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SBz-Zffa Asll be glad to receive Reports of Progress from Managers or Secretaries of Co-operative Associations and Stores , in England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales . 358- The " Association Gazette" iaying ceased to appear , w . plac $ oitritol&mns at the disposalof pur Cooperative frihiSs . fcopen to ike public press , tie Conference onjfie 15 th of July , wtUbe attended l > y a special reporter from ihis Journal . —Eonos .
.. THE -OO-OEERATdVE LEAGUE . EOfiMEP MARCH , 1852 , TO PROMOTE THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CO-OPERATIVE ACTION , ^ WITH A VIEW TO THEIR APPLlCiOaOU 10 PRACTICE . BtjJfajkrtion of tfte Objects of iht League . _ The C ( W ) parafire l 9 agae hM ^ jeed fonnea in the h ope of bring . xngtqgetherthoseT / rfiBtakeaninterestin the plans of Social Soform based ttjob the ide&of Co-operation , of afibrdipgthem « n *> pportanitj of communicating nidi each other ,. aijfliofpiscing-vrithia their reach the infonoation needed . -for » p- ^ secnting' . the » . own researches , and matufintjhw . oTO s cbepies . _ ThenuneofCo-opsraurei ^^ ienubeenselected . tohidicatetbat imitating for these objects no nranber of ths League is called upon in any way to conceal his individual convictioas , or pledge himself to the opinions which other memben of-theieagoemaj entertain *
that the hind of pnion jisked for , b sacb a union , as penwtseach . of the various schools included under . the . common nawapf Co ^ opsrative , to retains it * distinctive . peculiarities , and tails upon them only to recognise in each other * nch a community of objects and ideas , as shall make them mutually disposed to impart the * one , and ascertain how far they can unite iaifiectiD- the other . That there is amid all the diveraitiea of opiaioa by which the different schools of Social Reformers are separated , so much agree . mentaaw '; fi ^ the , hope <) fbringtngab 3 ut . : t J ^ ague between QieB all for ffieie p' ^ rpasas ^ is the belief of those who hate . originated it —a belieffftHn&d on flie . foUowing considerations . All the advocates of 'Co operatioirhave at their ' common object , the practical introdostiGn of a s&ite . of society in which men shall so work together , as to secure the , we 1 being of the whole body upon this earth , wh ^ re they now dttelL Tht y may have further objects to which theyattaeh " still greafc | r importance . They rijjiy valae the . attainment of this . state mainly . as conducive to these
objects . Sut all hare the attainment of such . a . state ef present well-being as an object whieb , according to their opportunities and powers / y ^ y . earneitly . seek to bring about AU , therefore , 4 are confidericg / p ^ jBfntare , « f manJunO , AUbalieva that man-js . ntft doomed oy any irreversible destiny to the atateof . strife , and disap pointment , and -want , in which He find , so large a portion of jaea actually involved . All believe that it is possible for men to escape fromites state into one adapted for the foil development of the egat 8 B * . cf each , and tuingmg irith it the tteU-bemg consequent trpon the exercise of these energies , and that they may do this in Vg jgfr o {^ Kers , jrhkjh they ^ ok pa ^ geas . now , here is a most important point of agreement : admitting , indeed , of . great differences of opinion among thp . se trhosqfar agre ^ nppnnainerous subjects cbnnecte , dwi 5 h theqrigin orndtura Of tile power -by ' -which'jnan may hope thus to ameliorate his earthly conS&ja , and ffie mods in which ia may exercise ii , bit affording both a Kround . and a motive for union , in order t hat the rea ^ offtese : d . aafeEenqes ! mfy ' be . clearlT understood . For those
wnoaresatisnett of the possibility of hnnpng ahoat thjs . social amelioration , must assume that there is some mode capable of baiag'disaijvered and practised , -by which men may begin to wort together with a reasonable probability of attaining the desired end In other words , they musfcbeliswialhe possibility of disebverin" a science . of society . Bnt uniTCwal experience shows us thsit acienca ^ Pt ^^? ^^^ . ^ c « mbined efert ? of many thinkera ; by mbafas of many confiSptioias totratH , " bronsht fcgtttver ffommans Hands acenstonva to reganijt from different points brview . " "Tims it is that those seiehcesliave grows tip which cphYfcitiite the glory snd the strength of the present age . And thus itmustie who * this most important of aU sciences , the science . bf the edridifions under which men must unite , in order to secure the \ veU-being . © f the whole body , the Cu-operative League has been formed in order to bring about that kind of intercourse among aU wb , o . earnestly busy themselves with plans of social reform , which" may conduce to the- ' forma , tion of this Science of Society , ' as veil " as to ' collect and make accessible , information bearing upon it . --..-. . " " '
-Thsrimmediate means by-Khich ' .. itis proposed to effect thedesir § 3 intercourse between the SpendsM . Co-oaeratioD , is by holding ereiijii : ; meetings , atwaichpipers may be rea ^ bearing . on any subject connected with' Co-operatm efforts , eidier by menibers of ^ hoLeague , or by any other person on wdtatioh of the Committee o ( Management ; the reading of the paper teiag followed by free discussion of its subject matter ^ moD * the members preheat . '' > . -- ?§? ¥ & ?; $ WV ?« P »?> m * 4 $ tn ? tejgue" sot present at the oisctssions , as well as in order tad ^ ffo ^ e a ^ iobg the . pu ^ lic a knowledge of its proceedings , it is tother proposed from tio ^ etotime to pooush transactions , which ^ nU contain aaotice of aU tie papers read , as well as of such of the prt ' eeedings of the Committee or Council as appear * of sufficient interest , aiul may be accompanied by an appeadxs , where such papers or documents coaunuuicated to the Committee of Management as seem of permanent Value , may be printed at . lenga . Iti » hoped that the funds " of ilta teaiiie " will ultunately ' aaolroftfie ^ kn sa ctidns biin g mren to the member * . the
For presentitjrin be necessary to charge a moderate price ; oothforthetransacaongandtheapper . dix . ' Such is the machinery . by whieu the Committee of Management ai $# } 9 ? # . oje ! ojfcBdjf ? * e fixst and principal object of tteG * operaUveLtagnK'Tn furtherance of the second object , fliatof coUechnsinformation , the Committee have already taken , steps fm forwarding tp . the . difj | reht Ckwjperatire Jnstiiutions ' lhrougliout the couutry . aljstofquaaes , oj-wtiioh they expect to ' obtain much Talaa ^ Mnfcnnation . ¦ : ' The ^ e xff . ibest&uta , and this the plan of . the Co-operative iieague ; It may be objected fto it that a plan for joiat action is more i-dUed forlhan one for " joint inTes ' tigatien , " ab ^ j&aV ia tids K 3 t ^ cttd sphere thejoiierationa of the LeaguVcan be o ' fiittle usi . ^ a ^^ &e ^ t of the SatiokM UnXon . ofAssociafeon ' s / manate'a JFaCeitralCommittee , suggested by ! Mr . Bolein ' thexntroduis . bon to his excelleiit lectures cui Social Science ; may appear to he a more-valuable idea , and maw may wii&togiyeilfeLeaguea ' more practical direction , according to the suggestions which he has made . * There can be little doubt of the imodrtance of sach a general union of all Associations as Mr . HolepropQEes . There is perhaps no object which ihe members of the Cooperative Leaeue might more usefully consider at . the present time than the Sest i
