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CEXTBAL CRIMINAL COURT . THE BERMOXDSEY MURDER . FiUDAT . The judges took their scats on the bench at ten 0 dock . Mr . William Odusg examined by Mr . Bodkin . — 1 am a practised chemist . I have examined a part of this dress —( dress produced ) -which I have subjected to the usual chemical test ; and I have arrived at the conclusion that the stains upon it were caused by blood . —On cross-examination nothing material was elicited .
Mr . F . \ Y . Stevexs said . —lam a stock and sharebroker , and was acquainted with the late Patrick O'Connor , and did business for him . On the 6 th of August I delivered to him ten shares of the Sambre and Meuse Railway . They were numbered exclusively C . 4 C 0 to 0 , 469 . They were ordered on the 2 nd , and I purchased them on the 3 rd . On the 11 th of May I delircred to him ten shares in the Boulogne and Amiens Railway , numbered 43 , 665 to 48 , 674 . Witness then deposed to the female prisoner calling upon him on the 3 rd of May , saying , she wished to buy some shares , which vronldnot be in the control of herhosband .
Mr . Alexasuer Lamost said . — I am stockbroker . I knew the late Mr . 0 ' Connor . In April last I purchased some Eastern Counties Railway shares for him , and I witnessed the transfer of the shares to nun . I also purchased some Sambre and Meuse shares for the deceased on the 27 th of April . They were ten scrip shares , which would pass from hand to hand without registration . I recognise the shares now produced by Mr . Moxhayas the same whieh passed through our hands in reference to this transaction . Mr . GnEEN- said—I am clerk in the transfer-office of the Eastern Counties Railway Company , and I produce a transfer often shares ' to Patrick O'Connor on the 28 th of April . Ha
± \^ ' $ ? wabd . —lam clerkin the office of the Solicitor for the Treasury . I was present when a person named John Bassett was examined at the police-court . I believe that he is since dead . I saw him produce a scrip certificate , and an assignment $ 1 : o 7 th of September last . They have been 1 L : • possession ever since , and I now produce £ & Ml" Gbeex examined . —I am clerk of the transfers to the Eastern Couutics Railway Company . This is the original certificate of the Eastern Counties Bailway Company ' s shares delivered to Patrick 0 ' Connor . The other document professes to be an assignment of those shares . . Mr . SnuiiBEEK . —I am an attorney . I know Manning , the male prisoner . I do not believe that the signature to his assignment is this . There is no resemblance whatever .
Mr . Hamioxd said . —I am clerk to Messrs , Sillickand Co ., stockbrokers . The assignment now produced was brought to me by John Bassett . The male prisoner was present . He produced the shares , and he said he wanted £ 110 . for them , and I gave him that amount in a £ 100-note , Xo 15 , 043 , and dated June 3 , 1849 , a £ 5 note , dated July 13 , and numbered 20 , 051 , and five sovereigns . This was on the 11 th of August . The prisoner represented himself to be Mr . O'Connor . The money was handed over to the prisoner by Bassett . I did not hear the name of 0 Connor mentioned , bat I took it from the transfer paper . On the 20 th of August I wentto the Bank of England to stop payment of
tne note , and I found it had been changed . —The note was here produced , and the witness indentified it as the same he had paid to the male prisoner . Mr . G . Lkiox said . —I am a share-dealer . I was present at the office of Messrs . Killickand Co ., on th . 311 th of August , when the transaction referred to by the last witness took place . I saw Bassett and a stranger . I cannot speak positively to the prisoner being that person . The transfer of shares in the Eastern Counties Railway now produced was executed by the stranger , but I cannot say that the male prisoner is the same man . I saw the £ 100 . note , the £ 5 note , and the five sovereigns handed to the person who made the transfer .
Mr . Griffith said . —I am a clerk in the Bank of England . The £ 100 note now produced was brought to the bank to be changed on Saturday , the 11 th of August . I gave fifty sovereigns and a ticket , which would enable the bearer to get that amount in another department . The person who "brousht the note wrote upon it " Frederick Manning , 7 , Sew "ffestqn-street Bermondsey . " Mr . J . Ahams said . —I am a clerk in the Bank of England . On the 11 th of August I paid a ticket for £ 50 in five £ 10 notes . —The notes found upon the female prisoner by Mr . Moxhay were here produced and identified by the witness . Hesht Barxel recalled . —I have expressly gone fioni Minver-place to Greenwood-street on foot , in a cab , and in an omnibus . On foot the time occupied was forty-two minutes ; in a cab twenty-five minutes , and in an omnibus thirtv-five minutes .
Mr . Kisg said . — I am employed in the London Docks . I recognise theletter addressed to P . O'Connor , now produced , as one that was brought to the docks on the afternoon of the 10 th of August . I sent it by a person named Lackington to Mr . O'Connor ' s house . The Aito :: x £ Y-Gexeraj , said , this was the case for the piosicution . Mi * . Sergeant IYilkixs then roso to address the court . lie said lie appeared before the jury as the advocate of the male prisoner . He expected to be watched carefijly by the jury , but he hoped to have their attention . He stood in a position unequalled in the history of crime . His difficulties were immense . In the first place he had to answer the
first counsel in the land . In the next place , lie had to urge a defence which at first sight appeared odious ; and he would be followed by another counsel , whose duty it would be to seek to tlestroy him whom he ( Mr . Sergeant lYilkius ) wished to save . How did it happen that in this country it was always necessary for the judge to caution the jury against the representations of those who were the professed guardians of liberty ? "Who were these rebels agaiust justice ? "Who were the profaners of our laws ? The jury and himself had alike read the history of the French revolution . Kothing had stamped that revolution with more infamy than a oase and cruel press which pronounced verdict without trial . He urged the iurv , however .
