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-^N- DUNCO3LBE TESTIMONIAL, Fibst Mekhsg or the Isish rx Losdos rs Aid ot the Tssxzuoxui. to " Fesbust's Pkide."—A numerous and highly respectable meeting was held in tie Temperance 1-iall ^ Clement's-lane, Lincoln's-inn. on Sunday evening, Dec. 15. The meeting was con-Tened in accordance with a vote unanimously passed si thellepeal TYardenmote, viz.—*' That subscriptions be raised in each Repeal "Ward in support of the testimonial to that great and good patriot, Thomas Singaby Ihmcombe." Mr. A. O'JSeil, R.W.V., was unanimously called to the chair. lie said; that his countrymen had taken Tip this subject "with n free heart and good -will. (Cheers.) He regretted that the subjeet had not been taken up at an earlier period, but matters connected with their own (Repeal) move-
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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1344.
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REPEAL . ASSOCIATION . — Debus , Dsc . 16 . The weekly meeting of the ^ Repeal Association was held at the ConcLBation-iiall to-day . Hr . Mebofca Marter , of TTalsaestOTO , was called to the chair . " ¦ The Ssckhjlbt read a ooinninnicatlon from Mr . Steele , the bead pacificator , who liad gone to Xeitrim and Cavan for the purpose of putting down the irstem offiibbonism , lately established in those coun-^ eg Tinder tlie name " i&oBy Mapnires . " It \ rasac oompanied by an address from Mr . Steele , which he had promulgated among the inhabitants of the < lisaffeeted districts . J& . O'CoxKHi moved the most marked thanks of the association to his esteemed friend and eompuuon in crray struggle for the liberties of Ireland , Tom Steele , and also the insertion of Ms letter on the minutes .
Mr . 0 * G 05 hkll again rose , and after abusing the Zxamintr newspaper ; for ^ the alleged " ignorance and insolence" of its editors , proceeded to comment on tlio financial injustice done 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 they should commence 1845 as if they were then only really beginning to agitate for repeal , and as if all iherhad hitherto done were as nothing ; 1843 "was the repeal year for monster meetings , 1844 for patience and " for legal triumph , but 1845 should ke 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 tp ^ more than Is . a year , or one--farfHimr a-wcek , -with ibiir creeks for nothing ; but if every "man jubscribed that sum they would have £ 5 d , 000 J " andhewould expect even £ 100 , 000 at the end
of the year . Lord Cloncurry stated eight Tears ago , and it had neTer since been contradicted , that in 1830 the Duke of Wellington and his minsitry had agreedxopropose a modiheation of the union ; and -what he did then he could be compelled to do again ; and when they had £ 50 , 000 in one year , where was the man who would tell them that they were not in earnest , or that repeal . could be any longer delayed / Mr .. O'GonneH concluded _ by mo-ring that the Repealers xhroughont Ireland be called upon to demonstrate theirpersererancein the repeal cause by sending in weekly contributions on and after the 1 st of January , 1845 . The motion was --carr ied unanimously . After the disposal of some routine business , Mr . O ' Coxxni announced the rent for the week to be , £ 17912 s . 2 d . Mr . Edward Clements , barrister , ¦ was then called to the chair , and the meeting ad-Vrarned .
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Repd-il ix Iokdox . —Thtksdat , Dec . 19 , 1344 . —Th ? moTement is in itatv quo here—meetings are held , monev Kabscribed , and transmitted to Dublin as usual . It is intended -to b ^ jin the new year "with a reorganization of sjitcm , as "well as -nriih more vigour of purpose . Sxat * s Ixx TVaid , Albert , Gray ' s Inn Lane , —On ^ un-< 1 * t eveninglasi the chair was occupied by Mr . O'Henest-y . who addressed the meeting with much effect . Mr . Collins followed , and several new Repealers were enrolled . FASS 1 XGI > O 5 "R " jLRI > , UxiOX Ai 2 iS , EoIBOU ! TTtt . t At the last meeting of this ward , 3 ir . Daniel Cocorcan , the chairman , delivered an able speech on the wrongs of Ireland . Several other speeches were delivered , and several persons were enrolled as associates .
Loss Psesch ' s "ffiiD . Fountain and btill , Goldenlane , Barbican . —On Sunday evening last a numerous and respectable meeting was held in the long room ; Mr . Burke in the chair . Dr . Loonev addressed the meeting at great length , appealing to them to be ready with their subscriptions for 1 S 45 . * Mtttt \ i : « were held on Sunday last at the following -wards : —V » rn IXeptford , Kensiagton , Moarflelds , Lambeth , Aldergate ; Smith O'Brien , Harp , D rury-lane ; Grattan , Drurj-lahe ; Pilot , Nation , Bloomsbury , Si . -John ' s TVood , Shoreditch , Dr . Gray ' s , Shannon , ic BXIGHTOS COHCLLl-lTlOX TTi £ t . V ? AXD . At A late
mfie&cg- at the Thistle , ia iliddle-streer , Mr . Borrmer in the chair , excellent speeches were delivered bv - Mr . Johnson- ilr . Boiler , iir . Tresl , and Mr . 0 'K . eefe . iLr . P . GampbelL 3 L "W . and T _ , then stated that it was intended to establish a Repeal Reading-room , and he should begin bv giving them suitable apartments for that purpose rent free . This announcement was hailed with enthusiasm Twelve persons enrolled themselves as associates .
