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    Biciujid Ilidfohd, Iiiajie,—The Reason W...

    : t BaII BaWfoetH , Stir of llojt Lodge , Manchester , nmuninmuniaites the information that , "two more lodges aamehnunely , the Farmers * Glory , and the Duke of MauifeteTHSter—have joined those that demand the principle of i repr < » . rcpreKiifoticn in the Odd Fellows A . M C ; making ihty qhty out of the eighty-four which constituted the uucheauchesu-r District . " He also says , "You should ire seuve sent n !* rei * fa « last Saturday ; for as soon as it same came known that you had espoused our cause , there as a gas a great demand , and hundreds were disappointed ; My otrlv on Saturday evening there was not one to be

    id . " id . " n e shall be glad to hear from Mr . L ' almforth , Ihe in lie intimates ; ami also from any one ivlocau comlauiv'asniv'ate fads in relation to the present dispute , ue hike important and powerful Institution of Odd Felnrs ouws ought to be placed on a basis that would secure it ajTOtl « jintl » -effects of shocks such ns at present shake it j piee » pieces . So man , or set of men , in that Institution , adit adit to be placed in a position where Uicir « eii tciH ipara ; paramount to tlie opinions and determinations of ue bone body at large ; and if it be true that the " nunaris" cis" of the Order have so contrived it as to tender « e cohe cousti ution of the order subservient to tlieir own

    udivitwlividuai purposes , it is time that the members gene-Jalj tally took the matter in hand , and applied theeoi-reetive 1 licrevhcre it is needed . Their constitution once provided urdiiiir direct lodge representation : why kas that principle : eeni > een departed frcm ! Has not that departure served » reio raise up an oligarchy , who not only imitate the oliaarckjarchical rulers of the nation in tlieir arbitrary and fyranvrannscal mode of dealing with their refractory " subxxtsjects , " but also imitate a far worse feature of tlie <» ove § ovenunent of our plundering " masters , "—by dividing Lng aniony themselves the masses of wealth that ' pof' power" manages t « « . ' « orl > out of tlia hands of tt » e firoupreuucers . Is it not a burning shame , not only to the " Gc" Governors of tlie order' for having placed themselves in sun such a position , but also to thc members at large tbrlfor having permitted it , that eh / M individuals , maislt

    : bacbabged with the Execctivi ; asd Govessisg foweb , \ sxdtive pocketed among Oieiiisdces in a short space of tiuitiuie no less a sum than £ 36 , 000 for "goods Supi & iCiV ; Is Is not this scandalous ! Does it look entirely free Troifrom joVjmg ! Is not the principle a monstrous one , tbathat permits the manager of a public body to he once itnetne ordercr , tlie sbpixieb , and the JUDGE of " goods , " as 'as weU as i Ui ) OE of the reasonableness of price / If Sir IHo Hubert Peel was a paper-maker , would it be borne that * e he should take a contract to supply the Government ( o £ o £ ceswitIi stationary i AVJiy , Sir Key , a member Of IPnPariiament only , was glad to escape with the vacation lOfi Of his seat , when it was discovered that a contract made Iby by his brother really belonged to him ; and that his ifio son , a minor , had , through the father ' s influence , been i tli tlmistiuio a situation which uiadcliiin judjeof the goods

    eusupplied under the surreptitious contract : he was gl glad , we say , to give up his seat , and escape the fine ol £ , £ 500 for every day that he sat iu Parliament while a ci contractor under Government . And what reason is is there that the " governors" of such an Institute tion as the Odd Fellows should be exempt from the 0 operation of such a salutary rule against jobbery 1 bribery , suit corruption ? The rule applies to all puoli lie bodies under the laws . If a member of a Common € Council , or of a Board of Highway Surveyors , or of a 1 Board of Guardians even , supply , or contract to sup-I ply , any " goods , " or " materials , " he is liable to heavy i & i . is , which anybody can enforce . "Why should tlie « "G . JuVortlie "Board of Directors"of the OddFel-1 lows be allowed to do what these parties , dated by i Vidr brvtiicr rctc-mycrs , ASD fmiced to sebve tusis

    BE »* iCTiVE offices wituoct £ EttusE £ A-He £ , are not : allowed to do I tlie more especially as the eltahces for ¦ yivVry in thc Odd Fellows' society arc a thousand times greater tlan any of the case * wc hare named f The accounts of the Public Boards we hare enumerated ems before the puttie . Any one of the public can object to them , and , on appeal , set aside thc rate , if it appear that the money entrusted to any of these public officers has been wrongfully or corruptly applied . In the case of Boards of Guardians there are public auditors appointed , who have the power of disallowing any item , of the justice and propriety of which they sea room to doubt , charging it to the Guardians themselves . The inhabitants in vestry , and the justicesof the peace . haveasiniilarpoweroverthcaccounts of Highway Surveyors : amin # of these accounts , wlietuerrelating

    to die Highways , to the Relief of the Poor , or to Corporations , can be taken into the Superior Courts , aud set aside , if wrong or jMcr y can be proved * Tliis cannot be done with the accounts of the Odd Fellows ! There tire no such checks on reckless expenditure cv downright jobbery . The only check that could esiit , under present arrangements , would be , that the " governors" of tlie order were free from all interest in the supply of goods—free to see that thc goods were of tlic required quality and at a proper price—free to judge for thc order—and not for ViemseUcs . But even this . slender and inadequate check vanishes the moment yon make the " governors" into contractors . Every SECtKiTv against jobKnyis gone . There is at once an interest in over-reaching , in cheating , the order ; and there is no check to prevent it . When c /« M individuals ,

    under such circumstances , divide among themselves £ -JS , 000 in a skGrt space of time , they may weU "suspend" not only individuals , and lodges , but even whole districts , that awaken toihi conviction that " governors" supplying their own goods is not a healthful principle—if by such " suspension" they can coerce the malcontents into passive obedience . There needs nothing more than the bare enunciation of tiie fact , that eight " governors" of tlie order hare sacked £ § 5 , 000 fur goods ishitli that / hate themselves supplied , to tell that the constitution and management of the order of Odd Fellows is & r from what it should he . It uchov & s , therefore , tlie members of the order to attend to their business . These monstrous abuses cry aloud for ciTJiM—for rectification . To accomplish this , Vie iiiial-crs mast hate FOWEB to alter , tclicrc alteration is KcdeJ . They must have POWER to so arrange matters that their friends will not he exposed to the peculator , or the jobber . Tkcy must have POWER to imi « ose tlie aecessarv guards and checks . They must

    lm-eFOW-EK to so order it that the patronage of the order shall not he used as a means of bribery—as a laeans of attaching parties to a set of oligarchs , giving them an interest in defending the worst jobbery , tlie gr-jsscst abuse , aud the most unendurable tyranny . Ti : e members at largeinust have POWER todo all this , or their order wiU stink in the nostrils of all just Kai—will " wither , and fade , aud die . " To possess tliis POWER , at once necessary and just , they must have- du-ect representation ; they must choose men not llilllcrto subjected to the corrupting influences ; they most send parties who will not be hood-winked with specious generalities , but who will firmly grasp the true principles of public business , and as firmly apply them , regardless of whom it may gr ieve or whom it may please . The members of the order must do aU this : and when they have done it , they vrill never again hear of eight of their " governors" having ; pocketed amongst them £ 50 , 000 for goods supplied by themselves 1

