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lehssTMefsrs . Steen , which had been commenced in the louont b C joBtb of October last , and was rapidly approaching eMnJplet 6 B 1 p leiion . The persons who have lost their lives jjejjclifvehfjifred to be thirteen in number ) were workmen juacKCwjacd upon the premises , carpenters and bricklayers , ^ rl , with a few labourers in the employment of the jrjrm . ° jroi . * ° o were at the time sinking a drain to carry . j ,, 5 ihe r > ff ihe water along the base of the columns within ibibe bu ^ e building About a quarterpastseven o ' clock the ffiffnrkBWnrkineD commenced their operations for the day , ^¦ s r .. rrs Steen . which had been CnmmenmA tho
ssad d % d tin * had mt beea lon Ser tam U" * 6 quarters of aian bo " 'an hour at work when the whole building came down «« th a « ifh » tremendous crash . The min was complete '' - iw instantaneous , and the unfortunate men , some rflfwbofwbom wl're eE , Ployed » preparations for arching . ac -- the - < ona floor of the mill ( which was three stories l Web : Web and about eighty feet in length ) , and others , as « efci weisave already described , were atones overwhelmed . , jEL Tt-ise in 'he la * er apartments , wh = » had a flight , " Z i artin ^ affonled them by the noiseof the metal beams ' rm rnon the Srst floor , had , of course , the best chance , ¦ and and awA of them escaped with trifling injury . Not ' « o l « o howe « r , those whose business had brought them ? n ti » n the ui per rooms . They were driven down and cov ? r r « 3 v ' i ' h immense heaps of building materials , JL J \ L < -, and wetal beams , which bore before them all
L ImpeAaiCiits to the very ba * ment story in a few seron r-onds Luring th * day , no iewer than seven persons ma mar brought forth from the rums alive , and conveyed ' a 11 ' o tb » General Hospital , where every attention which the Uieir ' condition required was paid them Down to six six o ' clock in the evening , the remains of the Motrin ! ing men were taken out :-Samnel Benson John M Mr ill , Strict Kelly . John Shannon , James Greer , T £ . i Tehn S : ulion , and William Mllroy . It was then be believed that seven others , named , respectively , K Kel'v Lathers , Johnson , Bryson , Rae , and Ji M'MaW were still lying underneath the mass of n rubinsh which occupied what had been the ground fli Goor of the building . The appearance presented by il the bodies was , in almost every case , truly appalling ,
o' owing to mutilations inflicted by the falling mass ; si and tie shrieks of the friends and relatives of the de-G ceased were truly heartrending . The loss to the prop prietors , we understand , will amount to £ 3 , 000 . " J An inquest was held on Saturday on the bodies of ti the unfortunate sufferers . Several witnesses having i been examined the inquiiy was adjourned till 1 Thursday . The Bel / tut Newsletter gays : — " Shortly $ sfierthe close of the proceedings , a warrant was r made out by the coroner , endorsed by W . S . Tracey , 1 Esq ., R . M ., and handed to head-constable
M'lu-1 tyre , for the apprehension of Mr . John Maeee , t the contractor for the brickwork of the building ; j and in a few moments the warrant was executed , : and Mr . Magee was brought , in custody of the headt constable , into the room where the inquest had been ] held , and where the magistrates , whose naies we " have above mentioned , were still sitting . Mr . Trarty then drew oat Mr . Magee ' s committal to ths j . county gaol . Messrs . Boyd and Steeti offered any f amount of bail which may be required , but the
coroi ner refused to take it , aud head-constable M'lutyre I accordingly proceeded at once with his prisoner * to I the Nsw Gaol , where he placed him in the hands of the governor , at the same time stating it to be tbe I wish of the coroner and the magistrates that § Mr . Magce should not be put upon the disci-1 pline of the prison , bat should receive every possible * indulgence . " j § Restoration of the Roman Catholic Bishopric ' % or Koss . —The Cork Examiner of Monday contains a ite following : —"' It affords us peculiar pleasure to % hi enabled to communicate to our Catholic readers 1 of the South the fact that our most Holy Father [ J the Pope has graciously acceded to the ernest ¦ g prayer of the Ri g ht Rev . Dr . Murphy , tbe respected j * nishop of the united diocese over which his lord-% ship se worthily presided should be divided , and « Boss restored to its ancient episcopal raiik and * dignity in the Catholic Church of Ireland . The % bull for the consecration of the new bishop , the 1 -universally respected Right Rev . Dr . Keane , Lite ' * P . P . of Middleton , now lies in the hands of the Most
Iter . Dr . Slatcerr , the venerable Archbishop of Casfcei . " Anvthck death from starvation has taken place a the Eiiiiistymon Union , and the verdict of the ot » i \ Micr \» - jury in the case attributes it to the neglect oftie vice-guardiatis . It would appear , however , that these officials are not in any way to blame , having expressly directed the ' relieving officer to afford any relief that might be necessary Jo such of the cases as they were unable to dispose cfonthe board day ; but that the deceased was sent away , nevertheless , with many others , and was found dead in a field next moniiiiL '
m Ths tcxixt xeague have fixed on the 23 rd irit . m f- " -r iheir aggregate meeting , and have announced to Hi l ; a-: r friends that they have not lost any document * ||? on other matters of importance by the burning of s | iucir offices in Westmorland-street . jljj The Decrees of the Stxod . —In reference to j » the statement of the Southern Peporter , that the 15 Pope had the good sense to reject that decree ofthe I pji ^ oi ? which virtually put a ban upon education 1 j ia Ireland , the Cork Examiner says : — "Vie made 1 ' . inquiries in a quarter as likely to be informed of - § vihefaet , if such it were , as almost any that could mhs ; and the reply was that not a word had been Miherv- heard upon the subject , nor was it likely that j I fithire was any foundation for the rumour . "
