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      O Cornell O. O'C Onnor To The Chatttists.

      O CORNELL o . O'C ONNOR TO THE CHAttTISTS .

      Jfr Dear Friexds, Xickerbocker Has An Ad...

      jfr Dear Friexds , Xickerbocker has an admirable conceit about one n callioni a p rince tbat was very tender of the njes of his subjects . He never taxed tiiem until h re an absolute necessity for doing so , and scantiness of his Exchequer roused the cupidity r . nei gnbburhing prince . This covetous man t ai flbassatfors to Deucaffion * s court to discover , jjjfe of his finances before making war upon

      t - j , for , having heard much of his poverty , his crispi 11 ? ' 5 W > our anticipated an easy triumph . iL ain & assau ors were freely admitted to an inspecjjon 0 f the Treasury , and finding it empty became MUPfliyi an ^ f ' ^ some threats of invasion of jj gjicallion ' s territory b y their master . Deucallion , Kith simple good humour , prevailed upon thrm , ^ ever , fo s'op fo' the ni ght . He sent his officers amongst his people while the ministers of his jealous and gnw ^ J" ne 5 h' » ° ur w « e asleep . The officers juntioned the danger to which an empty Exchequer pas likely to reduce their country and their beloved prince . The answer of one and all was prompt nnd

      liberal . They were never called upon to pay taxes excep t when there was an absolute necessity , and when the ministers of the bad man were about to lale a pompous leave of the mild Deucallion , he requested them to take another peep at the Treasury , and whichj . to their surprise and mortification , they found filled with the sinews of war . Their haughty pride , and insolence , and daring , was , as if-by magic , changed into wonder and subserviency , whereupon the good king said to the bad king ' s tools , " There , go ask your master what chance the invader , can have against hearts that are so generous as those of niv subjects . Behold the produce of a ni g ht !"

      isow , my friends , I use this fable as an illustration t » f my present position . I have not onl y refused payment for my services , but , as long as I was able to afford it , I refused the repayment of monies expended for you . It would be very idle to recapitulate the amount of money that the independence and valour of hi gh spirited gentlemen has cost me ; a scrap of George "White ' s , ( for which I do not blame lmn , bnt the editor , ) cost me nearl y £ 400 ; while the several other effusions of hi gh spirited gentlemen have cos * me a much larger sum . The trial of O'Connell against O'Connor , which came off

      yesterday ( Wednesday ) , in the Court of Common Pleas , is a model of English justice , i heg of yoa to read the quibbling , quirking , mean , nnjust and damning manner in which the Whi g Chief Justice ( Sir Thomas Wilde ) sent the most ample apology to a special jury . "Wilde never forgave me , nor never will forgive me , and I never wish him to forgive me , for the true character I gave of his speech and bloodthirsty bearing at Monmouth , while prosecuting Frost . Observe , I do not come to this

      conclusion upon his charge delivered on Wednesdav , because on Monday ni ght , in consultation with Sergeant Wilkins and Mr . "Wilde ' s nephew , who was my junior counsel , and my solicitor , when I was assured of success beyond a doubt , I asked , " "Who is likely to be the Judge ? " and upon hearing it was Chief Justice "Wilde , I exclaimed , " Then , pardon me . Mr . Wilde , but it ' s all up . Don ' t be an » rv . for Judges , like other men , have their feelings and prejudices , and he hates me most reli gionslv . "

      Xow , then , I have no hesitation whatever in saving , that the verdict was the Judge s verdict , against law , against evidence , and against fact . "What are the facts ? Mr . Hobson , at the time of the libel , was my sub-editor ; immediatel y upon reading the ffi .-el , and without a single word of notice from , or commnnication with . Mr . William John O'Connell , I wrote the following apology ;—" Sir . —I have for some weeks back noticed a kind of running fire about yonr conduct in the A ' ortJiern

      St-ir newspaper . As soon as I saw a very uncalledfor and unprovoked attack upon you in the columns of that paper , I made enquiries as to the source from wlence those charges came , and as I emp ' ov a reporter , exclusively " for communicating the proceeding ? at repeal meetings , I resolved on discharging my present correspondent from that office , if lie had commenced its undertaking b y . what I considered a very unjustifiable attack upon private character . I learned , however , that he was in noway connected sith the slander in question .

      1 n ;> w ttnnk ita duty to my country , to yon , and to myself , to state , in confirmation of what I understand yon have asserted at a sabseqnent meeting , tint not only was the report in question inserted ttithout mv knowledge , but that , further , the moment I perused it , I communicated my strong disapprobation of it to the Editor . I may further add , that what is slanderous and spiteful in the communication 1 wliolly disbelieve , while what may be true is many a tood man ' s case . I trust . Sir , that neither I , nor the

      Northern Star , shall ever be made the instruments of weakening whatever poweryou may have to organize Irish hatred against English oligarchical misrule , while you must prepare yourself / while engaged in sack an . undertaking , for the criticism of friends , as well a « the unmerited slander of foes . Trusting tbat this explanation will be the more acceptable , for being a voluntary correction of -what 1 believe to have been a gratuitous and unmerited falsehood , " I remain , Sir , your obedient servant . "Feargus O'Cossor . "

      Instead of inserting the above apology in due course , it was reserved for a week at the office , and accompanied by a note of Mr . Hobson ' s , which Chief-Justice Wilde , according to the Morning Chronicle , sent to the Jury as my apology . However , as 1 expected , there was a verdict against me , for £ 50 , and the costs of both sides , of course . This fart compels me to ask for my own . You owe me a balance of £ 225 on the Defence Fund . Like

      Ducallion , I refused to receive even that until it became indispensably necessary . My accounts are not like Mr . O'Connell ' s . I have not 73 , 000 vouchers , but I have an Attorney ' s Bill of Costs of £ 569 , of which no item is charged in the settlement , which I republish at foot from the Star of the 8 th of July , 1843 . Of the items paid up to that time , hut not contained in the Bill of Costs for Cooper ' s trial , White ' s trials , aud the Lancaster trial , for the professional services of Messrs . Yates and Turner , and with which I was not served until 1844 , and therefore could not include , the items in

      aiy account of July , 1843 , my account now stands precisely thus : — Oae to me upon the Defence Fund , settle ) bv the auditors at Manchester , in ] $ t 0 , ... £ 2 S 0 0 0 Paid since settlement of account in July , 1 S 42 , ... 351 0 1

