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      for members of Parliament to enable them to secure a seat in that house for the purpose of obtaining some dirty star--or garter—( a laugh ) , of a peerage , or the more idiotic purpose of obtaining a baronetage . ( A . laugh . ) Many mechanics were above that sort of practice , and it would do the peers good to go more to the hustings and mix with such men . Sow that the subject had been mooted , he should have very great pleasure in voting that this resolution should be expunged . If , after warning now gravely given , they solemnly adhered to the resolution , they must not blame him if he called on them on an early day to enforce it , his confident opinion being , that in almost aU elections , especially county elections , both peers and prelates largely concerned themselves . fH « ar , hear . ) ' _ , ^

      Mr . Hohe regre tted that he had so often been obliged to can on the house not to stultify itself . Why , there was scarcely a society of mechanics in the country that would shown resolution to remain on their boohs which it was their constant practice to violate . It might be very true that the Government were not more interested in maintaining tliis resolution than Hon . Members in general ; but ona Minister was as good as fifty members behind him , for th ? y would only look to their fugleman and vote accordingly . He had nonobjection to let peers go to the hustings , for they would learn there what they could not become acquainted with in their retirement . But let the house act on the . principles of common sense , and either abrogate this resolution , or carry it into fuH effect , v Thc gallery was cleared for a division , hut none tooh place , the resolution having been adopted . Mr . Ghabtebis brought up the report of the Address to her Majesty . On the question that it be read a second time .

      Mr . Heme regretted that , though her Majesty in the Address was congratulated on the prosperity of the finances , there was no mention of any relief for the people , either in the shape of reduced taxation or in the diminution of duties hrposed upon articles of primary necessity essential to the support and employment of the lower classes . He considered the conduct of her Majesty ' s Government on the question of Tahiti deserved the thanks of the country , for they had shown firmness , first in demanding the reparation which the honour of our flag required , and next in settling that reparation amicably . He hoped that what they had done would consolidate that good understanding between England and France which was so jiecessarj- to thc maintenance of peace throughout thc world . He trusted that he should yet find Ministers combining economy and retrenchment with those principles of free trade which some hon . gentlemen thought ruinous to the country , but which he believed to be absolutely necessary for its welfare and for the development of Its resources .

      M ? . W . WlLUAUs discoursed on the necessity of economy and retrenchment , as the financial condition of the country was by no means so prosperous as it was stated in the Address . He condemned the vast amount of our expenditure Tmring the last year , and defied the Government tojustf j it Mr . S . Cbawfobb regretted that the speech did not contain a promise that a measure should be immediately introducedinto Parliament founded on the recommendations of the Commission on the Tenure of Land in Irelaud . He never knew the state of Ireland so lawless as it was at present ; audit wonld be impossible to improve it till some law were passed regulating the condition of landlord and tenant . He fully agreed in that paragraph of the Address which spoke of the subordination and loyalty of the poorer classes in England ; hut he must not conceal firom the Bohsc that there was an increasing discontent among the labouringpopulation arising out of the operation of the New Poor Law .

      Mr . Wallace , although offering no opposition to the Address , wished to guard himself against being supposed to acquiesce iu the continuance of the income tax . Sir R . Feel said that nothing could be more cautiously worded than the Address , for it bound no one in any matter whatever . It only suggested certain things , and was not meant by her Majesty ' s Government to commit any onenpoa . that subject . Nothing could be more unjust than to do so , and he never should hold aU acquiescence in the present Address to bind any Hon . Gentleman to vote for the continuance of the income tax ( hear , hear ) .

      Mr . iYaklet thought the improved discipline on the other side gave a pretty clear intimation of what the result would be ; and he could anticipate with tolerable accuracy the fate of the consideration which would be given to the subject of the income tax —( hear , and a laugh . ) A property tax would receive the general approval of the people of the country , and he believed a more popular tax could not be proposed ; but the Bight Hon . Baron would find a large portion of the community averse to the continuance of a tax upon incomes derivable from trades and professions : they were ^ of opinion that if a sliding scale was applicable at all to taxation , it was strictly applicable to the difference between incomes derived from real property and those derived from trade . The Sight Hon . Baronet would finda renewal of the tax

      in its present shape exceedingly unpopular . If , however , the Right Hon . Baronet would remove those taxes which interfered with the operations of trade and commerce , those taxes which injured labour , and pressed upon the necessaries of life , probably thc present system of taxation with respect to income would be borne without complaint for a short time longer . The Bight Hon . Baronet seemed to , infer , in the Address , that no distress prevailed amongst the masses of the people ; but he ( Mr . 'Waklcj } believed that at the present moment the greatest possible distress and privation existed amongst die unskilled labourers , although hon . members saw little of their deplorable condition . It was impossible to picture their calamities and sufferings so as adequately to describe them ( hear , hear ) . He trusted the

      Bight Hon . Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department would introduce a bill to alter the law of settlement , and that a committee would be appointed to inquire into the real state and condition of the class of people to whom he allufcl , in order that their circumstances might be made known to the house and the country . The It oval speech certainly contained but little of promise ; but he was glad to find that several measures , of which no intimation had been given in thc speech , had been announced by tlie membersofherMajesty ' s Government , and amongst them the bUl to which he had just alluded . He was glad to find that the bill was to be introduced at so early a eriod , hut it would give him much greater gratification if the Right Hon . Gentleman would abolish the law of settlement altogether . It was impossible to depict the

      horrors , the miseries , and the tortures' which were endnred by the poor under the existing law . What was the common practice I When a labourer who had gone to a distance and married and reared a family , happened CO die , his wife was frequently obliged to apply to the parish ibr relief , What was the answer given to her application I " Well give yon a loaf or two of bread , or a shilling , but if you come again we shall give you an order to be received into thc house , and , when the time prescribed by law expires , we shall pass you home . " 'Home V says the poor creature , " What home % " The reply is , "Tour husband ' s settlement , " The poor woman then says , "Why , Be came 100 miles from where I am now living , twenty years ago , and I know no person living In the conntry , and never saw one of his relations . " The

      answer of the relieving officer is , "We cannot alter the law ; we are under the necessity of acting in this manner ; and if yon apply again , we shall pass yon to your settlement . " Would the poor woman apply again ? No , she would rather suffer aU thc miseries of starvation , and allow her uf & pring to die from starvation , than apply again , when such a threat was held out He knew that it was the intention of the Bight Hon . Bart , to mitigate this evil to ' some extent . The hill of last session went a considerable way towards mitigating the present evils , but he trusted the Right Hon . Bart , was now prepared to go further , and that he would meet those evils in a held and masculine spirit , and put an end'to such a state of things . ( Hear , hear . ) Her Majesty ' s speech contained no intimation withregard to the Poor Laws . That question was still

      unsettled , but it was impossible for the law to remain much longer in its present state . One fact was worth a thousand suppositions or hypotheses , and ho would state what had occurred under his own observation on Saturday lastj . & s a specimen of what was continually occurring in all tiie Poor Law unions of England . Apoorlabouringman of good character , only twenty-six years of age , died in a state of extreme misery in a parish in this county . Six weeks before , his wife had been living at the parish of Iver , ' in BucMnghamshire . They thera became chargeable , and during three weeks an expense of some 40 s . or 45 s . was incurred . But just before the three weeks expired , finding that he was to be passed home as a pauper , he went to another parish , where a furnished room was procured , the furniture in which was not worth 2 s . The parish authorities of Iver took the man and his wife ont of their

