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No . •_> of DR .. P . M . M'DO CALL'S NATIONAL POLI - TICAL TRACTS OX LAND AXI > CAPITAL . No . t to be had of all Booksellers . No . i , in the Press , will appear shortly . ' All orders to be forwarded to Mr . Cleave . 1 , Shoe-lane . London .
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TROPICAL EMIGRATION * SOCIETY . THE Society holds its meetings on each Sunday after ' , noon at the Parthenium , 7 'J , St . Martin ' s-lane , to receive the names of Shareholders and deposits . Each share is now declared i . " 2 . . Three calls , amounting to ten shillings on each share , have been made , payable by instalments , on or before 2 !> t 1 i December . A Congress of aU tlie Shareholders will be held on Sundav morning , 22 d in . stant , to ligree to a Constitution , and to make Laws for the Society ; to which all in town and country are invited . Chair to be taken at nine o ' clock . In Number 2 of tiie Morning Star is published the Laws of Venezuela , relating Vj emigrants . iiy order , Thomas Powell , Secretary .
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PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGH IN TEN J 1 ISITES AFTER CSE , IS INSURED BY DR . LOCOCK ' s PC . 5 MONIC WAFEES . . Head the foUmobiff jxirticiilars of rapid cure Of Asthma of fourteen years stonding , from Mr . J . E . BigneU , Holyheadvoo'l , M ' eJnesbury : — Sept . 6 th 1844 . SIR , —When I had the first box of Dr . Locock ' s Wafers from you , I was labouring ; under one of those attacks of Asthma , to which I have been subject now for about fourteen years . I had the best medical adviser the neighbourhood , could afford , including two physicians at Birmingham , anil one at 'SVolrerhanipton , but with no success . My bK-athing was so very difficult that I expected every inspiration to be my last ; as for sleep , that was impossible , and had been so for several weeks . y The first dose ( only two small wafers ) gave me great relief—the second more so—in short , the first boi laid the ground-work for the cure , which only four boxes has ef ' fected , and I am now quite well . I remain , sir , yours , < kc , J . E . BIGNELL . Another Cure of Asthma . The declaration of Mr . Williams , of 16 G , Whitecrossstreet . London . " I had an a'sthma for many years , and was greatly reduced in strength and health by it ; I had the first medical advice , and had taken gnat quantities of medicine , but fouml 110 benefit from any ; but after taking TWO BOXES of ' , Dr . LooueVs Wafers , I am all but cured . —Dated July ! loth . l . S-H . " ¦ TV fartiiiidars of many hundred Cures may he had from every adcnt throughout the Kingdom and on the Continent . De . Locock ' s Wafebs give instant relief , and a rapid cure of asthmas , consumptions , coughs , colds , and all I disorders of the breath and lungs .: To Singers and Public Speakers they are invaluable , as in a few hours they remove all hoarseness , and increase the power and flexibility of the voice . They have a most pleasant taste . —Pric- Is . 3 id ., 2 s . M ., and Us . per box . Agents . —PA SILVA < i : CO ., . 1 ,.: Bride-lane , * Fleet-stree . t , London . SoM bv nil StcrfiHiK- Venders .
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5 j& 5 , ore on each . The screw -was broken , bat the J 2 j £ s appeared perfect , as did also tie chain . When gie engine is at "work the tender is attached j ^ the " screw , bnt the chains onght to be on , jn case of accident . There was an indent < m the ( joine oi snch a nature that I should eonekide that jjjat part of the engine had been on the rails , and 1 jjjre bo doubt that the bursting t > f the ire-box ( which "was forced otrt by the prepare of the steam ) } ad driven the bars and ash-box throngh tie boardjutrottleTiadoct . I should say that the explosion * j ^) r r . j jce at that immediate spot , and that the
enpne « as lifted np and turned over on her front jheek , making a complete summerset , and , fallrno foim 02 the platform of the viaduct , bad destroyed jie ehinH > eT » smoke-box , and dome ; thus explaining jjie mark of the rail upon the copper dome , i think gut tieimpetus of the train pushed the engineover Jhe ade of * k e "viaduct . I think -that Wilfeinjoc ¦« ra- blown backward by the steam , and that jhe endue behind had nothing to do ¦ with the acadeEi- Buckley must hare been carried along by ibe force with which he was thrown , and accounts for his being so much in advance . I cannot account
for the explosion in any way but from excessive pres 5 nre . i an a partner of the house that built the geam-ciiinne , and it is constructed on the same nriacir ^ e a 3 those ire are in thehabit of making . Tie jailers are made to bear oOlbs . to the square inch ; jl ] onr toilers are made to bear that weight . I have jartieiunrly noticed the boiler itself on this occasion . 5 he fire-box is made of copper , and the ^> aee con-Uiriin £ the water is about three inches wide . The
boiler i < supplied with water by the pumps , which sr ? ahvays in motion , but the power of forcing ibe water rests with the driver , who can do it rhxn Le pleases . I cannot form any other opinion of the accident than that there was i <>> greai a pressure of « team . I could detect no flaw c xbe construction of tiie engine , nor can 1 form any jaea i > f n » e power of steam that was on at the time of the accident . There are means for ascertaining how EUvii steam there i < in the boiler . If the train had been heavier the accident mhrlii not iaTe ocenrred . 1 ; may Jiave happened , as it sometimes does , that the
can iad put hisliand on the safety valve , in order to jm 4 vr-~« " the speed , and thus caused it to burst . I taw \ u . 3 frequently to check the drivers for doing so . ]? j ~ ii . ¦ . srst accident that ever occurred to a fire-box « iha * construction , and 1 do not consider the fault la is iLe i ; : ake . The copper is the best that can be got , and T ? an- Hi > I in the Imbit ot ' aQcnins It- We work it just jiii n > pestous from the manufacturer . The custom d !> r * vrin 2 the boilers lias been left off for some time , tley ) vias considered sufficiently unifoim . Viten an f ^ rlr , e isat work tliereislessdangerthan when standing sal . 1 iiav ^ been superintendent of engines fur the last jeT ^ n-war * . * ' Tke iirrv returned lie loliovciu ? verdict
,- ¦• That the deceased died from bodily nijurirs rek ; voI i . y the sudden explosion of the boiler of a eertiii . := -onsorive steam-engine ; but from what cause ihai i-xpio ^ ion arose , by reason of the death ol the jeiv itTsons jirtseut at the time , there is no evidence ;> > L-j-to - ~ I ' eist-. n . —Love- ? cit Tsif , Ei > T . —fFrom r . V / V « - i « •>!" . ; .- r iin . }—La > i Sunilsy ivi-dng a very mt-Iantit-lv :-j > 3 unlbrmrurte fatal zuvident occurred to a j ; . ! i 2-r "Tfimaa . bclon ^ im : to this town , under cirfoin- ' - 'snees sopeenlijir and afflicting as to create quite i -eB * ation smons all persons . The si-cue ot rLe ira ^ dy was at the canal , ahnosi immediate l y $ a ^ - 2 &aUi ui ? ^ lauaianjl-bridire . The young woman was tbi- iiaj . ucter of James Brown , a labourins BiaB . resdiiir in BolioE-sirert . and had been brougiit up at ex <>' ' ' lie factories in this town . She wa ? > rarceiy zzi-zet-n yesr * of atre . J * ur 5 n < r tee last ft-w luoijths \ -t -. nBrmiT s tu ] rdfcvii-: n > we ; TC romied bv a iai-ioi-y
