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r ^ s Sinr . «—Mr . John Bobbins . Independent of jbe en jojtr , tntthecompHnj wfflreceire from inch an Jir ,, of Ulent , thelady or gtntlemtn who may on ^ t ocwmon attain the highert position on the .. poll , " will carry away a splendid Old Painting , repre-^ tiog the carrying the Kationid Petiti . n to the goose of Commoni , measuring three feet three inches iB diameter , aud valued at FWe Pounds . We trust oar London friends will gi » e them a bumper . gr pAlUl , Old Shielden . —Your quarter expires this tu . jr , eoiiw * , Bonferwlipe . —Make a memoranaom from < bii date , as we cannot promise to attend to the coloured wrapper . Many of our subscribe r's quarters are terminating weekly , and it would be work for one man to sort the addresses , and rewrite them on a
peculiar wrapper . it . DoBBiE , Bi » hopwearraouth . —We have not got a compl « U set of the trials . You may get them of Mr . Heywood . 58 , Oldham-strcet , Manchester , jlr . Fox , Boston . —Yts , we can send it . ¦ fj . Toptis , Belper . —Must give the order to - = ome book . KUer . )[ r . H . PancHAiD , StroudKater . —Mr . Cleave is the perion to apply to . We only send to those who have their papers dirtet from the office . j ! r . Ksowtii , Pemberton . —Yon may or yon may not h i subscriber . We cannot say— " Leading Democrats " gre not obliged to cater to etery grumbler to the tune of" Give , give . " j CrxKt'a , Edinburgh . —Received too late for insertion this week .
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DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT ON DUBLIN . ( From our own Correspondent . ) It may DB a matter interesting to the working da shes of England , as well as to the Liberal Irish resident there , to know that for some time back the operatives of Dublin have shown strong symptoms of a determination to take their own affairs into their own hands . These men are all Repealers , bnt they wish to see that in any settlement of that great question , the rights of the working man sha \\ not beoTerlooketl ; they are in faet for coup ] in" the Suffrage with Repeal . The Association had its origin in a Committee formed to scrutinise
the taxation of the city , and especially to make war on the unjast and unholy impost called " Ministers m oney . " Mr . James M'Cormick ( printer and pubijifr ) . and Mr . Denny , ( anctioner and valuator ) , together with Mr . Coyne , ( hatter ) , have greatly distin guished themselves in this crusade . They hare grappled in the law courts with its collectors , where owing to the ingenuity of Mr . M'Cormick , a comp lete victory has been achieved over the parsons ; in fact the tax is , if the citizens but stand firm , virtua lly abolished . A petition to the legislature las been adopted , and already signed by 30 , 000 inhabitants ; it is to be committed to the charge of Mr . O'Ctnnell , with a request to W . S . O'Brien to support it .
On last Sum < ay the momentous subject of the Und was aMy lectured upon bv that talented and persecuted gentleman , Wm . Connor , Esq ., of Inch , who advocates rent at a valuation , and a perpetual tenure . He was received with great acclamation . icd was seconded and supported by Mr . Dyott , ( printer ) , whs strongly ursed upon the assembly the necessity of procuring a People ' s Hall for the purpose of discQSsin ^ all questions affecting the interests of tho working classes . After a resolution in fitourof Mr . Connor ' s views had been carried , the meeting was addressed by Mr . Coyne , who after ttaebin g on various local grievances , with the details of whieh he appeared to be minutely acquainted , bmadiy asserted that in the acquirement of the Suffrage alone , lay the hope an 4 safety of the peop le , lie was loudly cbereed , and their now appears bat one mind among the working men of Dublin , they seem determined , in spite of all factions , to keep a close louk out after their own interests .
The Association has been joined by Mr . H . O'Xiell , an artist of eminence , and a man of considerable literary attainments , llr . Stark , of the World newspaper , alsogave in his adhesion and subscription , and promised that tbe colamiis of that able journal should be opened to the proceedings of the association . Altogether political affairs begin to heighten here . The Franchise isthesubject for nest Sunday , and will probably oecspy two meetings . I shall send vou a report . I ' CBUCOLl .
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Pcbuc Mbetikg is Exeter Hah . — A public meeting was held on Thursday in the lar * e roam , Exeter Hall , for the purpose of hearing the statements of gentlemen from Ireland and Scotland , conversant with the extent ot the prevailing distress , and the mean ; taken to relieve it , with the view of giving the English public proper information on the subject , and exciting their syinpathy and support . — At ten minutes past twelve , Samuel Gurney , Esq , ¦ was called on to preside . We observed oa the platform Dr . Madeod « -f G ! a » gow , Dr . Unwick of Dublin , and other members of the Scotch and Irish deputations to England . The following resolutions were adopted : — Thai upon the evidence daily received through the ptblic journals , and from private sources , detailing scenes f ths utmost destitution , and continued deaths from starvation , in Ireland especially , but also in Scotland , aca even in our own country , it is the conviction of Uiis
meeting that it is desirable to mak ^ a more general col . lection , and upon a broader basis of appeal , than any that has jet brsn made , throughout the length and breadth of tb « land . That whereas her Majesty has called upon the minis . ter « of tie Established Church to make collections in their respective parishes , to also Dissenting ministers of all denominations be requested ( if they have not already dons s" ) ta use their legitimate power of appeal to their congregations upon ths subj-ci as early as possible , " or simultaneously with the day fixed for tie Queen ' s Letter to be read , 21 st February . Thus a geneial voluntary effort will be made by the whole nation in mitigation of the awful calamity . And further , that such ministers be reiuesttd to report to the United Relief Association ( at V ) , Leicester-square ) the fact of their having made such collection , as well as those that purpose so appealing to tteir congregations , in order that the same being anno-jaced in the public papers , may stimulate ether minis . fers and congregations to adopt the same course
Other resolutions in furtherance of the object of tbe meeting were adopted . From the statements made it would appear that the estimated less of last year ' s potato crop in Ire iaud was estimated at from twelve to sixteen or twenty millions sterling , acd that it would require ten vessels , of 500 tons burdens each , to come into the ports of Ireland for every day during the next twelve wraths , with Indian com , to mees the extremity in l ^ MO to nd * a 3 phwed . making an aggregate of 1 , 52 ^ . 000 tons . The speakers gave a most lamentable Md toucningjiicture of the extent and consequences of the prevailing famine , and referred to a number of cases m support of their statements . AiiEorD Chu , » Murdebis Lambeth WoRKHor ** . -Oa Wednesday an inquest was held bv Mr . W .
