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PARADISE WITHIN THE BEA . CH OP A . LL MEN , -WITHOUT 1 A . BOTJB , BY POWERS OF NATURE AND MACHINERY . lETTEB . y . TO THB XDITOB . OP THB SOXTHXSJI STAB . Deab . Sib .. —Since my last letter I have received Bevs from America , lrhich laform ma that the first agricultural machine * upon Etsler ' s plans , which we goastrncted rader Ma direction , at a Colony tailed " tie Peace Union , ' in WarreaCounty ,. sSate of Pennsylvania , sre almost completed , and thai Mr . E z 3 er , as -well as all -the Colonist * , are entirely KitisBed trith them . Mt 3 £ z er intends to embark for ^ England as soon as these machines bare been put in operation , which will be the e&se during this month ; bo that he will arrive here with ihe fad *¦ & ** kia theory is practicable .
Tha •¦ Ptaes Union" is a colony or society upon the prindplfia of joint stock association . It is composed of fcnneis , mechanics , < feo , of different pecuniary means . Toe leading festnre of thia aoc ' ety i * a religious feelipg , ¦ which animates all the members for the achievement of universal peace , and for the making out of a miHenlinm . As they believe that peace and good will among men cannot be attained so long as slavery of work exists , they have examined earefoily the propositions of yiT . Sts ' er , as laid down in his " Paradise" and '' Mechanical System , * and invited him to their colony , to superintend the construction of machines for , clearing Jand , ploughing , sowing , sawing wood , &o- Mi . E : z \ er arrived at the colony towards the end of May last Tbe colony possesses nine thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine acres of land , in ^ very good and healthy district , near the Allegheny liver and ths lake Erir ; they have a considerable water power ior mills and for driving various machines , and command sufficient capital for their purposes .
2 see wito pleasure that your friends and the public in general are now more inclined to scientific propositions for the amelioration of the condition of mankind , and that many things are now believed which formerly ¦ were-pronounced impractirable . I therefore think it in time before I go farther in explanation of the subject of my letters to subjoin an address of Mr . Eix ! er , which also contain * an outline of the machinery for agricul tural purposes : — Address i « all people tcho desire to free Jhemselves from vsui , fear of atasi , and slavery , for ever . If yon Tlesire to be free from want and slavery you ssust no longer be slaves to old notions and old things , which have been your worst tyrants , and made you what yon are ; but arouse yout minds and feelings to new conceptions and new things , which are now in itore for yon , to make an end at . once of all your wants , tear of want , and slavery , for ever .
If yon dose your « yes and ears against new truths , as the general custom has hitherto been , yon will have to consinns for an indefinite time in your strntglea and so 2 drins 3 , and your doom will not be pitied hereafter ; because stubborn adhesion to foolish customs , that but perpetuate misery and -injustice tm ail siaea , is bat an abomination to well constituted minds . Ton need neither your government , nor this , nor that , or any particular drcumssances which you may at present desire ani discuss , for the liberation from your distress and want , and fear of want . Neither the one nor the other of any peculiar change of your present erenmstancos , will ever give any relief , except at best a mere temporary one of small account To expatiate on this truth is not the object ef this address . A ranch better one is in view , as you will see . Yon must and can help yourselves ; and much more gloriously than all
your wise and mrgaty men could or wouid hitherto do lor yoa . If yon wish to know how—examine carefoDy what is offered to . you . Tour land resounds every where with the cry of distress » f millions . Ytt your land is not half cultivated . The uncultivated parts of the colonies of your nation ief all varieties of climates ) could satisfy the wants of more than one hundred times the whole British population . Myriads of vesseia of your nation cross the ocean ; skilful mechanics you Lave in abundance among you , willing to work and wanting employmeo * . ; mechanical powers exist in nature , every where in superabundance , that will sot cost you anything to drive all your machines , not merely to manufacture articles of trade , but ti > cultivate the toil . Three or four men are sufficient to cultivate ten to twenty thousand acres with one machine , and -a capital not exceeding five shillings per acre .
These are the things yoa have to look to . Arouse your ™* nfl « . then , froai the low state of craving from your task masters work or alms ; from the narrow views of locality , and the petty concerns of the moment ; irom the ? mV » ng a little more wages for your woik ; from tha trifling relief , any alteration of laws could possibly afford yon under prsssnt circumstances ; from the comparatively inhignificaiit political 01 personal contests , to the vast rich resources of your country , of the world at large , of natures that are within your reach : expand j \* ir minds freely to the consideration of the new things presented to jon here , and yea will discover that yon all can live henceforward independent , and educate your children to become independent in means and mind , in the true signification of the ¦ words .
Do you , does any of you suppose , this announcement to be bnt a msra fancy ? Shame be on iiim wbo neglects ox refuses , from prejudice , a cartful examination of this great truth ; lie commits the deepest wron ? a against himself , against his suffering family , against community . You are offered proofs of facts of experience ; you are defied to find error or defect in the proofs here spoken of . Come then and see , examine for yourselves , every ore ; the things are open for pnblic exarainstioB ; appoint a committee in yenr meetings to examine and report the results of their examination to yon . Simple is the matter and within the comprefaensioB j > nr ) Experi £ nce of every one . No apology is left to you for neglect of this great paramount new cause of humanity .
What , cry for the means of living , cry of distress , csmplsin of wants , and of not being allo * "ed t * s labour for a po 3 r pittance of the necessaries of your life , and iffil « cut yc-nr eyes and ears to sneb glorious offers of means * o produce superabundance of all your necessaries and real comforts for ever , without slavery of work ? What shall , what will the world , your own children cy of you , whtn they read the record cf this hereafter ? Is it because Ike things iere announced are ao neveJ and k > Extraordinary that you do tot wish to examine then ? la it because ycur master and schoolmaster J ^ ave all been so perfectly wise that they knew and taught yon all that could be . known and found in the irorid ; tfcat nothing good cf importance Is left to discover / or oar generation ; feat-you believe yon do wisely nut to ears any thing about'new inventions 5 that you ana all
tne world has nothing better to do tha 5 to blot on in thsold wsy , like animals harnessed to a cart , without looking either to tfee right or to the lert ? There are people among yon who manifest , by their words and actions , when occasions occur , to think so . Por God ^ a sake , for your own , and your-families , and hnmsnitj ' a , shams them out of this b « astly torpitnde , and do not countenance them in any way ; it will degrade you to the inferior scale of creatures . Machines have been the enemies Jo some classes ef labourers , depriving them of the unenvisble chance of labouring for their living . Machines . are "hereafter to be your best friends and slaves , requiring neither food nor wages , driven by mighty powers , day and night perpetually , to make yonr land a paradise of abundance for you , not merely for yonr XBOTe fortunate fellow beiiyjs .
Yen have to form tycnrselvea ) joint stock companies , wilh shares of one pound sterling , payableln cash by those who are able to do so ; and who is so destitute as nolto be able to raise one pound when he can save biiaself and family for ever from all want , ftar of want , and slavery of work ? If there are such panpers able to make themselves useful in any wise to the company , allow them to wort for their share at a reasonable rate , aad being provided with their necessaries during -work . If paupers unable to work , why , surely , they are then as well ^ s now objects cf public charity , and laws will have to provide for them if you do not or cannot amongst yourselves at present Ten thousand acres of common land can prodnce enough for five thousand individuals , and pay the rent * or shares of the crops as the contract may be to the landlord . "
Poor-thousand shares , at one pound each , will suffice for the machinery , and / or the attendance of mtn during the first year . You have then to rent lands ca ihebesfc terms yon can obtain . Those who prefeTto emigrate may obtain land in abundance , as property , far nothing , and cultivate it * ith the same means . These are tbe Bjeans required of you ; are yon still to Eiy they ars not within your immediate reach ? To be sure y&u are then to wait until the next crops . Bnt this is trriy the case for once in tbe first year ; and ever hereafter jou are safe from want Could it then be anything leslly difficult to obtain , as loan , on * nch good prospects and jseenrfty , in case of necessity ef some among you , what any may want necessarily for his sQsteBancein tbs intermediate time , to be repaid from bis thars in the crops ?