-^N- Dunco3lbe Testimonial, Fibst Mekhsg Or The Isish Rx Losdos Rs Aid Ot The Tssxzuoxui. To " Fesbust's Pkide."—A Numerous And Highly Respectable Meeting Was Held In Tie Temperance 1-Iall ^ Clement's-Lane, Lincoln's-Inn. On Sunday Evening, Dec. 15. The Meeting Was Con-Tened In Accordance With A Vote Unanimously Passed Si Thellepeal Tyardenmote, Viz.—*' That Subscriptions Be Raised In Each Repeal "Ward In Support Of The Testimonial To That Great And Good Patriot, Thomas Singaby Ihmcombe." Mr. A. O'Jseil, R.W.V., Was Unanimously Called To The Chair. Lie Said; That His Countrymen Had Taken Tip This Subject "With N Free Heart And Good -Will. (Cheers.) He Regretted That The Subjeet Had Not Been Taken Up At An Earlier Period, But Matters Connected With Their Own (Repeal) Move-
- ^ N- DUNCO 3 LBE TESTIMONIAL , Fibst Mekhsg or the Isish rx Losdos rs Aid ot the Tssxzuoxui . to " Fesbust ' s Pkide . "—A numerous and highly respectable meeting was held in tie Temperance 1-iall ^ Clement's-lane , Lincoln's-inn . on Sunday evening , Dec . 15 . The meeting was con-Tened in accordance with a vote unanimously passed si thellepeal TYardenmote , viz . —* ' That subscriptions be raised in each Repeal "Ward in support of the testimonial to that great and good patriot , Thomas Singaby Ihmcombe . " Mr . A . O'JSeil , R . W . V ., was unanimously called to the chair . lie said ; that his countrymen had taken Tip this subject " with n free heart and good -will . ( Cheers . ) He regretted that the subjeet had not been taken up at an earlier period , but matters connected with their own ( Repeal ) move-
ment had occupied their time ; and , come what ¦ would , they were determined not to . desert their own canse , but stick to _ it until Repeal was -successful . { Loud and continued cheers . ) Phey had however now commenced , and were determined to do their best to raise a testimonial to that good man , ilr . Duncombe . ( Cheers . ) lie [ bir . Duncombe ) had always proved In-msfif 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 civen to the " liberator ^ ' in Covent Garden Theatre , while the State Trials were pending , Sir . Duncombe honoured them by presiding . ( Cheers ) 3 Ir . Duneombe , too , had successfully exerted himseli to raise the large meeiins in Covent Garden Market
to address her Majesty for the release of 0 ' £ onneU and his fellow-martyrs from the Richmond Penitentiary . ( Loud cheers ) . Although Mr . Dunconjbe was not yet a Repealer , he had seen him divide the House three times in one night in favour of the rights of Irishmen , and he had no doubt but that Ms ( Mr . Duneonibe ' s ) honest principles would induce him to follow the excellent example of Mr . Smith O'Brien , -and , finding that there was no chance of iustice beina ione for Ireland , throwing himself , heart and soul , into the ranks , become an uncompromising Repenler . ( Cheer- } . . Nothing- would afford him greater pleasure than to see a large united party in tnelai .-d led by } lr . Duneonibe . ( Great cheering ) . lie was fully aware the enemies of England were the enemies
of Ireland —( hear , hear ); and ho was quite certain he spoke the sentiments of his counti-vmen when he saidtieyvrere always ready to aid and assist the y-no-liah fn obtaining thprr just rights . ^ r . Duncombe ' s great services in exposing and putting a stop to the nefarious proceedings of the miscreant letter open-r should never be forgotten . ( Loud cheers . i Messrs . Cufiay , Thorn , and Stallwood , as s deputation from the Central Committee , brieflv addressed the meeting in favour of the object , ana were most ¦ cor dially greeted . Mr . Thomas O'Connor also ably and eloquently aduressed the meeting ; after which a collection was made , a vote of thanks given to the chairman , and the meeting separated . The sums coEected will be announced when all the wards have made their returns to the Warden-Mote .
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« I 50 T 3 JLB STacOT . — 'Worcester , Wednesday Evening —The particulars of a singular case of suicide tare iurt transpired before a coroners jury summoned to inquire into the cause of the death of Mr . J Hanburr , gbTer , of this city , second son of Mr . T HjmbuTy / one of the sergeants ^ niaee of the Worcester corporatian . who , in the course of M * n-« 3 ay aught , or eariv yesterday morning , hanged him-
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self in a most singular manner , and was found dead by his mother . The unhappy suicide tad effected his purpose in the following manner : —He had procured a piece of small rope ( a portion of a clothesline ) , oneendofwhichhehad secured to the brass handle of a door communicating with the parlour and kitchen , and the other end being thrown over the top of the door he had tied round his neck . lie must then have made two running loops in his
ailk-neckerchief , in whieh he tied lus wrists , and two flatirons ( used for ironing linen ) were secured to the same neekerchief , thus adding additional weight to his bodv . Bv those means he succeeded , in strangling himself , and when found was quite dead and cold . No cause was assigned for the act beyond the fact of the deceased being of a melancholy temperament . The jury , after some consideration , found that the deceased destroyed himself while labouring under temporary insanity .
