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Aug August B0, 1845. ^ THE NORTHERN STAR...
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M01 MORE PROOFS OF "PROSPERITY." EEDUi E...
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STABBING CASE AT BURY. CHECK TO THE DAGG...
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iBK Late Robbery from konn Cotte-wu's.— ...
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Aug August B0, 1845. ^ The Northern Star...
Aug August B 0 , 1845 . ^ THE NORTHERN STAR X
M01 More Proofs Of "Prosperity." Eedui E...
M 01 MORE PROOFS OF "PROSPERITY . " EEDUi EEDBGTION OF TIIE WORKMAN'S " SHARE . * Iohd Lohd Jons Ross-ell lately made it a matter of implaiomplaint , in the House of Commons , that the obkma 70 ehmas * s " SHARE" of the good things that labour tnses 1-inses to abound , was far from what it ought to be . n tbe too . tbe occasion to which we refer , his lordship consnded ended that it is notorious that the luxuries and vo-¦ ptuourjptuousr . ess of the aristocracy have increased during ie lastjte last century ; and that , too , in a great degree . He jntenikrateiuM also , that the means of enjoyment for and j the » the middle classes have been greatly augmented uringluring the same period ; that the wants , comforts , ad ev-aia even luxuries of all the classes that live ti'ftnout ¦ BOuceBODCcTivE faJour . haYe been far better supplied and Lttendattended to ; while the income of tbat section of
societjsociety which creates all tbe wealth for others to enjoy ^ enjoy , not only has r-tt increased in the relative proportKportion to the increased means of the other classesbut tllrat that , when measured as it ought to be , —in the arnon amount of food which it would purchase , compared with with tho . amount acentury benee , —it wonld be fonnd to h j to have positively decreased . Lord Jons , therefore , righl rightfully contended that the workman did not get his ' his " SHARE ; " that he was not fairly dealt with ; thai thatonr svstem of distribution was defective ; that
It i It is not just towards the labourer that the entire ten benefits arising from increased national wealth—from the the discoveries in science and the application of me mechanics , should be exclusively enjoyed by those toh who do not labour : and be contended fin-Her , that soi some alteration in our distributive process is ne needed , axd mosi be dad , or we cannot expect sts stability to our social system , or a cessation of that loi load mumiur of complaint , arising from discontent * *»] which has been so annoying , and so alarjiisg , at iii times , to the well-to-do .
It is true that the measures which Lord Jons U Bossew , indicated , as likely to accomplish his object , ¦ n -were ( most of them ) only adapted to make bad worse - —being but an " EXTENSION" of the causes that 1 "have -tfta-ked the end the noble lord deplores . It is i trne all this ; but still his lordship ' s pleadings were i valuable for the admission of the fact that the other •< classes prey on the worker—and , by the numerous modes our " high state of civilization" has placed at
their command , suck oat of his hands the wealth that he creates , leaving him a less SHARE than he was wont to have , even when the means of production and the aggregate of productions were much inferior to what they now are . We say his lordship ' s admission of iltese facts was Tamable inaced , as will be fonnd some day , when the eight bemedy for the evil comes to be applied : a remedy for more sweeping , and far more efficacious for the end desired , than any that Lord Jons Russell srenis to have even
dreamed cf . Bot « Jw « as is the workman ' s "SHARE ; " de--creased as it is in value , comparing his present with Ms former capacity to purchase food ; unjust as is the dealing to him , when compared wMi tho increased means of those who live out of him ; grossly partial as the law of distribution is , which leaves the producer comparatively penniless , foodlcss , and homeless , while it heaps-tip wealth in abnndanee for those who "toil not . neither do they spin : " unjust and monstrous as all this is , still the cormorant maw of the srstEH has not lad enough I The old adage says : "MUCH would have store : " and painfully arc the workers forced to learn and know its stern truth . I
Small as is the workman ' s " SHARE "—it is still too forceforsehcmingidlenesstoceasenibblingat . It matters not that " prosperity" abounds ; it matters not that there is a " roaring trade ; " it matters not tbat our capitalists are so rich as to seek to " hl-Test ? ' £ 2 n 0 , 00 f » , 00 !) in Ra ' ways all over the habitable globe ; it matters not that the traders are amassing money as fast as they can count it ; it matters not that they can "lay field to field , and houscio house , " 'till there be no place left wherein for tbe poor todweH : it mattes notallthis ;; the " LITTLE SHARE" the workman has is a constant object of assault on the part of the monied classes , who are as constantly bearing away slices of it , and adding them to their already over-grown heaps .
How often have we had to chronicle the " struggles" of Labour , in the resistance oftheassaufo of Capital ! The pages of this journal , from the first day of its existence to the present hour , are little more than a record of the contests that have taken place , —in one shape or another , or on one ground or another , —to prevent fchestuall" SHARE" doled out lo the labourer from absolute annihilation . And how often , alas ! have such contests been fruitless ' . —how often such resistance -rain ! Rich idleness jmys on labour—and labour cannot prevent it ! If foiled oh one occasion , it makes up for it on another : if thwarted at one point , it sets to work at another . It never leaves its victim Hill it has , like the vampire , fonnd the vulnerable pari , and sucked of Wood .
Wehavc now to chronicle the beginning of another such contest—the commencement of another such * ' struggle . " God only knows how it will end ; but past experience tells ns that labour has to fight with fearful odds ! The Birmingham Journal , of Saturday , has the following : — We regret to learn that the partial strike of the puddlers in the parish of Tipton aud other parts of the district , is Kfcety to b « followed by a senentl turn-out of the colliers and ironstone miners . Hotiee iv-is given a fortnight since toihepHMWs , that TUB REDUCTION OF ONE SHILLING A Ti > S would be ijenerallv adopted by the master * ,
and as the notice expires this < fcir , it is expected that operations trill he suspended ia most of the work * in . South Staff .. rdshire . The Odek coal colliers , with die ttoncgetters . have also had xotices in the district west of Dudley . FOll A REDUCTION 0 ? SIXPENCE , hrhtging Iheuxujesof the firmer to is ., end ft * latter to » s ., per day These notices ex |> hvd JastSatur « 3 nr , and hundreds of men are now j-.-r . tmbubiting the ncighb lurhood iu every direction , vvatehiu-j the pits at work , and threatening those who continue in employment at the reduced rates . From the measures adopted by the runt-outs , " it is expected that all the mines in the district will very soon be at . a stand-still . The state of Oiinss , in connection with the
