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      An Address To The Tradesfit!' ' :. • - '...

      j . j n ,, * + wa *« vr » fvnm me but there seems to be only icowiown to need illustration normal , uw . * ee vse wav of doin < - away with them altogether , that is to bind -eleS theSin- classes for better purposes It is gene-11 8 c „« i , , *« not the case . There are high moral and SSos ^ t ^ Nati ons , and if suftcient power m n be raised V . v them , and is wisely directed , , strikes : ni ? i JnvfL heard of , because oppression can no longer ™ Sd To allege the miseries of a working man ' s rmiUrT during richness , to solace the orphan when Xhf strSes tho head ' of the family to solace the woes : ' : t : those who are afflicted with physical infirmity or who meet iiSth cXnity through accident , disabling them from following Sh oSry occupations , are among the laudable objects o Ses Societies ; and I wish to see them as general and useful

      " l ? Se read with much interest a work entitled « Sugges ions m a > aid in the Formation of a Legal Constitution &' Worimg [ fefen ' s Associations , ' by Edward ^ f ^ . ^ ^;^ rtiththor recommends and proves that « Associative WoiMops trere the only things wliich can permanently emancipate the working men of this country , and my opinion « , thatif «* « ^ asa miion of the various trades m 'ery town , th tiead £ g : 3030 ms , discussion and mutual instruction classes mig £ begot p , p , and the ignorance which is the great barrier to thej bima-£ i and success of Associative Workshops won d be greatly i ^ muced , and men would be much fitter for carrying out those , JXoXoTallow mo to say that I hope at tet , hose maiembers who have contributed to the formation , & c of the - Defence Association" will double their exertions , and

      ^ Mow to other members of their trades the great advantage * to me derived from such a general union and ^ 1 ™ % ] °° ™ ° ' me best institutions ever established . By doing this , the } ir oill not only confer great advantages upon themsclve ,, biu mnll enable those who follow them in their trades to enjoy the r raits of their industry in greater abundance than if no exertion hhad ever been made , and will earn for themselves the lasting ggratitude of all who have to earn their bread by labour . A MEMBER OF A TRADES SOCIETY . IBolton , September , 1852 .

      Jn6 The I Star Of Freedom. September 11 ...

      jn 6 THE i STAR OF FREEDOM . September 11 , ^

      Calico Block Printers. Mr. Walter Cooper...

      CALICO BLOCK PRINTERS . Mr . Walter Cooper delivered a lecture on Thursday night to the Calico Block Printers , of Merton . Subject , Association and its advantages . Mr . Cooper lias also been requested to meet the Block Printers of Crayford , who are out on strike , to advise with them on the best means of settling tlie dispute . KOKTHEKS INSTITUTE OF MlSlXQ EXGJXEEBS . —Relative to the formation of this society , we have received a lengthy report from Mr . Martin Jude . Of the importance to the miners oi this society , our correspondent thus speaks : — " Thus has been maa-tir ited or ushered into being , one of the most important feocieties ever projected in this country , for , with regard to U \ e first obiectthe batter ventilation of mines—tlie consequent saving

      , of human life—the promotion of the health of the miners , and all the concomitants , wretchedness and poverty , which naturally folio tv the system hitherto pursued , whereby more than a . thousand victims are annually immolated and sacrificed—all these important matters lay in their hands—ail that appertains to the security of the miner ' s life—nil that tends to the promotion of his health—all that serves to make his life worth a year or a day ' s purchase , may be said to come within the grasp and then like

      power of this Association . To the mining body , ana - wise to all true philanthropists , will devolve the great aud important duty of watching over the proceedings of tins Association , and to aid and assist it in sill that legitimately comes within the first object of the Society—the speedy perfection oi a system of ventilation which shall render explosion of fire-damp next to impossible . In a future communication I will follow up this subject , and show more particularly the duties ot the said Society . "

      A Fatal Draught.—On The Morning Of Sunda...