Thi New Bridge o ? Athloxk . —Appalljxg Mcrdkb . On Monday last the body of an unfortunate woman was found in the river at Seren Churches , a distance of seven miles from town , with he throat cut from side to side . —Gahvav Paper .
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THE SURPLUS Thirx is not 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 peculiar snrplns , which is respectively urged by them as the cause of each peculiar grievance . If want of employment is complained of , we are met with surplus machinery . "Want of prices is met by surplus produce ; popular discontent by surplus population . There is a surplus of
labour in the mariseUand a surplus of money in the market : a surplus of labour that cannot be diminished to » W safety point : and a surplus of capital that seeks employment with the least possible reference to labour . AVe have a surplus of paupers , and the Prime Minister has a surplus of money—the only surplus to which tangible value is attached : while we fear that U ) e Iiight Hon . Gentleman will discover , that uf all surpluses , his will be the most difficult to deal with .
Having procured a surjdus " per fas et nefat ; " byhook and by crook ; by Chinese-ransom , income-tax , pro perry-tax , and duties on increased im ]> ortations to supply deficiency caused by comnn-rcial apprehension pending the discussion of the Right Honourable Baxontt ' s Tariff ; we sav . having procured a surplus , Sib Hobebt Fr . il . will find it aitBcnll to ]> ersuaur his backers that there can W a surplus of parsons ; a surplus of sailors , of soldiers , oi placemen , of pensioners , excisemen , custom-house officers ) 5 = pies , lackevs , government dependents , hangers on , and
wealthy idlers 01 every description . So , no ; howirver some might imagine that the Reform Bill really meant retrenchment , yet those who have again sprung into existence as representatives of the old system , will not believe in the necessity of retrenchment while the Prime Minister has a large surplus revenue ; on the contrarVj such a god-send , howeTer 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 want * and demands of idlers : in fact , a * a patronage fund .
TVc are drawing the jicture of a system , and not of a man : but we are showing that still the system lives , and that it wQl make the man subservient to its vices . On all questions of chances , speculation , contingencies , and every thing that is problematical , the supporters of Sir Robikt Peej . ^ ield implicit obedience to tlie -niil of their Ie 3 iler . He is an embodiment of their fears , their doubts , and their apprehensions , rather than the representative of their affection or their confidence : and therefore , in the balancing of the great antagonist interests ; in deferring their daj of judgment ; in screening them , pro tern , from the active assaults of the Corn Lan League , and in saving them
from the roaring thunder of grim Poverty and the flashing blaze of the agricultural torch , they are pliant , yielding , suhservient , and obsequious : but the moment the dread of the future is calmed by present prospect , and especially such a prospect as a divisible surjiut , then do the bumpkins in their pot-valiancy lose sight of the financial arithmetic , official calculations , and ministerial schemes , by which the bird in the hand has been canght . ltistt « rf : that is , their " memorvx techtiiea f and they will have it " in meal or in malt t individually in meal , or coUectirelj in malu Each powerful family will look for their share of m » l or colleciivelv the class will have it in malt .
Hence the cautious Minister will find no little difficulty in muching" his surplus . If , as we believe , Sir Robert Peel is too wise to apply it in the fhape 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 , Trill be founJ the great difficulty with which the distributor will Lave to contend . The rej > eal of the Income-tax will be pressed by industrious capitalists ; the repeal of the Property-tax by the landlords ; the
repeal of the Halt-tax by the farmers " that whistle at the plough ; " the repeal of the Corn Laws by the free-traders ; the repeal of the duties upon cotton by the manufacturers of that article : the repeal of the duty upon paper by the powerful parties that represent that interest : in short each according to his calling , us 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 the ensuing session diverge into as many points as there are speculators , instead of as heretofore confining it * assault to the one general question of the Corn Laws .
There is another question of repeal , and that the most interesting to the working classes . We mean the repeal of the rate-paying clauses of the 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 Eight Honourable Baronet shall assume ivith respect to the mode of dealing with that surplus , out of which must spring woful disappointment . If the sop-in-the-pan was sufficiently large to satisfy the craving hunger of the Right Honourable Gentleman ' s own friends , he might purchase peace for another session ;
but l < tM £ too small to talirfy aUL , 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 thus , with the assistance of the working classes , tnsurt success for the demand of the Right Honourable the member for Finsbury—the repeal of the rate-paying clauses . It is only out of party disappointment that any , the slightest , boon is ever conferred on tl . e industrious poor ; and to that source rather than !>¦ the justice of any . do we anticipate a few partial triumph * for their order during the approaching session . Tiiev have gained one important step in the right road ,
by rejecting all the fascinating schemes proposed for their amelioration l > y the several sympathisers and charirv-moi ^ srers , who , during the recess , have bid so lil > -raiiT , f-jr their affection and support . They have turned a -leaf ear tu the . Ratiosal "Washing system . Th-v hi < t 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 happv to seek repose as a means of recruiting strength for axiother dajr of slavery . They
fei-3 that they must be fed and clothed , and less slaved , before they can take advantage of the promised boon . Tht-. ha , f-rejected the tender mercies and fresh iuviuitiuns of their friends , the League . They have pondered over tL * - candid and disinterested advice tendered to them by the Messrs . Chambers , Mr . Wabd , and the noble Earl FiTzwij-LiAM . 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 ii bribe to po \ erty to be sDent under suffering , in the hope that in the calm a regenerator may arise .
