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PARADISE WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL MEN , JF 1 THOTJT XABOTTB , BY POWERS OF NATURE AND MAGH 1 NERY . IuETIEB V . 10 THE EDITOB Or TB 3 J KOB-THSiS STAB . XGUB Sib , —Since my last letter I have received news from America , -which Inform me tlul the first j-rienltmal machine * ttpon 21 * 181 * * plans , -which are gonrtmettd n » der lus direction , at s Colony called "the Peace TJnion , ' * in Warren Coonty , state of Pennsylvania , ye almost completed , and that Mr . E'Zler , as -well as in the Goioniit * , we entirely satisfied -with them . Mr . E ' -J ti intends to embark for England as soon as these jjj ^ kiaes have been pnt in operation , -which -will be the ease dunn ? this month ; bo that he -win arrive . here iriib ibe / ad that Ms theory is practicable .
• Tbe Pfcace Union" is & colony or society upon the ¦ principles ol 3 oia % ***** association . Itis composed of farmers , mechanics , dw ^ of difftsrent pecuniary means . Ihe leading ieatnre of this soc i ety is * religions feelipg , yijcb animates all the members for the achievement of jmiTersal peace , and for the making cut of a millenjjnm . As they believe thai peace and good -will among men cinnot he attained so long as slavery of voik exists , they have examined carefully the propongoas of Mr . JEtzler , as laid dewn in his " Paradise * ana ii Mechanical System , * ' and invited him to their colony , to superintend the construction of machines lor clearing jsnd , ploughing , sowing , awing wood , &c Mr . Etzler irrivsd xt the colony towards the end of May last Tbe colony possesses nine thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine acres of land , in a -very good and healthy district , near the Allegheny river and the lake Erie ; they have a considerable -water power for mills and for driving various machines , and command sufficient
capital for Qjeir purposes . I see with pleasure that your friends and the public in general are now more inclined to sdaitijic propositions for the amelioration of the condition of mankind , and that jnany things are now believed vrhich formerly -were pronounced impracticable . I therefore think it in time before I go further ia explanation of the subject of my letters io snbjjin an address of Mr . Ba ! er , which also contains an outline of the machinery for agricultural purposes : — Address ie all people tcho desire Io free ihemtelves from vsni , fear of vasU , and slavery , for ever . If you ilesire to be free from want and slavery you sust bo longer be slaves to old notions and old things , Trhich have been your worst tyrants , and made you That yon are ; but arouse your minds and feelings to sew conceptions and new things , -which are now in jtore for yon , to mike an end at once of all your wants , fear of want , and slavery , for evar .
If yon close your eyes and ears against new truths , si the f eneral custom has hitherto been , yon will have to contiBue for an indefinite time in yonr stmegles and snffdrincs , and your doom win not be pitied hereafter ; beeaTtss ' % to&bsrn adhesion to foolish customs , that but perpetuate misery and idjustice on all slaes , is but an abomination to well constituted minds . Ton need neither your government , nor this , not jhit , or any particular circumstances which you may at present desire and discuss , for the liberation from your ^ iitres * and want , and fear of want Neither the one EOT the other of any peculiar change of your present eirenmstances , will ever pve any ralief , except at best a mere temporary one of small account . To expatiate on fTiTK truth is not the object # f this address . A much belter one is in view , as you will see . You must and can helo yourselves ; and zn&eh more gloriously than all
your wise and migfcty men eoalS or wonld hitherto do for you . Jf jou wish to know how—examine carefullywhat is offered to you . Your land resounds every where with tbe cry of distress * f millions . Yet your land is DOtialf cultivated . Tbe uncultivated parts of fije colonies of your nation 4 ef all varieties of climates ) could satisfy the wants of more than one hundred times the whole British population . Myriads of vessels of your nation cross the ocean ; skilful mechanics yon have in abundance among "you , -willing to work and wanting employment ; mechanical powers exist in nature , every where in superabundance , that will not cost you anything to -drive all your machines , not merely to manufacture articles of trade , but to cultivate fix snL 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 you have to lock to . Arouse your minds , then , feo * t the low state of craving from your task masters work or alms ; ^ rom the narrow views of locality , and tne petty concerns of the moment ; from the asking a little more wages for your work ; from the trifling relief , any alteration of laws conld possibly afibrd you under present circumstances ; from the comparatively insignificant political or personal contests , to the vast rich resources of your country , of the world at large , of natures that are -within yonr reach : Expand y ^ ur minds freely to the consideration of the new things presented to you here , and you will discover that you all can live henceforward independent , and educate your children to become independent in means and mind , in the true signification of the "words .
Dj you , does any of you suppose , this announcement to be but a mere fancy ? Shame be on him who neglects or refuses , from prgudice , a careful examination of tnis great truth ; he commits the deepest -wrongs against himself , against his suffering family , against community . You Are off = redproof » of facts of experience ; you are defied to find error or defect in ths proofs here spoken of . Come then and see , fxwnine for yourselves , every one ; the things are open for public PTTTr . irw . tifm ; appoint a committee in y&ur meeting' to examine and report the results of their examination to 3 on . Simple is the matter and within the eomprtliension and experience of every one . No apology is left to you lor neglect of tw » great paramount new cause of kumsnity .
TThat , erjlor the means of living , cry of tustress , complain of wants , and of not being allo * ed t& labour lor a poar pittance of the necessaries of your liie . and still slmt your ejea and ears to JBBch glorious offers of tnaann to prodncs superabundance of all your necessarita 2 nd real comforts for ever , without slavtry of work ? WhstBhaU , what-will tie world , your otrn children say of yon , wh ? n they read the record of th » iereafter ? I * it because tee things here announced are so nevel sod so extraordinary that you do tot wish to examine then ? Is it because your master and schoolmaster have » E been so perfectly-wise that tbey knew and tau ? Kt jsn all that eould be known and found in the -world ; that nothing goodcf importance is left to discover for oar generation ; that you believe you do wisely not to csre any thing about new inventions ; that you and all
the world has nothing belter to / io tha to blot on in ths old way , like T " viTT"d » harnessed to -a cart , -without baking eitnEr to tfee right or to the left ? There aie ¦ psopls among yon "who manifest , by their -wortis and KSons , when occasions occur , to tbfcik so . For Gad ' s fits , for your own , and yonr families , and humanity ' s , thssi- them out of this txassly torpitude , and do not fcjastsasEce 5 hem in any way ; it -will fiejtr&ae yon to Sis inferior scale of creatures . Machines have been tbe enemies Vo some classes ef labourers , depriving them ol the uaenviabie chance of labouring for tbeir living . Matinass are iereEfitr to bs your best friends and steves , inquiring neither foed nor wages , dr iven by nrrtny powers , day snd night peTMtusUy , to make yoiu -2 nd a-paradisa of abundance "for you , not merely for your more fortunate fellow beings .