Cuuia a large society Ufee this not make some SrR agfcmeniB to prevent ~ their members from suffering cf "Bafoe usury ? Ycur own minds Trill easily BUggest J&eaa > lor gueh a temporary relief ; and if not , apply to tfce agency of the writer of this and be will soggesi yon " » ajs and menu as it may suit to particular situations . What glorious times are then awaiting you ; four men - * npply the wants of four thousand H Abundance fills the Jasd , joys , pleasures of all innocent kinds ; leisure , sad srith it , time and means for better information than you now can possess . Cieering times , aDd still more glorious times for your posterity will be tlie necessary conseqaences . Aw » y then with political strife , angry passions .-fear and griet Be laiional , enquire , and you will be happy . A complete description of machinery , &o > , cannot be tfven in thisad ^ ress , which is only to invite yon to the Esanunaiion of the matter . Bat a bribfakfclch may * erve here as a general outline of the plan in question .
A water-wheel ( or steam engine at tbe beginning ) Srives , by two chains and tw » lopes at peculiar arraBgefflfents , a kind of waggon all around , in direction of the guide , to within the distance of half -to one mile ; coltmfing , thus , five hundred to two thousand acres by drawing a number of ploughs alongside of each other , instead of so many horses , that wonld be reqnired . The usual : mode of harrowing and mowing tbe crops siay be done by the same means ; besides other works too many to be enumerated here . When the work of this tract is finished , another similar one witji a wateiwfceel at its centre is likewUa to be till&d ana * o f oilh
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from place to place . Tbi * work requires never more than touching one labourer at a time , to perform ( be easy task of now and then some parts of the machine for directing It . while he may sit on it Thew « k may be day and night , and , for this purpose three men , each eight hours are allowed , and one man iu reserve for occasional employment Wherever there is no water power , a windwheel , consisting of a pole , a cross with fenr sails , two small log-wheels and fixtures , may effect , fora time , tbe operation- The same locomotive may form a reservoir on some elevated place near the windmill , and this be filled with water from an adjacent water ( a river , creek , run , pond , or well } by the same windmill , and as many more windmills around it as may be required . Hence a waterfall is to drive a water-wheel to perform all the agricultural , manufactural , and mill work . Hence the water may ran back to the same place from whence it was takes , to be raized again by the windmill into tbe reaerveir , to perform the same operation again ; and bo on in a circulation .
The object of this combination is to convert wind power , which i « irregular and iaterrupted , into water power , which Is uniform and perpetual , and may be created thus of any amonnt wanted any where For water , when once raised into a reservoir , may be conducted through canals , oi tubes , to distances of miles , to fall thence on other water-wheels , where and when wanted . This system , once created , affords a perpetual power of any amount wanted ; odb or more reservoirs of a few acres , and one locomotive machine for twenty thousand acres , one water-wheel for each tract of two
thousand acres , and four men , besides power for all other mechanical purposes desired . Are you at a loss to imagine how such small means can effect so much ? Suppose the locomotive machine spoken of to draw a row of ploughs , &c , of one rod , moving at the rate of two miles per hour ; it will then till in one hour four acres , in twenty four hours ninety six , or abemt one hundred acres , in one hundred days of tbe year ( spring and fall ) ten thousand acres . If the same be two rods ( which may easily be tbe case , for there is no lack of power ) the remit will be twice as much , or twenty thousand acres .
If the land is merely rented , and the tenants furnish the machinery , and all other requisites , the rent , of course , must be for a number of years . Thus the poor may be made truly happy and free from Slavery , and the curse cf poverty , namely ignorance and low habits , sn 3 the middle and rich classes may be made , in an bonest way , richer than any of their present business can effect ; the intelligent and governing portion « f mankind may use these means to their greatest glory . No strife , no opposition , no violence can there be any more called into action , except by people not right in their senses . Once the example set ; this system cannot fail to spread from land to land all ovei the inhabitable world . The means of living well will become more and more plenty , abundance universally , aiid ultimately as plenty and cheap as water , requiring no labour , neither of man nor beast ; even the transport of men and things , by land and water , will be effected by tbe same system .
I am , Sir , your obedient servant , C . F . Stollsktkr No . 3 , Northampton Terrace , City Road , London . Aug . 26 , 1843 .
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m A NORTHERN TOUR . " A duel ' s amang ye takin' notes , And , faith , he'll prent it . " TO TBS EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN STAK . Dear Sib ., —I send yon tbe concluding letter of my "tour , " which will be found by the reader if it possesses no other merit , to have that at any rate of brevity . Monday , August 28 ch . —I again visited Winlaton , and addressed a large open-air meeting . My old friend the O'Concellite hero did not make his appearance , and consequently I had not tbe task ef administering a second fisgellatioa . The meeting was a very enthusiastic one , and was closed with the usual democratic cheers . Tuesday , August 29 th . —Lectured in the Arcade Room , Sunderland ; the meeting was but thin . As I have before stated , the HaovesaenS baa received a terrible shock in Sunderland , to recover it from which , ¦ months of arduous toil on the part of the " good men and true" will be necessary . Ths new Organization is looked forward to with dtep interest by the Sunderland Chartists .
The same evening I had the pleasure of spending a short time in the company of that noble patriot , Mr . Roberts of Bath , and my trnsty friend Beesley . I am kappy to be able ts say that tbe fears I entertained a few weeks since of the probability of an early " strike " of tbe colHers , are to a great extent removed . Victory or ruin is in tbe bauds of the colliers themselves—their mission is an awful one , their own rights at least—it may be tbe rights of tbe universal mass of trampleddown Elaves , depend upon iheir prudence , perseverance and resolution . 2 tlay they prove themselves worthy of the clorious task asEurned them ! -
Wednesday , August 30 th—Beached South Shields , and in the evening was entertained at a tea party " got up" by the Female Chartists of the town . Justice having been done to the good things provided for us , we at seven o'clock adjonrned to the Market Place , where I held a fine meeting , numbering at the least 3 , 000 persons . On my arrival at the Market Place , I found that not only was the parish church open for evenirsg prayers , but also that my congregation was already occupied in listening to one of tha illegitimate expounders of superstition who was holding forth hot and
rtroag to a laige camber ef bearers , but who became " smaller by degrees and beautifully lew' * as I progressed with my story from sn opposite point of the Market-place , and finally left him " alone in his glory , * " preferring to bear a little about the substantials of this world to all the froth and foam about another usually dealt in by the venfiora of Gospel ware * . 1 spoke for above two hours , and a noble and enthusiastic meeting I tad . All honour to the men of Shields ; they are Ia 4 s cf tbe right sort , and will be found yet again in tbe van of the democratic ranks ¦ whenever confidence shaU b ° restored by tbe
establishment of tbe Eew Organisation . Having closed the public meeting , we retarned to the company of our fair ** companions in arms , " and spent a m » st delightful evening . Timreday , August 31- —Took passage at nice o ' clock on board the Eclipse for Hull ; the voyage wonld have been pltssant enough but for the vessel being loaded with herring fresh and dried , taken on board at Whitby and Scarboroagb . by -which tbe passengers were not a litUb annoyed ; fortunately tbe -weather was beautifully fineand altozsthtr we had a very good paassage . 1 landed at Hull on Friday morning , Ssptember 1 st , at eight o ' clock , after a sail of twenty-three honrs . I lvaehed Leeds at half-past one o'clock , and having transacted some little business at tte Star office , left that town at four o " clock , and finally arrived at Sheffield at htlf-psst six My " Northern tenr" iB closed . I write thia by" The bonnie bright bliDk o' my ain fireside . "
I regret that I bau not tho time to visit my old friends in F . fe , Fuxfar . Dundee , Aberdeen , && Possibly at some fnture period I may have that pieaBnre . In the meantime I shall remember with ftelings of bontrst pride and satisfaction the hearty reception given me in tbe " land o " cskea . " George Julias Harkkt . Sfc-. ffitld , Sspt 4 th , 1813 . PS . 1 have to acknowledge the receipt of several provincial newspapers received at my home during u > y ibsence- I tkank my friends for their kindness , aiirt snail be happy to receive further favours of the like nature . As ; Jier this , I shall be removed to Leeds . 1 request that sii letters , n-wapapers , ia . j \ ny . ncti ! further notice be addressed to me at the KorUiern Star office . G J . H .
