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      THE NORTHERN STAR Octobeb I , 1850 ^ ii rr- ^— " ———^—™ ¦ - - ¦ — ¦ ~ | I

      Me. Jokes' Lecture At Derbtt. The Follow...

      ME . JOKES' LECTURE AT DERBTt . The following letter from Mr . Ernest Jones has appeared in the Derby Reporter , of tho 4 th instant , in reply to strictures on a lecture delivered by Mr . Jones in Derby . TO THE EDITOR OF THE HKPOHTEB AND CHRONICLE . Sin , —A friend has forwarded me a copy of the Berbu Reporter , ot the 6 ch of September , containing an article signed " A Working Man , " purporting to he a stricture on a lecture delivered by me in Derby .

      I cannot hut express my surprise that the so called " Working Man" should have waited until I was absent to make hisattack , and never have forwarded me a copy of the paper , —if mv facts and figures were , as he says , so very " astounding , " seeing . tnat every one was invited by both the chairman ana myself to mount the platform , and state all objections thny mi g ht haveto make against anything i had advanced . I hive great douhts as to your W ™™ ?™ : pendent being a " working man , " for I believe a working man would have had more sense than to have advanced such arguments as aro propounded in his letter and more candour than to have uttered faischoous which if he was " an attentive

      lis-, , tener " as he says , must be premeditated and intentional . I challenge the " Working Man to throw ¦ off the mask . Perhaps we shall find him prove to he some broken-down manufacturer , who vainly endeavoured to prop his ruinous speculations by cutting down the wages of his factory slaves . But whoever he-may be , and though he may . have thought that , in the hurry of a political tour , I should not have found time to -answer his tirade , 1 beg to trespass on your columns for a brief space , and to assure your correspondent that , ere long , I shall $ e again in Derby , and hope , on that occasion he will have the courage to mount the platform , instead of publishing falsehoods anonymously when I have left the town .

      In reference to what falls personally from the pen of } onr correspondent , it may be disposed of briefly undertwocategories : firstly , falsehood ; secondly , -rague assertion . He adduces a number of figures , endeavouring to invalidate certain arguments I derived from our increasing poor-rate . I asserted , that in the return for Lady Day , there had been an omission of 55 , 183 paupers , as proved by the corrected return since published . Can he deny that 1 I maintained that the mete fact of a few names being plucked off the charity-dole of monopolv , bv disease ( as in 1849 ) or

      by stricter legislation , was no sure test as to the prosperity of a people . That the criterion was not merely how many are relieved , but what is the condition of those who are not relieved ? how are those off who . still toil at starvation wages ? how is the interior of the hovel , the cellar , and the garret ? I maintained that misery might be spreading among shopkeepers and working men , though the niggard 4 oor of the workhouse turned more slowly on its ninges . I assert that this is the case —that wages have fallen ,, and that misery Lis been increasing throughout the country during the last fifty years . Can he deny , that ? He does not even attempt it .

      I asserted that the . transient briskness in trade now . existing , was . merely owing to the disturbed state of the Continent , where internal convulsions have paralysed manufacturingindustry , and afforded the English manufacturers the opportunity of supplying the . void thus created , without the fear of -competition ; hut that , as . soon as the Continent heconr . ei settled , the old competitive system will resume its course , which was suspended by the revolutions of ' 48 , and . that the English manufacturer -can then keep open the markets of the world onl y b y underselling his . foreign competitor . How he will be enabled to do this without driving down the wages of his workmen lower than they have ever jet been , it behoves your correspondent to show .

      And I beg here to remind him that taxation in England is 35 s . per head ; on the Continent 9 s ., 7 s . and os . ; in the United States os . ; that the power of machinery is being rapidly developed abroad ; that the necessaries ef life are infinitely cheaper than they are here ; and I repeat the statement I made in Derby , that therefore as soon as the Continent becomes quiet , a fearful reaction must inevitably take place in the . position of our working classes , and . that wages must fall lower than they have ever yet been .. Tour correspondent never touches on this—he evidently sees this—his letter convinces me that he does—he is preparing the pnblic mind . to submit to a reduction of wages—this is the entire drift of his argument , or rather of that of his friend , Mr . Mathetes . . . In order to give a colouring to his attack , the

      jneudo " Working Man " . utters what he must know to be deliberate falsehoods : he represents me as having said " that free trade had produced pauperism and crime , " and " that free trade would prodn . ce . dire ruin to . the country .. " It is false . I stated that free . trade . was a salutary measure ; I exhorted the people . to resist every proposition that tended -towards a restriction of its principles ; but I maintained that free trade could not uphold our sinking commerce , because free trade could not check the competitive . industry of our continental rivals , — that our commerce . had hitherto been maintained only through a reduction of wages , and that a farther reduction must be the result of increased competition on the Continent . Your correspondent says not a word in reply to this , but meets it with the argument of a coward—falsehood .

      What I ascribed mainly the misery of the country to , was the monopoly of tbe land ; and here , again , jour correspondent tries to slip over my arguments fry another perversion of the truth , —permit me to observe , a toilful perversion , for he says he was an "attentive listener . " He says , adverting to my lecture , " the land must be split up , I suppose , according to what he means into so many equal parts , and all kinds of property must be equally divided . " Sow , I distinctly stated " that I believed an equal division of the soil . of any country among the peop le to be impracticable , and , if practicable , ! believed it would never be beneficial , for I considered it accessary for the well-being of a community that a large portion of the population should be employed in

      trade , commerce , manufactures , arts , science , andlite-Tature . " These were my exact words , and they must be in the recollection of all my hearers . De observes , "If we all started fairly to-morrow , the industrious , active , and enterprising men would go a-headof the idle , ignorant , and improvident ; and we shonld soon come to the point again of ' too few capitalists , and too many labourers . '" I don't know what he means by " starling fairl y ; " but I do inow , that under the system he upholds , it is the "idle and ignorant" who " go a-head" of the "enterprising and the active ; " it is the hereditary landlord who goes a-headof the active , enterprising ) and industrious labourer ; it is the monied capitalist who , lounging on his sofa , speculates on panic ,

      and turns starvation into gold , —who revels , listlessly on the blood and sweat of millions , —it is this man , I say , who ' goes a ^ head" of the poor operative with his 7 s ., 6 s ., and 5 s . a week , with his day of weary toil , his life of hopeless misery , his old age of workhouse degradation , and his burial b y pauper charity ; it is under his system , not that , as he says , " one man fructifies the labour of a thousand ; " but that a thousand fructify the idleness of one ! It is nnder the system your correspondent upholds , that the- small shop-keeper is being devoured by the wholesale dealer , ruined by poor ' s Tate , and crashed by the competition of the longest purse ; the small farmer and the small tradesman are disappearing more rapidly every year , and the