      631 0 7 Balance in my hands Sth July , 1842 ... £ 334 6 11 Credit taken for cash paid Jfessrs . Yates and Turner , and making part of the £ 351 0 7 paid since , ... ft 0 0 405 6 11 Balance due to Feargus O ' Connor , £ 225 13 8 Now , my friends , you will say whether it is fair that one man should pay for a nation , or whether a nation should pay its own debt . I want that money , and if it was not my own , I would dig before I would ask for it . I believe I have onl y to say that K is needed to insure its repayment , and therefore I * * that arrangements will be made for its dis-^ rge , as it ishard that the O'Connell paupers should

      k quartered upon me by Saxon law , when their 0 exchequer has failed . All sums for the repayment ol the above debt , you will p lease to address 10 , AbrMern Star Office , Great Windmill Street , ^ ymarket , London . Although my own , it will be patefull y received as a Chartist Christmas box , as I Wouldn ' t wish to give the paupers the trouble of ^ ming a second time for alms , now that their own Ww house is shut .

      • " the foot you will find the balance sheet of the ^• ' ence Fund , as published in the Star of the Sth of . '" Jf 1843 , and in which you will not find a single ^ contained in Messrs . Yates and Turner ' s Bill ,

      Jfr Dear Friexds, Xickerbocker Has An Ad...

      with the exception of £ 71 paid in cash , and for which I give credit above . Ever your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor . feargua o'connor in account with the

      DEFENCE FUND . Da . £ s d To John Cleave 485 0 0 From Mr . Pray , through-E' « ii » . < 7 Star , ... 234 0 0 Meeting in the Hall of Science ) Manchester 15 0 ( I From the Chartists of Freston 4 0 0 Lunn , Lancaster 10 0 BirminKham , by Mr . Roberts 2 0 0 Manchester , do 5 11 0 From two men . at Hall of Science .

      Manchester 0 8 0 Received at Northern Star Office 178 4 5 Received self , from Manchester 4 15 0 Post Office Order sent from Birmingham , ' and made payable to me 2 0 0 £ 031 18 5

      CB . — ¦ RyPeplow , Stafford 50 0 0 Do 10 0 0 Manchester Committee , for Liverpool Special Commission ... ... ... 50 0 0 Shee , $ ur Chester Special Commission ... 20 0 0 Cash paid in fees of office , for removing the trial into Queen ' * Bench 71 0 0 Returned Campbell 110 Faid White ' s Committee 5 0 0 To Peplow , for Cooper's last trial 25 ( 0

      P « d for do ., for two Subpsenas 0 12 0 Paid Council , self 16 10 0 To W . P . Roberts . Esq 310 11 0 Paid on rejr'stration of money letters ... 18 0 Doyle , at Lancaster 10 0 Leach ... 10 0 Turner " 10 0 Bairstovr 1 10 0 Beesley 1 10 0 MCartney 10 0 Pray , with subpama to attend trial ... 10 0 0 Rufty Ridley , for defendants , when in

      London 10 0 Ditto , to bear his own tipences to Gloucester 10 0 Doyle , when in London ... 1 10 0 Railtoii , ditto 1 10 0 Harney , ditto ... ... ... 10 0 Parkes , ditto , 10 0 Taylor , ditto 10 0 Arrau , ditto 10 0 Skevington , ditto 12 0 Bairstow , ditto 0 15 0 White , ditto 0 7 6 M'Cartney 0 5 0 Fenton 2 15 0 Durham 0 5 0 Ifundin and vritnessess , per Cleave ... 0 10 0 Peplow , by ditto 2 0 0 Cuffay , by ditto 2 10 0

      Total ... £ 597 11 € Balance in Treasurer ' s bands , to meet unsettled accounts 334 6 11 £ 931 18 a

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      AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL .

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      ""VOL . X . NO . 476- LONDON , SATURDAYDECEMBER 5 , 1846 . * ^ ' ^ ^ f ^^ ZT ~ - . —— " j ^ - " ¦ = ¦¦¦ . ?/ . ¦ . . " ' ^• ' - '¦^ V * Fire ShilliuaM nnd !> i ittML «> n « e Oun '

      Court Of Common Pleas, Dec. 2. (Sittings...

      COURT OF COMMON PLEAS , Dec . 2 . ( Sittings at Nisi Frius in Middlesex , before Chief Justice Wilde and a Special Jury . ) O ' CON ' -VKLT . V . O ' CONNOR AND ANOTHER . For the plaintiff , Mr . Sergeant Bowling and Mr . Percival Banks ; for the defendants , Mr . Sergeant Wilkins and Mr . Henry Wilde . Mr . Banks opened the pleadings . It was an action for libel , in which William Jphn O'Connell was plaintiff , aud Feargus O'Connor and Joshua

      Hohson , the one the registered proprietor , and the other printer and publisher , of the Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser , were defendants . The libel was set forth in the declaration , and to this the defendants had pleaded , under the shadow of Lord Campbell ' s act , an apology , and the payment of money ( £ 5 ) into court ; the plaintiff had replied , under the same statute , to the effect , in common language , both were insufficient , and that he oug ht not to be barred from farther maintaining his action . On this issue was joined , and so it came before the jury .

