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      ^ ndof the present session , and inBO . hesi-^" o-and timid a manner by Lord John , as toW ^ L hivite its rejection by the determined * ° ! SSs of all religious progress and tolera-O ppone " ti ( ?' riainly the electors of the CityofLon-^ d the members of the Jewish persuatl ve little to thank Lord Jons for in this » ' ° . and the patience which they have ex-^ S ' tmder the circumstances , is somewhat 10 ^ lons He has , for the greater period Re present Parliament , effectnally cut off Remember from the Parliamentary represenf ' nnof the City , and , being himself incapa-• tpd by his official position , from attending

      7 „ wishes ami wanes or iiis consuiuencs—S * citizens may be said to be only half repre-? orl bv having two members instead of f It is aU but certain that the City will tluae for some time longer thus shorn of its S Parliamentary proportions . The bigoted holders of relig ions distinctions , through the S rumentality of Mr . Newdegaie , have - mi fair warning that they will contest the S » ¦ _ - ? ever y stage . Lord John is lakeland has little stomach for the fight TvVneed say n 0 morc as to tlie P rol ) aWe result > necially as the " saints" showed their power Sor ^ anisati 011 ' in » somewhat unexpected the same night .

      manner ft will ^ remembered that , a few months s the country was stirred by an organised Station , under the auspices ofthe clergy of ~ aiious denominations , and a number of pious , Mte-neck-clothcd-gentieman , who are always L . to p la y cat ' s-paw to them . The ostensible object of their agitation was alteration in the Sunday duties in the Chief Post-Omce , London . They averred , that the proposal of Jlr Ro wTASD . Hill , to forward the letters for the provinces through London on the Sunday , instead of keeping tfcem lying for twentyfour hours—as they did tinder the former

      system—was the thin end of the wedge , intended I to be driven home by an infidel ; and to throw open , for the collection and delivery of letters , all the post-offices in the country on Sundays . In vain the Post-Officeand the Government gssured these reverend and pious agitators that they meant the very contrary of this , and that the effect of their measures would be to reduce , not increase , the amount of Sunday lahonr . "With a pertinacity and effrontery inlying which long habit nas rendered matchless , these "holy" persons persisted in tellino the same lies , with such additions as their fervid imaginations could suggest ; and

      de result was , that an enonaons number of petitions were sent up by the simple people , who are credulous enough to be galled by the wolves in sheeps' clothing , who fatten on the ignorance cf the people . Lord Ishlet , on tbe strength of these petitions , made a motion wbich was originally intended to stop not only the collection -of letters , but the transmission of all mails on'She Sunday—in fact , to strike off one-seventh of the postal facilities now -enjoyed , from the whofe-communitv . The party of fanatics , 'upon

      re-coTrsideration , saw tba ' c this would be drivino * theinatter too far at-once , for the patience of fte-country ; and , therefore , they omitted the "part respecting fee transmission of the mails , for the present . Sir Charles Wood iooVthe opportunity * of explaining what the Government and tire Tost-office really had done m the matter . < By employing for "three < jrfonr months twenty-live clerks in audition to the twenty-seven formerly engaged in the "CfiieT Office for a few hours each Sunday ,

      ihey had been already enabled to dispense Trite the Sunday la-boar of six thousand per-¦ sobs in England , and two thousand more in Scotland and Irelann , on that day ; while , in the office of St 3 Iartin ' s-le-Grand—instead < j ? "keeping the additional twenty-five , -or the ¦ old number of twenty-seven persons—they had absolutely reduced -the whole number employed on Sunday to TOUR ! And , in'Tact , no cue needed now to be absent from public worship on account o 5-" € unday duty at the Postoffice .

      One would have -thought that such a complete and crushing ^ refutation of all tie false"ioorls on which taesepetitions rested ,-and the -whole case of Lord Ashlet was got ap , would have had the effect-either of silencingihe Better-Ofrservance of fiie Sabbath party ,-or at all events of inducing the House of Commons to give them a signal -thrashing . Nothing of the kind . The "Saints ' ' persisted in their endeavour to force on- 'the people of this country the Judaical -observance of the Sabbath , and the Housewassoswed by cant and & umbug in the disguise of piety , that the resolution -was carried ! The onlv man who really

      grappled with the question was Colonel Thompson , who ably and conclusively showed that the Jewish observance-of the seventh day , with the strict abstinence - "from work of all kinds which Judaism prescribes , was not at all binding upon Christians . Not a single-mem ber en the opposite sfde ventured to controvert i ' le-conclusive argument on that point- ; -as , in fact , they cannot ; but truth , argument , and justice , are feeble obstacles in the way ^ of an -organised , active , aa'd-uascrupulous lrdKority who , under the specious pretence of religion , are-seeking to acquire a-spiritual and political ascendancy , which threatens , if not checked , 4 o . be fatal to the civil and social liberties of

      he nation . The hyp ocrites who sinus wish to impose fetters-on others , drive to-church in their . carriages , keep cooks and scullions to & ess magnificent dinners for them , and are waited en by a tribe of flunkeys < the same on Sundays asother days . Tfaejrshowed their conastenoy on the same nighfcby crying out in one breath for the divine authority of the whole deealogne—the fourth commandment inclusive ~ andbyloadlvpr oclaimingtheirdetermination to exeludefrom civil and political equality the people , to . whom that Decak > gn « was originally promalgated , and whose steadfast adherence to the faith -of their ancestors ^ constitutes the

      only ground for that exclusion « -T £ ese be thv Gods . 0 Israel 1 "