expiration of the puddlers' notices , will cause one of the greatest strike * hitherto witnessed in South Staffordshire . It is difficult to say how the disagreement will terminate , ¦ as thi misters few resetted not to j » tfcnit to the terms of Oie workmen , and the latter seem djailly bent os estokcisg TUEia dexasds . Thestocksof coulare very limited ; and should no immediate arrangement be come to , the masters will be obliged to blow out their furnaces , and thus throw tm : of employment all the hands engaged in the manufacture of iron . It is to be hoped that matters will not bepushvl to this extremity , as the men and their families are < i ' ..- ; ah in a state of great destitution ; and although they may obtain partial employment iu field labour , this
resource cannot last long ; and while they continue 'at play , " workmen and colliers will flock iu from other districts , aud hike their places in the mines and at the furnaces . We have been iufonne-l . onwhatwe deem pood authority , that by the stoppa ? , ; of three furnaces alone in the parish of Tipton , during the present strike , the puddlers hare sacrificed in wages £ 1 , 000 a-week . Thus * i 3 , 0 M ., whkh would otherwise have found its way into oaerent channels of industry , giving employment an . l oread to buadreds Gf £ , maies , " is irrecoverably lost ; and ** rtuuate
»» un . o state of things is not only tobeperr **™ ™ . " at widely extended , producing discontent and ant m a district which , in the present state of trade , p ssesses all the elements of long-continued prosperity ^ eja rdiug the price of iron , it is difficult to arrive at any-« f th " correct conclusion as to the actual position « umd "' " *"' ' hnt the certain , aud not very remote But £ W ralls ' " re 1 uira < i bs t , lc companies whose ufc tare j , aj ; sea tnrou ; n i » ariiamentj and ^ gtnerai Y Mmt 0 ! t «/ « ' « sUyJa hdd hionmmers , combine to gi « e rr » . ^ 5 st *» k . it v and PROSPERITY TO THE R ^^^^
T ADE . The masters have resolved not to submit io the tasis oftl-e men , " and thclatter seem cquattybenton yfORcis . ; feu DEMANDS . TvTsy , whalaprettvto * a here ] The men havemadew "DEMAXDS . ' " SOuS /^ < Udated m " TERMs ! " T , M * havc not , Shtl ' any alter ation The REDUCTIONS are * of tiar proposing ! Why , therefore , should this erM > ek to place them in aTvronir position , and present them as makingDEJIAXDS which tiie em-Poytrsminot accedcto ? Why '—because he is of tbe employer class ; because he is with them in soul and
8 Pint ; becanse lie is identified with them in feeling ahd mto . ^ and therefore endeavours by foul meats ™ serve their nefarious ends . Else , why not tell us ™ t * c men ' s position was that of kesisiixg wccessio . v ? —tbat the employers had made a most nr .-"asoni'i .- " t-EMAsj . " on the men-a demvul \ h \\ e - ^ s- < iun ^ v « n , ail 0 t -. . , . 503 ) of tlwir alreatlv ° " lltt : - " SU AUK ; " an-3 that the men had deter-
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mined to mist this unjustifiable demand . Why did not this writer put the matter thus , and endeavour to enlist public sympathy on behalf of those who were struggling against an attempt to filch from them theii already too-small means ?—the more especially when he himself shows that the reductions are perfectly uncalled for by the state of the trade—and can only be prompted by a craving desire to get m from tbe la boarer , leaving Aim no "SHARE" at all ! Does not
this writer conclude by telling us , tbat certain circamstances " combine to give increased stabiuiv and PROSPERITY to the Iron trade ? " Then where is tbe necessity fox REDUCTION in wages ? Where is tbe justification of the Capitalists' " DEMAND , " that Labour shall do with less ? Why are new "terms" of a worse character sought to b 3 enforced ? " Is-cbeased srjunuir and PltOSPERITI " ought to have had a different result !
But , why multiply proofs ? Why seek for fui -her confirmation of the already-established fact , that , no matter whether times are " good" or " bad ; " no matter whether trade be " prosperous" or " slack j " no matter whether it be " stable" or " unsteady ;" no matter what comes or what goes—what is or what may be—the workman ' s "SHARE" decreases / Why seek to make that fact more apparent , when it is" as notorious as the sun at noonday ? " Such lias been tbe workman ' s fate : such it will continue to be , until he himself acquires rowiioAi . power to enable
his class to alter the law of distribution ; and above all , and before a " , tee Distaincnos qs ibs iKSn . Those who live on him will never legislate to the end tbat their own " pickings " shall cease ; those who claim the land , will never bring it into the market for general use , so long as the quality of political power is attached to it . To expect either party to act in such a manner , is to be moon-struck , indeed . Political power to the workers can alone give to them their " SUAR . E" of theNationalWealth : and can alone secure to them tbat" SHARE" when they have once ascertained what it ought to be .
Stabbing Case At Bury. Check To The Dagg...
STABBING CASE AT BURY . CHECK TO THE DAGGER-STICK . Ovn readers may reco'lect that about two months ago we gave an account of a case at Bury , in Lancashire , in which one of the " new men , " FflEDEMCK Uabius , in the employ of Messrs . Walker , Smith , aud Co ., bad tabbed with a dagger John Svbbbs , a working r . 'The masters took the part of the stabbcr \ i . ae matter was treated by them as but of little Ci . sequence . At tbe Coroner ' s inquest , indeed , soiae of the jury expressed their
opinion that Hauuis ' s ^ conduct was perfectly right and proper ; and were desirous of returning a verdict of " Justifiable Homicide . " The stabbcr , however , notwithstanding the powerful protection extended over him , was committed , and has taken his trial at the present Liverpool Assizes , liis defence was in substance that he was " Looted at" by the " turnouts . " Sugdex was walking with or near the turnouts , who were calling out " hoo" and " baa ; " and therefore he was stuck through with the dagger . The masters , as was before intimated , looked upon the
matter lightly . They took the case to London , at t b'ieir own expense , on an application that ILuiius should be admitted to bail . In that attempt , however , they were successfully opposed by Mr . Robehts . But so confident were IIautus and his friends of an acquittal , that arrangements were made ** for his return in triumph from gaol ; and we must admit , considering that no expense was spared , and the powerful influence excited in his behalf—that he had some ground for the hopes he so confidently indulged in .
BCT JIE WAS IKIED BY A . JUST JUDGE , B . UMW ROLJE : and the result is , thatFREUEntCK . Harris is sentenced t- > twenty years' trcaisportat ion . la another part of our paper will be found a report of the trial , which we have taken from the Times newspaper ; and to this we beg the reader ' s attention . If est week we shall hare something more to say about it . We look at the whole affair as a most significants sign of the times . IIakius was defended by die masters—Jte was prosecuted by tluz People : and so we will leave tbe matter for a week .