      A Fatal Draught . —On the morning of Sunday last the wife of Mr . William Tudhope , merchant Coatbridge , had occasion to use vitriol for purposes connected with her household affairs , but by some incaution or neglect the cup which contained the burning liquid happened to fall within the reach of her child , a sprightly little boy oi three years of age , who unpereeived caught hold of the cup , swallowed itscontents , and

      was instantly seized with the most excruciating internal pains , the effect of which on the minds of those who witnessed tlie agonizing cries and throes of the child will not soon be forgotten . Medical aid was speedily in attendance , and every effort made to relieve the little sufferer , but prolonged existence was only that of misery without the prospect of ultimate recovery , for the little hoy expired the following day . — Glasgow Constihitionel .

      The French Press . —On Thursday Louis Napoieon suppressed by decree the Paris journal the Corsaire . A Lady Drowsed while Bathing . —An inquest was held on Tuesday last by Mr . Coroner . Davis , of Howth , on the body of Mrs . Maria Kirwan , who lost her life at Ireland ' s Eye , on the 6 th inst , while bathing . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Court Martial . —Sentence of Death . —Alexander Williams , a gunner in the marine artillery , has been sentenced by a court martial at Portsmouth , to be hanged for striking a superior officer .

      Political Baxquet at Newcastle . —On Wednesday evening from 200 to 300 of the nobility , gentry , and merchants of this town and neighbourhood met in the Great Assembly Room , at a public banquet given by them to Mr . William Orel , of Whitfield , Northumberland , one of the late representatives of this borough . Dixnee to Mr . Lidi > ell , M . P . —At Tsew Castle on Tuesday , the Conservative party in the county of Northumberland celebrated the return of Mr . Henry George Liddell for the Southern Division of that county by a public dinner . The Birmingham Musical Festival . —The first concert took place in the Town Hall on Tuesday night .

      Madame Poitevix and her husband have been summoned to appear before the magistrates to answer a charge of cruelty in " torturing and ill-treating a heifer by taking it up attached to a balloon . " Disgraceful Assault by a Police Sehgeaet . —Police- constable Sergeant Berry , of the Salisbury force , was fully committed on Friday to take his trial at the next Lent Assizes , charged with a criminal assault on a female who had been taken to the station on a stretcher .

      A Fatal Draught.—On The Morning Of Sunda...

      The Peel Statue at Bury . —The inhabitants of Bury have raised to the memory of ther distinguished townsman , the late Sir Robert Peel , a noble str-me in bronze at a cost of £ 2 , 500 , which was first uncovered and was publicly inaugurated on Wednesday . Mysterious Affair at Bath . —A young woman named Ellen Foster , has mysteriously disappeared , and is supposed to have committed suicide , in consequence , it is said , of disappointed affections .

      The Tenant Conference . —The long ' impending conference of the friends of tenant-right in and out of Parliament commenced its sittings , on Wednesday , in the City Assembly-room , William-street , Dublin . Capture of the Bankrupt , Cross . —Cross the bankrupt , who had fled to the Cape of Good Hope , has been pursued and captured there . The Scott Monument at Edinburgh . —A suggestion was was made some time since by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh ,

      that some of the public bodies of the city should severally undertake to fill up with statutes the vacant niches of the Scott inonu ment . The " old Horioters , " men educated at Heriot ' s Hospital , the old Blue-coat School of Scoiland , have , by subscription , obtained a statute : of George Heriot , executed by Mr . Slater , and have applied for leave to occupy the first vacant niche . George Heriot , the founder of the noble hospital in Edinburgh , is the well-known character in the " Fortunes of Nigel , " the goldsmith of James I .

      . Scented Newspaper . — A perfumed newspaper has been started " down east , " by an enterprising Yankee . Each sheet upon being opened for perusal , emits all the exquisite perfume of can de rose . German Newspapers in the United States . —There are 127 German newspapers published at the Unitee States . Mr . Ineersoll , the newly-appointed American Minister to England , is a distinguished citizen of Philadelphia . The appointment is deemed a wise one .