You have to form ( yourselves ) joint stock companies , - * i : a shares of one pound sterling , payable in cash by those who are able to do so ; and who ibm destitute ss sot to be able to raise one pound when he cs-i save Kms ?! f and family for ever from all want , ftsr of want , tod slavery of work ? If there are such paupers abie to sake tkemselves useful in any wise to the company , siioy them to work for tbeir share at a reasonable rate , and being provided witi taeir necessaries durin * work . 3 i paupers nnable to work , why , surely , they sre then &s > cll as now objects cf public charity , ar-d laws will fcvse to provide for them if yon do not or cannot imongst yourselves at present . TeD thousand acres of common land can product enough for five thousand individnale , and p-iy ti > e rtut * tsr shires of -flie crops as the contract may be to the
l&adknxL Pour thousand shares , at one pound each , will ^ uffica lor tie machinery , acd for the attendance of men &rmg the first year . You have tben to rent lamia on lbs best terms you can obtain . Tbose who prefer to enigr » te may obtain land in abundance , as property lar nothing , and cultivate it with the same means . These are the means required of you ; are you still to » j they are not -within vour immediate reach ? To be sore you are then to "wait until the next crops . But this b ooly the ease for once in thB first year ; and ever heretfter you are safe from want Conld it then be anything *» ny difiicult to obtain , as loan , on such good Fsspecta and security , in case of necessity of some tmoDg jcu , what any may -want necessarily for his snitenance in tha intermediate time , to be repaid from las » bare in the crops ?
Could i large society like this not make some " ^ s marts to prevent their members from snfferins ofuDdnejjjttryi Tcur own mia < ls will e » sDy suggest Deaxa for jnacb a temporary relief ; and if not , apply to «* astney oftaa writer of this and db -will suggest you » sy » and means as it may suit to particular situations . What glorious tiaes are then swaitinx you ; four men supply the wants of lour thousand ! J Abundance fills lie isnd , joys , pleasures of all innocent kinds ; leisure , and with it , time and means for better information than yon now can posses * . Cheering times , and still more " glorious times for yonr posterity will be the necessary coasrqsencet . Away then -with political strife , angry P ^ mons , fe&iand grM . Be rational , enquire , and yon wiubehsppVi A complete description of machinery , kc ., cannot be fivai in this address , which is only to invite you to the exsnu i » tlon of the matter- But a brief sketch may * erve here a > a general outline of th a plan in question .
A 'water- » b * el { or steam engine at the beginning arivts , by ttn chains and twe ropes at peculiar arrange mraix , a kind of waggon all around , in direction of the fnide , to vithin the distance of half to one mile ; cultivating , thus , five hundred to two thousand acres by drawing a number of ploughs alongside of eaeh other , Instead of so many horses , that -would be required . The asa&l mode of harrowing and mowing the crops aayie done by the same means ; besides other -works too many to be enumerated here . When tte work of « us tact is finished , another similar one with a watet-> hael 3 , 1 iu centre is likewise to be tilled and so forth
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from place to place . Thiji -work requires never more than touching one labourer At a time , to perform the easy task of now &nd then Borne parts of the machine for direetin ? it , .-while he may sit on it The w » rk may be day and night , and , for tills purpose three men , each eight hours are allowed , and one man in reserve for occasional employment . Wherever there is no-water power , a -wind--wheel , consisting of a pole , a cross with feur 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 theaame -windmill , and as many more windmills around it as may be required . Heoce a -waterfall is to drive a water-wheel to perform all the agricultural , manufactural , and mill work . Hence the -water may run back to the same place from whence it was taken , to be raised again by the -windmill into tbe reserve !? , to perform the same operation again ; and so on in a circulation .
The object of tills combination is to convert-wind power , which ia irregular and iaterrupted , into -water power , -which is uniform and perpetual , and may be created thus of any amount wanted any where . For water , when once raised into a reservoir , may be conducted through canals , oi tubes , to distances of miles , to fall tbenee on other water-wheels , where and when -wanted . This system , once created , affords a perpetual power of anymnount "wanted ; one or more reservoirs of a few acres , snd 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 , < fec ., 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 abeut one hundred acres , in one hundred days of the year ( spring and fall ) ten thousand acres . Iftheaamebe two rods ( which may easily be the ease , for tfeere ia no lack of power ) the result will be twice as much , or twenty thousand acres .
If the land is merely rented , and the tenants furnish the m&ckiaery , and all other requisites , the rent , of course , must be for a number of years . Thus the poor say be made traly happy and free Itom slavery , and the curse cf poverty , namely ignorance and low habits , &n £ the middle and rich classes may be made , in an honest way , richer than any of their preseit 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 over tbe inhabitable world . The means of living -well -will become more and more plenty , abundance universally , and " 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 . Stollmeieb . No . 3 , Northampton Terrace , City Road , London . Aug . 36 , 1843 .
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m A NORTHERN TOUR . " A duel ' s amang ye t&kin' notes , And , faith , he'll prent ii . " TO THX BDITOB OP THB KOBTHBKM STAB . DeaS Sis , —I send you tbe concluding letter of my " tonr , " which will be found by the reader If it possesses so other merit , to have that at any rate of brevity . Monday , August 28 th . —I again visited Winlaton , snd addressed a large open-air meeting . My old friend the O'Concellite hero did sot make his appearance , and consequently I bad not the task © f administering a second fiigellatioa . The meeting was a very enthusiastic one , and was closed with the usual democratic cheers . Tuesday , August 29 th . —Lectured in th « Arcade Room , Sunderlsnd ; the meeting was but thin . As I have before stated , the movement has received a terrible shock in SnEderland , to recover It from which , months of arduous toil on the part of tbe " good men and true" vrill be necessary . The new Organization is looked forward to with deep interest by the Sunderland Chartists .
Tbe same evening I had tbe pleasure of spending a short time in the company of that noble patriot , Mr . Roberts of Bath , and my trusty friend Beesley . I am tippy to be able t * say that the fears I entertained a few weeks since of the probability of an early " strike " of the colliers , are to a great extent removed . Victory or ruin is in the hands of the colliers themselves—their mission is an awfnl one , their own rights at least—it may be tbe rights of tbe universal mass of trampleddown slsves , depend upon their prudence , perseverance and-resolution . May they prove themselves "worthy o ! the slorions task assigned them !
Wednesday , August 30 tb—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 adjourned to the Market Place , where I held a fine meeting , numbering at the least S , O 00 persons . On my arrival at the Market Place , I found that not only was tbe parish church open for eveniDg prayers , but also that my congregation was already occupied in listening to one of tfce illegitimate expounders of superstition who was holding forth hot and strong to a large number ef hearers , but who
became JI smaller by degrees and beautifully less "' as I progressed with my story from an opposite point of the Market-place , and finally left him " alone in his glory , " preferring to hear a little about the substantials of this world to all the froth and foam abont another usually dealt in by the vendors of Gospel war ** . I spoke for above two hours , and » aoble and entbTrdsstic meeting 3 tad . Ail honour to tbe men of Shields ; they are la * ts cf tbe riutat sort , and will be found yet sg&in In the van of the democratic ranks whenever confidence shall be restored by the establishment of tbe new Orgaj . isation .
