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THE SCOTCH CHARTISTS . H is rumoured that Messrs Ranken and the o' . ber r . 0 E £ T 3 are to be gent to Fort George to await \ eir trials , which , if the powers' have their own jL of It , will n ° 5 come on till the middle of Nov ember- ^ mnr crfiT ^ U rtJATJTTCTC
KTITIOK OF THE SCOTCH TICTIHS . jjnto the Honourable fts Commons of Great Bri'a ? a sol Ireland in Pailiiment assembled , the Petition of jjgnrj Bsnksn , AxcM , WalVtr , James Camming , Johs Grs ' , * ndRibertH » miltsa , present prisoners ia the £ g ] ton Gaol of Edinburgh , H umbly shewelh , —Tfe&t your pstitionMg are at pras £ ut confined in the Calton Gaol of Elinbnrgb , on the c harge of high treason . That whatever ma ; be the result of their trial , it is evident , end must ba well knows to your honourable heuss , tnat in Edintutgh , the means of egitation connected with the referm movemtnt at present going on in thii country are not essentially different from what have been utsd throughout England and Scotland , both recently ana at former remarkable perieds of car political bistory . Os all eaca occasions , parties cnargtd with crimes connects with e&id agitati&m , hare been c » x . mltted on the minor charge of Sedition , snd consequently admitted to hiil until a jarj had acquitted or declared ttatm intlty .
That this mode of procedure hss been dep&ited from ia the case of your petitioners , inasmnch as they have been committed oa the capiisl charge of High Treason , solely for the vixatioas pnrposa of prerenting them from geitinsr the benefit of the bail . That the effects of such committal are , thstyonr petitioners are tubjected to solitary confin = nnnt in cold cells —that in twenty-fear hoars tSey ar * on ' y aUomd half an hoar ' s exercise in the open air—that they era restric ' . edto the diet of cvr . vidtd prisoner *; and , indeed , gra positively nudergo ! ng punishment for a crime which thsT declsre themselves tnnosentof , ani 3 whieh innocencd is maintained by the constitutions ! law of the country , until decided othsrwise by a competent isry .
That , as the law holds every p « rson to be innocent un . tflpreved gulltj , and as your petitioners fesve not been so esnricted , they would humbly pray year honourable house to cause inqalry to be made into tha eircnm . ttancet of committal , and the description of evidence * g « init them , with the view that they may bs ndmi' . teo " to bail ; or , in the event of that beiBg impracticable , that their condition in prison may be eo ameliorated bs that they msy not have their cons ' -itutions undermine * with dixeass by a long and severe imprisoamt nt previous to trial , tni tons be punishe 4 uajastly and illegally , simply becanssthay are working men , » nd therefore unable to contend with the local authorities o ! Elininrgb , who < with 6 very feeling of deference ) your petitioners bsg to state their belief hare overstretched the law , and thus -caused yoar honourable bouse to be applied to by your petitioner * for protection . And yonr petitioners , ae in duty bound , will ever pray SlGITED BT THE FlVE VICTIMS .
LlBESiTIOS CF XHB GrEEKOCK CHiRTlSTS . —We understand that the Sheriffs officials of Renfrewshire have deemed it their duty , after making the necessary investigations , to liberate Messrs Burrel ! and Nelson of Greenock , from the prison of Paisley , where they were confined for the last three weeks , on the charge of having committed a political offence . It has been mentioned to ns that the Chartist body of Greenock , in consideration of their reacect for Messrs Barrel ! and Neileon , toofe care that the families of thess men were cared for in their absence . Renfrewshire Reformer . Mr Barrell , and a lad who web imprisoned with him , were liberated on Friday week last , on £ 20 bail to appear when called for .
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REIGN OP TERROR . TO IHI STDITO 3 OP THB S 0 BTHEB 5 STAB . I send yon a copy of a Manchester paper of this day , from which jou will learn all particulars of the arreitofa great number of thB leading Chartisteof Manchester and district , together with several of the core prominent Confederates , and others who have had nothing to do with any bod j , Tksy are charted in the langosgeof the indictment , with— ' Csnspiring together to incite divers of her Majesty's subjects to commit insurrection , riots , tumults , unlawful astern blies , and breaches cf the peace ; and to arm them selrei for the purpose of thereby carrying on the * aid insurrections ? , &e ., snd obstructine by force the execution of the laws of the realm . ' This charge I be . lieve , from beginning to end , to ba a hnge'fabrication , and pat up with a view of convincing the world , that all the vigilance of certain magisterial and police worthie * here of late , have sot bsen
unwarranted , xsothmfl can exceed the audacity of the police minions , from King Beswiek downwards ; tkeir conduct is most despotical . It nsed to be a popular fallacy at one time that , except in ^ dses of felony , no zaan conld be arrested without a warrant ; but Jike many other errors of the same character , it has bEen explsded here , at least , ss the police do not consider the possession of any such document at all secessarr for their purpose . It is sufficient that they rae « t a can ib the street—be is eeizsd and dragged off to tke Town Hall , and when he inquires ' upon what charge he has been deprived of his liberty , ' he is very " coolly told that he will be informed at some fatare time ' This actually occurred yesterday in my presence , in the case cf Mr Leach , who was treated exactly a 3 I have described . I was mysel arrested with Mt Leach , upon suspicion of being soaeboay else , bnt having b ; en discovered to be EQj-Eelf , I was liberated , in the cohtsb of the evening .
A true bill was iound against all the men ( toit ? - sis . in number ) before any of them were aware o ' tbe nature of the charge , or of the character of the evidence to bs brought against them . The ' Authorities' as they are , called are trying bari to make out a desperate case ; but if I am not mistaken , the sequel of their present proceedings will realise the old fable , of a certaia great raoun tsin piving birth to a little monee . The ' conspirators' aie to b 3 tried at the next sessions at Liver pool , which we to ba held some three inonths fcence . The greater number of those already in enstody are requested to find bail , themselves in £ 200 each , and ts-o securities each in £ 100 ' for their appearance a : the sessions . The bail is universally regarded ss bslng moEitrously high—so high in fact , as in many ca-es to amount to Dositive imprisonment ior the ten three months . Mr Roberts , who appeared for the whole ef the prisoner ? , tried hard to gel ths bail lowered but with no effect .
