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      T 5 IS HUKDER 3 BY POISONING IN NOBF 61 K . A-wrtjt Bisclosuees . —As the investigation instituted hj the Sani tary of State concerning the late murders by pois ™» n >'» ' * is village progresses , the horrors seem to thicken . To what extent deaths have been occasioned ly prison it is impossible to say ; it is , however , deter . mioe < i npoH to eriiume seven other bodies , and Coroners * Inquests ar » to be huld upon them . They will undergo a stri « ejwi- 'uation by . a most experienced chemist , and a figH and searching inquiry will take pluce into all the cIrcun-. ifHiices connected with these extraordinary and suspicious cvaths . The < -evea bodies are not as yet ex-1 hu . no' 1 , consequently the Coroner has beeu usable to fix j the day 'or th ? inquests . Amongst the bodies that are to be j exim ' . ned isihntofamannatnedNurse , who was a

      neighbour y f xlie deceased Balls ; and with reference to this man tne ~; prl SarahKtrrison , of Yarmouth , « ho it will be rememswreil . lived with old Balls as servant , « Dd gave verv WHH . rt . mt -estimony at the rocent Coroners ' inqueste , says th « t a short time before she left Ball ' s house sne hear ^ Bails' and Nurse have a qaarrel about the death of ^ srsr ^ Sissras ^ a-r ^ - ^ -T ~ Mmrfeer They accordingly « ve :. tand had someUnng to S -ei =-i threeieurs aftcrTardsNur ^ was a corpse , S ihw »« no suspicion . The body was interred and the occurreBce soon forgotten . Prom thatmoment ,, hower tlio girl suspected some foul play , and determine' on ieaving thehouse , which she did shortly after . Bard * ar-d obtained a situation at Yarmouth . As it was . sbK nearly fell a victim to the murderous traffic . while

      A f ~ w iaj * i-rior to the deatn of Balls ' s wife , partakes « f breakfast with old Balls and one of his daughters , ^ irs . Green , she wassuddealv seized with a violent richness . ^ 1 > S- Green was attached in a similar way , almost iavriMHately afterwards , no doubt the effect of somepoisosiousdraR ; but , happily , they had not taken sufficient S" act fatally . BaUs ' s parents , who were poor peopV living at Bemistcad , an adjacent Tillage , appear to lia'se iiied ina sndden ana mjslerions way , anil their Doaies . we nnderstantl , are amongst those to be taken up ; 'he remainder are the grandchildren of Balls , wio perisheii very young . Since Sir James Graham ' s communiestjo * to the county magistracy , there has been implicated in these dreadful acts with old Balls , though thtre are different opinions on the subject . We have hear- , uufhmg that would lead to its being eren probable that v not holding inquests before .

      THE COBOlfER'S INQUIRY HESUMED , Hafmsbubgh . Monday morning . In consequence of the disclosures that have been made in tlie course of the private inquiry instituted by Sir Jamrs Gra ! iam , J . Pilgrim . Esq .. one of the Coroners for the Conntv of Norfolk , opened another investigation this mornsK ? , a ' - East Rustnn , a village three miles distant , en the bodies of other persons , related to the deceased Jonathan Balls , who are supposed to have died from the effects of poison administered by him . TJie enioannelling of another Jury to inquire into this apualan ^ affair is understood to be the result of rery important communications from the Government officers to the Coroner . It will be remembered that at the previous inquest , held at the Hasborough-hill House , of this -village , it was dearly ascertained that four of the bodies

      eAiunej at the parich ehnreh'Yard , including the de . c : asetl Jonathan Balls had died from arsenic , and although sn open verdict was returned , little doubt w : is entertained that the poison was wilfully administered by oK Balls , who was supported by parochial relief and had iHftde himself very disreputable in the neighbourhood by two or m-jre suspected acts of arson , and others of an abandoned character . As previously mentioned , otring to the suspicious nature of the deaths , Sir James Graham , attbe Instance of Mr . Wakley , M . P ., de-patched officers to the district , with a view not only of strictly clesrim ; edthe mystery attendiug thisawful transaction , but to ascettain the unaccountable cause , and upon whom t ' rfe blame rested for the neglect that such suspicious deaths should occur in one family within so short 8 period , and no offiiial inquiry be instituted respecting

      them . The result of the officers inquiries went to attach considEiable suspicion as to other deaths in the family , ana it w . i- at length arranged that their bodies should lie exl-umed for tliepurpoae of having them minutely examined . By the list that has been handed to the Coroner bv the officers , of the victims , we find , in addition to the bodies of Jonathan Balls , the supposed murderer , his irifeSlizabith , Samnel , Ann Elizabeth , and Elizabeth Ana Pestle , his grandchildren , whose deaths were inquired ir . t" at the former inquest ; thai of Ann Pegss , a grandchild , who died on the 7 th of June , 1839 , in her eighth year , sn 3 was buried at Igham Chapel . From some unexplained circumstance it was exhumed about three weeks after it bad teen interred . Mr . Pilgrim held an iugnest on the body , but the surgeon considering that ithaddieJ from fever , and not deeming a post mortem examination necessary , a verdict of natural death was

      returned . This child , like the rest , appears to havebeeit taken ill immediately after a visit to its aged relative ; and what is more remarkable , had no medical advice . The next on the list is Maria Green , daughter of Mw . Green , ( another daughter of Jonathan Balls)—this victim was 15 months old , and died on the 25 th December , 1836 , and was buried at East Rush ton . The infant bad been to the grandfather's bouse , and while there was attacked with illness , and shortly after expired , no surgeon being called to it . Next the body of William Green , also a grandchild , aged two years , died on the 31 st of October . 1811 . and interred at East Kushton , He had , also , been to his grandfather ' s , and was seized trith illness On his return home ; and lastly , Martha Green , of the same family . She died wheu la months old , after visiting old Balls' house , and was buried with the others in the same church-yard .

      One of the daughters of Jonathan Balls , Mrs . Green , and mother of the three children , the subject of inquiry this day , is in the greatest distress of mind ; and having taken a portion of the poison giren to her by her father , the is still suffering from its pernicious effects .