Having closed the public meeting , we returned to the company of our fair •* companions in arms , " and spent a most deiiehtful evening . Tirursosy , August 31—Took passage at nice o'clock on board tbo EclipEe for Hull ; the voyage would have been pleasant eucngh but fcr the vessel being loaded with herring fresh and dried , taken on boatd at Whitby &nd Scarborough , by which tbe passengers were not a little annoyed ; fortunately the weather was beautifully fineand altozether we had a very good passsage . I landed at Hull on Friday morning , September 1 st , at eight o ' clock , after a sail of tsrenty-thTeehonrs . I leached Leeds at half-past one o ' clock , and having transacted some little business at tke Star office , left that to ^ n at four o ' clock , and finally arrived at Sheffield at hs 3 f-p * st six . My " Northern teur" is closed . I write this by—•• The bosaie bright blink o' my ain fireside . "
I regret that 1 bat not the time to visit my old friends in Fjfti , Forfar , Doadee . Aberdeen , &c PoBsibly at some fntura period I may have that pleasure . In the meantime I shall remember with feelings of hontrst pride and satisfaction tee hearty reception given me in the " land o'cakes . " Geouge Julias Habkey . ¦ Sh-JBeld , Sept . 4 \ b , 1813 . P 3 . I have to acknowledge the receipt of several provincial newspaper ? received at my home during usy -bseccs- I ifeank my friends for their kindness , aud shsil be b-ppy to recaive further favenrs of the like nature . As . Liter this , I shall Se removed to Leeds . I Ttqasst thai -31 ittters , netrsp 3 pers , &c . ^ I 3 y , nctil further notice be addressed to me at the Sortkem Star G J . H .
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TO THB CSABT 1 ST 3 OF NOTTINGHAM AND SOUTH DERBY . Brothe * Democrats—On Monday , Aug . 28 tb , 1 proceeded from Nottingham to Mansfield , a distance oi fonr fcen miits : it rained much during my walk , and o ! course 1 Rot pretty well drenched . When 1 arrived in ^ b * te-orn . I trrond that every arrangement that could be made -vraa made , iu order to ensure a good meeting . The mtetiiu ! was to be held in the large S ^ . ool Room b ? iougusi ! to the Rev . William Linwoo ^ , Unitarian Minister , who had kindly promised -o act as Chairman . At ei ^ ht o ' clock thf room was well filied With tbe sons an 3 dangttera of industry .
Oa the motion of Mr . Thomas Hibberd , a very active and honest Chartist , Mr . Linwood was unanimously elected to the chair , who opened the business in a brief but appropriate speech , after whic& I addressed the persons present for nearly two kours , upon tbe present position and fnrere prospects of Chartism . Mr . lin--wood made scmo yerj excellent observations upon the necessity of a union of heart and soul amoncst the people , for the purpose of establishing the great principles * f the People ' s Charter as tbe law of tbe land . He stated distinctly that he was an advocate for every point contained in that document , and thst he would , to thebertof his ability , agitate for it until it-was made part and parcel of tLe Constitution . Ah J my friends , if evjry minister of the gospel would act as the above-named gentleman , we would toon realise all cur most sanguine expectations ; and peace , brotherly love , physical and social comfort , would be the lot of tbe whole people .
MaKfcfield has a population of 10 000 , and the prlnopal business of the inhabitants ii mew the working portion ) , is frfime-irork knitting . Tbe people or ManBfi * ld cave privileges , if 1 may be allowed to nse the term , which are not enjoyed in other towns—namely , that of taking an tcre or two of land on tbe foresi . commonly called Mansfield Forest , at tlie rate of four shillings per acre a-year—they may either grow corn or potatoes , or in fact anything they like . The land is copyhold land , and belongs to the parish of Mansfieid . 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 this subject allow me to inform yon that in Arnold And Lsnbley , -where-J-Dave been , a great portion of the people have email allotments , and , O ! what happy results have followed to them from it being in their possession . A penoa vrith -whom I took supp e in LsmbUy , had but cbb rood , oce half he eet with potatoes the other with wheat ; that half nhlxh ho
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set -with potatoes produced seventeen sacks at ten pecks per sack ; making in the whole 170 pecks , or 3 , 4001 bs . There are four roods to an acre , consequently one acre weald 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 . The people , or a 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 Iismbley already feel the good effects of their having each 5 small portion of land , viz , a rood each ; if one man can nave 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 qnantJty ofjlour for the winter months , from the other , wbat would he do if be had four acres ?—sixteen times as much .
On Tuesday night , 29 th nit , I delivered a lectnre to the &ood fellows of Sntton , in tbe open air , Mr . Meakin in the chair , a young man of great promise , and a very active member of the Association . After a few observations in reference to the object for which tbe meeting was called , he introduced your humble servant . My subject was similar to the one of the previous meeting in Mansfield , and I usaure you I never saw a finer spirit of enthusiasm exhibited . The people of Sutton are remarkable for their love of liborty ; the truth is the great majority are Chartists , and it only needa a good and prudent system of agitation and » n efficient plan of Organization to unite them in ono holy bond of brotherhood . There is a population of about 6 000 in Sutton , and the staple trade is frame work-knitting ; but the peeple are very poor indeed , their wages being very low .
On Wednesday night , August 30 th , 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 their duty ; for I am sorry to say tha people of Bulwell' have been very supine and indifivrent to their interests . Toere is no Association in Bulwell ; but the few active men that are in the town are determined to do their best to rally tbe people , in order that they may be enabled to form one . The principal trade of Bulwell is glove ranking ; but I am grieved to sUto it is In a very depressed condition , an J has been all the summer . The consequence is , the people are in a moat wretched and deplorable situation —s » ores of the poor men , tbeir wives , and children , are absolutely famishing for the want of food .
On Thursday I proceeded te IJkestone , where I found a few sterling patriots , via ., Messrs . FoBter , Lntbbury , 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 . Mr . Shaw was elected to the chair , and opened tbe business in a neat but short speech- I addressed tbe people for an hour snd a quarter upon tbe alarming state of tbe country , wherein I showed , or attempted to show , tbe caiue of the wide-Bpread 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 tbeir unity of purpose , destroy the monster , class legislation , which was the primary cause of all the evils , physical and social , which had for a Beries of years afS'Cted them .
On Sunday , the 3 rd inst , I delivered two lectures in tho Market Place , Derby ; one In the morning , at half-past ten o ' clock . During 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 mirht have a pretext for stopping the meeting , and making n > e responsible ; but tbey were deceived , for the moment I found what was tbe object of tbe parties , I told tbe people to go home , and come
in the evening ; and , if the same person came again , steps would be taken to prevent hi * annoying them . Accordingly , the people assembled at six o ' clock , in large numbers , but the wretch did not make his appearance , through fear , or some other motive . Probably he was net ¦ well supplied with ale . However , we had a very peaceable and well-conducted meeting , and everything ended very satisfactorily . Brother Democrats , I remain your Servant and Fellow Worker in the Vineyard of Chartism . Christopher Dotle . Derby , Monday , Sept 4 , 1843 .
