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-n Potts , BnunKGHAH . —We cannot understand his comj ,,. jmcation , except that a meeting of flie Ship locality 0 f chartists is called for Tuesday evening next , to which all the members aro invited . If the " resolution " he speaks of affects any of those members , we would adrise thatit should not be passed till all the / acts are before them : * -r _Tatlow , Leicesteb . —His note was mislaid , and 10150 ** This weeik the matter was Drought to aiind , and search made for Hie communication . It could not * jefound ; but the notice under Ms name was -written from a recollection of its contents , before his present letter came to band . " - p . Eoss , Leeds . —IGs letter is in type , but obliged to be Sept over tin next week . _^ _sssMii- , _JSL & xchestek . —Any land-agent can answer
jam ihe first question ; and the answer to the second _wenia depend ou circumstances varying with eacb case t W ., Athekstose—Tes . The guardians can take tbe pcn 9 « " aid ™ of tbe relief they have afforded . _jaa-i Uo , _EurgessVbuUdings , Carrington _. _nearNotting jjam , wishes for a copy of Bales of a Building Sociely flat has hi » tt carolled . - Will any of our fiiends oblige him ? -jIj _, wh . Tatlow , Leicester , Secretary to the Cooper Testimonial fund , desires all who have subscriptions in baud to forward them immediately , as Mr . Cooper is in _oreat teed , _audMrs . Cooper is obliged to leave _Leicester to _fed 3 temporary asylum with her fiiends in
Liuf c . ] n 5 hire . 12 OrZBATIVE , _Ashtox . —The ' •' distance- ' we cannot tell bun . It depends on local circumstances . A _reneclful iniuirj' of the Post-master of the place will procure the _required information . _gEiuES ' s W _' _soxgs . —A Voice fbou the Ocean . —We have _recaved several communications relative to tbe _TOxrags ofthe gallant but sorely ill-used seamen of tiiis country . These communications we shall use in succession . Until thdr Well-grounded complaints are laid folly before the public For the present , we request the attention of our readers to the following exposure ofa most Crying grievance—a grievance most severe to ibe sufferers , and most _dissraeeful to the country : —
• Under a special Act of Parliament , viz ., 4 th and 5 th William IT ., chap . 52 , all shipmasters and seamen are compelled to pay , from their hard-earned wages , the former two shillings , and the latter one shilling , per month . Ibis money is paid into the Customs hy the master or owner , and then handed over to the President and Governors in London , or the Trustees of the Outports , to be by them doled out in charity , or otherwise , 35 they may deem most for the advantage of the said charity : tide sec . 2 . In the first place , sir , you will understand that all seamen in actual service in tlie merchant marine must pay the ' poll-tajc * It is stopped from hhn -. he cannot escape the payment . But does he get any receipt for the money paid ? Mo . ' Li time { he seaman may come to old age and want , or perhaps sickness , or many of the innumerable evils to which
seamen are subject to ; be then has to apply to the UerchaEi Seamen ' s Fund for support , and is told , in llinfety-Iline Gases OUt ofa Lundred _, *» he gone , for they have every reason to believe he is an impostor ! But it Hill be fully seen , in the report of the late examination before the select committee on the Seamen ' s Fund , -who arc tbe real impostors . The enormous cost of [ mis ] managing tins mis-called " Seamen ' s _3 ? _und' has been such as to swallow up nearly two-thirds ofthe cash paid by the shipmasters and seamen - without speaking of the sums of money that have been _iUegaUy invested , wntraij to the Act , which authorises it to he placed -u Government securities . Instead of which , we find in Liverpool upwards of £ 33 , 000 lent to build new docks ; and in Glasgow theirresponsibleand self-elected trustees hare lent upwards of . £ 1 , 300 ; and at most ofthe ports
ef the kingdom the money is similarly invested , and in many places lost by investments in private honks . By referring to the evidence of James Fildes , a practical . seaman , I find failures iu _Leewicfe Shetland , to the _aaionntof £ 1 , 300 ; atBawict-on-Tweed , £ 539 ; at _Canip-Meton , anothergreatfeilure * , and atmany other places failures to a great amount- The widows and children of seamen , whose husbands or fathers have contributed this money , arc In _consequence left to starre and perish for WlUlt Of the common necessaries of life . If it is asked what has been done with the money , tlie sharks turn round upon us and say , it is bringing in three or three and a half per cent , interest But I would ask
what benefit do the present contributors get by the investment i None at alL The parties who have got our money in keeping never paid one penny towards this fead . This _poU-tax is levied on aH seamen , both iu the united kingdom and the colonies ; but is so disgracefully managed that it is impossible for any man that has been paying for twenty years in the colonies to gti one penny of benefit in return . —I am , sir , yours re sprctfaHy , A SAIL 0 B . 3 . UoosBAs , _-JTothsgh am . —The great length of the Piir _lu-mentary intelligence in this week's Star prevents us inserting lus report of the Anti-Caurch Bate
proceedgs . lEt _ttlNEBS OF "THE _~ _£ _oTTESXB 3 , determined to fonow up tlieir recent glorious victory over Mr . Bashaw Harvey , wha was SO signally defeated in the Court of Queen ' s _liencb by tbe Miners * indomitable Attorney-General , W . p . Roberts , Esq ., intend to institute an action at h . w _3 & -unsi the panics who shared in the malicious and illegal imprisonment of the men . To carry out this intention they solicit the pecuniary aid of their brother Wnerf , which may be forwarded to the committee at _Bardon . _3 is 7 B of John Dokcak . — In relation to this melancholy neat , a notice of which will be found in another column , we have received the _foUoning heartstirring letter : — "I made au appeal through your columns a fw weeks ago to tne Democrats pf Fife and Forfar comities , 0 : 1 behalf of John Duncan . I am sorry to say that the appeal was made in vain , except in one or tjio _msances . However , my poor friend Duncan is now beyond the reach either of man ' s help , or what he
jot , a larger share of man ' s persecution—behaving expired at Edinburgh on Tuesday , the llth inst ,, after a bag period of suffering , botbmental andbodily , brought about by the _iufumoua persecution he was subjected to sulBequent to the last unfortunate strike . He is another nctim added to the long list of those who have suffered ia the cause of tight-against might I shall not appeal _Stalin on behalf of his widow and fatherless children ; bat shall leave them in the hand of Hiin who has _prosusea * to be a husband to the widow and a father to the _fjlliiiiccs . I will simply ask those to whom I formerly 3 i > pealed in Tain , how can you expect your oppressors ia du justice to yon , when yon will not do justice to one _UUVther ! but stand coolly by and see those suffer whose husband and father has perished in your cause . " Yours , ia Democracy , Robebt Kidd . Jio . 7 , WeUgate , Dundee . I _TaorsTos , Pu > uiax . —We cannot understand his _coin-QQnication . As Englishwoman . —Received .