    A . v 0 »» Fsuow . —We quite agree with him . In another place we have expressed our opinion on the impropriety ( to designate it by the mildest term ) of allowing the " governota" of the order to become contractors for the supply of goods . We quite agree with our correspondent on tho cselessness and folly of the articles , the cost of which , forms one-third of the immense sum of & J « , U ( ni , which eight individuals of the order , — " governors" too , —hare pocketed for " goods supplied " daring the last seven years . What will the world think of the jmxo of the order when they see tlie following account of expenditure , for tilings which at best can only he designated as ge w-ga ws . In the little bill from Tvnich we extract them , they a ' . e set forth as accounts for " Tom-foolery . " AVkefber that be a correct designation or not , we leave to the judgment of the Odd

    Fellow reader , observing for ourselves that the expenditure of the money in furtherance of the real objects of Odd Fellowship , —the relief of the sick and the distressed ; or even in the purchase of substantial pro-Osrty for the order at large , would , tiave . been far more Satisfactory now . Who is there that looks upon the immense item of £ 12 , 593 , set forth below as the expenditure for "SASIIIXG , " —organdy coloured silks and satins wherein to dress MEX , —but must feel that the money has been wasted , when lie rellects on THE GOOD which that amount otherwise expended might nave done ; how much it might hare contributed to tlie emancipation of Labour from the thraldom that makes Odd Fellow Societies necessary . If tlio laws and rules of tlie order render such nn e xpenditure forsiii'ha purpose imperative , tlie sooner they are

    altered , ihe better for the credit of the order itself : and if such expenditure is not enforced ; if it be by tlie free-will of the different lodges , the sooner they get more substantial " toys" to play with , the better for their character as MEN . The old adage says "fine feathers make fine birds ¦ ? but the plumage of the peacock would not fit Mill on the carcase of the jackdaw . Silks , anil satins , and ribands , and cloaks , look well enough on the kicks of the ladies , when blended together with judgment and taste : but a MAS in woman ' s clothes is an ugly brute at the best hand , to say nothing of the amount of intelligence evinced by lum in seeking to strut in petticoats and flounces . The members of the order ought to § vince a higher degree of ansp than the following accounts , taken from the " authorised reports ' * of the G . H . and Board of Directors , would seem to indicate : —

    Tom Foolery , Ao . 1 . Amount of Cash paid to P . C . JJ . Mansfield . £ s . d . April . 1 SS 9 , for Saining 702 8 3 Slarch , 1 $ 40 .. 213 3 10 ^ arCVim 854 8 0 ^ MSa . aUeri „ g Sashing 1233 6 i January , IS 13 # " ° -, 039 m ni To ... , „ ¦'"* ' * January , lslj -. «« a . « January . 1815 ,., „ , a „ , .- «•• l- « l 8 »* C 5 C-5 1 C i >\ TomFooU ni , Nb . 2 . xt v . 'tmoaat of C 3 « h paldlto F . G . 31 . reiser . March , mo , for Sashimr .. £ 333 19 10 Y ** ' 1 1 Ml 1 5 ? January , 1 S 12 , altering Sashing *» S 7 1-5 10 January-, 1 $ « - 1-53 " « JaasaQr . lSU „ -JSG 17 7 senary , 1643 _ 1 J 45 2 7 S-33 11 CJ Total for Sashing V 2 ^ JS > 7 11 j

    Biciujid Ilidfohd, Iiiajie,—The Reason W...

    An Old Om > Femow promises a communication for next week , which , if we arc to judge from his syllabus , will be rather carious , lie purposes to give a "history of Katclutc ' s piece of plate ; anecdotes of the whole ten subscribers ; apcepinto the Olympic Tavern , during the sitting of the Hoard of Hircctors ; reasons why they meet tiic .-e , and not at tho Board room ; description of a tradesmen ' s dinner at Old Gray V * " G . Stgkge , Westmisstzb . —If the body he represents hail only had to bear a tithe of the " denunciation . " that we have had to endure for publishing far less "denunciatory" resolutions than those we withheld , they would not have been quite so hasty or so inconsiderate as 3 Ir . Sturge ' s communication would seem to indicate . We know Jliat one of tlie parties implicated is " as honest as ihe day is light , " and intends to do everything that a just man inliis circumstances ought todo : wc know , too , that he is struggling , maufullv

    struggling , with difficulties brought on by his efforts to serve the Chartist cause ; and we are not going to bear down on such a man , and help to crush him to the earth , to please any set of men whatever . We have also reason to beliuvc that the other party named in the said resolutions is incorrectly described . To save all turmoil and public quarrel wo suggested that the resolutions should be communicated b y letter to thc parties interested , that they might have an opportunity of attending to the call made on them , or arrange privately about the matters in question . Da . Iocock ' s Pulmonic Wafers . —The advertisement for tliis " cure for asthma , consumption , coughs , and colds , " came too late for insertion this week . It shall appear in our next . Meantime we may state that the Pulmonic " Wafers can be had Of Da Silva and Co ., 1 , isr iae-lane , Ylect-atrcet , London , asd of all medicine venders . Amwlet Misehs . —We are compellad to withhold their address till next week .

    Rpgurgpst 2' 18 45' The Northehn Star. 5

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    Receipts Of Tiie Chartist Co-Operative 1...

    RECEIPTS OF TIIE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE 1 AS » SOCIETY . rss 313 . O ' COSSOB . £ s . d . Cheltenham , per Wm . Milson .. .. „ . 178 South Shields , per J . Patrick .. .. ., ,. 094 Wigan , per W . Walmsley . 0 10 0 Salford , per John Millington 2 0 0 Oldham , per W . Hamer 5 0 0 Ramsley . perJ . Ward 2 0 0 Worcester , per Martin Griffiths ,, ,. .. 0 12 0 Xorwieli , per 3 . Hurry .. „ ,, „ .. 200

    Kidderminster , per G . Holloway 2 17 0 Hull , Bartholomew Narrissoa * .. .. .. 210 0 Stockport , per T . Woodnouse .. 2 0 0 Preston , per J . Brown .. .. 1 1 G 0 Itouiogne ( France ) 3 4 0 Huddcrsheld « . * . .. - 5 13 i Bradford .. .. 2 0 0 ltoclitlale .. - .. 3 0 0 Manchester ~ M 10 0 Ashton , per Edward Hobson ., „ „ .. 8 16 0 * B . Harrissou ' s remittance tor one share was 2 s . short ; a share aud expenses being £ 112 s .

    P £ B CE . VEa . lI . SEC 3 STJ 2 T . IS S T J LMEKTS , £ s . d . £ s . d . Charles Rennie .. 014 Rochdale 0 13 0 Benjamin Fox .. 014 Leicester ...... 080 C . Fox -014 Littletown .... 0 1 4 James Dixon -.. 014 Staiulund 040 Xurwich ...... 01 ( 1 8 Sowerhy Lougroyd 14 8 SHASES . Benjamin Fox .. 040 Leeds 500 G . l ' Vx .. 040 Sowe .-by Longroyd 010 J . Dixon _ - .. 0 1 0 Lambeth 2 0 0

    CAED 3 AUD EDIES . Northampton rules 0 2 8 Staiulaud , cards and Welliugboro * „ 0 2 2 rules 0 3 0 Pcteiboro' „ 0 0 4 Soneiby Helm .. 010 Littletown „ 0 110 Wigan 0 16 Birstall „ 0 0 6 Manchester .. .. 015 0 TUOJUS 2 IAETIS WUEEIVB ,

    NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PEK JIB . O ' COXNOB . £ S . C . Capecure , Monlin-a-Vapeur ( France ) .. .. 2 15 0 J . Dick , Lille .. .. .. 0 1 S David Hnbertson , ditto 0 13 J . Thompson , ditto .. » .. 018 COSCOilBE TESTIMONIAL . Congleton , per J . Burgess 8 2 2 J PEU GENTBAL SECBETABT . smsscBimoKs . s . d . 9 . d . Oidham .. „ .,., 7 7 Kockdale , prceeeds of liolton 5 0 a dinnerparty .... 1 0 Rockdale .. ...... 8 5

    CABOS . Peterborough .. .. .. .. 2 0 Thomas Mahtin Wheeler , Secretary .

