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<« rl > our , and the laying of the foundation stone o i ^ Wood Asylran for Mariners . Extensive prepayons of a most complete and admirable nature £ & been made , with the -new of imparting a fitting \ L * to tie celebration . The arrangements were . a conjointly o ? the magistrates of the bnrgn S the trustees of the late Sir Gabriel Wood . Fall Masonic honours attended the ceremonies in botij W Sir Michael Shaw Stewart , the Provincial £ iid Master . cresided , whUe , in the easeofthe comiuii ^^^^ m ^^^^ - * T
V , 4 J » ckimo of the magistrates ana , « iwepresentettyes of the community , * ere duly r £ > ised , and an important part assigned them in iSbnsiness , ifee relative provinces of the two bodies EL * adjjsteil in the most amicable manner . Ap-% nwiate addresses were delivered at the ceremonies , ^ a t' « e ceremonials of laying the last stone of the S ^ asd tba first of the Asylum will be long rejj > - « t * ik not only by those who took a part therefe Luc }> M 5 i 3 countless numbers who attended to -iWi Leni .
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SjikPcSato Cboa— iit far ^ ic-ri , lu aii direcjjjns , ars taking sdrsntsge of the present £ ne r&iher , to di ? out and secure their potato crop , £ ji : cb , < a funeral , is yielding far better than had tj ^ i anticipated . Kerry ,-and perhaps one or two other comities , form lamentab ' e exceptions ; but , tgjans oue district with another , the crop of the r > ieseiit year will be sufficient to supply the markets ^ moderate rates during the winter and Epring . The jjigit ceased altogether about the middle of Sepjgjifccr ; and , although the tubers are small in many gt&is where the growth had been stopped ,- the loss fjr disease does not , on the average , exceed a fourth , ^ d the produce of sound potatoes may be con-^ ercd abundant in some districts , and very sstis-* c t <« 7 in the aggregate .
f he Irish Roman Catholic Ustvebsitt . —The jjoinan Catholic prelates , forming the permanent gamnittefe to arrange the preliminaries for the erec-Ifm of a university in this country , held a meeting tn Yirarsday last , when committees and sub coni--Silees were appointed and secretaries were named . fis sub-ctimmittee , consisting of Archbishop Cul-^ a and several clergymen and laymen , are to sdfress circulars to all the clergy of the United Kingjam , soliciting donations and subscriptions , as well from themselves as from others through them ; and
tie same sub-committees are to prepare " an address to the several nations of Christendom calling on them to aid the present effort of the Catholics of Ireland . " It was also resolved that " a sufficient number of clergymen be appointed to make collections throughout the Catholic world . " A subscription list was opened at the meeting , when several fcishops . and archbishops liberall y subscribed . The total amount already subscribed is about £ 2 , 000 . ineluding £ 100 from Mr . Bianconi ( celebrated for his im provements in travelling by cars throughout the country , ) and a similar sum from other laymen .
Thb freeman says . : "Missionaries will visit the ccrantry—the several continental states , America , the Jjitish colonies—all lands in which learning and catholicity are -valued—and lay before the sympatiiang inhabitants the case of Ireland—the rescripts of his holiness—the project of the university—and appeal for the support requisite tji carry out an undertaking important , not to Ireland alone , but to the whole catholic world . •* KEorcnos of Rents . —The ; ' nfovement is slow , but gradually , landlords , in most parts of Ireland , are conceding are-adjustment of their rents , generally in proportion ^ to existing prices . It is a great IDJsfortnnethat this salutary and equitable arrangement h 25 been so long delayed ; and that , even still jssny landlords endeavour to hold by the old rents ,
or rather the name of the former rental . The Wexford Independent mentions that Lord Carew , the lieutenant of the county , has made an abatement of ten per cent , to such of his tenantry as shall have paid one year ' s rent on or before the 31 st of December nest ; and that his lordship offers besides a brans of 10 s . per Irish acre for every acre on which green crops ( potatoes excepted , ) to be consnmed on the farm , shall be cultivated , and shall iave received the proper attention during their growth . " Emigration . —The f ? de of Emigration is continned as vigorously 3 f ever . From Kerry considerable numbers were' proceeding io Cork and limerick , to embark for the United States . JOHX O'COXSELL ASD THE REPRESENTATION OF Ijmebick : —The limerick Chronicle contains the
foliiming significant hints relative to the representation of Limerick : —" We understand that Mr . John O'Conneil , M . P ., in his reply declining the invitation cf onr worthy Mayor , to the meeting of last "Wednesday , pointedly referred his worship to his published address to the constituency , written nearly twelve months ago , tendering his resignation , and calling on the citizens of Limerick to elect another representapve in his stead . Be adds , that the reasons which induced him to adopt that step , in place of being removed , had acquired additional force since that period , and with those his declared views before the con-Etftaeacy , no blame ought to attach to him for absenting himself on the occasion . He further states , ce has eo intention of going over to attend Parliament in the ensuing session , and that he has no
influence whatsoever with government , and consequently conld reader no assistance to our fellow-citizens , on a Eabject of such deep and pressing interest as the establishment of the Transatlantic Packet Station at this port . It is quite evident from the tone of his letter that , independently of the private reasons which sppear to actuate him , that on public grounds Mr . O'Connell fee ' s sensibly the injustice and impropriety of learing so . large and important a city as Limerick any longer insufficiently represented ; and we believe to only speak the sentiments of nearly the whole conflir aency in declaring , that the time has arrived when the honourable and learned gentleman ought to be permitted to consult his own feelings , on a subject on which he has now again so clearly and emphafi callv declared his wishes . "
ADVAXCES TO PCECHASEES IN THS EkCDMBERED Couhi . —A wealthy firm in the city of Dublin , emtracing capitalists and land agents , are abont to offer sdvacces to purchasers in the Encumbered Estates Court , on the half-credit system contemplated in Sir John Romilly's Security for Advances Bill . The Sett Pabuumestaex Constituency . —The clerks of the Poor-law Unions throughout the country hare made returns to the clerks of the peace , of all the rated occupiers who have claims to vote tinder the Sew Franchise Act . The following details from tffieconnty—that of Lputh—are from an authentic aarce . The present number of registered electors is
320 . The cccupiersiated at £ 12 and upwards amount io 1 , 923 , making a gross total of 2 , 243 ; but there nnst be a dedu-ciion of skty-two for deaths , making a net total of 2 , 181 . The number of objections to be f fceided at the registrv before the assistant barrister a eighty-t wo . At the last contested election for wrath , in 1841 , the number of electorswho voted jvas j-65 . Since that time the constituency has dwindled ^ n to 320 . Even if all the objections should be "lowed , the constituency nnder thesewJaw wiUeon' aderab ^ exceed 2 , 000 . Louth is one of the smallest bounties ia Ireland . The qualified electors under the franchise Act will exceed 200 , 000 .