li ^ . i allied l' "; :-iiard ' lal ' . ot . and the liur-i ue-Hi : iL . i ^ i ; f-i » enas i > f h-tcn-fiurst' ai : d Eita-limeut esi ^ ix-d benreea ilieiu . T ; dt >>>; r ?? jiic- ? in a hnUrmgloos * ' kej . t by Mrs . E . i ; l . y . i \ Mo \ mt-pleasant ; and E Mislay evenia ^ s the two youn ^ person ^ wen- hi it- iuibix -of aueetiii ^ tt > iretlier in that house , axid ir -fcii * escorteu hecne afterwards by her iowr . la > t Sunday eveniEc they met at Mrs . Risby ' s . jgual . "wiiere they reaaained Together about two l » urs . t > r 1111 x 11 eiirM o ' clock , and dnrins this time liie be > i terms c > i atiachment and affwtion were Easift > ted . After exchanging some frolicsome Torus , the yonng persons left the house on their way to Bohon-street , the residence of her father . The mo ?; seclnded war to the voung woman ' s home from
Monrt-r-ieasant is along the toivins-path of tbe * asal . The aislit "was irnHsnally dart , so much so that ;> eople « ra ! d st-arcely discern one another . In coiseqBence of wet weather many parts of the towing path were very dirty and slippery , and in proceeding ikinz it the vonng troman . to evade xbese mnddv I'l ares , 'xiasionally walked upon the narrow ledge sf sioce at the ed ? e of the water . Talbot went along k tbe opposite side of the towing-path . When they thy a few yards beyond the bridge he heard a plunge . Her loot had slipped on the stones , and she wa > strug | firr in the water . Talbot * s presence of mind > eemti to ' navefled from bi-m Lnstantaneonslv . as lie inerelv Koc-d saring upon the catastrophe and crying for jsanEDt-e . The first person who reached the spot
ti « a weaver named Sumner , who had been alarmed by the cry of " help . '" Talbot was at this time in the m-atesi agony , and , after a short consultation with Sumner . who also declined going into tie water , JiE off to acquaint her parents with tbe circumstance , tad brin *; other people to assist in rescuing her . After the lapse of a few minutes a number of people arrived , bat a soikins : indifference or cowardice seemed to jrtTaiL Suniner declared he saw the body of the female in the canal ; and another weaver , named Wash ivho img-liT , income zneasnne , be ex < msed on account © f hk advanced years ) , acknowledges that he stayed on the bridgt , asking questions , until a liuht ra > jrocured ; and even the father of the young vro-Q aL . when he arrived , lost bis self-resolution , and
Berfly-comnieEi-oJ a «< t-using Talbot of being tbet-ause tt his danghto- ' s death . Une attempt was made by ac iEdJTidna 3 to rescue ber hr wading in the i-aual , lot this failed - and at lasl , after the lapse of about tin-e ouarters of an Lour , grappling-irons vrere protared , Vwo police onicers having reached the place , and the body wa * taken out . And so the giri was Buffered to " drown in six feet water ! Talbot was 33 HDPdiate ] T apprelieuded by on ? of tie officers , oa lecuiint of the accusation of theiather of the deceased . Il * n > fuund , on the bodv being taken out , that life was fcnaSy titinct . A medical gentleman was sent for , led mtaiiS were taken to restore life , but to no effect . N « u day various calumnious rumours were circulated by idle pfople resjKvting the conduct of Talbot , and e was al ~ o nobed about that the unfortunate girl * a- rrstnant . All these turned out to be totally
unfouinkTL The 3 « -ca > ed was a young woman of excellent t-haracter , and belonged to the Roman Catholic communion : and Talbof is a very harmless and iiu . atitsive laJ , and Le-ars a ^ ood character also . In iLp i-t-ui-se of the day the street opposite to theTownfcai ] u ; i , crowded by ]< eop ] e roixions to know the rep li of a ;; txamitatifm of Talbot . Towards evening , is wn ^ uence of an inquisition upon tie body of the < Jt * . ra > r \ 3 takiii ^ pLui % the crowd increased , and the < k «« n > of ; he Towii-hall being thrown open , it was SJ' ^ -t aJr nQtrd to i-icvs . 31 is rather a sjnrmlar coinli'k-LtT that a bi-otier of tie deceased young woman " « "a- drowned at tLe same place on the 2 Sth of f > cto-W , ] s ?» » . Hr was 0 I 1 ] v six years of age . and had ac id ^ tully overlalatf-oi hiin ?< -lf . It is belifvc ^ l that I > aiTicrnt occunvsl at precisely lit- sanit- spoi by tl : j > e-srl . o can rei-ollwt the circumstance . R . Pi : 3-
Ju » -r . K-x ^ ., toro : ; fr , h ^ H ^ he inquest on the body rvi tL > TiA ^ i-haD , at four o'din-k in the afternoon- The . try i ; -j . \ Ing been > woni . they proceeded to view the t *> : y .-: tl ; e ioa > e . aad , sfier hearing the eviuencc . r-: urr .-i a . vt-rdic-t f » f—At-i-idt-ntally drowned . The rcniai ^ , of tii- youn ^ woinsn were quietly tu ; n det ^ iiilv Litfrred in th- * linryin ^ sround Ijclonsin ^ to £ « ^ "I ! frrd " s tnun :., oti Tuesday . A nunibcr of I ^ v ] - ' . ^ , TurnripaUy ai-quuintance ? ar . d relative ? of tbe 0 rt- > 'aMi 3 , wereprest-nt on the occasion . Her lamented tsii'tt fi . rmed oiit of the mourners .
NorrrNtoiJtM , Dec . { , k—Miutaet <> rTRAtiP-. —Mm- ' 2 J } evening , the -mL inst . a most disgraceful - ^ -ene U * * k pla .-e at the Dolphin Inn . Chapel Bar . benveen ] s very respectable eompany of civilians and a . party oi ; Jif 12 th Lancers . statioEed at the barracks in this Iotti . The disturhance arose fjrom tic- fact of a man , 1 Trhca leavimr tie coinpaiiy . accidentally stumbling ] J £ siB 5 ! ? . table , aiid spillinjr a smaU rjirantity of alej -fixmi the cup of a soldier . This called forth a very I coarse and uncouth rebtike from the men in blue , J *^ t-ompanied with the word ? , " By God , if you spill j iijalf ]•]] spfl ] your blood . " This led to an alter-i cation in words , which was succeeded by the K >] djfT eattinc the fijrare wit on the mouth of I tlit- -horson who bad Stumbled ajrainst tbe table . 1
A regular " null" now took place , in whieL the i I ^ i cer and lu ? c-ompany had to beat a retreat ] Shortly sfterwards a j-& > . * ' of eight Lancers entwd & ? honfp . forming a line in the passage of the inn , i inned with sticks , much to tbe alarm of the coml ^ Jsy . The command being given , the soldiers j fished on the civilians , who had no chance left but 1 to defend themselves in tie best way they could , j Tro or three young men in tie company being more j spirited tian the rest , flew to the tables , and : "trenched off tbe legs , whilst others took to the spii-J tfjons and fought most gallantly . At this stage of the \ a &ay the scene was terrific : women screaming , seve- j * 2 J beicgin the coniT » anv . in a manner Trbich was most '
pamml to hear , bnt they uipt with do sympathy from ^ e military rnmans- Tie ficht was continued for a ^^ arter f « f an iour , at tie end of which the civilian . * s a « -ee . U-l in again t-learmsr the room of their brutal *» saflai 3 T « . i . i £ makiJ'g i . ' . qniry . we found that the Lanetr * were beaten very much abont the bead , their sates a-sruQing- a most nivful appearance ; whilst " a ?» J «> i-part of them were minus their caps , they liav-^ J ? been fonsjgued to tie Baines . It a }» pears singular , tet nopolic-e - \ vere ai band until tie affray was over . " * ben rwu arrived . Tie landlord . "Mr . T . CioddaTd , ? aTe trrii of ihe irallant soonndrek into custody for an assaiik tijkjd liis person . —This morning ( Monday "it bun .- wasieard before the ilayor , J . Xortli , E ^ ., * henujv tAvo privaiea of tie 12 th Lancers ' for tLe 2 > smh « K , n ifr . Goadai-vl ) were mulcted in the eil ^ M ^ f , rid to find bail In lie sum £ 20 to keep tie P * act iVttkree montis inward * all her ^ Iaj t ^ t y " > sub-* —^ orresmmlenU
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Ter , and seconded by Mr . Webster— "That a petition , s % ned by the foreman and jury , be presented to Tarliament immediately on its assembling , praying for an alteration in the law which prevents the relatives of persons killed by culpable tiegligenee from obtaining compensation . The jury also recommend that a similar petition be forwarded by the inhabitants of Nottingham . " It appears that several of the sufferers by this shocking accident , are yet dangerously ill . Fears are entertained that iliss Gratton will not survive the shocking injuries she received on the oceasion .
