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    DISTRESSED CO-NDITION OF THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS J 2 s MIDDLESEX . A meeting of the landholders and printipaiinhabilante of the parish of Ruislip , ^ Middlesex , conTened ty IL Dean , Esq ., flte Lord of the Manor , -was held this < Jay ( Saturday ) in the Testry-room of the church , for ihs purpose of adopting means for bettering the condition of the labouring poor of the parish . TPhe meeting tras held in consequence of another meeting conTened by the churchwardens and overseers : and held on " Wednesday , the 4 th instant ,

    having terminated Trithout any satisfactory Tesult iaTing been come to . Ralph Dean , Esq ., haring been called to the chair , the meeting ttss addressed by several of the gentlemen present , and the following resolutions "were unanimonalv agreed to : — " That certaurlands in the parish of Roislip , the property of Ralph Dean , Esq ., amounting to about rorty acres , be liired for ihe purpose v £ spade enlti-• pation . " That a person be appointed to live in the lionse atuate on such lands * which person must be a good accountant , and capable and ^ iceustomed to measur ing land generallv .

    " That the lands so hired be keld in trqst by ^ ihe said Mr . Dean , the Rev . C . P&dke , vicar , " and Messrs . Soames , Pearce , Houghton . i-c , for such poor persons in the parish of Rtdslip , desirous of having the same , as tenants in common , subject nevertheless , to the following conditions : — " That the person appointed to superintend ( as proposed in the second resolution ) be authorised to issue tickets upon the treasurers , Messrs . Hall , Smith , and Co ., bankers ., Uxbridgo , for all works the tenants shall perform , at the Tate of twopence per pole for the digging , and for tbe other works in proportion . ~ " That tie owners and occupiers of land in the palish of Rnislip be and are hereby Teqnestedto come forward and siake up a fund , to be advanced for the cultivation and cropping of such land , such fnnd to amount to the sum of £ 200 . £ 2

    " That ^ very person aavnnces up-¦ Brards shall be constituted a member , and shall be entitled to Toxe upon any question iliat the trustees mar bring forward , as to the present or future management of the land . That every person advancing £ 5 shall have nro Tores , £ 10 four rotes , £ 15 sis votes , £ 20 eight votes ; and that the churchwardens , overseers , and guardians of the parish be appointed -visitors during the lercn they hold such oniees . " That the farmers and others in RuMip shall give all the assistance in ; their power , by occasionally drawing ivianure , Ac , to the said land . " That a sale of the whole of the produce of the Baid land shall take place annually , by auction , the last week , ut the latent , of the month of October , in each year , after -which a division of the proceeds of the crop , and a statement of the receipts and expenses , shall be laid before tbe trustees .

    " That alter paying the rent anu taxes on such land , and the money advanced for carrying on the work , the balance of the sale * of the crops shall be paid over by the trustees to such poor persons who yhaH have so laboured , in equal moieties , according to their respective sliares . 4 i That any person having a share in the division of such profits , being convicted of felony , shall be esdnded from the benefits of such division . " Messrs . Dean , Housditoii , Hill , Pearce , and Stone , Soanies , i « -, immediately put down their name * for sums amounting to upwards of £ 100 ; and the above , and several other gentlemen , at the suggestion of Captain Tite , entered into a liberal subscription for the immediate relief of the poor of the parish during the present inclement season . The meeting then adjourned .

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    REPEAL ASSOCIATION . —Drain ,- Dec . 16 . The wieekly meeting of tae Repeal Association -was ield at the Conciliation-hall to-day . Mr . ^ Nicholas Markey . of Walshestown . was called to the chair . The Sece'Etabt read a communication from ilr . Steele , the toad pacificator , who had gone to Leitrim and Cavan for the purpose of putting down tbe system of Ribbonism , lately established , in those counties "under the name " Molly ^ laguires . " It was accompanied by an address from Mr . Steele , which he lad promulgated amons the inhabitants of the disaffected districts . Mr . O'Co ^ rsEix moved the most marked thanks of the association to Jus Bsteemed friend and companion in * very struggle for the liberties of Ireland , Tom Steele , and also the insertion of his letter on the minutes .

    Jar . 0 'Co 57 T £ ix again rose , and after abusing the Examiner newspaper , for ~ the alleged " ignorance and insolence" of its editors , proceeded to comment on the financial injustice ^ lone to Ireland by the Act of Union . He concluded a lengthy address by saying that the association would hold but two meetings more in that year , but ther should commence 1845 as if they were then only really beginning to agitate for Tepeal , and as if aB they had hitherto done were as netting ; 1843 was the repeal year for monster meetings , ISii for patience and for leyal triumph , but lSi-5 should Ve marked by the weekly collection of the repeal rent . If it were to be but Is . or Id . in any locality , still it should be collected weekly . They solicited from no man more than Is . a vear , or onefartliing a-weck , with four weeks for nothing ; but if every man subscribed that sum they would have £ 5 y , " * , * and he would expect even £ KH ) , OOOat the end

    of the year . Lord Cloncarry stated eight years ago , and it had never since been contradicteS , that in 1830 tbe I > uke of "Wellington " and Ins minsitrv had ajrreed to pruiuse a modification of the union ; and ¦ what he did then he could be compelled to do again ; and when they had £ 50 , 00 " in one vear , where was the Tnnn who would tell thorn that they were not hi earnest , or that repea : could be any longer delayed : Mr . O'CoimeU concluded _ by moving that the Repealers tbro'aihoul Ireland be called upon to demonstrate their perseverance in the repeal cause by sending in weekly contr ibutions on and after the 1 st of January , 1-545 . The motion was- carried unanimously . After the disposal of some routine business , 3 ir . O'Coxyelx announced the rent" for the week t <> be £ . 17912- - * - 2 i Mr . Edward Clements , Iiarrister wa ? then t-a'ied to the chair , and the meetin ; : au-) ouTEed .

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    Kiyxil . in LosiKts . —Thttksdat , Dec . 19 , 1 S 4-L—Tbe movement is in stoiu quo litre—meetings arc held , money sabscribed , and transmitted to Dublin a ? usual . It is intended to ijegin the new year vtiih a reorganization of System , as well as with more vigour of purpose . Gxlt ' s Iss Wjsd , Albert , Gray ' s Inn Lane . —On Sunday evening last the chair was occupied by Mr . O'Henesey , who addresst-d the meeting -wita much effect . Mr . Collins followed , aiiJ several new fiepealers were enrolted-TAixnfeDOi- "Wakd , fxios Asms , IIolbobs Hill . — At the last meeting of this ward , Mr . Daniel Cocorcan , the chairman , delivered : in able speech on the wrongs of Ireland . Several other speeches were diJivered , anil several persons were enrolled as associates .

    lx > 2 J > Tsxscs ' s VfxSD . Fountain and Still , Goldenlane , BaiLican . —On Sunday evening lasi a numerous and respectable meeting -Ras held in the long room ; Mr . Burke in It ; chair . Dr . Looney addressed tbe meeting at great length , appealing to them to be ready with their subscriptioES for 1 S £ 5 . MxirrrsGS -were held on Sunday last at the following wards - —3 Iaro , Itepcfurd , Senyingioa , iloorSeJds , Lambeth , AJdergste ; Smith -O'Brien , Harp , Drur \ -lane ; Grattan , Dnirv-lane : Pilot , Jiation , Bloomsbury , St . John's TTood , Slioredltch , Dr . GraVs , Shannon , A c .