      Ano & er . r-xamule of the ansiety of this party to < salt the power of the -clergy over that of the -ciril rulers of the . caantry was given in the Hrase of Lords . The Bishop of London , kicked by the whole of the Episcopal Bench , witfe « ae . ar two exceptions , introduced into the House -of Lords a Bill for the reference of Quesfck & s -of Doctrine to a -spod of JVelates . There is no doubt that -this snea-• sure originated hi the disputes arising -Qui of & e celebrated Gobeaji case , and thedissa-tis *

      faction of the priestly party with the authority of the laity in such matters . At present , whaa disputes arise they are referred to the Qeaesf , as Head of the < Chorcb , who is supposed by , and with the advice of a Judicial Comnu & ee of the Privy Council , to hear and determine thereon . The discussion of the Head of ihe Church on the GoBHAM case has produced much dissatisfaction among the party who saiit to make tbe Church predominant ; and tbe real meaning of the Bishop ' s Bill was to tri & draw all queztions of doctrine and discipline from the' control of the civil power . Bat thereby hangs a tale . The Church of Rome—from which the Church of

      England seceded—has always , as a Church , tfauned infallible and supreme power Its temporalities arc subordinate to , and flow from & spiritual authority . A Church not connected with the State , or dependent upon it , as the Free Church of Scotland , the United Associate Synod , or the Methodist Conference , being independent bodies , may , and do legislate on all matters of faith and practice for their members . But the Church of England occupies no such position . It is not * tt independent , but a State Church . It has , ao standing as an Established Church , except what the law has given , a ? 4 the law has , as a fimdamenjal condition of & Q exigtence of this Slate Chnreb , nfeeal tbe Soyereign in eupre-

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      macy . over it .: Any attempt , therefore , to givethe Chnrcn freedom of action , irrespective of the Soverei gn , is to inverse the position , in which the law has relatively placed , them , and to abrogate the conditions on which the Church received tbe property she now enjoys . As to the question raised , by those who now seek for more power to the clerical body ,. whether it is fitting that the Church should remain under bond to the State , that is a question which can only lead to one of two solutions . By accepting , of the temporalities and dignities on certain conditions , it became a State Church , with all the wealth and influence attached to that position . If , for the sake of independent action , and the aquisition

      of the powers they now claim , they are content to cease to be a State Church , and are willing to throw up the property , because no longer content with the terms on which it is held , be it so . That was the course pursued a few years ago in Scotland , when a large portion of the Clergy of the Scottish Established Church threw up their livings for conscience sake . If Bishop Blomfielb and his confreres feel as strongly pn the subject , let them do likewise . One thing is quite certain , ihey cannot have at one and the same time the property they now enjoy , and the unfettered freedom of action they demand So thought the House of Lords , which by a large majority decided . against the all grasping Episcopacy ,

      This defeat in the Lords on Monday was , however , compensated by an important victory in the Commons on Wednesday , when Mr . Fox ' s Education Bill was rejected by the large majority of 229 , only 58 members voting in its favour . The advocates of ignorance for the masses used nothing but the old stale arguments and devices ; but it is quite clear that the rival sectaries of this country—though numerically inferior to the vast masses opposed to , or unconnected ' with them—are , by their organisation , astbe'French ' say , "themasfcers ofthe situation . '' There cannot be a doubt in

      the mind of any one acquainted with the facts , that "if the adult male population of Great Britain were polled on this subject , a majority of at least eight-tenths would be in iavour of an unsectarian secular system of instruction , leaving to the parents to bring up their children in the reli g ious tenets which they themselves preferred as the soundest exposition of Christian truth . Such a system of education , so far from leading to infidelity , as alleged by its opponents , would—if it bad any decided tendency at all in a religious point of view—be certain to disseminate much more widely a knowledge of doctrinal theology , and to increase the interest taken by the people in such matters , though it

      might be of a more intellectual 'character than that which is now manifested by the uninstructed , and , consequently , -credulous multitude . If it did sot do this—if it tended to extend a sceptical spirit throughout society—the inference is plain that , according to the confessions of the religionists themselves , the popular faitSi - vrtll not bear the investigation * of an educated > people . In order to maintain " the blessings-of our most holy faith , " we must keep the masses ignorant . National ignorance is the price we -pay for our national religion . Eas any oneever adequately ¦ estimated tbe fastness of that |) iice ? The waste , intemperance , vice , disease , crime , and brutalisatioa which flow from it ? On all -sides

      the evidences of the baleful operation of $ hese deteriorating and misery-spreading agencies are apparent , and yet , "with a reckless -disregard of ultimate consequences , doggedly spersevere in the old—and now shamelessly avowed —policy , that learning As a very dangerous thing fer ' -fhe masses . 3 ! hat for them , at / least , "ignorance"' being - "^ biiss , 'tis folly ? to be wise . " Irthere be any-trath in thephilosophv

      that teaches there is inwoven in the universe the principle of inevitable retribution for all infractions of any of its-fundamental laws—if the moral ; mental , and physical nature of man be ' " really progressive , there can ' . be no doubt bat that , in du & tiaie , these obstructions to individual improvement and national elevation will be swept away . At what cost and loss to those who

      " Baild up a formidable dike Setvrecn their own andothers intellect , " we shalbnot pretend totprophecy . Meantime , let the . people remembernthat Lord John Russell , and the "Whigs , the Protectionists , the Churchmen , and the dissenters—all who have ; in Parliament resuscd their enfranchisement because they weraignorant—have now solemnly determined , as far

      as in them lies , that they-shall continue ; to be ignorant . Let us hopes * day will comewheu we shall tbe able to balance accounts with those who thus take advantage of their power to insult , oppress , and degrade the masses ; and , above aU , Jet it never be forgotten , that the people of England have-been impiously trefused secular instruction by . zealots and bigsts , in the name of religion !