Alarmixq Fiee asb Nahbow Escape of a Family from Dbowsiso . —This morning ( Saturday ) between the hours of two and three a most alarming fire was observed , by police constable 663 of the the City force , raging upon an extensive range of premises in the occupation of Mr . Henry Home , cooper , carrying onbusiness in Cullar-street , Houndsditch . From inquiries instituted upon the ; spot at the time , it appears that the fire was occasioned by the ignition of the bond timber connected with the flue leading from the barrel seasoning department . The flames from this communicated with the flooring of the storeroom upon the first floor , in which there was stowed an immense stock of barrels , staves , and other property used in the business . These having ignited
almost simultaneously , from the exceedingly ignitable character of the whole of the goods upon tie premises , the brilliance of the fire was seen for a considerable , distance , and an alarm being instantly communicated , Inspector M'Lean and Sergeant May were immediately upon the spot . Information liaving been sent to the several stations and fire brigade and the West of England depot , the engines from JeJfery-square , Watling-street , Famngdonstreet , and the West of England one , were upon the spot in a very brief period after the call was received . An abundant supply of water being at hand , copious streams were poured upon tie blazing materials , and by the excellent exertions of the firemen a stop was put to the prosrress of the flames . As it was , the
fire burst through the flooring , destroying a considerable quantity of the stock upon the premises ; thence it progressed to the roof , which was eventually burned through . Fortunately , the conflagration was confined to the centre of the buildin-, ' , othenvLse a most extensive range of premises , fully stocked with valuable materials , on tie ground-floor , upwards of fifty feet long , and an adjoining building filled with newly manufactured furniture , would in all probability have fallen a sacrifice to the fun * of the names . 15 y halfpast four , the fire was safely extinguished . " The occupier is insured in the Guardian fire-office ; the building , wiit-h belongs to = tie Cutlers' Company , is supposed to l > e also insured , but we could not learn in what offiee . Whilst ibis iivn
was raging , Mr . bnudwoou ' s attention was directed to the fart , that a considerable stream of water was flowing orer oue of tbe gatewayspii Collar-street , over which three children and a female were asleep in bed . Upon an entivmce beiii ^ effected by the police it was discovered that the cistern had overflowed , the ballr-oi-k haviii « r l-t-ftised to ai-t from some uncxplaiurd cause , and tbe supply for the engines beini ; very abundant , the water overflowed the room , and hall reached within a short distance of the Ijeddini ; upon which the inmates wen- a » leep . ' By the timely assistance thus afforded by the police anil fimnen , the cock was turned off , and the poor creatures saved from a serious calamity in the dead of night , when all means of asM > t : miT under such virt- \ unstanc-e > might W coi :-Milpred hopeless .
Si ini . ? : of a Retired r . uaiEB . —Thin afternoon tSatui-dsy » . Mr . William Baker , coroner t \> y the ( vL-rr ??; t .-it the Kiru : . lo ' in , il > 'vwi- ] i-laiie , bhoi-edilcb , on view ot tinhot ' i ? ui -lanu ^ s iiathlxjnp , aiffd , > 4 vear * . Mr . A . Shi'iTanl , a nii'ivantile clcik , &iid that he hail k . ii < . witlie decease *! for sonic time past . On Kridav jiioming last . aWiut lialt ' -iiast . »» -veii o ' clot-k , witness wont into tbf kitclii'ii , whrn In ? saw dwciiscd who was standing in a corner of the room . I laving spoken to him . and received no answer , be placed liis hand ujhiu liis arm . and then saw that he was suspended by a piece of rope , tiisteneil to a Look in ti « e wall , lie cut him down , and sent for medical
assistance . ] > ecea . sed was dressed , andhe must have done the act after the family had retired to rest . Mr . William Rathbone , of 12 , Clifton-street , Finsbury , said that the deceased ; was his brother . Jle was married , and for twenty-four years had cari-unl on an extensive farming business at Graham ' s Town , Cape of Good Hope . Some time since he sold his estate for £ 2 , 200 . Upon disposing of his property , he returned to England in December last , and ever since has been residing with witness . His wife and child he left behind at Graham ' s Town . Of late he has been very low and desponding . Witm-ss considered the deceased was of unsound miud . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary lnssinitv . "
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ROCHDALE . LxcTruE . —Last Sunday evening , Mr . . T . Mathew , of Heywood , dcliTered a lecture on " Capital and Labour , " which gave general satisfaction . Dir . vc-OMBi Testimox-ial , Cextiul Committke or Tiiades , Ac . —Saville-house , Leicester-square , Wednesday evening , December tlie 9 th ; Mr . Grassby in the chair . —Mr . Stallwood was deputed to wait on the Mororeo Leather Finishers . Messrs . Thorn and Smyth were deputed to wait on the Carpenters , at tbe * Castle , City-road , on Monday next . Messrs . Cuffay . Thorn , and Stallwood , were deputed to attend tbe public meeting in Clement ' s-lane , Strand , on Sunday fvc-nin < j n < "xt . The following sums were received : —l ' or Mr . 0 . K . Bantock , from Stratford , Essex . £ 4 4 s . lid . Per Mr . J . Hare , Grantham , 14 s . Per Mr . Reardon , from a few Tailors , 2 s . Cd . Mr . Barker and a few Tailors , 6 s .
DrxroMHr . Testimoxial . —A public meeting will bo held on Sunday eveninir next , December ];' th , in tie Temperance " Hall , Clement ' s-lane , Strand , in favour of the above object . The Halshaw Moon Operative St-indlk axd Flv Marebs retuni their sincere thanks to the Miners of Kearsley , for their kind aid ., during the late strike . The llaishaw Moor operatives hope tliat tlic day is not far distant when the working classes of all trades will l > e united in one grand consolidated union for the protection of their labour , and the mutual support of each and all . Brapfoud Piei-z Mabkjkt , Thursday . —More goods have been sold during the week and to-day , than we have heard of for several weeks past . The prices still continue so ruinously low that there is no disposition to relax the stringent measures adopted by the manufacturers .
Bristol . — Tiie Dtntombe Testimonial Committee bee to acknowledge the receipt of the sum of £ > 14 s . from three liberal gentlemen of this city , ami £ . 2 4 s . !) d . from the mechanics of Swimlon station , Wilts . The Barssley Weaveiw mot again on Wednesday evening , when the deputation which had waited upon Mr . Tee gave in a report of their proceeding . No weaver need leave the warehouse now without the full amount of his wages , as that gentleman has nirnvd to pay as much as any master in the town for the same kind of work . A ; meeting will take place next Monday night , in Pickering ' s room , for the purpose of cett ' int : a number of Taylor ' s men to wait upon their employer , as he is paying a girat deal lower that noher emplovers for his fancv drills .
