he describes is pursued by the party in question , the persons on the spot will know it , and soou apply the corrective , by ceasing to be so led .
Robert Wild , Mottbam . —We cannot answer Ms query , . not having the Act to refer to . He had better submit tho whole case to a lawyer . Jons Kirk , Oadbt . —Yes , the " Field Garden Bill " passed into an Act . This week we tried to procure a copy , to give an abstract of the measure in tho Star ; but the answer was , that it would not be printed for a day or two . So also with the Silk Weavers' Act , and the Frame-Work Knitters' Act . The Andoveb Bone Gnawing . —If the statement in the following letter , —which we give just as we have received it , —be correct , it would appear that" hoticgnawing" is » ot confined to the Audover Bastile ; but that it has existed in at least another Poor Law Union Workhouse . Hear our correspondent tell his own tale , in his own simple artless manner : — " Sir ,
having seen an artical in your paper of the 10 eded the bone gnawing atrocity Sir the bone crushing ana gnawing is not conlined to the Andover union Sir in September 1812 I was one of the inmates of the Bakewcll union in Derbeyshire , and finding that the alowance that we got warnat what nature required andasaprjufe I will just mention afew circumstances as past my notice ane was eating potatoes that was part roton aud potato peelings and gnawing the bones that was to bee crushd it mayuot bee amis to informo the public through the Kbrthern Star that I made these things knawn to a full board of guardians of the BakeweU union withe justice Barker at their head and the presence of W Gratton tho goveruer Sir by giving this a place in your paper may cause something more to bee said on the subject Charles
Rogers Droylsden . " C . Rev . molds , Penzance . —The address he has sent us would do very well to circuhite among the working classes of his locality in a hand-bill , but it is unfit for the general pages of a newspaper . J . Walkibdine , London . —With Trades' disputes we do not interfere . It pains us to even hear of them . We kuow that they are the great bar to suueess , in all Working Men ' s Associations . Till working men learn to despise the little matters which now engross almost their whole attention , they will not be able , nor can they reasonably hope , to realize a tithe of the good which ought to flow from association . The truth is , tbat the Trades themselves are eaten uii
with petty jealousies and unworthy fears ; and this leads them into courses of conduct which result in anything but benefit to them , either individually or collectively . A narrow , contracted , bigoted mind can never accomplish an enli ghtened and comprehensive end : and until the Trades generally become wise enough to " put away the playthings of their childhood" , and act as men and not as babes , they will continue to be , as they have hitherto been , torn to pieces by internal divisions and disputes , arising from disgraceful jealousy and paltry fears . ' In the particular case to which our correspondent refers , we cannot interfere . We know not the facts of the case , All that be has forwarded us is Mr . Devlin ' s mlilrnas
From that we are not enabled to form a judgment , which would justify us in speaking in favour of either one party or , the other . Certainly , the reading of that address has produced the feeling that its tone and spirit is far from commendable ; and that the attacks on Mr . Devlin ' s "brother" candidates are really out of all place : but then this opinion is the result of Tending only one side of the question . We know not what may have been said on the other side ; what provocation mny have been given ; or how far the example of one candidate abusing another may have been set : but this we must say , that unless the provocations have been extreme , Mr . Devlin has eriuciid the worst taste imaginable in the address lie lhas put forth . Kay , we doubt that any provocation , however great , could justify the resort to what
