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^^ en , which had been commenced in the B rti of Oc tober last , and was rapidly approaching ^'^ non- ' riie P ^ 5011 ? fto have lost their lives XKii to ° thirteen in number ) were workmen ¦ i 7 upon the premises , carpenters and brick-£ - * i tn a tew labourers in the employment of the ^ J rho * at ^ * 8 > nWng a drain to carry i * ' , inter along the base of the columns within ^ i iaiBS- About aquarterpastseveu o ' clock the ^ hU commenced their operations for the day , ? flv bad uot been longer than three quarters of 55 or ' at work when the whole building came down (? f ° tremendous crash . The ruin was complete ^ . ^ tjntancous , and the unfortunate men , some i ?\^ , « cre employed in preparations for archine [ J Mna fl wroftbemiU i wWch was three stories f ^^ ^ iifiS ^ vj nliMi last and wa * ™ HIIMM « . i . 7 ..
ts T < ai < i 3 bolltei § lu ? leet " 'ens )! and others , as ! £ ? « ire ady described , were at once overwhelmed £ , in the lower apartments , who had a slight 1 aiTorded them by the noise of the metal beams ^ the aril noor ' > " ? conrse &e best chance "fmost of them escaped with trifling injury . tfot 51 vL 3 . ; er . tte e whose business had brought them r Z ' -artV room 5 < T , hey wer r driven down and co-K «* ifflnie r hea P |! ° bniMing materials , [ fr . ^ metal beams , which bore before them all rZitoeats to the very basement story in a few se-P j . During the day , no fewer than sewn persons rpitougtt- forth from the ruins alive , and conveyed fL Gmerai Hospital , where every attention which ^ "condi tion required was paid them . Down to « - od «* ~ m & * ereiun £ > tue remains of the follow-• men were taken oat : —Samuel Benson , John Skill Patrick Kelly , John Shannon , James Greer , Iu , ccul ion . and William M Ilroy . It was then
Vieved that seven others , named , respectively , ¦ ¦ l lv lathers , Johnson , Bryson , Kae , and fManus . were still lying underneath the mass of ibbish which occupied what had been the ground O orof the building . The appearance presented by ni bodies was , in almost every case , truly appalling , ^ jn- to mutilations inflicted by the falling mass ; nd the shrieks of the friends and relatives of the deggd wereiruly heartrending . Theloss to the proctors , we understand , will amount to £ 3 , 000 . " i n inquest was held on Saturday on the bodies \> i
le unfortunate sufferers . Several witnesses having jjen examined the inquiiy was adjourned till [ jBtsday . The Belfail Sewslater says : — " Shortly [ fierthe close of the proceedings , a warrant was usde ont by the coroner , endorsed by W . S . Tracey , ; jq .. R . M ., and handed to head-constable M'lnjre . for the apprehension of Mr . John M . i * ee , ^ contractor for the bri ckwork of the building ; 3 a in a few moments the warrant was executed , a ? Mr . Magee was brought , in custody of the head-^ stable , into the room where the inquest had been
Eld , and where the magistrates , whose names we svc above mentioned , were still sitting . Mr . Va eey then drew out Mr . Magee ' s committal to the oaiity gaol . Messrs . Boyd and Steen offered any mount of bail which may be required , but the coro-1 ? r refused to take it , and head-constable M'Intyre Kordingly proceeded at once with his prisoner to ia Sew Gaol , where he placed him in the hands of hs governor , at the same time stating it to be the n ; h of the coroner and the magistrates that Hr . Magee should not be put upon the discif . ine of the prison , but should receive every possible iidulzence . "
liESTORATlOX OF THE ROMAN CAMOLIC BISHOPRIC I ? lloss . —The Cork Examiner of Monday contains | Le following : _ » it affords us peculiar pleasure to | e enabled to communicate to our Catholic readera pftfce South the fact that our most Holy Father | be Tope ha 3 graciously acceded to the ernest |» ycr of the ltisht Rev . Dr . Murphy , the respected js ' uop of the united diocese over which his lordiLip ss worthily presided should be divided , and ijjws restored ro its ancient episcopal rank and lumiiy in the Catholic Church of Ireland . The Jail for the consecration of the new bishop the ¦ mversatiy respected Right Rev . Dr . Keane , late f . Y , of Middleton , now lies in the hands of the Most
Sev . Dr . biattery , the venerable Archbishop of iJCaslicl . " 1 Another death from starvation has taken place \ i the Eniiistymon Union , and the verdict of the ' owner s jury in the case attributes it to the neg-] jet of the vice-guardians . It would appear , howi rer , that these officials are not in any way to I lame , having expressly directed the " relieving ) facet to afford any relief that might be necessary iosuch of the cases as they were unable to dispose afonttw board day ; but that the deceased was pnt away , nevertheless , with many others , and was ifcand dead in a field next mornin < r . \\ The tkkaxt league have fixed on the 23 rd inst . W ri ' ' . r aggregate meeting , and have announced to ;| b « r friends that they have not lost any documents ? jn other matters of importance bv the * burninir nf
I beir offices in Westmorland-street . : * The Decrees or the Stsod . —In reference to ffte statement of the Soutlicrn Reporter , that the 2 f ope had the good sense to reject that decree of the Sigots which virtually put a ban upon education ^ Ireland , the Cork Examiner says : — "We made \ iwrairies in a quarter as likel y to be informed of a ^ e fact , if such it were , as almost any that could # e ; and the reply was that not a word had been ^ ftere heard upon the subject , nor was it likel y that ibi-re was any foundation for the rumour " ' if EuiGiuTiox . —On the 10 th inst . the Albert and aJars , Liverpool steamers , left our river with nearly ko hdd
$ unrepersons on board , bound for America . ti we progress in the new year the wild mania of . j . "gr atioa appean to increase . Among them we itfiscrved several very respectable-looking people Jfcd weicrveiitlyhope that their jrolden anticipa-^ ons will not be disappointed ; but " we fear with too | ga ? , t ]« J wB . When the Mars was leaving at ggwo ciocs those poor fellows essayed a valedictory gjSieerto tbeir relatives and friends on shore- it ;^* as only an effort , for immediately many , both on | l * w l and on shore , burst iato crying . —Waterford M « e Mcuuer of Ma . Matjleverk . —A letter from ¦ % F «* SK in the Jewry Telegraph , contains the fol--s ^ r 7 = » — "" •¦ w » j jmh ( ib | j « cunraius xnc 101
- tnng : — I can inform your readers , on what I ow to be reliable authority , that a young woman iiii "'" " ^ c keeping in Dublin , who is prepared 4 ?* jnve important evidence in reference to the pergeintiou of tho ahocious mui-der of Mr . Maulijptrer . I have my information from a respectable fcrson resident near the locality where therevoljj *? murder occurred , and also confirmation of it W " T a com P etent authori ty in Armagh . Prom : # LatI can learn , tkeyoung girl in question was an 3 * < witacM « f the murder , and can , accordingly , Ratify the actual perpetrators . - Shortly after if rerpeiration of the hideous atrocitv the girl fieut to America ; and when a reward was offered
§« r any iniormation leading to the discovery of the |*! nlerer , or murderers , a person who was a config * i . t of the girl stated she had something of im-^ n ance to communicate . As her evidence was | My second-hand , it was of conrse considered fSplly defective ; and on inquiry the name and | jg- . ik of the young girl were ascertained . She had § teen since brought back to Ireland , and will be sfeihcomin" at the next Lent Assizes , when two t ! P ; " ner ? at present iu our gaol—namely , M'Atavey 15 iI < ya ^ y—WM be put on their trial " on a charge s « iiaviug been implicated in the murder of Mr .