SitEiTiELP . —Important Trades' Delegaxe Meet-ING . On Wednesday evening last , a vcr \ - numemus meeting of Trades' Delegates was held at the London " Prentice , for the purpose of taking into consideration tlie propriety of forming a " Trades * Protection Sovietv . " ]> eiet ^ ites were present from the various branches of jn'iiiders , the tile trade , Britannia metal smiths , comb makers , table-knife halters , pen and pocket blade forgers , scythe makers , scissors maker * , spade and shovel makers , stove , grate , and fender smiths , silver smiths , braziers , tvj > e founders , and several other branches . Shortly after eight o ' clock Mr . Stones , of the k \ w trade , was called to tlie cliair , and opened the business of the meetin" bv statintr that the necessity for such a
society originated in the fact of the manufacturers having formed a society for what they termed the protection of life and property , and that they were now actively engaged with their solicitor , in endeavouring to ferret out something that might be considered iWi'ao / , in order that they might pounce upon the workmen ' s leaders , and by removing the active spirits from among them . Tuore easily accomplish theirobject—the destruction of their useful Trades' Unions . The proposed association would be , therefore , purely of a defensive cliaractor ; for while they would co-operate with all for the protection of life and property , they would also endeavour to secure protection to the honest working man . who should be legally engaged in seekin" to secure a better and a fair remuneration
for his industry . ( Loud and continued cheering . I The Secretary . Mr . Drury , read the minutes of the previous meeting . The several delegates next reported from their different trades , the opinion entertained of the proposed society . The majority of the delegates had not been able to meet their trades , but they had submitted the project to the various committees , and there seemed to lie an unanimous feeling in favour of the society . The other delegates who had met their trades came prepared with the necessary levy to commence operations . This being rather a ' busy time with the trades in preparing for their Christmas ^ holidays , it was deemed advisable to defer calling an aggregate meeting until the
holidays were over ; and on the motion of Mr . Wilkinson , a committee -was appointed to prepare au address to tie trades and the public generally , setting forth the objects of the proposed society . A letter was next read , sijmed " A Jilanufactoirer , " in which the writer stated that if dele-rates would appoint one of their body to discuss the-iqui"siion atossue , andyublish it in the newspaper *; he would then irive his u .-n . iP . and enter into the necessary arrangements . After some discussion it was resolved , "That the delemitPs . l > ei ] ig a public body , and acting for the publit-, could not lake notice uf anonymous communication * . " The secretary then rea ; l the followin :. ' letter , received man W . G . Ward , Esq ., M . P . : —
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London , 99 , Mount-street , Dec . 7 th , J 844 . SiB —J should have thanked you long ago for the pamphlet you were good enough , to send me last month , had I not had much illness and anxiety at home . Thu induced me to defer my answer to you ; and I have delayed it still further in consequence of the highly interesting discussion respecting Trades' Unions , which has been going on latel y , both at your public meetings and in your local press . Of fUsse I need not say that I have read even syllable with the greatest attention ; as I have also read your reply to Lord Fitzwilliam , sometime before you sent it me , in the " Iris , " where it first appeared .
I shall be prepared to enter upon the whole subject with you , to the fullest extent , and in the fairest spirit , when I come to Sheffield , which I shall do about the , 22 nd or 23 rd of January ; and I should esteem it as a favour if some of the members of your body would give me an evening , during my stay , to discuss the matter quietly and unreservedly with them , and to go into details which would be unsuitable to a meeting in the Town Hall or Paradise-square . You' know that I always express my opinions to you frankly , whether I agree with you or not , and I shall therefore state to you most unreservedly , why I fear that in a trade easily acquired , not requiring any
very costly machinery , and much exposed to foreign competition , there is , and must be , a natural limit to price , which no effort and no combinations can enable you to overstep . This makes me doubt the permanent success of what I see called the " short time principle" at some of your late meetings , and fear that you will sacrifice by it lasting interests to temporary gain . But , on the other hand , I admit that no question can possibly be of more vital importance to the working classes , than one which raises , even temporaril y , the remuneration of their labor ; and that there is none upon which it is so desirable to arrive at the truth .
As the best mode of doing this , 1 congratulate nV parties in Sheffield upon the disposition now shown to strip this subject of everything that savours nt ' a personal character , and to look at it simpl y .-with reference to common interests and undeniable facts . I eon . sidtr the two articles in the Independent lately , as perfect models of the tone and spirit in which such a discussion should bo carried on , if meant to lend to any useful end ; and I will only add thin , in anything that can conduct to this , you will ti ' ud no mail more ansiuuato co-opevatt with-you than your very faithful and obedient {[ q w ' aud
The Chairman said he was quite sure the delegates who were appointed to meet the masters , were so conscious of the truth and justice of their cause , that they feared not to meet any man ; he would , therefore , sujrjrestt } iat they moot Mr . Ward and give him a l > ellyful of discussion . A delegate inquired if the discussion w ; is to be a public or private one ? 1-Yom the tenor of Mr . Ward ' s letter , he thought that gentleman wished it to be private—a mode of proceeding which he for one would onposo . Mr . "Wilkinson { table-knife haft it ) , said ho eonsidem ! that that letter should l > e treated in a similar manner to the one . signed "A ; Manufacturer ; " they were publie servants , : ( nd should be treated as sut-h . It ' they were in errorso was the whole town iii error
, if Mr . Ward wished to eons iru-e them , let him meet them in publir , and tlion tin- whole town \ vou }<\ have tho benefit of his superlative wisdom . I le . would move a resolution , " That our secretary be iimnicted to n-ply to Mr . Ward ' s letter , ¦ iiifornuiip him that a < a trade society , we cannot have to do with ; uivtlving of a private nature , hut that we are perfectly willing to meet Mr . Ward in public U > Ahvus * i \ ie propositions which we have submitted to theiiiasters , : in < Tsbiill \ w willing to . sulmiit to sue )] lair arrangements as may suit his convenience . " Mr , Shaw , comlMuaker , seconded the n ^ olution . Mr . ( Jeoree Shaw , fender-smith , said he was anxious that the discussion should take place , and as he fe ; jrcd lhc master * would neither have ho nest v nor eoiir :: »(» to
liu-r-t thnii , if Mr . 'W ard v . niild bet-onio their mouth-pirn and , ( hajiipiou , lie for one should not object to n private discussion , provided the reporters for the press were admitted . Mr . Booth said he should support the proposition of Mr . Wilkinson ; they had often been charged with hole and corner meet bigs , and were they to consent to Mr . Ward ' s request ,, the charce micht have . some appearance uf truth in-it . Besides , they had lioen charged with concocting in private what the majority of the men were opposed to in public ; this they had rebutted bv showing that they could do nothing until the Trades' had agreed to it first . ' and ' he
was satisfied it would cause great dissatisfaction among the people . ? if any discussion respecting the vital existence of Trades' L ' nions should lve conducted in private , lie knew Mr . Ward \» as a wily tactician , but the people were more intelligent now , than when Mr . Ward came first among them to prove the necessity and utility of the New 1 ' oor Law . After some further sensible remarks , Mr . Booth' sat . down loudly cheered . Several other delegates spoke in similar terms , when Mr . Shaw finding he could not get a seconder , withdrew his amendment , and the motion was put and carried unanimously . After some further business a vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the mt-etinif separated .
