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2 g- The Secretaries of Trades' Unions and othei bodies associated to protect and advance the interests of Labour , will oblige "b y forwarding reports of Trades' Meetings , Strikes , and other information affecting the social position of the "Working Classes . ME MISERS AND HAWSERS OF THE NORTH OF JiXGLAXD . TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR OF FREEDOM . Sir . —The Seamen of the north east coast , and the Miners of yonbaaiberland , Durham , and Liucashire , have jach their separate societies for the protection of their abonr ( their only capital ) . It having been suggested that sneh t « o iajpwnam i . uiiis of men iiii « ht advantageously tvork tojK'thiT in joining their efforts for mutual support nrlica r-s-ces-sary , a | , ian }) as been acted upon for several
months ; o mmj oat sucWjeer , and which is here submitted to ; i . osc of the two boaies who may not yet have heard of such am&lsausatiou ; and with a view to impress npon « ich parties the nrcesMty of joining the said Union . Sir , the particular grievance which aroused the Seamen , was the pa » siii < : of tLe Mercantile Marine Act . In that act , twenty-two clauses , amongst the rest , claim especial notice , and Itrusi some of the able men aincng the Seamen will forward to yftur patriotic paper their comments on the said c ' smrs . * Penult me to say , that when the two Houses of Farltinncut pass aueaaetmoni full of fines and forfeitures against the hard toiling Seamrn , aiding and assisting in evtry way the Shipowners to deduct from their wages as much as t wo-tbin ? s or three-fourtlfs of their earnings , there must lie something radically wrong , and the time has arrived when all working men should look out , lest similar eiucuncuts he made applicable to them as
veil as to Seamen . I observed that it was this crue ! enactment that compelled the Sean-. ea to unite ; and such is the power of Union that lbe Board of Trade—I think it is called , they having power to do so by the act—rescinded the said twenty-two clause ? , and thus the Seamen along tLe northeast coast are free from their cruel operation , but the Seamen of all t ! : e other ports of England , who have not united , have every chose enforced against them , and suffer keenly through tne same . The Seamen ' s Union has then for its basis the repeal of the act above alluded to . and also in addition the protection of their wages . The Miners have as a bash for their Union , the protection of their labour ' and to use their best endeavours to get from the legislature a system of colliery inspection that will prevent tiro
dreadful sacrifice of human life so frequeat in the mines Each body , Maers and Seamen , manage their own affairs locally , and contribute one halfpenny per member per month to a common fund , the object of which is , to send out lecturers or agents to the ports not in Union , and also to the mining districts not yet united . By the aid of such fund many places have been visited , and much good effected both amongst Seamen and Miners . The great and permanent purposes of the society have , however , not yet made much headway , owing to the limited means at the disposal of the officers , they not being able to hire more than two agents conjointly ; whereas could six or eight be engaged and well supported the whole body of Seamen and Miners would be speedily benefited , their wrongs redressed , and their rights obtained .
To the Miners , then , I would appeal . I say , throw aside that selfish or slavish fear which keeps yon in the rear rank of the good work . Remember the efforts of a few who obtained the passing of the Miners' Inspection Bill ; and had but half of the mining body acted in concert at that time , a much better bill would have been obtained ; and instead of four or sis inspectors for the whole kingdom , ten or twelve would have been appointed , or an additional number of sub-inspectors ; and thus the loss of life would have diminished . As it is , you have but yourselves to blame ; and I hesitate not to tell yon . that every batch of lives sacrificed must be put down to the account of your apathy and carelessness . Miners , ponderjover these things . Think but of the fate of your fellows in every part of the country . "What would the relatives and friends of the poor felloes at Hebbnrn give to have their husbands and sons in your position ? They ' might have been alive , had they joined in with their fellow men to look after their common safetv .
To you who read these words I must remark , that none of yon know who shall be sacrificed next , that now is the time to work for your ssfrty before it happens to you , as it did to hundreds of your fellow men , to be snatched from time into eternity without a moment ' s warning . Think of your wives and helpless families—picture to jour mind ' s eyethecrnel master ( as at the "Washington Colliery ) ejecting them from their hous : s , and driving them from parish to parish to seek a shelter from the storm , and a crust of bread to keep them from starvation . 1 repeat , think of these things , and then say whether you are aot mglecting your duty to keep aloof , and thus act as a drag to the wheel of progress , not only jeopardising your own lives , but rendering all attempts of the few brave men almost futile and vain .
To the Seamen 1 remark , with all due deference , mark the conduct of the government in the introduction of the bill fcr a " Xaval reserve , " and then say , ought you not to be np and stirring on eo important a subject ? I am , yours faithfully , Mabtix Jdbe .
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matter was discussed showed that it was deemed a subject of vital importance . All the delegates , however , expressed their opposing views with great good temper and calmness . The question of co-operation was discussed at some length , but rco resolution was arrived at on tho subject , it being understood tnat the editor of the " Glassworkers ' Magazine" should prepare the prospectus and plan of an association for that purpose , and submit it to the trade through their periodical . A very general feeling prevailed , however , in favour of this mode of absorbing the surplus labour in the market , and checking the fierce competition of the masters about Newcastle on-Tyne , who were said to be pursuing a course equally detrimental to the interests oi masters arid men in other districts . mnttnM *«*« j * * . ... . ?» j- - _ j _ ... VCnnt .
SECOXD AXD TDIBD DATS . The whole of the second day was occupied by the appointment of committees to inquire into tho merits of claimants for consultation under the benefit clauses of the Book of Liws , and in other matters of detail . Some alterations -were also made in the laws , to suit the present circumstances of the society , and it was arranged that Mr Gillender , of Birmingham , should act as general secretary for the ensuing vear . A desire was expressed to act in concert with "the cutlers" trade society . The apprenticeship question , and some involved points concerning " the prcssers , " who work with moulds , wero also discussed at great length , but no resolutiona were passed on these matters . The Executive Committee for the ensuing year is to sit at Birmingham , and the next Conference is to be held at Glasgow .
