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jrnnJABY 18, 1846. , THE NORTHERN STAR, ...
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BE Wobthawtox Discussion.—w "ehave befor...
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FEARGUS O'COJSSOR AjSD THE COBBETTITES.
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Manchester, Wednesday.-Another of Labour...
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On Sunday last, Jan. 12th, at Prcstwich ...
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LABOUR DEFENDED.
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Jrnnjaby 18, 1846. , The Northern Star, ...
_jrnnJABY 18 , 1846 . , THE NORTHERN STAR , 5
Be Wobthawtox Discussion.—W "Ehave Befor...
BE Wobthawtox Discussion . —w " ehave before stated _taa t with the Utters of reply from the parties alluded to _jn the late address of the Executive , the discussion , aa _* r _« s < " a columns ware concerned , must close . Under _fliese circumstunces , than , we cannot _cnnfiistantly open them for _thalnsertion of thelong , out hy no means _infcws _tins , _discussion of the _JTorthampton new locality ; _be cause such insertion would open up the whole question a"aiu , leading to an abnost interminable " wordyfication , which , as far os the real merits ofthe question ! are concerned could only end as the matter stands at present , but It -would leave behind it a state of feeling no t at all desirable , because not calculated to advance the cause of Chartism . Instead , therefore , of inserting ' « je _Ttport in question , we shall hand it over to the
Ocncral Secretary , for the use of the Executive , This coarse will enable that body to learn the opinions of \ _go-aie ofthe members of the Northampton new locality , and the decision come to by the major portion after each _-jartr to the discussion had had their say . bob 3 L » _J _>* s _Coheakiov . —Mr . Hobson has found it impossible , with the numerous calls on his time and attention , and his duties to others who had the first claim on Ids energies , to prepare the matter for the nor JUiro _' _s Companion in time to publish it as an almanack . The subject that he determined to discuss in it _^ _as one tha t called for much study and care ; and he de termined to miss the period of publication altogether rather than produce it in a slovenly or -unfinished man-Tier . During the year lie vrUI produce the statistical
a other matter in another shape—a shape that _vill make it as useful , and less ephemeral , than an almanack . He will endeavour to put within thc reach of every one , for threepence , a condensation of information which they must wade through numberless volumes , at a high cost , to obtain ; and information , too , of the most valuable and necessary character , as bearin !; on the political and social questions of the day . be Glasgow Repealers . —We have received an account of a Bepeal meeting holden at Glasgow , for the purpose of _conquering a pamphlet entitled "JBUhop Murdoch and the _Ueptal Movement , " which pamphlet we have not seen , nor have we any desire to see . Considerable disorder , it appears , was caused at this meeting by a fellow named Bobc-rt Malcolm , a renegade from Chartism . Of his savinjrs and doings at the meeting we have received a
_jrettv lengthy account , wliich , however , we must decline "ira : _? . We can iiud much more important matter with winch to fill our columns than the noisy mendaciousness of such a thing as Malcolm . If thc Glasgow Bepealers are anxious to have their cause brought into disrepute and odium , they cannot do better than allow Mr . Malcvlia to continue liis Messed _dodImtIc-e . . K . DowLiis , > - £ AE _MrRTHira Ttdvil . —The address is Lawrence Pitkcthley , linen-draper , Buston-road , Hudderefield . Yorsc Eefoemeb . — We have not thc information ( iuU and complete ) at hand . In the coarse of a few weeks wc may be able to give hini every particular . noHAf Claks , of the Executive , has written us to say , that if wc could have _' allowedhim , he would have cheerfully published Mr . Smith ' s second letter , had ho not received a third , saving there was no aeossity for suck a
£ tcp . Addbessixg _CosDttJXiCATioxs . —Again we have to remind our friends of the mode of addressing communications . Several have this week again sent their ordcrs addressed to ilr . Hohson ; and some correspondents inclose orders in their packets of news . This is as it ought not to be . Orders so sent run great risk of noi _bi-ing attended to . Mr . ilobson desires to have nothing to do with those departments which do not belong to him . He wishes merely that letters aud communication ? for the paper should he addressed to hiui . Several parties make their Post-office orders payable at the General Post-office , instead ofthe Office , Mi . . Strand . By remedying this _tlicy villi oblige . They have onlv to say that they desire their orders to be made
payable as above , and to Mr . O'Connor , and their _desin-smustbe complied with . Bochoale . _—Ve are sorry to he compelled to curtail our correspondent ' s reports . Thc remedy rests with himself ; let Win write not so closely , aud only on one side ofthe _yaj-o-, and Lis reports will Lave A better ehanoe of _appearing at greater length . Tnos . Pais , STAi / nmioGE . —We apprehend that , as he paid the landlord the nionay he raised by selling his goods , he cannot enforce that cruel provision which Sviids a man sis months to prison for removing his goods _wln-n he is in arrears of rent . The landlord seized the rest : so he has now got all . What more docs he want ? Of course if our querist ever becomes worth « _= aeii ! _'' ihe _i-emorscless creditor Avill try to have
his "pound i < f ni-sii . _" 0 . _\ , Yes . "ilr . Myles _' s amendment" would have admitted sugar cheaper" than Sir Robert Peel's Bill : and the League M . P . ' s , in supporting Sir R . Peel , not onl- voted for excluding "cheap" sugar , but also for "keepingthe T « un « in"H " "Vile tools ; " _"JVuiby thc Duke of Buclnughaiu . " _BisaixcHAM Shoemakers . —We Lave rec . ivcd a report of an important meeting of this body , held on Monday evening , but which report only reached us on Thursday afternoon . As at this end of thev . eek we could only have given a very curtailed account of the meeting , we Have thought we should best serve the _Binningham friends by postponing the report till our nest , when it shall be given-entire . Ihe _CosHiiiKEES of _Sheffieid desire to acknowledge thc sum of £ 2 , received ironi the Lancashire Miners , for Air . Charles Meadowcroft , Duckmfield . The _Coiubniakei-s' address we wiU give next week .
J . _Faxtet , League " Tool /*—Bis letter next week : it was late this . We can afford hhn room for his " corrections-, " and foriasjiing at " the man who beat him ;" though _( l is more than the league would do . Sot the _IxwHihj _( littrallv ) more than they would do—but the " act " of justice" in letting a man spcakfor himself . J . S . SnEBBAED , _Spitaltielus . — We wouia advise him to see the Secretary of the London Associated Trades . E . Y „ Bbistol—It makes no difference whether the master sign the indenture or not We presume the late apprentice has it—and that is all he need care for . _Iftliemasterliasit , andwon'tgiveit up , summon him before the magistrates . J . Shaw . —In the first case , that of the 2 s . Gd . fee to the parson , we Believe It can be claimed . In the other case , we apprehend he would not he liable to the rates . In the rate-book the property would beset forth as unoccupied .
Monies Received By Mr. O'Cosnok. £ S. D....
MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . _O'COSNOK . £ s . d . SUBSCRIPTIONS . FromLittleborough n j r From Penzance < J * ™ FroniArnuld „ } % PromBarfunl Son From Garrington •¦ .. «¦ <• •< ,, 030 CABOS . From Penzance - - .. 016 VICTIM TVSD . From Hamilton , per John Park 10 0 From Mansfield , per Matthew Jarvis .. .. 010 FromBasford .. .. « . .. . » » 0 1 2 From Carrington 0 3 0 BBXCOMBE TESTIMOXIAL . From John Tncke , Shafiteshnry , Dorset .. .. 0 1 C
KECEIPTS PEE GENERAL SECRETARY . SUBSCBimOXS . s . d . s - d _- _Tmibridge Wells ( 3 Preston 6 0 months } -. -. 4 9 Butterley .. .. 4 6 _Xorfliamjiton { OldLo- Lockwood .. .. 5 0 calitv ) 2 6 nebden-bridge . 6 9 Mansfield . 10 0 littletown .. .. 1 105 Somer ' s Town .. .. 3 0 Dewsbury .. .. 2 G Clock-house .. .. 3 0 Bradford .. .. 7 6 | ( Sty of London .. -. 3 9 Warley 1 101 Crayfbrd ( 2 mouths ) .. 3 0 _Jfanningham .. .. 0 6 _CUtheroe 4 3 Oldham ( 2 months ) .. 14 2 _Sawlcy 18 Huddersfiehl .. .. 5 0 IIulbM-k 2 3
CASUS AND BOOKS . _Oitheroe , for Hand- Xorthampton ( New books 110 Locality ) , ditto .. 10 Ditto , card .. -03 Ditto , account-book .. 4 0 Sawlev , card and book 0 5 Ditto ( Old LocaUty ) , _Ban-aford , books .. 14 cards .. .. .- 2 0 Colne , ditto „ - . 0 8 Tavistock , ditto .. o 0 Preston , _ai-count-lKKik 4 0 Ditto , books .. .. 0 8 Manuingham , cards .. 0 G Plymouth , cards .. 1 o ereenwich , ditto .. 16 Ditto , books .. .. 0 4 DOSATIOSS . _Eebden-bridge , pro- Mr . Fieldvn _. Sowerbycecus of Christmas bridge 10 angmg . _" -
TicnjiruM ) . _Tnnlaidge Wells ( 3 Greenwich & Deptford 4 0 months ) .. .. 4 9 ' THOMAS _MARTLK WHEELER .
Feargus O'Cojssor Ajsd The Cobbettites.
FEARGUS _O'COJSSOR _AjSD THE COBBETTITES .
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I have received the following letter from Oldham , which I shall here insert * and then my reply : — Deae Sis , —Believing it to be the duty of every sincere lover of truth and justice to make known to his friends _allrqiorts which may have a tendency to injure his character or property , anumber of friends hare requested me to lege no time in informing jou that thc Cobbettites _« fthis town hav _« made a great discovery , and have been very buahr engaged for the last few days in giving current
circulation to a report that the _Nortlitrn Star has changed its proprietor , and been sold to . Mr . Dougal _il'Gowan for the sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds , -with a proviso , thai yon take SOW ) copies weekly at cost price . Your _fiends ao not believe there is any truth or foundation in such a rumour , hut that it is a fabulous story got up by some evil disposed person or persons . They therefore _^ h you , on the receipt of this , deal with it according to the merits of the case , and stop if possible the mouths of busy meddlers and gainsaycrs . I am , dear sir , yours truly , To _Feargns O'Connor . Esq . William Hameb .
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accouchement and production of the Cobbettites to pretty nearly a similar source . I sold the machinery which cost me from £ 2 , 340 , to Mr . Dougal _M'Guwan ( who I engaged to print tho -Star ) at the valuatien of an appraiser ; bis -valuation was £ 7 _tt ) 19 s . —one of my large profits . Mr . M'Gowan has beenmy printer for the last nine years : and you will see his name a ? printer to my letters to O'Connell in 183 G , and to everything that I haTe _lince _published . And now to answer your questions more directly . Mr , M'Gowan has no more property in the Northern Star than the Queen of England has : indeed not so much ; as she has a penny in the shape of stamp duty out of each paper sold and unsold . No man living save myself ever had-mortgage on , or control over , the Northern Star ; no man ever shall ; and not all
the money possessed by all the Cobbettites in England could purchase it , or one column in it , adverse to the rights of your order . Tou are aware that the under standing on which I established the Northern Star was , that the people should raise £ 800 in £ 1 shares ; and that I should put £ 400 to it . They raised about £ 690 , of wliich about £ 400 have been paid off ; and I show you that the machinery alone cost £ 2 , 340 , and about £ 700 was expended from time to time in making premises suitable for printing it—that it is over £ 3 , 000 , besides nearly that sum expended in law pro ceedings consequent on the proprietorship : and yet "Mr . Lictor , " " independent Chartist , " alias _Jomr WiTKiNs , who writes his diatribes in Lloyd ' s Weekly Newspaper , would assure hia readers that the Star was established by the people's money , and that I put nothing to it . However , as I have given my solicitor instructions to invite Mr . Iloyd to establish his published facts in open court , I abstain from saying more on that subject , and trust that I have satisfied
you upon the purport of your communication . The whole period ofthe Star ' s existence has been one of incessant conspiracy amongst all classes to " put it down ; " but still it lives and thrives , andstandslike a rock in the midst of the ocean , against which the angry waves may dash , but part in foam . I assure you I had hoped to have an entire holiday this week , not feeling myself even capable of writing my letter to the Chartists , for I have suffered now nearly five weeks of severe illness and most excruciating torture . It is said " there is no rest for the wicked ;" but , thank God , I am able , even on my back , to beat the pigmy force that malice , slander , ignorance , and disappointed ambition , may present . The Star is mine and the Peoples , and only ours . Just by way of amusement , let me put you in possession of the opinions of Mr . John Watkins , when he owed wc nearly £ 17 as agent for the Northern Star , and then , perhaps , you will be able to _foi-m some estimate of the velping curs who now snap at my heels .
"But the greatest grievance is Mr . O'Connor , the ' people ' s idol . ' He must be got rid _oij because his popularity is envied . Mr . O'Connor earned it , and earned it dearly ; did not Mr . Lovett possess his sharet-his full share f Was not the Star the herald of lus fame ! Mr . Lovett resembles the Turk that cannot bear a brother near him . " Perhaps onr * trading politicians * fancied Mr . O'Connor had monopoly , and they wished to break it . It is well known that , in a pecuniary sense , the £ tarhas done more benefit to others than to Mr . O'Connor . He is out of pocket by it . Bad he chosen to serve himself , and not the people , he m ? ght have been a lord . He is in a prison for liis patriotism , and set upon by curs that durst not bark if he were out—spaniels that fawn upon their own persecutors . O'Connors value to the people is indicated by this mean attempt to ' shelf' bun ; an attempt made by men who owe their power of making it to Ids favour , and who have eat of his bread .
" To injure 0 Connor is to injure the people ; he is identified with them . Tlad the people ' s enemies succeeded in turning the people against their friend , the people would have / elt it first , and must have hated temselves . It would have been enough to make all true patriots turn to Timons . Ingratitude is a sin wliich neither gods nor men can bear . " Yours , dear Hamer , very truly , FjEAnGUS O'Cosxok . P . S . —The above is but a sample of Watkins' sack of adulation ; there is much more , but really too fulsomefoF rc-publication . F . O'C .