^^ tror * 1 Ianrait J cannot be tried again on me tame indictment as at last Assizes ; but 1 bei |« 6 v < : Le can be tried on an indictment for conjg raey to murJer , which is a capital offence . If p « e 1 * m America , the law of extradition renders gjpa , under such a charge , amenable to the authori-Sflesiiere . " : ^ Tlir - Dciv os Pai'EH . —ih ^ Frecman says : — «« We 3 £ * . : he gratification of announcing that at a iff-. : " ^ of th e coaiiniites of the Association for the ¦ I !? !" - 101101 " » e I ) nty on Paper , held on Monday §» liifir coairaittce room , 3 , College-green , a requx-|»< . ii to the Lord Mayor was agreed upon , to the ' ^ SMmt ^ t til-lf fll . 3 lA «*< 1 fl «*^ n < « l 1 t _ —1 _ . . «—t » j iviucuiif nvuiu
„ . .... u . u « pieasea to convene » n . rogdeat . a public meeting to petition parlia-» at for a removal of this oppressive and injurious ^ wst ; it was also removed to organise similar Igw weiits in the different cities and towns throu » h-Jg : the kingdom . The agitation promises to " be | g < "ii : t and vigorous . " IISaus ov Esccmbsbed Estates . —Eight proper-^ s , none of which presented any remurkable fea-^ f'S tithcr as r egarded terrkorial extent or net ^• -fftbe rental , were set down in the list of ' J Ut for Tuesday . Of these the sales of three estates t rv altogether adjourned for want of competition - ^ 3 a similar fate befel several of the lots of the . ^" - properties , which found partial purchasers ^^ . -Anythiiig , however , really worth the atten-^ fe ' lile s P ecu ! at 9 r was readily bought up at , at ^ SJ ?^ . the fair average rate of purchase under this a » nn . T i ; Cor estates of jjr . Garret Standish SSlrry Were off ^ reA in twolvnlnk ! . nnlvtwo of whieh
jS ^ 'ged hands , the amount produced being £ 4 , 250 . S ® a 5 i estate in the county of Tyrone , the property I * lion . Andrew Godfrey Stuavt , yielding an ffc I""ofit rental of £ 272 l-5 s . -id ., was one of fg Htt few desirable investments offered during gg - ' « Q was warmly competed for , a gentlejS ? n named Gunning being finally declared the pur-! ^ , r : it the high figure of £ 4 , 570 . The estate of S * - Jessi-s . Kuox , in the county of Mayo , contain--Sr ' - V acres ' ? ieldui S rental of about £ 350 a ^ , iUl , ? ett 0 ^ jyjjjyj ^ Qf J ^ pCr 300101 , K , v J" ? Petitioners in the cause , " Barbara K , ' ' " S ( > ia five lots for £ 1 , 181 . - "i-ner attempt was made to sell the estates of Sid K ^ f" Mau « seU , in the counties of Limerick HtfinA 3 ? ny ^ ut vitt no better success than SHf former experiment . With the excep-» ... _ s . house Dronertv in the citv of
Eli > . ' '' "cu realised about £ 250 , the other porie « ai / Pronert . v foad little or no favour , and iirii ? - Uc 8 eTeral Iot 3 stood adjourned for a wa U-Vil The estate of Mr . Thomas Gowan B ^ r ^ ^ t'oner ) . consisting of 304 acres of fctViTl becount yof Wexford , producing a profit JJJtffiOO per annum sold for £ 1 , 400 . This ST n PtLe proceedings of a rather dull day . ^ xaiiok op Mb . Chbisiiak , the Law Advissb . faf stated JhatMr . Christian , Q-C , who some r * aaca accepted the office of law adviser to
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signed , inconsequence itSS ^ T ' 1188 re ' compatibility of thS dutfe 0 ? S ° nffi ' ° ^ F % s * r *** •* s ^ ft * sys Belch " ve&o M * AT 0 V ~ The Cow ^ l Queen's ca « eof » wSSf nt £ Tuesdayin the celebrated Sre their t ^ v ' % noId 3 " wl » ich first came SVE £ fei 1 P - Micuaelaia 3 term , 1 S 49 . takentoth ^ rf- ! , the natare of a demurrer Cornom ^ va ^ l ^ of . the return filed by the late co rporation , alleginjr . in answer to tl . n «» ,, ^ ,, o ^ c ^ — " » c lrisn bOTCrnment , on thn annnin * x » „
Z 7 J » the election of a Lord Mayor in the place of Mr . Reynolds , that tho office was fulf Ihe Judges with the exception of Mr . Justice Pemn , decided that the return was no answer to tne writ , and allowed the demurrer , with costs It was intimated at the close of the proceedings that the case is to be brought before a superior tribunal , so that , after eighteen months' litig ation the whole question , thanks to the " glorious un certainty , ' remains virtually undecided .