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TO THE ELECTORS AUD NOXELECTORS OF NOTTINGHAM . Gentlemen-, —I promised in my last letter to review the speech lately delivered by Mr . John Walter in the Exchange Hall , and to lay before you the line of policy which he intends to adopt should you allow him to be again returned as one of the representatives for your town in parliament . The honourable gentleman said— " You would , perhaps , be aware , that for some years past , gentlemen of the opposite party to that to which he belonged , had tendered him their support , and he had been endravourin ? to impress upon those gentleman , as he wag endeavouring to impress , upon them oa the present occasion , that the time was approaching when men of moderate ideas in this , as well as all other towds in England , would be compelled to lay a 9 ide their party differences . One great obstacle which formerly prevented the union of these parties from acting together on common
ground , having been , in a great measure , removed—certainly so far as the Conservatives of this town were concerned—there was no longer any reason why that sort of unmeaning conspiracy should be maintained ; and those men , whom he would defy to show that they differed on any important question , prevented them from acting together in harmony against other parlies which were springing up in the country , and which would , in all probability , before long , assua-. e great importance . If moderate Conservatives , and those who called themselves Whi gs—a term , after all which had only one meaning—did not reconcile the party differences which prevailed as a question of policy ; if they did not reconcile thess differences , and themselves combine to act against extreme men , the consequence would be , that the one or the other of these parties would be compelled to give way , and would suffer a most humiliating defeat .
" The question they would have to decide wa ? , whether the moderate Conservatives , and the moderate Whigs , should combine against men ef extreme and violent opinions ' or by refusing to have such connexion , throw the moderate Liberals into the ranks pf the Manchester school , and thereby lead to the formation of a much more violent party than they would like to see established in this country . " You will perceive from the above extracts that Mr . " Walter wishes to work upon your fears , and he calls upon th Whigs— " the moderate Whi gs " -to enter into a league and covenant with him , laying aside all party differences of Opinion , in order to suppress , or , if needs be , to coerce , the Radical Reformers of the United Kingdom . It is no use mincing matters ; this is a correct view of the subject upon which we are called to deliberate . Did Mr . Waiter suppose , because the chief magistrate of Nottingham invited him to " a small select party , " and whiBuered a few
complimentary phrases in bis ear , that the whole constituency was to be bound down and vote for him on that account ? Surely the eighteen hundred electors who voted for Joseph Sturge will be no party to such an arrangement ? The Radicals of this glorious old town will not readily forget the insults offered to thtrn ^ personally , and to their glorious cause , particularly by this said Mr . Walter ; neither can they erase from their memory that this gentleman is principal proprietor of the mercenary " Times" newspaper that journal which ism connexion with the despots of the continent Tha heartless persecution of the noble minded Kossuth will not be forgotten when the hour of trial cemes . as come it will
"If alMhe moderate Whigs , " and " allthe moderate Conservatives" in the universe , enter into an unholy and unrighteous compact , for the purpose of endeavouring to stifle that spirit of inquiry which is now asitating ihe mfndg of the slave class in every part of tne civilized world , they will fail ; as well might they try to stopthe tide in its course , as endeavour to stop the progress of enlightened public opinion . Mr . Walter had better say adieu to Nottingham with grace , as his professing friends are onl y deceiving him A man who neglects his duties can be no representative for a town like this , and who , when he does condescend to attend the House of Commons and awaits a division rives hi * vo » p
on the side ot bigotry and intolerance , in ordear to defeat any measure which would in the slightest degree benefit the peat mass of the population . It is time we were done with shams and counterfeits , and sent men who will really and truly go for a thorough and searching reform of our political institutions , and who will oppose the stand-still policy or retrograde movements of any Ministry , let them call themselves by what name they may . The statements recently made by Mr . Walter are libels upon the characters of the Democrats of this country , who , as a body , cannot be proved to be " violent" men . It is monstrous to charge them with being reckless . Who create all the wealth in the country but working men ? Is it then likely that they wish to destroy their own production ? Away with all " such vile calumniators ; the men who can countenance such characters ous-ht to be pointed « -smb . the filler of scorn , as enemies of the human race .
Working men ! Mr . Walter would keepvou for ever , as « hewers of wood , and drawers of water" to your oppressors . He refuses to make you freemen , by denying your right to the vote . How . then , can you in any way give him your support ? Be tells you m larguage not to be misunderstood , that he 13 prepared to aid the men in power to crush the rising spirit of Democracy , and to rivet the chains of slavery tighter upou jou . Your fathers have fought many noble battles for liberty , and tyrants have quailed before them . You possess many advantages of which they were deprived , and I feel fully persuaded that you will not fail in doing your duty at this eventful crisis . " Onward ! and we conquer . Success depends upon perseverence . Thunder in the ears of all Mammon worshippers that sterling sentiment of lifackstone-. ' Taxation without representation is tyranny , and ought to be resisted . " I remain . Gentlemen , Youib faithfully , James Sweet .
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SHIPWRECKS AND ACCIDENTS AT SEA . CiTTiT » v * -txT-. s-.-rr ~ . i « trv i / "i / 'iTTNTTfcTrnr *
St . John ' s , Newfoundland , April 23 . —Most disastrous intelli gence has reached this place from the ice { fifty to sixty sealing vessels are reported to have been totally lost or abandoned between Fogo and Greenspond during the present month in gales at E . N . E ., on the 5 th and 12 th of April . About ninety lives are said to be J -jst . A brigantine , painted green inside , with a house on deck , waterlogged , and abandoned , in lat . 40 N ., Ion . 28 . 30 W ., was passed , April 24 , by the Petrel , arrived here . —Liverpool , May 8 . Byron , from Paraiba to Liverpool , experienced a hurricane to the southward of the Western Islands , April 24 , which lasted twelve hours . —Liverpool . Mav 8 .
