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3 IE . JOKES / LECTURE AT -DEB-B 1 .. The following letter from Mr . Ernest Jones lias appeared in the Derby Reporter , of the 4 th instant , in repl y to strictures on a lecture delivered by 3 Jr . Jones in Derby . .. TO TUB EDITOR O P T HE B E P O RT E R A ND CHKOXICLE . Sib , —A friend has forwarded me a copy of the Derby Reporter , of the 6 ih of September , containing an article signed "A Working Man , " purporting to Ire a stricture oa a lecture" delivered by me in Derby . J '
I cannot but express my surprise that the so called M « orbing Man" should have waited until I was absent to make his attack , and never hare forwarded me a copy of the paper , —if my facts and figures ^¦ ere , as lie says , so very " astounding , " seisin ? that every one -was invited by both the chairman and Bijsclf to mount the plaiYorm , and state all objections they might have to make against anything-1 lad advanced . " . . . . I Save great doubts as to your anonyinous . correspondentbeing a " working ' man , " for I . believe a working man would have had more sense than to have advanced such arguments as are propounded in Ms letter and move candora than to \ iave uttered falsehoodswhichif he was " an . attentive
lis-, , tener , " as he says , must be premeditated and inter .- ; tional . I challenge the " Working Man to throw on the mask . Perhaps we shall find him prove to Le some broken-down manu facturer , wlio vainly endeavoured to prop his ruinous speculations by cutting down the wages of his factory slaves . But ¦ whoever he may he , and though he may have thought that , in the hurry of a political tour , I sliouid not iiave found tiiae to answer his tirade , 1 beg to trespass on your columns for a brief space , and to assure your correspondent that , ere loss , I shall be again in Derby , and hope , on that occasion be wili have the courage tpniount the platform , instead of publishing falsehoods anonymously when T have left the town .
In reference to what falte personally from the pen of jour correspondent , it may be disposed of briefly under two categories : firstly , ' falsehood ; secondly , V- « nie assertion . He adduces a number of figures , endeavouring to invalidate certain arguments I derived from our increasing poor-rate . I assened , that in the return for Laay ' Day , there bad been ah omission of 55 , 183 pauacrs , as " proved by tie " corrected return since published . Can he deny that ? I maintained that the iceie fact of a few names being plucked off the charity-dole of monopoly bv disease ( as in 1849 ) or
by stricter legislation , was no sure test as to the prosperity of a people . That the criterion was not merely Low many are relieved , but what is the condition of those who are ho ? relieved ? how are those cfi who still toil at starvation " wages f how is the ictrrior of the hovel , ths cellar , and the garret ? I maintained that misery might be spreading among shopkeepers and working men , tliougli the niggard door of the workhouse turned more slowly on its iisges . I assert that this is the case—that wages have fallen , and that misery has been increasing thrcujhont the country during the last fifty years . Caa he deny that ? He cces not even attempt ii .
I a-seried that the transient briskness in trade now existing , was merely owing to the disturbed state of ; he Continent , Where internal convulsions havt-j : ? . ralysed manufacturing industry , and afforded the tiiglisli manufacturer 5 the opportunity of supplying 'he void thus created , without the fear of coBGpettiou ; but that , as soon a ? the Continent beco : ; e ; settled , the old competitive system wili resume i : s course , which was suspended " by the revo- . lu :: ons of ' 4 ? , and that tbe English manufacturer can then keep open the markets " of the world only by underselling his foreign competitor . How he will be enabled to do this without driving down the wagrSofMs workmen lower than they have ever jelbcen , it behoves your correspondent to show . And I be ? hero to remind him that . " taxation-in
Er . pind is 35 s . per head ; on the Continent 9 s ., 7 s . ar ; a 5 s . ; in tha United Sf lies 5 s . ; that tbe power of machinery is being rapidly developed abroad ; that the necessaries ef life are infinitely cheaper than they are l : ere ; and 1 repeat the statement I made la Derby , that therefore as soon as the Continent becomes quiet , a fearful reaction must inevitably take place in the position of our working classes , r « nd inat wages must fall lower than they Lave ever yet been . Tour correspondent never tcucies on ibis—he evidently sees this—his letter convinces me that he doe&—he is preparing the pauiic Biind to submit to a reduction of wagesr-this is : Le entire drift of his argument , or rather of that of Ms friend , Mr . Mathetes .
In order to give a colouring to his attack , the fs ; vJo " Working Man " utters what he must know to be deliberate falsehoods : he represents me as bavin !! * aid " thatfree trade had produced pauperism and crime , " and " thatfree trade would produce dire rain to the country . " It is false ! I stated that free trade was a salutrry measure ; I exhorted the * r-eoale to resist every proposition that tended towards a restriction cf Us principles ; but I maintained that free trade could " hot uphold our sinking commerce , be cause free traces could net check the coinj entire industry of our continental rivals , — that oar commerce had hitherto been maintained only through a redaction of ' wages , and that a further reduction must he the result of increased coaipetinon on the Continent . Your correspondent says £ Oi a word in reply to this , bur meets it with the argument of a coward—falsehood .
"vvi ' . ra I asenjjed mainly tije misery of tne country to , vras the monopoly of t--: e land ; jind here , again , your correspondent tries to slip over my arguments by another perversion of the truth , —permit me to obssrre , a wilful perrersica , for he says he was ar > " aiteniire listener . " He says , adverting to my ] ee : ure . "the land iaii-t be ' split up , I suppose , acecrdiGg to what he means , into so . many equal , par : ? , and all kinds of property must he equally divided . " : s ~ ow , I distinctly ' stated " that Ilelieved a > . iTA'd divuiovi of the soil of any country among tltc peni . h : to be fripraclicalk , asd , lf practicable , I leliei-.-. l it woald never be benff . do . l , for I considered it nee-is-xrij -for the well-being of a'community that a large portion of the . populalion should be employed in trek , commerce , manufactures , arts , science , and
literaivrc . " These were my exact "words , and they jnu-: be in xae recollection of all-ray hearers . ' He observes , "If vreall started fairly , to-morrow , the in'iiistncus , active , and enterprising men would go a-LeaJ of zhe idle , ignorant , and improvident ; and we slicald soon come to the point again of ' too few capitalists , and too mauy labourers / "" I don ' t know what , he mems by " ~ tiar : ing fairly ; " but I do know , that under the system As upholds , it is the "idie and ignorant" wlo " go a-liead" of the " eaterpKsiag asd the active ; " it is the hereditary landlord ¦ arho goe 3 a-head of the active , enterprising , and irdustrious labourer ' ; it is the monied capitalist who , lounging on his sofa , speculates on panic , and turns starvation into gold ' , — - who revels , listlessly on the blood and sweat of millions , —it is this ms 2 , 1 say , who '• goos a-tead" of the poor operative wiii his 7 s ., 6 s ., and os . a week , with his day
of wesry toil , his life of hopeless misery , his old age of worShouse degradatios , aud Ms burial by pauper charity ; it is uniier his system , not that , as lie says , ' " 'one man fructifies the labour of a thbur sai £ ; ' out that a thousand fructify the idleness of one . ' It is under , the system your correspondent uphold ? , that the small shop-keeper is being devor . rt-i by the wholesale dealer , ruined by poor ' s rat * , and crushed by the competition of the longest ¦ pun ? : tbe sn-ail farmer and the small tradesman are disappearing more rapidly every year , and the centralisation of wealth is leaving but two classes in the country—the immensely-rick aud the miserably poor . It is tne monopoly of the land which bars the- er . lr pathway of safety and progression ; to this , and i : ot to free trade I principally ascribed our social eviis . How is it that your correspondent says noihias oa this head ?