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FIRE IX ST . MARTIX'S-LANE AXD LOSS OF THREE LIVES . On Wednesday morninjr , at a few minutes before three , one of the most calamitous fires that has occurred in the metropolis for some months past attended with fatal results to three of the inmates , broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Benjamin Cannt , known as the Coach and Horses Tavern St . Martin ' s-lane . The building was three stories high , and had three rooms on each floor . In the attics slept three children , together with tho deceased , Ruth Lowe , Edward Xoakes ( a waiter ) , and Samuel Lowe ( the potman ) , tke latter being a cousin of Mrs . Caunt . The second floor front room
was occupied by Mrs . Caunt : the middle room contained a spare bed ; and in the third , or backroom , slept the nurse , Betsy Butler , with an infant child of Mr 3 . Caunt ' s . Mr . Caunt had left town on Tuesday afternoon for Lewisham ; and Mrs . Caunt , having closed ihe house about two o ' clock on Wednesday morning , proceeded to retire to rest ; before doing so she requested a niece , who was staying with her on a visit , and who had hitherto occupied the second floor spare room , to sleep with her that night . The young woman consented , and went into her room to fetch her ni ght dress , taking opportunity at the same time , by request of her aunt , to examine the apartment , and look under the bed to see that no one was concealed in the house . She
had a candle in her hand while thus engaged , and , from subsequent occurrences , there appears too much reason to fear that an accidental spark falling upon some combustible material in this room must have occasioned the catastrophe . Mm . Caunt had only been in bed a very few moments when she was aroused by the waiter , calling out from the third 3 oor that the house was on fire , and urging his mistress to make her escape . Mrs . Caunt roused her niece instantly , and , rushing out of her own room , entered the middle room for the purpose of alarming the nurse who was sleeping with her infant in the back room . As soon as she opened the door of the middle ] room Mrs . Cauut was nearly overpowered by the flames and smoke with which the
room was filled . With great intrepidity , however , she rushed forward , and , forcing open the door of the third room , called to the nurse to bring out her child . The nurse , perceiving her danger in an instant , did not stop to dress herself , but snatched up the child , and followed Mrs . Caunt out of the room , literally walking through the flames with which the apartment was filled . During this terrible interval Xoaks , the waiter , had opened the trap door on the roof , and was busily engaged in handing- the parties who slept in this part Of the houso on to the leads , and thence down through a skyilght into the adjoining dwelling . The barmaid the maid servant , the potboy , and Mr . Caunt ' s eldest son , a boy about twelve years of age , were all
rescued in this manner and placed in safety by Xoakes , who returned to look for the other children but unfortunately too late to save them . It appears that in then : alarm and excitement they had got out of bed , and hidden themselves beneath it , and here , when the fire was got under , the brigade men found their charred remains burned almost to a cinder . The body of Ruth Lowe , a remarkably fine young woman , aged IS , was found in another part of the room , extended on the floor , and reduced to an almost shapeless mass . In less than three minute 3 after the alarm was given , the Royal Society ' s fire escape arrived , and was closelv
followed by the brigade engines from Chandosstreet station . An abundant supply of water was obtained , and other engines having arrived , the firemen set to work vigorously , but , notwithstanding the great streams of water thrown upon and into the burning property , the work of destruction continued . The flames , which rose some considerable distance above the house-tops in the neighbourhood , were not subdued until tne whole of the upper part of the premises was destroyed , and the lower portion extensively damaged . —Mr . Caunt returned home from the country in the course of the morning , and then learned the loss he had sustained .
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m » FIRES DJMAXCIIESTER . -TWO COTTON MILLS BURNED . Xo Ies 3 than six fires have occurred in Manchester since Friday , the 10 th inst ., one of which broke out in a mill belonging to Messrs . Wallace , Waterhouse , and Thompson , Chepstow-street , Oxfordstreet , on Friday morning , about five o ' clock . Notwithstanding the immediate arrival of the fire brigade and their utmost exertions , the various upper floors of the building rapidly gave way until the entire place was destroyed . Upwards of 300 hands will be thrown out of employment by this sad event . The building is insured in the Phoenix-office for £ G , 000 , and the machinery and stock in the West of England for £ 4 , 000 , Alliance £ 4 . 000 , the Manchester Assurance Company £ 4 , 000 , which , it is said , will be far from covering the loss . On
Tuesday evening a fire broke out ia the cotton factory of Messrs . Robert Marsland and Co ., Ancoats , which destroyed a considerable portion of the building . Messrs . Robert Marsland and Co . are spinners and doublcrs , and their premises , called the Ancoats-bridge Mills , consist of three parallel buildings , on the north side of the river Medlock , the middle and principal building being 120 feet long and 32 broad , and consisting of six stories and an attic . It was in this larger building , filled principally with spinning machinery , that the fire originated . It was discovered about a quarter past six o ' clock in the evening—the work-people having left their employment at six—by some persons outside iiie mill , who immediately communicated the fact that there was a strong light in the top story to the watchman
private . An alarm was given immediately in the neighbourhood , and Messrs . Gallimore i * A . " ^ 3 ? Print works »« on the opposite bank of the River Medlock , sent a private fire ! Sh !/ ff \ ^ sot int 0 P la ? with coneiderable effect though some delay occurred owing to the muddy bed of the river rendering it necessary that the water should be laden into tubs before it could be passed through the engine . The town fire engines , under the direction of Mr Thomas Rose , arrived at the scene of tho fire about twenty minutes to seven o ' clock . At this time tie fire , which had commenced at the north end of the mill , had extended nearly the whole length of the building , and the two upper stories—the sixth and seventh—were a mass of flames . B y the enersrv of the firemen the flames were much
reduced by ten o clock , and there was a hope that tho damage would be confined to the two top stories of the mill . By an accident which occurred at about this time similar to that at the fire of Messrs . Wallace and Co . ' s , last week , theamount of damage was much augmented . The floor and other supports of the top stories appear to have been so much injured by the fire , that about ten o'clock they were no longer capable of sustaining the weight of machinery upon them at the north end , and the floor , extending along nearly one-half the building from the north end falling in , carried down corresponding portions of the fifth , fourth , third , and second stories to the bottom of the mill . Had the fire not been so much reduced at this
time , it is probable that the flames would have extended to thelower stories of the other part of the building , in which case the destruction of the entire mill would have been almost inevitable . As it is , the fire ha 3 destroyed nearly one half of the larger mill , and the two top stories of the remainder including the entire roof . The whole of the walls are standing , except a small portion of the top of . he western side . The other buildings upon the premises have not suffered , except from water . The buildings are Wed in the Xorth of England to the amount 9 fi 2 , ( 00 ; inthe WestofEnglan ( ffor £ 2 , 900 ; i ^ ° iS ™ \ f * ' and itt the A * la 3 for £ 600 total , to . yjo . ihe amount of damage done by the fire is estimated at about £ 5 , 000 . About 230 bands will be thrown out of employment b y the calamity . The cause of the fire n not known . It is said to have originated in some waste-rovinga at the north
end of the sixth storey of the building , but how they were ignited is a mystery . Dirty waste will ignite spontaneously if suffered to lie long in one place , but these were perfectly clean rovings in a basket which the spinner had placed in his corner , on the steam pipe . Two of the fire 3 alluded to above occurred on Saturday afternoon , between four and five o ' clock . One of them in a house in Moreton-street , Strangeways , was caused by the joists of theflooring of the lower storey runninginto a flue , and not being sufficiently protected . The other , also in a dwelling-house , in Windmill-street , origiaited in a spark from a fire igniting some bedding . The damage done in either case did not exceed £ 5 , the flames being confined to the rooms in which they originated , and being extinguished , with the assistance of the neighbours , before the arrival of-the fire engines . The third fire , which was more serious in its consequences , occurred in a
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SmSS t 0 be m flame 9 ' ^ formation being immediately given at the police yard Mr Rose was speedily on the spot with throei writes and Kcl ? tn n a e . Xtin f ^» S the fircbyXufeighi o clock , it having been almost entirely confined to ? h ^ 3 f StOrey . - , The ™«* ouse was closed at half-past four o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , cause Tthfrt " ^ known as to the Sati * ' ° ugh ll is conJectured to have Sffift * a SlZlng 8 tove in the * hW store vthe total damage done to the building and stock " is about t eda M ° , Ut £ 4 °° An <* "e broke out about ten o clock on Sunday eveninir in the »¦«>
SSlfW ™?* - y ° ns and Stapland , Chesterstreet , Oxford-street . Tho workpeople succeeded in extinguis hing the flame before the arrival of the engines , and the damage will not exceed £ 20 .
