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      -Tslgsifgl Accidekt Is A Imeer-Yahd. — O...

      -TslGSIFGL ACCIDEKT IS A IMEER-YAHD . — On TvJtsdav forenoon the following accident occurred PKnoer-jar d of Mr . Urquhart , No . 336 , Ox-- ? ; stjeet . It appears that two men , named Moses rrddard and Henry Barnes , were at work in the hove yard i * m 0 T * -E some timber which had been ited up , when the top piece fell down , striking both Son the legs , and crushing them beneath it and ? g ground . Their cries were dreadful , and assist-Mice being immediately rendered , a chain was fas->» ned round the middle of the log , -which was hauled ^ T but had scarcely been raised sufficiently hi g h for S » -vfierers to be drawn out before the chain slipped , ™ afte timber again fell on them . At length , but

      cot till upwards 01 naii an Hour had elapsed , they Zae extr icated , and conveyed to Middlesex Hospital , where the lower extremities of Goddard were found to be completely crushed , and the thighs of Barnes broKen . It is imagined that amputation in both cas £ 3 must be resorted to . TjEsiErcirvE Fuse at Wasdswoeth . —On Thursday jnorainff , shortly before one o ' clock , a fire , which for jhe space of three hours caused great alarm in the jjejcdibonrhood , broke out upon the extensive premises belong ing to Mr . R . Bell , saw-mill proprietor , and laciftr-ma ** - manufacturer , situate ia Garret-lane , Wandsworth . It originated in the saw-mill

      department , a building 70 feet long by 50 lest wide . This contained a large quantity of timber prepared for making into matches . Owing to the combustible nature of the stock the progress of the fire was inconceivably rapid , and in less than half an hour after the first discovery the flames could be seen from the different metropolitan bridges . The river Wandle -ras immediately in the rear , from which direction ihe firemen set to work most vigorously ; but it was nearly five o ' clock before they had succeeded in extin guishing the flames . By that period the contents of the place in which the fire began were destroyed and the building nearly consumed .

      Jatal Accidest . —On Saturday night , at half-past seven o ' clock , Mr . William Payne , the coroner , held an inquest at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on the body of 3 ohn Lambert , aged 42 years , lately in the service of Sir John Rennie , the eminent engineer , whose premises are situated in Holland-street , Blackfriarsroad . Stephen Collier deposed that the deceased was a millwright and engineer , and had been in the service of Sir J- Rennie for several years . On Tuesday morning , the 3 th ult ., deceased and witness Tvere on board a barge moored off Sir J . Rennie ' s wharf , directing the shipment of three large dockgates , each weighing about five tons . They were lowered by the means of a crane , and in getting the third one into the vessel it lodged on the deseased ' s foot . The men instantly raised the

      ponderous mass of iron with considerable , difficulty , and he was extricated and conveyed to the above institution , where he was placed in bed , under ihe care of the house-surgeon . Witness ^ was of opinion that the occurrence was purely accidental . 31 r . Thomas Hariwell , the house-surgeon , stated that ihe deceased was admitted with compound fracture of the right foot . Deceased progressed favourably forthe first fortnight , when he complained of rheumatism ^ irritation of the limb consequently came on , which was speedily followed by mortification , when it was deemed advisable to amputate it at the knee ioint . Sloughing ensued , and he gradually sank , and died on Friday night from the effects ofthe injuries . The coroner remarked on the melancholy nature of the case , after which the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "

      Chabge of Poisoxecg . —Newcastle , dec . 15 . —At a late hour on Saturday evening a body of police apprehended Ralph Joicey , a hind in the employment ofthe Duke of Portland , at Cockle Hall , near Morj » ih , onacharge of causing poison to be administered $ 9 his father , from the effects of which he died . The prisoner was immediately conveyed to Morpeth . It is rumoured that he has made important disclosures -as affectmghimself , bat they have not yet been made pcblie . Fbiohtftl Death teom Machcteey . —An inquest was held on Monday evening , at Mr . Thomas Izon ' s , the Plough Inn , Newtown-row , Birmingham , on the body of a fine-grown girl , fifteen years of age , named Caroline Parker , whose death occurrred under the following truly awful circumstances . From the

      evidence of her two brothers it was shownthatthe deceased worked in Mr . Bullock ' s mill , in Clevelandstreet , where her step-father , Mr . Williams , of Brewery-street , had mill-power as a steel polisher . On Friday last she was at workata bench beneath whieh a shaft ran at 200 or 300 revolutions a minute , and it is supposed her pinafore had caught the shaft , and she was instantly drawn closely round the shaft —" wrapped" round it , as the witness described it . Her death was instantaneous , as her back and one arm was broken , her hips were dislocated , and she received other dreadful injuries . It did not appear that any great carelessness existed on the occasion than is usual in other mills , and the jury returned a

      verdict of Accidental Death , with one shilling deodand , at the same time strongly nrgingonmill-owners the necessity of putting np boarding as a protection . Execution is Pobtuoa-l . —The JRevolucao of the 3 rd instant gives an account ofthe execution of two menatTivira , on the 24 thnit ., forthe crime of murder , committed on an old lady , her grand-daughter , and servant . Alter the bodies of the culprits were taken down and conveyed to the p lace of burial , evident signs of life were discovered in one of them , and this intelligence being conveyed to the chief magistrate of the district , orders were sent bjr the latter to shoot the man if life was found in him , and accordingly he was shot in the bnrying-groundby some soldiers .

      Death by Fire . — On Wednesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Bricklayers' Arms , Gloncesterstreet , Mile-end-road , on tho body of Mr . Frederick Greenwalter , aged eighty years , a retired Customhouse officer . On Friday evening last , deceased was sitting by the fireside , when a noise was heard as if a heavy body had fallen , and on one ofthe witnesses foing up stairs he found the deceased lying on the earth , with his trousers on fire . He was much burnt about the lower parts of Ms body , of which injuries he died on the following day . There was no evidence asto how the deceased set himself onfire . Verdict , " Accidental death . " Hydrophobia . — At the village of Glassonby , near Edenhallin the county of Cumberland , a few days

      , ago , axaoid dog , belongingto a butcher of the name of Armstrong , bit not fewer than six or seven individuals , a sow in-pig , and other animals . One boy , the son of Mr . Jobs Eland , coachman te Sir George Musgrave , of Eden-hall , -was most severely bitten on one of his legs . A surgeon was soon in attendance , and cut out that and some of the places bitten on other persons ; but Mr- Eland , the father of the bov , being so fearful of the effects of madness , that Sir George ,-with his usual kindness and liberality , we understand , at Ms own expense , sent the boy to aphvsician in Yorkshire , eminent for his skill in cases of hydrophobia ; and weareglad

      to announce that hitherto no symptoms of madness have appeared hi the boy or any other ofthe individuals bitten by the rabid animal . The dogentered the house of a farmer , and after biting one of the chairs , went into the backkitchen , when the servant man reached down a gun , which was loaded , and immediately succeeded in shooting it . The dog . wasof the colly or sheep-dog kind . This shocking circumstance has given rise to the greatest fear and , alarm amongst thl whole of the villagers and the inhabitants of the surrounding hamlets , and the results of ihe effects of the wounds of the persons bitten , who are principally boys , are awaited forwiththegreatest degree of anxiety and terror . DlSASIROK