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IKEXAND . Eepkal in the Wokkhouses . —The agitation progressta at railroad speed in the second-class normal schools . The proceeding ! of the Scariff Board of Guardians are thus . reported in the Limerick Chronicle : — " At a meeting of the guardians ef the Scanff Union on Tuesday , Mr . Simon George Purdon , D L ., presiding , Mr . John P . Molony , of Grag , bronght fyrward a resolution to petition for Repeal of the Union . It was opposed by tbe chairman and several other guardians , but on a division the motion was carried , amidst gre&t
uproar , by fourteen to eleven . Mr . Molony , the proposer , Is a magistrate of tbe county of Clare . Mr . Pardon after tbe division resigned his seat m chairman of tbe Board in future ; Mr . George O'Callnahan , vicechairman , did the same . All tae surrounding bills were illuminated last night on its being known that tbe resolution was carried by the fmze-coated guardians . It is remarkable and worthy of praise that Mr . Matthew Reddan , one of the Guardians , though friendly to Repeal , opposed its discussion as improper in an assembly constituted for charitable purposes , and voted in the minority . "
The Abmt and the Repealers . —The following occurrence is Bin ted by a G-ilway Repeal paper to have taken place at Loughre 3 between a party of tbe £ tb Fusiliers and the peasantry . " The company of the Bib Regiment , iFufileers . l which has been Mntioned here some time back , were this morning , on tbeir march to Dublin , played by our Temperance Band , and escorted by a very large concourse of the townspeople from their barrack-gate to the turn of the road leading to Knuckboum . Tbe band played out of town to the tunes of the " British Grenadiers , ' Garray O » m , '' &o . On arriving at Knucfcbourn both paries baited , and the
entire company took off their caps and gave three cheers long and loud , and one cheer more for tbe people , and , of ceUTse , their cause . Tb ? s is , and ought to be . to our rulers another convincim : proof , that although our brave troops may be made the instruments of a despot in the subjugation of another country , it 1 b very difficult to say what tbeir conduct would be with regard to tbe enslavement of theirs and our own . The Eoldiers halted on tbe road for about ten minutes , while the band played the national ant hem , and •¦ Patrick ' s Dsy , " and again took off their caps , and cave tbrte cheers more for the people , and the good fellowship that subsisted between them since their arrivai in Louehrea . "
The Last Ministerial Appointment . The Tories have appointed Mr . John Ho ^ lt-y . Q men's Counsel , and chairman of tbe North Riding of l'ipp « -rary , to the Sergeantcy vacant by the elevatfon of Mr K- * ntinge to the Jndee&hip of tbe Pierocstive Court . The appointment has given very great offence , and has conciliated no party . Effects of the Arms' Bill—The follo ^ ine paragraph , which appears in the Waterfoixl Chronicle , saggtsts a new method cf raising tb 9 wind , and carmet he too stroDfly reconmended t <* the notice of such Repealers as may be low in cash , although BtroiiK in " arms . " Tbe hint is decidedly ustfal ;— " A highly respectable citizsn , hitherto considered »; f u ] Ta-C m&trvative principle * , has within tbe lose few days ^ ivt-n in
hJ 8 aabtJion to the cause of repeal , in a rranntr which claims tbe tribute of a special notice , having subscribed to the funds of tbe Repeal Association a ' brass barrelled blunderbuss a case of pistols , ard a capital fowling-piece , * which he directs to be sold , and the proceeds to be placed to bis credit in the Nntionai Excfeequar . It may be asked , -why did'nt this trentleiuan Eiabtcribe cash ? The answer is obvious . Because he wished by this mode of procedure to mark hia abhorrence of tbe slave-branding act . His ft-elings revolted at the idea of submitting to tbe * tyrant ' s stamp . ' and tbsrefore has he delivered up his ' arrna , ' jtt utitarnisbfed , for the good of his country . At pr ^ s ^ nt we are not authorised to £ ive the name of our higb . ftpirited felloe-en Z ' . n , as the particulars -will transpire in a day or two . "
The Mwider of Lord Nokburt . —The Westvieath Guardian gives gome a 4 < lm « n-, il particulars iepptciing the arrest of Di-Ian , "who stands churned with the murder of the late Earl of Norbuij : — ' P > jter Dolan lived prior to the fiendish act wHb . a { . unity named Malony . on the estateof Durrow , very near thu residence of the late lamented nobleman . It is a notorious fact that there was not a more distressed parish in the King ' s County than Borrow prior to L ^ rd Norbury becoming a resident ; his whole stuuy whs to promote tha comfort snd happiness of his tenantry , and it is a well known fact that under his fostering band tbey did become comfortable « nd incfependant , hut svre since falling feacfe to their original poverty . We codld say more relative to the plot and plan of this atrocious murder , but as tbe priaoBer { who , we have been informed , in a great degree acknowledges bis guilti most stand before a jndge and jury of his country for his life , we do net wieh to go furtbir . "
Attempt to Shoot —W » were rearly having another murder in Tipperary this week- Another human life has narrowly escaped being offered up as a sacrifice at the unhallowed shrine of agrarian conspiracy . A man nam * d John Dudley was fired at on the lands of Killea , some short distance fr * m Borrisokane . and had two pellets lodged in the region ef the hip . It being ten o'clock at night and dark , the intended murderer escaped witfeont being subject to observation , so as to lead to Identification hereafter . Dudley was acting as a watch upon the lands of Killea , from which place a man named Donoboe had been recently ejected . He was accompanied at the time by his brother and another man . Dr . Stoney , of Borrisokane . is of opinion that Dudley ' s life is not in danger—Leinsier Express .