      centralisation of wealth is leaving but two classes in the country—the immensely rich and the miserably poor . It is the monopoly of the land which bars the only pathway of safety and progression ; to this , and not to free trade I principally ascribed our social evils . How is it that your correspondent says nothing on this head ? I showed , from government returns , that there ase eleven acres ot productive land for every famil y in the United Kingdom , reckoning / ue to a famil y , arid thencearguedfthait . the soil of the country was adequate to the support of the population—that the small farm system might he beneficially applied , — that its tendency would be to raise the wages of the Baoehanical operative by relieving the artificial

      labour market of its competitive surp lus , —that our poor law , criminal , and sanitary expenditure would thereby be lessened , and home trade be created ; for home trade depends almost entirely on the prosperity of the working classes , and it will be evident that these , and these only , are the means by which such prosperity can be established and maintained . It is thus that the shopkeeper and the working man would be snatched from the jaws of ruin , and the downward tendency of our social system experience a salutary reaction . Can your correspondent deny this ? Will he tell me why the people should starve , -when there are eleven acres of good land for every family ? Or will he deny the premises ? If so , I . challenge him to the proof . It is to these points jour correspondent should have directed his attention : the necessary declension of our foreign comb

      merce y foreign competition ; the inability to liphold our manufacturing supremacy , except by a farther reduction * f wages ; the absolute ruin ¦ which such a reduction must occasion ; and , on the other hand , the great remedial measure , the placing the people on the land , which affords adequate means for national prosperity , and the only gua-Bmtee fer its contmuanee . Not one word has the « Working Man said on all these points ! Inow proceed to analyse the lucubration s of that profound reasoner and philanthropic Christian , who rejoices in the name of Mathetes , and who ig so largely quoted by your correspondent—and to judge of the sack by the sample , I find him endeavouring to establish the fact that the interests of the labourer and the capitalist in this country cannot be opposed to each other because there is no definite line of demarcation between rich and poor . He

      reasinsthas .: — > # - Ton cannot fi * upon any limit , and say , above it an are rleh , below it aU are poor ; for if you fixed upon any such JJmit | he poswKWB of a halfpenny would make the dj / fe-

      Me. Jokes' Lecture At Derbtt. The Follow...

      —¦ - ' «— - I 7 » T . oormftn . What berence between aricU ^ n a »^ p ericU , by theirmonocomes , then , of the awrta « k » " , : Wh 0 are the nch ! poly of power , keep the P ° < £ ' £ M constituting wealth . Whatever amount T ^^ j ^ that the gain or loss of there are many so near tne » - » one clasg mto the otnersixpence will «« nwB lQgg £ wh < jre ta ig n 0 distinction There can be no ° PP °° J the rich from the poor by abroad andifwe cannotsepa ™ fte a - ertionj that one class and in » P » ssal ) „ , „ c ! nn of tbe other , is vague declamation , lives by the oppressiou wealthis gQ infinite 8 ; malfi . . tile When th Jf £ the posaessor of the minimum of property , "" KSowmtnt upwards and downwards , through the a i „« ries of the gradation so incessant , it is impossible &» ™ can be any casual antagonism in a community , as of •¦^ nnd ooor : t . e ., that ( he poor can be the cause of the wealth of the rich , or tlie rich be the cause of the poverty of the poor . . What is the cause , then ? I would simply ask the writer this question : if he lays a hundred pounds weig ht on the shoulders of another , does he lessen the pressure by adding fifty or sixty ounces underneath ?

      . . .. The writer then goes on to inveig h against all compulsory rise in the rate of wages , by combination :, strike , or other means . Granting that strikes are a costly remedy—that they oppose a greater evil by a lesser one , why does the writer , who inveig hs against a compulsory rise , not inveigh as well against a compulsory fall ? As it is , the capitalist commands a competitive labour surplus W drawing the population from their natural labour field , the land , into the factory districts , and there a ^ ain he throws fresh myriads out of work by the development of machinery . Capital enables him exclusively to wield mechanical power ; and , surrounded by his rattling armour of machinery , he turns upon his victims , and says : — " the monopoly of the land forces you to rush as beggars to my factory-door , —my machine power enables me to do without your labour , —I am growing rich , but I am not satisfiedI will be richer still—I will curtail

      , , your wages , and pocket the difference , —you can t refuse , ( according to Mathetes' own words ) ' it is better to work for a little , than to have rio work at all , * —for you have no alternative but starvation , Since I monopolise machinery , and my brothermonopolist monopolises the land . If you grumble , there ' s the jail ; if you resist , there ' s the bayonet . The writer , however , not content with the height he has already reached , actually caps it with the following climax : The capitalists and the accurnvdators of property , are not only innecent o ! any oppression of the poor , of being in any respect or degree the cause of their poverty , they are , in truth , their best benefactors . They absolutely become rich by benefiting them , by supplying them -with aU that they want on the best and cheapest terms . The prosperous manufacturer , is he , who by attention , skill , and industry , turns out tbe best and cheapest goods , who makes the cheapest calico for the labourer's shirt or his wife ' s

      gewn . Unfortunately for his argument , the cheapness of the calico is based on the cheapness of wages—and little is the use of hats , gowns , shirts , and coats being cheap , ( cheapened for a foreign market , ) if the labour of the workman is cheapened in a still greater ratio—and tho cheaper the goods that he requires are , the less able is he to satisfy that requirement . It is , therefore , we see the hatter hatless , the shoemaker shoeless , and the labourer foodless .

      . "The benefits of capital" says Mathetes , " may be made fitill more evident In ancient times when wheat was ground in to flour by handrail's , it was the constant work of one man in six to grind flour for the six . Consequently one-sixth of the food was consumed in the grinding . " " The food was consumed in the grinding . " That is , the labourer received his hire—he had a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work—the producer of wealth did not starve himself . But now , according to his own words : Now , six men in a steam flour-mill will grind food for sixty thousand , so that only a ten-thousandth part is now consumed for the grinding . The meaning of which is this : the power of machinery is monopolised by the capitalist , and made to act as the oppressor of labour , instead of its assistant—few men now live by the production of that wealth which formerly afforded employment and maintenance for many .

      The monopoly of machinery is as great an evil as the monolopy ot land : these are the two great crying . injuries against which the working man has to contend . The two great sources of wealth , land and machinery , are in the exclusive possession of a few landed and monied capitalists , and they dam up the stream as soon as it would flow over ( heir own boundaries . Truly may Mahetes say : " cap ital is the reservoir of labour . " The capitalist , depending on foreign markets , is independent of the reaction low wages have on home trade—and , therefore , the shopkeeper may be ruined and the working man may die , as long as the capatalist can extend his manufactures and secure his profits . To increase these profits , tbe writer next endeavours to blind his readers as to the source whence they are mainly derived ; for , he

      I argues , all that limits the profits of capital , tends to a decrease in the demand for labour . Supposing this ( though no assertion can by itself , be more illogical ) where capital draws its profits out of decrease m wages , as under our present system , it is clear that the increase of labour cannot benefit the working class as a whole , since , in the same ratio in which labour increases , wages fall . This is ex actly the case in England : from trying to force an artificial market against foreign competition , the English manufacturer is obliged to sell at a cheaper rate , in order to realise the same annual profit he is obliged to manufacture so much more than he did before at the higher price , and to lower the wages of his workmen , which he does , as experience proves , in a still greater proportion . Here is the secret of our misery , disease , and crime .