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_Bkutal _Oetuace . —On Fndny morning last a most brutal ; i _? _sault was made by two men on amaid servant , named Sarah Sewcll , iu the service of Mr . William _Oflin , Great Bmsted , who prosecuted a man named Cheeks at the recent quarter session , and against whom this young person was principal evidence . About two o ' clock in thc morning some one , whom the girl supposed to be the man servant , and who lives a short distance from liis master ' s , called to her , stating that the iairier had come to bleed thc marc , which was ill , and that he wanted a piece of cord and . 1 light The girl very incautiously went down stairs only slightly dressed , procured a piece of cord , and unfastened the door to give it to thc party . One man then caught her by the arm , aud the other pushing the door back , thev drew her out , and threatened t'i
murder her if she did not desist from calling out . They then cut all the hair off her head with a pair oi shears , and having knocked her about left her , probably , as they imagined , dead . At six o ' clock , when the servant came , he found her lying in thc yard weltering in ner blood . She is now delirious , and in a very dangerous state , but in lucid intervals has made a deposition as to certain parties , who have been apprehended jointly by Mr . William Curtis and the police , but are now out on bail . Tho mare referred to was ill at the time , and it is supposed poison had been given to her . A fowl was taken from the coop by the same party , aud was found dead one field from the house , and also thc hair of the poor girl , which appears to have been carried off as a trophy . —Essex Herald ,
_Alarming axd Destructive Fire . —On Tuesday morning , a lew minutes before three , a fire broke out iu ihe factory of Air . Ward , coach-builder , in tho Old Kent-road . About twenty minutes after the discovery ( by a cabman who was passing ) several engines were on thc spot , and an abundant supply of water was obtained , but the fire continued to rage with great fierceness for more than an hour ; its ravages were , however , confined to the building in which thc conflagration originated , which was completely destroyed , as well as the property it contained .
Fatal _Accimwi at Wakefield . — On Sunday evening last a fatal accident , which has caused much excitement , occurred to a young man , twenty-three years of age , of the name of Edward _Dlingworth , clerk to Mr . Fuljambc , solicitor , by falling into the Barnsley Canal , at Agbrigg , near Wakefield . On the above named night thci c was an intense fog , and deceased had gone to Heath to see a lady to whom he paid Ms addresses , and on coming home mistook his road , and walked into the canal . He was known to most of the inhabitants of Wakefield for his ready wit ; and respected by all who knew him .
Death rnosr Poisox . —Manchester , Tuesdat . — Considerable surprise was excited on 'Change on Saturday list by a report that Mr . Louis Schwabe , thc celebrated manufacturer of figured Bilks by the jacquard loom , had met with his _ death under circumstances which led to the suspicion that he had been poisoned . For a considerable time the rumour met with but little credit , but unfortunately it proved but too true . The deceased was a gentleman well known throughout the commercial world for the energetic perseverance with which he pushed forward the improvement of the silk manufacture by means of the jacquard loom . It appears from the inquiries which we have been enabled to make , that Mr . Sehwahe had recently lost a valued relation ,
aud appeared depressed in spirits in consequence _, lie was taken ill on Friday night , or early on Saturday morning , anil in consequence of the symptoms which exhibited themselves , medical assistance was called in , and the stomach-pump used , but he died at about half-past seven o'clock in the morning . An inquest was held on the body yesterday at the house of the deceased , but out of respect to the feelings of his family the coroner ( Mr . Chapman ) determined that the proceedings should be private . We can , therefore , merely state the result , which we believe to be , that thc deceased came to his . death ia consequence of having taken oil of vitriol , being at the time in a state of temporary insanity . The deceased , we understand , was about forty-four years of age .
Attempt to Poison . —Manchester , Tuesday . — This morning Benjamin Anderson , who was brought up on Tuesday lust , at the Borough Court , on the charge of having attempted to poison his wife and two children , was brought up for further examination . The prisoner , who is a ferocious-looking fellow , appeared quite unmoved at the situation in wliich he stood , and had lost the vacant stare which he exhibited on the occasion of his first examination . The evidence previously adduced went the length of showing that sugar of lead had been found in some sugar in a cupboard in thc prisoner ' s house , and that the prisoner ' s wife had recognised it in a basin of tea which she had made . It was also proved that the prisoner had been
seen doing something in the cupboard where the sugar and poison were found , and the reason of his being remanded was in order that the police might ascertain where and when he had purchased the poison . Mr . Beswick , the chief superintendent of police , called Mr . James Croft , druggist , of Pollard-street , who stated that on Friday night week the prisoner came into lus shop and asked for a pennyworth of sugar of lead for eyewater . He gave the prisoner an ounce of sugar of lead wrapped in paper . He had no doubt but that ihe prisoner was the man . In erOSS-OXamination by Mr . Harding the witness said he did not mark the paper with the word " poison . " The prisoner was fully committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes .
Alarming Fire . —On Thursday afternoon , about _£ veo'clock , thei ' amilvof Mr . Inwood , a general dealer in Wood-street , _Ciomtr-strcet , Gray ' s-mn-lanc , were thrown into great alarm by a firein thc shop . It originated _tbroui'li _ovwlmvcing a naptba lamp , which Mrs . Imvood held in her hand . In asuort time thc contents of the shop were in flames ; they were extinguished , but the entire demolition of tnc stock and shop front was the consequence . Mrs . Inwood was much burnt .
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_^ Murder op a _Clerotman . —Bkause , Jan . 9 . — On Saturday , according to custom , the children of the little town of Culetre met at seven in the morning to receive instruction in the catechism ofthe Church . Having waited some time for their curate m vain , they dispatched some children to his house , where , looking through the keyhole , they perceived the maid lying dead in the hall . The alarm having been given , the wall was scaled , and it was discovered that the girl and the cure" had been cruelly murdered by blows of a hatchet . Each had received but a single cut ofthe heavy weapon , thc girl a transverse cut across the side ot the face and skulldelivered
, with such force that the hatehetmade a deep incision in the earth upon which she lay ; the curate by a single cut on the top of his venerable head , which clove it in twain . There was no blood traced , but immediately tinder the unhappy victims' heads . The house had been rifled by some villain who , during the night , had called the girl up , under the pretext , it is supposed , of requiring the priest to administer to some dying parishioner the last offices of religion . Eight years ago a similar attempt was made upon this venerable gentleman , who was highly respected , and in his 69 th year . The atrocious murderer is , as yet , unknown . —Gazette _des Tribunaux .