«« rej . jk sctwag rum a ; nwa on tuot . " But although , if such an institution were established , and ^ Winducted in . a liberal spirit , hearty "PP . * « ff P *» fer&Jy be Ki « n to it . fey men of very different asnools of Co-operative , doctrine , from a conriction of it great practical value , it could not sapply the means of bringinf thenitogether to erchan | e with each other their thoughts and feelmeg on the subject of Cooperation . A body which is to give advice and send ont agents to form . Associations , must neeesMirHy have a Oistinctive teachipg , apa . eUher belong to some existing school of imperative doctrine or create a new one for ifcdf . Snch a bodj tiiarefore conianotbe what the foundeM of the " C ( M ) peraiSj League hope that the League will become ^ namely , a place where xaen of different natural constitntions , trained in different school" , iooloae . atiaan and Ws woiks from different points of view , hut fellowTOrfcers m tie same great field of social reform may meet to impart to each o ^ er with friendly earnestness their several P ^ M fte conyicuon that each may deriye " benefit by such an T . » | i * J * ,. * ft 011 S « 'at tlje league will necessarfly be deficient ia direct practical results because it had not a directly pracdcal object Far from it Those who oriri . nateditaresatisgedaiatitmay promote all co-oneralive nn . l ^ r . raian
» s flt apr ^ cocal nature much more effectually than if its Constitution limited it to any particular form of practical action ! t £ ^ f !?" SSl sb . l'u-d ^ « ceive general support from the friends of LO-operation , wilt affurd to the :. uaoTsof any practical plan or . proposal of a co-operative naUire , ths advantage of hearing ihH opinions of other friends of the cause upon their ideas ; while its transactions trill supply a ready means of circulating the ncheme among tho ? e who may be induied to 8 id in giving it a trLlt Ihere unothuigin the Constitution of the league to prevent the refe rence of any sui-h p ^ an or proposal toacommittee by whom it might De more fii . ly ex timned , and who mi ^ ht report to the general body tceir opinion upun it . In every institution more depends upon the ^ £ l ^ X ZL ? m % & } Vm fte form of the institu . toon itself , io dottit such a body as the Cooperative leagu ? might aegeneratc iuto a mere debating society in the bauds of mea who wereoisposeacnly - toaebate . Jia ' ig yie laa ?? oftljQsewhq y . re » n earnest to rc-ilUe practical reforms , Ithe League may easily be-CTme a valuable instrnmynt for these pnrpases without lbsing that scientific character which alone can enable men of different scnooU of Co op ralive doctrine to unite in snpporthlffit . vi vaiue
me or snen a ooay as it u bopecl that the League will t ) $ c&BVlia iti Ss ' eanfii ; aspget , tue ? e mantle no question with those jvnoreiiiCt that to att aright we require to think aright . If there is a social science based on the nature of man and hu unchanging relations to that rower by which he and sill around him i . s upVeld as all schools of Social Reforaers man aihnit , surely the honest communication of their thoughts and ob ; ei \ utions , by those who have long meditated oa the various sul-jocts to which that science must relate , is the true means of bringing to light the great outline of this the crowning science of all ; the science which shall make it possible' to realise in a ntbler type of humanity tte glorious antieipati n of' Peace on earth and good will amon" nianiind . ° * As these Lectures are less known than their merits deserve , it may be desirable to cite the passage referred to here . Mr . Hole enumerates as the advantages of such a union the following : — l . By the pr . blii-atKin of an Annual Report , it wight make the general community acquainted « ith the actual results of the local Associations . It might ai-o s . a ' ain : n : ; . ur : ; 11 : statistical information , fcach body of working nun wishing to co-operate , has to learn from its own failures and successes ; whereas they mi"ht thusajaattemselvesof the experience , and aroidjthe uefec { s ° of tte ensbBg associations . A number of working men wishing to forma Co- ©]> era « ive Store , would be greatly helped by a knowledge Of the rules , calculations , and method of doing- business already in successful ojianition . The laws relating to Joint-Stock Friendly and Benefit Societies are not of easy acce 3 s , but might thus ca * lv temaaeso , andaieoi . inio . s of the Central Committee would l > e ^ l " , i ^ H ° fdlffica 1 ^ ^ » w » « e * aWe to olrtaIn the « . 'l am-ratioo , « r erattment of laws relating to Associations , the cciilraW-aj wcy ' . Q bemufh more powerful than the isolated Associations . *¦ ' < £ Sf ? 5 ^ : il H Hton of , A 3 socia i'ons might employ agents to g ^ tatatoitiaamlfy flirfdi they finbodii annually in tt ^ r ^ P ° rt ? ' The agents augla visit werv town ana viUa ^ e smi iw ^ S * heli «? llJ& » of a « ociations where the means existe d ^ Ppn g r i ° * ¦ 0 l ! , enStM m Promoting a closer union be S ^ Sf - ?^ 1 ComnriVtee . Ultimately , , h , rn 3 ^ bX «^> , miSl 1 - bK 0 Jae - lhe med ! nm f ° r eff « tins « x zsrJS&SissSiizs : ^^ i could combine these with the school , ih 6 MechaSlnstftute m the Associated Home into , o « e grand asocia ion . Suhari woul . 1 a < iul . t ' e * sproroote the greater estensi-n of -is ^ o . iiiiims it is found to do iu the variou ? union , of Mechanf , ^ n ' , « « £ '• "
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nS ^ Jjf * ?* ' * * ^ fronithe fir 8 t published statement of tbe , ' Transactions cf the Co-operative League . ' £ '& Sf *» ? lient > ailld a PPended to the aWwill . SJ ? S ' thfr , Roles and Regulations of the League . Of Sllrte- 31 7 tostate ' ^ at each candidate for Ig ^ ron fofteLfeagtfe must be nominated by twomenv ShiinS a , ^» B * t W Jothe funds not less than TO £ nffi !^ ' J offiesrs ° f ^ e League are :-J ^ a ^ fSi Wtffig ^^ « afc | ii 2 j ! eolwlllch wiU * PPeMiaafuto « number of
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MEET ING OP THE FLOUR SOCIETY ^^ trs « sss ans ^^ ssssaac" - * bSatSl ^^ b « S * itT ^ e " ^ * tfe aaS ^ ftf ^ SS ^ -Ss ' & cleared £ 602 is in ? ? . satisfactory con-Iwa annng tbe past half
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year . It seems that . a large-number of the members do not purchase their ^ our at the stores of the society , in consequence of ^ bioh-aiiejoltttion -waB ' -passed- ^ oat the names of such defaulters be read up and exposed at the next nan yearij meeting . A resolution was then passed empowering the directors to give a bonus to the members at the next halt yearly meeting , providing the funds of the Soci « br w » U admitofit . After this business badbeen disposed of , a discussion tras entered into on lhe propriety of taking aawnfage-of the New Benefit Society ' s Act , and so framuig theirlUles that they can be enrolled under that Act rand thus enable them to sell to the general public . It was . proposed-that in the event of the iooiefcy being enrolltdonder the above Act , that the Society shall charge a profit Of two and a half per cent , above wear and tear . . r ^™ . Another Hni ™> sMnn nan thmwn out . that they Be . 'rmed'by
the market in thejrices-at whioh they fell , and that they keep ^ s ^ earitoihfrmarket price as pogslble . . . . This suggeation was agreed to , and 'it was decldedjfiat tha rules be revised according to the newilaw , and « nrolfea forthwith . On the passing of this resolution , Mr . CliBsitroge , anatbrew the meeting -into A state « f confusion by denwincnig the members as a " set of profitmongers . " He was , howevert . hissed down . The balance sJeet , ^ hioh had b een prepared by Messrs . Robertshaw and Cwtgg . havjng'been passed , The following ( persons were appointed } 0 supply ; the places of the outgoing offisers :- ^ - _ . ' .,, , . . Messrs . Robertihw and Gragg were agajp appointed as auditors . Mr . John Shacklet . on , -president ; Mr . Joseph Sutoliffe , treasurer . Mr . Miles 'Birkbeck , 'Mr ,. Thoinas Fjrth , Mr . George Brooksbank , Mr . Jameaf P ^ yne , Mr . Simeon Townsend , and Mr . David Webster , tfirectprs .