Opekatios of the Poor Latv . —The unjust and Oppressive working of the Poor-law , in connexion * fith the clearance system , is described ia a remarkable statement in the Ballinodoe Star . An electoral fiviaon called Eillimor , in lie Laughrae union , forxnerly assessed at ten or eleven shillings in the pound , is now subject to the mere fractional rating of four-Pace in the pound . It appears that there have been Gtenske clearances in Killimor , where "farms de-Krt and waste , and houses roofless and in ruin , startle 1 e passenger at tie rapidity in the work of depopulation . " Other electoral divisions , however , confcining towns and viliagea into which the evicted tensats thronged for shelter , are still very heavily taxed , derates averaging from three shillings and tenpence
to five shillings in the pound . Athenry pays three sbiilings acd eightpeuee , while the rural district of fiaford pays tut sixpence in tbe pound ; KiJchrist _ is tjtagtd -with three ( hillings and tenpence , while Sfeyode is rated so low as sevenpenee . The Hallia-Gifec Star remarks , that" the tenants on the Mojode < 3 tate were evicted , and Kilchrlst adjoins Moyode . « ie electoral divisions of Derrylaur , Marble Hill , ¦ MmEhrae . and Woodford , each pays five shillings in ae pound . Thus Continues that journal ) the procea of consolidation of farms , and of the poor—not « n the farms , but in the surrounding towns—goes 511 , to the ruin of the straggling traders and shopsetpers of the towns .
UEiTHor wnxuMBucKER , Esa .--The death -Mr BUcker , the enmient agriculturist , took place on Sunday , at his ; residence in Armagh . Mr . Blacker * hile agent of the Gosford estates , wrote several Essays on improved modes of agriculture . Repeal AssocimoN . —The usual weeklv mppt ;™ * as held on Monday ; Mr . W . P . O'CoJw Saf i tnair . Mr . John O'Connell handed in £ 10 from Watcrford , and uttered a quantity of extravagant ealogy npou tee donors . The remittance was accom-Saoied by a patriotic epistle of considerable len < ih , ior which ' the writer apologised . Mr . O'Conneli Ead it was unnecessary to do so , and observed that if any other gentleman wished to write along letter he
aadonly to send it with £ 10 to that hall , and it * ould be read and cheered , no matter how long or f rosy it might be . The rent for the week was announced to be £ 18 15 s . 7 d . : RE-COMJIESCEMESr OF THE Sj&SS TS THE EsCUHSjBEpCocai . —The sales in this court , which had « en interrupted during thereces 3 , re-commencedon Tuesday , before the three commissioners ,-Baron ^ ebards and * Messrs . Longfield and Hargreave . ^ be entire ¦ amount realized by the sales on Tues-& J was £ 49 , 425 .
" Sz \ r Law AppoikimesIS . —Mr . Monahan , the ^ te Attornej-General , was on Tuesday sworn in « fore the Lord Chancellor as Lord Chief Justice of « e Common Pleas . At the same time Mr . Hatchell « ok the oaths as Attorn « y-general , and Mr . Henry R aines Hughes was sworn in 33 Solicitor-General . * f- Edmund Mooney has been appointed to the eaceoi d « k to the Attorney-GeneraJ .
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CbuKBtr is m EioosTmos TJmo » . ~ An official inquiry , by direotron of . the Poor-law Commissioners , has been in progress in the Ennistymon union , respectmg the conduct of omcers in that onion , and the death of a pauper boj named DeniB Kerin , who was found dead on the road between EnmstymonandMiltown . EaiGiUTioHraoK CoMC-The Corl Oo ^ tltution says;—" Tw « steamers , belonging to the Cork Steam Ship Company and the other to tbe City of Dublin , left on Saturday for Liverpool . Both ves-^ w - — . - m ^ b ^»« Wv IflfUfdnhfAtf 1 T - ^ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ im .
sels were crowded with emi £ ? ants , there being no fewer than 1 , 000 males and females taking their departure . So dreadful was the rush to get on board , that the officials of both companies had to employ a number of men , -with heavy sticks in hand , to beat off the crowds that attempted to rush on board , appearing evidently as if they were flying from a plague , 'When the vessels were leaving tho quays , the shrieks from the hundreds of the relatives and friends left behind were piercing , and continued until the vessels were nearly out of sight .
"• or i ? rj > Two nr-r ^ vr ^ nr : Woss : !? . " . —Monday ctciiig !• :. •* weu five and ais < A- ! i : ck , u riot of an alanr .-ing character , andfolluwtd by si-. rimis resnifi ! , tenk place in tho neighbourhuod of Trinity Church , in Belfast . The origin of the affray is not known , but it appears that between the hours stated three privates—two of them of the band of the 39 th Regiment—left the public-house of a man named Maguire , in which they had been drinking , to take a walk with some friends on the Crumlhvroad . They had not left the house more than a minute or two , when cries of " murder" were raised , a crowd collected , and in a desperate struggle which ensv . ed two of the soldiers—William Tucker and Hobcrfc Hopwood—who had received several cuts en the head , with a saw or hatchet , were lifted from the ground in a state of great weakness from loss of blood . The persons suspected of haTin ? committed the brutal assault are workmen in theemplcvment
of Mr . Carlisle , builder . It 3 eem 3 that they were just finishing , their labour of the day , and were leaving the yard with the instruments of their work on their baoks , when angry words passed between them and the soldiers . Who committed the first assault is , as in ail such cases , a matter of dispute—one party asserting that a soldier , struck ' a carpeater on the face , without having received thec'igjstesfcfrevocation : aadarefher maintaining that ? bBC 357 e = fr 322 ? r .: 5 : i : 3 i : i : i " - -- ^ l disrs . After the tC ~ - - \ f- o - ;" - Tf ¦ ¦ : . = ? ifr . Cr-1 ' . sle' was surrounded by military , mu « Uu ^ . * z up to the rescue of their companions , and the picket , which had been sent for , arrived from the barracks , and made prisoners of four men , who , amidst tbe greatest excitement on the part of the populace , were taken to the police-station . The wounded men were at once taken to the General Hospital , where the injuries they had received were promptly attended to . —Banner of Ulster , Tbades Uhioks . —Preparations , it is said , are in active progress for the re-organization of the Dublin Trades Union .