      OVEEFMWISG OF THE THAMES - EFFECTS—In consequence of the prevalence of the S-east v-inds , and the gale of Thusday morning , Sliced the water np the Channel the riyer overflowed its banks on Thursday nignt , and tfe * tide rose toagreat height At midnight ^ sndderrrnshingof the watersoverthe enbankments of theThames and through the wharfs and alleys leading into the sTree ^ aroused the inhabitants fiom their dumber * and ascene of indescribableconfusion took place , A great many persons were saved in Wappmg , Shad-3 f Kmerous courts and alleys lea ding out of Bankside and other places by the activity of the j lice , those of the Thames division being very asudnous in their exertions . An hour before the time named in the calendar for the PnW * tag"J- ^ t the river was several inches above the usual leveL and aston

      it continued to flow with a velocity which -shed the oldest watermen and hghtermen , until hve -ainutes after one o'clock yesterdaymonumj , an hour beyond the time named for Mgh water at- Londonbridge , when the ticb was one inch higher at the bt . Kath erine's-dock-gates than it was in November , 1811 , when a similar disastrous visitation oMurred . It would be impossible to recount a tithe of the hairbreadth escapes from drowning , or to give anything like a complete list of the houses , warehouses , granaries , Warfs , and other buildings damaged by the inundation . From Gravesend to Putney the loss of Property on both shores has been immense . Happily there has been no loss of life , but a great number of Poor families have suffered great loss , and wdJ in consequence , contnue to suffer much diswmlort tor some time to come . _ - ^ .

      ROBBHK A 3 D StjSPECIEU MuKDEK 5 EAB EAST Ketfobd . —On Tuesday last aninquest was holden at Laneham , nearEast-Retford , on the body « - ¦» " Kobert Draper , an eccentric gentleman of that place , "who came by Ms death , as was supposed . iff a ht oi apoplexy . Circumstances , however , exciting suspicion , the body-was exhumed , andonthe inoaest it rame out that the deceased had been robbed by ms housekeeper , named Harriet Baxter Trevor , and a labouring man named Troop , of -valuable property A a large amount . The evidence of the medical witnesses excited strong suspicion that the deceased gentleman came to his death by violence , but the jury ttturned a verdict , " That Mr . Draper died on tne 8 th day of November , 1845 , but thatno satisfactory evidence had been given to them as to the cause oi death / - The two servants confessed to the robbery , and on Wednesday last were both committed to the house of correction at Southwell , to take their trials at the next Retford sessions . 2 > m —

      Kfamods Cruelty At Sea To An Orphanboy. ...

      KFAMODS CRUELTY AT SEA TO AN ORPHANBOY . At the Thames Police-office on Wednesday , Joseph Heaviside , mate ofthe brig Nunez ( Thomas Flight , master , ) was charged with a series of assaults continued throughout a voyage to Alexandria and back again , upon a fatherless lad , fifteen years of age , apprenticed to the vessel . The complainant , a genteellooking and intelligent lad , stated that he shipped on board the Nunez , as an apprentice , on the 10 th or 11 th of last July , and proceeded from London to Shields to take in a cargo of coals . He had no complaint to make up to that time , but when off Newcastle-on-Tyne , the defendant commenced" a series of cruelties , which werecontinued throughout the voyage , by beating him with a tMck knotted stick about the shoulders , back , and tMghs . The cause of it was , that he remained in his berth a few minutes after

      the cook called him , and he was undressed when he was beaten . The next day the mate rope ' s ended him because he did not draw up the chain cable , which was tooheavy for him , more quickly . Indeed , the rope ' s ending was a matter of daily occurrence until reaching Alexandria , and he became used to it . The blows used to run from two to a dozen , and always left their mark . Off Gibralter , being on short allowance of water , complainant was directed to see that the cook did not waste it , but no waste having been committed he turned in , when it was his watch below , without making any report , not thinking it necessary . For this the defendant called him a b— , and rope ' s ended him with , he believed , the main sheet . He criedfor mercy , but the matesaid , " Ha ! ha I I'll show you mercy , you b— . " and continued to beat him .

      Though much injured , as could be proved by a sailor who saw his back , he was obliged to go to work immediately afterwards , knowing that if he did not do so he should be worse served out . After leaving Gibraltar , the mate sketched a very indistinct compass , of which he was ordered to have the use , and whilst he was scanning it over on one of the watercasks in the fore-hold , whilst there , either the mate or the captain , he could not say which , said he was asleep , and he was sent to learn it in the after-gallery The mate , on examining him , found he did not know it , and in ten minutes afterwards , came and rubbed a large wad of tarry oakum over his mouth , face , and eyes . His eyes were sore for a week after that , and

      from that time out it was the constant practice of the defendant to give Mm from half a dozen to a couple of dozen daily on the hands with the sole of a thick shoe . The captain and mate used to talk of how the Greeks were bastinadoed , and then the mate beat him with the shoe on the soles of the feet , never giving him more than half a dozen at a time . It gave him terrible pain , which the captain observing , checked the practice . At Alexandria he was constantly rope's ended , but he was then still more used to it , having been about fifty-nine days on the voyage . There he was sent on board a lighter to trim coals , with a pair of slippers on , wMch were soon cut to pieces , and he had to work on Ms bare feet . He could not work fast enough to please the mate .