      DISCOVERY OF FURTHER MURDERS . HiPPisntJHGH , Tuesday morning . At the re-opened inquest—Mary Greta , a daughter of the deceased Jonathan Balls , was first called . She said sLe had already told all she knew . She had seen the coigns taken out of the graves that morning , and knew them to be those of her three children . Maria , William , and Martha . Maria ' died first , at Happisburgh , nine or fen years ago , and was buried at Rustoa oh the 25 th of December , 1836 . Her mother ( the deceased , wife of Jonathan Balls ) took the child home in a donkeycart . Some blotches had come out about its head and face before it went , but it was still very well . It remained there nine days . She had not leard that it was Tmwe ; l , lint on going for it , as she heard her mother was go ' tug . mi , she found it dead . She was told that it had

      been dead two or three hours . She felt hurt , and cried , and her father told her that it had been sick . She thought it very strange , and was astounded , but she did not say much about it , as her suspicion was not excited . An inquest was held upon it , and Mr . Clowes , the surgeon , attended and examined it . He did not make a post-mortem examination , and said the cause of death was the spotted fever . She was informed that on the morning of its death her father had given it some bread and hatter , and it could not get it down its throat . The deceased boy William was five years old when he died . He had been staying at her father ' s house a year and a half . About a month before he died she saw him there well . Her father then sent for her to attend the boy , as ae had been taken ill . She sent another of her sons for him , and , assisted by the girl , Sarah Kerrison . He was brought home . She bad three children then at home ill with fever . Mr . Clowes attended him until he died , three

      weeks afterwards . Her father came to see the child two or three times , and he-visited him on tlie Sunday moraine . He die ;) in the evening . lie did not appear to 1 ) 6 sick , but the saliva kept running from his mouth . He conld not talk much , but was a very sensible child . She could not tell if her father gave anything to the child ¦ when he came . Her father , Balls , was in the habit of bringing cakes to the child . lie brought some on . the mtiningofits death . The cakes were homemade , but cannot say who made them . Martha died about the same time . Before she died she was not in good health , aad was scarcely ever well . She was thirteen months old . Witness heard that her father gave the child bread and butter and other things . She had been ill about three weeks when she died . Her father used to come a Jd seeker on Sunday morning , and would say , " poor little thln ; j , how bad it is . " She bad two great knots in her throat , and the ears , eyes , and nose would discharge , The witness here detailed a visit to her father ' s honse in

      1815 when her mother was ill . She stopped all night . "Was up in the morning with tho youns girl , Sarah Kirrison , and her father wished her to have some breakfast . Kirrison made the tea , and her father asked her to have a herring , saying , " There are two for you and Kerrison . " They were conked , and they had one eaci , but neither her father nor her mother partook of any . Before she had finished her breakfast she was seized with sickness , threw up her meal , and in half an hour went home . She continued sick till tenor eleven o ' clock at night , and was ill for two or three days , not knowing whether she would live or not . She toldjtaer father and mother how ill she iad been . Her fatMt said nothing , but her mother seemed moved . Kerrison was also very ill , throwing up for two ( lays iu a similar manner . Kerrison always behaved well to her mother and her children . The witness tras here seized arith strong hysterics , and was carried out of the inquest room ; She " shortly recovered , but seemed in a dreadfully iHteted state .

      Roben Green , the father of the children , was next examined . Had no suspicion that his children came by their deaths unfairly . Maria was taken ill and died in two ho us . His father-in-law was silways very fond of the children , and nerer seemed easy but when they were with Una . He also detailed as much as he knew of the two others , bat he knew very little about the symptoms . Fever was m the house three weeks , aud five * children were ill at Hits same time . RosiUiua Peg-s . wife of Bartkoloraenr Pejrgs , of Happ isburjjh , Jepused that she recollected the deceased child Maria Green being at her grandfather * * house for more ! than a week . She saw the child the Sunday before it j died . Balis came and asked her if she nuoU go to his house , for he thuushl the child was dying . She went ' directly , and it had almost expired . She took it up in her arms , and , after a straggle , it diedo Balls snys it . had ] got a hearty breakfast She thought it strange that a ; child in good health should die so suddenly , and she told ;

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      him so . He made no remark , but when Mrs . Green came he seemed rather confused . The ^ death Avas np Cb By Sc ™^ She knew Balls'daughter that . died . She was very ill , but did not know if she d . ed suddenly . iJe wL- " arried . The child died in two or three days , and the daughter in niiie weeks . Witness had heard that she was hurt by kicks from her husband , and that she was most grossly ill-treated by him . One of the officers sent down by Sir James Graham , named Smith , who was present watching the proceedings , informed the Coroner that he had learned that the child was much injured from these kicks , its arm was broken and had withered . No inquest was held on it . Her name ivasLacey . The circumstance occurred thir * teen years ago .

      Mrs . Greon was re-called , and spoke to the ill-treatment her sister experienced before she died—her mother never liked tacey , her sister ' s husband , and once remarked to her , " if you get married nevarlet me hear yOU complain . " Before she died she wished to say a few ¦ words , but she had uot strength . There were a number of black marks on her boJy . Her father and Lacey were friendly : tha latter was still living . The Coroner observed that it wae a most extraordinary thing , that although there was so much talk about this poor woman ' s death , no inquiry should have taken place , ne would have the body disinterred in the course of the following morning and ascertain what state it was in . The more they went into the inquiry the worse it became .

      The Jury now adjourned for half an hour , and on reassembling it was announced that the surgeons had only examined the body of Maria Green , the child that had been buried ten years , and they had discovered the png . ence of poison . This is the body of the child on which an inquest was held at the time of death , but on which there was no internal examination . The surgeons had not proce . ded with the other two , and the Coroner determined on adjourning the inquiry until to-morrow morning at nine o ' clock . The Coroner afterwards proceeded to Ingham , where he gave orders for the child Peggs to be disinterred .

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      THE LATE FATAL COLLISION ON THE MERSEY , INQDEST ON THBEB OF THE BODIES . IlV . EBPOOI » SATCBDAT . This morning , at ten o ' clock , an inquest was held at the Sessions-house , Cbapel-street , on the bodies of John Roach , aged forty-fiveJJohn M'Glono , aged three months , and Patrick Geoghan , agei forty-fiv ^ years , before Philip Fincy Curry , Esq ., borough Coroner . Ellen Maclean , widow , left Sligoon Sunday last by the Rambler She belonged to a party who were about to emigrate to America . Knew the deceased , Pat Geoghan .

      He belonged also to the party . They were deck passengers , of whom there were a great number . Oh Monday night , witness was sitting in the steerage with the rest of her party abeut neri wben there came another steamer against them , and it smashed the vessel witness was in . There were a great number of persons badly hurt , and among them Pat Geoghan . The broken parts of the iron and wood fell about in all directions . A boat came and took witness to Liverpool . Witness saw Geog . han twice alive at the hospital , and he died yester . Iay ( Friday ) morning . After the collision , the captain and mate did all they could to save ui .

      Bryan Kelly , provision dealer , was a passenger in the Rambler . He knew John Roach ; he wae a passenger also . When they came inside of the rock , at the mouth of the Mersey , witness was standing near to the cabindoor , against the bulwarks on the Cheshire side . It was twilight . Witness suddenly heard the captain giving " great commands . " He told one of the hands to run down the gangway to the helmsman ; but witness did not understand the instruction he gave , nor remember the words . The man ran back agaiu , and the captain called out , " Stop her . " In about two minutes after they were struck by the other hoat . The whole ship wa * then alarmed ; and the other boat turned off from them very

      quick . The carpenter told the captain that the vessel was making water ; and he called out loudly to the engineer , " full « peed ; " aud witness shortly afterwards ascertained that there was no further danger , as they were aground . Many of the passengers were much hurt . Witness did not see Roach during the voyage , but saw him for the first time after be was dead at the hospital . Had known him for fourteen years . Witness did not see the other steam-boat until they had struck . The night was rather dark , and witness could not say whether the other steamer had lights about her rigging . The Rambler had two lights , one on the chimney , and another ia one of the rooms adjoining the paddle-box , facing the bows .