      The question of Protection made its appearance in tbei-Commons , under a somewhat new aspect . W-ith the exception of Mr . Wilsckh , ofthe Economist , and theiBoardof Control —who hae an itch for manufacturing statistical paradoses—everybody . admits that our West Indian Colonies have ' ebeen most cruelly treated , by ihe conflicting find inconsistent policy pursued towards theuuby this country . In the first . place , the AntirSlavery party ] decreed that-they should not produce sugar byj any but free labour , and that , -too , under such restrictions ao rendered that . description oi labour both scarce and dear . In order to

      compensate the Colonists for these restrictions , they were guaranteed the -preference in the home - market , by a diuerential duty on slave-grown produce ; and to this bargain the Colonists agreed , in order rto carry out fee noble anil humane object Qf extirpating slavery in * he British dominions . Scarcely , however , had this bargain been fairly and practically struck , when the Free Trade party achieved supremacy in economical matters ; and as anything like protective duties is to them an abominationthey succeeded in-procuring an entry into

      , our ports for slave grown sugar , on tne . same terais ^ s that from our . own colonies , . while the planters were still held uader the screw-of the anti-siasery party , and sestricted as to ihe supply « f labour . Tliey Kere , in fact , esueified between two opposing parties , and tue consequence has been wide spread ruin . Thej were fairly ^ atitled to ask frois the Leg islature , that it woaid act consistently , either up on , one principle . or the other . Ifibe suppressi on of the Slave Ti-ade was really so important as we pretend to believe it , why ifchen we are

      bound to discourage it in every possible way , and in every quaver . To buy aud consume tiie . s 3 a . ve grown sugar of Brazil and Cuba , is certai & Iy not a dissouragement of t & e Slave Trade , but the contrary , because , by tbe disadvantageous position in which we place our own colonists relatively to them , we , in fact , g ive the slave owners the command of the market . If , on the other hand , the principle of buying our sugar in the cheapest market ie to be consistently carried out , then our colonists should have tbe power of getting their

      labour where they like , paying for it what they like , and employing it as they like , according to the recognized doctrines of the Free Trade School . Sir Ebwabd Buxton ' s motion on the subject , evidently pointed to the restoration of a differential duty in favour of the West Indian Colonies . Mr . Humk , if it had been carried as a declaratory resolution , won d have acted consistently with >« P ™ c'Pj ^ a . J Free Trader , to have moved that the best way to deal with tjieguestion was to allow the planters an abundant supply of wind £ caUed fr « J abour ^ wbijo . Mr ,. Ghastly mm ?

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      would have distinctl y proposed the re-impbsitiori 6 f Protection'in their favour . The arguments in favour of the original resolutions were certainly the strongest that could bo adduced , for a limited and exceptional restoration of Protection to these Colonies at least . But the Free Trade party are at the present moment both powerful ' and bigoted . They

      have determined that on no account shall Protection be again introduced into the commercial policy of this country , and they defeated both the Anti-Slavery and the Protectionist party on the division . The end is , that the West Indian proprietors must be ruined , exposed as they are to the . cross firing of conflicting and hostile parties in the Imperial Legislature .

      Mr . O'Coknob has . given notice of his motion for the enactment of the People ' s Charter , for an early day . The announcement , says tbe report in the Times , was received with bear and laughter . ' The " laughers ^ ' had better bethink themselves whose claims they affect to treat with derision . A number of other important topics have been mooted , which we must endeavour tc overtake next week .

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      To The Members Of The National Land Comp...

      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . GENTLEMEN . —Elsewhere will he found the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in the case of the Company v . the Registrar , from which it will be seen that Judgment is against the Company . The Directors have therefore to announce , that immediately on the return of Mr . O'Connor from his tour through Scotland and the provinces , that a Bill will be drawn , and will be submitted to Parliament , with a view to the complete and satisfactory winding up of the affairs of the Company .. > "William Dixon , Thomas Clark , Philip M ^ bath , Chr . Doyle .

      RECEIPTS . OFTHE NATIONAL LAND COMPANYFrom ihk "Week Ending" Thursiut , Feb . 21 st ., io Jose 6 ih , 1850 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ ; . d , Merthyr , W 3- High Town .. 015 0 lia & s .. .. 0 7 0 Halifax .. .. S 0 0 Newcastle .. 0 17 5 Leeds .. .. 0 0 9 Wigton .. .. 0 2 9 Nottingham .. 110 « : £ 7 . 10 9 Dudley .. .. 0-6 « ¦""¦*••»•" EXPENSE . Wakefield .. 0 * 0 Nottingham .. D 1 S

      _ 0 G 9 TOTALS . £ S . d . Land Fund ... ... 716 9 Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 6 9 New Company , paid by Messrs . Berresford and Pogh ... ... . „ 4 3 0 Poles sold by Mr , Hart , Minster .,. 5 10 0 Lucerne , per Ditto ... ... * .. 3 0 0 Rent from AHottees ... ... ,.. 46 10 0 Mathon , per Mr . Turnbull , of Wigtoa 74 0 0 ¦ £ 141 6 6 W . Dixon , C . Dorare , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Gkatii , Fin . Sec .