      lodgings and carried them to the door of the overseer of the parish to which they belonged , and said— " Here are fhe parties—wc have brought them home to you . " Immediately after this they were allowed to return to their lodgings again . The poor man being out of work , and his wife Dong ill , they were reduced to a state of most miserable privation . The man said at last , "Ton must go to the relieving-officer—we must have some sustenance or we shall die . " Row let the house look at the consequences of the size of the unions , and not allowing relief to be administered in the parish as in former times . The woman , in a state of extreme feebleness , left her home , her husband being at the time without either money or food , and proceeded to the relieving-officer at Hillingdon , a distance of five miles . She there stated their distressed condition . The officer said that she

      must go to the doctor , and if he gave an order for relief , she should have it . From Hillingdon she travelled to Uxbridge , and saw Mr . Rayner , the district doctor , who promised to go to the cottage . The poor woman then returned home without having procured anything to afford her husband the slightest succour , having travelled a distance of eleven miles . The medical man arrived a few minutes afterwards ; and his exclamation was , " Tbu are starving ; yon are in want of the necessaries of life . " He gave an order on the relieving-officer , and the poor woman had again to walk a distance of five miles . And what did she then receive ! An order for 3 s . worth of goods on some grocer . She received the value in goods . The money was not given to her , to enable her to purchase what she really required . She then had to proceed horn * , having walked a distance of twenty-one miles in a state of suffering and disease . And this was what Hon . Members had thefoDy , orthe wickedness , or the cruelt y , to call fun & h ^ jniUof to the destitute poor . ( Hear , hear . ) The maa ' i constitution was broken down and destroyed

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      for want of food ; lock-jaw afterwards came on , and on Tuesday week he died . Now he ( Mr . Wakley ) asked , was that state of things to continue ? Did the gentry , the nobility , and the wealthy people of England believe that their Eves andproperty could be secure so long as the poor of England were thus treated ! , ( Hear , hear . ) Was not such a system pregnant with danger to them every moment of their lives ? Did they believe that the millions of England could he satisfied under these circumstances ? Could they expect the people to yield cheerful obedience to thelaw ? He ( Mr . Wakley ) said they could not ; and he would say , further , that they ought not to be advised to do so . Hthey werenot discontented , and if they did not manifest their discontent , ihey would be unworthy thc name of Englishmen ; and it was impossible to expect that in limes of danger they would exhibit that courage

      and manliness which they had displayed in former times . He trusted what he had said would induce the Right Hon . Baronet to make some inquiry into the subject . The Right Hon . Baronet , during the last session , shewed himself desirous of modifying tho law . He listened most attentively and considerately to every suggestion made to him , and did not reject them from any preconceived opinions or prejudices , but gave them a most calm and attentive consideration , stating the reasons wluch induced him to oppose them . He begged the Right Hon . Baronet to investigate the case which he-had brought before the house , if the same state of things did not prevail throughout England . If such should be found to be the case , the Right Hon . Baronet could not hesitate to introduce a bill toaltcr such an odious and abominable state of the law . In reference to thc present position of Ireland and

      the "liberal Irish members , " Air . Wakley said : —The remarks made by my Hon . Friend the member for Rochdale have recalled to my mind what is going on in Ireland , and what is stated in the address to her Majesty respecting that country . It appears to me that the statement in the address , and the fact of what is going on in Ireland , are rather inconsistent . ( Hear , hear . ) The address states that all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects are yielding a cheerful obedience to the law , yet the house has been informed by the lion . Member for Rochdale that a large portion of the population of Ireland is in a lawless state . With respect to the grievances of Ireland , one would be anxious for bygones to be bygones ; and I have no desire to follow the course adopted last night , and rake up old grievances for the purpose of producing

      discord . ( Hear , hear . ) My belief is , that the Right Hon ., Gentleman at the head of the Government desires to do justice to Ireland , and I hope that the Right Hon . Gentleman's friends will let him do justice . ( Hear , hear . ) I sincerely hope that the benevolent intentions of the -Right "Honourable Gentleman will not be thwarted by those who sit near and around him—that is to say , by his ordinary supporters . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) it certainly does seem strange that it should be stated in the address that everything is going on satisfactorily in Ireland , and that discontent has almost disappeared , while we find that only on Monday last a resolution was adopted at the Repeal Association intimating to the Irish members that they need not attend to their duties in this house . The resolution

      states— " That , however desirable it may be that a discussion should . take place in the House of Commons with a view to expose the injustice of the proceedings connected with the late state trials , this association is so deeply impressed with a sense of the hopelessness of obtaining redress for the wrongs of Ireland froni the Imperial Parliament , that we cannot recommend that thc Irish members should becaUedfupon to attend such discussion . " I agree with those who consider that Ireland has been an ill-used country ; but let us anticipate better things . ( Hear . ) I must state that since I have been in the House of Commons , though the Irish members have made loud complaints against our conduct , and though I believe we have merited their complaints , yet I have never seen proceeding from the Irish members anv

      ! series of measures such as they would place on the ! table of their own Parliament , supposing they had one in College-green . ( Loud criesof "Hear , hear . " ) Now , Ido say , that in this respect they have not been acting justly by us , orwisely by themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) If they would frame such measures as they might deem best calculated V > promote the interests and welfare of Ireland , and submit them to the consideration of the Imperial Parliament , and if the Imperial Parliament incurred the . responsibility of rejecting them , my firm conviction is that the people of England would demand repeal , and concur with the Irish representatives in obtaining it ; because the English people love justice , and do not desire to see any portion of the

      population in a state of pereecution . They regard Ireland as a persecuted country , and as not placed under equal laws . In-my opinion , the wrongs of Ireland remain to this horn-unredressed , and in order that I and other English gentlemen who desire to do justice to Ireland may be relieved from thc difficulty in which we are placed , I would conclude by expressing an earnest hope that the Irish members , without delay , will frame such measures as they deem best calculated to promote the interests of their country ; and then , if they should be rejected , the resnonsibihty will be on our heads . ( Cheers . ) The report on the Address was then agreed to , and the Address was ordered to be presented by thc whole house to her Majesty . The house then adjourned , at a quarter to eight o ' clock ,

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      HOUSE OF LORDS-Thubsoay , Feb . 6 . No business was done , their Lordships merely assembling to accompany the Lord Chancellor in presenting the Address to her Majesty .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —TnunsnAY , Feb . 6 . The business of the Houseof Commons commenced at half-past four o'clock by the reception of her Majesty's answer to the Address , which the house presented to her Majesty in person in the course of the afternoon .

      IjAW OF SETTLEMENT . Sir J . GrBAHAM said he had already intimated his intention tolling in a bill to alter and consolidate the laws of settlement . If the house would not object , it would be most convenient if he took an early opportunity to introduce that bill ; he , therefore , proposed to introduce it on Tuesday next . - He had also mentioned yesterday that it was his intention to move on Tuesday se ' nnight , for leave to introduce a bill for thc regulation of medical practice . A long discussion took place on a motion made by Lord G . . Somerset , for leave to bring in a series of bills for consolidating the clauses of different bills relative to companies , lands , and railways . Leave was given to bring in the bills .