Jessica , Morant , from London to Rio Janeiro , was abandoned on fire , April 4 , in lat . 22 N ., Ion . 21 ^ Y . ; crew saved . —St . Vincent ( C . de Verds ) , April 23 . Josepha ( barque ) , from Bristol to this port , struck on Truro Beach last night , and went to pieces ; crew ( except two ) drowned . —Boston , April 21 . Margaret ( British schooner ) , from Hartlepool , with coal for Boston , came on shore on Nausett Beach , on Sunday morning , at half-past two o ' clock , about one mile north of Nausett Harbour . Officers and crew all landed at low water on Sunday , at four p . m . She had nine feet of water in her hold ; and will , no deubt , be a total loss . Another letter states that the upper part separated from the other part of the vessel , and most drifted on shore . Part of the sails , rigging , &c , will he saved ; but the vessel and cargo will he neatly , if not quite , a total loss . —New Orleans , April 19 .
A hermaphrodite brig , waterlogged , and abandoned , apparently American , was passed , April 30 , lat . 47 , Ion . 35 , b y the Otomac , arrived here . —Liverpool , May 10 . Christina , Murray , Russell , from Baltimore to this port , waB abandoned in a sinking state , April 11 , about 200 miles east of Bermuda ; crew taken off by the Glencairn , arrived here . —Liverpool , May 10 . Jane Duffus , Thompson , from Ardrossan to Boston , foundered at sea April 17 , about seventy miles east of Nantucket ; crew saved . —St . John ' s , N . B ., April 20 . Kate , MeMin , from St . John , N . B ., to Liverpool , which was abandoned by her master and part of the crew , about forty miles east of St . George ' s Bank , was fallen in with , April 23 , by a pilot boat , and has been towed up here full Q { mter . —New Yoik , April 27 .
Leonidas ( Greek bri g ) , Angheli , from Constantinople to this port , with goods from England and Marseilles , was wrecked and broke up at Sulina last week ; only three bales of goods have washed on Bhore . —Galatz , April 26 . Maria Grace , Grihble , was totally lost iu the ice , on Cape Freel « . ~ Newfoundland , April 12 . Morley , of and from London to St . Andrew ' s , N . B ., Struck upon a rock near Shelburne Light-houae , April 22 , was left by five of the crew , leaving the master and fifteen men on board ; she has since arrived at her port ot destination . —Halifax , April 29 . Republic de Guatemala , from New York to this port , has put back to New York , with loss of sails , masts sprung , and crew refusing to proceed . Bora up March 29 , from Ion . 58 . —Liverpool , May 10 .
The Vivid , of Scilly , from New Yoik , v * as spoken , April 26 , in lat . 46 , Ion . 28 , under jurymasts , hating been dis . masted in a heavy W . N . W . gale a few days previously by the Charles Sprague , arrived at Liverpool . Copenhagen , May 5 . — -The Marquis of Breadalbane , of Perth , from Ardrossan for Stettin , has been assisted into Stubbekiobing with loss of both masts in a gale . A waler . logged wreck , laden with deals , apparently Ame . rican built , with copper bottom , both masts and bowsprit gone , quarter-deck ripped up , hatches off , and covered with barnacles , was passed , April 10 th , in lat . 27 N ., long . 40 W . Boston , Apr il 26 . —A large ship , apparently American , water-logged and abandoned , was seen an the 19 th inst ., in lat . 40 N ., long . 69 W . A large ship , with painted ports
and a white bouse on deck , with masts cut away , was seen onshore on the 22 nd inst . ; no one on board . April 28 th . —The wreck of a vessel of about 200 tons , bottom upwards , painted green bottom black , head white , arch over stem , and white about cabin windows , was passed on the 17 f h of April , in lat . 32 , long . 70 . The British schooner Tremlett was wrecked on Squam Beacb , New Jersey , April 22 ; Bmn persons drowned . Tbe wreck of a British schooner , abandoned with a signal with white ground , red border , and a red star in the centre , -was seen , April 22 nd , in lat . 41 , long . 68 . The Mary Ann , from Nova Scotia for this port , was wrecked at Point Alderton , April 20 th ; crew , passenger ? , and part oJ cargo saved . The Margaret , from Hartlepool for thia port , was on shore on Naussett Beach , April 19 : h , with nine feet of water in her hold ; crew saved . -
New York , April 27 . —The Lydia , from St . John '? , New Brunswick , was fallen in with , April 27 th , thirty-five miles N . E . of Cape Anne , with masts cut away and loss of bow . sprit , having been capsiscd in a gale , on the 9 ; h . The Republic , hence , for Liverpool , put back on the 25 th , leaky , &c , from stress of weather . The Quebec Trader , from Demerara for Halifax , was abandoned on the 22 nd , having been dismasted and started her stern , passed on the 12 th ; crew saved , and arrived at Boston .
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THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAMER ON FIRE . Holyhrad , May 10 . —The British Queen screw steamship , Mr . Belt master , bound from Liverpool to Constantinople , has just been scuttled in this harbour , after having had a very narrow escape from destruction by fire . It appears that she left the Mersey in the course of Saturday , and on nearing this point , it was discovered that she was on fire , the packing of the shaft , as it is stated , bavingignited . All exertions failing in subduing it , the flame having communicated to the cargo , or some part of the after-hold , she was run into this harbour . Flats or lighters were then got alongside to remove her cargo , but tbere appearing some difficulty in sup . pressing the fire , it was thought advisable to let her settle down in some shallow part of the harbour , which vras done , and so the destructive element was extinguished . The damage the steamer has sustained has not been correctly ascertained , but it is feared that it is not very trifling , the cargo being obviously much injured .