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» I 0 THEK CHARTISTS , — In our last week ' s address we _^ ' utfore _jOUythe necessary iustrnctions for the election ?* j _** e Executive and members ofthe Convention ; we now " _* _* _*> col vour attention to the position which we occupy 33 uh- Executive Committee of your association . _IVe **** f _litlcd 10 the office , pleigeA io vise every exertion to _^• _si-l ih e organisation , and promulgate the principles of ¦ _~« _Teo'le ' s Charter ; " those who elected us pledging _^• _osdves to laid all the as sistance in their power . IVe _**** cuuwi » ea in « . fSce nearly ten months , during which Z ? _* ur _oenioiis have been unceasing ; _differentmem-« , , _i" ? _" having traversed the whole country , from 1 _* V roat's " totlie "Land _' sEnd . " The result of our * j _* jrs has been the establishment of the association in _^ _, 'iocateeswhere it neverbeforehadexistence , _parfi-J iarl J Ul _SCOIland , in the greater part of which the plan _e-qi for the
_^ _r- _^ _nssing a most _anxions desire welfare of ¦ _aojcment _, aud their willingness to co-operate with ns _"Jjsuceass . But whilst we bave been thus busily _en-IS 7 , - _^ _deenung our pledge , we are sorry to be _coml _^ _v _f _^ ttat _wfli a f « v honourable exceptions , the _^ _neshare not performed their duty to us ; had they taaL _^ ' _^ woula hav e enabled us to have placed our s- _SaaS O : 0 re _^'"" _Pbant posieontban ii has ever yet L _^ _iacs « ffnaus alone we attribute the present apa-1 * 1 _^ I" _' _oUi- feeling on the suliject of our great ¦ _J _^ ies . Bad th e members ofthe association ( as they 5 _£ ? * f . ybave done } placed the necessary funds at our _* _-a _™ _T codd h «* re made Charfism the subject of _eon-Mafc ?* evei ? fireade , and the theme of eveiy man _•^ ri _^ _-ff _^ slalwnr . In addition to the want of _pecu-% -7 ** P ° « , we have also had to contend with several _fctf , " _r" ]* _" parlies , who were formerly members of our Jl ' _ltew Who * _»«» thev left us , have been particularly *«" _- _"K in _drenlfirin _^ _rvnn _rts ; of the mos t infamous of
__ uaf _^ * " _-e injurv our cause . To these unjust and _de nied _•^ _nmniis , as fer as we were individuaUy _con-¦^ _a _sdmT - not Vaid the slightest attention , feeling _^ _mS _* 1116 _Mditnde of our _conduct andstrougin _*> _st « it _^ 2 _* of those whose interests we bave _eudea-^ « _r ¦ _k _^* * * ' to defel * d : and we only notice them now , _tf C _iT J to P rove * e -nccessih- for action on the part ¦ _Slvfe ; . wllu haveplacedus in 3 position to earn for our" _¦^ H * Md bAtxei of the disappointed aud evili js _^^^^ Proportioii to our limited means we have is ZHtoch to advance the cause of Democracy as men _f * if . _ft _! Sf tanc-es wind do ; but inorderto be of serhsi _a ] 7 _* « _ffl extent , we need not onlv your confidence , t » lin . _iS r * _nwK > support . The plan of * r _£ _*»« a-55 * ' oft ihvt one-fturth of the contribafions shah he if -tf ; _^ _seneralfimd- - and if the locaUties acted _^• _tasT _?^* should have been spared the necessity * _¦*«•§ the course which we now feel bound to pursue ,
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ais the " only means of _extricating ourselves from the debts _Sfn _^ pJI _! _^ _? P _« nt hurdened , and of enabling the new Executive to talce office with some reasonable hope of succeeding in the undertaking which you will elect _&^^ ° _^ _- _^ _l erefore su S 5 est to thesub-secretanes and to the other officers of the association , the propriety of raising , by levy , or such other means as experience may dictate , the sum of sixpence per member from each member of the association . Brother Chartists—If you are desirous to carry your principles into operation ; it you are anxious thatyourselves and your officers should not be made a laughing-stock to your opponents , vou will cheerfully carry ; this suggestion into effeet : ifyou do not , we shall feel compelled to decline holding a position which we caimot support with honour to ourselves or benefit to those whose representatives we profess to be . Thomas Clark , CnnisTOPHER Doyie , Philip _M'Gbath , _Feargcs _O'CoajioB , Thohas M . Wheeleb , Secretarv .
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_Executios fob _Mumer _ui Nbw South Wales The Sydney Guardian of August 17 th , 1844 , contains the following : —On Tuesday morning George Vigors and Thomas Burdett , convicted at the late sessions ofthe murder of Mr . James . Noble , on the night of Sunday , the 26 th . of May , suffered the awful penalty of the law . The gallows was erected over the entrance gate of Woolloomooloo Gaol , the beam from which the fatal ropes were suspended projecting beyond the walls of the gaol . At nine o ' clock the prisoners , attended by the Sev . Mr . Elder ( chaplain of the gaol ) , Mr . Prout ( under sheriff ) , Captain lnnes ( visiting magistrate ) , and Mr . Keek ( gaoler ) , ascended the scaffold . The appearance and demeanour of Vigors was perfectly fearless and composed _.-
but Burdett seemed to suffer much , from the terrors of his situation , aud his whole faculties were apparently absorbed in prayer . As soon as they fiad taken their places on the scaffold , Burdett sunk on lus knees , and Vigors followed his example , whilst the chaplain administered the last consolations of religion ; after which , they both stood upright , and Vigors came forward to the front of the scaffold and attempted to address the multitude assembled in front of the gallows . An underling of the gaol , however , stepped forward , and , with a rude and indecent officiousness _, thrust Mm back , and the rope was placed on his neck and tightened , Vigors turned round , and , by the motion of his hands , appeared to be appealing to the under sheriff for permission to
speak , and the fatal noose was again removed from Ms neck . _Vigors then came to the front of the gallows , and , with a firm , clear voice , spoke to the following effect : — "In the situationin which I now stand—not knowing where I am going to , or what I am to suffer—I feel it my duty to say a few words , with respect to tlie old man , Rankin . I solemnly declare that he ton bo knowledge—no idea—where we were going , or what we were going to do , on the night we left his house : and I do declare that I had never been in his house—never seen or spoken tohim —until the day on which we did the murder . " The men then shook hands with , each other , and with the chaplain , Vigors maintaining his firm composure to the last . The fatal bolt was drawn , and "the unhappy
beings were launched into eternity . Animation appeared to be immediately suspended in the case of Burdett ; but the body of Vigors heaved convulsively for about a minute . It is understood that Vigors , shortly before his execution , stated to those in charge of Mia , that he had been a thief since he was nineteen years of age ; then he made a voyage to sea , that being tiie last and only time he had tried to earn an honest livelihood . He had been in many prisons , both at home and here , and had undergone different punishments : but he never had been in a place where so much crime and rascality was carried on as in Hyde Park barracks : and both prisoners united in stating , that it was chiefly owing to their being placed there that they had done the deed which brought them to an untimely end .