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? S- The Secretaries of ^ Traeles' TJnioiis mi other bodies associated i o protect and advance the interests of LAbur rwiH . obUiga ) byfor , war 4 ingreports of Trades' Meetings , Strikes , and other-information affeqting- ^ 9 -social ¦ position of the Working Classes ., .. ... . NATIONAL ASSO ^ iATION pj ? JINITED . TRABtJlS , . 259 , XQWenMm ^ oBtt-road , London . .
" jujc fljsnw . " " If it were possible for the wording ojasges ,. < by combining among themselves , to raise , or keep up ;^ he ; general ; , rate , of wages , it need hardly be saidthatJfliis , would Jje a tbA « g ^ otio . be . punished , but to bRWefcomeTandrejoicedI at " -ifiWAw ; Mui . ; The election , ! vii ^ i ^ ts general ^ nd feverish exci ^ eSent , has some-what irite ^^ ptedA ^ e ^ morelegi ^ inipte pnrtnita of tthe Executive . ^ JommiUee . The contemplated rqiision tp the north was overtaken hy the d '^ BqluVip ^ of Parliamen t ^^ nd the more than usual prompt issue of the electoralwiits . In such circumstances , a week or a iortnjght ' s dejay was indispensable , snd with the view of converting that titne . to the tett , aad . smost useful purpose , the Committee offered
its services to their old and valued fner ^ d and late President , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., whose aeatjor Eins ^ i ^ y . was placed in some apparent jeopardy by the appearance of three other candidates ,, w ^ o were , e ^ ch . of ^ em , . onjy top jhipp ^ . qf re . cor ^ n ^ djnii ^ ejajelsej ig ^ eejecior « 4 y th . e . lflude 8 tand moat uncompromising adoption of the same prir ^ cigle , pure and siraple , { - » , hicb ,. l » jtt-always had the disiihguished advocacy , ia aa d eatjjfiParliamcat , of the people ' s excellen . t , we had almost said and only ,. representative , T . S ., I ) ancombe . If the most extravagant . outlay of money in the ge , wg » Va fnd frippery , oj [ elec { i , oneering pantomime " cpuWjjav ? . decided the , vcjajms . $$ & sesp ^ cfiv ;? ., ^ capdidjites ,. Mr , Duncombe would have been this day theex-aierobei for Finebury , % ub . to { he honour of the represented ; and unrepresented men . of Finsbury , the , sturdy exposer of PostOffice and Convict Ea tablisbment Abuses is still the People ' s honoured advocace in
Parliament . T . he Committee in tendering tjieir gratuitpi ; 8 services to Mr . Buncombe conceived they had fulfilled at duty , not more agreeable to their own feelings than ady | nr taigeous to their coustijusnti . The lahpur . quesljpn jnuat * P ^ rforcej Q 6 m % W < & 9 { ^ . atjenjtiou of fotsre ¦ pViiaments ^ fpr it is iiftDQ |} t $ e ^ aieBsti qg anomalous relat&as between , workmen at ^ i . etBplojfirs can continue . The ririit of the forking class ?? ,, asiociatively , to resist the agfressioEs of individual employers on their wage , must be rendered , clear and distinct , and * beJega ] definition of " rqolestatipn threats , and intimidation"Vnustbebroug . h ] kwitj )^ a tjbe cojrj , mon-sense Bigni ^ eatiof . Ql'aU ^ en , karn | dpr , uplp * rne . d , » ot initiated into the mysteries and je § tuti « ai sophistries , of the . special p leader . This is an amendment iu the existing law imperatively , « jpire 4 for the personal safety and liberty of the officer * par tieul&rly , and of the members general of even existing organised society . - *
The importance of this question wi } l be fully appreciated H we examine carefully , the judgment of the Cflur ^ of Queen ' s ^ ench in Ihg \ yol ?^ rhampton , q ^ set ia whjch it was laid dpwn as the opinion of the Court , that wrftten words , howejrer carefully selected , if their general context had a teEdpney to lead an employer to do anything he was not dieposed to dp of his own free will amounted to a threat , act of iri ^ fliidij ^ or ^ and molestatio )) , withjn the meaning of eji 3 ting ; , tti \ v . ..= :.. ,,. Npif . ^ e feaJ 5 eJt : ff . om , th 3 v * ry . highest aBthpritf , from , thja p ? rson wfio absolutely framed the Act 6 Ceo . 4 , Cap . 120 , t ^ at such a construction of . those words was never contemplated by him and those who introduced and promoted the Act in question , but that the only species of threat ; intimidation , and molestation they were legislating against were those of a purely physical character .
There is another question which we are glad to find is beginning to occupy tlje attention of the working men of tb > country , and which we , l » y the aid of our representative Mr . Duncombe , desire to bring prominentl y before the next parliament . We allude to the establishment of LocalBoards of Trade , or Courts of Reconciliation or Arbitration upon all disputed questions between the rival interests—Capital and Labour . Such institutions have been for a long time in full and 8 necessful operation in France , and appear to have furnished tte idea , to that indefatigable Reformer of Law
Abuses , Lord , Bro » g ) i 3 m » : for the establishment of similar tribunals in this country for the settlement of the differences of the Commercial and Trailing community . T ! riey are , in France , called '' Consiels de Prudhommes , " and take cognisance hv mutual consent of all dispu'es between'Workuien and their Employers , and composed of ( qual numbers of eacb , and its decisions are binding f q'lally upon either party . If , the ifficiency of these institution is to be judged from the immense number of their adjudications , then it is beyond conception- thff most valuable industrial fcriburjal ever introduced jnt 0 anv countrr ,
We Lave been pleased to See thai ihis question has attracted the attention of our Scottish brethren , who have endeavoured t » obtain a pledge from Mr . IlaJy , the successfal candidate for Paisley , to support such a measure in Parliament , and we regret to find that the answer of that on other questions , plain spoken gentleman , was upon this equivocal and unsatisfactory . We hope that tieBe questions of industrial polities , apart from the religious , and political claptraps of the hour , will m future , be pressed perseveringl y upon all aspirants fov popular favour . r
We hope to persuade Mr Haly to seriousl y consider , and give us the benefit of his support to a measure which Mr . Duncombe has promised to introduce , and which is calculated to confer such great benefits upon a very important section of his constituents ; arid we trust the weavers of Paisley , Glasgow , Macclesfield , Coventry , SptalfieJds , and other localities will not fail , upon every fitting occasion , to press these questions upon the attention of those loud professors of so much sympath y for the sons of labour . _ , ,, W-, William Jbel , . Secretary . July , Ji ; . 1 & « .
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BRADF 0 RD .-LA 11 GE MEETING OF WOOLCOMBERS . A numerous and important meeting of this trade was held at the Teetotal Hall , Southgate , on Monday last , at oneo cleck . It was a well-conducted and orderly assemblage , and showed the deep interest which all present took iik the object for which the meeting was called . At the time for commencing business , the Committee ascended the platform . Mr . William Stott was unanimously called to the chair on the motion of Mr . Browett . He briefly referred to the object for which they had assembled , and trusted that the business of she day would be conducted in a peaceable manner .