    Bbightox Coscluatios Hau . 'Wasd . — At a late meeting at the Thistle , in Middle-street , Mr . Bomnw in the chair , excellent speeches trcrc delivered t > v ilr . JuhDson , ilr . Bntler , Mr . Fxeal , and itr . CKeefe . ilr . 1 . CampbeD , B . . and T ^ then stated that it was intended to establish a Eepeal Beading-room , and he should begin "bv giving them suitable apartments for that purpose rent free . This announcement was hailed with enthusiasm . Twelve persons enrollt-d themselves as associates .

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    UU ^ COilBE TESTBLU . NUL . TlKSI ilzETDiG OF THE IbISH IS Lo > D 0 > ' I > " Am or the Tesiimosul to "FrssBCBT ' s Psinz . "—A numerous and higbj y respectable meeting was held in the Temperance Hal ! , Clement ' s-lane , Lincoln's-inn , on Snnday evening , Dec . 1 & . The meeting was convened in accordance with a vote unanimouslv passed at the RepealWardenmote , viz . — "That subscriptions be raised in each Repeal Ward in support of the tes timonial to that great and good patriot , Thomas Slingsby Duncombe . " Jlr . A . O' ^ eil , R . W . V ., was unanimously called to the chair . " He said that his countrymen had taken up this sulgect with a free leart and good wDL ( Cneers . ) He Tegretted that

    the subject iad not been taken Tip at . an earlierperiod , but matters connected with their own ( Repeal ) movement had occupied their time ; and , come what vould , they were determined not to desert their own cause * but stick to it until Hepeal was successful , t ^ nd znd continued cheers . > They had iroweTer now commenced , and were determined to do their best to raise a testimonial t-o that good man , Mr . Duncombe . { Cheers . } He < Mr . Duncombe ) had « ibray 8 proved himself a patriot ; and his constituents had good grounds to be proud of their representative . Let the meeting bear in mind , -that at the great dinner givea to the " Liberator" in Covent Garden Theatre , while the State Trials were pending , Mr . Duncombe honoured them bv presiding . ( Cfieers ) .

    3 fe . puncombe , too , had suceessfjiHy exerted himself to raise the large meeting in Covent Garden Market -to address her Majesty for the release of O'Connell aad his feBow-martyrs from tbe Richmond Penitentiary . ( Loud cheers ) . Although Mr . Duncombe iwm not jet a Repealer , he had seen him divide the JETonse tnree times in one night in favonr of the rights df irishmen , and he iad no doubt but that his ( Mr . 3 ° toM » nibe " s ) lonest principles would induce him to fi > Bow the excellent example of Mr . Smith O'Brien , and , finding that there was na chance of iustice being ^ neforlrelandj . throwingliimself , heart and soul , into { he ranks , " become an uncompromising Repealer . { Cheers ) . Nothing would -afford him greater pleasure tlian to see a large united" party in England

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    led by Mr , Doncombe . ( Great cheering ) . He was fullv aware the enemies of England were the enemies of Ireland —( hear , hear ) ; and he \ ras quite certain he spoke the sentiments of his countrymen when he said they were always ready to aid and assist the English * in obtaining their just rights . Mr . Duncombe ' s great services in exposing and putting a stop to the nefarious proceedings of the miscreant Utter opener should never be forgotten . ( Loud cheera . ) Messrs . Cufiay , Thorn , and Stallwood , as a deputation from the Central Committee , briefly addressed the meeting in favour of the object , and were most cordially greeted . Mr . Thomas O'Connor also ably and eloquently addressed the meeting ; after which a collection was made , a vote of thanks given to the chairman , and the meeting separated . The sums collected will be announced when aD the wards have made their returns to the Warden-Mote .

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    THE SURPLTTS . THXBXisnot now to be found in our language a term more fashionable , or one in more general use , than the word " surplus "' The malcontents have each their pecnliar surplus , which is respectively urged \> y them as tbe cause of earn peculiar grievance . If want of employment is complained of , we are met with surplus machinery . Want of prices is met bj surplus produce ; popular discontent bv surplus population . There is a surplus of

    labuur in the market . and a surplus of money in the market a surplus of lnixmr tliat camiot i > e diminished to the safc-n point : and a surplus of capital that Slveks employrai-nt with tbe least possible reference to labuur . We have a surplus of paupers , and the Prime Minister has a surplus of money—the only surplus to which tangible Ta ! uc is arLac-lied : while tve fear that the lii . sht lion . Gen-: hnian vri 3 « J : ~ i-over , that of all surpluses , his will be the mii-t iHSirult to deal -with .

    Having procured a surplus '" per fas et Tvtfas ; " by hi » uk and bv crook ; by Chinese-ransom , income-tax , pro . pi-rry-iax , and duties on increased importations to supply l .-firieiiPj i-aust-d by commtrcial apprehension peuding tiic disrussiou of tliv Right Honourable Baronet ' s Tariff ; wv say , iiiiviiig procured a surplus , Sik Robekt Peel will find ir difficult to persuade his backers tliat there can be n > irrp } us ot" parsons ; a surplus of sailors , of soldiers , of placemen , of pensioners , excisemen , custom-honse officers , ?}> it- « , lacVt-ys , government dependents , hangers on , and wealthy idlers of cterr description . >" o , no ; howeTcr > - > me miglit imagine that the Reform Bill really meant retmjchui' -nt , vet those who have again sprung into existence as representatives < jf the old system , will not believe in the necessitv of retrenchment while the Prime

    Minister has a large surplus revenue ; on the contrary such a god-send , however procured , or however looked upon as cash-in-hand to meet coming exigencies , ever has been considered , and under the present system ever will be considered , as a windfall applicable to the wants and demands of idlers ; in fact , as a patronage fund . We are drawing the picture of a system , and not of a man : but we are showing that still tbe system lives , and ttat it will make the man subservient to its vices . On all questions of chances , speculation , contingencies , and every thing that is problematical , the supporters of Sir Robert Peel yield implicit obedience to the will of their leader . Be is an embodiment of their fears , their doubts , and tlieir apprehensions , rather than the representative of their afFeetk-n or their confidence : and therefore , in the

    balancing of the great antagonist interests ; in deferring their day of judgment ; in screening them , pro Um , from the activo assaults of the Corn Law League , and in saving them from the roaring thunder of grim Poverty and the flashing blaze of the agricultnral torch , they are pliant , yielding , 5 ubsc-rvient , and obsequious : but the moment the dread of the future is calmed by present prospect , and especially such a prospect as a divisible surpUu , then do the bumpkins in their pot-valiancy U » sc sight of the financial arithmetic , omdal calculations , and ministerial schemes , by -which tlie bird in the band has been caught . It is there : that is , their " mtaoria ttchniea ; " and the ; will have it " in meal or in malt : " individually in meal , or collectively in malt . Each powerful familj will look for their share of meal > t rollectivelv the class will have it in malt .