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MANSLAUGHTER . On Monday afternoon a lengthened inquiry was gone into before Mr . Baker , at the Ship , Chapel-street , St . George-inthe-East , relative to the death of Caroline Harris , alias Bailie , aged 32 , who was killed by a man named John Baillie , a corn porter , with whom she cohabited at No . 43 , Devonshire-street , Commercial-road . Sarah Ann Knight , a married woman , residing in tbe same houa ? , said that the accused always struck and illused the deceased when she was under the influence of drink , but she wais seldom in that state . Witness has been compelled to conceal her in a cupboard that she might avoid hia brutality . Last Saturday ni ght , about six o ' clock ehe heard them both enter the passage , and immediatel y after she was alarmed by hearing the deceased fall whom she be
, . • J A . I I ** — --- — • m ,.. y IIUUI 14 DUG LJC * lieved was struck b y the accused , as he exclaimed "Take that ! " She thought that the deceased was afterwards flunir into the parlour by him , as she heard a heavy fall there after which the door was shut . She then heard him ex- ' cam , 'If any — manor woman in the house interfere . I vail serve them the s&me . " About half-past six o ' clock he came into her room , and , clenching his hands , said , " Oh Mrs . Knight , do come down and see what you can do for my old woman . " Witness went to deceased , and found her on the floor ; a quantity of blood was in her mouth , and the floor near her had been washed . She was quite dead . Previous to the accused calling witness , Bhe heard him ro three times to the waterbutt to wash a towel . Deceased ' s left eye was blackened ; she had also a deep wound on her forehead , and another under her chin .
Another female , named Rogers , stated that she remarked to the accused , " I am afraid you have been illusing her " whence replied , « Oh , Mrs . Rogers , I smacked her on tne face . Witness observed , it is not a smack in the face that ~ SS ^ tod - « •«« " « . •¦! Mr . J . J . Reyali , turgeon , Btated that , on a post-mortem examination he found a clot of blood upon the uppTpaTt S £ ? 3 S £ ? wh | ch caused death > and *«*«•«» J ^ TVT " * ^• * beft lbe J ury returned averdiet of Manslaug hter against John Baillie . '' The coroner issued his warrant for his committal to Newgate , and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute
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FIRES . TERRIFIC CONFLAGRATION IN SOUTHWARK . One of the most extensive fires that has occurred in the Borough of Southwark fora considerable period , broke out on Monday morning , about one o ' clock , in the large seedfactory , belonging to Messrs . Hayman and Co . , situate in what is termed the " Grove , " a tract of ground of vast dimensions , and literally covered with factories . The building in which the disaster commenced was separated from another of equal size , belonging to Messrs . Hales , by a very narrow pathway , whilst the extensive iron-foundry of Messrs . Austin flanked one end of the first-named property . A policeman of the M division , who was the first to make the unwelcome discovery , immediately sounded an alarm TtTT 5 TiCi
in the usual way , and having procured assistance , he despatched messengers to the different engine stations ; but such was the fury of the fire , that in less than five minutes after itB existence became known , every part of the factory presented a mas 3 of flime . This gave notice to the firemen much sooner than the parties sent off , and forthwith a general turn out of the engines belonging to the London Brigade and West of England took place . Nearly a dozen engines arrived , almost simultaneousl y , but the water that flowed from the Southwark mains was found inadequate to supply so large a number of machines ; tbe consequence was , that the fire , comparatively unrestrained at any point , continued to spread , and having reached several of the adjoining factories , at length assumed a terrific appearance , for , independent of rising propably twenty feet above the
house-tops in the neighbourhood , myriads of grains of seed in a thorough state of ignition were drifted over the sur . rounding streets as far as the water side . The residents of a vast number of houses were obliged to pour water on their roofs to prevent their habitations being destroyed . The hose of as many engines as could be got to work were placed against the surrounding buildings , so that by halfpast two o ' clock all danger of any extension of mischief was over . So great was the crowd that about 100 constables and Inspector Townsend was required to keep them out of danger . The property destroyed by this disastrous event has unfortunately proved to be far more extensive than was at first anticipated . The ground that has been cleared by the destructive element extends in one direction nearly 200 feet , and from ninety to 100 feet in width .
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MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF TEN PER SONS FROM BEING BUHNT TO DEATH .
Whilst the engines were still at work at the disastrous fire in the Grove , Southwark , information arrived that another fire had broken out iu Prospect-place , near the Canal-bridge , Old Kent-road . The West of England and as many brigade engines as could be spared , were immediately driven to the place , when it was found that the outbreak had taken place in the premises belonging to Mr . H . Russell , clothier . The shop and the contents were then in a regular blaze . It appears that a policeman , of the P . division , discovered the outbreak , and , after some time ,
succeeded in arousing the inmates , consisting of Mr . and Mrs . Russell , and five children . The fire had , however , gained such a firm hold , that none of the inmates were able to descend by the stairs ; at the same time , the heated smoke was of such an overpowering character , that parties were compelled to make a precipitate retreat from one of the upper windows . Fortunately they alighted upon the top of the shop , and thereby escaped a horrible death . The engines being set to work , the fire was extinguished , but not until the whole of the stoe'e in trade was nearl y destroyed . Tbe loss will fall on the Westminster office .
A short time previous a fire broke out in the premises of Mr . J . Crudging , undertaker , 2 , Hoxton . It commenced in the front shop , and extended so fiercely , that Mr . and Mrs . Crudging , and a Mrs . Gibson , were unable to effect a retreat from the premises , and nothing but death appeared to atare them in the face . The poor creatures hardly knew what to do for the best , for if they jumped from the window they must have been killed . The smoke at the same time was pouring so furiously in their rooms , that they were almost suffocated . Fortunately at this juncture the Royal Society ' s fire escape reached the spot , from the Oldstreet station , when the conductor placed his machine ia front of the house , and happily succeeded in bringing down the three persons in safely . The engines of the London Brigade promptly attended , and having set to work , the fire was eventually extinguisned , but not until the lower
part of the premises was gutted , and the other portion severely injured . Unfortunately the sufferer was uninsured . The recent Destructive Fire at Harwell , Berks . —• The boy , named George Murrell , who was taken upon suspicion of having caused this fire , which destroyed in one night ( April 24 ) , no less than twenty-one dwelling houses and nine farm homesteads , at Harwell , confessed that he committed this malicious and wilful act , which has involved so many poor families in the utmost distress . He stated that he went in Mr . Isaac Roby ' s rick-yard—ignited a lucifer match , which he put on a tile , and then placed both in a straw rick . The boy , v » ho is seventeen years of age , and of weak intellect , stated that he committed the act for tha sake of some apples which were promised him ; but it did not appear that there was any truth in that representation . He was fully committed to take his trial at the next assizes .