      Mr . Broderip : Who was trimming the lighter with you , my boy ?—I was doing it myself , sir , but sometimes I was helped by a little Arab boy . Mr . Broderip : I should like to know the size of the lighter tMs child was trimming alone . Was it as large as those in the river ?—Complainant : It was , sir . The mate was the basket man , and he used to try to heave the basket on me . He also threw pieces of coal at me , some of them as large as both my fists . He knocked the skin off the inside of my ancles , and between the coal dust and thesalt water , they turned to large holes . The complainant proceeded to state they were dressed by himself on the passage , bit the captain applied blue-stone . On these occasions the mate would say , "Go aft , you b— -, and get your

      blue-stone ; " and seeing the holes he would exclaim , " How do you like ' em ? " When his feet got so bad , the captain allowed him to knock off for a week . At Alexandriahe wasputover the ship's side in a bowline knot to beat the rust off the chain plaits , and was kept at it , with the exception of breakfast time , from seven o ' clock in the morning until seven or eight at night , without any dinner . During this time he heard the mates voice , for he was always scolding . On another occasion , being ordered to get the end ofthe signal halliard offthe awning , he jnmpedontherailtotryanddoso , butcouldnot . That was the easiest way with his sore feet . He then went up the topping lifts of the boom , as at first directed , and cud as he was ordered . Because he

      did not go up the topping lifts of the boom in the first instance , the mate gave him a , dozen with the shoe on the head . Complainant cried with pain , and the people ofthe Robert Ingram , which was lying near , called out shame on the mate . On another occasion , the defendant made Mm put his finger in the month of a large turtle , whieh gave Mm a smart bite , and left two little black holes . After that the mate pulled his ears until the skin was split . One p fthe sailors told him the flesh was broken , and he himself felt the blood trickling down . His cruelty was constant . Once , when complainant was handing him some beans , a few dropped , and the mate struck him a blow on the nose which made the blood spurt out . At another time , complainant being unable to

      haul in the slack of the foretop-sail clew line , the mate said , "There ' s a useless toad of ab—r ? he can't do that yet ; " and rope ' s ended him over the shoulders till the left was very much swollen . After that he was sent to trim the lamps , which , owing to the pain from his arm , took Mm ir ore than the usual time . The mate complained of this , and taking up amarlin-spike , punched him in the arms with the thick iron end of it . On another occasion , he belaboured complainant with the handle of the deck scrubbing brush , giving him three severe blows on the ribs . His side was very bad for a long time afterwards , and he still felt pain if he breathed hard . The blows felled Mm , and he could scarcely crawl along the deck for a panikin he wanted to fetch . The mate seeine this . said . "Toub , Pll make

      yon move a little faster , " took Mm np in his arms , and then dashed Mm down upon the deck . Immediately after the mate sent me aloft to grease the masts . Afterwards , when I was dying the captain ' s gloves in the gallery , he came and kicked me on the shins with Ms boots . I felt my shins very sore at the time , but did not care much , being used to pain . When I came off Margate channel I looked at my legs , which were black and lived-like , and ranch swollen . The mate often kicked me before . I was hied overboard once or twice by the captain and mate . They used to heave me off the ladder into the sea . the vessel going half a knot an hour at the time . When I came lo Stangate Creek my legs were bandaged by the doctor , who took me out ofthe sMp , and I am still obliged to have bandages upon them .

      The defendant was then bound , Mmself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each , to answer the charge at the sessions .

      Fearful Steam-Boat Collision On Tee Rive...

      Fearful Steam-Boat Collision on tee River . — At ten minutes to five o ' clock on Saturday evening , as the Emerald , Diamond steam-packet , was after touching at GreenMthe , proceeding on her way from London to Gravesend , her Captain ( J . Pindar ) observed a large steam-vessel directly a-head of him , coming up the river . As she approached he and his men in the bow of the Emerald sung out , but the steamer kept in the same track . Captain Pindar s order to port the helm had scarcely been obeyed when the Emerald was struck on the larboard quarter by thebowoftheothervessel ( wMch subsequently turned out to be the John Bull , Hamburg packet ) . The naddle-box and quarter ofthe Emerald were stove in ,

      the funnel was cast down with a tremendous crash , producing a shock throughout the vessel , which , in the after cabin , where the writer of this notice was at the moment , flungthepassengers from their seats , and tumbled over and amongst them the tables and everythingthereon . The confusion and dismay which followed is indescribable . A rush was made to the cabin door , but the passage was stopped by all attempting to force their way up the stairs to the deck . A cry of "Bring np the women , bring up the women ! " from the deck , added to the alarm and confusion ; but at length , owing to the self-possession ol some of the gentlemen , and a few of the ladies who made way and held back , the whole of the cabin pasminute and half after

      sengers were on deck in a a the collision tookplace . Thenthe scene was terrific : the Emerald was believed to be going down . Ihe John Bull ' s bow was apparently wedged into the larboard quarter , and the bowsprit of that vessel over the fore deck ofthe Emerald . This was endeavoured to be reached by several of the ma le passengers ofthe latter by means of the rigging . Some succeeded in retting into the John Bull in this way , and more clambered up her bows . At this time both vessels had let off their steam , and drifting down with the tide in their state of entanglement , cameathwart the fuTwofa bri" that lay at anchor nearly opposite Grlvs butdoseto tbiKentishshore . Thecoflmon oi 3 ^

      with the bri" increased tne danger u « - u- « a , Scularlvthe Emerald , whesedecklarboard cabins K stovein by the brig ' s bowsprit , which broke off vfrt . ? Collision and berfore topmast fell forward SfEr fl asS ? firing in its fall theright arm of o ^ rhfkftarnVof another ge n tleman on the » W S nSd Mhjofwhom , as it would seem , •^ SS TIip three vessels were now entangled S l ^^ feTb ^ - ^^^ ESs pmial At length the John Bull fell on » ° m - ; ne EmSaldVwhosfancher hadnow been dropped and the RailWay steamer from BlackwaU to Gravesend came alongside the brig , and the passengers oiiihe Sid . except those who got on board the John

      Rnll were taken off by her , and landed at urav «»« - " KS we first shock of the collision , were thrown overboard , but the writer « f tiris learned , be-EKving the Emerald , that they were picked up St Ealh party blames theother for the collision . Tte & DfflSdw » not , it issaid , inner proper track with TSg- down tide ; and on the other hand it faaverri thlt the John Bull wasnot only not on the Serride ofthe river , goingnp with a down tide , ES atsHehadnolightenp . That she had nob » hte Jn fa certain , butthe night was moonhght , and there ! £ '« , «« fi « lmd each vessel could , undoubtedly , with rper ° manSm ? nt , haveatoided the other .

      Apall1ng Murders. Brutal Murder In Jerse...