Fatal Accident on ihe _Lascasteu asd Carmsle Rahlwat . —On Saturday morning , about ten o ' clock , a shocking accident took place on the above railway , at Lambrigg , about five miles from Kendal . It appears that one of the labourers on theline was working at the edge of the temporary rails which are laid for the conveyance of soil , « fcc , and while he was in the act of stooping to Ms work , lie was caught behind the ear by apiece of sharp iron , which was attached to a waggon that was passing at a-rapid pace . The wound extended from oehind the ear to the front of the neck , _seYcring the . jugular vein , and the unfortunate man was thrown a distance of several yards , and Wed to death in a few minutes .
_DESTnccnvE , Fiue asd Los 3 of Li *? . e . —Shortly before two o ' clock on Friday morning the inhabitants living in and around Hitchiu were terrified by the outbreak of one of the most extensive conflagrations that has occurred in that partof the country for many years past , and which very soon occasioned the complete destruction of a large manufactory , with numerous workshops , and also the _Lancastrian school-house , a portion of an extensive academy , and several houses that adjoined . The premises where it commenced were in the occupation of Messrs . Langford and Son , upholsterers . Most part of the property consumed was insured in the Sun , County , and Phoenix Fire Offices . The loss is upwards of £ 6 , 000 . A labouring man was killed during the conflagration by the falling of the hurning ruins .
Awful Heath of a Pkisosek . —A man named Jas . Thomas , examined on Tuesday , at Chandos House , on different charges of robbery , committed at Southstoke , on Wednesday afternoon commenced making an attempt to escape from prison , by breaking the window of the room in which he was locked with a poker . On this being known , the constable , for greater security , put the fetters on his legs , and at night he was locked up in an inner cell , with a straw bed to sleep on . To the great alarm and astonishment of the constable and his wife , who have the charge of the lower part of the house , in the morning when tliey got up they found the door of the cell on fire , and the wretched prisoner prostrate on the floor lifeless , with his head lying against the door ,
and the hair almost burnt off . From the appearance of his bed , which had been opened at the side and part ofthe straw protruding , it is supposed that he nad taken out some ofthe straw , and with a lucifer match set on fire close to the door , with the view of burning if off its hinges , and then endeavouring to escape ; but that miscalculating the effect of such a __ horrid experiment , he had become overpowered with the heat and smoke , and become suffocated . It seems almost a miracle that the house was not in flames by tiie spread of tiie fire , as the cell is closely connected with the board partition of the passage adjoining the kitchen . An inquest was held on the body on the same day , and a verdict of ' * Died by suffocation , occasioned by the deceased setting fire to the place with the intention of making his escape , " was returned .
For a long period the deceased has been the terror of fhe neighbourhood in which he lived ; but it was only within the last few days that any evidence as to his actual guilt eould be obtained . It would appear , however , that for some time past a system of plunder has been carried on in the Tillage of Southstoke , near this city , by which the farmers and other inhabitants hare suffered the loss of much property . Barns , bartons , poultry-houses , and other places and pr emises , have been subject to predatory incursions ; and fowls , sheep , and property of various descriptions , have -from time , to time disappeared , the owners not being aware by whom * they were despoiled of them , and unable to obtain the slightest clue to a discovery of any one of the depredators .
Within the last few days , however , circumstances of a peculiar nature brought to light facts sufficient to implicate the deceased . Among those who have suffered by the repeated , felonies committed , and undetected at the time , is Mr . T . Hunt , who , on Monday morning last , missed a pair of wheels of a ponycart in his barton , which the thief had taken from the body of the cart . On examining the premises with one of his -workmen , Mr . Hunt _cuscovered in the snow the footmarks of two persons . These footmarks were traced from an orchard to the barton-gate , which bore marks of being forced , and were tracked through the grounds io within a quarter ofa mile of the prisoner ' s house , near Fresbford , a distance of upwards of four miles from Mr . Hunt ' s barton ; and
the snow in which they were made in . the orchard being hard frozen , Mr . Hunt ' s son took up the mass containing one of the marks , and , by the aid of a pair of compasses and pen and ink , managed to take a . facsimile of it on paper , with the imprints ofthe nails , exact in size , shape , and distance . From the circumstance of one of Mr . Hunt ' s men , named George Harrold , having seen Thomas lurking about his master ' s premises , coupled with the man ' s previous character , suspicion was excited that he was the depredator , and consequently Mr . Hunt caused his house to be searched . Two constables , Bindon and Parker , went there for the purpose , and found Ms wife and daughter in the house . The wife at first said that her husband was from home , but
subsequently admitted that he might be thcre , and sent the daughter to call him . Parker , the constable , followed the girl across the road into an old dwelling , used by Thomas for depositing the produce of the robberies . Here he found the prisoner , and a man named George Francis , cutting chaff . Thomas at first showed no reluctance to allow the constable to view the place , but conducted him into an adjoinuig tenement . Nothing was at first visible that could excite suspicion ; on going up stairs , however , the scene was soon changed . Beneath the straw , which was plentifully scattered about , were detected a nnantitv of fellies ( the outward wooden portion of
wheels ) , and the constable , anticipating further discoveries , asked for a " pick , " with whieh to turnover the straw . Thomas very readily consented to fetch one , and retreated down _staire rather hastily for that purpose . Hia speed excited the constable's 1 . suspicions ; who followed him into the place in which he had first seen him . While groping up the stairs , he heard a noise as of some heavy articles being pulled violently along ; and , as he stepped on the floor , he saw Thomas with the identical wheels iu his hands of vthich he was in quest . - Seeing that he was discovered , he let them fall , knocked down the constable , who endeavoured to slip the hand-bolts on his wrists ,
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and made for the road , whither he was pursued by Parker , who arrived just in time to assist in his capture ; for the prisoner , while flying from constable Ao . 1 , had run into the clutches of constable No . 2 , who was outside . After a severe struggle , the constables succeeded in securing Thomas , and then a further search ofthe premises was made ; and under a heap of straw were found a large stock of articles of different kinds , evidently the accumulations of plunder ftom different premises . On Monday night Mr . Hunt made another personal search , which occupied full five hours , on the premises of Thomas . The result was that he discovered not less than a cartload of property supposed to have been stolen from his
own farm _, concealed in different parts of his dwellinghouse , and comprising brewing utensils , fanning implements , a quantity of hay and clover seed , and pease ( in an unfinished state ) , feathers in great abundance , a large whip , partof a lamb , a winnowing machine ( having the name of Messrs . Saunders , Townnulls , marked on the flaps ) , & c , & c . Thomas was , on Tuesday , taken beforc _* the magistrates at Chandoshousc , where the charge of felony was preferred against him , and evidence ofthe above facts given . Mr . Hunt was the prosecutor in the first case . The tragic termination of his career of vice , however , on Thursday morning , as stated above , has spared the necessity tor any further proofs of the wretched man ' s guilt , Bath Journal .
