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      1 Febkuaby Fi, 1847. —_. The Northern St...

      1 Febkuaby fi , 1847 . —_ . THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

      Pef Pemccratic Movement .In Dublin. (Fro...

      pEf pEMCCRATIC MOVEMENT . IN DUBLIN . ( From our own Correspondent . ) it i Tt b » F °° «» tter interesting to the working ** Jisii rf Eng ^ na . as well u to the Liberal Irish sidtLjdent tD ? » * ° * now that for some time back e < S operatiTes of Dublin awe shown strong symp-05 usts of » determination to take their own affairs to ! &(» their own hands . These men are all Repeal-? i ] gif but they wisa to see that in any settlement of » t ib » t great question , the rights of the working man ullj f u ll not beoTeriooked ; they are in fact forcoupng jjji ; the Suffrage with Repeal . The Association £ i jjia its origin in a Committee formed to scrutinise ie lAe taxation of the city , and especially to make war i tU tbe unjust and unholy impost called " Ministers

      nponey . " Mr , James M'Cormick ( printer ana nnorffentt ) , and Mr . Denny , ( auctioner and valuator ) , e together with Mr . Coyne , ( hatter ) , have greatly disgtingutshed themselves ia this crusade . They have dappled in the law caurtii with its coUectors , where , lowing to the ingenuity of Mr . M'Cormrck , acomfp ' ete victory has been achieved over the parsons ; it tact tho tax is , if the citizens but stand firm , ¦ I fjrtuallr abolished . A petition to the legislature s to * been adopted , and already signed by 30 , 000 in-! vjbitants ; it is to be committed to the charge of r >! r . O'Connell , with a request to W . S . O'Brien ^ support it . ( On last Sunday the momentous subject of the i i ^ J was ably lectured upon by that talented and ^ ecuted gentleman , Wm . Connor , Esq ., of Inch ,

      Vlto advocates rent at a valuation , and a perpetual t enure . Ue was received with great acclamation , £ qj was seconded and supported by Mr . Dyott , / printer ) , who strongly urged upon the assembly the tjeessity of procuring a People ' s Ilallfor the purple of discussing all questions affecting the interest ? of the working classes . After a resolution in / ivonrof Mr . Connor ' s views had been carried , the meeting was addressed by Mr . Coyne , who after touching on variouslocal grievances , with the details 0 f which he appeared to be minutely acquainted , broadly asserted that in the acquirement of the Suffrage alone , lay the hope and safety of the people . He was loudly chereed , and there now appears bu tono mind nmnn ? the working men of Dublin , ? hfv seem determined , in spite or an fauu / uo , to teen a close look out after their own interests .

      The Association has been joined by Mr . II . O'Neill , an artist of eminence , and a man of consifl Vrable literary attainments . Mr . Stark , of the ] jVrM newspaper , alsogave in his adhesion and bub * scrip'ion , and promised that the columns of that able journal should be opened to the proceedings of the association . Altogether political affairs begin to bri' ^ t en here- The Franchise isthesubject for nest Sunday , and will probably occupy two meetings . I ahaii send you a report . Publicoi . * ..

      Dsjtitcte Psbsoxb (Ibelasd).—The Bill " ...

      DsjTiTCTE Psbsoxb ( Ibelasd ) . —The bill " for the temporary relief of destitute persons in lrelaud"is printed . It contains 21 clauses , of which the nwst important are tbe 14 th and tbe I 7 ; h , or the money clauses . The I 4 th enacts that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Treasury to cause to be issued , as a temporary advance , from time to time , gt any time before the 1 st of October in this year , ss thevmiy find necessary , out of the growing produce of the ' Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom , « nv sum or sums of money by way of imprest ,

      to the R «* ief Commissioners to be appointed for the sxeoEtion of the act , to be by them applied by way efloio . on the security of the rates made for the purposes sf thhact ; and all such sums of money shall prepaid to the Consalidated Fund by the said Relief Commissioners , in such money as the Treasury mav direct , from the rates to be levied in the union on behalf of which loan shall have been made . The 17 ih clause empowers the Treasury to make grants in aid of rates or voluntary contributions for the purposes of thisact .

      Pcaue lisrnsa rs Exeter Hail . — A public meeting was held on Thursday in the lar-e roam , Exeter Hall , for the purpose of hearing the statements of gentlemen from Ireland and Scotland , conversant with the extent ot the prevailing distress , and the means taken to relieve it , with the view of givin ? the English public proper information on the subject , and exciting their sympathy and support . — At ten minutes past twelve , Samuel Gurney , Esq , was called on to preside . We observed oh the platform Dr . Macleod of Glasgow , Dr . Cnwick of Dublin , an ! other members of the Scotch and Irish

      deputations to England . From the statements made it would appear that the estimated less of last year ' s potato crop in Ireland was estimated at from twelve to sixteen or twenty millions sterling , aud that it would require ten vessels , of 500 tons burdens each , to come into the ports of Ireland for every day during the next twelve months , with Indian corn , to meet the extremity in which Ireland was placed , making an aggregate of 1 , * 25 . 00 » tons . The speakers gave a most lamentable and touching picture of the extent and co . -. sequences Gt the prevailing famine , and referred to a number cf cases in support of their statements .

      Allscsd Child Murder is Lambeth Workhouse . —Ou Wednesday an inquest was held by Mr . W . Carter , at Lambeth Workhouse , on the body of Richard Wiltshire , aged six months , the illegitimate offspring of Jane Wiltshire , late an inmate , who has already undergone several examinations at the Latnfreth Police Court on a charge of having caused the death of the deceased . The brief facts of the case are as follow : —The mother of tbe child had been in service , wi-rre she became enceinte . She proceeded to Lambeth Workhouse , where she was delivered of the deceased child on the 26 th of July last . She left the house , and took the deceased with her , and nothing was heard of her until the 23 rd of last month , when she applied for assistance , and was admitted . The deceased was very ill , and when seen by Mr . Duke ,

      the medical officer , he pronounced it to be in a dying state . The mother was accordingly placed in the sick ward , where Mr . Duke prescribed for the deceased , who was then suffering from acute inflummation oi the lungs , and diarrhoea . Susan Baber , an inmate of the ward , said that she begged ef the mother to give the child the breast ; when she again replied , "Oil , I am not going to spoil my shape by suckling the little d—1 . " She subsequently took the deceased up by the left arm and struck it several times on the back , and shook it severely , which nearly choked the Child . Mr . Duke said that he bad made a post mortem examination of the body . He was unable to detect any marks of violence , and was decidedly of opinion that the deceased had died of inflammation » f the lungs , resulting from natural causes . Verdict » - " Death from natural causes . "

      Mmu » _ 0 n Monday , January 25 th , by the Rev . C . Armstrcrg , at St . Paul ' s Church , Nottingham , Mr . G . Berrod , one ot the Four Basket Makers who were turned otf work for joining tbe Trades' Union , to Miss Caroline Blatherwick , the eldest daughter of Mr . John Blatheriwck , of Sneinton , N ' otts .