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Jons Owes , Newtown , MosTGOMEBTSninE , writes as follows : — " I am much phased with your Star of hut week—especially Mr . O'Connor ' s letter . It has created general inquiry iu this neighbourhood on the Lnud question . My . Sfcir has been read by scores , who av « tilled with astonishment at tlic report of his tour : but some are sceptical ns to the correctness of the report of Mr . Thornton keeping four cows on the produce ol If acres . If you have the means at hand . I shall feel greatly obliged if you will state what he grows on his 1 'iiicl to keep the animals : or , in otber words , whether 3 fr . Thornton ' s cows are supported by grazing ; or whether they are fed by vegetables , the result of
labour , and kept m-doors ; or how otherwise . Be as explicit as you can ; for it will take some time to persuade the peop ! c that a cow cau be supported on a quarter of an acre . " —We have the means at command to satisfy these queries . We have an account from Mr . Thornton ' s oivn hand of the mode hepursued during the three first years of occupation . The presen t is tiie fourth year of possession ; and Mr . Thornton has so far improved ou his third year ' s experiment as to be aWe to beep four cows during the spring and summer months , which said four cows he has yet , with food enough , and to spare , ou his very "little plot . " Wc will here give Mr . Thornton ' s own account of the manner iu which he cropped his land for the first three years , ami the very satisfactory results he realised : —
"First iwar . —The laud is situate at Paddock , near Huddcrsficld . The soil poor and sandy , with a subsoil ofcilicious sand . When iirst taken into possession it icMld H 5 t W't ' iita ' a a si . ijie mo . The iirst year 1 pared and trenched « tte rood for potatoes , placing the sod iu the bottom of the trench . I also turned over with the plough two roods to be cropped , in the following Spring , with swede turnips . When the rood of potatoes came off , cabbages were placed on the plot , in rows twenty-Scven iurbes apart , an 2 twenty inches from each other iu the row . This year ! had only one cow , and the produce was entirely constmed ' m maintaining her . Second year . —The laud was cropped in the following manner . During winter two roods were pared and trenched out of grass , in the manner before-mentioned , and planted
iu tho spung with early and winter potatoes . The roud of e * bbages of tire first year came oft'in June : hut , previous to their removal , a second crop was introduced into the trenches formed iu earthing up the lirst . by placing manure in them aiid lightly covering it with earth , placing therein cabbages from the spring seed beds . They were planted in June and cut in October and November . The half-acre ploughed tho first year was sown with swede turnips iu drills twenty-seven inches apart , which were followed by winter tares and rye ; the remaining half acre , being in grass , was partly cut green till the cabbages were ready , the test made into hay . Having this year been bold enough to increase my stock Irom a single cow to two cows and a pit , IT BECAME QUITE APPARENT THAT TUE TWO COWS
cocao aor cosscme the oueen chops . The pig assisted—the rest went to the dung-heap . On reviewing the crops and management , I was convinced that three eotos might be maintained , aud immediately resolved to make the attempt . After housing my swedes ! ploughed tlis land , and sowed winter tares and rye for green food in the folloiving spring . Third Year . —The vetches sown last year , after the swede turnips , were followed by . planted swedes , which , before housing , were topped for the cows . The cabbage plot of the first year was again planted with cabbages , manuring well ; and after the crop came off in June , was sown with Italian rye-grass , which gave two cuttings . One-third of an acre , after the potatoes of the second year , was sown in April with , spring vetches and Italian ryegrass , and gave three cuttings ; the first of which was made into hay , the second and third wew used for staH-feeding . One-third of an acre , trenched partly
out of grass for potatoes during winter , was planted with Prince-ltegents . Part were got early and sold , tbe remainder were left to ripen . As the' potatoes became cleared , cabbages were planted , and cut in December . The ground for the cabbages , turnips , and jotatoes , i * entiretytwrfcedby the ipade , and the iiitervils hetween the rows a « e wctt digged . In addition to what my miniature farm produced , I bad to expend this rear in the purchase of straw , brewers * grains , < fcc ., £ 119 s . 9 d ., but sold in bucon , potatoes , Ac , from the farm to theumountof £ S l'Js . fid . My stockhasbeen tubee cow sand a furrow of pigs , nil of whose food has , with this exception , been derived from it ; therefore it is clear that the three cows and the pigs have been maintained ap . m it , with the additional expenditure of £ ' 2 10 s . 3 d . And I feel quite satisfied from the experiment that high farming , at any Kite on a small scale , will remunerate the individual who dares to adventure much labour on
the land . My cowsareoftheshort-horned bvecd—very « r <> ud milkers , and arc shiU-fal muter aii <{ su » siei \ zVlonj with eabbaje I give a little Italian rye-grass ; the same with ]> 0 U > . t 6 i > h .-iuhu and turnip tops , occasionally adding' salt . The green crops serve till Christinas , 'f hca : ' y 5 iow swedes and potatoes with chopped straw
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all well steamed , to which is added a little salt . During tne winter season each cow , if giving above one galloa of milk per day , has two gallons of brewers ' grains with a little bean-meal per day . They consume about two tons of purchased straiv , which , along with hay , turnips , A-c ., carry them on till the middle of May , when the rye , rape , tares , and Italian rye-grass come round . "—No w , we are able , from our own knowledge , to vouch for the correctness of the above statement . Mr . Thornton is personally known to us . In the experiments he lias been waking we have taken a deep interest . Business often ca'ls us to Huddersfield ; when it is a point with us to visit Mr . Thornton ' s plot ,- to ascertain what is doing , and what has been done . We are therefore enabled to state that the above account
is far from being overstated . Nay , it is understated . Mr , Thornton is not a man to exaggerate . We know his anxiety on this point . Of this we had a convincing proof not long ago . During the "third year , " set forth above , Mr . O'Connor visited Mr . Thornton ' s Kttla farm , to look at his crops and stock . In the observations that Mr . O'Connor made in the Star , he mentioned the pi < jr which Mr . Thornton was then keeping , in adr "' tion to his three cows . That pig was a very large one ; and Mr . O'Connor said that it might be fed up to weigh fifty or sixty stows—( wc forget which ) . This statement , though wan-anted by probability , greatly annoyed Mr . Thornton . Scores of persons visited his place , and asked to " see his sixty-stone pig ; " and Mr . Thornton was fearful that this statement as to what might be done
would be misunderstood , and that parties would be disappointed irhen theysaw the animal alluded to , and thus become sceptical as to what had been done . Wo mention this to show the care that Mr . Thornton evinces , that exaggerated statements should not appear , It is true that this care does not prevent scepticism . On the contrary , persons in Mr . Thornton ' s own neighbourhood , who have the means at baud to satisfy themselves ; who can sec the crops ; who can watch the mode of culture ; who cau judge of the amount of produce ; who can see tho cattle , and know how they are fed : even of Uiese , so circumstanced , are to be found those that " ' t heliece it . " The old silly cry of " it can ' t be done" is set up ; and all sorts of unlikely stories are vamped up by these parties , to excuse the
scepticism to their own minds . But there the facts are . Dutlug the third year Mr . Thornton maintained three cows and a *' ttor of pigs on his seven roods of g .-ound ; this year he has maintained four cows , and had so much food for them , that he was enabled to make the secon 1 euttbig of his Italian rye grass into hay . That same rye grass he expects to be able to cut twice mce this season that is . four cuttings during the year . It is here that Mr . Thornton succeeds . HeputsLABQUtt , and manure , and good vegetables into the ground . This year he had a good quality of rape , and lound it to be most servicable , both for tceightof crop , and as food ; the rape being inferior to nothing he has given to his cattle , excepting Italian lye grass—which is superior , is liked better , and eives more milk , either green or
in hay , - to any food he can find . But then Mr . Thornton does not let his land lay idle . As roou as it is cleared of one crop , it is in course of preparation for another . lie saves up his manure . He lets none bo wasted . He returns it back to the laud , and bestows plenty ofhbour : and the earth is no niggard , under such circumstances , but yields forth heb betcbn most abundantly . In our opinion , Mr . Thornton is far from having realised u he can do . We dare wagerja triuo that , next year , he will maintain jive cows , ou his seven roods , with more cat-e than he maintained cie during the first year he had possession . A " Geeat Fact" roil Mb . Caudle . —The daily papers state , that , " At Wandsworth pulice-court , on Monday , an old woman named Alice Dowiur , who vends
firewood about Battcrsea , was charged with scoWng her husband most dreadfully as he was lying in bed in a dying state . Her conduct was so outrageous that the police were called on to interfere , and took her into custody . Her husband died shortly after . She was fined 20 s . ; and in default committed for fourteen days . " Was Alice Downer ' s offence really ' •' scolding , ' ' or scalding , her dying husband ? If the former , the punishment that fo'luircd is raf ' y a "great fuel" for Mr . Cau /' e . It is said that a man may "legally and constitutionally" " correct" his wife with a slicl * of not greater thickness than his thumb . But such a power is nothing in comparison with that of punishing a scold by fine or imprisonment ; for if a woman may not use her tongue without the risk of the " stone jug , " miserable indeed is her position . Can there be such a law to fine a woman 20 s . or send her to prison for fourteen days for -wagging her tongue ? This outrage on one of the dearest of the " rights of woman , " tho right to jaw ,
must produce serious consequences . We shall await the arrival of the next " overland despatches" from Wandsworth with " intense / ntei * est , "fuUy anticipating as wc do , a universal rising of the women of Wandsworth and Battersea against this monstrous decision . If the women do not rise ; if they do not proclaim war to the teeth against this law , or this magisterial decision , the result will he to them most disastrous . One halt of the wives will be dragged before the bar of magisterial justice ( 1 ) and sent to gaol for fourteen days ; Curtain Lectures will be no more ; and Mrs , Caudle ' s occupation will be gone ! Jons Richards , Potteries . —We see no good end to be obtained by the publication of his letters . They would only embroil us in a dispute we have no taste for . If conduct such as he describes is pursued by the party in question , the persons on the spot will know it , and soon apply the corrective , by ceasing to be so led .