More Fires in _inE Metropolis . —Between one and two on Wednesday morning a fire was discovered in the lower part of the premises occupied by Mr . Fryer , grocer , High-street , Gamberwell . Owing to tho time before water could be obtained , the fire caused great devastation . The shop was burnt _» ut , and the kitchen at the back serious ! v damaged . The next house , in the occupation of Mr . Rowley , bootmaker , was materially injured , and the stock and furniture damaged . No . 3 , occupied by Mr . Morgan , '"• akcr , was also slightly burnt , and No . 9 , opposite , tenanted by Messrs . Wade , linendrapers , scorched by the heat . —At ten minutes past five the constable upon the beat discovered a fire in the warehouses of Messrs . Perkins and Sharpus , tin-plate washers , Bellcourt , Cannon-street , City . Much damage was done to the Mlding and stock . It is not known how the fire originated .
Rebecca Again . —Late on Monday night , or early on Tuesday morning last , a most outrageous attack was made on the vicarage-house of Fishguard , the residence of the Rev . Henry Nathan , the curate , during his absence from home . Providentially Mrs . Nathan left the house between the bom's of nine and ten o ' clock r . m ., otherwise death inevitably would have been the result , the attack being so severe with stones of huge dimensions ; when about seventy panes of glass were destroyed , besides other damages . ' Strong suspicions fall on three notorious characters , who were committed in the autumn of 1 S 43 for destroying the turnpike-houses of the parish of Fishguard . This enniityagainst the Rev . H . Nathan arises from the circumstance of his communications with the Secretary of State on the subject of the Rebecca riots , thc result of which has been the discontinuance of any destruction of property , save in the present instance . —Carmarthen Journal .
Amsterdam , Jan . 13 . —Accidents . —As seven persons were crossing the river at Dordt , in an iceboat , the ice suddenly gave way , and the boat was capsized . Two ofthe passengers were drowned ; the remaining five clung to the large masses of ice till assistance was procured . —Several houses were dctroyed the other day by fire at Walwyk . Daring _Escate from Prison . —On thc night of the 8 th inst . five prisoners made their escape from the prison of Gcrs ( Auch ) through a hole which they had worked in a wall . They had all been tried and condemned , one to twenty years' hard labour , another to eight years' solitary confinement , and the other three to one or two years' imprisonment . Three other prisoners were in the same part of the building , but refused to accompany them . They even wanted to give thc alarm , but wero deterred from doing so by the threats of their comrades .
The Suspected Murder at Bemnal-green . — On Wednesday afternoon the inquiry concerning the death of Mr . William May , thc silk-traveller , who it was supposed hail been murdered onthe night of the 9 th ult ., bybeing | thrown into the Regent ' s Canal , was resumed and concluded before Mr . Baker , the coroner , and the same jury , at the City of Paris public-house , Bonner ' s-fielus , Bethnal-green . Mary Bissel , of New Ford , said , that as she was crossing Twig Folly-bridge , about twelve o ' clock on the night ofthe 9 th ult ., she saw a man without a hat , eoat , or vest on , very tipsy , scrambling up the bank of the towing-path , calling for her to assist him , but being frightened she ran away . The jury , not being satisfied with the evidence of Mr . Story , the surgeon who
had examined the body of ihe deceased , and who certainly gave the cause of death as drowning , Mr . 0 . Goodwin , another surgeon , was called . lie stated that there were several superficial wounds on the head ofthe deceased , as also one on thc upper lip , which was the result of some blow , as two teeth were knocked out . From tho circumstance of there being no water in the body , he concluded death was effected before immersion . This being the whole of the evidence , the coroner summed up thc facts of this very mysterious case , and recommended an open verdict . This , thejury , aftcraquarterof an hour ' s consultatiou , agreed upon , and returned—That the deceased was found dead in thc Regent ' s Canal , with marks of violence upon his body , but how he came there , there was no evidence to show .
Singular Death . —On Wednesday an inquest was held at the Crown Tavern , Clerkenwcll-green _, before Mr . Mills , deputy-coroner for thc county of Middlesex , on the body oi Mary Davies , whose death was alleged to have been caused by the ill-treatment of her husband . It appeared from tho evidence of a woman named Emery , that the deceased aud her husband lived in habits of constant intemperance , and neither of them had been sober since Christmas-day last up to the 4 th of January . On that day , while they were at dinner , some words arose between them , and after much mutual abuse the deceased took up the saltcellar aud threw it at her husband . It missed him and went through the window behind him . Being irritated at this treatment , he got up and struck thc deceased sharply on thc back of her head with his [ open hand , and drove a hair-pin , which was in her hair , a short distance into the scalp ; very little blood followed the injury , and nothing further was
thought of the matter untu the next day , when the deceased complained of a pain in her head . She soon became much worse , and eventually _^ died on the 11 th inst . Mr . Ballinger , a surgeon , residing near _Clerkenwell-gwen , stated on being examined , that he had opened the body of the deceased . The scalp presented a violently inflamed appearance . The brain was congested , as were also all the membranes , but there was no effusion . There was no injury ofthe skull , nor were there any internal injuries or marks corresponding with the external injury . The der ceased was labouring under a violent cold when the injury was inflicted , and that , coupled with her intemperate mode of life and the constitutional irritation arising from thc injury , was the cause of her death . The husband was then called in , but not examined ; he appeared quite indifferent about the matter . After some discussion a verdict of Natural Death was returned .