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WESTERN CIRCUIT . Taustos , Dec . 8 . — A Potatoe Stealeii . —John Hill , a wretched-looking man , was placed at the bar on a charge of stealing wome potatoes . Me pleaded guilty , and the learned Judge was about to sentence him . when Mr . Gore , the gaoler of Wilton gaol , informed his lordship that he had every reason to believe that the man was insane . The prisoner was therefore put back , and the surgeon of the prison sent for , who , upon being sworn , and in answer to a question from the bench as to whether the man was in Ids senses or not , replied—'' The man has been under my care for a fortnight ; and I should certainly say that he isnot intellectual . " : Mr . baron Alderson : I should suppose not ; but is he sane ' < The surgeon thought he was not , and was confirmed bythe evidence of the gaoler . Mr . Baron Alderson then left it to the jury to say
whether the man was sane or not . After a short consultation the jury , through their foreman , returned their verdict that he was of unsound mind . Mr . Baron Alderson : Why , gentlemen , that is a verdict founded on very slight evidence . Why is he not sane ' . The foreman replied that one of the jury had known him years , and knew that he was idiotic . The learned . hidge ordered the juryman to be sworn , and p roceeded to question him on the grounds of his opinion . The learned Judge then intimated au opinion that this evidence did not cany the case much further , and desired the jury to consult again , adding— " For ( lod ' s sake , gentlemen , don't find men mad unless the evidence obliges vou . " The jury again consulted , and again returned their verdict as before . Mr . Baron Alderson : Then he must lie remanded till he comes to his right senses , whereas , if the verdict had been otherwise , he would have had a short
imprisonment . MIDLAND CIRCUIT . Leicester Dec . 7 . — Thomas Benvst ' ml , a ven < Tublelookinjr olil man , stated to be -ii'venty-four \ esirs of ii ^ e , was charged on the o > n , ner > inquisition , with the mniisl : i lighter t » f sibo \ nanufl William Harrison , about eighteen u-arsof ap , bv shooting liim with a ^ ni | . The circunistaiic' -s of the case created consi'U-ralile interest , : nnl a very ^ riuval s \ nijiatli \ w ; v- excited fur tlie i > ri ? oi . er . The ci ) 'cunir * t : mcf < of the case as proved in evidence were shortly us follow : —Tiie prisoner , an eccentric old man , together willi a maiden daughter , between forty ami fifty yi-ars nt' a ;; r , lived a feevltulecl lif >'* npon a little freehold of about nfteoii acres at Miirtinsliaw-wo . ul , mar Ilatliy , in this ii > unt > . He "as considered a harmless man . but , in
cnnsetjuciiru of his peculiar habits , ho has been the constant sport , and subjected to the greatest annoyance , n the village boys of the neitchbourhoort . It was their habit t (> assemble in numbers , and not only to jeer and assault the oM 'nan , but even to beat his daughter . On Sunday , the - ~ th of October lasjt , the deceased , uitli ten other lads , went to Martmshaw-wimd , anil engaged themsi 1 m s i : i their accustomed practices of annoyance . Tlie deceased , Harrison , went into tlie yard of the prisoner ' s 1 iou . se , and , to use the expression of one of his companions , "teased him out . " The prisoner presented himself with a Jfun , when the deceased be .-ii li | iiii with n briar about the head . The prisoner requested him and his colleagues to £ 0 away , when tlie deceased replied they would it' he would shake hands with bun . The old man did so , when
the deceased left the yard . No sooner , however , had lagot into the lane , than lie and his companions commenced throwing stones , several of which struck the amis and body of tbe prisoner . Under the influence of this provocation , he presented his gun and tired , the contents lodging in the breast of the deceased . The blood gushed out of his mouth , and he shortly afterwards expired . The prisoner , when apprehended , stated that he had tired the gun in self-defence . A large bagful of stoiks was presented in the court to-day , all of which it «•« .. sworn had been thrown into the yard and premises of tlie prisoner by his youthful assailants , Mr . Macauley , in defending the prisoner , said the jury must undoubtedly convict him of manslaughter , unless he ( Mr . Macauley ) could convince them that he shot tlie deceased in
defence of his life ! or that the discharge of the gun was accidental . He purposed to adopt the latter course of defence . He would show that the prisoner fired the gun when a shower of stones was rattlinir about his head , and that he was struck ai . d severely bruised upon the right arm . The trigger would not have been pulled if the arm had not been struck . He' ( Mr . Macauley ) should call before them the old man ' s daughter , who was a witness to the outrages committed upon her father on the day in question , and would also put into the box the surgeon who attended- the prisoner after the assault committed upon hint on that occasion . Ann lierresford was then swoni , and ' deposed that when her father fired
the Kun he was struck upon the arm , head , and body with stones . His right arm was quite black tlie next day . Mr . J . Sketcldey , surgeon , proved the injuries tbe prisoner had received upon his amis , and spoke to his excellent and peaceable manner . Mr . Mellor shortly replied , contending : that the prisoner ' s declaration to the puiicem ;' . n , " that he did it in self-tlefcnce , " showvd tlie art of nriii ;; to bi » intentional . Mr . Justice Pattesou , in summing up . said there was no duuUt tlie prisoner was used exceedingly ill , and that he n .-cei \ ed gross provocation , but that did not justify him in the use of nre-aruii . lie ought to have appealed to the civil authorities , ai'd "ail hi > assailants properly and deservedly punished , lie left the jurv to s . ay whether Uie aet was accidental or inten-
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tional . If the former , the prisoner was . not guilty ; but if the latter , he was guilty of the crime of manslaughter . The jury found a verdict of Guilty , but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy . Mr . Justice Patteson , in passing sentence , said , had the jury not accompanied their verdict with a recommendation to ] mercy , he certainly should have passed a very lenient sentence . The prisoner had been convicted of a very serums offence , but he had already been in prison a considerable time ; and , moreover , he had received the greatest provocation from deceased and his companions . The sentence was , that he be imprisoned in the gaol , without hard labour , for four calendar months . Tho learned judge then turning to the lads who had been examined as witnesses , said , " Boys , you have been the real cause of all this mischief . You all deserve punishment , and I do hope you will each of you be prosecuted for the assaults upon the old man . V assure you , if it was in my power , you should , not only bet otherwise punished , but you should be severel y whipped . '
Derby , Dec . 11 . —A Familt op Burglars . —James Swan , aged 25 , George Swan , aged 21 , ( Samuel Swan , aged 23 , described as labourers , were } charged with having on tlie 14 th of July burglariously broken into the house of James Bennett , in the pariah of Glossop , in this county , and stolen therefrom a great variety of articles ; and John Swan , the father of the above--named prisoners , aged 47 , and Jo ) in Swan , the younger , another brother , 13 , Robert Hartley , the son-in-law , aged 26 , Mary Ann Hartley , a daughter , aged 22 , and Peggy Swan , aged 47 , the wife of John bwan tho elder , were charged with ! receiving the above property , knowing it to have been stolen . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against the three charged with burglary , and against J the rest , save Robert Hartley and John Swan , the Vounger , whom tlii-v acquitted . In passing sentence ] tho Learned Judge said it was a fearful thing to see a whole family placed in the dock , jcuarced with
so senous an offeu . ee , A short tima a « o it would nave affected their lives ; that was riot so now : it was no longer capital , at the same tune it was a dreadful offence for people to break into a house , taking with them a sword and loaded ipi . stol , which , had there been any resistance , would inost probably have boon used . There were circumstances in the case which made him believe the robbery had long been planned . It was a sad thing to see a father an 3 mot her bringing up a family in the way they had been brought up , so that they should bring the stolen property-for concealment under the ' parents' roof . Nothing , probably , he could say would induce reform ; he would , therefore , not wasteitime , but proceed at once to pass sentence . The learned Judge then sentenced James , George , and Samuel Swan to be transported for life ; John Swan , tjhe father , and I ' cgey Su'an , the mother , to he transported for i ^ n years : ami Mary Ann Hartley to be imprisoned WT one year in the house of correction , with hard labour .