Rifc i w-i ^ P * V OTkh 0 U 5 e ' tue body of offTii fi tshlr ^ . § ed »« months , the illegitimate ofr pnng of Jaue Wiltshire , late an inmate , who has Site n T 8 e ? er l !« ™ " » i » i » atthe Lamoedi I ohce Court on a charee of bavins caused the Ki ^ Th *""! : Tfac brief facts of the «« »™ Si th lu w ther 0 I tbe child had k " " » ser-LamC * w sh | . became «« mte . She preceded to d ^ a ^ khuu p . whereshe was delivered of the h ^ Lt ^?*?^™' ** - She lett the 5 K £ ? ^ ^^^ ed with her , and nothing S ? ^ LH u - ntl 1 the 23 rd of 1 &st m ° nth , when « ae appUedfor assistance , and was admitted . The aeoeased was very ill , and when seen by Mr . Duke , tie med i al officer , he pronounced it to be in a dying » u » te . Tao mother was accordingl y placed in thesick
ward , wnere air . Duke prescribed for the deceased , « w was then suffering from acute inflammation ol of tiH Srf ft ^ L ? usaH Baber , an inmate fiSh ^ A" *!? l Lat shef * fged of the mother to give tuechild the boat ; when she again replied , the Uttir ? "fi » ° g » *• « P «« my shape by suckling up bv h / d ; She suosequently took the deceased &k Sdrt ^ " 7 J t 8 erei * i tiraeson ^ Sfld Mr n I ** & *• which ne « ly choked the «™ L , r ! • ^ " 2 * that he faa d made a put ZSS ^ y ****** * ' ^ was unable to SSuiMnatrt ? / ! L Ce ' WaS decidedlT of ofSSnif S ^" ^^ "t of inflammaiion ~ " Dea-ff r ^" ! ^ natnral cau 3 es - Vcrd « t wea . a trom natural causes . "
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WIK TO WSJ ^ WET ^ ES AND WS app ^ m tbe 3 e TOles m an y «» where they ! ^^ uSS ^ J ^ ^ Pointed by eachj a ° ntu whS ? « ? Tff" ? n'sht or da - > n every I ° «« v « hS li ?* ' !? a ? , nbMri P « onS . TheSe-i ¦ »« op th « ir- fore th L e dl 5 i ° lvin S ^ each meeting , 1 d iateif ^^ eipt 8 ' when th 8 ^ nitineer ahall imm 6 l ] ^ P a SSte Ofer . t 0 the Treasnrcr - He shall orer , i , Hi book a S ainst the Secretary and Treak * k * ' Za ^ nieat at audit of tbe Branch tf * tD « r Fort t 0 the A « dMlden as to their corwh <« Sm ~! te ^ u W aPP ° int tw » aarttora , 8 h *' l bet ? e « JlW" 85 ln » ntha : their duty t ^ ona MSfi ^ % ? ? Ch bw * ' and reP ° r Third " ii » fir 8 t me ? tlDe m tret S mont ! » - * t f orth » fc ! *™ e « 9 los > ng : Bioney « mstdi 3 tinctlv ism ,, « ^ .-. resfectiv * funds to which th « wh « i ; Mi 4 fc — — j j ; ! I , j i ¦
-- « i ^ iODgg . «« Mi "~ " £ . i ? ^? l " iril = CCT « ficates it ^ nofVheW Whet ? Xh l are for meln - Aether the « ^• ' ' « /*»«* ^ tion . And w tae <* rUiicate required be the first or second ,
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and if th » second , the number oftke first most be given . Theoertifwates will not be sent to the « . quest « f letters in which this rale is net observed Fifth . —All wmmnnicatioDB , whether enclosing money or otherwise , must be addressed as follows-— Tothe Directors of the Chartist Cooperative Land Company , 83 . Dean-street , Soho , London . All monies must be remitted in Post Office Oiders , « r by Bank Order payable on demand to Feamus O'Connor . All Post
Office Orders must be made payable at tbe General Post Office , St . Martin ' s-le-Grand , Londou , as none other will be acknowledged . Tbe person ' s name applying to the local post office for the order must be written at full length at the top of tbe order , and who must see tbe order properly stamped , and the order must be made payable to Feargus I O'Connor . All letters containing money I must be addressed as follows , for "The Directors , Land Office , 83 , Dean Street . Soho . London . By Order of the Directors , Philip M'Gbath , Corresponding Secretary . The attention of all District Secretaries and Members of the Company is particularly called to the subjoined instructions : — 2 . The collection of the halfpenny levy per share er month , henceforth shall cease . Every raembe pf the Company , and all who may join it , are liable o one shilling per share per annum , to commence r < m the 1 st of January , 1847 . Holders of paid-up -hare * must pay the share charge to be eligible for the Ballot ,
3 . Persons taking one share must pay 3 * . 4 a ., those takinp one share and a half 5 s ., those taking two shares 6 * . 4 d ., within 3 monthB from the date of entrance , or forfeit the instalments subscribed . Anda <« there are S ' veral persons in the Company more than three months who have not paid the amounts above stated . All District Secretaries are hereby instructed to erase from their books , on the 1 st cf April next , the names of all defaulters who have entered previously to January 1 st . 1847 . 4 . All matters relative to the third Section must be totally distinct and separate from the first and second .
5 . The next ballot for the second Section will take place in London , on February 22 nd , and all shareholders , to establish the '; r eHsjbility , must pay in full on or before Feb . loth , 1847 . By order of the Directors .
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¦ i - ¦ - ¦¦ - - ¦ NATIONAL TRADES ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF IN-, DUSTRY .
"Unitnforthe MiUim " What the Anti-Corn Law League has done for the Corn Laws , the National Association of United ! Trades will , in a few years , do for that great proportion of puvQFty . diseauc , dissipation , abJ crime , that 13 produced , either directly or indirectly , by low wages . Although the institution is only in its infancy , it has nevertheless attained to a monster growth , having upwards of eighty thousand registered members . Lke the late great fact above mentioned , its origin is attributable to the
inefficiency and consequent failure of numerous local worts and institutions , which had unanimity of purpose , but were wanting in unity of action , and therefore were inadequate to the Herculean task of overthrowing amenster evil of national magnitude , and which was supported by a monster unity of power . The promoters , however nothing daunted by the defeat of their numerous predecessors , have determined to act upon , the advice of a late eminent statesman , by giving " a lon » pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether . " To effect this extraordinary achievement , tisey have devised means which wiil be found fully commensurate with their object . The efficacy of those means has been demonstrated on various occasions , in which simultaneous efforts of great bodies of people have been exerted for the accomplishment of great and important purposesthe
, attainment of which was , of course , progressive . The means adapted had to pass through the various stages of infancy and youth , with all their unavoidable difficulties , until they arrived at maturity , and the promoters obtained the consummation of their wights as the reward of their zeal and perseverance . Our institution is now in the first stage of its progress , its numerical . dimensions demonstrate that it is no puny infant , bHt that , on the contrary , it is in thriving condition . Our committee , agents , and members , are perfectly reconciled to encounter any degree of persecution or other species of difficulties tliat may be presented . We are not , however , monopolists , on the contrary , we aim a deadly blow at t \ u very root of monopoly , and , therefore , we wish not to eujoy the glory of fighting this great moral battle , and gaining the victory ourselves .
We , therefore , respectfully invite the co-operation ofeachsect . audofallranksandconditioiis , of British subjects , who desire to see that the working classes should obtain , and be secured in tbe enjoyment of , a fair day ' s wages for a iair day ' a work , and that sentiments of self-sustaining independence should bu disseminated" aud cuicivaied ainougst them , and iiiat the whole of that propoition of wretchedness , degradation , disease , dissipation , and crime , which is , cither directly or indirectly , the result of incompeic-nce from low wagts , should cease to exist iu our land , and be superseded by competence , domestic contort , health , temperance , and virtue . These are uur objects , and the operations and influence o ! the National Association of United Trades arc the means !> y which we purpsao that they should be effected .