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BOBBERY AT SOUTHED . At the Rochester Sessions , held before J . 'EspinaBse , Esq ., Recorder , and which terminated on Tuesday , Edward Moss , aged 32 , and John Jones , 24 ,. were indicted for having , on the 30 th of July last , stolen two gold watches , a silver watch , three silver guard chains , a whistle , and a cashbox , containing gold and silver to the amount of nearly £ 50 , the property of Mr . William Claydon , landlord of the Royal Hotel Tap , Southend . Jane Yeeles , aged 23 , committed on suspicion of having been implicated in the robbery , but who effected her escape from the station-house on the sight of her committal and had not been recaptured , was also charged as an accesBary before the fact . —Mr . Rose , in opening the ease for the prosecution , said that about the middle or latter end of June , JaneTeeles , in
company frith a man who passed as her husband , another man named Jones ( not the prisoner , ) and a boy , occupied apartments at the prosecutor ' s house , having a room close to that of the landlord . Having stopped at the prosecutor's bouse for several days , Yeeles and her companions left . On the 30 th of July the prisoner arrived at . the Royal Hotel Tap , about two o'clock in the afternoon . They went into the sitting-room , having first ordered cigars and brandy and water . They soon afterwards asked permission to go up stairs to wash their hands , and were shown into ' a bedroom adjoining the landlord ' s . They then left , and went towards the shrubbery—a public walk close by the house , and shortly afterwards returned and partook of more liquor . They ordered tea to bereadv at
halfpast sis , of which they heartily partook , saying they were afraid they should be too late for the boat . They -again asked permission to wash their hands , and then left the house , having previously ordered a bed , saying they should be back about nine o ' clock . They never did return , and were not seen again by prosecutor until they were taken into castody on the present charge . Mrs . Claydon , on going to bed at about one o ' clock the next morning , found one of the drawers broken open , the cash-box , its contents , and the several articles mentioned in the indictment gone . The prisoners , it would be proved , were seen to leave the pier that evening at about sevea o ' clock , by the steamer , in company with Jane Yeeles , who , at about two o'clock in the afternoon of that day , was- seen in
company . with the prisoners , who went towards the Reyal Hotel , whilst she proceeded to tha Grove , close by , where she sat for about a quarter of an hour , keeping a watchful eye on the house . Between five and six o'clock in the evening she was seen going towards the pier , haviag . something bulky in her arms . He should prova that they arrived at . Sheerness together ; that the prisoners went to a alopseller ' s together and- purchased oilskin caps , leaving their hats behind them at the Hit or -MisB- public-house , whera-they slept that night . On going to bed one of them gave the landlady ten sovereigns to keep for him ,, and the other had about ten or twelve sovereigns in his possession ; they paid they wished to be called abont five o ' clock the next morning , Jones saying they ware
land surveyors , and were going to survey land in order to . decide a bet . Fesfe morning the tw > prisoaers . applied to Stephen Hogben , a postmaster at Sheerness , of whom they Mjfid a chaise ; he drove them to Chatham , where they , treated thcza to dinner and wine , and paid him thirty shilliagsin gold for , the hire of his vehicle .. Hoghen havag heard cf the robbery , suspected all : was not right ; he asked them which way they came to Shesmess ; they looked confused , and said it was no easiness of his . He then detained them and sent fear a , police constable , when Mos 3 tried to makeais . eseape . On him was found £ l&ingold , and on Jonea only 83 . in silver , but he had the identical-whistle belonging to the prosecutor , which would be positively sworn to by him . With regard to the- watches , Mr . Rose said Jane Yeeles was seen the same morning on
Sheerness pier , having a basket on her arm . She wa 3 taken into custody on board the steamer , but the basket whiob . she had but a few minutes previously been seen with disappeared in a most unaccountable manner . The cash-box , which would also be identified , was found by a soldier concealed in a drain leading froia the barracks . These were the cb'cnmstances and facts of the case— Facts are stubborn things "—and there must , he said , indeed , be great ingenuity on the part of the learned counsel who had been retained for the prisoners to rebut such evidence as be was instructed he should be able to lay before the iury . Tho saveral witnesses were then examined , who fully bore out tbe case as stated . —The jury recorded . a verdict of Guilty againBt-both prisoners . They were sen--ienced to be imprisoned ia tbe House of Correction and kept to hard labour for two years .
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¦;¦*» ' . BoEODflH Gaols . —It is declared by an act passed in the laBt session that great inconvenience and exp ense have been found to result to cities and boroughs having or providing and maintaining at their own cost gaols or houses of correction , from the necessity of committing to the common gaol of the county in "which such city or borough may be situated , for trial at the assizes for such county , person charged with offences committed within the limits of such city or borough . The act provides that pri-Eoners may bo committed , to borough gaols for trial at the aBsizes , butfor murder the commitment must
be as heretofore to the county gaol . Prisoners commited to borough gaols are to be removed to borough "aols previously to trial , and may be removed back a ^ ain to undergo the sentence . With respect to borough prisoners committed to county gaols , it is enacted that where no special contract is subsisting , such expenses and all other expenses which may be incurred by such county in respect of every such prisoner shallbe paid by the council of such city or lorough to the treasurer of such gaol . or county . The act came into force on the 14 th of August , and extends to land and Wales .
Eng Steam 10 MAUBHios .-Tlie Mauritius papers , by the overland- mail , reach to ; the 23 rd of August . The question of * team communication had aUengtn become public , and a committee appointed to conaider the question bad not concurred in the offer to establish a line via the CapB . The financial position of the island continue satisfactory . For tbe first half year of 1850 the revenue was £ Uo , m , and the total expenditure £ 110 , 000 , leaving a balance of £ 36 , 000 .
Successful . Reduction of FAKES .-Some weeks ago a considerable reduction was made in the fares vLi v S on tn ° Tynemouth branch of the ffiuw fle > and Berwick Railway ; the change £ & ™ ? * SSftSL 2 yffi £
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BURGLARY 1 NJTHB REGENT'S PARK ; There can be-no doubt whatever that two Ottt of the three burglars whoescapedtfor the man in custody , whoffveatus nam e as Wilfiam Dyson , and who was knocked down bj one of tbe under coaehmen with the mtchfork , Ras , it is understood , ad . nutted that » nB ? e were four in the affair , ) art ¦ wounded , oiw severely , and it is fully believed tfaf other fatally , fc ss tbe opinion of raeiifcal men who have seen the hat found * near the spot , that the bullet , from the direction of the hole in t&e rim , must ftave struck th « forehead of the wearer , and nearly the whole of the remaining portions of the charge have entered various parts of his skullBuch being ^ " . __ _ _ . ^^^^^^¦^*^^ " ^^^^ " ^^^^^
, the case , it was impossible he could survive aay length of time . It is quite oleai- that thia wounded man must either have been convoycJ , or must havs staggered through the shrubbery towards tiio h-on railing abutting on the paritoaVmsouth-eastern side , for a track of blood , on examination has bueu found to be visible , and not only the iron railing , fjui even thu pailisadina ; of tho enclosure of tho park is smeared with blood , where the parties eifciiui ' got or y / e ^ assisted over . The other taan , who -. v ; i 3 nreii at by the coachdr . n , is believed to ho seriously KOUtiticd in one- of iris hands , for a person has been found l \ v ilie police , who states that he was passing roajjd the outer dn- ) o from Gloucester-gate , in the direction of tho Zoological Gardens , about two
o ' ciock on Monday mon-in £ last ( the time of the discovery was twenty minutes to two ) when he saw a man with his hand Weeding in a shocking manner , and , oh tain / rasped what was tha matter , ho said he hr . d been "bitten by » dog . " Shortly after another man * rr « s 3 een ay the same party with the blood screaming profusely from his head , and without any hat , and a cab was iu the vicinity , into which ho got . There are other circumstances in connection with this affair , and what took placo in reference to the cab , in possession of the police , but which it would not be prudent at present to publish , as it might defeat tha capture of the surviving deimquents . It was at first supposed that the man shot might have been conveyed away" and thrown
into the canal , or havo been in some other manner disposed of ; but the . last-mentioned circumstance entirely does a ^ ay with that impression . From information , however , which the police have received there is but little doubt the man wounded in tho head is dead , and that his death took place on the 17 th instant . The party in custody formerly kept a lodging-house of a rather questionable character on tue Surrey side of the water ; and there is strong reason for believing a medical practitioner is in what is called in thieves parlance " tha swim . " Should the presumption be correct , fear is entertained that he may , under the provisions of the Registration Act , give a certificate that the man
has died of inflammation or some other disorder , and tlie body be interred without further inquiry . It behoves , therefore , the registrars of deaths in the various districts in the metropolis to be on the alert , and look well to the medical certificates of death , and if there is any suspicion , to pive immediate information to the police of their district . There can he no doubt but the burglars had well matured their plan , and that they had a knowledge of Mr . Holford , who is an American merchant of unbounded wealth . The plate wa 3 no doubt tho object of the burglary , and a cab being observed in the immediate vicinity , there is reason for believing that , had they not been disturbed , that vehicle was destined to receive tbe bootv . It is due to the
officers , Lockerby and Mason , who are acting under the orders of Mr . Ferguson , the superintendent of the S division , to state that they have been indefatigable in their exertions to trace out the perpetrators of the outrage , and there is strong reason for believing thai they hare so far completed the chain of evidence , notwithstanding the refusal of the man in custody to afford any information , that but little doubt remains that all parties concerned will soon be in the hands of the police . The daring character of this attack , perpetrated as it were in the midst of a populous city , continues to attract numerous persons to the premises .