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TO THB CHA 3 VT 1 ST 3 OF NOTTINGHAM AND SOUTH DERBY . Brother Democrats —On Monday , Aug . 28 : h , I procet-dc * from Nottingham to Mansfield , a di ? tance of fonr : efen miles : it rained much dnnn ^ my walk , and of course I got pretty well arecched . When 1 arrived in the town . 1 f > und that evt-rv arrangement that could be made "was made , in order to ensure a good meeting . The TOfcrtic * -was to be held in tfce Jaree ScJool Room bfiongiEK to tbe Rev . William Linwooii , Unitarian Minister , wfco bar ) . kindly promised o act as Chairman . At eisht o ' clock thr room was well fiUed with the sons and daughters of industry .
Oa tbe motion of Mr- Tbowias Hibberd , a very active and honest Chartist , Mr . Linwood was unanimously elected to tbe chair , who opened the business in a brief but appropr iate speech , atier whica 1 addressed the persons present for nearly two bonra . upon tbe present position asd future prospects of Chartism . Mr . L'uwood made some very t-xoHent observations upon thenecessity of a union c-f heart and soul amongst the people , for the purpose of estabiishinx the great principles * f the People ' s Charter as tbe law of the land . He stated distincU ? that he was an advocate for every point contained in that document , and th » t be would , to tbe be >* of bis ability , agitate for it until it was mace part and parcel of tLe Constitution . Ah . ' my friecda . if every minister of the gospel wonld act as tbe above-named gentleman , we would toon realise all our mest sanguine expectations ; and peace , brotherly love , physical and social comfort , would be the lot 6 t tie whoJe people .
Mansfield has a population of 10 000 , and tbe principal business of tbe inhabitants \ l mean the working portion ) , is frame-work knittiDg . The people of IIansfirfd have privilege * , if I may ba allowed to use the term , which are not enjoyed in other towns^—namely , that of taking an sere or two of land on the forest , coamonly ca'led Mansfield Forest , at the rate of fonr shillings per acre a-year—ibey may either grow corn or potatoes , or in fact anything they like . The land is copyhold land , and belongs to the parish of Mansfield . Some of tbe land has been found to be very productive when properly cultivated ; for instance , one acre has been known to yield six quarters of wheat Upon thia subject allow me to inform you that in Arnold and Lambley , wbere I fcave been , a great portion of the people have small allotmtn's , and , 01 what hnppy results have followed to them from it being in their possession . A person with wfeom I took sapp e in Lamblty , had but one rood , one halt he eel with potatoes the other with wheat ; that half T ? bi ± ht
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set with potatoes produced seventeen sacks at te ^ pecks per sack ; making in the whole 170 pecks , or 3 . 400 lfcs . There are fonr roods to an acre , consequently one acre would produce 27 , 200 pounds of potatoes . The half rood set with wheat produced three strikes , or 14 stones , therefore one acre would produce 112 stones of wheat Toe people , or & portion of them , took thirty acres of land , and laid it out in small allotments of about a rood for each person , from , which they produce excellent crops in consequence of their using the spade to cultivate it . Now if the people in Arnold and Lambley already feel the good effects of their having such a small portion of land , viz , a rood each ; if one man can hava a winter's , yea , and a summer ' s store too , of potatoes from half a rood of land , as well as nearly having a sufficient quantity of flour for the winter months , from the other , what would he do if he had four acres ?—sixteen times at much .
Oa Tuesday night . 29 th ult , I delivered a lecture to the fcood fellows of Sutton , in the open air , Mr . Meakin in the chair , a young man of great promise , and a very active member of tbe Association . After a few observations in reference to the object for which the meeting was called , he introduced yanr humble servant . My subject was similar to tbe one of the previous meeting in ManaBeld , and I assure you I never saw a finer spirit of enthusiasm exhibited . The people of Sutton are remarkable for their love of liberty- the truth is the great majority are Chartists , and it only needs a good and [« rndent system of agitation and « n tfflcient plan of Organizition to unite them in ono holy bond of brotherhood . There is a population of about 6 000 in Sutton , and the staple trade is framework-knittins ?; but tbe people are very poor indeed , their wages being very low .
On Wednesday night , Augnst 30 tb , I lectured on Bulwell Green . A working man from Basford acted as chairman ; and certainly a very intelligent one , and , above all , a very upright member of the Chartist cause . I addressed the people for an hour , and endeavoured to rouse them to a sense of tbeir duty ; fer I am sorry to say the people of Bulwell have been very supine and indifferent to their interests . Tnere is no Association in Bulwell ; but the few active men that are in the town are determined to do their best to rally the people , in order that they may be enabled to form one , The principal trade of Bulwell is glove making ; but I ara grieved to state it is in a very depressed condition , anl has been all the summer . Tbe consequence is , the people axe in a most wretched and deplorable situation —stores of the poor men , their wives , aDd children , are absolutely famishing for tbe want of food .
On Thursday I proceeded le llkestono , where I found a few sterling patriots , via , Messrs . Foster , Latbbury , Beesley , and Shaw , whose hearts are wedded to the sacred cause of justice . They received me with every mark of -esteem and affection . The meeting was held in the market-place—the first they had since the strike —and certainly it went * ff beyond my most sanguine expectations for numbers . Mt . Shaw was elected to the chair , and opened the business in a neat but short speech . I addressed : the ' people for an hoar and a quarter upon tbe alarming state of the country , wherein 1 showed , or attempted to show , tbe cause of the wide-spread misery and destitution which unhappily prevailed throughout the length and breadth of the land , and exhorted them to join in one impenetrable phalanx , and , by their unity of purpose , destroy the monster , class legislation , which was the primary cause of all the evils , physical and social , which had for a series of years affi cted them .