^ Dec I ' J . —AU-vsLAioi / TKR . —Tiiismoi'iiing , William Thomas Gailimnrc , aged forty , was found guilty ot causing the death of Ann Warwick . Tlie prisoner is a surgeon at Chesterfield , and attended the deceased in her confinement ; and it wa < alleged that through unskilful treatment In- had caused ' her death . . Six mouths' imprisonment . j YotiK , I ) jic . 11 . —Trial ok . Ioiix Kenmiew , tiik Hkotiiek of Tfrrc Mcrdeker . — John Kendrrw , aired 21 ( who was yesterday acquitted of being . an accessory nt ' tt'V tlie t ' net to f ! ie rntrrdn- of Mr . Jnclibald , oi IhinsforLli , near lioroii ^ rlibi-iilire ) was- } placed at the bar charged with having , on tlie 2 otli of September last , stolen a tluiililc-bitrrcllcil pistol , the property of . Anne GliMiton . The prison ^; - had lodged in the sitnie house with , the proseeutrix , and tlieicn ^ e wns
i-rmnecteii in a irreal measure with that n-portc" } vestcrday , tlie pistol having l > een stolen just prior tri startins ; tVi < in lioituis , l > lii-iii ^ e with liis brother William for Newcastle , where it \ v ; i- pav ncd . The prisoner was rot actually seen to take ihepjstol . but he was proved to have known where it used io be kept—to have said soon after tlie pistol had been mis-M-d ,. ; that Jje bad a pistol then , when he was never known to have had one before , and to have pawned it at Newcastle . The duplicate also was found upon him ; ithc pistol was dearly identified , and on being Rppeejiende'l lie cave false names . Altogether their could ibe im doubt on the face oft lie evidence that the prisoner had <» -en guilty of the felony with which he was cliarge-d . The jury , without hesitation , found the prisoner < luilty . To be transported for seven vears . !
Yokk , Dec . 12 th . —Kxtraordixary Task . —William Thompson , alias Luke Robinson , ^ alins Blucskin , aged twenty-six , was charged with feloniously shooting , on the 22 nd of January , [ 843 , at ; Thomas Can-, of Hall-moor Farm , near York , with ; intent to mur der , disable , or do him some grievous bodily harm . For this very offence a man named John Mason was tried at the last assizes , found guilty , ; and sentenced to twenty years' transportation . Soon after that transaction the prisoner incautiousl y boasted te a policeman that he had dojje this job , iind that Mason had not been concerned in it at all . Tire policeman immediately gave information to his superintendent , and he had been ever since collecting additional evidence . It appeared that the prisoner , with several other
ruffians , a 11 of whom have either been transported for other offences or are now under sentence of : transportation , weut to Hall-moor for the purpose of committing a burglary ; being disturbed in their purpose , however , and Can- making his appearance in his shirt , the prisoner , as lie was effecting his escape , tired at him , but happily without effect . Amongst the witnesses was one of the prisoner ' s old associates , named Hawthorn , who was brought out of prison to give evidence . This man swore to going with the prisoner and othei-s to Hall-moor for the purpose of breaking into the liou . se , and deposed that thv prisoner fired twice at the prosecutor . If his testimony could be believed there could be no doubt of the prisoner ' s guilt . Blueskin , however , cross-examined him in a most ingenious manner , and elicited from the witness
that he had been , in prison six times , and was now under sentence of transportation . Notwithstanding this , the credible evidence against the prisoner was quite conclusive . The prisoner delivered a very ingenious and somewhat argumentative address tii the jury on his own behalf , asserting that , beyond a doubt , the witness Hawthorn had been promised his release from transportation as a reward for the evidence lie had given , and denying , of course , all knowledge of the transaction . The jury found the prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to twenty years' transportation . His lordship , in passing Jsentonce , intimated that immediate steps would Tie taken for the recall of the innocent convict , Mason , and that Government , in all likelihood , would award him compensation . ";
Lcvkrpool , Dec . 12 . — Attempt to SiroOT a LaxdinoWaiteh . —John M'Caughie , aged ; 4 () , was charged with having attempted to tire off a [ pistol at John William Arkle , with intent to kill and murder him . It appeared that on the 12 th q ( October last the prisoner went to the Custom-house and said he wished to see Mr . Arkle , when lie was told that he might find him at the Prince ' s Dock shed , j lie immediately proceeded in pursuit of him , and met him at the dock going towards the depfit . The prisoner advanced tow ;<> - ' '; j him , and , when lie f : pt within about five van ! --, tuned round ami presented a pistol at Mr . Arkle , which however did not-go off . He advanced with the pistol a second timeiwhen Mr . Arkle
called out for assistance , saying , j" Don ' t you see he is going to shoot me ? " A man j then came up , and . with the aid of other parties , . the prisouer was eventually secured . An exaniinationithen took place , but no cap was found on the pistol ; it was afterwards picked up near where the scuffle took place , being broken as though some one had trodden upon it . On comparing the cap , and fitting it with the pistol , it was found ' to bo too large , and that Circumstance had prohaMy been the means of saving ; the life of Mr . Arkle . as the trigger would go down without discharging the pistol , and that must evidently have been theease more than once , the prisoner liaving several times attempted to tire . When the prisoner was taken into custody he expressed his regret , that his design had not been carried out . The jury found the prisoner < Iiiiltv . He was sentenced to hard labour for
two years . : ARCHKS COril'l ] , A Nice Pabson . —Tiik Office of Judge promoted nv Hkookes AtiAi . xsr Ckesiveix , Clerk . —This was a citation against the Rev . Henry Greswell , vicar of a parish in Somersetshire , in the diocese of Bath and Wells , calling upon him to answer certain allegations , which charged him with conduct disgraceful to him as a clergyman . The letters of request were issued from the Court of the Bishop ot } Salisbury . The articles set forth that Mr . Creswcll had been guilty of using indecent , obscene , ! and violent language , of getting drunk , and | of fighting and brawling within the parish of which he was incumbent . The documents , which yrere vcrv voluminous , entered minutely into the details of Mr . Cmwell ' s conduct , in support of the allegations exhibited in the articles .:, 1 he learned Advocates on both sides having addressed the Covirt , the inquiry was adjourned . j
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victim rvsi > , Jane Collins , Rumney 0 6 CAPTAIN MABGTJEBITE , SPANISH REFUGEE . Soiree at John-street . 27 0 Camberwell . . . . 7 6 South London Hall . 6 0 Mr . I > avis , perJ . DowIingO 6 Clock-house 10 Parties sending Post-office orders , will oblige by making them pavable at the Post-office , 180 , Strand . THOMAS M . WHEELER ,
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Losdos . —Marylebose . —A public lecture will be delivered by Feargos O ' Connor , Esq ., at the Investigation-hall , Circus-street , New-road , on Tuesday evening next ; December 11 th . Subject : — Trades ' Unions , and their effects on society . Chair to be taken at lialf-past seven o ' clock precisely . Admission free . An IIarmoxic Meeting will be held at the Feathers , Warren-street , Tottenham Court Road , on Mondav , December 16 th , 1844 . The proceeds to be given in aid of the South London Chartist Trial , to regaintheir Hall .
City Chartist-Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , Skinnerstreet , Snow-hill . —On Sunday morning next , December loth , the public discussion will be resumed at half-past ten precisely . At three o ' clock in the afternoon ( same dav ) , the Metropolitan District Council will meet for the dispatch of business . In the evening , at seven , Mr . Ryall will deliver a public lecture . Subject : —Property against poverty . Camberwell a . \ p Walwqrth . —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern , Wai worth , on Monday evening next , December 16 th , at eight o ' clock precisely . Hammersmith . —A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook-grecn-lane , on Tuesday evening next , December 17 th , nt eight o ' clock precisely . Towek I 3 / MiE * s . —A general meeting of members roMdinir in ffiic Tower Hamlets will lie held at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , on Sunday evening :, to arrange matters for Mj-s . Ellis ' s welfare , when the lato committee are pai-ticidarly requested to attend .
