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      PABADISB WITHE ? THE REACH OF ALL MEN , TYITHOUT LABOUR , BY POWERS OF 2 fATUBE AK 3 ) MACHINERY . Letter T . TO THB KDITOB , 01 THE S 0 KTHB 1 H STAB . D £ ab Sib . —Since my lart letter I have received ssvs from America , "which iaform me that the first agricultural machines upon Baler ' s plans , -which are constructed umder his direction , at a Colony called " ths Peace Union , ** in TYarren County , state of Pennsylvania , sre almost completed , and Out Mr . E'Cer , as -veil as all the Colonists , are entirely satisfied -with them- Mr . Eii tx intends to embark for England as soon as these ¦ pmAhrnp * have been pnt io operation , which will be the ease during this month ; bo that he trill arrlre here Trith the fact that his theory Is practicable .

      The " Ptace umon" is a colony or society npon ibe prlsdples of joint stock association . It is composed of farmers , mechanics , &c , of different pecuniary means TThe leading ieatnre of this soc i ety is a religions f eeling ; ¦ which animates all the members for the achievement of universal peace , and for the making out of a millennium . As they beliere that peace and good will among men cannot be attained bo long as slavery of irork exists , they bare examined , suef ally the propositions of Mr . 2 ? l 2 ler , as laid down in his " Piradise" and *• Mechanical System , " and invited him to their colony , to superintend the construction of machines for clearing Isztd , plosghing , sowing , sawing vood , &c Hi . Etzler arrired at the colony towards the end of May last . The colony possesses nine thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine acres of land , in a -very good and healthy district , usar tins Allegheny river and tbs lake Erie ; they have a conndaable water power for mlLU and for Soring various machines , and command rafnclent capital for their parposes .

      J see with pleasure that yonr friends and the public In general are now more inclined to scientific propositions for the amelioration of the condition of mankind , and that many things are now believed which formerly wtre pronounced impracticable , I therefore think it in time before i go further in explanation of the subject of my letters to subjoin an address of Mr . Elx ' . er , which also contains an outline of the machinery for agricultural purposes : — Address io all people vko desire io free themselves from tczxt , fear of toaxl , and &zvery , for ever . If yon desire to be free from want and slaTery yon smst no longer be slaves to old notions and old things , which h&Te been your worst tyrants , and » w 3 e you what yon us : 3 > t arouse yam minds and feelings to new coEcepnons and sew things , which are now in store Tor yon , io make an end at once of all your wants , fear of want , and slavery , for evar .

      If yon close your eyes and ears against sew troths , as the general custom has hitherto been , yon will have , to continue for an indefinite time in your struggles and Bufferings , and your doom will not fee pitted hereafter ; because stubborn , adhesion to foolish costoiBB , that but perpetuate misery and injustice on all sides , is but aa abomination to well constituted minds . Yon need neither your gcTernment , nor this , nor that , or any particular circnmsiancea which you may at present desire and discuss , for the liberation from your distress and want , and fear of want . Neither the one cor the other of any pBcnliar change of your present eirenmsiaaces , will ever give any relief , except at best a mere temporary one of small account . To expatiate on this truthjjfcpot the object cf this address . A much better oneatfbi view , as yon will see . You must and can help yourselves ; and much more gloriously than all

      your wise and mighty men could or would hitherto do for you . If you wish to know how—examine cartfully what is off-red to 70 a . Your land resounds every where wiih the cry of distress « f millions . Yet your land is . not half cultivated . The uncultivated parts of tea colonies of your nation ( ef all varieties of climate *) could satisfy the wants of more than one hundred times the whole British population . Myriad * of ve&sela of your nation cross the ocean j skilful mechaniea yon have in abundance among you , willing to work and wanting employment ; mechanical powers exi * t in aature , every where in superabundance , that will not cost you anything to drive all your machines , not merely to manufacture articles of traJe , but Io militate Hie xil . Three or four men are sufficient to cultivate ten to twenty thousand acres with ons machine , and a capital not exceeding five shillings per acre .

      These are the things you have to look to . Arouse your minds , then , trom the low state of craving from your task masters work or alms ; from the narrow views of locality , and the petty concerns of the moment ; from the asking a little more wages for your work ; from tha trifling relief , any alteration of laws could possibly afford yon under present circumstances ; from the comparatively insignificant political or personal contests , to the vast rich resources of your country , of ihe world at large , of natures that are within yonr reach : fxpanfi y ^ nr minds freely to the consideration of the m » fhrng * presented to yon here , and yon will discover that yon all can live henceforward independent , and educate yonr children to become independent in means and mind , in the true signification of the ¦ words .

      Bj you , does any of you suppose , this announcement to be bat a msre fancy ? Shame be on him who neglects or xefnses , from prejudice , a ewefnl examination of ibis great Uuth ; he commit * the deepest wrongs against himself , against his suffering family , against community . Yon are offered proofi of facts of experience ; yon are defied to find error or defect in the proofs here spoken of . Come then and see , examine for you : selves , eierj oae ; the things are open for public examination ; appoint a committee in yeur meetings to exaxainsacd report the resnlu of their examination to jou . Simple is the matter and within the conjprebtitsion and experience of etery one . No apology is left to yon for neglect of this great paramount new cause of humanity .

      What , cry for the means of Jiving , cry of distress , complain of wants , and of not being allowed to labour for a po ^ r pittance of the necessaries of your life , and stili sent your eyes and ears to snch giorions offers of mesas to produce xuperabnnda'cee of all your necessaries and real comforts for ever * without slavery of work ? Wh&t shall , what will the world , yonr own children By of you , wh ; n they read the record cf this hereafter ? Is it because tfee things here announced are bo navel and b& extraordinary that yon do » 0 t wish to examine then ? 1 b it because yonr master and schoolmas t er have all been so perfectly wise that they inew and taught yon all that could be known and found in the world ; that nothing good rf importance is left to discover for our generation ; that youbeSeve you do wisely not to ens any thing about new inventions ; that you and all ¦

      ihe woiW has nothing better to do tha to blot on in the old way . like ? mirp » ' » harnessed to a cart , withon ! looking either to the right or to the Jef l ? There are people among yon who manifest , by their worda and actions , when occasions occur , to thi ^ k so . Far < Jad"s sxke , for your own , and yonr families , and hnminity ' s , ihsmtr them out of this beastly torpitude . and do not Cunntecance them in any way ; it will degrade you to the inferior scale of creatures . Machines have been the enemies to-some classes ef labourers , depriving thtm of tfce'nsiajvis . ble chance of labouring for their living . MidfiDts are hereafttr to be yenr best friends and slaves , rto ^ ririnjj neither foed nor wages , driven by mighty powers day and night pe petually , to make yonr land a paradiss of abundance for you , not merely for yonr ifcore fortunate fellow beires .

      Tvu have to form { ytrar * elvea } joint stock companies , with shares of one pound sterling , payable in cash by those who are able to t 3 o bo ; and who is to destitute cs rot to be able to raise one pound ween lie ca . tave -biTCfclf and family for ever from all wast ftar of wast , and finery of work ? If -hers are sucb psnptrs sMe to isake ihonselves useful in aoy wiae to tee company , allow thtni to work for their ahsreat a reasonable rate , aad being provided with their ne <* ssariea during "srorS . If panptrs unable to woik . why . sorely . » bey are then xs ¦» £ ]] as now objects cf puMic ebarity , and laws wi )} hsvs to provide for them if you do not or canaot Smnnest youisfelves at present Ten thousand * acrti ol common land can produce esoaeh for five thousand individuaSB , and pay tfce rents or shares of the crops as iha contract may be to tbo landlord .