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THE PAPAL HIERARCHY IN BHQLASD . w o ^ tion upon thi s question may be said to SSi « S iff * ' until jt is a £ ain ~ ejected W Ste P > s when ifc ™ J be SSw ^ nn rt ¦ the zealous and enthusiastic will soundZ fir " * " "T and a S ain 8 end " forth thBir w £ wJ W « he la 8 fc of the county meetings S « n i- edltl Cornwa 11 and Gaermarthen , but the proceedings atthe former is the only one worthy w TtJ C < Le J m J on moved » and « ie Hon . G . W . Forteaque seconded , an address to the Queen . Mr . J . R . Lethbndge said he stood there the advocate of civil and religious liberty , but if they allowed ; Popery to be paramount , farewell to religious liberty . ( Cheers . ) Mr . J . w . Ellis professed his opposition to Romanism , but could not consent to interfere with or curtail the liberty of . .
his Roman Catholic fellow countrymen . He concluded by moving an amendment—that the address was uncalled for amidst considerable confusion This was seconded by Mr . E . Stephens , and after spceohea from tho Rev . Mr . Moleswortb Mr W I . Peter , the Rev . E . J . Treffry , the Rev . J . Wallis , the Rev . Canon Rogers , the Rev . J . Noy , and Captain Riley , was put from the chair , when only one hand being held up , it was lost . Another amendment , moved by Captain Thompson , expressive of the disapprobation of the honours conferred on Irish Roman Catholic prelates , and of the grant to Maynooth , was also lost , and the address carried by an overwhelming maiority . The Chairman read lettera from the Earl of Falmoutb , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , and others , expressive of their concurrence in the objects of the meeting .
The CnuBcn op England and Ireusd . — The Irish prelates have addressed , through the Archbishop of Armagh , a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury , expressing their regret , and even " apprehension , " at obsemng that their brethren on this side of the channel describe themselves in " the Episcopal Address to the Queen , " as " the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England , " a title which , " we beg permission to say , is unknown to the law of the land , and which imports a virtuous denial of the fifth article of Union between England and Ireland , " They have painfully felt that , of late years , in legislating on ecclesiastical affairs , as on many public occasions , a disposition has been manifested to regard the Irish provinces of the United Church as if they did not form
an integral portion of the one church of the nation . " The Archbishop submits to the correction , and soothingly replies that , though it did not appear "to any of the bishops" consulted that the _ co-operation of the Irish prelates could be invited , Still " it would hava been better to haye indited an harmonious sentence , than to have given ground for the apprehensions expressed in your Grace ' s letter . He promises to communicate the letter to his episcopal brethren , but meanwliilo can venture to eay that ' we all consider the Irirh branch of the United Church to be bo closely identified with our own , that if one member suffers , the other cannot fail to suffer with it , and that in all cages where co-operation is desirable or practicable , wo shall be ready to act with your Grace and the other Irish prelates as an united body . "
Tho following paragraph is from Tail ' s Magazine , for January : — " Dr . Wiseman ' s documents are no new manifestations of the nature of Popery , and his appointments confer upon it no new power . Still more—and here again we approach the root of all tho mischief done out of doors , and rumoured as likely to be done in the Cabinet and Legislatureyou ought not , and you cannot , legislate against influences . We ought not—it is persecution ; if we , as Liberals , think Romanism has a despotic tendency ; Tories think Protestant Dissent has . a democratic tendency ; and if legislation , or attempts at it , had a beginning , where would be the end ? We cannot—all history shows , in letters ot blood , that these things are too subtle for laws and
penalties ; in the present case , to forbid the names would be paltry—to forbid the thing would be persecution : but both are practically impossible . Tho check and cure for bad influences is the application of good ones . We say , with Milton , " Let truth and falsehood grapple , " and perish all force and " protection , aa puerilities and paltrooneries . " A meeting was held at the Freemason ' s Hall , on Tuesday—Mr . H . Ho : ire in the chair Mr . G . Hughes moved : —•• That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the recent daring aggression of the Pope is to he attributed , in a great measure , to the crippled state of the Cburch of England , the direct consequence of the long-continued suppression of
her synodicalfunctious ; that the Church of England can deal with this aggression only in her corporate capacity—that is to say , in her national synod , which the 139 th canon declares to be 'the true Church of England by representation ; ' and that , therefore , the present emergency constitutes an additional plea for urging the revival of her Bynodal functions upon the basis of the existing provincial Convocations of Canterbury and York , " H © described the church aa not only diseased , out helpless . —The Rev . 3 . B . Sweet , in seconding the resolution , added : — "Romanists had been in the habit of talking triumphantly among our poor of the helplessness of the English Church , and the profanation of her service ; and the Anti-State
Church Association had delighted to echo the same topics . "—Mr . D . Percival moved an address , which declared that the exercise of the right of convocation , involved hi the divine constitution of the church , guaranteed by Magna Charta , confirmed at the Reformation , and implied in the coronation oatb , would prevent , or effectually resist , such aggressions , and rectify all internal , grievances . —Dr . Biber , in seconding the address , deprecated driving matters on to a separation of Church and State , delivering the Church of England , bound hand and foot , into the hands of the secular power—not into the hands of a . consecrated Sovereign , but into the hands of a Prime Minister , who mi ght be nothing more than the representative of the democracy —( great applause)—who was not the Lord ' s
anointed , who might have every creed ever thought of , and perhaps creeds never thought of—( laughter)—and in some instances no creed at all ? ( Continued applause . ) Many of all opinions were in Parliament , and sat in her Majesty ' s Council , through the toleration of the Church of England , or they never would have had that privilege . The Anti-State Church Association was allowed to promulgate its opinions , provided they fell short of treason ; so were tho Chartists . The Methodists and other Dissenters were allowed to consult together from time to time , to settle how they might make themselves more powerful , and it was the
crying shame of the Church of England that she was not allowed the same liberty . ( Cheers . ) He ( Dr . Biber ) felt that he was pleading not only for Church emancipation—he was pleading ; for tho emancipation of our Queen —( loud cheers)—from the fetters in which she was fast bound , so that she could not carry out her solemn vows . ( "Hear , hear , " and " No . " )—The Rev . J . E . Cox moved an amendment which negatived every assertion in the address , and opposed to the right of Convocation the prerogative of tho Crown . —The amendment , on being put to the meeting , was rejected , and the address -was carried amidst great cheering . The proceedings lasted six hours .