Mr . Patrick Dillon moved the firs t resolution , which set forth the degradation to wind , they had been reduced as a budy , and pledging the meeting to establish a " Woolcombera union . He also , as secretary , read over an account of the income and expenditure of the committee since their appointment , and pointed out the necessity for energetic action and oneness of purpose . Mr . Edward Hurley seconded the resolution in a powerful snd argumentative speech , in which he dwelt on the Apathy and neglect ot the men themselves , being the main cause of the advantages which had l een taken of them by the emp loyers . He strongly urged the necessity of union . The resolution was carried unanimously White
Mr . George moved the second resolution :-• That the present state of trade afforded a prospect of a higher rate of wages , and in order to secure the same , the active and energetic co operation of the whole body of Wook « mt > ers were required . We hereb y resolve to hold a general meeting of the trade on Monday next . at one o ' clock , In the open spacenear Philadelphia Chapel , Bolton Road . " He commenced by strongly impressing on the meeting , that the tide had again set « m their favour , that several manufacturers had advanced the wages without being asked : that it was of a trifife g ; and BBsatiafactory nature , « 9 they teducedby pence and advanced hy . te&iog * . He was for getting the reductions made during the lastyear immediately remedied ; but in order to effect this , the united moral power of the whole trade was indispensable ; and iu order to
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isecme that . point , his resolution 'called for-aige tteral jjeld day of the ^ thousands (« f oWdoieomberB-emp toye ^" X *™* - strict . laeibu gbeartof , ^ achinery * doirig . itbeVr -work was ; being exploded , -and as ithe idemarid for their ihtbotir . was i rapidly . increasing , now was the time to matoa etand-fOT . the . ¦ : wagesithey > fonnerly received . They > bad'aeen that the , ma- nufacturers ^ reduced the price of their'labour ; in - Blao te times most unmercifull y-let them thetetore hertesolved to i iregain , T * hat . had been thus ! taken rrom tnem ^ asm they . n » w : negleoteditheir dnty , ; futnre ^ yeara woUld'find Jthsm * . badly ; P * id aaidegr ^ ed . bod y of men . taeHheaiwent tb rougha ilenglhyiinigramme [ of businesa to . be . transacted by . tue committee . Xhe establishment tof * general inndiforiiall , necessary puipwes , ; thefdistribntion of / icard 9 i 0 fi « iemb . e ^ ship , ; the appointment : of dpnutations to the manUtacturers 1
and merchants , . auvwepbic ^ of the-wortbtessn tssio ! maohme : m . ade-goods through theipress . andiflhally , in case of asnominal advance being obtained , tiler establishment of an : inspectioni « f ; sorts , m order to'prevertt < the ffrands uBually . practised onttheiworkmen . iwbereby a nominal lAvanoefWai . i j frequently « ipoiitivejreduction . ' iHe'pdinted'but nthe iimpe « ; irativd inecegjity of <> & ¦ a systeratatio orgariiaatioa and lie ' worthlesaness iof'a mere ephemeral '"' flash-in Sthe pan ;" when-goaded tby poverty , and recommended > a continuous and -wellrdefiBed plan of . operation . ¦ He ipointcd dut-the ! benefits which suchian immense body of / meriimigbt achieve for themsel » e 8 Hf p * rope « ly . disoipliried . ' . APBeir'future 'fate jrested-entnrely on their ipreseht Energy wf iintelligence . Aiidtlre trusted their . Gsperienoeofithepaat-would'become ' itheir - guide in th ? -futu re ; ile Tooncladefl 'by 'HH > yiDg the Irejoliition .- - ¦ - ¦ .. - ;¦ . ¦ , . ,-. . ¦¦ . ¦¦ . ¦ . & ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ : . - ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ •¦! :, ; , , ' :
Mr . Samuel Kelly , seconded the teBdlutiou . aniinBtonced [ the . case at an employer who vhad'forty-eight , poundsof the - same quality of wool being given to the ma , clline 8 arid the iwoolcombers . She resttlt in yarn « hpwed the superiority : jof > . hand'labour in quantity ^ fpfoduce ) aS'weHaB ^ of quality . The employer , Who i'had previously'discharged a numberdf workmen , recalledthemand gaveup'thetaachl&esystem . ' Mr . ; Bsrnaba « ' -Holland eupported the resdlution , and ex- plained ^ the services rendered > by fthe committee ¦ who' 'had acted gratuitously . The motion * was unaiSitnonaly agreetl-to . Mr . Thomas Spurr aUdreased-the meeting-in a feeling ^ nd sensible speech . ; H « . proposed a -collection in aid iff their object , and set- the example . A handsome collection was ' then made . '" ' r ; ItWasitheriagreeffithafcihe men of each firm' should apply . for an advancey and : report to the « bnimittee <» n Trjdar ¦
eYerJing . - - ' ¦ ¦ : ; .:, ; : ¦ - ; . ¦¦ _ . : ., :: ¦ ¦•¦; . , : ¦• •;;•; . *• ;¦ ;; i " u A vote of ^ confidence m ; tbe-comiriittee'w » s nnsnimonsly passed , also a vote of thanks to the chfiirman , and the rj \ eet | ng « parated . r The open -air ' meetrngTon Monday . next is expected to be ^ one ; bt 'the' lwgestheld : in 'this' aistrict'for Kome $ eM ? sv : " ¦ ' ¦
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. ¦ . J ' .... * .. , l T ^ T ^ Tj wtji r i | '; i ' e ' i ' i . ¦ ' lii . p ¦ ¦¦ -.. ¦¦¦ - TPNITEEI PATfiipTS ; , ^ BENEFIT BJIUiWNG ' ' .. " - \ V vsocfcpx , . ;¦ ; . ¦¦ "" .: ,.. ¦ ' . . ,. A ^^ H ^ u ^^ J $ Wm ® &Me mfimi&r&rmTj . of ihe . . eslabl ^ ment qf f tUjft ^ ocieiy ,. took ' filace : ®* ., Mt . pValea , ms ^ tm Taveynv , Wi ^ nqay , John Smith , Esq ., Mcv ^ fuk apologised for , &e .,, absence , tf Mt * < & > i > pmY pVtemtmow&tetwf-Me * . fo * Aw , ** & [ e ? d ,, aJe ^ frQ m ^ t : ge . ntJftnjarA , stating . that , in hadp ^ eve fl ^ d ^ s ^ Baaoce ,: \;^ . Smith then . begged , to call the ; attentjpn , pf the audience . to the toast he ^ ad . . to
PropRse . and thought tte va . lue > w 0 uld b AseadAly . a . ppree . iated . it . w . asrflQst . jmpqr ^ t ior itjtie members to t ki thoxwghly conversant with the exact position , pf . tfceir justAtutJHa ,- ? 0 t « Becretary , therefore , would , fstvkw ite ^ em the exact Btate of the society and thm ^ o ^ atap ^^ rjiag the year . The sentiment he had to propose was : ~ " . Success to Uie ' UJrMted Patriots ' : National Benefit Society , and British Empire Benefit Building Society , may theu ? branches extend throughout tte length-and'breadth or the laad , bringing comfort and asswtariceinWtimeof need to ^ fte homes if the-members , their wives , and fami-^ es / VfCheergl ) : • ' f > > : ,
Mr . Ruffy then / rose arid addressed the meeUng * He would raake ao garbled or . untrue statement > reBarfing i the circumstances -of 4 ) he societyibut a plain i and'Clear explanatjion such as . would be understood' by aif ; He Mien showed t ^ ie adTaate ges of such a sooiety . Theyiniglit place their v ° u ^ T ° e hancl 8 of * «« n »«» wne > 8 for > the re ^ uctiori ° * tbe National Debt , buj ; theflame advantages . would not be obtained asif it had been invested inihissocietyi" The Sflciety- make * six-and a half percent , on it « capital ; if < jan , yigrefora , pay its members five percent ., leaving one and a half per cent , to pay expenses . We seek ) o . acquire for puraeives in-the eonntry what the country should have given u « . Each of us deiUei a hou « e > and a small pjoi of land ; and , bypurufttt « dexertion » wewjHbe able to obtain U . Although you now « ay to us a little more thanrvnn nav tn
tpe landlord in rent , yet in ten or fourteen ' -jears " you wil } he able to holdup your head , and say : " This is my own freehold . "' Mr ;' Ruffythen / dettiiledthe , present , poaition of . the society . In the benefit society there have been regia ^ tered 2 ; 680 members . Averageagethirty-fife years Avb-: rage sickness to each member . during the last twelve months , , spven days and three quartera . During the last ye ^ r til ; members ^ joined the society , 1 ? 7 members left , and twentyope died , makipg ; theinQrease 419 . There has been expended . tp April , 1852 , for sickness , £ 9 , 544 Oa . 7 Jd .: superannua-, tjon , £ J 4 03 . 94 . ; aceouchments , £ 2 , U 7 V funerals , 422748 s . lld . ; t ^ ss by fire , £ 102 ^ . ' OW . In eightvears 414161-17 * . 3 d : The-rctual stock is £ 4 , 004 10 s . Ud ., ; heing an increase since January , 1852 ; of £ 391 2 s . did . Invested on land and SwsesV * S ; 123 ; U five cercent ..