      Information For The Trades Con-. Sec!Ed ...

      INFORMATION FOR THE TRADES CON-. SEC ! ED WITH OR DESIROUS OF JOINING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRADE ? . ; Trades desirous of joining the above Association , are required to remit one month ' s subscription of one halfpenny per member , and one month ' s levy , at two pence in the pound on their average earnings ; such subscri ption and levy to be considered for the current month , to date their adhesion from the first of the said month . No trade will be enrolled on the books before sending such subscription and leviesafter

      , which these levies are to be transmitted monthly or oftener , and their subscriptions quarterly . A quarterly running account will be kept with each trade , and as a more equitable way of taking the average number , the trades are to transmit at the end of each quarter , the average number for that quarter , and pay accordingly . The trades are partienhkri ? requested to address all their correspondence for the Association , to their new offices , at No . II , Tottenham Court Road , aud to make the post office orders Payable at the Bloomsbury post office , to Thomas -o . ir . ett , Secretary .

      Koticii To District Secretaries And Trea...

      KOTICii TO DISTRICT SECRETARIES AND TREASURERS . All district Secretaries and Treasurers to the thartist Co-operative Land Company , sre hereby strictly enjoined to attend to the following regula - «»» m all transactions with the Directors . No ctreumstances will be admitted as a reason for departing from these rules in any case where they apply . First . —A scrutineer shall be appointed by each wauch on the first meeting night or day in every wor th , whose doty shall be to attend the branch •» eetmgs , and receive the subscriptions . The Sectary shall , before the dissolving of each meetin " * S > op the receipts , when the scrutineer shall immefe « s ¥ nd tuem » wr to the Treasurer . He shall air *? j . * book a 2 ! dn 8 t *!» Secretary and Treaf ™?'*™ be present at the audit of the Branch ^ oks , and report to the shareholders as to their

      eort & ~~ ETery DranCH s " 311 a PP ° **• anditors , « Knk an of office skall » e six months ; their dutv ft" ** examine the Branch books , and report Tfc ^ the firat meetiDB" »«** iamtil - -., i " ?•"" Letters enclosing ' money » ast distinctly S ' Jhe respective funds to which the whole « nount belonp . te ur | b—In all letters requiring certificates it tp « e l ^ ted whether they are for meni-** " of the first , second , or third section . And , ?" «« certificate requiredbethe first orseeond , ^ pnm , 8600 ^ . » ne number of the first most be 5 „ fr . ^ certificates will not be sent to the re-Kfth ] et k lmia **»«* this rale fa aot observed . *»»» . —All comniunicattons , whether enclosing

      Koticii To District Secretaries And Trea...

      money or otherwise , must be addressed as follows : — " To the Directors of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , 83 . Dean-street , Soho , London . AH monies must be remitted in PostOffice Orders , er by Bank Order payable on demand to Feargus O'Connor . All Post Office Orders must be made payable at the General Post Office , St . Mardn ' s-le-Grand , London , as none other will be acknowledged . Tbe person ' s name appl ying to the local post office for the order must be written at full

      length at the top of the order , and who must see tbe order properly stamped , and the order must be made payable to Feargus O'Connor . All letters containing money must be addressed as follows , for " The Directors , Land Office , 83 , Dean Street . Soho . Londox .

      By Order of the Directors , Philip M'Grath , Corresponding Secretary . The attention of all District Secretaries and Members of the Company is particularly called to the subjoined instructions : — 1 . As the Joint Stock Company ' s Act does not recognise parts of shares , no transfer of such can in future take place ; neither can any paid-up share be transferred during the period of provisional regis tration , . „ , , 2 . The collection of the halfpenny levy per share er month , henceforth shall cease . Every membe pf the Company , and all who may join it , are liable o one shilling per share per annum , to commence n m the 1 st of January , 1847- Holders of paid-up -hare ? must pay the share charge to be eligible for

      the Ballot . 3 . Persons taking one share must pay 3 s . 4 n ., those taking one share and a half 5 s ., those taking two shares 6 s . 4 d ., within 3 months from the date of entrance , or forfeit the instalments subscribed . And as tkoro »«» BPTpral persons in the Company more than three months who have not pafJ ti > - amounts above stated . All District Secretaries are hereby instructed to erase from their books , on the 1 st of April next , the names of ail defaulters who have entered previously to January 1 st , 1847 . 4 . All matters relative to the third Section must be totally distinct and separate from the first and second .

      5 . The next ballot for the second Section will take place in London , on February 22 nd , and all shareholders , to establish the r eligibility , must pay in full on or before Feb . 15 th , 1847 . By order of the Directors .

      Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operative La...

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND COMPANY . PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . $ ba * s : £ * . d . Smethwick .. 0 10 Merthyr Tydvil .. 0 13 0 Plymouth .. 1 16 0 S . L . B . .. 10 8 Crovdon .. 0 10 Richard Sladden 0 2 0 Ashton .. 0 9 0 James Chapman 0 2 0 Alva .. .- 2 7 10 Carlisle .. 7 2 ^ 8 Leigh ™ .. 16 3 Birmingham , Ely .. .. 090 Goodwin .. 6 II 6 Westminster .. 0 4 0 Manchester .. 3 H 2 Ifvde .. .. 0 10 0 Central , Rossen-Collutnpton .. 15 0 dale .. 14 0 Whittington and Salford .. 3 0 0 Cat . ,. 2 9 2 Hull .. „ 219 0 Brighton .. 13 6 Colne , per Wat-Wigan .. 2 3 8 son .. .. 6 10 0 Nottingham .. 0 13 0 Boulogne .. 12 0 Colne , per Hey .. 0 16 Kidderminster .. 0 5 0 Worcester .. 4 16 6 Glasgow » I 17 0 Leicester , Astill 12 8 Paisley M 011 6 Carrington ,. 0 IS 6 Ashton .. 0 7 6 £ 59 9 11