BE-EXAMIXAI 1 ON OF TIIE H ! IS 0 . \ ER . Monday being the day appointed for the re-examination of William Dyson , an unusual degree of interest "was excited at ' the Marylebone court , and on the arrival of the government van at ten o ' clock , bringing several persons who had been- remanded upon other charges Trhicli had been gono into in the course of the preceding week , the vehicle was so completely surrounded as to render it a matter of some difficulty for the police-constables in attendance to make tkei ? way with the accused through the crowd ; upon his being conveyed into the outer office he was placed in one of the colls , where he remained until the night charges had been disposed of . Captain Ryder Burton ( a friend of Mr . Holford ) ,
and who mentioned to the magistrate , Mr . Broughton , the fact of his premises having ,, within the last two or three weeks , been brokeli into , and a carriage belonging to bm carried off ; which vehicle , however , he fortunately recovered , was in attendance , as were also many othe ? gentlemen of high standing in fee vicinity of the Regent's Park aiid other parts-adjacent . The whole of the night charges , which were of an unimportant nature , having been-disposed of , the prisoner was placed at the bar . He seemed very low-spirited , and much more pala-aad dejected than he did upon the first examination . —Mr . Broughton ( to the prisoner ) : You are charged with having , burglariously broken and entered the dwe ! line--liause of Mr . Jfemes
Holford , and'taken away part / of an ormolu ornament and other property " ( IVLockerby lS- 'S ) : What further evidence have you to give in , this case ? Lockorby : JJbne , your worship , at present . We Tvish : for a little more time , in order to nfford us an opportunity of apprehending others . —Mr . Broughton :: Has there been any reward offered ? Lockerby :: 2 fo , sir . —Inspector Champneysiemarked that , from certain circumstances which had already , transpired , arising out of tlie activity and judicious management of ths . officers employed in the case , tha Commissioners- of Police were desirous- of ¦ having a remand . —Lockerby said he had no daubt that others connected with the prisoner would be in : cu 3 tody in a few days ; one of . them bad , iS ^ wa s oaite certain , bssh severely wcunded . and ha-must
have obtained the assistance of a medical man . The double-barrellad pistol with the spring bayonet attached , with--which Mr . Paul , the butlex ,. armed himself , was . produced , as . was also tha hat left behind by oae of the burglars , supposed to have been killed-.. The articles . alluded to were examined with much , curiosity by several gentlemen who sat near the- magistrate . 7 < he Magistrate had some conversation with Mr . Paul and Lcskerby in an under tone , and , from what transpired , it was deemed necessary for the ends of justice , without goiDS any more into the matter at " present , to- reniasg the prisoner till Monday next . He was then removed from the bar , and , on the arrival of the van at' sis o ' clock , was . conveyed to the House of Betontion . A great csowd had assembled to witness hi 3 departure .
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Codex-Marsials at Bombat . —The couri-martials recently held at Cawnpore and at Simla , on Lieutenants Rose , Ilaxham , Liiehford , and Goodbridge , have terminated . The following . statement of the results are from a Bombay paper : —Lieutenant Rose , of the 3 rd Regimeni Bengal Native Infantry , who , it will be remembered , sought the protection of the civil power oa being threatened with a horsewhip by Mr . Lang , the proprietor , of the Mofiissiliie newspaper , was arraigned upon five charges , of which the pith was embodied in the first and fourth ; The first charge was , " In having at . Simla , on the evening of the 24 th of Jane , 1 S-50 , falsely stated , in the hearing of several persons , that at a ball which had been reeentlv given at Simla , 3 Ir . John I / insr , ¦
editor of the Mofvstiliic newspaper , was intoxicated , and dressed iu a sliooting-coat , " of which he was acquitted , as it was clearly-proved that the said John Lang was in the condition described . Tho fourth charge was , "In having , at Simla , on the 1 st of July , 1850 , applied to the civil power to provide him with an escort of police on his way to-fche court , to protect him from the violence of Mr . Lang , and in having availed himself of such escort in proceeding to the court , he being an armed military man ; his conduct herein displaying a want of spirit unbecoming an officer in the army . " Of which Lieutenant Hugh Rose was found guilty , and
sentenced to be reprimanded ; a punishment wnicfi Sir Charles Napier inflicted in mild but pungent language , following up his observations by remanding Mr . Rose to his regiment , whereby this officer ' s staff appointment has become , vacant .- — . The trial of Ensign Iluxham at Cawnpore was concluded on tho 26 th of August . His defence took much the same line as that of Lieutenant Litchford with respect to breaking his arrest , his injured honour being the plea . It is surmised , from the very brief deliberations of the members of the court on the two cases , that both Ensign Huxhain and Lieutenant Litchford have been sentenced to dismissal ; but if ever there were instances in which the Commander-in-Chief
wag warranted m exercising the power of commuting punishments , we fully . believe tho prisoners recently brought to trial are deserving of his fullest consideration . Another court-martial arising out of the Lang-Rose' affair was held on Second Lieutenant Goodbridge of tho Bengal Artillery . He was honourably acquitted . Fool ob a Phisiciax . —The writer who has used this expression 'is Dr . Cheyne , and he probably altered it from the alliterative" form , " a man is a fool or a physician at forty , " which I have frequently heard in various parts of England . Dr . Cheyne ' s words are : " I think . every man is a fool or physician at thirty years of age ( that is to say ) , hv that time he ought to know his owu constitution , and unless he is determined to live an intemperato and irregular- life , I think he may by diet and regimen prevent or cure an j chronical diseaso ; but as to acuteT disorders no one who is not-well acquainted with medicine should trust to his own skill . Wof «
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THE PATENT LAWS . ' ^^^^—*^^^^^^^^— ^^»^ ^_ ^^^ ^^ " ^^ " ^^^^^¦^^^^^ W ^^^^^^ 1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A meeting , tonrened by the parties composing « The inventors'Tatent Law Reform League , " was held on Tuesday evening at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , for the purpose ef explaining the ob- ' jects of ths asFpeiation , and adopting an address to the ( Jteen , praying for au adequate protection of inventions . It was announced that Mr . Hume , M . P ., had teen invited to take the chair j . butthe ^ honourable gentleman not presenting himself , ' Mrv ; J . Ellis , the chairuiaa of Ihe' » League * " was called ' on to preside .