I saw the whole of the arrested conspirators as they appeared at the dack . They looked like men conscious of their innocence , and contrasted in their hewing and demeanour most advantageously with the ro : r wretche 3 with whom they are compelled to E 3 ! ociste in their present position . We liva in strange times ! What these things will end iu time only can devthpe . With be 3 t respects , yours truly , Thohis Clark . Manchester , August 23 rd .
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True ; but mot Complimentab . y . —The Aonconformhtj speaking of the Whigs , says : — * Their incapacity , conjoined with the pomp of their pretensions , is as sickening as the odour of a smouldering candlestick when the last g limmer of a flickering flame has gone out . One ' s first aad Iastjanxiety is for—an ext nguisher . ' Bsistol . —A meeting of Land members will be hs "; d at Mr Charles Clark ' s , Queen-street , Castlestreer , tn Monday next , Angrat 23 : h , at half-past seven o ' clock , to read the Parliamentary reports . Sr . fDxsLAjrD . —The L * nd members ara requested to attend a . meeting on Monday , August 28 : h , at J . BaddonV R jbinson-lans , to coasider the removal of our mee > tines to & more central part of the tovn .
Woecestsb . —The Land members of this branch * re requested to attend a meeting at the Cjty Armi , on Wednesday , the 30 th of August , it discuss the propriety of adopting the propositions of Mr O'Connor " , as contained in the Stab of the 12 ' . h instast . Lojtotox , Working Man ' s Hall . — The shirehoideri of the National L » nd Compaay are rf quested to attend a meetifig on Sunday next the 27 ih ipst ., at two o ' clock in the afternooD , to take into consideration tfee prop 9 = ition 8 laid down by the Directors .
LiTBEPdoL —The Chartist members of the No . 3 lecalitj , are requested to attend 2 general quarterly meeting , on Sunday evening , Angcit 27 ch , at eight o ' clock , at Jolley ' a Temperance Hotel , 76 . Great Cressh » Ii-3 treet . —The members of the Lverpoo ) Democratic Press Club , are requested to meet at Far / ell ' s Temperance Hobl , Richmond -row , or Monday eveninz , August 2 S ; b , at half-past eight , in order to arrange with the council for the wcrkiDg of the preFs , and ta dissass ths propriety of reducing theprice of the shares .
Belpi 3 . —A meeting of Land members will be held in the old school room , Butts , on Tussday eveni ? 2 , the 29 : h inst ., at half-past s-x io ' clock . to conaider the propositions laid down in Mr O'Connor ' s letter : a strict attendance is requested . Co . \ GLiro ! f . —A meeting of the shareholders of this branch of the Land Company will be held in L . onitreet . on Tnesday evening next , at half-past seven O ' clock . All shareholders are requested to atterid . Noethampton —A district delegate me ? ting will be f eld at Mr Muadaj ' a , Silver-street , oh Monday , September the 4 tb , at twelve o ' clock . Mr Kibd ' s Route . —Reading , Friday , September toe 1 st ; Oxford , Saturday , the 2 ad ; Charteryille , faodsy , vhe 3 id ; Bantrarv , Tueiday , the 5 : a ; Wal-UEgford , Wtdoesday , the ' 6 lh . If the above arrangement be incoBveniest to any of the districts Emicaed , they will favour Mr Kydd , by writing , Per pest
J cBHiii . -A . district delegate meeting will ba « Id at OidShildou , Chapel row , on Sunday , 10 ih Septem ber . All branches in the county srereqEested w stLd a delegate . All bianckffs thst have bad the Kniceg of Mr Wm . Byrne , the district lecturer , ttUitgeDd their monies for the lecture fund to Mr 2- fl « rj Rtbiiaun , draper , ilartepool district we&sursr . i 5 f ci Fcs 3 Eii . ~ r 7 e are happy to rtate that M . n * cfSgii ' beiiefit which took \ place at the Albe . it S » - gg on tb . 8 16 A JasUnt , wm in eTerj Va&iA a
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE "NORTHERN STAR . " The world is suffering so many evils from the want of information on subjects vital to the well-being of society , that I am induced to request the use of some of the columns of your widely-read journal , to give , from time to time—with your permission—such knowledge as I possess , " to the public , with the view of preparing the minds of producers and nonproducers of wealth , for those changes , in principle and practice , which can alone remove the causes which produce the evils with which both parties are afflicted . To-day I send the following , and request its insertion . ROBERT OWEN . T /^ fTUD T 7 r \ TlV \ "D f \ X ? TUT ?
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ROBERT OWEN ON A NEW STATE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE , BASED ON A NEW PRINCIPLE , LEADING TO A NEW PRACTICE . Why this general poverty , amidst the most abundant means to create universal wealth ? Why this universal ignorance and crime , amidst the most ample means to prevent the existence of either ?
Why this universal division among the human race , when the certain means to create union have been discovered ? Why the wars of mankind , when it is the highest and best interest of all that there should be universal peace ? Why the present severe suffering—physical and mental—over the world , when the means exist , in illimitable amount , to remove the causes which create them ? Why ) the extended misery of the productive classes over the world , and the present insecurity of the unproductive classes , when the causes of these evils are known , and may be easily removed ?
Why , when all desire to be happy , should the human race , throughout all its variety of institutions , adopt those the most opposed to its realinterests , and uniformly reject those which would secure the most permanent happiness to all , when the latter would be far more easily and economically obtained ? The time has but just arrived , in the due order of nature , when a just reply to these questions could be given , without a sacrifice to the individual , of all that the world deems most valuable . And why this risk for declaring to the world the most valuable of all truths ?
It is because all men , from their infancy , have been systematically educated in the most gross , and now most palpable falsehood . The foundation adopted on which to construct their minds and entire character , is an error fatal to the after attainment of truth ; an error which is the father of all lies , deceptions , evil passions , and crimes ; and which ia also the cause of the present anarchy of the so-called civilised world , and of the mental blindness which now afflicts the whole human
race . This error—this fatal falsehood—must now be abandoned by the authorities of the world , for , fortunately for man , no power on earth can maintain it longer . It has been , and is , the curse of the human race , the creator of all their evils ; and why so long permitted to make them most irrational , wicked , and unhappy beings , it is not yet for man to know .
The world , after the experience of the unknown period which has passed—after the discovery of so many important facts—is , at this day , in a state of utter mental confusion . The falsehood which has been taught to all , and the facts which have been acquired , are in direct opposition—and , hence , the mind and conduct of man are compounded of the most gross and ignorant contradictions . Under this insane state of human existence , the authorities of the world profess to require truth , while they continually teach and practise falsehood . They profess to require honesty , while they continually teach and practise dishonesty .