      There was a question raised as to the right to begin by Sergeant Wilkins , but his lordship decided that clearly the rig ht was in the p laintiff ' s counsel . Mr . Sergeant Bowling then stated the case , and read the libel , which ran as follows : — " One of the reasons why the London repealers object to the payment ( which has called forth the conduct complained of ) of W . J . O'Connell is , that he is compelled to be out of the way all the week , fearing an arrest , and can only be seen out on Sundays . He has been living with a lady of the name of Moss , who entrusted him with money to pay bills , to the tune of

      £ 200 or £ 300 , and he , instead of paying the bills , otherwise employed the cash . She wishes to arrest him , in the hope that the Association will pay the money to save him from disgrace . AH this he publicly acknowledged at the St . George ' s Ward , and taunted Mr . Dwaine with knowing his embarrassments and wishing to increase them . He also boasted that Mr . O'Connell would pay the sum for him , but he was too proud to ask him . He stated last Sunday that if twelve wards declared against him , he would immediately close them all . " The learned sergeant then dwelt with great force upon the peculiar positiveuess aud circumstantiality of the

      libel . Mr , Sergeant Wilkins argued that the apology made was sufficient , and so was the £ 5 paid into court , and that the reparation , was complete . The apology was in the following terms : — " Respecting this matter , we have only to say that the reports spoken of in the above communication were forwarded by a party who has long been known as a consistent and truthful advocate of public liberty ; that they detailed conduct on the part of Mr . W . J . O'Connell towards his brother associates , which , if true , was utterly indefensible , being an arrogant attempt to stifle discussion , and prevent even the freedom of thought ; that we did not view the

      particular statement complained of in anything like the lig ht in which it has been viewed ; that we did not consider that the party making the statement had any intention even to impute improper connection between the parties ; that the one other fact complained of had been adduced by W . J . O'Connell himself as a sort of reason for the imputed arbitrary conduct ; that we have inserted even- word of explanation and justification that has been forwarded ; that our intention has not been to cause ill-feeling or division between the parties to the recent dispute , which , it must he home ia mind , arose amongst themselves ; that we will never interfere for such a

      purpose , while we never will witness a violation of all ri g ht and all principle on the part of an advocate of liberty , without administering the effective castigation of publicitv , and that it has not yet appeared to us that Mr . W ' . J . O'Connell was justified in depriving 2 , 000 associated repealers of the rig hts of associationship on the grounds set forth . If those grounds were not the true ones , we shall he happy to be better informed . —Ed . N . S . " It appeared from the record that the libel was published on the 3 rd of August , 1844 . The action was commenced io the subsequent November , but in consequence of the impossibility of serving Feargus O'Connor , the declaration only bore date on the 7 th of January ,

      1845 . G . Fial , a clerk to Yates and Turner , the defendants' solicitors , put in some documents and newspapers ; the latter , by the bye , in an utterly loose and illegal wav , hut which the counsel for the plaintiff did not think it worth their while to persist in objecting to . It was clear that the volume of the Northern Star in which the particular papers referred to were inserted was genuine , and had not been printed for the purpose ; hut the precedent of admitting them in this manner , under such high authority , may peradventure hereafter prove embarrassing .

      Thomas Dudley Redding was called to depose to a conversation with Mr . O'Connell , the p laintiff , after O'Connor ' s apology had been published , and he stated that O'Connell told him that he knew O'Connor would not himself abuse him , as he was too much a gentleman , and that he felt grateful for the amp le apology . Mr . Serjeant Bowling then replied , and his lordship summed up , telling the jury to say if the recantation in the so-called apology was a straig htfor-

      Court Of Common Pleas, Dec. 2. (Sittings...

      ward , frank , and manly one , and met all the distinct allegations in the libel , or whether it was a sham and equivocating document ; and also whether the £ 5 paid into court as damages were sufficient . The jury , after a short consultation in the box , found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £ 50 , including the £ b paid into court .

      The Government And The Corn Laws, On Wed...

      THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CORN LAWS , On Wednesday afternoon , a deputation from the citizens of London waited , by appointment at the Home-office , on the Right Hon . sir George Grey , Bart ., her Majesty ' s Secretary of State for the Home Department , for the purpose of presenting , through the Right Hon . Baronet , a memorial to he * Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause the ports to be opened for the admission of foreign corn , duty free , with a view to provide tor the di-tress of the people . Mr . Charliss Cocuranb adverted to the letter of Lord John Russell , addressed to the electors of London , in November , last year , in which the abolition of all duties on corn was recommended in most earnest terms . He concluded by expressing the reeret and disappointment of the memorialists , that Lord J . Russell thought fit to act now that he was in office entirely in opposition to the opinions he had expressed and the advice he had given when out

      of office . In consequence of this inconsistency on the part of the noble head o ( the Administration , the memoralists had lost all confidence in his Lordship , and therefore- instead of presenting the memorial to him , they had resolved on presenting it to her most gracious Majesty . Mr . Cochrane then handed the document to Sir George Grey , after making a few apologistic remarks . Sir Georgb Gret—I assure the deputation that there is not the slightest necessity for any apology for speaking their sentiments freely and frankly . There is nut a word in the memorial for which theie is any ground to complain . It is worded with the m'eatest propriety . With regard to what passed between Lord John Russell , and the former deputations , 1 cannot say anything , not having been present ; but I am sure that no minister would have a right to complain of a free and unreserved expression of the sentiment" of those who appointed them—it is an undoubted right which the people have .

      Mr . Cochrane—We are still left in the dark as to wha ; is meant by an " extraordinary necessity , " and therefore Ministers must be responsible for the course which we adopt in endeavouring to make out the ' extraordinary necessity " of which the Prims Minister speaks . Sir George Grey—I cannot undertake to say what Lord John Russell meant by the words , not having been present when they were spoken , but 1 presume he means , that certain statistical facts respecting the condition of the country would alone constitute the necessity to which he refers . I am quite sure that he would not consider public

      meetings , however numerously attended they might be , as constituting any such " necessity . " I can say for myself , as a Minister of the Crown , that 1 would not . A certain class of statistical facts , bearing on the condition and the circumstances of the country , would alone , in my view of the matter , justify me , as a Member of the Government , in tendering my advice to her Majesty to throw open the ports . But though I cannot promise to support the prayer of your memorial , I shall hare great pleasure in presenting it to her Majesty , as expressive ot the feelings and sentiments of that portion of the citizens of London by whom it was adopted . The deputation then withdrew .

      Ltxn.—In Answer To The Appeal Of The Law...