Anxious to assist SItRobebt Peel out of Ins present dilemma , with a surplus that is too much for one and too little for all , vre will tell him wfcat a \ erv sagacious gentleman , who Ined 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 of their host , there lived a man with small pretensions 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 by the offertory " system : and Mr . foofts—for such was
the gentleman ' s name—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 thue- ^ - " Do all those men expect something ? " "Yes , your honour , " was the reply . " 0 , then , fay G— , " rejoined Mr . Crofts , " 1 have only hpif a guinea : its too much for one and too little for all ; so 111 toss you up for it . " " What , then , we would recommend Sir Robzbt Pell to do is , to toss with the several surplus hunters to see ir 7 ri «?> should have all .
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CONDITION OF THE LABOURING POOR , AGRICULTURAL AND MANUFACTURING . Thekx has , for some time , 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 dependanton 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 towns 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-worn , toil-worn , factory child ; ther have ex . hibited the picture of an English mother , forced to leave her baby-offspring in the care of a drug-applying ttranger ) while she—the mother and the wife—went to the mill to earn " the scanty living" for the man , her husband arid
the father of her babes , —and while he who ought to have besn 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 that condition that they wished to bring tho whole of the population ; if the then actual ttate of the operatives of Manchester , of Leeds , of Bradford , of Stockj > ort , of Bolton , and of the other " hiveB" of manufacturing industry , was what they destined for aH ; if such was the Elysium that they songbt for flip workers of nil sorts . And the answer of the MUlocrate to the landlords has
been : Look at home I See the condition of your own serfs Look at your " independent labourer ; " your animal iii the shape of man , vegetating on 7 s . a week , when he can get work ; starving or stealing vrhen ho cannot . Look at his home . ' Contrast his miserable hovel with the worst we provide . See him kennelling in a place pervious to vtiud 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 ; aye , see him brooding over his misery ' forming plans either for the burning of his neighbour ' s
stack , or for taking and eating " toi : b" hares that i-un wild at his feet . See him attempt the hitter , as one passes across the road on the side of which his miserable abode has been thrown together ; and sec 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 things , ye proud and lordly landlords of England , and say whether the destiny of the labouring class ought to longer continue in your hands . Have j / oti proved yourselves the " Friends and Fathers of the poor ? " Have you been tho defenders of their rights ; the upholderj of their
privileges ; the rkoTECToas of them from wrong f Have you seen to their being well-fed , well-housed , well-clad , and well-educated ! Have you done these things 7 . to entitle you to lecture US on the condition of those who hare fled from your oetitcs to 6 eeli shelter in our towns , and find employment for their hands to do , denied to them at home . ' oi blame us for evils incident to the locality where they may dwell and not necessarOy consequent on Mill-labour There are crowded streets , —miserable dwellings , —undraiued localities : and sometime * thej are visited by fe \ er , more or less malignant : but then , to alleviate this evil , —not of our making , —we have provided public Dispensaries , Infirmaries , and nouses of Recovery , which vou hate not .
There is ' little chance of the epidemic hi the way-side " cottage" reaching the palace in the park ; and so the sVicken are left to die off , unnoticed , unknown , unvisitedi 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 . " Leave us and them to Bettle what little difference we may have , between ourselves . Look you at home . ' Better the condition of your own " serfs , " and don ' t seekto make the privations and inflictions of tho manufacturing operatives an excuse 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 people .
Such have been the criminations and re-criminations bandied between those who have tho two great divisions of Labour in their clutches ; those , to whom a ju » t and equitable system of laws and government leave the producers t > f wealth an open prey . BOTH ARE IN THE RIGHT ; though , like Pkach ' em and Lockit In the play , " both are in the wrong" ( for themselves ) to tell 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 necessary for the general weal to greatly abridge , the one and curb the other . i
We have been led into this train of thought from reading in the Brighton Herald a " cry from the ranks" Agricultural labour , which it will be for all parties interested to give ear to . It is seldom that the voice of complaint in that quarter is given utterance to , in voordt , by the sufferers themselves . Isolated in position ; denied the benefit of constant intercourse ; enjovlng 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 , and obey " the squire , the shovel-hat , and the farmer—and be contented in the station it hath pleased ( somebody ) to place him
the 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—are dwelt on ; and there the cause is sought for and the remedy canvassed . Consequently , every aggression of ranrpant 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 tchy they are wTetehed and poor , will endure not
one moment longer than the combined powers of force and fraud can make them . Not so with the labouror on the soil . He is plotted against ; he is defrauded ; he is sunken to the deepest abyss of want and wou : but he knows not the cause ; he sees not the hand that strikes . He discerns only that he lms been hardly dealt with . He feels 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 , wu 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 lumself and his class . He sends up the bitter wail of the smitten-down . He appeals to the h eart of society : may his appeal not only be heard , but speedily attended to ! May his complaints sink deep into the breasts of the powerful and the unheeding-strong : and may they do their share in causing justice to bo 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 : —
31 v FELiiOw-LABODBEBS , —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 thur classes . Let us respectfully ask the three gentlemen whom we : maintain in luxury out of our labour—viz . the landlord , clergyman , and 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 . ' TVe must first cultivate every acre of waste land , including the various parks throughout England , ere we can say this . Human pride will try to forbid our cultivating the numerous parks ; but , in the eyeB of Him who sent us here to till the land , what has human pride to do with his . laws and the natural rights of man t 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 pan .
are is sufficient to keep a man ' s strength up who has to labour in the fields . I wish those that think thus would accompany me on a cold winter ' morn , with the bitter biting north wind blowing in 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 daj
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after day . He would then , like me , and thousands more , in tho 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 , " have ; a table spread in the wilderness ; you eat and drink from it without anxiety ox 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 & family at this time is extreme , more especially if the two first-born aro females . Boys get to work much sooner than girls .