      The existence of this misery and evil your correspondent never attempts to deny ; but in his attempted explanation of its cause he observes : — There is no mystery about the matter , it is simply this : that labour intreases faster than capital ; that , in ^ a certain time , a thousand working men are produced , but only capital sufficient to employ eight hundred . How does your correspondent make this out ? Within ten years the revenue from the land has increased by fourteen million pounds sterling per annum ; the number of agricultural labourers has decreased since 1811 by 300 , 000—capital has increased faster than labour , yet the wages of the agricultural labourers since 1807 have fallen from 15 s . per week , and advantages rendering them equivalent to 25 s . per week , down to 8 s ., while cottage rent has doubled within the same period . To advert to our manufactures : the personal wealth of the country has doubled within the last thirty years—the population takes fifty years to

      double its numbers—here again capital has increasedfaster than labour , and yet the wages of the workmen have fallen in the same period by threefourths of their amount . ' How does your correspondent reconcile this with the wild assertions of his friend ? And this is without reckoning the undeveloped capital—the twenty-ei ght million acres of uncultivated land—the twenty-seven millions of that which is cultivated , consisting in wood and pasturage—nay ! without reckoning the loss occasioned by unwilling idleness—for increased labour power gives increased production , and thus increases capital , where , as in our country , the raw material of wealth , the soil , lies half neglected , and all monopolised ! Now , sir , admitting , as he does , the existing misery of the people , what is the remedy your correspondent , through his friend , suggests ? According to him , no blame is due to the capitalist—it is all the fault of the working man . But your correspondent has a sovereign panacea for all our evils :

      The capitalist or manufacturer is not at fault- , surely , it is through no oppression of his ; it is through no tyranny of capital , that the working man marries early , that his powers are vigorous , that his wife is prolific , that his children are numerous , stent and healthy , that they all grow up to men and women , that they have to work for a living , and that it is better to work for a little than to have no work at all ! When men and women will not deny themselves pleasure for the sake of their own offspring , when no considerations of prudence restrain the passions , there is neither sense nor justice in laying tbe consequences of such selfish indulgence upon other men . —He has had the pleasure of getting children , it is nothing but fair that topon himself and wife should fall the more unpleasant •^ ask of keeping them . I blush for human nature in reading that gross

      ana bestial paragraph . It speaks for itself . It is the'language of Satan marking the misery he has created [ I can easily believe it is not owing to the capitalist that the poor man ' s child grows up . «« stout and healthy "—alas ! it is owing to the capitalist that he lives a withered wreck , and dies an early victim . Read the statement of Doctor Guy , of King ' s College , London , of the average longevity of the working classes in those towns where the capitalists hold their courts : —In Leeds it is nineteen years , in Preston eighteen , in Bolton eighteen , in Manchester seventeen , in London seventeen , in Liverpool 15 ! while one out

      of every three-and-half deaths over fifteen years of age among the working clasges is due te eonsumption ' . —Celibacy is the remedy of your correspondent—of course he is a bachelor himself . What ? Is marriage " selfish indulgence " for the poor and not for the rich ? Is the rich man ' s daughter born with a golden wedding-ring on her finger , and the poor man ' s child with the brand of barrenness ? Are the rules of nature a nullity , and the dictates of God a crime ? Is the Bible a dead letter ? and the command of the Creator to our first parents but a mockery and a snare ? Are tbe people to live in celibacy , in order that the rich may riot in lust ?

      The question is not , as your correspondent states , whether the workingman shall force others to keep his family , but whether others shall be permitted to prevent him from keeping that family himself . This is just what our social system does , by the monopoly of land and machinery , keeping a competitive labour surplus , a host of unwilling idlers , and reducing wages to starvation-point to swell the profits of a few capitalists . ¦ Now-then , sir , I place my plan in opposition to nJLI a ° ? i ? s - « i ? ugh your wages may be lowered , don t combine to raise them—if you can ' , live on the wages we ehooee to pay , don't marry .

      Me. Jokes' Lecture At Derbtt. The Follow...

      dnn ' r havo cuildren-r jou , the millions , . fpregorthe cSdearSts of domesL life , the smilitfg ' farina and Srattling child-haVe . no happy homes-cul-Sate no domestic virtues-have . none to share your hopes or soothe your sorrows-live the Sary lfermitS of a factory-hell-let the nation degenerate and the species diminish , let , the land grow more silent and more dreary , let , the people decay beneath acocks of gold , let the l ife of man be a libel on the ^ lawof God-that we , the few mav have our profits , and revel in our lustful Sdisef Butlsaf : " Be fruitful and multiply . ;" where God created mouths , ho has created food to feed them . According to Mathetes' plan the people would decay—according to mine they would regenerate—by his the land would gradually sink into a frowning desert , peopled b y a few emaciated qlaves . and echoing merely with tho whirl of

      machinery—by mine it would bo turned to a smiling garden , decked with gay cottages , adorned with waving fields , and ringing with the song of labour and the laug h of childhood—according to his plan , commerce itself must languish and expire—according to mine home trade would flourish , and our porta still open to the produce of the world . Let the people choose between the two . And now a word for you , Mr . Mathetes ! I believe in the Gospel—you don't ; I am a Christian—you are an Infidel ! You wish to destroy the happiness of man—I try to restore it . I have proved that there is plenty in the land for all , were it fairly administered—you have not denied it—you cannot ; —you have , like all your order , tried to blind your readers by sophistry , and to silence your opponents by falsehood and calumny ;—you can ' t silence me . You shall always find mo ready to meet you and all your class , with the press , tbe pen , and tho platform , or in any other way that circumstances may

      require . Mr . Editor , I conclude by informing your correspondent that I shall be most happy at any time to meet him or his allies in that-same Hall in Derby , in which he states he was " an attentive listener , " but proves himself to have been a false reporter . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , Ernest Jones .

      Tbe Miners Op The. North. To The Editor ...