      Fcur thonsand shares , at one ponnd each , will snf&cs for tie machinery , and for the attrEdsnce of men ocr ' wg the Sift year . You have tbep to rent lauCs on \ ts best terms yon can obtain . Those who prefer u > eangrate may obtain land in abundance , as property 1 st noihhip , ana cnltivaieit with the same means . Tbf-se are the mean * rrqnired of yon ; are you * til ] to aj they ara not within your immediste reacb ? To be mre y < u are then to waituntil the next crops . Bat this is only the case for once in the firs year ; and eTtrbej-eifter ^ ou are % * & from want Could it then be anything really difficult to obtain , as loan , on * uch good prospects and security , in c * s « of necessity ef some tmonz you , what any may want nece > Barily for his ftsignance in the intermediate time , to be repaid from tis > bne in ibe crops 1 ?

      CjbM a large society 13 c 2 this not aake tome ^^ T'nEHnkiita 10 prevent thbir members from sofE-nne ol -ondius uaury ? Your own minds will easily fensjfest ^ a far lucb » temporary relitf ; and if not . apply to tee agmej ^ ^^ ^ pj ^ g , ; Q ^ aad he will SDgaest yon " ways aaa mesa ,, iima ? sml to particular sHnaticns . wiat ^ loriiiuj tjagj ayg xben awaiting you ; four men rapply the wants c-f fosr thonsand i 1 AbnndBuce-fil : s t-e lacd . joji . piaE ^ . gj of gji inBocent kinds ; lei- 'Ure , sbo nitb it , time aod means ibr letter infbrmstJon than yen now can possess . Caeering times , -and still toots gloritnu times for your posterity will be the necessary KHH ^ gEfcsee * .. Aw » y then with political strife , angry ^ bn » . fajsjid grief . . Be rational , enquire , and yon wjH be happy . A complete deBsrJpgon of machinery , ic , cannot be Sr » a > in tbb aderess , which is only to invite yon to thB asamatiOT ! of the matter ; Bat a brief iketch may ¦^ Ehere ai a general outline of the plan in question .

      A water .- » aeei < or tteam -engtns ai thfc beginning ) anr by tiro chains and twe ropes atpecuBar arrange-* QEBts , a ktod of waggon all around , in direction of the gtife , to within the distance of half to one mile ; cultivat-j ^ ^ j , - fiT 8 iHmfijed to two thousana acres DJ drawing % number of ploughs Alongside of eaah other , iartead of so many horses , that would be required , -tee wuai xnode of hsrrowifig anfl -mowing the aropa * ay he diwe by the same means j besides other works too many to be enumerated bers . When the work of tai * trsct > j fiiusl » d , another aimliar one with a wateiwfcesl at iu ctnbtia hkewiss Jo be tilled and bo forth

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      from place to place . Thv work requires never more than touching one labourer at a time , to perform the easy task of now and then some parts of ibe machine for directing it , while he may sit on it The work may fee day and night , and , Is > r ihi » pnrpose three men , eacb eight hours are allowed , and one man in reserve for occasional employment- Wherever there la no water power , a windwbeel , consisting of a pole , a cross with fear sails , two small log-wheels and fixtures , may effect , for it time , tbe operation- The same locomotive may form a reservoir on some elevated place near tbe windmill , and this be filled with water from an adjwent w » tei ( a ri ? er , creek , tun , pond , or well ) by tha same windmill , and as many more windmUls around it as may be required . Hence a waterfall is to drive a water-wheel to perform all the agricultural , manufactnral , and mill work . Hence the water may run back to the same place from whence it was taken , to be raised a ? ain by the windmill into the reserveir , to perform the sane operation again ; and so on in a circulation .

      The object of this combination is to convert -wind power , -which is irregular and Interrupted , into water power , which is uniform and perpetual , and may be created thus of any amount wanted any where For water , when once raised into a reservoir , may be conducted through canals , 01 tubes , to distances ot miles , to fall thenee on other water-wheels , where and when wanted . This system , once created , affords a perpetual power of any amount wanted ; ouo or more reservoirs of a few acres , and one locomotive machine for twenty thousand atres , one water-wheel for each tract of two

      thonsand acres , and four men , besides power for all other mechanical purposes desired . Are yon at a loss to imagine how such small means can effect so much ? Suppose the locomotive aachine spoken of to draw a row of ploughs , &c , of one rod , moving at tbe rate of two miles per hour ; it will then till in one hour four acres , in twenty fonr hours ninety six , or abent one hundred acres , in one hundred days of the year ( spring and fall ) ten thousand acres . If tbe same be two rods ( which may easily be the case , for there is no lock of power ) the result will be twice as much , or twenty thousand acres .

      If the land is merely rented , and the tenants furnish the macsinsry , and all other requisites , the rent , of course , must be for a number of years . Tbus the poor may be made truly happy and free from slavery , and tbe curse cf poverty , namely Ignorance and low habits , and tbe middle and rich classes may be made , in an bonoBt way , richer than any of their presext business can effect ; the intelligent and governing portion of mankind may use these Deans to their greatest glory . No Btrife , 110 opposition , do violence can there be any ¦ more called into action , except by people not right in their senses . Once the example set ; this system cannot fail to spread from land to land all over tbe inhabitable world . The means of liviag well will become more and more plenty , abundance nniversally , and ultimately as plenty and cheap as water , requiring no labour , neither of man nor beast ; even tbe transport of men and things , by laud and water , will be effected by the same system .

      I am , Sir , your obedient servant . C . F . STOiXMBTBB 2 Co . 3 , Northampton Terrace , City Road , London . Aug . S 6 , 1843 .

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      A NORTHERN TOUR , " A chiel ' s amang ye tskin' notes , And , faith , he'll prent ii . " TO THK EDITOB OF THE NOHTHBRN STAB . Dear Sir ., —I send yon the concluding letter of my 11 tour , " which will be fonnd by the reader if it poB * ea » - > s no other merit , to have that at any rate of brevity . Monday , August 28 th . —I again visited Winlaton , and addressed a large open-air meeting . My old friend the OConoellit © hero did not make his appearance , and consequently I had not toe task ef administering a second flagellatiou . The meeting was a very enthusiastic one , and was closed with the usual democratic cbe » ra . Tuesday , August 29 th . —Lectured in tha Arcade Room , Sunderiand ; the meeting was but thin . As I hava before stated , the movement has received a terrible shock in Snnderland , to recover it from which , months of arduous toil on the part of the " good men and trne" will be necessary . Th » new Organization is looked forward to with deep interest by the Sonderlaiid Caartista .

      The same evening I had the pleasure of spending a Eh ' ort time in the company of that noble patriot , Mr . Roberts of Bath , and my trusty friend Beesley . I am happy to be able to say that the fears I entertained a fsw weeks since of the probability of an early " strike " of the colliers , are to a great extent removed . Victory or ruin is in the hands of tbe colliers themselves—their mission is an awful one , their own rights at least—it may be the rights of the universal mass of trampleddown slaves , depend upon their prndence , perseverance and resolution . May they ^ rore themselves worthy of the giorions task assigned them J

      Wednesday , August 30 th—Reached South Shields , and in the evening was entertained at a tea party " got np" by the Female Chartists of the town . Jurtice having been done to the good things provided fo us , we at seven o'clock adjourned to tbe Market Place , where I held a fine meeting , numbering at the least 3 , 000 persons . On my arrival a ; the Market Place , I found that not only was the parish church open for evening prayers , but also that my congregation was already occupied In listening to one of the illegitimate expounders of superstition who was holding forth hot and fctroae to a laree nnmber ef bearers , but who

      became " smaller by degrees ana beantifully 3 e * s"' as 1 progressed with mj alorj from an opposite point of the Market-place , and finally left him " aJone in his glory , * preferring to hear a little about tbe sobstantials of this world to all the froth and foam about another usually dealt in by the vendors of Gospel wares . I spoke for above two hours , and a noble and enthnsiastic meeting I had . All honour to tbe men of Shields ; they are latls of the rii&t sort , and will be fonnd yet again in tbe van of tbe democratic ranks ¦ whenever confidence shall be restored by the establishment of tbe new Orear ^ sation .