I Lswiutios . —On the 10 th inst . the Albert and sjbirs , Liverpool steamers , left our river with nearly jfsro hundred persons on board , bound for America . ? As wc progress in the new year the wild mania of " emigration appears to increase . Among them we [ Observed several very respcstable-looking people , [ and we fervently hope that their golden anticipations will not be disappointed ; but " we fear with too uany they will . When the Mars was leaving at tyo o ' clock those poor fellows essayed a valedictory ieaeeno their relatives and friends on shore ; it | « : i ? o ! iiy aa effort , for immediately many , both on poird aud ou shore , burst into crying . —11 aterford
# Ivx Mcroer op Mb . Mauleverk . —A letter from | g * ri :: agli , in tbe Newry Telegraph , contains the fol-SIosiii ^ : — " lean inform your readers , on what I IgPaw to be reliable authority , that a young woman jifP n ... w in safe keeping in Dublin , who is prepared ilg ? ? i e important evidence in reference to the perpernition of tho atrocious murder of Mr . Maul-| & ereier . I hare my information from a respectable || person resident near the locality where therevol-| ^ :: g murder occurred , and also confirmation of it % W ? Ui a cou > P ctcnt authority in Armagh . Prorn yptiiat I can It-am , the young girl iu question was an gpyswitsess of the murder , and can , accordingly , | gd ? niify the actual perpetrators . Shortly after sfpie perpetration of the hideous atrocity the girl !| ja » e !! t to America ; and when a reward was offered s ^ r any information leading to the discovery of the
IHnarder er , or murderers , a person who was a confitg-J ^ t of the girl stated she had sometlrng of im-| p » r ! -ii ) ee to communicate . As her evidence was IjJ & ly second-hand , it was of course considered legally defective ; and on inquiry the name and |* k >; of the young girl were ascertained . She had it * j * a since brought back to Ireland , and will be £ ^ a ' ; M ,, if 'ir -it the next Lent Assizes , when two r ?^ b < ncr < at present in our gaol—namely , 31 'Atarcy & j £ *\ - ^" a ' -iy—will be put on their trial on a charge Wu ^ ' " ? I , een implicated in the murder of Mr . ' Ci Wiiievorer . Hanratty cannot be tried again on fe iu ame "" fotment as a * last Assizes ; but 1 beyi * 8 n' he can be tried on an indictment for
con-§! P * ''y to murder , which is a capital offence . If rijS j ' - " -tt America , the law of extradition renders ;> rnn . nsd-. > r such a charge , amenable to the authoriftjfei ! ... re . " t ^ £ : i : I , rtT os Paper . —The ; i 7- « m < w says : — " We Jjfi ^ the gratification of announcing that at a § l 9 '' ' " of the committee of the Association for the ¦ jKsNitiunof the Duty on Paper , held on 31 onday ^ 5 . lSieir comm ' mee room , 3 , College-green , a requi-^ S < , a " lue ^ ° ^ ^ aJor was agreed upon , to the -at " ltiat ^ 'S wr ^ ship would be pleased to convene ¦ - -W ? P ^ 'ide at a public meeting to petition parlia-;; l ^ ' - for a removal of this opprcssiro and injuri ms f ^ S i'Oit ; it was also removed to organise similar j gfiirre-jAiiis in ihe different cities and towns throughi * V : ue kingdom . The agitation promises to be liy & nv :. ! and " vigorous . " ' ¦ ^^ £ 5 C ' Esccmbeked EsTATEs . —Eight propcr-• t * - i-nns of which presented any remarkable fea-§• - -, either as regarded territorial extent or net - ? ttihe rental , « ers » set down in the list of i-for Tueidar . Of theie the sales of three estates ^ Sf- i-kogi-ther adjourned fer want ofcompeti-. ion , 1 *® a similar fate hefel several ofthe lots ofthe
PPF ' - ' properties , which found partial purchasers ;' $ &&' - ^ "vihing , however , really worth the attenatS - ' t - " speculator was readily bought up _ at , at SW & , the fair average rate of purchase under tuis £ ? Wwt . The Cork estates of Mr . Garret Standish | ^ . ""we oaered in twelve lots , only two of which ! tf c : re' 5 hands , the amount produced being £ l , 2 ov . SJgfcaU estate in the county of Tyrone , the property | ^!; e Hon . Andrew Godfrey Stuart , yielding an 3 gual profit rental of £ 272 15 s . 4 d ., was one of sW \ . i « w desirable investments offered during i 3 g & ? , and was warmlv competed for , a gentJe-I ^ s-uued Gunning being finally declared the purl ^ tr at the high figure of £ 4 , 570 . The estate of 2 g ^* -v ; . Knox , in the county of Mayo , confcrintS * XiC' acres , yielding a rental of about £ 350 ft | ® r . iubi » etto " au annuity of £ 30 D per annum , a 8 r- '< 'le t ... the jetitioners iu the cause , " Barbara EWox Wi , iie , " was sold in five Jots for £ 1 , 1 S 1 . | « 6-., ier anempi was made to sell the estates ol Kg fatuuel MaunselL in the counties of Limerick
I * k'llivanv , but with no better success than g-ade j tlu former experiment . With the excep-! P « some house property in the city of Kiljg aj . . Hth realised about £ 250 , the other porpsouhe property found little or no favour , and S y iie ofthe several lots stood adjourned for a ¦ M trial . Tno estate 0 f Mr . Thomas Gowan S ffaerand petitioner ) , consisting of 304 acres of 4 the county of Wexford , producing a profit ' t ai of £ 2 yy per anntun , sold for £ 1 , 400 . This g ^ " * up tbe proceedings of a rather dull day . gersicxinos or jih CnaisiiiS , ihe Law Adviser f ' -M « . ted that Mr . Christian , Q-C , who some ¦ mis since accepted the office of law adviser to
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SflS ^ ° - rn t ' on the appointment of Mr Baldwin as a judge of the Insolvent Court , has re-£ J-i ? r t 0 nSe 5 ? « ifc » mentioned , of the incompatibility ofthe duties of that office with his courts SSIonal en s s ement 9 in the E i uity Tbeiate Lobd Matob . —The Court of Queen's Bench gave jud gment on Tuesday in the celebrated case of " Wauchob v . Reynolds , " which first came before their Lordships in Michaelmas term , 1349 . Its last form was in the nature of a demurrer *< . « . ; -v n . . . -
taken to the validity of the return filed by the late Corporation , alleging , in answer to the mandamus to proceed to the election of a Lord Mayor in the place of Mr . Ueynolds , that the office was full . The Judges , with the exception of Mr . Justice Perrin , decided that the return was no answer to the writ , and allowed the demurrer , with costs . It was intimated at the close of the proceedings that the case is to be brought before a superior tribunal , so that , after eighteen months' litigation , the whole question , thanks to the " glorious uncertainty , " remains virtually undecided .