lioBEiiT Wild , MoTTBAsr . —We cannot answer Ins query , not having the Act to refer to . He had better submit the whole case to a lawyer . Jons KitiK , Oabby . —Yes , the "Field Garden Bill " passed into an Act . This week we tried to procure a copy , to give an abstract of the measure in the Star ; but the answer was , that it would not be printed for a day or two . So also with the Silk Weavers' Act , and the Frame-Work Knitters' Act . The Asdover Bone Gsawisg . —If the statement in tbefollou'hig letter , —which wc give just as we have received it , —be correct , it irould appear that" bonegnawing" is not confined to the Audover Bastite -, but that it has existed in at least another Toor Law Union Workhouse . Hear our correspondent tell ins
own tale , in his own simple artless manner : — " Sir , having seen an artical in your paper of the 1 G eded the bone gnawing atrocity Sir the bone crushing and gnawing is not confined io the Audover union Sir in September 1812 I was one of the inmates of the BaketveU union in Derbeyshiie , aud finding tbat the aluwancc that we got warnat what nature required and as a prnfe I will just mention afew fireurost-mci' ns past my notice ane was eating potatoes that was part l'Otoil and potato peelings and gtiawiii ; , ' the bones that was to bee crushd it maytiot bee amis to inforwe the public through the Xarthem Star that I made these things knawn to a full board of guardians of the BakcwcII union withe justice Barker at their head and the presence of W G ration the gorerncr
Sir by giving this a place in your paper may cause something more to bee said on the subject Charles Ilogers Droylsden . " C . Beixoids , Penzance . —The address he has sent us would do very well to ein-ui ' tto ninoiig tbe working classes of hislocality in a hand-bill , but it is unlit for the general pages of a newspaper . J . Wahcekdixe , London . —With Trades' disputes we do not interfere . It pains us to even hear of them . We know that they are tho great bar to success , in all Working Men ' s Associations . Till working men learn to despise the little matters which now engross almost Uwiv vdwte aUentiow , they will not be able , nor can they reasonably hope , to realize a tithe of the good which oito & t to Row from association . The
truth is , that ihe Trades themselves are eaten up with petty jealousies and unworthy fe . iis ; and this leads them into courses of conduct which result in anything but benefit to them , either individually or collectively . A narrow , contracted , bigoted mind can never accomplish an enlightened and comprehensive end : and until the Trades generally become wise enough to " put away the playthings of their childhood " , aud act as men and not as babes , tlicy will continue to be , as they have hitherto been , torn tu pieces by internal divisions and disputes , arising from disgraceful jealousy and paltry fears . In the particular case to which our correspondent refers , we cannot inlerto-a . We know not the facts of tho Case , All that lie has forwarded us is Mr . Devlin ' s address .
From that we are not enabled to form a judgment , which would justify us in speaking in favour of either one party or the other . Certainly , the reading of that address has produced the feeling that its tone and spirit is far from commendable ; and that the attacks on Mr . Devlin ' s " hrotfier" candidates are really out of all place : but then this opinion is the result of reading only one side of the question . Wc know not what may havc been said on the otber side - , what provocation may have been given ; or how far tho example of one candidate abusing another may hate been set : but this we must say , tbat unless the provocations have been extreme , Mr . Devlin has evinced the worst taste imaginable iu the address he has put forth . Nay , we doubt that any provocation , however great , could justify the resort to what
appears to us to be nwre personal abuse . However , as wc said before , we are unacquainted with the facts , and therefore cannot interfere . To the body generally those facts are known ; it is for them to judge betweeu the parties . If they are wise , they will sift the real claims of each ; a nd elect no man who . is not possessed of good business habits , unitesi to respectful demeanour and sterling honesty anil integrity . They will , moreover , if they know tbefremi duty , take care that noise and bluster does not ionjose ou them for tbe real qualities tbey require . The Fav * Eas . —A correspondent writes as fcSjo *** respecting the amicable and . aecorayttsUed fsvnXly o £ " tbe Frazers , " who are now fulfilling their missioa of " concord * ' iu the metropolis : —I attended at Mlton-street Theatre on one of the musical and liter . 'ury evenings of the Mr . and Misses Frazer . Of the muaical abilities of
these accomplished " Scotch lasses , " it 5 s not my intention now to speak . Public opinion has pronounced them to be most powerful and effective teachers of virtue and morality . On the occasion to -which 1 refer our national song of " Rule B ritaimia" was sung ; am ' it is to tbe manly and i-nd- epenueat critici . 'ms of Mv Fr : « er that I wish to call attention , " Britain rulethe waves , " said he ; "b-j t Britain has ao wt-ral rig ht to vcle the . waves . fi , e ocean is the highway ol nation * , intended by- ' t ]] e pe ' tyfor the mutual beiicfi ; of the whole hnuiuv , raee' » * Then a-rahi * . " Britons
Jons Owes, Newtown - , Mostgomebtsnine, ...
never shall be slaves , " says the song . " Would-to hcaien , " said Mr . P . azcr , " that the time were come when this could he said with truth . Britain will never oe able to boast of her freedom from slavery untU every sn „ D individual within our Innd shall be invested \ with the political franchise ; or , in other words , have a vo ice in making those laws he is called upon to obey . " Nov . Mr . Editor , is it not delightful to find not only amusement , but instruction , conveyed in such a simple , truthful , and powerful manner ? On . ' earing the theatre I felt determined to do more than ever I had done for the adviuicemenS of truth , virtue , and freedom , I hope , s » j . you wiJ ) use your irieuence with the democrats of ionflw , to cause them to pay a visit to the Milton-street Theatre , vfiere tlioy may listen to the of
. truthful strains Sttotia ' s weetest poets , sung in a manner to penetrate- the heart : and I & el convinced they will leave the theatne bettts men and women than when they entered it . Tours , itc the cause » f- fccodessi , W . Cooper . Mb . Wbiciit , of Babvoidswkb : , an 3 theSub-S « erctaries of the National Charter Associatiea at Sabdeii-bridge-. and Wheatley-lane , are requested tc-send tlieiraddresses to John Gray , Engineer , at Howartfeft-mill , Go & dliam-Hill , Burnley , C . AsiiDovrif , Stuatfobd , Esses . —We- are oblige * to keep his letter over till next week , when it shall appear . In the matter of the Odd Felfew dispute , we are anxious to aftbrd ail fair play . Ths observationsthat wo had ourselves announced , we art also oblige * to keep over .