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Heywood . —The Turk-out . —It has so often fallen to our lot to record the doings of the Lancaster milloerats towards their hapless work-people , that we sicken at the loathsome task ; and were it not that we owe a duty to the public , we would not waste time and paper upon them . We have been the chroniclers of so many of their hellish plots and conspiracies against the ri g hts and liberties of ihe working classes , each exceeding the other in atrocity , that we can scarcely find words sufficiently strong to place in proper colours before the world this last specimen of sympathy which the "cheap bread , high wages , and
plenty to do milloerats of this county practise towards then * labourers . It is . 1 great fact that the cotton trade is at present in a very prosperous state ; that profits are , and have been for some time , enormous . But it is also as great a fact , that the manufacturers will not let their slaves be participators in this prosperity . However , in many places in the neighrjourliood of Manchester , the workers , by determination and perseverance , have got a . small advance on their miserably low wages . T b ' . _"cingtbe case , the Power-loom Weavers of Heywood _deter mined to have their share ofthe good trade , and consequently set about preparing the necessary machinery to accomplish their object . - Their arrangements being complete , they selected the master who was
paying tlie lowest wages , ot whom they demanded an advance of lid . per cut , which would onl y have made the wages paid by him equal to those paid by the other masters . This the master resisted , and when their notice was up the hands struck . The operatives in the other nulls ( as in duty bound ) contributed towards then * support . The cheap bread men seeing that by the union of the factory operatives of Hevwooa the turn-outs would beat then * employer , or make hun bankrupt , and fearing that if he was compelled to disgorge a portion of his profits , in the shape of an advance upon the wages of those in his employ , that it would be their turn next , and being desirous thattheirworkpeopleshouldhaveabigloaf _. butnotliing to purchase it with , they , the week before last .
locked up tlieir mills , and turned their hands into the streets , in order to prevent them supporting the hands on strike . -Tliis great fact is another proof , if proof were wanted , of the kind of sympathy wh ' ich the cheap bread folk have for the working classes . The consequence of this hellish conspiracy is , that at the time we are writing there is only one mill working in the neighbourhood of Heywood , the owner of which , to his honour be it said , would not join in the plot against the operatives . There are eleven mills standing , and thousands of hands in the streets . If , therefore , hunger and desperation should drive tliem to madness or revenge , for the wrongs inflicted upon them , we hope tliat the manufacturers who have placed them in this desperate _position , will be held responsible . We , however , advise the hands to keep the peace . No power can compel them to work , unless they think proper to do bo . Nothing would
please those cheap bread scoundrels better than to send a few score of bullets amongst the poor fellows , from the muskets of the soldiery . We say this advisedly , for we have it from good authority , that tho manufacturers of Heywood have applied at Manchester for the military , to keep the people down , Therefore , let the people beware , and let them not give their tyrants a chance of shooting some , hanging others , and transporting more . We say , beware of the miscreants . To the factory operatives of Bury , Rochdale , Oldham , Ashton , and Manchester , we say rally round the people of Heywood , and defend them from the cruelty of their oppressors . This can be easily done—one halfpenny from each will support them effectually ; let each room appoint proper persons to collect and forward them the necessary pecuniary help without delay . What is done , must be done instantly . —Manchester Correspondent , Feb . 18 th , 1815 .
The _TuBti-ooi . _—Furtubb _Pabticu-cars . _^—Since the above was in type , we have received the following report from another correspondent '—On Saturday last a meeting of th © shopkeepers and tradesmen of Heywood was holden at the Queen's Arms Inn , called to consider the state of the town , and to take steps to reconcile the contending parties . At two o'clock several of the clergy , and nearly the whole of the shopkeepers and publicans of the town , were present . Amongst the former we observed the Rev . Robert Mincritt , Rev . J . Harrison , Rev . Mr . Storey , Rev . Mr . Jackson , and Rev . Mr . Chester . Mr . Thomas Knight , draper , was unanimously called to the chair . He opened the business by stating that the object of the present meeting was to endeavour
to conciliate the _mfflovoiers and operatives ; and expressed his willingness to do all in bis power to bring about a mutual and good understanding betwixt them . The Rev . Mr . Harrison was next called on , who proposed the following resolution ;— " That this meeting sincerely deplore the present unhappy differences existing betwixt the manufacturers anil operatives ef Heywood ; and conceive that unless those differences be speedily terminated , a vast amount of suffering must ensue ; and that the manufacturera be respectfully requested to open their mills , and allow the operatives to resume their employment . " The resolution was unanimously agreed to . The meeting was afterwards addressed by several respectable inhabitants of the
town ; and the proceedmgs terminated by the appointment of thirteen individuals , co-operative Weavers , and seven tradesmen , to carry out the object of the meeting . On Monday the committee met aud examined into the grievances of Mr . Kay ' s Weavers , when the , whole ofthe committee came to the conclusion that the complaints of Kay ' s hands were well founded ; and that Mr . Kay had acted unjustly towardshis Weavers . It was finally resolved that the Weavers , late in the employ of Kay , should meet the following morning ( Tuesday ) , when Mr . Kay should be invited to meet them , to bring about an arrangement between the two parties . Accordingly , on Tuesday
morning the whole of the Weavers assembled , when Mr . Hilton Kay ,, theson of John Hilton Kay , promised them the required advance , that is , Is . _OJd . per cut . But to make sure of the agreement , one of the Weavers made a motion that Is . _Oid . should be the price upon which they should resume work ; which was seconded , when , strange to say , Mr . Hilton Kay proposed an amendment , that the price be Is . per cut , which was seconded by his brother . The amendment being put , not a single hand was held up for it . On the motion beb-nj put , the whole of the hands iu the meeting were held up . The meeting then broke up . Thus stands matters up to Tuesday night .