Socihwark . —A meeting was held on Tuesday in the Town Hall , the High Bailiff in the chair . —Mr . Apsley Pellatt moved a resolution to the effect that the recent bull of the Pope was an insolent attack upon the civil and religious liberties of Great Bri ' tain ; repudiating persecution on account of religion , and called upon Lord John Russell to bring before Parliament a measure for the immediate abolition of the Maynooth grant and all other endowments of Popery out of the public purse . —A letter was read from Sir William Molesworth , written in 'Paris , in which after designating the recent acts of the Popo as a foolish and impudent
proceeding , he reminds his constituents , " that iu accordance with the principles of religious liberty and equality ( whioh were the true principles of the Reformation ) , every man ought to be entitled to adopt the religious faith which he prefers , and to Propagate it to the best of hia abilities ; that the tate ought to interfere as little as possible in religious matters , and that everjr sect ought to be permitted to manage Us spiritual concerns in the manner which it considers best . "—Several amendments were proposed by different persons , but the original motion was carried , with some verbal amendment ; an address and petition were voted , and the meeting broke up .
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Sphiso Flowers . — During the past week , primroses haTe been offered for sale in great quantities , wallflowers and polyanthuses may also be seen blossoming in gardens in the neighbourhood . The appearance of these heralds of sunnier days indicate the unusual mildness of the present season . —Susstx AdvertUtr .
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Swindling and False Titles . — A Spaniard , named Campos was a few days ago tried by the Court of Assizes of the Department of Indre , for innumerable acts of swindling . In 1847 he established himself at Corcasonne , with a woman whom he represented to be his wife , and passed himself off as a grandee of Spain , and as a near relative of the late King Ferdinand . He showed several pretended bills of exchange , and a mass of what he represented to be valuable jewellery . He succeeded in running into debt , and in borrowing different sums of money . He then vanished from the place . The next place at which he figured at was Sotteyille , near Rouen ; there lie pretended to be a relative of the President of the Republic , and be made dupes . He also induced the housekeeper of a barber to confide to him her two daughters , aged fourteen and nine ; he seduced the elder , and violated the younger . He then took
them from place to place , to prevent them from returning to their mother . He afterwards went to Chateauroux , whore ho again passed himself off as a grandee of Spain , and a relative of the President of the Republic ; and he here committed numerous acts of swindling . From one person he obtained 6 , 000 f ., and from another 12 , 000 f . He next resided at Pailleux and Issoudun , and there he represented himself as a prince of the Bourbon family , cousin to Henry Y ., and brother-in-law to the Count do Montemolin . His dupes in these places wero very numerous . He afterwards went to Marseilles with the two girls , and was abeut to leave the country when he was arrested . His frauds altogether amounted to an immense sum . It was ascertained that he had held the rank of colonel in the Spanish army , but had been obliged to leave on account of having committed some frauds . Ho was condemned to twenty yeara' hard labour at the bulks .
Death of the Ddke ov Newcastle . — We have to record the death of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle , which took place at his residence at Clumber Park , Nottinghamshire , on the afternoon of Sunday , the 12 th instant , after a Ion ? and painful illness . Henry Pelham Fiennes-Pelhum , Duke of Newcastle , was the son of the third duke , by the fifth daughter of the second Eavl of Harrington . He was born on the 30 th of January , 1785 , and succeeded to the family honours as the fourth duke on the death of his father in 1795 . At an early age he was sent to Eaton , where he remained for seven years . After having attained the distinctions of that celebrated school , it was thought advisaWe that the young duke should travel , and he accordingly accompanied
a portion ot his family to the Continent , whero , in consequence of the troubles which' prevailed at that day , he , with his relatives , was detained a prisoner for some years . In 1807 , shortly after his return to England , his Grace marriod Geovgiana Elizabeth , daughter of Mr . Edward Miller Mundy , of Shipley , in the county of Derby , by whom he had a numerous family . The deceased Duke was cmj ( os rotulorum of Newark , steward and keeper of Sherwood Forest and Folowood Park , and high steward of Redford ; and he was tho patron of ei ght livings . The late Duke is succeeded by his son , the Right Hon . Henry Pelham Clinton , Earl of Lincoln ; and a vacancy is thus created in the Parliamentary representation of the Falkirk district of boroughs .
Central Nortii America . —Tho Hon . H . Wenman Coke and the Hon . Edward Stuart Wprtley have lately arrived at St . Louis , after an absence of about five months , on a hunt in the buffalo range of tho Red River of the North . The party to which they belonged have been unusuall y successful in the chase , having killed 200 buftal q cows . The company consisted of ei ghty horsemen , principally half-breeds , and travelled the range far noith-wost of Devil ' s lake . The party , in their excursion , visited Pembina , Selkirk settlement , and Foi t Garry , aud learned , from the census recently taken , that Pembma
, with the settlement attached , contained 1 , 200 inhabitants and Fort Garry , the English trading port , with its environs , about 3 , 000 . The country was quiet , and the people as prosperous as they could be . These travellers report that , owing to commercial restrictions , imposed on them by the Hudson ' s Bay Company , the population of Selkirk waB in a state of partial revolt , which , it was thought , would break out openly , unless their alleged grievances were removed . It is reported that the Indians had burned tho whole country on the plains , and that largo war parties were moving in every direction . . .