appears to us to be mere personal abuso . However , as we taid before , we are unacquainted with the facis , and therefore cannot interfere . To the bodj genevalty those facts are known ; it is for them to judge between the parties . If they are wise , they will sift the real claims of each ; and elect no man who i » not possessed of good business habits , united to respectful demeanour and sterling honesty and integrity . They will , moreover , if they know their own duty , take care that noise and bluster does aot imposa on them for the real qualities they require * The Fbazers . —A correspondent writes as follows respecting the amicable and accomplished family of "tf > e Fraiers , " who are now fulfill ™ , ' their mission of "
concord" in the metropolis : —I attended at Milton-Street ] Theatre on one of the musical and literary evenings of the Mr . and Misses Irajscr . Of tne musical abilities of these accomplished " Scotch lasses , " it is not my inten . tion now to speak . Public opinion has pronounced them to be most powerful and effective teachers ¦ of virtue and morality . On the occasion to which I refer our national song of " llule Britannia" wris sung ; and it is to the manly and independent criticisms of Mr . Frazer that I wish to call attention . "Britain rules the waves , " saidbc ; " but Britain has no moral right to rulo the waves . The ocean is tho highway of nations , intended by the Deity fev the mutual benefit Of tlie whole human race . " Then agaiu ; " Britons
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never shall be slaves . " says t&e song . " Would ' IK Said , , < Frazer ' " Ox * » " > time ™« < ° me when las could be said with truth . . Britain will never evervT " ^ ° llCr freedora **» *»»«* ™ tH every sane individual within our land shall be invested m hi the pohtical franchise ; or , in other vfwds , have a n ™ 1 ^ £ v ng tUose laws hD is cMei « p ° a to ooey " flow , Mv . Editor , is it not delightful to find not only rr ^ ' hlt induction , conveyed In mcb a simlHi r 7 ? ' / M powei ' manner » 0 " tart * the theatre I felt determined to do more than ever lhad done for he advancement of truth , virtue , and freeuora . i hope , sir , you will use your influence with the democrats of London , to cause them to pay a visit to he Mil ton-street Theatre , where they may luteu to Z truthful . trains of Scotia ' s sweetest poets , sung in a manner to penetrate the heart : and I feel convinced they will leave the theatre better men and women than when they entered it . Yours , ia the cause « f freedom , W , Cooper . '
MB . ^ hioht , of ButtWLDswiw , n » u the Sub . Secretaries of the Iwihonal Charter Association at Subden-bridge and WheatleyJane , are requested to send theiroddruses to John Giay , Engineer , at Howarth ' s-mill , Goodbam-Hill , Burnley . . . C irt ^ v f '» STRATK > Mj E 3 SEX . _ We « re obliged to keep hi letter over till next week , when it shall a > pear . In the matter of tho Odd Fellow dispute , we ZZT \ t 0 aff < ? rd aU faU > ^' - *>» observation tnat we had ourselves announced , we are also obliged to keep over . 8 Polios Botmmtt and Jirs , IC £ 8 . JoSTICE JT A SSSo ^ df ' -S" " ""* fullowin e coln ' wKdSw rf ^ f ^ P " "trough the medium of joui \ uueiy circulated paper , to call public attenHim tn ^ wt a ^ ii iiriX ^ K ^ wilted im ? °£ S * *?* wllilt is caIled Asl"o » warn j Jiid generall y that time is held as a mcrrv makuig among the working classes On Thurs ^ v fjff" aVn ( lividua ' . » f the name of John Con , ^ had got "a drop too much , " and Oil into th « wi « ^
0 , ? ,- g . ollce of tllc » ame of Matthew Ma di » a meddling , officious , would-be „«* ™ » who"Sw ? out any ceremony , dragged him off to the office . Knowing that he had been g \ n \ ty of no breach ofthe peace-for lie was not quarrelling nor fighting , I folK him to t e office to make inquiry how he could be got out At the door pf theomcel . met the aforesaid Maidin ? who asked nw jvtolwasiprfi . gntoldWm nvMgolnBto . MabSt bail for Conner , and was passing him to go into the office , when he seized me b y the collar and wsavlv strangled me . I struggled to release his hold , which he did , and seizing me b y the breast dashed me against the wall with such violence thatl thoughthehadknocked my breast-bone in altogether . He then locked me up m a cell . Some persons who witnessed the whole transaction immediately went to procure bail for me , which he would not take , saying , I also was drunk . They went to a magistrate , who told them to am . lv to Mr .