They profess to give and to require justice , while their entire teaching and practice are to perpetuate the most gross injustice . They require wealth , and profess to promote its creation , while they adopt the most stringent measures to prevent its creation and deteriorate its qualities . They profess to require a rig ht distribution of it , while they adopt the most effectual means to have it distributed in the most unjust and injurious manner . They profess to desire to improve the character of" the human race , while they adopt the most certain means to prevent its improvement , and to . deteriorate its mental and moral powers .
They profess to desire to make those whom they govern good , wise , united , charitable , aad happy , while all their arrangements * re directly calculated to make them bad , ignorant , disunited , uncharitable , and unhappy ; and to effect these latter results , they have been most successful . They profess to desire te establish virtue in their dominions , but they take the most direct measures to perpetuate all manner of vices and crimes .
They know , if they really possess any useful practical knowledge , that man is , to a very great extent , the creature of circumstances existing before and after his birth , and , as these are , so must the individual become , except so far as his peculiar compound of original qualities may influence them—and yet of these original qualities he had no previous knowledge or power—he could not choose or decide upon them .
With these facts hourly glaring the authorities m their progress through life , they not onlyfpermit , but encourage , the most inferior , vicious , and criminal circumstances to be created , and continually reproduced without let or hinderance ; and when these irrational circumstances have produced their unavoidable influence upon the individuals placed within them , then do they most unjustly blame an punish even to death these unfortunate victims , created to be such by the educated ignorance of these blindly-acting authorities .
These authorities profess to desire to tram men to become rational beings , while they adopt the most cunningly-devised measures to prevent , if possible , man ever becoming rational in mind or conduct . These same authorities—the existing authorities of the world—make the individual , whose circumstances and character they form , to be accountable t » their irrational-made whims , while in strict justice these authorities should be made respoasible to the individuals for the good or bad circumstances in which they have placed them , and the inferior or superior character which they have formed for them . Because the isolated individuals were powerless against the authorities , while the authorities wereand are all-powerful over individuals .
, Hence all the ignorance , falsehood , disunion , poverty , crime and misery of the human race at this hour ; hence the anarchy in all countries , with the utter confusion of men s minds , and their present infant helplessness ; hence the misery , and gross irrationality which pervade all nations and people ; hence the disorders of Ireland , of France , of Germany , of Italy , and of the werld . I ask , are the authorities of these nations , then , to blame for
these errors , crimes , and miseries—for this irra . lional state of the human mind , and insane conduct of all people and their governors ? No ! they are themselves victims of the fatal falsehood , on which , alone , tits human cha . racter'hasbeen formed and society constructed . Tfoey have been taught from their birth , that they form themselves individually , and ought to be responsible for . - their physical , mental , moral ' and practic ? Jl character ; while these have been , and always must be , formed by the
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Creating Power oi ° the universe , and by the society which has also emanated from tke same power ; for , without it , nothing organised can exist . The first germs of nationality in the human mind will make it most obvious , that the physical , mental , moral , and practical character or qualities of each individual , are , in every case , formed by nature and societ y for him , without his will , knowledge , or consent , and to make a being so formed responsible for those qualities to the powers which could alone form them , is the very essence of insanity . n . _ .. n Ni . _ i i Ai .
In consequence , the world has become nothing better than ^ a great lunatic asylummade so by one fundamental falsehood , which has become the father of all lies , and of all the errors and evils of the human race . Having spent four months in Paris , and quietly observed all their most irrational proceedings in and out of the Natipnal Assembly , among all parties ; and hearing , from every division of them , the following p ithy saying as they imagine it to be : — " We want no theories—we have had them in endless numbers and contradictions ; we desire to know what is the practice you , or any party have to propose . ' My reply to this statement has
been" ON WHAT FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE IS THE PRACTICE YOU ASK FOR TO BE BASED ? " Does the Republic require that the practice n » lst emanate from , and be in accordance with , the old principle of falsehood which has so far governed ail the transactions and institutions of the human race , and created the anarchy , disunion , and crime now so prevalent over the world ; or will it allow the practice to be based on an eternal truth , and the institutions to emanate from that truth , and to be always
governed in accordance with it ? If the practice is to be based and constructed in accordance with the old fundamental falsehood , which J ean onl y produce insane measures , I decline having anything to do with such proceedings , they must of necessity be irrational But if there be now sufficient knowledge of humanity , or of the laws of nature , within the French Republic , to openly abandon this principle of crime , misery , and insanity , then will I give Jthem the knowledge in a simple form ;—
First , —To create the greatest amount of the most valuable wealth , in the shortest time , with the least capital , and most pleasure to the producers , and benefit to the consumers . Second , —To distribute the wealth so created the most advantageously and economically fer all . Third ,- ' To form , from birth , a superior physical , ^ mental , moral , and practical character for all , according to their natural organisation . Fourth , —To govern all beneficially for all without individual rewards or punishments . Fifth , —To gradually supersede all the inferior , degrading , vicious , and criminal-creating circumstances , by those only which are superior for creating and distributing wealth , forming character , and governing .
Sixth , —To effect these changes without disorder of any kind , or interfering with existing private property or arrangements , or without producing evil or injury to any one . These are the only means to change the present irrational for a rational state of human
existence . Robert Owen London , 2 lst August , 1848 .
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SOCIAL PROGRESS . ( From the Reforme . ) XHK CAOTB OF THE EXISTING ANAECHT OF KUKOPE , AM ) 113 OPIiT REHBDT . ' All evils work their own cure . ' When society was without experience , it conld only guess , at random , and without a knowledge of facts , respecting the earth , themselves , and the elements of nature by which they were surrounded , and npon all theEe subjects it guessed most erroneously . It was many ages before it had acquired sufficient experience to know how to investigate facts , with the accuracy necessary to enable it to dra ^ r rational conclnsiona from their investigations . It is yet in infancy on this subject , for the world is even how governed by the most vagno and false imaginations , in direct opposition to the inilliocsof unchanging facts , which continually demonstrate the faheh'jod and endless evils amir , g solely from those most absnrd and foolish notions .