      Mr . Cob » en complained of the omission of all reference to agricultural distress'in the Queen ' s speech . He believed that legislation was at the bottom of that distress ; and therefore he proposed that on this occasion , as on all former occasions , there should be a committee to inquire into the cause of it . If the Hon . Member for Somersetshire , to whom he had communicated his intention of proposing such a committee , would agree to support his proposition , they could compel the Government to grant it , as the gentlemen on the Opposition side oi the house who had voted for such a committee last year would ,

      ifjoinedbythe Hon . Member for Somersetshire and his Parliamentary friends of the Protection Society , be too strong for the Right Hon . Baronet opposite to resist them ; all he wanted was the fullest , the fairest , and the most impartial inquiry . He would give the Hon . Member a week or a fortnight to consider of his offer : and in case the Hon . Membcrshould refuse it , he should feel it to be » his duty at the end of that time to renew his motion of last year . Mr . Mubs acknowledged the courtesy of Mr . Cobden , but feared thc kind concert which he proffered , and therefore must be permitted to decline it . His agricultural friends had no intention to apply for

      such a committee . Mr . M . Gibson said , it would be remarkable if thc house , after all its experience , should reject this pro-? iosition for a committee . A corn law was not a com aw without a committee on agireultural distress . There was at present a , new corn law . There was distress consequent on it . Wh y was there not , as on all former occasions , a committee on agricultural distress ? Mr . G . Bankes declined the coalition with thc Anti-Corn Law League which had just been proffered to him by its founder , Mr . Cobden , and assured him that he would oppose the appointment of such a committee as he had proposed . Mr . Bright asserted that thc speeches made by

      those gentlemen who called themselves the defenders of the agricultural interest must convince everyone that they were but hollow supporters of that interest which they undertook to defend . They said that our recent legislation was the cause of agricultural distress . They were themselves , however , parties to that legislation which had produced that distress . They ought , therefore , either to enter npon inquiry and retrace their steps , or else go home to their estates for the purpose of reducing their rents to meet the distress which had resulted from their own unwise legislation . After a bitter attack on the conduct pursued by the landlords , he proceeded to attribute to our present restrictive laws the wretched and impoverished condition of our peasantry , and the wild and uncultivated condition of the land in many parts of the country . In his recent visit to Buckinghamshire , the first thing which

      met his view was land on which you could not employ a sythe for the number ] of ant-hills , and the next was the multitudinous chimnies of . the union workhouse at Aylesbury . All classes of agriculturists were coming to a condition in which they would soon spontaneously come forward to demand a repeal of the Corn Laws . The farmers were scarcely aolf t to pay their rents , and the labouring population was increasing so fast , that employment could not be afforded them . ' Even now there was a fierce competition for that employment at scanty wages ; and , though the landlords would do nothing to protect the labourers against that competition , they came forward in that house and asked for protection for themselves against the competition of foreigners . Mr . S . 0 'Bhtek observed , that he was prepared not only to vote for such a committee as Mr . Cobden had recommended , but also to serve upon it , if it were

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      appointed . He reminded the Hon . Member for Durham , that to get into a passion , and to employ a bullying tone , was not the mode to convince the gentlemen of England of the truth of his doctrines . If Mr . Bright thought that , by such language as he ; had used that night , he could set the labourers and tenantry of England against their landlords , he would soon find that he was lamentably mistaken . Mr . Villters expressed his surprise that the gentlemen opposite should have refused the option which had been given them that evening . He contended that it was owing to the intervention of Providence , and not to any relaxation of the restrictive system , that we were now safe from the dangerous consequences which that system always produced . . Sir R . Peel declared that he would not be drawn

      into this unexpected discussion upon the Corn Laws , which had been brought on without any regular notice . The conduct of Mr . Cobden , and of the gentleman who followed him , was fall of courtesy , and there / ore he listened with the more regret to the vituperations and taunts which Mr . Bright had thrown out against thc landlords of England . It could not be stated with truth that the agricultural interest generally was suffering distress . Different districts in England , Scotland , antLIreland might be in different degrees of comfort ; but , even where there was distress , it was not occasioned by therecent alterations either in the Corn Law or in the tariff . That distress could not be relieved b y legislative intei-ference . A return to thc protective system would not cure it , and even if it would for a time , he would not be the man to re-introduce it .

      Lord J . Manners asked Mr . Bkioht to consider how much fiercer the competition for 'employment among the labouring classes would become , if , in addition to the competition in the home market , there was a fresh stock supplied from foreign countries . Mr . Brothertox contended that we . had now an increasing population—that that population must be fed , and that it could not be fed much longer without the removal of our restrictions on

      commerce . , The Queen ' s speech was then taken "into eomideratiwi , " and after some business of mere form the house adjourned .

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      CLERKENV 7 ELL . Monday . —Chabge of Bigamy . —Cubious Scene . —John CuUen , a stonemason , was brought up on remand , charged with bigamy . —On Saturday the prisoner was brought up , charged with refusing to maintain his lawful wife , Sarah CuUen , who , on that occasion , detailed a series of cruelties practised towards her by the prisoner . Becoming destitute she was at length obliged to take refuge in St . Pancras workhouse , and the prisoner altogether deserted her for the last nine months ; and during that time lived with a young woman , to whom , as his lawful wife deposed , he was married . The charge of "refusing to maintain " merged into the greater one of bigamy , and the prisoner was accordingly transferred from the defendants' to the felons'dook . —Mr . Cator , overseer of St . Pancras , by whom the first charge was brought , produced the certificate of ihe marriage oi the first wife . —The prisoner was on that occasion most insolent , and when apprised of the serious

      nature of the charge , and of its consequences if found guilty of it , said , he knew all about it as well as the magistrate could tell him . —The first wife swore she was married to him in a Koman Catholic chapel in Dublin . —The prisoner set up the plea that such a marriage was invalid ; but it was , of course , overruled at once . —This day the person said to be his second wife , having much of the Gipsy-look , and being rather handsome , was placed in the witness-box . Upon being sworn , she exclaimed , pointing to the prisoner , " That is not my husband . I was not married to that man . " —Mr . Greenwood : What was your maiden name ? —Witness : Overl , —Mr . Greenwood : Do you know the prisoner?—Witness : No ; I , can ' t say that I do . —Mr . Greenwood : Have you not been married to him ? —Witness : No . —Mr . Greenwood : You state that - positively ?—Witness : Yes , positively . —Mr . Greenwood : Have you never seen the prisoner before ? —Witness : Yes , I have seen him . —Mr . Greenwood : Have vou never slept In

      the same room with him 1—Witness . - Never . —The certificate was handed in , describing a marriage to have taken place in St . Marylebone Church on the 22 nd of November , 1810 , between John CuUen , a stonemason , and Mary Overl , spinster . —Mr . Greenwood : Does this certificate refer to you ?—Witness' My name is Mary Overl , and . I was married at the time and place the certificate states to John CuUen , a stonemason ; but the prisoner is not that man . — Mr . Greenwood : Then , where is your husband ?—Witness : I cannot tell . —Mr . Greenwood : When did you see him ?—Witness : Not for the last nine months . —Mr . Greenwood : Did he run away ^— "Witness : He uid . —The clerk re . minded the witness that perjury was a transportable offence , and advised her to be cautious in what she stated . —The woman seemed greatly confused , and said nothing . —Mr . Greenwood ordered her to be again sworn , and the oath having been a second time administered , the magistrate asked her if she still persisted in saying thc prisoner