bykes - . butMaidin told Mr . Sykes the same story , that I was drunk . They begged hard of Mr . Sykes to see me and judge for himself , lie came , and immediately allowed me to go out on bail . After I got home I had a . violent pain in my breast , and I found next morniii" I had been severely injured , for I did nothing but pass blood . I made application to Mr . Sykes next niorW toseoif thwo was any doctor attached to the police establishment ; for I wishcd . him to examine me to ascertain what injury I had received . He told me there was none , so I was left to my own resources . On Saturdav morimu I attended at the office Jowctt , Esq ., was on the bench . Conuev and I were put to the bar The policeman , Maidin , would class both of our cases together ; and when speaking of one individual used the plural number to make his own ease good . When called on for my defence , I told the magistrate I was
not drunk ( indeed I was as sober then as 1 am at this moment when writing ) . I was going to see about bail for Conner when Maidin seized me and committed the cowardly and brutal assault above complained of I had two or three witnesses to prove my case , but only called one , who clearly substantiated my statement and yet he was repeatedly interrupted by Maidin calling him a " liar ! " Well , what did this official rascal do ] IIu lodged a counter statement against me ( after I had replied to his charge ) for " obstructing him in his duty - and swore that I had first seized him by the collar . Now mark , when I was being let out on bail , he made no sucli charge against me . He said nothing about mo collaring him till I made a complaint of his ill-us . T-e . The magistrate said lie could not believe that an officer could behave so bad to any man . He called on Conner for an apology and a promise to behave better and he would
discharge him , with which he readily complied . He called on mo for the same ; this I declined . I told him it was the first time I had been in a police-court , and 1 should as far as possible keep out of their hands . Hk discharged me , but as . was charged as court fees . This I refu > cd to pay , when I was put back to the bar and asked my reason for not paying . I told the magistrate I was not able to pay such n charge . One ofthe officers said , " you have friends here who will pay if you only say the word . " I told them I was not willing . So the magistrate rose and said , " I now fine you half-a-cvown or fourteen days in prison ; which -will you do , pay . or go to prison V I replied , sir , I prefer going to prison This is a true statement without any eolo \ iring . The magistrate could not believe the policeman could make such a brutal assault on any man , even when there were witnesses to prove it . flowon the other hand
, , could he believe that I would walk into the public office and collar the f toutest man in the force , with six . ov more , for aught I knew , to support him ? Olio of the statements he was bound to believe . If he thought the policeman was speaking the truth he onght to have supported him in the discharge of his duty , and punished uus . The magistrate uid not believe him or he would not have allowed me to go clear . To conclude , Jowett , Esq ., after passing sentence on me , left the court . I was waiting to he locked up , when to my surprise I was told I was at liberty . A friend had paid the 5 s . for court expenses , but would by no means pay the magistrate ' s fine . So the policemen decided against the magistrate ' s decision , and took the moncv , minus
the half crown I I have been laid off work ever since , and am now under the hands of Doctor Glover , who says my complaint is the rupture of one of tho smaller arteries , caused by the ruffianly conduct of the police , man , Maidin . — Cham . es Hume , Shoemaker , Uoothstreet , Ashton-under-Lyne . [ If this account be anything like true , we advise the good lads of Ashton to enable Hume to bring his action for false-imprisonment . It ever such an action lay , surely it is in this instance . The people of Ashton ouirht db make this case their own , and enable Hume to employ Mr . Iloberts . If the facts as narrated above are true , both policeman and magistrate may be taught a lesson ; if they are not true , Hume has imposed on us . ]
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5 iib Late Rodbkss from Loud- € {« texwam's ? , — On 'iuesday last Jmaes Macarthy , aget ? thirty , a » i ! Mar ? , Ins wife , who ( hiring tlie session wwo ituUcte \ l tor having received a * gold bracelet ,, vmloed at £ 70 . the property of Lord ( Dbttenham , well knowing tlie same Jo have been sto . kn , wcve pla « ud ; ai thebsw . when Mr . I 3 allantine , o& behalf of tho prisoners , said that lie- had been instructed to state ihafc the male nrjsonerwas desirous of vetracting the plea oi" Not Guilty , and pleading Guilty ; and at the- saane time
he ( the Itemed counsel ) ' begged to state' that the female pviwmer hail acted entirely under ilw instruction of he ? husband . Mr . Bodkin said that under those circujiistanccs he should not press for any conviction against the woman , who was put ii ^ en her trial and discharged . Mr . Ballantine saidl tliat il the judgment was respited until next sessfeiv , tinman , under tile advice of his wife , would give stich information as to the disposal of the precious stoat * with which the- bracelet was set that would lead ) to their recovery . Judgment respited accordingly .