Attempt to Assassinate . —On Sunday evening last , as Mr . Kennedy , of Ballycumber , was proceeding from his residence to iis farm , in Billinahown , accompanied by his daughter , he was fired at by assassins whe were concealed in a grove at Duon , but fortunattly their shot did not take tnvcL It occurred about eight o ' clock in the evening . Two men were arrested on the same night , on suspicion , iaBal inaho- »» , odp of vrhom was tried at the last Sprins Asdzts for firing at tbe
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renter of an orfchard . Att Investigation took place the faUowing day ^ efore Mr , Money Lowther and Captain Armstrong but for want of sufflrfent evidence the bus * ^ p ^ f "» n ,= ' ^ *******—WeslmeaOi Guardian . f m \ * C ? Sanday 0 * 8 " last this town was "TSMl ? ^ ^ tho & ***<< & inhabitants much alarmed by a fight between twobodies of the peasantry Ttey were 4 kper 8 ed with Bome difficulty by the poice . We have heard that the cause of quarrel was the appointment of county ribbon , delegates—SiiVo
Bbutai Attempt at Assassination—Id the district of Balhnamuck , in the north of thiscountj which has eDJoyed peace and quiet for nearly the last two jeara , an outrage of a g-osser nature than any which heretofore stained its character has , been perpetrated within the Present week , Inasmuch as the victim sought was anjunoffandtag woman , whose sex , at least , might have protected ^ her from the assassin ' s hand . The particulars , as we have been able to learn them , and for the correctaess of which weean vouch , are asfollows : -On Tuesday evemng iMt , about nine o ' clock , as Mrs § ? Un , t ! nV f # . . 0 Seph Scott « o ' FardromiD , near Ballinamuck , v « ia In tbe sot of straining ap aome mflfc in a room m one end of her bouse , some ruflkn , who was lying in wait outside , fired io through tbe window with musketit is
a , supposed , which was heavily loaded * t , duc . ° t ; and lodged a part of . the shot in Mrs . Soottsleft shoulder and breast , and the remainder in the wall juat opposite , and immediately jover where a fine child of hers , three years' old ,-was in bed . We are happy to learn that , although the wound ia a very severe one , still it is not likely to prove fatal , but Mra . Scqtfc is at present confined to her bed from its effects . On the outrage being reported at the polioe-bBrraok , which is not hajf a mile from the house , a mounted man Was despatched into this town , anil immediately after his arrival Surgeon Ellis proceeded to the place , and rendered every assistance which his professional skill could suggest . Dr . Mostyn , of the 27 th Depot , at present stationed here , and who happened to be in that neighbourhood on Thursday , kindly called to see her also , ween 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 last ten ye&ts . They are a quiet , industrious couple , and their place exhibits a specimen of neatness vareiy to be found in that neighbourhood . Mr * . Scott 1 b the mother of four childreu , the youngest about four months old . No trace of the villain who fired the shot hag yet been found , nor can any reason be assigned fo * the perpetration of the outrage , as Scott la an exceedingly quiet and inoffensive man . and a good neighbour , aave the express determination , which there ia not the slightest hesitation in expressing by We Repealers there , that no Protestant will be allowed to remain on Lord Lorton's estate at Ballinamuck , a detortnation which we are sure hi 3 Lordship will take steps to counteract , and which we hope to see adopted at no very distant day . —Longford Journal . : ¦
Affghans in TiPPERABY . —The town of Tipperary was in great commotion last Wednesday evening , a report having Bpread that an Affghaniatau chief and his wife were to arrive , some said Akhbar Ktmn . Nnjnbers of persons assembled , and abont 8 o ' clock a one-horse carriage was observed approaching , in which was seated the chief and his lady , dressed in full costume , and certainly nothing more beautiful and lively could be imagined . In one minute the town was illuminated , and persons of all classes rusk d into the streets . Tbe demeanour of the chief and lady was most courteous , but as they , unfortunately , eould speak no language but
tbeir own , it was impossible to carry on any communication but by signs ,- they signified that they had travelled an immense way , and were obliged to land on tbe west coast of Ireland—they are on tbeir way to see tbe Queen ! After satisfying every inquiry that was made , as far as 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 this morning on their visit to London . We have not been able to ascertain the chief ' s name , bat it is not Akhbar Khan ; ' the dress of himself and lady was beautiful , and quite in character . —Limerick Chronicle .
Repeal Association . —At the weekly meeting of this body , on Monday , no particular business was transacted . The Repeal rent was announced to be £ 1097 6 s . 8 d . , Dublin , Aug . 31 . —Abandonment op the Contemplated Proto « tant Meeting . —The noblemen ttvd gentlemen engaged in the conduct of the Belfast Protestant meeting hare come to the resolution of foregoing the demonstration faxed for th « 7 th of Sept . stating as their reason , " lest the Protestants of Ulster ahould be charged by their enemies , however unjustly , as ihj cause of continuing political agitation . " -
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DARING ROBBERY , AND AN ATTEMPT TO MUKDER THREE PERSONS . Bristol , Sept . l . —A strong feeling was excited this morning in the northern suburb of this city , in consequence of Information brought to the police , te the effect that a man named Maddicks , a cowkeeper and milkman , had been murdered , and his wife and her sister dangerously wounded , by a labouring man named John Clarke , to whom , from charitable motives , they had afforded tbe shelter and hospitalities of their cottage , which i » situated at ubout a mile from the flrat turnpike on the Gloucester road . Maddicks is lyiDg in a state of insensibility and in the most imminent dancer .
The particulars , a « I have ascertained them on the spot , are these : —Maddicks , who is a young man , about 21 years of age , ia a cowkeeper , and occupies a cottage in a fluid about half a mile from the high road leading from Bristol to Gloucester . He is a married man , and has two children living , the clduat being three years old , and tbe youngest child at the breast Clarke , by whom the murders were attempted , is also a young man , smd , until recently , lived in tbe service of a grtzer named Pope , under whom Maddicks renU his cottage . Abtout two months since Clarke was thrown out of a situation , and having no relatives in Bristol , be applied for pecuniary assistance to Maddicks , who , commiserating hia situation , kindly told him that he might reside with him and his family , and take a plncc
at their table , until he ahould be able to provide bimedf with Home better situation . Clarke accordingly went to reside there , and was fed and housed by Maddicks and his wife . On Wednesday Mrs . Maddicks happened to say , while at dinner , that she had been promised payment of a milk score by a gentleman residing in Collegegreen , and that the morrow had been fixed for the purpose . Clarke did : not appear to take any particular notice of this at the time , but afterwards be asked some questions about it . On Thurday night , after partaking of their supper as usual , the family retired , to test . Maddicks and his wife and two children occupied one bed ; a little girl who was employed , to assist in nursing their infant , slept on the chairs by their bedside ; and the sister of Mrs . MadiUcka , who had nvtTScd her in her confinement , in a bed adjoining . Clarke
was in an adjoining room . At daylight this morning the wife was awakened by feeling something strike her violently on the head . She looked and saw Clarke with a poker in his hand . He struck her twice more on the bead and once on the arm . Tbe sister then woke and called out ; upon which the villain rushed upon her and Btruck her violently on the head , inflicting a terrible gash . So murderously intended was the blow , that the pokur broke in two , and one part of it flew with violence against a wall of the apartment , and then fell upon th u bed . Mrs . Maddicks , on looking at her husband , found b- ' m covert ^ with blood and compHtt-ly insensii . le . Sbe tbbn jumped out of bed , and se z ; d hold of Clarke , whom sbt » called by name . He then broke from her , and wade his escape over a wall at the back of tbe premises , and got clean off . In his bast © he dropped one of his shoes , and be has left his hat behind bim .