On Sunday , the 3 rd inst ., I delivered twe lectures in the Market Place , Darby ; one in the morning , at half-past ten o'clock . Daring the time I was speaking , I was frequently interrupted by a drunken vagabond , the tool of other parties , for the purpose of creating a disturbance , or a breach of the peace , so that the authorities mUht have a pretext for stopping the meeting , and making me responsible ; but they were deceived , fur the moment I found what was the object of the parties , I told the people to go home , and come in the evening ; and , if the same person came again , steps would be taken to prevent bit annoying them . Accordingly , the people assembled at six o ' clock , in large numbers , but the wretch did not make bis » ppearanse , through fear , or some other motive . Probably he was not well supplied with ale . However , we ba < 1 a very peaceable and well-conducted meeting , and ererything ended very satisfactorily . Brother Democrat * ,
1 remain your Servant and Fellow Worker in the YineyaTd of Chartism , Christopiieu Doyle Derby , Monday , Sept 4 , 1843 .
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IRELAND . Repeal in the Workhouses . —The agitatien progressta at railroad speed in the second-class normal schools . The proceedings of the Scariff Board of Gunrdians are thus reported In the Limerick Chronicle : — " At a meeting et the guardians ef the Scariff Union on Tuesday , Mr . Simon George Pardon , D L ., presiding , Mr . John P . Molony , of Grag , brought forward a resolution to petition for Repeal of tha Union . It was opposed by the chairman and several other guardians , but on & division the motion was carried , amidst great
uproar , by fourteen to elevtn . Mr . MeJony , the propeser , Is a magistrate of W-e county of Clare . Mr . Purdon after tbe division resigned his seat as chairman of tbe Board in future ; Mr . George O'Callashan , vicechairman , did the same . AH the surrou'iiiinc bills were illnminated last night on its being known that tba resolution was carried by the frifzs-coated guardians . It is remarkable and worthy of praise that Mr . Matthew Reddan , one of tbe Guardians , though friendly to Repeal , opposed its discussion as improper in an assembly constituted for chsriubie purposes , and voted in the minority . '
The army and the Repealers . —The following occurrence is Btated by a Gjlwsy Repeal paper to have taken place at Lougbrea between a party cf the fith Fusiliers nnd the peasantry . " The company of the 5 : h R ?? iment . iFnsileerB , ) -which has been stationed here some time back , were thia morning , on their march to Dublin , played by oar TemperaBce Band , and escorted by a very large concourse of the townspeople from their barrack-sate to the tarn of the road leiding to Knuckbonrn . Tbe band plsyed out of town to the tunes of tbe " British Grenadiers , " ' G-vrray Owtn / ' io . Ou arriving at Knuckbourn both paries halted , and the
entire company took off their cap » and gave tiwee cheers long and loud , and one cheer more for the people , and , of cwurse , their cause . Thia is , and ought to be , to our rulers another convincing proof , that although our brave troops may be made the instruments of a despot in the subjugation of another country , it is very difficult to say what their conduct would be with regard to the enslavement of theirs and oar own . The soldiers halted on the road fur about ten minutes , while the band played tbe national anthem , and *• Patrick ' s Diy , " and again took off their caps , and gave three chetrs more for thu people , and tbe good fellowship that subsisted between them since their arrival in Loncbrea , "
The Last Ministerial appointment . The Tories have appointed Mr . J-. > bn Ho ^ ley , Queen ' s Counsel , and cti&innan of * be North Riding of Tippprary , to tbe Sergeantey vacant by the elevation of Mr . Keatinge to the Juriseship of the Pieropative Court . Tbe appointment has given very great offence , and has conciliated no party . Eff £ cis of the Arms' Bill—The following paragraph , which appears in the Wulerfw d Chronicle , sui ? - st , s ! 8 a new method of raising tbs wii . d , and cannst fie too strongly recommended t <* the notice of sucb Rt-pealera as may be low in cash , although strong in " arms . " Tbe bint is decidedly useful : — " A highly respectable citizen , hitherto considered of ultra-CoBBervative principles , has within the last few days Riven in
his adheiion to the causa of repeal , in a manner which claims the tribute of a special notice , having sabecribtd to tbe funds of tbs Repeal Association a ' brass barrelled bluuderhusa a case cf pistols , and a capital fowling-piece , ' which be directs to b 9 sold , and the proceeds to be placed to his credit in the National Exchequer . It may be asked , why did'nt tMs gentleman subscribe cash ? The answer is obvious . Because lie withed by this mode of procedure to mark his abhorrence of the slave-hranding act . His feelings revolted at the idea cf submitting to the ' tyrant ' s stamp , and therefore has he delivered np his 'arms , ' yet untarnished , for the good of his country . At present we are no $ iiutborised to give the name of our higb . spiritetl fellos-fiit z-n , as the particulars will transpire in a day or two . " :
The Mohdeb of Lord Norbury . —The Westimatfi Guardian gives some additional particulars re-Epsc' . ing tbe arrest of Dilan , who stands charged with the muTder of the late Earl of Norbury : — " Pv ; Ler Dolan lived prior to the fiendish act with a family named Maiony on the estate of Durrow , very near the residence of the lato lamented nobleman . It Is a notorious fact that there was not a more distressed parish in the King ' s County than Darrow prior to Lord N « rbury becoming a resident ; his whole study was to promote the comfort and happiness of his tenantry , and it ia a well knowu fact that under his fostering hand they did become conitortable and indspendant , but are since falling back to xheir original poverty . We conld say more relative to the plot and plan of this atrocious murder , but as the prisoner twho , wa have been informed , in a preat degree ecknowieriges his guilt ! must
stand before 3 judge and jury of his country for his life , we do nst wish to go further . " Attempt to Shoot . —Wa . were nearly having another murder in Tipperary tms week . Another human life has narrowly escaped being offered up as a sacrifice at the unhallowed shrine of agrarian conspiracy . A man named John Dudley was fired at on tbe lands of Killea , some short distance fr « m BorrisokanB , and had two pellets lodged in the region ef the hip . It being ten o ' clock at night and dark , the intended murderer escaped without being subject to oeservation , so as to lead to identification hereafter . Dudley was acting as a watch upon the lands of KUlea , ( ram which place & mm named Donohoe had been recently ejacted . He was accompanied at the time by his brother and another man . Dr . Stoney , of Bqrtisokane . is of opinion that Dudley ' s life is not in danger . —Leinster Express .