The Somersetshire Murders . — Bridgewater , Wednesday . —This day having been fixed upon for the further examination of Sarah Freeman , charged with the wilful murder of her mother ,, brother , and other members of her family , the utmost excitement prevailed in the town—indeed , it was found necessary to hold the proceedings in one of the large county courts , the justice-room being inadequate to the accommodation of the crowds who pressed for permission to be present . The prisoner , Sarah Freeman , was brought up from the gaol soon after ten o ' clock . She was , as on the previous occasion , habited in deep mourning . Mr . Warry first asked thc prisoner whether she had been enabled to obtain any professional assistance , and whether she was desirous of sending for any one to assist her during
the examination . She replied to both questions in the negative , and the following witnesses were then called : —Mr . E . E . Phillipps said , that he was a surgeon and general practitioner at Chilton-super Polden , and knew the deceased , Charles Dimond , who lived at Shapwick . On the evening of the 20 th of December John Dimond , a brother of the deceased , came to him , and said that his brother Charles had been taken" ill in the same way that his mother had been . Witness sent some medicine , and went on the following day ( Friday ) , and found him in bed , attended oidy " by the prisoner , Sarah Freeman . He complained of a severe pain in the pit of his stomaeh . He also complained of a pain over his eyes , and said he felt no pain anywhere else , with the exception of his throat , in which soreness followed the sickness on
the Thursday . The inside of his throat was very red . He saw the deceased again on Saturday , and found him much better ; but at about eight o ' clock on Monday morning ho found him very much altered for the worse in every respect . The symptoms were the same as on Friday . His body and skin were all over very yellow ; his throat swollen , the internal part of it very red , and the skin of the tongue abraded in several places . He could not swallow easily , and could scarcely speak . His breathing was laborious and his heart ' s action exceedingly weak . There was also much soreness in the region of the stomach and liver . The slig htest pressure over them produced great pain . _^ Witness remained in the parish and saw him at intervals during Monday , from eight o ' clock in the morning till half-past three o ' clock in the afternoon . When
witness left him he was much worse , and he soon afterwards died . In consequence of the suspicious nature of the death , witness made a post mortem examination . The stomach , oesophagus , and duodenum were in a very inflamed state . If arsenic were found in the viscera he should be decidedly of opinion that that was the cause of death ., On examining tho stomach , & e ., witness was of opinion that the deceased had not died from natural causes , but from a deleterious drug introduced into the stomach , and attributed his relapse to the fact of some noxious substance having again been introduced into the system . The post mortem examination bore out this opinion , as there were marks of the effects of more recent and more remote causes apparent on the stomach . Thc prisoner cross-examined the witness with a view to show that another surgeon , named
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Bartlett , was present at _thepwt mortem examination of the deceased , and that the jars containing the stomach , intestines , & c ., had been out of his possession before they were taken to Mr . Ilerapath , having been handed over to the charge of a policeman . The witness stated , that he received them back from the constable tied down with bladder in the same way as they were when given to him . They had not been opened . Jnmes Bartlett , a surgeon , residing at Shapwick , corroborated the evidence of the other medical witness . The Court then informed thc prisoner that now was the thnefor her to make any statement . The prisoner , in a firm voice , said , —I am not guilty—my brother ought to be committed to prison as well as me . The prisoner was then committed to Taunton gaol for the murder of her brother
, Charles Dimond . The prisoner was then charged with the murder of her mother , Mary Dimond , and tho same evidence was gone into as at the coroner ' s inquest . She was committed for wilful murder in this case , too . Thc bodies of the father and child have been exhumed , and the contents ofthe stomach handed over to Mr . _Herapath . That gentleman , wc understand , has detected arsenic in the child , and has very little doubt but that it exists in the father , but has not yet completed liis tests . Attempted Murder of a Wife by her Husband , and his Suicide . —On Wednesday , John Clements , a wool-stapler , of Little George-street , adjacent to the Grange-road , Bermondsey , attempted to murder his wife by cutting her throat , and afterwards
destroying himself . It appears that Clements was in the employ of Mr . Elkerton , wool-stapler , in thc Grange-walk , Bermondsey , since June last , and that he occupied with his family , consisting of a wife and three children , a ready-furnished first-floor , at No . 24 , Little _George-strcct . For some time past he had exhibited depression of spirits . He complained of being unwell Wednesday morning before he went to work , and returned before his usual time , between ten and eleven , when he requested liis wife to make him some tea . At this period their eldest son , about thirteen veal's of age , was in the room , and he was gent to the public house for a pint of porter . In about a minute after the lad quitted thc house thc landlady , a Mrs . Pudner , was alarmed bv hcarinsr a
loud scream , followed by the noise ; of somejperson falling heavily on the floor immediately over the room in which she was sitting . There was a knock at the street-door at this moment , and a young man named Bond was let in ; as he entered , Mrs . Clements came running down stairs with her throat cut , and tlio Wood gushing from the wound . When she got into thc passage she tell from exhaustion into the arms o ! Bond , ejaculating , " For God ' s sake , call a doctor !" Bond then carried her into the back parlour , and hurried away to thc police station . Two policemen were immediately sent to the house , but , upon their entering the room , Clements was discovered l ying on the floor in a pool of blood , with his throat cut nearly from ear to ear , and a razor with which he perpetrated the deed lay at liis sido . A medical man speedily arrived , but the unfortunate man was quite dead . Mrs . Clements was conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , and will probably recover . Her account of the
occurrence , as well as she could recollect from the haste in which it was earned into effect , was , that her husband had been complaining for some days of Ms head , and being in arrear of rent to bis landlord , it seemed to weigh on his mind , and on the preceding night he awoke out of his sleep in a fright , and said to his wife that the officers were going to apprehend him . When he subsequently returned from his . employer's premises , and while she was engaged in toasting a piece of bread at the fire , he suddenly turned upon her and drew the razor across her throat . She felt the blood trickling down her neck , and with an effort she rushed out of the room before he had time to repeat the act . The unfortunate deceased must have destroyed himself immediately afterwards . It appears that the deceased came up from thc country about seven months ago with liis family , and that he was a sober and industrious man . He had no previous Quarrel with liis wife .
Tue _MumiEn at Salt-hill . — Slough , Wednesday Evesinu . Some important , information connected with tho recent murder of Sarah Hart , at Salt-hill , tending to throw great additional light upon that mysterious affair , has just been obtained . The following particulars may be implicitly relied upon . From inquiries made by the metropolitan police , in consequence of a communication made by Mr . Perkins ( tho superintendent of thc Eton pulicej to the commissioners in Scotland-yard , it was ascertained that a person dressed as a Quaker had purchased some prussic acid at the shop of Mr . llughos , a chemist and druggist , residing at 89 , Bishopsgatcstrect Within . Perkins left Eton on Sunday last for London , and proceeded to thc shop of Mr . ' Hughes ,
where he ascertained that a Quaker-looking pet-son had purchased a small quantity of prussic acid on the 1 st inst ., the very day the murder was __ committed ; and also a similar quantity on tho following day . Thc person who served thc poison was an assistant to Mr . Hughes , named Thomas . As ihe tracing tho possession of prussic acid to John Tawell , the person in custody in Aylesbury gaol , charged , on the coroner ' s inquisition , with the wilful murder of Sarah Hart , was a link in tlio evidence extremely desirable to be obtained to further the ends of justice , Mr . Thomas left London on Monday afternoon , accompanied by Perkins , for Aylesbury , in order to identify the partyaccused . Upon arriving at the . gaol that evening they _fbuud that the prisoner had been locked up for the night , and it was not deemed advisable that he
should oe seen until thc following morning . Accordingly , on Tuesday morning Mr . Thomas attended . Ho was first shown several ofthe prisoners , but amongst those he could not Identif y any one as the _peison io whom he sold thc poison . lie was then taken by the gaoler into a cell in which were several other prisoners , and he immediately pointed out John Tawell as the man who was served at Mr . Hughes ' s shop with prussic acid on the 1 st and 2 d instant . The prisoner , who appeared considerably disconcerted at unexpectedly seeing Mr . Thomas , said to him ( on Mr . Thomas saying to the gaolers " That ' s the man who bought the poison" ) , — " I think I have seen thee before . " He manifested a desire to enter into conversation with Mr . Thomas , but this was prevented ,
and the parties retired . Mr , Thomas lias so clear a recollection of the features of the prisoner that he can swear moat positively to his being the person . It was ascertained on Wednesday that the name ofthe deceased was not Sarah Hart , but Sarah Lawrence , and that she ' -as born at Chatham in the year 1805 . Thus the statement as to her supposed age was strictly correct . Her mother was not married at the time of her birth ; she was married , about thirty years since , to a Mr . Hadler , a blacksmith in a small way of business , residing at No . 8 , Bath-street , near the Gasworks , at Gravesend . The first information she obtained of the untimel y death of her daughter was from a London paper on Friday last , containing an account of the proceedings before the coroner , and
the committal of thc accused . Mr . North , thc superintendent of thc Gravesend police , who had received a letter from Inspector Wiggins , subsequently called upon her , and from inquiries he made , there was but little doubt of the deceased being her daughter , whom she had not seen since tjie 11 th of June , 1840 . Mr . and Mrs . Hauler left Gravesend on Wednesday morning , and arrived at Slough with Inspector Wiggins in thc afternoon , Their object in travelling to Slough was for the mother to be enabled to identify the body of her unfortunate daughter . They proceeded to the Christopher Inn , at Eton , where the Rev . Mr . Carter , one ofthe magistrates for the county , was sitting . Mr . Carter immediately despatched a messenger with a letter to the Rev . Mr .