      SECTION No . 2 . IHiBXS . Southampton .. 1 11 3 Wigan .. 4 9 10 Kirkaldy .. 2 12 1 Nottingham , per Huddersfield ,. 10 0 Sweet .. 5 14 10 Smethwick .. S 6 4 Oldham .. 2 0 0 Edinburgh .. 16 0 Worcester .. 4 8 8 Plvraouth .. 1 19 5 Leicester , Astill 3 0 4 Cr ' ordoti .. 1 11 3 Witheroe .. 310 6 George Dunham 2 7 0 Chorley .. 2 15 0 4 shton .. 0 18 6 Carrington .. 10 5 Aberdeen .. 3 19 0 Merthyr Tydvil .. C 4 0 Portsea .. 1 10 0 Bath , S . Penny . 0 15 0 Leigh .. .. 0 14 6 Bowbridge .. 9 1310 ClavtonWest .. 0 15 6 John Broadbank Elv .. .. 17 7 0 Rose .. 5 4 6 Lambeth .. 3 7 0 James S . Cullen O 1 0 Richard Spar- Rochdale .. 5 0 0 ruw .. 1 13 4 Lynn , per Bun-Edward Smith .. 0 15 0 ton .. .. 0 10 0 Westminster .. 2 1 6 Carlisle .. 2 310 Thrapstne .. 9 I 0 Stratford , J . Mr . Bishop « 0 0 6 Haines .. 0 2 0 Market , Laving- Manchester .. 11 19 o ton , Love .. 0 6 S Hull .. .. 5 15 10 Newport .. 19 6 Teiglunouth .. 2 7 6 Ilvde .. .. 12 0 Denny .. 13 0 Somers Town ,, 0 13 10 Ledbury .. 0 2 8 Shrewsbury .. 4 15 4 Kidderminster .. 6 7 6 Banbury " .. 2 0 0 Wolverhampton 14 6 Wellingborocgh 1 12 4 Glasgow .. 13 5 O John Bradford .. 2 19 6 Leeds .. .. 8 0 0 John Rennoson 0 11 0 Bradford .. 5 0 0 Whittington and Warrington .. 6 15 0 Cat .. .. 3 3 8 Leamington .. 8 3 0 Samuel Lee .. 0 3 0 Stockport .- S 0 0 Her . rv Aston .. 5 16 Gainsborough „ 0 10 0 Houghton-dale .. I 3 0 Paisley .. 18 6 Birmingham , Atherstone .. 076 Pare .. 19 0 Mary Clarkson , Mr . Cuin .. 0 4 0 Addington „ 0 5 0 Maidstone .. 4 5 6 Ashton .. 116 Brighton .. 1 19 6 Lynn , per Scott .. 4 8 4 Andrew Burnay 0 0 6 Torquay .. 11 8 8 Westminster , G . Marylebone .. 015 0 Allison „ 0 2 0 Swindon „ 12 0 0 Camberwell .. 0 12 0 Finsbury „ 4 2 0 Daveatry .. 1 13 2 £ 252 3 __ 0 SECTION No . 3 . 4 HABE 3 . Croydon ., © 110 Ann Wilson „ 0 5 6 Stephen Bennett , MaryByers .. 0 5 0 Mitcham .. 16 4 Worcester .. 0 3 0 Market Laving- Central Rossenton , Love .. 8 9 10 dale .. 0 2 8 Maidstone .. 0 5 8 Hull .. .. 186 Brighton .. 0 14 Bromsgrove , per Hvde .. .. 0 5 6 Nowell .. 0 9 8 Oswaldwhistie .. 1 19 10 William Brown Bridgenorth .. 0 5 0 Page .. 5 4 6 Wuittiugtonand Ashton .. 0 9 6 Cit .. .. 0 14 Torquay „ 0 5 0 £ 31 0 6 TOTAl LkHO F 0 . V 3 . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 59 0 11 Mr . O'Conner , Section No . 2 ... 252 3 0 Mr , O'Connor , Section No . 3 ... 21 0 C £ 332 13 5

      EXPENSE FUND . Plymouth .. 0 11 0 Maidstone „ 010 0 George Dunham 0 2 0 Sutton-in-Ash-AlexanderShaw , field .. 0 16 Stoke Roch- Cambertvell .. 0 10 ford .. 0 16 Nottingham .. 0 10 0 Robert White , Dudley .. 8 14 6 ditto .. 0 16 Clitheroe M 19 6 Limehouse , J . Bowbridge .. 0 4 0 Hewes , and Henry Davis „ 0 2 0 Co ... .. 0 6 0 Mr . Barnett .. 0 2 0 Philip Pearce , Mr . Drew .. 0 2 0 South Moulton 0 2 0 Warrington .. 0 10 Alva .. .. 048 Hull .. .. 0 10 6 Mr . Owen .. 0 2 0 Glasgow .. 1 16 0 Ely .. .. 066 Mr . Perry .. 020 Mr . G . Taylor .. 0 2 0 W . E . Brooks .. 0 16 Mr . R . Gray .. 0 2 0 Leamington .. 0 8 0 Westminster .. 0 6 n Atherstone ., 6 10 Mr . Rawlings .. 0 2 0 Northampton .. 0 15 0 Mr . Bradford .. 0 2 0 Blackie ' s , Edin-Whittington and burgh « U ( j Q Cat .. .. 0 2 3 £ 10 10 11 TaosfAs Mabtisc Wheeccb , Financial Secretary . TO THE SUB-TREASURERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Manchester .. 10 0 Birmingham , per Norwich .. 0 10 0 Mr . Chapman , 010 0 John Lewis , Penyancy „ 0 2 8 _ £ 2 2 0 Chbwtophes Dotle , Secretary . REPAYMENTS TO MR . O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT DUE BY DEFENCE FUND . Received at the "Northern Star" Office . Glasgow , per J . Loughborough Colquhoun „ 0 10 0 per J . Skiverington .. 0 6 6 ¦ 0 16 6

      Per Mr . Christopher Doyle . Kirkaldy „ 0 5 9 Flax dressers at Huddersfield .. 0 18 o Lille , France ,. 0 4 7 Alva .. .. 0 15 6 An < ld Radical , Chorley .. C 8 6 Leeds .. 0 10 Carrington „ 0 19 11 Hull , per Lundy 010 2 Top shop , Sher- Hugh , Noble , wood , lace fac- Brechin „ 0 0 6 ' 5 . 0 5 2 Birmingham , per of wSe- ' Mr . ghapman 0 12 5 cWes , France .. 0 7 8 £ 5 8 8 WWMMl ^ JETEB * J ' ' 'WIDOWS " , AJTO OWHAN ' S TCHD . Sheffield , per W . Do . William Home ' s Book .. 0 2 3 Tarry „ 0 0 6 Camberwell .. 0 2 6 BEGISTIATIO . V FCND . Per Wm . Tarry 0 0 6 ma ms . jokes . Wigan 0 3

      National Trades Association For The Prot...

      NATIONAL TRADES ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY . " Dntonfor the Million , "

      What the Anti-Corn Law League has done for the Corn Laws , the National Association of United Trades will , in a few years , do for that great proportion of poverty , disease , dissipation , and crime , that is produced , " either directly or indirectly , by low wages . Although the institution is only in its infancy , it has nevertheless attained to a monster growth , having upwards of eighty thousand registered members . L ke the late great fact above mentioned , its origin is attributable to the inefficiency and consequent failure of numerous local efforts and institutions , which had unanimi ty of purpose , but were wanting in unity of action , and therefore were inadequate to the Herculean task of overand

      throwing a monster evil of national magnitude , which was supported by a monster unity of power . The promoters , however , nothing daunted by the defeat of their numerous predecessors , have determined to act upon the advice of a late eminent statesman , by giving " a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether . " To effect this extraordinary achievement , they have devised means which will be found fully commensurate with their object . The efficacy of those means has been demonstrated on various occasions , in which simultaneou efforts of great bodies of people have been exerted for the accomplishment of great and important purposes , the attainment of which was , of course , progressive . The means adopted bad to pass through the various

      stages of infancy and youth , with all their unavoidable difficulties , until they arrived at maturity , and the promoters obtained the consummation of their wishes as the reward of their zeal and perseverance . Our institution is now in the first stage of its progress , its numerical dimensions demonstrate that it is no puny infant , but that , on the contrary , it is in thriving condition . Our committee , agents , and members , are perfectly reconciled to encounter any degree of persecution or other species of difficulties that may be presented . We are not , however , monopolists , on tbe contrary , we aim a deadly blotv at tlu very root of monopoly , , therefore , we wish not to enjoy the glory of fightina this great moral battle , and gaining the victory ourselves .