      was not her husband . "—She said nothing . —Mr . Greenwood : Did the ceremony of marriage ever pass between you ?—The witness was silent . —Mr . Greenwood repeated the question , but the witness maintained a rigid silence . — Mr . Greenwood : You have been sworn to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth . I ask you once more , have you not been married to the prisoner ?—Witness : Am I obliged to answer that question 1—Mr . Greenwood : You are . —Witness : I never was . —The witness had reluctantly admitted that her place of residence was Cooke ' srow , St . Pancras , when the landlord of that house arrived the parties were again brought into court . The landlord swore that he always understood the prisoner to be her husband , but he could state nothing positive on the subject . —The witness was again placed m the witness-box ,

      but she refused to answer a single question . —The parties were again removed , but soon after Mr , Cator , overseer of St . Pancras , stated to the magistrate that the second wife wished to give her evidence . —The prisoner was a third time placed in the dock and the woman'in the witnessbox , when , after much hesitation , she admitted having been married to the prisoner , and having lived with him as his wife for some years after their marriage . She had two children by luro , and the certificate produced referred to the second marriage . The first wife came to then-residence demanding support from the prisoner , who never denied that she was his wife . —The prisoner , when asked for his defence , in a subdued tone of voice said he had nothing to say . He shook his head in a dejected manner , and was remanded for thc production of witnesses to the first marriage , when he wUl be committed for trial .

      WORSHIP-STREET . Monday . —The Laie Mubdbb at Bethnal-gheen . — James Tapping was placed at the bar before Mr . Bingham , at Worship-street Police Court , for final examination , charged with the wilful murder of a young woman named Emma Whiter , thc daughter of a silk-manufacturer in Bethnal-green , to whom he was paying his addresses , by shooting her dead with apistol . The excitement produced by the examination of this prisoner was most extraordinary . Long before the opening of the doors of the court thousands of people had congregated in the street , and when the prison van drove up the pressing of the mob to get a sight of the prisoner , who had expressed his intention of making a full confession of the circumstances of the transaction , accompanied by the exclamations of the men , and the screams and faintings of the women , was terrifying . The instant the prisoner was placed at the bar ( which he entered with a firm step and composed air ) the court became

      densely packed with people of both sexes , numbers of whom were standing upon the benches and every available ledge from which support could be attained , and every witness examined had to undergo a hard struggle to obtain ingress to the witness box . Mr . Cummings , the surgeon who performed the postmortem examination of the deceased's body , was re-examined at coasiderable length , but as it did little more than strengthen the evidence he gave before the coroner , it is only necessary to say that he produced two leaden bullets he had extracted from the young woman ' s head and neck , and expressed his opinion that they had been the cause of death . The witness described the deceased as a handsome and remarkabl y fine made young woman . During the examination of this witness an incident occurred wluch excited tho commiseration of all present . When he arrived at his description of the wound in the deceased ' s throat , the prisoner ' s younger sister , a girl about eighteen years of age , who had stationed herself

      near the door oi the clerk ' s office , and had been watching his evidence with intense anxiety , uttered a piercing scream and fell to thc ground in hysterics . She was im . mediately carried out b y the officers , but it was at least twenty minutes before she had returned to consciousness ; on doing so , she declared that she did not know who was to support or what wonld become of thc family , now that the prisoner was gone , for he had always been a kind and affectionate brother to them . It was stated that the prisoner had supported by his exertions his two orphan sisers a-long time past , and when he heard his sister ' s screams , he seemed much hurt , and watched her out of the court with visible emotion . Serjeant Backhouse having produced a bullet mould , Robert Perkins , a gunmaker , in Sale-street , Bethnal-green , said—I was a neighbour of the prisoner , whom I have known for some years ; the bullet mould produced is mine .: On Saturday week last , at four in the afternoon , the nrisoner broueht the

      pistol produced { that found by the body of the deceased ) to me , to have the top brass work of it repaired , saying that he wanted it as soon as possible , and that I must bring it to him at the Rising Sun , in Waterloo Town . I finished the repairs in an hour and a half , and left it with the prisoner at the house he had told me . On the next day ( Sunday ) , he again called upon me , and asked me to cast four bullets for him to fit thc pistol , which I did in tlie course of half an hour , from the mould now produced and took them to him at thc Rising Sun , and he paid me fourpence for them . The prisoner then asked me for some percussion caps to fit the nipple of the pistol , and I gave h un , w ' * i l ut seven ' askedI * im what he wanted the bullets and the percussion caps for , and he told me he was going to a shooting match the next day . ( The witness inserted the buUets produced by the surgeon into the hullet mould and expressed his conviction that , though theremight be many moulds likeit , those bullets had been cast from the mould

      produced by thc Serjeant . ) The next fresh evidence produced was that of Thomas Crisn a cabinet-maker , who said—About one o ' clock on Tuesdav morning last ( the time of the murder ) I was in the tanroom of the Rising Sun , when the prisoner came in and sat down very much dejected . One of his fingers was bleeding , and on my asking him how it occurred , he said he had had an accident and out it . In a few seconds after , the prisoner suddenly started up , and running to . wards his brother Henry , who was present , exclaimed , It cannot now be undone ; the deed is done , and it will be a mystery to aU of you . " I then left the room , and was going out of the house , when one of the prisoner ' s sisters came in and inquired for the prisoner . I went to the room door and called him out , and the instant he made his appearance his sister dropped forward and fainted in his arms . The prisoner sat down in a disconsolate State in front of the bar , with his sister in Ms arms ,

      and when I went out I left them so .. In answer to Mr . ' Bingham , the witness said , the observation made by the ' prisoner as to the perpetration of the deed , was uttered ; loud enough for other persons to hear as well as myself , i and as soonas it was made the prisoner ' s brother nri-i vately questioned him , and instantly after , Starting up , exclaimed , in the presence of the prisoner , who did » ot contradict him , "Good God ,, he has shot his young woman . " He then hastened back to the prisoner , and felt in his pocket for something , on which the prisoner said ' " Ah , Harry , that ' s gone . " Witness then left . The man ' Bunn , who met the prisoner at the public-house an hour after the murder , in addition to his former evidence , said the prisoner was very depressed , and sat in silence at the end of the table . He also heard the prisoner ' s confession to his brother of having just committed " some deed . " When they left the public-house they met a young man named Capes , of whom the prisoner was jealous , whom he reproached very bitterly for his attentions to the

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      deceased , and threw the whole blame of the transaction upon him . Witness followed the prisoner about for some time and pressed him to go home with him to supper , but the priso n er declined to do so , and said , "No , I will go home to my poor little sisters , and have supper with them . " Witness did not like to leave him in such a melancholy state , and saw Mm to his own home . There the prisoner sat down in a fit of despondency , and witness , finding he could not console Mm , left the place . —The man Capes , part of whose evidence before the coroner we have already inserted , deposed to several acts of jealousy on the part of the prisoner towards the witness with regard to the deceased , and to the prisoner striking the deceased two violent blows in tlie face from this cause . But the witness declared to the magistrate that there were no grounds whatever for the suspicions the prisoner entertained of him . After the murder had been committed witness met the prisoner again , and was severely reproached by him ; but these reproaches were accompanied by such incoherent expressions that the witness did not at the time think the prisoner was altogether in his right senses . Other testimony of a confirmatory nature was then given , and the prisoner , who was advised by his solicitor not to say anything , was fully committed for trial .