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FIRE IN ST . MARTLVS-LAXE AXD LOSS OF THREE LIVES . On Wednesday morning , at a few minutes before three , one of the most calamitous fires that has occurred in tho metropolis for some months past , attended with fatal results to three of the inmates , broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Benjamin Gaunt , known as the Coach and Howes Tavern , St . Martin ' s-lane . The building was three stories high , and had three rooms on each floor . In the attics slept three children , together with the deceased , Euth Lowe , Edward A ' oafces ( a waiter ) , and Siuiuel Lowe ( the potman ) , the latter being a cousin of Mrs . Gaunt . The second floor front room was occupied by Mrs . Cauut : tho middle room contained a spare bed ; and in the third , or backroom , slept the nurse , Betsy Butler , with an infant child
of Mrs . Caunt ' s . Mr . Gaunt had left town on Tuesday afternoon for Lewisham ; and Mrs . Caunt , having closed tbe house about two o ' clock on Wednesday morning , proceeded to retire to rest ; before doing so she requested a niece , who was staying with her on a visit , aud who had hitherto occupied the second floor spare room , to sleep witk her that night . The young woman consented , and went into her room to fetch her night dress , taking opportunity at tbe same time , by request of her aunt , to examine the apartment , and look under the bed to see that no one was concealed in the house . She had a candle in her hand while thus engaged , and , from subsequent occurrences , there appears too much reason to fear that ah accidental spark falling
upon somo combustible material in this room must have occasioned the catastrophe . Mrs . Caunt had only been in bed a very few moments when she was aroused by the waiter , calling out from the third floor that the house was on fire , and urging his mistress to make her escape . Mrs . Caunt roused her niece instantly , and , rushing out of her own room , entered the middle room for the purpose of alarming the nurse , who was sleeping with her infant in the back room . As soon as she opened the door of the middle ) room Mrs . Caunt was nearly overpowered by the flames and smoke with which the room was filled . With great intrepidity , however , she rushed forward , and , forcing open the door of the third room , called to the nurse to bring out her
child . Tlie nurse , perceiving her danger iu an instant , did not stop to dress herself , but snatched up the child , and followed Mrs . Caunt out of the room , literally walking through the flames with which the apartment was filled . During this terrible interval Jfoaks , the waiter , had opened the trap door on the roof , and was busily engaged in banding the parties who slept in this part of the house on to the leads , and thence down through a skyilght into the adjoining dwelling . The barmaid tbe maid servant , the potboy , and Mr . Caunt's eldest son , a boy about twelve years of age , were all rescued in this manner and placed in safety by Xoakes , who returned to look for the other children , but unfortunately too late to save them . It appears that in their alarm and excitement they had got out of bed , and hidden themselves beneath it , and here , when the fire was got under ,
the brigade men found their charred remains burned almost to a cinder . The body of Ruth Lowe , a remarkably fine young woman , aged IS , was found in another part ofthe room , extended on the floor , aud reduced to an almost shapeless mass . Iuless than three minutes after the alarm was given , tho Royal Society ' s fire escape arrived , and was closely followed by the brig . ide engines from Cbandosstreet station . Au abundant supply of water was obtained , aud other engines having arrived , the firemen set to work vigorously , but , notwithstanding the great streams of water thrown upon and into the burning property , the work of destruction continued . The flames , which rose some considerable distance above tbe house-tops in the neighbourhood , were not subdued until toe whole of tho upper part of the premises was destroyed , and the lower portion extensively damaged . —Mr . Caunt returned home from tbe country in the course of the morning , and then learned the Joss he had sustained .
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FIRES IX MANCHESTER . —TWO COTTON MILLS BURNED . No less than six fires have occurred in Manchester since Friday , the 10 th inst ., one of which broke out in a mill belonging to Messrs , Wallace , Waterhouse , and Thompson , Chepstow-street , Oxfordstreet , on Friday morning , about five o'clock . Notwithstanding the immediate arrival of the fire brigade and their utmost exertions , the various upper floors of the building rapidly gave way until the entire place was destroyed . Upwards of 300 hands will be thrown out of employment by this sad event . The building is insured in tbe Phoenix office for £ 6 , 000 , and the machinery and stock in the West of
England for £ 4 , 000 , Alliance £ 4 , 000 , the Manchester Assurance Company £ 4 , 000 , which , it is said , will be far from covering the loss . On Tuesday evening a fire broke out in the cotton f ictory of Messrs . Robert Marsland and Co ., Ancoats , which destroyed a considerable portion ofthe building . Messrs . Robert Marsland and Co . are spinners and doubters , and their premises , called the Aneoats-bridge Mills , consist Of three parallel buildings , on the north side of the river Medlock , tbe middle and principal building being 120 feet long and 32 broad , and consisting of six stories and an attic . It was in this larger building , filled principally with spinning machinery , that the fire originated . It was discovered about a quarter past six
o clock in the evening—^ he work-people having left their employment at six—by some persons outside the mill , who immediately communicated the f . ict that there was a strong light in the top story to the private watchman . An alarm was given immediately in the neighbourhood , and Messrs . Gallimore and Co ., whose print works are on the opposite bank ofthe River Medlock , sent a private fire engine , which was got into play with considerable effect though some delay occurred owing to the muddy bed of the river rendering it necessary that the water should be laden into tubs before it could he passed through the engine . The town fire engines , under the direction of Mr . Thomas Rose , arrived at the scene of the fite about
twenty minutes to seven o ' clock . At this time the fire , which had commenced at tho north end of the mill , had extended nearly the whole length of the buildinjr , and the two upper stories—the sixth and Srventh—were a mass of flames . Uy the enerjry of tbe firemen the flames were much reduced by ten o ' clock , nnd there was a hope that the damage would be confined to the two top stories of the mill . Bv an accident which occurred at about this time similar to that at the fire of Messrs . Wallace and Co . 's , last week , the amount of damage was much augmented . The floor and other supports of the top stories appear to have been so much injured by the fire , that about ten o'clock they were no longer capable of sustaining the weight of machinery upon them at the north end , and the floor , extending along nearly one-half the building from the north end falling in , carried down corresponding portions of the fifth , fourth ,
third , and second stories to the bottom of the mill . Had the fire not been so much reduced at this time , it is probable that the flames would have extended to the lower stories ofthe other part of the buVJintr , in which case the destruction of the entire mill would have been almost inevitable . As it is , the fire has destroyed nearly one half of the larger mill , and the two top stories o » the remainder including the entire roof . The whole of tho walls are standing , except a . small portion of the top of tbe western side . The other bniidings upon the premises have not suffered , except from water . The buildings are in = uredin the North of England to the amount of £ 2 , 700 ; in the "West of England for £ 2 , 900 ; in the Guardian £ S 00 ; and in the Atlas for £ 6 fl 0 ; total , £ 0 , SOO . The amount of damage done by the fire is estimated at about £ 5 , 000 . About 230 hands will be thrown out of employment by the calamity . The cause of the fire is not known . It is said to
bave orig inated m some waite-rovings at the north end ofthe sixth storey ofthe building , hut how they were ignited is a mystery . Dirty waste will ignite spontaneously if suffered to lie long in one place but these were perfectly clean rovings in a basket which the sp inner had placed in his corner , on the steam pipe . Two of the fires alluded to above occurred on Saturday afternoon , between four and five o'clock . One of them in a house in Moreton-street , Strangeways , was caused by the joists of theflooring of the lower storey rnmungmto 1 flue ; and not bling sufficiently F ? tected . The other , aho in a dwelling-house , in Wmdmill-stree , orbited in aspark from a fire igniting some beddin " . Tlie damage done in either case did not exceeJ £ 5 , the flames being confined to the rooms in wbich thev originated , and being extinguished , with the aasistanceof the neighbours , before the arrnal ofthe fire engines . The third fire , which was more serious ia its consequences , occurred in a
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four-storey building , occupied by Mr , Henry Parker , a leather currier , and situated in a court near Deansgate . At a little before six o ' clock on Sunday morning , the two upper stories were discovered py a policeman to be in flames . Information being immediately given at the police yard , Mr . Rose was speedily on the spot with three engines , and succeeded in oxtinguUhing the fire by about eight o clock , it having been almost entirely confined to the two upper storeys . The warehouse was closed at half-past lour o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , and , consequently , nothing is known as to the cause of the fire , though it is conjectured to have originated from a sizing stove in the third storey , the total damage done to the buildintr and stock is estimated at about £ 400 . Another fire broke out about ten o ' clock on Sunday evening in the sugar refinery of Messrs . Binyons and Shapland , Chesterstreet , Oxford-street . The workpeople succeeded in extinguishing the flame before the arrival of the engines , and the damage will not exceed £ 20 .