The sew Money Ohders now issuing from tho Genem Post-Office contain an important alteration which has been made in the printed rules . Hitherto it has been necessary that a money order should be presented for payment before the expiration of two calendar months from the date of issue , to prevent its becoming a lapsed order ; but with respect to tho new money orders , it is necessary that they should be paid before tho second . calendar month , or they become lapsed . If , therefore , : one of tho new orders should be presented just before the second calendar month has expired , and through anv error on the part of the post-office cash cannot " be ohtamed until the second month has expired , the order becomes
a lapsed one , although it has been presented within the given time . In the new money orders there is a similar alteration of the rules respecting the twelvemonth ' s grace allowed to the holders of money orders before alii claim on the Post-office for the amount of such orders ceasos . ; The Vacant Quarter-Master Generalship . — It is rumoured , and with some degree of certainty , that Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin , K . C . B ., Colonel of the § 3 rd Regiment , will succeed the late General Su- Willoughby Gordon as Quarter-Master-General to the forces ; a saving of the extra allowance of £ 500 per annum as in the recent appointment of Adjutant General , will , of course , be made . —Lmttd Stnite Gazette .
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THE MINERS OF THE NORTH . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —By the enclosed hand-bill you will perceive the grofs injustice now being practised upon the miners of this district , by attempting to deprive them of the valuable services of their weighinan ; but in order that it may he better understood what is meant by the conduct of the masters in this instance , and also to show the importance of the weig her to the workmen , I 6 ubmit the following explanation . When the miners here became united they found , upon investigation , that they were defrauded to a considerable extent , by the employers not paying them for the full weight of coals sent to bank ; ' and although they had been defrauded by these means to the amount of five or six shillings per man in the fortnight , yet they overlooked the past in their generosity , but secured themselves for the future bv ' ' '
appointing one of their own body to stand by U \ e weighing machine , in addition to the party appointed to look out on the part of the employers . The result was , that the workmen got just weight , and were advantaged several shillings per man each fortnight , out of which they paid the wages of the person they employed . This practice has now become nearly general in this nei ghbourhood . Many of the employers have evinced the greatest alacrity in respon . ding to the request of their workmen for leave to appoint such weighers , and have never attempted to disturb the arrangements thus made .
The gentleman , however , belonging to these collieries have made the bold attempt to deprive the workmen of this privilege , and have necessarily and justly roused the whole body of men to a determined resistance , which it is to be hoped will be successful . It is , therefore , fully expected that , should any miners be applied to to leave their district or colliery and come to any of these collieries now on strike , that they will at once perceive vr > e object of their employers . " To be forewarned is to be foreaimed . " Hence the utility of this notice , that the coaxing qualities of the masters in enticing workmen from their homes may in this instance be fruitless . Yours truly , M . Jude .
^ It may be added , as affording a proof of the Christian tendencies of the owners of the above collieries , that they have commenced the usual practice of ejecting the workmeu from the dwelling bouses , although we are in the middle ot the winter seaaon .
TO THE MINERS OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM . Brother Miners and Fellow Working Men , — We , the workmen of six united collieries , viz ., Crow Trees , Little Chilton , Hough Hall , Joint Stock , Byor ' s Green , with South Kelloa , having had recourse to a strike , in consequence of our master dislodging our weighman from the heap , at Little Chilton Colliery , and all the alledgement is that ho called a meeting according to the order of his constituents ; we therefore think it an infringement on our rights , and we intend to stand by him or perish n the attempt . We therefore hope that no encroachment will be made during our struggle on the said collieries . And we remain yours , In the Bonds of Union , The Workmen of tho above Collieries . William Shaw , Secretary . January 9 th , 1851 .
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Death of tiie Author of " Wild Sports op the West . "—We \ regret , to announce the death of a writer whose genial and sportivo pen has delighted thousands , Maxwell , . the Irish novelist , and author of innumerable humorous sketches in the periodical literature of the day , expired on the 29 th of December , ' at Musselburg , near the . Scottish capital . His generally vigorous health had of late broken down , and he crept , into the retirement of this sequestered village to die . lie had been in early life a captain in the British army , and was , of course , the deli ght of tho mess-room , and a general favourite in social circles . He subsoquently entered the Church , and was some years
prebendary of Balla , a wild Connaught church living , without any congregation or care ofaouls attached to it ; tkough it afforded what he was admirably capable of dealing with , plenty of game . Of awarmheatted , kind , and manly temperament , he made friends of all who came within the range of his wit , or the circle of his acquaintance . He was the founder of that school which counts tho " Harry Lorrequers" and others among its humble disciples ; but "The Story of my Life , " and " Wild sports of the West , " will not be easily surpassed in the peculiar qualities of that gay , offhand , and rollicking style of penmanship , of which he was the originator . —Globe .
Loss o ? T . d | RicuARn Cobdes Bt Fire . —Wq &t » sorry to notice tho total loss by fire of the barque Richard Cobden , of this port , from Calcutta to London , on the night of the 22 nd of Ootober last , about fifty miles from the island of Bourbon . Most fortunately the weather was fine aridcalm , and bri ght moonlight , and the Prince of Orange of Leith was in the immediate vicinity . She sent all her crew on board , but all the efforts of both crews wero quite ineffectual , and in a fetf hours she was burnt to the water ' s edge , and sunk stern foremost The captain and crew were taken on board the Prince of Orange , and landed at St . Helena , on the 21 st of November . The fire originated bv spontaneous combustion of part of the cargo ( s ' afflower ) . —Liverpool Mtrcitry , 6 '
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• ROBERT OWEN AND THE EXHIBITION OF 1851 . TO THE SOCIAL REFORMERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Friends and BRETHiiEN .-Great reforms are the result of great efforts . The year 1517 will ever be remarkable in the annals of Europe as the most important epoch in the revolution of mind , when a poor Monk electrified the western world by proclaiming the ascendancy of reason and settlinc or ever the right , of every man to private judgment in matters of faith . 6 The year 1 G 49 saw , for the first time in our own country , thft triumph of popular will . An obscured farmer succeeded , by the aid of public opinions , in exploding that monster fallacy of political science the " right divide" of kings . The year 1776 is immortalised by one of the noblest victories in the records of nations , when the
New world declared its independence of the Old , ¦ Ip spising the trappings of regal pomp , and founding National Law upon National Will . The year 1793 is distinguished for the birth of those European Revolutions which threaten the disruption of the old system of things , and demonstrate that" peace and order" will be a stranger in society until the principles of equity and fraternity in their most enlarged and enli ghtened interpreta ' tion , are established amongst us .