      Ltxn . —In answer to the appeal of the law-made widow , Mrs . Jones , in the last week ' s ' Star , ' I send the following : —Miss Valentine , Gd ; Mr . Smith , Cd ; E . Scott , Gd ; 15 Friends , 2 s . 2 d . ; Joseph Scott , Gd . ; total , 4 s . 2 d . Subscriptions will continue to be received by me in Lynn , and 1 call on all my brother sub-secretaries to do likewise . — Joseph Scott , Subsecretary . Subscription in behalf of Mrs . Ellis . —At the dose of the business of the Glasgow branch of the LaiidCompany , Mrs . Ellis' appeal to the country was read , when it was moved and unanimously agreed to , that we open a subscription in behalf of that unfortunate woman and her family ; that the subscription

      sheets be kept open for three months ; iamb the proceeds regularly forwarded to Mr . O'Connor . George Meikle was appointed secretary , and David Buird treasurer , when the following subscriptions were received , the great part of the meeting having dispersed before the subject was brought on : —Thomas Gordon , Is . ; William Dempster , 3 d . ; Alexander Yflnty . Gil . ; James Smith , Gd . ; John Feantuson , GJ . ; William Decherty , Gd . ; D . Sherrington . U . ; John Gavin , Gd ; John Sinclair , 3 d . ; George Meikle , 3 d . ; Thomas Turnbul , Gd ; Robert Clark , Gd . ; David Gibson , 6 d ; James Dunn , 4 d . ; James Hamilton , 3 d . ; in all 7 s . 4 d . Deducting 4 d . from the above for money orders and postage ; net 7 s .

      Bkeasfdl Fire and Supposed Loss op Life . — On Wednesday morning , between the hours of twelve and one , a fire of a most fearful character , by which it is supposed one or two persons lost their lives , broke out at 31 , Calcraft-terrace , New-cut , Lambeth , known as the Exhibition of Nature and Art , the property of a Mr . Fergusson . From inquiries made during the fire , the reporter learned from the proprietor of the establishment that wkilst he and one or two parties were sitting in the front kitchen partaking of a glass of rum and water , they were suddenly alarmed at hearing aloud crackling noise proceeding from the exhibition room . Upon getting to the top of the staircase they found that the exhibition was wrapped in one broad sheet of flame , and numerous figures were blazing away with

      the greatest impetuosity . An instant cry of " Fire !" was raised by Mr . Furgusson , in order to arouse the other inmates of the place ; but whilst he „ was endeavouring to do so , the flames made such progress , that it was with the greatest difficulty that any one could escape . As it was , the persons in the lower floor were severely singed in getting out . In the course of a few minutes , the brigade engine from Waterloo-road was at the scene , followed immediately afterwards by the West of England firemen and eng ine . At that period the flames had broken through the front window-shutters , and they were rapidly extending themselves to the upper floors . Without delay the engines were set to work , from an abundant supply of water furnished by the Lambeth Company . The exhibition being of so inflammable a character , the figures being composed principally of wax , the flames rose with such rapidity , that

      before a drop of water could be discharged into the place the building became fired from the ground-floor t » the roof . By strenous exertions on the part of the firemen , the flames were got down by halt-past one , but not until the exhibition of wax-work figures , the living serpents , and monkejs were destroyed . The cries of the latter animals , on the flames reaching them were of the most agonizing character . The whole of the furniture in the upper Hours is likewise consumed . Mr . Fergusson assured the reporter that he was fearful a daughter of his housekeeper had perished in the flames , but he was quite certain that a female dwarf , named Robertson , had been burnt to death . He stated that she was sleeping in the buck room third floor , and had not the least possibility of effecting her escape . How the fire originated cannot be ascertained . Mr . Fergusson estimates the loss of his collection alone at upwards of £ 1 , 000 .

      From subsequent inquiries it was correctly ascertained that a young woman , a daughter of Mr . Fergusson ' s housekeeper , had not perished in the fire , as it was at one time feared . Mary Ann Robertson , the dwarf , however , was found about four o ' clock , at the top of the building , burnt almost as black as a coal . Her remains were found by Barrow , the deputy foreman of the West of England firemen , lying on a portion of a bed on which she generally slept . Her head and feet were nearly destroyed , and her trunk was frig htfully charred . The exhibition was valued at upwards of £ 1 , 000 , it contained 400 fulllength figures of celebrated characters , from kings to malefactors . In the first floor there was a beautiful self-performing seraphine , valued at £ 140 , an organ that cost £ 100 , two smaller ditto , and alcouple of pianofortes . There were 140 sovereigns in the same place , all of which fell a prey to the fury of the fire . It is , however , expected , that the money will be

      found in the ruins , and up to Wednesday evening the firemen had been successful in recovering between twenty and thirty sovereigns . Besides the destruction of the above property , an Egyptian mummy , 4 000 years in preservation , was consumed , and a large valuable serpent . Whilst the firemen were searching the ruins , they found a large monkey , which , to save his life , had wrapped itself up in a pieee of green baize , by that means it escaped suffocation . Mr . Fergusson , who has been such a serious loser , was not insured tor a single penny . The adjoining buildings were damaged by fire and water , but not to any great extent . On Thursday an inqueat was held at the Hero ot Waterloo Inn , Waterloo-road , on the body of Mary Ann Sonthey , otherwise Mary Ann Robertson , aged 16 the dwarf , when , after hearing the evidence of several witnesses , the Jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from the effects of burning caused by i ^ tho house having accidentaly taken fire . " ' —

      Ltxn.—In Answer To The Appeal Of The Law...

      TYRANNY OS'ffi MASTERS OF WARRINGTON ^ CHARGE OFCOXSPIRACY AGAIN ST 17 ^ MECHANICS , AND COMMITTAL OF

      .. THEIR GENERAL SECRETARY . We stop the press to announce this fact briefly , having received a voluminous report of the proceedings before the Warrington Magistrates , too- late , however , for insertion this week ; but it shall appear in our next . Mr . Marsh appeared for the conspirators ( the

      masters ); and Mr . W . P . Roberts for the men . Mr . Roberts exhibited his usual legal skill , and succeeded in forcing the bench to take his own bail in £ 1 , 200 for his clients ; the 'Shallows committing Alfred Cheeseborough and Henry Selsby . Mr . Roberts' legal points were unanswerable , and unanswered b y the conspirators' man and . the mechanics -have stoutl y resolved upon fighting the Noodles with constitutional law .

      Nqjhjng , we learn ,. can equal the excitement throughout the district , and now is the time for London Mechanics to furnish the sinews of war to their struggling brethren . The charge was against seventeen workmen , for conspiring to prevent persons working with a particular master . Full particulars will appear in our next number .

      Alarming Collision On The Bolton Railway...