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THE PAPAL HIERARCHY IX ENGLAND . The agitation upon this question may be said to have nearly subsided , until it is again aroused within the walls of St . Stephen ' s when it may be expected that the zealous and enthusiastic will buckle on their armour and again send " forth their sound and fury . " The last of the county meetings have been held in Cornwall and Caermarthen , but the proceedings at the former is the only ono-worthy of notice . Sir C . Lemon moved , and tho Hon . G . W . Fot-tesque seconded , an address to the Queen . Mr . J . R . Lethbridge said ho stood there the advocate of civil and religious liberty , but if they allowed Popery to be paramount , farewell to religious liberty . ( Cheers . ) Mr . J . W . Ellis professed his opposition to Romanism , but could not consent to interfere with or curtail the liberty of
his Romin Catholic fellow countrymen . He concluded by moving an amendment—that the address was uncalled for amidst considerable confusion . This was seconded by Mr . E . Stephens , and after speeches from the Rev . Mr . Moiesworth , Mr . W . R . Peter , tho Rev . E . J . Treffry , the Rev . J . Wallis , the Rev . Canon Rogers , the Rev . J . Noy , and-Captain Riley , was put from the chair , when only one hand being held up , it was lost . Another amendment , moved by Captain Thompson , expressive of the disapprobation of the honours conferred on Irish Roman Catholic prelates , and of the grant to Maynooth , was also lost , and the address earned by an overwhelming majority . Tho Chairman read * letters from the Earl of Palmouth , the E : irl of Mount Edgcumbc , mid Others , expressive of their concurrence in the objects of the meetin < r .
The Cncncn or E . ygijxd & xn Iuelasd . —The Irish prelates have addressed , through the Archbishop of Armagh , a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury , expressing their regret , nnd even " apprehension , " at observing that their brethren on this side of tbe channel describe themselves in " the Episcopal Address to the Queen , " as " the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England , " a title which , " we beg permission to say , is unknown to the law of the land , and which imports a virtuous denial ofthe fifth article of Union between England and Ireland . " They have painfully felt that , of late years , in legislating on ecclesiastical affairs , as on many public occasions , a disposition has been manifested to regard the Irish provinces of the United Church as if thev did not form
an integral portion of the one church of the nation . " The Archbishop submits to tbe correction , and soothingly replies that , though it did not appear "to any of the bishops" consulted that the co-operation of the Irish prelates could be invited , still "it would have been better to have indited an harmonious sentence , than to have given ground for the apprehensions expressed in your Grace's letter . He promises to communicate the letter to his episcopal brethren , but meanwhile can venture to say that ' we all consider the Irirh branch ofthe United Church to be so closely identified with our own , that if one member suffers , the other cannot fail to suffer with it , and that in al ) cages where co-operation is desirable or practicable , we shall be ready to act with your Grace and tho other Irish prelates as an united body . "
Tlie following paragraph ia from Fairs Magazine , for January : — " Dr . Wiseman ' s documents are no new manifestations ofthe nature of Popery , and his appointments confer upon it no new power . Still more—and here again we approach the root of all tin ; mischief done out of doors , : md rumoured as likely to be done in the Cabinet . ud Legislatureyou ought not , and you cannot , legislate against influences . We ought not—it is persecution ; if we , as Liberals , think Romanism has a despotic tendency ; Tories think Protestant Dissent has a democratic tendency ; aud if legislation , or attempts at it , had a beginning , where would be the end ? Wc cannot' -all history shows , in letters ot blood , that these things are too subtle for laws and
pen-ilues ; in the present case , to forbid the names would be paltry—to forbid the thing would be persecution : but both are practically impossible . The check and cure for bad influences is the application of good ones . "We say , with Milton , " Let truth and falsehood grapple , " and perish all force and " protection , " as puerilities and paltrooneries . " A meeting was held at the Freemason ' s Hall , on Tuesday—Mr . H . Hoare in the chair . —Mr . G . Hughes moved : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the recent dat ing aggression of the Pope is to be attributed , in a great measure , to the crippled state of the Church of England , the direct consequence of the . long-continued suppression of her synodical functions ; that the Church of
England can deal with this aggression only in her corporate capacity—that is ^ to say , in her national synod , which the 130 th canon declares to be . ' the true Church of England hy representation ; ' and that , therefore , the present emergency constitutes an additional plea for urging the revival of her synodal functions upon tbe basis of the existing provincial Convocations of Canterbury and York . " He described tbe church as not only diseased , but helpless . —The Rev . J . B . Sweet , in seconding the resolution , added : —" Romanists had been in the ) iahh of talking triumphantly among our poor of the helplessness of tho English Church , and the profanation of her service ;' and the Anti-State Church Association had delighted to echo the same
topics . " —Mr . D . Percival moved an address , which declaredthat theexerciseof the right of convocation , involved in the divine constitution of the church , guaranteed by Magna Chai ta , confirmed at the Reformation , and implied in the coronation oath , would prevent , or effectually resist , such aggressions , and rectify all internal grievances . —Dr . Biber , in seconding the address , deprecated driving matters on to a separation of Church and State , delivering the Church of England , bound ihand and foot , into the hands of the secular power—not into the hands of a consecrated Sovereign , but into the bands of a Prime Minister , who misjht be nothing more than tho representative of the democracy— ( great applause)—who was not the Lord ' s