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A BRUTE OF A MOTHER . At the Worship . street Police-court a few days since Sophia Thompson , a married woman , was charged on tha prosecution of the parish authorities of Shoreditch , with systematic and wanton cruelty to her daughter , a little girl only seven years of ago—Catherine Ward , a married woman living in one of the houses opposite that tenanted by the prisoner and her husband , in Cottage-place , Hackney , stated , that while in her own house , about half-past ten on the preceding night , she was alarmed by agonising screams ma child s voice , and on going out found that thev proceeded from the bouse of the prisoner whom looking
, , upon through the window , she saw lashing and cuttin g her liule girl across the chest and bed y with a heavv shoemaker ' s strap an inch and a-half in breadth . Witness and several other neighbours called " Shame" upon her for such brutality , which far exceeded anything like proper correction for a child so young , and endeavoured to force their way into the house and rescue the object of her cruelty , but could not , as the door was strongly fastened and , notwithstanding their loudly-expressed execrations , the prisoner continued illtteating the Httle girl in the same cruel manner for at least ten minutes longer , the child screaming convulsively and imploring her mother ' s mercy but uselessly , the whole time . The prisoner at length de ' ewtedand the
, neighbours went indoors , but between nine and ten that morning the poor child ' s screams were renewed , and upon looking through the parlour window she saw the prisoner again subjecting the little girl to the same unjustifiable cruelty , loading her with horrible epithets , beating her with all her strength across the back , shoulders , and body , and finall y striking her in the face with her fist . The prisoner and her husband had onl y occupied the house about rive weeks , and during the whole of that time , at intervals , the child had been treated in a similar manner to this . —A second neighbour , named Harrielte Griffiths deposed , that in addition to the occasions just referred to , she had been a witness to the child ' s illusage upon a great many others , among which she specified one day last week , when she saw both the prisoner and her husband beating the girl in the most cruel manner in the yard at the back
of their premises . Even after the husband had desisted the prisoner continued still beating the girl across the ories , necK , and back till the latter was covered with weales and contusions and the child , who was crying very bitterlv , crouched down under the witness ' s window , imploring her mother ' s mercy , but the prisoner still beat her with all her force , and continued doing so until several of i ad £ hours got over and stopped her . The only offenSh could ascertain the child had committed to incur such tin * T » y " n f Wltne 88 fcH «> indignant at the prisoner ' s ZTone JnT" * th 6 t ShB ^* ™ tf > W " ' Mr . Ss ' Shth ( T f ' Of lhe circumstance that some Griffiths a bn n ! i *? ° the Child > s P rotection' Tboma 8 Eriri W . « ^ hape maker > also del > osed t 0 5 eein » the offi h ? f / Iu ° ua 5 » 8 tifiaWe banner upon another 323 iS f * f and Anne Barnes > fl wid ° w , ^ ving £ Ul "' ars ° f some scandalous usage to which SS-v V ? ? . . been w"ue 5 s , and durine the infliction oi
vZtiASrST *** " * piteousl y ' stated that the SrL ^ . : afterffardsu P ottamessage from her SSld' ?™ * ' ffOck b 6 in B ° P at the back , sbe saw-the 2 litaJrtS VV and brui 3 ed that she could not help 3 r Kd ««; ^ " i " the neighbours to the injuries the S £ Sffi ?!? r ?' motbe " in an unfeelin * raanner ' an ? £ S b 8 t 8 he ha < l beaten the child as described , article h , ? , , " /^ 88 that 8 he ffas addicled t 0 P ilferin 8 tw . . ' Y hese appeared only to be such as children of Kf . . f'eq « ently addicted to ; the greatest amount of . n .. ' m £ ? baen inflicted upon her for purloining some nf fnnT .,- Eyncourt » however , considered the case one , t ! ° » a nature t 0 J ^ t'fy bis dealing summarily with flVmflV » M i * wde "dtheprUoner to be committed for the formal attendance of the medical officer .
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^^^ ^ m ^^ m—^ - THE HEBBURN COLLIERY ^ XpIoS ^^^ ON THE BOD 1 ES . N ^ INW The following are the names of the unfnw ferers :-John Gaskin , hewer , has left a wife t ? suf hewer , has left a wife and three children p s mii * hewer , has left a wife and three children \ Vnr se ^\ hewer , has left a wife and four children -i V hewer , has left a wife ; Joseph Orr , hewer W i « Co 1 ' ' and two children ; William Deans 1 ^ 4 T , I'" « * ifi and three children ; Thomas Richardson hp »» . a » ife wife and two children ; John Greenwell heww ' iT * lefl a wife and two children ; George Hall , heWr I * , le i » L'' » ' ?!! d' » J ^ " !«"' . « , bi 1 , K ' ! S » 4 uiiuicii _ . »_ _ I _ """ " - ^^^*^^_
c ; Awan urooKsoank , has left awifp r u l | » ee tinron , young man ; John Pearson , hewer 1 ^ , **^ Sileas Philip ,, deputy , has left a Wife aud til A ^ ! John Peel , sh . iter , has left a wife ; Samuel W . ^ i eighteen years ; John Pigp , aged twenty-five " yea «• fc ^ Wardle , boy ; Edward Johnson , boy J e 2 \ Mm *«« 1 John Barnfather , aged eighteen years . ' ° " ' ' % ; Tbe inquest on the bodies vras opened on Saturn only two witnesses examined were Mr . Ma \ well tl 7 ' Til 8 surgeon , and John Peel , master wasteman " Mt J Co ! lict * government inspector , and other professional 2 ' the were present . There were also a number of n J * S room . Mr . Maxwell handed a list of the ilm " *« persons that have suffered ; twenty men aud nih ° Ulle
stated thev were all dead whi > n the * , ™ . « t . _ . - - He stated tney were all dead when they were brimi . j . 7 He bank , and that their deatha had been caused bv ih l ° thc of inflammable gas in tbe pits . The evidence of p ' , "' wasteman , We more upon the incidences of the * i ' ^ He said he was in the south-west workings of th » a the time of the explosion . He was coming out of L \ ' flat in the Monkton way . He would be about 300 Zt f * where it took place . He was knocked down bv tu i of air that rushed out . He was stunned , and his il , e blown out He recovered in about five minute , , f *» 5
repiewinea ins lamp , proceeded back to the part * h » l fire had uken place . The first person he Zf lhe Michael Wardle , a trapper boy , who was l , i 1 1 ? ground dead . He was sadly bumf . Witness and l then recovered the other bodies , but they were . n j , when found . The part of the pit where he was J , , m the accident was in a good working condition , but he d ! a not see wherein the accident happened previous to the p losion From a subsequent examination , he had come . ; he conclusion that Ibe fire had originated in the £ l board in the chapter flat . One of the men killed wnrS ' this board . His name was George Hall . ° rked ln
Mr . Dunn , the government inspector , bavin * intimate that he proposed on Monday making an inapecfiorlTof pit , in company with some of the men and pit officers Z coroner said he would give ample time for inquiry and ml jonrned the inquest until the 19 th inst . 7 d " The bodies of the sufferers were inten td in the graveyard of the abbey church of Jarrow ; the funeral was attended l » great numbers of the miners , and tbe scene was altogether most distressing . One of those who perished , named Brooksbank , married a widow three months ago with three children . She had been three times married , and had lost three of her husbands hy explosions .