      APALL 1 NG MURDERS . Brutal Murder in Jersey . — We are to-day called upon to record one of themost apaUing murders which probably ever took place within th © circle ofthe Channel Islands . The name of the victim is Thomas Hodge , the name of the murderer John vhTiX " rT - ^ PP ** " * that the individual who tas thus fallen a victim to brutal violence and K ^ ? i ^ asa ? lo r ' T belongine , toa , ? « ase-wnichtrades between the port of Jersey and Newfoundland . About three weeks ago he arrived in St . Heller's from the latter place , and took up his lodgings at a respectable house m Mulcaster-street , generally frequented by the better class of seamen who have occasion to ae sometime m harbour . He was universally respected as a quiet orderly individual . On Wednesday , the 10 th instant , beins the

      anniversary ot his birthday , he treated Ms friends to an entertainment in the house in which he resided . In return for the compliment , his fellow lodgers , beingjust on the eve of departure fora distant port invited him on the evening of Saturday last to aW well entertainment in the house at which they had all mutually taken up their residence . The hour of ten had arrived , and the whole party were quietly seated at supper when the individual who is at present m custody upon the atrocious charge of wickedly depriving a fellow-creature of his life , intr aded upon their innocent hilarity . He had only arrived in port some few hours before from a long voyage , and , as was also his usual custom , had repaired to the boarding-house where the melancholy catastrophe was fated totakenlace . Seatim-

      himself down in the very midst ofthe company , he forthwith began to use language which ordinary decency would prevent us from repeating ; oaths and imprecations and the most obscene epithets flowing from his lips in the most admired rapidity . At last , however , his conduct seems to have proceeded beyond all further endurance , and the landlord of the house was obliged to rebuke him for his unmanly behaviour in the company of females . The rebuke , however , did not seem to have much apparent effect , and Noon still continued his oaths and imprecations as before . All efforts proving unavailing , it was at length found necessary to remove him from the apartment , and at this moment it is important to observe the amiable conduct of the deceased . With the view of seeinfr that no harm

      should result to the individual who had thus wantonly broken in upon the pleasurea of the evening , and whom from the outrageous nature of his conduct , he could scarcely regard as in his sober senses , he volunteered to accompany him on board his vessel , where he was to take up his quarters for the night . Ilodge had only proceeded a few steps upon his way , and was descending a flight of steps which led from the door of the house to the court below , when the murderer was observed to draw from his pocket a large knife which he always carried about his person , and handle it in a manner as if aiming at some deadly purpose . Before , however , the murderous instrument reached the spot at which it was evidently intended to be struck , it fell upon the assassin ' s hands ; but hastily stooping to the ground , it was in

      moment plunged into the thigh of the individual who , regardless of inconvenience , had so wilb ' ngly Volunteered to do an act of kindness . Falling back upon the steps on which he had been standing , the unhappy man uttered a scream which was heard at a considerable distance , and was in a moment prostrate in a fit of insensibility . The murderer , however , did not wait to see the issue of his atrocious act . Utter ing an oath indicative of the pleasure he experienced on having done for the ill-lated Ilodge , he hastily decamped . The unfortunate victim only survived for a short space of time , and in three minutes from his receiving the fatal stab of the assassin , he had breathed Ms last . Medical assistance was imdiately procured , but all to no purpose . Thefemoral artery had been divided , and the hemorrhage

      which had ensued was such as to have precluded all hope of saving life , had assistance arrived even within a minute from the infliction of the fatal gash . The eye-witnesses of the dire tragedy having in some degree recovered from the consternation which had been induced by the dreadful event of the moment , information was immediately forwarded to the police , and about twelve o ' clock Mr . Centenier Le Cronier and Centenier Du Parcq , assisted by several other individuals , set out in search of the murderer . Directing their steps toivards the vessel to wMeli they suspected he had gone , they succeeded in apprehending Mm about one o ' clock on Sunday morning . He was found apparently asleep in bed , and , when apprised of the awful crime with

      wliich he stood charged , professed an utter unconsciousness of what had taken place . Nor did he accompany them quietly to prison ; for it was only after a desperate resistance that they were successful in bringing him to shore . His cabin being strictly searched , the knife with wMch he consummated the fatal deed was discovered . It bore evident marks of having been washed a very short period before , which would almost induce the supposition that at the period ofthe rash act his senses had not been quite obscured from the influence of liquor . Upon his arrival at gaol , the strongest efforts were required to consign Mm to a cell , the ferocity and brutality of his conduct being scarcely credible . An inquest was held by the deputy viscount on Sunday afternoon , and a verdict of '' wilful murder" was returned .

      Shocking Muroer in South Tippbraby . — Clonmel , Dec . 16 . —The South Riding of this unfortunate county has become the scene of a blood-stained aud cruel murder . The victim in this instance is Mr . Charles Acheson , formerly a respectable and extensive trader in this town ; bat being unfortunate in business , was obliged to take a situation as clerk in the employment ef Messrs . John Stein and Co ., the eminent distillers at Marlfield , near this town . He came into town on yesterday evening , about some business , and delayed some time at the house of Mr . M . Glissan , town-clerk , wMch he left about nine o ' clock , and was accompanied by Mr . Glissan as far

      as the union workhouse , where he bid him good night , when the unfortunate man proceeded on Ms way alone . He was waylaid in a lonesome part of the road , near Birdhill , and within forty perches of his own house , and beaten with stones on the head and breast in a most frightful manner , * the eye-balls were dislodged from their sockets , and his brains dashed about the road ! The lifeless body was found tMs morning in the horrible manner above described , on which an inquest will be held at four o ' clock this evening . The only cause that can be assigned for this horrible murder is , that Mr . Acheson discharged three men from the distillery last week for misconduct .

      The Two Men Buried Alive. Death Of One O...

      THE TWO MEN BURIED ALIVE . Death of one of the Sufferers . —In our second page will be found an account ofthe frightful catastrophe at Forfar , by which two men were buried alive . The following particulars we take from the Dundee Advertiser : —The sinking of the new well was carried on with great diligence until Friday morning , when the workmen were lower down than Brown . Having procured some boring instruments from Arbroath , and some boiler-plate boxes from Dundee , and having formed a tunnel from the new bore to the old well , a brother of Brown ' s , who had come from Dundee , boldly dashed down , and about four o ' clock p . m . extricated and brought him out . On being brought to the brink there was a party waiting , who instantly enveloped him in blankets , and carried him into Mr . Barclay ' s house , where medical gentlemen were ready to attend to him .

      We are informed that he was instantly put into a warm bath , and had restoratives administered . It is said that his pulse was strong and healthy , and that he is rallying wonderfully . Since the above report , we have heard that Maeleish has perished . About half-past eight o ' clock yesterday ( Monday ) morning he took some milk ; but he was not heard to speak or to make any movement afterwards . The bell had ceased to be heard , and it was too truly inferred that the power to ring it had also ceased . By eleven o ' clock it was almost certain that he was dead . At one o ' clock the sheriff examined two medical men who had gone down , and who had been able to examine his legs , and they declared that poor Maeleish was dead , and that it was their belief that he had been so for three hours at least . Brown , the man who has fortunately been extricated ; -is doing well . At seven o ' clock the body had not been disinterred , but every exertion was being made for that purpose .

      The Ship Ernest, Arrived At Havre From G...