      THE HONESTY FUND . Keceived-TiyTV . Rideb . —A few Democrats , Southampton , per J . RusseffSs—Blackburn , per W . * ¥ fltcs 21 8 s Cd—W . liawson , BlacJiburn . per W . Yates 3 s Bfl—Low Moor , near Gliiheroe , psrO " . Wright lis 3 d-Uottingham , per J . Sweet - ' s 2 d .-From > Coleford—A . T . Is-S / E .-ed-A . J . ls-A few Friends , EHand Edge , per J . Normaiiton 3 s—Bradford ( Yorkshire ) Land Mtnibera , per-3 . Connell Cs 9 d—Facit , near Rochdale , per J . Clegg 7 s-S . R . -Bradford Cd—a few Friends , Warwick , " per C . Tristram ! Hs—Forfar , per W , Smith 2 s 8 d . Received' !)? Joon Absott . —WSittiogton and Cat , per K . BIoomfield . 4 r . 3 d . £ b . d . ReceivedhyW . Rider .. ... 5 1 10 Received by John Arnott ... 0 4 3 Total .. £ 5 6 1

      AQfTATlON FOR TK £ -CHARTER . Received i % John AsxoTT .- 'GoEected at John-street II Is 7 Jd—Eaunett ' s Brigade , per- J . 'Blake 6 s—Whittingtoa and Cat , per II . Bloomfield 12 s 3 d—J . J . Merriman 1 I _ Murray Gd—IThomas Slater , Rojloa , Is . FOR MRS . JONES . Received **? W . Rider . —Dundee , sper J . Barnet 3 s : 3 d . — -Received by John ABSorr .- * Dimdee , per J . Graham , 3 s 7 d . FOR MRS . NTDOUALL . Received-iyW . Rideb . —Dundes , iper J . Barnet 3 s 3 d . J . Barrie , 'Ashford . Kent Is . —Received by John Abncot . —Dundee , per J . Graham 3 s 7 d . tfOR MRS . Fti : S 5 £ LL . Received by John Abnott . —Proceeds of Harmonic Meeting , Bricklayers' Aims , Tonbridge-street lr—Ambrose Tomlinson fid .

      TRACT FUND . Received by John Abnott . ' —O . ., Hoxton New Town 2 s 6 d—Mr . W . Norman , Ventnor . il . W . Gd—II . Gel and Friends , Bradford Is WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMSReceived by-W . Rideb . —Paislcy , ; proceeds of Soiree , per J . DonaldsoafiJ Ms . NATIONAL VICTISOa FUND . Receceived * by John Abnott , Secretary . —West End W » , mens' Men Meeting , at the Eing ^ ind Qneen , Folevstreet , per Mr .. ! Marsden 13 s 9 d—Whsttington and Cat , per II . Bloomfield : 5 s . Cd .

      Ebrata.—The Sum Acknowledged-In Last Wee...

      Ebrata . —The sum acknowledged-in last week ' s Star for the Victims in Chester Castle : and Knutsford Gaol , from Chesterfield , should have 'hecn . SsiSd ., instead ol Is .

      Notice... Lam Instraeted To Request That...

      NOTICE .. . lam instraeted to request that all monies subscribed forrthe '' Honesty " and " Macnamara" Fundesbe sent direct to . the "Stak " office , in order tto obviate a complication of accounts . Wai . Hider .

      Fptjestiobs Aebressed To Tbs British Gov...

      fpTJESTIOBS AEBRESSED TO TBS BRITISH GOVERNMENT . , 1 st . —Has the government received—either dij sctly , or through tie medium of a German Embassy—information Jaid by one Lan ^ enschwarz stating that a club oftGerman working men , established for ten years p ; ust in London , is tbe -centre of CheiBiGst awful wui-piezcies ; aud Jlj . it ttiaslui ) , and pasiticularly some members of it , stated Tuy name , frcrtdipthe recent attecipt at killing tUc ' jKing of Pressjfa ? 2 . — -Does the government know thattbis same Lnngaaschwarz , who jiaVses himself off as a ( German refugeq , assisted at a Chartist meeting at -Gravesend , and caused a collection to be made tor the relief of certain refugees . ; and that this La & senschwarz [ aforesaid is , at this present moment , doing his best to . create a belief that the German refugees

      in London & re cnniiccttd with .,. and interfere in , , thc popular agitation in tin ' s counirj * ? 3 rd . —Dow the government know that this same Langensclwsiz presented himseilf some weeks ago at the above 4 > ientione < 1 club , lobe received as a member ; that be m . ide a confession of revol :-tionary faith , . « fa character so violent as to cause the president ofithe club to tell him he was either a fool or a spy-j , that on being iukaxluced to the committee , he repeated tho same WJik nonsense , stated the quintessence of revolutionary action to lie : To kilt , to kill , to kill ! and that he further tmtod at the necessity of getting up a . conspiracy fur . assassinating tbe ^ German pri sces- ; -nay , even ninted at the voftihiiUs j ^ m such aconspirtKy might

      perhaps have been got up ty him at Berlin- 'and that the committee , in reply to all this trash , answered they had no confidence . in JU . Langenscbwarg , and could not propose him to the club as a candidate for membereiijp ? And that , not a fortnight after this interview , the news of a shot saving been fired at the King of Prussia , was received in London ? ith . —Supposing the first two questions to he answered in the affirmative , would it not result from all this?—Firstly , the same parties who , on the continent , every day attack the English government in tbe most violent manner ( take , for

      instance , any French or . German reactionary paper ) , try at tho same time to entrap that government , by false reports and calumniatory information , into persecution of the refugees residing in London , hitherto unmolested under the protection of the British laws . Secondly , that if any political party is connected with the attempt at shooting Frederick William IV . it is the reactionary , high Tory party , to which the madman Sefeloge belongs , by which party he was supported , and tbe partisans and agents of which have stated , in Berlin and London , either that such nn attempt was in course of preparation , or that it was imminent ?