Surely it is very laudable snd 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 the gentry to send us religious tract * -r-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 thre * gentlemen whom wo 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 will yearly get worse , unless we are allowed to till all the waste land in 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 faot » — In consequence of the rapid increase of the population , we have not of lute years grown corn enough for our consumption ; wu are , therefore , obliged to buy many thousand quarters of foreign corn to supply and make up the deficiency . How kind is God to send us a supply from other countries ! And how wickedly depraved are those who try every means in their power to starve us by refusing t <> take the gift a kind God sends us !
This careless , nard-hcurtwi behaviour to tin- labouring people lias created in us a disgust and hatred towards the aristocracy ; and I am sorry to hear that this bad feeling is often displayed by the burning of corn . This is wickud , and indeed very stupid . The gentry do not pay us just wage 9 tu enable us to bring up our families ; and iu order to be revenged on them we do a very wicked , stupid , and malicious act , which injures those people who do uot injure us , viz ., the people who keep tho fireoffices : for every stack and rick is insured . Let us petition Parliament to take up our cause .
I made , some little time since , a calculation . I took the amount of meat consumed by ten of the families of the aristocracy , and I found each of the members , including servants and all , amounted for each member per day to one pound and a half , which is ten pounds and a half to each individual weekly . I also took the amount of meat consumed by ten families of poor people , and it amounted to only hulf-an-ounce per day , or nearly half-a-pound per week ! . So that we see that the idle eat or waste three times as much per day as the poor do iu one week . Did they- but know the faintucss and langour that so often comes over the hard-working labouring man who eats only bread , the gentry 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 the Agricultural Exprett : — " If we look into the beershops on a Saturday night ; we shall see the cause of the distress among the agricultural labourers . " A more grorts falsehood against a suffering class of the community was never uttered . Perhaps the man that wrote that insinuation against us has read Burns ' s description of a cotter ' s Saturday night 1 If ho has let him compare it with my wife ' s description of the English cotters ' Saturday night : — " Well , James , I have just been to market . I wish you would go yourself , for I really do not know how to lay tho money out . I have paid 7 s . for flour , Is . for coals , 3 d . soap , 3 d . candles , 3 d . yeast , ud . for butter , 6 d . for meat , 2 d . for tea . 1 did mean to save 2 d . for you to buy
one pint of boer , because you have been go poorly for the last three days , but I could not Bparc it ; for you know our . Uttlo babu cannot eat his sop without a little sugar ; if he has dry bread to eat for two or tlu-ee days he is readyto 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 loavc will make < dinner for us to-inorrow , I wanted to buy some flannel for Mary , and some calico for myself . George wants his shoes mended , and Richard wants sonic trousers ; he and all of us are very thin clad for winter . I was in hopes this week that 1 should be able , to buy a basin or two , for we have oidy one for us all . 0 , dear me ! I have spent all thu , money and have forgot to buy some oil for the shoes and boot-lucos . 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 tho shopkeeper had not kindly
given ua credit for a little grocery , and the miller f » r a grist . These people oxpect 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 evor 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 wheu in winter you come home wet through , no good shoes to keep your feot dry , day after day , in consequence of which you have got the rheumatism in your feet . 11 ow do I wish at these times I had got something to nourish you in lieu of a bit of bread and a little toast and water , a poor reward for a man who has stood the pelting of the pitiless storm all day long . God grant that in the nert world wo may not be governed by human beings , but by the law of God , which wicked human beings wilfully miscoustruo . There we . shall no more huar the voice of our oppressors . "
My follow-labourers . is not this a true picture of the English labourer ' s Saturday night to eight out of ten ? Kay , I have pat down nearly word for word tho speech that my anxious wife has so often made to me . Let us send petitions to our good Queen , staling the truth of our wrotehod condition . Do not make known our griefs by incendiary fires , or sit down brooding and planning schemes of revenge , as did a man at Rye last year , who invented a now crime , which , had it not been nipped in tho bud , would have made Englaud out' vast waltchhouse .
My fellow-labourers , my experience of human life convinces me that tho majority of mankind—notwithstanding their very strict observance of the forms , rites , and cereniouies of religion—notwithstanding the gloomy countenauccs they put on , and which they most sillily think looks religious' !—notwithstanding tho repeated admonitions of the . still small voice—are but half civilised , and bear too close- a resemblance to the finny tribe , which inhabit the deep 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 au appeal ; let us try to interest them by our respectful and patient behaviour to intercede for us , and uot let us sink down into a much worse than Egyptian bondage .