      We , therefore , respectfully invite the co-operation , of each sent , and of all ranks andconditions , of British subjects , who desire to see that the working classes should obtain , and be secured in ihe enjoyment of , a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , and that sentiments of self-sustaining independence should be disseminated and cultivated amongst them , and that the whole of that proportion of wretchedness , degradation , disease , dissipation , and crime , which is , either directly or indirectly , the result of incom-Defence from low wagis , should cease to exist in our laud , and be superseded by competence , domestic com ' ort , health , temperance , and virtue . Theseare our objects , and the operations and influence of the National Association » f United Trades are the means by which we purpose that they should be effected .

      That it will be a difficult object to induce employers to pay as high an amount of wages as the profits ol business will equitably permit , and to convince them that it is their duty and interest to do so , few persons will dispute ; but , however improbable the achievement of this great object may appear in the estimation of many persons , who view it with all its seeming obstacles abstractedly , and without taking into consideration that the means are commensurate with the end designed , the barriers to it . are by no means insurmountable . The evil is under , human control , and is capable ] of being removed by efficient counteracting circumstances . There is , therefore , good grounds of encouragement for action . If Archimedes had had as good a basis to rest his machine upon , he would have used his endeavours to raise the world .

      The principle on which the amount of remuneration for labour is estimated generally , is very erroneous , and is never resorted to in other business transactions , except where it is unavoidable . The price uf labour ought to be in some proportion or affinity to the amount of wealth or increased value which labuur creates . For example—if a piece of timber was of less value in the solid log than after being converted into plank by the operations of the saw , the increased price is the amouat of wealth created by the labjur of the sawyers—whose compensation should be a proportion and share of that wealth , ihe same principle holds good through all the multifarious and complicated concerns of manufacture , in which the operations of labour are employed . Instead ot the workmen

      being paid in any proportion of the amount ot value created by their labour , the rate of wages is generally estimated according to the demand for labour , or in accordance with the number of workmen required , and the quantity of work to be performed ; and as there is generally a surplus number of workmen in the labour market , the amount ef wages which the most necessitous will take , is made the regulating amount of wages for the time being ; which critciioii generally emanates from the most extensive employers , who are frequent y wholesale business sptculators , and to whom any saving in wages is ot con . siderable importance . A change in the rate of wages ( particularly a reduction ) with the workmen of one business , is often productive of similar results iu others . To promote poverty among work people is the interestofmasters . moreparticulartythosespeculators

      who are extensive employers ; it is greatly to their advantage to nave at all times a surplus number ot operatives in the labour market , who can subsist upon the coarsest food , and are contented to be clothed in rags , and whose degradation is secured by habits ol dissipation . Such a class of persons is viewed by speculating employers , not as a necessary evil , but as a positive good , in enabling them to keep down the price of labour ; for if they were not available , it would rise to the intrinsic value of a fair proportion of the amount of wealth it creates . Doubtlessapreference is given to well behaved work people , while they please to work at the same rate of wages that the necessitous class will take ; but rather than advance their wages to what they would consider a fair compensation , the necessitous class would be employed in their stead .

      Wherever a body of workmen are defeated in their endeavours to obtain an advance , or to resist a reduction of their wages , it is most frequently by the unprincipled conduct of some of this grovelling class , whose dissipated habits render them familiar to mean and dishonourable practices , aud places them in circumstances of sheer necessity , which , together with their short sighted ignorance , makes them an easy prey to designing employers , by whom they are duped and trepanned to serve them for less than the required rate of wages , and by that means to break the confidence of workmen one with another . By this means many workmen become disheartened , and not having the means to support themselves and families for any length of time , while their labour is suspended , they are

      compelled to succumb from necessity , and to work for such wages as tbe most wretched and dissipated workmen will consent to take in their sheer necessity . This shows the inefficiency of local Trade •' Unions , which ever have , and ever will be incapable of maintaining permanently a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , for the operatives of Britain . The grievance of lew wages is a national evil , and requires a national remedy , such as the operations and influence of the National Association of United Trades , which will shortly be in a position to bring the moral-force operations of a million of workpeople to bear against the local or individual elf rta of any employers wh *> shall refuse to pay to those of their workpeople who are its members , a fair d . iy ' a wages for a fair day ' s work .

      By tracing cause and effect we easily perceive that , in the aggregate there is an almost inseparable connexion between low wages , atd poverty , disease , dissipation , degradation , ignorance , and crimo , to a greater or lesser degree , and that the contaminating influence of such characters is often injurious to the morals of others , who are more comfortably situated , operating in tbe same manner morally , that fevers and other pestilential diseases which are engendered by their wretchedness do physically , and which are injurious to persons who are in better circumstances , by infectious communications , which often prove fatal . These evils , however , great and obvious as they appear , are not tbe be all , and the end all of the injurious effects of low wages . To

      reduce the rate of wages is generally the first effort resorted to by that unprincipled race of manufacturers , who strive to obtain a great share of busine-s by ^ underselling others ; they are generally needy adventurers , whose career terminates in insolvency or bankruptcy . Their creditors are defrauded of their propsrty , and their workmen robbed of a part of their wages , and in order to compete with them in business , other manufacturers or tradesmen , are obliged to reduce the wages of their workpeople to the same level . Those discouraging circumstances tend to drive many well-disposed workmen to habits of dissipation , who feel degraded by poverty , which their utmost endeavours cannot avert . It cannot be denied that dissipation , disease , and immorality , ate more frequently the concomitants of poverty than of competence , and in proportion as these evils increase , the amount of poor rates , county rates ,

      expenses of supporting police , prosecutions , lmpnsonings , and ^ transportations , also increase , all of which the rate-paying community have to pay , and much of which might be saved , by paying the working classes an equitable compensation for their labour , by which means they would be enabled to improve their condition , and educate themselves and their families , and acquire and support habits of comfort and cleanliness which would become indispensable to them , and cause them to forsake habits of filth and dissipation , and the train of evils that usually follow , which are attended with such enormous expenses to the very persons ( the rate-paying employers ) , by whom they might be in a great degree prevented . We have previously remarked that the erroneous principle of astimating the remuneration of labour according to the number of necessitout wprliBieu wbj stay Mj ia , want ef employment ,