to banish from them the prejudices of the case , and to judge solely from the evidence before them , There c-ould be little doubt that O'Connor had been murdered i that this wretched man , whose fate alone excited sympathy , was murdered by some one . The question was , when was he murdered , where , and by whom ? It was probable that he was murdered on the 9 th of August , and there could be little doubt that the murder took place in the house of the prisoners . But by whom was he murdered ? "Was he murdered by both ? If so , where was the proof of concert ? He thought the learned couusel for the prosecution had been misinstructed . The only two facts against Manning were the purchase of the lime and that of the crowbar . The jury
must not come to the conclusion that the male always excelled in power and strength . History had taught them that woman soared higher in virtue and sank deeper in vice than man ; and in this case he hoped to show that a woman made her husband a dupe , and was now seeking to save herself by his destruction . Xow what reason was there for doubting that the lime purchased by Manning was wauted by him to destroy slugs in the garden ? He would now speak of the crowbar . Where was it procured ? There were plenty of marine stores where such an instrument could be procured , if ranted for a deadly purpose ; but the prisoner ordered it at one of the most respectable shops in King" William-street . "Was that consistent with the
supposition of his intending to commit murder ? For what purpose was this crowbar wauted ? For t ! ie commission of murder a poker would have been a far more fitting instrument . The stones could have been just as easily raised with the tongs . Looking at the publicity " of the whole thing , and considering that there were many ways of avoiding it , he submitted that no iuference could be drawn prejudicial to the male prisoner . If the murder could be committed by one , let them look for a motive , not hardening ' their minds against any impressions which he might seek to make . Uow , "what motive had the wale Manning ? On the other side , it appeared to him that they were about to set un the wild theory that Manning was jealous
of his wife . He feared that Manning was not the man to be jealous . He was far too easy with regard to the honour of his wife . When O'Connor was seized with a fainiinsr fit , who fetched him brandy ? The very last time Manning and O ' Connor "were seen together a perfect friendship existed between them . Then , with regard to lucrc ^ was Manning ever seen with Is . that belonged to O' Connor ? ^ ever , until he was seen in possession of the £ 100 note , which was part of the scheme by which Mrs . . Manning attempted to dupe him . It was easv to say that Manning was attemptin ? to escape infamy by throwing the blame on L £ wife . Why , had he not , on the supposition of his innocence , suffered enough already He would show that Mrs . Manning was capable of such an act-that she was capable of consummate wickedness , and could cany it ofl with a face could The
which happily few women assume . learned counsel then proceeded to analyse theeridence . With regard to the evidence of Barnes as to the condition in which the body was found , he said there could be no doubt that the female prisoner had sufficient strength to tic up the M . There was a . principle of law that the husband T 7 i the master of the . wife . But could the jury di ab ' from the evidence with regard to O'Con ' Or ' i visits , that the real master was Mrs . Manning ? Seating saw Mrs . Manning at his hoase on me \ 12 ch , and he prayed the jury to mark her consum-. mate hypocrisy . He asked her if she had seen O ' Connor , and she replied that she had not seen . him since Wednesday . She then said that she had been invited to dinner on Thursday , and that she : ad been to his lodgings to see why he had not . . ome ; and then , her presence of mind forsaking her
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fortheonlvw , w , d her ca « & WaneW she said "Poor Mr . O'Connor ; he was the bestfriend I had in London . " Why " poor Mr . O'Connor " unless it were that she uttered the words ur . der ' a temporary absence of mind , knowing that in the S k y K f v dyofhertomer ™ Vnion , and that she had his property in her possession He ( Mr . Sergeant Wilkins ) iid not meVto contend that the male prisoner had not , after the S-^ fT ' - 3 ! M Jn S ? TtinS * e body ; his love for hfe w S 2 K n a /? mdu . K * to do so . The witness who spoke of his being on the wall said hp w-ks dressed as usual and smoked and &kior abou half an hour . Throughout the whole affiiir Mrs . ed h much to
, = ! ^ _* ™ . **» « pains deceive and dupe her hushed aslo EvC ^ Si e ? fy , OC u Onnor ' ™ uM Probably be attempted to be shown that there were terms of endearment existing between O'Conner and Mrs . Manning . He had no doubt there were outward manifestations of affection ; she might have poured eau-de-cologneon his head , but would any man suppose that she loved him ? She love O'Connor ! Why did she steal his property or conceal his death t The learned Attorney-General had led them to exl pect something important from Alassey's evidence " , bin it really amounted to nothing . Manning ' s ' question whether Massey thougltnurderera could go to heaven , though odd in itseli ; was not very wonderful in an age when a -vicious moralitv was
stalking abroad . The shovel was bought by Mrs . Manning on the 8 th , the very day on which she wrote the invitation to O'Connor . With regard to Bainbridgc , the broker , and his wife , it was clear they were both mistaken with respect to Manning ' s expressions in relation to Ms wife ' s departure . Supposing Mrs . Manning to have committed the deed , her husband would be in doubt as to the course he must pursue . If he declared what had been done , his wife might be brought to infamy , ne at length yielded , perhaps to bad reasonings ; he might have even assisted in secreting the body - and then afterwards he said , " I was a great foo that I did net explain all . " One thing was clear that for a time there was something whin . li lnni ™
like resolution on his part , for several days elapsed , before he yielded to his fears and left London . Mr . Moxhay , a most intelligent police officer , said Manning was a most consistent character through out . When he entered the room he said " Mrs Smith ., I presume . " « Yes , " she replied with all tne courtesy of the drawing-room . On his telling her that he suspected she was the wife of George Frederick Manning , her cheek did not blush in the least . He mentioned scrip . " Scrip t" she said , what scrip . " The scrip was produced . Still no manifestation of feeling , but at length she declared that she had some scrip of her own . When accused of the murder of O'Connor , she said , "Murder Mr O Connor he was like a father to
me . He might have been a father to her , but she was a strange child to him / ine . nexfc witness was the chemist , who had proved «^ ti i WOOd i , and ^ e 7 asfollowcd by Stevens , the stockbroker He called the particular attention of the jury to , this evidence . Mrs . Manning asked for share ^ whichdidnot requu-e to be registered , as she wanted shares wheh she might sfll without the ^ fF ^ l ^^ -J * aPP eared ^ she rf £ r ™ ft , rhusba ? aa TOll as every one J& Jr l T he any doubt but she was at that nme intending to steal the Sambre and Meuse and Amines shares from O'Connor ? Then they Ed Mr . Lamond , and Mr . Green , the transfer clerk in the Eastern counties Railway . He called upon them to look at Manning whose fflCB - « Jv "
marUble as never to be forgotten by anybody who had once seen him What occurred ? A person £ ? Mr ? lU * ks ° ffice « su PP ° sed to be MaLim ? but Shilhbeer had deposed that the signature to the transfer was not in his handwriting . The clerk could not swear that it was Manning who had dealt with him A note was paid of £ 100 , which was afterwards changed at the Bank with Mannin g s nameon it . T % c was no doubt but that Mrs S ^ n ? 1116 !!! signature before present-Sft ^ Wherewasthe note af terwards vTli y ^ ^ PwawwnofMra . Manning , in Edinburgh . He lad now zone thrnnah th * « ,. ? .