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    Siiocklxg Itailway Accidents. Collision ...

    SIIOCKLXG ItAILWAY ACCIDENTS . Collision on the London and Bihmingiiam Railavat . —On Tuesday nioruiu" last ( July 29 th ) . a frightful collision , attended with the most serious consequences , look place on the line of the London and Birmingham Railway , near Chalk-farm , and within a short distance of the Camden-town station . During the day most painful rumours were afloat as to the loss of life which had taken place by the occurrence , and that which gained the greatest prevalence was one that no lesstlian sixteen persons had been killed . On minute investigation , however , the following , obtained from official and other sources , has been ascertained to be the true narrative of thc affair : — 'file mail train which leaves Birmingham

    ( having previously arrived from Liverpool ) at 55 minutes after twelve o ' clock , it appears is due at the London terminus at 32 minutes after five o'clock . About a quarter past five o ' clock the train arrived at thc Chalk-farm end of the tunnel , and proceeded at full speed onward towards thc platform at the Camden station . The train , which consisted of from 10 to 10 carriages , including the trucks and post-office vans , continued its progress until arriving on thc London side of the Chalk-i ' arm-bridge , where the down luggage train , which was sonic few minutes behind its time , was at the time crossing from the branch curve lines or " siding" leading to the luggage storehouses on to the main down line . The " tog or dew was so thick that it is described as utterly impossible

    for any one to see beyond 20 or 30 feet before them , and tlic result was , that before any measures could be taken to stop the speed of the mail train , then going atarate of upwards of 30 miles an hour , it ran into thc luggage train , dashing three of the luggage vans and three of the carriages in the mail train literally to atoms . The mail train contained , at the time of the collision , from GO to 70 passengers , and it is considered almost a miracle , that at least 20 or 30 persons were not killed , under the circumstances , on the spot . As soon as the confusion occasioned by the shock had in some measure subsided , means were taken by the officers of thc company and those who had effected tlieir escape from someofthehindcrmost carriages to render assistance to those who had had

    the misfortune to be in carriages nearer the engine and tender . Thc screams of tlie women and tlie general scene which presented itself at this moment was appalling in the extreme . Many were Liken out from amongst the fragments of the carriages in a fainting state , whilst others were seen with the blood streaming down their faces , occasioned by thc injuries inflicted on them by tlic broken glass . Surgeons were scut for in cray direction , and the attendance was most prompt . The second carriage from the engine was a first class carriage , and jammed between the seats was discovered an elderly gentleman , who was subsequently ascertained to be Mr . Dean , an agent to thc Earl of Devon , who was on his way to London upon some urgent business . After

    considerable difficulty , thc removal of the unfortunate uenth-man from the carriage was effected , and it was then ascertained that his left leg was completely crushed , and the bones protruding through his trousers . At his own request Mr . Dean was at once placed on a litter , and conveyed to University College llospital . The other sufferers having been attended to were removed in cabs to their various destinations . Four were ascertained to have been seriously injured , but although many were very much bruised and cut with the class , their injuries were by no means of an alaruiingcharacter . It appears that , although it was no knnirn thatthedown luggage train was a little behind its time iu starting , aud that thc mall train was nearly due , the red signal was not hoisted at thc

    Chalk-fann-bridgc , or thc policeman stationed at the tunnel would have stopped the up train on its arrival at that point . The engincattaehed to the mail train , 2 Co . 91 , was a perfectly new one , of immense power , and by the collision was almost broken to pieces The fust intimation of danger given to Unsworth , the driver , vli lias been several years on the line , and is considered a most experienced man , was from his stoker , who immediately on passing the Chalkfarm-bridge exclaimed , "For God ' s sake , Jem , shut the steam off , or wc shall be into the luggage tram . " He had scarcely time todo so before the collision took place . Immediately after Unsworth had shut off the steam he jumped from the tender , and providentially fell between the carriage next to it , or he would have

    been crushed to atoms , flow the stoker escaped is perfectly miraculous .. As soon as it was-ascertained that no lives had been lost , an engine was despatched with information of thc occurrence to L \ utor . -sq \ itvce , and other means were taken for the conveyance of the mail bass down to thc terminus , in order to prevent as little delay as possible with respect to the Post-ofiiec delivery . Shortly after Mr . Bruycrs , tlie clucf superintendent , and other office ot the line arrived at the spot , and measures were taken lor clearing thc obstruction , the who !* ol which was effected by seven o ' clock , and thc line iteelt was then found to kc uninjured . —On making

    inquiries at the hospital , it was ascertained that the injury to the leg of Mr . Dean rendered amputation nccessarv , as it was a compound fracture , with thelaee joint implicated . The operation was performed by Mr . Morton , one of the surgeons of the hospital , in the presence of Mr . Listonand several other surgeons . An official report of thc occurrence was forwarded by J ! r . Creed , thc secretary of the London and Lirmhvham Railway , to the Board of Trade , and it u understood tliat Maior General J ' as . ' ey , the snrveyor ccncial of railways , will institute iorinwuh an inqniw into the occurrence . The conduct of the pcwoiH who mav be open to blame on t : ns oct-nsion will be submitted io investigation , but iae

    Siiocklxg Itailway Accidents. Collision ...

    praam « te cause of the aeeiilent appears to have been a too early amval of the mail train and the in « Sfvir "• ' theJ ° » d * tr ain « J ^ nea to the impossibility oi seeing thc usual signals distinctly , in TlZnfln , ^ - ' ^ ~ ssion took pace mg to observe that the particular carriage which the engine first struck was scarcely dunianed , vet the rest at Out carriages on the train were literally ff ' !!™ . and their contents distributed on tnt line , ihe contusion was very great ; every one struggling to get out , and in man / cases some few minutes e apsed before one person could leave a carriage , three or four having got jammed in thc doorway , and these so situate not being willing to

    give way by going back . The following report respecting the accident has been sent hy the railway authorities to the Board of Trade : —Tiie Lancashire mail train , which is timed to arrive at thc Euston station at 32 minutes past five a . m ., entered thc Camden station at live a . m ., as the first » oods train from London was crossing to the down line to proceed on its journey . The consequence was a collision which forced tho engine tender and parcel van in front oi thc mail train off the rails , injured sonic of thc waggons and carriages , and caused the fracture of a leg of one of the passengers in a second-class carriage , and several severe cuts on thc face and head ol another passenger , by the breaking of the glass of the coupe of a first-class carriage in which he was riding