      TBE MINERS OP THE . NORTH . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAB . Sib , —The coal owners are ; it appears , just beginning to awaken from their ; long and undisturbed repose , in respect to the numerous accidents which so frequently occur in their collieries . Up to the present time , whatever the nature of those accidents might be , seemed not tp affect them in the least , they relied upon the select machinery of a coroner ' s inquest to settle all by the stereotyped verdict of " accidental death ; " and now that the Miners' Inspection Bill has become law , . they are taken by surprise , when told that they aro sub ject to a penalty if they neglect to apprise the

      Secretary of State that an accident had occurred at their collieries . This mode of reasoning will be apparent , when it is announced that at an inquest held lately at Norwood Colliery , near Newcastle-upon-Tyne , the master had never so much as thought of writing to Sir George Grey in ^ accordance with the act that an accident had occurred . Oh , no ! he was in happy ignorance of his duty , and thus exposed the owners to the penalty of not less than £ 10 , nor more than £ 20 , as specified by the fifth clause in the act . Again , a Mr . Knowles was brought up by the coroner in respect to an accident in his pit , and of which he had also neglected to forward an account to the Secretary of State . He also professed his 'ignorance of the provisions of the bill , although he attempted to cover any intended negligence , by averring that he was quite in favour of the bill

      passing , & c . Yes , no doubt those gentlemen speak the truth when they state that they were ignorant of the provisions of the bill ; most likely they understood the bill would be nothing but a bill . Land that it would remain a dead letter on the statute book . Confiding souls ! they expected , I dare say , the coroner ' s court would hide all as heretofore ; therefore they express great surprise , when told they have laid themselves open to a penalty for non-observance of the conditions of the bill in question . But tbe above are not the worst features of the case . There is a colliery also near this town where a poor collier got burnt so badly that a few days of pain and suffering terminated his existence . Yet not only was the requisite notice to the Secretary of State neglected , but even the coroner ' s inquest dispensed with ; and thus the questionable verdict of a coroner s inquest was refused , and the cause of death never inquired into .

      All these instances goes to show the utility and necessity for the bill , for if they put in the plea of ignorance this time , they cannot always benefit by such plea . With respect to no inquest being held on the poor man who was burnt , there cannot be any justifiable reason assigned for that ) neglect , seeing it is an imperative duty of long standing for all such cases to be investigated , Slid , however tho other cases of neglect may be disposed of , that of not subjecting the cause of Mr . Blackburn ' s death to the scrutiny of the coroner s court must not be overlooked .

      The great anxiety necessarily manifested by the colliers for the practicable exemplification of the bill , which has been passed to afford them relief from the manifold evils of badl y ventilated mines , will be fully borne out by the following letter , which , along with many of a similar character , are daily being sent me , but which are too numerous to publish : — Crow Trees Colliery , Durham , September 30 th . Deab Sib , —I am authorised by the workmen ot the colliery , to request you to write to the inspectors , who may

      have been appointed under the recent bill for the mines of this country , and to inform them that this colliery is in a most deplorable state , in regard to the ; ventilation , which is ruining tbe men ' s health daily , and the masters are making no preparations to remove tlie evil . Hoping you will let us know how you have proceeded , and what likelihood there is of this monstrous system being altered , so that we may not be hurried to a premature grave , which must be our lot , if no alteration takes place in this colliery . Youvs , & e ., ToM . Jude . B . W .

      I forward you the writer ' s name , but , for obvious reasons dare not make it known . Thus are the miners exposed to the certainty of ruined health and loss of life through the cupidity of their employers , and the tardiness of the government , in carrying out the provision of the bill , by not appointing inspectors instanter . However , it is to be expected that no further delay will take place in the appointment of the necessary number of inspectors , so that the miners may have the full benefit of the measure as speedily as possible , inasmuch as delay in such a case means death to them . It is with pleasure I forward , also , an account of the manner with which the workmen of Unsworth Colliery treated the absence of inspectors , & c .

      The pit having fired , and burnt five persons , some of them very badly , the workmen became alarmed , and resolved , to a man , not to work another day till an examination of the pit was made . Accordingly , the master complied therewith , and the result was , that the place where the fire originated was condemned , the' men determinately avowing that they would not work in that way any longer . Their unanimity secured the respect of their employer , for he at once fell into their view of the case , and granted their request . Thus we have the results of the union of sentiment and the harmony of action among the men of that colliery , and similar results would no doubt follow , if the miners would but let those examples instruct them . It is a sad

      alternative to recommend , but where life is at stake what man , and who values property , the well-being of himself and family , would hesitate how to act under such circumstances ? But it is only by the whole number of workmen in a colliery , so acting , that good can be done , as the following will show . At Heaton Colliery a fire occurred a few days ago , and , although but little damage was done , and only one man slightly burrif , yet the .. whole body of workmen became alarmed , and jhstWfso , for the pit is literally full of inflammable gafcand but for a fortunate circumstance ( the tire having , as it is termed , •? knocked" itself out , ) two * . hundred men and boys would have perished on that occasion .

      The major portion have , however , returned to their work ; yet , there are some who have not done so ; but being few in . number their secession is not heeded , and the pit is at work every day , except when the presence of gas is so abundant as to alarm them afresh , which is not unfrequentl y the case . Here then we have a pit so highly charged with this inflammable mixture that the workmen are in continual danger of being blown up , and no one dares to interfere . There is no authorised person to step in and proclaim tbe pit as being unfit for men to venture into . The sooner we have the Inspector the better for the miners ; for , by the provisions of the Miners' Inspection Bill" such pits would meet that doom to which they are justly entitled

      Intending to register all such cases that come to hand , I would entreat of the miners , either to communicate with your Journal direct , or to forward if more convenient , such reports to me , taking care to send nothing but what is actually true , and to give their names as a guarantee for the authenticity of the same . Yours , & c , M . JunB .

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      . ,,- LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . CabsbIij Oct . 8 . —The garrison court hag heard M . Oettker's case , and ordered his immediate release . Col . Hildebrand has returned to Cassel . The Elector threatened to dissolve the . army iii ease of disobedience , arid call in foreign aid . Haynau is ordered to carry out the decrees with all the power at his command . All the newspapers are again suspended . ' Hanan , Oct . 7 . —The judges have seen the Elector , who was very wrath , and menaced his visitors with imprisonment should they , oppose the execution of the decree . Amona , Oct . 8 . —The expedition against Friedrichstadt is abandoned . The guns were withdrawn without hindrance on the evening of the 5 th . Wurtembur g , Oct . 7 . —The National Assembly has called upon the government to have nothing to do with any intervention in Hesse Cassel . T . iTMTunnMfiiiBBWs