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      is very partially acted upon in other business transactions . Men of business calculate their selling prices at an amount of per centage at which the minimum ( or lowast ) price will be above a paying point , taking into consideration the interest of capital invested in business , the expenses of their business establishment for renit taxes , losses , wear and tear of implements , books , clerks' salaries , & e ,, iic , so that a person doing an ordinary degree of business , can live comfortably even on the lowest estimated profits , bat when business is good , and profits higher , they may save money and perhaps make a fortune . Many thousands of persons have retired from business independant , who made the whole of their money by profits , and who commenced business with little or

      nothing of their own . There are many also who are in good circumstance * though not independent , who begun with nothing of their own , and have nothing but what they have acquired by business . We will not take into account any who have had fortunes left to them , but merely those who bave made all they h < . ve by business . Such characters are to be met within every town in Britain , and in large commercial towns there are great numbers . But while this is the frequent result of business pursuits , how rare is it to find a retired operative workman of any business whatever , who has never been above that condition , and who has exclusively by his industry , brought up a family with ordinary comfort , and lias saved as much as will keep him out of a worhouse unassisted by the aid of others in his old age ; and how many thousand of workmen are there who have been

      industrious , sober , and of good character , and at the best , were never able to do more than live with great frugality , while the greater portion of working men and their families have known many domestic privations consequent upon their not receiving an equitable compensation for their labour . Having extended our remarks to a greater length than our limits will conveniently permit , we must briefly conclude this sketch by intimating that in addition to the reports which appear weekly in the columns of this paper on the progress and proceedings of the National Association of United Trades , we purpose in future to give such remarks in the above form as the developement of our plans , the exponurc of the evils against wliieii tvecontend , the advocacy of our cause , and befitting notice of passing ciicumstances and occurrences in which we are identified , may appear to us to require .

      The Cer.Tral Committee Held Their Usual ...

      The Cer . tral Committee held their usual weekly meeting at their office , No . 11 , Tottenham-courtroad , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed , the financial accounts read and received . Amongst a mass of correspondence was a letter from Southampton , giving the adhesion of the shoemakers of that town . The United Society of Boiler makers of Greenock sent in their adhesion , as well as the Sunderland sawyers , and several other bodies . Mr . Allen reported he had visited the serge weavers at Collumpton . He found the representation of the men correct ; attempted an interview with the employer , but failed ; recommended the men to go on with their work as usual , and if the employer persevered in compelling the men to find their own harness , cord , & c , the Central Committee would , no

      doubt , take the matter up . A letter was read from Mr . Felkin , of Mansfield , framework knitter , respecting the excessive frame rent charged by a Mr . Upcott . of that town . Mr . Bush was appointed to visit Mansfield , to ascertain the facts of the case , and report thereon to the Central Committee . Mr . Bush was deputed to visit Nottingham and DuRield . A tetter was read from Mr . Goldiu . district secretary ot Manchester , recommending the formation of miscellaneous lodges of trades in each town , as there are many men favourable to the principles ot the National Association , who are prevented from becoming members in consequence of being in a minority in . their respective bodies . Such persons could join those miscellaneous lodges , and still retain their position as members of their own Trades' Societies . The following report was received from Mr . Jacobs , Association Missionary in Scotland : —

      HAWICK . Monday evening , 8 o ' clock . — A public meeting of the Frame-work Knitters was held in the Town Hall , to hear a lecture from the Association ' s Missionary . Mr . Jacobs . The Lecturer commenced by observing , that many no doubt had come expecting to hear something new on trade subjects , and he trusted he should not disappoint them ; many thought that nothing new could be advanced , that all had been done and said on Trades movements chat could . Those he expected to agreeably disappoint , for the great association that had sent him forth , did not intend to travel in old worn-out track of local societies or general unions that had preceded it , only to raise a name , and earn

      a deathlike fame ; the assoc ation bursting through the trammels of trade societies , breaking down the barriers of prejudice , party spirit , petty aeltish feeling , and ariatocraticpridetbat hadforyears divided the differeutclassesofworkers . and severed their sympathies from each other , preventing that mutual assistance that was necessary to their frequent struggles against their common enemies—the master class—who were continually seeking to encroach on their means of existence ; the association avoiding this bane ot union , and its narrow views , hath marked out a new path for itself , a wide field for its operations ; they had determined at one and the same time , to grapple

      with all the grievances of the trades , by the same simple , yet potent means ; namely , substantial support , and self-employment . The Lecturer here dwelt on the nature ot the grievances of the stockingers and other trades ; reduced them , as he said , to one common focus , showing they could be dealt with readily by the National Association . Mr . J ., after showing by facts and figures the immense amount of wealth the workers could accumulate , coacludcd by a sou ! stirring appeal to unite in theircommon cause as children of one common parent , against their one common enemy , amidst the loud applause of the meeting .

      The following resolutions were proposed , seconded , and carried unanimously . — " That we , the Stockingers of Hawich , in public meeting assembled , highly approve uf the principles now advocated , and empower the secretary to make the necessary arrangements , and convene a meeting of the body to decide on our adhesion . " " That a public meeting of the trades generally of Hawich , be called on Tuesday evening , to hear a lecture from Mr . Jacobs . " Votes of thanks were passed to the Missionary and Chairman , the Missionary replied , and the meeting broke up .

      Tuesday evening—The public meeting of the trades of Hawich was held in the Town Hall , when Mr . Jacob * delivered a powerful lecture in bis former style ; which , as it bore expressly on the same subject , we need not give here . At the close , a resolution in favour of the association was carried , and a District Committee formed , consisting of three Weavers , three Spinners , three Knitters , and one or two of several trades , whose duties are to arrange and enrol the several bodies in the association . After the usual votes of thanks and replies , the meeting separated . The Committee having arranged for their first meeting , adjourned . N . B . —The Frame Knitters here are all in the woollen line .

      GLASGOW . The district sub-committee met on Friday evening , Mr . Jacobs , missionary , and Mr . J . Laurie , district secretary , reported progress , when , after arrangements for the district secretary to attend trades meeting in the town during the absence of the missionary , it was agreed to get up a public meeting in the City Hall , to consider the propriety of the whole of the trades of this city joining the National Trades Association , and that T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., President , be requested to honour the city by taking the chair on that occasion .

      PAISLEY NEWTOWN . A public meeting ol * the weavers of tho Newtown district , duly convened by placard , was held on Saturday evening , at the Philosophical Hall , to hear a lecture from Mr . Jacobs , the missionary , who commenced by alluding to the heading of the placard" Wealth for the Weavers . " He doubted not that many thought this out of their reach ; he would in his address prove that by union they could accumulate vast wealth , and remove all the grievances they had groaned under for so many years . Mr . J . went into the question of grievances in an able and extensive manner , showing tho new mode in which the Association would deal with them and remove them altogether . The lecturer wa » frequently applauded , but the closing appeal to union drew forth three rounds of the most rapturous approbation . Thanks were duly given to tho missionary and chairman , and arrangements made for the adhesion of the district .