Antrobus , the rector of I « arnham Royal , in the churchyard of which parish the deceased was interred , to the effect that it was necessary the body should bo exhumed , in order that the mother might have the opportunity of identifying tbo corpse . Mr . and Mrs . Hadler then proceeded in a fly to Farnham , a distance of about five miles from Eton . While the process of raising the body was going on the aged couple ( Mrs . Hadler being nearly seventy years of age ) were taken into the vestry-room , in thc church , by the Rev . Mr . Antrobus , who remained with them during the whole time . There were also present in the churchyard Mr . ; A _.-W . Blanc , the foreman of the jury who sat on the body , Messrs . Norblad , Champneys , and Moss , surgeons , and several of thc inhabitants of the village . It was nearly five o ' clock , and quite
dusk , before the disinterment had been effected . The coffin was then placed on tressels close to the door leading to the vestry-room and the lid unscrewed . Mr . and Mrs . Hadler were then sent for . As soon as the poor woman beheld the features of her child she exclaimed , the tears running down her aged cheeks , " Oh my poor dear , dear child ! my poor daughter !" Sobs choked . her utterance , and she could say no more . Every one present . " was deeply affected atthe scene . Indeed there was scarcel y a dry eye to be seen around the murdered corpse . The features appeared calm and placid , and not the least change j _*? ken plac 0 , ' 1 , he P ° or oltI C 0 U P le werc fed away , and the remains of the ill-fated woman were again consigned to their last resting-place with due solemnity , and every proper regard for the feelings of her almost broken-hearted parent .
Atrocious Attempt at Murder . —On Saturday evening last , Mr . Charles Hancock , fanner , residing at Heswell , about eight or nine miles from Woodside , was in Liverpool , disposing of some market produce . He returned by the Birkenhead boat , about five o ' clock ; and in passing across Bidston Common , in his shandry , he was met by a person in female apparel , who begged of him to allow her to ride as far as Woodchurch in the vehicle . Mr . Hancock acceded to the request , but had scarcely driven on again before he discovered , to liis amazement , that his female companion , as he supposed , exhibited a dark .
bushy whisker upon that side of her face wliich was exposed nearest to his view . Immediately he dropped his whip , as if by accident , and requested the lady to step down and pick it up . The stranger got out , and Mr . Hancock drove off at such a rapid speed , that , on entering j , j s farm-yard , the horse dropped down dead . When he had driven ahou t a quarter oi * a mile tram the place where he had dropped bis whip , two pistols were fired at him , both of which fortunately missed , in the gig the stranger left a basket , which " , on examination , was found to contain a large carving knife , and a brace of loaded pistols .
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Reported Death op the Russian Autocrat . — London , Thursday _EvENiso _.- _^ It w as currently rumoured in Brussels on Tuesday , that news of the death ofthe Emperor Nicholas had been received in that city the previous evening . This rumour was published in several of the journals , some of them stating in positive terms the death of the Emperor . That the report was generally believed in at Brussels admits of no doubt ; nevertheless there is good reason for believing that _tlie whole is a stock-jobbing fabrication . Another day or two will tell . —London , _Fridat . —Later arrivals from the continent bring no confirmation of the above report . Wc may conclude , therefore , that Young Nick lias not yet gone to Old _Nlnlr _
Extensive Fire in the Strand . —On Friday week ; . about ten o ' clock , a most destructive fire broke out upon the extensive premises occupied by Mr . Soyer , boot and shoe maker , 126 , Strand , next door to the Globe-ottice . Flames were first perceived through the fanlight over the shop-door by police-constable Sadler , 58 ¥ ,. and almost immediately afterwards the fire rushed towards the front shop , which was well stored with stock both of French and English manufacture . Directly afterwards the fire , with 'fierceness seldom witnessed , burst forth from the shop window , consuming the closely packed goods , and forcing its way through the shutter with terrific violence . Thence it progressed with unmitigated fury to the first floor , and in a short time afterwards the whole building , live stories in height , with a proportionate frontage
and-of uncommon depth on the river side , exhibited one mass of flame . Three women , in their nightclothes _,, were taken from the burning building by the street-door , with the greatest difficulty , in consequence of the rapidity of the fire , and the remaining part of them were eventually rescued , and taken into the Savoy Palace public-house , in Savoy-street , where they were safely lodged . Notwithstanding thc great efforts ' of the fire brigade it was nearly twelve o'clock before the flames were at all mastered . At length the labours ofthe firemen werc crowned with success , but the house is gutted , and thc Globe newspaper , as well as the shop of Messrs . Reynolds , Richards , aud Co ., must , in consequence of their proximity , hav . c sustained considerable damage by lire , water , and rpiiinv . il .
Allsced Murders by Poison . —Thc quiet village of Shapwiek , Somersetshire , in the neighbourhood ot Bridgewater , has been thrown into a state of tho utmost consternation by thc apprehension at Bridgewater of a woman of thc name of Sarah Freeman , iiI ) on the charge of having murdored , by poison , her brother , Charles Dimond , of Shapwick , who died suddenly , and was interred a few days ago ; and whose own illegitimate child , husband , mother , and four other members of her family , are supposed to have also met their deaths by similar means , although at different periods ,- It appears that the brother was last week taken suddenly ill with vomiting and the
other symptoms which arc attendant upon the administration of poison , from which attack lie died ; after which- his sister ( the accused ) , having taken thc furniture , removed suddenly to Bridgewater . These alarming facts being rumoured , the magistrate ordered thc exhumation of the body . Thc intestines and stomach having been examined by Mr . Herapath , a _' eoiisiderable quantity of _arscnichas been discovered . The woman has been apprehended . An inquest was held on Wednesday , and adjourned to Saturday ( this day ) , ; in the meantime the bodies of the other suspected victims have been ordered to be exhumed . In the first case a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned , and the woman has been committed to prison .
Dying Game . —Mazieu , J . vx . 10 . —A butcher of this town attempting to kill an ox , struck thc beast inexpertly with the hatchet on the head , when the ox turned furiously upon his assailant , trampled him under foot , fled through the streets , causing the utmost terror to thc inhabitants , several of whom lie attacked . lie reached the hall of the Hotel de _Ville , and , the doors being closed , three men armed with clubs and groat knives prepared to attack- him , but he again made his escape , till , coming to thc foot of a winding stone staircase , ho contrived , strange to relate , to mount to the third floor of thc building . Here he thrust his head out of a window , looking down menacingly upon thc crowd below . Presently a door opened behind ; the ox turned round to attempt some new exploit , but bis career was cut short by a bullet in the head , and he fell to rise no more . —Constitutionnel .