# Horrible Catasiuopiie . — Accounts of the J 2 Hi Hist ., trom the Polish frontier , state that the llnaias Government had despatched to a village in Lithuania several ministers of the Greek church , in order to convert tlie peasantry , supported by a detachment , consisting of an officer and forty men . The peasant ™ , however . had inveigle * the priests into a neii'liuourum forest , and murdered them . They lmd likewise se ° t lire to the barn in which the soldiers were quartered and thrown into the ilames all those who attempted to escape . Tlie same accounts state that the town ot Luck had six times been ravaged by fire between the Cth and 20 th ot May .
Deplohable Suicide . —While the Dundee steamer was on its passage from that place to Edinburgh , on Ihuralny week , a woman on board suddenly took off her bonnet and shoes , and before anybody was aware of her intention jumped overboard . Tke captain immediately stopped and put about the steamer , but tlie unfortunate woman had sunk and was seen no more . _ 1 he name " Margaret Miller" was inscribed on the inside of her shoes . ACCIDEXT ON TnE Lo . WO . V ASD BbiGIITO . V RaILway . —On Sunday night one of tlie trains from London arrived at the terminus , and the carriasres were drawn under the shed . After the passengers had ,, , _ - -... » £ ' ' *¦"" v ** £ j \ , i ^ Jilt LI | the
^ alighted engine came up for the purpose of dragging the cairiages from the shed , to make room for the cxcnrsiui train , which was expected every minute A . rope was affixed to tlie carriages , the engine beinu on a separate line of rails , and a man named Robert Ridley , a porter in the employ of the London and Brighton Railway Company , got on the buffers ofthe foremost carriage , for the purpose of letting go the rope when necessary ; but while in tho act of doin » so tlie rope is supposed to have become entangled" ! and to have drawn him on to tlie lino . The whole ofthe carriages went over the poor man ' s leg . He was immediately conveyed to the Sussex County Hospital .
, Sudden Death . —On Tuesday morning , between six and seven o'clock , Captain Joseph Dowling , barrack master of the Scotch Fusilier Guards , vcsidin « in _ Stafford-row , Pimlico , was found by his servant lying extended in the passage of his residence quite dead . A surgeon was sent for immediately , who pronounced him to have been dead some hours . The deceased gentleman had a latch-key of the street dot r which he always let himself in with , and it is supposed that on his arrival over night he was seized witl a fit of apoplexy aud expired immediately after wards .
# The South Easteiin Railway . —On Monday morning , between seven and e ' mht o ' clock , an accident occurred by which a fine horse , value upwards ol forty pounds , belonging to Mr . Iloofe , the contractor of the J / unbridgo branch line , was sacrificed . It appears that some labourers of Mr . Iloofe were at work under the direction of Mr . Bailey , the foreman of tinworks at the ruubiidge statiou , drawing timber , and on crossing the line at Tunbridge , disconnected tin ' leader from the train . At this moment the first uptram from Dover came along , and ihc engine struck the poor annual on its haunches with such violenci as to knock it down , when the whole train , consisting ot about thirty carriages , passed over it , the sudden shock causing considerable alarm to the passengers . At the time of the occurrence there was a dense fog .