The year 1851 , we are assured , will be memo-Table « the progress and developement of civilisaion . _ For tho first time in the history of the world there ia to be a meeting of the peoples of the leading natums of tke globe , not wi , h the view of butchering each other , and making the earth around them groan in agony and death , but for fraternal Communion , each contributing their measure of ingenuity and skill to one common emporium , ia winch witt be exhibited all that modern intellect can produce .
Such a brilliant opportunity should not be lost by the Social Reformers of this country to make further known to the world , through their brethren visitine the International Exhibition , the means of uni . yersal happiness and brotherhood . There is a t'de in tiie affairB of nations as of men which , taken at its flood , leads to fortune . A people , as an indi ' vidual , by seizing the proper moment may achieve more by one great effort than years of agitation and suffering . And what moment more opportune for
promulgating these views so well calculated to make the world happy , than the time when the world is there to listen to you ? The friends of Social Progress , of all shades of opinion , will have serious cause of regret if they permit an event so prouitious to pass h y , without ail effort equal to the occasion , to place their opinions in the hands of these numerous foreigners who may be instrumental in sowing the seeds of truth in quarters they might not otherwise reach for a generation to come .
It is anticipated by the projectors of this Exhibition , and their expectations aro reasonable , that it will give a mighty impetus to the progress of phy-Bical science—probabl y advance it a century . Why not also make it subservient to the advancement of those sciences more immediately involving the welfare of the people ? If our means of increasing wealth are to be augmented by it , why not also the mode of distributing it facilitated ? This is , in fact , thi desideratum of modern civiliaation . To i ncreas « wealth , without distributing it , is only a partial good . It rests with the devotees of social science , therefore , to see that this memorable demonstration fulfils the highest possible missson .
As many Kill come from countries where freedom ofspeechandptess are almost unknown , such an opportunity of getting political and social information may be to them of double value , and the sense of this ought to be to u 8 a double stimulus . It is proposed that tracts and lectures en political and social subjects be translated into the leading languages and distributed at the Exhibition , as well as at the residences of various forei gners . It is intended , also , to invite the venerable founder of English Socialism , Robert Owen , to deliver a aeries of lectures during the season . It would be a worthy triumph in the career of such a man . Who ought to be heard with more affection and respect at the
meeting of" all nations , " than he who has been the devoted and consistent advocate of the welfare of all nations for these last sixty years ? The world owes him a debt of gratitude , and no time can be more fitting for its acknowled gment . Public meet , nigs will also be held in varsous parts of London , to which invitations will be sent to the leading visitors of the Exhibition , and every effort used to take advantage of ihe great occasion But in enteruig upoa a war-, though a bloodless one , the sinews of war must he forthcoming , or the attempt at once abandoned . Let our friends , therefore , north and south , unite with a generosity and enthusiasm
commensurate with their cause , and the opportunity and the year ' 51 may prove the brightest era in the destiny of nations . We would suegest that committees be forthwith formed in Manchester , Bir . minghara , Newcastle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , and other populous towns , to receive subscri ptions and act with the central committee ih London . No time should be lost , a week now being worth a month at any other period . Let every true friend of progress fed himself - delegated to do a great work , and a great work will be done . We live in an aee of popular triumphs . Let us add one more to the list , and that the greatest , the noblest .
Robert Cooper , George Jacob Holtoake , Jamks Rigb \ . _ Hbnrt A . Ivory , Hon . Sec . Communications to be Eent in the meantime to the Secretary , 52 , College-place , Camden-town , London .
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^—~ THE GALASIIIELS CO-OPERATIVE PRO . VISION STORE COMPANY Held their annual soiree and ball on New Year's night , in the Brid ge Inn Assembly-room , which wa » crowded to excess , great numbers applying in vaia for admission . The tea , bread , and fruits were supplied from the company ' s storeB , and were of the best descri ption . An accomplished violin band , and numerous singers and reciters , enlivened the evening with choice and appropriate pieces , and the greatest harmony prevailed throughout . The Chairman in opening the procsedings , drew a humourous contrast between the domestic economy of the days of his " granny" and the present , and showed the tendency towards a state of co-operation . Mr . William Sanderson , in a talented speech , made the following
statement-.-Our Co-operative Provision Company began with a capital of only J 628 ; we have now about £ 800 ; it was started in a small room in the Overhaugh , at a rent of about £ 5 per annum we now rent premises to about £ 70 per annum ; then , we had only one establishment j now we have three provision shops , a baking and a butcher ' s meat establishment , doing business to the amount of about £ 10 , 000 , and all doing well . I am convinced that if tho members only thoroughly understood the system and looked to their own interest , all of our establi 8 hraents would prosper much better . Let them understand that , by giving them the profits according to their dealings , that they have all their provisions at prime cost , and that all the , storeB , the groceries , baking and butcher ' s meat establishment *
are one concern , the profits on the whole being equally divided in the gross purchase of the whole stores . Mr . Walk « r next addressed the meeting on the force of habit , and the meeting broke np , highly pleased with the evening ' s entertainment .
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A LiPfl Fitly Closbd . — ' * On Saturday morn « ing , " . gays tho Paris Constitutionnd , "a , humble hearse , followed by an old woman , leading a dog by a string , left the llue do 1 'IIirondelle , near the Pont St . Michel , it contained the bod y of a woman who under tho Directory and the Consulate , had beea one of the moat fashionable merveilhiises , She wa « the daughter of a poor fruitwoman of tho Rue St Victor , but her extraordinary beauty caused hor' £ take to the ve . Whilst leading that Kfe she . * L petedt orttantloh afttolrteL ^ S ^ S . 'S ipiSBSli jLm c ^ n V ^' reu 6 e ~ 8 uchwa 8 her * " » * aScTacv S L V ^ at of a 11 the Parisiftn SfXffi S ^ shade - But somo esc apes caused the Marquis to abandon her , and her own extravagance and orgka ntaeed her lower and » r iv er beauty at lenSth al « ° foded , and she was obliged to become a seller of oranges and oysters . She subsequently became a . dealer of poultry in . the market , and so continued up to her deatn . 5
The Opesiso op Parliament . —The Premier ha addressed copies of the following letter to his « up » porters in the Lower House : —V Downing-street , — Sir , —I take the liberty of informing you that tka meeting of parliament having been fixed for Tue * day , the 4 th of February , business of importance will be brought forward without delay ; I therefore request your attendance oh that day . 1 have the honour to be , sir , your obedient servant , Jqbcj Russbll . "
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B RESm S ^ f THE NATIONAL MITTEE ? ° N AND ELECTION COMFrom Nov . 30 th , 1817 , to Aug . 19 th , 1849 . ™ , ¦„ , dr . £ s . d . ^—Balance in h and 69 10 101 i .-Maccle&field , per II . B . Leach 10 0 „ W . Ilamer , Oldham , per T . Clark - ... r 10 0 „ Sunderland , per Mr " . ' M'Grath !!! 0 12 0 „ IJlyth , per Ralph Darling ... 0 1 0 „ liish opwearmouth , per Mr . 0 ^ Y atl 1 0 8 0 1843 ter ' per T - Clark ° ° Jan . 12 . -Willin 8 borou h , per T . Clark 0 9 3 lS .-Totness , per T . Clark 0 7 0 „ £ -. 1 oung , and W . Duan . Rriphtnn .