1 sho-. Ted , from government returns , that there are devtn acrea of productive land for every family in the Uaited Kingdom , reckoning five to a family , and tbc-itce argued 1 tliat the soil of the country was adequate to the support of the population—that the small farm system might be- beneficially applied , — tbst its tendency would he to raise the wages of the mechanical operative by relieving the artificial labour market of its competitive surplus , —that our poor law , criminal , and sanitary expenditure would thereby be lessened , and home trade be created ; for home trade depends almost entirely on the prosperity of the working classes , and it will be evident that " these , and these only , are the means by which sucli j rosperity can be established and maintained . It is tbas ihat tbe shopkeeper and the working man ¦ would be snatched from the iawa of ruin , and the
downward tendency of our social system experience a salutary reaction . Can your correspondent deny this - "Wiil he tell me -why the people should starve , when there are eleven aeres of good land for every family ? Or -will be deny the " premises ? If so , I ebnUezge him to the proof ; It is to these points your correspondent should have directed his attention : the necessary declension of our forei | pi _ coinmerce by foreign competition ; the inability to uphold our manufacturing supremacy , except by a further reduction - of wages ; ' the absolute ruin ¦ whicli suck a reduction must occasion ; and , on the other band , the great remedial measure , the placing tbe prople on the' land , which affords' adequate meats for national prosperity , and the only gu ' a rantee for its continuance . \ Kot one word has the " Working Man" said on aH ' thesepoinfs ! '] ' .
I now proceed to analyse the"lucubrafioas of that pro f ound ressoner and philanthropic Cluls . tuin , who Teioicea in the came of Mathetes ; and wao w so largel y quoted by your correspondent-and to judge of tbe ' sack by the sample , Ifi j id bun endeavounug to es'almsU tbe face thar frie interests ofthela-Lourer and the capitalist in " . this country cannot , be . oppo-eii to each other because ftere is no dennrte line of demarcation betwcen ; . ricfi and poor . He xeasoasthus : — = "" , ' ' ' . ' , "' ' ,- ¦ •; n , Yoa cannot fix upon ' any limit ; and say , above it all . are rich , below it aU are poor ; for if 50 U fixed upon any such limit , the pc-ssesnOT < rf a halfpenny TFoaiamaue the diffo-
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renco . bft-. voen a rich man and a poor -man .. ; What be _ com .,, tlivnl of the assertion , ' that the r * , ^™™ , polvof |* wev , keep the poor , poor ? ^ "S' ^^ irt , Wikevlr nilount you f a « Pjn « ^ ff « ^ ft there areujany so »« " ££ «*^ Z & other , sixptnce v . « l « 1 » ove ^?^ the ° re there is no distinction , There can be no opposition ^ r |^ thepoorby abroad ana if «« «««*«« SS £ * th | rJ ^ nion . that one class and-taiiassaWe l » F »»^ ^ j , vague declamation , lives hy the ° PP ^ ° ? , ^ ' isso ii . fiuitesimal from the When ttep' ^™? S « W nUidmumof preperty , ^ d fl . ^ oiSn « t up ^ vds and dowmvnrds , . through the dilS offhe gradation so incessant , it is impossible whole series oi iu- » antssonism in a community , as of ^ X T £ ttrtVp » r < an fie the cause of the ™ £ m $£ Te rkli : orthe richbe the causeof the poverty of tU pcof . ' . - -., ' , ' ' . ...... ask the
Wl'at is the cause , then ? I would simply writer this question : if he lays a hundred pounds weisht on the shoulders of another , does he lessen the pressure by adding fifty or sixty ounces underneath ? . ¦ . ¦ .. The writer then goes on to inveigh against an compulsory rise in the rate of wages , by combination , strike , or other means . Granting that strikes are a costly remedy—that they oppose a greater evil by a lesser one , why does the writer , who mvein ' ns against a compulsory rise , not inveigh as well agamst a compulsory fall ? As it ia , tne capitalist commands a competitive : labour surplus l . v drawing the population from their natural labeur field , tho lHnd , into the factory districts , and there again he throws fresh myriads out of . work , bj the o'Svelopaient of machinery . Capital enableB him exelusivelv to wield mechanical power ; and , surrounded bv iris rattling armour of machinery , he turns upon his victims , and says :- " the monopoly of the land forces you to rush as beggars to my factorv-door , —my machine power enab es me to do
without vour labour , —I am growing ncn , out l am noi satisfied , I will be richer still , —I will curtail vour wasres , and pocket the difference , —you can ' t refuse , ( according to Mathetes' own words ) ' it is better to work for a little , than to have no work at all , '—for you have no alternative but starvation , since I monopolise machinery , and my brothermonopolist mouopolises the land . If you grumble , there ' s the jail ; if . you resist , there ' s the bayonet . The writer , however , not content with the height he has already reached , actually caps it with the following climax :
The capitalists and tbe accumulators of property , are not onlv innocent of any oppression of the poor , of being in aur respect or degree the cause of their poverty , they are , in ' truth , tkeir best benefactors . They absolutely become rich bv benefiting thani , by supplying them with all that they want on the best and cheapest terms . The prosperous manufacturer , is he , who by attention , skill , and indti'liT , tunia out the best ana cheapest good ; , who makes the cheapest calico for the labourer ' s shirt or his wife ' s jown . ; ¦ . . Unfortunately for his argument , the cheapness of tho calico is based on the cheapness of wages—and little is the use of hats , gowns , shirts , and coats beinar cheap * ( cheapened for p . foreign market , ) if the labour of ihe workman is cheapened in a still greater ratio—acd the cheaper the goods that he requires are , the less able is he to satisfy that requirement . It is , therefore , we see the hatter hatless , the shoemaker shoeless , nnd the labourer foodless .
" The benefits of capital" says Mathetes , " may be made still more evident In ancient times when wheat was ground into flour by handniills , it was the constant work of one man in six to grind flour for the sis . Consequently one-sixth of the food was consumed in the grinding . " " The food was consumed ia the grinding . " That is , tho labourer received his hire—he had a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work—the producer of wealth did not starve himself . But now , according to his own words : Xow , six men in a steam flour-mill v . -ill grind food for sixty thousand , so that only a teu-thousandth part is nowconsumed for the grinding . The meaning of which is this : the power of machinery is monopolised by the capitalist , aud made to act as the oppressor of labour , instead of its assistant—few men now live by the production of that wealtb which formerly afforded employment and maintenance for many .