      ALARMING COLLISION ON THE BOLTON RAILWAY . Manchester , Thursday . —A collision ol a frightful character took place yesterday upon the Bolton division of the Manchester and Leeds Railway , whereby a ballast train , in which were 29 labourers , in the employ of the company , was run against by a luggage-train travelling on the same line of rails , but in an opposite direction . The engine of the ballasttrain was seriously damnged , and the carriage containing the work-people thrown off the rails and turned over . * The engineer and foreman of the luggage-train , seeing the opposite train approaching , shut off the steam and had time to jump off and escape uninjured . Assistance was procured as soon as possible , and the men , all of whom were more or less injured , were sent to their homes , where some of them at present remain in a very bad state .

      I he accident appears to have been occasioned by the wilful disobedience of orders by one of the engine drivers , who has since been sentenced to a mouth ' s imprisonment with hard labour . In the event of any of the injured parties dying , he will be tried upon a charge of manslaughter . The injuries received by some of the men are stated to bo of a serious character .

      Heavy Snow Storm In The North. (From The...

      HEAVY SNOW STORM IN THE NORTH . ( From the Manchester Courier of Wednesday . ) The open weather we have experienced during the Sweater part of last month , but little prepared us l ? r the ri » our of winter , which came upon us on S aturday night without any warning . At half-past six o ' clock the snow commenced falling , and continued to come down heavily up to a late hour in the evening , a strong frost prevailing at the time . During the who ' e of that night , Sunday and Monday , it was bitterly cold , and on Monday there was ice on various nonls of watpr in the outskirts of the town

      quite strong eiinn » h to enable the youngsters to enjoy a slide . Though the fall of snow was considerable , the railway traffic has not been impeded to any serious extent , though some few detention have resulted . The snow on the Sheffield line lay so thick on the east side ol ' the tunnel as to be quite up to the station platforms , and the train which left Sheffield at live o ' clock was detained between Sheffield and Dunford Bridge about 56 minutes : the train which left Manchester

      at half-past sjiven was detained 61 minutes in the same place from this cause . The snow had fallen much heavier there than we had it in Manchester , and drifted so much that ^ the measures commonly tdopted proved of no avail . On the Manchester and Leeds line the snow began to fill about six o ' clock , and when it had ceased there yi as a greater depth of it than we had . One of the trains from Hull was brought nearly to a stand-still between Leeds and Normanton , and a train from Manchester had to assist it forward for about three miles . One

      ot the trains on Saturday niijht was detained about an hour during the period the snow was falling . On the Liverpool branch of the London and North Western the last train from Liverpool on Sunday night was an hour behind time , but all the Manchester trains were regular . The snow did not extend to Birmingham on Saturday night ; for there , up to Sunday at noon , none had fallen . The snow appears te have fallen in a calm , as there were no draftings in the cuttings , except on ' tlio Sheffield line ; and we are happy in being able to say that we can hear of no accident which has happened in consequence . Yesterday the weather was much warmer ; towards nonn there were evident marks of a thaw in the town , and before evening the greater portion of that in the streets had melted away .

      The change was not visib l e in the outskirts so early , but it was confirmed before the evening closed , at'd a drizzling rain which occasionally descended seems to intimate that wo have a decided change in the upper regions of the atmosphere . We hear that several accidents hnve occurred in the streets in consequonce of their slippery state . Numerous cases of sprains , dislocations , wounds and bruises , the result of falls , have been taken to the infirmary ; but no fractures , nor have we heard of any . One man had his bottom lip completely cut through by falling with his mouth against some hard substance , and in other instances equally severe injuries . were received ; but all the patients were able , after the necessary attention had been bestowed by the officers of the Institution , to leave for their own homes .

      ( From the Newcastle Advertiser , Dee . 1 . ) Winter has at length set in with all its rigour . On Saturday and the following day we w crc visited with a heavy storm and fall of snow ; and yesterday the frost was very intense . The roads in consequence have been heavy , but not impassable ; and the coaches generally , having additional horses , have been pretty regular .

      Abolition Of Punishment Of Death.-—On We...

      Abolition of Punishment of Death .- —On Wednesday a public meeting was held at the London Tavern , Alderman Sidney in the chair , to adopt measures to secure the total abolition of capital punishments . Messrs . Gil pin , Vincent , and several others having denounced the punishment of death , as a remnant of barbarism , equally opposed to Divine legislation , the law of nature , and the civilizai ion ol the present century . A petition to Parliament against its continuance was adopted . Melancholy Shipwreck . —The schooner Rowena , ot Jersey , was brought into this port on Wednesday Inst , by the George Vickcry , a Bideford vessel , commanded b ) Captain Tatham . It appears that the George Vickery fell in with the ill-fated vessel on the coast of Devonshire , finding hera total wreck , dismasted , with the rigging , and some pices of timber floating from the stern ' , her bulwarks smashed ,

      hatches washed away , the deck completely cleared , and the vessel water-lodged . The stiffened corpses ol a part of her crew were lying in various parts of the wreck , and one of the first objects that presented itself on theves & ol being boarded , was the body of one of the unfortuate sailors , lashed to a ragment of the mainmast , and in si . putrid state , which shortly afterwards was carried overboard with a part of the wreck . Captain Tutliam having procured the assistance of several Pillgwenlly boatmen , she w .-is grounded in our river , and a hole cut in her side , which considerably reduced the water within , when thecabin was entered , and tho bodies of two men were found , —one being thought that of the captain , about five feet five inches high , with pleasins counteuanci , long dark hair , and large red whiskers , and linen marked J . II . —suuposed to be about thirty years of age . —Monmouthshire Merlin .

      Sheriffs' Fund . — Hie half-yearly general meeting was held on Monday at tho Londen Coffee House , Ltdgate-hill , when tho chair was taken by Mr . Alderman and Sheriff Challis . The report recommended the appropriatien of £ 500 from the permanent fund to tho Elizabeth Fry Refuge for the releliefof Destitute Females , on the principles long advocated by the society . Several members spoke in favour of the recommendation , which , on the proposal of the late Lord Mayor , was agreed to , and the officers and committee for tho ensuing year were appointed ,

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      Scotland.—Mr. Robert Burrell Has Bepn El...