That it will be a difficult object to induce employers to pay as high an amount of wages as the profits ot busiuess will equitably permit , and to convince them tu . tt it is their duty and intere&t to Uo so , t ° uw pev--ons will dispute ; but , however improbable the achievement ot this great object may appear in the estimation of many persons , who view it with ail its seeming obstacle ? abstractedly , and without taking into consideration that the means are commensurate with tueeuii designed , the barriers to it . are by nouieas . s insurmountable . The evil is under human control , and is capable ^ of being removed by efficient counteracting circumstaucts . Tnero is , therefore , good grounds oi encouragement for action . If A chinmdes had had us good a basis to rest bis machine upon , he would have used his endeavours to raise the world .
The principle on which the auicunt of remuneration for labour is estimated generally , is very erroneous , and is never resorted to in other business trausacttuns , except where it is unavoidable . The price ot kbour ought to be in some proportion or affiuity to tue amount of wealth or increased value which labour creates . For example—if a piece of timber was ot less value in the solid log than alter being converted into plank by the operations of the saw , the increased price is the amount of wealth created by the labour of the sawyers—whose compensation should be a proportion and share of that wealth , i he baine principle holds good through all the multifanuus and complicated concerns of manufacture , in which the operations of labour are employed . Instead ot tue workmen
being paid in any proportion of the amount of value Cieatta by their labour , the rate of wages isgeuerauy estimated according to the demand fur labour , or in accordance with the number of workmen required , und the quantity of work to be perlormed ; aud as there is generally a surplus number of workmen iu ike labour market , the amount el wa ^ es which the must necessitous will take , is made the regulating amount of wages for the time being ; which criterion generally emaiates from the most fcxteiuive employeis , who are frequent y whulesale busiuess sp > culaioH , and to whom any saving iu wages is oi cunaideraule importance . A change in the rate ot wu-ea ( particularly a reduction ) wtih the workmen of one business , is often productive of similar results in othera . To promote poverty among work people is ihe interest ot masters , moreparticularly thoaespecuJators I ,
who are extcnsivo employers ; it is greatly to their ad > antage to aave at all times a surplus number ot operatives in the labour market , who can sabsht upon the coarsest iood , and are contented to be clothed in ra § s , and whose degradation is secured by habits ot dissipation . Such a class of persona is viewed by speculating employers , not as a necessary evil , but as a positive good , in enabling them to keep down the prke of labour ; for if they were nut available , it would rise to the ntrinaic value of afair proportion ol theamountof wealth it creates . Doubtltsa a preference is given to well behaved work people , while they please to work at the same rate of waxes mat the necessitous class will tako ; but rather than advance their wages to what they would consider a tuir compensation , the necessitous class would be employed iu their stead . bucu s ^ aut
Wherever a body of workmen are defeated in their endeavours to obtain an advance , or to resist a reduction of their wage 3 , it is must frequently by the unprincipled conduct of some of this grovelling class , whose dissipated habits render them familiar to mean and dishonourable practices , and piatvs them in circumstances ot sheer necessity , which , together with their short sighted iguorauuu , makes them an easy prey to dtsiuning employers , by whom they are duped and trepanned to serve them for less than the required rate of wages , and by that means to break the confidence of workmen one with another . By this means many workmen become disheartened , and not having tne means to support themselves and families tor any length of time , while their labour is suspended , they are
compelled to succumb from necessity , and to woik tor such wages as the most wretoUed and dissipated workmen will consent to take iu their sheer necessity . This shows the inetticiency of local't rade- ' Unions , whichever have , and ever will be incapable of maintaining permanently a fair day ' s wuges ivv a fair day ' s work , for the operatives of Britain . Tue grievance of lew wages is a national evil , aud requires a national remedy , such as the operations aud influence of the National Association of United Trades , which will shortly be in a position to bring the moral-force operations of a million of workpeople to bear against the local or individual eh" us of any employers who shall refuse to pay to tLose of their workpeople who are its members , a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work .
By tracing cause and etfect we easily perceive that , in the aggregate there is an almost inseparable connexion between low wages , ar . d poverty , disease , dissipation , degradation , ignorance , and crime , to a greater or lesser degree , ami that the contaminating influence of such characters is often injurious to the morals of others , who arc more comfortably -ituatcd , operating in the same manner morally , that fevers and other pestilential diseases which are engendered by their wretchedness do physically , and which are injurious to persons who are in better circumstances , by infectious communications , which often prove fatal . These evils , however , fereat and obvious as they appear , are not tbe be all , and the end all of the injurious effects of low wages . To
reduce the rate of wages is generally the first effort resorted to by that unprincipled race of manntacturers , who strive to obtain a great share of businos by ^ underselling others ; t hey are generally needy adventurers , whose career terminates in insolvency or bankruptcy . Their creditors are defrauded of their property , and their workmen robbed of a part ot their wages , and in order to compete with them in business , other manufacturers or tradesmen , are obliged to reduce the wages of their workpeople to the same level . Those discouraging circumstances tend to drive many well-disposed workmen to habits of dissipation , who icel degraded by poverty , which their utmost endeavours cannot avert . It cannot be denied that dissipation , disease , and immorality , ate more frequently the concomitants of poverty than of competence , and in proportion as these evil * increase , the amount of poor rates , county rates ,
expenses of supporting police , prosecutions , imp > ri . souings , and . ' . transyortations , also increase , all of which the rate-paying community have to pay , and mm-h of which might be saved , by paying the work- ; inp . classes an equitable compensation tor their a-1 tour , by which means they would be enabled to improve their condition , and educate themselves and their families , and acquire and support habits of comfort and cleanliness which would become indispensable to them , and cause them to forsake habits of filth and dissipation , and the train of evils that usually follow , which are attended with such enormous expenses to the very persons ( the rate-paying employers ) , by whom they might be in a great degiee prevented . We have previously remarked that the erroneous principle of estimating tbo reruuneraj tion of labour according to the number of necessi-Itous workmen wUmay be in vfant of employment ,