      Bernard Gallagher , butcher , of Sligo , a passenger in the Rambler , knew John Roach , and saw him , on board . Between tea and eleven on Monday , when the Rambler had passed the Rock Light , she was run into by anoth . r steamer . Uany people were hurt , and witness did not sen Roach until he was landed at the pierhead . Witness had seen him since his death . When they were near the Rock Light witness was in the cabin , and did not hear any directions about steering . Was coming up at the time the collison took place . Mr . Gildersleeves , surgeon at the Northern Hospital , said Roach was sensible when he was breught to the hospital , hut in a very cold and collapsed state . He died shortly afterwards . There were contusions all over the body , and both bones of the right leg were fractured ; but the paticut died from collapse . Geoghan was brought to the hospital at the same time as Roach . His spine was fracture , which caused his death yesterday ( Friday ) morning .

      Feter Macfarlane , second mate of the Rambler—She was commanded by Captain Wm , Macallistcr . Her engines wrre 250-horse power . There were six firemen , two coal-trimmers , two engineers , and eight seamen . They had on board , on Sunday , whet * they sailed from Sligo , 300 deck passeugerr , one or two cabin passengers , and 600 pips and 14 black cattle . Had a good passage , and they arrived at the Bell Buoy , off the mouth of tlie Mersey , at halt-past nine on Monday night . The tide was about an hour from high water , and the wind was westerly . On leaving the Bell Buoy , the course of the Rambler was about S . E ., which was continued until they were about half-way in , and then the course was altered to E . S . E . Witness was standing by tho man at the helm . They had a . light at the funnel head , a red light on the larboard , and a white one an the starboard , in front of

      each paadle-box . That was the usual number and arrangement of li ghts when coming- into Liverpool . They had a watch forward , consisting of the mate and two men . The captain was on the gangway between the thepaddJe-boxes ; he had the speaking trumpet in his hand . They came up the Rock Channel and continued their COWSe E . S . E ., until they came to the Rock Light ; aud tfiey passed two steamers a little below the liovk Light . As they rounded the Rock Light they passed within a breadth and half of the small buoy opposite ; they then steered due south for about a minut * . or not quite SO long ; they then steered south-half-west . Witness then heard the mate report a steamer a-head ; aud witness observed to the man at the wheel that he saw her smoke , but no lights ; and just a moment afterwards witness saw her starboard light and funnel light off our larboard side . Witness was looking over the larboard quarter . Directly afterwards witness saw her red light on the larboard side . She appeared to be about two points off our larboard bow . Witness then said to the

      man at ^ the " wheel , "She is coming towards us . " He replied , . "We are pretty close on the Cheshire shore , ' implying that he could not go much , closer , Witness then lost sight of the larboard light of the approaching steamer . Witness then heard the captain sing eut "Port , " and witness sang it eut himselfafcer the captain , and the helmsman ported . The next word from the gangway was " Fort" againi Witness stood close to the htlmsman and he obeyed the order . At this time witness began to be frightened , and in a moment or less it was [ " Hard a port . " Witness laid hold of the wheel himself , and called another man , and there were three of them holding the wheel " hard a port , " when the ether steamer ran aboard of us on our larboard how , cutting us down below the water ' s edge , capsizing the windlass , and tearing up the deck , or cutting through it . There were a great number of persons hurt , and some killed on the spot The other steamer hacked away and got clear of the Rambler , which was run on shore . Witness did not hear any order given to stop the engines , but it might have seen , as there was so much noise among the

      passengers . John Hunter , chief mate of the Rambler , said they took the pilot on board at twenty minutes past nine on Monday night , a little to the westward of the N . W . lightship ; his name wa 3 Wm , Daniels . He took charge of the ship at once , and stood on the bridge alongside the captain . The pilot , from the time be came onboard , directed the steering of the vessel . Directly after passing the Ripniff Buoy at the Rock Light , witness saw a light two points on the larboard bow . Witness called to the master and pilot to port the helm , Witness heard the captain call " port , " and then "hard-a-port , " which was done .

      Witness saw all the lights of the vessel which was approaching , after the helm was ported , and shortly after she ran in on the larboard bow . Witness told the passengers to go over to the other side of tbe deck , when he saw that a collision was inevitable , but they had not time . Yessel& oining into Liverpool with a flood tide keep in close to the Cheshire shore , and vessels going out take either side of the river , but there is no rule . The lights of the Sea Nymph might have been half a mile off when witness first Saw her . If both vessels had pursued the course they were in when witness first saw the light , they would have passed clear of each other .

      By Mr . Duncan—When the vessels struck , witness got on board the Sea Nymph . Witness went to the captain on the gangway and asked him for God ' s sake to stand by the other vessel , lest she should sink ; aud all the answer witness received was , " Standout of the way , Sir . " By Mr . Arden—There would have betn no collision if they had held their courses ; but the Sea Nymph appeared to be coming in , and witness called out at once to port the helm . Witness did not ruport " steamer a-hund , which was the usual course . Witness heard the captain eagerly call to the engineer , " Stop her , " and the eugim-s were stpped not more than half a minute before the collision . There was no time to order the engines to be rcvtrsed . About five minutes elapsed from the time witness first saw the light to the collision . Witness did not know how he got on to the Sea Nymph ; two of the crew and twopasssngersdid the same , The Sea Nymph backed

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      right away , and returned to the dock without standing by to help the Rambler . He did not stay to see if he could render any assistance . ^ Hud seen the Sea Nymph since , and she was much injured . Tho Court then adjourned until Monday morning at half-past nine o ' clock . Monday . —The inquest on the bodies of John Roach and Patrick G . eoghan , was resumed before the Borough Coroner at half-past nine o ' clock this morning . Mr . Harden and Mr . Myers attended , as before , on behalf of the captain , mate , and owners of the Sea Nymph ; and Mr . Duncan and Mr . Hassell , for the captain and owners of the Rambler . Fourteen of the jury answered to their names : the fifteeuth had met with an accident , and was unable to attend .