The steady progress of experience has cow elicited the knowledge of bo many facts in opposition to these old falsehoods , and the glaring absurdities which they hourly exhibit , that a conflict has arisen between these old imaginations now discovered by many to be based on falsehood , and knowledge derived from the investigation of facts which never chango . In other words , a conflict of lifo and death has arisen between the ignorance , and falsehood , and absurdities , transmitted from past ages , by our anvage and inexperienced early ancestors , and the truths elioited from the new facts and new powers whioh the progress of real knowledge , through the advance of the material and mental sciences , attained within the last hnndreA years .
This conflict , between old fa ' sehoods and new truths , is the real cause of the present anarchy in tha civilised world so called , and of the discovered state of tha hunnn faculties , which are in progressive excitement to throw off these fatal shackles of false ideas and consequent injurious practices , and to adopt true ideas , and the beneficial practices which will emanate from them . The old authorities of the world , having the power of prejudices in their favour to enable them , for a brief period longer , to use the ignorant brutal force of society to continue the contest , will soon discover , that the reign of ignorance , falsehoad and fraud , cannot be maintained against knowledge , truth , and honesty , without daily loss of power and icfluenco
with the mass oi the population of the world , and that , as they moat , by the law of progyess , soon admit of this change for the permanent high advantage of the human nee , it will be true wisdom in them now to endeavour to learn these new truths , and t » take the lead in making them fully koown to the people , and calmly and quietly to introduce the practice in accordance with these inestimable truths . This practice will well employ all the bow unemployed under the present most ign Taut and artificial state of society ; aud by this employment the idle shall be made industrious , the hungry fed , the naked clothed , the houB 8 le 38 well lodged , the ignorant taught most useful and valuable knowledge with eood habits and conduct , inflienced always and oiUy
bv pure charity derived from a correct knowledge of human nature , the only cause which can produce the genuine feeliags of universal charity . ThiB practiee will well form the character of all the ohildren of thoas who will ba thus employed , and in such macner that they can acquire good habits only , with real knowledge that will be moat valuable to themselves and to society . The praotical arrangements to ensure this proStable employment , and effeot this great change in the character of the children , will also be the moat effective for thsir eaBy good government , without any of the evils arising from the present ignorant and most unjust mode of governing on false prinoiples by force and fraud .
Society is now , by the three days' revolutian id Paris , and subsequent events in that city and throughout Europe , divided into two hostile parties , one of ancient prejudices , fearful of progress-tee Other of progress without the knowledge how to direct it , without violently , prematurely , and unjustly destroying the existing system , which easting part ' e * did not create , but of which they are viet . ms . ? or however bad the old system of the world may now be , and I admit it to be the essence of ignorance , wickedness , and gross injustice , yet are tho indiriduals who oaw defend it to be pitied for being so rained as to believe palpable ftl « &o ° to be unerrine truths , gr < H » ignorance to be high knowledge , feolish law * m opposition to Nature ' s law 8 to ba wise and just , although they hourly produce orrmes and miseries without termination .
. . . lc ia not by violent opposition , by abusive , terns , by nncharitable criminations and recriminations , or by foolish wars and fightmg , that these old errors can be oTercome , or the new truths kept down . Both parties in Franoe are in equal error , both swe uncharitable and unjust to tbeir opponents , and both mistake tha course which ought now to be ad Itwas this grievous error on both Bides , that creaked tho late national conflict in the streete of Paris , and if igaorantly maintained will be the canB 8 of deluging Europe with blood , and for no uS 9 toodplrpoie ,. be ween brothers thus madly
C The pwRreH of knowledge requires that the people-by which term I include the entire popnlationof ovary eeuntry-saould derire more peroaneBt and substantial benefits from this advance , than the old system of ignorance has yet permitted them te attain . The three days' revolution gave the par ? of progress advantage which were too much SfSwnoB for them to nse for the general benefit , io the ernie state of fee pablw mini iwpe ° fo > g new
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truths and new measures . This party , by its proceedings , were evidently ioexperienced in national aubjectB , and had but a partial and too limited know < ledge to direct the public mind peaceably in a right eeurse . They had a va / jue conception that it waa just that men Bhould live and enjoy life through their own labour , and , consequently , that the unemployed far want of employment , should have it found for them by society , whioh would bo benefitted by their properly-dirooted industry . So far tbey were right ; but they wero without knowledge of what was required to effeot ia peace , this mighty change in the condition of society , for employment could not be devised , and made permanent for the working olasa , without creatiDg aBOther and altogether different state of sooiety , and for this task the parties , placed by strange and unlooked-for events , were unprepared . Tbey knew net the science of human nature , the science of tho over . *»« . 4- ^ a * nA ««« . . mi .- _ _ ....
whelming influence of circumstances over human nature , or the science of society ; and without a knowledge of these three sciences permanent profitable employment cannot be found for the working cla 83 ea ; bafc with this knowledge advantageous oeeupation may always be found for aey number of the human race , without the evils arisin- 'from the present over-crowding and apparent over pepu ' atirn in any district or country . The knowledge of theBe Bounoes is not yet known to the public , bat they have to be acquired before the present anarchy and irratiOHability can be mado to subside
rhe party of progress attained tbe power to advo eate their views openly and fairly , whioh tbey never previously possessed ; they obtained the power to be governed by universal suffrage . With these advantages they . should have remained satisfied , until through those meanB they could have enlightened all parties . after they had beoome sufficiently enlightened themselves to be enabled to further enlighten others . The National Assembly waa tbe true v « ioe of the natioB , aad it fairly exhibits the publio mind ot France , and it 8 powers are the most legal that can now be attained . It is true that it has proved itself to be inexperienced in national practical moasurea , almost as a child beginning to learn a new lesson ; but yet it evinces a great desire to advance in
political wisdom , and thoaa who thought they knew more , would have acted well to have Drought forward with kindness , directed by judgment , baaed on £ he knowledge of the three sciences previously named , facts from these sciences which , when properly stated , must carry conviction to the minds of all who study and reflect upoa these , now , all-important subjects . The party opposed , erred in deciding upon questions which they were without experience to comprehend . They hastily decided that profitable employment could not be found for the present unemployed , without knowing tke cause of that great error on the part of the unproductive acd mifledncated classes , who have hitherto hud the power of force and fraud under their control .