Upon an examination of the room afterwards , it was found that t-. e bad carried off some silver money which had heen placed upon a shelf near tho head or the bedstead . Htt had also rummaged a box in which money w . is sometimes knpt . but as Mrs Maddicka had been pi evented from receiving the Recount referred to the previous day in her conversation with the accused , he whs disappointed . On information b 6 mg given to the police , they proceeded to the cottage , and finding Maddicks and his wife severely ir jured . they removed them to tbe irfirniary . Ma < idicas has four txternal wounds on ttie bea . i , the most dangerous of which is over the temple . This day ene of the magistrates , J N- Sindera . Esq . went to the bedside of the womau . and to » k her dtpositiob on oath , when sbe deposed , aa far usher knowledge went , to the facts , as before stated . The Riuu , being completely inset aible , is , of course , unable to give any account of the Uansaotion .
Tbe police are engaged in active pursuit of Clarke , but . us yet they have been unable to find any trace of him . The Carlton Club and the Marquis— Cm it be true that the M- > q . ia oi h y was actually blackb alled at the C « ncon Ciub on the 22 . id ult . ? Suc-fl is , however , the report . It serins he withdraw from tha club snuto time ago , in consequence of some Ministerial disappointment , and we bblievo favoured ii with n manifestation vf his displeasure ; and , if not intimating that he meant to euro Radical , at least that he vould have no further connexion with the Carlton Club ; a . d now , in return , it set-ma they decline all further connexion with his Lordship . - Durham Chronicle .
Thb BRITISH IRON COMPANY was . established in Ii 25 , when tbe pricu <> f bar iron was £ 14 ur £ 15 per ton ; tbe nominal capital was two millions , Upon which calls to the extent of 75 per cent have already been made , and the company 1 b besides involved in a debt of £ 460 000 . Tbe ptieo of iron seems to have averaged in a iuur »> of years £ 7 per tou , but owing to the general depression of all trades , and of the iron trade in particular , it was , two months since , unsaleable at £ i per ton ; and , to complete the misfoxtunea of the company , their pecuniary engagements came to a crisis just at the time when the sacrifice of their property , for the purposs of meeting those engagements , would have been most disastrous .
THE facts which Dr . Barbam has collected and arranged establish the dreadful truth , that nearly three thou > atxi children have beeu burned to death , in a single year ; an average of mote than eight every day . The viciivnB v . i all the reign of Queen > U » y >¦ wLose torturing death , nearly 3 u 0 jo ^ ib ago , ia still teeiiicisU
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with horror , were lew numetous than e > nr infant martyrs who perished in two months ; and the Suttees of India , whose existence was justly deemed a natiensl reproach , and their extinction a theme of rejoicing , were fewer than our own children who are daily burned alive , unheeded . —Cornwall Gazette .
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Fortunate Discovery . —A . | faw daya ago , oae of those extraordinary occurroricea which may most justly be termed " providential , " happened to a young man , named Bennett , ia journeyman tailor , lodging in the neighbourhood of Clare-market . It appears that , a few weeks Since , the poor fe'Jow camo up to London from Leicester , with only a few shillings in bis pocket , ia search of someth ' wu like permanent employment , but soon found that k was not to be obtained . All he could do was to pick up two or three shillings a week by occasional jobs , thus gaming barely enough to pay the
rent ot his humble lodging . Of course , what Unit property he had about him , in the Ehapo of decent appare ) , soon became sacrificed , and at last he found himself not only without , a breakfast , but utterly at a loss to know how to obtain ! one . Evi-n the box that had held hi 3 clothes had been sold for a day '* subsistence . Nothing was left except a few old numbers of penny periodicals , in which he had occasionally invested a trifle , for tho sake of amusing himself . ' 1 here was also lying among th < m an old dirty-looking volume ] of" " Bunyan ' s Pilgrim ' s Progress / ' that he had ! picked up tor a few pence at a book-stall . This , and tho periodicals together , might make three i or four pounds of
wast » paper , enough to procure a breakfast , and , accordingly , the hungry youiK , to make his goods the more marketable at the buttor-shop , proce- ded to divest the " Pilgrim ' s Progress" of its antiquated bindings , which appeared to have bten laid ou 6 omewhat clumsily by different owners , la his impatience at the difficulty which thus presented i'self , he suddenly tore off violently one of the si-Ie rovers of the volume , from jwhence , as from a pocket-book , he beheld peeping ] out a very caretuliy folded piece of Bilver paper , which , on having the curiosity to open , he found it to be a £ 10 Bauk of England note . It need hardly be added , that after this discovery tho " Pilgrim / a Progress" never reached thf butter-phop . j
The j . ccoksed Truck Ststem . —Accounts from Wale * have eweh a ttoad deal , ! among other praoiicai evils that have been as work there , on one in particular—the truck system—the system , viz ., which obliges workmen to receive their wages partly m the shape of goods , food , clothing , < Jtc , instead of in moaey . A master manufacturer who sees himself at the hi ad of a large number of hands , has them a ? his one mill or set of mills , arranged and divided , distributed through what departments , put at wha ; post he likes—all under his eye . iuudtr 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 wants io leed and clothe his workmen as will
upon eome general plan . Ho pursues them ii . to ihe . r houses , carries the mill into their larder and kitchen , and makes them eat and drink from miil supply . He establishes his great mill-stiop of all araclstea , cofiVe , sugar , cheese , butter , Slinen , calico , clo b , hosiery , & ., aud makes them his compulsory customers . A master ma y think it a good thing for his workmen to have them more uader his superintendence , and may wish also to supply them by this method with better and cheaper articles than they would get at- tlie common retail shops . But tbe gross frauds and abuses to which jthe system is liable are obvious , and have been proyed by fact . They went on to such an extent , before Mr . Littleton ' s Act , that in some cases iho profits of tne track shop
exceeded the profits o the business of which it was the appendage . The workman received hia nominal wanes of 30 s or 20 s a-week , which , given in truck tickets , were in realitf , only 203 or 22 a in consequence of tne high-priced or inferior articles which tnose tickets procured him . And if we add to this tangible robbery of the workman the needless and galling tether oi' the mill which accompanies it , the perpeiuai prying , busybody surveillance of the mill authorities over him , we have a Targe , grievoas , and oppressive system before us , wkicb is , or should be , intolerable in a free country like jours . Parliament put a legal end to the truck system ; since which time it has gone on necessarily in 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 consf quenc < j of the perpetual tendency to get into debt on the part of the operative class , which has put them virtually at tbe merely of those masters of whom tbey have borrowed , and obliged them to buy at tbe shop to which tho master sends them . The debts of the operative have bronght him again virtually under the restraint from which the law has released him . On a twofold and important grouud then—beoause it lead * to fraud and tyranny on the part of the masters , and to laxityjand improvidence on thep&rt of the men—we strongly object to the truck system ; and as the means which have been hitherto applied evidently do not sufficiently check it , beg to recommend the subject i ' ur that ! further attention which it Stems to deaand . —London paper .