      William Daniels , the pilot , was the first witness called . He said—I am a licensed pilot belonging to the port of Liverpool . I was taken on board the Rambler at twenty minutes after nine o ' clock on Monday night last . I was then three miles distant from the North-west Light-ship . I took charge of the Rambler for the purpose of bringing her into port . The . winds were light from the W . N . W . The night was very fine and clear . . As soon as I got on board , I went to the man at the wheel and directed him what course to steer . Then I took my position on the gangway between the two paddle boxes . This Is the best position I could take for observation . As we proceeded towards the Rock Light , three steamers passed us on the larboard side , They ported their helms and we ported ours . They passed us by the TVharf Buoy , a long way at this side of tbe Spencer Buoy . We rounded the

      Rock Light about a quarter past ten . We passed within a ship ' s length of the light . We perted our helm , steered for the Ripraps Buoy , and kept close in to the Cheshire shore , in two fathoms of water . We kept still porting our helm , and passed so closely to the New Brighton stage thatyeu might have gone ashore there . Then we saw three lights on our laboard bow , bearing about S . E . in a minute or so afterwards we lost her larboard light , but still saw her starboard light and the light at the mast-head . I then called out to the helmsman to port , and at the same time I ordered tbe engines to be stopped . I called out twice to the helmsman to port , and the ' " captain called "hard-a-port . " Our head was then

      S . E . We kept the lead constantly going , The engines were stopped . They were not reversed . The other steamer struck us on our larboard bow in less than a minute after me had stopped the engines . She came stem on our larboard bow , cutting us down to the water s edge . When I first observed the three lights , the head of the Sea Nymph was about N . W . and by N . If she had continued that course she would have gone ashore . Had she continued the course she was on when she struck us she would have gone ashore in half a minute . If she had ported her helm she would have avoided us She was not upon tho rifi-ht couraej her course to tlio Hoek Light was N . W .

      William Jones—I am one of the sailors belonging to the Rambler , and . ' took the helm at the North-west Lightship . The pilot was taken on board soon after , and took charge of the steering of the vessel at once . Whilst nteering for the Rock , two steamers passed U 3 on tlie larboard side . We passed so near to the Rock Light that the vessel could hardly get clear off . As we neared the light , two steamers passed us , and I was ordered by the pilot to port , in order to make room for those steamers to pass . That was my reason for going so fteftu the Rook Light . We steamed very close to the New Brighton stage ; and after we rounded the Riprap buoy we kept close in to the Cheshire shore . I did not observe that the lead was eoinc . I » aw two bow light-.

      a-head after I had passed the New Brighton PWge , They were two points clear of our larboard paddle-box . Word was immediately passed to me to port the helm . The order was obeyed . A second time I was ordered to port , which I did . Hard-a-pwt was the next order ; and then two other sailors assisted me , and we put . the holm hard-a-port . I could not , from the place where I was , and the noise of the passengers and pigs , hear any order given to stop the engines . The Sea Nymph then came right aboard of us . She came stem on , on our larboard bow , and then she merged , got clear of us , and came up again towards our atern . I hailed her , and asked what she was going to do—whether she was going to run us down a second time or not ? I got no answer , and she

      went away into the river . John Walker—I am a fireman on board the Rambler . I was standing on the crank hatches immediately before the collision took place . My particular duty was to pass the word from the captain to the engineer . I heard the mate sing out to the captain that there was a steamsr coming out of the docks ; ami I then observed the steamer ' s mast-head light bearing on our larboard bow . I did not observe either her starboard or larboard lights . The captain ordered the helm to be ported , and he repeated the order afterwards . Both the captain and pilot gave the order to port , both at the same time . They called out , " Port—hard-a-port ; and shortly after the engines were ordered to be stopped . I passed the order down to the engine-room . The engines were stopped . I suw them etopped ; and then , in about a miuute and a half after , the Sea Nymph struck us on our larboard bow .

      John Brodie—I am a seaman on board the Rambler , and recollect making the North-nest Light-ship on Monday night last . We took a pilot in there , and he took charge of the vessel then , I was stationed on the forecastle head , keeping a lookout , and was on the gangway afterwards . After rounding the Rock , I had to pass the word from the mate , who was on the forecastle-head , to the captain who was on the bridge . We kept close in to the Cheshire shore . I saw a light and smoke a-head upon oar larboard bow . The mate reported at the same time , and gave the order for me to port . I called out " port " to the captain and pilot , who , in turn , gave similar

      orders to the man ( Campbell ) nko was stationed between ' them arid the helmsman . The captain ordered to port twice , and then he colled out "hard a port , ' ' and ordered the engines to bo stopped . The engines were topped almost immediately : and , in about half a minute or so after , the collision took place . The force of it knocked me down by the gangway plank , and when I came to my senses I found myself on board the Sea Nymph . I then found the bowsprit of the Sea Nymph right across the foredeck of the Rambler . I cannot tell how I got on board the Sea Nymph . I did not see the captain of the latter . I was landed in the Sea Nymph at the Clarence pier-head ,

      Mr . Hassell said the captain of the Rambler would be present to give evidence , but that he was confined to his bed , and labouring undci injuries received at the time of the collision . The Coroner , in reply to an observation from Mr . Duncan , thought it better not to examine the captains . This closed the evidence on the part of the captain and owners of the Humbler . Samuel Easter was then called—I am chief mate to the Sea Nymph . She is of 350 horse power . She sailed from the Clarence Dock at twenty minutes past ten o ' clock on Monday nigbt . I looked at my watch , passing through the gates . We were bound for Warrenpoint Newry . We had a general cargo on board , and from eighty to one hunuVed paS 9 engeiB . Guptuin JOSCjll Thompson is our commander . The night was fine and

      clear . The wind was moderate , and from the N . W . It was about a throe-quiirters flood-tide when we started from the dock . We advertised to sail at half-past nine , but we were fifty minutes past oui time . The tide car . ried us up the river , and the helm was put hard a-port to bring her head on . We took our course down the river , outside the vessels at anchor , on the Cheshire shore , and we steered North and a little Bast . We passed a ship's length and-a-half outside the coal hulk , which is stationed off the Mngazinet , and from which the New Brighton vessels are supplied with coals . We then made for the Rock Light , which was about a-hulf or three quarters of a point on our starboard bow . I was Oil the forecastle lu-a < l ; and , shortly after passing the coal hulk , I saw a light round the Rock Light house . It proved to be the Rambler ' s masthead light . I reported

      the light to the captain , and asked him if lie saw it . He said " I do—all right . " The light shot across from the Lighthouse at a tremendous rate . I did not hear the captain speak , for lie was one hundred feet from me . The next thins I heard was the blowing off of the steam . The captain was on the bridge between the paddle-boxes . In about a minute and a half after I had spoken to the captain , I observed the Rambler ' s starboard bow white light , and then I knew that it was a steamer . I thun culled out to the captain again , aud told him that it was ' best te keep the helm hard a-port . I did not hear him make any answer , nor do I know whether he heard me or not . I rather think he did not , the steam wag making such a noise . I then saw the Rambler ' s red light on her larboard bow . I could then see the full length of the Rambler ' s hull , and that she wus flying up to the

      westward , with her helm hard a-port . I could also notice our vessel ' s head , by the Rock light , going off to the eastward , but we had lost a great deal of her way by this time . We were only going at the rate of three oifour knots an hour . I sung out to the captain again that it was impossible for the vessels to clear in the way they were going , for with both helms a-port , they were running fairly into each other . The captain never answered , and in half a minute afterwards , the collision took place . We struck her nearly stem-on , on her larboard bow . We were entangled together about half a minute , I went down , after wo got clear of hev , to see if we weremaking water any where . I found the stem , the cutwater , and both bows gone . I came up again and told the captain he had better run her ashore or into dock , but he would not do that , but ran his bowsprit into the rigging of tbe Rambler aft . At this hour , ten minutes to six o ' clock , Mie Court adiourued to twelve o ' clock to-day .