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      LATEST HOME NEWS . Steam-Boat Explosion Ann Loss of Life at London Bridge . —On Thursday afternoon , between four and five o clock , a terrible accident happened on board the screw steam-boat known as the Erin ' s Queen , lying off Cotton ' s wharf , London-bridge , by which the head engineer was mstantaueottBly killed , and the lives of two or three others greatly jeopardised . Tho vessel , which belongs to Messrs . Henderson , Oglebie , and Co ., of London and Belfast , arrived in the river on Tuesday last , and after discharging at the above wharf , she was reladen with her return cargo . On Thursday evening , at five o ' clock the hour appointed for the steamer to start ,

      the crew were busily engaged in getting the steam up . Whilst so employed it was perceived ' that one of the screws ef the * ' slutch hole " was rather loose , when John Ferguson , tho engineer , and two other men , proceeded into the engine room , for the purpose of repairing the defect . The unfortunate engineer having desired one of the stokers to hold a light for him , he was in theact of screwing up the bolt , when it broke , and almost instantaneously the steam and boiling water rushed out with such force as to blow the poor fellow as far aft as the bottom of the cabin deck . The man who was standing at his elbow with the lamp , although struck on the

      arm by the iron bolt , managed to rush up stairs , as did also another of the crow , and , strange as it may seem , neither received the slightest personal injury . Ferguson , the engineer , on the contrary , ' was quickly covered with boiling water , and , owing to the clouds of steam , some time elapsed before any one could descend to render the least assistance . At length Captain Silly and several of his crew descended , when they beheld the unfortunate man lying on the floor of the engine room , so scalded that when touched his flesh peeled from his body . A medical men was quickly in attendance , who prbnounced life quite extinct . The deceased has left a widow and two children .

      Accident at the South-Western Railway WoRKS . —On Wednesday morning , Edward Cuff , a labourer employed by the South-Western Company in their factory at Nine-Elms , was in a place near one of the engine houses , where there is a large copper or cauldron for boiling and cleansing what is called the " waste" woollen and cotton stuff used in cleaning the engines , when he was asked by the men in the joiner ' s shop to turn on the steam into the pipes that heat their shops , and to do this he mounted on to the copper , and by some means fell into it sidewayg . He managed to jump out , hut

      in a most horrible state , being scalded with the hot water and oil in a dreadful manner , and in his agony tore his jacket off , bringing skin and flesh with it , before he could be prevented . He was taken to Guy ' s Hospital , where be now lies in a highly dangerous and pitiable state . AhhsasD Mdbdeb of an Infant bt iis Parents . —On Thursday a long inquiry was instituted before Mr . Baker , at the Queen ' s Head , Fleet-street , Bethnal-green , relative to the death of Rosina Wasniak , six weeks old , who was alleged to have been murdered by her parents , Gaspard Wasniak and Deborah Wasniak . The father of the deceased

      is a native of Poland , and was in tho & m Polish Infantry at the time of the invasion of Poland by Russia . The jury gave in their verdict , " That the deceased was found dead without any marks of violence , but there was not sufficient evidence to show how the death was caused . '' Shocking : Colliert Accident . —Fourteen Lives Lost . —Manchester , Oct . - 10 . —Intelligence reached here to-day of a serious and very shocking accident at a coal mine in Oldham , but I have not had time to ascertain the exact details . The first reports were that lightning had ignited the oarburetted hydrogen gas in the mines during a thunder Storm yesterday , and caused an explosion , which had resulted in the death of a great number of the colliers . Another account , which seems more probable , is that some colliers were at work in one of the bays of the pit , lighted by a patent Davy safety

      lamp , and that a piece of coal they had separated from the roof fell on the top of the lamp , destroying the gauze which covered it or forms the upper portion , and that the light being thus left exposed fireH- 'tlfe mine . It appears , however , that a fearful explosion took place , and that the fire blazed so fiercely for some-time that the workmen could not be set at liberty . The mine belongs to Mr . Butterworth , of Oldham , and is near the centre of the town . The reports of the number of persons killed vary—one being that fourteen dead bodies had been taken out , up to four o ' clock this morning . Another statement is that eleven dead bodies have been taken from the mine , and that ten other colliers hare been taken out so burnt and exhausted , that it is not likely they will survive many hours . The mine is said to have been sunk two years , and to be imperfectly ventilated , no air pit having been sunk parallel with the shaft .

      Charge of Attempted Poisoning by a Soldier . — The adjourned inquest was held on Monday last , when the accused was committed to take his trial at the next assizes for the county of Dorset . [ The particulars of this case will be found in the sixth page . ] Her Majesty left Balmoral on Thursday morning , and arrived at Edinburgh the same night , on her return to London .

      The Following Appeared In Our Third Edit...

      The following appeared in our third edition of last week : — SXTRAORDINARY SEIZURE OF STOLEN PLATE AND JEWELLERY IN THE CITY .

      A Very Remarkable Seizure Of Stolen Prop...

      A very remarkable seizure of stolen property of the most valuable description has been effected on the premises of a gold and silver refiner carrying on an extensive business in the heart of the City of London . Within the past few days , a robbery of plate to a very large amount from the residence of a Roman Catholic clergyman named Richards , of Bootle , near Liverpool , has been reported to the authorities at Scotland-yard , and on Wednesday last three detective officers went to the extensive premises of Mr . Sirrell , of 53 and 64 Barbican . Upon entering the shop , Mr . Lund at once directed his brother officers to seize two large packages which were lying upon the counter , ana at the same

      moment addressing Mr . Sirrell , he inquired whether he had received a letter from Liverpool that morning . Mr . Sirrell replied that he had , and at once handed a letter over to Mr . Lund for his inspection . After glancing at its contents , Mr . Lund told Mr . Sirrell that it was his unpleasant duty to inform him that he must consider himself in custody on suspicion of receiving stolen goods . The two packages referred to were then opened , and the contents found to consist of tho produce of two robberies recently effected in the neighbourhood of Liverpool , one of them being that of Mr . Richards . Mr . Lund , then proceeded to tbe Lothbury offices of the Electric Telegraph Company . Arriving there he availed himself of the information gained from tho letter .

      and telegraphed to Mr . Bowling , the chief of the Liverpool police , requesting that he would immediately apprehend two persons , named Macauley and Maguire , whose addresses and description were given . Within a short half hour telegraphic intelligence was received in London from Mr . Dowling , to the effect that Macauley and Maguire were in custody , and requesting that Mr . Sirrel might be sent down to Liverpool . Mr . Sirrell was accordingly sent down in custody on Wednesday night . Meantime officers had been left in charge of his premises , and a very superficial examination of the stock contained in the two houses , disclosed the nefarious nature of his dealings . An immense

      quantity of plate , bearing crests and cyphers , and evidently stolen property , was found in various places , and no less than five crucibles were at work when the officers entered . The number of watches discovered is almost incredible . Upwards of 300 of them have the oases torn off , and only the works are remaining . Mr . Sirrell has been in business in the same shop for thirty-seven years . He is a widower , and has only one child , a daughter , aged about twenty years . His business was carried on in a most liberal style , and ho always employed three shopmen . The prisoners were brought up before the county magistrates at Liverpool on Thursday , and rcmandedf until Tuesday next

      Wreck Op The Superb. Verdict Of The Jury...