      Several deputations fiom the other districts- attended to invite the missionary to lecture to tbeir bodies . Mr . J . requested t hem to meet together and arrange such days as would suit him on his raturn from Aberdeen , from whence he would write them . A report was read from Mr . Dunn , tho society ' s agent iu Sunderland , to the following effect > - On Monday evening last , a general meeting of the Sawyers of Sunderland was held in the long room ot the Dun Cow Hotel , Bishopwearmouth . Mr . Vfm . Walshaw in the chair . After the business of the trade was disposed of ,

      Mr . James Dunn , the Secretary , addressed the meeting on their initiation with the National Association of United Trades , and stated that he had bean appointed as an agent for the Association . After which ho read the rules which ho had at their request drawn up tor their branch , which is called the Sunderland Sawyers branch of the National Association of Unite , j Trades , All the rules were approved of , and were passed unanimously . One hundred and forty-eight members wore enrolled iu the Branch Association . Votea of than ' ** were passed to T . S . Dunooml o , Esq ., M . ; t \ . for his kindaess and caadea » eii 3 iou ia

      The Cer.Tral Committee Held Their Usual ...

      so zealously aiding the working men in their great struggle to obtain a fair remuneration for their labour , and to improve their moral and physical condition ; and to the editor of the Northern Star for devoting a portion of the columns of that liberal paper to the cause of the National Association ol United I rades , « , ? .. * " ¦ re 80 ! ? to support the Northern Star to ™» . rf ^ thc , r abilit y- and that Henceforth a ^ fiH £ . * be fi , ed for , he us 00 tthc The meeting then adjourned Messrs . Buckby and Winter ' , agents for Leicester and neighbourhood , reported as foCs :-! JThcy had held a meeting at Silsby , which was very numerously attended the result of which was the passing * resolution in favour of the Association and one of the largest employersin that village consented to act upon the committee .

      Prom Mr . Lenegan . the agent for Wigan and district , the following report was received , on the 25 rh of January . Addressed a public meeting of Uwdloom Weavers , at Standish , it was a good meeting and they resolved to join forthwith , also the same evening addressed a meeting of Bricklayers in Wigan , at which the following resolution was adopted , viz . — " That we , the Bricklayers of Wigan , dobring tinquestion of National Association before our district committee , in order to induce them to join the same . " On the 26 th , attended a meeting of the Wood-turners of Wigan , the result of which was the passing of the following resolution ;—

      "That we , the Wood-turners of Wigan , having every confidence in the Notional Aasociation , pledge ourselves to do all in our power to carry out its glori ous objects , and that the Central Committee be requested to send Mr . Lcnegan to our various Lodges to explain the principles of the National Union , anil that Mr . Lene ^ an be requested to attend a general Deleeate Meeting of our trade on the It of February . " On the 28 th , visited Leith and addressed the Silkpickers , when they passed a vote of confidence in the Association . On tho 29 th , in the same place , attended a Public Meeting of all trades , there were not less than 2 , ( W 0 persons present : at the close of a very lengthened and animated address , the following resolution w . iscarried unanimously

      ;" That we , the trades ot Leith , having heard Mr . Lenegan so eloquentl y expound the principles of the National Association for the protection of Industry and employment of Labour , believe them to be preferable to any mere loci ! union , and we hereby pledge ourselves to become members thereof , aud to use our best endeavours to induce our brethren to do tliv .-same . " Three Cheers were given for Mr . Donovan , and three for the Lecturer , and the meeting separated h'ghly gratified- Also attended a Meeting of Shoemakers who resolved to join immediately . —

      Mr , Green reported that he and Mr . Rubson had attended a meeting of Boiler-makers at Greenwich which was not very numerously attended in consequence of a large number of their lodye having to work overtime that evening , it was resolved they should attend next Monday eveninc rt the Ship and Billett , to explain the principles and > bjectscf the National Association . Mr , Bush reported he had attended a meeting of the Carpenters of Stratford , who passed resolntsons favourable to the Association . It was then resolved , that £ 200 be paid to the Board of Directors as a further instalment on the five hundred shares held by thim in that Association . At a Quarterly General Meeting of tho Ladies' Shoemakers of the City of London , Mr . R-ib-on explained the position of the so called Warringtm Conspirators , when it was unanimously resolvei ) to enter into a subscription to be transmitted to the Central Curamitteeof the National Association , to defend those persecuted trade-unionists .

      The Central Committee beg to appeal to those bodies in union with them and others , to raise subscriptions to defend the " Warrington Conspirators , " and transmit the same to the Office of the Association , 11 , Tottenham Court Road , London .

      Police Entdu'gewe,

      police EntdU ' gewe ,

      Monday Marlbohough-Stlteet.—Yaw Attempts...

      MONDAY MARLBOHOUGH-STltEET . —Yaw Attempts to Reclaim a Viiugo . —Bridget M'Guir « , u young Irishwoman , was charged with having wilfully brokt-u upwards of 20 panes of glass in the house of a lady named Stubhs , Xo . 1 , Mattdox Street , where she had rt-cently lived as servant . The prisoner was about a year ago brought to this court , charged with having stolen raouey from the cash box of her master , a coffee shop keeper in Ilupert . street . The evidence was sufficiently conclusive to induce the m ijristrate to commit her tor trial . As she passed through the office to the lock up cell she managed to seize a pint pot , with which she attacked her late nmter with savage violence , and inflicted serious wounds on hi « head . She was tried and convicted , and sentenced to a short imprison

      raent . Her plausibility of manner , and ter repented denial of her guilt , so far interested one of the visiting magistrates as to induce him to procure her transfer to Hanwell , on the supposition that she was partially deranged . She was dismissed from Hanwell after a short confinement , as the medical men pronounced her quite sane , but of an incurably sulky and vicious disposition . On her liberation she came to this court , and broke a number of windows . She was apprehended and sent to the House of Correction , declariui ; that she would do the same thing as soon as she obtained her liberty . True to her wurd , the morning she was discharged she came to the court aud broke some more windows . She was again committed . When discharged site came to th .- court a third time , and was about to bre ^ k more windows , when

      she was taken before Mr . Ilardwick before she could effect ber intention . Mr . Hard wick reasoned with the young woman on the folly and uselessuess of her conduct . Tho young woman said she had been wrongfully imprisoned , and ber clothes detained from her , and helng without a character or friends , she was perfectly indifferent as to what became of her , and she was , therefore , quite as well pleased to be in prison as out , Mr . Hardwick thought there was a possibility of reclaiming this young woman , and he set about making the experiment . The young woman was clothed well and decently ; an excellent service was found her at No . I , Maddox Street , the lady kindly consenting to aid Mr . Hardwiek ' s benevolent speculation , by overlooking the doubtful state of the young

      woman a character , For some time the young woman conducted herself tolerably well , and so far the experiment appeared to he successful . Kt-ceutl . v , however , she began to show symptoms of being tired of the restraint of a respectable mode of life and to manifest a desire for change . On Saturday week she came to the court to tell the magistrate that she meant to leave her place , as she did not like tho ways of her mistress , and last Saturday she came to tho court to say she had I * ft , and that her mistress would not give her such a character as would get her a place such as she liked , She was now placed at the bar charged with having got into Mrs . S : ubb || s house , and commenced the work of destruction on the windows . The damage done was £ 10 , She was sent for two mouths to prison by Mr Bingham ,

      WANDSWORTH . — Suspected Child Muudeb . — Amongst the charges entered upon the Clapham sheet , was one against Catherine Shnughnessy , aged 37 , a single woman , who is suspected of having murdered her newlytorn male infant . Police-sergeant Moore stated , that in consequence of information he received he went on Saturday afternoon , at two o ' clock , to the house of a Mrs , Paynter , in North Street , Clapham , and asked her if a woman hud not been Confine ! in her house that morning . She admitted that such . was the fact , mul that the woman was then up-stairs in bed . Witness procured the

      attendance of the parish officer , anil proeeedtd with him to visit the woman . Ou entering the room witness saw a finegrown male child lying on the table ; it was dead . Itappeared to have been injured ; there were marks of vio . lence on the base of the skull , which was soft and swollen , from further inquiries witness made lie considered it necessary to place the mother under the surveillance of the police until she was in a fit state to be brought to that court . Mr . Ciire directed that the accused should be brought up on that day fortnight , or sooner if she was able to attend , and that iu the mean time she should be properly watched by the police .