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» RECEIPTS OF TBE CHARTIST CO-OPERATITB LAND COMPANY . PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . fHABES . £ t , ( 1 . Smethwick .. 0 10 Merthjr Tydvi ! .. 0 13 0 Plymouth .. 1 16 0 S . L . B . .. 10 8 Croydon .. 0 10 Richard Sladden 0 3 0 Athton .. 0 9 0 James Chapman 0 2 0 Alva .. .. 2 7 10 Carlisle .. 7 2 j ( 3 Leigh .. .. 16 3 Birmingham , Bly .. .. 090 Goodwin .. C It 6 Westminster .. 0 4 0 Manchester .. 3 It 2 Ilvde .. .. 0 10 0 Central , Rossen-Collumpton .. 15 0 dale .. 1 t 0 Whittington and Salford ,. 3 0 0 Cat . .. 2 9 2 Hull .. .. 2 19 0 Brighton .. 13 6 Colne , per Wat-Wigan ,. 2 6 8 6 on .. ,. 610 0 Nottingham .. 013 0 Boulogne .. 12 0 Colne , per Hey .. 0 16 Kidderminster .. 0 5 0 Worcester .. 4 16 6 Glasgow .. 1 17 0 Leicester . Aatill 12 8 Paisley .. 011 G Caniagton ,. 0 16 6 Ash ton .. 0 7 6
. * 59 _ 9 _ U SECTION No . 2 . """^"" IE 1 H * . Southampton .. 1 11 S Wigan .. 4 D 10 Kirkaldy .. 2 12 1 Nottingham , per Huddersfield .. 10 0 Sweet .. 5 H 10 Smethnick .. 3 6 4 Oldham .. 2 0 0 Edinburgh .. 16 0 Worcester .. 4 8 0 Plymouth .. 1 19 5 Leicester , Astill 3 0 4 Crnydon ,. 1 11 3 Clitheroe .. 310 6 George Dunham 2 7 0 Chorley .. 2 15 0 ^ shton .. 9 18 0 Carrington .. 10 5 Aberdeen .. 3 19 0 Merthyr Tydvil .. ti 4 0 PcrUea .. I 10 0 Bath . J . Penny - 0 15 0
Leigh .. .. 0 14 6 Bowbndge .. 91310 Clavton West .. 0 15 6 John Broadbank Ely .. .. IT 7 0 Rose .. 5 4 6 Lambeth .. 5 7 0 James S . Cullen old Richard Spar- Rochdale .. 5 0 0 row „ 1 IS 4 Lynn , per Bun-Edward Smith .. 0 15 6 ton .. .. o 10 0 Westminster .. 2 16 Carlisle .. 2 310 Thrapst ue .. 0 10 Stratford , J . Mr . Bishop „ 0 0 6 Haines ,. 0 2 0 Market . Laving . Manchester .. 11 19 n ton , Love ., 0 6 9 Hull .. ,. 515 10 Newport .. 19 6 Teighmouttt .. 2 7 6 Hrde .. .. 12 0 Dennv .. 1 3 u Hyde .. 12 0 Uenny .. 1 3 o
.. Somers Town ., 0 13 10 Ledbury .. 0 2 8 Shrewsbury .. 4 15 4 Kidderminster .. 6 7 G Banburv „ 2 0 0 Vfolverharoptoa 14 6 Wellingboroagh 1 1 * 4 Glasgow .. 13 5 0 John Bradford .. 2 19 6 Leeds .. .. 8 0 0 ' John Rennason 0 11 0 Bradford .. 5 0 0 Whittington and W » rrington .. 6 13 0 Cat .. .. 3 3 8 Leamington ,. 8 3 0 Samuel Lee .. 0 3 0 Stockport . 5 0 0 Henry Aston .. 5 16 Gainsborough .. 0 10 o Houg ' liton-dale ., 13 0 Paisley .. 18 6 Birmingham , . Atherstone .. 0 7 6 Pare „ 10 0 Mary Clnrkson , Mr . Cuin .. 0 4 0 Aldington .. 0 5 0 Maidstone .. 4 5 6 Asliton „ 116 Brighton .. 1 19 6 Lynn , per Scott .. 4 8 4 Andrew Burnay 0 0 6 Torquay .. 11 8 8 Westminster , Q , Marylebone ., 0 15 0 Alli 30 n ,. 0 2 0 Swindon .. 12 0 0 Camberwell .. 0 12 0 Finsbury .. 4 2 0 Daventry .. 1 Id 2 £ 252 _ 3 _ 0 SECTION Ko . 3 . ¦ ^ " - " 4 HAEE 8 . Croydon .. 0 1 10 Ann Wilson .. 0 5 0 Stephen Bennett , MaryByeri .. 0 S 0 Mitcham m 16 4 Worcester ., 0 3 0 Market , Latin ; - Central Rossen . ton , Love .. 8 10 dale .. 0 3 8 Maidstone .. 0 5 8 Hull .. .. 186 Brighton ,. 0 14 Bromsgrove , per Hyde .. .. 0 5 6 Nowell .. 0 9 8 Osualdwhistle .. 1 19 10 William Brown Bridgtnorth .. 0 5 0 Page ,. 5 4 6 Whittingt&n and Ashton .. 0 9 6 Cat .. .. 0 14 Torquay ,. 0 & 0 £ 21 0 6 TOTAL LAND FUN 3 . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 59 9 11 Mr . O'Connar , Section No . 2 ... 252 S 0 Mr , O'Connor , Section No . 3 ... 21 0 6 £ 332 13 5
l EXPENSE FUND . Plymouth .. 0 11 0 Maidstone .. 0 10 o George I'unham 0 2 0 Sutton-in-Ash-AlexanderSliaw , field .. 0 16 Stoke Roch- Carnberwell .. 0 10 ford .. 0 1 c Nottingham .. 0 10 0 Robert White , Dudley .. 0 14 g ditto .. 0 16 Clitheroe .. 1 9 « Limehouse , J . Bowbndge .. 0 4 0 Hew « s , and Henry Davis „ 0 2 0 Co ... .. S 6 0 Mr . Harriett .. o 2 0 Philip Pearce , Mr . Drew ,. 0 S 0 South Moulton 0 2 0 Warrington .. 0 10 Alva .. .. 048 Hull .. .. o 10 0 Mr . Owen „ 0 2 0 Glasgow „ l 1 « o Ely .. .. 066 Mr . Perry .. 020 Mr . G . Taylor .. 0 2 0 W . E . Brooks .. o 1 6 Mr . R . Gray .. 0 2 0 Leamington .. 0 8 0 Westminster „ 0 6 0 Atherstone .. 0 10 i Mr . Rawlings .. 0 2 0 Northampton „ 0 15 0 Mr . Bradford .. 0 2 0 Blackie ' s , Edin-I Whittington aa « l burgh ., 0 6 0 j Cat .. .. 0 2 a ! JB 10 10 11 ; TunKAS Mabtim Wheelu , Financial Secretary . j TO THE SUB-TREASURERS OF THE NATIONAL ' CHARTER ASSOCIATION . i Manchester .. 10 0 Birmingham , per . Norw-cli ,. 0 10 0 Mr . Chapman , 0 10 6 John Lewis , Ptmyance .. 0 2 0 _ £ 2 _ 2 _ ( I Chbmtofhek Duile , Secretary . REPAYMENTS TO MR . O'CONNOR ON ACCOIJNT OF DEBT DUE BY DEFENCE FUND . Received at the " Northern Star" Office . Glasgow , per J . Loughborough Colquhouu .. 0 10 0 per . 1 . Skirerington .. 0 6 6 O 16 f . Per Mr . Christopher Dovle . Kirkaldy .. 0 5 9 Flax dressers at Ilndddmfivld .. 0 18 0 Lille , France .. 0 4 7 ! £ l , " 0 15 6 Amid Radical , jhorley .. C 8 6 Leedg .. 0 1 0 , Camugton o 19 11 Hull , per Lundy 0 10 2 Top shop , sher- Hngi , Noble , wood , lace fac Brecbin .. 0 16 Th ? 7 , a " ° 5 2 Birmingham , per j ^^ SSR MrJhapmfn 0 12 5 ] chie » , France .. 0 7 8 i " aT y '¦ veterans ' , widows ' , and orphan ' s fdnb Sheffield , per W . Do . William j Home ' sBook .. 0 2 3 Tarry .. * ,. . . j Camberwell ^ J ! j BEOUTRATION FCMD . j Per Win , Tarry 0 0 6 d 1 FOI MES . JONES . Wigan 0 3
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u very partially acted upon in other business trans * actions . Men of business calculate their selling prices at an amount of per centage at which the minimum ( or low « st ) price will be above a paying point , taking into consideration the interest of capital invested in business , the expenses of their business establiahmsHt for rent , taxes , losses , wear and tear of implements , books , clerks' salaries , 4 c , Ac , so that a person doing an ordinary degree of business , can live comfortably sv ^ h 6 n the lo « t estimated profits , but when business w good , and profits higher , they may save money and perhaps make a fortune . Many thousands of persons have retired from business inde * pendant , who made the whole of their money by profits , and who commenced business with little or
nothing ot their own . There are- many also who are in good circumstance * though not independent , who bpgun with nothing of their own , and have nothing but what they have acquired by business . We will not take into account any who havo had fortunes left to them , butmerely those who have made all they h .. ve by business . Such characters are to be met within every tewn in Britain , and in largecommercial towns there are great numbers . But while this ik the frequent result of business pursuits , how rare is it to find a retired o perative workman of any business whatever , who has never been above that condition , and who has exclusively by his industry , brought up a family with ordinary comfort , and has saved as much as will keep him onto ! aworhouse unassisted by the aid of others in his old age ; and huw manv thousand of workmen aro there who have been indnstri * and of
© us , sober , good character , and at the best , were never able to do more than live with great frugality , while the greater portion of working men and their families have known many domestic privations consequent npnn their not receiving an equitable compensation for their labour . Having extended our remarks to a greater length than our limits will conveniently permit , we must briefly conclude this sketch by intimating that in addition to the reports which appear weekly in Hie columns of this paper on the progress and proceedings of the National A 3 sociatiun of United Trades , we purpose in future to give such remarks in the abuve form as the deveiopement ofourplans , the exposure of the evils against which wecontend , the advocacy of our cause , a : id befitting notice of passing ciicumstances and occurrences in which we are identified , may appear to us to require .