Mr . J . D . Maron , the secretary , reiul'a * report from the provisional committee , stating that they had consulted tunny persons interred in the progress of uiauu acture and art , who were generally of opinion that no adequate protection was afforded by the Provisional Registration Designs Act of last session , owing to the way in which it had been muli-Isted in coasmiiJw . Tr ± Susd kd to tho fomaticn of the League in August last , wiio sougiit , bv eliciting a strong public demonstration , to secure suisn an alteration of the patent laws us might aii ' oni adequate securitv to investors .
The Chairman said timt individual membere of ; the league had taken uteps a 6 early as May last in support of the ohjuct now sought . Their cause had been advocated by the press generally , in particular by the Morning Chronicle , and one or two other of the daily papers . .. It would no doubt strike foreign visitors with the utmost surprise , when they came to London next Hay , to find that our inventors , and especially poor men of genius , who had produced many valuable machines now in operation , had been absolutely neglected , and had bad to battle with all the difficulties amiiig from inadequate paeans . Mr . Townley , a poor inventor in the metropolis ^ 4 findin . <' that the late act protected designs only , and not inventions , wrote to Prince Albert on the subject , and received the following answer : — "I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22 nd
inst , addressed to his Royal Highness Prince Albert , on the subject of the means to be adopted for the security from piracy of unpatened machines which may be exhibited ; and I am to call your attention to No . 8 of the general conditions , ' which is herewith incloBed . The subject , however , is one of much difficulty , and is now under the considera . tion of the Commissioners . " It had been proposed as a half-measure , that some step should be taken giving security to inventors for one year ,, or until a patent could' be taken out ; but he was' convinced that nothing short of a thorough reform of the existing patent laws would meet the necessities of the case . While the . capitalist bad ample security , for his money , and for the interest which it would bear , was it not monstrous that apoor man could not call his invention his own unless he could expend £ 400 on a patent ?
Mr . Rice , who was described as " ax inventor and patentee , " and who stated that he was the " founder of the London Inventors' and Mechanics ' Society , " moved the first resolution , which was in tbe following terms : — "That the great event of the Exhibition of the industry and inventive talent of all nations has prominently exposed the many defects of our patent laws , and the non-fulfilment of the promised protection of original inventions thereat , render it expedient and proper for tliose who are
thereby withheld from exhibiting , to consider and enforce by all legal and available means the institution of reasonable patent laws , and thus remove this slur from the Exhibition , and secure a permanent industrial benefit to society at large . '' In proof of the want of information on this subject amongst public men , he stated tbat he waited on Sir De Lacy Evans , M . P ., to solicit his support , and found that he was not aware of the enormous cost of patents for England and for Great Britain . ( Hear . )
Mr , James Westom , inventor and patentee , seconded the resolution , and pointed out the hardships of the existing laws . Mr . A . Casipbsm , eaid the law in this country ought at once to be assimilated to that of France , where , as was stated by the Morning Chronicle a few days ago , complete protection might be secured by a poor inventor for- an outlay of about £ 8 . ( Hear , hear . ) The terras were equally favourable in Prussia , Austria , and other countries in Europe . In a letter which he had : received from Mr . 'W . at ' one of the secretaries to the Exhibition , that gentleman stated that the subject of security to inventions would be considered by , tbe Royal Commissioners at their next meeting '; but it was not probable they would meet before Navember . He was convinced that the re
dress of theexisting grievance must come . from the people themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) The resolution was then put , and unanimously agreed to . Mr .. Ward , inventor , moved at resolution declaratory of the defects of the existing patent laws , and of the delays and . expense which were engendered by the legal tribunals . He chiefly dwelt on the latter point , observing that if a patent cost only 5 s ., th « expense of maintaining it through the present legal processes would of itself be ruinous . Patentees were constantly exposed to infringenieats , and the first step in defence cost the poor patentee £ 200 i He ( Mr . Ward ); had experienced these difficulties ; he had had to proceed in Chancery , and bad been
occupied five . months in examining witnesses in that court , owing to the system pursued- of daily hours and half-hours . He had had to go through all this though the party proseededagainst made no defence . ( Shame . ) The case occupied five , yes , and nine months ; and he bad : to pay £ 1 , 400 as costs , though he gained his cause triumphantly , and though there was not a shadaw . of pretence for the oppositionthe aase being ' at last decided in an hour . ( Hear , hesr . ) He believed his opponent , who was an enormously rich man , would never have given in but that his health had suffered from the vexation caused by the suit . ( Laughter . ) At present , a pjatent simply gave a right to go to Jaw ; and hence a poor patentee was frequently ruined .
Mr . Campin , of the Patent . offi . ce , Strand ,, seconded the resolution . Pie said the material difficulty in the way of obtaining a patent , even where the inventor was prepared with the money , was the great risk of its being lost by the inventor not deriving any beneficial interest therefrom before the date of , the specification . If was clear from what bad . been recently done by the Legislature , that they were quite disposed to reduce the exorbitant cost of patents ; but he cnticlpgted very little benefit from this alone , as , if a patent were ever obtainable for nothing , other parties would be the more easily in-, duced to take out similar patents , running the risk of infringementi ( Hear , hear . ) 80 imperfect were the present means resorted to by the courts for deciding on controverted patents , that he imagined the juries niust frequently have recourse to the process of" tos 3 ing-up . " . .
. Mr . Lee said he had a valuable invention which he was determined to keep in abeyance till ' an alteration of the patent law took place . ; ., ... ' . . A-further resolution suggested that it would be higbly _ beneficial to British and : foreign inventors and to society at large , if international arrangements could he mads to assuve' to inventors protection in all countries for all inventions approved of by the authorities of the Great Exhibition . , . It was resolved that a petition , formed , on the foregoing resolutions , should be addressed to the Queen , and a committee was appointed to wait on Sir George Grey to make arrangements for its presentation . . The proceedings were closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman . ¦
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Change fob . a . Sovereign . —At . Schauffhausen there were , as usual / many Englishmen , who , also as usual , had a . growl about the monies and the hotels . " I have been making myself practically acquainted with the currency in a way of my own , " said Smith , junior . "How so ? " inquired one of the group of travellers who were gossiping on the subject . " I changed a sovereign , ' explained our hero , " at Ostend ; and then ' changed what I got for it in Prussia ; then changed that in the duchy of Nassau ; and tliat again in the free pity of Frankfort ; and so on repeated the process " in Baden and Bavaria—in fact , in each separate jurisdiction through which we passed . ' There it is , " said Smith , as . he suited the action to the word by / emptinfi the contents of his experimental pocket upon tho table . The exhibition looked very unpromising , certainly .