I hare said that bread alone will not keep a man ' s strength up ; nor will it . But , alas ! how many thousands of , us are there that do not get enough of that necessaryfood ! How many times have 1 myself been obliged to make up a dinner on raw ; turnips , because I have not had bread enough for myself and two boys ; and how often have I told my poor boys that my master ga \ e me leave to take 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 ddor i The answer is as plain as the way to the parish church—it is our low living that breeds this miasma . I
could say much on the harshuoss 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 my time . " I must now conclude by tolling you all , that our condition will yearly get worse if you do not come forward and state your grievancos . Therefore , if you love your waives , if you love tho children whom God has committed to your care , for purposes bust known to Himself , come forward with respectful petitions , and pray for adequate and fair wages . I remain , jour well-wishing friend , ### ¦ # . -
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Mb . Roberts . —We hare already published Mr . Roberta ' s three several addresses ; and 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 the nervous anxiety of the many who have applied to us to know if it CAN be true that the Christian Chartists had Mr . Roberta ' s sanction for inserting his name as a guest to the Fourth Anniversary Tea Tarty of the Christian Chartists under that of Henry Vincent , "the trafficking pedlar , " as more than a score of our correspondents designate that gentleman . Had Mr . Duncombe voted in favour of tho Masters and Servants Bill , we verily believe the circumstance would not have created greater
anxiety than the insertion of Mr . ' s name m : place to which we refer . Mabtha Gibson Joseltn is no poetess . If the specimen ; Bhehas 8 entis the best she can do , it would be time mis-spent for her to try 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 ) 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 6 s . from Bolton , per Mr . Fulton . W . F ., Littie GoKAN .-r-Thanks for tho compliment paid
to tho Northern Star . His verses are inadmissible . The Land ,. the Land , the Land . —We are inundated with correspondence from every part of thu kingdom , on the all-important subjeet of the and . From many places we have received requests to draw 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
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sight of the "land question . " we beg to assure our readers that we consider it to be the question of questions ; and one , only checked for a moment by the ignorance of many who had tongue enough to shout " the Charter , " bdt not brains enough Kp undestand the value of the [ land . We havo pleasure in referring our numerous correspondents on this subject , to Mr . [ O'Connor ' s letter in this week ' s number ; the first ; of a . series of letters to the landlords Of England , j And it also gives us pleasure to state , for the gratification of Counsellor Parry and the " Washam" and j" Educatam" Chartists , that Mr . O'Connor is about commencing practical operations on twenty-four 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 .
Humbugs and Humbugoiito . —In the Leeds Times of Saturday last , we fiud the following : — " It is a fact , " said Mr . Ferrand , 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 victime " ofi"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 enfranchisedclasses " humbug" the unenfranchised when they say they virtually represent them . The Parliament " bumbugs " . jthe 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 lie pretends to seek the Charter for them . The Bishop of Exeter " humbugs " his priests when he pretends jwhite coverings are better than blayk forpreaching in . iln short , all "humbug" andare "humbugged " by turns . ! The Knaresborough electors are " humbugs" for choosing such a representative ; and Husfield Ferrand ; is an extraordinary " humbug , " his thousand and one Shoddy and Devil ' s Dust speeclfes abundantly testify . " It is a fact , " truly savs Mr .
Ferrand , " that England is a nation of humbugs ! —[ To this we just add , that of all humbugs that ever tried to humbug a humbiigged 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 pi-ice—and supporting the best paying principles , whether they be Whig , Tory , Radical , Chartist , lligh Church , Low Church , Free Trade , Fixed Duty , or no duty at all , is incomparably the greatest , living or dead—ancient or modern ; and the greater humbug , because ' the worst . ] Winters , Leicester . —We must 8 eo what we can do for him next week . At present our space is occupied . Pooh 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 answerihis questions , " whether it would be safe to take out shares , " " whether it be merely a scheme to raise money for the promoters ? " There is one mode , however , by which our subscriber may satisfy his own mind . The meetings of the society are open ; they are held at stated periods at the Parthenium , St . Martin ' s-lane ; he can attend with his eyes and-ears open , and judge of what he sees and hears . This will be a far better course than seeking for our opinion that lie may act on It . j On all such 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 failure : and we are not anxious to be the cause of disappointment to any one . As far as the general scheme of Emigration of the society in question is concerned , we at onpe confess ourselves opposed to it ; not because of the particular mode taken to accomplish it , nor tho spot jchosen as the future !<>< : al « : hut because we are disinclined to Emigration as a remedial measure for the Wrongs and evils labour has 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 we can ; and do say , that an experiment could be tried here in England , the success of which would in
Bom ? measure justify the roamers from home in departing to a foreign clime to carry out what is but plautibk Uieory at the best as things now stand , The ' foeling that prompts this suggestion may be selfish On our part ; for as we do not 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 j on that are to make machinery " man ' s holiday , " we should certainly like to have the inventions tested by practice hebe , 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 their fortunes in a distant land . Besides , what place so likely f . In England machinery has attained the highest degree of perfection—t . « ., tried
machinery , nere are to be found the most able and acute mechanics . Here the peculiar machines could be best made . Here interest is to some degree excited . Here { the tenon , if successful , \ oould- be of inestimable value ; Here it would teach tlie " most civilised people on { the face of the earth " a new _ phase of civilisation , for which they are most fitted . Here , then , it seems to us Hfiost reasonable and most desirable for all parties , especially the intending emigrants , that the experiment should be made . It is true that experience , " far fetched and dearly bought , " is good * some folks ; but as jwe 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 and strange theories to the business of life to be as much
nosiE as possible . It may be that we are not strongly imbued with the entcrprizing spirit of adventure ; but we certainly should not be disposed to leave England for Venezuela or any other clime , tropical , temperate , or frigid , relying mainly on the plans of a machiueinventor , until > ve had seen . the machines in actual use , and had witnessed that they were equal to the intended purpose . i An Old Subscriber , Ipswich . '—Much would depend on the form of the- note ho speaks of , whether an action could be sustained . Let him show it to an Attorney , and take his advice , after detailing thu whole facts of tlie case . f John Smith , SiyvKLST . —If we had his cast- to deal with , we should stick to the cottage , and run all risks . Forty-four years of uninterrupted possession should ghe the right to continue there .