# 107 S 3 . 8 d 4 j , in ?« hares in , builtog society , Ml 17 g ;; in Bank of . England ; £ 100 ; 'in banker ' s hands , £ 7 G 9 i . 5 i . ; making a total of £ 4 , 064 ; ! Qg . ljd .,. There has been in-¦ vested by . b pneft society , taken froinitoelf ,, £ . 3 , 480 , of Whi < y » tr ^ r . e hHS . bee » , repa » di ;* 2 p () , reducing ' the . ampunt to , ^ 3 230 . From the reppments . recpiyed in the huildipg , society on accounts of investments n *» de ,. ifi 93 : hss , he . e » advanced , jmakingtheinvestments 43 , 725 . extepduigover a psricd of thirteen . years and a half . Originally , invested by benefit society ,. £ 3 , 480 ; leaving a profit of £ 243 , besidoa the incidental eipensesj . soiicitora ' and suryeypw' fees ; &c , being paid .. The . monthly ; repayments , on { Ue money adduped amount to £ 37 0 * ,. lld . ; the quarterly ; ., payments , to £ 10993 . 2 d ., ; tbe , repayments are , again inv ^ ste tlj and tJw stock increased ; thereby , - In the building ; 'society ,, wnce February , 1852 , to July , ; 1852 , £ 817 has been invested , making a total of £ 2 , 51810 * . 6 i , From February , 1851 ; to February , 1852 , £ 62410 a . was invested ; thus . £ 19210 s .. has
been invested during ; the last five months more than the twelve months previous , . £ CJ 5 53 . 7 id has been returned on shares . withdrawn ; ,, £ 846 . 14 s ,, 2 d . lias been returned to investors on the third section ; aud ' 845 is nft ^ standing to tl \ eir credit , In tui 8 ! 8 ection » sinceEe > ruary last ,. £ 4 . 773 s . has been invested by . depositors ; at five per cent .,. Since January , 1852 . 120 shares .. have been issued ; the . monthly inqome , on the average , * . is £ 160 ; and at the last monthly meeting £ 455 5 * . Id . was received . Mr .. Ruffy concluded a lengthy and eloquent address amid loud applause ; Mr . MoiiToN next addpesaed : the . company ; lie excused himself from making a long-speech on the ground that he was no orator . H '« remembered a paying of Dean Swift : — " iThe greater the-ora ' tor , thejrreater the rogue . " ( Laughter ) He did n"t allude to Mr . 'Ruffy . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He wbli ' u Jir ' opo ^! - ^ ' ¦ ' "The health of om * General Secretary ( Mr . D . "W . Rbffy ) , agents , and other officers connected with the societies . " ' - : .. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : Mr . Rufft having retimed thanks , Miv . IIodqks proposed : . ,.
" The health of our Treasurer , Mr . John Smith , aud-Mr . George Bird , our medical attendant . " . ' , . Mr . Smith responded on his own part , and on that of Dr . Bird , who was prevented from attending by professional duties . "The healths of our visitors and friends , conjointly with their wives , sweehearts , and families , " was then given by Mr . G . \ RpiNsa , and responded to b y . a Visitor , who considered it incumbent upon him as the father of elevon children , to do so ; "The Press , the true Free Press , " was next given by Mr . Ri ; ffy , who spoke at some length on the value of a free arid honest Press in working put the industrial emancipation of thepeopie . Mr . Reynolds briefly returned . thanks . 41 Our host , " and " our worthy Chairman" were then given , and dr&nk with " all the honours . " Ths proceedings were enlivened with song 3 from several of the company . A ball in the evening concluded the festival , which passed off with great gaiety and harmony .
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Sudden Death at Cricket . —On Wednesday a match was commenced at Copenhagen-house , between the Albion and United Amateurs' Gluijs ; but about two o ' cloak Air , Jphn Dawdney , an old and respected memher of the Albion Club , in the act of making a run , suddenly fell down , and in a few minutC 3 expirfvi . lie had onl y just taken the bat , scorins one f . < v his first hit , so that it is quite evident tint the fatal result was not the effect of fatigue . Medical assistance waa obtained instantly , hut tlio vital spark had fled . The fleceasetl complaineil of ill-health , ; and said that during the last week he had suffered from suw-stroke , but declined standing out os the matchttrofcsrh advised to do so by
, several friends . There is no doubt that disease of the heart was the cause of death . Oui of respect to the dote ised the match wii 8 immediately discontinued . Mr . Dewdney was closely verging on sixty years of age . LgTnE Camp os VVooHch Comxiox . —A great number ' of persons havo y isite . 1 this interesting seme . The three cornpaiiics previously encamped on Grcenhill have removed their tents , and put them up alongside tho other six companies , on the west side of the common . The south , east , and north side of the encampment aro defended , the south and north by cJuvaux de-frise , and the pnst by the guns of four field batteries , with their ammunition carriages in the rear .
TriE ScnoomsfER Wanted .-Tho following cltarm was practised . 1 few weeks since in the village of Newport , Essex , on a poor lad subject to epileptic-fits . Sins sixpences were procured from nine vit-g ins ( " for which they were to be neither asked nor thnnkod" ); the money was then made into a ring , which the child wore ; but with no satisfactory result-, possibly from some fliw in the primary condition . ~ 2 r 0 ni "Notesand Qtxerus . " The " vVkstkbn Bar . —No Iojs than eialit compel vivo , or did , travel the Western Circuit have boon returned to the present parliament , and ail for boroughs in tho counties lof the circuit—namely , Mr . Crowdor for L ' skeard , Sir A . Coekburn for Southampton , Mr . 3 utt for Weymmuh , Mr . Massey for Newport , Mr . Collier for Plymouth , Mr . Phinn for Batii , ana Mr . E . Carter for Tavistock . The " Liverpool Albion" says U is estimated that upwards oi £ 50 , 000 changed hands in bettin" on the result of the Liverpool election .