    Hence the cautious Minister will find no little difficulty in ¦ ' muehingr" his surplns . If , as we believe , Sir Robsrt Peel is too wise to apply it-in the shape of individual patronage , the respective parties will squeeze it out of him in the shape of reduced taxation : and the small surplus , insignificant in comparison with the amount of anticipation , will be fouiid tbe great difficulty with which the distributor will have to contend . The re ]> eal of the Income-tax will be pressed by industrious capitalists ; the repeal of the Propertv-tas bv the landlords ; tbe

    TL-p > : i ! of the ilalt-tns bj the fanner * " that whistle at the piouirh ;"' tbe repeal of the Corn Lav , s by the freo-traders the repeal of tbe duties upon cotton by the manufacturers of that articlsr ; the repeal of the duty upon paper by the powerful parties that represent that interest : in short each according to his calling , as they find duties pressing on their respective trades , will attempt to have their nibble at the Minister ' s surplus ; and thus will free-trade in i 3 je ensuing session diverge into as many points as there are sjjec-ulators , instead of as lieretofore confining its as-^ iiilr to the one general question of the Corn Laws .

    There is another question of repeal , and that the most interesting to the working classes . W e mean the repeal of tbe rate-paying clanses of tbe Reform Bill : and we have little doubt that that subject will be considerably influenced , as well by the prospect of honourable members shortly meeting their constituents , as by the tone and temper the Right Honourable Baronet shall assume with respect to the mode of dealing with that surplus , out of which must spring woful disappointment . If the sop-rn-the-pan was sufficiently large to satisfy the craving hunger of the Right Honourable Gentleman ' s own friends , be might purchase peace for another session

    but V&ng too $ maU to satisfy aU , it is not at all improbable that the disappointed , making a virtue of necessity , may turn round and become the most zealous advocates of the Rights of Labour : and thuSj with the assistance of the working classes , ensure success for the demand of the Right Honourable the member for Finsbury—the repeal of tbe rate-paying clauses . It Is only out of party disap-]> onitment that any , the slightest , boon is ever conferred on the industrious poor ; and to that source rather than to the justice of any , do we anticipate a few partial triumphs for their order during the approaching session . Thev have gained one important step in the right road ,

    by rejecting all the fascinating schemes proposed for their amelioration by the several sympathisers and cbarity-montrrrs , who , during the recess , have bid so liberal !} for their affection and support . They have turned a deaf ear to the Xationax Washing system . They have laughed to scorn the idea of parks and pleasure grounds conferring benefit upon pent-up slaves , who work from sunrise to sunset , and who , after a long day's slavish toil , are but too happy to seek repose as a means of recruiting strength for another day of shivery . They feel that they must be fed and clothed , and less slaved , before they can tate advantage of the promised boon .

    They have rejected the tender mercies aud fresh invitations of their friends , the League , They have pondered over the candid and disinterested advice tendered to them by the Messrs . Chakbebs , ilr . Wabd , and the noble J 3 ari FiTzwuxiAM . They have thought of all , and pondered over all ; and they have come to the conclusion , that all the proffered assistance is at best but a bribe to poverty to be silent under suffering , in tbe hope that in the calm a regenerator may arise . Anxious to assist Sir Robert Pizl out of his present dilemma , with a surplus that is too much for one and too little for all . we will -tell him what a very sagacious gentleman , who lived on his wits , once did under similar circumstances . In the good old times , when visitors were in the habit of conferring large perquisites on the

    servants ot their host , there lived a man with small pretensious but large appetite . His facetious and agreeable manners made him a welcome guest wherever he went ; but then the otherwise cheap living was rendered dear "b y the " offertory " system : and Mr . Ciofts—for such was the gentleman ' s came—reluctant to give up the dainties , and ashamed to leave his duties to the menials undischarged , had recourse to the following financial dodge . In passing through a double line of powdered footmen and butlers in livery , he accosted the major-domo thus— " Do all those men expect something ? " " Tes , your honour , " was the reply . " O , then , by G— , " rejoined Mr . Crofts , * ' I have only half a guinea : its too much for one and too little &r all ; so I'll toss you up for it . " What , then , we would recommend Sir Robzbt Peel to do is , to toss with th ? several surplus hunters to see icltich should have all .

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    C 0 M > ITI 0 X OF THE LABOURING POOB , AGRICULTURAL AND MANUFACTURING . Them has , for some tune , been a sort of contest raging between the two orders of Capitalists—the landlords and the manufacturers—as to the actual and relative condition of the labourers employed and dependant on the respective occupations , of tilling the soil , and working cotton , flax , wool , and silk , into fabrics for clothing purposes . The landlord-class have , whenever they wished to foil the attacks of their mortal enemies , the Free Traders , directed attention to the mass of misery— -to the horrible amount of human suffering existing in those large towna where

    the manufacturing system has obtained the greatest head . They have told of the foodless homes ; the comfortless dwellings ; the naked backs ; the want , disease , and death in their most hideous and loathsome forms , constantly met with in the courts , alleys , and back streets of our manufacturing cities : they have , with triumphant manner , pointed to the pallid cheek , the sunken eye , the bloodless veins , and the distorted limbs of the care-w ora , toil-worn , factory child ; they have exhibited the picture of an English mother , forced to leave her baby-offspring in the care of a drug-applying stranger while she ^—the mother and tbe wife—went to the mill

    to earn " the scanty living" for the man , her husband and the father of her babes , —and while he who ought to have been the prop of the household , was walking the street , idle , or wasting their little substance in dissipation : the landlord-class have , readily enough , reverted to these but too notorious facts , and tauntingly asked the Millowners if it was to Oiat condition that they wished to bring the whole of the population ; if the then actual state of the operatives of Manchester , of Leeds , of Bradford , of Stockport , of Bolton , and of the other " hives" of manufacturing industry , was what they destined for all ; if such was tbe Elvsiuin tliat thev sought for the workers of all sorts .