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The Central Committee held their usual weekly meeting at their office , No . 11 . Tottenha : n-courtroad , T . S . Duncombe , Esq .. M . P ., in tho chair The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed , the financial accounts read and received . Amougst a mass ot correspondence was a letter from Southampton , giving the adhesion of the shoemakers of that town . The United Society of Boiler makers of Greenock sent in their adhesion , as well as the Suntlerland sawyers , and several other bodice . Mr . Ailen reported he had visited the serge weavers at Collumpton . lie found the representation of the men correct ; attempted an interview wit . h the employer , but failed ; recommended the men to go on with their work as usual , and if the employer persevered in compelling the men to find their own lm--ucss , cord , Ac , the Central Committee would , no
doulit , take the matter us » . A letter was read from Mr . Felkin , of Mansfield , framework knitter , respecting the excessive frame rent charged by a Mr . Upuott , of that town . Mr . Bush was appointed to visit Ai » n . "fii * id , to ascertain the facts of the case , : > nd report thereon to the Cmtral Committee . Mr . Hush was deputed to vKt Nottingham and Duffield . A letter was read from Mr . Goldin . district secretary of Manchester , recommending the formation of miscellaneous lod » es of trades in each ti > wn , as thtrc . ire many men favourable to the principles ot the National Association , who are prevented from becoming members in ounsequence of being in a minority in their respective bodies . Such persons could join those miscellaneous lodges , and still retain their position as members of their own Trades' Societies , The following report was received from Mr . Jacolw , Association Missionary in Scotland : —
IIAWICK . Monday evenin ? , 8 o clock . —A public meeting of the Frame-work Knitters was held in the Town Hall , to hear a lecture from the Association ' s Missionary , Mr . Jacobs , The Lecturer commenced by observing , that many no doubt had come expecting to hear something new on trade subjects , and he trusted he should not disappoint them ; many thought that nothing new could he advanced , that all had been done and said on Trades movements that could . Those ho expected to agreeably disappoint , for the great association that had sent him forth , did not intend to travel in old wnm-out track of local societies or general unions that had preceded it , only to raise a name , and earn
a deathlike fsimo : the ansoeation bursting through the trammels of trade societies , breaking down the barriers of prejudice , party-spirit , petty selfish feeling , and aristccvatieprirtcthathail foryearsdivided the different classes of workers , and ( severed their sympathies from each other , preventing that mutual assistance that was necessary to their frequent struggles against their enmtnon enemies—the mister class—who were continually seeking to encroach on their means of existence ; the association avoiding this bane of union , and its narrow views , lmth marked out a new path for itself , a wide field for its operations ; they had . determinrd at one and ihe same time , to fcrapple
with all the grievances of the trades , by the same simple , yet potent meat : s ; namely , substantial support , and self-err payment . The Lecturer here dwelt on the nature ot the grievances of the stockingers and other trades ; reduced them , as he said , to one common focus , showing they could be dealt with readily by the National Association . Mr . J ., after showing by facts and figures the immense amount of wealth the workers could accumulate , concluded by a snul stirring appeal to unite in theircommnn cause as children of ons common parent , against their one enmraon enemy , amidst the loud applause of the meeting .
The following resolutions were proposed , seconded , and carried unanimously . — " That we the Stockingers of Hawich , in public meeting assembled , highly approve of the principles n » w advocated , and empower the secretary to make the necessary arrangements , and convene ameetiasj of the body to decide on our adhesion . " " That a public meeting of the trades generally of Hawich , be called on Tuesday evening , to hear a lecture from Mr . Jacobs . " Votes of thanks were passed to the Missionary and Chairman , the Missionary replied , and the meetin * broke up .
Tuesday evening—The public meeting of the trades of Hawich was held in the Town Hall , when Mr . Jacobs delivered a powerful lecture in his former style ; which , as it bore expressly on the same subject , we need not give here . At the close , a resolution in favour of the association was carried , and a District Committee formed , consisting of three Weavers , three Spinners , three Knitters , and one or two of severaltrades , whose duties are to arrange and envoi the several bodies in the association . After the usual votes of thanks and replies , tho meeting separated . The Comrnittea having arranged for thair first meeting , adjourned . N B . —The Frame Knitters here are all in the woollen line .
GLASGOW . The district sub-committee met on Friday evening , Mr . Jacobs , missionary , and Mr . J . Laurie , district secretary , reported progress , when , after arrangements for the district secretary to attend trades meeting in the town during the absence of the missionary , it was agreed to get up a public meeting in the City Hall , to consider the propriety of the whole of the trades of this city joining the National Trades Association , and that T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., President , be requested to honour the city by taking the chair on that occasion .
PAISLEY NEWTOWN . A public meeting of the weavers of the Newtown district , duly convened by placard , was held on Saturday evening , at the Philosophical Hall , to hear a lecture from Mr . Jacobs , the missionary , who commenced by a'ludine to the healing of the placard" Wealth for the Weavers . " lie doubted not that many thought this out of their reach ; he would in his address prove that by union they could accumulate vast wealth , and remove all tho grievances they had groaned under torso many years . Mr . J went into the question of grievances in an able and extensive manner , showing the new mode in which the Association would deal with them and remove them altogether . The lecturer vv ; v < frequently applauded , but the closin g appeal to- union drew forth three rounds of the- most rapturous approbation . 1 hanks were duly given to the missionary and chairman , and arrangements made for the adhesion of tUe Ui&tnct .
Several deputations fvoin tli * other districts attended to invite the missionary to lecture to their bodies . Mr . J . requested thorn to meet together and arrange such days as would suit him on his return irom Aberdeen , from whence Ue would write them A report was road from Mr . Dunn , the society ' s agent in Jsumlerland , to the following effect : — On Monday evening last , a general meeting of tho Sawyers oi Sumlerland waa held in the long room ot the Dun C .. w Hotel , Bishopwearmouth . Mr . Wm . Walshaw in the chair . Alter the business of the trade was disposed of , Mr . James Dunn , the Secretary , addressed the meeting on their initiation with the National Assoiiation of United Trades , and stated that he had beca appointed aa an agent for tho Association . After which ho read tie rules which he had at their request drawn up lor their branch , -which is called the Sunderland Sawyers branch of the Natioual Association of United Trades .