    with his face to the engine . It does not appear that any more passengers were injured . In reporting these occurrences for the information of tiie Lords of the Privy CoHiicil for Trade , I would itvvvtc attention to the following facts : —1 . That thc mail train arrived at tlic Camden town station ISmimitcsbefore its timc . 2 . That the soods train , on the other hand , was oO minutes later than its regular time of departure , owing to the unusual number of trucks which were to be conveyed . —3 . That , although the policeman at Clmlk-farm . bridgo had turned on the red signal when the goods train began to move , there was so much tog that thc driver of a train coming out of the tunnel could not well have seen thc signal , and consequently that in not going forward to

    communicate with the policeman at the south end of the tunnel , according to the orders provided for tliis especial case , the policeman at the bridge failed in the performance of his duty . —R . Cubed . AaoTHEit Accident o . v the Loxdo . v and Birmingham Railway . —Another accident of a very serious character took place on thc line of the London and Birmingham Railway on Tuesday . It appears that the ten o ' ciock up-train from Birmingham , and which isducat thrce lo ' clock at the Euston-grove terminus , proceeded at its usual speed up to the time of its arrival at Lcyton . After passing the Leytonstation , and between that place and Clictldington the engine got out of " gear , " or , in some measure , otherwise sli ghtly deranged . Tiie engine-driver , Newton , perceiving this was the case , slackened thc speed and descended for the purpose of / remedying the defect ; and the engine was again put in motion taat

    lie might see if he had done so effectually . On attempting to ascend the engine whilst in progress , the unfortunate driver ' s foot slipped off one of tlie steps , and his right leg being caught by one of tlie wheels , caused him to foil , and the tender and carriages passed over the ankle and lower part of the cult ; crushing it in a shocking manner . The train was stopped , aud the poor fellow having been placed in one of the carriages , was brought with all possible speed to the London terminus , where he was seen by Mr . Porter , the surgeon to the company , and at once accompanied by that gentleman to University College llospital . At five o ' clock Mr . Listen was sent for , and a consultation' of medical gentlemen took place , at which it was resolved , in consequence of the dreadfully crushed condition of the limb , that amputation was necessary ; and the operation was at ence performed . Last evening the report was , that Newton was progressiii" ; favourably .

    Accidest os tub South-Easterx Railway . —On Monday evening an accident occurred to the Dover up train on this line ; the following arc the particulars : * -Thc train left Dover at hali ' -past six , and reached the Tunbridge station about eight . Here the rearmost carriage had to he detached , and the man who performed the operation neglected to place the red lights which were at the back of the detached carriage upon the last carriage of thc train which proceeded onwards for London . The error was , however , speedily discovered , and a spare engine which was standing at Tunbridge was dispatched to the next station with the necessary lights , the driver of which was made fully acquainted with all tho circumstances of tlie case ; but it is considered he acted very

    incautiously , and to him is to be attributed the accident . He states that the evening was dark and misty , and that he was not ' able to see anything upon tiie line ; and no signal having been made as he ueared Penshurst , he continued his course at a rapid rate , in the hope of overtaking the train . Upon arriving at the Penshurst station , without being able to give the slightest previous notice , he ran thc engine into the hinoVrmost part of the train , the butters taking the floor of the last carriage , which was raised upwards , and penetrating the bottom of thc second and third in thc tier . The result was that the whole of the passengers of a full train were thrown forward with great violence . The crash was dreadful , and their screams were terrific . Fortunately there were

    m thc train the resident engineer of the line , Mr . P . TV . Barlow , and Mr . Stephenson , the engineer , as well as three medical men . An indescribable scene of confusion ensued ; not less than twenty persons were bleeding from a variety of contusions , and several who were considered to have been the most severely injured were taken into the station , and information of the occurrence was conveyed to Mr . Creasy , surgeon , of Edinbridge , Mr . Gregory , of Loigh , near Tunhridge , and Air . Picking , of Pensburst , the latter of whom , with llis assistant , promptly attended . Upon examining the wounded it was found that one gentleman had his jaw broken and his teeth driven in ; another bad his leg fractured , and another his spino materially injured . Indeed ,

    there were six who were severely hurt , but no lives were lost . A young lady , with an infant child upon her knee , was considered sonic time in danger Ironi syncope , occasioned by the injuries her lather had received , but she ultimately recovered . All the parties were conveyed to London the same night ; Air . Cubitt conducting tiie trifling cases to town , and Mr . Barlow , with a special train , taking cliargcof the more seriously injured passengers . There is no apprehension of a fatal result in any case . The engine-driver , whose name is Walker , and whose careless conduct appears to have been the cause of the accident , has been given into custody , and was examined before the magistrates at Tunbridge , on Tuesday evening . A writer in the Times of Wednesday has the following , in relation to this collision : — I remained at thc Penshurst station about an hour

    and a half , and gave my professional assistance to those who most required it ; but the many who were suffering from wounds and contusions were obliged to wait for assistance from Tunbridge and fieigatc , there being uo surgical applications obtainable at Penshurst . Though one gentleman had a broken leg , and another a severe injury of the back , and thirty or forty were much cut and bruised , 1 trust there will be no loss of life . We were stationary , or nearly so , when ihe engine struck us , and experienced two " distinct shocks , the second by far the most

    severe . There were four carriages behind that in which I was seated , all of which were injured , the hind one , which received the blow , was smashed to pieces , it being an open second class carriage . . Some of the passengers were thrown out of the windows , to which they may in part , attribute their preservation , and the guards were thrown several yards . Two or three ladies , sitting in thc coupe of a first-class carriage next to mine , had their heads driven through the plate glass windows in front , and were much cut about thc face . The first effect of the shock was an

    awful pause ot a minute as it the passengers were bewildered ; and thev . thc rush from the carriages of the frightened , the tainting , the bruised , and the bleeding , crying wildly for help , without any appearance of sympathy or assistance iu the confusion which at first ensued , formed such a frightful picture as 1 hope never to look upon again . Although in this case there will lie , I trust , no loss of lite , as a medical man I must state that the consequences of fright upon nervous and delicate women , and concussion of the brain , which all must more or less have felt , often leave behind them effects which arc long continued , severe , and even fatal . W . Simpsox .

    Bradmorc-honsc , Hammersmith , July 20 , lb-i-3 . Collision- os tub K . \ sxerx Couxras Railway . — Thc following letter appeared in thc Times of Tuesday last : —Sir , —I had received so favourable an account of the accommodation afforded by the third-class carriages on thc Eastern Counties Railway , that 1 was induced to go yesterday from the Shorcditch terminus by the half-past twelve o ' clock goods and third-class train . I got a ticket for Chelmsford , , always prefminij to bo as lav as possible from the engine , aud little dreaming of the kind consideration of the company , I placed myself in the last carriage . The passengers' carriages —I would say waggons — were not placed in thc middle with goods trucks fore and aft , but they formed the rear . Between Romford and Brentwood I suddenly heard a noise as of an engine behind us , and on looking out I saw , Sure enough , about 100 yards behind us , one

    bearing down upon us at , I will not say " full" speed , though such was my impression at the time , but , at any rate , a very fast pace . I drew my head in , and , holding on by the door , 1 exclaimed , " There'll be a shock directly , —take care ! " and I had no sooner said so than a violent shock did take place . I cannot describe the scene that ensued . A lady , leaning against a bar dividing thc carriage into two parts , had her back and month so much injured , that she could go no further than Brentwood ; she was going to Chelmsford . A man sitting next to her had his teeth knocked in , and , such was tlic force of the collhion between his mouth and the bar , that the edge of rjie latter was broken away . A woman with three ch ' ildren was severely bruised . Two or three got tlieir knees bruised or broken . 0 : ic man had a rjost oxtvaordinary escape . When the engine overtook us lie was ( c aning with his back against \ he bad ' of the wagiion . He waio :: iy braised , although theb ' ^ ad seat in fVim t