      Having closed the public meeting , we returned to the com pasy of i > nr fair ' * companions in arms , " and spent a mist delightful evening . TCur ^ daT , August 31—Took paesage at nine o ' clock on . board the Eclipse for Hull ; the voyage would have been pleasant encngh but for the vessel being loaded with herring fresh and dried , taken on board at Whilby and Scarborongh . by ¦ which the passengers were no > a little annoyed ¦ fortunately the weather was beautifully fineand altogp-ther we had a very good passsage . 1 landed at Hull en Friday morning , Ssptember 1 st , at eight o ' clock , after a bb . i 1 of lwen * y-threehours . I reached Lteds at half-past one o " clock , and having transacted soiue little business at tfee Star office , left that town at four o ' clock , and finaDy arriTed at Sheffield at h * l / -ps * t six . ily Northern teur" ifl dosed . 1 write thia

      by—•• Tbe beanie bright blink o' my ain fireside . " I regret that I hac not the time to visit my old friends in Fife . Fjrfar , Dundee , Aberdeen , ic . PossibJy at some future period I may have that pleasure . In the meantime I ? haTi remember with feelings of hon « st pride and satisfaction the hearty reception given me in the " land o ' cakes . " GEOSGE JTJJ-IAM HaKKET . Sheffield , Sept 4 th , 1843 . PS . I have to acknowledge the receipt of several provincial newspapers received at my borne daring my tbse ^ cc . 1 ikank my friends for tbeir kindnfess , aud Ehall be happy to receive farther favours of the like Esture . As i-fter thia , I shall be removed to Leeds , I rtqutssr that ali letters , newspapers , &c . flay , until farther Eotice be addressed to me at the Northern Star office . S . J . E

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      XO THB CHARTISTS OF NOTTINGHAM AND SOUTH DERBY . BROTja £ K Democrats —On Monday , Aug . 28 lb , I crocsfcUe * from Nottingham to Mansfield , a distance ol founeen miits : it rained much daring my walk , and of course I got pretty weD drenched . When I arrived m the iswn , 1 i -und that every arrangement that could be made was made , in order to ensure a good rnesting . TUo meetinx was to be held in tbe large Scbool Room belonging to the Rsv . Wiiliam Linwood , Unitarian iliiiisttr , who bad kindly promised ' o act as Chairman . At eight , o ' clock tb * room was well filled with the sons an-- ! »} jnghters of industry .

      Oa the motion of Mr . Thomas Hibberd , a very active and honest Chartist , Mr . Lin wood was unanimously ejected to the ebalr , who opened tbe business in a brief but appropriate speech , after which I addressed the persona present for nearly two hours , upon the present politics and future prospects of Chartism . Mi . Linwood made some vtry txceilent observations npon the necessity of a union of heart and soul amongst the people , for the purpose of establishing the great principles « f the People's Charter as the law of the land . Be stated distinctly that he was an advoeat * for every point contained in that document , and th » t he would , to the be » t of big ability , a « itate for it until it was made part and parcel of tbe Constitution . Ah 1 my frieBds , if every minister of the gospel woalo . set as the above-earned gentleman , we wonJd icon realise all our most sanguine expectations ; aad peace , brotberlj love , physical and social comfort , would be the lot of tfce whole people .

      MaMfifld has a population of 10 . 000 , and tbe principal business of tbe inhabitant * ll mean the working portion ) , is frame-work kaitting . The people of Mansfield have privileges , if I may be allowed to use the term , which are not enjoyed in other towns—natnfcly , that of taking an sere or two of land on the forest commonly eatfed Mansfield Forest , at ibe rate of four shillings per acre a-year—they may either grow corn or potatoes , or in fact anything they like . The land is " copybold land , and belongs to the parish of Mansfield . Some of the land has been found to be very productive when properly cultivated ; for instance , one acre has been known to yield six quarters of wheat TJpon this subject allow me to inform yon that in Arnold and Lambley , where I have been , a great portion of the people have * mall allotmtm- * ., and , OI what happy xesalts have 1 ell # wed to them from ii being 1 b thtir possession- A perton with whom 1 ' took supp © is Lamb ^ y , had bet one rood , one half he set with potatoes th « other with wheat ; that fcstf -cMch ho

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      set with potatoes produced seventeen sacks at tei peeks per sack ; making in the whole 170 pecks , or 3 , 4001 ba . There are four roods to an acre , consequently one acre w » uld produce 27 , 200 pounds of potatoes . The half rood set with wheatprodueed three strikes , or 14 stones , therefore one acre would produce 112 stones of wheat The people , or a portion-of them , took thirty acres of land , and laid it ont in small allotments of abont a rood for each person , ftom which they produce excellent crops in consequence of their using the spade to cultivate it . Now if the people in Arnold and Lambley already feel the good effects of their having sacb a small portion of land , viz , a rood each ; if one man can have a winter ' * , yea , and a summer ' s . store too , of potatoes from half a rood of land , as well as nearly having a sufficient quantity offlour for the winter months , fcom the other , what would he do if he had four acres?— sixteen times as much .

      On Tuesday night , 29 th ult , I delivered a lecture to the &ood fellows of Sutton , In the open air , Mr . Meakin in the chair , a young man of great promise , and a very active member of the Association . After a few observations in reference to the object for which the meeting was called , he introduced yaur humble servant . My subject was similar to the one of tbe previous meeting in Mansfield , and 1 sssure you I never saw a finer spirit of enthusiasm exhibited . The pftople of Sutton are remarkable for their love of liberty ; the troth is the great majority are Chartists , and it only needs a good and prudent aystem of agitation and an efficient plan of OrganiZition to unite them In ono holy bond of brotherhood- There iB a population of about 6 000 in Sutton , and tbe staple trade is framework-knitting ; bat the pe » ple are very poor indeed , their wages being veiy low .

      C-n Wednesday night , August 30 th , I lectured on Bui well Green . A working man from Basford acted as chairman ; and certainly a very intelligent one , and , above all , a very upright member of the Chattist cause . I addressed tbe people for an hour , and endeavoured to rouse them to a sense of their duty ; for I am Barry to say tha people of Bui well have been very supine and indifferent to their interests . There is no Association in Bulwell ; but the few active men that are in the town are determined to do their best to rally the people , in order that they may be enabled to form one Tbe principal trade of Bui well is glove making ; but I am grieved to state it is in a very depressed condition , anl ha * been all tbe summer . The consequence is , the people are in a most wretched and deplorable situation —e « ores of the poor men , their wives , and children , are absolutely famishing for the want of food .

      On Thursday I proceeded ta Ilkestone , where I found a few sterling patriots , via ., MeesrB . Foster , Latsbury , Beesley , and Shaw , whose hearts are wedded to the sacred cause of justice . They received me with every mark of esteem and affection . The meeting was held in the market-place—the first they had since tbe strike —and certainly it went tff btyond my most fanguine expectations for numbers . Mr . Shaw was eleotod to the chair , and opened the business in a neat but short speech I addressed the people for an hour and a quarter upon the alarming stat « of the country , wherein I showed , or attempted to show , tbe cause of the wide-spread misery and destitution which unhappily prevailed throughout the length and breadth of the land , and exhorted them to join in one impenetrable phalanx , and , by their uaitj of purpose , destroy tbe monster , class legislation , which was the primary cause of all tbe evils , physical acd social , which had for a series of years effl'cted them .