The glittering twenty-shilling piece left at Oatenu was now represented by as ugly a collection of dirty , worn , counterfeit-looking jumblo of silver and copper ' as ever an Israelite counted ' out-hi the Jews' -Jane at Frankfort . " Count it up , " said Smith the younger . " Very good , " said the German , " and he-began ; " Five francs—ten— " said Smith . "Stop , " said the German . " Swiss francs and French franca are different things-i-different values , l wiil tcilvou the worth of . this •¦ henp . lie went to work to tell them over , and stated tlio result in batzen and rappeh . ' " And how much is that worth in English sterling coin ? " asked a bystander . " Just fourteen shillings and a penny tarthing , " replied the German . " What ubneked Smith . " Fourteen shillings and a penny farthing English , " repeated the Gevman . —jWvttKv ' ' HwmoU M ' orfa
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¦ ^ —— i ¦¦¦ " HQW TO USE * HE LAND . ^^^^^ M ^^^^^^^^^^ " ^^^>^ l ^^^^ W ^^ Mi ¦¦ i r ~ " ^ " ""' '" --- —^ - *
O * readers will recollect Bliss MartineftuV toteresting and valuable letter-to the Uuarditns of the ® uiltcross union worfchoimy ''< - - tailing . the result of' a small sittempt at JViniiing , " ' undertaken with a view of showing V . ow u a certain amount of labour waiting tor empilqy-trieufc can be best made available . '' This , letter ... and a second on tho same subject , have juf ( . b « en published iu a pamphlet form , under
the title of ' Two Letters on Cowlceqmicr . ' ' In fi . taief preface Miss MavtSncsui staio-, Js .-v ; " ib . i ; nttcntion excited by the appeu . /•• . , r tho t ) rt * . of those letters in a newapr . . -. .,.-cop : r- % l it * publication in p . separu :. .,: .. , arr ' i *' :. - continuation of tho subject iu a iw ; ond let ' :. . Xt a time when events are directing m :, \ ¦ -muds to the consideration of the value ¦ •< . ni '; ; :, ¦ . )¦*>• ases of land , tho expeviezice of the ' " !» : >'• ¦ or flulfcivatov may be of service ; and 1 jUs : Uffi'fttbra not ashamed of puttinrr into
prki the results of as small aa expnisont . 13 cas 1-. ! 1 be made . " The following is tK ; .- • : ¦•¦ > . - ] iefri ^ : — AmWejidP , OcJ . ;¦ . ' : ' . . My dear Sir—I promised to report prof , •• ¦ . ' : > . we Lai - had experience of another season , m ui ; s farmk . g plan . I came home yesterday , after an abseaerc of nearly three mouths ; and I think I cannot do letter than , tell yon precisely the state in which I find my fanning affairs .
I rcktsd to you , last January , tbafc we hail in gre&l aisasurc maintained two cows , suid ' supplied ourselves with vegetables forthctubie ( escept winter ^ potatoes , ) from less than an aero and a quarter of ground . Of this ground , tliree quarters of as 'acre ? wera grit 3 s : and grass and bay are such evp ? rjstv # food for cows that I should not devote & :: ¦ rouiid for t ' ueir growth , but for other considerate : ¦ - : e :. j as the view from the windows . We osc : ; - ' . i :. i . i , ' finally , that we maintained a cow and a k . ' : ¦ ' 1 : .. : ¦¦ ; ground , and tlia ^ the purchase of what w ^ . . ; .:,:: for the other half maintenance of one .: » -v ^ :. imade well worth while by her milk anil : r ,. : - .:: * ,. and lt >] ' our having stall-room for her , and- e \ fr . ;! ' ! hands ! to wait upon her . Still we felt Um ; m ' should Use to feed our two cows wholly at i . wir ;; and Robart again and again hinted that h * . -A- >) u \ n '
like to take in half an acre from the next tvA IS ? , j good fellow said nothing , and , I am pe ^ s- »¦•!»• ¦( .: thought notfajng about an increase of v . 'wv ;¦ - . ; this additional work ; but I need not tell yo . . ¦? . : . ; luoaglnof . lt ,. H& . is to hav . e his cottage 1 . ' . ' . c'j ; . henceforth , in addition to . his l 2 s . pei v ;>>• :. ? A tlie jsar round . We considered that anotl . v : . > * - ¦ ' ¦ j acra would set us at ease completely , and' :. »; . » . -y-, j above ear close . dependence on good seasa . ¦ v ^• li ! other accidents . The owner of the land cy . i . - . v . sell it ; but he has given me a ten-years' los . > .: > t : ' . j and fiiftre it is now before my eyes , with si :. 4 . ¦ -. v . cor > -food upon it , besides a goodly aspara ^ . .: -vn . j some grass , and a portion where we raeac \ : . •; * ] gro «> tli of-lucerne .
The land was in bad condition—overgrG * . ; r :.: obstinate weeds . A great slice of it is- iuV ^ a ' :. the growth , of a row of five ash trees ; c . ' . > : 1 impossible to drain it effectually , from the * *> v ., no sufficient . outlet ; the proprietor of ano' ; . ? . £ .-. < which lies cornerwise between mine and fU ? :. •' not thinking proper to drain his own , am' lii ? . ^ closing up mine . ' In consideration of the :- a . ir backe , i have my half acre on the low rent ¦ > .-. ' : considered here ) ofdEl 15 s . a year . Tho i ' -i-o ; cost xaz scarcelv anything , as I had nearly £ :. y : '' :
at the best kind of hurdles ; I had onljr t ; grr a gate , and two more hurdles . I hired the ni-. o . rv ' . and best spadesman I could obtain ; to who : u I \ -xJ £ 2 10 s . for digging the half of the new piece ! ' > - bcrt dug the other half . I may observe \ t * .- \ x . r . t the men seemed to work alike—paring off ('; . ? . *?' : ¦ . •; . sod , burying it deep and upside down , ami u . $ - . r . ' ; > heartily . But , a few weeks afterwards , k ¦• . ??• . > .: ? i es ir & line had been drawn across the ha ;; > c . 'Robert ' s portion being almost as clean c- > : R .: ' and tha other man ' s greenish"with weeds , - i x .. c- / for the quality of the labour .
S laid on four tons of well-rotted stabb .. e . » - . "• . and half a bagofguano ; the two costingni . 61 *¦'<>• .. Tlis whole expense—the fencing , digging •>'• ' ; . i :- • & thing done with ) , manuring ,, and rent— : ; ¦ :- ! . \><' ¦ repaid by the first season ' s produce . Tbetj c- < . ';> no donbt of the next season paying the fit ; . " " • : - tion of Robert ' s wages , as there wiil ha : .- ' > spade-work , and little or no purchase u : : i ; i ...-. Tinder the ash tree we . grew vetches , z- > v- . > was not deep or good enough for roots . ' . >¦ , ¦ -j manure had stood , to rot ,, we got somr ; » ff . ; . i-
cabbages .. There are now Swedes oi ?> -. . , Belgian carrots , and mangold wuizs ! . E -. : ¦ ¦; ¦ - ' ¦ '' got JRobert to weigh some of our produce— > ' . -: ing out the very largest . It must be iv . a * : ¦ ¦ ¦ : > .: ¦> too , that the cabbages will go on growi " . ; i-. : : .. ' . month , and the turnips and beet two raocL i ;> . ij ' . ; The cabbages weigh 241 bs each i tL » . u •¦ : •»; ( scraped of roots and coil ) , lllbs ; and tL ? , ••?; ia Belgian carrots , each 2 f ; lbs . I do no : •;• ¦ . >• ¦ tfeeae weights as anything wonderful ,. hV : a- , c . ;; you an idea of what our produce is like .