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    of una was torn away from ite supporters . It was a imrade he did not get his legs broken , jammed in between «« two seats . We were all more or less frightened ; but , of course , people who go by the third-class have nerves of a third-class quality , and so course that they cannot be aff « eted by such occurrences as this . However , be that as it may , tho "peimy-amilors seem to deserve no consideration from " the legalised monopolists . We went on for a minute and then stopped . Hooked out and perceived that our carriage was left behind , and all tlie rest of the train was rapidly proceeding . I alighted with several others , and the driver coolly informed us that the connecting chain ( I forget the technical term he used ) which attached our vehicle to thc next had broken ,

    and we had been bumped np against the train . am astonished our carriage was not overset ; and , when wc arrived at Brentwood , the station-master , after he had heard the particulars , could scarcely believe that ithaihiot been overturned . Most of the poor innocent uninitiated passengers thought the engine had got foul of US bv mistake ; but no such thing was the case , for it was sent from London to help us along , that we might not be overtaken by the fast tram ; a dreadful name , particularly to people situated as wc were . Wc were persuaded to remount the carriage ( all but two , who weferred walking on to brent-wood ) , and the engine pushed us on to Brentwood , where we found the rest of the train . Tho shock extende d along the whole train , and there were plenty ot bruises and several hats lost in the

    other camagcs . _ But ours had the worst of tho collision , bow , if the auxiliary engine had been " slackening , as the driver stated , and not goin " faster than our train , and I think that it ought not to have been doing so , how was it ( supposing the chain gave way when thc auxiliary was within 100 yards of us , a singular , a very singular coincidence , and was not broken or unfastened by the tremendous concussion , as many thought)—I ask how was it our carriage , the last , mind you , was violently driven against and shook all the rest of the train ? When wc had got a short distance from Brentwood the auxiliary left , having afforded in the hclping ^ n way no more aid to the whole train than a push during that short space . Booking , July 26 . R . C . AfiLXER .

    Fatal Accidkni o < j tub Great Wusranx Railway . —On Monday night tlie night guard at the Ilanwell station , while sitting on the platform , and close to the ladder whence passengers ascend and descend from the carriages , was struck by the iron steps of onoof the carriages attached to the ten o ' clock train and knocked down on the line , the train passing over him . Thc body is represented as being a moat frightful spectacle , and was nearl y cut in two . It would seem from another report that tho fatal accident occurred by a sudden oscillation or swerving of the train as it ncared the station .

    Accidents ox the Mvdlasd Railway . —Derdy , July 20 . —About seven o ' clock last night , a fatal accident occurred at the railway station Jicre . George Redfera , a port © 1 ' , was assisting to " shunt" a truck , when the catch on the turntable by some means did not act , and the consequence was , the truck swung round much further than it ought to have done , and crushed the poor fellow to death . Much excitement and alarm were also occasioned at thc station by the non-arrival of thc mail train , due in Derby at

    twenty minutes toseven , but which did not make its appearance there till after eight o ' clock . It appeared that two mineral trains had come into collision at the Clay-cross tunnel , and occasioned each other much damage . A long time elapsed before they could be removed , and were it not for the very effective signalling along this line very serious consequences might have resulted . A stoker , who jumped oil when he saw that a collision was unavoidable , had one of his legs broken . in two places ; but he is now doimr well .

    'Ihe 1 . VTK Party Rior at Liverpool . — At the Liverpool Borough Sessions on Saturday last Walter Greenwood , 21 , Patrick Kinahan , 25 , Lawrence O'Malley , 20 , Charles Managhan , 20 , Peter Ready , 27 , Wm . Wilson , 27 , Joseph Gill , 18 ; Thomas Managhair , 20 , Edward Cpnnor , 20 , Daniel Kelly , 22 , and Michael Flaherty , 26 , stood indicted for having unlawfully and riotously assembled in Great Crosshallstrcet , on thc Ctll July , and then and there made a great noise , riot , and disturbance and continued doing so for upwards of two hours . There were nine counts in the indictment . The first charged that they struck Superintendent M'Donald ; the second , that they disturbed the peace and assaulted Inspector Bihby ; the third , that they riotously assembled to

    disturb thc peace and assaulted Wm . Smith , a policeofficer ; the fourth , that they were armed with sticks and staves-and making a great riot ; the fifth , that they unlawfully assembled together for four hours and more ; the sixth , that they were arrayed in a warlike manner and made an affray ; the seventh , eighth , and ninth counts charged the assaults with having been committed on the parties aforesaid . Mr . Blair conducted the case for the prosecution . Mr . James , with whom was Mr . Mew , defended the whole of the prisoners . The evidence of thc prosecu tion occupied a considerable portion of the day . Mr . James , in his address to the jury , admitted that thc conduct of the constabulary was above all praise , and that there was a riot ; but lie thought the evidence oi identification had , in some respects , failed . Witnesses were examined for thc defence , principally with the view of proving andi'M for some of the prisoners . The jury , however , found thc whole of

    thc prisoners guilty of a riot . Thc Recorder , in passing sentence , said that he was called upon , not in any vindictive spirit , but for thc sake of example , to endeavour to prevent the recurrence of scenes like those which had occurred , and which might hereafter , unless an example were made , be worse than any which had hitherto taken place . He was compelled to pass a sentence somewhat severe upon all of them ; and he did so with thc view , if possible , of putting a stop to those collisions between connicting parties and conflicting crowds which , from time to time endangered the peace of the town . Ho then sentenced each of thc prisoners , with the exception of Connor , to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for four calendar mouths . Connor , who , it was proved , had thrown stones , and struck Inspector Bibby in the month aud knocked out ono of his teeth , was sentenced to iiupvisoninent and hard labour for six calendar months .

    Fearful Accidest . —On Sunday last an accident of a truly terrific character occurred to Air . George Graham , of Mabin-hall , his wife and daughter , and the infant child of thc latter , while returning in a shaudry , from Caton , near Lancaster , to Ilevcvslulm . While stopping to pay the toll at the penny-toll bridge , which stands at an immense height over the r iver tune , the horse suddenly became restive and ungovernable , and , to thc horror of the party , backed the shandry to thc brink of an awful precipice . There was time for nothing but a sensation of an inconceivable horror before thc horse , vehicle , and passengers were tumbled oyer thc height to tlie depth of

    twenty-seven feet . In falling the shandry came in contact with a projection of earth which jutted out at the depth of six feet , when the whole of tlie party were thrown out of the vehicle by the shock to the bottom , and the horse appeared to be flying in the air . fhe animal was projected a considerable distance , and was killed on thc spot , but Air . Graham and his family found themselves uninjured by the fall . The baby , a little girl not six weeks old , was picked up at some distance from its mother , among the pebbles , and the child ' s little bonnet was nearly torn to pieces . The escape altogether was most miraculous . —Westmoreland Gazette .