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      THE STRIKE IN THE BUILDIN G TRADES . " ( From the Time ? . ) -: y , : . LIVERPOOL , Mai 20 . On Thursday morning tbfc . tora . wM .-g » tiM « Up find that the strike in the building tradcsliad ended , and that work would be immediately resumed ^ It appears that a deputation of workmen waited upon Mr Rusliton . our excellent stipendiary magistrate , j . d stated that the only . impediment to theMMfr meat of the dispute was the Jesive of thmisdWB WJ « 5 fellow-workmen that the natters should withdraw the "declaration" which they required the workmen to sign , and of which we stated the « ature last week . Mr Rushton , with hi s usua benevolence it ble

      of character , promised to bring about , possi , a meetine . of the masters and workmen , and use MR best endeavours to reconcile the unhappy differences that existed . Be immediately opened 1 a communicat on with some of the most eminent of the builders ; and at an appointed heur the various parties met in the magistrates' room at the Sessions Ilouse . Mr . Rushton desired the workmen to keep nothing in the bach-ground ; and in a few pithy words , stating the distress and inconvenience which had fesulteu from the strike , advised all parties to enter into the conference with friendly feelings , and to make such arrangements as would be conclusive , so that tlie trade of the town might again resume Us usual and natural course . Mr . Holme , theliuilder , asked whether the persons then present were duly authorized by their xoanPfitive societies to enter into such negotiations as

      would be final , and would be agreed to by the great bod v of the workmen . The deputations p f workmen , comprising members from the masons ' , bricklayers , Joiners' , plasterers' , and plumbers' associations , respectively rose and declared that they were duly authorized , and were prepared ; on behalf of thejr fellow workmen , to enter into negotiations which should be conclusive . On this assurance the negotiation proceeded . After some conversation , in which the masters argued that no club or society had a right to dictate to any man , or to compel him to join such a society against his will , and that labour , like other commodities , should be porfecHy free , and that they could net enter into contracts with security to themselves , or with advantage to the public , unless such a principle as the freedom of labour was fully recognized , it was unanimously agreed aa a base for subsequent negotiation- ^ - .

      That a full and free disclaimer be made of tho rights of any man , or body of men , to interfere with the freedom of labour ; and that all men may work for whomsoever they please , and on whatsoever terms they may think right , The musters then proposed—That the connexion with the National and general Trades' Union should be dissolved , they offering no opposition whatever to local associations , if the eperatives deemed such to be necessary for the preservation of their own privileges .

      The workmen present all declared , with the exception of the labourers ( here generally known , we believe , as hod carriers ) , that their respective trades did . not belong to the National Trades' Unien ; and , as this disclaimer was strongly made in the presence of Mr . Rushton , of the magistrate ' s clerk , and of the reporter , Mr . Rushton recommended the masters to withdraw the proposition , which they immediately agreed to , on the distinct disclaimer of the delegates , one of the masters observing that the word of the representatives of the workmen was considered sufficient . It was then agreed to on the part of the operatives

      That no molestation be offered to those workmen who are now employed and have signed tho declaration ( in number , we believe , nearly 1 , 000 ) , and that the deputation of workmen here present agree most earnestly to impress upon the minds of their fellow workmen the propriety ol abstaining from the use of any terms of reproach to those mon who have already agreed to the masters' terms , and who are now employed . - The masters theh proposed that , as some of the branches of the building trade commenced work at 6 o'clock on the Monday morning , and left off at halfpast 3 o ' clock on a Saturday afternoon , while others commenced at 1 o ' clock on Monday morning , and worked until 4 o ' clock on the Saturday , a practice which had been found most inconvenient , an

      uniformity of commencing and leaving on ; should take place , and that the whole of the trades should commence at 6 o ' clock on the Monday , and leave off at 4 on the Saturday , which would be more convenient to all parties . To this the masons strongly objected ; and , after a long discussion , it was agreed that the hours of labour should remain the same as heretofore ; but that the distribution of the time should be arranged between the various trades and their employers , and rhould form no part of the present negotiation . The masters then agreed to withdraw the " declaration , " and Mr . Rusiiton congratulated all parties on the termination of the differences . To prevent any mistake , Mr . Rushton reduced it to writing , and added it to the foregoing . It was as follows : —

      That the above conditions being acceded to , the declaration shall be withdrawn . . The whole of the resolutions were then read over seriatim ; and , after a vote of thanks had passed to Mr . Rushton , all the parties left the conference under tne impression that the affair was ended . Combinations and strikes have previously and frequently been heard of in this town . The shipwrights used to be the grand disturbers ; and we recollect that on one occasion the Duke of Lancaster , a large East India ship , belonging to Mr ; Gladstone , the father of the present Colonial Secretary , was repaired and caulked by the master shipwrights , because no journeyman shipwright would work without an exorbitant rate Of wages , The natural result has been ,

      that shipbuilding has departed from the shores ol the Mersey , except to a small extent . Vessels are built at Worthington , Maryport , Whitehaven , and also at various small ports on the eastern coast of England ; and through the folly and combination of the Bhipcarpenters little of consequence is done . in the Mersey except the repair of vessels ; and even where an extensive repair is necessary , vessels are frequently sent to other places , on account of the exorbitant charges made for repairs in Liverpool . But no strike in any trade , within our memory , has caused a greater sensation than this amongst the builders , because it affects so many classes beyond their own sphere . Not only have the timber , lead , and glass dealeis felt it . but it has affected the carriers—persons

      who obtain their livelihood by carting for hire , shopkeepers , spirit merchants , limeburners , and others ; all of whom are more or less dependent upon the demand for materials used in the building department , or on the expenditure of the weekly wages , which to such a great extent are disbursed in this town . Your readers will therefore be pained to hear , that on the very evening of the day on which the arrangements were amicably come to between the master builders and workmen , the clubs of the various trades met , and threw overboard all the resolutions which had been agreed upon , principally instigated , it is said , by the stonemasons . The resolutions were consequently not acted upon , and the next morning not one man returned to his work . An instruction was forwarded to Mr . Tomkinsori , one of the oldest and most eminent of the ma 9 tev masons , and a