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      Judoes Chambers , Sergeant ' s Inn , Saturday . — The Pitmen ' s Strike in the Potteries . —On Saturday John Williams , John Poynter , John Harding , and William Sillitoe alios Salmon , four of the men connected with the late strike of thc pitmen , in the Potteries , and who had- been employed at the Millfield-gate pit , belonging to Mr . Sparrow , at Langton , in Staffordshire , were brought up in custody of the gaoler froin . Stafford gaol , Before Mr . Justice Coleridge , by virtue of a writ of habeas corpus , on an application being made that they should be discharged , on the ground of an informality in the warrant upon which they had been committed to Stafford gaol for two months with hard labour , for absenting themselves from then work . One of the principal objections to the warrant is , that the adjudication did not warrant the conviction and sentence to hard labour .

      There are one or two other objections of a technical nature . —Mi " . Bodkin , with whom was Mr . Huddlestone , appeared on the part of thc prisoners , in support of the objections to the warrant , and then- application to be discharged . —Mr . Justice Coleridge expressed some doubt upon tho objections taken by Mr . Bodkin , and directed that , as the matter was of some importance , the further arguments of counsel should be postponed until Monday ( this day ) , when Mr . Justice Wightman would be in attendance . The learned judge directed that thc prisoners should be taken back , in custody , to Stafford gaol , and the decision of the judge upon thc application of the prisoners should be forwarded to the gaoler to be communicated to them . —The prisoners , who areall very decent healthy-looking men , were accordingly taken back on Saturday evening . From their manner , it was quite apparent a considerable spirit of discontent prevails amongst them .

      Discharge of the Prisoners . —Monday . —The application which was made to discliarge John Williams , John Poynter , John Harding , and William Sillitoe alias Salmon , four of the men who had been brought up in custody from Stafford Gaol , upon a writ of habeas corpus , on Saturday last , to be discharged out of custody , on the ground of an informality m the warrant of commitment , and which was partly heard on Saturday before Mr . Justice Coleridge , the further consideration of which was adjourned , was again resumed before Mr . Justice Whitman . Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Huddlestone appeared for the prisoners . The prisoners , previous to the strike , had been employed by the prosecutor , Joseph Mitcheson , a person who is called in the county of Stafford , a

      buckey , that is , a sort of middle man between the workmen and the proprietors of pits , who undertakes to work certain portions of land and produce certain quantities of coal at a given price .. It follows then ,, that the object of these men is to obtain labour at the smallest possible rate , * and we are assured that it is to this pernicious system that the discontent that has lately prevailed amongst the pitmen is to be attributed . In the present case , the prisoners had been engaged by the prosecutor . MitcliCBon , to work at the MiUfield-gatc pit , belonging to Mr . Sparrow , at Langton , and in consequence of the strike the four prisoners were charged before — Harvey , Esq ., a magistrate for that county , by their employer Mitcheson , for absenting themselves from work , and were sentenced to two months' imprisonment , with

      hard labour , in Stafford Gaol . Mr . Bodkin , in addition the objeetionsurgedby him on Saturday before Mr . Justice Coleridge to tlie legality of the warrant of commitment , contended that the return to the writ of habeas corpus , which set forth the warrant , was bad , inasmuch as that it did not appear upon the face of the return and the warrant that the prisoners were present at the time the oath was administered to the prosecutor , which he contended ought to have been set forth . Mr . Justice Wightman , without calling upon the learned counsel to go into the other points , held the . objection to be good and . fatal to the conviction , and made an order for the prisoners'discharge out of custody . [ The order was Forwarded to the gaoler of Stafford Gaol on Monday night , and the prisoners , will of course be at once liberated !

      VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT , Feb . 1 . Before Sir L . Shadivell . Wusoir v , Wil 8 on . ~ 0 hakge of iMForEwcr . —The Vice-Chancellor sat in his court at Lincoln's-inn specially to hear the remainder of Mr . Bethell ' s reply in this cause , which has occupied the whole attention of the Court for seven days , and now stands for judgment . The details of the case , so offensive to decency on both sides , have become so notorious b y former publication as to require only a general description to refresh the memory on the questions now presented for the . final adjudication of the Court . The plaintiff is the adopted niece of the late Sir Henry Wright Wilson and Lady Frances "Wilson , and the defendant the cousin of the present Lord Henniker . The

      marriage was solemnized in April , 1839 , the lady being represented as then of thc age of forty-seven , and the gentleman seven or eight years younger . The lady ' s fortune consisted of about £ 8 , 000 or £ 9 , 000 per annum , arising from estates in Yorkshire , Essex , Hampshire , and Chelsea , and all her property was declared by the settlement to belong to the husband in his marital right except Drayton Lodge , in Hampshire , which was limited to the husband for life , with remainder to the wife for life , and afterwards to the heirs of the husband , and the Chelsea Park estate and a sum of £ 3 , 000 stock , which was secured to the separate use of the wife . The husband brought no fortune into the settlement . The parties lived together { for severa months at Chelsea-park , till at length the conjugal

      differences , which had commenced soon after the marriage , and the state of Mrs . Wilson ' s health , represented by her as arising from her husband ' s treatment , obliged her first to go and reside in Germany , and finally to take refuge in the house of her trustee and solicitor , Mr . Forster , and to institute a suit in the Ecclesiastical Court against Mr . Henniker Wilson , on the ground of impotency . The alarm produced in the defendant ' s mind by this proceeding brought him into personal communication with the trustees of the settlement , and anegotiation was carried on without the intervention of any solicitor on thepart of the defendant . Mrs . Wilson " admitted thafthe marriageShad been solemnized according to law . lmt on her solemn oath denied that it had ever been consummated , and on

      her solemn oath believed it to be on the ground of a physical infirmity of the defendant ; " and , further , that a communication was made to her shortly after the marriage , from which she had reason to believe that this was known to other persons , and which she mentioned to the defendant on several occasions . Under the advice of her friends she had submitted to a medical examination , and fortified her denial of the consummation of the marriage by the certificate of Dr . Granville . Mr . Wilson , on the other hand , denied the charge in the most direct and positive terms , and supported his declaration by the certificates of several most eminent surgeons , alleging , moreover , that the marriage had been duly consummated ; but at the same time imputing the obstacles to the

      physical infirmities of the lady . This Mrs . Wilson most stedfastly denied , and went on to represent her distresses as not arising only from the cause before alluded to , but also from the general conduct of the defendant , which consisted of various and continued acts of purposed vexation , insult , neglect , rude treatment when alone , and contempt before strangers , from lengthened absence , without knowing where he was , refusal to visit her friends , never accompanying her , and often passing her in the streets unnoticed , & c . The defendant , however , declared that she was treated with the greatest kindness and attention , and that tlie real cause of the connubial difference was a discovery of Mi's . "Wilson that lie had had a natural child sworn to him some time before the marriage . To