The Supposed Case of Poisoxi . vo at Bvtji — An inquest has bo . n holden over the exhumed bod ) ot General Dick ; and , after hearing the evidence ot two surgeons , and of Mr . Ilcranath , the analyticn 1 chsmist of Bristol , who deposed that tliey ' ivev . unable to detect any metallic or mineral po ' ison in the remains , the jury returned the following verdict : -- Died from inflammation of the stomach aud bowels , but how produced there is no evidence to show . Dbeadful Storm and Loss of Life . —It is this , week our painful duty to record a feavfnl vis itation of Providence upon our shores , by which both liftand property have suffered . On Tuesday eveninu our boats proceeded tosea . ThofishiniMv . ia m ™™
-ous , and many of the boats reached the harbour in safety . But on the morning of "Wednesday a st-rone gale broke out from the north-east , which raised ; i heavy swell m the bay , while a considerable number ofthe boats were lying waiting high water . About mid-day , most ofthe crews ofthe boats thus situated were got ashore , some of them with the utmost difficulty , but others , in the hope that the gale would si eedily moderate , tried to ride it out . The « ale and tea , however , increased , and the perilous posi . tionot the fishermen became the object of the heartrending anxioty of thousands , who had congregated on the shores of both sides of the river . Several boats hoisted their sails and bore away to the southward , but we regret to state that , asoi . ecrewbelon ing to Assynt , in Sutherlandsliire . was iit . tomi . tim ,
to mutate the example of their neighbours , a heavv sea upset her not iar from the harbour , and her hapless crew were throws upon the mercy of wind and wave . The dreadful state of feelin » on shore at observing five fellow-creatures perishing within hail , no attempt to portray can adequately describe . As wave succeeded wave , man after man sunk , till four were buried m the waters . One poor fellow clung with surprising tenacity to the mast ofthe boat , afterwards to a plank , until a few humane individuals boldly manned a ship ' s boat , and at the imminent risk o | their own lives , saved that of the remaining one ol tho hapleas craw . While , however , they were returning with the-man they had saved , a tremendous sea broke right over them , and threw tint wiioic ' , I 5 . ' , 1 t , , y
into the sea . AnumW of individuals immediately jumped ov « c the quay , dashed forward into the waves , and assisted then in bringing the man ashore . _ Whi st this mournful spectacle was beiivexhibited , a boat was observed in danger , with one man on board , thereat of theerew having gone ashore betore the gale came on . Single-handed , he weighed Je anchor , ani rowed the boat in the face of the mountainous bdbm , till a small boat was huinane ' iy sent from an Ostend vessel in the bay , and the toy vc fellow vm rescued from his situation oi LaV % , tb i >«* > « ic sea had risra to a fearful height , and one by one the boats thai were riding at anchor were driven from thcii I moorings and upset . Out of about twenty that wen
riding aithreo o ; cloclc , only three remained at seven . 1 no scene at this period was truly affecting . Hob . flreda of people vrere standing on the beach , many of them seeing their property added to the general week . Wrecks of boats were floating over the bay ia all directions—masts , spare , sails , oars , buoys , and nets , presenting a sight of devastation , tho like of which , has never been witnessed on our northern shores . "What rendered tho loss of property the greater was , that the nets had been left in most of I the boats , for the purpose of proceeding to sea again , the storm not having a very threatening aspect in the morning . The number of the boats stranded and gunk in the bay , as we can ascertain , ia seventh
including ono driven off the land . The value of property lost here ( "Wick ) cannot , it is said , be less than £ 1000 , * Bum which , falling on poor fishermen , together with the loss of fishing for the remainder of the season will press with pecvUiw severity upon many families , who may be said to be almost ruined by this unlooked-for disaster . Every fUhing station along this coast , as far as Dunbcath , has been more or less visited , and at almost every few yards piece * of wreck arc to bo seen . The following are the names of tho ? o who purishod in tlie boat off this place :--T . iri--c . Mack-od , Angus Macleod ( married ) limon Macleod , Anjrus Macpherson . Tho name < •'{' the man saved s William Mackenzie , who we arc happy to state , is in a fair way of recoyerv , Two . !
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lives were sacrificed at Wlwligoe , six jnilw io the southward of Wick ; Seven boats " were driven Id pieces , and the sloop Regina , Macwilliam , ot t , lielsle of Whithom , with 70 barrels of lieirhigsy was totally lost at the same place . At i"n > ze , out oh 35 boats , 29 or 30 have been totally wrecked ,, with the whole of the fishing materials . The scene at this place was truly awful , and baffles . ill idea , far less description . At Clyth a number of boats and two lives have also been Jost ; one of the bodies was got this ( Thursday ) morning . It is that of a roan named Sinclair ; and at Lybstev there lias also bcea great destruction' of property . Several vessels ara much irjured , and one or two boats , with theii ? materials , have been totally lost . .