Police Bhi'tauty and Jostices' Justice at AsiitouusdeiuLtke . —We have received the following communication .-Siv ,-AUow me , through Hie medium of your widely circulated paper , to call publie attention to the manner in which justice is administered in the Police Court of Ashton . Last week was what is called Ashton A \ akes ; aud generall y that time is held ns a merry , making among the working classes . On Thursday aiternoon an individual , of the name of John Conner , had got 'a drop too much , " and fell into the hands of one of the police of the name of Matthew Maidiu , a meddling , officious , would-be great man , who . without any ceremony , dragged him oft * to the office . Knowing that he had been guilty of no breach of the poaee-for ho was not quarrelling nor lighting , I followed him to the office to make inquiry how he could bo got out . At the door of the office I met the aforesaid Maidiu . who asked
me where I was going 11 told him I was going to see about hail for Conner , and was passing him to go into the office , when he seized mc by the collar aud nearly strangled me . I struggled to release his hold , which he did , and seizing me by the breast dashed me against the wall with such violence that I thought he had knocked my breast-bone in altogether . He then locked me up in a cell . Some persons who witnessed the whole transaction immediately went to pvoeuvii bail for me , which he would not take , saying , I also was drunk . They went to a magistrate , who told them to apply to Mr . Sykes -, but Maidiu told Mr . Sykes the same story , that I was drunk . They begged hard of Mr . Sykes to sec me and judge for himself . He came , and immediately allowed me to go out on bail . After I got home I had a violent pain in my breast , and I fonnd next morning I had been severely injured , fin- I did nothing but pass
blood . I made application to Mr . Sykes next morning to see if there was any doctor attached to the police establishment ; for I wished him to examine me to ascertain what injury I had received . He told mo there was none , so I was left to my own resources . On Saturday morniii o' I attended at the office . Jowett , Esq ., was on the bench . Conner and 1 were put to the bar . The policeman , Maidin , would class both of our cases together ; and when speaking of one individual ustd the plural number to make his own case good . When called ou for my defence , I told the magistrate I was not drunk ( iuieed I was as sober then as I am atfliis moment when writing ) . I was going to sec about bail for Conner when Maidiu seized me and committed the cowardly and brutal assault above complained of . I had two or three witnesses to prove my case , but only called one , who clearly substantiated my " statement ; anil
yet he was repeatedly interrupted by Maidin calling him a " liar ! " Well , what did this official rascal do ? He lodged a counter statement against me ( after I had replied to his charge ) for " obstructing him in his duty ;" and swore that I had h ' rstseir . ed him by the collar . ! N ow , iliark , when I was being let out on bail , he made no such charge against me . lie said nothing about mo collaring him till I made a complaint of his ill-usage . The Miigistrntesiiid he couldnot believe that an officer could behave so bad to any man . He called on Conner for un apology and a promise to behave better and lie would discharge him , with which he readily complied , lie called on me for the same ; this I declined . I told him it was the first time I had been in a police-court , and I should as far as possible keep out of their hands . He discharged me , but as , was charged as court fees . This I refused to pay , when I was put back to the bar and
asked my reason for not paying . I told the magistrate I was not able to pay such a charge . One of the officers said , " you havc friends here who will j , ay if you only say the word . " I told them I was not willing . So the magistrate rose and said , " I now line you lialf-a-croirn or fourteen days in prison ; which will you do , pay , or go to prison V I replied , sir , 1 prefer going to prison . This is a true statement without any colouring . The . magistrate could not believe the policeman could make such a brutal assault on any man , even when there were witnesses to prove it . Now , on the other bund , could he believe that I would walk into the public office and collar the stoutest man in the force , with six or more , for aught I knew , to support him ? One of the statements he was bound to believe . If he thought tho policeman was spoaltine- tho truth he ought to have supported him in the discharge of his duty , and punished mc . Tho magistrate did not believe him or he would not havc allowed me to go clear . To conclude ,
Jowett , Esq ., after passing sentence on mo , left the court . I was waiting to be locked up , when to my surprise I was told I was at liberty . A friend had paid the 5 s . for court expenses , but would by no means pay the magistrate ^ fine . So the policemen decided against the magistrate ' s decision , and took the money , minus the half crown ! I have been laid off work ever since , aud am now under the hands of Doctor Glover , who says my complaint is tho rupture of one of the smaller arteries , caused by the ruffianly conduet of the policeman , Miiidin . —CirA » LES IIuke , Shoemaker , Boot )) - street , Ashton-under-Lyne . [ If this account be anything like true , wc advise the good lads of Ashton to enable Hume to bring his action forfalse-imprisoument . If ever sucii an action lay , surely it is in this instance . The pe pie of Ashton ousht to make this case their own , and enable Hume to employ Mr . Boberts . If the facts ns narrated above are true , both policeman and magistrate may be taught a lesson ; if they are not true , Hume lias imposed on us . ]
Lmpoataut To L;Vxd Secretawes. To The Se...
LMPOatAUT TO L ; VXD SECRETAWES . TO THE SEVERAL SECKETABI £ S Of ME LAXD SOCIETY . Jly Friends , —Again I have to call your attention to . Mr . Pioberts ' s direction as to the mode of y ; iyiii { r your monies . No class of men require more punctuality in money matters , in the management of their affairs , than the working classes ; and therefore those who undertake the trouble of management should insist uyou the same exactness . How , what I have to observe is , that the doitfite entries of money paid to the secretary , and tho double lists published by him and me , havc the inevitable eil ' ect of so complicating our accounts , that I cannot , and will not , longer act as Mr . Jtoberts ' s deputy , with all the trouble as my reward , unless all the monies for $ liarestrules , and cards , arc sent direct to me , as recommended by Mr . Roberts . If thw rule is not observed , I must and will resign my post as deputy treasurer . Faithfully yours , Feauous O'Coskor . [ I have again to call attention to the above , as 1 find some secretaries will not observe it . ]
Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operative La...
RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . fEtt MB . O ' CONNOB . £ s . d . Ashton-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. „ .. 390 Stockport , per T . Webb ., .. ..... .. 2 o o B . utterly , per T . Moss 2 15 8 Barasiey , per J . Ward .. ; . „ „ „ 2 0 0 Cboriev , per Wm . Wilkinson . ; .. ,. .. 1 0 In Halifax , per W . Woodhousc .. .. .. V . 2 0 0 Dodwortli , per Thomas Crnft , 0 Hi 3 Holbeck , near Leeds , per Wm . Sykes .. .. 0 12 7 Manchester , per John Murray .. 18 7 7 Hanisley , per John Ward ., 200 Derby , per Messrs . Chandler and Crabtrce .. 400 Carrington , per John Moss . . ' . 5 0 0 Oldham ; per William Hauier .. .. .. ., 5 fl ( I
Selby . perJ . S . Jordan 2 0 0 Leeds , per Wm . Brook .. .. 5 0 0 South Shields , per John Patrick .. .. ., 1 + 8 Plymouth , per E . Robertson 1 1 . 0 10 Worcester , per M . Griffith „ G 5 0 ¦ Norwich , per Jonathan Hurry .. 200 Stockport , per T . Webb .. .. .. .. .. 500 Preston , per J . Brown .. .. ; 3 10 Huddersiield , pcrJ . Stenil " 2 17 7 liouiogne-Suv-Mer , per J . Oram .. .. .. 3 ( J 2 Bradford , per J . Ahlerson .. 12 0 0 Bilston , per J . Littney t .. ,. 2 0 0 Tndmonieti , per S . Witham 2 0 0 Macclesfield , perJJolm Warner . fl 0 0 Rouen , per John Smith .. ,. „ „ „ 7 17 ( j Hamilton , pwW . Weir .. 188 Newark , per W . Walton M - I 14 0
FEB GENERAL SECRETAUI . INSTALMENTS . £ 8 . d . £ t . J , Whittington & Cat 0 4 8-Mr . Runnier .... 0 1 4 TiiWiiwU Brigade .. 0 8 0 Mr . Tucker .... 0 1 * G . Battison .... 0 1 4 Hebden . Bridge .. 0 1 4 Mr . Goldsmith .. 028
8 UAW . S . Whittington & , Cat 3 1 C !> Mr . B . Fox .. .. 0 13 Q Greenwich .. .. ' 2 0 q Hebden Bridgo .. 1 U & Mr . ttniRliIan .. .. loo Brighton .... .. 0 18 3 Mr . Dickson .... 0 2 0 CABM ASP BOIES . Whittington it Cat 0 0 i Stockport ~ .. M 0 & o Emmett Brigade .. 010 Heywood _ .. „ Q 8 0 Set-rotary 0 2 0 Mossley ¦ .. „ ass
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECOTIVE . PE * MB . o ' COKNOfi , Birminiham , per B . Pott 7 ft ft Halifax * ** 2 0 ft * In Inst weefc-s Star the sum announced , for the -Rib . cutive should have beea from Halifax £ Z 3 s M uot £ 15 s . 'id ., m acknowledge- ] . 1 correct the ewjr this week by acknowledging £ 1 , as sibove . —F . O'C . " » . ««*» "KES CEXEBAL * £ CBEXABH , SCBSC 1 UPTION 8 . 5 »" ? y 4 6 Mosslej ,. „ 2 0 W . Salmon o « Bolton :. " an SSw ? f 7 ™ « . row :::: 11 rSe " " ! ! ^ 'cester , two females l « Carlisle .. .. .... 3 C Ditto . J . stod 0 C Thomas Mautih V / , lmB ) Secretary , r- ^ , rDNC 0 « uE TE sirao-mi . . rrom Cotfford , <"" VlCTUl FUND . Southampton „ „ . '" •* .. O v Tno : j 43 Martin VTum * - & .
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upw-au , * aodety will meet every Moiul-y Charles AYevelley ^ Lousest-gatc .
The Suutilwa-Rt-V Tlection, All Three Ca...
THE SUUTilWA-Rt-v tLECTION , All three candidates are still in the held . The Chronicle , on behalf of the Whigs , has been thrusting hard to get Mr . Mia" to ret . ro . It has , in turn , flattered , coaxed , wheedled , and threatened , to accomplish that object . But , spite of all , Mr . Mini ! sticks tlieiv , and will do till tho poll is over , ' whatever be the result . Wo confess that at one time wc had misgivings that he would not be proof against tiie cry of " you will let the Tory in ;• ' but now a'l fear of that sort is ended . ' Mr . Miall has taken his stand . It is on broad intelligible ground . Ho propounds certain defined principles : he is determined to give all men of principle an opportunity of registering a vote for pvinsiplo . It is cheering to find that this courageous ctmduct is finding a response amongst
the constitiiensy . Most important meetings are being held nigh % in support of Air . Mi . ilJ , at which he appeal's , and joes " the whole hog . " He blinks nothing .: butboliHyavowsallthc Chartist principles , lie ha « a ! so declarsu against the New Poor Law and tlieSomarset lions * Dynasty : and in favour ( wc believe ) si' " Short 'i'ime . " Sir W . Molesworth is also attending meetings , at which the main card that the imlefincd democratic aristocrat can play , is the old dodge of " " tfon't let . 1 Tory in ! " Mr . AHall ' s answer is , vihvewtke difleremj between you and the Tory ? The fact is , sliat " the Tory , " as far as the "two State churches" are construed , is more defined than the Religion-ffiiuowinff-veJHntai'y-priueiple-Baronct ; and therefore )>**> tiie Dissenters a heller man .
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Ibk Late Robbery From Konn Cotte-Wu's.— ...
iBK Late Robbery from konn Cotte-wu ' s . — On Tuesday last James MacnrSliy , aged thirty , am , Mary , his wile , who during the session were indicted for 'having received a gold bracelet , valued at £ 70 , the property of LoriS Cottenhnm , well knowing the same to havc been stolen , were placed at the bar , when Mr . Ballantine , on behalf of She prisoners , said that he had been instructed to state- that tho male prisoner was desirous of retracting the pica of Not Guilty , and pleading Guilty ; and at the same time
he ( the learned counsel ) begged to state that tiie female prisoner had acted entirely under the instruction of her husband . Mr . Bodkin said that undev those circumstances he should not press fur any convietion against the woman , who was put upon hcv trialanti discharged . Air . Ballantine said that'll the judgment was respited until next session , the man , under the advice of his wife , would give such information as to the disposal of the precious stone * with which the bracelet was set that would lead to their recovery . Judgment respited according ] v .
IlonmBLE Catastrophe . — Accounts of the 12 th inst ., from the Polish frontier , state that the Russian Government had despatulwdt-oavillagcin Lithuania several ministers of the Greek church , in order to convm i the peasantry , supported by a detachment , consisting of an officer and forty men . Tho peasantry , howeverjiad inveigled the priests into aneighbouriiiij forest , and murdered them . They had likewise set fire to the barn in which the soldiers were quartered , and thrown into the ilames all those who attempted to escape . 'Die same accounts state that the town of Luck had six times been ravaged by lire between the Oth and 20 th ol Mav .
Dei-lo-ubu-, Swcibe . —While the Dur . dee steainei was on its passage from that place to Edinburgh , on Thursday week , a woman on board suddenly took oil her bonnet and shoes , and before anybody was aware of her intention j umped overboard . The captain immediately stopped and put about the steamer , but the unfoi tunatc v-oman ' had sunk and ivas seen no more . The name " Margaret Miller" was inscribe . ! on the inside of her shoes . ACCIDKST O . V THE LoSDON AND BRIGHTON' RAILWAY . —Oil Sunday night one of the trains from London arrived at the terminus , and the carriages were drawn under the shed . " After tho passengers . had alighted the engine came up for the purpuscof dragging the carriages from the shed , to make room for the excursion train , which was expected every minute . A rope was affixed to the carriages , the engine bein « on a separate line of rails , and a man named Robert Ridley , a porter in the employ of the London and
Brighton li ail way Company , got on the buflbrs of the foremost carriage , for the puroose of letting go the rope when necessary ; but ivl- 'ie in the . act of doing so the rope is supposed to have become entangled , and to have drawn him on to the . ' * ne . The whole of the carriages went over the poor man ' s leg . He was immediately conveyed to the Sussex County Hospital . t Subbex Dj- . im— -On Tuesday morning , between six and seven o'clock , Captain Joseph Cowling , barrack master of the Scotch Fusilier ( inarus , residing in Stafford-row , Pimlico , was found by his servant lying extended in the passage of his residence quite dead . A surgeon was sent for immediately , who pronounced him to have been dead some hours . The deceased gentleman had a latch-key of the street dot r , which he always let himself in with , and it is supposed that on his arrival overnight ho was seized with a lit of apoplexy and expired immediately afterwards .