anointed , who might have every creed ever thought of , and perhaps creeds never thought of —( laughter)—and ia some instances no creed at all ? ( Continued applause . ) Many of all opinions were in Parliament , and sat in her Majesty ' s Council , through tbe toleration of the Church of England , or tbey never would have had that privilege . The Anti-State Church Association was allowed to promulgate its opinions , provided they full short of treason ; so were the Chartists . The Methodists and other Dissenters were allowed to cov > s > wlt together from time to time , to settle how they might make themselves more powerful , and it was the
crying shame of tbe Church of England that she was not allowed the same liberty . ( Cheers . ) He ( Dr . Biber ) felt that lie was pleading not only for Church emancipation—ho was pleading for the emancipation of our Queen —( loud cheers)—from the fetters in which she was fast bound , so that she could not carry out her solemn vows . ( " Hear , hear , " and " No . ")—The Rev . J . E . Cox moved an amendment which negatived every assertion in the address , and opposed to the right of Convocation the prerogative of tbe Crown . —The amendment , on being put to the meeting , was rejected , and the address was carried amidst great cheering . The
proceedings lasted six hours . Souiuwadk . —A meeting was held on Tuesday in the Town Ball , the High Bailiff in the chair . —Mr . Apsley Pellatt moved a resolution to the effect that the recent bull ofthe Pope was an insolent attack upon the civil and religions liberties of Great Britain ; repudiating persecution on account of religion , and called upon Lord John Russell to bring before Parliament a measure for the immediate abolition of the Maynooth grant and all other endowments of Popery out of the public purse . —A letter was read from Sir William Moiesworth , written in Paris , in which after designating the
recent acts of the Pope as a foolish and impudent proceeding , lie reminds his constituents , " that in accordance with the principles of religious liberty and equality ( which were the true principles of the Reformation ) , every mau ought to be entitled to adopt the religious faith which he prefers , and to propagate it to the best of his abilities ; that the State ought to interfere as little as possible in religions matters , and that every sect ought to be permitted to manage its spiritual concerns m the manner which it considers best . "—Several amendments were proposed by different persons , but tlie original motion was carried , with some verbal amendment ; an address and petition were voted , and the meeting broke up .
Sraxo Fiowjsbs.— During The Past Week, P...
Sraxo Fiowjsbs . — During the past week , primroses have been offered for sale iu great quantities , wallflowers and polyanthuses may also be seen bios : soming in gardens in the neighbourhood . The appearance of these heralds of sunnier days indicate the unusual adldness of the present seasvn . —Sussex Advsrtistr .
B ^Wjce Sheet Of The National Mitt Ee 0n...
B ^ WJCE SHEET OF THE NATIONAL MITT EE 0 N AN ° ELECT 10 N C 0 MFrom Nov . 30 th , 1847 , lo Aug . 10 th , 1819 . rf i „ , . DIi - £ s - ( 1 - Dec . 1 . —Balance in hand C 9 10 10 * 2 .-Macclesfield , per H . B . Leach 1 0 0 » W . Hamer , Oldham , per T . Clark 10 0 „ Sunderland , per Mr . M'Grath ... 0 12 0 . Blyth , per Ralph Darling ... 0 1 0 ,, Bishopwearmoutb , per Mr . M'Gwtb 0 S G , „ , „ " ~ Exeter Per T . Clark 0 10 0 1818 , « -..-
-3 an . 12 . —WilHnsboroush , per T . Clark 0 9 3 lS . —Totness , per T . Clark 0 7 0 y , E . Young , and W . Dean , Brighton , 2 s . 6 d . each , per W . Rider ... 0 5 0 1 € » .--Falkirk , per T . Clark 0 4 G „ Mansfield , per T . Clark 0 5 1 ZO .-Bristol , per T . Clark 10 0 1-eo . 3 . —Ashton-under-Lyne , per W . Woodroffe ... ; .. ... 0 0 0 17 . —Dundee , per James Graham ... 0 S 7 Mar . 10 . —II . Barrow , Leicester , per T . Clark 0 5 0 13 .-E . Stallwood , Great Marlow 0 I- 0 „ Mr . If . Landav , ditto ft 0 6 22 . —Georgie Mills , Scotland ... 0 9 0 May 3 . —Returned by Carlisle Election Committee , ll . Lowry 11 14 3
IL—Mr . Parke ' s Book 0 3 7 1849 M . » y 18 . —Interest on Money in Bank ... 1 9 8 July 10 . —Loan from Westminster Locality 10 0 „ Mr . Watson , from Hand Books of Registration 1 14 3 „ Received by Secretary , for ditto ditto 0 7 10 Returned by Overseers , St . Mary ' s Lambeth , for List of Voters ... 0 5 0 £ d 3 J 8 U taMMMBMHM
1347 ch . £ s . d . Dec . 7 th—Error in last Balance Sheet 10 0 „ Secretary , for services and loss of time 5 0 0 „ Rent of Committee-room 6 13 9 „ Stationary and Postage 3 13 11 „ Auditing Accounts in ' lS 47 ... 0 7 0 „ Mr . Simpson , for returned ticket 0 10 1 S 18 . March llth—Carlisle Election SO 0 0 „ Post-office orders 0-4 0 „ Trustees going to Bank 0 10 May lGth—Messrs . M'Gowan , and Co ., for printing Addresses , Ac . ... 1 13 0 June 20 th—Deputation waiting upon Air . O'Connor 0 7 0
1 S 49 . March 20 th—John Earle and John Arnott , delivering Addresses ... 0 11 0 April llth—Deputation waiting upon Thomas Cooper ... 0 4 0 „ John Arnott , registering voters in the borough of Lambeth , filling up claims , and sending them in to the Overseers ... 10 17 0 „ Lists of Voters for various parishes 0 17 101 May ISth—Advertising Hand Book of Registration 2 10 G ,, Messrs . M'Gowan and Co ., printing Hand Books , Claims , & e . 25 10 10 „ 2 L't—Lambeth and Metropolitan Election Associations 0 3 0 „ Paid John Simpson , Treasurer ... 0 0 5
Total £ 90 2 91 Amount received 93 18 1 } Balance Due . £ 2 4 Si Liabilities . Messrs . M'Gowan and Co ., for Printing 3 8 0 Westminster Locality ... ... 10 0 Total Amount Due ... " ... " £ 0 12 8 j
Swisnuxo. And False Titles. — A Spaniard...