    And the answer of the Millocrats to the landlords li ; vs been : Look at home : See the condition of your own serfs : Look at your " independent labourer ; " your animal in the shape of man , vegetating on 7 s . a week , when lie can get work starving or stealing when he cannot . Look at his homt . ' Contrast his miserable hovel with the worst we provide . See him kenneUhig in a place perilous to wind and rain ; no floor but the damp earth ; no light but what enters the door ; no fire ; no furniture ; no clothing no anything . See him there , without the spirit of a man ; without knowledge—his mind a perfect intellectual blank ; ave , see him brooding o » er his

    miseryforming plans either for the burning of his neighbour's stack , or for taking and eating " Tora" hares that run wild at his feet . See him attempt the latter , as one passes across the road on the side of which his miserable abode has been thrown together ; and see him committed to prison for the heinous crime , and his family either left to pine alone in his absence , or forced into the Union—a place they dread and hate to loathing . Look at these tilings , ye proud and lordly landlords of England , and say whether the destiny of the labouring class ought to longer continue in your hands . Have you proved yourselves the " Friends and Fathers of the poor f" Have you been the

    defenders of their rights ; the upholders of their privileges ; the fbotectobs of them from wrong ? Have you seen to their being well-fed , well-housed , well-clad , and well-educated ? Have you done these things ? to entitle you to lecture US on the condition of those who have fled from your estates to seek shelter in our towns , aud find employment for their hands to . do , denied to them at home . ' or blame us for evils incident to the locality where they may dwell and not necessarily consequent on Mill-labour . There are crowded streets , —miserable dwellings , —uudruined

    localities : and sometimes they are visited by fever , more or less malignant : but then , to allewate this evil , —not of our making , —we have provided public Dispensaries , Infirmaries , and Ilouses of Recovery , wliicli jou ? ia » c- not . There is ¦ little chance of the epidemic in the way-side " cottage" reaching the palace in the park ; and so the Stricken are left to die off , unnoticed , unknown , uuvisitedi except by the Union doctor , when your " yeoman" guardians will permit . Say nothing about our treatment of the workers ! Seek not to interfere between us and our " hands" Lpave us and them to settle what little

    difference we may have , between ourselves . Look you at hoinc ! Better the condition of your own " serfs , " and dou't seekto make the privations and Inflictions of the manufacturing operatives an exruse for your own wrong doing ; nor our conduct to the working people we employ , a reason for the longer continuance of your usurpations and robberies committed on the -whole peoplo . Such have been the criminations and re-criminatioris bandied between those who have the two great division ' s

    of Labour in their clutches ; those , to whom a just and equitable system of laws and government lea * e the producers of wealth an open prey . I 1 OTII ARE IX THE RIGHT ; though , like Teacb ' eh and Lockit in the play , "both are in the wrong" ( for themselves ) to teil it . Their doing so , however , will go far to produce a universal conviction that both have undue powers which they most scourgingly apply ; and that it will be n « . cessar \ for the general weal U > greatly abridge the oW and curb thfi

    other-We have been led into this train of thought from rend-, ing in the Brighton Ilerail a " on from the ranks " of Agricultural labour , which it will be for all parties interested to give ear to . It is seldom tliat the voice of complaint in that quarter is given utterance to , in words , by the snfl ' erers themselves . Isolated in positioii ; denied the benefit of constant intercourse ; enjoying not the advantage of newspaper reading ; with no schoolmaster or teacher , but the parson and the squire ' s lady ; no lesson , but to " fear , honour , aud obey" the squire , the shovel-hat , and the farmer—and be contented in the station it hath pleased ( somebody ) to place

    himthe labourer on the soil is in a far worse plight than the dweller in a manufacturing town . There , if poverty and misery have been centralized , political and economical information has been centralized also . There the wrongs the toilers are subject to are talked of—are detailed—arc dwelt on ; and there the cause is sought for and the remedy canvassed . Consequently , every aggression of rampant Capital is met with opposition : opposition unavailing in too many instances , it is true—but still an opposition , which , if it does not prevent the onward march of the spoiler , throws difficulties in his path ; causes him to be wary in his footsteps ; and tells him that those who know ic&w they are wretched and poor , will endure not

    one moment longer than the combined powers of force and fraud can make them . Not so with the labourer on the soQ . He is plotted against ; he is defrauded ; he is sunken to the deepest abyss of want and woe : but he knows not the cause - , he sees not the hand that strikes . lie discerns only that he has been hardly dealt with . He / eels that he has been wronged : and , unable to give expression to his maddening thoughts in the ordinary language of the tongue or pen , he obeys the promptings of the grim demon of despairing recklessness ; and the lurid glare from the incendiary ' s torch lights to the spot where misery dwells , and reveals to an affrighted world the soul-harrowing suffering that enduring humanity groans under , and rebels against .

    In the case to which we have referred , however , we find there is one of that oppressed and ground-down class' who can " speak out" —one who can , in " words of fire / . ' give utterance to "thoughts that breathe . " He speaks for himself and his class . He sends up the bitter wail of the smitten-down . He appeals to the heart of society : niay his appeal not onl > be heard , but speedily attended to ! May his complaints sink deep into the breasts of the powerful and the unheeding-strong : and may they dp their share in causing justice to be done to the entire class of Labour . If not , those interested may rely on it , that that class will soon do justice—" wild justice" it may be—for themselves ; and of that fact the following remarkable production is an evidence : — r

    Mi Fjel ^ ovt-Labocbees , —Dr . Johnson has observed that " the poor look up with stupid malignity at the rich . " But he did not tell us that this bad feeling arises from the hardships and privations we undergo , and the little comforts we enjoy , in comparison to all' ther classes . Let us respectfully ask the three gentlemen whom we maiiitain in luxury out of our labour—viz ., the landlord , clergyman , aud farmer , not to grind our faces as they hitherto have done . Let us pray them to stretch forth their hands to save us from that squalid poverty

    towards which we are approaching with gigantic strides . Our condition gets worse every year . The cry of the farmer now is , that we are too numerous : this is a falsehood . We must first cultivate every acre of waste land , including the various jarks throughout England ,. ere we can say this . Human pride will try to forbid our cultivating the numerous parks ; but , in the eyes of Him who sent us here to till the land , what has human pride to do with bis laws and the natural rights of man J We are Nature ' s out-door cooks ; and we are the only cooks in this world who are not allowed to take a sop in the pah .