      The ship Ernest , arrived at Havre from Goree , in Africa , brings two lions and a lioness for the menagerie of Queen Victoria . Fihb in BisnopsoATE-WiiHOUT . —A most extensive fire occurred on Friday night , shortly before eleven ^ o ' clock , in the Catherine-wheel , and George-court , Bishopsgate-without , by which a lofty erection of four floors was burned from the base to the roof . A vast quantity of valuable propert y was destroyed , and the beautiful chapel , known as Bishopsgate Chapel , so far jeopardised , that for some time the greatest fears were entertained for its safety .

      Fatal Accident in a Railway Tunnel . -- fuNbridge , Wednesday . —An inquest was held on Monday at the George Inn , before Mr . Dudlow , the coroner , on the body of James Abraham , who was killed in the tunnel at Tunbridge Wells , under the following circumstances '—Deceased was employed in the formation ofthe tunnel leading from Grosvenor-fieldsto the bottom of Grove-hill-road . On Saturday night , about twelve o ' clock , whilst the workmen were engaged in the tunnel , some one called for them ' ¦ top look out , " and immediately afterwards a ponderous mass of rock , weighing seven

      or eight tons , gave way , carrying away the huge timber supporters . At first many of the miners were supposed to have perished , and it was some time ere the fact could be learned , the lights having been extinguished . The witnesses recovering from their fright , proceeded to call over the labourers , and then found the deceased missing , and after much time had elapsed they discovered him buried underneath the rock . All hands were instantly set to work in removing it , which , occupied more than an hour , and when extricated he was perfectly dead . Two other labourers were much injured by the falling mass . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "

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      - ^ ' - * - * WVA < , WWWi / ^ v ^^^^ , rf ^ _ To the Miners of Nobthumbeeland and Durham . —Fellow men , —It having come to our knowledge , that certain agents from the county of Lancashire have been , or are at present , in this neighbourhood , engaging men for the collieries of Lancashire , this is to give notice , that the workmen ofthe undermentioned coUieries are on strike , and it would be ingratitude of the blackest dye to go and supplant them under their present circumstances . The Lancashire miners have nobly and bravely stood by , and supported the association , up to the present time , and they did more to support you during the late strike , than all the other miners in this country ; therefor « , we beseech you , do not degrade your hitherto

      honourable name hy any such , act as that of leaving your homes for the purpose of injuring such brave men , but rather take advantage of the present great demand for miners in your own two counties , also all parts of the country ( the more especially Scotland ) , and make one unanimous effort to raise up , once more , the glorious union , which alone can ensure to you good wages , constant employment , and kind treatment . We are , faithfully yours , the Executive Council of the Miners' Association , John Ham ., Mabtib Jdde , John Stokoe , WiliiaM Doro , Wumam Welsby . —Newcastle-upon-Tyne , December 2 nd , 1845 . —P . S . —The following are the places on strike above referred to , viz ., Oldham , Shevington , Aspul , Duncan-park , Ashton , Wigan , Rochdale , and St . Helens , Lancashire .

      A CASfc OK Oppbessios * . — Livebfool Tkadeb . — To working men , —Be on your guard against a system of oppression that should not be tolerated in this or any other country , that is « t present being enacted in Liverpool . The facts of the case are these - . —Several workmen were discharged from Vauxhall foundry without any faultbeing assigned as a reason . They then made application at Messrs . Bury , Curtis , aad Kennedy's Clarence foundry , and were told that if they could procure clearances from Vauxhall they could have employment . They then returned to Vauxhall and procured clearances quite satis , factory at least te themselves . They then presented them at the Clarence foundry , and were told that a letter had , in the interim , been received from their former employers , stating that they were not to be employed , for what reason

      was not stated . They wish it to be clearly understood that It is not against being discharged that they protest , but against the persecution wliich followed them while endeavouring to gain work in another establishment . If such a system of tyranny be allowed to continue , without the public voice being raised against it , the position Ofthe working classes will be a degradation to any country professing to be free . There is still one power which the working classes have access to , the liberal press of this country , which is at all times ready to expose abuses , in whatever position the contending parties may be . Knowing this to be the case , they make this appeal to the sympathies of the public . They hope the employers alluded to will have the honesty to state their reasons , through the medium ofthe public press , for preventing them from getting employment .

      Bilston Mimas . —At a meeting of the Miners' Victim Fund committee , held at Mr . J . Llnney ' s , White Horse Inn , High-street , Bilston , on Sunday , December 14 th , the accounts of the Law Fund were audited and found correct , the receipts being £ 519 s . 24 d ., and the disbursements £ 4716 s . 5 d , Audited by John Hamnor and George Ramsay . The Giasqow " Crimps . "—( From a Correspondent . ) On Saturday last a very important case was tried here , at the Justice of Peace Court , before Provost Bankier , of Carlton , and John Lang , two of her Majesty ' s justices for the shire of Lanark . The complaint was made by J . S . Fildes , of the Seaman ' s Guardian Society , against M . L . Plett , of the firm of Boyd , Flett , and Boyce , alias Devins , as will be seen from their transactions . Smith , a seaman , went and shipped with these fellows , and

      signed articles of agreement for the Earl Dalhousie , Captain Primrofe . One of the crimps went with Smith to get the notes cashed so as to get the fees , and met one of his partners at the public-house ; the sailor , Smith , refused to pay the high price demanded for exchanging , and was leaving , when one ofthe crimps told him to leave one of the two notes , as security for the fees . Smith told him , that the law did not allow him to pay fees . Boyce then told him that he would scratch out his name if he did not leave the notes . Smith then , through fear of losing the berth , gave up one of the notes . I called the day after , in company with Smith , as I was going in the same ship . I saw Smith pay some silver money , and when I signed articles I was compelled to pay

      two shillings , and five shillings more for whiskey , & C , extorted from me by . Flett and his comrogues before he would give me my advance note . To these particulars I distinctly swore before the justice , still they thought the case was not sufljciently proven , and threw the case out of court , each party to pay their own expences . The case for the prosecution was conducted by John Lang , jun , Fiscal . Such is the way the crimps carry on , in defiance of all laws passed for the protection of seamen , hut the fault is not with the crimps , so much as it rests with those who grant licences to such fellows to carry on their wholesale plunder . As soon as the court was over Mr . Fildes brought forward three more seamen , imposed on in a similar manner .