duty . Not because he doubted the innocence of his Sibrt ?? " j ? feltthe enormous amount of Si ff i ' ^ beca c - rcatcd » aDd the way » which the case had been written up . He also felt duty to defend the husband by attempting to criminate the wife . Let theii- verdict be one of reason , not of feeling . Let no compassion for sex warp their judgment , but decide as between two human beings , and let justice be their only guide At the conclusion ot the learned serg eant ' s address the jury retired for refreshment . °
Mr . Bailaxuxe commenced his defence of the female prisoner , observing he was aware of the calumnies which had been circulated against his unhappy client , but worst of all he complained of the manner ni which she had been attacked by his learned friend . It « as a case unparalleled in a court ot justice , to see a learned counsel endeavouring , in the manner his frieud had done , to blacken the character of a prisoner , and that prisoner a woman . lie ( Mr . Ballantine ) did not mean to follow such a course . Thus to atiack an unfortunate prisoner on tml for Jus life , aud who might be led from that court to the scaffold , was a course , in his opinion derogatory to the profession , and , sooner than foil
low it , Jie would abandon his profession for ever Ilie prosecution had left them completely in a dilemma as to the exact period at which the murder was committed ; but they had been told that , whether the female prisoner was present or not when the murder was committed , it would be their duty to find her guilty of being an accessory to the murder . It would be useless to deny the nature of the connexion that existed between Mrs . Manning and Air . O'Connor ; it was quite clear that she had forgotten her duty to her husband , and that a criminal connexion existed . It was well known , however , that a man of the age of the deceased was likely to entertain a great affection for a woman under such circumstances ; and if theobjejc of Mrs . Manning had becu gain , she could have ohtairifiH : i 11
that she required from the deceased man . He submuted that it was idle to suppose that the prisoner should have committed a murder for the sake of pin , when she could , if she h ; id been so minded , have acquired all she desii-ed without committing any such dreadful act . The connexion between the parties existed till the 9 th of August , upon which day the murder was said to have been committed lucre was no doubt but that he was at Minverplace on that day , and that he was expected there to dinner at five o ' clock , that bcinj the time at which the Mannings usually dined . The question then arose , where was the female prisoner when the deceased arrived at the house ? It was clear from the evidence , that if she had left her own house at
half-past five , she could have arrived at the residence of O'Connor by about a quarter to six , which was the time when it was stated by the Miss Arners that she arrived there . The female prisoner stated , when taken into custody , that lindin » O'Connor had not arrived at five o ' clock , she wentto his residence in Greenwood-street in search of him . There was nothing in the evidence to show that the statement was not perfectly corm * . Kow was the murder committed during that period ? He should contend that it dearly was . He had no wish to charge Maiming , or to attack him in the manner liis wife had been attacked by tae learned sergeant ; but this was the fact of the case , and it was for the jury to draw their own conclusions from it . He now came to the question
whether the female prisoner was an accessory before the fact . He would , assume that the murder was committed by . Manning . That was theassumpuou on the part of the Crown , and certainly it was more likely that the blow which completely shattered the skull of the unfortunate man was more likely to be struck by a man than by a woman . He did not say that it was committed b y Manning but the learned sergeant compelled him to express an opinion that it was more probable the murder should have been committed by a man who was at home at the time the deceased came there , than by a woman , who , he contended , was proved to have been at another place . After some other remarks the learned counsel observed , it was important to bear in mind what took place on the evening of the
8 th of August , vhen O'Connor came to the house in company with Walsh . She then asked O' Connor , in the presence of Walsh , why he had not come to dinner on the previous day ; and her coolness and the evident abseuee of all guile on that occasion showed , that she was the most unlikely person in the world to be contemplating a murder . Towards the end of the evening , when O ' Connor had been smoking and drinking and became faint , she bathed his temples with eau de Cologne , and evinced the greatest tenderness on his account . Did that not show that she was the most unlikely person to commit such a-murder ? Had she meditated anvthing of the sort , she would have recoiled from the man whose murder she had determined upon , me most abandoned and callous wnnmn—imv
the most abandoned woman that obtained a wretched subsistence in the streets , could not act in this wav . lJurag the absence of the wife the husband mi « Lt have committed the murder in coussquence of a quarrel with the deceased about his wife ; and she , on her return , learning from her husband the deed that had been committed , and knowing the nature of her connexion with O'Connor—she , fearing that -. lugiace might attach to her , and , acting upou this sum urn , fled a few days after the inurder was K ? w « m S D 0 W ' trU 6 te ( 1 ' satisfied the imy that the evidence did not support either the charge ot being a principal or an accessory before the fact , he came to another branch of the subject sty aS ? ff rtr was not an S * sory after the C fact ; and although by the law she TSuf H 0 BVic i cd of that o & **> ^ 2 Z afraid that her conduct after the transaction would tend to pieiudiee her upon the other inquiries He naa learned of the acthaying been committed , that
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tneve might be many reasons why she should refrain from giving any information ; and one very great one would he , that all inquiry would expose her own shame and guilt , lie could give no other reasonable solution for her conduct , and he trusted the jury would look at it in that light ; and with regard to the possession of the railway shaves , thejury would not forget that she had been in consultation with the deceased about the purchase of railway shares , and that she stated she had two or three hundred pounds to inve 3 t in that manner . He would also ask them whether it was not possible that the deceased might not have have given her some of the railway shares which were found in her possession when she was taken into custodv ? It
was contended for the prosecution that the possession of this property was quite conclusive of her connexion with the murder ; but he entreated the jury not to view it in that light , and that they would think that , under the circumstances , she might have taken the property and yet be perfectly innocent ot the murder , or of having had anything to do with planning it . The learned counsel , after somo further remarks , and thanking the jury for the attention they had paid to the case , said he trusted he had satisfied them that at all events there was doubt and difficulty in the case ; and he concluded by expressing a hope that they would give effect to that
by returning a verdict favourable to the prisoner . The AiioBNKY-GKNERii , was about to reply , when Mr . Parry interposed , and said that , although perhaps in strictness the Attovney-Geneval would have the right of reply , yet it was not customary to exercise this power in a case where not a tittle of evidence had been adduced by the prisoners . The Chief Baron said , the Attorney-General c ' early had the right . Mr . Parry then put it to the Attorney-General whether he would exercise the right in a case where the lives of two of his fellow creatures wei'o at stake .
The Aitorney-Genebal , said , he had undoubtedly , as the representative of the- Crown , the right to have the last word on an inquiry : < JT this description . It was a right which had been usually exercised with great caution , and he should not in this case have exercised it , though he and many other Attorney-Generals had on other occasions done so , but that he thought it his duty to endeavour to hold as evenly as possible the scales of justice between the parties whose interest * were now before the Court . The learned gentleman then proceeded to . comment upon the evidence at considerable length . Both of liis learned friend 3 admitted that the unfortunate man O'Connor was murdered by somebody in the house in Minver-place , and that he was murdered
either by a shot or by blows , or that death was produced by both jointly . On this point , therefore , there need be no difficulty with the jury—that in the house occupied by both prisoners , there being no servant to take part in the transaction , Patrick 0 Connor was murdered on the 9 th of August , either by means of a pistol , or by a crowbar , or by buth . Now , there was then one thing on which the learned counsel who had addressed the Court were entirely agreed , and that was that the murder had been committed by one person only . That he thought highly improbable . He did not think that one person could have raised the stones in tho kitchen , dug the grave , covered it over , and , above all , could have thrust the body into tho grave in the manner which had been described . "With regard to the time when the murder was alleged to havo been committed , there did not appear to be any evidence when it was actually committed ; and it was very possible
that the act might have been committed after the return ef the female prisoner from the house of the deceased . A little after five o ' clock O' Connor was seen near Minver-place . After that time he was seen on the bridge , apparently in a hesitating and uncertain mood , very like a person who was looking for some one . The probability , then , was , that not finding the female prisoner at home , soon after five o ' clock he had left Minver-place , but afterwards returned , whether with the female prisoner could not be ascertained ; and in all likelihood the murder was committed then . He concluded by observing , that it was impossible not to come to the conclusion that both prisoners were concerned in this atrocious case . Both were concerned in the purchase of the instruments used in procuring the death and burial of their victim . Both resorted to concealment , and both took part in the distribution of O'Connor ' s property .