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¦ IN QUIRY INTO . THE ' ANDOVER UKI 0 N ABOMINATIONS . The horrible revelations respecting the Aiufc-ver Union Workhouse which have appeared in tha paper , and in the press generally , ' are at prtEeat ; forming the subject of official inquiry on the pai t of the Poor Law Commissioners . , 0 n Monday . . ' a ? t , Mr . Parker , the Assistant-Commissioner , arrived a 6 Andover , ana the same day commenced his Wjiiry into the conduct of Colin M'Dougal , themaSferof the union workhouse , in the hall of that bui di ig . Very great-excitement prevailed in the town , aid several of its inhabitants , as well as of the i ci hbouring villages , flocked to tlw ' placfeof meetinr , and soon filled the apartment , which is canable of
accommodating upwards of 200 persons . Then- . w ' is &-. numerous master of the guardians . Mr . B . TW ill , VU \ lov the borough , was present Mr . Eo . ven M iy , solicitor ,, of Queen-square , Bloomsbury , Lindoir , attended toeonduct tlie examination in " upiorfc of tus charges sgaihst the master , on- the jar " : of Mr . Wcstlake , aftd a large number of- the t itepayerej . including Mr . EtwaS ! , The master was represtated by Mr .. Curtis , an attorney of Il ' iiiiey , and by Mr . Missing , , a barrister , Amosigit other clkrges prcs&rred against tho master , She following arc preferrccJbyMr . Westlake , the medisal officer to t'de union , in alotter aikliessecl by him toShe Commissioners : —
" Tho rsgorts of previous examinations- already forwarded to v 03 accuse the master of peeslntions of tha property of the union . I shall be able io show that othtr acts c ? peculation hi » vs been committed by Mm , such as sending soap , candlesi-olieese , ten , bod-liueu , & " c , to tiie house o £ bis son-in-l : i \ v r-Mr . Stockbridg-v "That the Ilhen and clothes of tlie family oJ-lus sonin-lrw have beaa washed at the . expense of tho union constantly . " That shoes , clothes , &c , br , v been made ana fjrnislicd to tho seme family at tlicsxpense and cbaigo of the union . " The other chf . Tges arc of this nfctwe : — "That ho has frequently taken , liberties with thoyounger women ar . & £ irls in thu house-, anil attempt d ' at various times to prevail upon Hiukh- l > y force or o ho ; - - wise , to consent to gratify his wishes j-
" That Jic lias aetirtUy had criminals jnterwvitsti trtta . some of the female inmates , nnd for rAiigth of time Has been guilty of drunkeawss and other haiKoralities . " The principal witness examined oa Monday wa * Sarah Barrett , an agssl woman in . 1 rery weak < on- » dition , who deposed to ; pome of the faote which liavo * already appeared in tl « & paper relative to hertnatnient in the workhouse .. She complained of having been allowed bad and insufficient food ; : that she had not been allowed meat ! or beer except ayon two or three occasions for a day or so at a time ; , though slia was so worn down by disease as to require both constantly . The orders of 'Sie doctor for allowing her better and strengthening : diet had not been attended to , or she had to wait several days before she got
what was ordered . "Whom weak and ill with the dropsy she had been compelled , on a bittcraold day , to wheel snow from one place to another in t * io yard . The witness was so exhausted with disease and " long suffering , that she was takenill during her examination , and had to bo rcmovoik . The next witness , Elizabeth Morrison , corroborated much of Barrett ' s statement . She had seen-the workhouse master drunk . Amongst the witncss « B-on Tuesday wa » Jan& Grace , who deposed to the bad diet of the inmates of the workhouse ; she had seen , the master " worse for beer" at times , somctinies ; . too , when rending tha
prayers . Mv . Wcstlake , the maiiicfil officer of the Union , was next sworn , and proved that the allowances of meat , Ac , lie had owtaved for some of the workhouse inmates had not bean given to thenv by the master and matron ; the conduct of the matron tn the sick paupers was frequently violent and unkind . Throughout Mr . Wcstlako ' s examination he was subjected to repeated questionings and interrupt tions , on the part of the assistant-commissioner , wli » seems to act as the champion of the accused master , rather than an impartial inquirer . On Wednesday tlie examination of witnesses was- * resumed and cor > tinued throughout the day ; no fact of imnortancQ was elicited .