Attempt to Assassinate . —On Sunday evening last , asJUr . Kennedy , of Ballycumber , was proceeding from his ie&idence to hia farm , in Bsilinanown , accompanied by his daughter , he was fired at by aEsassins who were concealed in a grove at Doon , but fortunately their shot did not take effect It occurred about eight o ' clock in the evening . Two men were arrested on the san ; 6 nnht , on suspicion , in Bal inahotrji , one of whom Wai tnsa at the last Spring Astizcs for filing at the
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^ nlli „ h ° u - An instigation took place the fallowing day before Mr . Money Lowther and Captain I *?! * T : > for want ° * wfficfent evidence the buspeoted parttes vere liberated . * - ^// h ^ Guardian . « rl ! l * . r * ° B 8 undsy ni'shfc lasfc this towa wa « greatly ^ disturbed and the peaceful inhabitants much alarmed by a fl ^ ht between two bodies of the peasantry Ttey were dispersed with aome difficulty by the police . We have heard that the cause of quarrel was Journal eai ° ° Unty ribb ( m d ^ gat 68 . ~ Slii ; o brutal attempt at Assassination . —In the $ Jl k Ba'linamuck , in the north of this county , whieh baa enjoyed peace and quiet for nearly the lost two years , an outrage of a grosser natare than any which heretofore stained ita character has been perpetrated
within the present week , Inasmuch as tbe victim sought was an unoffending woman , whose sex . at least might have protected her from the assassin ' s hand . The particulara , as we have been able to learn them , and fot the correcuiesa of which we can vouch , are as follows r -Oa Tuesday evening last , about nine o ' clock , as Mrs . Scott , wife of Mr . Joseph Scott , of Fardromin , near Balllnatnuck , was in the act of straining up acme milk tearoom in- . one end of her house , some ruffian , who was lying in wait outside , fired in through the window with a muBket , it is supposed , which was heavily loaded with duck ahot , and lodged a park of the shot in Mrs . tscott sleR Bhoulder and breast , and the remainder In the wall jast opposite , and immediately over where a fine chil . 1 of hers , three years old . was In bed . We are
happy to learn that , although the wound iaa very severe one , anil it is not likely to prove fatal , but Mra . Scott is at present confined to hor bed from its effects . On the outrage beliig reported at the police-barrack , which is not half a mile from the house , a mounted man was despatched into this town , and immediately after bis arrival Surgeon Ellis proceeded to ' tbe place , and rendered every asjiiatance which Ms professional skill could suggest Dr . Moatyn , of the 27 th Depot , at present stationed here , and who happened to be in that neighbourhood on Thursday , kindly called to see her alao , when he heard of the circumstances , and both gentlemen have good hopes of her recovery . Joseph Scott , the husband , holds about 16 acres of land . He has been living there for the laat ten years . They ate
a quiet , induBtrlous couple , and their place exhibits a specimen of neatness rarely to be found in that neighbourhood . Mre . Scott is the mother of four children , the youngest about four months old . No trace of the villain who flred tbe shot has yet been found , nor can any reason be assigned for the perpetration of tbe outrage , aa Sooit is an exceedingly qmt / t and inoffensive man , and a good neighbour , save the express determination , which there is not the slightest hesitation in expressing by the Repealers there , that no Protestant will be allowed to remain on Lord Lorton ' s estate at Ballinamuck , a deterumtion which we are sure his Lord » hip will take steps to counteract , and which we hope to see adopted at no very distant day . —Longford Journal . '
Affghans in Tipperary . —The town of Tipperary was in great commotion last Wednesday evening , a report having spread that an Affgbanistau chief and his wife were to arrive , some said Akhbar Kban . Numbers of persona assembled , and about 8 o ' clock a one-horse carriage waa observed approaching , in which was seated the chief and his lady , dressed in full costume , and certainly nothing more beautiful and lively cculd be imagined . In ono minute the town was illuminated , and persons of all clasaes rusk d into the streets . Tbe demeanour of the chief and laJy was most courteous , but as they , unfortunately , eoultl speak no language but
their own , it was impossible to carry on any communication but by signs ; they signified that they bad travelled an immense way , and wore obliged to land on the west coast of Ireland—th « y are on their way to eee tbe Queen ! After satisfying every inquiry that was made , as far m they could , the chief and his lady drove out of town , and if we are informed correctly , found a warm and hospitable welcome at S a . They left tbia morning . on tbeir visit to London , We have not been able to ascertain the chiefs name , but it is not Akhbar Kban ; tbe dress of hitneelf and lady was beautiful , and quite in character . — Limtrick Chronicle .
REPBal Association . —At the weekly meeting of this body , on Monday , no particular business was transacted . The Repeal rent waa announced to be £ 1097 6 s . 8 d . Dublin , Aug . 31 . —Abandonment of the Contemplated Protestant Meeting . —The noblemen snd gentlemen engaged in the conduct of the Belfast Protestant meeting have come to the resolution of foregoing the demonstration fixed for tho 7 th of Sept . stating as their reason , " lest the Protestants of Ulster should be charged by their enemies , however unjustly , as the eau . se of continuing political agitation . "
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with horror , wer « le * s Jnuiueious than eur infant miir'yrs who perished in two months ; and the Sattees of India , whose exixtenee was justly deemed a national reproach , and their extinction a them a of rejoicing , were fewer than our own children who are daily burned alive , nuh .-eded . —( 7 o / -nu > a /( } Gazette .
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TURN-OUT OF SEA-MEN IN LIVERPOOL . A turn-out has taken piacfl among the seamen of this p * rt of a somewhat formidable character aa to the numbers who have already joined in it . and also aa regards the determined manner in which they team bent on accomplishing their purpose . ! Ta « precise nature of their grievances would appear to be this : — ! There are at several seaports , more particularly in this town , a great number of shipping offices , which nre chiefly kept by retired ] c&ptains 8 Dd mates , in the vicinity of the docks . The business of the occupiers of these offices is coo&aed to that part of procuring hands for the several vesseia about to leave the pott . They first of all watch tbose vessels which are taking in
cargoes or ballast , ; tnd are preparing for sea and they obtain from the respective wasters a list of tbe numbers of hands which wilt be required to perform the voyage . There being always au iium < in&e body of unemployed seamen at the port of all aces , these agents find little difficulty in obtaining tbe ] required number , an *! for procuring the situation , for which they had heretofore made a charge of 2 s ., but within the last six months advanced it to 10 s This is the ' p iuse of the present turn-out . Tbe seamen considerthe charge an imposition . They Bay that they have no ebjeitionlto pay the amount formerly exacted , or even an additional trifle , but that they will no longer submit to tht > payment of tbe 10 s . Some of them are , moreover , talking in tbe strain of the antiinonopoliats on the subject , and saying that a number ef agents have no right to drive suoh a trade , and , by acting in concert , to rai » n the cbsrge ad libitum , while
they themselves coutd , by ' going on board the vessels , make their own agreements with the masters , and thus abolish the exaction a together . Th ^ y represent , and . appaientlywith great truth , that wh&u the 10 s . comes to be deducted , as is often the case when expeditious voyages are performed , five or six , or more times in the > ear , ftom their bard earned wagtft , themselves and their families are Rreatly the sufferers ; and that when to this charge is added tbe many other impositions to which sailors , perhaps more tb : in any other class of men , are subjected , it becomes a matter « f serious moment to them to get lid ef one at least of their &ri < jvaiices . The plain , blunt , straight-forward manner in which tbe poor fellows sum up t !< eir case has obtained for tbeni very general sjmpathy ; and , provided they abstain from committing any ucts of outrage , they will most praba ' ly succeed in 'having their cause of complaint removed .