      Address of the Journeymen Boot and Shoe-Makebs to the Inhabitants op Choriey and its VICINITY . —There appeared In the Preston Chronicle newspaper , December 7 th , 1815 , a statement respecting the journeymen boot and shoe makers of Chorley having struck against working for . Barton Smith , a master living in Market , street , Chorley , through a reduction of wages ; and the said Barton Smith , has been bold enough to contradict such statement in the same paper , ofthe 13 th of December—we now consider ourselves justifiable in thus addressing you , to shew you that he is not worthy to he believed : we have a statement of wages which the said Barton Smith signed in 1843 , after having the same in his possession several days , and making such alterations ashe thoughtproper , which was a reduction in some sorts of work , which the journeymen submitted to . It was also signed by Thomas Magnall , William Hodgkinson ,

      Tfilliam Howarth , "William Tootall , Archibald Briton , James Southwort , —the same is paid by Thomas Emmet , Robert Hindis , Robert Thompson and others ; since Smith signed such statement , he has made several attempts so reduce the wages * in one thing he succeeded , that was soling boots , 4 d , per pair . We wish to know whether his customers have received the benefit of such reduction , or if he has pocketed it to himself , he states : in the nempaper , that he is paying the same wages that he has paid for nine years ; we wonder that he will acknowledge that he has committed such a robbery , ( as it can be considered nothing else , ) on those whom he found submissive enough to allow it . He is a Tyrant ! and wishes to pay such wages as he thinks fit , hut it will not do ; he has had the audacity to say that he will stprre the men into compliance , but in that he will find himself in a lamentable error . —Signed on behalf ofthe Trade , vTjlham Bjcakd . Secretary , December 15 th , 1845 .

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      THE LAND CONFERENCE . « o »—THURSDAY SITTINGS . Mr . Sherrington in the chair . The Roll having been called , and the minutes of the proceedings of Wednesday being read , it was moved by Mr . Doyle , and seconded by Mr . Yates , that they be confirmed , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Cuflay moved that the standing orders be resumed . Mr . Knight seconded the motion . On a division there appeared for the motion five against five . The chairman decided in favour of the motion . The following resolutions were proposed just at the close ofthe proceedings of yesterday , the discussion upon which was adjourned till the morning : — It was moved by Mr . O'Connor , "That each shareholder , upon being appointed to his allotment , shall be liable to 2 * per cent , interest upon all moneys advanced bv the directors , and that the navment

      of such interest shall continue until the last draft of the first section of shareholders shall be located , and then , and not till then , the payment of such interest to cease , and the occupant be discharged from payment of further interest . " Of course , this applied to the £ 15 , for which , by this arrangement , the occupant who received it would pay 5 s . a year until the laaii was located . This was to preserve the link of brotherhood , and then the account would stand thus : —The occupants who were located the first year would pay 5 s . a year for four years , that is £ 1 ; the occupants who were located the second year would pay for three years , or 15 s . ; those ofthe third year for two years , or 10 s . ; and the poor who were located last would receive the £ 15 , discharged of all interest , and then interest would not only cease altogether but he trusted that the society would be in a situation to give every man his allotment for

      EVER FOR NOTHING . Mr . Poole seconded the resolution . Mr Saunders moved , and Mr Taylor seconded : — " That , as the allotments are made , and cottages are built thereon , the trustees and board of directors shall fix the amount of rent to be paid by the occupiers , such holders shall receive a loan from this society ( say £ 15 16 s . 8 d . for one share , £ 3113 s . 4 d . for two shares ) which shall be repaid to the trustees for the use of this society , and such occupier to pay £ 3 per cent , per annum , until such loan be repaid , and the trustees shall withhold all title deeds , or have some other security for such loan until it is repaid , but such occupier shall be allowed to repay it to the trustees by cnstalments , and his interest to be reduced accordingly . " Mr . Doyle : The very idea of interest is so repugnant to the feelings of the great body of

      shareholders , that he should be afraid to attend a public meeting after the conference had decided in iavour of charging interest—it would be much better to make a direct charge . Mr . Cuflay ; It was his wish to have the society conducted so as to get the members located as soon as posssble . If the conference laid down good rules , what temptations it would holdoutto persona to join , and concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That each , shareholder -mail receive two acres of land , a cottage , and £ 15 Ids . 8 d ., for which the minimum rent shall be . £ 6 10 s . per year , until each shareholder of the division to which he belongs shall be located ; when that is the case his rent shall be reduced to £ 5 per annum . " Mr . Knight seconded the resolution . The shareholders have been induced to become members from the fact of the bonus offered by the directors . The proposition of Mr . Leach , no doubt , will be received

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      t hroughout the whole country , but still he considered that it was better to charge on extra rent instead of interest . Mr . O'Connor : Every person has argued the question as though it was a loan that was to be paid back •—it is no such thing—it never was expected that it would be paid back . We are not doing an injury to any person . The Society proposes to lay down a sum at which they can start and cany out their purpose without any danger . He would rather give £ lo an

      acre for good land than five shillings an acre with a cottage for poor land . Good land requires less labour . The poorer the ground the more seed is required to cultivate it . A great many of the shareholders will not require an advance ; and they won't be damaged , for when tbe profits of the society are divided , they who have had no advance will get their £ 15 then . Mr . O'Connor thought it very likely that some persons would require £ 20 , some £ 25 , or some even more , as the society was paternal and not usurious , and God forbid that the loss of a cow or two should

      be the means of destroying one ot its cluldren . Of these matters the directors must be sole judges . Mr . Vallance : Mr . Leach ' s motion was endeavouring to throw a covering over the words , loan or gift . Yet Mr . Leach ' s resolution states , that all shareholders should be subject to the interest of the advance , whereas it has been argued , that there are many persons who would not require it . Mr . Saunder ' s resolution , however , does state the amount of the loan and the rate of interest to be cbai-ged . Any person who may have received any loan from the society should be compelled to pay it back at the last location—supposing a man had . received £ 20 , and

      on the settlement of the affairs of the society there appeared only £ 10 due to him , he should then be considered as a debtor to the society , and compellable to pay the difference to enable the directors to keep faith with tbe other shareholders , Mr . O'Connor moved , and Mr . Dixon seconded that the standing orders be suspended . Carried unanimously . Mr . Dixon ; There is already' an interest charged for the £ 15 16 s . 8 d . in the shape of rent . Now if a person does not take the money , would he be charged with interest . Mr . Taylor ; The proposed sum is not the property of the society . If the plan or bonus be adopted you have no claim upon the party borrowing the

      money . Mr . Leach : The amount is not a lean , but a gift , as you hold out these inducements to persons to become members—two acres of land—a cottage—and £ 15 in money . Those parties who do not require an advance will not be injured—while those who do require it will be very much benefited . Mr . G . VY . Wheeler stated that it was necessary that the directors should have some security for the money advanced , His resolution proposed that the money should not be advanced at once , but spread over a distance of time .