      gentleman who has been for many years , engaged as a contractor for public works , that a diminution of working hours and an increase of wages were required on the part of the masons , and that unless he acceded to the demand the men would not resume their work . Mr . Tomkinson , naturally indignant at SUCil a breach of faith , refused to entertain the domand , and desired the workmen to meet him again in the presence of the stipendiary magistrate , Mr . Rushton . They did so ; and finally lowered their demand tor increased wages to Is . poi wi'Glc additional , but stipulated that they should have half an hour at four o ' clock every afternoon for " recreation . " Mr . Tomkinson promised an answer at six o ' clock the same evening ; and in the meantime summoned a meeting of masters to consult as to the most advisable steps to be pursued in this new and unJooked-for

      emevgencv . -After Mr . Tomkinson , and the other masters who had been present at the conference , had stated the concessions made by the masters before Ml * . Rusiiton to put an end to the turn out , and the solemn obligation into which the delegates had entered , followed by such new demand ? , so contrary to the stipulations agreed upon , it was unanimously resolved that concession had been carried to its utmost limits , that no faith conld be kept with the clubs , and that , as the masters had agreed to withdraw " the declaration , it should be religiously observed on their part ; but that no further concession , either on the score of wages , or a reduction in the hours of labour should be made , as it was then perfectly clear that every demand

      concession was only followed by an increased . Thus , instead of a termination of the strike , matters scorned as far aa ever removed from a settlement . The bricklayers and plasterers seem to follow in the wake of the masons ; the joiners , plumbers , and some others , with more wisdom , seem anxious for a settlement , and some of them have left the clubs and resumed their work . But the masons are in demand tor the various railway contracts , especially on the Holyhead , Carlisle , and East Lancashire lines , and many of them have found employment on those railways . The Liverpool Dock Trustees , the Birkenhead Bock Company , and the Liverpool and Bury and Gvaud Junction Railway Companies , also have been proceeding with their works , which are principally masonry ; and , so long as there was no demand for

      increased wages , those lour large companies did not think it necessary to suspend their works . . The course now pursued , however , by tho masons , has altered the complexion of the whole strike ; anil tlie clubs must now soon come to issua with these large and formidable companies . Tho press , ¦ with , one exception , bas condemned the unwise proceedings of the unions ; and , as the masters have withdrawn tlie declaration , which by some was con-ideml opp ressive , notwithstanding that it was originally suggested by some ot the nfechanics themselves , to give them a feasible excuse for seceding from the unions , which they found to be both tyrannical and oppressive , the struggle has narrowed itself into one for advanced wages and diminished time ; and , instead of . its bring a question between masters and workmen , as to

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      who shall be the rulers , \ it > has' really become h : question between the workmen " and the ' public ; - as to ; what the former shall receive and the latter shall pay . 1 he workmen do not appear to see that the masters liave really little to do with the question of waf-es , especially ^ Jn such departments aa building "It is a < lueB ? tion between the mechanic and the man who invests his money in building , instead of investing it in cotton , corn , British or foreign railways ^ English or , foreign securities , lands , or . other investments ; and master builders have , in reality , just as much to do with the rate of wages , as the broker , who is the medium of sale between the merchant and consumer , has to do with the p rice of cotton , sugar , or indigo . The effects of this strike are becoming apparent .

      The masons are the most difficult body to deal with , and they are , it is said , under the control of a secretary , to whom they allow a handsome salary for managing their ' affaire . One of our first architects has resolved to abandon the u > e of stone in building as much as possible ; and at this time we are credibly informed that several piles of building are proceeding where iron has been substituted for stone . We perceive by one of out local prints _ that a gentleman from Walts has waited on some of the principal builders , and offered to supply a substitute for stono in the shape ot ' doer and window heads , cornices , and other things , made out of the Welch fireclay , and which can be produced at about half the cost of stone ; and we doubt not , in this age of mechanical

      akil / , that various expedients will be devised to abolish masonry , if the masons themselves shall render the stone too expensive . There is one passage in the conference between the masters and workmen that struck us as peculiarly significant . Carter , the union secretary , boasted that the masons' union was strong and powerful . Mr . S . Holme replied , " that union might give strength for a time ; but union could not give employment or create work , but the reverse ; and that if by the strength of the masons' union they imposed terms which the public refused to pay , a diminution of their peculiar work would be the consequence , and they themselves would eventually be the sufferers . " Thisreally is the case , and whatever may be the result of the strike , —and after the attempt at arrangement whichhaa been made , and has so signally failed through the insincerity and treacherous dealing of the workmen , of that result there can

      be no doubt- ^ -the consequence must fall upon the workmen who have been duped by their leaders—for those leaders will , unquestionably , take care of themselves . That many men and theirfamiliea are much distressed there can be no doubt , and several letters from the various secretaries have been shown to us , imploring aid from other trades , one of which , signed by " Francis Bradbury , of Birkenhead , " states that they are "in great w&nt of assistance ; " and implores that " money may be immediately forwarded to him at the Manchester Arms , Birkenhead . " We are at a loss to understand how respectable and skilful workmen can place themselves in such a humiliating position , or of what benefit trades' unions can be , if every trade is called on to assist others with which it is not connected ; for the letter which we have alluded to was writted to some glass-manufacturers at St . Helen ' s , who are addressed as "brotherunionists !"

      We hope that next week we may have ib announce the termination of these insane proceedings , destructive alike to the best interests of individuals as well as to the commvnity , and condemned by every man of penetration or common sense . Since the above was written , tho maaona have had a general meeting , and have come to the resolution that lliey will only work nine hours a day , instead of ten hours and a half , as heretofore . This is , of course , declined on the part of the masters , and is considered as a further infraction of the contract entered into before Mr . Rushton , and no one can now pretend to tell the ultimate effeet of this new demand .

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      THE NATIONAL TRADES UNION . ( From the Weekly Dispatch . ) We are all familiar with the cry of " class legislation . " Vehemently it has been denounced , often has the nation heard its vices magnified in all the figures of speech which pie-ball the patched eloquence of travelling oratory . It has been , from the beginning , the chief argument for the adoption of the People ' s Charter ; Physical Force and Moral Force Constitution tinkers have alike made it the premise of their great political corollary ; and both Complete Suffrage and Universal Suffrage apostles have claimed its existence as the foundation of their

      principles , and the common root of their deductions , Indeed , since corporation privileges , and the exclusive prerogatives of guild brethren , have been destroyed—since the manufacturing capitalists hare themselves demanded the abolition of all peculiar advantages to home production , and the very Peers themselves are about to resign the dishonest perquisites of agricultural protection , there is left manifestly every day narrower ground , and a more splendid apology for saying the same thing over again on this exciting theme . Although , however , the name is dropped out of common utterance , we are not sure that the thing is less vital than ever it was ; aud if the