It is not only possible , but moat beneficial for all , thst every one willing to work should be profitably employed , and this may be readily done when society can be sufficiently instructed in these three new sciences . Because , then , it will then perceive the incalculable advantages to te derived from having society based on true instead of false fundamental principles , the oharaotera of all well formed , of all being rationally and beneficially ocoupied , and all being justly governed . This party opposed to progress , and to the permanent employment of all the working classes , are , without knowing , the advocates for ignorance , falsehood , poverty , deceptions , divisions , crimes , and endless evih ; and they also oppose , without knowing it , the only principles and . practices which can give real Knowledge , true charity , permanent wealth , cordial union , and a superior character to the human race , that will ensure their prosperity , peace , and happiness .
Let these two parties now in the National Assembly Unite their good iubatiooe for the benefit of France and of the world , for both parties have good intentions ; and let them calmly and patiently inrestigate theBe subjeots , and each will eoon discover their own errors , acd see the true path before them . Robert Owen .
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COMMITTAL FOR CONSPIRACY AT LIVERPOOL . Livbrpooi , Wednesday . —This « 3 ay a highly respectable youog gentleman of the same ot Martin Boshill , who fur a length of time has been manager of the firm of Orr and Barber , well-known merchants of this port , was placed at the bar , before Mr Rushton , the stipendiary magistrate , under tbe following circumstances : —In the book found at the hou ? e ct Murphy , who was committed for conspiracy on Monday last , amongst other nameB appeared that of the prisoner , and this circumstance taken in connexion with other information in possession cf the authorities , induced them to ieBue & warrant for his apprehension . The warrant waB executed yesterday at the office of his employers , in South Castle-atreet , and he remained in custody until he was brought
before the magistrate thiB morning , when the evidence against him was produced . Mr Rushton said that the prisoner must be committed for trial , and stated that he much regretted to see a young man occupying ouch & position as he did plated in such circumstances . He had been connected with a society which bad for its object an extensive and deeply laid scheme of conspiracy . His handwriting had also been spoken to , whioh proved that he bad been a member of the society up to the time he was tak ^ n . lie did not doubt that he had been made the dupe of older and more designing men ; but he ( the magistrate ) had no alternative but to commit him for trial , and he did so upon the evidence which had already been brought forward againat the priaorer Murphy .
The prisoner waa then fully committed for trial at the present assizes .
LIVERPOOL ASBI 2 BS . Treasonable Conspiracy In th © course ol Wednesday morning the grand jury returned into court with a true bill against T . B . M'Manus , Lawrence Reynolds , Patrick Murphy , Francis O'Donneli , Joseph Cuddy , Matthew Somera , Robeit Hopper , Edward Murphy , Jamas Laffan , Manin Boshill , Thomas O'Brien , George Smith , Patrick O'flarlan , James O'Bricn , James Campbell , and one or two other young men of respectability find standing in the town , whose connexion with the Con federate clubs has been traced by books and documents which bare been discovered .
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TRUE BILL -AGAINST FORTY-SIX CHAR . TISTS ON A CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY . ( From the Homing Chronicle ) NORTHERN CIRCUIT . —Literpool , Aca 22 . CROWN COURT . ( Before Mr Justice Crepsvell . ) In the coarse of tbe day , the grand jury came into court with & ( rue bill for a seditious conspiracy against George Archdeacon , Thomas Rankin , George Joseph Clarke , William Grocott , Edward Clark Cropper , Daniel Donovan , Peter Feenev , James Heyle , John West , Lawrence Reynolds , George Webb , George White , James Leacb , Peter Murray M'Doaall , John JNuttsll , Michael
M'Donough , James Wheeler , William Schofield , John O'llea , William Chadwiok , James Djwney , William Burton , Bernard Sebastian Treanor , John NicKson , Thomas Roberts . George Webber , Joseph Barker , John Ruahton , James Dolan , James Flynn , Thomas Whittaker , Henry Williams , II . Ellia , George Rodgere , John Joseph Finnigan , Patrick Devlin , Michael Carrigan , Joehna Lemon , Sarauel Kearns , Joseph Spooner , Ernest Jones , George Ramsden , James Abrabam Ball , James Mulligan , Mark Hulme , and William Heaf .
The foreman , on iois being announced by the Clerk of the Crown ss a true bill , said , ' My lord , I wish te state , that in finding this bill the grand jury bare been unanimous .
CHARTIST ARRESTS . ( Abridged from the Manchester Courier , of Wednesday . ) We have to-day to announce the re-oaptore last night of meat of the Chartist and Repeal leaders who were apprehended last week , with the addition of several others , who thought themselves secure from any iaterference . At the hearing on Wednesday , at the- Borough COUKt . it was not thought prudent to announce the exact amount of evidence the police had against the parties vhen in custody , and thsy were , therefore , liberated en bail UDtil this day , But though the
evidence was not waduly made known , it waa in the possession of the police , and at a consultation held with the law officers of the corporation , its waa determined to abandon the more protracted process of examination before magiatrates , and at once to bring them before the higher tribunal of aa assize court It seeras probable that by this step it was hoped to show that the authorities were not playing in the matter , bat determined to uphold the dignity of the law , acd maintain the peaoe by every means in their power ; and to put an end to tko nightly disturbances that have destroyed the peace of ths oity . V
On Thnraday , therefore , the Town Clerk , Mr liarford , the Deputy Town Clerk , and Mr Higsonh the Clerk to the Justices , met , nnd went very full |* into all the reports furnished to Captain Willis , th ® chief constable , by his officers , ob obtained from oihbb boubcbs , comprising acoouDts of all the treason and sedition publicly sp ken at in-door snd out-door meetings sines April . The result waa the selection of material Bufficieot to abundantly warrant » charge of treasonable conspiracy against , not fewer than forty-six individuals , a large number of whom resided in the city , and of couree ' . deluding those who were arrested labt Tuesday nijj ' ot , aud others with them who had made violent s < jeeohos , or been most prominent and aotive ift their connexion with the Confederate clubs , An indiotment waa at Once drawn op , under the direction , of Mjfjfaforf . containing the . » Maw « f
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parteeam - hewing commenced immediately and the evidence was not concluded until about halfpast two o'clock . The bill was brought into cou t b .-fore four o ' clock , and the foreman in preaentW it to his lordship said , it was only proper that he should inform the court that the grand jury were unanimous in their determination to find a truo bill on the evidence put before them , againat all the persons named in the indictment . Bench warrants were instantly applied for , and granted without hesitation by the judge .