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ACCIDENTS . / AND CASUALTIES . Frightful RAii . WAY . AcciDEKT .--Ajmoat melanchol y ! accident , and which has been attended with fatal cqnsei quences , bccurred bn Saturday evening to an en | i « ' e-rlriver named Stanley at Gobow * n , ' about eighteen miles from ; S !» rewsbury ,. on > the . Shrewshury , 'tnrl ( Cheater line . The un-; foitunate ^ an jhad , g ' it ;; flff-ihe engin , e . ^ t ; a ^ din ^ , 4 nd , lw , kaiextmjniag . thft ^ achinery , to see Ibat . it . was in proper . workiing . orderflndmot . overheated , and at tbe -aame time the istokeriwas engageniin filling > tbe boiler-with water , iwlwn imoBt mnfoitunttely ! threeior . « four ^ waggons which -were : movedd ) wn on an inclined pkne toward * ? tha engine 'were allowed to , prdceed too rabidly by'the pfiirion wht ) % ad-the -charge of them , and whq / itis jupposed , did not apAly the
irake . Bsvigoroualy as . he oughtlto . have 'done . The . c / inae-: quence was that the jwaggohs . dashed ; with great velocity agalnatrihe engine whichrSianley , wm , enj . ged ^ in examining , attdithe unfortunate m 8 rrU ;« ai > wa 8 . c » xight ! inthft « achineys , and be was thrown down and the engine went qv « him , tearing ! riirarm'ont ' -of the socket ;« nd mangling him otheriwiBein . amost'frjghtful-way . As-m-y be ; 8 upposed , life was immeuiliely'destroyed ; " * . Sbrioms . AcoipxilT . rrrOn Monday evening , an . acoWept ioMU « e . d ^ .. Mr . ; Ee . n iam"in ; Wsttta , landlord \ df ^ , the Admiral jKqppljeh . T&vpv ^ in :, the f ulham-road , it whosfl ; houso '¦ $ icomirirt { efl , sfttijiLthe . interest ^ f the . l ^^ rquisJftf'Biand . fprdj iaad ; t 6 / . 3 fr . Hewit , &n .. adtiTO ' augporter ;^ ^ e . V . noh'le' '' joajiidjidate .. iMr . . Wat ^ , iit apnears . ^ Kr OUjt VEJth . ^ 'hci i ^ e and , c | iai « ie , canvAWiDg'tbe ; C ( h 0 | 6 wpublrcaus . ^ afld % tiim-. ing ,, the corner , of ; Jj ibHee-p ; iap ^ . ¦ King , '« -rpad , in toi fine a iBtyle ,. t ^ e v . e ] 5 fele , turiierl over ; ,, " . WpeH irtchedltfr ., Wa ttsrWnd Mr , clfewit ou , t . IBftth . of ; tb . e unfor . tnn : ite somiriittee , rn . en . were . wokftd up . insensible , in 8 . np ' ori medlcaT aid imvtnVI
itiwas ' . thought' adyisible ' ito , remo , yi >; Mr . ^ Henit- ' -td ... St . iGeprge ' sIHospital , the house surgepnj > rqnftUncmg the . suf- ' * erfir . in . oi \ ohly . ; t . p wve . iiiB'ieg irighipiy brdUe , n , : buf afao : to ; . hay . e , s . ustaine : d pther injuries . ; : Sir ; . " ^ a , ftst- 'was Jaktfn hQmeito . tlie ^ djnira'l . Kepp l ^ , and waVfiound io : have three jof . ; bis , rib 3 ,, fractured , and "besides . ^ evejSe intejfn . 'il 'inj , uwea . ' iTb ; e ., xieliiole ,. ir 4 ^ hioh , . they were : riding ' .. v ? as , smwlifld ip ' latpros . Tkp , Mqi ' * $ > £ Y * luabje , r ) ieba'Jd ,. ^ t . u ^ ely , e 3 ^^^ ' ianj , ipjury , ,: /;" :. ' . ; .:, ;; . ; . ; ,:., ; ; v . '" -, . " ¦ ' " "' ¦' ! T ^ b f ^ oAj AjBon )?«( , x ,. i ? . ^ Jwfj ^^ iais JBihDOB . ~ A . t . ; the jngue 8 | i ., pii the . Jtoii ^ e 9 , of . TJ&pirnas'WefjtjQn ; . Ann , e William ' s ,, arid Emma B ^ tfla , tthfl jthree . indiyiaualB , v < hb . pori 8 he fl ; by . ; ( the running down ; of a shallop' hear ; XjJfeekftiw 8 J : Bci 4 geu . jon . Sundajrjevqnjng ,, the . Uth inst ,,. byjh ^^ h'lia , steanjiei-, jthp , Jury . TQtarnfifl ;^ ., Ter . diet , ; djf ; VAcejdental health : At th ^ sam ^ time . n ' nanirjap . uflly ; e . ^ pi ; essi ! fjg an . ojiwibn Jhatj * -sitf . Hcienfc io . ok-pu . t ff » a r ^ ^ e ; pjb .. on ; bj > arjliheisteamer , and ( recommending thajt in future . arrangemej ttta / . be jnade -by lhe iBte am ^ boafc . cpmpa , ny : thfit will secure . the . pub'Iio ftom ' acpi-: de ^ s as . fiusafljppfSBible , M ^ S WJffflWt . crowded stated the . riTer . ,, ¦ , ; ; . ' , : ' : ' .- ' ; ' ¦ ' ,
Jami . AcoiDEtw ; 0 N wm , MmM& : CavmwMmwiit ?~ , On , Tuesday . Mr . Babe ^ . Ueld aujiriqueat . atthfi ^ ndonilospital , on the body of Daniel Ward ,. »( jed thirtftL-kiolerkia ithe general manager ' 8 r ;« fltae ; of Sfee ^ iwtOTn Counties Railway , ; . who , « eufod ., atiol . 3 , 1 (|» uck 8 tQne « 8 ti « Bt , flriek > lane , gpitalufllds . . Daceaasa sjUried froro ^ Qndon , on the 5 th in 3 t , by . * hfi : useaninuies piiajiV elejr ^ n . io ' elookitauniito Nocwichv yasmouth , andAwK ^ ftijand . whBn ^ theitrainavBachedthe 3 Bcoxbourna ; staticuJike ; attempted to juraponjtue ntabfara before the ^ aj irjftg ^ 'mere . etopped , in oonaequenoe of which be , feil oa , to ; th ( i : r * il 8 i Aftd aarno of . tihe fiawicHfesp . -waeil over
bisireltiog , 'frft . ota « ingit ^ adlx . :, ilo wasaromediatelytaken to ^ hp ; 8 wHlnffxwm wher . ei . a 3 BJ ! K 90 ft , was . ; pfi . omtty . in aln ^ enJanoe , » hpad «« iftd ihjswinoxal . itio » Iiondonhospital , andnhe : wa » -. Acoordiflgly ; jiont , baek to Horn . by . a special tr ^ andflOiiiwyeiiliaS iftOiQniaa paasibte to ithftAboveinatiw tjufeita . hWihereit-was'JJwiftd . necessary to ; amputatethQdimb . ^• her deceased , * o . y < e . sefti . aied i onifle J 8 ah iRstaotrfroiwes ^ haustion andiaejumdafy .. hsemorBh . age .. - An ; Qfficer of- the itaHway-. spoice # , theidajogec , an / geMujg . ioJfcthe . carriages yUUst in mobion , aiAd . th ^^ ifgeulty-they experienced In rireventing pewons . fcom doiing s& ,: ariitfae iury returned : a . vendicfc of " Accident Death . "
The ; FataiiAccidbmt on the SHUEwaBtjRT and Cus $ ter ^ An , wAT . ^ -0 n Monday an inquest was held at G 6 bo . men , before G . M . H * le 3 , Esq ., covoner ; upon tho body of Stanley , the engine-driver , who-waa unfortunatel y killed on Saturday-evening / at fcheGobomen'Stat . i < w , ontne'Shrewsi b , ury an'd Chester 'Railway . -From the evidence , it appeared that the unfortunate man , after having arrived at Gobomen witha . luggiige train , got off the engine while the stoker wag putting ijn a fresh suppl y ; of water * and put his arm through one of the wheels toaseeetam whether a portionrof tp © machinery inside had become overheated ; afe this moment unfortunately the-truclis orluggage vans-wijre shunted down an incline plane ^ which' they ^ descended ; from some unexplainedcause . wifchgreat-rapidity , and ' setthe engine irj motJon , by which means-poor Stanley ' s arm was torn ' off and , the machinery . fcovG up and lacerated His body and chest
tp such a degree that incredible a » it ' may almost seem his ! hgart was literally torn oui ; aud thrownoii the road . The opcurrence appeared to have been quite accidental , no bfame was proved to" have , ; been attributable to anyone ife appears-that it was the general custom , to shunt the luc gage ; train down in that - manner , and it would seem that Stanloy wasnotaeen or known , expect by tiia stoker who was ph tho engine * to have beeq engaged with the engine all the time , and'he appears to have been rather incautious inj running / his arm through the wheel when he-might have -expected the . trucks to runj down the incline . The iary returned a verdictof **• Accidental Death , " and the body was enclosed in an oafe coffin and sent to Shrewsbury , where the poor man ' s family reside , and'was met by his comrades at the Shrewsbury terminus :- Ha was'imich esteemed and re . spected as a , servant of thacDmpaBy ; -
FAiii ,, AccxpBSi , ~ On Satiir . dayeTeningahacoidenfcof a . diBtwssjng ' , nature , resulting , from the incautious use ol firearms , occurred at Standen-house , Hungerford , Berks the seat of . the Bev . J ., P .. Michell ,. wh | oh ; has thrown the W , ' gwtleman 3 £ imiyinto ^ astateofdeep grjof . TheTOuncest , son of Mr , . Michell : had been . rabbit fthobting , and returnW bame about nine o ' clook in the evening was called by hi * two youngest , sisters . from the nursery window , and . in . turning round . to answer , them , the-gun , which happened to * belQaded , wen . fr . pff , . and . unhappily lodssedthe contents in , the forehead of the youngest , a fine little girl between nine . SSS ? t ?? , / ° f ^ e , yfho ., 8 ucvived . only a few minufesv Tho , children . at the frime ^ f the . occurrence had their arms round each other ' s neck , but , strange , to say , not a shot to . uohed : the other .