The KsiAHEsnonour . il WKAVEiuh—The turn-out still continues with unabated determination on th& part of the men , and , should they still remain firm another week or two , they must conquer . The committee return their thanks to Mr . J ' .. Iletherington , of New Shihlen , for the 2 s . 7 d . rccorwd .
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— — — -- ¦ - — wi ^^^^ M ^^ W ^ V ^/ V *^ STABBING CASE AT BURY . CIIECK TO THE DAGGER-STICK . Oon readers may recollect that about two months ago we gave an accouufc of a case at Bury , in Lancashire , ia which one of the " new men , " Fuederick Hmiris , in the employ of Messrs . WiiKEu , Smith , aud Co ., had stabbed with a dagger Johx Sogdex , a working man . The masters took the part of the stabber ; and the matter was treated
by them as but of little consequence . At the Coroner ' s inquest , indeedj some of the jury expressed their opinion that Harms ' s jconduct was perfectly right and proper ; and were desirous of returning a verdict of " Justifiable Homicide . " The stabber , however , notwithstanding the powerful protection extended over him , was committed , and has taken his trial at tke present Liverpool Assizes . His defence was in substance that he was " hooted at" by the "turnouts . " Sugde . v was walking with or near the turnouts , who were calling out " hoo" and " baa ; " and therefore he was stuck through with the dagger . The
masters , as was before intimated , looked upon the matter lightly . They took the case to London , at their own expense , on an application that Harms should be admitted to bail . In that attempt , however , they were successfully opposed by Mr . Roberts . But so confident -were Habris and his friends of an acquittal , that arrangements were made for his return in triumph from gaol ; and we must admit , considering that no expense was spared , and the powerful influence exerted in his behalf—that he had some ground for the hopes he so confidently induked in .
But he was tried bt a just Judge , Baro . v Rolfe : and the result is , that Frederick Harris is sentenced to twenty years' transportation . In another part of our paper will be found a report of tho trial , which we have taken from the Times newspaper ; and to this we beg the reader ' s attention . Next week we shall have something more to say about it . We Jook at the whole affair as a most significant sign of the times . Hauris was defended ly the masters—he was prosecuted by tke PuoriE and so we will leave the matter for a week ..
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——« . IMPORTANT TO LAND SECRETARIES . TO THE SEVEKA 1 SKCIttTAIUES OF TIIE lAND SOC 1 ETT . My Friends , —Again I have to call your attention to Mr . lloberts ' s direction as to the mode of pnying your monies . No class of men require more punctuality in money matters , in the management of their affairs , than the working classes ; and therefore those who undertake the trouble of management should insist upon tlie same exactness . Now , whnt I have to observe is , that the double entries of money paid to the secretary , and the double lists published by him and me , have the inevitable effect of so complicating our accounts , that I cannot , and will not , longer act as Mr . Roberts's deputy , with all tho trouble as my reward , unless all the monies for shares , nda , and cards , are sent direct to me , as recommended by Mr . Roberts . If this rule is not observed , I must and will resign my post as deputy treasurer . Faithfully yours , FEinong O'Connok .