    Fuioiitfcl Case of IIvDnopnoniA . —Last Sunday luoniinar a labourer in the employ of Air . Uallett , a farmer at Cueklield , took three horses from thestable and turned them into the field . Shortly afterwards one of the animals began to evince symptoms of hydrophobia , tearing up the earth , daubing wildly about the field , biting the other horses most fearfully , and gnawing the gate-posts and rails , seizing the stones in the path with its teeth , and throwing them into the air , with great violence . Whilst the fit was

    on , a boy accidentally passed through the field , and had a most miraculous ' escape . Ue was attacked by the infuriated animal , and he may attribute his fortunate escape to his umbrella , which the horse seized with great violence , tossed it into the air , and then bounded off , leaving thc poor boy an opportunity of escape , o ! which he speedily availed himself , thc fit was on him several hours , during which time he had lacerated himself in a shocking manner . At length he became exhausted , and dropped dead in the field . TllO other horses have since been destroyed .

    Si'ooe . v ]) H . mr ix the Street . —On Monday night , about half-past eleven , policeman Dentham , while passing on duty through President-street , Kingsquare , Goswell-strect , found a woman of highly respectable appearance lying prostrate in thc gutter in a state of insensibility , aud , with the assistance of other constables , he conveyed her on the stretcher to tlie . stntion-house i « Feathcrstone-street , but on har ' arrival there she was dead . She was discovered to be a lady named Wooleock , residing at 26 , Kaigsquarc ; and Mrs . Rebecca Coates , a relation who lived with her , who attended at thc statioi \ -house-a « d identified her , stated that she had lately had tvco . fits , and that tlie physician who had professionally attended her had cautioned the famil y that soother such attack would in all probability terminate fatallv , a prediction which was wow awfnllv confirmed ! Tlie

    body was conveyed from the station-house- to St . Luke ' s workhouse for the coroner ' s inquest-Five . Pinsoxs Drowsed . —On Tuesday morniag , at about a quarter before five o ' clock , a melancholy awident occurred on thc river between Millbank and the Xew House of Lords , by which fivs persons lost their lives . It appears that a boat , coniahiing a nmnher of men and women , was returning from the fair held in Battcrsea-fields . On arriving off Millbank some ot the passengers wcro changing seats , for the purpose of taking the oars to row , when the boat was upset , and all were immersed in thc water . The scene was heartrending . An alarm was raised , and boats with assistance put oil" as quickly as possible . Some were saved ; out unfortunately , three men and two wonion wereiirowiiiiii . Tho dra . L * s were procured , bat-none of thc bodies areas yet discovered . It is unknown who they are ,

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    . Steam-no . tr Exnosioxory Blackwau . —On Tuesdar . morning , between ten and eleven o ' clock , an explosion ef steam of a very fearful character occurred on boai . 'd the Isle of Thanet steam-boat , off Blackwall . It appeal's that the vessel left Meholson ' swharf with a good share of passengers , for Deal , Dover , & c . and on arriving off thc Blaekwall pier , those on boar *' were greatly alarmed by a sudden rush of steam from . the engine-room and pipe , and a considerable fall of h . oot from the funnel produced by the shock . The next moment the poor fellows engaged about the machinei 7 were to be seen scrambling up

    from theenginc-roon . - i and tlie excitcmcntthat ensued amongst the passcn ^ ei ' 9 may be well conceived . The captain very promptly \ . nought tlie steamer alongside the Royal West India in . = > il packet the Dee , and thc affair being noticed from ihe pier , several boats put off to the assistance of ft , ' ' affrighted passengers . Two men were much hurt by the action of the steam . One of them , a coal-trimmce' » was immediately removed inn boat to thc Di'CiMliiOitgjit hospital ship off Greenwich . As soon as the oxi 'itoment had somewhat subsided , she was taken bav' ^ to Dcptford to have her damage made good . '

    AfcRDKR at Easixgwold . —On A . onday last , thc second adjourned inquest , on view M ' the body of Joseph Windsor , was held at the housi' ° f Mr . Earnshavv , in Easingwold , before John Wooe ' . Esq ., coroner of this city . The investigation into the cause of the deceased ' s death was commenced o » i the ISth July , and continued by adjournment on AL'iiulay the 21 st , and again on the 23 th July . From the evidence adduced on these occasions it was elicited tha . t the deceased was seven years of age , and on the morn ing of Thursday , the 17 th , he appeared in his usual state of health , lie was sent with his father ' s breakfast . , and on returning home his stepmother , Jane Windsor , prepared his breakfast , and also placed before him some treacle and brimatomo , alleging , as her , reason for so doing , that the lad had some eroptions

    on ins body , and the mixture would do him good . Deceased refused to comply with the stepmother ' s request , upon which she obtained the assistaaee of his schoolmistress , and the two succeeded in fencing the treacle and brimstone into his month . The youth was shortly afterwards seized with excessive sickmsss , and was occasionally purged , which caused considerable alarm amongst thc neighbours , who were inducsd to obtain the aid of Air . Wiley , apothecary , tlie medical gentleman to whom application was fii * 3 made , being from home . Proper ^ remedies were applied , ' but they proved unavailing , and thc poor boy expired a little after twelve o ' clock . A jwst mortem examination of thc body was afterwards made by Mr . Seaife , a surgeon , who found the stomach and intestines in a highly inflamed state ; lie also

    detected a white powder in great quantity , which left no doubt upon his mind that death had been produced by poison . The contents of the stomach were subjected to a chemical analysis , thc result of which confirmed the opinion previously expressed by Air . Seaife . —The jury ultimately found a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Jane Windsor , the deceased ' s stepmother , " and a warrant was made out for her committal to York Castle , for trial at the next assizes , to which prison she was removed on Tuesday . TlUAL OX THE CHiA-36 OF AIuRDKB . —DtTBIiAJ ' , Tuesday , July 29 . —The trial of Louis Henry Goule , for thc murder of his wife , was appointed for this morning . It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was the superintendent of the county police , and in thc performance of his duty some months ago , received a severe wound on the head with an iron weapon , which had added much to his natural irascibility of temper . lie had lived unhappily with his

    wife for some tunc , owing to his suspecting that she had connected herself with other men . One person was particularly pointed out in the evidence—a Air . Scruton , as one of whom the husband was most jealous ; and it would appear by tho manifestations of the ^ populous , that public opinion condemns this person as really criminal . The prisoner occasioned the death of his wife by shooting her with a pistol , the ball of which lodged in her arm , and produced lock-jaw , of which she died . Mr . Wilkins ably and eloquently defended the prisoner , and the jury , after an absence of thirty-five minutes , announced that they acquitted thc prisoner of the crime of murder , but found that be was of unsound mind at tiie time of committing thc act of which he had ben arraigned . The Judge then pronounced sentence on the prisoner accordingly—that he should be confined during her Majesty ' s pleasure iu such place as she shall think fit to appoint .

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    Tub Susderlaxd Er . i-ciiox . —We announced last week the retirenwutof ilr . Bugs-haw , the Whig candidate , and the acceptance by Air . Hudson , the great railway director , of thc offer to be put in nomination as Conservative candidate . On Monday Mr . Hudson arrived from York , and made his public entry into the town . His friends having formed themselves into processsion , proceeded from the railway to thc George Bote ) , accompanied by a band of instrumental music and a large crowd , who alternately hissed and cheered . On reaching the hotel , Mr . Hudson proceeded to address thc electors aad others assembled , from the front window . He professed himself a supporter of " our glorious constitution in Church and State , " —and of the present Ministry ; he then adverted to his successful speculations in railways—to his not belonging to the aristocracy , and to his elevation to his present position ; ail ol which , he argued , should recommend him to the

    favour and support of the electors . ATo sooner was Mr . Hudson ' s meeting closed , than thc Colonel's friends held a meeting in front of the Bridge Hotel , from the window of which Mr . Moore , Mr . Bright , M . P ., Col . Thompson , Mr . A . J . Aloorc , and Air . Falvy , successively addressed an assembly of nearly a thousand , chiefly working men and shopkeepers . The theme of the speakers was Mr . Hudson ' s address and his importation of two hundred labourers from York . The state of Uw toww , at tlvis time , ami , indeed , during the whole of Monday , was indescribable—The agents of both parties were to be seen in every quarter , counselling , entreating , persuading , and coercing the electors to vote for thc respective candidates , who , sooth to say , had no enviable task , and must have suffered no ordinary fatigue and annoyance . On Tuesday tho proceedings were much the same as on the previous day , both parties being equally assiduous in their canvass .