In the meantime , the pelice here , in expectation of the result , had not been idle . Captain Willis had a list of all included ia the indictment divided araoDff the different police district s , or rather the B , C , and D divisions . As soon as the evidence had been given before the grand jury , and there was the certainty of a true bill being found , a telegraphic communication was made by tbe Town Clerk to his worship the Mayor , who was in waiting in the Towb Hall , with Captain Willis , in readiness to act upon any information . The mewage was received at the Town Hall by three o ' clock , in tho afternoon , intimating that no doubt exiBted as to the result . Tb « bench wairants were brought to Manchester by Mr Beswick , who left by the 4 h . 30 m . p . m . train , reaching Manchester at 5 h . 40 m . The police were instantly set to work , and
before half-past ten o ' clock the greater namber of those named were ia custody at the Town Hall . Each superintendent Bent out simultaneously officers who Knew the men that resided in his division , eo that , aa on Tuesday night , there was little risk of the parties escaping because of tardiness of movement by the police , or bungline arranRemeBta . The warrants charge them with conspire * , togegether with Others , to incite clivers of her Majesty ' s subjects , to commit insurrection ? , riots , tumults , unlawtul assemblies , and breaches of the peaoe , and to arm themselves for the purpose of thereby carrying on the said inBurreotions , riots , tmnalts , unlawful assemblies , and breaches of the peace , and obstructing by force the execution of the laws of the realm .
Some of the parties were almsst immediately in the hands of their captors , and all were much astonished at the re capture of those cut on bail , or tbe capture of other . * , who had been deemed secure , because hitherto untouched , and apparently unnoticed . Leach was the first person apprehended . FJyun , one of the number out on bail , walked into custody unwittingly . He met Mr Beswiek in the street , and asked him at what hour he must appear on Wednesday . The chief superintendent 'didn't know , ' but invited him to step with him to the office to see . Flynn followed him , and when once within tha doors " , Mr Beswick informed him of the warrant against him , made him prisoner , and consigned him to the celts bolew for the night . It waB intimated tbatany beds or elotbine that might be forwarded from heme would be received at the office and allowed them , so that they might not have cauao to complain of undue rigour in carrying out tho wairaHta .
Tbe following are the names of the prisoners who were lodged in prison last night . The first six names are thoea of the parties on bail to appear to-day : — James Leach , printer and newsvendor , Rochdaleroad ; Henry Ellis , driller , cellar in Jersey-street ; Michael Carrigan , groom , Great Ancoats ; Joseph Lemon , wearer , Gas street ; Thomas Rankin , en graver ; James Dolan , labourer , Long-streit : Edward Clark Cropper , joiner and cabinet maker , 37 , Henry street ; JameB Flynn , ihcemaker , Beck-street , Salford ; William Burton , umbrella maker , Oldhamfctreeti , aad House Bank-place , Cheetbam ; Thomas Roberts , labourer . Mount-Btreet , Hulme ; Mark
Hulme , smith , Thompson-street ; George Webb , glazier , CheBtergate , Stockport ; William Ueap , mechanic , Lion-str « et , Ashton-road ; Peter Feeny , clothes dealer , High-Btreet ; W . H . Chad wick , occupation and residence not given ; George Joseph Clarke , ditto ; Robert RamBden , ditto ; Jos . Spoonsr , cabinet maker , Cotton-street ; Michael Donough . labourer , Addington street . Added to theatave , the following , who are included In the indictment , are in custody elsewhere : —James Downey , Geo . Webber , of Halifax ; Ernest Jones , barrister , of London ; Goo . White , of Bradford i and one or two others .
As far as we have been able to ascertain , Burton was apprehended at his own shop , in OJdhatn-street , by Mr BeBwick , and Intpectors M'Mullin and Loughlen ; Leaoh at his own house ; Roberts at Messrs Birley ' s Mackintosh establiahment . by Superintendent Taylor , who found in his possession a kind of pocket ledger , by whioh it appeared he was seoretary and treasurer to the Chartist b dy , and engaged in getting up subscriptions for tbe Defence Fund . Webb waa appreheaded at his house in Scookport , by Subinspector Weaves , of tbe detective orca . Rankin was taken at his wo k , in Cable-street , by Inspector Ciiavvkley , of the B division . M'Docough was taken at his own house by Inspector Gifford , of the B di-7 ision . Peter Feeny was apprehended whilst pas sin < 2 along Rochdale-road , by Sub-inspector Taylor , of ( he B division . Mark Hulme , who is a smith , has been engaged in the manufacture of pikes and other weapons , which he made to the order of the prisoner William Heap .
As the prisoners were brought in they were seveally told that any refreshment brought to them by their friends would be allowed , and such as chose to send for bedding or additional ceverlets for the night were permitted to do so . Mr Burton , we understand , was eo circumstanced that he had no one to le&re in charge of his shop , his wife and family all being out of town . The legal power under which theBe men have been apprehended is that possessed of presenting an indictment to a grand jury at a sessions or assize without having previously brought tbe parties accused before a magistrate . Under those circumstances the trial does not tske place at the assiz ? s when the hill is found , but bench warrants are issued , and the
parties are apprehended and either held to bail to answer at the next BBsizes , or kept in hold until then , Ia the present case it is most probable they will be tried at tbe winter asBi ' za at Liverpool . The warrant demands their appearance at the next session of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery to be holden at Liverpool . The arrest under this charge , in the caio of theBe bailed out , will supersede the adjourned examination at the Boreugh Court to-day . They will be brought up there , but no evidence will be gone into ; that is quite unnecessary seeing that it has already been decided by the grand jury there is a prima facie case against them sufficient to wnrrant a trial by a petit jury ; and the magistrates will simply bare to award the amount of bail they will require from eaoh for their appearance at the arizes .
We are also enabled to state thstt a similar coarse is being pursued in Liverpool . Yesterday afternoon , when the grand jury had decided the Manchester indictment , they proceeded with one presented or behalf of Liverpool . We believe it contained the names of some most influential individuals . At first it was not intended to name more than six or seven , but , on finding the olean oweep bsing made in Manchester , they greatly increased the list , and some fourteen or fifteen are indicted .
BOROUGH COURT . — Wednesday . ( Prom the third edition of the Manchester Guardian . ) The court was crowded this morning , ! n consequence otltB becoming known that a camber of apprehensions of Coartiata had titen place during the preoedlnj ? evening and night . The following magistrates were on the bench : —Mr Maude , who presided ; Elkanah Armitage , mayor ; and Messrs T . Tenmend , C . J . S-. Walker , F . B . Hodgaon , W . B . Watkins , Matthew KcDncdy , JihnShnrp , and William Nelld . Captain Willis , chief constable ; C * ptnia Sheppard , of tho connty constabulary ; and Mr Boardman , of tbe town council , were aleo on the bench , Tbe town clerk appeared for the prosecution ; sad Mr W . P . Roberta for tho prlsancrs .