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TREMENDOUS COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN' tii » ABERDALE VALLEY , SOUTH WALES-EIGHTY LIVES LOST . U Bristol , May 11 , —Some brief particulars have been brought to this city , of the occurrence of one of the most tremendous , destructive , and terribly fatal accidents , by the explosion of fire damp , that has occurred for very mam years . The melanchol y catastrophe occurred some time during yesterday afternoon , at the Duffryn works , an ex . tensive colliery worked by Thomas Powel , Esq ., of the Gaer near Newport , in tbe Aberdare Valley . There is no account given of the precise hour at which the explosion took place , but it is said to have been a very severe one . There were 160 men and boys engaged in different parts of the works at the time when it took placp , and from the statement of a
few of the survivors who have been got out , there is too little reason to doubt that as many as eighty unfortunate beings have been killed . It ia understood that the Duffrya Colliery was well ventilated , the proprietor having spared no pains or expense in the attempt to guard against accident ; and all the hands were regularly supplied with Da ? j Ian . terns , the constant use of which was strictly enjoined upon them . How the explosion was caused it is therefore difficult to guess at , unless it be that Borne one of the colliers , many of whom are notorious for their recklessness , opened hia lantern for the purpose of getting a fuFer light to work by
or else struck a lucifer match for tbe purpose of lighting his pipe . A letter says , so reckless are many of the young hands , that many boys , when they see a small string of fire damp streaming along , will set fire to it merely for the excitement of seeing it go off . " The sensation which bas been created in the immediate nei ghbourhood of the Duffryn works is described as being of the most exciting and painful character . Hundreds of women and children remain con . gregated around the spot giving vent to the most painful lamentations and cries , and wringing their hands in tbe most poignant grief . ¦
FURTHER PARTICULARS . Tbe pit , Which has been the scene of thia melancholy event , is one opened at a comparatively recent date for the supply of steam coal , for which this valley is celebrated , to foreign vessels loading in the Cardiff Docks , anil , from the present great demand for this article in every part oi the world , relays of men were kept at work night and day , a circumstance which , in the opinion of some competent judges , greatly added to the danger by exposing large surfaces of the coal faster than the current of air at a depth of 190 yards could carry it off . The time of the sad occurrence was nine o ' clock , at which time the men engiged in landing at the pit ' s mouth were alarmed by tbe
sound of an explosion in a distant part of the workings , which was followed in three or four minutes by another , which mas louder , and evidently nearer , and shook tha timbers erected for the support of the winding apparatus but fortunatel y without bringing them down ; a third weaker one followed , and was succeeded by the stillness ef death . The sound of those harbingers of destruction was , however , too well known in that neig hbourhood , and speedily the shaft was surrounded by hundreds of men women , and children , excited by alternate hope and fear for the fate of relatives—but in the majority of instance ! doomed to find the gloomiest anticipations realised by the result of the search which was speedily undertaken by tho
agents , aided by men from the works adjacent . It *» deemed prudent , from the slate of the shaft , only to work one carriage , and the work was thus carried on but slowly * and was frequently impeded by the operations necessary to force fresh air below , the brattices having been blown away , and a portion of the roof of one of the levels having fallen in ; thus impeding the ventilation , and causing t » e greater portion of the melancholy loss of life on theoccasw by the formation of the fatal choke-damp . Several of the men from the distant' workings made their way to the bottom of the Bhaft , while others who could not get to j » better air so speedily , or who had been disabled by " explosion , fell and were suffocated by the deadly ^ damp which invariably follows Buch explosions . Some oi the scenes presented when the dead were brought up «™
of a hi ghly painful nature , especially in one instance , w a poor woman saw her husband and three sons brougb' V lifeless , leaving her desolate in the world . In anotherc * ijj a father and two sons were brought up . By W ? , ' was announced that twenty-five bodies had been brougn ; i the surface of the ground ' living , but in a very P recW 'L state , aome of them having been much burned , othw ^ j fractured limbs , and others insensible from the effec ts foul air . The number of dead bodies brought up amOiin' , to sixty-three , very few of whom had been burned . 3 ° bad been much bruised and mangled by the exp losio d ,, bv far thfi nrflatpr nnmlipr haH nnrhheii hv suffocation , » j r h ¦ ¦ •¦ ¦• ¦««« u w « « v v »
' w " ~— — — ' ^ " wm *»• »* ** J t Mil tXXril having got to some distance from the hea dings in « . they had been at work . Three horses were got out ai ^ three others were dead , and one was missing , SU PP ¦ J have been buried under a fall of the roof . As all those ^ perished who could give any account of the cause o dreadful occurrence , it is to be feared that it o " ' in mystery . . ., The valley of Aberdare has had its full share of w calamities , for some seven years back twenty-nine me alS killed by an explosion in Upper Duffryn pit . X br ,,. iy jp since no less than fifty-three men and boys were . ! ffle n Lletty Shenkin Colliery ; and fifteen months ago ag »* &m were killed in the pit which has been tbe scene of j . tastrophe of Monday last . Eleven men were also W"' « ,. the breaking of a chain in the Weroa Colliery , \ 0 cent , about ten months since . Tbe number now % jB however , exceeds anything of tbe kind ever « P « ' ? j , $ South Wales before ; and , as mining operations in . w be trict are now carried forward on a gigantic scale , » ' ^ j . hoped that some measures will be adopted to prevent lar sacrifice of human life in future .