      " Lips ar « now forbid to speak That once familiar word . " to which it came as naturally as " applesauce " after 11 roast goose , " we suspect it simply arises from the circumstance that after the oftence which it expresses has been abandoned by every body else , it has become the " pleasant vice , " and the besetting sin of the very men by whom it was most violently denounced . The term "Trades Union , " does not fairly express the thing which the words imply . It means neither an association of handicrafts , nor a combination of all the various human elements of which any single trade consists . It entirely excludes from the limits of its definition , the capitalists and masters , the heads , inventors , directors , and moving power of" all industrial art ; generally it does not even

      embrace the ovder of apprentices , but uniionnly it is entirely confined to the one sole body of working operatives , and is , in truth , neither more nor less than a self-elected industrial legislature , associated to make laws , less for its own regulation than for its own profit , at the expense of the public in general , and to the prejudice of master ; capitalists in particular . When these trades unions are local and denominational , they wear that snug , close Corporation aspect to which even employers seem to have no great cbjection , since they , in effect , simply operate to eompel masters all to do business on one uniform scaleto adhere to one common list of prices , and to avoid competition and underselling , as injurious to themselves and beneficial only to their common customers ( we should not say their common prey ) the general

      public of consumers . But a new trades gospel is now revealed A % enet !>\ and national trades union has been silently , but universally organized , not confined to particular handicraft , but extending to the whole circle of industrial arts of skilled labour , and havino-for its distinctive object thearrayof the whole labouring order of the nation against its masters and capitalists . Under the specious name of Protection , of which even Lords have become ashamed , this great conel . ive of artizans proposed to become tore-Stitlters . and regr . iters of the labour market , for the mutual profit of their body , at the common expense oftho public . By means of ft perfect and universal organization , a vast revenue , an iron discipline , and the assumption of absolute power over all artizans whatsoever , they expect to be enabled ts suspend the

      entire labourot the kiDgdom for any length of time they think fit , to throw , if necessary , the while country into panic and confusion by an universal stagnation of industry—to dictate any terms and any wages they please to their customers and masters ; and to exact from the necessities of the Legislature any laws which they may consider conducive io tlie profit or social iufluence ' of their order . The presiding genius , who is " to ride this whirlwind and direct this storm , " is the lion . Member for Finsbury . The puller of the wires is the disinterested patriot whom the colliers " remember in their prayers . " Tim union is a class combination , for class objects , to enforce class legislation by class organization . It is to create a class monopoly in favour of an exclusive classbv that order which was the most vehement in

      , its deminciations of class privileges ; and contrary to the advancing spirit of the age , to the impartial and Catholic tendency of modern government and of public opinion , it is not more necessary for the character of the working classes themselves than for the saietj of the State , and the security of the public against dictation and exaction ! that the conspiracy should be exploded , and the bubble exposed . It is an Association for practically carrying out an impossible object , and which , were it possible , would be pernicious . We are , indeed , surprised that ths intelligent artizans of this country should , in the face of every principle of political economy , and every dictate of experience and common sense , yet suffer themselves to be magnetised by the gesticulations of quacks , into the day dreams in which they now indulge .

      They ha « e tried to put down machinery by Act of Parliament , —to prevent , women mid children from earning their own subsistence , and masters fro&i the liberty of making contracts with them , —they have struggled to prohibit the working of factories for a longer period than ten hours per cgay , thus confiscating a sixth of the whole income , interest on capital and property of the owner , without remorse or compensation , —they lmve limited the number of . apprentices whom masters arc to instruct , iu order ; ia preserve a monopoly of their trade , and now , at last , they hava organized a grand universal National Union , into the joining of which every working man is to be coaxed , threatened

      persecuted , , and bribed , in order to . lay tlio nation prostrate at their foctj—to place the consumers , masters , and capitalists , at the mercy of the working classes , and to dictate to every other order of society whatever conditions they please of remuneration for labour , irrespective of the legitimate demand , and the value of tho commodity . '> Although their own denomination are the great consumers of all their own productions , and Have enormou > ly benefitted by the cheap , clothing , and housing , and literature , and Vranswt by laud and water which machinery has . eftocteci , they still cannot be convinced ot the injury which would be inflictedoatheir class by racing the cost of . production , or see that if

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      theprice of the first and secoiid'T necessaries and luxuries fof life is raised by r »»* ing wages ; they ruin theiV foreign market , ; wl ^ H tne i mak ® -tno ttOftev value of higher wage ? diminish by the enhanced value of the commoditiesto be ; given in exchange . Have they not Jong ago ,, and ,.,, under the powerful stimulus of political and democratic passions , tried over the whole kingdom to enforce the observance of a " sat-red month , " which was to put an end to the entire labour of the kingdom , and compel the rest of society to suefor mercy ? What did it end in but in making the working classes ridiculous in the eyes of the whole nation ? Did not the tailors discontented with 30 s .: or even 40 . * . - a week , ( sis times the wages of tlieir agricultural brethren ) seize

      the occasion of a fashionable season to turn out fora rise ? What was the effect of this , but to lose many a job by customers making the crisis an ann . logy for contenting themselves with wearing out thefr old clothes , and to call so many wonier into the fielA of trade—that what with Moses , and Doiidney . and other large establishments , the trade ig threatened with such an inundation of tailoresses , that the union will too late , and to the last , repent a strike which the actual redundancy of labour rendered totally without apotogy . In a mm vHm the wagesof the nm santry range from < W . to Is . M . per " day and f ^ millions of the population are permanently without employment , tokrk never can be ehhkr occasiok fob a protecuve union- of A imZANS Or for a strike to

      regulate wages . Capital is so abundant that it is sure to be embarked wherever it h profitable and the competition of capitalist * for profits , and for la ,, bourers , will always keep wages at the level determined by the infallible - principles of political economy Since ^ the publication of our former observations on this subject , they have been strikingly corroborated by the actual facts of the case , as detailed in an elaborate article in the Times , It is stated that the chief complaint of masters is , tbat not only will the unionists not work themselves , but that they forcibly prevent those who are perfectly willing to do so , that they keep every trade in the hands of a few monopolist workmen by restricting the number ol apprentices , and also the choice of them to their

      own families , and that they compel the mass of the young togrotr up wiihoufc acquiring any craft what * ever , depriving thousands of the means of earning their bread . As we predicted , " Some of the hirge employers have now a great many men at work who have left the Unions , and numbers of strangers , not * withstanding the vigilance of the pickets , have sought and obtained work ; and the masters most determinedly refuse to discharge one of them . The club men have threatened that they will not work with these men . and some of them have gone so far as to » o to buildings where they were at work , and succeeded in frightening the men away . " For the reasons which we formerly assigned , there is a universal concurrence in our opinion , that the present

      strike "has been most ill-timed , " that it has not only stopped employment in the building trade , but thrown all out of work who were engaged in its auxiliary departments—that it has roused all the capitalists and employers to a most determined and permanent resistance , and the adoption of measures which will certainly leave the Unionists in a worse and more humble state than over they were before , " and that it will take many months of . industry and prosperity to rcBudy the mischiefs which have been entailed upon a large portion of the community by the unwise acts of men who , in these days , were attempting to establish monopolies of trade more ia accordance with the spirit of the guilds In the days of Elizabeth than with the freedom of trade