The first placed at the bar were those ratio had been remanded from Wednesday lost . Of thsec , four did not answer or appear . Patrick Dovlin ; © sorge RogerB ( who , wo believe , wrote from Motlram to the police , stating that be could not oome beoauee of the expense of ( ravelling , Bnd offorinf ? to surrender ,, if money was sent blnx for hts travelliag expenses ) , Seorge Webber ( who is ia York Castle-, &r trial at tha next Yorkshire aisizesX ABdGtorge Wilte ( who , wa belicvo , was-llfeorosd oa bail the other day , at Birmingham . ) TheTown Clerk them etatod , on tho pan of ifco-au . thorltlfi * , that einoo the prisoners &t the bar wsro last before the court , it badibeen tbonuhknecessary to proBeaii
a bi'l ef indlcimens against all oS them , wi& many others ( forty-six is , all ) , for conspiracy ; and they vscre all now In custody , under bench warrants , uaden which ho balleved twenty three individuals ( including those In tha-ctock ) had baea apprehended . Ho sboald not have as ; oi id once to . effor before , the magistrates , en the cb&rgo on whtoa . tbey had bs * n previous }; broogbt up , as that ohorya- had been preferred in another oud more J . rmal shapa-. With reference to bail , fc « would say the prisoners w ** e now standicg in a very different position , and toped ,, tbortfore , tbat tbe court » ou'd take care to require auch ball ns would insure the appearance oi tho prisoners to take their trials at tha next aselzea at Liverpool .
Mr Roberts obargtd tbe partWs wbo bed brought the prlsonm there with bad faith , ia not fulfilling the prornlM . oi Mr Pollock , that they should before this day Knew the nature of the charge against them . Be believed tbe preferring a bill of indictment was for tho direct purpoBB ef preventing them knowing the exact evidence ngalnat them : He auked tho jaaglstratea to bear this in mind when flxlng tbe amount of ball . Mr Maude said the first course of tho bench would be to discharge tho prisoners ffom tbeir reoognle&nees , and to dUtbarge their ball . As to their ball on the bench warrants , the magistrates had better have a list of their names , occupations , end condition of life . Twenty-four hours' notice of bsll wonld be required where the partita offering wero tn Manchester ; forty . olght hours' ngUoe , where the bad was at a ( JUtaacs .
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After same discussion , it was agretd on boih nidi a if Mr Burton , of O ! dha » -street , could find uurciUs eevie . factory to Mr BsawUk , his bail should ba taken iortbwlth , Mr Burtoa wa » ploctd at tbo bar , and , in onosverto questions from Mr Maude , stuted that he was a marmiactarer of umbrellas and etays in Oldham . BtrtoJ , &&d that his stop was his own property , and rattd at £ 7610 s His sureties , Mr Sslby Moss , j eweller , and Mr — Scholes , draper , both of Oldbam-strtot , were accepted by Mr Bewick j the amount to be decided by the magistrates , Mr Roberts urged that it would save time snd trouble if tbe same amount of ball and the same sureties were accepted for the ether prisoners as before , Tha Towb Clerk Bald , the circumstances were changed . Before , there was no evideaeo otfered sga'nst tho jri * aoners ; now , a true bill bad unanimously been found against them b y the grand jury , sfctr hearing evidence , on an indiotment for conspiracy ; and tb'y were taken nder bench warrants .
The magistrates retired Into the-r private room , sboat a quarter past oleven o ' clock , to consider tbe amount of bail , anS on their return at twelveo ' o ' ock , Mr Maude 88 jd , that bb Mr Roberta appeared for all the prisoners the rest of thtm need not be net up at tbo bar . LookiBg to the aggravated charge , which wes that alone by which tbe bench wag guided , and the circom * stances of the prisoners , the conclusion to which tbey had eome was the following : —Par Mr Burton , two Buroti . 8 to give bail in £ 200 each ; and he to enter into bis own recognleasice for £ < 00 . The following—vis , Leacb , HttDldn , Fotny , Cropper , Danovan , Webb , Chad * wick , Roberts , Dohn , Pljnn . Whlttuker , Pinnlgan , Keirns , and Ramsden , ( e find each two sureties ia £ 100 eaoh , and to enter into their own recognisances in £ 200 . ( Smsation in the gallery . ) ThuneitinoludtiS M D . inough aHd Ellis , to find two sureties in £ 50 each , snd to enter into their own recognisances in £ 100 . Then William ' , Garrigan , Leatnan , Spo&mr , Eulmr , and Heap to find each two suretiel la £ ' 25 eaoh , and to enter Into tbeir own recognisances In £ 50 ,
Mr Roberts said , that , as to a number cf those who were to find two turetUs ef £ 100 eacb , it would amount to Imprisonment to tbe mxt nealzop , be hoped themagistrutu would roconolder the amount ; and , if tbey remained of the sam : opinion , then that they would accept four sureties in £ 50 each instead , being , in fact , a better security than two in £ 100 . Mr Maude said , the bench was not prepared to great that application—at all events , at present . If tbe prlaomrn couid not obtain tbe bail , it was then open to them to make another application to the benoti—or to tbe judge eitting at the aesizss at Liverpool . In answer to further inquiries of Air R . iberis , llr Maulesaldtbat bail could be received bere , though the prisoners were seat to Kirkdale gaol . It would ba very inconvenient if the polioe here nere long charged with the custody of the prisoners .
Air Burtoa a bail and recognlsancbB mrs then entered Into , and he was discharged , the condition being thai be should appear at the next session of Oyer and Tr-nnlner to be holden ot Liverpool . Tbe proceedings in oosr then terminated . The total number of prisoners wbo are now in cmto ^ y under tbs bench warrant * , ie 23 j of whom 19 , Includlsg George Joseph Clarke beiJ JameB Spooner , ware takes during tho evening and night , and whose namei , Ac are given elsewhere ; and also the following , who « uuremdered on ball or thtir own recognisances thJs ( Wednesday ) morning : —Daniel Donovan . John Jo « ej& Flouig&n , TlKmaB Whltlake * , and Hears Williams .