      *************** +- ^^^ p ~**** s * t > r ********* ' Thk PrisNET Mkbcubt , which is seldom visible to the naked eye , is now in a position where it may easil y b ' s gbseryefl on a clear evening , ;

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      , Bradford , (-Yorkshire;)—A Meeting Of ...

      , Bradford , ( -Yorkshire ;)—A meeting of the members of the Land Company was'held on Sunday , June th e 2 nd , in their , room , Hope-street , when it was resolved :-7 " That we give the members three weens longer , in consequence of a great number of J'iemftating that they had not seen the notice in n t 0 ril > em Su * r . By that time the return sheet will be completed , and all the membeis are desired to make thoir claim , arid bring , their books , ( or cards ) and scrips ,- as : no return of any member ' s name ^ will be forwarded to London who does not make his claim .

      The Miners Of Northumberland And '. Durh...

      THE MINERS OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND ' . DURHAM . ^ 'A public meeting was held on Tuesday . last for the purpose of adopting a petition to parliament , praying Legislative interference in ' ¦ affording protection to the health and lives of the miners of this county . ; . Sir John . Fife was announced to preside , but was unavoidably prevented from attending , when J . Blackwell , E < q ., was unanimously calkd upon to takethe chair . Mr . Blackwell , on taking the chair , begged to observe that- ' the object of the meeting had his entire concurrence . He would simply say that if the factory people , the people who travel bv

      railway , and those who went out in emigrant ships were entitled to the fostering care of the government , that surely the miners ought to have the same protection for their health and lives . Why , ' the criminals in tbe prisons were favoured with an inspector to see that proper care was taken of them by the authorities ; then why deny it to the industrious miners ? Mr . Blackwell then introduced Mr , G . Fife , who moved the first resolution , which was to the purport— " That from the vast sacrifice of human life in the mines of this country , and the consequent suffering to . the widows and orphans , this meeting is of opinion that something ought to be done to remedy the same . "

      Mr . Fifk very feeling entered into the suffering of those who were deprived of their support by those calamities , and urged the attention of tbe audience upon this point . Mr ,., A . Stoves , in a very animated address , seconded the resolution , which being put from tbe chair , was carried unanimously . The second resolution was moved by M . Dunn , Esq , who , in a lengthened address , referred to the various ueports which had been made upon the subject of inspection by Sir II . De lo Bcche , Dr . Lyon Playfair , and others—hut moreespecialiy the evidence taken before the Committee of the , House of Lords last year—nil of which most distinctly stated the necessity and advantage of inspectors being appointed . .

      Mr . M . Jude seconded the resolntion , and briefly , alluded to the superior arrangements , with respect to mining , on the continent , and road an extract from the report of the Committee of the House of Lords , to show , that while the increased amount of coals worked in France was twenty , per cent ., ttie increase of accidents had been fifteen per cent . ; but , at the same period , the increase of accidents was more than the ratio of the increased amount of coals worked in this country , or , in other words , though the amount of . coals worked had increased in this country , so had the number of fatal accidents , and that in a much greater proportion . ¦

      The resolution went to , state , "that seeing every investigation into thi-. question had been attended with a strong recommendation in favour of inspection ; and that , seeing the utility ef the . inspection of mines on the continent of Europe ., this meeting resolves to petition parliament to enact a law providing inspectors of mines , as in the case of factories , railways , < fcc . " , The resolution was then put , and carried . without a dissentient . The Chairman then announced Mr . Joseph

      Fawcsrr to move the adoption of the petition , which he did by observing ,, khat the lateness of the hour would necessarily prevent him saying much on this important subject ; yet he would remark that all precedents were in their favour , reason and justice , also , were favourable to the cause , and it evidently was a question which Humanity and Christianity would cherish , and , therefore , they should command success . There was a saying that it was not in mortals to command success , but they could and would work to deserve it .

      Mr . Hamsiokd , a veteran . miner , near seventy years of age , stood forward to second the adoption of the petition to the following effect . He had worked in the pits nore than fifty years , and , perhaps , he could adduce some strong proofs of the evils connected with explosions , inasmuch as lie had had rather too close' an experiment performed upon him , for he had tho misfortune to have his , skin taken off from bead to foots He had no hesitation in saying , that from all his long experience" there was exhibited the bold truth , that a great number ofthe lives lost were duo t , p negligence , and a desire on the part of tlie ' TO » nager to ' save a little money . The petition was then put and adopted , when it was moved that it be signed forthwith , and forwarded to T . E . Headlam , M . P . for this town , for presentation to the'House of Commons . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , and the meeting was dissolved .

      National Charter League. This Body Met F...

      NATIONAL CHARTER LEAGUE . This body met for tho transaction of business at the Druid ' s Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday evening last . Mr . M'Grath was appointed to preside . " He briefly introduced Mr , Ambrose , who delivered an eloquent and most instructive lecture , upon the " Mythology of the Ancients . " The lecturer was listened io throughout with deep attention , and gave the most unqualified' satisfaction . Messrs . € lark andiFairchild subsequently addressed the meeting . Some members * were enrolled . It was announced that Mr . M'Grath would . ' ecture on the " Wrongs of-Ireland , " on Sunday evening next . A vote of thanks to the lecturer concluded the business of the meeting

      Lev.Es Sivikgb Bahk. — The Discovery Of ...