The monopoly of machinery is as great an evil aa the monolopy o ' f land : these are the two great crying injuries against which the working man has t < contend . The two great sources of wealth , land and machinery , are in the exclusive possession of a few landed and monied . capitalists , and they dam up the stream as soon as it would flow over their own boundaries . Truly may Mahetes-say ; " capital is the reservoir of labour . " The capitalist , depending on foreign , markets , is independent of the reaction low wages have on
home trade—and , therefore , tho shopkeeper may be ruined and the working man may die , as long as the capatalist can extend his manufactures and secure his DroSts . To increase these profits , tbe writer next endeavours to blind , his readers as to the source whence they are mainly derived ; for , he argues , ali that limits the profits of capital , tends to a decrease in the demand for labour . Supposing this ( though no assertion can , by itself , be more illogical ) where capital draus its profits out of decrease in wages , as under our present system , it is clear that the increase of labour cannot benefit the
working class as a whole , since , in the same ratio in which labour increases , wages fall . . This is exactly the ease in England : from trying to force an artificial market against foreign co-rfpetition , the English manufacturer is obliged to sell at a cheaper rate , in order to realise the same annual proflthe is obliged to manufacture so much more than he did before at the higher price , nhd to lower tbe wages of his workmen , which he does , as experience proves , in a still greater proportion . Here is the secret of our misery , disease , and crime . The existence of this misery and evil your correspondent never attempts to deny ; but in his attempted explanation of its cause he observes . — There is no mystery about the matter , it is simply this : Viat labour increases fastir titan capita '; that , ic £ a certain time , a thousand : working men are produced , but only capital sufficient to employ fcight hundred .
How does your correspondent make this out ? Within ten years the revenue from the land has increased byfourteen million pounds sterling per annum ; tbe number of agricultural labourers has decreased siuce 1811 by 300 , 000—capital kasincrzased faster than labour , yet the wages of the agricultural labourers since 1 S 07 Iiave fallen from 15 s . per week , and advantages rendering them equivalent to 25 s . per week , down to 8 s ., while cottage rent has doubled within the same period . To advert to our manufactures : the personal wealth of the country has doubled within the last thirty years—the population takes fifty years to double its numbers—here again capital ' has
increasedfaster than labour , and yet the wages of the workmen have fallen in the same period by threefourths of their amount ! How does your correspondent reconcile this with the wild assertions of his friend ? And this is without reckoning the undeveloped capital—the twenty-eight million acres of uncultivated bind—the twenty-seven millions of that which is cultivated , consisting in wood and pasturage—nay ! without reckoning the loss occasioned by unwilling idleness—for increased labour power gives increased production , and thua increases capital , where , as in our country , the raw material of wealtb , the soil , lies half neglected , and all monopolised !
Jfow , sir , admitting , as he does , the existing misery of the people , what is tho remedy your coi > respondent , through his friend , suggests ? According to him , no blame is due to the capitalist- —it is all the fault of the working man . But your correspondent has a sovereign panacea for all our evils : The capitalist or manufacturer is not at fault -, surely , it is through no oppression of Ms ; it is through no tyranny of capital , that the working man' marries early , that his powers are vigorous , that his wife is prolific , that his children arfi numerous , stout and healthy , that they all growup to men and women , that they have to work for a living , and that it is better to work for a little than to have no work at all ? When men and women will not deny themselves pleasure for the sake of their own offspring , when no considerations of prudence restrain the passions , there is neither sense nor justice in layiug the consequences of such selfieh indulgence upon other men . —He has had the pleasure of getting children , it is nothing but fair that upon himself and wife should fall the more unpleasant task of keeping them . : ;
I blush for human nature in reading that gross and bestial paragraph . It speaks for itself . It is tbe language of Satan marking the misery he has created ! I can easily believe it is not owing to the capitalist that the poor man ' s child grows up " stout and healthy "—alas ! it i 3 owing to the capitalist that he lives a withered wreck , and dies an early victim . ' Read" the statement of Doctor Guy , ; of . King ' s College , London , of the average longevity of the working classes in those towns where the capitalists hold their courts : —In Leeds it is nineteen years , in Preston eighteen , in Balton eighteen , in Manchester seventeen , in T , hn < Jon seventeen , in Liverpool 15 ! while one out
of every three-and-balf deaths over fifteen years of age among the working classes is due to consumption !—Celibacy is the remedy of your correspondent—of course he is a bachelor himaelf . What ? Is marriase " selfish indtdgenee " for the poor and not for the rich ? Is the rich , man ' s daughter born with a golden wedding-ring on her finaer , and the poor man ' s child with the brand of barrenness ? Are the rules of nature a nullity , and the dictates of God a crime ? Is the Bible a dead letter ? and the command of the Creator to our first parents but a mockery and a snare ? Are the people to livean celibacy , in order that the rich inav riot in lust ?
The question is not , as your correspondent states , whether the workingman shall force others to keep h : s family , ' but whether others shall be permitted to ' prevent him from keeping that fainilv himself . This is just what our social system doe ' s , by" the monopoly of land arid machinery ,- keeping' a competitive labour surplus , a host of unwillin « idlers ! and reducing wage ^ to starvatiou-pQinj ; t 0 swell tte profits of a few capitalists . ,: . : _ Now then , sir , I place ray plan-in opposition to Ins : he says-though your wages may * be' lowered , dont combine to raise them—if you can ' live on the wages we ch ^ c- ae . tp pa jr ' <} oij '{ HJarryt
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don't have children-ypu , the millions , JjrgJ g So ^ S ^ SpAil ^ tivate no ;> meStie -g ^^ S ^ fS g ^ i S ^ s » E ^ st \^ ^} m& nvm-be a libel on the law of God—that we , the few'Sy haveour profits , and revel in our lustful pXdSf But I say : " Be fruitfuland mdtiply f where God created mouths , be has created food to feed them : According to Mathetes plan the people would decay—according . to mine they would-regenerate—by his the land would gradually sink into a frowning desert , peopled' by a few emaciated slaves , ' and echoing merely with the whirl of machinery—by mine it would be turned to a
smiling garden , decked with gay cottages , adorned with waving fields , and ringing with the song of labour and the laugh of childhood—according to his plan , commerce itself must languish anil expire—according to mine home trade would flourish , and our ports still open to the produce of the world . Let the people choose between the two . And now a word for you , Mr . Mathetes ! I believe in the Gospel—you don ' t ; I anva Christian—you are an Infidel ! You wish to destroy the happiness of man—I try to restore it . I have proved that there is plenty in the land for all , were it fairly administered—you have , not denied it—you cannot ; —you have , like all your order , tried to blind your readers by sophistry , and to silence your opponents by falsehood and calumny ;—you can't silence me . You shall always find mo ready to . meet you and all j » ur class , with the press , the pen , and the . platform ,, or in any other way that circumstances may ¦
require . . : Mr . Editor , I conclude by informing your correspondent that I . shall be most happy at any time to meet him or his allies in that same Hall in Derby , in which he states he was " an attentive listener , " but proves himself to have been a false reporter . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , Ernest Jones .
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THE MINERS OF THE NORTH .