After they baa remained for some time in front of the Custom-house , at which place they in the first instance assembled , and bad attracted crowds o persons to the spot , they proceeded in procession , three and four deep , along the line of docks , making known their object as they passed . A public meeting was held at tho Queen ' s Theatre , on Friday evening , for the purpose of kilting into consideration their grievances and the remedies to be adopted for their removal . Tbe theatre was most densely crowded in every part . Two or three union jacks were suspender ! from ; the boxusand gallery , and a small band was stationed upon the stage , which ever and anon played national airs or sucb tunes as found favour with the sailors . :
An elderly man , named | G orge Shell , occupied the chair . —He said he had great ptoasure in availing himself of the opportunity to state to tbe world his opinions as to how the hard-worfcintf sailors , particularly tbuse belonging to that port , ha'i been robbed . He thou went on ut some length to denounce the conduct of the shipping masters of Liverpool , aad particslnr zjd one who bad acted , as he said , in a shameful manner . He observed , that the sailors nominally got £ 2 per month , but that owing to the exactions of the shipping masters and others , their wases were
reduced to 303 and under . iThese men were generally unfit for their situations , as most of them were not brought up to the sea , and j he mentioned an instance in which one of them had shipped a shoemaker ' s lad , ef Kingston , Dublin , on . board the Liverpool , of Liverpool , as a ship's carpenter . It vai such coudt&ct as this , in his opinion , which had caused the loss of so many vessels , and left so many widows and fatnerl ^ a children . He concluded by calling on the shipowners and insurance offices of tho port to put down tbe system . \
Another sailor , named Benest , of Jersey , aho addressed the meeting . —He complained of tbe low wages which sailors received , but , tow as they were , tbey bad to pay about 17- . to the shipping masters and others before they could get a situation on board ships . These shipping masters , in some instances , got 10 s . from them , then there were 5 s . fer cashing the note , a shining for acbaract-er , and another shilling for extrus . He concluded by r ^ commeiKliDg the propriety of sending a memorial to jthe Mayor and Council , suggesting that the shipping offices be pat down , and that a general office be established at the Customhouse , to which ship maatera might go and choose their men . \ Several other tailors then addressed tho meeting in a similar strain , after which a resolution to the effect suggested by Benest was carried unanimously . The meeting then s > puttied , the proceedings having been conducted in a very orderly manner . Thure could not have been fewer than from 800 to 1000 sailors present \
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Selston . —At this place tho fever has been r » v ' - 'g for a length of time , and through this complaint -9 poor have had to suffer vory much . The o ; lv » r week » man of the iiawe of Jostph Goleman wxs taken ill , confined to hi- bed , aud bis life was airr . > . ib despaired of . Application was made to the «¦ •>¦• •/ - tng officer for eom » t . VnTv < to kp <» p hia frame ai ^ e . The offioer said " Wby . h » J » as a house of his own , and comes here for relief I" The person who spr-ifd said , " Ho cannot cat the house . " Th < i friiow ^ d , " He must sell it . " Th « PTsen ra 3 de answer ; nd said , " Bnt he cannot pell i ' , » t least he d&r > > . ot sell it . " But the man i ; hat would not inhid star ^ : ij ? a maD and family to death , -aid . " Let him sell u 'o me , I will buy iv" Again he *> rked tbfl person I w many children the man had The an ~ wor tyaa , ' ? -. x children . " He then gsve her three shfJHiyrs • . s . d sixpence , —for a man , a woman , and six chilcir ¦ •) to live upon for this week , ar ^ he had been confine ; 0 his bed for nearly two weeks .
Distressing Event . —On Thursday night a ' : stresaing event happen .. d in enc of our herring b' :: ' s . When abouf . retnrnin £ to Ja . 'id , a fisherman , n ^ u- d Richard Robert 9 on , while doing something aboiT Ma mast or sail of the boar , lost his balance , and in f :. 'ling overboard was caught hf > ld of by another of the crew , Alexander Baxter , but he r-as nnabie to " * e him , and in the generous attempt to do so . was z > -o dragged into the sea , and both perished . Ther- ¦ .- ¦ is only another man and boy in the boat , ar . ' ¦ Al attempts to save tbe unfortunate men were wr .-s ' y unavailing . Their poor widows were waitir !^ >> u the pier for the return of the boat , and when t'i j eaw but two men instead of four , they tren > - 3 , and feared the worst—and their fears were raised . " They and their large bereaved families tn ; ; ra the loss of industrious and kind husbands . —A her i : sn
Banner-The Entrance to Dublin . —The entrance ; uto Dublin from Kingstown is vary handsome . Th < r is no bustle and throng of carriages , aa in London , 1 it you pass by numerous rows of neat houses , fro -j . ¦ a d ¦ with gardens , and adorned with ail sorts of £ . sylooking creepers . Pretty market gardeus , with ir . cn beds of plants , and shining glaas-housps , giv : tie suburbs a riante and cheerful look ; and pacing under the arch of the railway , wo are in the fity itself . Hence you come npon several old fashi ' . ; ed , wcll-buiJt , airy , stately streets , and through F z-
willia . m-square , a noble place , tue garden of whio .- is full of flowers and foliage . The leaves are g : ca , aad not black as in similar places in London . Tie rod brifk houses tali and handsome . Presently ihe car stops oefore an extremely big red house , in T at extremely large square , Stephen ' s gm-n , where . " . ( r . O'Connell says there is one day or other to be a I :. r-1 iament . There is room enough for that or for .. , y ottifsr edifies which fancy or patriotism may hV a mind to erect , for part of one of the tide * o : ; he tquare is not yet huilt , and you see theSgI ^ s -id the country beyond . —Titmarsti ' s Irish Sketch B ¦ h .
Statistical Rkturn of the Sittings of thb ^ rssion . —From a return issued on Tuesday by ?'? e " clerk of the journals , to an order of the Hou- of Commons , on a motion by Mr . Drothertou , the t- 'nber of days on which the house sat for the trai . ¦ cfc ; on of business during the past session , from l-b . 2 ad , on which it assembled , to August the 17 ^ -, m which it wasprorogued , is ascertained to be 119 , , acluding three Saturdays , the hours of sitting t-.-iiig 98 b' ^ , and the average time of sitting eight liour » j ; , d
seventeen minutes on each successive night . The number of hours on which the house sas after r >;; jni # ht is calculated at 1051 , oreqial to eighty r . me nights . From the 4 h to tho 17 > u of A * j ; ust , the average hours of bitting are put down at thin < va or fourteen hours a day , and tho average hourv of adjournment at from one and two a . m . An ant < U is of the sittings at tho commencement of the &e -ion Shows that the house frequently adjourned at : he hours of eight and nine o ' clock , and but seldom : at later than twelve .
Execution at Chester . —James Ratclifie , vho was convicted beforo Mr . Baton Kolfe at tby -te Chester assizes of tho wilful murder of hia wife , E ) : zibeth Ratcliffe , at Stockport , underwent the < is . tr / oaie sontouco of toe law in front of the city ^ j- ) 1 at Chester , at twelve o ' clock on Saturday . It v : ll be recollected , that the circumstances uuder w ' riuh the murder was committed , were of an exceeds iy aggravated character . It , appeared from the ev / . v ; : e upon the trial , that the prisoner , who was ab <> :. 58 years of age and a tobacconist by trade , hati t a constantly in the habit of indulging iu the use ; o ? . atoxicatuig liquors-, to such an extent at times , uat his pasgin became wholly ungoveruaWe-j aud J % , t , in the wildness of hia fury , he very often > plac- rf ihe life of his wretched partner in a state of tOfe ; n > 3 t imminent peril . At length , with the view o . ' removing her from within the roach of his brutal . ry ,
ona of the sons , a steady youpg man , named Jan . > -8 , took a hoiiKe for himself , his mother , and th idmainder of the family , at a place called Hmr i *' s buildings , in Stockport , without giv ' . ng a-uy int ' vjj i / , ition lo the prisoner as to the locality of their : :. w abode . Shortly after , however , the prisoner ; cigcovered it , and proceeded to a neighbour ' s L . > u .- < e , where he seated himself , and remained until bit *\ fe entered . When shu came in , ho repvestutod hi .-. If as being very unwell and anxious to have a di jr . He then asked her to fetch him some water , w ..-h she did , and held it to his lips while he dradk . ' u a hule time after , he was observed to s ' raw closer ~ - ! id clos « r to her , and at length he sprang upon her » vuh the fury of a demon , drew a large clasn UnilV levva his sleeve , and iiifl eied such a wound upoii :. er abdomen as caused her death upon tho foiio . » . ; . ¦ # day .