The Lincoln , Rutland , and Stamford Mebcust , after a long and disreputable life , terminated a miserable 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 indifference to principle . We are told that , when the w . eather permits , it is iri contemplation to hold a jubilee in Lincoln , to commemorate the cessatiou of the plague .
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Dreadful Accident at Drlry-lank Theatre . — On Saturday liipht a frightful occurrence took place at tins theatre , during the performance of the Revolt of the Harem , whicli in its consequences has deprived the ) stage of the best English dancer ot the day . In the second act of the ballet the ladies of the Harem ; were discovered bathing , among whom Zuhca , the Royalslave ( Miss Webster ^ was imo T ) . * . -
mg the scene } the gas placed at the bottom of the stage , or under the sunken portion of it , where tlie water pieces , or waves , are p laced , caught the light drapery of Miss Webster ' s dress , and ui 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 , anil screams issued from the ladies in the front boxes and pit , who were the first to perceive the appalling accident . When first the dress of Miss Webster was discovered to be on fire the whole cor ps
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dt ballet , who were on the stage with her , closed round her almost simultaneouslj , as if by instinct , to crush and extinguish the flames , but , terrified at the terrific appearance which almost instantaneously pre sented itself , they retreated , and she rushed forward towards the front of the staged 'Airs . Plunketfc alone endeavoured to exfinguisn 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 , and throwing 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 asofa . Her clothes Were nearly all consumed , at least all "her external garments . Fortunately , Dr . Marsden , of Lincoln ' s-inn , wa ? in the theatre , and his assistance waa rendered without delay . The usual applications of spirits of wine and water , flour , ifec ., were had recourse to , and everything done that , under the immediate circumstances , 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 un « touched . 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 lprt her recollection , but exhibited , notwithstanding tlie dreadful agony under which she laboured , great physical power and extraordinary moral fortitude . She was conveyed to her home -in Upper Nortonstreet in a carriage , attended by Dr . Marsden , who administered fresh applications , and who was af terwards unceasing in his attendance . During the whol » of Sunday the inquiries were incessant after her welfare . Mr . Liston , the eminent eurgeon , and other medical gentlemen , were called in , but they concuired in all that Dr . Mars : len had done , and his mfHle of treatment has been adhered to .
Death of Miss Clara Wehster . —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 appeai-s 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 bec « une
delirious , and quite insensible of what was passing m the room ; reason never returned—she never rallied for one moment . She talked incoherently , and was continually counting one , two , three- ^ oiie , two , three , until death put a period to her sufferings , which w ; ere of tlie 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 ; antl she expired without a struggle at ten minute * 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 after three , lie had not been in the room more than a few minutes 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 themelancholy 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 Hayniarket 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 of 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-Iane , li 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 another member of Miss Clara Webster's family , that she was entirely out of danger ; but I deeply regret to say their exr pectations were too sanguine , for she died this morning . I will only add , on this distressing subject , that the benefit announced for this unfortnpate artiste will be given on Monday next for her family . —J . Cooper , Stage Manager . "
The Ikqoest ox Miss We ^ iteb . ^—On Thursday Mi . 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 remarked 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 once be extinguished ; and tlie 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 like
this might easily be averted if simple and proper precautions were taken . In most of the Cases of a similar nature that came before him , he generally found that fatal results might have been prevented if ordinary precaution had been taken immediately after the clothes had taken fire . It had long been known that gauzes of every description could be so prepared as to prevent their being inflammable . It was done by starching them in a particular way ; and he trusted ids mentioning the circumstance would be productive of good , and perhaps serve to prevent tlie recurrence of another of these dreadful occurrences . Gases of fire were really dreadfully frequent ; within the last ten days there had been no less than twenty cases of this character within his district ; and " he was sure he spoke within bounds , when he said that from 130 to 140 cases of burning and scalding occurred yearly iu the division of the county to which he was coroner .