: Another year , ' wli 3 n the ground is me ' ..: wh :-j'loosened , we confidently expect to raise n .-. i < . -. ?* . . food on the new half-acre , in spiteof tiio . ¦ »>• . * .- .:.. !• . :. • We have now , a $ I said , at least six . i ., ilu ? ... i ; ; fbousB is above a 4 oii and a half of hay . cuau . ; ecough to be fragrant and fine , in prer ' . ' . enc ^ m ; being heavier and of infejior quality . Y < z cue ;>;• •' boy a month earlier than most of our neh : iou . ^ ' ¦ . " think it was on the 20 th of June . We " . ; on f . ' - ' otlser plots of ground we have at leaat iwo :- !"> ¦ ' :. ' | On Lhe whole ,. I should say , we shall h : iv- : eu :: ; ::: aatl our cow * consume ei g ht in . the vrc . t'r , ; . ; .: ;•' ' crop to crop ; so I consider that , if our ; j > rs ka ^ _ ! well , we are provided till the spring . We a . s ; ' potatoes for six weeks after our autum ' t v ? sjeti' > s
are done ,, and plenty of celery , cabh 3 i ; 's , cau :-flowoys ^ ijic , &c . It really amuses m « . . -r . n g / ' u round on my return home , to see tha : | unit o : cabbages pricked out for an early r . ' » .:. j c j > Wherever there is room for a cabbage torr . c-w , i -i "' . » ons puts up its head . The seed-beds seas ; siill : ' . . and as fast as we clear a foot of ground , . ' .. iere jom ia a cabbage . We find your Norfolk tee * « he Hn ' or ihe early crop ; and the heavy Scotcn cab ! y :. * for ivnat we here can ""the bacK end cj \ ¦< - ¦ y * M-. " A terrible and really extraordinary flood , vuici ,- occurred last February , cut off our ear ' . ; " croji r / ' cabbages ; and some of our neighbours Lve no '• ' - lief - that we can raise them in this elica . sie . '\\ s msan to persevere in tryiag , however : iml if v . o fail again ,, we have , fcod enough for next s ;> a : ig ; to that our minds . are easv .
This , was our . worst disaster since . */) be' : s ; -. Let us see whafc ^ our . other drawbacks b . we b ? e > .. Ws bave partly failed in cur first great po Mto cvr . -, The rot destroyed a few ; but a greater t ' ji . 'hkf ;* & * dono by our ¦ juitting ; them between tl- ' e row :- 6 / cabbages . "The cabbages grew so much h ; gev ; L-jr . we expected . ' tliat ; ' they half stifled tn > | ioi ; a-: oe : We ahall know . better another ypar . Yr \ iiave eniy a . sis . weeks ' , stock , instead of a thr ^ ' mouu ' . }' . . Thsa ) both the calves this year are bull c-. ilves , mi-: they . will not sell ; aud it would not ares- it to us to faitsn them . I find that cow calves avc' dow :: tu
us < , so that calves a"c not what they were . Agaiu , we hive not . managed our fowls well . I find tiien ; flow all moulting at once i and I suppose tbey will ali begin to lay at the same time . > T ? must see about having .. a succession . It is difiscuSt to set broods here . The cats aud the hawks make terriblo havoc ; and we actually have not a chick this year , abundant as eggs have been . We ha ? e now a stout netting over the poultry ^ ard . ' and have introduced some improvements , ir , tbat ' we hope , . our specimens of the pure ¦ Minorca breed may multiply , I think our list of . 'uisfortunes endaliere . . - ; : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
The pasture is Robert ' s pel , and it is . io be sure , in fine condition . ' Thinking in his bed , ' as he says ^* he' devised ' a contrivance ( ofi ' : s cost of 4 s , 6 d ,, ) by which the liquid manure ba ? i el is made to shed itsfcontents like a water cart ; mi the grass grows thick and rich , compared with test year , though RobertexpectB a good deal of improvement yet . He is no \ y going to try his hand nvrc-n a wheat cropj on a plot which has grown rootj for two years . We may as well try , now we hive a little more space to turn ; ourselves in . The < iran and straw will be very , useful , and we skui see .. what we ^ can make of tbe , grain . If we succeed , I suppose we shall grow nearly a quarter of an acre of graia yearly , turn and turn about . Ici ; aee ' that , exclusive Of the patch of pasture , ' we are now feeding ' our cows , and supplying our own vegetables , -from less-lhanan acre of land . ' ;'
. ri . Snd ; tlieico . ws bow . yielding more , iha . n . ; the ! r average—twenty-fire quarts daily . : As we are now keeping two pigs at a time , and as milk' is more abundant 'in the neighborhood than it was when we began , I believe we shall henceforth make a greater point of the butter , and less of the milk . We shall skim more closely , and give * ' . ie milk to
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• ' ¦ a pigs , instead of selling ^ kina milk , which is a 3 ¦ f ood as what t used to buy for new . I hear a stood character of cocea-nut-fibre mats for the caws to lie upon , and t think of trying it . It is difiJeuH to manage the litter of ftattle that have bee ! i brought up to roam the fells , and- eat whatever ihfv see .. We-have tried a variety of Utter , bufc they ate everjthing—Rven brackens Ofern > -tj ] J , last autumn , Robert- bethought himself of giving them n bed of dry leaves . Those they did not cat . And how they may soon tiy again . A 3 yetr however , swr ^ cly a leaf has changed on tha trees : so late ,-, ! -. the seasons here ! I lir . d our tvvo pigg < rowing fat . The meal they ms haviisg ia the
Ti . i- article ,, except a fsw grains for the i ' owls ,. ¦ vi ' h&vs bad to buy , siiico our crops be- ^ an -. to-wV ¦ - „ xinea . They cos * X 5 ? . ( id . eaali ; and willi-ifie ll ^ siSV wbea i : iited * f-.-v ( I OBppoae , iii £ ii . ose times or ctfeffp ^ nVf meat ) abont £ 2 . Us . each ; that ' is / they . wnrr / eig ' tt ^ -vr " . ' about tv . x-ive stone ( for we do' not make thtcn ex--cessively fat ) , at 4 s . 6 rf .. a stone . Not that I mean to sell the whole . Five quarters are bespoken , and I shall keep the other three for oursehes . I believe tii « y trill havs really cent ine notlmig . KoberS v / is ' . ies for a quarter , as he did in tbe spring . His v . 'i . ' c euros it admirably ; and they can always sell ..- ; bam . end enjoy the bacon , f re ? -lly wish yo «
• . idsou how these gnod paople , trbora you put in !; i : ; way of this new lffe , enjoy everything . I find them now so well and merry , th&fe it is delightful to see tuetn . Uoberfc has been sending money to his old father—a largs sum for a working man . life ' - ife has bad abundant employment in taking ist washing all tbe summer . When I came home to breakfast this morning I saw something flying along behind the trees ; it was Robert , with two monstrout cabbagoa in bis great barrow , full of joy at their weight . I must tell you that , since the publication of my first letter to you ( by some means unknown ta > me , but v . ot at a ' . £ to ' suy-ragrsi ) iiiefehaviihp . es large numbers of persons , many from dirtant connli to see my ground ,, and tbe man who tilis it .