      TUESDAY . CLERKENWELL . — Alleged Seduction and As . saults . —Yesterday , Mr . Patrick Uiordan , upholsterer , of No . 11 , Cross-street , Hatton-gavden , and Margaret Riordnu , his wife , a portly , well-formed woman , were , charged by Thomas William Cutsen , a young Irishman with having violently assaulted him . The complainant stated that , on Friday afternoon last , about live o ' clock be was at a public-house in Cross-street , Hation-gnrden , standing before the bar , when the male defendant entered , armed with a stick , and struck biro a tremendous blow with it on tho back part of the heau \ which for the moment stupined him . He turned round , when defendant aimed a second blow at him , but he warded it off with his arm . Witness called out . " Don ' t let him murder

      me , " and he made his way into the street , where he was met by Ms * . Riordan , who struck and ' kicked him , whilst she called him a " vagabond" & ad " scoundrel . " He ran away , when she pwsuedhira and again struck him , and kieked him . Ho called out " Pi > lice , " "Murder , " but they escaped into , their house . Mr . Combe asked . Mr . Riordan what he had to say ? Mr . Riordan—My wife lias nothing to do with it . 1 committed the as . sault . That fellow seduced my daughter whilst ! was absent from home with my wife , and fie will not let us know where she i » . Mr , Combo , to prosecutor—Do you know where she is ? Prosecutor—1 do ; and I assure you she is as virtuous now as when she left her father ' s house . There is certainly an attachment between us .

      She left owing to her father ' s ill-treatment to her . Mr , Combe inquired the age of the daughter ? Mr . Riordan —She is twenty-six years of age . In answer to questions , prosecutor said he had lodged iu Mr , Riordan ' s house upwards of twelve months . The daughter and and himself left thff fathers houseon Thursday last . Mr . Riordan—Pray , who did you employ to remove property from my houao ( luring our absence ? Vrosocutov—1 am not bound to answer that question . Mr , Combu told the prosecutor that he miglitiudlct at the sessions . The defendants were ordered to put in bail , two sureties iu £ 20 each , and themselves iu £ 40 , to answer the charges at I the sessions ; and the parties were bound over to prose , ' cute . Mr . Riordan—How am I to get my daughter back , your worship t Mr , Combe ^ Sbe is twenty- *!

      Monday Marlbohough-Stlteet.—Yaw Attempts...

      years of nge » Mr . Riordan—Then how am I to get m property that was surreptitiously taken away from my house ! Mr . Mallett , the clerk—That will bo settled it the sessions , Mr . Riordan procured the required bail . LAMBETH . — Yoono Oxfobd ' s Mothbb Aoaisj . —Mrs , Ann King , the mother of young Oxford , who shot at the Queen , was charged with having been drunk and disorderly , and with having annoyed her son-in . bw . The prisoner subsequently to the trial and conviction of her son got married to a gentleman at Abingdon , in Berk , shire , but their tempera being utisuittd , they soon sepa .

      rated , and lived apart . Soon after their separation her husband commenced an action against a coachmnker for crim . con ., and recovtred small damages . A suit was subsequently instituted in Doctors' Commons , which terminated in a judgment of divorce . This led to the loss of a separate maintenance on the part of the wife , and latterly Mrs , King has given way to intemperance . Her sonin-law did not appear against her , but the policeman proved quite enough to cause Mr . Elliott to convict her in a penalty of 20 s . for the offence , or in default to be committed to prison for fourteen days . The prisoner , who has more than once before been brought to this court , subsequently paid the penalty and was discharged .

      WORSHIP-STREET . —Hobse CuAUNTiKa—Samuel Jones , a smart looking young man , who described himself as a horse dealer , living at No . 6 , Hertford Place , Kingsland , was placed at the b ; ir , before Mr . Arnold , the newly appointed magistrate , on a charge of having fraudulently obtained £ G from Mr . Thomas Heason , a goldsmith and jeweller . From the complainant ' s statement it appeared that one day , six weeks ago , he was accosted in Shoreditch by a respectable looking man , who appealed to him on tho subject of a horse that he wanted to purchase from the prisoner , who was riding it . The prisonvr objected , saying that the horse belonged to his unele , who was a very rich man , and did not care to a . 11 it at all , and would not , on any event , allow it to be sold to that person , who had overreached him in a former bargain . The other offered to give £ 10 for it , and seemed very anxious to have it , and he told the complainant aside that he would give him a sovereign to assist him in the purchase of the animal ,

      which he amrmed to bo worth much more than the sum offered . They all adjourned to the Railway Tavern to dweuea tlie matter , anil drink gin and water , and tlie would-be purchaser produced his £ 10 ; battue scrupulous prisoner refused to aiwpt him as a purchaser , as that would be deceiving his uncle , although he would consent to sell it to any one else At length the complainant was induced to act for the other . Ho went home , acouipanied by them , anil procured six sovereigns , and the first man having put four more into his hand , they returned to a corner , wheio a boy was holding the horse , and the com . plainant handed the £ 10 to the prisoner , who had no sooner got possession of the money than he snatched off » cloth which covered the animal , and ran off down tho street . The other man also disappeared , and the complainant found himself left with a most wretched animal , which had since been sold to a knacker for 23 s . Mr . Arnold remanded the prisomr , who , being unable to procure bail , was conveyed to prison .