      On Sunday , the 3 rd inst ., I delivered two lectures in the Market PJace , Darby ; one in the morning , at half-past ten o ' clock . Baring the time I was speaking , 1 was frequently interrupted by a drunken vagabond , the tool of other parties , for the purpose of creating a disturbance , or a breach of the peace , so that tbe authorities misht have a pretext for stopping the meeting , and making me responsible ; but they were deceived , for the moment I found what was tbe object of the parties , I told the people to go home , and come in the evening ; and , if the same person came again , steps would be taken to prevent hi * annoying them . Accordingly , the people assembled at six o ' clock , in large numbers , bat the wretch did not make his appearance , through fear , or some other motive . Probably he was net well supplied with ale . However , we had a very peaoeable and well-conducted meeting , and everything ended very satisfactorily . Brother Democrats ,

      I remain yonr Servant and Fellow Worker in the Yineyaid of ChBrtism , Christophkb Dotle Derby , Monday , Sept . 4 , 1843 .

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      IRELajfD . Bepeal in the Wobkhouses . —The agitation progresses at railroad speed in the second-class normal schools . Tbe proceedings of the Scariff Board of Guardians are tbus reported in the Limerick Chronide : — " At a meeting of the guardians ef tbe Scariff Uuion on Tuesday , Mr . Simon Georce Pardon , D L ., presiding , Mr . John P . MoIodj , of Qrag , brongbt forward a resolution to petition for Repeal of the Union . It was opposed by the chairmtn and several other guardians , but on a division the motion was carried , amidst grebt

      uproar , by fourteen to eleven . Mr . Melony , tbe proposer , Is a magistrate of tbe connty of Clare . Mr . Purdon after the division res i gned his seat as chsinrian of the Board in future ; Mr . George O'Callashan , vicechairman , did tbe same . AH the surrounding bills were illuminated last night os its being know 1 } bat Ibe resolution was carried by tbe fmse-coated guardians . It is remarkable and worthy of praise that Mr . Matthew ReddaD , one of tbe Guardians , though friendly to Repeal , opposed its discussion as Improper In an assembly constituted far charitable parposes , and voted in the minority- ' * :

      The Army and the REFEiLEBS—The following eccnrrence is slated by a Gil way Repeal paper to have taken piece at Loughrea between a party of the 5 th Fusiliers and the peasantry . •? The company of the 5 th R-glment . iFnxileers , ) which has been stationed here •(¦ me time back , were this morning , on tbeir march to Dublin , played by our Temperance Band , and escorted by a very large ennconrae » f tbe townspeople from tbeir barrack-rate to tbe turn of the road leading to Knockbourn . The band played out of loxra to the tones of tbo " British Grenadiers , ' " Girray O » tn , '' . 4 c . On arrivine at Knuekbourn both par ies baited , and tha

      entire company took off their caps and gave three cheers long and lend , and one cheer more for the people , and , of csurse , tbeir c&nse . This 1 b , and ought to be , to our rult-ra another convincing proof , that although our brave troopa may be- made the instruments of a despot in tbe subjugation of another country , it is very difficult to say what tbeir conduct would be with regard to tbe enslavement of thews and our own . The soldiers baited on tbe road for about ten minutes , while the band played tbe nntionsl amfeem , and Patrick ' s D « y , " and again took f ff their caps , and gave three cheers more for the people , and the good fellowship that subsisted 'between tr < pm Mnce their arrival in Loughrea . "

      The Last Ministerial Appointment . The Ti r ies have appointed Mr J . ibn Howley . Qjeeu ' a Counsel , and chairman of the NWtb Ridicg of 1 ' ipperary , to the Sergeantcy vacant by the elevation of Mr Ksatinge to the Jndv-esbip of the PierocaHva Court . Tbe appointment has given very gnat offence , and has conciliated no parry . , F-FFECis op the Abms' Bill —Th « f > llowipg paragraph , wfiicb appears 10 the Walerford Chronicle , suggests a new method of raiting tbe wn , d , ana cannot be too strongly recommended t » the notice of euch KepeslfeTs as ' may be low in cash , although strong in " arms . " The bint is decidedly useful : — "A highly respectable c " ni « n , hitherto considered <> f ul ? ia-CoBBfervative principles , has within tbe last few days given in

      bia adhw ion to the c&um of tept-al . in a tooihmst wbicb claims the tribute cf a special notice , having subscribed to tbe funds of tbe Rspeal Association a brass barrelled bJnnderbuss a c « . se of pistols , and a capital fowling-p'cce , ' which be directs to be « nld , and the proceeds to be placed to hia credit in tbe National Exch * -qusr . It may be asked , why did '/ it this gentleman « ub * cribe cash ? The answer is obvious . Because he ¦ witbed by this mo&e of precede re to mark hix abhorrence of tbe slave-branding act . Hia feeltngs revolted at the idea of submitting to the ' tyrant ' s stamp , ' and therefore has he delivered up his amis , ' yet untarnished , for the good of his country . At orestnt we are not authorised to give the name of our high-spirited fclloT-cii z-n , as the particulars will transpire in a day or two . "

      The Mtjbder OP LORD TJorburt . —The Westmeath Guardian gives some aaaiiuin . il particulars respecting tb « arrest of DoJanj who st . iT . ds charged with Ibe murder of the late Eiri of N irbury : —•• P ^ ter Dolan lived prior to tbe fiendi « b act' with a family named Mslony . on the estateof Darrow , very near tbe residence of the la to lamented nobleman . It is a notorious fact that there was not a more distressed pariah in the King ' s County than Darirow prior to Lord Norburj becoming a'tesident ; bis whole study was to promote the comfort and happiness of bis tenantry , and it is a well known fact that under his fostering band tbey did become comfortable and indepenfiant , but are since falling bsck to their original poverty . We conld say more relative to tbs plot and plan of » bis atrocious nsnrder , bnt as tbe prisoner iwno , we have been informed , in a great degree acknowledges his guilt' must stand before a judge and jury of his country for hia life , we rto Bt-t wish to go furth * r . "

      Attempt to Shoot . —We were nearly having another murder in Tipperaiy thiB week- Another human life has narrowly escaped being offered up as a sacrifice at the unhallowed shrine of agrarian conspiracy . A man named John Dadley was fired at on the lands of Killea , some short distance fr « m Borrisokane , and had two pellets lodged in the region ef tbe bip . It being ten o ' clock at nifiht and dark , the intended mnrderer escaped without being sntyect to observation , so as to lead to identification hereafter . Dudley was acting as a watch npon the landa of KUlea , from which place a man named Donohoe had bees recently t-jacted . He was BceomDanied at the time by his brother and another man . Dt . Stocey , of Borrisokane . is of opinion that Dadley ' s life is not in danger . —ietnsfcr Expret * .

      Attempt to Assassinate , —On Sunday evening last , as Mr . Kennedy , of Batlycumbei , was proceeding from his residence to his farm , in BUllnabown , accompanied by bl « daughter , he was fired at by assassins who were concealed in a prove at Doon , but fortunately tbeir thot did not lake * fftct It occurred about ei * bt o ' clock in the evening . Two max were arrested on ibe pane ni > ht , on mr-p ^ i-joD . in BiI'inihoTn , on ? of whom yras tried at tfls ia * t Sorin * Assize for fkmg at the