iiarly end-late they have come ; and they have said Plough to turn a vain man's head . Ail this has hap * f- * ned- since I left home . I find- Robert not only im spoiled , fout not 8 t all occupied with his fame , bn * wholly engrossed by his pursuit . He listens as earnestly as ever to any suggestion about our short " i . 'omings , and about any methods of improvement * l ' : e was very clever when he came ; ha is much ' . leverer now . He could not possibly be more in-, i :. istrious ; . but he is in stronger health , and i . i glorious spirits . His pretty porch is grown ov-sr with roses ; . and there are climbing plants about tiu walls ' , and . balsams and geraniums in his window . You may we . satisfied that all is right . with them ; and a great iatisfaction I know it will be to vou .
, I think this is all I have to say at the close of our second season . ; Believe me , dear sir , truly yours , Harriet Martineatj .
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* O » TIIE MINERS' CONFERENCE . ( Continued from the Star of October 10 , 'A . ) - Wednesday Zbrning , October Wth ' i : ; " ;; The Conference assembled this morning , . a'itiha o ' clock , when the roll . was called , bv the pij&fdehf ; and the minutes of the ' previous Mf were . ; tead ' . by the secretary , and confirmed by the Confidence . - The foliowin w laws were then passed : — 6 th . —That if ar . y county , not organised , wish io borrow a lecturer or agent for a short time , then the organised counties shall bear an equal share ia the travelling expenses and wages of such lecturer
or agent . Application in this case to be rcade to the general secretary , Mr . Thomas "Weathc-rley Cock Inn , Head of the Side , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . 7 tb .. —That the secretaries of each organised county , and those' counties who may become so , shall hold regular correspondence with each other , detailing the condition and position of the organisation of their district , or any other circunWtarico connected with the same , such as strikes , reduction of prices , &c-., so that each delegate meeting mayknow the position of the other counties , ami thafc the name and address of each district or county secretary be given for that purpose , viz . : —
Lancashire and Cheshire , — Charles Meadowcroffc , Astley-street , Duckenfield , Cheshire . . iNorthumherland and Durham , —Martin Jude , Cock Inn , Head of the-Side , Xewcastle-upon-Tyne . Nottingham and . Derbyshire , —George Goulder , Bobbers Mill , near Nottingham . . ¦ . V Staffordshire , "Warwickshire , and Worcestershire , —William Daniells , ' Forge Hammer Inn , Bilstonstreet , Wolverhampton , Staffordshire . 8 th . —The Conference to constitute a court of appeal in all cases of general import , upon rrhieh there may be a difference of opinion between-tir . y of the members , or where the general laws have been infringed or wrongly understood ; but all questions , if possible , must be settled by the district delegate
meeting , and only when they cannot be fairly decided by the latter , to be taken up by the Conference , whose decision shall be final . In all cases of appeal to Conference , as above , the parties losing to bear all expenses ; both parties to deposit tho respective amounts , previous to lieariug , in the hands of the general treasurer . 9 th . —That districts may exchange lecturers , and by mutual agreement to bear the expense of the same ; each lecturer , so desired to change , to be informed of the relative wages and other matters connected therewith , before such change is made , but each county to guarantee the wages of their respective lecturers . This exchange " to bo from . Conference to Conference .
10 th . —That in order to diminish-the expense of Conferences , commensurate with the welfare ' . and safety of the Association ; " 6 yerj ; jtJrgariised county shall not be allowed . toseud ; m © re ; than . on . e delegate for every 500 members ; 'bu"t 'that" a Cdu ' nty'in . the infancy of its organisation nsajr ' serid ' a delegate , ' being distinctly understood that each locality pay its own representative or representatives . Uth . —That the Conference take up all questions from tho counties or districts , bearing upon tho general affairs of the Association ; such questions to be sent to the general secretary six weeks previous to the Conference meeting ; the same to be printed , and form a programme of business for the Conference ; one copv to be forwarded to each
lodge or colliery , that their votes may be taken thereon , and instructions given to their delegates in accordance therewith , before they go to the Conference , and that every delegate come prepared with the opinion and instructions o ? his district . 12 . —That the National Association take no cognisance of strikes , nor encourage them in any way ; but in case any county or portion of a county shall have been obliged to cease work legally , accordinff to tho county regulation , then the g-enei-al secretary shall do all that lays in his power by writing and distributing hand bills , to persuade the other miners not to come near until such affair is settled , and tho
workmen all employed again at the place where there were on strike , or in the neighbourhood ; but be it understood , that all districts or counties where such strikes exist , pay for the printing , carriace ,. Ac , of such handbills . ' . ¦ 18 . —That at each Conference meeting the books of the Association shall be audited , and if found correct , to bo signed as such , with the names of tho . auditors attached ; any discrepances to be made good . or otherwise accounted for at the time . The secretary to have the books posted lip at the meet-j ing of the Conference , and to produce vouchers for all monies paid away , and a proper receipt bo siven for all monies received from the districts or
otherwise . Afternoon Sitting . Tho Conference re-assembled at half-past one , and proceeded to business . After discussing their usefulness and importance , the following general laws were passed . ¦ ' U . —That the-next Conference be properly advertised in the newspapers most circulated in the mining counties ,: and - tliat all districts pn > - their equal share of the expenses of the same . 15 . —That this Conference recommend the various mining counties to endeavour to emancipate themselves by the adoption of tho . principle " of Homo Colonies and Co-operation as a means of perpetuatin" thesocietv : and also strongly recommend all associatronto *" often
lecturers and officers of the -. bring the above important subjects before -- 'their respective lodges or collieries , and to draw their attention to its benefits . It was then resolved : — . . 5 th . —That 409 copies of the minutes be printed , and that the type of the address , preamble , objects and general lairs be kept up , so that" such can bo printed separately from the minutes of Conference , and tbat as many copies of the general laws bo printed as each district order , and also that a proportionate number be printed for districts not organised , such to be paid tor , in the first instance , from the penny general levy , and to be repaid from the entrance monies of new members , ana payment for cards and rules . —Adjourned .
Thursday Mornina , Oct . l ( th . The delegates . met again * this morning , ; at ; halfpast ' nine o ' clock , for the despatch ot »****« The minutes an d ' . rosoiutipn ' s of t ^ previous ^ y ^^ ti ^ m ^ s if ^ ' - Miners' paper ( Advocate ); wns due * ' fij at paper ; nppearedVseneral wish to . agairipnWw I . ttotP . L ^ iiltiniatoJy . ifcwaarMOved ^ o l j V ^ , i al ; d proncK . lisht , «« d : to . impress ' ; , ^ j d Ti [) a ^ W s ^ fe " - ;» ^ BB v ^ z s ^ o ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 26, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1597/page/7/
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