Lamentable Circumstanck . —Last Friday it-.-ninjj , wo youths , apprentices to Mr . Carcer , givrr-r , ot Cowiold , Sussex , started at five o ' clock , with 'ne intent of amusing themselves for a couple of horns , previously to commencing buainpss for the day . Just afti . r they had started , ona of them climbed " ¦¦ p- —a trre , for the purpose of gathering some fruit , ar-d while (•(• aied oa me braachts , was desired bv bis companion to come down . He ropiied that ho ehouid iioi do bo till ho had gathered some more p'r . ms , upon which , his companion put a cau upou tr \© R'opte
ot' the percussion lock , and then pointing tho £ t . it the ptijdr , said he would ehoot him . This waa entirely id joke , it being supposed the gun was cot louded . Tuts reverse , however , turned cut to be tbe ca , se , for on tho boy pulling the trigger , the eotrenta ot the barrel went through his companion ' s h" « d , and he fell frcm the tree a corpse . The decrasjd was only seventeen years of ago , and tho inconsiderate caufce of hia death two j ears younger . This unnappy occurrence has produced a degree of con-Hiernaiiou in the vulago never before remembered there .
Awful Position of a Child in the Presfkce of her Father . —Near Renfrew , au unloaded w . gg « n , containing the driver and his three i « ung children , was standing adjoining some homely but ; respectable thatched bouses . Tbe horse wa- exhibiting symptoms of impatience , by throwing up his head , whisking his tail , aud ever aud auon ciamping heavily on the ground with his near hind foot , a- * the tiny curiy headed car ^ o " wo-wo-woed , " skirk-d aud shouted in elfish mt-mment . Tho father , after chatting to a neighbour or two about the crops , the kirk , and the weather , began to spoil the sport of the children by coolly seizing the eldest and most boisterous , and handing him out to the care oi > . he neighbours . Tha second was being served in 1 'ke mauner , when the third and youngest , a girl be ween two and three years of age , crept towards" the front or tne wagaon , aud when the father turned round" to
taktf kin darling iu his arms , he was horrifi-d afc scting the chiln—through a wideued spar—tali rght under the raised foot ot the impatient horse ! The lather ' s eye dimmed , and his frame and features shrui k in spasmouic sympathy . The hoof descended —6 uc , O , guided by a higher power , it dthemded iigiitiy—feeling something soft and jieldiug . rhe animal moved the iron-shod toe on the infant ' s baeS , as if to ascertain the nature of the unusual substance , i \ movrment oi the infant , or wue hidden apprehpn ioH , filled the horse with alarm , a tremor ye z ^ d h's hmbs , and with oouring haunches and twitching fl inkii , he raisfid the hoof , poised it for haif a stcood , a ; id , in maddening terror seat it afiain thunder ing downward , but not before the timeous ru-ih of a , Hoahearttd neighbour hau providentially snatchta the uninjured in aut from her awful pesition , ami wa 3 bearing her in triumph to Let mother ' ^ arias . — Glasgow Reformer .
Highwa y' Robbery . Tsvo young Englishmen , named vcaccioiiala a . ud Outnd ^ e , weretiiedat Mois , ou the 22 nd , for highway robbery . On the 13 h of January last , at about eight o ' clock iu tbe evening , a wagttoiier was slopped near Saibris by two persons who presented a pistol , and called out " -V ^ 'y , mi / riey . " The waggoner , understanding wi .-r : hrj wanted from the pr scnt&lion of the pietol , ai'i- > u&h ho did not know Er ^! :. h , gave up his pur ^ , o-ataining 50 f . m two-tranc pieces , and then ventured to put forib . an impLiiuj ., hand for the restitution of a pur ( ion of the money . Tae Englishmen , who understood his pantomime as well as he had d&ae 'heir own , gave him back the greater part of the con enta of the purse . Tiwi wi « aOBer » ^ evfx , felt n * gratitude to w ards the generous thieveB , and on hi * - --ival at the first village , gave sucb a description of them , that in less than haif an hour they wre nrrosr ^ d ,
and lodged io prison . It appeared on the cnaJ , that the prisourrs were respectable young men ar home as clerks , and that they had abandoned England , and come to France , in the hepe of ob aining employment , and seeing at - the eame time aJistle of the world ; but as they had with them ou ! y a sum Of 200 fr"nos when they landed , and could procure no employmeat , they were soon in a state of destitution , and had pa » seti the whole of the day preceding tha robbery without food . They Deduced excellent certificates as to their conduct- m Eugland , and acknowledged their crime with £ 0 much repentance , that both the jury and the coun resolved to be lenient . Tne jury found them guilty , without aWW * " * oifcumstauces , aud the judges , being thus enabled to apply a comparatively alight puuisbm ^ t , . ^ f ^ Macdonald , as the older of the two to two . year * imprisonment , and Outndge to fifteen moutns .-GulignanU
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DARING ROBBERY , AND AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER THREE PERSONS . BRISTOL , Sept . 1 . —A strong feeling was excited this morning in tbo northern suburb of this city , inconsequence of information brought to the police , ts the effect that a man named Maddicba , a cowkeeprr and milkman , had been murdered , and bis wife aad her Bister dangerously wounded , by a labouring man named John Clarke , to whom , from charitable motives , they had afforded the shelter and hospitalities of their cottage , which is situated at about a mile from tbe first turnpike on the Gloucester road . Maddicka ia lying in a state of insensibility and in the most imminent danger .
The particulars , as I have ancertftiited them on the spot , are these : —Maddicks , who ia a young man , about 21 years of age , is a cowkeeper , and occupies a cottage in a field about halt » mfJe frofn the b ' qh road leading from Bristol to Gloucester . He is a married man , and has two children living , the eldest being threo years old , and tbe youngest child at the breast . Clarke , by whom the murders were attempted , is also a young man , and , until , recently , lived in the ( service of a grczitr named Pope , under whom Maddicks rents hia cottage . About two months since Clarke was thrown out of a situation , and bavins ; no relativts in Bristol , be applied for pecuniary assistance to MaddJoks , who , commiserating his situation , kindly told him that he n'iglit reside with him uml hia family , and take a place at their table , until be fchould be able to provide
Limbt ) f with some baiter situation . Clarke accordingly Went to reside there , and was fed aud boubed by Maiidicks and his wife . Oa Wednesday Mrs . Maddicka happened to say , while at dinner , that she had been promised payment of a mitk score by a gentleman residing in Collegegreen , and that the morrow had been fixed for the purpose . Clarke did nut appear to take any particular notice of this at the time , but afterwards he asked some questions about it . On Thurday night , after partaking or their snpper bs usual , the family retired to rest . Maddicka and his wife and two children occupied one bed ; a Httle girl who was employed , to assist in nursing their infant , slept on the chairs by their bedside ; and the sister of Mrs . Maddicks , who had nursed her in her eonfloeuient , in a bed adjoining . Clarke was in an adjoining room .