      WRECK OP THE SUPERB . VERDICT OF THE JURY . The jury met on Thursday ; several witnesses were examined , and the jury having deliberated , returned the following verdict :- " That Isaac Gossett and his wife were drowned in consequence ° h ^ KLl iWT rb on the 24 th ^™ - That the wreck of the Superb was the result of culpable imprudence on the part of Captain Pnaulx in taking the Superb in a dangerous place , without knowledge of its ordinary cSurse . That John rieming , -the mate , is guilty of imprudence , m attempting to take the said vessel on that course . "

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      gOUTHWAItKr ^' MoBP - -Polioe ' - ' Bruwlity .-Cornelius Bowen , a respectable looking middle aged man , was brought before Mr . A'Beckett on the following charges : —Policeman Gingle , 109 M , stated that while on duty at the corner , of Fishmonger-alley , High-street , at half-past one o ' clock in the morning , he saw the defendant standing at a coffee-stall , with several women . They were talking and making a noise , and he desired the defendant to move on ; when he refused , and threatened to throw some coffee at him if he meddled with him . He ( the policeman ) then went towards the defendant , who seized him by the collar , tore his coat , and in tho struggle they both fell to the

      ground , but he succeeded in taking his assailant to the station-house . The defendant contradicted the policeman ' s statement , and called forward two witnesses on his behalf , who gave a very different version of the transaction to that alleged against him . One of the witnesses , Robert Martin , stated that he is an engineer , in tho employ of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins , and that he is a perfect stranger to all the parties . That he happened to be near the spot at the time , and saw the defendant taking a cup of coffee at the stall , and heard him talking to some other man , but not in the manner to disturb the neighbours . That he ( witness ) then observed the policeman come up and order the defendant to go on , who at the moment was drinkthat he

      ing the coffee ; and the latter made a reply , was disturbing no person and that he did not see why he should be interfered with . He ( the defendant ) then placed his empty coffee cup on the stall , when the policeman , without uttering another word , rushed at the man and knocked him down on his back , and a bottle being in his coat pocket it was smashed , and it was only surprising he was not seriously injured . The witness added that the conduct of the policeman throughout was scandalous , and that the defendant committed no offence to justify such brutality as that which was inflicted upon him . —In reply to Mr . A'Beckett , the witness Said it Was untrue of the policeman to assert that there were a number of women on the spot at the time , there beine onl y two females present ; that

      the defendant might have been talking rather loud , but not at all in a tone to disturb the inhabitants . He ( witness ) distinctly saw the policeman rush at the man , and knock him down in the way described . Another witness confirmed this evidence > -Mr . A'Beckltt said that it was necessary that policemen should be protected in the execution of their duty . In this particular , case , however , it appeared that there were no just grounds for the policeman ' s interference with the defendant while drinking his coffee , and that instead of the latter committing the first assault , it was proved by two competent witnesses the policeman was the aggressor ; that the public must also be protected from such conduct as that described , and therefore , under the circumstances , he should'discharge the defendant .

      BOW-STREET . —EMBEzzLBMENT .-Samuel Simpson , a young man in the employ of Messrs . Schoolbred and Co ., linendrapers , of Tottenham-courtroad , was charged with embezzling the sum of 20 s . —Mrs . Harriet Kerchid deposed that on Saturday last she went to Messrs . Schoolbred to purchase various articles , and the prisoner was the young man who served her . The bill came to £ 1 6 s , id ., an invoice of which the prisoner gave her . —Arthur Beriman , cashier , stated that it was the prisoner ' s duty to bring at once all monies which might be paid him , and at the same time a copy of the invoice given to the customer . Upon the first witness . leaving the shop on Saturday afternoon last the prisoner brought witness fis . 4 d ., pretending that that was the amount he had just taken . His invoice was also for 6 s . 4 . —Mr , Bowen , chief clerk in the firm , gave the prisoner into custody . —He was committed to take his trial .

      Suspected . Robbery . —John Collins , a carman in the service of Mr . William Bloomfield , carrier , carrying on business , at , tho King ' s Arms-yard , Snow-hill , was charged on suspicion with being concerned with others not yet in custody in stealing a truss of cloth , value £ 150 , the property of his emp loyer . —Mr . Bloomfield stated that the prisoner had been in his employ from a very early age , and consequently he was always looked upon as a trustworthy servant . On Friday morning last a load of goods was committed to him for delivery , portions of which consisted of trusses of cloth , to be left at the establishment of Messrs . Bull and Wilson , in St . Martin ' s-lane , and on his return he informed witness that the property in-question had been

      stolen from the cart , which he had communicated to the police at the station of this court , upon which inquiry was made , and it was found that the property missing consisted of three pieces of the best cloth , being the most valuable of the lot , and not being the foremost in the cart , it must have been picked out from others of less value and less exposed , which induced him to give tbe prisoner in charge . Witriess lost no time , but in the course of the evening offered a reward of £ 20 for the recovery of the goods . —Joseph Turner , said that he was cleaning the windows of his employer , Mr . Bailey , 13 , Lincoln-inn-fields , on Friday last , when he saw a cart standing in the , carriage way at the east side of the square , apparently about to start

      for the City , when a cab orove up alongside , and a man lifted a heavy parcel from the cart into it , and having got up beside the driver , they went off at a quick rate . After a few minutes the cart moved on , and he heard nothing more of the matter , until he heard that handbills were circulated in the nei ghbourhood of Dniry-lane offering the reward spoken to by the last witness , which induced him to communicate what he had seen to Inspector Dodd . He believed that the prl ' sbiier was the man who had charge of tho cart when the occurrence took place . —The prosecutor informed the magistrate that when the . last witness was in attendance on

      Saturday evening last at the station , he identified the prisoner from . several others . —Mr . Gilham submitted that there was no proof of the prisoner having any guiltyftnowledge of the robbery , which was perfectly clear from his having , without any loss of time , communicated with the police that a robbery had been committed , instead of having absconded , had he been in collusion - with the persons who had , unfortunately , been the cause of placing him in such difficulties . —Mr . Jardine considered that however long the prisorier might have been in tho service of the prosecutor , the charge against him was so full of suspicion , that there was no alternative but to remand him for a week .