      this Mrs . Wilson replied , that such an intimation had never been made to her by any one , and that the allegation of such being the supposed cause of the differences was a mere pretence and misrepresentation set up by him for obvious purposes ,- but that about ten months after thc marriage he took several letters from his pocket and told her one was from a woman threatening to swear a child to him , but that she ( Mrs . Wilson ) turned the subject into ridicule , and used expressions to him which gave him plainly to understand it was impossible . The defendant endeavoured to falsify this statement by admissions and expressions made by Mrs . "Wilson in conversations with third parties , that she did not believe the truth of the circumstance which established his paternal character , or his capability , but this evidence was

      rejected by the Uourt . The plaintiff further contended , that the peculiar language of the certificate of the surgeons was not inconsistent with the allegation of impotency . It would be an endless task to follow the mutual allegations and contractions of the parties , which appeared to be pursued to the end of thc pleadings with uncompromising bitterness . The case of the plaintiff was conducted by Mr . Bethell , Mr . Hodgson , and Mr Lloyd , and the counsel for the defendant were Mr . Kelly , Mr . Stuart , and Mr . Willcock . The Vicc-Chancellor at the conclusion of the argument observed , that as the case did not merely involve a right , but also affected the character of the parties , he should not dispose of it satisfactorily to ks own feelings without reading minutely through the whole of the pleading * , and contrastiiigthem with the evidence before he pronounced his judgment .

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      Public Meeting op the Handloom Weavers of Wigan . — A public meeting of the Handloom "Weavers of Wigan was held in the large" room of the Buck i'th Vine Inn , Wallgate , Wjgan , on the evening of Monday last , to take into consideration the pro- , priety of the Handloom Weavers of the borough and neighbourhood forming themselves into a consolidated union of thc Cotton Weavers of Lancashire , in conjunction with the Silk Weavers of Leigh , Macclesfield , and Spitalfields , and likewise to petition Parliament for protection for their labour . The placards calling the meeting stated that the chair would be taken at seven o'clock , but long before that hour thc spacious room , which is capable of holding from eight to nine hundred persons , was crowded to

      suffocation . Mr . John Stevens was unanimously called to the chair . —Mr . Duffy moved the following resolution , wluch was seconded in an able speech by Mr . Kennedy : — " That a petition be . laid before the legislature of the country , praying for a redress of our grievances . " On the resolution being put from tho chair , it was agree to ne « i . con . —Mi * . Aitkin , in a neat speech , moved— "That in the opinion of this meeting , a general union of all the Trades is essentially necessary , in order to secure to the productive classes of this country a proper protection for their labour . " —Mr . Lenigan , in a speech wluch did honour to his head and heart , seconded the resolution , which was supported in a lengthy speech by Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester , and agreed

      to unanimously . — Mr . John Monoghan moved , and Mr . Gayen seconded the following resolution : — " That a co-operation of the Wigan Ifandloom Weavers with thc Silk "Weavers of Leigh , Macclesfield , and Spitalfields , be immediately entered into , and steps taken for the organization of the whole of the wearers of the country . " The resolution was earned without a dissentient . —Mr . Lowe , delegate fi-om the Silk Weavers or Leigh , next addressed the meeting , and read correspondence from Macclesfield , Norwich , Carlisle , Spitalfields , & o „ & c . He then entered into a detail of the robberies committed by the silk masters of Leigh upon their poor slaves , which in their nature are more atrocious than anything of the kind we have ever heard before , and

      therefore think it but just that the public should be made acquainted with a few of them . One manufacturer , with 131 workpeople , in paying wages due , to the ' amount of £ 204 4 s . 0 d ., took in abatements from it £ 45 los . 3 d . Another with 100 hands , took out of their wages £ 30 9 s . lOd . The next was one of the small fry , with only fifty-three workpeople , and he stopped out of one week the small sum of £ 19 \ The masters were in the habit of giving out warps , and keeping back thc shoot . One man drew his warp on the 18 th day of Dee ., and was kept twenty-four days without his shoot . During that time he went fifteen times to the warehouse , a distance of five miles and a half , which made each journey eleven miles , or altogether 163 miles , for which he had no

      recompense . A poor woman took out a warp on thc 21 st of September ; she had to wait thirteen weeks ior her shoot , during which time she went five days in the week , and each day had to walk thirteen miles , or in the whole 845 miles , and not a penny for it . Mr . Lowe concluded by a powerful appeal to all present to organise , inasmuch as the organisation must begin _ somewhere , therefore it might as well begin in "Wigan as anywhere else . Mr . Lowe resumed his seat amid much applause . —Mr . Knowles moved — " That the Handloom Weavers of this town and the surrounding districts , do send a delegate to the Trades' Conference , about to assemble in London . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . J . Eccleston , and was agreed to unanimously . —Mr .

      Dufl ' ey moved , and Mr . Kennedy seconded— " That the best thanks of this meeting are hereby tendered to the following gentlemen , who have so . ably supported the Handloom Weavers of Wigan , in their righteous straggle , viz ., Rev . H . J . Gunning , Rector of Wigan ; Rev . John Heran , of St John ' s , Wigan ; Rev . Mr . Tyner , of Standish ; Thos . Cook , Esq . ; and Reice Bevan , Esq . " Agreed to unanimously . — Mr . Lenigan moved , and Mr . James Heyslop Draper seconded— " That the best thanks of the Handloom Weavers of Wigan and neighbourhood are due , and hereby given to Mr . W . Dixon , for his past labours in the cause of suffering humanity ^ and likewise for his able defence of Trades' Unions on this occasion , "

      Carried unanimously . Mr . D . briefly acknowledged the compliment , and moved the thanks of the meeting to the chairman . The Edge-tooi . Makers held their general quarterly meeting at the Rodney , Coleshill-Btreet , Birmingham , on Monday last , Thomas Savin in the chair . The treasurer reported the termination of the strike , which , after ten weeks , had terminated in favour of the men , the masters being compelled to accede to them the whole of what they asked for . We have great pleasure in stating that eighteen new members joined on Monday last ^ "We shall take the necessary steps to be represented in the National Conference .

      Joineks' Haix . —A public meeting of the Joiners of Hull was held at the Talbot Inn , Scale Lane , on Saturday evening last , to consider the propricty . of a strike for an advance of wages ; and also the necessity of sending a delegate to the . forthcoming National I Trades Conference . Mr . Horley addressed the meet- ' ing at some length , proving the necessity for a National Union of all trades , as the only available means of protection to labour of all classes against the incessant inroads of capital , and middle-class made laws . Mr . H . read the correspondence between Mr . Drury , of Sheffield , and T . S . Duneombe , Esq ., and concluded by moving the following resolution : —That in the opinion of this meeting the only efficient means of affording protection to labour of all classes is by

      a national organization and consolidation of the various trades of this country ; and to effect this desirable object , it is necessary that a Conference be held in London , to consider and adopt the best means for the attainment of this object ; and this meeting pledges itself to give its utmost support thereto . — The resolution was ably supported by Messrs . Padgct and Hill , and earned unanimously . Mr . Ilorley then moved , and Mr . Padget seconded the following resolution , which was carried -. —That this meeting form itself Into a society for carrying out the previous resolutions ,- and that each member pay a contribution of threepence per week for defraying the necessary expenses of sending a delegate to London . —After enrolling the names of those present the meeting adjourned to that night week .