    There are those -who think that bread alone is sufficient to keep a man's strength up who has to labour in the field * . I wish those tjiat think thus would accompany me on a cold winter ' s morn , with the bitter biting north wind blowing iu his face , with rain , sleet , or snow . Let him work in the fields for five hours , and afterwards sit under a wet cold hedge , and eat for his dinner a bit of bread day

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    after day . He would then , like me , and thousands more , in the words of Burns , " find every sad succeeding night and joyous morn the same . " He would wonder why he , of all created beings , should be so wretched . How often have I envied the birds and beasts ! " You , " said I , " liave , a table spread in the wilderness ; you eat and drink from it without anxiety or care , " When I look around on the providence of God , everything I see is conducted with so much benevolent care to every living being , that I am quite convinced that he never sent a human being to pass through a life of misery . The New Poor Law was a direct robbery of 25 per cent , from the labourer ' s wages . The difficulty of bringing up a family at this time is extreme , more especially if the two first-born are females . Boys get to work much sooner than girls .

    Surel y it is very laudable and kind to send out missionaries abroad to ameliorate the condition of our sable brethren ; and it would be also very laudable to inquire Into the condition of our own labourers . And it is very kind of thn gentry to send us religious tracts—to teach the rustic moralist to die ; and it would also be very kind if our superiors would teach us how to bring up a family upon ten shillings a-week . We beseech the thrc » gentlemen whom we are keeping in luxury , when they make laws for the people , to recollect that we form a part of the community^—a low part , certainly , yet we are a link in the great chain of society .

    Brethren , our state is worse , much worse , than it was lu our fathers' time ; and I am sorry to say it mil yearly get worse , unless we are allowed to till all the waste land hi Britain , or emigrate to some of our colonies—not under the present system , but under a well-organised system of emigration . Leave not your native land to starve on a foreign shore , as thousands have done lately . We often see accounts of the depravity of . man ; but can there be an instance of greater depravity than the following fact ? In consequence of the rapid increase of the population , we have not of late years grown corn enough for our consumption ; we are , then-fore , obliged to buy many thousand quarters of foreign corn to supply and make up the deficiency , now kind is God to send us a supply from

    other countries ! And how wickedly depraved are those ivlio try every means in their power to starve us by refusing to tako the gift a kind God sends us ! This careless , hard-hearted behaviour to the labouring people has created in us a disgust and hatred towards the aristocracy ; ami I am sorry to hear that this bad ffeliiig is often displayed by tin- burning of corn . This is wicked , and indeed very stupid . The gentry do not pay us just wages'to enable us to bring up our families ; and in order to be revenged on them we do ; i very wicked , stupid , and malicious act , which injures those people who do not injure us , viz ., the people who keep the fireoffices : for every stack and rick is insured . Let us petition Parliament to take up our cause .

    I made , some little time siiui-, a calculation . I took the amount of meat consumed liy ten of the families of the aristocracy , and I found each of the members , including servants and all , amounted for each member per da . ) to one pound and a half , which is ten pounds and a half to each individnal weekly . I also took the amount of meat consumed by ten families of poor people , and it amounted to only ualf . au-ouncc per day , or nearly half-a-pound per week . ' So that we see that the idle eat or waste three tiuu ' g us much pur day as the poor do in one week . Did they but know the faintuess and langour tliat so often comes over the hard-working labouring man who eats only bread , the g'entry would pity us . I am not speaking about those labouring people who have grown-up children and able to work , but those who have to bring up families with only the man's wages to live on .

    Some little time since I saw this shameful paragraph in tbe Agricultural Express : — " If we look into the beershops on a Saturday night , we shall see the cause of the distress among the agricultural labourers . " A more gross falsehood against a suffering class of the community was never uttered . Perhajis the man that wrote that insinuation against us has read Buvns's description of a cotter ' s Saturday night ? If he has let him compare it with my wife ' s description of the English cotters ' Saturday nigllt : — " Well , James , I have just boon to market . 1 wish you would go yourself , for I really do not know how to lay the money out . I have paid 7 s . for flour . Is . for coals , 3 d . soap , Sd . candles , 3 d . yeast , 3 d . for butter , Cd . for meat , 2 d . for tea . 1 did mean to save 2 d . for you to buy

    oiie pint of beer , because you have been so poorly for the last three daj s , but I could not spare it ; for you know our little babe cannot eat his sop without a little sugar ; if he has dry bread to eat for two or three days he is ready to starve , dear little soul . I have bought one pound of mutton , with which I will make you some broth to-night ; it will do your cold good ; what you leave will raiike a dinner for us to-morrow . I wanted to buy sooie flannel for Mary , and some calico for myself . George wants his shoes mended , and Richard wants some trousers ; he and all of us are very thin clad for winter . I was in hopes this week that I should be able to buy a basin or two , for we have only one for us all . 0 , dear me ' . I have spent all the money and have forgot to buy some oil for the shoes and boot-laces . Dear me , my head turns round ; I am bewildered when I think of our numerous wants . When you was ill a month since and could not work for a week ,

    we should have perished if the shopkeeper had not kindly given us credit for a little grocery , and the miller fer a grist . These people expect their money . They do not ask me for it , certainly , but I do hate to look them in the face , because I owe them so much . I hope none of my dear children will ever marry , for love is to the poor the greatest curse . Ah , James , you may look at me ; even my love to you is a curse . How hurtful to my feelings is it when in winter you come home wet through , no good shoes to keep your feet dry , day after day , in consequence of which you have got the rheumatism . in your feet . How do I wish at these times I hud got something to nourish you in lieu of a bit of bread and a little toast and water , a poor reward fur a man who has stood the pelting of the pitiless storm all day long . Goil grant that in the next world we may not be governed b _\ human beings , but by the law of God , which wicked human beings wilfully misconstrue . There ne shall no more hear the voice of mtr

    oppressors . My fcHow-labouW'i's . is not tins a true picture of the English labourer's Saturday night to eight out of ten ? Nay , I have put down nearly word for word the speech that my anxious wife has so often made to me . Let us send petitions to our good Queen , stating the truth of our wretched condition . l > o not make known our griefs by incendiary fires , or sit down brooding and planning schemes of revenge , as did a man at Hye last jear , who invented a new crime , which , had it not been nipped in the bud , would have made England one vast watchliouse .

    My fellow-labourers , my experience of human life convinces me that the majority of mankind—notwithstanding their very strict observance of the forms , rites , and ceremonies of religion—notwithstanding the gloomy countenances they put on , and which they most sillily think looks religious—notwithstanding the repeated admonitions of the still small voice—are but half civilised , and bear too close a resemblance to the finny tribe , which inhabit the deup and prey upon each other . But there is a glorious minority of human beings who possess souls . To those who possess that inestimable gem let us make an appeal ; let us try to interest them by our respectful and patient behaviour to intercede for us , and not let us sink down into a much worse than Egyptian bondage .