      Scotland . —Mr . Robert Burrell has bepn elected delegate for Scotland including Glasgow , Edinburgh , Aberdeen , Dundee , Greenock , Ayr , Perth , Kilmarnock , Dunfermline , Alva , Paisley . Hamilton , Arbroath , Hawick , and a great number of miner places . The candidates with the number of votes they received , were as follows : —Robert Burrell , Greenock , 313 ; James M'Intyre , Alexandria , 27 ; Alexander Brown , New Mills , 73 ; Robert Kidd , Dundee , 170 ; Archibald Walker , Edinburgh ; 115 ; John Colquhoun , Glasgow , 113 ; Alexander Clellaad , Totness , 73 .

      We have reeeived from Manchester , Kirkcaldy , and Edinburgh , reports of the instructions to their respective delegates . We have no room for the publication of these " instructions'' which , of course , will be laid before the Conference by the several delegates . Halifax .--Mr . C . W . Smith has been elected delegate for this district . Lerds . —Four gentlemen were nominated to represent this district , in the Conference viz ., Messrs . Brook and Shaw of Leeds , Spurr of Iluddersfield , and Frith of Keighley , in consequence of the secretary being nominated , the Leeds section appointed four persons to examine the votes , and see that every thing was properly , done . They have done so , and have certified that Mr . Brook is elected by a large majority . Several instructions has been passed which is unnecessary to repeat here .

      1 he Ballot for Metropolitan Delegates to the Cjjabtist Land Conference—A meeting to scrutinise tho returns from the several districts was held at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean Street , Soho , on Wednesday evening , December the 2 nd , when the following was declared as the result : —Henry Ross , 188 ; William Cuffay , 1 C 5 ; John Shaw , 159 ; James Knight , 155 ; John Gathard , 111 ; Alfred Pettit , 110 ; James Grassby , 103 ; J . Illingsworth , 68 ; William Hewitt , 50 ; Messenger , 51 ; consequently Henry Ross , AViiliam Cuffay , and John Shaw , were declared duly elected .

      Meuthyk Tvdvil . —A full meeting of the members of this branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company was held on Sunday evening last , when the programme of the intended businesss to be brought forward by our directors at the next Land Conference , was read and highly approved of excepting the sale of the estates , we recommend mortgage or the establishment of a bank of deposit . We also wish our direetors to establish a national benefit society in connection with the land , and we trust that a . vcliool-house will be erected in every district for the education of the children .

      THE LAND versus TRANSPORTATION . THE EMIGRATION HUMBUGS IN THE POTTERIES UNMASKED . Our attention has been drawn to a hand-bill professedly emanating from the Central Committee , but whicli , in reality , springs from the' Editor of the Examiner , directing the minds of Potters to the fact that Mr . O'Connor is giving £ 50 per acre for land . Now this statement is quite consistent with , the general tenor of this man ' s writing " , He is a special pleader , ai'd although he has covered himself undtv the garb of big Committee , it hears all the external marks of his own workmanship . Now let us see what the truth is , —it a p . pears in the first instance Mr . O'Connor has purchased an estate at Herringsgate , for less than £ 18 per acre : —

      in the stcond place he purchased an estate called Carpunder ' s Farm , for a little over £ 20 per acre ; this estate he has sines sold for £ 135 !) more than it cost the Company . In the last case of purchase lie has given £ 8 , 0 U 0 tor an estate , whish we understand is something near , £ 5 D per acre . But does this prove the position of the Editor of the . Examiner ,. that £ 00 per acre is the average price of lund in this country , certainly not , as he very well knows . There is plenty of land in this country which may be had for less than £ 18 per acre . Now if an honest man hud . stated the case , he would have told you what was the average price of the land of the three estates , whieli have been purchased for the Chartist Cooperative Land Company . Every man of common understanding knows that land is not one uniform price all through the country , aiid we want land that will suit our purposes , we want the best land in the country ; no have got some of it , and we shall havi ; move , » o soon us our

      Directors have finished the other estates they have ju » t purchased ; toe d > not want swamp and bog land ; such , in our opinion , is dear at any price ; we have land into which there is a good road , and markets adjacent , in convenient places ; we have no occasion to wade breast-high through water to go to our dwellings , nor to go hundreds of miles in search of customers for our produce ; no , we can sell all we want to sell , either on the spot or very near to it . Here are the advantages of Home Colonization . Nor will it take us nearly £ 100 to go to our allotmentsthe same that it will take every family who is unfortunate enough to be sent away from his native land by your society . Neither shall we lose four months' wages in crossing the water , besides having to experience all the horrors of emigrating to such a distance . Were your dupes us well acquainted with emigration as some poor fellows we could name , they would at once pronounce it to ho sickeni » ii heartless depravity .

      A pretty scheme this to remove surplus labour , when , according to the best calculations that can be made , it would take £ 10 , 000 to remove one hundred families , a sum of money that would take you till doomsday to realize ; for with all your agitation , and all your deception , all jour reasoning , your machinery dodg > s , and all the rest of your juggling , you have realized £ 1300 from the commencement of your career , and your scheme will have less support in future than ithas received , because of its deceptive character and well-known tinpvueticahility .

      iou are tor ever telling your few readers , that tor twenty-one shillings they may have twenty acres of land , a good log hut , and all the blessings and comforts of life Now you know that there are plenty of men who once were friendly to emigration , who have paid their two and three pounds each , and you have told them that it is their duty to pay even twenty shares if the object cannot be realized without it . These men have left you in disgust , and they are ashamed of even acknowledging the fact that you have juggled them out of so much

      money , and are willing to sell their shares at a sacrifice of seventy-five per cent ., or more , should the purchasers think they are not low enough . Now , Sir , let us tell yon and the pablic another fact , whicli is as follows : —that we offer to ? ell to the Emigration Society one hundred acres of land in America , fitty of which ate woodland , with a firm title aud all the necessary requirements , for £ 15 . The owner declares that he can do infinitely better un four acres in England than on one hundred in America . Now . Mr . Editor , here is something for you to reason upon .