      WEDNESDAY . MANSION-HOUSE . —Rongeur of Diamonds , —R 0 Kerr , captain of the barque Leveiibide , whose case appeared in the provincial portion > f otir paper , was charged " ith having , -tolen two parcels of dia . tnonds of the value of £ 3 . 000 ., which were intrusted fo him to convey t * the port of London from Bahia , Tbe prisoner had left his vessel and come ashore in a boat with the diamonds , and as soon as the persons to whom they were consigned learned that the captain had disappeared with them , a warrautwas put into thehands of John and Daniel Forrester , who after having traced them from place to place with extraordinary skill and activity at last pounced upon him in France , and hurried him away to London with great expedition , having found upon hi-: \ about £ 300 , some ef which was in Bank of England notes , which had been paid in the Commercial Bank for a cheque drawn for the amount of a portion of the diamonds . Mr . John M'Millon , part owner of the barque Levensidc , of Greenock , statedthnt Robert

      Kerr , the prisoner , was the master of that vessel . From information which the witness had received , he had reason to believe that the prisoner had received certain diamonds to come to this country . The prisoner ' s " receipt for two packages of diamonds were upon the tnVa ot ladtug , and it was the duty of the captain to bring them to the port of London . The value , as appeared from the bills of lading , was £ 3 , 300 . The vessel had been re . ported in the port of London , and witness bad seen tho manifest , in which the diamonds had been referred to . One of the parcels was consigned to Messrs . Costello and Co ., and the other to Messrs . Schooeder and Co ,, Mr . F . Costello , of the house of Costello and Co ., stated that 'Ho fi'm h » d received the bill of lading , bat net tlie diamonds . The prisoner was then remanded till Tueaday next . The prisoner" it was stated in ths justiceroom , was plundered of almost all the money he possessed himself of by the robbery before he quitted town , with the exception of that which John Forester took from him , and forty guineas , the price of which he gave for a gold watch upon selling tbe diamonds .

      CLERKENWELL—ExTRAonniNABi Cask Mr . G . Lardner , a smartly . dressed young man , carrying on the business of a stavmaker with his wife , at No . 8 , Montpe . lier-promenade , and in Pittville-street , Cheltenham , was charged by Mrs . Elisa Smith , a lady of property , and said to be the widow of an officer , residing at No . 19 , Eastitreet ,, Lamb ' s Conduit-ssreet , with having stolen a quantity of jewellery , a coat , seven shirts , and othorptoperty . —The prosecutrix ,. who was dressed in the height of fashion , being perfectly enveloped in a nun ' s black veil , by which her face was completely precluded from public view , was supported into Court apparently in a weak and fainting state . She evinced an evident reluctance to prosecute the prisoner , but wished to have her property restored to her . —It appears that a few days ago , she applied to Mr . Combe for his advice and

      assistance , informing him that » he was residing tt Chelten ham , where she accidentally met with a gentleman who importuned her to accompany him to London . She eonsented to do so , and on their arrival they took apart * ments in East-street , Lamb ' s Conduit-street , where thoy lived together for a short time as man and wife , when he left her , taking with him the property alluded to . Ha had sent her a letter , " bidding tier adieu for ever , " and she had no doubt he had returned to Cheltenham . Mr . Combe referred her to the police in the district of her residence , and it would appear that she subsequently did apply to Inspector Rawley , E division , and she accompanied an officer to Cheltenham , to identify ihe prisoner , which being done , he was brought up to London . The prosecutrix being sworn , said she did not wish to

      prosecute . Mr . Combe—You cannot bavo the property restored to you unless you do so . In answer to questions , she said she lived upon her property . She bai known the prisoner one month . She met him at Cheltenham , where she resided . He was a stay maker , at No . 8 , Montpelier Promenade . The prisoner questioned the prosecutrix , and she how admitted that she had allowed him to wear the rings and otV « articles . Mr . Combe said there was no cose of steal . t ; made out . He discharged the prisoner . Prisoner ( crying ) . —I never expected to ho in this disgraceful position . If it reaches Cheltenham , I shall be ruined . He Said he should be happy to return to the prosecutrix all that she claimed . He joined b « r in the waiting room , when she pretended to faint , and he began to show attention to her , and they left together apparently on friendly terms .

      MARYLEBONE . —Robbsbt bt a Goaro ott tub Gbeat Western Railway . —Charles Oirger , a guard , in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company , was brought up for final examination , on the chorge of having stolen a parcel containing U sovereigns and some silver , the property of the company above alluded to . The evidence given on the previous occasion wt-nt to shew that on Friday , the 22 d ult ., the prisoner had seven pareels containing money delivered to him at tho Paddington Terminns ; and it was his duty to havs left them at various stations on the line , that the weekly payments might bo made to constables aud others employed . The prisoner left all the parcels correctly with the exception of the one in question , which ought to

      have been given up by him at Swindon for transmission . to Cirencester , and on his defalcation being made known he was suspended by Mr , Collari , chief inspector of tho police . A parcel was brought from his lodgings at Newton , near Exeter , and in it was found thirty sovereigns , and a half . Directions were given for the prisoner to-beapprehended , and on Sunday morning last he was captured iu Sresse-street , Rnthbone Place , The prisoner , who admitted his euilt . was ramanded . ani yesturduy so . veral additional witnesses nesossary to the completion of the case were present . They ,, however , wm-o v . ct examined , as the magistrate derided upon sending the prisons ! iato Wiltshire for trial , the offence having , been , committed in that county , He was accordingly handed : over to the custody of Mr . CoUard .

      BO-W . STREET . — Assault by a Doa . KVNttKa . — Michael Leary , a dog-fauciec , was brought hef-Jtii 14 ;» Henry on a warrant , changad with having committed aa , unpnovokid and aggravated assault upon John A-tclialot , a horse slaughterman residing in Cow-cross , bap . peared from tho evideuae- for the prosecution- thsA tl . o pasties , who were not known to each other ,, iret an '; h » - night of the 18 th Jannnry at the White- Hprse pur diehouse , in Short's-gandeiis , Drury-laue , where a iet was made by the prosecution l » at his dog wo ^ ld . kilt < m »» hun . dredrats in seven minutes . The prisonm' u »»« diatelj laid 5 to i against tho dog , and the rats , beiixj ! li > j loose , a dispute arose ia consequence of Uv > prisia & r ana his friends considering that the proceedings , wen * not fairly

      conducted , on which , he demanded that tho sta ' kes , nliich were held by the prosecutor , should be gmy up , but this was not acceded to , as the match was u » t allowed to b > decided ., Tha prosecutor then kit w .- . H . ' •¦ » -i - home , and being followed by the piUm ; er . i t to pick the . son ' s pocket ; but uo ' - iiu-ce .-dioi , •¦>>¦ , ; r : r--theproseeutwaBevMeblow on : )> . ¦ i < -frU > -. \ \ •< - " , blunt instrument , supposed , to b . ... >> pv , ,., - ' felled him to the ground , and ti . » > Wi ' v > :- ^ •' ¦ .- -. to repeat the blow when he wa . ; pr ^ en o .. - . w secular had buencver since conriieii to ni- ! i . ?•• ;> ¦ der medical treatment . Mr . Henry ordereu iii « pris „;\ : to put in bail to answer the charge at the next Middlesex Sessions .

      Fall In Ihk Pkicb Ov Brsab.—On Tuesday, ...

      Fall in ihk Pkicb ov Brsab . —On Tuesday , in consequence of the sudden fall of tho price ol flour and wheat at market , aud the supplies oi' every description of corn , the bakers at the West end reduced the 41 b . best bread to Did , and 10 d ., aud the seeoua rate SJd . and W . in the Black friars-road . At Whitcchapel aud some other diatricM , good , breadcan be obtained at 8 d . the 41 b . leaf .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06021847/page/5/