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Extraordinary Patamiy . —The clipper ship . S *'' 2 ioft Captain Gething , which arrived in tho port ; of « w , | , Monday morning , sailed from Pariaba on the ow " . D o ( tho Eel , which left thc port some days P ^ fflli * having yet arrived . Out of thirty men and one i .. < i 0 \ . Captain Gething took out on hia departure from ^ ^ nearly one-third of the number , including w « ( he / ct «/' mates , and the carpenter , wero carried on o ) ^ n J which was fatally prevalent at that place _ during [ jn fl 0 of March . At one period Captain Getbing «** tra g person of the Seraphina ' s hands who was no ^ P' ^ w . by sickneas ; several of the hands still m ^ V ' to be forwarded by the first British sh p ^ mZ covery . The crew who brought homo the , w ^ ,, ig composed of men from many nations , yet «» . ^ on v reputation of the clipper has been ™ U 8 usw g ta occasion . Tho fever fall remained very b » shipping when the Sevapuina sailed .
Stages' 3-Nttutgcnce I*Lt"3.Flcfi 4"Lllf Lltfyf !!££..
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Last Slave Sold is Exclasd . —Can anv of vour correspondents ten me Iho date of thc last public slave sale in England ? Till the establishment of Granvillo Sbarpe ' s great principle in 1772 , announcements of these are hy no means uncommon The following from the "Public Ledger' of December oi , 1 , 61 , gratesharshlv upon thefeelings of the present generation : _ « Por sale , ' a healthy negro girl , aged about fifteeen years ; speaks good En-lish , works at her needle washes well , does household Work , and has had the small-pox . —From Notes and Queries . Prom a Parliamentary paper just published , it appears that for the year 1 S 52 . 3 . £ 470 , 672 is required for education , ? o-n ncl * an o ^ tUe sm vras £ ^ i ? 20 , and in ISoQ , Jwl-ijSOS ,
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THE JSOTTrXGHAM FRAMWORK KXITTERS — PHOGRESS OP MACHINERY , A correspondent writfi 3 as follows : —There is a complete revolution in the hosiery trade . Improvements are being made almost every day , and nobody knows where they will end . The round frame i 3 now " all the go "; but it is thought it will be superseded by more perfect machinery . The round frame will produce sis much work ( that is cntnp work ) as ten men would on the old frame ; and the work isa 3 goad , or even better . "Improvements" are also
King effected in th 9 making of gloves . There is a frame just invented that will make gloves , which will not have to be seamed after they are made , the frame performing this part of the work , so that the labour of tbe seamer will be superseded , steam power can be applied to those newly invented frames , and in many cases is so already . In a short time I suppose you will get gloves and stockings for nothing . One round frame trill torn off 130 dozens of stockings per week , good hose too , only without fashion , factories are rising in all directions , and Nottingham i 3 rapidly extending its limits .
• Tjcus wealth accumulates , while men desay . ' From the " Nottingham Review" we learn that " a novel and extraordinary adaptation bas been made of the round frame to the manufacture of Vfollen cloth , a quantity of which is now on sale at a respectable retail establishment in this towB . Although the application i 3 yet in its infancy , an excellent , stout , and durable cloth bas been produced , and . not the si ghte st doubt is entertained that ¦ with very little trouble , textile frabrica of every description may be manufactured of the best possible quality , and at a cheap rate , by the same process .
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Thb Esqiseeks asd the Dcbun Cakpkstkhs . —A deputation , from the Amalgamated Society of Engineers , has ? isited Dublin , for the purpose of raising funds . The deputation , in a note addressed to the " Freeman ' s Journal , " deny that the men are hastening to Bign the masters declaration . In proof of which they say , we have been appointed by the men of Lancashire to come to Dublin , and raise subscriptions in aid of the men now out on Strike And we gratefully acknowledge the receipt of £ 70 from tho Begnlar Body of House Carpenters , who held a general meeting on May 6 , at their Asylum , Lower Gloncester-Btreer , to take into consideration the cause , rise , and progress of the strike now pending , and they have pledged themselves to support them in this case of Capital versus labour .