      MANSION HOUSE . — " The Silent Stsiem" op Begging . —Jeremiah Smith , a man of colour , who has been within the last three weeks begging in the most eloquent silence through the principal streets about tho Bank , was brought before Alderman Gibbs for . having resolutely pursued his vocation notwithstanding the numerous hints received by him from the police and others . It has been the defendant ' s plan to squeeze himself with the most impressive humanity into some public corner , so that without obstructing the passage of any one , ho and his distress were seen by the crowd , and the first impulse a stranger would feel upon beholding such an object would be the offer of relief . Sometimes his judgment directed him to the use of

      lan-Sage , and then he told his story with apparent irikness and honesty which seldom failed to secure a hesitating victim . He has been in the habit of withdrawing occasionally from the immediate scene of his profitable labours to the public-houses or beer-shops in the various thoroughfares , and there smoking cigars , which it is said he greatly prefers to the old fashioned pipe of tobacco . When he was apprehended he had three shillings in pence , and sixpence in silver in his pocket , and in his hand a half consumed Havannah . —Alderman Gibbs : Now , you have been spoken to fifty times about begging , and you can certainly get work in the docks . Defendant : The work is slack in the docks , your honour , and I assure you I did not ask for a

      farthing of that money , people Kindly gave it me . — Alderman Gibbs : Exactl y so , and while you get money in that way you ? will not work either in or out of the docks . Some gentlemen in thejustice room said they could not resist tlie temptation to give the defendant some coppers upon looking at the melancholy exhibition . —Alderman Gibba said that the performance was no doubt perfect , and he was bound to prevent it from drawing for some time by transferring it to Bridewell for the space of twentyone days , and by directing that the money found upon his person should be used towards his support during that time . Bating Rather Deabi * for a Whistle . — John Kelly , about 12 years old , was charged with having broken open a locker in the Clothes Marketin

      , Cutler-street , with intent to steal tho contents . The P ™ oner had been seen walking aloug with two blinds , a black and white dog and a girl , both of which he was in the habit of using in hia trade of theft , In which , although so young , he had been very expert and successful . He carried a whistle , which he blew upon the approach of danger , and the call was immediately answered by a rush from a crowd of Petticoat-lane thieves , and generally by a rescue . The girl has been the immediate recipient of the " swag , " and the dog was stated to be the bitter enemy of the police and others who are interested in the preservation of peace and the diminution of

      robbery . Upon tbe present occasion the prisoner was disappointed , and his whistle having been secured , he was unable to summon his friends to the rescue . —Alderman Gibbs : Let him be taken down stairs and soundly flogged , so that he may remember the day . The Prisoner : Oh dear , don't whin me , - and I'll promise to cut away from you altogether .-Alderman Gibbs : No ; you must go away taking with you a wholesome whipping SSi ^^ tteci EsiHr ^ -S " --ico > Mb at Guy s Hospital . He said he was sorry

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      for having made the . attempt , as well as fiT ^^ abominable cause of it ; Remanded . r ^ Q Robbery . —Richard Shall , and Hannah Sbiii i mother , were charged ,, ' the former with stoii- ' * and the latter with receiving , a quantity 0 r . ?& cloths , die , the ' property of Mr . Hewett i- * draper , in High Holborn , -The male prisoneri * lived in the prosecutor ' s service for ten years rr Tuesday be was suspected of appropriatroe . ; " * linen dusters and a piece of silk , and a detepK officer being sent for , he was narrowl y watch !? He loft the shop in the evening with a parcel Z his arm , and was followed by Sergeant ThdnitL to Shad well where he resided , and where the oil ! . took him into custody with the articles in his da session . Next morning . the officer went to th prisoner ' s house , at 25 , Spencer-street , and found quantity of stock , since identified by Mr . HeweH * for havinsr mado tho attamnt . na to 0 ii ... .

      wnicn tne prisoner s moiner saianaa neen brou $ home by her son . — Mr . Jardine remanded fha prisoners , accepting bail for the mother . " MANSION-HOUSE . —Robbbrv or Mr , CW ton . —fl . Denham , who was apprehended by HayiU and Brett , in the Red Lion public-house , in Pearl , row , St . George ' s-fields , upon suspicion of havi » in conjunction with two others , desperately assaii / i and robbed Mr . Cureton , of Aldersgate-street , ^ brought up for further examination . Mr . H ^ phreys attended for the prosecution , and Mr . Wont " ner appeared for the prisoner . The poliee-rooto was crowded . Mr . Humphreys requested a f ur ther remand of the prisoner , as he had so soma further information , which it would not then hn prudent to disclose . —Mr . Wontner could prove an

      aiitn . xne prisoner had been ill tor some time anrt the imprisonment added to'hia indisposition Alderman Gibbs : I shall remand the prisoner fop week ; and let him be placed in tho infirmary >„ which I have been given to understand he has been strictly attended to by the surgeon . —The prisone * was then taken down to the cell upon the gronmi floor , which he had scarcely reached when Havdon informed the Alderman that there was a gentleman in the court who had been looking at the prisoner and at once identified him as one of a gang who had en deavoured to choKe him with an instrument exactly like that which was exhibited in the justice room on the last day ' s examination . —Alderman Gibbs im tne ! diately directed that the prisoner should be again put to the bar , and that the new complainant should enter the witness box , and the alderman narrow »

      observed the countenance of the prisoner when in , formed that there was another accusation agaiujt him . —A gentleman who appeared to be in great agitation then presented himself ; and , after a gl ^ . of cold water was administered to him , said , " . y ™ name is Thomas Miller , and I ajh-ain artist colour . man and paint manufacturer , at No . 56 , Long acre It is now . rather better than a month ago to tig best of my recollection , since an attempt was made to rob me . One < Friday everiirig Ireturned towardj my house from Chelsea , along the King ' s-road . I arrived at St . James ' s Park as the clock struck twelve . I then made the best of my way from tha park to Long-acre , where I have resided forty years , and as 1 was passing by Rose-street , the en . trance to which is a sort of covered way , 'I waj seized by three or four men . I saw an instm .

      ment at the liow-lane station house , having a life preserver at the top . It resembled a walking stick , and appeared to be made of a gut or somj , thing of a pliable description ; and with just such an instrument I was caught round the thitfat . " - Alderman Gibbs : Did one of the men at the ' cornet of Rose-street put the instrument round your neck ' Witness : Certainly ; and the . compression was 5 Q great that a person under its operation would feel 33 if throttled immediately . —Alderman Gibbs : Bono ! say what would be the probable effect of the app ]; . * cation of the instrument upon another person . 1 $ us know merely what its effect was upon you . Wit . ness : I had a sense of suffocation immediately , and I was thrown with violence on the kerbstone . Ons of my . teeth was broken , and my chin was severelj

      injured at the same time . —Alderman Gibbs : Ufa at the prisoner at the bar , and say whether voj know anything about him . Witness : I have ' no hesitation in saying that the prisoner is one of thoss who attacked me . I have a recollection of the face from the strong reflection of the gas lamp upon it , My recollection was so strong , that the moment i looked at him at the bar I was almost ready to sink , —The prisoner : Oh Lord , oh Lord ! How wicked .-Alderman Gibbs : Do you apprehend that he was tlj man who put the instrument round your neck . Wit . ness : Ido . —Alderman Gibbs : Did youloso anything ! Witness : No . My pockets were tightly buttoned up . I struggled , and struck one of my assailant ? , and I think 1 must have marked his face with mj knuckles . —Alderman Gibbs : How many were at you to the best of your belief ? Witnnes : 1 believe there were three at me , and that one was on the