Swisnuxo . and False Titles . — A Spaniard , named Campos was a few days ago tried by the Court of Assizes of the Department of Iiulro , for innumerable acts of swindling . In 1 S 47 he established himself at Corcasonne , with a woman whom ho represented to be his wife , and passed himself off ns a grandee of Spain , and as a near relative of the late ' King Ferdinand . He showed several pretended bills of exchange , and a mass of what he represented to bo valuable jewellery . lie succeeded in running into debt , and in borrowing different sums of money . He then vanished from the place .. The next place at which lie figured at was Sotteville , near Rouen ; there he pretended to be a relative of the President of the Republic , and he made dupes . He also induced the housekeeper of a barber to confide to him her two daughters , aged , fourteen and nine ; he seduced ihe elder , and violated the younger . He then took
them from place to place , to prevent them from returning to their mother . He afterwards went to Chateauroux , where ho again passed himself off as a grandee of Sp-iiu , and a relative ofthe President of the Republic ; and he hero committed numerous acts of swindling . From one poison ho obtained G , 000 f ., and from another 12 , 000 f . He next resided at Pailleux aud Issoudun , and there he represented himself as a prince of the Bourbon family , cousin to Henry V ., and brother-in-law to the Count de Montemolin . Bis dupes in these places were very numerous . He afterwards went to Marseilles with the two girls , and was abeut to leave the country when he was arrested . His frauds altogether amounted to an immense sum . It was ascertained that he had held the rank of colonel in the Spanish army , hut had been obliged to leave on account of having committed some frauds . He was condemned to tweutv years' bard labour at the hulks .
Death of the Duke of Newcastle . — Wo have to record the death uf his Grace the Duke of Newcastle , which took place at Ma residence at Clumber Park , Nottinghamshire , on the afternoon of Sunday , the 12 th instant , after a long and painful illuess . Henry Pelham Fiennes-Pclham , Duke of Newcastle , was the son of the third duke , by the fifth daughter of the second Ear ! of Harrington . He was born on tho 30 th of January , 1735 , and succeeded to the family honours as the fourth duke on the death' of his father in 1795 . At an early age he was sent to Eaton , where he remained for seven years . After having attained the distinctions of that celebrated school , it was thought advisahlo that the young duke should travel , and he accordingly accompanied
a portion of his family to the Continent , where , in consequence of the troubles which prevailed at that day , he , with his relatives , was detained a prisoner for some years . In 1807 , shortly after his return to England , his Grace married Georgian * Elizabeth , daughter of Mr . Edward'MiJJer Mandy , of . Shipley , in the county of Derby , by whom he hud a numerous family . The deceased Duke was custos rotulorum of Newark , steward and keeper of Sherwood Forest and Folewood Park , and high steward of Redford ; and ho was the patron of eight livings . The late Duke is succeeded by his son , the Right Hon . Henry Pelham Clinton , Earl of Lincoln ; and a vacancy is thus created in the Parliamentary representation ofthe Falkirk district of boroughs .
Cextbal North America . —The Hon . II , Wenman Coke and the Hon . Edward Stuart Wortley have lately arrived at St . Louis , after an . absence of about five ' months , on a hunt in tho buffalo range of the Red River of the North . The party to which they belonged have been unusually successful in the chase , having killed 200 buffalo cows . The company consisted of eighty horsemen , principally half-breeds , and travelled the range far north-west of Devil ' s lake . The party , in their excursion , visited Pembina , Selkirk settlement , and Fort Garry , and learned , from the census recently taken , that Pembina , with tlie settlement attached , contained 1 , 200 inhabitants , mid Fort Gan-y , the English trading port , with its environs , about 3 , 000 . The country was quiet , and the people as
prosperous as they could be . These travellers report that , owing to commercial restrictions , imposed on them by the Hudson ' s Bay Company , the population of Selkirk was in a state of partial revolt , which , it was thought , would break out openly , unless their alleged grievances were removed . It is reported that the Indians had burned the whole country on the plains , and that large war parties were moving in every direction . The sew Money . Orders now issuing from the General Post-Office contain an important alteration which has been made in the printed rules . Hitherto it has been necessary that a money order should be presented for payment before the expiration of two calendar months from the date of issue , to prevent its becoming a lapsed order ; but with respect to tlie new money orders , it is necessary that they should be paid before the second calendar month , or they become lapsed . If , therefore , one of the new
orders should be presented just before tho second calendar month has expired , and through any error on the part of the post-office cash cannot be obtained until the second month has expired , the order becomes a lapsed one , although it has been presented within the given time . In the new money orders there is a similar alteration of the rules respecting the twelvemonth ' s grace allowed to tho holders of money orders before all claim on the Post-office for the amount of such orders ceases . The Vacast QuAniER-AlAsrEB Gexeralship . — It is rumoured , and with some degree of certainty , that Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin , K . C . B ., Colonel of the S 3 rd Regiment , will succeed the lato General Sir Willoughby Gordon as Quarter-Master-General to the forces ; a saving of the extra allowance of £ 500 per annum , as in the recent appointment of Adjutant General , will , of course , be made . —Suited & rvtcc Gazette .
The Miners Of The North. To The Editor O...
THE MINERS OF THE NORTH . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —By the enclosed hand-bill you will perceive the gro ? s injustice now being practised upon the miners of this district , by attempting to deprive Ihem of the valuable services of their weighnian ; hut iu order that it may be better understood what is meant by the conduct of the masters in this instance , and also to show the importance of the weigher to the workmen , I submit the following explanation . When the miners here became united they found , upon investigation , that they were defrauded to a considerable extent , by the employers not paying them for the full weight of cnals sent to bank ; and although they had been defrauded bv these means to
the amount of five or six slulluigs per man in the fortnight , yet they overlooked the past in their generosity , but secured themselves for the future by appointing one of their own body to stand by the weighing machine , in addition to the party appointed to look out on ihe part of the employers . The result was , that the workmen got just weight , ami were advantaged several shillings per man each fortnight , out of which ihey paid the wages of the person they employed . This practice has now become nearly general in this neighbourhood . Many of the emnl > yers have evinced the greatest alacrity in responding to the request of their workmen for leave to appoint such weighers , ami have never attempted lo disturb the arrangement thus made .
The gentleman , however , belonging to these collieries have made the buhl attempt to deprive tbe workmen of this privilege , and have necessarily and justly rousrd the whole body of men to a determined resistance , which it is to he hoped will be successful . It is , therefore , fully expected that , should any miners he applied lo to leave their district or colliery and come to any of these collieries now on strike , that they will at once pt-rceive tho object of their employers . " To he forewarned is to he foreatmed . " Hence the utility of this notice , that the coaxing qualities of the masters in enticing workmen from iheir homes may in this instance be fruitless . Yours truly , M . Judk .