The Lobd - Chief Bahon then summed up the evidence . The Jury retired exactly at six o'clock , and on their return at a quarter to seven , the prisoners were again placed at the bar . Mr . Stkeigut , the Deputy of Arraigns , then inquired of the jury if they had all agreed upon their verdict ? The Foreman replied that they had found both prisoners " Guilty . " The prisoners having been asked in the usual way whether they had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon them , Mrs . Manning , m a state of great excitement , addressed the court as follows . She spoke with a
strong foreign accent , and with remarkable vehemence , her excitement appearing to supply her with fluency of speech : — " There is 110 justice ( she said ) and no right for a foreign subject in this country . There is no law for me . I have had no pvotoctioaneither from the judges , nor from the prosecutors , nor from my husband . I am unjustly condemned by this Court . If 1 were in my own country I could prove that I had money sent from abroad , which is now in the Bank of England . My solicitors and counsel could have called witnesses to identify shares that were bought with my own money . Mr . O'Connor was more to me than my husband . He was a friend and brother to me ever since I came to this country . I knew ln ' m for seven years . He wanted to marry me , and I ought to have been
married to linn . I have letters which would prove his respect and regard for me , and I think , considering ] am a woman and alone , and have tofight my husband ' s statements , that I have to fight against the prosecutors , and that even the judge himself is against me , I think that I am not treated like a Christian , but like a wild beast of the forest , and the judges and jury will have it upon their consciences for giving a verdict against me . I am not guilty of the murder of Mr . O'Connor . If I had wished to commit murder I would not have attempted the life of the only friend I had in the world—a man who would have made me his wife in a week if I had been a widow . I have lived in respectable families , and can produce testimonials of character for probity
m every respect , it inquiry is made . I can account for more money than was equal to the trifling shares that were found upon me . If my husband , through jealousy and a revengeful feeling against O'Connor , chose to murder him , I don't see why I should be punished for it . I wish I could have expressed myself better in the English language . " Manning said nothing . Mr . Justice Cressweli , ( who , in the absence of the Chief Baron , delivered judgment ) tlicn put on the black cap and nddrcssed the prisoners as follows : — Frederick George Manning , and Maria Wanning , you havo been convicted of the crime of
murder—Mrs . Manxikg ( vehemently . —No , no ; I won ' t stand it . You ought to be ashamed of yourselves . There is neither law nor justice here . ( She then turned round as if to leave the dock , but was prevented b y Mr . Cope , the Governor of Newgate > vho stood behind her . ) Mr . Justice Cresswem ,. —You have been defended by able counsel ; Every topic which ingenuity or experience had taught them would be at all available for your defence has been urged by them . The learned Judge , after some further remarks , then said , it remains for me now only to pronounce the 'dread sentence of the law , which is that you be taken hence to Her Majesty ' s gaol for tho county of Surrey , and thence to th ' e place of execution , and there to be severally hanged by the neck until you be dead "; and that ! afterwards your . dcad bodies be buried within the-precints of the gaol in which you shall be confined after tnis sentence ; and may the Lord have mercy upon your souls !
Mrs . Manjhxg was again proceeding to address the Court , when she was ordered to be removed . She exclaimed that it was shameful to pass such a sentence upon her , and some persons near her allege that they heard her add " base England ; " but these words did not reach us . According to custom the bench in front of the dock was strewn with rue . Taking some of this in her hand she strew it into the body of the court , as if by that contemptuous act she could find some relief from the excitement under which she laboured . She was immediately removed by Mr . Cope and a female turnkey .
Massing merely bowed to the Court and retired . He seemed very subdued , but retained his sen-possession . The proceedings closed shortly after seveno ' clock
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Sir John Franklin ' s Exrupmox . —Lieut . Gale the aeronaut , lias addressed to an evenin" - paper an extraordinary proposition for the discovery of Sir John Frankhn . He says :- "I am thoroughly acquainted with travelling in the northern regions having been as far north as 72 deg . by sea and at one period , during a hunting excursion in Xorth America , I was out eighteen months in the vicinities of Lakes Huron and Superior , and wintered to the northward of Lake Winnipeg with a party of Chinpeway Indians , from River St . Clare , which has given mo a peribot knowledge of what is to be endured , and how far aerostation is practicable in SETT aud t themoi : ^ dy th ? SS 5 i bility ot tins great experiment , tho greater is my confidence m the certainty of its utility . Suppose for instance , an altitude of two miles is attained a panorama of at least 1 , 200 miles (?) would tejuij
vroam observation ; besides , the party soug ht for seeing a foreign object floating in the air , would no doubt make signals , by hoistingflags or urine guns which would direct the attention ° of the aeffiut to their whereabouts . I should feel most happy to give a detail of my plan of operation to any nerson who may feel interested . " y p °
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THE MINERS OF THE NORTH . At our delegate meeting held last Saturday at Mr . Corby ' s , New Durham , the following motions were agreed to : — " That the miners of these two counties establish a law fund ; the collieries to decide whether they will engage a lawyer as before , or whether they will have one as he may be wanted , the ballot to be taken at the next delegate meeting on that question . " " That in addition to tho lecturers wage 3 , each colliery provide them with a supper , a bed , and a breakfast . " " That the subscription for the widow of tho late ireneral secretary be kept open , and those collieries
who have not yet contributed , are respectfully requested to do so . " " That the report of the deputation appointed to meet the Government Inspectors of Mines , be re < ceived as read by the secretary . " " That 6 , 000 tracts on the ventilation of the pits be printed , and a portion distributed gratuitously to the members of parliament and other influential parties , and to the local and London papers , with a view to irmko the humane of every class acquainted with the injurious effects upon the miners , in being obliged to work in such unhealthy places . " The secretary then read a draught of the rules for extending and making the Association national , which were approved of , and 200 copies ordered to be printed that the same may be read and considered at the various collieries . " That all pita be recommended not to work on the pay Saturdays , as such a practice adds considerably to the social misery of the miners . "
The reports of many collieries being of a favourable aspect , but there not being time to hear all the reports , it was resolved that each colliery send to the next meeting a statement of the advance of wages , and whether such advance is equal to the reductions previously made ; also whether the standard , weight has been altered , and again restored to the original weight . To specify the average earnings at present , and to prepare a clear and distinct account of the real state and condition of the collierv j both as regards the improved condition of the working miner , and of the state of the ventilation of the pits . ' The meeting was then adjourned to Saturday , November 10 th , at the house of Mr . J . Bailey , Wear Tavern , near the Arcade , Sunderlnnd , at nine o ' clock , a . m . ; the levy for the unemployed and the General Fund being the same . Yours faithfully , M . Jude , Secretary .
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duties incumbent upon all who wish to be relieved from the constitution-breaking' and life-destroying system which at present prevails to so alarming an extent , and also to relieve the delegates from the tedious process of writing down these lengthy proceedings . Tho deputation then adjourned till nine o ' clock next day , to make out tho report . Tuesday morning , the deputation met at nine o ' clock , and proceeded to draw up the above report , which being done , was read and aopted . A discussion then took place relative to the publication of the Tracts on Ventilation , when it was agreed to suggest to the delegate meeting the nocessity of circulating and advertising them to the greatest possible extent , so that the whole of the community may learn the severity of the miner ' s lot , and thus ensure a speedy and efficient remedy for so great an evil . Yours , faithfully , The Deputation Appointed to meet Professor Philips . October 22 nd , 1849 .