TO-THB EDITOR " OF THE NORTHER !? STAR . Sir , —The coal owners are , it appears , juat beginning to awaken from their long and undisturbed repose , in respect , to the numerous accidents which so frequently occurin their collieries . Up to the present time , whatever the nature of those accidents might be , seemed not to affect them in the least , they reiied upon the-select machinery of a coroner ' s inquest , to settle all by the stereotyped verdict of " accidental death ;¦ ' and now that the Miners' Inspection Bill has become law , they are taken by surprise , when told thut they are sub ject to a penalty if they neglect to apprise the Secretary of State that an accident had occurred at
their collieries . This mode of reasoning will be apparent , when it is announced that at tun inquest-hold lately at Norwood Colliery , near Ifewcastle-upon-Tyne , the master had never so much as thought of writing to Sir George Grey in accordance with , the act that an accident had occurred . Oh , no ! he was in happy ignorance of his ' duty , and thus exposed the owners to the penalty of noUess than £ 10 , nor more than £ 20 , as . ' specified by the . fifth clause in the act . Again , ¦» Mr . Knowle 3 was brought up by the . coroner in respect to an accident in his pit , and of which he had also neglected to forward an account to the Secretary of : State . . ' He-also- professed his ignorance of the provisions of the bill , although he attempted to cover any intended negligence , by averring that he was quite in favour of-the bill passing , < tc . ' . .
Yes , no doubt those gentlemen speak the truth when they state that they were ignorant of the provisions ' of the bill ; most likely . they understood tbe bill would be nothing but a bill . gand tliaiit would remain n . dead letter on the statute book . Confiding souls ! they expected , I dare say , the coroner ' s court would hide all as heretofore ; therefore they express great surprise , when told they have laid themselves / open to a penalty for non-observance of the conditions of . the bill in question . But the above are not the worst features of the case . There is a colliery also near this town where a ppor ~ collier got burct so badly that a fewdays of pain and sufl ' ering terminated his existence . Yet not only was the requisite notice to the Seoretary of State neglected , but even the coroner's inquest dispensed with ; and thus the questionable verdict of a coroner's inquest was l'efused , and tho cause of death never inquired into ,
All these instances : goes to show the utility and necessity for the bill , for if they put in the plea of ignorance this time , they cannoc always benefit by such plea . With respect to no inquest being held on the poor man who was burnt , there cannot be any justifiable reason assigned for that neglect , seeing it is an imperative duty of long standing for all such cases to be investigated , andj" however the other cases of neglect may be disposed . of , that of not subjecting th ~ e cause of Mr . Blackburn ' s death to the scrutiny of ths coroner ' s court must not be overlooked . ' The great anxiety necessarily manifested by the coliiers for the practicable exemplification of the bill , -which has been passed to afford them relief from the ' wanifold evils of badly ventilated mines , wiil be fully borne out by the following letter , which , along with many . of a similar character } are daily being sent me , but which are too numerous to publish : — . v .
Crow Trees CMliery . Burhnin , September 80 th . Deas Sir , —I am authorised by the workmen ot the colliery , to request you to . write to the inspectors , who : may hare been appointed under the recent bill for the mines of this country , and to inform thetu that this colliery is . most deplorable state , in regard to the ventilation , which is ruining ; the men ' s health daily , and the masters are making no preparations to remove the evil . Hoping you will let us know how you have proceeded , and what likelihood there is of this monstrous system being altered , so that we may not be hurried to a premature grave , which must be our lot , if no alteration takes place in this colliery . Yours , &c ., ToiLJude . B . W . I forward you the writer ' s name , but , for obvious reasons , dare not make it known .
Thus are tne miners exposed to the certainty of ruined health and loss of life through the cupidity of their employers , and the tardiness of the government , in ' carrying out the provision of the bill , by not appointing inspectors in 3 tanter . However , it is to be expected that : no . further , delay will take place in the appointment of the necessary number of inspectors , so that the miners may have the full becefit of the measure as speedily as possible , inasmuch as delay in such a case means death to them . It is with pleasure I forward , also , an account of the manner vrith which the workmen of . Unsworth Colliery treated the absence of inspectors , < Ssc . The pit having . fired , and burnt five persons , some of them very badly , the workmeu became alarmed , and resolved , to'a ' man , not to work another day
till an examination of the pit was made . Accordingly , the master complied therewith , and the result was , that the place where the fire originated was condemned , the men detenninately avowing that they would not work in that way any longer . Their unanimity secured the respect of their employer , for he at once feli into their view of the case , and "r anted their request . Thus we have the results of the union of sentiment ar . d tbe harmony of action among the men of that colliery , and similar , results would no doubt follow , if the miners would but let those examples instruct them . It is a sad alternative to recommend , but where life is at stake what man , and who values property , the well-being of himself and family , would hesitate how to act under such circumstances ? But it is onl y bv the whole
number of workmen in a colliery , so acting , that good can be done , as the following wiil show . At Heaton Colliery a fire occurred a few days ago , and , although but little damage was done , and only one man slightly burnt , yet the whole body of workmen became alarmed , and justly so , for the pit is literally full of inflammable ga 3 , and but for a fortunate circumstance ( the fire having , as it ia termed , "knocked" itself out , ) two hundred men and boys would have perished on that ocoasion . The major portion have , however , returned to their work ; yet , there are some who have not done so ; but being few in number their secession is not heeded , and the pit ; is at work every day , except when the presence of gas is so abundanc as to alarm them afresh , which is not unfrequGntly the case . Here
then we have a pit so highly charged with this inflammiiblo' mixture that the workmen are in con < tinual danger of being blown . up , and no one dares to' interfere . There is no authorised . person to step in and proclaim the pit as being unfit for men to venture into . The sooner we . have the Inspector the better for the miners ; for , by the provisions of the "Alinerb * Inspection Bill" such pits would meet that doom to which they are justly entitled . Intending to register all a ' uch cases that come' to hand , I would entreat of the miners , either to communicate wjta your Journal direct , or to forward , if more convenient , such reports to mo , taking care to send nothing but what is actually true , and to give their names as a guarantee for tho authenticity of . the samo . Yours , &ts ., ¦ : ¦ ¦ M . Jude .
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A Survivor fhouihe Royal George . —The Gloucester Journal records the death of James Ingram who was a native of the county , and had for . a long period kept a roadside . public house , called the Fox , en the top of Woodford-hill , about midway between Gloucester and Bristol . ¦ . He entered the navy at an early age , and vras ; on board , the Royal George Of 103 guns , when she . sunk- off' Spithead , in the ! summerofl 732 . About 300 bravo fellows were saved among whom was Ingram , who had been on board * the ill-fated vessel from tuo time of her being put nto commission .