      The resolution , however , fell to the ground for want of a seconder . Mr . M'Grath : Whenever you depart from a principle you get into error . In this case the advance must be regarded as a right , the individual has as much right to receive tho money as he has to receive the land and cottage . Decidedly in favour of fixing a definite sum . Mr . Clark : There is already an interest charged in the rent . There is no doubt , that it is an admitted right that the parties should receive the amount promised . The feelings of themembers decidedly would be in favour of paying any extra sum , provided they were guaranteed that they should be repaid at the time when all the parties were located . Mr . Smith : There can be no right—as the

      members cannot have a right till all the members are located—the advance must , therefore , be considered as a loan—as there cannot be a right till there is a surplus , the shareholders can only have a right in the surplus . Mr . O'Connor , in answerto a question from Mr . Taylor as to whether the directors had-any claim after accepting the bonus of 5 s . or 10 s . over the £ 15 , stated that he did not take one step without' consulting counsel . He was not going to be a party to any resolution that would cut the throat of the society . The rules must not be repugnant to law , neither must they be repugnant to equity . He was providing against any contingencies , and considered that the minimum proposed was the best security that would be proposed . There can be no doubt of the success of the plan , and instead of the money to be divided at the termination of the society , amongst the members , it is more likely to be over than under £ 50 .

      Mr . Hobson asked permission to withdraw his motion in favour of that proposed by Mr . Saunders , which was granted . Mr . Leach moved and Mr . Doyle seconded , the following' resolution , which was earned , " That each shareholder , after being located upon his allotment , shall pay to the society the sum of 5 s . per share as a bonus for the benefit such member has received from the society each year , until the whole of the members of the section to which such member belongs shall have been located upon the land , whence all further demands upon , such member shall cease , and then all profits and benefits arising from the property of the society to be equitably divided amongst all the shareholders of the society as soon as the directors and trustees shall be able to dispose of the same to the best advantage . On a division there appeared—ForMr . Ouffay 1

      " Mr . Leach 14 " Mr . Saunders 4 Mr . Leach moved the resumption of the consideration of the proposition , made to the conference yesterday , of allowing the directors to employ agricultural labourers for the purpose of preparing the ground . Mr . O'Connor : This is not only a proper , but a useful proposition . The man takes possession of his cottage as soon as completed—this will enable the directors either to sell or morgage the land , & c ., to great advantage . If this proposition is not adopted , you will have no labour upon the land until the

      cottage is built . Hehadnoobjectiontobecome steward . It must be evident to every man that the occupant cannot live in his cottage until it is built , and therefore when the foundation stone is laid , the labour of cultivation is at once undertaken , and when the cottage is ready for his reception , every man finds his allotment in an improved condition , at a less cost than he could have brought it to that condition for , and thus both works are going on together , while , as a matter of course , the directors will allow every occupant who thinks proper , to undertake the labour himself at once .

      < : Mr . Knight said , nad not this motion been brought forward , he should have been compelled to employ a person to cultivate his land when he obtained it , and he was perfectly well aware that his voting for it would satisfy his constituents , who were generally mechanics of various trades . The motion was carried unanimously . Mr . Dixon was instructed to advocate the principle of no person holding more than two acres , and concluded by moving the following resolution -. — "That the rule as to shares be as they are now , namely , two acres ; at the same time any person may be allowed to hold as many shares as they think proper ; but , in no case , to have more than two shares , or four acres , in one allotment . " Mr . O'Connor was decidedly against any person holding more than four acres . The conference must decide as to the manner in which the person holding two shares shall be located .

      ; ' Mr . Clark : There can be no difficulty in settling this question . There is no provision in the present rules as to the way in which those parties holding two shares are to ballot for their prize . Mr . Hobson : The best plan to be adopted is that when the land is purchased , the number of shareholders , distinguishing the double shareholders from those holding one , and then divide the land into so many farms as to provide for those holding four acres and those holding two . If yeu allow a person to hold more than he can occupy you introduce the subletting system . Mr . Cuffay would oppose any motion enabling any shareholders from holding more than four acres . Mr . Knight : The plan was instituted for the

      erecting of an independant class of farmers . The shareholders of Lambeth , are decidedly in favour of not allowing any shareholder to hold more than four shares . The proposition opens a wide field for creating an aristocracy of farmers , and enables persons to take shares for the express purpose of getting the control of the society . Mr . Sherrington : It never was contemplated by the Scotch members , that any person should hold more than four acres . The rent is not fixed to any individual to whom the farms may be sublet , though the rent is fixed as between the society and the original shareholder . Mr . O'Connor . The object of a man holding more than two acres is , that he looks to the land to secure

      his rate of interest as the best security for the advance of capital . There is no difficulty in preventing a member from sub-letting . There are always clauses introduced into leases providing for the forfeiture of the lease , if certain conditions are not performed or are violated , It is to be hoped that very stringent clauses will be introduced into the leases . Mr . Taylor asked whether a provision could be made in the leases to prevent persons from holding more than four acres from subletting . Mr . Hobson : What advantage can be derived from keeping open the question of how many shares a member may hold . It should be confined to the

      case where a man may require either one share or two shares . You cannot prevent premiums being given , notwithstanding all the stringent clauses that may be introduced ; and , allowing shareholders to hola more than four acres , would introduce the principle of sub-letting . Mr . O'Connor : With regard to premiums Mr . Hobson seems to forget that there is such a power as coercive law . If a man takoe a premium he has violated the lease , and it becomes forfeited . Many persons with money would , no doubt , come into the society , and make loans merely on the idea of guaranteeing the interest upon their money . He wonld rather see the question confined to the fact , that no person should be allowed to hold more than two shares . You will recollect that you are not to legislate for

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      lawyers , but for parties who have a great aversion to luw And Jjiwyfitts . Mr . Clark stated he had received inBtyuction from Bath of parties being willing to advance certain sums of money by way of Joan—had no fear of capitalists coming into the society and breaking it up—but at the same time they ought to have the privdegeot receiving interest for the capital advanced . Mr . Wheeler : You cannot guard against a man holding as many shares as he pleases . Adjourned .