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CORN . Mam-lane , Monday , Oct . 29 .-The arrivals of foreim wheat during last week , and' the show of samples & morning from Essex and Kent , were moderate . TheC hsh supply was taken off by the millers at a reduction S Is per qr . upon last Monday ' s prices , and foreign sold in retail at our previous quotations . Flour dull . Fine new malting and distilling barley in request at full pricw grinding slower sale . White pong scarce , ami Is dwer Beans and grey peas unaltered . The supply of forei ™ oats was smaller than for some weolts m « r i iit Vf s goes of Irish were at market TfoT \ & Si fiJ afew c ? pm » steady , whilst inferior light Smfi l « t off " !' ^ at the price of last Monday . In ry « little IiZl t owl 2 and cakes miner dearer . * Wc doin S' lms < xi BBmsii .-Wheiit .-Essex , Suffolk , and Kent red new % . to 43 s , ditto white , 40 s to 51 ) 8 , Lincoln , Norfolk anTv' I shire , red , 3 Dsto 39 s , Northumberland and Scoteh «« £ "
It ' s to 37 s . ditto red . 34 s in S 7 « lWnnci , ; ,... __ j „" ' ^ "" ^ 32 s to 37 s ditto red , 313 to 37 s , Devonshire andsSaS shire , red , -s to -s , ditto white - to -s , rye 21 s tn ^ barley , 24 s to 32 s , Scotch , 23 s to 25 s , Angus-s to- «' Malt ordinary , —s to -s , pale , 52 s to 55 s , pens , crev iW 2 fis to 28 s , maple 28 s to 30 s , white , 24 s to 2 « s . boiler / S 28 s to 31 s , beans , large , new , 23 s to 25 s , ticks 25 s to " 8 « harrow , 27 s to 30 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln " and Yorkshire , feed , 15 s to 20 s , ditto l ' oland and COtatn 17 s to 23 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 'Us , Scotrol feed , 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and black , 15 s to 20 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 23 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed Essex , new , £ 27 to £ 30 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 26 s to 303 per cwt , rape cake , £ i to £ i 10 s per ton , j in need , £ 9 l « s to £ 10 10 a . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 28011 m ship , 28 s to 30 s , town , 38 s to 40 s . '
Foreign . —Wheat , —Dantzig , 44 s to 52 s , Anhalk and Marks , 30 to 43 s , ditte white , 40 s to 44 s , Pomeranian red 38 s to 42 s , ltostock 42 s to 4 Ss , Danish , Ilolstein , and Friesland , 30 s to 35 s , Petersburg ^ , Archangel , and lifca , 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 38 s , Marianopoli , and tterdianski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 33 s to 34 s , Brabant and French , 33 s to 38 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s to ? 3 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 26 s , rye , 20 s to 22 s , Barley , Wvsmax and ltostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 18 s to 22 s , Saal , 20 a to 24 s , East Friesland , 15 s to 17 s , Egyptian , 14 s to 15 s , Danube , Us to 15 s , peas , white , 25 s to 27 s , new boilers , 2 Ss to 30 s , beans , horse , 24 s to 80 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , Egyptian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed aud black , 11 s to Id ' s , ditto , thick and brew 15 s to 22 s , Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , lt « tolGs , flour , United States , per lDClbs ., 21 s to 23 s , Jlamburg 20 s to 22 s , Dantzig aud Stettin , 20 s to 23 s , French per 280 HIS ., 32 s to 35 s . ^
Wednesday , October 31 The arrival of grain fresh in this week is but short , nevertheless the trade generally is heavy , without alteration in prices . Arrivals this week : — Wheat — English , 280 quarters ; fi ^ eign , 4 , 010 quarters . Barley—English , 230 quarters foreign , 380 quarters . Oats — English , 50 quarters ; foreign , 3 , 420 quarters . Flour—410 sacks . Richmond ( Yorksiiibe ) , October 27 We had a heavy market of grain this morning . Wheat sold from 5 s 6 dt « ( isea ? oats , Is 3 d to'is 3 d ; barley , 3 s to 3 s Cd ; beans 4 » to 4 s Cd per bushel . '
BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from QU . to 7 d .- , of household ditto , 5 d . toGd . per libs , loaf CATTLE . SMiranELD . Monday , Oct , 22 . —The number of foreiim beasts and sheep in to-day ' s market was tolerably exten sive , but that of calves was small . Compared with that exhibited on Monday last , the supply of home-fed beasts on sale this morning , was limited , the falling off in the arrivals exceeding 1 , 000 head . As the attendance of buyers was on the increase , and the weather colder than last week the beef trade was somewhat active , and a good clearance was effected , at Jan advance in the quotations of fully 3 d per Slbs . A few very superior Scots sold at 4 s ; but the general top figure for beef was 3 s lOd per Slbs . From Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , and Northamptonshire about
, 1 , 700 beasts came fresh to hand . From the western and midland counties , we received 750 Ilcrefords , runts Devons , 4 c , and from other parts of England , COO of variou breeds . There was a considerable falling oft' in the arrival * of sheep from the whole of our flock districts . For the pnmest old Downs the demand was steady . In prices however , we have no improvement to notice , they ruling from 3 s lOd to 4 s per Slbs . Rents , Leicestershire , half-breds , and all other breeds were in active request , and quite 2 d per 8 fts , dearer than this day se'nn- ' glit . Calvcs-the supnlv of which was small-commanded ready sale , at 2 d per Slbs . more money . We had a slight improvement in th « demand for pigs , the prices of which were well supported . Head of Cattx . e at Smitjifiecd . —Friday . —Beasts 825 sheep , 3190 ; calves , 180 ; pigs , 325 . Monday .-Beasts ; 3 , < ; sheep , 22 , 270 ; calves , 149 ; pigs , 308 .
Price per Btone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef , 2 s Cd to 3 s lOd ; mutton , 3 s Od to 4 s Od ; veal , 3 s 2 J to 3 s 8 d pork , 3 s 2 dto 4 s 2 d . ' Newgate and Leade-viiam , , Monday , Oct . 15—Inferiot beet , 2 s 6 d to 2 s Sd ; middling ditto , 2 s 4 d' to 2 s 8 d prima large , 2 s 8 d to 3 s 0 d ; prime Small , 3 s Id ' to Ss 4 d : larm pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s Cd ; inferior jmutton , 2 s Gd to 3 s lot middling ditto , 3 s OdtoSs 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s fid to Ss 8 d veal , 2 s lOd to 3 s Cd ; small pork , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 2 d ' per 81 bs . by the carcase . '
PROVISIONS . London , Mondny . — The arrivals last week frem Ireland were 14 , 700 firkins butter , and 1 . 3 C 0 bales of bacon and from foreign ports C . 450 casks of butter , and U 00 boxes and bales of bacon . The demand for Irsh butter has been verv limited since our last , and the transactions few andvmim portnnt ; where sales have been effected , rather lower prices were submitted to . The mildness of the weather lias operated very seriously on the demand . Dutch declined Gs to 8 s per cwt . The demand for bacon has also ucen dun , and prices have declined 2 s to 3 s pev cwt Irish 53 s to 54 s ; Hamburg , 44 s to 50 s , according to quaiitv , &t . btocks and deliveries for the week ending Oct " 7 — ' Butter . __ BiCO v
Stock . Delivery . Stock . Delivery ¦ 1847 .... 2 G . 250 11 , 880 1 , 840 A m 3 S 48 35 , 300 11 , 400 2 4 S 0 940 18 W .... . ' 46 , 030 12 , 1 ) 00 1070 850 BsQura Butteii M . AKKET , Oct . 20 .-Our trade is very dull only the best and freshest parcels are saleable , at barely current rates , while middling and . ittfeviw miluitlOS are neglectea ; ns such we must report prices ns presenting downward tendency . Dorset , Hue weekly , aos to 0 ' s ml cwt . ; do ., stale and middling , 04 s to 80 s ; Devon new made , 80 s to S 2 s j fresh , 8 s totes net down lbs .