      The Miners of Durham and Northumberland . —The reorganisation of this body of Labour ' s sons is progressing with a degree of alacrity its most sanguine supporters must rejoice at . The doubts and distrust occasioned by the failure of the late strike are fast dispersing , and the most sceptical must be convinced that the day is not far distant when this body of men will show their task-masters that their retreat from the late unequal struggle was not a defeat ? but a cessation of hostilities , to enable them the better , on a future occasion , to maintain the fight , and win thc victory . Many meetings of branches of the Miners' Association have been hold latelyj many of them , especially amongst the large collieries , have been peculiarly marked oy that stem determination to maintain their rights , and oppose their wrongs , which abides long after the

      enthusiastic shout has passed away . Among these meetings may be particularly noticed those of New Durham , Haswell , Thornley , Kelloe , Hetton , & c . These meetings have been exceedingly spirited ; many a pointed expression from the men showed the feelings working in their breasts ; and the outcry for the restoration of the Union , in all its pristine vigour , was unanimous . Messrs . Daniels , Clough , and Holliday , the lecturers , have been received with a warmth of feeling difficult to be described effectually ; thenaddresses werelistenedto with marked attention , and responded to with enthusiasm . Meetings have also been holden at Castle Eden and Wreckington , " with very good effect . The men of Wreckington were not one jot behind their brethren of tlie Wear in expressing their attachment to the glorious cause of . Union . We fearlessly express our conviction , that an example will here soon be held out , worthy the adoption of Labour ' s sons in every part of the world . — Correspondent .

      Yorkshire Miners . —Mr . Septimus Davis has visited the following places : —Monday , 27 th January Standly and Bottom ; Tuesday , 28 th , Ardsly ; Thursday , 30 th , Methby ; Friday , 31 st , Standly ; Saturday , 1 st February , Newton-lane-end . Lancashire Miners . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday , February 10 th , at the Swan with two Necks , Rateliffe-bridge , near Bury ; chair to be taken at eleven o'clock in the forenoon . A public meeting will also he held on the same day , which will be addressed by W . R . Roberts , Esq ., and other gentlemen , The levy for the fortnight is 2 s . Id . per member .

      The Leeds Annual District Meeting Jof Shoemakers was held on Monday in the Black Boy Inn , Kirkgate , when delegates were present from York ' , Hull , Selbv , Halifax , Bradford , Wakefield , Leeds , Huddersfield , Keighly , Pudsey , and Dewsbury ; Mr . Stewart , of Leeds , called to the chair . TW district accounts were audited by Messrs . Smyth and Floycd , and found correct . Several important alterations in the general laws of the Association were recommended to the notice of the ensuing Conference for their consideration ; amongst them were the reduction of the numbers of the Executive Committee to a president and secretary ; the Conference to be moveable , and each Conference to fix the place where the next shall be

      holden ; the election of officers to be by the votes of the whole members . Mr . Smyth , of Bradford , was elected delegate to the London Conference . It was resolved that each section should furnish a correct report of the wages number of men employed , number of masters , state of trade , with the wages of all other trades , price of provisions , rent and fuel , population , number of unemployed , and amount of poor-rates . Section secretaries to keep an account of the number of families in the trade each quarter , with the total number dependent on the trade ,-the number of the employers ' families , with the number of men employed by each A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and sel cretary . ,

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      -Pkeliminabt Confehence or Trades IH n „ anceofacircularrecentlyissuedb ytheCentralAw '" tion of London Trades , recommending the Trad * take up the suggestions of T . S . Duneombe mp in his reply to Mr . John Drury , of Sheffield Vi ' preliminary conference was held in the larm > i » e of the Bell Inn , Old BaUey , on -Thursday ll ing , February the 6 thj when upwards of suxtv A legates were present . Amongst other trades r presented were the Morocco-leathcr- Finj sii 6 Dyers , King's Aims Society of Carpenters . ' Iff ' Sun ditto , London-wall : the Castle , Citv ' «> , i Society ; the Bay Malton , ditto ; " the C & mXS Union ; the Dun Horse Society of ditto ; tho ] ££ ning Horse Society , of ditto ; the Tin-plate Worker Bookbinders , Newspaper Compositors , Co rkcuttcr ? Ironmoulders , Carvers and Gilders , Spitalfinu ' Weavers , Masons , City Boot and Shoe makers , Wesl End do ., Stepney do ., Westminster do ., the Silt

      flatters , and the Miners of the . North of England Mr . Robertson ( bookbinder ) was unanimousl y caiy to the chair . Mr . T . Barrett , secretary , explained the reasons for calling the present meeting . lyfr J . S . Sherrard rose and moved thc first resolution " which was seconded by Mr . Ching , and carried una ! nimously . Mr . Dunning moved the second resoku tion , which was seconded by Mr . Williams , and carried unanimously . Mi-. Wilson ( boot and shoemaker ) moved the third resolution Mr . Wartnaby seconded the motion , which was earned unanimously . Mr Wartnaby moved a vote of thanks to the chairman and the meeting adjourned . The resolutions will be found advertised in our eighth page .

      Duncosibe Testimonial .- "Central Committee t > t Trades , & c . —Saville House , Leicester-square , Wed . nesday evening , February the 5 th ; Mr . Hornby in the chair . The following sums were received : — A few Friends , Warwick , per N . . French—Thomas Paul , 3 s . ; J . Allen , 5 s . 8 d . ; Charles French , 5 s . ; J "White , 3 s . 3 d . ; N . Fleming , 5 s . 7 d . ; S . Spicer , 13 s . ; from a few Friends at the Maiden Head , Goswell . street , per Mr . Jameson , £ 117 s . ; afewBrushmakers , by Mr . Haseldine , per Mr . Marley , £ 18 s . ; Boot and Shoemakers of Chelsea , per Mr . Mitchall , £ 113 s . Heywood . —The Expected Turn-out . —The pros , pects of the Weavers in this locality are not muc h brightened .- There appears to be no signs of with , drawing from the contest either on the part of the

      weaver or on the part of the eninloyers except one of the latter , namely , the firm of Harrisons . To day the overlookers _ have been round to the mill ' s with a paper signifying that each weaver who pleased to sign to give no support to John Hilton Kay ' s weavers , might continue at work . The result was only one signature from upwards of 200 weavers . And that one , from a boy who signed the paper in mistake , as appears from his subsequent conduct . The boy had no sooner conceived the idea that he had been act . ing contrary to his fellow workers , than lie ran to the counting-house : "Aw say , whot ' s thatpappor for , ut aw siut mah name too 1 " " Why , that you must not supportfthe turn-out weavers after this , and come to your work on Saturday morning as usual . " " 0 . his that wot it meyns ? then yoh mun scrat it out

      ogen , - for haw thowt it wur to play mah ul i Setterday un O next * week ; cose your pappoi : sed well mut ! " On Saturday night the Trade in general held a public meeting , ' which was addressed by Mr . R . Pilling , of Ashton , and Mr . J . Mattiiew , of Heywood , when , amongst othei 1 resolutions , one was passed pledging themselves , in the event of the masters stopping their mills , to sup . port the hands . The meeting was adjourned till nine o'clock on Saturday morning next . —Correspon dent . —The following is the copy of the Notice posted up in the various mills of the town : — " Notice is hereby given , that we shall close the whole of our establishment on the 7 th day of February , now next ensuing the date . hereof . —Witness our hands this twenty-fourth day of January , 1845 . "