    I have said that bread alone will not keep a man's strength up ; iK > r will it . But , alas ' . how many thousands of us are there that do not get enough of that necessary food ! How many times have I unyself been obliged to make up a dinner on raw turnips , because I have not had bread enough for myself and two boys ; aud how often have I told my poor boys that my master gave me leave to tako them , fearing to inculcate a bad lesson in them on their first experience of life . Why is it that fevers always stop at the poor man ' s door ? The answer is as plain as the way to the parish church—it is our low living that breeds this miasma . 1 could say much on the harshness and severity with which we are treated by guardians and farmers when we apply for work ; but in this case I shall at present keep in my mind the motto of the absent Allan— " I bide inv time . "

    I must now conclude by telling you all , that our condition will yearly got worse if you do not come forward aud state your grievances . Therefore , if you love your wives , if you lpvc the children whom God has committed to your care , for purposes best known to Himself , come forward with respectful petitions ., and pray for adequate aud fair wages . I remain , your well , wishing friend , # # # * * *

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    To Aoents . —TliOBe agents whose accounts have been forwarded , will find their papers stopped if the amounts are not forthwith transmitted . We must also take opportunity to reuiiud the agents of Noithumberland and Durham , who were supplied during the strike , that it is now time to think of discharging their debts . The agents say that tbe men have not paid them . If that be so , we must say that such treatment is not calculated to encourage us iu such another experiment . Tins is another source of emolument of tbe great national property—the Xorthern Ftar . Mb . Roberts . —We have already published Mr . Roberta ' s three several addresses ; aud had our friends from Birmingham paid attention to the notice , they might have communicated directly with Mr . Roberts , instead of sending to us . We certainly cannot take the liberty of answering for any person , nor can we * soothe down tliu nervous anxiety of the many who have applied to us to know if if CAN be true that the Christian Chartists had

    Mr . Roberts ' s sanction for inserting his name as a guest to the Fourth Anniversary Tea Party of the Chiistiau Chartists under that of Henry Vincent , ""the trafficking pedlar , " as mare than a score of our correspondents designate that gentleman . Had Mr . Duncombe voted in favour of the Masters and Servants Bill , we verily be ^ lieve the circumstance would ttot have created greater anxiety than the insertion of Mr . Roberts ' s name in the place to which we refer . Maetha Gibbon Joseltn is no poetess . If the specimen she has sent is the best she can-do , it would be time mis-spent for her to tvy again . We dare wager a trifle that she will- ' make a pudding better than poetry . At all events she ought to do if she is unyoked J and hopes to obtain a mate . Mas . John Duncan , of Edinburgh , acknowledges the receipt of £ 2 15 s . 7 d . from Dundee , per Mr . Kydd ; and Cs . from Bolton , per Mr . Fulton . W . P ., Little Goran . —Thanks for the compliment paid to the Northern v ! ar . HU verses are inadmissible .

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    Tue Land , tub Land , the Land . —We are inundated with correspondence from every part of the kiugdom , on the all-important eubjeet of the and . From many places we have received requests to dra , w up rules and regulations for the guidance and government of local land associations , to which requests , when time permits , we will devote attention . The Lewisham association appears to be determined to go to work in a right , good , efficient , and practical manner . Mr . O'Connor has taken twelve shares in their undertaking and has promised to superintend the farm in its infancy . To calm apprehension that we had lost sight of the "laud question . " we beg to assure our readers that we consider it to be the question of

    questions ; and one , only checked for a moment oy the ignorance of njiany who had tongue enough to shout " the Charter , " but not brains enough to undestand the value of the land . We have pleasure in referring our ] numerous correspondents on this subject , to Mr . O'Connor's letter in this week ' s number the jfirst of a series of letters to the landlords of England . And it also gives us pleasure to state , for the gratification of Counsellor Parry and the " Washam" and " Educatana" Chartists , that Mr . O'Connor is about commencing practical operations on twenty-fouj acres of land in the neighbourhod of Harrow ; the results of which will be faithfully submitted to the working classes periodically . This will be another step in the right direction .

    IIcmbugs and HcMBUGoiNO . —In the Leeds Times of Saturday last , we find the following : — " It is a fact ,, " said Mr . Perrand , [ at Knaresborough , "that England is a nation of humbugs ! " We fear there is a great deal of truth in the charge . Most men in this country are the doomed victims of "humbug . " They " humbug" themselves , and "humbug " each other . The rich "humbug " the poor with fair words , " charity , " and patronage ; the poor' " humbug" the rich with adulation and worship , as if they were a race of superior beings . Bishops of £ 20 , 000 a year " humbug " the people when they preach that " money is the root of all evil . " The enfranchised classes " humbug" the unenfranchised when they say they virtually represent them . The Parliament " humbugs" the Commons when it assumes to be

    their " House . " The Peers utter gross " humbug" when they say they are responsible to " God and their own consciences . ' * Peel " humbugs " the landowners when he pretends to protect them . Lord Ashley "humbugs " the operatives by pretending to carry a Ten Hours ' Bill for them . Feargus O'Connor "humbugs" the Chartists when he pretends to seek the Charter for them . The Ifishop of Exeter " humbugs " his priests when he pretends white coverings are better than black for pi ' L-aching in . In short , aU "humbug" andare "humbugged " by turns . The Knaresborough electors are " humbugs " 1 for choosing such a representative ; and Busfield Ferrand is an extraordinary " humbug , " as his thousand and one Shoddy and Devil's Dust speeches abundantly testify . " It is a fact , " truly sa 3 s Mr .

    Ferrand , " that England is a nation of humbugs !"—[ To this we just add , that of all humbugs that ever tried to humbug a humbugged people , the Leeds Times newspaper , the PROPERTY OF A TORY , edited by a " Liberal " quack ( doctor)—who sold himself to mill-owner Marshall for a price—and suppoiting the best paying principles , whether they be Whig , Tory , Radical , Chartist , High Church , Low Church , Free Trade , Fixed Duty , or no duty at all , is incomparably the greatest , living or d <> ad—ancient or modern ; and the greater humbug , because the worst . ] T . winters , Leicester . —We must see what we can do for him next week . At present our space is occupied . A P 00 K Man , London . —We know nothing Of the Tropical Emigration ! Society , other than from the reports and

    advertisements that have appeared in the Northern Star . We know nothing of the parties actively engaged in it , other than by public rumour . We therefore are totally unable to answer his questions , " whether jt would be safe to take out shares , " or " whether it be merely a scheme to raise money for the promoters V There is one mode , jiowev er , by which our subscriber may satisfybis own niiiid . The meetings of the society are open ; they are held at stated periods at the Parthenium , St . Martin ' s-laue ; he can attend with his eyes arid ears open , and judge of what he sees and hears . This will be a far better course than seeking for our opinion that he may act on it . On all 3 ueli schemes we are very reluctant to speak , in a manner that would lead a single man to engage in them , who would otherwise