Maryleboxe . — Fearovs O'Covxon , Esq ., will lecture on Tuesday evening , at the Investigation Hall , Circus-street , Marylebone ; admission free . Subjeit— "Trades' Unions and their Effect upon Society . " ( hair to be taken at half-past seven . Mu . Wheeler will lecture next Sunday Evening , at tij ; lit o ' clock , at the White Horse , Mary-street , Whiteeiiapel . . The members meetinsr at the White Horse , Mary-street , Whitechapel , will meet nextSun-( i . iy evecing , on particular business . Olimj . im . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Peter M , J . » aly will lecture , in the Chartist-room , Greavcs-strcet , at six o ' clock in the evening . Mr . William Dixon will deliver a lecture in the Hall of Suence on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . Sheffield . —Fio-tree-lane . —On Sunday evening Mr . Richard Otley will deliver a lecture at half-past t'idit o ' clock .
ik'Rv . —Mr . C Doyle , of the Executive , will deliver a lecture in the fJarden-street Lecture Room , on Sunday evening , Dee . 15 th , at six o ' clock . A tea party and ball will be held in the above room , on New Years day . A Minr . Axn 1 > i * thict 1 > eleo . kte Meet 7 . vg will be held at Mr . < . ii-iir : th '« . Lamp 'I'iivem , Walsall . Sunday ne \ t , at one o ' clock precisely . Nottingham . — . Mi .-ss Eliza Ulathcrwitk will deliver an address in the Chapel . Rice-place , on Sunday evening next . at >; . \ o ' clock . A tea-party will be h' -M at Mr . i'unn . 'iri ' s Temperance House , Clarestreet , on t'hvi > tuias F . vc .-at five o'clock .
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A Mother is Israel . —A letter from rm . ikfort mentions that business was extremely dull ever since the illness of Madame Meyer Amschel Rothschild , who is now ninety-nine years of age . The eldest of ler sons had made a vow to give the poor a . sum of lo . lH'i ) Horina if his mother accomplished her hundredth vear .
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• HANKRl'PTS . ( From Friday ' s QnzetUJ <" 'JiarJ"s Sncezuin , victualler , Wvnyiitt-street . —WiJliam Attwater , dver , Devonshire-street , Queen-square . —Samuel Lil > bis , imi-ketrper , Stratton St . Mary , Norfolk , —Richard Stnekley , upliolsfurer . Rainsgate . —John Forster , cloth niiiuutacturur , Leeds . —Benjamin Creitfh and Thomas Kus - reJI Criiig ) i , carMrrights , Xencasde-upou-Tytie . —Henry litntley , eonnnis ' sion : i ;; ent , Livei ^ pool . —Absalom Francis , ironfounler , Italkin , Flintshire . —George Harrold , merchant , llirniiiigham . — 'Thomas Reresfbrd . boat owner , Lincoln . -Samuel Parsons , paper-hanger , Manchester . !
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'— * + — - Coux Exctiange , Fridav . —Verj' few fresh arl ¦ i ^• als of English wheat have taken place for our markets since Monday , hence the supply of that article whs small . Owing to the severity of the weather , the millers were rather anxious buyers , and a clearnnce was readily effected at very full prices . In fine foreign wheat rather an extensive business was transacted , but at no more money . Bonded grain was held firmly . Tlie barley trade was much in the same state ^ is last advised . The supply of English was only moderate , but that of foreign was large . Nq change whatever was noticed in the demand for , or prices of malt . The large brewers are holding off for an improvement in quality . Gats , beans , and peas were stationary .
Smitmfield Market , Friday . —As might be expet-tei I of the near approach of the great Christmas market , which will be held on Monday next , the supply of beasts oji sale was large , and , generally speakimr , of a superior quality . The primest Scots , &c ; , sold readily at an advance of 2 d . per 81 bs . ; but all other kinds were heavy , at previous currencies . Only eight licasts ^ from Rotterdam were brought forward ; but from Aberdeen we received 170 Scots , twentyfive of which unfortunately died on the passage . The number of sheep was only moderate , yet the mutton trade was inactive , at barely Monday ' s quotations . Prime small calves sold freely at more money ; but all other kinds of veal were dull . In piirs a Kood business was doing :. Milch cows moved " off slowfV at from £ 16 * to £ 19 each .
Boruugh Hop' Market . —As is almost invariably the case at this period of the year , the demand for all kinds of Heps is in . a very sluggish state . In prices , however , we have no alteration to notice , yet holders are looking forward to an improvement in them .
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DEATHS . Mr . Joseph Killixobeck , of Wrenthorp , near Wakeheld , aged 43 , after a long illness . He was a strenuous advocate for the People's Charter , a constant reader of the NorUiem Star , and was much perecuted for liis princi
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Stkisgs- Accident . —Mademoiselle Brohan , an actress of the Theatre Franeais , some time back was inocked against in the street by a man carrying a ieayr package . The blow struck her on the " bosom , and caused such acute pain that she fainted . For two jnonths she suffered constantly , the par t affected Leing exceedingly swollen and inlaamed . Recently , on her consulting an eminent surgeon , he gareit as Ms opinion that some substance Bad got into the ilesh , and caused the pain . He prescribed certain remedies , and two or three days after a needle worked its way out . It is supposed , that having been accidentally placed in Mademoiselle Brohaii ' s dress , it "was forced into the flesh by the blow . —The lady is now doing welL—GdUgnanTs Jdessenger .
Fatal Occcbbbsce ox tss Thames . —A long inquiry was gone into on "Wednesday evening , before Mr . IT . Payne , at the Vestrv Hall , " Horsleydown , on the body of David Daniel , aged 27 , late captain of the Aquifla barque , of Aberrstwith , who was drowned in the river anames , under the following melancholy circumstances . - —Mr . Joseph Lewis , of No . 8 , Webbstreet , Bermondsey , medical student , said he was in the deceased ' s company on Tuesday night , at the Watermen ' s Arms , Shad Thames , which place thev left about three o'clock on "Wednesday morning , for the purpose of proceeding on board the deceased ' s jessel , lying off Pickle Herring Wharf . After walk ing some distance they turned down a narrow lane , leading to the water side , the deceased being five or six feet in advance of witness . In a minute he heard the deceased slip , and a splash in the water . He POt to tTlP Pnd JL < 5 « iwn as TwvisJklo n-nA l-irinit \ in \ H
of an iron loop , he put out Ms leg for deceased , who was straggling in the water , to lay hold of . Witness called out that there was a man in the water , but at the same moment his foot slipped , and he also became immersed . He was picked np by a boat . The deceased was not quite sober , but could walk very welL The tide was \ erv Mgh , and the night extremely dark . The jury returned a verdict of—Accidentally drowned . Aiahmtsg asd Destructive Fikes . —At an early hour on Wednesday morning a fire was discovered by the police at the dwelling-house of ilrs . 1 ' owney , carrier , Ko . " , Crystal-road , North Brixton , and which for a time created the greatest excitement in that district . Immediately on the alarm being triven
measures " were adopted to save the inmates of the burning- building . Their rescue was providentially effected , and information of the fire having been for-¦ warded to the several fire-brigade stations , numerous engines -were soon on the spot , and the flames were subdneS . The damage done to the lower part of the prerni . - * es was very considerable , but . fortunately for the occupier , it is said the property was insured . — iJerween ek-ven and twelve o ' clock on Wednesday forenoon anotLer alarming fire broke out in an extensjTe irarelionse , the property of Messrs Glewand Oldhain , So . 77 , Basinghall-street , City . It was occasioned by the kitchen flue taking tire , and communicating to the massive raftora on the upper floors . The brigade from the
Watlinestreet and Jeifrey ' s-sqnare stations quickly arrived , and Then- appearing no other chance of subduing the rire , owing To the confined locality , the firemen ctunnieno'd cuttiriir away the quarterinir and other boarding , and by these means stayed the jTwrrais of the iiaiue > . Sinn * Sunday morning no fewer than twelve iires have occurred hi iiifercnt parts-of themetropoJK Tin ? most > erious arc as follows : —At St . Peter ' s CLurcL ; one at the iietlmal- ^ reen New Churt-h , near the Ilackui ;> -road , part of ilit pvws and iraUvry on the MHith whji ; burnt , injured in the Phn-nix Firv uifiev : xvme i-urper . ters * vrork-bi »;» , ln . U > iii : in < : io Mr . ' . . ^ ewi-U . ii : Li >< o !>! . Tov c . destroyed , TiS also other uanuiiro io the main buildnu : : aud a pr . vau * hoii-e , tfiiSiit ••' . hx Mr . li . HarriM > n , Oilbert-stnt't . U :-o » -
- . c- >> r-s'iuarc . FiTiL A « .- ::-em with i Steam-e . m . i . ve . —On Wednesday i-vt-iriii ^ Mr . linker held an inquest at the 3 x > nden Ikxtiital . t ; n view of the body of James , 1-crvi * . asred i ^ im-ieen year * , an engineer employed in the encint * Riai'Uiactory of ^ lr . Uuru ' ess , of Back Churchlane . W liittH-liajiel , who liit-t with his death under the follrrr— .- ¦ ¦ - ¦ : >?;> tar >«* t '!* : —It appeared from the evidence of > i-vi-ral whm- « st ^ that on Wednesday morning , about seven oYlock , the dc ^ -cascd was at work in the turning department , tinishing 1 a piston in the onrine-room . The place at which he was at work was distant from tie engine ahout thirty feet , and he had no bn > Lness to apjmiaeh tlie ens-ine . when suddenly a noise was heard , as if > ome verv heavy bodv had bepn
ihro'mi airarnst the wall , and the deceased was found h"ing on the floor quite insensible and covered with Kood . which issued from a tremendous wound on the side of his head . A medical gentleman was imnie-• liately «* ni for , who recommended liis immediate removal to the hospital , but he died before he could reach that establishment . A iellow-workman said a minute before the accident lie saw the deceased going up a ladder to the top of the boiler , for the purpose , witness Imagined , of warming his hands , and that , baying fallen back , tlie strap of the engine had drawn him thruush the framing of the fly-wheel , and thrown him against the trail in the manner previously described . The jury coincided , and returned a verdict of—Accidental death .