FISH , POULTRY , GAME , &c . New irusGEBFOBD , October 28 , -Vish MAitKET . -Turbots 2 s to 12 s , bnlls Is to 0 s , codfish 4 s to Ss , haddocks Ud to Is whitings 4 d to Is , and lobsters yd to Is Cd each ; soles Gd tc . 3 s per pair ; Thames flounder * Is tolsW , and smelts oit a ^ i&t * 6 t 0 ^ Pi ! 1 ' - 'l * *« , PwswiiT , Game , and ME . vr .-Turkeys Gs to Gs Gd teal 0 s to Od geese 5 s Gd to 7 s , fowls 2 s ( o % , capons 3 s Cd to us Cd , chickens 2 s to 2 s 3 d , ducks 2 s to 2 s fid , rabbits lOd to Is 2 , 1 pheasants 3 s 9 d to 4 s , hares 2 s Gd to 3 s , grouse 3 s P ° J ! V r ridge l IS Gd - t 0 ls 9 d > and Peons'& ? H each .-Meat per ft .: prime legs of mutton 7 d to 71 d S 7 T * d « £ l M ? elcs , ? > and breasts **» ; routine bMf 7 id to Sid , boiling ditto Gd to 7 d , dairy fed pork 8 d to ! M and veal in proportion . Frosh butter ls to ls 3 d , best salt tMK i n c T mm dltt 0 7 ( UoUd - CIlcsllire cheese 5 rwM " bl « I Ilccste , l > 7 d t 0 8 ^ <»>« single ditto 5 d to Old per Jb . —Supply moderate , trade dull .
SEEDS . London- , Jlomlny . —Canar . vseed was more inquired for . and realised enhanced terms . Linseed . supported the recent advance . In other articles there was little passing . British - -Clover seed , veil 35 s to 40 s ; fine 45 s to SOs white Us to 43 s ; cow grass [ nominal ] Is to -s ; linked ( perqr . ) sowing 34 s to 5 Gs ; crushing 40 s to 12 s ; linked SWH ^" ° 31 bs " ? C' ° £ < J Os ? 0 £ 1 ° ° ! TrefoilS t U ) Us to 18 s ; vapeseed new ( per last ) £ 28 0 s to £ »<) Is ditto cakes ( per ton ) £ 4 5 s to £ 4 Ills ; mustard ( per bushel ) wlirto Gs to 9 s ; brown Ss to 10 s ; Coriander ( p& cwfcjlto £ wi ! ri \ fP' \ f : c G 1 V 7 ? - s ; tunU V- white ( per bushel ) —s to —s ; ditto Swcedish —s to —s ; tares winter iSfi ' ta \ l ' ° 4 S M ; caWRway ( P cr «»«•) Ms to 20 s ; new 3 Us to 34 s rye grass ( per qr . ) —s to —s . -m ^ n ' an ' " ^ " ' \' - , Uty 5 s 1 > cr cwt > I * ' cw * - ? M ? t tO J V dlttO , wWt 0 lduty 5 s llev cv , 1 . ) per cwt . t ' r 4 £ V : T } ( PO 1 ' 'I' "' % 3 SS t 0 44 s ! OdeMa f > 3 £ 4 55 to "flO ( l > Cr tOll ) *" t 0 £ S ! l ' P ° to"
TALLOW , HIDES , AND OILS . ! , J ^ Sf rf ? ?] 'Y Octoljer 2 fl — Sinco our last renort . "'« SS « f ^ . H ™ "' lilve : l " 10 uute ( l to 8 , 887 , tnd tUe&U . \ eras to > , W 9 casks . The demand to-day is somewhat inactive , at barely stationary prices . P . Y . C . on the spot is quoted at 80 s Gd to 37 s ; and for delivery up to the end of the year , 3 Gs Gd to 3 « 9 d per cwt . Town tallow , : s 7 s per ewt . net cash ; rough fat , - ' s Id per Slbs . We have f urthei ! advices trora St . 1 ' etorsburj , ' . As several speculative purchases hail been effected by Kndish houses sav roubl ' 00010 2 ' ° ' C ! l 3 kS > Vrk ° S lliid advanccd four to five Leadeniuix . —Market bides SGlb . to C 41 b ., 1 M to l ) d rm . Ib . ; ditto Wlb . to 721 b .. lid to ljd ; ditto 72 m to ai ) 8 T Ifd to 2 Jd ; dltto-j 80 ) n . to b 81 b ., 21 dto " id- dSto Sfflhta lissaaa ' fcgs is-mmmloured ^ , ; cod ^^^^ ' ^^
HAY . SMiTmmD Ootober 27—At per load of thirty-si k trussed -Meadow , old , 48 , to 70 s ; clover , old , 60 s tc 1 * 94 , •^ HOPS . BOKOCOH , Monday , October 29 . _ The demand fiw tin . tt ffiSf-s& 2 gB £ 5 £ & sale at barely late quotations . DutyisO . OOO . nwHyot "WOOL . Tl ^^? o ^ 1 Ct ? ber 29 - -Tllemailkctlia « not ^ 'nnScd . 1 1 r f f f . l n - ? nco our last i ' Mes from Sydney frmn tw , 1 ! ° " W & 7 'i 8 from Vau Dtaaoi ' s Laud , 47 ; taAl joa % , 30 from Buenos Ayres , and 12 from Get . Liverpool , October 27—Scoteli . _ If any change , there is lather more inquiry for Laid Highland wool this week In white no Change . Good crossed and Chevoit n-c s ? Ul 13 octe ( f maudiltlateriltcs ; theiufeiliol < Ui « ds *« « a »
COTTO 2 J . Livetoool , October 30 .-Aftertlieclose ofbusinessyesteruay , a demand sprung up , and 4 , 000 bales additional changed hands , making the sales of the day 12 , 000 . To-day the market has besn steady , the demand was toamoden ™ . ?' ' a"d 1 "' ices '" ' '"• Tlle sale « nve estimated at J , 000 bales , including 3 , 000 on speculation , and 750 lor export . Business closed with wove firmness than estevduy .