      BnAMOnf ) . —The Working Mens' Joint Stock Tailoring Company met in Mr . Alderson ' s Room , on Sunday morning , when they unanimousl y resolved to commence business on Saturday next ( this day ) , and open the shop in the occupation of Mr . Alderson , No . i , Butterworth Buildings , their trade being aul . cient to employ all . Barnsley Weavers . — On Shrove Tuesday thc members of the Linen Weavers' Union , to the number of forty-three , sat down to an excellent dinner , at the house of Mr . John Pickering . After the cloth was removed Messrs . Taylor , MMeld , and Grim .

      shaw ! discussed the propriety of sending a delegate to the Trades Conference , when it was ultimately agreed to bring the matter before a general meeting . The party enjoyed themselves up to a late hour . St . Ives' Cordwainers . —A meeting of the journeymen Boot and Shoemakers was held on Monday last , at Mr . Jelbart ' s Temperance-hotel , for the purpose of forming a section of the Cordwainers' General Mutual Assistance Association . Mr . John Barnett was called to the chair ; and the meeting was addressed by Mr . John Endean , who read the rules of the Mutual Assistance Association ,- when it was unanimously resolved to form a section of the same .

      TjNHEn Patriots Be . vepit- Society . —A genc ? al meeting of the above society was held on Wednesday evening , February 5 th , at the Society's rooms , 49 , Tottenham-court-road , to consider the propriety st ' revising the rules : Mr . Stev ^« i was c alled to th « chair . The following resolution , on the motion of Messrs . T . M . Wheeler and Stallwood , was submitted , and after considerable debate , was put to the meeting , when forty-six voted in favour of its passing , and eight against : — " That a committee be appointed for the purpose of ascertaining and collecting the individual opinion of the various country members , on the revision of the rules of the United Patriots ' Benefit Society , and that the said committee report the same opinions this day six weeks , to which time this meeting at its rising shall adjourn . " The Mowing were then appointed a committee for that purpose : —Messrs . T . M . Wheeler , Stallwood , Bowler , Goodacre , Wilcox , Hodge , Walford , Burgess , and Marks .

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      " INDIA AND CHINA-OVERLAND MAIL . Paris , Two o'Clock , Wednesday . —A telegraphic dispatch has just been received , announcing the arrival of the Indian mail yesterday morning at Marseilles . The dispatch being silent as to the contcnts . it is presumed that there Is no political news of importance .

      . SWITZERLAND . The agitation of which Switzerland is the theatre , arising out of the Jesuit expulsion question , has seriously affected the internal commerce of the country . A letter from Lucerne of the 16 th states , that although the annual fair was to begin thc following day , yet that no sellers had presented themselves , The Federal , Gasette significantly observes that there is no dancing except in the prisons . Dreadful Fire . —Upwards of 250 houses were last week burnt down in the village of Luc ( Switzerland ) . The clergyman's residence and thc Town Hall were also reduced to ashes . The church is so much injured that it is not expected to be again available for public worship . The walls are tottering in parts from the effects of the heat . The three bells were melted before the fire reached the spire of the steeple . The total damage from the fire is estimated at 100 , 000 f . Provisions and necessaries have been sent in by the surrounding villages to the sufferers . TAHITI .

      News from Tahiti has been received up to the 27 th of August last , at which time thc whole population of Tahiti , and thc other islands claimed ty the French , were in arms against them , and the ? were masters of nothing beyond what they occupied in Tahiti itself . They could not move a mile from Papiti without being attacked by the natives , whj were determined to . resist to the last . The total French force consisted of about 1 , 000 men , and ot the natives there were , either in Tahiti or thc adjoining islands , from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 determined men in aims , resolved to resist them to thc last . Already from 200 to 250 of the French had fallen in attacking the strong position taken by the natives , of whom about 100 had also lost their lives . Queen Poraaje had refused to have anything to do with thc French , She had joined Jher subjects in oncofthoadjobun !! islands .

      Strand-Theatre. .' ¦ < _ The Popularity ...

      STRAND-THEATRE . . ' ¦ < _ The popularity of Antigone was vouched for on MonH night at this theatre hy an extravaganza , in which th principal features of the great lyrical tragedy were humorously burlesqued . The travestied -tlnt ' jroiie is undertaken by Mr . G . Wild , who wraps his capacious person in a classic Orok robe , and delivers mock heroics touching * brother wh 0 in the bulky maiden has liberated from 5 debtors' prisos . There was plenty of fun to divert th * audience , who took up the parodied resemblances of the original readily enough , and accepted every morsel of slaoS and every broad witticism with a relish which kneff i 10 bounds . , Mr . H . Hall , who personated Creon , gave aom capital imitations of Vandenhoft * . Macready , and evon rf O Council ; and sang some of the airs of the day , torture * profanely with grotesque words , in a vein of rich absurdity-The guards andsages crowd the raised stage according copy ; and below is a similar fidelity as regards the choruS winch stand at the sides and throw up their armsi 11 . - " style of droll

      exaggeration . Mr . Mac'farren is not forg' *' ten ; he is mimicked by Mr . P . Romer , who enters »« orchestra with bustle and importance , and draws on a P » £ of white gloves with a pompous display of dignity , wj" !? his longhair hangs about his head after the manner of » » accomplished prototype . His burlesque gestures witfl !» baton , m imitation of the energetic conductor , are too "J * to be mistaken ; and he telegraphs to the band and « £ chorus just as oddly and just as wildly . The final ww * is a ludicrous paraphrase of the original stage-gi oup'j f ' The pealing thunder is accompanied hy rain , upon v « K Creon and his nobles throw up their umbrellas , crow down on their broadsides , and SO avert the wrath ot " ¦ gods . There is a drollery in this which it is imposs -1 ?! jj withstand , and the audience is in a paroxysm « f de r ^ Jd This extravaganza is from the pen of Mr . E . L . Btoncna ' who has wrung out several good puns for theoccM ' ' while , at . the same time , he successfully imitates trie ¦ rangemenis oC the bill ,-which he annotates In fo 6 < ' ! U ' mimicry of the Covcnt-garden original . ^

      Printed H Ydougah M'Gowas, Of 17, Great Winto^'

      Printed h yDOUGAh M'GOWAS , of 17 , Great Winto ^'

      Street, Haymarket, In The City Of Westmi...

      street , Haymarket , in the City of Westminste r , . " Office in the same Street and Parish , for ** , prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , E « q ., andpubfeW » _ Wiiliah Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , B' **? L Street , Walworth , in the Pariah of St . Mary , W ^ ton , iu the County of Surrey , at the Office , »•• Strand , * in tho Parishlof . St . Mary-le-Strand . ° City of Westminster Saturday , Febuarc 8 . 1845 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08021845/page/8/