( From the Daily News . ) At Manchester tbe Confederates rontisue to bold tneit : i £% and at several of them tbe men appra . hended on Tuesday night , and liberated ob bail , td . dressed the audience . At a meeting in the Heyrcd . street Institution , a building of tbtir owo , on Sunday nig ht , one of the parties , an Ir . sbman , named Donovss , repeated a story be bod very bumorousiy told soreraiS night * before , about hia apprehension , end the oolltoios between the police and his wife , wbich j he asBured Ids audience , was about the warmest engagement he hafl bver entertained bdj idea they gbculd nltceBB in their struggle for the Charter . The police , he said , told him tbey wanted hit erms . Bis reply was that he had a wife and family , and bis arms were seoessary to earn bread for tttm . They then explained that it was Out fire-arms they wanted , ' Oh , the / re arms , ' was hit *«• joinder , ' if it was the toDgi or poker they were sitoj , tboy belonged to his wife ' s department of tbe hoostboia
business , ' and sure enough tbe wife was not inclined to capitula'e without moklog thom ] rathor tuobot to handle . H » denied that either he or bis associates were in any way implicated in or bad any knotrledgo of what ml going to take place in Askton . They had not counselled physical foice , nor bees privy te its use . He did sot deny that tbe par tits to ttat affair were Churtlats , end fools would always ba found in any agitation . The M « n . cketter authorities how ever , had missed tbeir ttaythere seemed to be a conspiracy amongst the magistrate * and not amongst the Charlis *»—ncd it was a conspiracy against all the moral torce men they could lay their hand ! upon , Be assured bis ftUoda that aa cooa ea Wednesday ' s examination before tbe magistrates wet over , and they were Bet at liberty—as set at liberty they asssuredly would be—not a moment ' s time would balost lu taking steps for an action against their proatcuton for fals » iropriaecment . Up to TuuBday evening all was quiet in Manchester , nor was any disturbance appro * bended :
Committal or tbs Politicai Pbiscnsbs at Litks . rooL . —Yeaterdpy Murphy and O'BrieD , whe bad Decs remanded on charges of conspiracy , were brought up for re . ezamiaatiun . Against O'Brien further corn * . boratory evidence vtas adduced , and he was committed for trial . Tho evidence against Mnrp&y was otrenglb . ened by b person who lived opposite to him swearing that he saw him , through his bedreom window , examining a number of pikes , This and the other tvidenoe Saying been gono over Murpoy was aleo- committed for trial . Our correspondent , who dates Aihfon , Monday , says : —The authorities here have spent another anxionj and harassing nlgbt , Tbe military bars been under arms , divisions of county police and epcoiaL constables oars been htld in readiness fit tbe Town Hall , and armed patrol , both foot ind mounted , have scoured the toreugk and ita environs from hour to hour , The nature » f
intelligence in tbe hands of tho magistrates , it ia said , win justify the same precautions aud tbe same harassing vigils again to night . It is said thiit on Saturday n ! gh % after nil the precautions taken , aad all the watching , tha Cbartists or Confederates held & midnight meeting , bo ! it waB beyond the mere precincts of the town . Accord * log to the information received of it the meeting took p lace near BrojUden , about three miles fcom Aahtoa , and the same distance from Manchester . Shots wero beajd from time to time ! n various directions again USK night , and it is conjectured that thes * , and rockets which are ocoasionnlly thrawn up ,, are used by tb « partL a as signals . Tke policeman who w < ro beund avs ? to give Qvldimoe against M'Douull , the Chartist leader , and against the four men In custody as implicated In tbs outrage of Monday night , tbe lUb inst ., bare received summonses to appear thUafttrooon before the grand juiy at Liverpool auizss .
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ACCIBESTON THB SoUTH * EaSTERN R . AI 1 / WAY . — A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday morning at the Canterbury station of the above railway , by which a plate-layer in the company's service , named Joha Wallis , lost his life , he having incautiously stepped on tbe line when the express train was leaving . Although the whistle was sounded , and the break applied ,, as- soon as his movements were noticed , these attempts were unavailing , from his being so near to the engine , which , passed over him , inflicting fatal injuries . He wag taken immediately to the Canterbury Hospital , but death terminated his sufferings in the course of an hour . It is satisfactory to be-ahlfr to state that no blame can be attached to any : one in connexion . with the pOOB Mian ' s death . Ail inquest has since been held , and a verdict of accidental death returned .
BATAi . Accident , ' on the Lancaster and Prestos Railwav .- ^ -Ao accident occurred on this line oa Monday , at * about five o ' clock p . m . A Preston train , which was considerably behind its time , was standing , at Bay-horsa Station , when a London express train , not being , warned of dangar ^ . ran iato it , and daaaolished the two last carriages .. One woman , wha-had a child ,-was killed , and about ; eleven or twelve other persons-much injured . Thera apgsars to hava- been on the part of some parties most unwarrantable neglect .. TJlie carriages in wbieli tha injured pen > ons were , were the third class ; and the express train suffered 3 lmost no damage . The driv « fs on both , trains escaped uniiirt .
Wigan . — Discovert os ma Miners Lost . — Early on Sunday murni&g . the bodies of thres- men and a boy , lost by the Hooding of the Ince- Union Colliery , " b ? the oveifbwing of the Douglas ,, about nine monibs since , were discovered in the workings at a distance of between , two and three hundred yards fs&m tho pit shaft . The lamps of the unfortunate . - colliers haxing been found near to the spot , a clue was thua obtained to the discovery of the
bodies . They were in a far-decomposed state . After being placed in coffins , they wwe removed io tbe Britannia Inn , to await the inquisition before the coroner . Two of them , named Kutter , were , we understand , found clasped in each other ' s arras , and the other two were very near to them . All appeared to have been aware of the fate which awaited them , and it is feared by many that they were alive some time after the first flooding of . the pit . —Liverpool Mercury .
Serious rire . — Hanle y , near \> oiicestbb » - Monday . —A very serious and destructive fire hroke out on Saturday night , on the / arm of Mr Hach , at BeauchampVcourt , between Hanley Castle and Worcester , which caused the destruction of two hay-ricks , besides damage to other ricks ia the vicinity . Fortunately , the discovery of the fire was made before night , or the loss must have been of a much more disastrous nature . It was rumoured tbrt the fire was caused by an incendiary , but we ass bappy to state thgt therumourw without foundat&a
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 26, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1485/page/5/
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