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ALLEGED BRUTAL VIOLENCE OF POLICEMEN . . ¦ ,--. On Thursday afternoon Mr . II . ' M . Wakley held a lengthened inquiry at the Rising Sun , High-street , Marylebone , touching the death of James . Geary , aged 28 , a plasterer , residing at . Np . 5 ,. Conwayoourfc ; who was alleged to have died from blows inflicted by two sergeants of the police force-Catherine Donoghue said she was a Bister of the deceased , who was a . married man , and enjoyed , an excellent state of health up to the evening of the 18 th of'August : last . ¦ ¦ On the following morning ( Sunday ) , between twelve and one o clock , witness saw the deceased lying on his back-on the
pavement near the Angel public-house ,. ; corner ol Marylebone-lane and High-street , and Sergeant Bushell , No . 9 ' D , was over him . with his left hand in his neckerchief , and kneeling- on-the deceased ' s chest ; The ¦ "deceased inan called out tor God's sakejiot to . strangle him , aud lie-would walk quietly if they would allow him to get up . Witness went up and begged of the sergeant and anotner constable ; who had hold of deceased , not to use him so cruelly . Shortly after the deceased was dragged up'from the ground , but he had not gone many yards when Sergeant Bushell , who is a . tall stout man , dashed the deceased violently against some area railings , ancd struck him over the arms and lees with his stave . Deceased did not " offer the
least resistance to the police , and walked quietly along ; the sergeant and the other constable , who had hold of him , continued to strike and punch the deceased with their staves as they proceeded towards the station house . Al . crowd ' was collected , who cried shame on the officers ! arid told them not to uae him so brutally , but they did libt molest them in the slightest manner . Deceased was quite sober when the police had bold of him ' , arid on ' recognising witness he begged of her not to interfere , as they would serve her in the same way ; Deceased was bailed , out on the Sundajvahd on his . return home he complained of violent pains all over his bodv ,
from the illusag * he had received , and took to pis bed , and he was unable to go to his work for nearly three weeks , when feeling better ' 'he resumed his employment for about ten days , when ho became so bad that he again took to his bed . Mr . O'Flaherty , surgeon , attended him until his death , which took " place on the previous Thursday . —The widow of the deceased corroborated the previous witness . Mr . T , O'Flaherty , surgeon , ' depoaed that deceased had died from pleiiritis , which might have arisen from violence , or from a cold . —The inquiry , which had lasted four hours , was eventually adjourned to procure the proper identity of the two police constables .
' - On Friday the inquest was again resumed and after receiving some further , evidence , the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter ; against Nathaniel Eaton Bushell , " and the jury expressed regret that witnesses had not come forward who could identify tho other constable engaged iti the outrage . Thecoronor issued his warrant , and the accused was conveyed to Newgate .
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_ __ ¦ WRECK OF TIIE SUPERB . VERDICT OF TIIE JURY . The jury met on Thursday ; several witnesses were examined , and the jury having deliberated , returned the following verdict : —" That . . Isaac Gossett and his wife wero drowned in consequence of the wreck of the Superb on the 24 th ultimo . That the wreck of the Superb was the . result " of culpable imprudence ou the part of Captain Priaulx in taking the Superb in a dangerous place , without knowledge of its ordinary course . That John Fleming , the . mate , is . guilty of impru . denco , in attempting to take the said vessel on that course . "
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SOtFTHWARK . '— More ToticE ^ BiALiTt ^ Cornelius Boweri , ; a ; respectable ' , looking middle aged man ' , was brpughtbefore Mr . A'Beckett on the following charges : —Policeman Gingle , 109 M , stated that while ¦ on duty at tho eorner . of Fishmonger-alley , High-street , at half-past one , o ' clock in the morning , he saw the defendant , standing , ' at a coffee-stall , with several women . They were talking and making a noise , and he desired the defenV dant to move on ; when he' refused , and threatened to throw some coffeo ' .-at him' if he meddled with him . He ( the policeman ) then ; went towards ' the defendant , who seized ' him by' thecollar , tore his
coat , and' in thestrugelo they both feir to the ground r'b ' u ' t he succeeded in taking his assailant to the station-house . The defendant contradicted ; , ihe policeman ' sstatement , and called forward two witnesses W his behalf , who gave a very .-different version of the transaction to that alleged against him . One of the witnesses , Robert Martin , stated that he is ' ari engineer , in tho employ , of Messrs . Barclay ari'd Perkins , and that he" is a perfect stranger to all the parties ; That ho happened to be near the spot at the time , and saw the defendant taking a cup of coffee at the stall , " , and heard him talking to ' . some other man , but noi in the mariner to disturb , the neighbours . That he ( ivitness ) then observed the policeman come up and order the
defendant to go on , who at the moment was drinking the coffee ; and the latter made a . reply , that he was disturbing no person and that he did not see why lie should be interfered with . ' He ( the defendant ) then placed his empty coffee cup on the stall , when the-policeman , without uttering another word , rushed at the man ' arid knocked him down on his back , an'd a bottle being in his coat pocket it was smashed , and it was only surprising he was not seriously injured . The witness added that the conduct of the policeman throughout was scandalous , and that the defendant committed no offence to justify such , brutality as that which was inflicted upon him . —In reply'to Mr . A'Beckett , the witness said it was untrue of the policeman to- assert that there were a number of women on the spot at the
time , there being only two females present ; that the defendant might have been talking rather ' loud , but not at all in a tone to disturb the inhabitants . He ( witness ) distinctly saw the policeman rush at the raan , and knock him down in the way described . Another witness confirmed this evidence ' . —Mr . A'Beckltt said that if was necessary that policemen should be protected in the execution of theirduty . In this particular-case , however , it appeared that there were ho just grounds for the policeman ' s interference with : the defendant while drinking his coffee , and that instead of the latter coniihitting the first assault ; 'it was proved by two competent witnesses the . policeman was the aggressor ; that the public must also , be protected from such conduct as that described , and therefore , under the circumstances , he should discharge the defendant .
BOW-STREET . —EHBEZZLEHEKT .-Samuel Simpson , a young man in the employ of Messrs . Schoolbrod ' and Co ., linendrapei 3 , ' of Tottenham-courtroad , was charged with embezzling the surii of 20 a . —Mrs . Harriet Kerchid deposed that on Saturday last she went to Messrs . Schoolbred to purchase various articles , and the prisoner was the young man who served her . . The bill came to £ 1 Cs . 4 < 1 ., an invoice of which the prisoner gave her . —Arthur Benman , cashier ,. stated that it was the prisoner ' s duty to bring at otice all " monies which might be paid him , anil at the same time a copy , of the invoice given to the customer . Upon the first witness leaving the shop on Saturday afternoon last the . prisoner brought , witness . 6 s . 4 d ., pretending that that was the amount he had just . ' taken . His invoice was also for Qs . 4—Mr . Bowen , chief clerk in the firm , ' gave the prisoner into custody . —He was committed to take his' trial .