      peculiar to the days of Victoria . " The statement of Mr . Bulme , a large employer , proves that the declaration so much complained of was suggested by workmen smarting under the intolerable tyranny of clubs . " They told me , " he observes , " that our premises were so well watched until late in the evening , that they had come at that untimely hour to avoid being seen byany of the other turn-outs ; that they were in great distress ; that the tyranny of the club was beyond all endurance ; and that many of our men , as well as themselves , were determined to go to work , if they could set any excuse for quitting the club . They added , that if they could sign any document which could be binding upon them , it would give them the opportunity they

      wanted . During a long conversation , one of then admitted that both himself and his family were ia actual want , when another replied tbat they might as well be killed as starved , and he strongly urged upon me the necessity of devising , some mode by which he might escape from the clubs . " Almost ia our very words he continues—" Our town will be filled by strangers , who will have acquired a footing here ; and I seriously ask , what will be the consequences to many of the Liverpool workmen . I wish , that some of the leaders of these combinations could know the risks and feel the anxieties of those who have to undertake large contracts ; and if they would consider well tbe ultimate results of all strikes , they would soon confess tbat the best

      friends of the operative classes are those who , by intelligence , economy , and enterprise , succeed in inducing capitalists to invest their money ia building ; and that their worst enemies are those who drive capital into other channels ( not a difficult thing ) , by inducing measures which would render building anything but a profitable investment . I think that neither Mr . T . S . Duncombe , nor a committee without responsibility , sitting in London or elsewhere , had any right to interfere between my workmen and myself ; nor has any man a right to insult or abuse another because he chooses to be independent and stand aloof from a club . " This is the language of justice and common sense . Tbepr imet / al curse sentenced man to a life of labour , and hard la *

      hour too—earning his bread only by tbe sweat of lu ' 3 brow—and every scheme for getting large wages for littleworft , avi M royal roads to leisure , ease , and comfort , and all industrial lubberlands of nothing to do and plenty to eat , are the visions of quacks , and th $ delusions of impostors . They may find £ 1 . 000 a-year for Mr , Roberts , a landed estate for Mr . Duncombe , and 30 s . a week for a score or two of Chartist peri patetic bags of wind , to help to blow tbe bellows of their disinterested and indignant patriotism ; but their only effect upon the fortunes of the working man must be to help him out of his money , and into a union of a very different kind from that which he has been asked to join—we mean the Union Workhouse .

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      u THE TEN HOURS' BILL . A general meeting of the Central Short Time Committee of the West Riding , was held at Bradford by adjournment on Saturday night , for the purpose of receiving the report of the division of the House of Commons on the Factory Bill , and as a majority for the second reading was confidently expected , on the announcement t&at the bill waslost by a majority of 10 , the greatest indignation and disappointment , was manifested by all present , and after reading over some of the speeches of the opponents of the bill , the greatest disgust was felt by the . Committee at the sophistry which had been put forth by them , and after a long conversation , it was resolved—That thij meeting be adjourned to the Wednesday fellowing , in order to afford every member an opportunity to read over the report of the whole debate , so that they may be better prepared to express their opinion thereon at oue next meeting .

      Agreeably to the above resolution , a numerous meeting of the Committee was held on Wednesday last , All-. John Rawson in the chair . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — 1 st . Tliattniscommittee havinglearnt thedecision of the Ilouse of Commons , on the 2 nd reading of the Factories Regulation Bill , feel the inostpungont sorrow andtlilgust to learn that a small majority of the British House o £ Commons , lmvo again decreed tbat young persons and children , most of whom are females under 18 years of ; ige , shall be subjected to work in factories for 12 hours ia each day , exclusive of time for muals , which must average from 11 to 15 hours a day occupation , thereby leaving only about 0 hours for sleep , recreation , aud moral and

      intellectual culture . That by this decision the expectations of many hundreds of thousands of factory workers are disappointed in their hope that at this time an abatement of their protracted labour would be afforded , and tbat this committee having carefully read over the three days debate on this question , are further of opinion , backed by long practical experience , that the sentiments expressed by our opponents ( enemies ) , are as totally ai variance with facts as their principles are groundless , and false , and are more and more fully convinced that no sound argument cither commercial , political , or economical , has . been urged against the adoption of the Teiv Hours' Bill ,, but on the contrary , are convinced that this measure i » on every consideration entitled to the universal support . o £ every humane and ewlighJeued individual .

      2 nd . That . uotwithstu-nding the defeaS of last Friday night—a defeat brought ) about by the official influcueo of the GovtBument , backed as we regret : to find it , bj the influence of the leading members of & party from , whom the working classes Blight have expected better tilings—«' e are-nevertheless resolved never to relax in oar exertions , until this measure has passed : through Parliament . Ueljing on the zeal and ability of our Parliamentary frieuds , we believe tbat the time is not far distant , when , spite-of any government tacked by whatever party they may ~ be , it will be impossible ta resist tho passiug of tbo 'Con Hours' Bill ; being , as v » e believe U is , a measure alike demanded by justice , humanity , and sound commercial policy .

      3 rd . That tha grateful thanks of the operatives of tlie manufacturing districts are due to lord Ashley aud Mr . John Pk-lden , for then * uucompromisiug zeal and perseverance in conducting our measure , as . wellas to Lord John Russell , Lord George Bev > tinek , Lord John Manners , Hon . Mi \ Cowper , Siv Guorgo Grey , Sir ltober-t Inglis , Sir George Strickland , llight ilon . 1 . 13 . Maeaulay , Messrg . E . 15 . Denisou , Banks , Culquhoun , Brothcrton , Kewdigate , Crawford , " Walriey , Wodeliouse , J . O'Conuel ) , ilunt * . AinswortU , and all other members who have voted for the second reading of the Factory Bill . 4 th . That this , meeting cannot separate without expressing their deepest seuse of the cruelty exhibited by those members who spoke and voted against the improveracnt Of the condition of the factory children , and especially are they grieved at the course pursued by the noble lord the lately elected member for the West Hiding , aS well as the members for Halifax and Huddcrsfield ,

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      The Self-Accused Thief and Murderer , — Since the committal to Newgate of William Henrr Norman , who accused himself of'robbing his employer , Mr . Iloof , ofMadcloy House , Kensington , it has been satisfactorily ascertained that he has been in no ivay concerned in the murder of Mr . Westwood , the watchmaker , in Princes-street , Soho , as was at first believed , lie having been absent from England , from September , 1 S 38 , until 1841 , in the customs in Jamaica , and the murder having been committed on the night of the 3 rd of June , 1839 . There is no doubt , however , that Norman ' s statement relating to the ev tensive robbery committed by him at New York , is true . It is a singular fact , that iii consequence of a belief expressed in the reports that Norman was concerned in the murder of Mr . Westwood , circumstances have been ' communicated to the police which lead to a hope of an elucidation of the mystery in which that dreadful crime has been so long enveloped .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 6, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1369/page/6/