The South Easteus Railway , —On "Monday morning , between seven and eight o ' clock , an accident occurred by which a line horse , value upwards ol forty pounds , belonging to Mr . Iloofe , the contractor of the Tunbridgc branch lino , was sacrificed . It appears that some labourers of Mr . Iloofe were at work under the direction of Mr . Bailey , tbe foreman of tin works at the Tunbridgc station , drawing timber , and , on crossing the line at Tunbridgc , disconnected tin leader from tho train . At this moment the first uptrain irom Dover came along , and the engine sti-ncl the poor animal on its haunches with such violcnci as to knock it down , when the whole train , consisting of about thirty carriages , passed over it , the sudden shock causing considerable alarm to the passengers . At tho time of the occurrence there was n dense fo < r .
Tub SvjrrosKB Cask op Poisoxi . vo at Bath . — An inquest hr * be n holden over the exhumed bod \ ot General Dick ; and , after hearing the evidence oi two surgeons , and of Mr . Jlerapatli , the analytica chemist of Bristol , who deposed that they wen unablo to detect any metallic or mineral poison iu the remains , tho jury returned the following verdict . — " Died from inflammation of the stomach , and bowels , but how produced there is no evidence to show . " Diieamtl Storm a . vd Loss of Life . —It is thirr week our painful duty to record a fearful vis itation of . Providence upon our shores , by which both life and property have suffered . Ou Tuesday evening ! our boats proceeded to sea . The fishing was prosper-:
ous , and many of the beats reached the harbour in safety . But on the morning of Wednesday a stroni ; gale broke out from the north-east , which , raised ii heavy swell in the bay , while a considerable number of the boats were lying waiting high water . About mid-day , most of the crews of the boats thus situated were got ashore , some of them with the utmost dilliculty , but others , in tho hope that the gale would speedily moderate , tried to ride it out . The gale and sea , however , increased , and the perilous position of the fishermen became the object of the heartrending anxiety of thousands , who had congregated on the shores of both sides of the river . Several boats hoisted their sails and bore away to the southward , but we regret to state that , as one crew belonging to Assynt , iii SutlieHandshii'c , was attempting
to imitate the eximple ot their neighbour .- ' , a heavy sea upset her not far from the harbour , and lier hap " - less crew were thrown upon the mercy of wind and wave . Tiie dreadful state of feeling on shore at observing five fellow-crcaturcs perishing within hail , no attempt to portray can adequately doeribe . As wave succeeded wave , man after man sunk , till four were buricd _ in the waters . One poor fellow clung wttlisurpmiug tenacity to the mast of the boat , afterwards to a plank , until a few humane individuals boldly manned a slsin ' s boat , and at the imminent risk of their own lives , saved that of tho remaining one of tho hapless crew . While , however , thev were reluming with the man they had saved , a tremendous sea broke riiiht over them , and threw the
whole into the sea . A nVHtiber of individuals immediately jumped over the quay , dashed forward into the waves and assisted them in bringing the man ashore . Whilst this mournful spectacle was being exhibited , a boat was observed in danger , with one man ou board , the vest of tlic crew having gone ashore before the gale came on . Single-handed , ho weighed the anchor , and vowed the boat in the face of the mountainous billows , till a small boat was humanely sent from an Ostend vessel in the bay , and the brave feJlw-j -Kits rescued from his situation of peril . By three o ' clock , the sea had risen to a fearful height , and one by one the boats that were riding at anchor were driven from their moorings and upset . Out of about twenty &» t verc
riding at three o ' clock , only three remained at seven . The scene at this period was truly affecting . Hundreds of people were' standing on the beach , many of them seeing their property added to the general wreck . "Wrecks of boats were floating over th * bay in all directions—masts , spars , sails , oars , buoys , and nets , presenting a sight of devastatasm , the like oi which has never been witnessed on our aerthem shores . What rendered the loss , of property the greater was , thai the nets had been left ia most of the boats , for the purpose of proceeding to sea again , the storm not having a very threatcuu-tg aspect in the morning . The number of the boats , stranded and sunk in the bay , as we cau ascevtai-a , is seventeen i i > F , | '
including one driven off the land . The value of -property lost hcrc- (> Yick ) cannot , it is said , be less than £ 1000 , a sum which , falling oa poor fishermen , together with the loss of fishing for the remainder of the season , will press with , "peculiar severity upon many families , whomay be said to bo almost ruined by this unlooked-for disaster . Every iishing station along this coast , as far as Dunboath , has been more or less visited , and at almost every few yards piecesof wreck are to bo seen . The following are the names o ' ' thofo who perished in the boat off thlf place : —T , r' c : Mrtcicod , Angus Maelcod ( married ) , Timcn MaekoJ , Ainnis Macpiievi-on . The name ol the man ssm-d ' a William Mackenzie , who , we arc i happy tMU Uo , ;• * in , t ^ y yja y of recovery , Tnc ' . f v * l u , f F ) > j t
Ibk Late Robbery From Konn Cotte-Wu's.— ...
lives were sacrificed at Wiml . goc , six ml «» i * southward of Wick . Seven- boats were driven to pieces , and the sloop llegma , Macwill am , . of the Jsla of Whithorn , with 70 barrels « l hw , v » g totally lost at the same'place . At a was , out ot 35 boats , 21 ) or 30 have been totally wrecked , with the whole of the fishing materials , ihe scene at this place was truly awful , and baffles all idea , far less description . At Clyth a number of boats and two Jives have also been lost ; one of the bodies wa « got this ( Thursday ) morning . It is tnat ot a mart named Sinclair ; and at Lybster there lias . also bceii groat destruction of property . Several vessels' aro much irjurcd , and one or two boats , with then ? materials , havc been totally lost .
Inquiry Kto The Andover Tisiok '" Abomin...
INQUIRY KTO THE ANDOVER TISIOK '" ABOMINATIONS . The horrible revelations respecting tho Andtvpt ? Union Workhouse which have appeared in tliial paper , and in the press generally , aro at present forming the subject of official inquiry on the pai t ot the Poor Law Commissioners . On Monday . ' ait ,. Mr . Parker , the Assistant-Commissioner , arrivi d ali Andover , and the same day commenced his im ¦ airy " into the conduct of Colin M'Dougal , the mas- ' cr of the union workhouse , in tiie hall of that bui di ig . Very great excitement prevailed in the town , & id several of its inhabitants , ns well as of thcidji- * bowing villages , ilocl & eit to the place of meetim , and . soon filled the auartiacnt , wlvielv is capable of ae-v
comroodflting upwards of 200 pessons . There w is a numerous muster of tlieguavdivina . Mr . B . I" twill * M , l \ for the borough , was present . Mr . Eo vert May , solicitor , of Queen-square , Bloomsbury , Linden , attended to conduct the examination in up . icrfc of the charges against ths master , on the \ ar . of Mr . Westiake , and a large number of the ratepayers , including Mr . EtwalL . The mastir was represented by Mr . Curtis , an attorneys ! ' 11-msoy , and by Mr . Missing , a bavriste ? .. Amongst othcr " cliarges preferred against tho master , the following are preferred by Mv . " Westi-iko , the medical officer to the union , in a letter a & h'c * scd by him to tho Commissioners : —
" The reports of -previous examinations aJriany forwarded to you accuse the master of neeulatioiis tf the property of the union . I shall be itble to show that other acts of peculation have been coimnitted uyjainl , such as sending soap , candles , cheese , tea , bed-Kuvu , tfcc , to the house of his son-in-law , Mr . Stockbridgc . " Tluit the linen and clothes of the family of his sonin-law have been washed at the expense of the union constantly . " That shoes , clothes , & c . f havc been made and furnished to the same fanii'y at the expense and ehaige of the union . " Tho otber charges are of this nature : — "That lie has frequently taken liberties with tho younger women aii'l girls ia the house , and atteis ; pt d at , various times to prevail upon them , by force or o Lett Ise , to consent to gratify his wishes .