    have remained free . Most of them have in them the seeds of foiluru : ant ] iv « are not anxious to be the cause of disappointment to any one . As far as the * general scheme ot ' j Emigration of the society in question is concerned , we at once confess ourselves opposed to it ; not because of the particular mode taken to accomplish it , nor the spot chosen as the future locale : but because we are disinclined to Emigration as a remedial measure for the wrongs and evils labour ha 3 to endure . As to the practicability of the plans and inventions of Mr . Etzler , which are relied on by this society to make the " chosen spot" ( when they get there ) a paradise , we cannot at all speak ; for we have not even seen , the models : but jwe can and do say , that oh experiment could be tried here' in England , the success of which would in

    some measure justify the roamers from home in departing to a foreign clime to carry out what is but plausible theory at the best as things now stand . The fueling that prompts this suggestion may be selfish on our part ; for as toe do nut intend to go to Venezuela- —at least with the first batch ; and as we feel some interest in the settling of the question as to whether the plans have been exactly hit on that are to make machinery " man ' s holiday , "jwe should certainly like to have the inventions tested by practice n £ BE , on the spot , where all can see , and where those most interested can judge , before they break up their present homes and connections to try theirjfurtunt's in a distant land . Besides , what place so likely ? In England machinery has attained the highest degree of perfection—i . <\; tried

    machinery . , Here are to be found the most able and acute mechanics . Hero the peculiar machines could be I best made . II . re interest is to- some degree excited , j Here t ! ie lesson , if succebsfcl , would le of inestimable value . Here it would teach the " most civilised people on the face of the earth " a new phase of civilisation , for which they are most fitted . Here , then , it seemsito us most reasonable and most desk-able for all parties , especially the intending emigrants , that the experiment should bo made . It is true that experience , " far fetched and dearly bought , " is good for some folks : but as we are advocates for home—home in every sense of the word ; home in the land of our birth ; ! home-manufacture ; home-colonization— we want our experience of the adopting of all new aud

    strangej theories to the business of life to be as much home as possible . It may be that we are not strongly imbuedjwith the enterprizing spirit of adventure ; but we certaiuly should not he disposed to leave England for Venezuela or any other clime , tropical , temperate , or frigid , relying mainly on the plans of a machineinventor , until we had seen the machines in actual use , ami had witnessed that they were equal to the intended purpose . \ n Old Subscriber , Ipswich . —Much would depend on the form of the . note he speaks of , whether an action could be sustained . Let him show it to an Attorney , and take his advice , after detailing the whole facts of

    the case . John Smitu , Hincklev . —If « u had his case to deal with , we should stick to the cottage , and run all risks . Forty-four years of uninterrupted possession should give the right to continue there . The Lincoln , Rutland , and Stamford Mebccrt , ufter li long and disreputable life , terminated n mi-Serab ^ existence on Friday last , to the great satisfaction of every respectable person of all classes of society . This low publication was marked by littleness of mind , want of honesty , disregard of character , and indi'Ference to principle . We are told that , when the weather permits , it is in contemiilntion to hold a jubilee in Lincoln , to commemorate the cessatiou of the plague .

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    Dreadful Accident at DrubS-lane Theatre . — On Saturday night a fri ghtful occurrence took place at this theatre , during the performance of the Itevolt of ttyc Harem , which in its consequences lias deprived the stage of tlio best English dancer of the day . In the second act of the ballet the ladies

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    of the Harem were discovered bathing , among whom Zulica , the Royal slave ( Miss Webster ); was one . During the scene the gas placed at the bottom of the stage , or under the sunken portion of "it , where the water pieces , or waves , are placed , caught the light drapery of Miss Webster ' s dress , and f in an instant her whole person . was enveloped in ' . flames . This frightful event taking place on the stage in sight of the audience , the whole house was in a state of consternation , and screams issued from the ladies , in the front boxes and ' p it * who were the first to perceive the appalling accident . When first the drias o £ Miss Webster was discovered to be on fire the whole corps dc ballet , who were on the stage with her , closed

    round her almost simultaneously , as if by instinct , to crush and extinguish the flames , but , felrified at the terrific appearance which almost instantaneously pre sented itself , they retreated , and she rushed forward towards the front of the stage . Mrs . Plunkett alone endeavoured to extinguish the flames , and in so doing was herself nearly falling a victim to her intrepidity and good feelings . At this moment a man sprang from . the wing of the stage , arid tin-owing himself upon the young lady , threw her down and extinguished the fire by rolling upon her . In so doing , however , he severely cut her upper lip , and received some slight injury himself from the burning clothes . He is not , however , much

    hurt , and was on Sunday at the theatre . Miss Webster was immediately taken into the green-room and placed upon a sofa . Her clothes were nearly all consumed , at least all her external garments . Fortunately , Dr . Marsden , of Lincoln ' s-inn , was in the theatre , and his assistance was rendered without delay . The usual applications of spirits of wine and water , flour , &c , were had recourse to , and everything done that , under the immediate circumstance ' s , could be done . Miss Webster ' s face was much blistered , and in some part scorched , the eye-lashes and eye-brows burnt off ; but the hair of the head was untouched . The lower extremities were much scorched , and the flesh of the hips was also much burnt . The

    hands also suffered dreadfully , being burnt almost to the bone . Miss Clara Webster never lost her recollection , but exhibited , notwithstanding the dreadful agony under which she ¦ laboured , great physical power and extraordinary moral fortitude . She was conveyed to her homo in Upper Nortonstreet in a carriage , attended by Dr . Marsden , who administered fresh applications , and who was afterwards unceasing in his attendance . During the whole of Sunday the inquiries were incessant after her welfare . Mr . Liston , the eminent-surgeon , and other medical gentlemen , were called in , but they concurred in all that Dr . Mars ; len had done , and his mode of treatment has been adhered to .