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Sklston .- — At this place tha fever has been raging for a length of time , and through this complaint jha poor have had to suffer very ranch . The other week a man of the name of Joseph Coleman was taken ill , confined to hi * bed , and his life wasa ^ ir , ist despaired of . Application was made to the rt-. 'yving officer fw B /» n » nthin . tr to fc ^ ep his frame si ve . The- officer said " Why . ba 3 a . house of hip own , and comes here for relief I" The person who 2 pv > * 'ed said , " He cannot eat the house . " The follow oid , " He must sell it . " The pprsen made answer -ad said , "But he cannot sell ft , at least he dart not sail it . " But the man that would not mind staw og a man and family to dt&ih , i-aid , " Let him sell if to me , I will buy j r .. " Again he n ? ked the person how many children the man bad . THe answer was , ' -Ax children . " Ho then gave her three shilling * uad sixpence , —for a man , a woman , and e \ x children to live upon for this week , and he had been confinec to his bed for nearly two weeks .
Distressing Event . —On Thursday night a -listresBing event happened in one of our herring b « - * g . When about returning to land , a fisherman , nvaa ^ d Richard Robertson , while doing Fomathingabeiu » ne mast or sail of the boat , lost his balance , and in falling overboard was caught , hold of by another of the or « w , Alexander Baxter , but he was unable to - « ive him , and in the generous attempt to do so , wag ciso dragged into the sea , and both peTished . Ther ^ aa only another man and boy in the boat , ari all attempts to save the unfortunate men were wh «! ly unavailing . Tbeir poor widows were waiting oa the pier for the return of the boat , and when 'bey saw but two men instead of four , they trt-nr- ^ d , and feared the worst—and their fears were realised .. They and their large bereaved families to urn the loss of industrious aud kind husbands . —Aberuzen Banner . '
Thr Entrance to Dublin . —The entrance into Dublin from Kingstown is very handsome . Ther « ia no bustle and throng of carriages , as in London , i > ufc you pass by numerous rows of neat houses , fronted with gardens , aud adorned with ail sorts of gay > looking creepers . Pretty market gardens , with trim beds of plants , and ehining glass-houses ^ give r , b . suburbs a riante and cheerful look ; and pacing under the arch of the railway , we are in th-: rity itself . Hence you come upon several old-fasni <» . ed , \» cll-built , airy , stately streets , and through Tltzwilljam-pquare , a noble place . f-he garden of whir ft is full of flowers and foliage . The leaves are g < en , and not black as in similar placs in London . The redbrifk houses tali and handsome . Tresesth Che
car stops Before an ex'remely >> ig red house , in hafc extremely large square , Stephcn ' e green , when Mr . O'Connell says there is one day or other ro be a Parliament . There is room encu # h for that or foi ny othar edifice which fancy or patriotism may hi-- ) a miDd to erect , for part of ctio of the sides oi the square is not yei built , and yon see the fields and the country beyond . —Titmarsh ' s Irish Sketch B > h . Statistical Return of the Sittings cp the Session . —From a return issued on Tuesday bv the cbrk ot the journals , to anordorof the Hou .- of Commons , on a motion by Mr . Brotherton , the timber of days on which the house sat for the trar ; -action of business during the past session , from ' :- sb .
2 nd , on which it assembled , to August the 17 *\ oa which it was prorogued , is ascertained to be 119 , including three Saturdays , the hours of sitting V < jing 986 ' i , and the average time of sitting eight houi > and seventeen minutes on each successive night . The number of hours on which the hou ^ e sat after p > idnight is calculated at 105 £ , or eq ^ al to eighty uine nights . From the 4 h to the 17 ' . h of AtfiUt , i ihe average , hours of Bitting are put down at thirteen or fourteen hours a day , and the average hours of adjaatumant at from oue and two a . m . An analysis of the sittings at the commencement of the s < s ' on shows that the house frequently adjourned at she hours of eight and nine o'clock , and but seldom at later than twelve .
Execution at Chester . —James Ratoliffe . who was convicted before Mr . Baron Rolfe at the late Chester assizes of the wilful murder of hia wife , E ) : zabeth Ratoliffe , at Stockport , underwent the oxtrema saEtjuoe of the law in front of the citv tr ^ ol at Chester , at twelve o'clock on Saturday . It -vill be recollected , that the circumetanoes under which the murder was committed , were of an exceedingly aggravated character . It appeared from the evi . i' noe upon the trial , that the prisoner , who was abw 58 jeur 3 of age aud a tobacconist by trade , had been constantly in tbe habit of indulging ia the usa of intoxicating liquors , to such an . extent at timen . that hispassi-n became wholly ungovernable , a « d ; hat , in the wildness of his fury , he very often placed iho life of his wretched partner in a state of the . siust imminent peril . At length , with the view pi
removing ' her from within the reach of his brutality , one of the sons , a steady young man , named Jau . os , took a house for himself , his mother , and tt . a remainder of the family , at a place called Ho l er ' s buildings , in Stockport , without giving any in > or < uation to the prisoner as to the looality of their new abode . Shortly after , however , the prisoner ; discovered it , and proceeded to a neighbour ' s ho ^ se , where he seated himself , and remained until 1 m wife entered . When sho came iu , he represented b' ^ self as being very unwell and anxions to hare a d > . i- - . or . He then asked her to fetch him some water , vr . ioh she did , and held it to his lips while he drank , la a little tfmo after , he was observed to ciraw closer and clos « r to her , and ac length he sprang upon her v ith the fury of a demon , drew a largo clasp knitV from hia sleeve , and itifl / eted such , a wound upo" ner abdomen as caused her death upon the ioUo . vag
aay . Lamentable Circumstance . —Last Friday ni-im * in ;; , two youths , apprentices to Mr . Career , gixrer , ot Cowiold , Sus = ex , started at five o ' clock , with vue intent of amusiug themselvgs for a couple of Lom-s < previously to commencing business for the day . Juat after tiiey had started , oae of them climbed a pi"jn tree , for the purpose of gathering some fruit , And . while scaied on the branches , was de 3 irod bs hia companion to come dov . n . He replied tha ; he f hou Id not do oo till ho had gathered some moro pU , ms « upon which , his companion put a cap upoii the r'ople
of tho percussion lock , and then pointing the < :, n . at the other , said ho would phoot him . This was entirely in joke , it being supposed the gan wa not io ^ ded . 3 ' Ue reverse , however , turned out to bv tho case , for on the boy pulling tho trigger , the cor eufcg of the barrel went through his companion ' s h-id , and he feJi from the tre *> a corpse . Tho rfecvased was only seventeen years of age , and the inconsiderate cause of hia death two jear 3 younger . Thia unnsppy occurrence has produced a degree o ' i-onsternaaon in the village never before remeoib . red there .