COAL . London Monday Oct . 29 .-Lambton ISs 6 d : Uettons 19 a Stewarts 19 s ; Edens 17 s Gd ; Vylams lCs . 280 fresh an * X sin" ? S JT dVVJ - ThC mavliet "W ^ rtteil
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PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM ADVOCATES . We invite attention to the following production , extracted from tho " NorlhBriiish Mail , " and also to our short reply : — Being sincere advocates of Financial Reform , we are sorry to see the sort of men to whom the more prominent advocacy of the cause appears to have been entrusted , and the plan of operations which is stated to have been determined on . We are led to make these remarks in consequence of what took place at a meeting at Aberdeen , last week , in support of the principles of the Metropolitan Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association .
By a report of this meeting , which appeared in our columns of Saturday , it would seem that Sir Joshua "Walmsley , M . P ., appeared as the leading spokesman of the deputation from London , and that he was accompanied and supported by those distinguished , or , rather , ought we not to say , notorious politicians , Mr . George Thompson , M . P ., and Mr . Peargua O'Connor , M . P . Now , to Sir Joshua Walmsley we have not theslightest objection ; he is just the very man for the cause he has undertaken . Talented , shrewd , indefatigable , well acquainted with the feelings of the mass of the people , from whose ranks , we believe , he sprung , and thoroughly sincere in his opinions , he comes to the work with the zeal of a man whose heart is in the cause , and what he undertakes to do he will do well .
We , however , greatly distrust the policy which dictated the selection of Mr . G . Thompson as one of the deputation on this truly national subject—a subject which is based on fact and reason , and in support of which it is so essentially necessary to engage tho feeliDgs of the middle classes of society . That Mr . G . Thompson is a very clever man , and one of the most eloquent orators of the day , all the world knows ; and that he is as honest and sincere as he is elocruent and clever , we do not doubt for . moniont : but , still , it unfortunately happens that he is principally knowii to the world as an itinerant lecturer , and regular platform advocate . Now , the opinions which he lias supported may have been all
of them very sound ; the measures on which lie has lectured may have been ultimately successful ; and the sincerity with which he has acted may bo unquestionable ; but still it is the very variety itself of the subjects which ho has supported , and the fact of bis having generally appeared as an itinerant lecturer , that is now destroying his influence . There is no disgrace in being a hired lecturer ; but when a man is continually on the platform , and is always before the public in support of some new nostrum , the infallible result is , the public suspeet that the man who has been hired upon one subject is hired on another , and he consequently loses that weight and influence which always accompanies
unbought services . " Platforming" has , of late years , been carried to such an extent , and is now so thoroughly understood and seen through , that people are getting completely sick of it , and havo coino to suspect and undervalue any man who adopts it , however highly they may approve of the particular questions which he advocates . Can there be any doubt but that Mr . Cobden has lost much of the influence he once possessed , solely because he is eternally thrusting himself into notice on the platform , first on one subject and then on another , and thus giving people eood reason to
susp ect that love of notoriety has more influence over his motives than the good of the nation ? These objections tell with still greater force in the case of Mr . G . Thompson , who is well known to have been a paid lecturer , which , we believe , Mr . Cobden never was : and for these reasons , although we are quite ready to acknowledge Mr . G . Thompson's pre-eminence , both in ability and eloquence , and though ho ' may be acting perfectly as an amateur in his present itinerancy in support of Parliamentary and Financial Reform , we must over regard his being selected as one of tho deputation as most unfortunate .
But , it the selection of Mv . Thompson is an unfortunate one , that of Mr . P . O'Connor is ten times worse ; ho has broken with the Chartists ; the frequent disclosures of his transactions in the famous , or rather infamous , "Lund Scheme , " havo lost him the support of the working clasecs , and what advantage the Metropolitan Association can have expected to obtain by his presence at the meeting at Aberdeen we are wholly at a loss to imagine . no are , and over have been , unflinching advocates of the principles of Financial Reform , and we think that we cannot prove our sincerity more fully and unequivocally , than by representing to tho Central Association that , if they are reallv desirous of enlisting the feelings of the middle classes on their side , they must select , as members of their deputations , men of far more weight and standing than Messrs . G . Thompson and F . O'Connor *
As far as the aboTe relates to Mr . O'Cois' - nou we shall say nothing , as the censure of slaves is adulation ; but as regards George Thompson , is this egregious " gillygowpus ' —this Wind loader of the Wind—this manno , _ not man , but abortion—with no more brains ia his head than a cuclcoo—awaro that George Thompson travelled through the Slave States of America as an UNPAID LECTURER , for the purpose of emancipating his fellow-man , and that he has been concealed for weeks together in tho attic of a friend ' s house , to save him from the Lynchlaw of the human butchers . Is this northern " nincompoop , "—that the sun never shines
upon except through the spike-hole of his garret—aware that the said George Thompson has devoted his time , his energy , his superior talent and eloquence , to the liberation of his fellow-man all over the world ? Perhaps , he is ; and hence his'iudi guivtion , lest his pure philanthropy may preserve this movement in its proper course ; buf just let the reader peruse the article with care , and there we find Geokge Thompson described as an honest eloquent philanthropist , to be relied upon by every body and doubted by none ; and yet , not the fit advocate
of a principle that is to confer benefit upon all . But he has been paid for his services ? We wonder whether the " nincompoop" who scribbled the above , was paid tor his rubbish , or whether—like Geouge Iiiompson— he acted upon the free trade principle , and gave it at a reduced price . We will conclndo with a scrap from the . following leading article from the same journal , aud then let the reader see whether there can he a stronger advocate for the Land plan than this fellow ! if lie had the brains to discover its Talue . Here is the marrow out of his hones :- * .
Labour it is which constitutes tie true wealth of a state . Brain-sweat and brow-sweat are more to be pnzed as true capital than gold or vauer currency . The latter only represents capSl-The former . s capital itself . When the population of a state increases n a ratio disproportionate , toI its means to afford nternal employment , the only effi ! cacious remedy is emigration . We stop not here to ? sk why the state cannot employ its child ? en-why it cannot give them bread for their capital whichT labour It matters not whether the result be froS a combination of evils—as failure of crops , depressed condition of the market for manufactured gS high prices of necessaries , and only starvation wages ' to purchase them with , and so forth-or simT . lv
irom redundant population , We seek not for causes , but look at effects . People are starvinglabour is at a discount . In other words , the true capital has no employment . At the most moderate calculation , there are in England 4 , 000 , 000 in S ™^ 6 > 3000 , and in Ireland 4 , 000 , 000 , or , n all , 14 , 000 , 000 of really improvable and cultivatable acres which , in a couple of years , the spades of our unemployed *< rald render sufficient productive to support as many people ; but , from one cause or other , these acres might as well not exist at all . ^ No resource , then , remains for the unemployed , or halfemployed , or the miserably under-paid , but emigration . It is true that waste land lies at their own door , as it were , but instead of cultivating this latent M-Dorado , they must set off for the antipodes for means to hve . Such things possibly may seem almost incredible to distant posterity , but we know them to 00 sad , humiliating truths .