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      ffj £ - £ JU onte'd- An investigation took place the fallowing day before Mr . Money Lowther and Captain ««> % l ) utfor faut of sufficient evidence the sna-^ SSJKS ? ** re libe rated .-Jr « wtaeo& Guardian . « £ fv m « * l 8 unday night last this town was greatly disturbed and the peaceful inhabitant * mach alarmed by a fight between two bodies of the peasantry » i TS- re wpbr 8 ed wlth som <> difficulty by the police . We nave heard that the chub © of quarrel was Jo « n » SP ° f < soanty rlbboa delegatea .-5 % o ^ B > £ n , ^ -o » TEMPT AT ASSASSINATION .-In the Sh h Ba " inamuck ' in thB n <> rth of this county , which has enjoyed peace and quiet for nearly the last two years , an outrage of a grosser nature than any which heretofore stained its character has been perpatrated

      within the pwaeat * eek , lnaflmUoh asthe victini 800 ? ht was an unoffending woman , whose sex . at least , might have protected her from the assassin ' s hand . The partioularvas we have been able to learn them , and for the conectaeea of which we can vouch , are as follows : -On Tuesday evening last , about nine o ' clock , as Mrs , Scot * , wife . of Mr . Joseph Scott , of Fardromin , near BalHnamack , wa 8 in the act of draining up some milt in a room in one end of her house , some ruffLo , who was lying in wait outside , fired in through the window with a musket , it > supposed , which was heavily loaded with duck snot , and lodged a part of theabotln Mrs . bcott a left shoulder and breast , and the remainder in the wall just opposite , and immediately . over where a fine child of heva , ' three yeara' old , was in bed . We are happy to learn that , although the wouud iaa very severe sull it is not

      one , likely to prove fatal , but Mra . Scott is at present confined to h « r bod from its effects . Oa the outrage being reported " at the police-barrack , which is not half a mile from the house , a mounted man was despatched into this town , and immediately after his arrival Surgeon E 11 U proceeded to the place , and rendered every assistance which his professional skill conld suggest Dr . Mostyn , of the 27 tb Depot , at present stationed here , and who happened to be in that neighbourhood oa Thursday , kindjy called to see her also , when be heard of the circumstances , and both gentlemen have good hopes of her recovery . Joseph Scott , the husband , holds about 16 acres of land . He has been living there for the last ten years . They are a quiet , industrious couple , and their place exuihita a specimen of neatness rarely to be found in that neigh * bourhood . Mrs . Scott is tbe mother of four children .

      the youngest about four months old . No trace of the villain who fired the shot has yet been found , nor can any reason be assigned for the perpetration of the outrage , as Scott ia an exceedingly quiet and inoffensive man ; and a good neighbour , save the express determination , which there is not the slightest hesitation in expressing by the Repealors there , that no Protestant will be allowed to remain on Lord Lurton's estate at Biliinamuck , a determation which we are sure his Lordship will take steps to counteract , and which we hope to see adopted at no very diBtant fay . —Longford Journal .

      Apfghans in Tjppbrary . —The town of Tipperary was in great commotion last Wednesday evening , a report baviDg spread that an Affghanistan chief and his wife were to arrive , some said Akhbar Khaii . Numbers of persona assembled , and about 8 o ' clock a one-horse carriage was observed approaching , in which was seated the chief and bis lady , dressed in full costume , and certainly nothing more beautiful and lively could be imagined . In one minute the town was illuminated , and persons of all clauses rmla . d into the streets . Tbe demeanonr of ; the chief and lady was most courteous , but as they , unfortunately , eouhl speak no language but

      tbeir own , it Was impossible to carry on any communication but by signs ; they signified that they had travelled an Immense way , and were obliged to land on tbe west coast of Ireland—th « y are on tbeir way to see tbe Queen ! After satisfying every inquiry that was made , as far as they could , the chief , and bis lady drove out of town , and if we are informed correctly , found a warm and hospitable welcome at S a . They left this morning on their visit to London . We have not been able to ascertain the chiefs name , but it ia not Akhbar Khan ; the drees of himself and lady was beautiful , and quite in character , —Limerick Chronicle .

      Repeal Association . —At the weekly meetiug of this body , on . Monday , no particular busioess was transacted . The Repeal rent was announced to be £ 1097 6 ) . 8 < i . Dublin , Aero . 31 . —Abandonment op thb Con-TtMPLATED Protestant Meeting— The noblemen ana gentlemen engaged in the conduct of tbe B » lf ' ast Protestant ineetiBg have come to the resolution of foregoing tbe demonstration fixed for the 7 th of Sept . * ta : ing as their reason , "lest the Prqtesfcauts of Ulster ahould be charged by thoir enemies , however uDjustly , asthe aaase of continuing political agitation . "

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      with horror , were less numerous than enr infant martyrs who perished in ] two months ; aad tbe Sattees of India , whose existence was justly deemed a national reproach , and their extinction a tbuma of rejoicing- , were fewer than our own children who are daily burned alive , unheeded . —Cornwall Gazette .

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      Fortunate Disc . Vr . j « Y —A taw days ago , one of those exuaorvliuary yccurrcncw wi-. > ch may most justly be termed " providential , " happened to a youn » 4 man , named Bei ) iiot >^ a journeyman tailor , lodging in the n-Mahbourhoc ' d of Clure-market . It appears that , a few weeks siuce , the poor fe'low came up to London from iLeiceetor , with on ! y a few shillings in his porktfc , in search of gomethiPK like permanent employment , ! but soon found that ic was not to be obtained . All he could do was to pick uu two or throe shillings a week by occasional jibs , thusi gaining barely enough to pay the

      rent or his humble lodging . ] Of course , what liitlo property he had about him , i * n the shape of decent apparel , s > oon became sacrificed , and at last he found hmieelf not only without & breakfast , but utterly at a lo « s to know how to obtain one . Evt n the box that had held his clothes had been sold for a day's subsistence . Nothing was left except a fow old numbers of penny periodicals , in wbioh he had occasionally invested a trifle , for the sako of amusing himself . 'Ibere was also lying r . moug thorn an old dirty-looking volume of " Bunyan ' s Filgrim ' d Progress , " that he had picked up tor a lew pence at a book-stall . This , ( and tho periodicals together , might make threes or four pounds of

      wast > paper , enough to procure a breakfast , and , accordingly , the hungry youth , to make his fcoods the more marketable at the butter-shop , proce < ded to divest th « " Pilgrim ' s Progress ' of its antiquated bindings , which appeartd to have been laid on somewhat clumsily by different owners . In his impatience at the difficulty which thus presented i-Bel ) , be suddtn ' y tore iff violently one of the side covers of the volume , trom jwhence , as from a pocket-book , he beheld peepingj out a very carefully folded piece of silver paper , which , on laving the curiosity to open , he found it to be a £ 10 Umk of England note . It need hardly be added , that after ihis discovery the " Pilgrim ' a Progress" never reached the butter-fhop . i

      The accursed Trlck . Ststem . — Accounts from Wales have dwelt a uovd deu ) , ' among other practi cal evils that have been ai work there , on one in particular—the truck s-ystem—ihe system , v , e ., which obliges workmen to rectiyo rhdr wages partly in the thapti of goods , food , clothing ^ &c , mett ad of in money . A master manufacture )! ' who sees himself at the hta < i of a large number ofj hands , has them at his one mill or bet of mills , arranged and divided , distiiUntil tnrouuh whai departments , put at what p « st he likes— ait under Ms eye , ] ui . dr his thumb—a manufacturer who has the controul ofsuchamUisypteni as this , is naturally disposed to carry on the systematiz » g process a lutle further than the mill . He wants to reed an < l clothe his workmen as well

      upon book general plan . lie pursues them into their houses , parries the mi . I into then ] larder and kitonen . and muk ^ s ihtm eai and drink ; trom mill supply . Ho establishes his great mill-snpp of a ) i ar ie !< f 8—tt-a , coff- *\ sugar , cheese , butter , linen , calico , cio h , hosiwrv , & •' ., and makea them his compulsory cus'om > r 8 . A master m y think it a good thing for his workmen to have tht . ui more under his auperintenderott , and may wish also to supply them by this method with better and cheaper articles than they would ge . t at the common retail shop ? . But the trosa frauds atd abuses to which iho system ia liable are obvious , and have been proved by fact . They went on to such an extent , bt ' . fore Mr . Littleton ' s Act . that Hi bom » cjishs ibe profits of tne iruck shop

      exceeded the profirs o' the business of which it ivas th ? appendage . The workman receded his sominai wagets ot 3 'J * or 20- * a-week , wh'rth , given in truck tickets , were in reahty , only 2 Q < or 12 s in consequence of tie high-priced or inferior artiol s wtiicii uiose tickets procured him . And if we add to tin y tangible rubbery of ihe workman the needless and galling tether of the mill which accompanies it , the perpe . uaI prying , busybody sttrveiftance oi the mill authorities over bim , we have a lar ^ e . grievous , and oppressive bjstem before ua , which is , or should be , intolerable in a tree country like ours . Pailianvnt put a legai < nd to the truck system ; sinoo which time it has gone on necessarily iai a more mild and relaxed and eubdapd form than it ! did before . Sti : l

      it has gone oa under the rose ; the law baa been defeated in const quence of the perpetual tendency to eet into debt on the part of the operative class , which has put them virtually at the mercy of tho > 9 masters of whom they have borrowed , and obliged them to buy at the ehop to which the master Bends them . The debts of the operative h * ve brought him again virtually under the restraint from Which the law has released him . On a twofold and important ground then—because it leads to fraud and tyranny on the part of the masters , and to laxity and improvicenoe on thepartofthemen—we strongly object to the truck system ; and as toe means which have been hitherto applied evidently do noi sufFcienUy check it , beg to recommend tne subj-ct for ihat further attention which it seems to demand . —London paper .