At daylight thia moraine tbe wife was awakened by feeling something Btriko her violently on the head . She looked and sair Clarke with a pokur in his hand . He struck her twice mure on the bead and once on the arm . i The sister then woke and called out ; upon which tbe villain rushed upon hex and struck her violently on tbe head , inflicting a terrible cash . So murd « rou 8 ly intended was the blow , that the poker broke ia two , and one part of it flaw with violence aga \ ttat a wall of the apartment , and then fell upon tn » bed . Mrs . Maddlcks , on looking at her husband , found him covered with blood and cuuiplt . tt ) y insensible . 8 ho tt \ 6 Q jumped out of bed , and se z . d bold of Clarke , whom she ca / led by name . H « then broke from her , and made his escape over a wall at the back of tbs premises , and got clean off . In his haste he dropped one of his shoes , and he baa left bis hat behind him .
Upon an examination of the room afterwards , it was found that he had carried off some silver money which bad been placed npon a shelf near the bead of tbe t > edstend . He had also rummaged a box in which money was sometimes ktpt , but aa Mrs . Maddicka had been prevented from receiving the account referred to the previous day in her conversation with tho accused , he was disappointed . On inform ation being given to the police , tbey proceeded to the cottcjgt : . and finding Maddicks aud his wife severely injured , tbey removed thorn to the infirmary . Ma'idicks has four external wounds on tuts bead , the most dangerous of which is over tbe temple . This day ene of the magistrates , J N . Senders . Esq ., went to tbe bedside of the woman , and tonk her deposition oa oath , when she deposed , us far as her knowledge weut , to the facts , as before stated . The man , being completely insecdible , ia , of course , unabie to give any account of thb transaction .
The police are engaged in active pursuit of Clarke , but as yet they have been uuable to and any trace of him . The Cabltow Club and the MARQUts—Can it be true that the Al * qns of L- y was actually blackballed at the Canton Ciub on the 22 id alt ? Such is . however , tho report . It ae ^ nm he vmhdrow from the club some time ago , in consequence ° f some Ministerial disappointment , and we Ix-Iibvo favoured it with ; i manifestation of ixia displeasure ; and , if nut intimating that he meant to turn Radical , at least that he nould have no further connexion with the Canton Club ; &- > . d now , in return , it seems-they decline all further connexion with his Lordship . Durham Chronicle .
Thb British Iron Company was established m 1 S 25 , when the price <> f bur iron was , j £ 14 or £ 15 per ton ; the nominal capital was two millions , upon which calls to the extent of 75 per cent , have already been made , and tbo company is besides involved in a debt of £ 450 000 . The price of iron seems to have averaged in a course of years £ 7 per ton , bat owing to tbe general depression of all . trades , and of tbe iron trade in particular , it was , two months since , unsaleable at £ 4 ; per ton ; and , to ccmplttoithe misfortunes of the company , their pecuniary engagomentn came to n crisis just &t the time when the sacrifice of their property , for the purposa of meeting those engagements , would cave been most riittAstTona .
THB facts which Dr . Bzrham has collected and arranged establish the drecrlful truth , that nearly three thousand children have bfcn burned to deatb , in a Single year ; an average of more than eight every day . Tbe victims Li all the reign oi Queen Mury , wl . uaa torturing death , ncarh 300 years ago , ia still nsfeui-ed
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Fortunate Discovery —A . few tfays ago , one of those exu-aorainary occurrences which may most justJy be termed " providential , "' happened to a young man , named Bennett , a journeyman tailor , lodging in tho nf . it ; hbourhpod of Clare-market . Ic appears that , a few weeks since , the poor-fe ' low came up to London from Leicester , with only a few shillings in bis picket , in search of something like permanent employment , but soon found that n was not to be obtained . All he could do was to pick uo two or three shillings a week by oocanion&l jabs , thus gaining barely enough to pay tho
rent ot his huable lodging . Of course , what Hale property be had about him , in the ehape of decent apparel , soon became sacrificed , and at Ia 9 tho found himself not only without at breakfast , but utterly at a loss to know how to obtjain one . Ev ^ n the box that had held his clothes had been sold for a dajV subsistence . Nothing waa left except a few old numbers of Denny periodicals , in whioh he had occasionally invested a trifle , for tbe sake of amusing himself . There was ja ) so lyiny among them » n old dirty-looking volume of " Banyan ' s Pilgrim ' s Progress , " that h& had picked up ior a few pence at a book-stall . This , and the periodicals together , might make three or four pounds of
w ; u > t" paper , enough to procure a breakfast , and , accordingly , the hungry youth , to make his goods the more marketable at iho butter-shop , procf ¦ ded to divest the " Pilgrim ' s jProgross" of its antiquitod bindings , which appeartd to have been iaid ou somewhat clumsily by different owners . In his impatience at the difiLuity whioh thus presented i'selt , he suddenly tore off violently one of the side covers of the volume , from whence , as from a pocket-book , he beheld peeping out a very carefully folded piece of silver paper , which , on havirg the curiosity to open , he found it to be a £ 10 tiink of England note . It need hardly be added , that after this discovery the " Pilgrim ' s Progress" never reach' -d the butter-shop . \
The accoaSED Truck . Ststem . —Accounts from Waits havo dwelt a jjuod dpal , among other praoti cal evils that have been at work there , on ono in particular—the truck system—the system , viz ., which obliges workmen to receive their wages partiy in the shape of goods , food , clothing , & . C ., instead of in money , A master manufacturer who sees himself at the hi ad of a large number of hands , has them at his one mill or set of mills , arranged and divided , distributed through what departments , put at wiia : post he likes—ali under his eye , uud « r his thumb—a manufacturer who has the controul of such a millsystem as this , is naturally disposed to carry on the systematizing process a little further than the mill . He wains to iced and clothe his workmen as well
upon some general plan . He pursues them into < heir houses , carries the mitl into their larder and kitchen , aud makes them cat and drink from mill supply . He establishes his great mill-shop of ail ar idestca , coff « , sugar , cheese , butter , linen , calico , clo ; h , hosiery , & '• , and makes them his compulsory customers . A master may think ; it a good thing for bis workmen to have tluin more under his snpRrintendcivce , and may wish also to supply them by this method with better aud cheaper articles than they would get at the common j retail shops . But tbe gross frauds aiid abuses to which the system is liable are obvious , and have been ] proved by fact . They went on to such an extent , ! oefore Mr . Littleton's Aot , that in som « cases the profits of tae truck shop
exceeded the profits o the business of which it was th <» appendage . The workman received his nominal wages of 3 lts ot 20 s a-week , ' which , given in truck tickets , were in reality , only 20 s or 12 s in consequence of trie high-priced orjinferior articles which ttioso tickets procured him . j And if we add to this tangible robbery of the workman the needless and galling tether of the mill which accompanies it , the perpe . nal prying , busybody surveillance o ( the mill authorities over him , we have ; a largo , grievous , and oppressive system before us , which is , or should be , intolerable in a free country like ours . Pai-liam-nt put a legal end to the truck system ; since which time it has gone on necessarily ia a more mild and relaxed and subdued form than it did before . Sti . 'l
it has gone on under the rose ; the law has been defeated in consequence of the perpetual tendency to got into debt on the part of the operative class , whicti has put them virtually at the meroy of those masters of whom tbey have borrowed , and obliged them to buy at the shop to which the master Bends them . The debts of the operative ha . 76 brought him again virtually under the restraint from which the law has released him . On a twofold land important grophd then—because it leads to fraud and tyranny on the part of the masters , and to laxity and improvkenee on thepartof themea—we strongly object to tVeiruck syptt'm ; and as the means which have been hitherto applied evidently do not scffiiientJy check it , beg to recommend the subject tor { that lurthcr attention wbith it s ' . euid to demand . —London paper .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 9, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct667/page/7/
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