      look out . When I was assaulted it was a quartet past twelve to a moment . The prisoner : Oh , it ' s 3 cruel thing—a most cruel thing . No sooner doe ! one charge fail than another wicked charge is brought on . Oh , I was not out of my bed at the time he speaks of . I was seriously ill at the time , and I can prove it . —Witness : I wish to see the prisoner with his hat on his head . The prisoner put on his hat . Witness ( having looked steadfastly at the prisoner : I cannot alter my opinion as to his identity . The prisoner : It was only a few moments ago I had my solicitor here . Why ms not this charge brought forward in his presence ? Oh , you may as well hang a dog as give him a bad name . I know nothing at all about these vticked charges . —Alderman Gibbs : The absence of vour solicitor will not affect you at all . You stand remanded until tbe time I mentioned .

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      From The Gazette Of Friday, October 4. B...

      From the Gazette of Friday , October 4 . BANKRUPTS . Thomas Fielding , Rhyl , Flintshire , hotel keeper—Thomi- Horatio Jolley , Farvingdon-street , City , fruit salesmiBGeorge Little , Holborn-bars , City , and Commercial-road aew Peokham . electrical apparatus maker . BANKRtrprCIES AMTOLIiED . Frederick Johnson , Lincoln , watchmaker — Willian Johnson , West Drayton , farmer . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . William M'Kenzie , Edinburgh , cement manufacturer . Fromfhe Gazette of Tuesday , October 8 th . BANKRUPT . William Grayson , Mortlake , Surrey , market gardener , SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION . J . M'Larty , Lochranza , innkeeper .

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      Corn. Mabk-Lase, Wednesday, Oct.9.—We Ha...

      CORN . Mabk-lase , Wednesday , Oct . 9 . —We had a large supp ly of English new wheat , which was taken off rather slowly by the millers , at Friday ' s deduction of Is to 2 s per qr . The same decline took place on foreign wheat where sale * could be effected . For flour there was less demand , aw French marks were 2 s per sack cheaper . ¦ Ken ma )»? 5 barley is still scarce and wanted , and fine foreign , for distillers * use , sold pretty readily , but grinding sorts vrero duller sale . Old malt is very dull , and no new yet at market . Beans and peas went off very heavily atlowerrriciij unless very fine . We had not so many foreign oats am ' ve ( i ' buta better supply from Ireland and coastwise . Ourbuv « in consequence held off , and the best qualities sold ca rather lower terms . Richmond ( Yobkshibe ) , October 5 . — We had a fair SOP " ply of wheat this morning , but only thin of other grain--Wheat sold from 4 s ad to 6 s Od ; oats 2 s id to 3 g 4 d ; tariff 3 s 9 d to 4 s ; beans is Gd to 4 s' 9 d per bushel

      CATTLE . Smitheiei , d , Monday , October 7 . —The receipt of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were seasonal * good ; but their general condition was by nom & m fits * rate . The primest Scots and Southerns were in steady » quest at most full prices j but it must be obterved W owing to the want of quality , the highest general figo « for beef did not exceed 3 s lOd perSlbs . Inferior lm *» met a slow sale , and to effect a clearance rather eis' « I'ateS Were accepted by the salesmen . There was »•* the same number of sheep on offer as those exhibited o " this day se ' nnight , which , if n-e deduct tlie foreign supplies , must be considered small . On the whole , them " ' toil trade ruled steady , at the late improvement in va ! ue-The highest figure for the best old Downs was 4 s 2 d f * Slbs . We had a moderate inquiry for calves , at about stationary prices , The pork trade ruled steady , but vc W no change to notice in the currency . „ Beef , 2 s 6 d to 2 s 2 d ; mutton , 3 s Od to 4 s 2 d ; veal , S 5 f toSslOd ; pork , 3 s 2 d to 4 s . 2 d . —Price per stone of >*' ( sinking the offal , )

      Newgate and Leadenuall , Monday , Oct , 7 . —h * " ! ' beef , 2 s Od to 2 s 2 d ; middling , ditto , 2 s 4 d to - '» V ' prime large , 2 s 8 d to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d ' to 3 s W ; large pork , 3 s Od to 3 s 8 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s Sd to # ' { middling ditto , 3 s 4 d to 3 sGd ; prime'ditte , 3 s 8 d w 3 s lt » ' veal , is lOd to 3 s 8 ; small pork , 3 s lOd to is ' per Slbs . by the carcase .

      WOOL . CrrvMoKDAT , Oct . 7 .-The imports of weol into Wjj don last week included 7 G bule q from Germany , 2 S 0 ' 5 ° ° Algiers , 101 from Mogadore , 261 from &> 9 < S ° ' 618 ftom Ale * an < lria . The market > - LivEBreoi , Oct . 5 .-Scotch .-There have been «¦>* ^ ff" ™ 18 of a 11 kinds of Scotc >« thi 8 , veek ; n " oni ? i ? i i manufaoturers have a supply , tlie trmis » lor all kinds have been limited , at late rates . J ,,. nu Foeeigk . —There continues a good trade demand » ' ' kinds , by private contract , at full prices .

      COTTON . sti < Tlie sale of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday ^ ' La mated at 7 , 000 bales of which 1 , 000 Americans we'e jfnB on speculation . The market was firm and closed 1 ' , ., ^ prices . The sales comprised about 5 , 500 America" - ?' ,,, Pernamaud Mavauham at 8 Jd to lid , 600 Surat at H Gd , and 80 Sea Island at Is 2 d to Is 3 d per lb .

      Birth, Rfdf Mrs. Brookington, Wife Of Mr...

      BIRTH , rfdf Mrs . Brookington , wife of Mr . Brockington , of >*"' ton-place , master tailor , of a son , on Tuesday eveu » fa-

      Printed By. William Rider, Of'no. 5, Maalesfi^^I In The Narish Of St Anne. Westminster, At Tns * Fl:(«

      Printed by . WILLIAM RIDER , of'No . 5 , Maalesfi ^^ I in the narish of St Anne . Westminster , at tns * fl : («

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      office , 16 , Great Wwdmill-street , Hayinarke t , » n' 0 JJj ; uB of Westminster , f » r the Proprietor , FEAKGUs u vy - Bsa . M . P ., and published l > y the said Mut ^ S ^ y the Office , in the « ame street and ¦ antf ' - * October 12 th , 18 SU .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 12, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12101850/page/8/