Fatal Accidbni waits . Biiniso . —Mr . Spiew , an , En- , glishman well known at Calais , went three days ogo with three ofthiafriends ,. MM ., Liard ,. Bienvonu . and Rev « rdit , to bathe in the sea , : They . were conveyed soine . Jitjtledistance into the . water , in a . bathing machine , and then , prooeeded ) to . walk : along , holding each other by the hatid .. Aftersa while M . Bienvenu returned : to the machine : the other three continued in : tho . water . At length ^!' , Laird and M . Reverdit , feeling that ; they werein danger of hemp carried ! a way , by tue currenf , called- for help ; The keeper of the , bathing maeliinei hastened to them , > and placedthemin safety .. "But ; there were four of you " said . the man ; "What has become of the others ? " "Gone batk to the machine , no doubt , " said they . AU went to the machine ,, but only M . Bienvenu was there . A search wasimmediately made for Mr . Spiers , and ha was afc length discovered quite dead . He was l ying face downwards in a sort of hole , and it is supposed that lie had been thrown down by a wave .
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Obitcauv Notice or ax Exile . —Died at the houso of Mr . Thomas Iluntly , bookseller , Sunderland , on the 25 th ult ., aged thirty , Captain , Alexander Ruszczynski one of the Poliah-IlutiRarian refugees , who came to this'district in May of last year . Captain Ruszczynski ( a : tys a corespondent ) was a native of Cracow , of which city he was a magistrate . Along with several of the most devoted friends of Poland , he was arrested in March , 1846 during the time of the " Galliciau' Massacre , " and underwent a mook trial for hi gh treason . With above thirty ' more of the most influential citizens of Cracow , he was declared guilty , and all his . estates were confiscated . Some
days elapsed between the trial and . the time of the sentence being pronounced ; and the Russian government , fearing lest the execution of so many of the most powerful inhabitants of Cracow might cause a reaction jmainst them commuted the sentence of death to perpetual imprisonment . TJaszezjnski was in prison from 1 S 4 G till the spring of 1848 , when the Emperor Kirtiolns , anxious to stay the current of popular revei ^ o which was then let looao , proclaimed an extensive amnesty , in which the deceased was included . After fining his liberty Jie re « 'T 5 ? h i ! ° tlme ^ u fripn (] si » Cracow , and then went with the flower of the PolUh youth to liung . rv / to ffi ^ m u Tl 0 PPre 3 - ^ both count ' r es . Aftor a difficult and dangerous passasro ovor tj , it ™* Wi
, ™ f f » n ad ^ " ' he reaci . od the head quVr-ZiJ \ irUt , ? S anan Army of Indeper , dencp . and enlolletl himself as a commou soldier . From November 818 ho served till the end of the war-fight in " dlK f oi \ 1- T !* ° P itched battIes ' andTrising rapidly J-ZIF ^ * T " Captain' When th 0 s ^ nouinary ' on-Bdjfement at lemeswar , and the treachery of Ctoiv .-v had Je aroyednl hope of the Hungarian * pro 5 ecuting " t& wir farthir with any chance of success , he retreated , along with & 5 . a H « m and other leaders of tho rovo ution ? into lor
lurlvey some months ho resided with his oonntrv-S ™ A « U ^ , ' - 1 Whe " Vok 3 obtaiue ( l thc P ei > In' « - STnmnini } i ^ Sovernmeut to como to England , be accompanied then , to Liverpool , from which plaSo ho was sent hither in May , 1851 . Since then he has lived in , i I V " n or as a Passmen in Mr . Iluntly ' s ?'« m S ° ffl 0 e - d 'f snddpn 'y . on Friday , Juno 25 , firo , M m iltlOn " lthe chest ' On Sunday , he was inteiredia tho cemetery at Sonuerlanu . His remains were attended to the grave b y all tho refugees in this district , and above one hundred set . Uemen . ( tho membors of the ! i i i , . > , 3
lttiugeo Vommitto , and others who had known and es . teemed him while living . ) His companion in arms , Mr . Lekawski , delivered a short but impressive address in 10 . 18 b , over his s-vave . Ru « exvn » ki was a man of a liiglily culf . vutod mil : !] , and of rare abiiitv . Few men in so short . « tipo made so many attached and " sincere friends as he bad done during hi * sojourn here Although bnt thirty yoars of age , care and " groat . sufferings iniulo him Look much elder . In every sense ho wn < a gentleman and a scholar . In him Poland } , as lost one of her ablest and most horoic sons , the refugees h ; ive lost 0110 of their most esteemed and gifted companions , nnii a largo circle of . i « qu aiiitanoes have lost » mini wlmni they honoured , and a friend whom thev \ o \ eA . —Gaieshead Observer . . ^ a u s t n d it ir- ; o 7 id
The " Standard" boasts of the return of tboso " eminent members of the bar , " Rult , Waridington , and Poacockc , none of whom happen to be barristers . it e ,
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crimes iViS oiiS ^^^ , .. MURDER WUR BATH ^ Some . montfas since the-details of . a rnost . » der , committed igtitbe villtge of PrisZ L Ocioi « ten , F ^^ - ^^ 'S ?^ hawng beenxoncerned injthis dS ti 2 >» 3 stances which ^ ve since ? K ire ^ S" f * S ? prpbabihty of the murdewr being-ia entiSd . fr '" Ss juitice , A -man rramea HuUey whn"I ? nd br ° « rttZ mitteditprDorcbester G . ol ! R . £ j £ " W ^ fesBerVtbathehaa m ^ mmJSRiS ^ ' i months ago , and this coming to ^ lheTnolS ""^'' ejl perintemknuhthe Bath police that S ^ of » he * Chester and had Ev ^ fJJS ^ Sg T C I -is about twenty ^ w ^ ^ f ^ Tl ' « piUon ; he charge of ' muruer gave hfa Sne as &n ^ ine ( J £ ! ? P ^^!* - ErP »» N , Wiaence Kiea a LS }***
. ,, I tna t ^ henMr , Hughes topk , bimim ^ cQod , i : ! " ^^ ! wavfoi the-murder of George ^ Busb , S ft L ? h ^ t iber , at Pmton . He said . "Very wef ¦ JW , ^ . . clean confession , of it . " . Hp ; W aaid ' « i hall rna ^ , ! house , anfl'at * lhe time-seniiig . ' rucS , 1 ffas '" lhe i things . I had half a pint flf leer , and I si ° !! : er rfe jm « rted rfl ! . out > his pur ^ which empt dm ! ft" * ¦ ibinvfromthepilblic ^ bouseuntil he StS , ' I foIlo *« i ¦ three fietdsana over a sWe , and when hew ? 8 h •»• « ( eighty yards on . 1 trippedi » imup with mv < f Mve » t y ot itheb . ck ^ hirhM ^ n 4 callea out . SLt ; Wl ! imdWid'to - me , 'Do yo want to mil ! , «* ^ l ito'him 'Yes / -Ph « MKim ¦ ¦« .- - er ffle - Inmift
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, a th ! ithe niind , andl am petfec tly . prepared toS * . ^ oa ihw wayrtto B ^ h the prisoner inLed hot )' . '' ° « ; thj 8 assizes , and he was told , two or'three T mta mikei how long , after seatence of death Z ¦! ' IIe lhei 1 iwaiting for execution . Mr . Hughes told ere ke P weekw-two . -InapertorEeck corrob OTate ? Jf fy a and added that when the prisoner w MS ^ t ' ibyMr . Hughea , he askea him to have 3 l ^ 13 c Se but he said , "No ; it U no use to gv ° 2 T ' > ke me . I am . a . mwdear . - I comihtad fS t * a bloodthirst y fellow litee me ought toTJuJtSt and Thiideposition ^ aken at the timeof the Zfaltf read over to the prisoner . -HejM ia , \<> They IZTt . He stands remamleatill Saturday . the 24 th in ttUe '