10 2 s . pd each , per W . Rider ... 050 \ 7 IK > per T - Ulark 0 4 0 » Mansfield , per T . Clark 0 5 1 e . u . V- ~? "sto 1 P > - T . Clark 10 0 Beb . <} . —Ashton-und er-Lyne , per W . Woodroffe ... ... ... 060 ™ 1 Vr -, T nd ee » Per James Graham ... 0 8 7 Mar . 16 . —II . Barrow , Leicester , per T . CUrk 0 5 0 ? r ~ Stallwood , Great Marlow 0 10 " 2 "' , Landay , ditto 0 0 0 if 2 o 2 - - £ e 0 rg > e Mills , Scotland ... 0 9 0 May 3 . —Returned by Carlisle Election . ,. Committee , R . Lowry ... 1114 3 " -Mr . Parke ' s Book 0 3 7 Io 4 u
May 18 . —Intorest on Money in Bank ... 1 9 8 July 10 . —Loan from Westminster Locality 10 0 „ Mr . Watson , from Hand Books of Registration 114 3 „ Received by Secretary , for ditto ditto 0 7 10 Returned by Overseers , St . Mary ' s Lambeth , for List of Voters ... 0 5 0
£ 03 18 11 1847 cr . ' £ s . d . Dec . 7 th—Error in last Balance Sheet 10 0 „ Secretary , for services and loss of time 5 0 0 „ Rent of Committee-room 6 13 9 ,, Stationary and Postage 3 13 11 „ Auditing Accounts in 1847 ... 0 7 6 „ Mr . Simpson , for returned ticket 0 10 1848 . March 11 th—Carlisle Election 30 0 0 „ Post-office orderB 0 4 0 „ Trustees going to Bank 0 1 6 May lCth—Messrs . M'Gowan , and Co ., for printing Addresses , &c . ... 1 13 0 June 20 th—Deputation waiting upon Mr . O'Connor 0 7 0
1849 . March 26 th—John Earle and John Avnott , delivering Addresses ... 0 11 0 April 11 th—Deputation waiting upon Thomas Cooper 0 1 0 „ John Arnott , registering voters in the borough of Lambeth , filling up claims , and sending them in to the Overseers ... 10 17 6 , „ Lists of Voters for various parishes 0 17 10 J May 18 th—Advertising Hand Book of Registration 2 1 G 6 „ Messrs . M'Gowan and Co ., printing Hand Books , Claims , &e . 25 10 10 „ 21 st—Lambeth and Metropolitan Election Associations 0 3 0 „ Paid John Simpson , Treasurer ... 0 0 5
Total £ 90 2 91 Amount received 93 18 li Balance Due £ 2 4 81 Liahilitiet . Messrs . M'Gowan and Co ., for Printing 3 8 0 ¦ Westminster Locality 10 0 Total Amount Due ... ... £ G 12 Si
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THK ADDRESS OF COAL AND IRON-STONE MINERS TO THE MINE PROPRIETORS AND THE COAL MASTERS OF DEUBYSHHUS , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , AND LEICESTER . SHIRE . Gentlemen , —It was resolved , at a Delegate Meeting of Miners , held at the Bay Tree Inn , South Normington , on Monday , October 28 th , 1850 , to forward a copy of the ensuing address to every coal master and mine proprietor , in the above three counties , for the purpose of removing any prejudices or unfavourable impressions which may exist con . cerning the objects and principles of the Miners ' National Association , and also to show that the Association is not an illegal one or founded upon antagonistic principles , but that it is really and truly intended to benefit both master and mam
Thfl Miners' National Association was first estabVished at "Wakefield , in Yorkshire , in the year 1841 , and it 3 principles have since been gradually extending throughout most of the mining counties of Great Britain . Its laws and objects have been lately modified and improved by a Miners' Conference held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on October 14 th , 1850 , and following days . Gentlkmen , —The objects of the Miners Association are to prevent , by all peaceful and legal means , the warfare of classes—to bring about a general and correct feeling among miners—to evade the bickering , the hatred , and the jealousy which has so long prevailed among that useful body of
men , and to create a healthy harmony of action not only among the men but also between the masters and men . It also aims to improve the condition of the working miner , both physically , mentally , and morally J to bring about as speedil y as possible a harmonious and correct feeling among all miners , and to promote their mutual advantage likewise to prove to their employers , and the community at large , that while our objects are to procure a fair day ' s wage for our dangerous aud health destroying labour , yet , we are also desirous that the capitalist shall be remunerated for his risk , and to show that both patties have but to understand each other , to ensure to both , that tnutunl relief so
desirable and so necessary to the healthy existence of the coal trade ; in fine to prove that masters and men have been too long enemies—acting against instead of with and for each other , and to endeavour to make them friends acting justly to each other' for the mutual benefit of each . We hold that competition fairly and justly carried out may be useful as a stimulant to trade , but that competition 83 at present carried out has become an hydra-headed monster , swallowing up the fair return which the capitalist ought to enjoy , and the just reward which the labourer ought to receive , wuile the public enjoy the benefit arid 3 o not thank
either party for the sacrifices they make ! Considering the peculiar nature of mining we consider it both unjust and impolitic for the masters to be competing against and underselling one another in the market , and then reducing the wages of their workmen or what is the same thing , adding more work for the same money , thereby creating ill feeling and acrimony between the employer and the employed , and making those enemies that ought to be friends . These evils and all differences between masters and men the Association proposes to adjust by arbitration and fair argument instead of having recourse to disastrous strikes .
Gentlemen , —Such are the objects of the Miners ' National Association , should they , as we trust they will , meet your approbation , we respectfully solicit your aid in carrying them out ; and hope you will encourage your workmen to join the Association for a like object . We are , Gentlemen , On behalf of the miners of Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire , and Leicestershire , William Daniells , Thomas Watson , Agents of .. the Miners' National Association .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1609/page/7/
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