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      Sehton . —At this place tbe fever has bv : n rising f a length of time , and through this cow ^ hv-t tho poor have had to fcuffvr very much . The other week a man of the name of Jo 3 eph Co '^ ir . a .: ' was taken ill , confined to his bed , and his life was airoost despaired of . Application was made to'he jv i 6 V-• ng officer for something to keep his fratB » j alive . The officer said ' * Why . hf > feas a houso of las own , and comes here for rtli < -f I" The person wh . . awvied « ti " i , " He O 3 Dnot eat 'he house . " Tht fu-ow -Aid ,

      " He must gell it . " Tho person made . ; : ' . v ; r und said , " r 3 ut he cannot "ell if , si 1 ea 3 t b >>( .. < : uut se'I it . " But the man that would ua . is . . 0 Parsing a man and family to d « ath , f-aid , " Let him sell it to me , I will buy if . " /\ gain he asked the p-r -ta how miny children the onn bad . The answer w&s , * nix children . " Ho then ga ^ e her three Bh . ' ! HvuJ au < * sixpence , —for a man , a woman , and six rhikrvn to lrve upon for this week , and he had been caSued to Ms bed for nearly two weeks .

      Djsthbssing Event . —Oa Thursday nu ^ t * v distressing event happened in one of our h * rr n , ; boats . When about returning to land , a fishery . ^ r .. n * uied Richard Robertson , while doing some ' -hii ; ^ ^< ; u' tha mast or sail of tho boat , lost his balance , ar ¦ ; :. ailing overboard was caught hold of by anv ' ,. r of the crew , Alexander Baxter , but he was nnahi u . « ave him , and in the generous attempt to do s . . -. vas also dragged into the sea , and both perished . ! r- was only - another man and boy m the bo ; ' wi all attempts to save tbe unfortunate men w ^ .- j wholly unavailing . Their poor widows were « -itmg oa the pier for the return of the boat , and \ t > n they saw but two men instead of four , they tr . cnfcled , and feared the worst—and their fears w . re realised . They and their large bereaved famit : * tr urn the less of industrious and kind husbands - . t it- leen Banner .

      The Entrance to Dobun . —The entrv , - into Dublin from Kingstown is very handspm ' I ' ,, re is no bustle and throng of carriages , as in Lc-v ! . n bufc jou pass by numerous rows of neat houv .- , ' touted with gardens , and adorned with all w : l- of gay » looking creepers . Pretty market garden- <« - ' 'h trim beds of plants , ana hhinintr glass-hctiei -, eiv-i tha suburbs a riante snd cheerful look ; ar .. t ^ a .- ^ srng under the arch of the railway , we arc tr ? rt" city itself . Hence you come upon several old f a « iP"ned , w ^ ll-buiit , airy , stateiv street ? , and thr-mr ' -.

      FitzwiIliam-Fquare , a noble place , the garden > i % v- ; ch is full of flowers and foliage . The leaves are ^ r . > en , and not black as iu similar places in Louimi . The red briek houses tall and haudsoroe . Pr ^ - n'ly the car stopB oerore an extremely big red hou - •¦ . ia " that extremely large square , Stephen ' s- ^ reen , ¦ . ¦ ¦ c Mr . O / Connell says there is one day or other t' ' n Parliament . There is room enough for ths ; <¦ * < v sny othored'fio ? which fancy or patriotism tr .. y hure a mind to erect , for part of one of the tio , of the tquare is not yet buiit , and you see t ' v : '• ¦ f s and the country beyond . —Tiimarsh ' s Irish Ski-u Booh .

      ' Stati 8 tjcal Return of the Sittings i a ; a . Session . — From a rsturn issued on Tn'sJ ^ v by the clerk ox' the journals , to an order oi '^ r h ( Hoi > ° of Commons , on a motion by Mr . Brothertp , Cur number of days on which the house sat far tvs * : an - 'action of business during tho past ses&um , ti 1 . Feb . 2 < ni , on- which it assembled , to August t \ 'J ^ oa which it was prorogued , is ascertain * d to ' ., ¦•; ] i . 9 , lacluding three Saturdays , tho hours of st : iiii «; Mine 986 A , and the aveifake time of sitting eish ' . :. ¦ . ; > : a ana

      seventeen minutes on each successive ih ^ Hc The number of hoars on which the house pat nt ' irsr midnight is calculated at 105 i , or eq * ml to eighty nine ni « hts . From the 4 h to the 17 : h of Ar ^ - > si the average hours of sitting are put down a' u . 'rteeo or fourteen honrs a day , and thoareratr hoirs of adj mriiment at from oae and two aja . an a ; , ilysis of she si : tings at the commencement of ; :. < - s ^ siou shpws that the house frequently adjouri ¦ > i »; the hours of eight and nine o ' clock , aad bui a- idom at later thaa twelve .

      ExecuTioii at Chester . —James Ratftilia , who was convicted before Mr . Baron Roiit » t th «> late Chester assizes of the wilful murder 01 h' < wife , £ fzabeth Katoliffe , at Stockport , m »< i — f . tiugly aggravated character . It appeared from t !•<» i >«! Jenoe upon the trial , that the prisoner , who w » - i- > ut 58 years of age and a tobacconist by trade , bs'l been consiantly in the habit of indulging iu tne us ' ¦ £ iutoxicating liquors , to such an extent ar ui- -, rhat hi .-s pasai-fl became wholly ungovernabi' -. ' •¦ ' that , in the wildness of his fury ^ he very ofee ti r > i-r- J the life of his wretched partner in a state ¦<<¦ tb « most imminent peril . At length , with the v ¦ * -. <*¦ ' of removing her from within the reach of his iirmality , i

      one of the sons , a steady young man , n ? -ir . ^ - nnos , took a hou ^ e for bimself , his mother , n'irf ? .. i remainder of the family , at a place call- rt H ^ -per ' s building ? , in S ' -ockport , ¦ without giving ar . y , fi'oi * mation to the prisoner as to the locality o ^ ! . hou new abode . Shortly after , however , tho prisoner ; discovered it , and proceeded to a neigh I - ¦ > « •' * i < ousei where he seated himself , and remained urn : ; 1 . U wife entered . When aho came in , he reprc .- -cnec-i " ;* sself as being very uaivell and anxious to ha ** a . ; « ctor . He then asked her to fetch iiia socie wjU , . ivftich / sho uid , and held it to his lips v ? n . ile ha cir .. a . In a 11 Hie time after , he wad observed to « iraw - \ - » vf aad closer to her , and ac length he sprang u ; < , u li ?< r with the fury of a demon , drew a large clasr ku > :. ' trom his sleeve , and infieied such a woui :- ^\> on her abdomen as caused her death upoa th ioimwine