It may be added , as affording a proof of the chnstian tendencies of the owners of the above collieries , that they have commenced the usual practice of ejecting the workmeu from the dwelling bouses , although we are in tlie middle ot the winter season . TO THE MINERS OF NORTHUMBERLAND
AND DVRllAM . Brother Miners and Fewow WonK / . w Mrs , — We , the workmen of six united collieries , viz ., Crow Trees , Little Chilton , Bench Hall , Joint Stock , Bver ' s Green , with South lvelioa , having had recourse to a strike , in consequence of our master dislodging our wcighmun from the heap , at Little Chilton Colliery , aud all the alledgemenfc is that ho called a meeting according to the order of his constituents ; we therefore think it an infringement on our rights , and we intend to stand by him or perish in the attempt . Wo therefore hope that no encroachment will bo made during our struggle on the said collieries . And ive remain yours , In the Bonds of Union , The Workmen of the above Collieries . William Shaw , Secretary . January 9 th , 1851 .
The Address Of Coal And Iron-Stone Miner...
THE ADDRESS OF COAL AND IRON-STONE MINERS TO TIIE MINE PROPRIETORS AND THE COAL MASTERS OF DERBYSHIRE , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , AND LEICESTERSHIRE . Gentlkmen , —It was resolved , at a Delegate Meeting of Minsrs , held at the Bay Tree Inn , South Norminglon , on Monday , October 28 th , 1850 , to forward a copy of the ensuing address to every coal master and mine proprietor , in the above three counties , for the purpose of removing any prejudices or unfavourable impressions which may exist con . earning the objects and principles of the Miners ' National Association , and also to show that the Association is not an illegal one or founded upon antagonistic principles , but that it is really and truly intended to benefit both master and man ;
Tbe Miners' National Association was first established at Wakefield , in Yorkshire , in the year 1841 . and its principles have since been gradually extending throughout most of ihe mining counties ff Great Britain . Its laws and objects have been lately modified and improved by a Miners' Conference held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on October Hth , 185 . 0 , and following days . Gentlumbx , —The objects of the Miners Association are to prevent , by all peaceful and legal means i the warfare of classes—to bring about a general and correct feeling among miners—to evade the bickering , tbe hatred , and the jealousy which has so long prevailed among that useful body ol men , and to en ate a healthy harmony of action not only among tbe men bnt also between the masters and men . It also aims to improve the
condition of the working miner , both physically , mentally , and morally ; to bring about as speedily as possible a harmonious and correct feeling among all miners , and to promote their mutual advantage likewise to prove to their employers , and the community at large , that while our objects are to procure a fair day ' s wage for our dangerous and health destroying labour , yet , we are also desirous that the capitalist shall be remunerated for his risk , and to show that both parties bave but to understand each other , to ensure to both that muvunl relief so desirable and so necessary to the healthy existence of ; he coal trade ; in fine to prove that masters aud men have been too long enemies—acting against instead of with and ior each Other , and to endeavour to make them friends acting justly lo each other for the rauiual benefit of each .
We hold that competition fairly and justly carried out may he useful as a stimulant to trade , but that competition as at present carried out has become an hydra-headed monster , swallowing up the fair return which the capitalist ought to enjoy , and the jist reward which the labourer ought to receive , wnile the public enjoy the benefit and do not thank either party for the sacrifices they make ! Considering the peculiar nature of mining we consider it both unjust and impolitic for the roasters to be
competing agaiust and underselling one another in the market , and then reducing the wages of their workmen ,, or what is the same thing , adding more work for the same money , thereby creating ill feuling and acrimony between the employer and the employed , and making those enemies that ought to be friends . These evils and all differences between masters and men tlie Association proposes to adjust by arbitration and fair argument instead of having recourse to disastrous strikes .
Gentlemen ,--Such are the objects of the Miners ' National Association , should they , as we trust they will , meet your approbation , we respectfully solicit your aid in carrying them out ; and hope you will encourage your workmen to join the Association for a like object . We are , Gentlemen , On behalf of the miners of Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire , and Leicestershire , William Daniells , Thomas Watson , Agenls of tbe Miners' National Association .
Death Of The,. Author Of " Wan Srdnis Or...
Death of the ,. Author of " Wan Srdnis or the West . "— We regret to announce the death of a writer whose genial and sportive pen has delighted thousands , Maxwell , the Irish novelist , and author of innumerable humorous sketches in tho periodical literature of the day , expired on the 29 th of December , at Musselburg , near the Scottish capital . His generally vigorous health had of late broken down , and he crept into the retirement of this sequestered village to die . He bad been in early life a captain in the - British army , and waa , of course , the delight ofthe mess-room , and a general favourite in social circles , lie subsequently entered the Church , and was some years
prebendary of Balla , a wild Connaught church living , without any congregation or enreof souls attached to it ; though ifc afforded what he was admirably capable of dealing with , plenty of game . Of awarmhearted , kind , and nmnly temperament , he made fiienUs of all who came within the range of his wit , or the circle of his acquaintance . Ho was the founder of that school which counts tho " Hurry Lorrequers" and others among its humble disciples : but "The Story of my Life , " and « ' Wild sports of the West , " will not be easily surpassed in tbe peculiar qualities of that gay , ofthand , and rollicking style of penmanship , ot which he was the originator . —Globe .
LOSS OF TUB | RieiIARI . C OBpBH BT FlRE . —W « »« sorry to notice tho total loss by fire of the barque Richard Cobden , of this port , from Calcutta to London , on the night of the 22 nd of October last , about fifty miles from the island of Bourbon . Most fortunately the weather was fine and calm , and bri « ht moonlight , and the Prince of Orange of Leith was in the immediate vicinity . She sent all her crew on board , but all the efforts of both crews were quite ineffectual , and in a few hours she was burnt to the water ' s edge , and sunk stern foremo fc . The captain and crew were taken on board the Prince of Orange , and landed at St . Helena , on the 21 st of November , The fire originated bv spontaneous combustion of part of tho cargo ( snfiiower ) . - "Liverpool Miwnj ,
Kobert Owen And The Exhibition Of 1851. ...
KOBERT OWEN AND THE EXHIBITION OF 1851 . TO THE SOCIAL REFORMERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Friends and Brethren . —Great reforms ata the result of great efforts . Tlie year 151 / will ever be remarkable in the annals of Europe as the most important epoch in the revolution of mind , when a poor Monk electrified the . western world by proclaiming the ascendancy of reason and settling for ever the right of every man to private judgment in matters of faith . The year 1019 saw , for the fust time in our own country , the triumph of popular will . An obscured farmer succeeded , by the aid of public opinions , in exploding that monster fallacy of political science the " right divide" of kings .