      The Home Colonization Company has many advantages over transportation , and lias uro . ipived even beyond the expectations of its most sanguine supporters . ' The funds increase on all hands . It appears , that besides paying all agitating expenses , that with the sate of cards and rules we have suveil a IVid of nearly £ 1000 , without a constant drain on the pockets of its members , Our oun Committees work for nothing—our Secretaries have no pay —our L . ind Agent has travelled thousands of miles for nothing—our Directors hove pay , but their wages is not eijual to yours , and we can say with truth , that our National Suhemu hus been carried on with as little expense as vein- pigmy scheme lias cost its members . It appears from your Balance Sheet , that you have received £ G for going twice to Liverpool , £ 15 for Agency , besides

      other things which we could name . Your Secretary received lor one journey to Birmingham £ 1 12 s . and 15 s . on the !> ame date , for something else you do not name , and a further sum of £ 10 12 s . 8 d , Your Committee , too , hus cast the society £ 21 5 s , since your , last Balance Sheei , and there are plenty of other expenses which swallow up more than a third of your whole receipts . When will working potters see their own interests , and take their affairs in their own hands ! Were we connected with you , another week should not elapse before we would ask you some very pointed questions . You are always harping about division , and say it is the Chartists who are for sowing the seeds of discontent amongst our

      members . Now let rae tell you , Sir , that your name has never been mentioned , nor your society either , at any Land Meeting that has been held in Hanley , from first to last , among the Chartists ; ire are not oneJtalf potters , therefore your affairs do not interest ua . but our opinion ia , from tho little knowledge we have of you , there need be no division mongers where you are , for you seem to us to be one of those characters who would create division anywhere to accomplish your own selfish ends . Your cant about your society being a failure is truly laughable . We believe , Sir , as far as you are concerned it is no failure , nor ever will be so long as you van get dupes to replenish your Exchequer . Yours , iSsc ., Tue Committee or the Hanley Branch ov TUB CUARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND COMPANY .

      Tim Fugitive Clerk, Cowap, Who Absconded...

      Tim Fugitive clerk , Cowap , who absconded from Wingate Colliery with nearl y £ 600 belonging to bis employers , Lord Howden and partners , and who wna apprehended at Ghent , is said to bo again at liberty . The whole of the money , with tho exception of his " travelling expenses , " and the coat ot his ' gentlemanly " outfit—his gold watch , ring , wig , imperial , and moustaches—having been recovered , it has not been thought worth while to bring him to this country lor prosecution , —fawcastle Chroniete '

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      Mabylebonk. —The Members Of This Distric...

      Mabylebonk . —The members of this district of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , will meet fo the transaction of important business , at the Coach painters' Arms . Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , December Gth . at six o ' clock precisely . Westminster . —The Chartist Locality will meet JL u ! eotlon of officers and the transaction o ¦ jtner business , at the Assembly and Reading Roorai 8 rf , pan-street , Soho , on Sunday evening next , De comber Oth , at half-past six o ' clock precisely . fcOUTH LOM & 6 M Cbahust Ham ., life , BlackfrUra ' .

      road .-Mr . John Skelton will deliver a public lecture , on Sunday evening next , December the 6 th , at half-past seven 0 clock precisely , Subject- " The Land and the Charter . " South Londom Dkbating Club . — This club will meet , at the Sontb London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars ' -road , on Wednesday evening next , ; December the Oth , ( and every succeeding Wednesday evening , ) at eight o ' clock precisely . Snbject for Wednesday evening next— '' What are the beat means whereby the people may better their position in Society ?" oueieiy 5

      Mbtbofohtan Committer , —The next meeting ol this body will be held at 83 , Dean-street , Sob » , on Wednesday evening , December I 6 th , at eight o ' cleek precisely . Ckntrax Rkoistration anB' Election Commutes . —Tuisbody * ill hold its next meeting on Monday Evening , December the 14 th , at the Assembly and Reading Rooms , 83 , D ; an-strcet , Soho . Tub Late Patriot and Poet Aueh DArKNPORT . —Mr . Walter Cooper will deliver an Oration on the Life and Death of Allen Davenport , at the Finsbury Literary and Mechanics' Institution , Frederick-Place , Goswell-road , on Sunday evening next , December the 6 th , at half-oast seven o ' clock precisely . ¦"• - . >¦

      The Funeral Obsequies of the- Late Allkh Davenport will be observed on Sunday afternoon next , December the 6 th , by the frienda of the deceased Patriot Poet following the corps-in procession , from his late residence , Noble-street , Goswell-road , to theCemetry in Bunhill Fields , where his remains will be interred . ¦ ¦>¦ ¦¦ - -- ; v ¦; .. ^ . - '""^ -: Tub Operative Barbbs . —A-public meeting will be held at the King and Queen , Paddington Green , on Saturday , ( this evening , ) December 5 th , at eight o ' clock , to explain the principles and objects of the Operative Bakers' Society . Stalybkidok . —Mr . Cornelius Fitzpatrick will deliver a lecture on the necessity ol Chartist Registration , on Sunday , December 0 : h , at rive o ' clock in tho evening , in the Chartist meeting room , King-street . Bradfoud —The Teetotal Hall will be opened on the Oth of December , when Mr . Shaw of Leeds will deliver an address , On the 14 th , Dr . Lees will deliver a lecture .

      Bradfokd . —On Sunday a public meeting of the member of the National Chartist Association will be held in the large room , Butterworth buildings , at two o clock in the afternoon , to elect a council , to carry out the proposed amalgama ion of the Chartists meeting at the Woolcombera Arms , and at Buttenvorth-buildings . Councilmen from Daisy Hill , Manningham and North Brierly are requested to attend the meeting . Lascabhirk illiNKRg — -The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will be held at the sign of the Farmers' Arms . Darcy I . ever , near Bolton , on Monday . December 14 , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also l > e a public meeting ( should the weather be favourable ) which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Eso ,., and several other gentlemen .

      LiVKitr-ooi .. —A lecture will be delivered by Mr . Pletts on the baneful influence of superstition , at Mr . Farrall's Temperance Ilotel , No . 4 , Cozneacestreet , on Sunday evening , December 6 , the chair to be taken at seven o clock . Birmingham . —The Land axd the Charter . —To the Friends of Industry . —Addresses will be delivered on the above subject on Sunday evening next , December 0 th , in the People ' s IIn . ll , Lovcdav Street , Princess Street , by P . M'Grath and T . Clark of London ; Win , Dixon and Daniel Donovan oi Manchester : to commence at 6 o ' clock .