      aay . Lakpntable Cifccmstance—Last F . - ' :. j xjorniii !» , two youths , apprentices , to Mr . Car , ; . grocer , of Cowfold , tsus-ex , started at five o ' olwc ' . ^ » .: h tho intent of amusing tHemseivos for acuujA- i '^ ours , previously to commencing business for r h ¦ 1 . ' , v Just after they had orarted , ono of them C' .. '¦ -: il -x >> iam tree , for the purpose of gathering ec : ;; : ; u ; t . and while seated on tfe braoohes , was <• ud by his companion to come down . He replied Uia : i ; r tf ! : ould nut do bo till ho had gathered some u ^*; plums , upon whioh , hiscompsnion put a cap u ^^ -s . ire ; npple a

      of the percussion lock , and then poinan ^ : Jr « ^ . at the other , said he would ehoot him . Tiv- was entirely in joke , it being supposed the & . h w « a not lo&ded . Tne reverse , howexer , turned o .. to he the case , for ou the boy pulling the trigger , vhc ^ .. utents of the barrel went through his companion , uead , and he fell from the tree acorpsb . T ! -. . ' J-erased was only seventeen years of age , aB % i vh < 5 mcoasiderate cause of his deatfe two je&ts yuu ¦* , *¦ - This unna ^ py occurreaco has produced &w * r > - ? of consternation in the village never before , r ; .. bered there .

      Awful Position op a Child in ti"k Pk : venc « of her Father . —Near Renfrew , an uiifonot-d waggon , comaiuHig the driver and his iw ¦ * ynxmg onildren , was standing adjoining sore * v : r , i .-h- but respectable thatched houses . Tho fcot- * wu , exhibiiing symptoms of impatience , by thr ^ w-. v j up h « head , whisking his tail , and ever and ar : »! i cautping heavily ' on the ground with his near biii'l ti . o » , s » a the tiny curij headed cargo "wo ^ wo-wood , " ski : ! , land shouted ia elfish merriment . The father , at v chatting to . a neighbour or two about the cr . ^ y » s th kirk , and the weather , began to spoil th <* ?*¦ r ; of the children by coolly seizing the eldes * j ^ 'S mos k boisterous , and handing him out to tli ^ . < a of the neighbaura . The second was being f > r . ^ u , like manner , when the third and youngest , a fi r-.- * e en two and thtea yeava of age , crept tow 3 r . > v t ;* front of the waggon , and when the father um . ¦¦¦ . r- > nnd to Uko hia darhnK in his arms , he was h ¦ : » , i .. d at

      fceeitig ihe child—through a widened spar—f ; ,, right under the raised foot of the impatien' ucr . ¦ >< . r The father ' s eye dimmed , and his frame s ;^ tv mires shrn . k in apasmotiic sympathy . The fit <>; < i «^ ended —but , O , guided by a higher power , r . ir-.-.-mded lightly—touring soirjething soft and y-.- 'w . ut :, the animal movf-d the iron-shod toe on the i « ¦ :: •>*>¦ back , as if to ascertain the nature of the unus'i ; ,: . > l > - ! anoe . A movtaent ot the infant , or some in « i ' -. ^ a >> j > reh ^ n'ion , fi Jed the horse with alarm , a 1 rtmor s fzed his ljmbs ,, and with couring hauuehesar << i twitching flinks , he raised the hoof , poised it for u ^ -. i a & cond , and , in macideDing terror sent itajjain chnnuvring downward , but not before the timeout » u n t i 5 lionhearted neighbour had providentially unt ' i ^ a the uninjured in ant from her awful p < si .. ¦ >;> , c-k ! was bearing tier m triumph to her moir . r c arms . — Glasgow Ji' fo ^ mer .

      Highway Robbskt . Two youog E uU » baien , named V acdouald and Outridge , were u \< -. q a -Ao ' is . ou the 22 ad , for highway robbery . On tht i 8 h of January last ,-at about eight o ' clock in tip , > . w -. ing , a waggoner was stopped uearSalbm by two person * who presented a pistol , aad called » ' m M *! oney , money . "' T . ' iC waggoner , understandii ^ wi . at ikey wanted from the pr sentationof the pst . ui , al-k . ugh he did uvl kaow English , gave up hid pure-t-, contamiflg 50 f . in Jwo-fraac pieces , and i . i .-a vti . mred to put fut . h an imploring hand for the re > a ui > n of a pur lion of the money . The Engliehnj' n . v « h-. > understood his pantomime as well as he hxt ; <>• uo their own , gave him b \ ck the greater part of : !¦ ..- wn-enti of the purse . The wagKoaer . however , fuV , v % gratitude to \ s arda the generous thieves , and o > * u * - > rival at the first village , gave snob a descrip . io ^ i > r them , that in bss than half an hour they w rt smuted ,

      and lodged ia prison . It appeared on tha Jrsal tba 4 tbe prisoners vrsre rospectable joong mtu a « home as clerks , and that they had abandoned La jtiand , and come to France , in the hope of obtaining emvlojuuent , and seeing at tho same time a little of rii « world ; bat as they uad with them only a sum of -2 ' ) 0 trancs wheu they landed , and could procure uo employ- * rnent , they were soon in a state . of des . i nation , and had passed the whole of the day precefhng the robbery without food . They produced excellent certificaus as to their conduot m England , sud acknowledged th < ar crime with 80 Oiuca repentance , tan both the jury and the court resolved to t « - lenrent . Tne jury found them gnilty , without **«» TaJ 25 oircuoistaacea v aud the judges , being thus «« ' *« f *• apply a comparatively slight pumahaunt , ^ ° ^ 2 Micdonald , as the older of the two , to WJ « imprisonment and Outridge to fifteen woutfas .-Gulignani .

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      DARING ROBBERY . AND AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER THREE PERSONS . Bristol , Sept . l . —A strong feeling was excited this murning in tbe northern suburb of this city , in consequence of information brought to tbe police , to tbe effect that a man named Maddlcks , a cowkeeper and milkman , had been murdered , and his wife and her sister dangerously wounded , b ? a labouring man named John Clarke , to whom , from charitable motives , tbey had afforded tbe shelter and hospitalities of their cottage , which is situated at about a mile from toe first turnpike on the Gloucester road . Maddicks is lying in a state of insensibility and in the most imminent dancer .

      The particulars , as I havo ascertained them on the spot , are these : —Maddicks , who is a youDg man , about 21 years of age , is a cowkeeper . and occupies a cottsge in a field about half a mile from the h yh road leading from Bristol to Gloucester . He is a married man , and baa two cUildren living , the eldest being three years old , and the youngest child at the breast Clarke , by whom the murders were attempted , is also a yuuug man , and , until recently , lived io the service of a grazier named Pope , under whom Aladdicks rents his cottaga About two months since Clarke was thrown out of a situation , and having no relatives in Bristol , tie applied for pecuniary assistance to Maddicks , who , commiserating hia situation , kindly told him that he tuight reside with him and his family , and take a place at their table , nntU he should be able to provide himeeif with some better situation . Clarke accord in jjly went to reside there , and was fed and housed by Maddicks and bia wife .

      On Wednesday Mra Maddicka happened to say , whilu at dinner , that she had been promised payment of a milk Bcore by a gentleman residing in Collegegreen , and that the morrow bad been fixed for the purpose . Clarke did not appear to take any particular notice of this at the time , hut afterwarda he asked some questions about it . Oa Thurday night , after partaking or their snpper as usual , the family retired to rest . Maddicks and bis wife and two children occupied one bed ; a little girl who was employed , to assist in nursing their infant , slept on the chairs by their bedside ; and the sister of Mrs . Maddicfca , who bad nursed her in her confinement , in a bed adjoining . Clarke was in an adjoining room .