    Rkveal Association . —Dcxcxcutiox of the Loxdo . v Rkpkau ; iis . —The usual weekly meeting of the Association took place on Monday in thc Conciliationhall . The secretary read the weekly report of Mr . W . J . O'G ' oimeJl respecting the proceedings of the London Repealers . He stated that the Repealers of the St . Patrick's Ward intended to hold a public meeting on Thursday next , in the National-hall , llolborn , for the purpose of laying their grievances before thc public . He endeavoured to impress upon them the impropriety of such a step , and represented to them that if they persevered the result would be their total severance from the Repeal Association . They replied , that they were not the members of the Association , and did not see why

    lie should interfere with them . Mr . J . ^ O'Coiniell , M . P ., moved the adoption of the report , and expressed pleasure at the declaration made by the refractory London wardens—that they considered themselves as no longer belonging to the Association . In that they were quite right , for , no matter what their respectability or their services might be , they could not bo permitted to remain member . ? of that Association . The great body of the people of Ireland would not be rightly treated if any number of men living in another country , and unacquainted with the reasons which induced the adoption of particular

    measures by the Association , -were allowed to overrule its decrees " and decisions . He trusted , therefore , that the Association would support him in giving this last warning to the refractory Repealers of London , that if the- intended meeting were held , those who attended it should no longer consider themselves members , of the Association , and their names should not remain on the books beyond that day week . They could not hear any further arguments from these parties . Air . Ray ' had reasoned with them long and . patiently , but without success , and fertile future no treaty with them could be catered upon . ( Hear .. ) The rent for the week was stated to be £ &) $ Os .. < kl .

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    AIR . CLARK'S TOUR . "So . TJ 1 E ClLUUisT Boor . —Friends , I am quite delighted at thc progress which our Land plan is mailing , and ihe zeal and spirit with which its friends are pushing it forward . I assure you that you can form no conception of the excitement which tho agitation of this , question is causing among men who never before paid the slightest attention to our exclusively political movement ; . these men now regularly attend our meetings , asid form thc most attentive portion Ol oiu . ' audiences . Here let me observe , that our " frieivM'' need not alarm themselves about the

    " abandonment of the Charter , " and the "desertion ' of " & st principles ; " as , so far from our doing that , we have now an opportunity of * branching those principles * and enumerating the great truths of Chartbin to persons who , could thev not see some immediutebe-nelit to be derived from thc struggle , would not have anything to do with it , but who , in consequence of our propounding this Land scheme , listen to and applaud sentiments to which they were formerly strangers , and in many instances even enemies . On ; Tuesday evening I lectured at a large village about ; three miles from Dewsbury , called

    lSIKSTAUi , the staple trade of which is woollen . The inhabitants are so well employed that tliey have not time to think about polities . I , however , had a very good meeting , thc room being crowded . Mr . Sucksnutu , an intelligent young man , a weaver by trade , occupied tho chair , and opened the meeting with a brief address . I spoke at considerable length on t . io Land question , showing why the landlords would not lot tlieir lainis out in small allotments as that would deprive it of its political power ; and that tiie smoke nobles would not do it , as if they did , ihe manufacturing market would !» cleared of its surplus hands , and they , pious souls , would not be able r « amass sad : enormous fui'tunes as they now do . A ' y

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    address seemed to satisfy tlie parties present aud after the usual forms the meeting dispersed . Un the following ilav ( Wednesday ) I walked over to a little village , " about two miles from BinstalS , where 1 was announced to address a mee ting at ni ^ iit . ihe vi > - Inge isavcrv romantic spot , pleasantly situated in a beautiful vallev , about seven miles from Leeds , called

    limETOWN . And like Birstall the people Jare all engaged in making cloths , but differ from their neighbours , inasmuch as they still cling to the Hsood old snip , Charter , with consistency . I learned that the wages paid to the weavers would average about twelve shillings per week , when fully employed , as they arc now . There was a line meeting on ' the green ; an old friend to the cause , who formerly belonged to the Melhodists . butwho was turned out of that iiocntf body for his political opinions , was unanimously chosen to preside , and after a few iiltroillictoiy remarks , introduced me to deliver a lecture on the Land , which I did , and the meeting seemed to be highly pleased . with our plan cf two-acre farms . I disposed of a number of rules and shares . 1 have no

    I doubt but that we shall soon have a stronglocality in 1 this place , as they all seem to be conversant with ' tho value of thc soil , numbers of them having small plots attached to their dwellings . I spent the greater part of the following day with a friend who took me round to several persons that possess garden , allotments . and really 1 was astonished to hear of the wonderful quantities of produce which these parties obtain from their small plots of land . I called on one person who rents about an acre and three quarters , more than one-third of which is under grass , the remainder he has broken np ami cultivated with the spade , and set the wheat and potatoes on Air . O'Connor ' s plan , and ihe result has astonished every one that has witnesjed it . 'Die

    potatoes are set in beds of three rows , something more than twelve inches apart . The « rop produced is the most abundant ever known in that neighbour-hood ; - and yet , when tlu' seed was ]>) aiited , the wise men of the parish , tho farmers ' , and all who thought themselves fit to judge of the matter , declared that the man mast ho mad to fuisuc sucfe a mode of culture , and they unanimou ; iy decided that he was a " d—d f <» K '' But now tnflt they sea' what h * has- done , they all say that they will follow his exampk ' . The groWd has only been turncd-Uir ihis year . About Alaralilast , this person set his m ) ,- s young , man about " seventeen ycarrold , to work tio-pafve the land , thafc ss , to cutoff thc sod , as the land had « ot been broken ;; zn within the memory of autn , and to- this young '' person was left thc task of cultivating- it ; which , wish the assistant of Air . 0 'Cfc-nno ? 'j'Work upon

    Small Farms , he did . And how- far" hc- 'ttas- success ful 5 will leave you * m infer fronrthc fact ,. lhat he has maife it produce at the rate of facntijton & f potatoes to the acre as a fir ;? crop , and that' ho iias- now a second crop of cabbages on that lard fi-onj-w ^ icJi he has lasl thc early ptatoes . Awl sitppjsiag the twenty tons to sell at £ 2 per ton ; -that'is ! fe . less per torn than the Mr . Bridge , thc person allied to in Mr . S' Connor ' s letter of last wsek-j-sold Ilia for , it would ; yield £ 40 per acre . And if the raop of cabbage produced from tlie same land in tlu same year should onlv selUbr £ W , one ncretinde ? this mode ot * cultivation will be worth . £ ; " 0 ; or two seres worth £ W ; from whirlr deduct for- rent and expenses , sn ? £ 22 , and voir have left clear of everything £ 7 S , - or 30 s . per W 2 ek for fifty > two weeks , which may be produced by- ' less- than six- months ' labour in the-year .