He held inquests yesterday on two children : both of them were scalded to death from want of proper precautions being taken . The . first was at the tree Hospital in Gray ' s Inn-lane . A child , while undressing herself before the fire , accidentally fell , and there being no high fender , she knocked down a kettle and scalded her head so severely that she died soon afterwards . Now accidents of this nature could never occur to children , if their parents would take the precaution tfthaye -wire fendersoefbre their fires . In this case / however , danger had not been apprehended . Yet the means of avoiding the danger were very simple , for if a lattice of wire had been extended over the lamps the dresses of the actresses could not possibly have caught fire , and accidents of this character would
never happen . The precaution Was a very simple one , and where the results would be so satisfactory , it would be well at once to put it in practice . Where the dresses of performers were likely to be exposed to flame , the gauzes , as he had already observed , might be so prepared by a solution of alumina , or alum , as to lie quite uninflammable . Impressed with this fact , he had yesterday written a note to Mr . Gardiner , a most excellent chemist in the neighbourhood ( Great Portland-street ) , asking him if he knew any person in London who was in the habit of washing muslins , gauzes , or dresses in the solution alluded to . That gentleman returned this answer .- < The Learned coroner then read Mr . Gardiner ' s letter , in which ft was stated that muriate of ammonia , or a similar
solution of alumina , would have the effect of preventing ignition . ) It was also stated that a Mr . llodson , of 100 , Strand , had given much attention to this matter . How far that gentleman had succeeded , the inclosed pattern of gauze would show ; it would not light at the flame of a candle . Mr . Hodson proposed to sell a starch , to be used instead of common starch , which would answer every purpose , and at the same time be perfectly safe in cases like the present . He would under take , fora trifling consideration , to keep all theatre " property , " or dresses , from any danger by fire . He ( the coroner ) did not know that thercnad been such a gentleman in existence as Mr . Hodson , but where , as in this case , the mention of his name would serve a double purpose , that of benefitting the public , and , perhaps , doing good to himself , he ( the coroner ) thought it but common justice to give him publicity .
{ The gauze was then tested at a candle , and found to verify all that was said of it . ) Mr . Wakley said , certainly no young child of his would be without an outer -dress so prepared , and the attention of families would , he hoped , be directed to it . The witness , Daniel Coyle , whose hands were bandaged , intimated , at the conclusion of the coroner's address , that it had been erroneously stated in some of the newspapers that he was quite recovered . ThLs was not the case , nor was he likelv to be well for some time . Mr . Wakley told him the intrepidity he had displayed on the occasion of the accident was worthy of the highest praise . He was confident if he were to take a benefit at some place of entertainment , the public would not be Wanting in their endeavours to support him . A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned .
Shocking Suicide on a Railway . — On Sunday night a woman , named Elizabeth Forth , who was of insane mind , and had wandered from Audley , in Staffordshire , committed suicide by placing herself across the rails of the Birmingham and Manchester , Railway , near the Wilmslow station ; where she was run over by a train ^ and literally torn to pieces ! Death at a Cot ' fbk-hovsb . — On Thursday an inquest was held at the Elephant and Castle , Kentroad , before W . Carter , Esq ., coroner for Surrey , on the body ofJohn Mayne , aged 30 , who died on Tuesday rather suddenlv , at the Baltic Coffee-house , i , Walworth-road . The jury returned a verdict of—Natural Deatlh
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LATEST SHIPPING DTTELLI&E > "CE . Llotd ' s , Fbidat Night . —The Britannia steamer , which arrived at Liverpool from New lork in the early part of the week , brought further intelligence relatrre to the lane storm at Havana , and shipwreck of twelve British vessels , and also a Belgian emigrant ship , with loss of life , in addition to the seventy-five wrecks that unfortunately happened durins the same fearful erent , and which were reported in this journal under our shipping news a few weeks since . The names of the Te& * ds lost areas follows : —The Princ-e George , Captain Foster , belongins to London , built at Snnderland is 1835 ; 325 tons burthen . The St . Lawrence , W . Morrison commander , 2-54 tons register , built at Prince Etiwaj-d ' i Island in the Tear 1841 . The
schooner Britannia , belonging to Halifax , 10 * tons . The Bytown , of Liverpool ; the Cyrus , a barque launched at Whitby in 1811 , belonging to London , 403 tons bnrfhen , Captain Rae master . The Fortnna , Leonard master , from Svdney , for Hn ] jfaT . The schooner Albion ,. belonging to " Prince Edward' s Island . The Iforta-Tna ., Captain Bunker , of . New York . Tlie ship Cruikston Castle , belonging to . Greenock , 3 * 2 tons register , Mr . Cmnming master , built at iNew Brunswick in 1822 . The Paragon , 132 tons burihen , Hnbbard master , launched at Lynn in 1811 . The -St . Lawrence , 25 i tons measurement , Captain Morrison / built at Prince Edward ' s Island in 1 M 1 ; and several large vessels are also reported to have lieen seen abandoned and water-logged , but their names are not yet known . Two «
eaxaen were washed overboard from -the St . Lawrence , and -were drowned . A Belgian emigrant-ship ¦ was lost on the nisrht of the 5 th of the same month , on a heap of sunken rocks near Cape Three Point . She was from Antwerp , bonnd to St . Thomas ' s in the Gulf of Adeluce , and had upwards of 200 persons on board , all of whom were saved . The other leaw losses , that of the Prince George , the Cyrus , and the Cruikston Castle , all happened Bear the same spot as that precedingly described . Part of the crew Of the Prince George were saved , but the mate and two seamen were drowned . That of the Cyrus occurred during a snow-storm off Port 2 feuf . "The crew suffered dreadful privations . They remained lashed to the rigging of the shidtwo days and nights before being rescued bv another vessel . The mate perished bv being washed overboard , and two of the men were drowsed in the forecastle . Tie Cruikston Castle was lost off New Garlisle .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct687/page/4/
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