Awful Position of a Child in the Pr * s > ncb of her Father . —Near Renfrew , an unloaded waggon , convainiug the driver and his three >< -ung children , was standing adjoining some homelj but respectable thatched houses . Tfee horse wa ex « hibuing symptoms of impatience , by throwing up his head , whisking his tail , and ever and anou clamping heavily on the ground with his near hind foot , a * the tiny curly headed cargo " wo-wo-woed , " skirle « 1 aud shouied in eifish merriment . The father , alter 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 moat boisterous , and handing him out to the oare o : ihe neighbours . Tns second was beiug served iu Ike manner , when the third and youngest , a girl be v * een two and three years of age , crept towards tht . front ot the waggon , and when the father turned round to
take hn darling in his arms , he was horrifi . u at seeing the child—through a widened spar—fall i " j » iht under the raised foot of the impatient horse . ' The father ' s eye dimmed , and his frame and ferures shruL k in spasmodic sympathy . The hoof detc ^ -ded —t > ut , O , guidtd by a higher power , it itnc a « ed iighfcly *—fediug something soft and yieldiunt the animal moved che iron-ahod toe on the infamV b « 3 was bearing ner in triumph to her m--jiut > i ' arms . — Glasgow Reformer .
Hiohwai Robbery . Two young EnglkVopn , named v / acdouala and Outridge , were Hied at iois , < m the 22 nd , for highway robbery . Un the 18 h of January last , at about eight o ' clock in theevmmg , a waggoner was stopped near Saibris by two p . cr * uiis who presented 2 r pistol , and called out " '* io * i . pyj money . " The waggoner , understanding wb » . they wanted from the pr -sentation of the pistol , ai' kougo , he did not know English , gave up hia purs *" , » -u ncainiug $ 0 f . m two-franc pieces , and then vei ; ured to put forth an imploring hand for the restitution of a portion of the money . Tne Englishmen , who understood his pantomime as well as he had done their own , gave him back the greater part of the con enta of the purse . The waggOBer , however , felt no stratitude towards the generous thieves , and on hi- a : rival at the first village , gave each a description of them ,
that in less than half an hoar they vt < -re snvssed , and lodged in prison . It appeared oa tae trial that tbe prison ? rs were respectable young men at homo as cierke , and that they had abandoned England , and conie to France , in the hope of obtaining empSoy ( pent , and seeing at ' the same time a little of the world j but as ttiey had with them only a . sum of 200 tranoa when they landed , and could procure no employment , they were soon in a state of destitution , and bad passed the whole of the day precediuff the robbery without food . They prouueed excellent certificates as to their conduct in iitgiaad , and acKBOWledged their orimewith so much repentance , that both the jury and the court resolved to be lenient . The jury found them guilty , without WZ ™***** circumstances , and the judges , being thus «™ W ° apply a comparatively sUght punislim . nt , Kntepced Micdonald , as the older of the two , to two year , imprisonment , and Outridge to fifteen moutofl .-GaUgnanu >
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TURN-OUT OF SBAVlfiN IN LIVERPOOL . A turn-out bas taken piaco among tbe seamen of tbia p « rt of a somewhat formidable character as to tbe numbers who h * ve already joined in it , and also as regards the determined manner in which they team bent oa accomplishing their pnrpose . j Tbe preefse nature of their grievances wonld appear to be this j — j There are at several seaports , more particularly in this town , a great number of shipping offices , which are chiefly kept by retired captains and mates , in the Vicinity of the docks . Tbe business of tho occupiers of these offices is confined to that part of procuring bands for tbe several vessels about ] to leave the port They first of all watch those vessels ! which are taking in
cargoes or ballast , and are preparing for sea and they obtain from tbe respective masters a list of the numbers of hands which will ba required to perform the voyage . There being always an immense body of unemployed seamen at tbe port of all uses , these agents find little difficult ; in obtaining the required number ; and for procuring the sitnation , 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 cmse of the present turn-out The seamen consider the charge ; an imposition . They say that tbey have no objection to { pay the amount formerly exacted , or even an additional trifla , but that they will no longer submit to the payment of the 10 g . Some « f them are , moreover , talking in the strain of the antiinenopoliets on the subject , and saying that a number ef agents have no right to driv « snch a trside , and , by acting in concert , to raise the charge ad libitum while
they themselves could , by going on board the vessels , make their own agreements with the masters , and thus abolish tbe exaction altogether . They represent , and appftientlywith great truth , that when the 18 s . comes to be deducted , as is often the case when expeditious voyages are performed , five or six , oi more times in the year , from their hard earned wages , themselves &na their families are greatly tha sufferers ; and tb&t when to this charge is added the many other impositions to which saviors , pbrhaps mjre than any other class uf men , are subjected , it becomes a matter « f serious moment to them to get rid ef oae at least of their grievances . The plain , blunt , straight-forward manner in which tbe poor fellows sum up their case has obtained for them very general sympathy ; and . provided they abstain from committing any acts of outrage , tbey will most praba ^ Iy succeed in baying their cause of complaint removed . }
After they had remained for { some time in front of the Custom-house , at which place they in the firBt instance assembled , and bad attracted crowds o ? persons to the spot , tbey 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 Q'ieen ' 8 Theatre , on Friday evening , for the purpose of taking into consideration their grievances and the remedies to be adopted for their removal . jThe theatre was most densely crowded in every part Two or three union jacks ware suspended from the boxes and gallery , and a small band was stationed upon the stage , wlrch ever and anon played national airs or such tunes as found favour with the sailors .
An elderly man , named George Sheil , occupied the chair . —He said he had great pWsure in availing himself of the opportunity to state to tha world his opinions as to how the bard-working sailors , particularly those belonging to that port , j had been robbed . He then went on tt some length to Jenouace tbe conduct of tbe shipping masten of Liverpool , and particalar z ^ d one who had acted , as be said , in a shameful manner . He observed , that the sailors nominally got £ 2 per moEtb , bat that owing to tbe exactions of the shipping masters and others , ! their wazes were
reduced to 30 s and under . These , men were generally unfit for their situations , aa most of them were not bronght up to the sea , and he mentioned an instance in which one of them had shipped a shoemaker ' s lad , ef Kingston , Dublin , on boardjthe Liverpool , of Liverpool , as a ship ' s carpenter . It wa ? such conduct as this , in bis opinion , which had caused the loss of so many vessels , and left ao many widows and fatherless children . He concluded by calling on tbe shipowners and insurance offices of tbe port to put down the 8 j stem . i
Another sailor , named Bsnest , of Jersey , also addressed the meeting . —He complained of tbe low wages which sailors received , but , low as tbey were , they had to pay about \ 7 t . to the shipping masters and others before they could get j a situation on board snips , These shipping masters , in some instauces , got 10 a . from them , then there were 5 s . for cashing the note , a shilling for a character , and another shilling for extras . Ha concluded by recommending tbe propriety of sending a memorial to the Mayor and Council , suggesting that the shipping offices be put down , and that a general office be established at the Customhouse , to which ship masters ] might go aud choose their men . ] Several other Bailors then addressed the meeting ia a similar strain , after which a ( resolution to the effect suggested by Benest was carried unanimously . The meeting then s ; panted , ( the proceedings having been conducted in a very orderly manner . There oouid not have been fewer than from 800 to 1000 sailors present j
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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-ncseproduct818/page/7/
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