Latbb News . _—Gxokiops _Vjctobv or ran Operatives over thk _Ttbaxxical Mihocbats . —On Thursday morning wie received tlie following from a correspondent : —Heywood , Wednesday . _*—I am happy to inform you that the whole of the hands in the mills in Heywood have resumed work this morning , with the exception of those belonging to Mr . John Hilton Kay , the first who turned out . Mr . Kay still clings to ais bad eminence . The Weavers of this town have achieved a glorious triumph , inasmuch as the other _millowners stopped their mills solely because their Weavers supported the Weavers of Messrs
Kay in their just demand , for an advance in wages . The millowners no doubt entertained the idea fliat by stopping their mills they would force Kays Weavers to resume work by stopping the supplies . They have failed ; the subscriptions of the public have been increased every week , and have exceeded in amount all that had been looked for by the most sanguine . The strike of Kay ' s Weavers has continued for nine weeks , and we are happy to say not a single breach of the peace has occurred , though much anxiety and excitement has prevailed . Let the authorities look to this , and acknowledge the truly noble conduct of the operatives .
A _Delb-sate Meeting of the Miners of _FifeBhire was held on Saturday , the lothinst ., at theFifeshire Tavern , Kirkcaldy ; Air . Richard Penman , one of the delegates from hordel Colliery , was unanimously called to the chair . Wm . Bowes , from Elgin , acted as secretary . There was a goodly number of delegates present . The delegates having paid in their contributions , which amounted to nearly £ 7 more than at the previous meeting , each delegate then gave in his report . The reports generall y were very cheering , and showed that the " restriction" was in
full operation generall y throughout the district . The nits in the west of Fife , had sent in their demands for an advance of wages , with good prospects of success . After several resolutions had been adopted , and | a vote pf thanks given to the chairman , the meeting adjourned until that day month . Mr . Swallow has lectured at Hall Beath , Dury , Tyssas , Bungs , Drumcarie , MethMU , & c ., with good success . # - KEiGBLEr . Shoemakers . — On Monday evening a special meeting of the Shoemakers' Society was held at the Yellow Lion Inn , to take into consideration the proposed Consolidated Trades' Union . Messrs
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Qumn an , Smyth , of Bradford , explained their views on the subject ofUnions , and pointed out the cause of _stnkes _. and the reason of their failure in geueral . Tbe _knowing resolutions were unanimously adopted — -f 5 _?' pn > the opinion of tliis meeting a ' Union of all Trades , on the co-operative principle , would be most advantageous to the working classes of this country . " "That we , the Shoemakers of Keigldey , do pledge ourselves to call a public meeting of the Irades inour town , in order to have the subject ofa _li-ades Union brought before them . " "That the editor ofthe Star , the only , Trades organ in the kingdom , be requested to insert the foregoing resolutions . " The thanks of the meeting were then
tendered to Messrs . _Quinn and Smyth . Several members of the trades not connected with the Shoemakers were present , and promised their hearty co-operation . _Baknslev Like . v Weavers . —A large committee meeting , composed of persons from all branches of the trade , assembled in Pickering ' s large room on Wednesday evening , at six o ' clock , to take into consideration the best means of compelling the masters to pay the list price for all brown hollands , both plain and checked . . After a lengthy discussion , it was agreed to wait upon the brown holland _Weaveis , and invite them to a meeting to be held in Pickering ' s room at nine o ' clock , on Monday next .
Dm - * combe Testimonial . — Central Committee , Parthenium Club Rooms , St . Martin ' s-lane , Wednesday Evening , Feb . 19 th ; Mr . Grassby hi the chair . The following sums were received : —Per Mr . Gamman , 8 s . 6 d ., from the _Copper-plate Printers , Bridelane * per Mi * . Smithies , from the Boot and Shoemakers of Nottingham , £ 1 ; , from the Boot and Shoemakers of Mansfield , 10 s . Mr . Stallwood reported tliat he had attended the Greenwich Committee at the George and Dragon Tavern , and that he there met Captain Boyce , who presented £ 1 on behalf of Admiral Dundas , M . P ., and also £ 1 on behalf of E . G . Barnard , M . P ., the Members for that Borough ; and that the committee had agreed to hold a public meeting in favour of the Testimonial in that Borough , at which Admiral Dundas would preside . * Messrs . Stallwood . and Cuffy were then deputed to wait on the Society of Carpenters meeting at the Barley Mow , Dorset-street , Dorset-square , on Monday evening next . The committee then adjourned .
Scottish Miners' Delegate Meeting , —/ This important meeting came off at _L-vine ( Ayrshire ) on the llth current , and was pretty well attended from the various districts in Scotland . On the motion of W . Cloughan , Mr . George Menzies was called to the chair , and _Mri W . _M'Nee appointed secretary . The first subject brought before the meeting was the propriety of publishing a list of all _paying members , quarterly , with their payments and debts , if any , attached to their names . Also local balance-sheets to be brought out in each district . Ate much dlSCUS _* sion , it was agreed , on the motion of Mr . Swallow , that the general rule be " that each district have tlie guidance of ) their own money matters . " It was next agreeoV " that a regular district clerk be appointed in each district , and that each clerk keep up a regular correspondence with all the other clerics in the kingdom . And all members passing from one district to another to have properly signed lines ,
shewing the amount of their payments . " The state ot the organisation of Ayi ' _-ahire was then taken into consideration , when a unanimous yote of sympathy was passed in favour of the _Ayrshii-c Miners , and arrangements entered into for the rendering every asr sistance to them , to make their organisation complete . A motion was then agreed to for the holding a public meeting at Irvine on the 20 fch , to be attended by a deputation from Lanarkshire . The state of the Lothians was next taken into consideration , when it was agreed , " That Mr . Swajlow be sent into the Lothians ten days previous to the next national delegate meeting , which was appointed to be held on the llth of March in Dalkieth ; a public meeting to be held tho same day . Mr . Swallow is to be assisted by a delegate from the Falkirk district . A discussion arose next on the intended holding of the General Conference in Wales , when it was unanimously agreed that a letter be sent to the Executive , stating , that it would be more convenient and honeiicial for the
Association for the first Conference to be held in Newcastle-on-Tyne . It was next agreed that each district in _Scotlantl take , according to their number of mexiberS , tho UllSOld copies of the Miners' Advocate-, at one halfpenny each , and distribute them amongst those Miners who have not . yet joined the Union ; also that each ten paying members in Scotland take a copy ofthe Advocate in future . From the report of the delegates from Fifeshirc , Lanarkshire , ' and ' all the districts acting on the restriction of . the out-put , the system appeal's to be working well ; aiid whereeveracted on , the miners are gaining power , and getting up their wages .