      At daylight thia morning the wife was awakened by feeling something strike her violently on the head . She looked and saw Clarke with a poker in his band . He struck her twice moro on the heed and once on the arm . The sister then woke and catted out ; upon which the villain rushed upon her and struck her violently on tha bend , inflicting a terrible sash . So murderously intended wus the blow , that tbe poker broke in two , and one part of it fl ^ w with violence against a wall of the apartment , and thtn full opoa th 0 bed . Mis . Maddicks , on looking at bor husband found him covered with blood and coropletpjy insensible . She then Jumped out of btstl , and s < . utl hold of Clarke , whom » bt > called by name . H « then broke from her , and made his escape ovtr a wall at the hack of tha premises , and got clean off . In his baste he dropped oo * of his shoes , and be ha * lefc bis hat behind Dim .

      Upon an examination of the room afterwards , it was fuuud that ho had carried off some silver ruotwy which had been placed npon a shelf near tbo head of the bedstead . He had also rummaged a box In which inonty wus sometime * kept , but as Mrs Mudilicks had been prevented from receiving the account referred to the previous day io . fatr cuavemtion with the accused , he was disappointed . On informatio > 1 buirjg giv . n to the police , they proceeded to the cottage , and finding MaadicKs and his wife severely ijjureti th « y removed them to the infirmary . Matidicks has four exu > rnal woumts on tuo bead , the niu » & dangerous of which is over the temple . This day one of tue magistrate * , J N . Sanders , E « q . went to the beUshie of the woman , and to « k her deposition on oath , when hMo deposed , us far as tier knowledge went , to the facts , as before stated . The man , being completely insci tibia , ia , of course , unabio to give any account of tbu transaction .

      The police are , engaged in active pursuit of Clarke , bul as jtt tbey have been unable to find any truce of bim . The Carlton Club awd the Marquis— Can it be true that Uitj Mh , qn > if L y was actually Mack hailed at tbe CUiiton Cub ou tn » 22 ui uit . ? Such in , however , tbo ropurt . Use him hu nntidrvw from the club some time ag <> , in cuiist-Q ; tt » -nc « of somn Ministerial disappointment , und we believe favoured it with a manifestation of His dmpleusure ; and , if not intimating that he meant to turn Radical , at least that be would have do further connexion with the C * riton Club ; ai . d now , in return , ttfcettiis they decline all further connexion with his Lordship —— Durham Chronicle

      The British Iron Company was established in lb 2 B , when the price uf bar iron was £ 14 or ± ' 15 per ton ; the nomioal cajKtal waa two mtlliuuit . upon wbicb calls to tbe extent of 75 per cent- have alrt-ady been made , snd the company is besides involved ill a debt of £ lof > 000 . Tbe price of iron seems to have averaged in a course of years £ 7 per tou , but owing to tha general depression of all traces , and of the iron trade in particular , ic was , two month * stuce , unsaleable at £ i per ton ; and , to complete the misfoicuciea of tbe company , their pecuniary engagemunts came to a crisis just at the time whtn tbe sacrifice of their property , for tbe purpose of meeting those engagements , would have been most duastroas . :

      Tbb tacts which Dr . Barham has collected and arranged establish the dreadful truth , that nearly three thousand children have beeu burned to death , in a sriugte year ; an average of more than eight evtry day . The Victims In all tbaftjign of Queen Mary , wj ; c ^ u tcnuricg death , nearly 300 years ago , is still regarded

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      THE NORTHERN STAR I

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      TURN-OUT OF SEA . MEN IN LIVERPOOL . A turn-out has taken placs amoDg the seamen of this psrt of a somewhat formidable character as to the numbers who havo already joined in it , and alao as regards the determined manner in which they team bent on accomplishing tbeir purpose . The precise nature of their grievances would appear to be this : — I There are at several seaports , more particularly in this town , a great number of shipping offices , which are cbitfly kept by retired captains and mates , in tbo vicinity of tbe docks . The business of tbo occupiers of these offices ia confined to ' that part of procuring bauds for the several vessels about to leave the port . They first of all watch those vessels which are taking in caigoes or ballast , and are ; preparing for sea and they

      obtain from the respective masters a list of the numbers of hands which will be requited to perform the voyage . There being always an immense body of unemployed seamen at the por ; of ail ases , these agents find little difficulty in obtaining the required number ; and for procuring the situation , for which they had heretofore made a charge of 2 a ., but within the last six months advanced it to 10 s This is the cmse of the present turn-out The seamen consider the charge an imposition . They say that they have no objection to pay tbe amount formerly exacted , or even an additional trifle , but that they will no longer submit to the payment of the 10 * S . ime ef them are , moreover , talking in the strain of the antiinanopolitts oa the subject , and saying tfeat a number ef agent * have no right ta drive such a trade , and , by acting in concert , to raise the charge ad libitum , while they themselves could , by going on board the vessels .

      make tb ^ ir own agreenmnta with the masters , and thus abolish the exnetion a together . They represent , and appaientlywitb great truth , that when the 16 s . comes to be deducted , as is often the case when expeditious voyages are performed , five or six , or more times in the jear , from their hard earned wages , themselves and tbeir families are greatly tba sufferers ; and that when to this charge ia added tbe many other impositions to which sailors , ptrhapg more than any other class of men , are subj icted , it becomes a matter of serious moment to them to get rid of one at least of tboir grievances . The plain , blunt , atruight-forward manner in which tbe poor fellows sum up tbeir case has obtained for them very general sympathy ; and , provided they abstain from committing any acts of outrage , they will most pi » ba ' ly succeed in having their cauae of complaint removed .

      After they bad remained for some time in front of tbe Custom homse , at wniub place they in the flrat instance assembled , and bad attracted crowds or persons to the spot , tbey proceeded in procession , three and four deep , along the line of docks , making known tbeir object as they passed . : A public meeting waa held at the Q teen ' s Theatre , on Friday evening , for the purpose of fcvking into consideraiion their grievances ^ and the remedies to be adopted for their removal . The theatre was most densely crowded in every part . Two or three union jacka were suspended from the boxes and gallery , and a small band waa stationed upon the stage , which ever and anon played national airs or such tunes as found favour with the sailors .

      An eJderly man , Darned Chorge SheU , occupied the chair . —Ha said h « had great pleasure in availing himself of the opportunity fco state to the world his opinions a « to how the hard-working sailors , particularly those belonging to that port , had been robbed . He then went ou at some lengthjto denounce the conduct of the sbippiiiK masters of Liverpool , and particular t ; d one who had acted , as be said , in a shameful manner . He observed , that the sailors nominally got £ 2 par month , but that owing to the exactions of the shipping masters and others , their wages were

      reduced to 30 s and under . These men were generally unfit for their situations , as most of them were not brought up to the sea , and he mentioned an instance in which one of them had ahlppsd a shoemaker ' s lad , ef Kingston . Dublin , on board the Liverpool , of Liverpool , as a ship's carpenter . ( It wa « such conduct as this , in hia opinion , which had caused the loss of so many vessels , ' und left so many widows and fatherless children . He concluded by calling on the shipowners and insurance offices of the port to put down the s ) stem . ¦

      Another Bailor , named B ^ nest , of Jersey , bIbo addressed the meeting—He complained of tbe law vages wbicb sailors received , but , j low as they were , they bad to pay about 17 ^ . to the shipping masters and others befure they could get a situation on board ships . These shipping masters , in some instances , got 10 a . from them , then there were 5 s . for cashing the note , a shilling for a character , and another shilling for extras . He concluded by recommending tbe propriety of sending a memorial to the Mayor nnd Council , BUKgesting that the shipping offinea be put down , and that a general office be established at the Customhouse , to which ship masters might go aad choose their men . j Several other Ea'lora then addressed the meeting in a similar strain , after which a resolution to tha effect suggested by Banest wan carffad unanimously . The meeting then at panted , th © proceedings having been conducted in a very orderly manner . There could not have beenifewer than from 800 to 1000 sailors present [

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 9, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct498/page/7/