      Declining a Nickname . —If the gossip be true , the " age of ( mock ) chivalry" does not indeed seem to be taking its departure . " It was stated during the festivities of Galway , " says the JJmerich Chronicle " that the honour of knighthood was tendered by the Lord Lieutenant to the Hgh Sheriff , Thomas Joyce , Esq ., of Khassan Park , but declined by that gentleman . 'Telegraph between Cork and Belfast . —The telegraph about to be constructed between Cork and Belfast is to be completed in two months .

      Petition against Mr . Town ^ ey . — -The petition against Mr . Townlcy ' s return for Sligo , will be certainly presented and conducted with the greatest spirit and determination . The Telegraph . —A large staff is uoav in training in this country to work the electric telegraphs about to be constructed in India . Liquor Law Riot at Lynn . —A riot occurred at Lynn , Massachusetts , on the 22 nd ult , while the officers were attempting to serve a liquor warrant . Considerable excitement prevailed , and one of the officers , named Artemas Chase , was wounded it is feared fa-tall v .

      The Largest Cafe in Europe has just been opened at Fienna . Not less than 14 billiard tables are to be found there , and theae are 150 gas-lights . Fountains of water play in each room . Alleged Murder of a Woman in Smithfield . —The adjourned inquiry at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital into the circumstances attending the death of Mary Ann Chamberlayno who , it

      was alleged , had been murdered by two men in Long-lane , Smithfield , on the morning of Thursday , the 19 th ultimo ., and with whose death a policeman , named White , of the Thames service , already stands charged , and is now under remand from Guildhall police-court . The jury returned a verdict to the effect " That the deceased died of the injuries received , hut the jury were of opinion that White had no malicious motives at the time of the occurrence . "

      M . Proudhon . — -The Salut Public of Lyons states that M . Proudhon is about to return to the house of MM . Gauthier Brothers , of that place , where he had been employed since 1848 . New Hops—A pocket of Kent hops of very superior colour and quality , grown by J . Winn , Tollbridge , has arrved at market , and been sold by Messrs . Mease and Wild to Messrs . Kitchen and Thornton at £ S per ton . The Robespiehres . —it has been stated that the M . Robespierre whose death was recently announced was the last of the

      family . An'Arras journal , however , says , " The news of tlie death of M . Robespierre , a relative of the celebrated Robespierre , has caused his relatives to fancy that , like many other persons who die in America , he may have left a fortune of millions . The presumptive heiress is one of the Robespierres of the canton of Garvin , and is married to a commission-agent for sugar , residing at Arras . All the Robespierres , who , during a long time , have kept secret their relationship to the terrible revolutionist , will now turn up . "

      Emigration . —A number of officers belonging to the ships of the Royal West India Steam Packet Company have resignsd in order to emigrate to Australia .

      The Wonders Of The Great Metropolis. Tho...

      THE WONDERS OF THE GREAT METROPOLIS . Tho population of London exceed that of tlie Grand Duchy of Tuscany hy 300 , 000 ; 1 hat of tlie Grand Duchy of Baden hy upwards of 500 , 000 , it is nearly or about five times tho amount of the population of Nassau . Ascendiu ^ to kingdoms that fill more or less prominent roleo on the great stacre of tlie nolitical drama , ve get the following results-.--London is within 400 , 00 Ooi 500 , 000 of half the population of Baviu-ia , exceeds hv upwards of 190 . 000 hill the population of Belgium , « n'l hy 400 , 000 , half tho population of " Holland is equal to the whole population of Hanover ; exceed the * whole population of Westphalia by 450 , 000- , aud is considerably more than the whole population of Greece . Some of us may learn for the first time , that "if the streets of the metropolis were put together they would extend 8000 miles in leivth " that " the main thoroughfares are traversed by 3000 omnibuses and 3 500 cabs , employing 490 , 000 horses , " There are 3000 omnibuses in Loudon and which not less than