Suspected RoBBEur . —John Collins , a carman in the service of Mr . William Bloomfield , carrier , carrying on business at the King ' s Arms-yard , Snow-hill , was charged on suspicion with being . concerned with others not yet in custody iu stealing a truss-of cloth , value £ 150 , the property of his employer . —Mr . Bloomfield stated that' the prisoner had been in his emploj from-a very early age , and consequently ho was always looked upon as a trustworthy servant . On Friday " morning last a load of goods was committed to him for delivery , portions of which'consisted of trusses of cloth , to be left at the establishment of Messrs . Bull and Wilson , in St . Martin ' s-jane , and on his return he informed witness that the property in question had-been
stolen from the cart , which he had communicated to the police at the station of this court , upon which inquiry was made , arid it was found that the property missing consisted of three pieces of the best cloth , being the most valuable of the lot , and not being the foremost in the cart , it must have been picked-out from others-of-less value and less exposed , which induced him to give the prisoner in charge . Witness lost no time , but in the course cf the evening offered a reward of £ 20 for the recovery of the goods . —Joseph Turner said that he was . cleaning " the windows of his employer , Mr . Bailey , 13 , Lincoln-inri-fields , on Friday last , when he saw a cart standing in the carriage way at the
east side of the square , apparently about to start for the City , when a cab nrove up ' aioagside , and a man lifted a heavy parcel from the cart into it , aud having got up beside the driver , they went oft ' at a quick rate . After a few minutes the cart moved on , and'ho heard nothing more of tlie matter , until he hoard thac handbills " were circulated in the neighbourhood of ¦ Drury-Jane offering the reward spoken to by the last witness , which induced him to communicate what he had seen to Inspector Dodd ; He believed that the prisoner was tlieman who had charge-of-the ' cart when the occurrence took piaoe . —The prosecutor- informed the magistrate that when the last witness was in attendance on
Saturday-evening last at the station , he identified the prisoner from several others . —Mr . Gilham- ' submitted that'there-was-no •' proof of-the' prisoner having any guilty knowledge of the robbery , which was pevfeotiy cieiirfrom his having , without any loss of time , communicated with the police that a robberv had been committed , instead of having absconded , bad he been in collusion with the persons who had , unfortunately , been the cause of plaoing him in such difficulties . —Mr . Jardine considered that howeverlong the prisoner might have been in the service of the prosecutor , the charge against him was so full of siispicion , that there was no alternative but to remand him for a wGolc .
MANSION HOUSE . — "The Silent System" of Beggiso . —Jeremiah Smith , a man of colour , who has boon within the last three weeks besjnns in the most eloquent silence through the principal " streets ahout the Bank , was brought before . A . ldevm&n Gibbs for having resblutely " pursued his vocation notwithstanding the numerous hints received by him from the police and others . It has been the defendant ' s plan to squeeze himself with the moat impressive humanity into some public corner , so that without obstructing the passage , of anyone , he and his distress were se ~ en by the crowd , and the first impulse a stranger would feel upon 'beholding such an object would be the offer of relief . Somo * - times his judgment directed him to the use of
language , and then he told his story with apparent frankness and honesty which seldom failed " to secure a hesitating victim . He has been in the habit of withdrawing " occasionally from the immediate scene of his profitable labours to the public-houses or beer-shops in the various thorouuhfares , aud there , smoking cigars , which it is said he greatly prefers to the old fashioned pipe of tobacco . When he was apprehended he had three shillings in pence , and sixpence in silver in his pocket , and in his hand a half consumed Havannah . —Alderman Gibbs : Now , you have . been spoken to fifty times about besgiug , and you can certainly get work in the docks . Defendant : The work is slack inthe docks ,
your honour , and I assure you I did not ask for a farthing of that money , people kindly nave it me . — Alderman Gibbs : Exactly so , and * while you get money in that way you will not work either in pr out of the docks . Some gentlemen in the justice room said they could not resist the temptation to give the defendant some coppers upon looking at the ' melancholy exhibition . —Alderman Gibbs said that the performance was no doubt perfect , and he was bound to prevent it from drawing for some time bv transferring . | t to Bridewell for the space of twentvonednys , and by ; directing that the uionev found upon his person should bo used towards his ' support during that time . '
Pavixg Rather Dearu- for a " Whistle . — John lvilly , about 12-years ' old , was charged with having broken open a-locker in the Clothes Market , in Outier-street , with intent to steal the contents . The prisoner had been " seen walking along with two " blinds , " ii ! black and white do ? and a cirl , both . of which he was ; in the habit of using in his trade of theft , in which , although so young , he had been very expert and successful . He carried a whistle , which he blew upon tho ' approach of danger , and the oall was-immediately answered by a rush from a crowd of . Petticoat-lane thieves , and generally by a rescue . The irl
ghas been tho immediate recipient of the " swag , " ; and the dog was stated to be the bitter enemy of tho police and others . who- are interested HUhe preservation of peace and the diminution of robbery . Upon the present occasion the prisoner wasdisappointed , and his whistle having been secured , he : was unable to summon his friends to the rescue . —Alderman Gibbs : Let him be taken down stairs and soundly flogged , so that ho may . remen > b ' er : the . 3 ny ; - Th ' e Prisoner : Oh dear , don ' t whip mejoand r ' il promise , to cut away from you altogether . —Alderman Gibba : No ; you must go away , taking with you a wholesome whipping . , .
Attempted Suicide .-A young man , who looked extremely ill , was brought , up ' charged with havin » taken essential oil of almonds , ' for the purpose o f destroying himself . It appeared , ' that"the defendant had , under the influence of drink , taken a dosd ot the poison , wbicb , was , however , taken from his stomach at Guy ' s' Hospital ; He said . h , <> was aorry
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for having , made the attempt ,-as . well as- for the abomiuabie cause of it . Remanded . •! , ;¦ Robbery . —Richard Shail , and Hannah Shail , his mother ; ¦ were ^ chavged , -, thu ;' -former-. with stealing , and-lbe latter with ^ receiving ,,. i quantity of silk cloths , jfcc , the property , of ; Mr . Ilewett , linen draper , in High Holborn . —The male prisoner had lived . in the prosecutor's service for ten years . On Tuesday be was . suspected of . appropriating some linen dusters and ! a piece of silk , and a detective officer being sent for , he was narrowly watched , lie left the shop in . the evening with a parcel under his arm , and . was , folio wed , by . Sergeant Thompson to Shadwell , where : he resided , and where the officer took him into custody with the . fti'tieles in his
possession . . Next ' morning the officer went , to the prisoner ' s house , at 25 , Spencer-street , and found a quantity of stock , since identified by . Mr . Hewett , which the prisoner ' s-mother said had been brought home : by : her . son . —Mr . Jardine remanded the prisoners , accepting bail for the mother . MANSION-HOUSE . —Eoebery . of Mr . Cureton . —fl . Denham ,. who was apprehended by Haydoa and Brett , in the Red . Lion public-hquse , * in Pearlrowj St . George's-fields , upon suspicion of having , in conjunction with twoothers , desperately assailed awLrobbed Mr . Cureton , of Aldersgate-street , wa 9 brought up . for ' further " . examination . Mr . Humphreys attended , for the prosecution , and Mr . IVontner-appeared for the . prisoner . The police-room