The Somersetshire Murders . —Bridcewater , Monday Evening . —The fiirthcrcxamiiiationof Surah Freeman on charges of murdering her brother , mother , husband , and child , which was fixed to take place this day at thc Town-hall , before the magistrates for the county , has been postponed in consequence ofthe severe illness of the prisoner . It appears that soon sifter her being conveyed back to gaol on Fridayevcning she was taken ill , and her indisposition increased to such a degree as to render it necessary to call in the assistance of several medical practitioners . The
surgeons being of opinion that to proceed with thc examinations to-day would be attended with dangerous consequences , information to that effect was conveyed to thc justices who had taken part in thc investigation , and a messenger was despatched to Shapwick to prevent the different witnesses for the prosecution from coming into town , it being very properly deemed desirable to lessen the public excitement as far as possible . Tho prisoner , ' although much hotter than she was on Saturday and yesterday , is still so severely indisposed as to render it certain that thc proceedings will not be gone on with to-dav .
Extraordinary _Occurresce . —Considerable sensation was excited in Riehmoud and its neighbourhood on Monday last , in consequence ofthe dbcoycry ofthe body of a man in a field adjoining the Kewroad , Richmond , under circumstances that were at tho time indicative of foul play . On Monday morning , between seven and eight o ' clock , a man named Charles Strood , who is gardener to Messrs . Steele , nurserymen , Kew-road , was crossing his masters' field , when he observed the body of a man lying near a wall which separates the field from tho nursery-gardens . Strood examined the body , which proved to be that of Thomas Mansell , a horsekeeper , also in Messrs _^ Steele's employ . The face of thc deceased was frightfully disfigured , and there were wounds on other parts of the body . These suspicious appearances induced the man Strood to communicate immediately with the police , and Inspector Turner , with several
constables , instantly proceeded to the spat with a stretcher , on which the deceased was placed , and carried home . Mr . Lomas , a surgeon , was called in , and that gentleman stated that the dooeascd had been dead some hours , and that he had probably died in a fit . Tho wounds on the different parts of thc body appeared to have been caused by the bite of some animal , but neither of them was dangerous . Thc police afterwards instituted a rigid inquiry into the circumstances , and ascertained that the deceased had gone late on the previous night into the field with some hay for a horse that was turned out ; that he was drunk at the time , and must by accident have run against the wall and disfigured his face ; and with respect to the other marks and wounds , the general _supposition is that they were caused by the horse , when it found the deceased lying on the ground , biting hmi to awaken him , such instances of sagacity in the horse not being uncommon .
Fatai . Coal-pit Accident . —At the Quarry House Pit , Northowram , ' near Halifax , on Saturday last , a young man , named Benjamin Kindle , was killed by the falling of a stone . He was only married at Christmas , and has left a young wife to mourn his loss . He bore an excellent character , and was a staunch member of the Miners' Association . . Fatal _Extlosion of Fire Damp . —On Friday morning last , about eight o ' clock , an explosion of fire damp took placo at the colliery of Messrs . King and Co ., Ince , near Wigan , by which two persons , working colliers , wero very seriously burned ; one of them , named William Priestly , so much so that he died at one o ' clock on Saturday morning . After the explosion he was brought to his residence in Wigan , where he remained until his death . An inquest was held on Monday , evening , at the Fox Tavern , before Mr . Rogerson , coroner , when a verdict of " Accidental death" wa 9 returned .
Death from Scalding . —An inquest was held at Stalybridge , before Mr . Hudson , coroner , on Monday last , on the body of John Lawton _, aged 14 months " . The deceased accidentally pulled over on to himself a breakfast can containing boiling tea , on Tuesday , the Tth ; and was very much scalded about thc face and arms . A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned . Suicide . —On Monday evening a coroner ' s inquest , adjourned from Thursday , was resumed and concluded before Mr . Higgs , thc deputy-coroner for Wesminster , atthe _Lowndcs-arms , Lyall ' s-placc , Eaton-square , on the body of Benjamin Payne , aged if ) , late butler to Sir Henry Pottinger , who committed suicide at the residence of Sir Henry , No . 80 , Eaton-place , on Thursday morning last , by cutting liis throat .. Verdict—Temporary Insanity .
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Manchester , Wednesday .-Another of Labour ' s _TniuMrns . —We are happy to say that owing to the combined influence of thc Building Trades of Manchester , the proud and imperious firm of Pauling , Henfrcy , | ahd Co ., have had to bend to thejust demands of their workmen . This has been a long and arduous struggle , but it has terminated in the triumph of the . men . So long as Pauliug , Henftey , and Co . had only to contend with one of the trades at a time , they easily beat the men ; but when the whole ol
the . Budding Trades determined upon standing by each other , the despots had a power to contend with wliich has proved more than a match for them . Let the other trades in the country look at this victory and learn their duty . A meeting was held in the Carpenters' Hall , on Wednesday evening , to take the necessary steps to support the men who are out oi work this week ; when , . at the termination of the business , thanks were voted to the chairman , Mr . Levcns , for his noble conduct during the recent struggle .
_EniN-nunou . — In pursuance of the resolution passed at the last meeting held in Edinburgh , of which wc sent vou notice , thc committee ot thc working classca called another meeting of the inhabitants , which took place in the South-bridge Hall on Tuesday , 7 th January . Long before the
hour of meeting , numbers of people assembled before the'door , on the . ' opening of which , the Hall was crowded to suffocation . ' The in teres * -excited-is deep and thrilling ; and it is a matter of astonishment to us that the other districts of Scotland hare not already turned their attention to the subject : but we would earnestly exhort them to be' up _andrdoing , while they yet Live time to throw the shield of public opinion round the aged , the infirm , the helpless , and the destitute : for should the abominable recommendations-of the commissioners bo adopted by the House of Commons , ¦ in the formation of a new Poor Law for- Scotland , then long and deeply will be their regret for their present indifference to thc threatened measure , affecting as it docs ths vital interests of-the working classes . —Mr . Walker was
unanimously-called . to the chair , and opened the business- of . the meeting : whon Mr . Peddio was called on to give arcport ofthe printing committee , which he did to the entire satisfaction of the _< aieeting . Among otherthings , he stated that the committee , in pursuance . of the instructions received at tho last meeting , had made extracts from thc Poor Law Commissioners' report , in a small tract , < ,. price two-pence . This small pamphlet contained information which every working-man and every working-man ' s friend should possess . Mr . Green then read , and commented on the- evidence of Mr . Aitkcn , . which he considered to bo a- tissue of silly inconsistencies and gross falsehoods . Mr . Brogd _' en stated ; that tho object , of his-addressing them , was to . place before them a clear and distinct proof that
thc evidence of . Mr . Aitken against , trades unions , especially--that part of it relating to the Curriers , was grossly untrue ; and he could not compare him to anything in existence , unless it . was to ono of those miscreants who walk about the courts of London with a straw in their mouths , ready to . swear anything for two shillings and sixpence each oath . Mr . Brogden's address _pro'duced a powerful effect on all present . Thc following resolution was then proposed by Mr . Green , and seconded by Mr . Brogden ; — "Resolved , that this meeting , having hoard full and clear proof that the evidence of Mr . John Aitkcn , given before the Scotch Poor Law Commissioners , is inconsistent with truth , hereby instruct their committee to put T . S . Duncombe in possession of theso
proofs , in order to prevent thc House of Commons passing any measure against Trades Unions , based upon falsehood . " This resolution met with the approbation of thc meeting . Mr . Stewart requested that the motion should lie over till next week , to give Mr . Aitken an opportunity of explaining-. Mr . M ' Leocl stated , on the part of the committee , that they had no objection to act on Mr . Stewart's suggestion , having no personal feeliugs against Mi :. Aitken , but merely dicliarging a painful public duty in supporting the resolution . The mooting agreed to this arrangement . Mr . Baker then read the evidence of Dr . Chalmers , but , from the lateness of the hour , had not time tccomment upon it . The meeting then adjourned _till-. that night week .