      Lev . es SiviKGB Bahk . — The discovery of defalcations by Mr . Bartlett ( actuary of the Lewes . Savings Bank , ) in April last , was announced in ¦ this paper at tne time it took place . On the 1 st of May a committee of managers and trustees was appointed to investigate the matter , and the result of their labours was . presented to a meeting held at the County Hall , Lewes , on Tuesday , when Lord Gage ( president of the bank ) was in the chair . The report states that the committee have used every effort , by bills , advertisements , circulars , ; and single applications , to obtain a verification ofthe pass books . Tho present number of accounts wa 63 , ' 221 . Of these 2 , 067 , representing . £ 50 , 337 8 s . 5 d ., had been compared with the pass books

      andrfound correct ; 148 ., representing £ 799 6 s . lid ., in accounts chiefly under £ 5 , had not yet been verified . ; and the remaining six , representing £ 407 lis . 4 d ., were found to have been tampered with fraudulently by the actuary to the extent of £ 218 2 s . IlOd . A clue to these six cases having been early discovered , all of them were clearly made out . In nearfiyevery instance a fake pass-book was employed ,, and both ' genuine ' and false books were in the possession of the committee . The sums were received and signed for by the actuary . To sanction this genuine but exhausted orders were in somo cases $ iut forth ; in others the manager of the day must haw 3 been misled by the verbal assurance of the actuary , or in some way not yet ascertained .

      In fact , no small ingenuity had occasionally been ' employed to conceal the truth . Besides the six cases named - , more than one other had appeared where money improperly withdrawn had , on a risk of a detection arising , again being replaced . In one such case repayment was made bo lately as March last , after the first examination ofthe books . The committee hoped that the six cases comprised the whole that the managers could be called upon to deal with ; but there was a possibility of such instances being hereafter elicited among the 148 open accounts , or even among the accounts ( nearly 4 , « C 0 in number ) closed at various periods since the beginning ofthe bank . The sums actually received amojwtfid to £ 206 lis . Sd . ; but since the undue

      debiting af those sums in the ledger had affected the subsequent calculations of interest , tho bank bad sustained a further damage to the extent of £ llllsr 2 d ., making in aii £ 218 2 s . lOd . There could he no question that the actuary was liable to criminal , aud he and his sureties to civil , proceedings . As to . the former , tho dangerous state of the actuaries health had been deemed sufficient reason for suspense * and as to the latter , he having recently made a general trust assignment to two creditors , bad thereby brought into operation an act" which gave propriety to the claims ofa sayingsbank against its defaulting officers . The sureties to the bond had had notice of its forfeiture , and the trustees under the assignment had also received notice of the enactment alluded to .

      Oxygen * Gas a Cure fok Choleha . — -Dr . Macrae , civil surgeon at Howrnh , has , according to the Indian Times , discovered a new and most successful mode of treating cholera patients . He causes them to inhale a certain portion of oxygen gas , which communicates a strong stimulus to the frame , and finally throws tho patient into a refreshing sleep . On awakening , he finds himself restored to health , with the exception of the general weakness which always ' succeeds any physical prostration . Dr . Macrae has tested his mode of practice upon fifteen European seamen , who have been carried to the : Howran Hospital in the last stage of the disease , and the patient has- in every instance recovered , ^ Mtris Indian Mail , ' .

      National Association Of United Trades. E...

      national Association of UNITED TRADES . Established 1815 , ¦ ., TheCentral Committee , whose deta-mination it' in to apply all their means and energies ; during . the ensuing year , to extend and consolidate . the movement -which has again been entrusted to their charge have , during the past week , received many letters from various

      parts of the country , expressive of the satisr faction felt by a large number of trades at the re-appearance of T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., as commander-in-chief of the army of labour , marshalled under the banners of the National Association ., The satisfactory reports of the delegates present , and of the various trades represented by letter at the late Conference , proving to demonstration the practical usefulness of the National Association , the numerous and uniform successes which have

      attended all the operations of the executive daring the past year . under the most discouraging circumstances , while it has inspired the friends ofthe National Association with new hopoi ofa rapid augmentation in its numbers and resources , ' has surprised and somewhat astonished those who , openly or covertly , have strove to depreciate it in the estimation of the working men . The Central Committee , fully relying upon the soundness of the principles upon which this Association is based , have never lost confidence , ju its ultimate triumph they felt

      themselves impelled by an imperious necessity , to persevere in a faithful adherence to the trust reposed in them ; awaiting calmly , yet hopefully , that reaction which they knew was maturing in the womb of a not distant future . They believe that a rich and glorious harvest is « ripening fast , as a fit and jnst reward for their perseverance . The nattering reception given to Messrs . Green and Peel , wherever they havo been since the termination of the Conference , is a powerful testimony of the effect which that important meeting is producing upon the country . ' . < . '

      The following reports received from Messis . Green and Peel , of their last week ' s progress , will , it is hoped , prove highly satisfactory to the members ; 'and the Central Committee are resolved , that immediately the Wolverhampton Conference ¦ has terminated , that Mr . Green and ; some other members of the committee , shall vigorously prosecute those operations which have been thus so successfully commenced ; ' Brief reports of the proceedings will bo given weekly through "Star , " by permission . of . its patriotic . proprietor and editor ; and ithe Trades are again earnestly called'on to support and promote the most extended circulation of this journal , as the surest means of aiding tho Central Committee in their efforts in the cause of labour ' s

      redemption . Information has been received that Messrs . Peel and Green resumed their important mission in the case of the Tin-plate "Workers on Tuesday , and . completed the nepessarypreliminaries for the Conference of masters and men , for the amicable adjustment of the difficult , and delicate question of wages . This first important step being ' satisfactorily arranged , the first meeting—to suit the convenience ofthe employers—was fixed for Monday , June 3 rd , ' and Messrs . Peel and Green separated on Wednesday , to employ the intervening days inothcr localities .