      the suburbs , carry 300 , 000 , 000 passengers yewly a number equal to one-third the population of the world-employing 11 , 000 men and working a capital of £ 1 , 000 , 000 , with an annual expenditure of £ 1 , 700000 and paying to the revenue a duty of £ 400 , 000 , or as much as all the stagecoaches in tiie empire contributed before the establishment of railways These dry figures suggest a lively idea of the perfection to which wchave brought the art ot packing , illustrating to the last extremity the economical problem of the greatest possible number in the smallest space . Assuming the area ofLondoatol ) 0 19 square miles , it yields us a population on each mile of 130 , 000 human creatures , performing Vithin that stinted comimss all the operations ot life and deatn , mixed up in a fearful melee of passions ' and interests , luxury and starvation , debauchery and criminality , hard work and idlouess ; besides an infinity of occupations—iiscfnl , ornamental and mischievous , making love , bogging alms , picking pockets , juggli ng , erindinoorgans , rolling in carriages , exhibiting "happy families" in the streets , and returning at night to unspeakable misery at home .

      Brutal Assaults.—An Overdressed Man, Nam...

      Brutal Assaults . —An overdressed man , named Smifi . e fined at the Worship-street Police-court in two separate ii ? for a brutal attack upon a married woman , and upon n „ T ' man who came to her assistance ; S ^ e-Suicide on the Nobth Westrbn Railway . —On Wpd morning , the body of a man was found frightfully , n „ ni > on the North Western Eailway , near Harrow . The r cI nateman must have expressed some difficiillty in ffettin line , which at this spot is well guarded . 0 l 1 the he had laid himself across the rails , and that « evpr i * passed over him . The body is that of a man about qn * f ?' a light coat , buff waistcoat , and drab trousers v ' atl h

      Raising the Militia . —On Saturday the Colonels of tl tropolitan militia regiments commenced recruitm" j n ? ^ raise the required number of men to complete their cor ° present recruits come slowly in , though bringcrs arp At with 5 s ., and it is thought that the ballot wilfbe reqtf ^* * * / The Militia in Devon . —It does not appear likely th , * , i efforts of the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Devon ti i , t ! lc of Devon , the Earl ef Fortescuo , and his oteputy-Wo T T ' 1 respect to promoting enlistments in the militia , are IfkTl "? productive of any practical results . In several parfehe A ° , * neighbourhood of Plymouth not a single man can be L h tertam the notion of enlistment . s l to e »" Manslaughter by a Policeman . — William White , stable , has been remanded on a charge of cousin * the do J ^ a woman by knocking her down in the street h of

      Obsequies of the Duke of Hamiltox . —On Satutf-iv i the remains of Alexander , tenth Duke of H amilton whJ' 1 m Portman-square , London , on the 18 th of August L d moniously consigned to the family vault at Hamilton . Singular Discovery of a Snake in the City On S clay , while some of the workmen employed by Mr ' Wolihf 7 '" builder , of Great Trinity-lane , were ^ o ^ in reZ ^ quantity of sashes , recently used as window-frames , a V Curling's licensed victualler , m Queen-street , a snake wn , covered underneath one of them , u , s " The Rival Priests of Gretna Green . —On the 18 th uli Simon Laing was fined £ 2 for assuming John Dom ? las , 2 bpnngneld . The prosecutor and defendant were both Gret , Green priests , and the assault arose from a desire on tnc m iff Laing to take a "job " out of the hands of his rival . Desertion of British Artillery to the United Stvti ^ — We find the following in the Ogdensburgh ( U . S . ) Dail AWi ' -

      y - Light Lrttish soldiers , consisting of a sergeant , corporal ' ml six men , forming an artillery company , and attached to that branch of the British service stationed at Quebec , apncnvf here yesterday , stating that they had been ordered to the fort at I rescott as a reinforcement , but passed over the river some miles above . They were line-looking young men , and sold oi exchanged their uniforms .

      A Mai ) Donkey .-About two months ago , an ass belon g ^ to Mr . Worn , ot Gedney , Lmconshire , was bitten by a mad dog . A few days ago it became very restless , and throughout the night was so boisterous that the owner , feeling convinced it was attacked with hydrophobia , had the animal destroyed

      loRBiDDixo the Banns . —On Sunday morning dm-in * divine service in the church at Sleaford , and shortl y after the Kev K Yerburgh had published the banns of marriage , a stout rosvfaced lass rose in the midst of the congregation , and forbade from further publication the banns of marriag e between herself and a certain Thomas Keefc . It seems the "larfve fair" had two admirers , but the one who caused tlie banns not being the favourite , she took the above extraordinary mode of preventing her own marriage .