All the rules were approved of , and were passed unanimously . One hundred anl forty-eight members were enrolled in the Branch Association . Votes of thanks were passed to T . S . Duneomle , Esq ., M . P ., for h * w kindness and cifldoacensiou iu
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so zealousl y aiding the working men in their great "niggle to obtain afair remuneration for then * Jaoour , and to improve their moral and physical condl IT \ L t ( \ . editor of t !) e Northern Star for deto Su »! fVf Se ? olumns « f thilt liberal Pa P Trades . * f the National Assaciation of United thlVSiSfrfrt ! - iiPP" 1 the Northern Star to copy o ? th- nan « ' lli \ / ' and that Henceforth a The meeting then adjourned {^^ '"sasat" --ii ^ a arB ^ ftaa ^ 's passing a resolut on in favour of the ASS octti . n and one of the largest employers in that village consented to act upon the committee . enwa
j ! ^ / n " " lthe aeent for Wi gan nnddia . trict , the following report was received , on the 25 th of January . Addressed a public meetin-of llnndloom Weavers , at Standish , it was a good meeting and they resolved to join forthwith , also the same evening addressed a meeting of Bricklayers in Wi » an , at which the following resolution was adopted , viz . "That wo . the Bricklayers of Wigau , do bring the question of National Association before our district committee , in order to induuo them to join the same . " On the 26 th , attended a meeting of the Wood-turnere of Wi ^ an , the result of which was the passing of tho following resolution : —
"That we , the Wood-turners of Wigan , having every confidence in the Notional Aasoeiation , pleclpe ourselves to do all in our power to carry out its glorious objects , and that the Central Committee he requested to send Mr . Leneganto cur various Lod"es l > X ? i thn ' irinci P o' the National Union , and that Mr . I . enc-an be requested to att-. nd a general Delegate Meeting of our trade on the It of February . On the 28 th , visited Leith and addressed the Silkpickers , when they passed a vote of confidence in the Association . On the 29 th , in the same place , attended a Public Meetii )!? of all trades , there were not ess than 2 , 000 persons present : at the close of a very lengthened and animated address , the following resolution wascarriid unanimously
;—That we , the trades ol Leith , having heard Mr . Lenpgan ^ o eloquentl y expound the principles of the National Association for the protection of Industry nnd employment of Labour , believe them to ba preferable to any mere locil union , and we hereby pit-due ourselves to become members thtrc-. f . and to us * our best endea , vour 3 to induce our brethren to do the same . " Three Cheers were given for Mr . Donovan , and three for the Lecturer , and tiio me ? tini { separated highly gratified . Also attended a Meeting of Shoemakers who resolved to join immediately . —
Mr . Green reported that he ar . d Mr . Robson had attended a meeting « , f Boiler-makers at Greenwich which was not . very numerotislv nlti'iided in consequence of a large number of their lodge Laving to work overtime that evening , it was resolved they ti-fi altentl n ? xt Aloillla . evenin- ft the Ship nnd mllett , to explain the principles and obji cts . f thu National Association . Mr , Bu .-h reported l : e had attended a meeting of the Carpenters of Stratford , who passed resolntsons favourable to the Association . It was then resolved , that £ 200 b < s p . i ' nl to the Bonn , of Directors as a further instalment on the five hundred shares held by them in that Association . At u Quarterly General Meeting of th' ; Ladkt , ' Shuiimkt-rs of the City of London , Mr . R-ib-: on explained the position of the so called W ;« rri ! i » t-m Con > pirntors , ' when it was unanimously ivs .-lveil to elite" into a subscription to be transmitted to the Central
Comiiut . ee ol tbe . National Association , to defend those persecuted trade-unionists . _ The Central Committee beg to appeal to those bodies iu uniiin with them and others , to raise subscriptions to defend tho " Warrington Conspiratoro , " and transmit thesamo to the Oitioe of the Association , 11 , Tottenham Court Road , London .
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MONDAY MARLBOROU&H-STREKT . —Vaw Attempts to Reclaim a Virjoo —Bridget M Guire , a youm ; Irishwoman , was charged with having wi < fu < ly broken upwards of 20 panes of glass in the housi' of a lady named Stubbs , No . I , SUddox Street , where she h : \<\ rrMiitly lived as servant ! The prisoner was about a year ago brought to this court , charged with having stolen mnney from the cusli box of her master , a coffee shop keeper in Hupert Mreet . Tlie evidence was sufficiently conclusive .. » induce the nugistrate to commit her for trial , As s ' ic passed tliroinrh ' ttai ; office to the lock up cell she managed to seize a pint pot . with which she attacked her hte mister with sav . i » e vio-Ionce , and inflicted serious wounds on his heal . She was , tried and convicted , anl sentenced : o a short
imprisonment . Her plausibility of numur , and her repeated denial of her guilt , so lar iiueivste . l ouo of lU-i visiting magistrates as to induce him to proeurj her transfer to Hiinwell , on the supposition that she was partially deranged . Shi ; was dlsmiased from Hanwdl after a Bhort confinement , as the medical men pryuounciil her quits sane , but of an incurably sulky anl vicious disposition On her liberation she camt to this court , and broke a number of windows . She w : tg npv . reliended and sent to the House of Correction , declaring that she would do the shtne tiling as soon as she obtained her liberty . True to her word , the morning she wus dUchar ^ ed she came to the court and broke some more windows . Sjc Wiia again committed . When discharge i she c ; im « to th .- court a third time , am ! was about tu bre-ik iinrd window * , when
she was taken before jJr . II irdwick before she coaldeffect her intention . Mr . Hard wick reasoned with the young woman on the folly and uselessness of her conduct . The young woman said she hud been wrongfully imprisoned , and far clothes detained from her , and beiu ;? without a character or friends , she was peii ' ectW indifferent as to what became of her , aud she was , therefore , quite as well pleased to bo iu prison us out . Mr . ilardwick thought tliero was a possibility of reclaiming this young woman , anil he set about making the tjxyerimeut . Tha joung woman was clothed w < ll and decently ; an excellent service was found her at No . 1 , > hd : lox Street , the lady kindly consenting to aid Mr . Havdtriek ' s benevolent speculation , by overlooking the doubtful state of the young
woman '; character , For some time the young woman conducted herself tolerably well , a < A so far ihe experiment appeared to be successful . R-ceutly , however , she began to show symptoms of bring tired of the restraint of a re » pectable mode of life ; . nd to manifest a desire for change . On Saturday week she came to the i ; ourt to tell the magistrate that she moant to leave her place , as she did not like the ways of her mistress , aud last Saturday she came to tho court to say sbe had Uti , and that her mistress would not give her such a character a * would get her a place such as she liked . She was now placed at thu bar chargod with having goi Into Mrs . S : ubb | s house , and cominonced the work of destruction on the w ' ir . flows . The damage dono was £ 10 . She was sent for two months to prison by Mr . Bingham .