" That be has actually had criminal intercjurse with some of the femaleimuat . es , and for a length of time UaJ been guilty of drunkenness and other immoralities . " The principal witness examined on Monday wa ? Sarah Jinrrctt , an aged woman in a very weak condition , who deposed to some of the facts which have already appeared in this paper relative to her in atment in the workhouse . She complained of havimr been allowed bad aud insufficient food ; that she had not been allowed meat or beer except upon two or ilircc occasions for a day or so at a t' -ne , though she was so worn down by disease as to require both co istantly . The orders of the doctor for allowing her better and strengthening diet had not been attended to , or she had to wait several days before she got
what was ordered . When weak and ill with the dropsy she had been compelled , on a bitter cold day , to wheel snow from one place to another in the yard . The witness was so exhausted with disease and long suffering , that she was taken ill during her examination , and had to bo removed . The next witixss , Elizabeth Morrison , corroborated much of Barrett ' s statement . She had scon the workhouse master drunk . Amongst the witnesses on Tuesday was . lano Grace , who deposed to the bad diet of the inmates of the workhouse ; she had scon the master " worse for beer" at times , sometimes , too , when reading the prayers . Mr . Westiake , the medical officer of the
Union , was next sworn , and proved that the allowinces of meat , < fccM he had ordered for some of tho workhouse inmates had not been given to them by the master and matron ; the conduct of the matron to the sick paupers was frcrincniVy tiolenb anil unkind . Throughout Mr . Wcstlakii ' s examination he was subjected to repealed questionings and interruptions , on fltc part of the assistant-commissioner , who seems to act as tlic champion of the accused master , rather than an impartial inquirer . On Wednesday the examination of witnesses was resumed and continued throughout tlic day -, no fact of importance was elicited .
Tub Kxaresboitouch W-Minis.—The Turn-Out...
Tub KxARESBOitoucH W-minis . —The turn-out stiUcontiuucs with unabated determination on the part of the men , and , should they still remain firm another week or two , they must conquer . The committee return their thanks to Mr . J . lletlieriiytcn , ofKowShildeii . for the 2 s . 7 d . received .
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, , - - - , ol ils . per-rbijrr ^ VKents--Flcet-s ^«^^ d ^ n \ [ Abliefr ^ ifi ^ vn ^ -inJ-hmta-A . ib &^ . CSpvi' . i ^ Qiwt /^' ^ eO i \ uiCo \ U ' a ^ . W f Vt ) ir fffi $ S ' 'M i WhitgljttJ ^ fe , m A ¦ ftW ^ lirtgj ¦ - ,. i swl V .-- "» -. V'WV MtPl ? - whfswBv-jm * mm UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE . jH ^ DR . tOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS , THE TESTIMONIALS already received of Cures of Asthmas , Consumption ! -, CuiHfbs , ami Cub ' s , and all disorders of the breath and hwas , hy i ) i \ LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFEHS , now fill upwards of fifty sheets of closely printed paper , and numbers continue to lm received almost daily—not only from England , but fni ' . ia , America , ' . md nil other parts of the world—proving tlu-ra to be the most unfailing and speedy remedy ever t'iscovered . The following lias just been received from the Rev , J . Stainsby , Hector of Hanover , Jamaica . Dated Nov , 20 , 1 S 44 . Gentlemen , —Having been cured of an obstinate . nd distressing cough , under which I laboured for the last eleven months , by the use of your Pulmonic" Vafei s , I take the liberty of addressing you these few lines , hoping that my feeble testimony of their efficacy may lie the means of inducing those who suffer as I have to apply to go safe an . l effectual a remedy . I am , gentlemen , your obliged servant , J , Staissuv , Rector of Hanover , Jamaica . CURE OF ASTHMAS , C 0 N- UMPTI 0 XS , & e „ Ac , IS CHESTlill . Head tbe following from Messrs . Piatt and . S n , 13 , Fovegate-streut , Chester . March * 2 G , 1 S 15 . Sir , —Your invaluable AVafers continue to perform wanders liens . Since our last wc could send you dozens of cases of the most astonishing cures . Cue gentleman , who has had a bad cough for years , bought one box , and was enrol before using the iv ! ii >! e of it . ' Ke gave the rest away , and they were cinv . d' . y ben * -.-ticial . A medical gentleman here is so convincid of their value , tbat , bes ' uUs regularly recommending them tu UU patients , be hud some a few days since for one of his children , for the hooping cough . One of our clergymen also , who laboured uniler an asthma many years , has received such Mitraorilim-ry benetit himself , that he now gives many boxes away evwy wei-k among the poor . Persons who have laboured under asthma , asthmatic coughs , consumption , Ac , c .-ill upon us almost daily to thank us for having recommended to them tisis "instant cuny & e . M . 1 ' latt and Sos . ASOTHER EXTRAORDINARY CUKE OF CQKrnfiaED asthma . Mrs . Gordon , of Flookcr ' slbrook , Chester , had long been I given up as incurable , and was for many wim-Jis vonfinrd to bed in the last stage of an asthma . She could not : sleep for her difficult breathing , cough , « fce . The fii > t two U ' afcw she took relieved her cough , an hour after which she had a comfortable sleep , and in twelve nays was ible to walk out . Mrs . Gordon will ba happy to reply to nil inanities . Maw * 26 th , ISi 5 . IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO SING . From S . Pearsall , Esq ., of her Majesty's Concerts , and Viear Choral of Lichfield Cathedral . Lu-lincid , 10 th of July , 1 S 45 . Gwitiemwo , —A lady of distinction having puiuteu out toiaotho tjwaUtiesofDr . Locock ' s Wafers , 1 was induced } to make a trial of a box , and from this trial I am baprjtto give my testimonial in their lavour . I find , by alio- * - , ing a few of tho "Wafers ( taken in the course of the day ); i to gradually dissolve in the mouth , my voice becomes i bright and clear , and the tone full and distinct > They are decidedly the most efficacious of any 1 nr . v * F ever used . f , ( Signed ! Samcel PmctM , ! ,, The particulars of many hundred cures may o % had frovk ' every agent throughout the kingdom cmd on the oon > mtnt , ' Da . Iiocock ' s IVatebs give instant relief , aud a . tapii 1 cure of asthmas , consumption , coughs , colds ,. and all dia * . orders of the breath and lungs , ifcc , dec . f To Sisgers and Pi'blic Speakers tbey are inv . duaUe n as in a Jew hours they remove all hoarseness , and increase v the power and flexibility of the voice . They b ; we si most * l pleasant taste . e Price Is . lid ., 2 s . 96 \ , and lis . per-texr ^ A ( wnts--u , Da Siivaanfl Co ., 1 , Lride-bme , Flcet-str ^^ dSk f . CAUTION . —To protect the ^ hUef ^^ inftnf hnW & F tions , her Majesty ' s Ilo * . ioivrab &\ .. Co > y » i ^ Qii ^ ' # )« eO ) caused to bo printed on tho sta \ uiCo \ n ^! e ^> -ifi ; . flS ^ > j words , "Dr . Locock ' s Warovs / Vm ^ ' bitof tfrv ^ fe ifarf ground , without which mme ave ;^ eniun 6 ;' f v ^ ^ Pj Jp » g & t- Sold by till Medici ^^ i ! ulier'i ;' ^ , j S / ^ {» J -mam
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30081845/page/5/
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