' 1 he year 1 / / G is immortalised by one of the noblest victories in the records of nat'ons , when the New world declared its independence of the Old , despising the trappings ol regal pomp , and founding National Law upon National Will . The year 1793 is distinguished for the birth of those European Revolutions which threaien the disruption of the old system of things , and demonstrate that " peace and order" will be a Granger in society until the principles of equity and fralernity ^ in their most enlarged and enluhtened interpretation , are estublished amongst us . "
The year 1851 , we are assured , will be memorable in the progress and developement of civili > alion . For tbe first time in the history of the world there is to be a meeting of the peoples of the leading nations of the globe , not whh tbe view of butchering each other , and making the earth around them groan in agony and death , but for fraternal Communion , each contributing their measure of ingenuity and skill to one common emporium , in which will be exhibited al ! that modern intellect can produce .
Such a brilliant opportunity should not be lost by ihe Social Reformers of this country to make further known to tbe world , through their brethren visiting the International Exhibition , the means of uni . yersal happiness and brotherhood . There is a tide in the affairs of nations as of men which , taken at its flood , leads to fortune . A people , as an individual , by seizing the proper moment may achieve more by one . great effort than years of agitation and suffering . And what moment more opportune for
promulgating these views so wrll calculated to make the toorW happy , than the time when the n-oWd is there to listen to you ? The friends of Social f regress , of all shades of opinion , will have serious cause of regret if they permit an event so propitious to pass hy , without an effort equal to the occasion , to place their opinions in the hands of these numerous foreigners who may he instrumental in sowing the seeds of truth in quarters they might not otherwise reach for a generation to come .
_ It is anticipated by the projectors of this Exhibition , and their expectations are reasonaWe , that ifc will give a mighty impetus to the progress of physical > cience—probably advance it a century . Why not also make it subservient to the advancement of those sciences more immediately involving the welfare of the people ? If our means of increasing wealth are to be augmented by it , why not aho tiie mode of distributing it facilitated ? This is , in fact , the desideratum of modern civilisation . To increase wealth , without distributing it , is only a partial good . It rests with the devotees of tociai science , therefore , to see that this memorable demonstration fulfils the highest possible mission .
As many will come from countries where freedom of speech and press are almost unknown , such an opportunity of getting political and social information may be to them of double value , and the sense oi this otij-ht to he to us a double stimulus . It is proposed that tracts and lectures en political and social subjects be translated into the leading languages and distributed ' at ihe Exhibition , as well as at the residences of various foreigners . It is intended , also , to invite the venerable founder of English Socialism , Robert Owen , to deliver a series of lectures during the season . It would be a worthy triumph in the career of such a man . Who ought to be heard with more affection nnd respect at the
meeting of " all nations , " than he who has heen the devoted and consistent advocate of the welfare of all nations for these last sixty years ? The world owes him a debt of gratitude , and no time can be more fitting for its acknowledgment . Public meet , ings will aho be held in various parts of London , to which invitations will be sent to the leading visitors of the Exhibition , and every effort used to take advanlage of the great occasion . But in entering upon a war , though a bloodless one , the sinews of war must he forthcoming , or the attempt at once abandoned . Let our friends , therefore , north and south , unite with a generosity and enthusiasm commensurate with their cause , and the opportunity
and the year ' 51 may prove the brightest era in the destiny of nations . We would suggest that committees be forthwith formed in Manchester , Birmingham , Newcastle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , and other populous towns , to receive subscriptions and act wiih the central committee ia London . No time should be lost , a week now being worth a month at any other period . Let every true friend of progress feel himself delegated to do a great work , and a great work will be done . We live in an age of popular triumphs . Let us add one more to the list , and that the greatest , the noblest . ROBESIT CoilVKR , George Jacob Houxoake , Jamks Rionr .
HKKKr A . 1 voitv , Hon . Sec . Communications to he sent in the meantime to the Secretary , 52 , College-place , Camden-town , London .
The Galashiels Co-Operative Provision St...
THE GALASHIELS CO-OPERATIVE PROVISION STOKE COMPANY Held their annual soiree and ball on New Year ' s night , in the Bridge Inn Assembly-room , ubich was crowded to excess , great numbers applying in vain for admission . The tea , bread , and fruits were supplied from the company's stores , and were oi the best description . An accomplished violin band , and numerous singers and reciters , cnliveiud the evening with choice and appropiiate pieces , and the greatest harmony prevailed throughout . Tbe Chairman , in opening the proceedings , drew a humourous contrast between the domestic economy of the days of his " granny" and the present , and showed the tendency
towards a state of co-operation . Mr . William Sanderson , in a talented speech , made the following statement : —Our- Co-operative Provision Company began with a capital of only Jfc' 28 ; we have noiv about £ 800 ; it was started in a small room in the Overhaugb , at a rent of about £ 5 per annum ; we now rent premises to about i € 70 per annum ; then we had only one establishment ; now we have three provision shops , a baking and a butcher ' s meat establishment , doing business to the amount of about £ 10 , 000 , and all doing well . I am convinced that
if tho members only thoroughly understood the system and looked to their own inferesf , a / I of our establishments would prosper much better . Let them understand that , by giving them the profits according to their dealings , that they have all their provisions at prime cost , and that all the stores , tbe groceries , baking and butcher ' s meat establishments are one concern , the profits on ihe whole being equally divided in the gross purchase of the whole stores . Mr . Walkur next addressed the meeting on the force of habit , and the meeting broke up , highly pleased with the evening ' s entertainment .
A Life Fitly Closbd.—" On. Saturday Rnom...
A Life Fitly Closbd . — " On . Saturday rnomintr , " says tbe Paris Ccnstitnlionnel , " a humble hoarse , followed by an old woman , leading a dog by a string , left the Rue do l'llirondcllc . uou-the rout St . Michel . It contained the body of a woman who , under tho Directory and the Consulate , had been one of the most fashionable merveilletues . She was the daughter ot a poor fruitwonian of tbe Rue St . Victor , but her extraordinary beauty carded her to take to the pave . Whilst leading that life she attracted the attention ofthe late English Marquis of and he
H— , gave her an hotel in the Ituo Caur oariin , a carriage arid four horses , boxes m all tho theatres , and the toilet of a queo » . hi thee fetes ot Longchamps , Tul > 6 reust—such was her nom de jucrrc-cast by her luxury that of all the l'arisian aristocracy into the shade . But somo escapes caused the Marquis to abano ' on her , and iier own extravagance and orgies reduced her lower and lower ; her beauty at length ulto faded , and she was obli ged to become a selUr if oranges and oysters . She subsequently became a dealer of poultry in the market , and so continued up to her death . ?
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18011851/page/7/
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