Marriages.
MARRIAGES .
On Sunday Last, Jan. 12th, At Prcstwich ...
On Sunday last , Jan . 12 th , at Prcstwich Church , by thc Rev . Thomas Blackburn , Mr . James Taylor , of .. Cashgate , Hollinwood , member of tho National Charter Association , to Miss Betty _Wolstencroft , the youngest daughter of Mr . James Wolstencroft , gardener , . of thc same place .
DEATHS . On thc 20 th Dec , at Dewsbury , Jonathan Binns , stonemason , aged 22 . Deasii oi > _Buiins ' s " _BLETiiEr . 1 *'" Jamie . — On Thursday , thc 17 th . ult ., at Blackliil !( . nesr _Tnrbolton , James Humphrey , in the S 6 th year- of his age . The deceased was a contemporary and acquaintance of our great Ayrshire bard , and , like many _othci-s , subjected to a little of that sportive satire " with which he occasionally noticed his friends . Humphrey was tho subject ofthe epitaph : — Under these stancs lie Jamie ' s liancs—O , Death ! it's my opinion , Yc ne ' er took sic a bletuerin'Mtcii Into your dark dominion ;
and many a sixpence it procured him , from the interest attached to every trine connected with Burns . Humphrey lived some years in one of those free cottages erected near Blackhill by thc late Mr . Cooper , of Smithstone , and received three shillings a week from a fund left for the purpose by the same benevolent gentleman . When thc sons of Burns visited Tarbolton , some months since , H umphrey was brought to tliat town in a- cavriagc ,. and introduced to themfurnishing them with several reminiscences of their honoured father . The _deceased was interred in Mauchlinc church-yard , attended by a very large concourse ofpeople . —Kilmarnock Journal .
We have to announce the death of thc Hon . General Sir Henry George Grey , brother of Earl Grey , who expired on Saturday last , after a protracted illness , at his residence in Hertford-street , May-fair . The deceased was third son of the late Earl Grey , by Elizabeth , daughter of . Mr . George Grey , of Southwick . He was born 25 th October , 17 G 0 , and was consequently in liis 79 th year . In August , 1812 , he married Miss Charlotto _' Dcs Vceux , only daughter of Sir Charles Des Vceux , Bart ., by whom ho docs not leave any issue . The colonelcy of the 13 th Dragoons becomes vacant by the demise of the gallant general , the pay and emoluments of which amount according to the late return , to £ 1 , 08 : 1 18 s . [ Nice pickings ' . ]
Labour Defended.
LABOUR DEFENDED .
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SPLENDID COPY OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . _JU 3 T printed , for the Natiokal _AssociatioK , 242 , Iligh _Holborn , by "W . Ostell , a beautifully iUuminatod copy of that Justty celebrated document , the PEOPLE'S CHARTER . It _fs in a sheet form , printed aud ornamented with blue , pink , and gold ; the title is in fancy red letters on a gold oak branch , the whole surrounded with a highly enriched golil border . This splendid copy , if only regarded as a work of art , will form a beautiful ornament , but when viewed as the Charter of Cfual political rights , for which so many millions have petitioned and struggled , and are still resolved to legally obtain , is worthy of a placo in every rich man ' s hall and poor mau ' s cottage , Price Om Shilling , Published by J . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lano , Fleet-street . Sold at the National Hall , 242 , High nolborn ; by J . Watson , 5 , Paul ' _s-alloy , Patcrnostcr-row ; and II . Hetherington , 10 , Ilolywell-street , Strand .
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PARR'S LIFE PILLS . THE extraordinary success of this medicine is the wonder ofthe age ; it has been tried by hundreds of thousands aa an aperient , and has in every instance done good : it has never in the slightest degree impaired the most delicate constitution . Tens of thousands have testified that perseverance in the use of PAKR'S LIFE PILLS will completely cure any disease , and are living witnesses of the benefit receivedfrom this invaluable medicine . Sheets of testimonials and tho " Life and Times of Old Parr" may be had ( gratis ) of every respectable Medicine-vendor throughout the kingdom . Read the following account from Mr . Hollier , Dudley : — To the Proprietors of Parr ' s Life Pills . Dudley , Sept . 14 . Gentlemen , —I forward you the copy of a letter sent to me ( as under ) , and which you can make what use of you think proper . I am , your obedient servant , E . Hollies , Dudley . _. ¦ i ¦ Tipton , Staffordshire , I , _Joahub Ball , hereby testify that I had boon dreadfully afflicted with Rheumatic Gout for seventeen years , so that I have , at times , kept my bed for months together , aud couid not get anything to do me good till I took Parr's Life Pills , which I am very happy to state havo nearly restored me to perfect health . A 6 witucss my hand , this 11 th day of September , Joshua Ball . To the Public . — No sooner is a medicine well established in public favour , than a host of imitators arise , who , for the sake of gain , not only wrong thc proprietors of tho genuine medicine , but inflict a serious injury on tho unwary purchaser of their base counterfeit trash . These observations apply with increased effect to the medicine which is now so well known as " Parr ' s Life Pills . " This famous remedy has been established by undoubted proofs of its efficacy , and by a mass of evidence and testimonials which no other medicine ever jet called forth . These facts have had thc effect of producing , a very large salemore than 15 , 000 boxes per week . When this large sale came tothe _^ knowledgc of some unprincipled persons , who for the sake of gain to themselves , and reckless of the injury it may do to others , are attempting to foist on the incautious various imitations , and in order that pur chasers may be able to detect these frauds , care must be taken to look at the Government stamp pasted round each box , and be sure it has the words " Parr ' s Life Pills" in white letters on a red ground engraved therein , and forms part of the stamp ; also that " T . Roberts and Co ., Cranecourt , _Flect-street , " is painted withthedircctions wrapped round each box . Sold in boxes at Is . Bd „ 2 s . 9 d ., and family-packets at lis . by Edwavds _^ 07 , St . Paul ' s ; _ISarclav and Sons , Vnirir _. _gdon-strcet ; Sutton and Co ., Bow Church-yard , London : Motlcvsltead and . Co ., Manchester ; . 1 . and It . Raimes and Co ., Edinburgh ; and by all respectable druggists and patent medicine retailers throughout thc kingdom . — Directions are given with cneli box .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18011845/page/5/
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