WANDS WORTH . — Si-specter Child Mcbdbb . — Amongst the churgos entered upon the Clapluim sheet , was one against Catherinu Shaughnessy , aged S 7 , a single woman , who is suspected of having murdered her newly , torn male infant . Police-sergeant Moore stated , that in consequence of information he received he went on Satur . day afternoon , at two o ' clock , to the house of a Mrs . Payntcr , in North Street , Claphiim , and asked her if a woman had not bren confined in her house that morning . She itdiuittcil that such was the fact , and that the woman wa » theu up-stairs in bed . Witness procured the
attendance of the parish officer , and proceeded with him to visit the woman . On entering the room witness saw a finegrown male child lying on thu table ; it was dead . It appeared to have been injured ; there were marks of vio letice on tho base of the skull , which was soft and swollen . From further inquiries witness made he considered it necessary to place the mother under the surveillance of the police until she was in a Ht state to be brought to that court . Mr . Clivo directed that the accused should be brought up on that day fortnight , ov soo-. m if sha was able to attend , and that in the mean time she should be properly watched by the police .
TUESDAy . CLERKENWELL . — AiiEotD Deduction and As . aults . —Yesterday , Mr . Patrick Uiordan , upholsterer , of No . It , Cross-street , Hatton-gavdcn , and Margaret KioiMan , his wile , a portly , well-formed woman , were , charged by Thomas William Ctusen , a young Irishman with having violently assaulted him . The complainant dtuted that , on Friday afternoon la » t , about live o ' clock ho waa at a publichouae-in Cross-street , Hatton-garden , standing before the bar , when the malo defendant entered , armed with a stick , aud struck him a tremendous blow with it on the back part of the head , which for the moment stupiticd him . He turned round , when defendant aimed a second blow at him , but he warded it off with his arm , Witne 6 » called out , " Don ' t let him murder
me , " and he made his way into tho street , where he was met by Mss . Riordan . who struck and kicked him , whilst she called him a " vagabond" mid " scoundrel . " He ran away , when she pursued him and again struck him , and kicked him . Ho called out "Police , " "Murder , " but they escaped into their house . Mr . Combe asked Mr . Riordau what ht had to say ? Mr . lttordan My wife has nothing to do with it- I committed this assault . That fellow svduccu my daughter whilst ! was absent from home with my wife , and he will not let us know where she i » . Mr .. Combe , to prosecutor-. . Doyou know when sho h ? Prosecutor-l do ; and , 1 assure you she is as virtuous now as when she left n / er father ' s house . There is certainly an attachment V . otween ui .
she left owing to her father ' * Ul-treutmonvto ker Mr ' Combe inquired the age of the daughter ! Mr . Riordan - * he ,. tirenty-six years of age . In a * jweP toques-Hons , prosecutor said he had lodged in . Mr Rlordau ' s house upwards of twelve months . Th , daughS ^ d and hmiself left tb . fathers house on T ^ ursdaylast . Mr R . ordan-. Pvuy who did you employ * 0 remove property Jom my house duving our absence * Prosecutor-I am not bound to answer that queitiou , Mr . Combe told the prosecutor that he might indict nt the semions . The defondant , were ordered to put in . br . ii , two sureties in £ 20 each , and themselves in £ 40 , t 0 answer the charges at Me sessions ; and thepartioa v . ere bound over to proatcute . Mr . Riordan—How am i t 0 get my daughter b : \ vk ,. your worship ! tt * . -Coiub «~ She is twenty- » Ix
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years ofaj ; e . Mr . Riordan—Then how am I to getm property that was surreptitiously taken away from my house ! Mr . Msllett , the clerk-That will be sottk / d at the sessions . Mr . Riordnn procured the requ i red bail . LAMBETIt . —Yoowo Oxford ' s Motheb Aoaih . —Mm Ann King , the mother of young Oxford , w ! . o shot at tha Queen , wna charj-ed with having been drunk and disorderly , and with having annoyed her son-idtliiff , Xllg prisoner aubsrnu « miy to the trial nn < i conviction of her son got married to a gentlr-man at Atiingdon , in Berk , shire , but their tempers being unsuitfd , they mon si-piu rated , and lived apart . Soon after their separation her husband comnunccd an action ajrainst a coachmtiker for crim . con ., and recovtred small d . imnges . A suit was subsequently instituted in Doctors' Commons which terminated in a judgment of divorce . Thin led to the loss of a separate maintenance on the part of the wife , nnd latterly Mrs . King has given way to intemperance . Hersonin-lavr did n » t nppear ngstinst her , hut the policeman to
proved quitt ^ enough cause Mr . Elliott convict her in » penalty of 20 s . for the offence , or in default to be committed to prison for fourteen days . The prisoner , whohas more than once before been brought to this court , subsequently paid the p enalty and was " discharged . WOR SHIP-STHEET .-HOK 5 K Charting -Samuel Jones , a smartlooking younit m . m , who described himself as a horse dtaler , living at No . 6 , Hertford Place , King * . lud . ini » placed at the bar , before Mr . Arnold , the newly Obta ned £ 8 from Mr . Thomas Heason , a ( ToMamitb and C « * thCCnm I ' « i »' 'nf . S 8 t . atemontit appeared i . 1 r » f \ T , f ' ilg 0 > Ue W 4 S nCC 09 tet - Shoreditch l £ Z , blel 0 ( *" K man . « ho appealed to him on the subject of a horse that he wanted to purchase from the prisoner , who was riding it . The prU ,, n r ohjcc . edsay .
, Mir that the hors « I . Mnn . ™ , ? » , >» .. ,. ¦ ' ' ' ing that the horse belonged to hi , uncle . who ' ,. a very nch man , and did not care to s-11 it nt nil , , md would not , on any event allow it to be sold to that pmon , w | 10 had overreached him in a former bargain . Thv , other offered to give £ 10 for it , and seemed very snxious to have it , and he told the complainant aside that he would isivo him a sovereign to assist him in the purchase of the animal , which he affirmed to be worth much more than tho sum offered . They all adjourned to the Railway Tavern to di » uu . s the matter , ami drink gin and wat .-r , and the would-be purchaser pndueed his £ 10 ; bat the scrupulous prisoner retused to nccopt him as a purchaser , as that would be deceiving his uncle , although he would consent
to sell it u any o » e « : « . At iength the complainant was induced to act for the other . He went heme , aompanied by them , and procured six soverei gns , and thv first man having put four more iuto his hand , they returned to a corner , where a boy was holding the horse , and the complainant handed the £ 10 to the prisoner , who hart no s-.. ouer ^ -ot possession « f the money than ho snatched off a cloth which covered the Hnimal , nnd ran off down the itreet . The oth ? r man aim disappeared , and the com . plainant foun < l himself left with a mo « t wretched animal , which had since been sold to a knacker for 23 * . Mr . Arnold reminded the prisomr , who , bAng unable to procure bail , was conveyed to prison .