Carlisle . —Meeting of Haxo-loom Weavers . — On Monday evening last this body held a meeting in Mr . Sinclair ' s . Beaming Machine-room , Willowholme , Caldewgiite , for the purpose of forming themselves into a consolidated , union of the .. . Cottonweavers of Carlisle in conjunction with the Silkweavers of Spitalfields and other places . The chairman , Joseph Broom Hanson , having explained the object of the meeting , the rules , d ; c ., ofthe Spitalfields Weavers were read over . It was moved and seconded , and unanimously agreed to , "that they be the rules for the time being , and that they be altered to suit the district as soon as convenience admits . " A committee was then appointed , who will meet at No . 6 ,
John-street , on Saturday evening , the 22 nd inst ., at seven o'clock , for the purpose of enrolling names an d receiving subscriptions . We earnestly hope that the Weavers will not be backward , but will come boldly forth , and shew , by their unanimity and determination , that they are alive to their best interests . It is the duty of every individual of the trade to come forward and enrol himself as a member of the association * . by so doing he will shew at least , that if he is not as he ought to be in society , it is contraiy to his will . And it may prevent it being cast up to him at some further period , " you don't deserve wage 3 _, for when you had the chance to obtain them you would not make the attempt . "
National Conference op . Tkaiies at Easter . — The committee for making the necessary arrangements for this national assemblage , met at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Wednesday evening , February 19 ; Mr . Robertson ( Bookbinder ) hi the chair . Letters were read from the Packers , and other Trades of Manchester , and from the Trades in other provincial towns , all expressing their approbation of the projected Conference . The delegates present unanimously reported that the London Trades had taken the matter up warmly , and from the excellent spirit prevailing , and the enthusiasm evinced , there can be no doubt hut that the Conference will be very numerously attended . The better to facilitate the preparations , the general committee have agreed to meet evory Wednesday evening .
RooHnALE Miners . —A public meeting of the Coal Miners of the Roehdale district was held on Monday last , in the large room ofthe Amen-corner Inn , when a lecture was delivered by Mr . Wm . Dixon on the "Principles and objects ofthe Miners' Association ;" and likewise on the necessity of a NationaJ Consolidated Union ofthe Trades of this country . North Staffordshire Miners . —Messrs . Auty . and Price have held meetings at the following prices ;—Burslem , Snydc-grcen , Longton , Knutton Heath , Scott Hay , Cheadle , Golden-hill , Bradley-green , & c . The meetings have been mostly well attended , and the good work of union continues to advance .
N 0 TTINGHAM 81 imE Miners . —Mr . T . Clark , Miners ' lecturer , has visited Briniington and Tupton , with the liest results . The next Miners' delegate meeting for Nottingham and Derbyshire will be held atThos . Slack ' s , Grcen-hill-lane , at two o ' clock . [ Our correspondent does not name the day . —Ed . N . S . ] Yorkshibe Miners . — - Mr . George Brown has visited the folio wing places : —Crigglestone . Barnsley , Thorp , Bradgate , and Rawniarsh . Mv . Brown will lecture at the following places : —Cathorn _, Feb . 25 ; Silkstone , 20 th ; Stanbro ' , 27 th , * Blacker-hill , 28 th Barnsley , 29 th .
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NOTTINGHAM . On Sunday Evening last a public meeting was held in the Democratic Chapel for the purpose of hearing the case of " M'DoHall v . O'Connor . " ' Mr . Atterbury was appointed chairman , and briefly opened the proceedings . Mr . Sweet then read the whole of the evidence given before the Manchester Council ; which having been done , Mr . Topham moved , and Mr . Kirk seconded the following resolution : — " That inthe opinion of this meeting the statements made by Dr . M'Douall against Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., are base and unfounded ; and that we , the Chartists of Nottingham , treat such statements with the utmost contempt , and in our opinion Dr . M'Doualllias justly forfeited our esteem and confidenceand that
, we regard him as an enemy to the Chartist cause . " Carried unanimously . Mr . Dorman , in an eloquent speech , moved the following , which was seconded by Ml ' . Wright , and carried unanimously : — " That we , the Chartists of Nottingham , have full and entire confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and that his past services justly entitle him to our best thanks for his manly , upright , straightforward , disinterested advocacy of the . poor man s rights . " Mr . Sweet then moved , andMr . Procter seconded , "Thatthe best thanks of this . meeting are due , and are hereby given , to the Manchester Council for the honourable and praiseworthy manner in which they conducted the inquiry . " Carried . unanimously . Thanks were given to the chairman , and tlie meeting broke up .
BURNLEY . Grand Demonstratio ! - to Welcome Mk . _Tattersalij on his Release from Lancaster Gaol . — On Saturday , the 15 th inst ., at seven o'clock , a . m ., Mr . Tattcrsall was released from Lancaster Gaol , _; after an imprisonment of two years with hard 'labour * .. He was met at the gates of the castle by _Messrsi Ride- ; halgh of Burnley , and Mooney of Colne . Tliey arrived at Mr . Beesley's , Accrington , about twelve o ' clock , when a carriage drawn by a splendid pair of _grevs was . in waiting to _conyej' them , to Burnley .
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On arriving at Padiham the democrats turned out to give Mr . T . a welcome , and he was escorted through ! the town b y a band of music , " amid the cheers of the people . Tlie band and a number of the inhabitants accompanied him to Burnley . The men of Burnley had stationed themselves outside the town , with an excellent band , flags , banners , < fcc , awaiting the arrival of the cortege , which took place about five o'clock , when a procession was formed , and Mr . T . entered the town with flags flying , bands playing , and the triumphant cheers of the assembled thousands echoing on the breeze . The procession having perambulated the principal streets , Mr . Tattcrsall was set down at his . parental home after a two years' absence , to cheer the drooping spirits of a fond
aud affectionate mother . The immense multitude then separated . A tea party took place in the Temperance-hall , at seven o ' clock ; . above 300 sat down to tea , and after doing ample justice to the bohea and plum cake , the tables were cleared for the meeting . Mr . If . Holland was unanimousl y voted to the chair , and the proceedings commenced by the brave lads _ of Todmorqen singing "Bask Oppressors . " The chairman then opened the meeting with a suitable address , and introduced Mr . Tattcrsall , who was received with round after round of applause . He addressed the meeting for about half an hour , assuring them that
his imprisonment had not altered his principles in the least , except by strengthening his opinion in favour of the cause he had straggled for . The remainder of the evening was spent with songs , recitations , addresses , < i * c , interspersed with strains of delightful music , performed by the Burnley band , who are ever ready to render their services 111 aid of the movement . The hall , capable of holding 1000 persons , was crowded , the faces ofthe assembly beamed with joy , and the greatest good humour and cordiality prevailed . The proceedings terminated shortly after eleven o ' clock , and the company broke up highly gratified with the evening ' s entertainments .