    CLECKIIB . SOX .-On Thursday evening I arrived at this-Whig-ridden place , and-had a famous out-door meeting , - b- ^ b was interrupted by some well-dressed soampT- wlk » same drunk tcthc meeting , lb ? " the purpose of creating a disturbance ; but thanlato the good'sense oi ? those present , he failed in his disgraceful attempt ,, asd was hooted fVom thc ground ; ,-after which" ^ pro ceeded with my address , which ' occupied the / atten tion of the audience until nearly eleven o ' clock- ; when-I concluded , challenging discussion ; -but-all appeared to think as I hadi spoken , and so wc separated- iw peace .

    HALIFAX . On . Sunday evening , July 27 th .. I lectured-to-atti attentive audiehce in the Association room of this place . Air . B . Rus ' -itwi , the fat her--of Chartism-in . this quarter , filled tiie presidential seat . A Ohartisfc ' hymn was sung by \ vsiy ( of commencing ; when thafcwas concluded , the chairman entered into a brief ' history of the rise and progress of- 'tlie democraticparty in Halifax , and expressed an opinion that therewas a greater mim . ber of persons eniortaiuing theseopinions of that party than ever there had been pre--viously . He exhorted jhem not to bs dispirited because men were not making a noise . lie thought the loudest declaimers were generally found the most backward when they were wanted for any useful purpose . I followed-tho old gentleman-,, iuul expressed my entire conlidcnee in his opinions on thc question of agitation ; Afterwards 1 entered-into the Land plami-as that wss the business of the meeting , audit" the meeting did not agree with me ,, at least uo opposition was offered .

    STAI . VSA . VO . I had a gosd- meeting here on Monday night—a large lodge room iii a public-house being inconveniently crowded .. The spirit of the mectin ^ was good I spoke on the Land ,. and was attentively listened to The Land subject is taking deep root here ; One of the best fanner .- } in-the country was present ' at the meeting —( I mean one of the eieverset farmers under the present sys-am- of farmisg ) . He expressed his entire approval of our plan , ; rad thought it -would do much good . Hia name is Walker , lie is a manufacturer as well as-fanner ,. and has a great deal of land . 1 passed ever one of . 'his fields , having . a fine crop of potatoes upon it . They are set- on Mr . O'Connor ' s plan .. This Alr . ' . 'Walkcr , J am . told , . will

    not acknowledge iti I am also told that he is proud of his agricultural knowledge ,. ami does-not like to acknowledge another as his superior—hut that is not fair . Aly informant , who is himself a considerable farmer , bold me that he knows several of them that have gat tlie work on small IWms ,-amt who are adopting the system % . stealth , but who- will not acknowledge it . They are ashamed to do so , as they think it wauld be an acknowledgment- of tl . elv ' former ignorance .. One man ,, however , states that he has the work ,, and bv tho adoption of thc plan on one small piece of bm \ alone

    he made £ 000 ^ by one crop .-. Is is really wonderful how fast public opinion improves on this su ' - ' je-ct . To-night 1 go to Sowerby , and liopc to have- a- good meeting . I wish my friends in the district to widerstand that 12 > ositiv $ li / decline attending two ¦ meetings and delivering two-lectures on one day . It do-not mind it on an emergency , but 2 scrtainly . will not attend tiiosc places twice in one 4-iy , where they cxpecfc me to deliver two-lectiiresi . it-is too bad , the brains and lungs of a Chartist apeaker are-not made of cast iron any more than thsse of other people-Faithfully yours , Tiuijus-Glxuk .. Halifax , Tacsdw .

    BUADEOra The Laxo . —On . Monday evening a-meeiSB <; . oF the-Co-operative Lamv-Society wra- held in the Chartist room , ButterworJli-buildings . Several new . mem--hers were ienrolled ; . Mr . Joseph Ahiersen gave an account of thc prospects of thatwo Chartist , farms at Pudsey . They are-visited ovary Sunday , by-scores of peopltMi'lio foiinarly sneered , at thc "folly ' ' ' of a few . working men cv . ' tivating th <> hind . Tiiuy . have now the best piece ofieultfvatcd ground in the country :. most abundantorops of wheat , turnip .-=,. potntocs , and . other vegetable * . Numbers , of jieouic about thelocality arc nowanxious to- get-land if possible . LxefuitK . —8 n Sunday . Mr .. Joseph Ahkrson lee- - turetl in Stunningly , on tio " -Benefi £ s of Land allots meats , " In fclisevening . a sccond . ineetiiig was held ,, oa 4 he Chartist-farm , near l ' lidscy ^ oti the same sal ** jecfe . A ccfiunittce was formed to -carry out thtx fsvtnation e £ a branch , of the Co-operative Land ; Scfiietv .

    SOUTH riASCA . SBI . RE .. The Sothi . Lascashmb Dkl-suatjj Mctjixg . was f ; eld on Siaiday last ,, in tlic school-room belonging ta > Mr . John 9 gden , bottom of Harrow-fields ,. Mid ( . i . ! flton , whoa , by the unanimous votes , of ^ tlie delega & ai present , Sir .. Kdward Fallows was called to preside , flic minatcs of thc last meeting being eoniimied . / ihe following sums ware paid 5 a for the South Lancashire fund , a ; id . the Executive Council .. South Lancashire fund ;—Oldham ,. 7 * .. 7 d . ; Manchester , ID * ., s Ifcywood ,. Is ., 10 $ .. Executive Council : —Uoe & dalo , 3 s . od .. ;; Oldham , 7 * . 7 d . ; Proceeds after dinnerparty , Is . The following resolutions were passed : — Resolved , fiwt , "That the South Lancashire accounts having been audited and found correct , they therefore da pass . " " That the local lecturers' plan he suspended for three months . " "That a county

    Cf tilip lliei'tlllg UO told on Ssuiulay . the If th of Air ,-tist iwar the G-ramaiar-scliool , bottom of Harrow-fields ^ Middlcton .. Chair to bo taken at one o ' clock , p . m ., precisely . " "That Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., be . yu vitcd to . attend the meeting . " " That the followinggentlemen ' s names appear on tho bill , they havcag been invited : —Foargus O'Connor , Esq ., Mr . Leach , Mr . Doyle , Mr . Dixon , Mr . Bell , Mr . Tcjslor , Mr . Hurst , Mr . Donovan , and Mr . Cnvper . " "That a levy of a penny per member be laiduu , to defray the expenses of the camp-meeting . " 41 That each locality sends its delegate with thc catfgi-iueeting levy to Mr . Ogden's school-room , Mid & eton , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon of the 17 th or August . " "That the next delegate meeting be hold si 01 dha » , on the last Sunday of September , ai tt-a o ' clock io the morning . "

    MANCHESTER , C . vnr ? . XTr . r . s ' 11 all . —A lecture was delivered in tho above hall on Sunday evening last , by Mr . William Dixon—subject , "Trades Unions , th 0 Land , ' and Machinery . " At thc conclusion ' of thc lecture ' the thanks of the audience were unanimously < uven to tho lecturer . Tho committee oi this uranckV the Cooperative Land Society also 1 K \\\ its USlial weekly aieetmg in the large ante-room of tho hall , when nineteen new shareholders were enrolled . The commutee meeu every Sawiav evening at live o'clock , lor the purpose tf iw . ^ -m „ dei-oslts and enroll ng members .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 2, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02081845/page/5/