    Death of Miss Clara Webster . —It is with extreme regret we state that the distressing accident which befell Miss-Clara Webster at Drury-laneTheatre on Saturday last has terminated fatally . Miss Webster died on Tuesday morning , shortly after three o ' clock , at her apartments in Upper Norton-street , Regent ' s Park . From inquiries that we have made , it appears that the medical attendant of this unfortunate young lady considered that throughout Monday the * symptoms were favourable , and that no ultimate danger was to be apprehended . About six o ' clock on that day , however ^ it was apparent that a change for the worse had taken place ; she became

    delirious , and quite insensible of what was passing in the room ; reason never returnedr-rshe never rallied for one moment . She talked incoherently , and was continually counting one , two , three—one , two , three , until death put a period to her sufferings , which were of the most excruciating character . Shortly before she expired a lady in the room thought she appeared somewhat more sensible , and consequently knelt by the bedside , and said , " Clara , Clara , " several times , to which she replied in a faint voice , " Yes . " She never spoke afterwards ; her breathing became bad ; and she expired without a struggle at ten minutes past three o ' clock on Tuesday morning . Dr . Marsden was in attendance on the deceased from one o ' clock

    until nearly two , and when he left Mr . Liston was immediately sent for , and arrived shortly af ter three , lie had not been in the room more than a fewminutes when Miss Webster ceased to breathe . Miss Webster ' s mother had but a short time left the room , for the purpose of taking a little rest , and when the melan = choly intelligence of her daughter's death was made known to her , she became almost distracted . Miss Webster was in the twenty-first year of her age . Mr . Webster , of the Haymarket Theatre , is a brother by a former marriage of the late Mr . Webster , the father , who , we understand , was married three times , and had families by each wife . The lamented deceased was the issue of the last marriage . We understand Mr . Liston stated he was of opinion that the brain had been injured by the dreadful accident which had befallen this accomplished young lady .

    Another Account . —Miss Webster died very tranquilly ; indeed , she went off as if merely sinking into a gentle slumber . She bore her sufferings with great fortitude , and did not appear to shrink from the prospect o £ death , which we understand , it was intimated , during the evening , awaited her . The following letter appeared in the morning papers of Wednesday : — "Theatre Royal Drury 4 ane , 11 o ' clock , a . m ., Dec " 17 , 1844 . At the time I despatched the letter which appears in this morning ' s papers , I had the assurance of the mother and auotlier member of Miss Clara Webster ' s family , that she was entirely out of danger ; but I deeply regret to say their expectations were too sanguine , for she died this morning . I will only add , on this distressing subject , that the benefit announce *! for this unfortunate artiste will be given on Monday next for her family . —J . Cooper , Stage Manager . "

    The" Inquest on Miss Webster . —On Thursday Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the Green Man Tavern , New-road , on the remains of Miss Clara Webster , whose melancholy and shocking death is described above . The jury having gone to 54 , Norton-street , to view the body , returned , and proceeded to examine witnesses , who deposed to the facts above stated , but nothing new was elicited . In the course of the examination of the witnesses , Mr . Wakley re marked on the unfortunate want of presence of mind exhibited by those whose clothes are set on fire . If they would drop * on'the burning clothes they would at onoe be extinguished ; and the second best mode was for the individual so situated to lie down at length . The whole of the evidence having been heard , Mr .

    Wakley addresssed the jury : —An occurrence lib this plight easily be averted if simple and proper precautions were taken . In most of the cases of s similar nature that came before him , he generaflf found that fatal results might have been prevented i ordinary precaution had been taken immediately afw the clothes had taken fire . It had long been know that gauzes of every description could be so pKpared as to prevent their being inflammable ' . ! was done by starching them in a particular waj ; and he trusted his mentioning the circumstaa * would be productive of good , and perhaps serre to prevent the recurrence of another of .. tit * dreadful occurrences . Cases of fire were really dreadfully frequent ; within the last ten days there

    had been no less than twenty cases of tws character within his district ; and he was sure & spoke within bounds , when he said that from 138 ? 140 cases of burning and scalding occurred yearly i » the division of the county to which lie was eorowlie hold inquests yesterday ou two children : botoothem were scalded to death from want of proper ^ cautions being taken . The first was at the it * Hospital in Gray ' s Inn-lane . A child , while undre *; ing herself before the fire , accidentally fell , and tie * Wing no high fender , she knocked down a kettle ^ scalded her head so severely that she died soon w& wards . Now accidents of this nature could never ort * to children , if then- n . irents would take the preean »

    to have wire fenders before their fires . In this case . ^ ever , danger had not been apprehended . 1 ^ , means of avoiding the clanger were very simple . if a lattice of wire had been extended over the iaj ^ j the dresses of the actresses could not possibly ^ caught fire , and accidents of this character *» never happen . The precaution was a very J ^ one , and where the results would be so satisfacw ^' would be well at once to put it in practice , " v , the dresses of performers were likely to be exF * J to flame , the gauzes , as he had already obsenmight be so prepared by a solution of ^ UI ^ ja alum , as to be quite uninflammable . Im P ? f ( v .

    diner , a most excellent chemist in the neighb ours , ( Great Portland-street ) , asking him if heitaie ^ person in London who was in the habit 01 ** , muslins , gauzes , or dresses in the solution ^ r J ^ That gentleman returned this answer .- ( T * ^ j coroner then read Air . Gardiner ' s letter . M ^ VLp was stated that inuriate of ammonia , or * ^; ti 5 » lution of alumina , would have the effect oi H ^ lTof ignition . ) It was also stated that a Mr . '^ 7 ^ . 400 , Strand , had given much attention to t ^ . ^ i How far that gentleman had succeeded , the » ^ pattern of gauze would show ; it would not = . j the flame of a candle . Mr . Ilodson proposw ^ a starch , to be used instead of common sta ^ ' ^ ije would answer every purpose , and at the same wj * ^ , perfectlysafein eases like the present . ^ fl ijjjjii ? aertake , fora trifling consideration , tok ^ ^ cL He "property , " or dresses , from any danger , rj £ jttf li& ( the coroner ) did not know that there had & <*? tf gentleman in existence as Mr . Ilodson , but'v »| 1 _ rfej nanie

    in tnis case , tne mention 01 ms >""^ o& ji » . double purpose , that of bciiefitting-the P " ^^) perhaps , doing good to himself , ne . v a yjciPthought it but common justice to give baa fk ^ > ( The gauze was then tested at a caudle , apa 1 , -, j f verify all that was said of it . ) Ml ' : /{ -f $ tK certainly no young child of his would k ^ . 0 { an outer dress so prepared , and the , % ^ fitfamilies would , he hoped , be directed to it- g ^ j ness , Daniel Coyle , whose hands w « Sr ^ intimated , at the conclusion of the cof ° ^^ jf t " w that it had been erroneously stated inJQ- gi ^ s ' ir ? » newspapers that-be was quite recovei-ea- f , ^ e not the case , nor was he likelvto . be : * f £ M time . Mr . Wakley told him the ltttreP ^/^ rft ? . displayed on the occasion of the accident ^ . ^ w of the highest praise . He was confident 11 u ^ t h « take a benefit at some place of entertain ^ ^ public would not be wanting in their $ r * & \ support him . A verdict of '' Accideutal d » returned .

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct518/page/4/