On Monday Evening , February 17 th , a ballwasheld in the Chartist Room , and such was the demand for tickets that the committee were compelled to make arrangements for another , to be held in the same room on the night following . Mr . Tattcrsall attended . The gay lads and bonny lasses "tripp'd it on the light fantastic toe , " and enjoyed themselves with singing , reciting , & c ., until one o ' clock , when they reluctlautl separated , to hold themselves in readiness for the tinkling of the factoiy bells at five o'clock .
North Lancashire Delegate Meeting . —The North Lancashire delegate meeting was held , according to announcement , on Sunday , February 16 th , at Bradshaw's Temperance Hotel , Burnley , when the following places were represented : —Burnley , Colne , Haggate , Haslingden , Bacup , Oswaldtwistle , Wheatley-lane , and Marsden . Mr . Holland was elected district secretary . The following questions are put to the different localities in the'district respecting the forthcoming Conference to beheld in London : —Do you think that a delegate , or delegates , for North Lancashire should be sent to the Conference ? How many ? How do you propose to p _^ ay their expenses 1 Have you any instructions to give for their guidance at the Conference ? Who do you think fit and proper persons ?—The next district meeting will be held at the same place , on Sunday , March 16 th , when each delegate is expected , to come prepared with answers to the above questions , and otherwise to make arrangements respecting the Conference .
LONDON . Metropolitan District Council , Feb . 10 ; Mr . J . Simpson in the chair . —Mr . Wheeler read the Executive ' s reply to the slanders of the Weekly Dispatch , which gave great satisfaction . A letter was read from the secretary to the Victim "Committee , stating that that committee had forwarded the monies collected to Jenkin Morgan . Mr , Stallwood gave notice that he would bring the address of the Executive before the council at their next meeting , CnARTisT Hall , 1 , Turxagain-lane . — A public meeting was held in this hall on Sunday evening , February the 10 th . Mr . Dwaine was called to the chair , and introduced Mr . Christopher Doyle ( amidst loud cheers , who delivered a very able lecture on "Labour's wrongs and Labour ' s remedy . " SoitEits Town . —Tlie large room at the Bricklayers' Arms was well filled with a respectable audience on Sunday evening last , to hear Mr . C .
Doyle deliver a lecture on " Trades' Unions . At nine o ' clock Mr . Doyle arrived , and was received with much cheering . He spoke for upwards of an hour , and was much applauded . Chelsea . —A public meeting was held on Sunday evening , Feb . lGth , at the Cheshir e Cheese , . Grosvenor-row . The large room was densely crowded . Mr . John Dowling * was called to the chair . Mr . P . M'Grath delivered an eloquent , argumentative , and impressive address on tbe causes that now depress the wealth-producers of this country .- He was loudly cheered throughout . At the conclusion of the addross Several _llOW members were enrolled . Thk _Emmeti Brigade met on Sunday evening , Mr . Guest in the chair , when the following resolution was passed unanimously ;— " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Manchester Council , and that we record our implicit confidence in Mr . Feargus O'Connor . "
MANCHESTER . Carpenters' IIali .. —A lecture was delivered in the above hall on Sunday evening last , at half past six o'clock , by Mr . A . Hurst , of Oldham .
OLDHAM . On Sunday last Mr . F . A . Taylor delivered a very instructive lecture in the Chartist room , Greavesstreet . Theilccturer urged "in a very argumentative manner the necessity of early instruction being given to the rising generation oh the principles of democracy , this being the surest way to obtain and secure the freedom of the great body of the people . HEBDEN-BRIDGE . Two Lectures were delivered in the Democratic ' Meeting room , by Mr . W . Dixon , of Manchester , on Sunday evening last . Tlie lectures were attended by numerous and highly respectable audiences .
STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES . Losoton . —On Monday night Mr . Thomas Clark delivered a very eloquent lecture on the evils of class legislation , in the Working Man ' s Hall , and gave the greatest satisfaction . At the close of the lecture it was proposed and seconded , that a vote of confidence be given to Mr . O'Connor , which was carried unanimously , and the meeting dispersed highly gratified .
NORWICH . The _CnARTisis op Norwich having held a meeting to consider the results of the late important investigation by the Manchester Council , agreed to the following resolutions , which were unanimously adopted :-" That Mr . James Leach has fully and satisfactorily removed the imputation of . dishonesty , attempted to be cast upon him by Dr . M'Douall . " * ' That Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., is entitled to our fullest confidence and warmest thanks for Ms unfaltering patriotism ,
and unpurchaseable integrity . " " That Dr . M'Douall has long been respected by us for his advocacy of the people ' s rights , though watched with suspicion , lest his seeming enthusiasm should involve him in inexplicable difficulties . But his late declaration of being in friendly _intcrcoui'so with a Government officer , at the time rewards were offered for his apprehension , has more than surprised us . " " That the scandalous falsehoods he has propagated to injure Mr . O'Connor prove him to be totally unworthy of credence , and heis unworthy of the further confidence ofthe people . "
ROCHDALE . Two Lectures were delivered iu the Chartist Association room , on Sunday List , by Mr . James Leach , of Manchester . Both lectures were well attended . At the close of tho evening ' s discourse the following resolution was agreed to : — " That wc , the Chartists of Rochdale , have entire confidence in Feargus O'Conuor , Esq ., and Mi-. James Leach ; and thank them for their past services in the cawseof suffering humanity . "
DERBY . Meeting . —At a general meeting of the Chartists of Derby , held at Mr . Chester ' s Coffee-house , Osniaston-roau , on Sunday , Feb . IC , the following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That we tender our warmestthanks to the Manchester Council for the just and impartial decision they have come to in the case of M'Douall and Mr . O'Connor " " That wc hereby express our confidence in the integrity of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and heartily thank him for his services in the people ' s cause . "
BRADFORD . On Sunday the members of the General Council met in their room , when it wat resolved that Messrs . Hurley and Ross be placed on the plan of local lecturers for the ensuing quarter . —In the evening Mr . Hurley lectured in the large room , Butterworthbnildings , and gave general satisfaction . At the conclusion it was resolved— " That an inquiry be made iuto the condition of the working C . i \ 8 _* _se 8 111 the borough of Bradford , in order to ascertain the average amount of wages in each branch or trade ; the rental of cottage houses , poor-rates , and other assessments ; price of provisions , fuel , and other incidental household expenditure . The whole to be arranged and laid before the Conference of Trades about to assemble in London . "
CORNWALL . A County Deleoate Meeting was held at Camborne on Sunday , the 16 th inst , when the following delegates attended : —From Penzance , Mr . O'Brien and Mr . Lewis ; St . Ives , Mr . John Endean ; Hayle , Mr . Jones ; Camborne , Mi-. James Skewcs , jun . ; Truro ,-J . II . Longmaid . Mr . O'Brien was called to the chair , and Mr . Longmaid was appointed to act as secretary . The reports from , the several localities were then given in , and were on the whole of a very
favourable character . Mr . O'Brien submitted several questions for discussion . The first was as to the propriety of being represented at the forthcoming Convention . Mr . O'Brien moved , seconded" by Mr . Jones , that a delegate be sent from this county to the Convention . Carried unanimously . After the disposal of several more questions , it was resolved that Mr . O'Connor be applied to to pay the county a visit shortly . after the sitting of the Convention . The meeting then separated , highly delighted with their days _' s work .