Srpposxi ) SncrDE at Buickfriars Bridge . —On Wednesday evening an inquot , adjourned from the previous Wednesday , -was resumed before Mr . Payne , citr coroiifr . al the Veasirr-haJl , HorslpTdoTvn , oji on the body of < ieorge Holmes , aged Gl , a Chelsea pensioner , who conrniitted suicide by jumping off Blnckfriars-bridge on the evening of Friday , the 22 d Till . Tiie body was shockingly mutilated , the right arm and thigh beins ; fractured , with a severe bruise on the lower jaw , produced , according to the niwlical test ' unonv . bv a fall , llenrv Stibbs said he was in the
company of the deceased on Thursday night , when , pointing to two sabre wound * on his head , he cxclaimetl that when drunk he was mad , and tliat he was determined to destroy himself . He heard that a man had thrown himself off the bridge on Friday , and on hearing next day that deceased was missin g , made the remark that it must have been " old George" < the deceased i . City l ' oliee-eonstable 348 , was on duty on Blackfriars-hridge hist Friday three weeks , and heard the alarm of a man jumping off . He ran aero < js but he had reached the water before witness eoi to the snot . Verdict—Found drowned .
Fire at Westminster : —This morning ¦ Saturday ) , between the hours of twelve and one , the utmost alarm prevailed in the neighbourhood of Westminster , in { -onsennence of the sudden outbreak of a most rapid fire , in a carpenter ' s workshop belonging to a Mr . Wardle , situate in Chapel-j > lace , immediately opposite the Bluecoat School . The first discovery was made by one of the neighbours seeing sparks and smoke mounting over the roof of the building . An instant alarm was raised , and the inmates of the adjoining houses were aroused from their slumbers . The
prenii-ses contained a lanre quantity of shavings , wood , and other equally inflammable articles : not many minutes elapsed before the lire had gained po > -ses . -ion of every portion of the building . A family who resided iii the lower floor had barely time to escape . The Chelsea water-works afforded the firemen an immediare ^ n <\ abnndant > up }» ly of water , from which thev s * t to work most vigorously , and in the course of naif , an hour ail dancer of the further progress of the tire was at an end . and l > efore two o ' clock it was -completely extiuiuished : not , however , until the building , with its contents , was almost consumed .
I ) XATU AT THE HAVBELLLuNATir AsYIXM . — Oil t VIday Mr . Wakley , M . I' ., hel < l a lengthened inquiiy at the Mi < ld ! p * es Pauper Lnr . ntic Asylum , Hanwell , on tLe ' iixly of Richard Darling , aged : 3 J , an inmate of that iir-r ' . tntion . From the evidence gone into , it appeared thnt the dct-easf < I , who was chargeable t <> the parish of P !! plar . to f' . rmcriy a spaman , and a > > ut-Ii was . on board the Krnt Ea ^ -t lndiainan at the time of the memorable fire by which that unfortunate vessel was destroyed , the fright occasioned by which i-alamky operand so strongly on hi * feelings that he bvt-anie " subject to epileptic tits , and in the month ol Apr il . 1 *^ 4-, he wa ? admitted as a lunatic into the .-ilx > ve asvlam . Xerdiut—Natural iH-ath .
1 ) eat « in fiiLTSPrB- ^ TKEET PiUaox . —On r rjday evening Mr . . 1 ' ayne , the city coroner , held an inquest in Gillspur-streel Prison , on the body of Rolx-rt Thompson , aged 2 G , a commercial traveller . Mr . J . R . Whiihair , the governor of the prison , said the dedeased was first brought there on the lS > th ult .. on a charge of embezzling the sum of £ 1 S 3- ^ s . lie was taken before the Lord Mayor on the 22 d , and was again remanded until the following Tuesday , but became too ill to leave the prison . The evidence left litlie (\ oubi but that a long course of dissipation had been the original and principal cause of death . \ erdict—Natural death from fever .
Tite Midland CorxnEs Hatlwat Accide . vt—Tuibh Inquest . —The inijuest upon James Bole-i strjjge . whose death will be found described in an- j other columu . commenced 0 : 1 Tuesday evening , was resumed on Wedae > day , and was adjourned until ten . o ' t-liK'k on Thursday morning . The evidence was nearly the same a ? on the preceding inquests . The inquiry continued all day . and at ten minutes past sb ; 0 * clock ihc jury retired- At a quarter past eleven oVlock the jury returned the following verdict : — ' * Thai . lnmes Bolestridge diwl in consequence of injuries reveivtd . in a coliision of two trains on the Midland Railway , on the 21 st of November last , and thai Robert Lightfoot apd Jonathan Raven are guilty T > f jn ; in . slauglilcr by causing the death of the said James Bolestridge . "" Tnc Coroner i > sned his waiTant for the apprehension of Raven , who , we understand , is in Leicester . Prior to delivering the verdict to the tortaei * tiie following resolutions were nnaniniously agreed to by the , uit : —Moved l > y Mr . Wiggleswurth . an < l sex-ond . ' tl by " Mr " . Astril— " That the management u ]«> n the Midland Railway is exceedingly defective , and the jury cannot too s-trongly express their disapprobation of the manner in which the engineers , sti . ke . rs , and guards are selected , and not being considered a requisite qualification that they should W aV : t u » « - ¦•• - / < n < -1 f-ritc , and thai a jireseutinc-iit : * tLt ^ c a uJ other fact .- 1 « - maot- to tht- lioard <> f Trad- with the signatun-s of the forcmrn aud -inn- attachtd . " Pn . TH ^ ed by Mr . Baldwin , and > m « -did by Mj- . Wc-t— " That a memorbJ f ,, -j the iun * l > e prcsontvl to tin- directors ot tLe ' Midland Railway r ,, mpar ( y . in Jx-h ; Jf of the n- ; jf . w ¦ / J-. ti , ix H ,. ; . -t ¦ ¦;•! - «' . " J ' rt >!> o *< - < J bv Mr . C ; u >
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct517/page/5/
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