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There is a man down east , rather a facetious chap whose name is New . He named his first child Something , as it was Something" Kew . His next child , was called Nothing , ubeing Nothing New ,
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REPORT OP THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEPUTATION APPOINTED TO MEET THE COMMISSIONERS OF MINES AND COLLIERIES . ( Copy of a letter sent to Professor Philips , Government Commissioner of Mines , < fcc . ) Sib , —At a large public meeting of the miners of Northumberland and Durham , held on tlie 15 th ult ., it was unanimously resolved to fiend a letter to you , expressive o £ ttielr entire disapproval of the recent proceedings of the viewers , in selecting only a few pits for your inspection , in this important mining district , and they kindly hope that the state of the ventilation in such selected pits will notbD put forth as the state of the ventilation of the whole of the pits »\ these two counties , inasmuch as such report would be directly at variance with the facts of the case , and would materially influence the Legislature in providing an efficient protective measure to prevent the serious and extensive loss of life , occasioned by the frequent
explosions and other accidents in coal mines . The miners humbly submit that this question aftects them much more closely than any other parties , being a question oflife and death to them , and venture to state , that at any such investigation or inspection of pits ,. some of their body ought to form a part of those tvho ac company and assist you in such investigation . That , how * erer , has been omitted , there net being a singlo collier apprised of the arrangements for such inspection , nor any collier allowed to be present when such inspection was made . Therefore they have commissioned me to represent to you their feelings and convictions , in regard to thii matter , and to apprise you of their desire that you would see a deputation of their body , at as early a day as may be convenient to you , whereby a more extensive knowledge of the tvue state of the ventilation of those pits would ha conveyed to you , than can be done by letter , and much move extensive than the arrangements come to by the viewers would afford .
An answer to this , their earnest appeal , to meet a deputation of the miners , on this important subject , ' will very much oblige . On behalf of the micers , 4 c ., Martin Jude . In accordance with the above request , the commissioner appointed Monday , the 22 ud of October at three p . m ., to meet the deputation at the Turf Hotel , Newcastle . Monday , the 22 nd , the deputation assembled at nine 0 clock , a . m ., when reports of tho state of the ventilation in the respective collieries were eiven in to the secretary , and copies retained thereof bv the deputies present . This arrangement bein ? considered necessary , in order to ensure uniformity in tho proceedings , and to prevent any confusion of the details given . This business occupied the deputation until three o ' clock , the time appointed to meet the commissioner .
The deputation then waited upon the commissioner , and were received in the most courteous manner- by him , when Ue requested to be informed what arrangement would best suit to obtain the olijccts advised in the letter to him , from Mr Jude . The following arrangement was then detailed to the commissioner , viz ., that each colliery would be specified together , with the name of the * individual sent therefrom , and that ho { the commissioner would call from the list each colliery as thevstood when the deputy would detail to him the state and condition of the ventilation of the colliery ho represented . The following list was then given to the commissioner : —Westerton colliery , Mr It Hodg . son ; Washington do ., Mr . G . Muckelroy ; Castle Eden , do ., Mr . II . Fawcett ; Crow Treessdo
, Mr . Petev Lowevson , Oxclose ; Mr . Charles Swan ; Ouston , do ., Mr . J . Wheatly ; TVallsend do ., Mr . G . Soulsby ; "Wmgate Grange , do ., Mr 1 . Gair ; Cassop , do ., Mr . J . Maddison ; Trimden Grange , do ., Mr . II . Garthwait ; Crook Hall , Ludivorth , and South Wingate , wore represeutedby Mr . Fawcett ; Seasan Curn and North Hetton bv letter , through M . Jude . y Tho commissioner then proceeded to call upon each deputy , who gave a detailed account of their respective collieries , and which occupied vour deputation near four hours , the length of which necessarily precludes them being given in this report , suffice - it to state that when this part of the business was concluded , the deputation entered
move minutely into the specific requests made in cue letter to the commissioner , and to tho allegation relative to the best pits being selected by the viewers . With respect to the latter , the commissioner explained that what appeared to us . is the work of the viewers , had really and entirely emanated from him , and formed part of the system he had adopted to secure the objects of the inspection . First , he wanted a standard to test the inferior . ventilated collieries by , therefore ho besought the viewers to select for his inspection , first the best ventilated collieries , in order that heniHit fix such standard , and thus be enabled when inspecting the worst ventilated collieriesto ascertain how far
, I * * « , I ~ ™~ vw « vuitt 1 IV 1 I Jill they were below that standard . With respect to apprising the workmen of his intended Visit to any particular colliery , and that two of the said workmen should accompany him . the commissioner hesitated to entertain tho utility and feasibility of the plan , lest it should break up that Harmony of action which had obtained in this business ; the viewers had cordially given him liberty to visit the pits , and it was but by sufferance that he was allowed to do so , therefore ho would rather not press them for any further privileges , such as that which was enumerated in the request , for two miners to accompany him on his inspection of the ) ltS . ; ... . . .
The attontion of the commissioner was then drawn to the unfitnes of many of the officials in underground working , their offices being places of great trust , yet they were generally uneducated , and were sadly deficient of the nccessaay acquirements to fill such important offices , and upon the due understanding of which , their lives wore in a great measure depending . The numbGr of those omoials were in many cases too few , arid the workmen had to either work in danger or to perform the work of the deputies themselves . . There were also a want of timber , doors , and brattices , to support the roof , and to ensure a healthy ventilation of the working places , all of which bore hard upon the
Ihe commissioner stated that the particulars enumerated were comprised in his instructions , and would have his attention and the attention of the Government , and that any further information upon the subject of his mission , in addition to what Kffl'lZh ' r g f " * > « SS £ t he fed ueuved much pleasure from this meeting of the miners , and as the information conveyed was of that character which came under another part of his nffl *"" ' ^ ' t ° P » 'OP ^ distribution : of the a * nom ' tion gI ) laCC 3 ) ' * ™ «« ikM *»! uA
ihe above formed , among many other particulars , the leading feature of the conversation which took place upon the important subject of colliery ventilation . Tho deputation then begged leave to withdraw , thanking the commissioner for his attention winch compliment that gentleman returned , and thauitervicir was brought to a close . The deputation returned to their place of meeting , and took into consideration the best mode of extending the knowledge of this important subject among their brother miners and the public , it beiu « lamentable to atate , that only two or throe collieries had sent many report of the state of the ventilation m their respective pits ,-in addition to fhsao represented by tta deputation . It was therefore resolved that a report of these proceedings be made out , and that the same be printed for circulation among the collieries , with the two fold view of arousing them to a nioro active and energetic discharge of the
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m the parish of St . Anne , Westminster , at the Printing , omce , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , in the Cilj ofW ' istennrtcr . fortliePrspvietor . FEAKGUSO'CON . NOH Esq . M . l \ , and published by the said Willuu Rider , at tlie Office , in the same street wd jarish , —Saturday November 3 rd . 1849 .
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_! THE NORTHERN STAR November 3 , 1849 .
P Intcd By William Wdbr. Of No. 5. Mactlesfiew-Street,
P intcd by WILLIAM WDBR . of No . 5 . MactlesfieW-street ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 3, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1546/page/8/
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