      The Ebsult of Good Living . —We wonder Mr . Moore is not afraid of holding so many good livings , lest he should die some fine morning of pluracy . —Punch Melancholy Accidext . —A coroner ' s inquest was held before Mr . Benjamin Toy Midgley , coroner , at the Military Barracks , ckle near this town on the body of Francis Nugent , n drummer , aged 18 , iniS o 2 Company of the 16 fch depot quartered

      here . The jury returned the following verdict : — "That on the 6 th instant , at Colonghill , the deceased Francis Nrat , acting drummer of the 16 th Regiment , was accidentally shot by Private Thornton , of the said regiment , having been the person who fired the last shot , the deceased being at tlie time under cover of a mound three feet thick at the place whciv the ball passed through , during ball practice with the Minie rifle . — Kim fs County Chronicle .

      The Cheesemoxger ' s Benevolent Ixstitutiox . — The loth anniversary of this charitable society was celebrated vesterday evening by a public dinner , at the Highbury Barn Tavern , at which more than one hundred airl fifty of the trade were pro - sent ; Mr . James Freeman , junr ., presided . Who can describe a Yankee more graphically than the genius who perpetrated the following ?

      " . Who'd kiss a queen till he'd raise a blister , With his arm around her neck , and his old felt hit on ; Who'd address a king by the title of ' mister , ' And ask the price of the throne he sat on . " ' The Scott Moxujiext at Edinburgh . —A suggestion was 5 made some time since by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh , M it some of the public bodies of the city should severally undertake e to fill up with statues the vacant niches of tlie Scott monument , t ,

      The " old Herioters , " men educated at Heriot ' s Hosnital , the ie old Blue-coat School of Scotland , have , bv subscription , ob- fatamed a statue of George Heriot , executed by Mr . Slater , and ul have for leave to occupy the first vacant niche . Melancholy Ixfekaxce .- — " I declare . Mr . Goldtlnimb , it it seems you have read everything . " "Why , nuuun , afterer working 30 years as a trunk-maker , 'twould lie to myfta ei ' I didn't know something of the literature of my country . "

      riiB Dutch Isdies .-Tiik ITAc . uE . ~ According tottic official report ot f ; ; commerce between Java and Madeira iu the vcav 1851 , it a ^ vs ^ S £ i imports amounted in value to 43 , 631 , 090 dollars , of which above SSWj ^ W dollars were in goods , and above 5 , 000 . 000 dollars in ready money ; « ' * , ' £ there was from the Netherlands 20 , 238 . 805 dollars in ioods , ami 3 , ^ ^ dollara m Ttsrtdy inonoy . The exports amounted to 73 , 789 , 056 flolte $ J ;/ L winch 72 , 000 , 000 dollars were in goods , and the rest in readv money . , 0 « J « , ^ , , ' . " •""*' " "< - ; u in i ^" . 'ii ;> . mm mi : ium , iu ivuvii ii » . » v . . - i , tin -, rili > handsto ( Jti «

      was exported , m products of the Indian Archipcla ? o , for private . " « value ot 22 , 000 , 000 dollars , and to the Netherlands , on account ot tlie -- - ' TSrJS ? S , tlrush thG Commercial Companv , to the value ?« SlK-46 , 500 , 000 dollars , which wove , exported for private accounts . 8 . , 770 ,-ljU oi oi ; lars were sent to the Netherlands , and to other countries 8 , 801 ,-MU *> »;; and to the Indian Archipelago 4 , 508 , 952 dollars . In the year ltol" n > arrived at Java , and Madiera 300 ships more than in the preceding > w . ' 492 more loft than in the previous years . Tho state revenue has a &»** creased 1 , 508 , 275 dollars in the year 1851 it amounted to 6 , 576 , 802 dollar * ir * Werner Zeitmg . Aug . 27 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11091852/page/12/