      Mr . Peel reports having arrived on the 30 th . ult . in Todmorden , on behalf of the Bobbin Turners of that district , who having , for a space of two years , been in peaceful security and uninterrupted freedom from any encroachment upon their wages- or privileges , had been compelled at length , for the first time , to appeal to the Central Committee for their assistance . Their application being made just on the eve ofthe Annual Conference , rendered it impossible for the Central Committee to render a personal assistance . But the knowledge that they had made an

      application , and that a member of the committee might be daily expected , reaching the ears of the employer , induced that gentleman to change his policy , and to recall . into his service two men whom he had discharged for resisting his proposed infringement upon . their long established prices . Upon his arrival , therefore , Mr . Peel was pleasingl y disappointed of another opportunity of proving the power aud advantage of the mediatorial policy of the Association , although its moral influence was strikingly visible in the sudden change which had come over the employer's intentions .

      Mr . Peel addressed a numerous arid spirited meeting of the Bobbin Turners trade in the evening , at the Waggon and Horses , near Lineholme , when he passed a well-deserved eulogiumupon the steady and faithful adherence which that trade had given to the National Association through all the vicissitudes of time and circumstance , and pointed to their present position as an illustration of the benefits of union when honestly persevered in . Ho assured them of the intention of the Central . Committee to tax the means and

      resources of the Association to the utmost , whenever it was necessary to use those large powers entrusted to them by the laws in the defence ofthe rights and privileges , of a trade who had given such strong proofs of confidence in this Association , and had contributed so ungrudgingly and punctually to its maintenance . These remarks were received with the most enthusiastic cheering and votes of confidence in the National Association and its

      Executive , and especially in its generous and patriotic President , for whose complete recovery many a fervent ejaculation was expressed , and was passed with acclamation . The speaker was also honoured with an unanimous vote of thanks , for his humble efforts upon tho occasion , and the meeting separated with , evidently , the utmost confidence in the movement to which they , had given so long and a consistent support ,

      At the unanimous request of the meeting Mr . Peel consented to address a public openair meeting on the following evening , of the Poor-loom Weavers and other Factory hands of tho Vale of Todmorden , large numbers of whom had been thrown idle by the -cruel and unwarrantable attempt " of some of the millowners to deprive thernof the blessings of cheap food , by a reduction of their wages , which certainly , if successful , will render tho boasted blessings of Free Trade a mockery to tlic working population of this beautiful valley . The Bobbin Turners tendered their active exertions

      to marshal their friends and neighbours to the gathering ; and the services of that useful and time-honoured functionary , tho village bellman , were secured to give the necessary publicity to the meeting , which was held in an open space called the Canteen ; the platform was fixed at the base of a lofty hill , whose sides , to its summit , clothed with the softest and most beautiful verdure , was a fitting and picturesque seat for many hundreds ofthe lads and lasses , who were the especial victims of this ungracious attempt of a few avaricious men , to monopolise all the benefits which the Legislature must havo intended should have been participated in b y all , when they passed those measures which beat down the giant

      monopoly of Corn . Mr . Peel , in his address , endeavoured to show the only and true remedy for those frequent attacks upon the wages of labour— -National Union ; he proved its legality and its patriotism . He showed the inefficiency of local Unions , by their constant failure in arresting the march of poverty . He deprecated competition in labour , as destructive of the national prosperity ; ho instanced the constantl y increasing extent of pauperism on the one hand , and the inordinate accumulation of wealth in the hands of a comparative few , as a striking proof of the correctness of his posision , and maintained , that as soon as capital had suckedup the vital blood of labour it would necessarily turn upon itself , and that these

      National Association Of United Trades. E...

      small mill-owners , who now play the tyrant over those whom desthiy had placed in their power ,. would , in their turn , prove an inevitable and unpitied prey , to the more powerful vultures of their class . 'He , therefore , | urged upon the ' meeting , both workpeople and employers ( many of whom , and their managers , were present ) to pause , in time—to . look a little deeper than the mere surface of thingsto promote a mutual and better feeling with each other , seeing that their true interests are identical . He invited the working . peoplo to

      rally round the banners of National Union-, as their best means to protect themselves from arbitrary and unnecessary infringements upon their rights and privileges . —The address was received throughout with tho most marked attention , and greeted at its conclusion with loud cheers . A resolution , embodying ^ the chief points and recommendations of the lecturer , was moved b y Mr . Joseph CraUree , and seconded by Mr . Earnshaw , and carried without a dissentient . Votes of thanks to the lecturer and chairman closedthe proceedings .

      On the following day Mr . Peel proceeded to B ' acup and Newchurch , and visited several old friends to the movement ; from all of whom he received the most flattering hopes of a reaction in favour of the National Association ia that populous locality . Mr . Green reports having proceeded to Bridgenorth , and held an excellent meeti »* g of the . Carpet Weavers , to whom he gave a reof

      port of the ^ proceedings the Conference generally , but more particularly in a case having reference to themselves , ' respecting ono ef their members—which case was decided against them at the Conference , in consequence of the law of the Association having been violated . Mr . Green reports that bis explanations were considered very satisfactory , and the meeting determined for the future to be careful iu

      observing the laws of the Association , to prevent disappointment or misunderstanding . Mr . Green on the following day went , according to instructions from the Central Committee , to Kidderminster , to attend to a case of importance to the Carpet Weavers of . that town . It appears Mr . Talbot , an emplcyer , gave notice of a reduction of a halfpenny per yard on snow whites , assigning as a reason for so doing , that ho was the only employer in the town who was paying the halfpenny , On Mr , Green ' s arrival he . was given to understand

      that Mr . Talbot had informed his men , that since offering the reduction he had found there was one employer in the town who was paying the same as himself , and , therefore , he should not press the reduction , for if one could give the price he could , and would giyc * it . Mr . Green , of coarse , was glad to find the employer ( Fr . Talbot ) had come io bo ho ^ urable a conclusion . It appears , from Mr . Green s report , several meetings had be ' oii held of the Weavers , to take into consideration the propriety of appl ying to the employers

      gonerally for the halfpenny on snow whites , which tho men consider they arc entitled to , froin the fact ofthe material used in that fabric working much harder than that wrought in the usual carpet . Mr . Green held a meeting of delegates , and after hearing the facts connected with the article in question , advised the men to apply on Saturday for the halfpenny per yard ; and in the event ofthe masters refusing their request , to send off to the Central Committee , who , doubtless would appoint one of its members to wait on their employers . This arrangement gave general satisfaction .