      The Annual Conference of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company will commence it ^ sitting at tea o ' clock on Monday morning , in the People ' s Hall , for the dispatch of business . The public will be admitted free during their deliberations . In the evening of the same day and place , a public tea party and ball will take place at five o ' clock , in commemoration of the first sitting of the delegates of the company being held in Birmingham . Feargus O'Connor , Esq , with , the other Directors and Delegates to ths Conference , will be present . Tickets Is . each . Early application is necessary , as the number are limited—to be had at the following places : —Walter Thorn , ill , Rea Str . et , Ship , Steelhouse Lane ; Red Linn , Smallbrook Street ; 98 , Hill Street ; J . 'hn Newhouse , 7 , llonby Street ; Thomas Walton , 345 . Summers

      Lane ; Thomas Lucas , 150 , Little Nampton Street ; Thomas Buttevwiek , Tranter Street ; Mr . SpinUea , Lancaster Street ; Mrs . Davenport Mount Street , George Street , or any of the Managing Committee . In consequonce of the Mayor refusing to call a meeting in the Town Hall , although a most respectably signftd requisition was presented tohini , a public meeting will lie held on December Oth , at 7 o ' clock in the People ' s Hall , as above , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition for the enactment of the People ' s Charter . Feargus O'Connor , E-q ., Ernest Jones , Esq ., and the members of the Executive Commiit"C of the National Charter Association , and other talented friends will attend the meeting . On Thursday , December lO' . h , a third ballot will take place at the Hall , to commence at 10 o ' clock , for the location of the members of the above company .

      Northampton-. —Lr . P . M . M'Douall will lecture at the Guildhall , Northampton , on Monday , Decern bov 7 th . Hull . —The members of the Chartist Association will meet at the Ship Inn , Church L ; ui " , Hull , on Sunday evening , December Oth , at six o clock . The members of the Chartist Laud Company incut every Tuesday evening at eight o ' clock , at the above place . BlltMlSGHAM . —A District General Meeting will be held on Sunday the Oth , at the Ship , Steelhouse Lane , precisely at half past one o ' clock . It is hoped that each locality in the District willscnd a Delegate .

      Veterans , Orphans , and Victims Committee — The Committee met , on Wednesday evening last , » . t the Land Oliice , S 3 , Dean-street , Soho . -Mr . John Shaw in the Chair . Mr . Shaw paid in the f'llowing , from Mr . James Wells . Is . ; Mr . Fitzgerald , 2 s . Oil " ; Mr . Evershed , Oil . ; Brass-founders' Arms , 3 s . for Mrs . Jones ; from Mr . Kendricks , Gd . ; Mr . C . C . Williams , O ' . i . ; Mr . Bradford , Sen ., 01 . ; and Mr . Bradford , Jun „ 0 d . On the motion of Messrs . Grassby and Wheeler , 10 s . each was voted to Mis . Hooker and Mrs . Duffy , tho committee then adjourned to Wednesday , December 10 t ! i . —John Arnott , sub-secretary . Nottingham . —The committee appointed to carry out the te-timonials to be presented to Mr . J . Sweet , respectfully request all members to pay the amount of levy to the Treasurer , Mr . W . 11 . Mott , Currier , Goose-gate , on or before the first Monday in January next . —T . Curtis , Secretary .

      The next , meetins will be held on Sunday next , December Gth , at the Seven Stars in Barker-j : ate , at six o ' clock in the evening . Mottiiam —The monthly mcetintr of the Shareholders in the Cooperative land Company will he held , at tho house of Mr . Robert Wild , Hyde-road , Mottram , on Sunday next , December Ctli , at one o ' clock . Mascukstur . —An adjourned meetins of the Chartist Co operative Land Com ; -any will be held , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon of Sunday , December Cth . Stockport . —Mr . 11 . Wild will lecture here on Sunday uvvnii !!! .

      BumiiTON . —A special general meeting will bo held at the Artichoke inn , on Wednesday evening , December 9 th , at eight o ' clock , to nominate seven persons to the General Council of the National Charter Association ; tiie whole of the numbers are requested to attend , as the case of tho Victims will be brought before the meeting . Wkst Riding Delkgatb Meeting . —The West Riding delegate meeting will lie held in the Working man ' s Hall , Bull-close-lane , Halifax , on Sunday , December 13 th , to commence at half-past twelve o ' clock . Halifax —Mr . Clissett will lecture to-morrow evening , at half-past six o ' clock .

      AcciusivroN . —A meeting of the members of the Chartist Land Company will be held at the house of Mr . W . Beeslcy , Accrington , on Sunday , Doc . 2 nd , and every succeeding Sunday . Justice to Millions . —A public nuetinj will be held in the Temperance Hall , Great Carlisle-street , Portiwin Market , Marylebone , on Tuesday evening , December 15 th , for the purpose of considering the propriety of adopting the National Petition ton-the People ' s Charter , and forming a Local Registration and Election Committee ; the following distinguished advocates of the People ' s cause are expected to take part in the proceedings : —Feargus w'Ce . nnor , Esq ., Messrs . Ernest Jones , CI . J . lAnjia 6 )' . J . Skelton , and T . M . Wheeler . The memhsas for the Borough are also invited and expected So attend . Chair to betaken at eii : lii o ' clock iirci-iaelty ..

      The Miners' Attornkt-Gknkrai — Sjv,—I Ha...

      The Miners' Attornkt-Gknkrai — Sjv , —I have observed in the main portion of our bwid papers , during the last two weeks , a paragraph ,, which roundly asserts , that the Lancashire miners , Iiadi rejected Mr . Huberts ' services for the future , whose salary had been £ 1 , 000 a-year ; but the Mmicks '' Union having decreased considerably in nusibcrs , they could not afford that gentleman his svdarjf any longer . Now , 1 be to state , through the 'medium of tho Star , to the miners of this neigutauvhood , that the whole statement is false ; tha \ Mr . Roberts is stiU engaged iiv the Miners' Association ; and that Association , instead of being ot \ the decline , lias considerably increased these tow months ' back ; in proof of whicli they pay Mr , Roberts something more than £ 1 , 000 I per year .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 5, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05121846/page/1/