was crowded . Mr . Humphreys requested a further , remand of the prisoner , as he had so soma further information , which it would not then b 0 prudent to disclose . —Mr . Wontner could prove an alibi . , [ The prisoner . had been ill for some time , and the . imprisonment added , 'to his indisposition . — Alderman Gibbs : 1 shall remand the prisoner for a week ; and . let him be placed in the infirmarv ia which I have been given to understand he has ' been strictly attended to by the surgeon . —The prisoner was then taken down to the cell upon the ground floor , which he had scarcely reached when Haydon informed the Alderman that there vras a gentleman in the court who had been looking at the prisoner and at once identified him as one of a gang who had
endeavoured to chokehim with an instrument exactly like that . which was exhibited in the justice room on the last day's examination . —Alderman Gibbs immediately directed that the prisoner should be again put to the bar , and that the . new complainant should enter the witness box , and the alderman narrowly observed the countenance of the prisoner when informed that there was another accusation against him . —A gentleman ' who appeared to bo in great agitation then presented himself ; and , after aglas 3 of cold water was administered to him , said , " My name i 3 Thomas'Miller , and I am an . arc-ist colourman and paint manufacturer , at 5 o . 56 , Long-acre . It is now rather' bettor than a month ago to the best of my recollection ; since an attempt was made to rob me . One Friday evening I returned toward 3
my house from Chelsea , along the Kmg s-road . I arrived at St . James ' s Park as the clock struck twelve . I then made the best of my way from the park to Long-aero , where I have resided forty years , and a 31 was passing by Rose street , the entrance to which is a sort of oovered way , I was seized by three ox : four men . I saw an . instrument at the Bow-lane station house , having a life preserver at the top . It resembled a walking stick , and appeared to be made of a gut or something of a pliablo . description ; and with just such an instrument I was caught round the throat . "Alderman Gibbs : Did one of the men at the corner of Rose-street put the instrument round your neck ? Witness : Certainly ; and the compression was so great that a person under its operation would feel as if throttled immediatelv — Alderman Gibbs : Do not
say what would be the probable effect of the application of the instrument upon another person . Let us know merely what its effect was upon you . Witness : I had a sense of suffocation immediately , and I was ' thrown with violence on the kerbstone . One of my teeth was broken , and my chin was severely injured at the same time . —Alderman Gibbs : Look at the prisoner at the bar , and say whether you know anything about him . Witness : I have no hesitation in saying that the prisoner is one of those who attacked me . I have a recollection of the face from the strong reflection of the gas lamp upon it . My recollection wis so strong , that the moment I looked at him at the bar I wasalirost ready to sink , —The prisoner : Oh Lord , oh Lord ! How wicked . —
Alderman Gibbs : Do you apprehend that lie was the man who put the instrument round your neck . Witness : Ido . — Alderman Gibbs : Did you lose anything 1 Witness : J 7 o . My ' pockets wero ' tightly buttoned up . I struggled , and struck one of ray assailant ? , rind I think I must have marked his face with my knuckles . —Alderman Gibbs : IIow many were at jou to the best of your belief ? Witnnas : 1 believe there were three at me , anil that o . r . e vras on the lookoutt When I wasassnulted . it was a quartet past twelve to a moment . The prisoner : Ob , it ' s a cruel thing—a most cruel thing . 2 \" o sooner does one charge fail than another " wicked charge ia
brought on . Oh , I was not out of my bed at the cime he speaks ot ; I was seriously ill at the time , and I can prove it . —Witness : I ' wish to sec the prisoner with his hat on his head . The prisoner put on his hat . Witness ( having looked steadfastly at the prisoner : I cannot alter my opinion as to hia identity . The prisoner : It was only a few moments ago I had my solicitor here . Why was pot this charge brought forward in , his presence ? Oh , you may as well h ' aiig a dog as give him a bad name . I know nothing at all about these wicked charges . —Alderman Gibbs : The absence of your solicitor will not affect you at all . You stand remanded until the time I mentioned .
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From the Gazette of Friday , October 4 . BANKRUPTS . " ^ Thomas Fieldinjr , llhyl , Flintshire , hotel keeper—Thomas Horatio J alley , Pamngdon-sti-eet , Citv , fruit salesman—Georpe Little , Ilolboni bars , Citv , nnd-. Commercial-road Isew Feckham , electrical apparatus maker . BANKRUPTCIES . ANNULLED . Frederick Johnson , . Lincoln , watchmaker — William Johnson , West Drayton , former . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . ' William M'Kenzie , Ediuhurgh , cemeut manufacturer . From the Gazette of Tuesday , October Sth . BANKRUPT . William Grayson , Mortlako , Surrey , market gardener . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION . J . M'Larty , Loohranzi , innkeeper .
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CORN . Mauk-lase , Wednesday , Oct . S . —We had a large supply of English new wheat , which was taken off rather slowly r > y tho millers , at Friday ' s deduction of Is to 2 s per qr . The same decline took place on foreign wheat where saies could ha effecied . For flour there was Ie 3 s demand , and French marks were 2 a per sack cheaper . New malting barley is still scarce and wanted , and fine foreign , for distillers' use , sold pretty readily , but grinding sorts were duller sale . OW malt 13 very dull , and no new yet at taar - ket . Beans and peas wont , oft" very heavily at lower prices ; unless very fine . We had not so many foreign oats arrived , but a better supply from Ireland and coastwise . Our buyers in consequence held oft ; and the best qualities sold on rather lower terms . ltiomioN-D ( Ydukshike ) , October 5 . — We hnsi a fair sup-I > ly « f wheat this morning , but only thiu of oilier grain-Wheat sold from 4 s Gd to 6 s Ud ; outs 2 s -Id to Ss 4 d : barley bs Od to 4 s ; beans is lid to H !)
CATTLE . SaiiTHKEM ) , Monday , October 7 The receipt of beasts Irtish up from our own grazing districts were seasonably good ; but their general condition was by no me « us first rate . I he primest Scots and Southerns were in steady request at most full pi-ices ; but it must bo obtevved that , owing to the want of quality , the highest general figure for beef did not ixceert 3 s ll ) d perSlus . Inferior breeds met a slow sale , and to effect a clearance rather e .. siev rates were accepted by the salesmen . There was about the same number of sheep on offer as those exhibited on this day sc'nnight , which , if we deduct the foreign supplies , must be considered small . On the whole , the muttou . trade ruled steady , at the late improvement in value . The highest figure for the best old Downs was Is 2 d per Slbs . We had " a moderate inquiry for calves , at about stationary prices , The pork trade ruled steady , but we have no change to notice in tins currency . Beef , 2 s lid to 2 s 2 d ; mutton , 3 s Ud to is 2 d ; veal , 8 s Od to 3 s U'd ; pork , Ss ' . M to 4 s . 2 d . —Price per stone of Slbs , ( sinking tke offal . )
Newuate and Leapenhali , Monday , Oct . 7 . —Interior beef , 2 s Ud to 2 s 2 d ; middling , ditto , 2 s 4 d to 2 s . 6 d ; prime large , 2 s 8 d to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; larue pork . 3 s Od to 3 s 8 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 8 dto 3 s 2 d ; middling ditto , 3 s 4 d to 8 s Gd ; prime ditte-, 3 s 8 d to 3 s lOd ; veai , 2 s 10 . 1 to 3 s S ; small pork , 3 s 10 d to Is 4 d ; per jilbs . by the carcase .