      On Saturday Mr . G reen attended a meeting of the Glass Makers at Birmingham , to explain the objects of the Association . The meeting was numerously attended , and , after an address of considerable length , it w ' a : i resolved ; " That the Birmingham . secretary should immediately write to tho general secretary ofthe Glass Makers union in Manchester , instructing him to have printed on the

      programme of their Conference ( which is to he held in Birmingham in a few weeks ) the earnest desire of their hranch to have brought before their Conference , the subject of their trade joining the National Association of United Trades in a body . " A vote of thunks was then given to Mr . Green for his a : cendanco , ' andthemeetiDg broke up , highly p ic .-: sed with the explanations given of this successful movement .

      Loss Of The Emigrast Ship Seramine. — We...

      Loss of the Emigrast Ship Seramine . — We are indebted to Mr . John W . Wilkins for the following particulars ofthe loss ofthe British Ship oeraphine , Captain M'Keavitt , from Newry , Ircknd , for this port , with emigrants : —The ship met with strong breezes up to the 14 th of April , and sirong gales up to the 21 st , wind increasing to a hurricane , and about two a . m ., 22 nd , with close reefed -naia topsail , a sea struck her which threw her on her heam ends , shifting the . ballast at the same time ; broke and carried away houses over hatches , I oats , and stanchions on hoth sides , started the poop and several of the old beams . In this unfortiuiate situation , filling fast in all directions , through hatchways , < fcc , cut away mizzen mast in hbout three quarters of an hour after the sea struck her ;

      and in about half an hour move , as means . vere about being taken to cut away the mainmast , . ' iway it went , clearing everything on its course except the foremast and foreyard ( the foremast was a aew stick this voyege . ) Tho ship began to right ' a little , and with the assistance of the passengers the ship was righted . At this juncture a leak -wns reported under the main chains , and the passei . ^ ers were set to work at the pumps to keep her cle . fr of water , the ship being kept before the wind . In consequence ofthe heavy sea on the 22 nd , two vessels lying to were passed without any assistance being rendered . The passengers were still occupied in shifting ballast and pumping , and it was noi till toward the evening of the 23 rd that the seabemiu to

      moderate . About this time two vessels were " seen , which proved to be tho 'Woodman , of Liverpool , and the Garland , of Cork , but as night was approaching no assistance was rendered then , and the wreck bad no boat to send off . In tho morning , boats from both vessels came and took oft ' passengers , the Garland forty , and the Woodman about ISO . On this day the wreck was seen by the El Dorado , Captain M . Thompson , at about nine o ' clock in the morning , about lat . 53 , long . 2 S 30 TV . on the horizon to windward . Slio boredoira and came to about noon , when Captain Thompson went in tho boat and brought off twelve ofthe passengers , and was occupied in this manner till dusk . At the request of the captain , M'Keavitt , volunteers from the crew

      and passengers from the El Dorado wen t on hoard the wreck to assist him to take the ship , disabled as she was , into some port ; but with the exception of one or two of them , ( the others being unfit ) , and as no agreement could be entered into with the captain , they returned . The ship ' s crew ( excepting the officers ) having refused to remain with her , it was decided the wreck must he abandoned ; and , finally , about eight o ' clock , the captain and crew came on board the El Dorado . The Garland , having taken as many as she could from the wreck , made off to Boston , whether she was bound with emigrants . The Woodman , of--Liverpool , hound to Halifax , had on board about 130 of the passengers from the wreck , and having but eight casks of water on board , about thirty of the passengers were

      brought to the El Dorado , which then had sixtyeight of tho passengers and twenty of the crew , including tho captain and officers . Attempts were made to take provisions and water from the wreck , but they were found ineffectual , tho ship rolling fearfully ; and , finally , it was abandoned entirely about ten p . m . The lives were all saved from the wreck , but a death occurred on the night of the 23 rd from fright , making the third woman in the same family that died on the passage . It is miraculous that no lives were lost , with tho exception of the one noted above , as the berths were all thrown to leeward when the sea struck her , and the mainmast went quite unexpectedly . The day following ( 25 th ) was squally , and the sea ran high , so that it would have been impossible to havo rendered any more assistance .

      General Board ok Health . —On Tuesday a government bill was printed for confirming -certain provisional orders of the General Board of Health placing the following towns under locsl -boards of health : —Stratford-upon-A'von , DartforJ , Newport . Brecon , Harrow , Derby , Dover , and Chelmsford . The Oldest Oak Trek in Belgium , which was planttd in ; the reign of Charles V ., about 1640 or 1550 , ft-as cut down last week at Rooboxflt . It measures thirty-six feet in-length , and eighteen feet in circumference . ria . nks two feet . wide may be cut from some of the branches . This tree was purchased for 800 f . by M . Vander Banck , a cabinet maker at Audenatrde . It ii . snid that he intend ! to send a plank ,-cut from . this tree , from four to nve feet wide , to the European Exlnbitionin Londoa u' 1851 . -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 8, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08061850/page/5/