, , ' Brutal and fatal AssAuw . -Oa Saturdav »«• grocer , living in Chester-road , Manchester Zmi iHj ' Holden Saxon , was brutally assaulted and kiS ? Jn £ T foUoWing circurafttances . j-Threeyoung metTZZ \ e W jJB BlWniUmP ^ « a Jt «; SaS l ! ffiR and beatea a half-witted labourer whom tC '« S Mr Saxon ' s shop . This lAw ^ T JSlwSW working man , ia often followed and plagued hithJ ^ wS » the neighbourhood , but Mr . & £ * SfltartS ? ihree young men attack and beat him , and Si Tt Z I »« eonUn . nam * . Xbe , CQnMquenceTM « S tt efi riS ^ £ ^ . ^ seif q and tajrjtis
: » this ^ he , was , staggering . from the effects of tb Jn head , and knocked him headforemost upon the pmmat agam M ^* w » « , raised : irra srate of in , ib £ Te his blow , and died in the coocatof a few niiiutei The-Aim . jpn arejncustody , and-were brought MbIthem £ gistraicon . Moaday , bat renismded until a surgeon could ' n iatoapw / mortem examination of the bod » of " the nnfortunate deceasedi
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FIRE . A . Railway on Fire . -- A singular instance of lhe effectsoMhe extraordinary heat of the weather occurred last week on the East and West India . Dock Railway . About two . 0 clock 011 Friday aft « raoon ,. the , herbage on one of the cut . tinga . near , the . bcidge crossing , King Henry ' s Walk , Ball ' s- ' pond , Islington , took fire , it was supposed from the intense heat of the sun . After Mazing away for some time , it was . extinguished without doing any damage to the railway or . works , but leaving a . " large ? space ou the bank completely charred by the fire .
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IRELAND .. TIPPEBAHT IN 185 ^ ., ¦ ¦ . Tho a 9 siie 3 at Xenagh terminated on Saturday evenin " atj a quarter , to five o ' elock . The whole time occupied in discharginif , the criminal business of North Tipperan including the re . ssrearing of the grand jury and other prflli ' mmanes , was only sevent hours , v ¦ - The "Sligo Journal" states thft , t Mr . Townley , the nemr ejected member , was followed by a bailiff when leaving Sligo in his carriage the other day , and served with a writ preliminary to a qui ' tam action , for bribery . ' The warrants for the execution . of Kirk and M'Cooey , for toe attempt to murder , Mr . Eas twpod " , have been received by the sheriff , and will be put in execution at the gaol at I ^ undalk on the 31 st inst . At the Down assizes on Saturday , several persons two ¦ convicted on a charge of unlawful as 3 eaibly and procession -af Newtownards , on the 12 th inst .. On Thursday last , the annivemryof St- Switbin , a water ¦ snout broke over Limerick , and deluged tho streets in tea minutes . The rain poured down , like grape shot . The neat of the weather in the afternoon , was most oppressive .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ( Before Mr . Sergeant Adams , Assistant Judge . ) Robbery by a Svjellmobsmas . —George Mackenzie , 22 , was indicted for having stolen a watch from the person of William Devine , who resides afc 156 , Blaokfriars-roiid . —The prisoner wa * a noted swellmobsman . On tho evening cf Sunday , the 4 tli inst ., the prosecutor "ofc into a secondclass carriage at Limehouse , for London-bridae . When the train stopped at Stepney , the prisoner , who was in tho same carriage , and whose appearance was that of a genieman , was about to get ont , and as ho was in the act of passing the prosecutor , ho drew his hand across his waistcoat and cut his watc ' i from the gunrd chain . The prosecutor 'happened to hear theclick of the instrument with which it was done , and called for an officer . Tho prisoner was taken to the 'telegraph room , by two guards , wturena was searched , but the prosecutor ' s watch wa 3 not foun d on him . He had been in the company of another man , ana there was no doubt that he had passed the watch to tn « individual . Ou tho prisoner was found another watctt , which had been stolen from Mr . George Grey , of 201 , " *¦ ' ford-street , who wns a passenger in the same train , but . noi the dame carriage , as the proseculor . —The jury foDlia , r , prisoner guilty , and he was ordeied to bo transported tor ten years . AlIEMPTBD TlAPE BY A PoMCEMAX . —Josep h BrO ^ r * policeman in the S division , was charged with an assaui on Elizabeth Smith with intent to commit arape .- *» particulars of tho charge havo already appeared in our o lumna .- Tho jury returned a verdict of Guilty , but recom ¦ mended him to mercy on account of his previous go character . —lie was sentenced to four months ' iwP rl ! U ment .
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STATISTICS OF THE WEEK :. Sugar —Tho average price of sugar , the produce of t ^ British possessions' in America , compute d . rom j . made in Uie week ending the 6 th day ot J y > ., « j 23 s . 7 Id . Sugar , the produce of the M auritius , -. »• • ^ Sugar , the produce of the East Indic 3 , 2 Ss . ii ' - . P . 0 { Tho average price of the three Ibregoinsr descnj " . i "" siijrar , jointly , computed as above , 2-K CM . session Sittisgs ov tub House of Commons —In the 1 ; UC . , riR ( .-tho Houso of Commons sat eighty-two days , ««»' . r " 01 G hours and forty-two minutes , including aixty-on - after midiiiirht . The average sitting was seven »*" thirty-one minutes , and fourteen second ? . . imwing The Poon Laws .-A return Iras been printed wo the amount of money expended for in-mninteimnce a « d door relief in 007 union' and single parishes in {>« - ^ and Wales during the half-years ended Lady-day , " ¦ " $ . 1 S 52 . In tho half-year ended Lady-day , l ^ - , " ff ve » V turowas £ 1 , 078 , 063 , and in the corresponding nw . of the present year , £ 1 . 020 , 017 , being a decrca-£ 57 , 418 . , , ,, , „ t [ AU-e of FiaR IssuRAscus .-Cy a r eturn made to tue »« s Commons , on the motion of Colonel SMliorp , - ^ in tint the value of the farming stock in k-nsrlantf ' = » th 8 the various fire offices throug hout , tho kui » aoii ^ yoar ending the 25 th of Decemherf lSul . was * ^ - ffaJ The amount insured in Scotland within the same } £ 4 , 009 , 308 . , moI 1 . i cd return 1 I « usb of C MM 05 S .-0 n Tucfelay nn nincudco ^ . ^ of th « sittings of the House of Commons in t ic u hour g . was issued . The d ; . ys of sitting were « ghly-t » ° -i mid-( 517 and ton minutes . Sixty ono hours weio w . . night . The average sitting was seven Hour ., minutes , and thirty-five seconds . i - o reUtf n i Public Deut is InEUXD .-It is shown ' > a . ^ j . icli h » * . printed that I ho amount of dividends on capuw yfi | r 'been-paid to tho public creditor in } lf ^< r " * , & . Tb « ended tho 5 th January last , w -s Al . ooO . ^^ ' taX in dividend on the capital exemp ted from tlio inro I the same period year , was £ l : 24 ( . : 390 us . -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1688/page/6/
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