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PLYMOUTH . . . . At a meeting of the Council of this locality , held at the Chartist-room , _Lovc-strcet , on Sunday evening last , the address of the Executive was read from the Star when it was agreed that the secretary should write to the several localities in Devonshire _^ their opinion as to the possibility of that county being represented in the forthcoming convention . 1 he following resolution was unanimously agreed to- Ihat we hail with feelings of unequivocal satisfaction the conclusion arrived at by the- Manchester Council with reference to the infamous charges preferred against Feargus O'Connor by Dr . M'Douall , and . ore determined to _stalififibv Feargus O'Connor m defiance ot all his enemiesj _^ pen or concealed , and that a copy ot this resolution be sent to the Star forinset'tion .
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Nixe Sailors Drowsed . —Last Monday night , the collier brig Martin , of Dundee , from Newcastle , went on shore on the Gaa Sand while entering the river for Dundee , and the whole of her crew , nine hi number , were drowned . Liverpool . —A discussion on the Corn Laws , commenced on Monday evening , Feb . 10 th , in the Temperance Hall , Rose-place , was brought to a conclusion on Monday evening last . The Leaguers were very valiant the first evening , but showed no p luck on the second occasion . The discussion closed oy the adoption of a resolution , nearly unanimously repudiating the League nostrum ' , Wc have received a , fuller report , but cannot find room for it .
Northern Circuit . — Lancaster-,, _fc bb . 19 . — Charge op Murder . —Thomas Donahoo was indicted for the wiliul murder of his wife , at Ulverstone , on Friday , the 20 th of December last . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty of Manslaughter . To be transported for life _. East Cornwall Election . — The election of a member for East Cornwall , in the room of Lord Eliot , took p lace at Bodmin on Thursday . J . _H . Treniayne , Esq ., inanablcspeech , proposed Mr . W . H , PoIeCarew as a Stand proper person to represent the division ill Parliament . N . Kendall , Esq ., seconded the nomination . The High Sheriff then asked if . there was any other candidate , and there being no other proposed , declared Mr . Wm . Henry Pole Carew duly elected .
Buckinghamshire Election . —The election of a knight to serve inthe Commons House of Parliament for the county of Buckingham took place in the Shire Hall , Aylesbury , on Friday ( yesterday ) . Sir J . Dashwood King nominated Christopher Tower , Esq ., as a fit and proper person to represent thcni in Parliament . Mr . Grenville Piggott seconded the nomination . No . other candidate being proposed , the Sheriff declared Christopher Tower , Esq ., duly elected . The Weather on , the Continent . —Several of the French provincial journals contain accounts of
persons found dead on the roads from the effects of the severe cold , and ofthe ravages of wolves . The Courricr de la Drome states , that near Fay-le-Fvoid several houses were crushed by the weight ofthe snow which had fallen upon them , and whole families killed , and that a young girl and two children had been devoured by wolves . A similar catastrophe is said to have occurred near St . Bonnet .. Tliere was a alight thaw on Wednesday morning in Paris , with indications of a speedy change in the weather , but towards the afternoon the frost set in again , and at seven in the evening the thermometer marked six degrees two-tenths centigrade below zero ( 20 . 75 of Farenheit ) .
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BIRTH . On the l _* 7 th of January , and christened on the 5 th of February , William Cobbett Arthur Shaw , son of John and Eliza Shaw , 24 , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road East .
DEATHS . At Edinburgh , on Tuesday morning , Feb . llth , John Duncan , formerly Chartist bookseller and lecturer , and late pastor of the Christian Chartist Church , Dundee . Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton , Bart ., the well-kluWn anti-slavery advocate , died on the 19 th inst . at his seat , Northrepps , Norfolk , altera lingering illness , which , for the last fortnight , had confined Mm to his bed . Death of Mr . Laman BLANCHAHn . —It is our most painful duty to announce the sudden death of Mr . Laman Blanchard . He . had latel y suffered a severe domestic affliction , and his unceasing anxiety during tho progress of the long and harassing illness in his
family , which terminated fatally , had so injured Ins own health , that fits ensued , which finally led to his death . He died about half-past one o'clock on Saturday morning last , and has left four orphan children to lament his loss . Mr . Blanchard is well known In periodical literature . His graceful verses , bis lively stories , his wit that never had a touch of malice , are known to many readers . There , perhaps , never was a man who had a readier pen . A poem , an essay , a witty paragraph , seemed to" spring spontaneously from his brain . There was an amenity in everything he did . And , indeed , how could it be otherwise , seeing that he himself was the very impersonification of
kindness and goodness of heart . Mr . Blanchard was " long in the service of literature . He was a member of the press hi various ways , for more than twenty years : beginning young , and fighting an upward fight throughout—bravely—independently , without envy or uncharitablcness—until he reached the age of fortytwo , when he died . We may fearlessly assert that no man ever ran the same career , inthe same circumstances , who left so fiw enemies , and so many , many friends . These few facts are addressed to strangers . His independence , his _perseverance , his untiring kindness , and his many sterling and amiable qualities , need no demonstration to his acquaintances or his friends . —Exam intr .
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BANKRUPTS . ( From the Gazette of Friday , Feb . _Slst . J William Bale , London-wall , City , bootmaker—Lawrene , Daniel Dolbell _, lower Miteham _, Surrey , dyer—Jamee Cvabl ) , Great Tey , Essex , bricklayer—Charles Ransfords S ' toneley , Middlesex , grocer—Alfred Wyatt , Badmaesmews , well-street , St . James ' s , licensed victualler—Lewis George , Downham-road , Kitigslaud-road , shawl-warehouseman—William Behnes , Osnasburgh-strect , Newroad , marble merchant—Francis Cranswick , Bridlington , Yorkshire , innkeeper—Gerard Samson , Weymouth , Dor setslure , corn-dealer—Thomas Ferris , Wootten Bassett , Wiltshire , grocer—James Wells , Winclicombe , Glouces . tershire _. common carrier—Charles Thovnton _. _IIuddei-sfield , Yorkshire , stationer—William Beeves , Walcot , Somerset _, shire , coach-builder — Thomas Langston , Manchester , share broker—James Taylor , . Higher Walton , Cheshire , farmer—John Banks , Birmingham , wharfinger .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 22, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_22021845/page/5/
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