[ I have again to call attention to the above , as I find Bonie secretaries will not observe it . ]
RECEIPTS OP TIIE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . PER MR . O ' CONNOR . £ s d Ashton-undcr-Lyne . perE . llobson 3 i o Stockport , per T . Webb 2 o o Butterly , per T . Moss 2 15 8 Uarnsley , per J . Ward a o 0 Chorlcy , per Wm . Wilkinson l o Iu llnlifax , per W . Woodliousc 2 0 0 Dodworth , per Thomas Croft 0 10 8 Holheok , near Leeds , jiev Wm . Sykes .. ,. 0 12 7 Manchester , per John Murray ., * , is 7 7 Barnsley , per John Ward .. .. „ .. 200 Derby , per Messrs . Chandler and Crabtree ,. 400 Carrington , per ilohu Moss ., „ „ ,. 500 Oldham , per William llamer ., .. .... 5 0 0 Jordiin 0
Sclby . pcrJ . S . n a sciuy . pcrj . b . Joiuiin .. 2 0 0 Leeds , per Wm . Brook .. 500 South Shields , per John Patrick 14 8 Plymouth , per M . Robertson \ 19 10 Worcester , per M . Griffith , C 5 0 Norwich , per Jonathan Hurry " 2 0 0 Stockport , per T . Webb " 5 0 0 Preston , per J . Brown " 310 Huddersfield , per J . Stead „ 2 17 7 Boulogne-Sur-Mer , per J . Oram .. .. . V 3 ti 2 Bradford , per J . Alderson ., 12 0 0 Bilston , per J . Linney .. i Q 0 Todmordcn , per S . Witham 2 0 0
PEB GENEBAL SECBETABT . INSTmiENTS . £ S . d . £ s a Whittington & . Cat 0 4 8 Mr . Sumner .... 0 1 4 Emmctt Brigade .. 0 8 0 Mr . Tucker . 0 14 C Battison .... 0 1 i Htbden Bridge ' ,. 0 1 4 Mr . Goldsmith .. 028 « 1 * sums . Whittington & Cat 8 16 9 Mr . B . Fox .. .. ft 15 0 Greenwich .... 2 0 0 Hcbden Bridge .. 1 H 9 r . Caughlan .. .. 1 0 0 Brighton .. .. « 018 3 Mr . Dickson .... 0 2 0 CABDS AND RULES . Whittington & Cat 0 0 4 Stockpovt .. .. „ 0 0 3 EmmettBrigade .. 0 1 0 Hejuood .. .. " 0 8 0 Secretary 0 2 0 Jlosslcy 03 a
NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . „ . , . PSB MB . O ' COHNOB . jtajMW . ^ n . Pm , jisBBttftf « f saris £ » Vs PEB GINEBil , » ECBETABT . I _ ' SUBSCBIPT 1 ONS . I ? v u " 'T 4 6 Monty 20 W . Salmon .. .... 0 6 Bolton .. .. .. 30 £ - ' «» , 0 0 Wadsworth-row " SSST :::: * S SfeaSJT * Tuomas Martin Whekieb , Secretary , \ v ' # , i . BUNCOMBE TK 9 TIMQS UX .. From Coiford .. ' c ,. VICTIM POND * . " " ** ^ * Southampton .. . „ . Tuomas Mabtin WmciVj °
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' THE SO . UTHWARli ELECTION . All three ioandiai ^ s are still in the field . The ChronKle ,, on behalf o / t » e Whigs , haa been thrusting hard to get Mr . M \ u J *» retire . It has , in turn , nattered , coaxed , wheedi (' . and threatened , to accomplish that object . Biv . ^ sP » te of all , Mv . Mini ) sticks there , anil will do till 1 Ilc Poll is over , whatever bo the result . We confess tiiu > fc at one time we had misgivings that he would not b . ° proof against the cry oi " you will Jet the Tory in , ' " but now all fear of that sort is ended . Mr . Miall ha . * taken his stand . It is on broad intelligible ground . He propounds certain defined principles : he is dctei 'mintd to give all men of principle an opportunity of registering a rote for principle . It is cheerin" to fiik'l that this
courageous conduct is finding » respowt' amongst the constituency . Most important med / iugs are being held nightly in support of Mr . Miall , a . t which he appears , and goes "the whole ho * . " lie blinks nothing : but boldly avowal tta Chartist principles . Ho lias also declared against the New Poor l » v and the boracrset House Dynasty : and in favour ( we believe ) ot "Short'lime . " Sir W . Moleswortk is also attending meetings , at whieh the main card that the undefined democratic aristocrat can play , is t / ieold dodge ot "don't let a Tory in ! " Mr . Miall ' s an swer is , u-here zs fee difference between you and the 'ft vy ? ILefactatkaf the Tory , " as far as the "two State churches- " are concerned , is more defined than the ltchgion-eBtlowiiiff-voiuntary-pnuciple-JJaronet ; and therefore to the Dissenters a better man
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1330/page/5/
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