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CONFERENCE OP GLASSWOItKERS . On Thursday , the 6 th , the fourth Annual Conference of Ibis Trade Society was held in the large room of the Vine Commercial Hotel , High-street , Stourbridge . From peculiar causes an excitement prevails in the trade at the present time , and a goodly muster of delegates were present . ETery important town in England , Ireland , and Scotland ¦ wasrepresented , as will be seen by the following list-List of Towns represented by delegates : —Manchester , Birmingham , Edinburgh , Dublin , Belfast , Dudley , Longport , Warrington , Glasgow , Tork , Catliff , Stourbridge , Tutbury , St . Helen ' s , Newcastle , Rotherham and "Wiabrodale .
ilr . George Scnvens , of Stourbridge , was voted to tie Chair . —Mr . Richard Rudge , jun :, Manchester , was appointed ^ ce Chairman . The Financial Secretary read a statement of the financial aSaira of the Society for the past year , and a report of the Central Committee , which were adopted . The thanks of the Conference were also toted to the Com . mitteee for their services . The vajiras delegates then delivered in reports from the districts represented by them . The stale of trade appeared from these statements to vary niateriallv in dfferent parts of GreatBritain . The delegate from London , for instance , gave a very unfavourable statement of the trade of the metropolis , except at Pellatt ' s works He also urged the necessity of adopting some means ofabsorbing the unemployed labour ; there was , he said no use in strikes . The delegate from Glasgow urged the necessity of preparing " a catalogue of prices , " that prices might be equalised . The delegate from Belfast reported
unfavourably of his branch , but saw room to expect amendment . He gave an interesting account of his interview ¦ wit h one master , Mr . O Connor , who wa 3 anxious to stand on good terms with his men , and wonld meet their wishes , ie said , in all that was reasonable . The delegates from Yorkshire differed somewnatin their accounts of the trade in the various towns . The delegate from St . Ilelen ' s described an interview with one of tho masters of that town , who wasofopinion that " mastersand men should combind ™ « f ' ' l wh 0 cffered t 0 meet tte Vlews of nis workmen u tne other employers would also concur in these propositions . Stourbridge was described as very flourishing . AUe Birmingham delegate strongly urged npon the Coiiworfci ? importaLce of establishing co-opcratwe ziS ' conSd ' ^? 111 ^ 3111 ' wl : o is £ ditcr of a ™ - * - shortly sub mit a ^ nf l ' " ^^ ted that he should wgedthe aSaafiSrfSf ** ? ^ in detail " De als 0 to prevent thVmd ££ f rnlesi V omeother P articnlais » partaking of itsSu Sr ^^ " * he society from the absorption of the fund , " ^ of worthier men and - . ^ to Principal questiinsbrn—i , f t . t in addxtion to the quests oJ t ; , L «« ? the Confrter . ee to exclude " the press-men " nHf tl 0 n ' Were a Proposal ~* *~ ± ** . zsssagvat
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CHANCELLOR OF TOE EXCHQUER AND THE AMALGAMATED ENGINEERS . On Wednesday evening a meeting of trades' delegates took place at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , to hear a report from a deputation who had , according to appointment , waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer , at his official residence , in Djwning-street , on Saturday last , to call his attention to the recent conduct of Employers of Operative Engineers . Mr . J . Pettie , Secretary to the Trades * Conference , reported that the deputation bad been courteously received by Mr . Disraeli , to whom it was stated that they waited on him as a leading minister of a Cabinet which had professed its wish to protect , as far as possible , the interests of British industry , and to do justice to all parties . They had pointed out to the attention of the right hon . gentleman the
advantages connected with the existence of trader societies , tbe act of Parliament which gave them a legal existence , and the mode in which they conceived the master engineers to have subverted that act , by requiring men in their employment formally to renounce all connexion with trades' societies by suning a declaration to that effect , a copy of which was supplied by the deputation . The deputation stated further that intense anxiety was felt throughout the trade societies of the country generally in reference to this matter , it being feared that the " declaration" might be adopted by employers in other trades , so as to strike at the existence of trade societies at large . The deputation , in conclusion , laid before the Chancellor of the Exchequer a copy of a petition which is about to be presented to the House of Common * , praying for inquiry into the conduct of the master engineers ,
to which they requested the support of the right hon . gentleman with his colleagues in the government , and with the House of Commons . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer , in reply admitted that the conduct of the master engineers was subversive of the spirit of the law , and that tbe deputation , in their petition , had adopted the right course of procedure , as he should himself have proposed something of the kind , lie would give the petition his most serious attention , and when presented to the house , consider it both as a member of the house and a minister ; for the deputation were right in supposing that be and his colleagues iu tbe government intended to protect the interests of the British workmen and to do justice to all classes . —The report was received without discuBsion . The following resolutions were adopted : —
That , as it IS evident , the engineers have not received an amount of support from the trades equal to their wants , owing to the isolated position of the different societies , and as itis necessary that a better understanding should exist among the workmen of this country , in order to ensure a mere certain provision for thoje who pay , in future , be placed in similar circumstances , this Conference is of opinion that a Federative Union should be established for that pnrpo 3 e . That a Committee be appointed to draw up the basis Of a plan On which a federation is to be formed .
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thfo SSfnh , h Heb Doo - -A lady in tho western parts of of nffiKn ha i a » r acted some local attention by the raarka ' 7 he bas exhibited for the memory of a dead Zh j « corr 93 P 0 ndent reports to us as follow * :- " The k ? niw S A - some u S y breed unknown to me , and died iw ' ? painter was '"• ought from Edinburgh to take it 3 likeness , tor whioh ho received the trigitig sum of fifty guil firtflf 8 cul P was brought from ' a distance to erect a neao . 8 r . one at . tho grave . Flowers and evergreens were planted round tho tomb , and the whole waa inclosed with a substantial railing . The epitaph on the gravestone isbacrea to the memory of Viper V—B ' -lcshire Advertiser .
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- —¦ ¦ 3 THE STAR OF FREEDOM . May .,.
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MUTINY AND MURDER AT SEA . The Cynthia schooner has arrived at Liverpool , from Laguna and Campeachy , in charge of a foreign crew . Shortly after leaving , the captain and mate of the vessel were murdered by a portion of the crew ( Spaniards ) , a couple of English sailors only escaping death through the intercession of a Portuguese . The vessel waa afterwards compelled to put back to Campeachy , where she was placed under quarantine , the murderers having informed the cubtom-houte officers that fever prevailed on hoard , to which the captain and mate had fallen victims . The real facts of the case did not transpire until the two Englishmen managed lo escape , when the vessel was boarded , and the murderers were captured . After undergoing a trial , the ringleader was shot , and his companions transported or imprisoned . Tae Cynthia threw part of her cargo overboard in a gale , March 26 tb , and 27 th , lat . 37 , Ion . 46 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1678/page/6/
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