WOOL . enr , Monday , Oct . 7 . —Tho imports of wool into London last week includedJG bales from Germany 2 S 0 from Algiers , 16 L from Mogadore , ' . ' 6 l from Bombay , 005 from laganrog , and G 13 from Alexandria . The * market is steady . ' - . ¦ . Livebpool . Oct . 5 . - Scotch . —There have been considerable amvals of all kinds of Scotch this week ; and , us niosi ot the manufacturers have a supply , the transactions for all kinds have been limited , at late rates . ioaoox—UK-re , continues a good trade demand foritll kmds , bj pnvate contract ., ivt fSll prices .
- . . . COTTON . nJt J ^! n ooUonat Liverpool on Saturday woro esti . mated at 7 , fl 80 bales of which 1 , 000 Americans wore taken on . speculation . The market was firm and closed at ' full pvics 3 . The sales comprised about 5 , 5 « 0 American , [ 200 leiT . amand Maranham at 8 Jd to lid , GOO Surat at 5 | d to Od , andSO Sea IslanJ at Is M to Is 3 d per lb .
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BIttTII . Mrs . Brockington , wife of Mr . Drockingtou , of Snwiugton-place , master tailor , of a sou , on Tuesday evening .
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"XTHAORDIMRT SEIZURE OF STOLEN PLATE AND JEWELLERY IN THE CITY . A very remarkable seizure of stolen property of the most valuable description has been effected on the promises of a gold nnrl silver refiner carrying on an extensive business in the heart of the City of London . Within the-past'few days , a robbery of plate to a very large amount from tho residence of a Roman Catholic clergyman named Richards , ol-Bootle , near Liverpool , has been reported to the authorities at Scotland-yard , and on Wednesday last three detective officers went to the extensive premises of Mr . Sirreli , of 53 and 54 Barbican . Upon entering the shop , Mr . Lund at once directed his brother officers to seize two large packages
which were lying upon tho counter , ana ac tne same moment addressing Mr . Sirreli , he inquired whether he had received a letter from Liverpool thut morning . Mr . Sirreli replied that he had , and . at once handed a letter over to Mr . Lund for his inspection . After glancing at it * contents , Mr . tund told Mr . Sirreli that it was his unpleasant duty to inform him that he musb consider , himself in custody on suspicion of receiving stolen goods . The two packages referred to were then opened , and the contents found to consist of the produce of two robberies recently effected , in the neighbourhood of Liverpool , one of them being that of Mr ; Richards . Mr . Lund , then proceeded to the Lothbury offices of the Electrin Tetaarnnh Comnanv . Arriving there he availed
himself of the information gained from the letter , and telegraphed to Mr . Dowling , the chief of the Liverpool police , requesting that he would immediately apprehend two persons , named Macdiiley and Maguiro , whose addresses and description were wiven . Within a short half hour telegraphic intel-Fiwence was received in London from Mr . Dowling , to the effect ' that Macauley and Maguire were in custody , and requesting that Mr . ' SirreJ might be sent down to Liverpool . Mr . Sirreli was accordingly sent down in custody on Wednesday night . Meantime-officers had been left in charge of hi * premises , arid a very superficial examination of the stoclc contained iu " the two houses , disclosed the
nefarious naturo of his dealings . An immense quantity of plate , bearing crests and cyphers , and evidently stolen property , was found , in various places , and no le&s than five crucibles were at work when the officers entered . The numberof watches discovered is almost incredible . Upwards of 300 of them have the cases torn off , and only the works are remaining . Mr . Sin-ell has boon . in business in the same shop for thirty-seven years . He is a widower , and has only one child , a daughter , aged about twenty years . His business w ^ s . carried on in a most liberal ¦ style , and ho always employed three shopmen . Tho prisoners wore brought up before the county magistrates at Liverpool on Thursday , and remanded until Tuesday next .
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.. The following-appeared in our second aud third editions of last week : — '¦ - ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ . TEE ^ NATIONAL CHARTER LEAGUE Als D THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . - ' TO TIIE EDlTOlt OP THE NORTHERS STAU . Sib , —In . the Star of the 28 th ult ., is a report of a discussion which took place at the Bricklayers Amis , T 6 nbridge-3 treet , ' upon the respective lines of policy laid down by the National Charter League and the National Charter Association . In that report it states , tnafc the whole of the gentlemen in the room , with the exception of . the three members of the League , were in favour of the policy laid down by tli . e old association . J ^ ow , such was not the fact , for Messrs . Hornby , Humphries , and' Tburston , agreed with ; the policy of the League , and stated , that they would have no objection to join with the Leagueproviding we , the members of that body ,
, made some alteration in the formation ' of thecoiinci ) , which we cannot do . The majority that opposed the League stated , that they never would belong to the old-association . Those three gentlemen said they , could not agree to the opposition of the middle class reformers ; in fact , all the members were in ; favour of some such policy as- laid down by * the League , for it appears that the members of the Spmers Town locality have been pursuin < r the same ; policy—namely , the formation of readWand discussion classes and libraries , and the only opponents' were Messrs . Brisck and Wheeler , who were not members of that body . The reportgoes on to say , that wo must have felt gratified at the
attention and forbearance displayed by our opponents ; we received that attention from our opponents which we had a right to expect from , all men , but more especially from those professing Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity . As to forbearance ,-what had they to forbear ? ¦ Had we been guilty of'any crime that we deserved any other treatment than tliat which " we reb ' eived ?• ' -We"should ' not have troubled you , sir , with the 3 e remarks , had the report been in . accordance with the sentiments expressedby those wh ' o ' took part in the discussion . Trusting , you will ' insert this in the forthcoming numberof the Star . . ' We remain , yours very obliged , ¦ ... William Alnutt , ¦ : ' Elijah Hobbs .
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Extensive Firr AT . 'SoninwARK . '—On Thursday night , shortly before ten o ' clock , afire , involving ; a serious destruction of property , broke out' ini the premises belonging to Messrs . W , w , nnd . Vi . Brooke , tallow- meltere arid chandlers , 1 , Southwark-bridge-road , nearly facing the Brigade engine station . The premises occupied nearly . halF an acre of ground , and comprised the molting houses , the making shops ' , spacious stores , filled . with dips , iujd . moulds of great value ; tho warehouses , ' , containir i '' a . large and miscellaneous stock ; arid ^ be storerooms for depositing casks of tallow in the raw . Although several ' engines were ; quickly in attendance and at work , tho ' firp extended to ttiQ flax warehouse of Mr . Ward , in Little Guildford-Sfcreet to one of Templer ' s Cottages , and to . the backs of several ., houses in 'Southwark-bridge-road . ; The whole of the manufacturing premises and stores are levelled with the ground . Fortunately tllO firm was insured in the Phwnix and . f 3 "jj fire , offices ,
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Printed By William Rider, Ofno. 5, Jlacclesfield-Street,
Printed by WILLIAM RIDER , ofNo . 5 , Jlacclesfield-street ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 12, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1595/page/8/
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