WEDNESDAY . MANSIOJf-IiOUSE . —RoBiEHY of Diamonds , —Ro Ki-ir , c . 'iptiiin ofihu barque LevmsiiU-, whose case ap . pe : ired in the provincial portion f our papt-r , wa » charged with having stolen two parcels of dia . monds of the valuu .. f £ 3 000 ., which were intrusted to him to couvty t * the port of London from Bahia . The piusoner had left his vessel and come ashore in a bout with the diamonds , nnd as soon as the persons to whom they were consigned li-arned that the captain had disappeared with them , a warrant was put into thehandj of John and Daniel Forrestt-r , who after hiving traced 'hem from pluc j to place with extraordinary skill and activity at last pounced upon him in France , and hurried him away to London with great expedition , having loam ! upon lii- » about £ 300 , some « f which was in Bank ol'Enithnd nutcs , which had baen paid in the Commercial Bmk fur a cheque drawn for the amount of a por « tion of the diamonds , Mr . John M'Millnn , part owner of thebiirqu .-Levenside . ofGreeni'Ck , stated that Robert
ICerr , the prisoner , was the master of that vessel . From information which the witness had received , he had rea . son to believe that the prisoner had received certain dia . . nonds to come to this country . The prisoner ' s receipt for two packages of diamonds were upon tha Mils of lading , uud it was the duty of the captain to bring them to the port of London . The value , as appeared from the bills of lading , was £ 3 , 300 . The vessel had been renorte . 1 in the port of London , and witness had seen tha manifest , in which the diamonds had been referred to . One of the parcels was consigned to Messrs . Costtllo and Co ., and tho other to Messrs . Schooeder and Co ,, Mr . P . C . uteHo , of the house of Cottello and Co ., stated that •*•• fi-m had received the bill of lading , bat tct taa diamonds . The prisoner was then remanded till Tues . . lay next . Tha prisoner . ' it was stated in the justiceroo-n , was plundered of almost all the money hepossts .-ed himself of by tho robbery before he quitted town , with the exception of that which John Forester took irom him , and forty guineas , the price of which he gavO for u L'old watch upon selling the diamond .
CLEK . KENWELL—ExTRAonBiNAst Case . Mr . O . Lardner , a smartly-dressed younjr man , currying on tha business of n sta \ maker « ith his wife , at No . 8 , Montpa . Uer-promenade , and in Pittville-Btrpet . Oheltenham , was charged by Mrs . Elixa Smith , a lady of property , ana said to he tha widow of an officer , residing at No . 10 , East * street ,, Lamb ' s Conduit- ? sreet , with having stolen a quautity of jewellery , a coat , seven shirts , nnd othor pro . pvrty . —The prosecutrix , who was dressed in the height of fashion , being perfectly enveloped in a nun ' s black veil , by which her face was completely precluded front public view , was supported into Court apparently in a w . ' . ik and fain'ing state . She evinced an evident reluctance to prosecute the prisoner , but wished to have her
pr » psrty restored to her . —It appears that a few days ago , she applied to Mr . Oombe for his advice and assis . tancc , informing him that the was residing at Cheltea ham , where she accidentally met with a gentleman wh » importuned her to nccompauy him to London . Sh « consented to do so , and on their arrival they took apart , meats in Enst-street , Lamb ' s Conduit-street , where they lived together fora short time as man and wife , when b . left her , taking with him the property alluded to . H « had sent her a letter , " bidding htr adieu for ever , " ani she had no doubt hehad returned toCheltenhim . Mr , Combe referred her to the police in tho district of hef residence , ami it wouM app « ar that she subsequently did apply to Inspector Rawley , E division , and she ac corapunied an omcor to Cheltenham , to mentify ihe pri . soner , which being done , he was brought up to London .
The prosecutrix being sworn , said she did not wkh t » prosecute . Mr . Combe— -Yoa cannot hava th « property restored to you unless you do so . In answer to questions , she said she lived upon her property . She ha » huona the prisoner one month . She met h m at Cheltenham , where she resided . He was a stay maker , at No . » , Mont , pelier Promenade . The prisoner questioned the prose * cutrix , and she how admitted that she had allowed him to wear the rings aud o'V * r articles . Mr . Combe said thert wasno case of steai t , made out . He discharged the prisoner . Prisoner ( crying ) . —I never expected to bo in this disgractful position . If it reashes Cheltenham , t shall be ruined . Us said he »! iould be happy to return to the pro 3 * cutnx all that 3 hc claimed . IU joined lsor tu the waiting room , when she pretended to faint , and h » began to show attention to her , and they left together apparently on friendl y terms .
MARTLEBONE Rodbebt by a Gcard o » the Obeat Westebn Railway . —Charles Gingtr , a guard , in ttio employ of the Great Western Railway Company , was brought up for final examination , on the charge of having stolen a parcel containing 44 sovereign !) auilsoms silver , the property of the company above alluJed to . The evideace givsn on the previous occasion wtnt to shew that on Friday , the 22 dult ., the prisoner had sevea parcels containing money delivered to him at ths Paa . diugton Terminus ; and it waa his duty to havo left them at various stations oa thu Hu » , tliat tha weekly payments might be nude to constables aud others employed . The prisoner left all the parcels corrwtly with tUe exeeptiou of the one in question , which ousht to
have been giver , up by him atS « indon for tr . iusmission to CirencesiLT , and on his defalcation beljig made known he was suspended by Mr . Collard , chief inspector of th « police . A parcel was brought from hi * lodgings at Nevfton , near Exeter , and in it was t ' juml thirty sovereigns and a hnlf . Directions were given for the prisoner r » ba apprehended , and oa Sunday laornir . j ; List he was captured in Oresse-streot , Rathbone L » l : i » e . The prisoner , who admitted bis guilt , was remanded , and yejtei day s » - veral additional witnissesnecesjnry to tfce-eomp ' . etion of the case were prownt . They , howevLv , w * re not examined , as the magistrate decided u ;< or . soading the prisoner into AYiltihie S > r trial , Uvj offence bavin ; beta committed in thutcouaty . He was accordingly landed over to the custody of Mr . Collard .
BOW . STREET—Assault ut * LVj-fascssb . — Miehael Leary , a dog-fancier , vf ; . * brnuitiit K-fn-ti Mr , lleury on a warrant , charged with having com mined ao , unprovoked and aggravated assault , ajmti J ., h : > Atehelor , a horse slaughterman , vesidiug . iu CV . v . cross . It ap !! peared from the evidenwe for si . o proiecuiUn f . at fn » parties , who . were not kuown to on « h other , rm < t ou & » night of the IStb January at Hw White Horsu pMlic house , iu ShortVgardens , Drury-Van * . where : l bet « a * made by the prosecutor that b . b dog would kill « n * . Vvuv . Ored rats , m st-ven minutes . Thu prisoner itnm-idintely laid j to . * agwinst ths dog , si . wd the nts being In ioase , te
a dispuarose in consequsace of tho prisoner- and his triends consideriug that tha proceedings weru not fsirly condusted , on which he desiuailrd thai thu stakes , -vhicU were held by the prosecutor , should bo scin-n up . but thi « was not Acceded to , as tho match was nut . . Ul . wo . l to Ua decided , Theproscrutot then left with Ms son to go home , and beiug fullawd by the pmom * , he attempted to pick the son ' s pocket ; but not suiweiiing , he struck the prosecutor a severe blow on the forthcud withsoma blunt instrument , supposed to be a life pr ; server , wbich . felled him to tho ground , aud tha prisoner was about to repeat the blow when he was prevented . The pro . secutoi- had been ever since coufined to his house uuder medical treatment . Mr . Henry ordered the prisoner to put in bail to answer the charge at the next Middle , sex Sessions ,
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Fall in the Piuce of Biiead . —Ou Tuesday in consequence ut' the sudden fall of the price ol tti ^ ur and wlieut at market , and the supplies of every description ot corn , the bahen at the West end reducad the 41 b . host bread to OJd . and 10 d M and tfce second rate 8 } d . and 9 d . in the Blacktriars-road . At Wnitechapel and soma other districts , g « od bread I can bo obtained at Si . the 4 ib . loaf .
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February 6 , 1847 . THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1404/page/5/
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