      AFTERNOON SITTING . M " . Dixon , in resuming the debate , " said that he understood the present object of this society was * ° break down the system of large farms . There are a great many persons who would willingly give £ 10 a year for two acres of ground and a cottage . He concluded by reading his resolution as altered : ' * That the rule as to allotments should be as follows —namely , two acres , three acres , and four acres ; at tbe same time , any person may be allowed to hold as many shares as they think proper , but In no case to occupy more than four acres . " Mr . Vallance : Is the question of the size and the number of shares to be considered together ? In

      favour of dividing the shares into two , three , and four acres , thepr ' ce of a two-acre share to be £ 210 s ., a three-acre share to be £ 315 s ., and the price of a four-acre share to be £ 5 , but in no case shall the size of the allotments be for more than four acres , Great numbers of persons who are shareholders wish the first allotment to be strictly confined to two acres . The respective classes to be balloted for at separate times . He most cordially seconded the resolution . Mr . Poole supported the motion . Mr . Wheeler : We are all determined that no shareholder shall occupy more than four acres , but will you confine a shareholder to the number of shares that he shall hold ? Would you object to any man subscribing for as many shares , and disposing of them either by gift or otherwise , as he may think

      proper . Mr . Canning ,. Mr . Gilbertson , and Mr . Saunders supported the resolution . Mr . Shaw : Mr . Cuffivy ' s and Mr . Dixon's motions are two separate and distinct questions . His instructions would justify him in voting for Mr . Cuffay ' s amendment , while on the other hand Mr . Dixon says that a shareholder may purchase as many shares as he pleases , but not be allowed to occupy more than four acres . Every man has a right to just as much land as he can cultivate . He should support the motion of Mr . Cuffay . Mr . Dixon would withdraw bis motion by permission of the conference , which was agreed to . Mr . Cuffay ' s motion was then carried unanimously .

      Mr . Clark : The next question that wdl como under consideration is the question of the ballot , lie would , therefore , submit a resolution for the conference , but should any other person propose a more eligible plan , he should consider himself at liberty to withdraw his own proposition , and support that which he csnsidercd more applicable to the case . Mr . O'Connor : The value of land in Lancashire is not so dear as might have been supposed , as parties prefer letting land lie waste , because the proprietors can make more interest of their money from labour . Near Cheshire there is a quantity of land to be sold which would cost about £ 20 an acre . You can't go into the market and say that you will buy a certain quantity oi land of tabular " value—you can't buy

      land of the . « ame complexion . 1 contend that you must buy your land before you ballot for occupants . Mr . T . M . Wheeler detailed his view ofthe manner in wliich the ballot for occupation was to be made , and Mr . Clark agreed to withdraw his resolution , and second that of Mr . Wheeler . Mr . Wheeler then moved , " That the members resident in shall elect ten pci'sons , not being paid-up shareholders , in conjunction with the directors , to superintend the allotment in the following manner : —The committee shall examine the secretary ' s book , and place in a vessel the name of each person who has paid up his share , or shares . They shall then place in a similar vessel a determined number of prizes , each prize representing one acre , with blanks to

      make them equal to the number of paid-up members . Two disinterested parties shall then draw the names , and the prizes and blanks shall be apportioned as follows : —The holder of one share , if he draw a prize , shall have two acres ; if one share and a half , three acres ; if two shares , four acres : until tho whole of the number of prizes or acres are drawn . " Mr . Hobson : The arrangement proposed by Mr . Wheeler will clog the exertions of the society . Equality of benefit ought to be the object of the society . In some instances you would have to give one man move , and another less , than his quantity of land . The allotments , when made , should be numbered . He then moved the following resolution : —

      " That when a purchase is made , the directors shall divide the same into allotments of , say two , three , and four acres , in proportion to the number of each class then entitled to occupy ; and the ballot for such respective allotments shall be taken separately among the respective classes . " Mr . Vallance seconded the resolution . Mr . Doyle ; Unless you classifyjthe different classes of shareholders you will cause great dissatisfaction amongst the great majority of the members . By classification you get rid of all angry feelings . Mr . Clark would withdraw , if permitted , his support of Mr . Wheeler's motion , and support that of Mr . Hobson .

      Mr . Wheeler did not wish to press his motion to a division , but merely that it should stand as his opinion upon the subject of the ballot . The motion of Messrs . Hobson and Vallance was then carried unanimously . Mr . Clark : The next business to come before the conference is that of the transfer of shares . Without f ' oing into detail , he would move the following resoution , — . " That in the event of members residing in districts Nos . 2 , 3 , i or 5 , and winning a prize in the ballot for the location in district No . 1 , and hot wishing to take possession of such allotment , they shall have the privilege of giving up such allotment to be balloted for amongst the members in the district where the location may be situated , and who have paid up their shares , and who were unsuccessful in the first ballot . " Mr . Foole seconded the motion .

      The Chairman : The difficulty is very near at hand , and coming nearer to the principle advocated by Mr . Hobson . There may be a good many of the English people who would not go to Scotland ; and if the ballot was to be then open for the whole shareholders you might go on ad libitum before you obtained parties who would locate in the Scottish districts . Mr . T . M . Wheeler was most decidedly against the proposition of Mr . Clark . He then entered into a detail of his plan for the transfer of shares . The plan was most unjust , and attended with the most mischievous consequences to the shareholders . Mr . Clark explained that when a party who had drawn a prize , and should not like to locate in the district where the land was purchased , that then thj prize should be balloted for among the other shareholders in the district .

      Mr . O Connor : The object should have been to divide the country into as many districts as there was a possibility , instead of limiting'the division , which had been done by the resolution already come to . The object of the society was to realise as many practical results of the plan as possible . Mr . Clark , in giving explanation , had mis-stated what he rose to explain . By not divulging the place where the locations are to be , you give an impetus to the shareholders in paying up their shares , which , if it was known where the location was to be made , the shareholders in that district would lose no time in paying up their shares . Mr . Vallance would lay before the conference his ideas upon the subject . The Chairman supported the resolution of Mr . Vallance .

      Mr . Shaw would support the motion of Mr . Vallance . The fact is , that if the land is purchased in Manchester , and a shareholder lives in Leeds , he ought to have the opportunity of relinquishing his prize by giving notice to the secretary that he does not require to be located at present ; and that then he should be balloted for again , when the land might be purchased near this own home . Mr . O'Connor strongly supported the views of Mr . Wheeler , as the only plan that was likely to give satisfaction to themembers , namely , to go on through the list till you met with persons who would go on the land purchased . The Chairman said , Mr . Clark ' s system was a bungling proposition . The plan of Mr . Vallance wag the most just . Under either of the propositions you will find , that you might have forty ballots before you obtained the requisite number of shareholders .

      Mr . Hobson : What was the main reason which caused the proposition made by him to be rejected ? why , that you ought to give the chance to all the shareholders to come in in the first allotment . If there should be two ballots , justice says , that the second ballot should take place between those who participated in the first . But what Mr . Clark proposes now , is to give the man a chance of refusinga chance of giving his lot to another person who did not draw a prize . Why should that be allowed ? Ihe most judicious plan would be , to ballot from the whole of the shareholders . Mr . Vallancc ' s resolution does recognise the principle of equality . Mr . Leach could see so much of aimnlicitv in the

      views of Mr . Wheeler , that he cannot understand what objection there could be to it . Mr . Clark ' s plan allows a man who refuses to go at one ballot to ta precedence in a second ballot . Mr . O Connor moved , that when a ballot takes P ' ° f , occupation , that all the paid up members inu e l eRibfc toUMandtnatthewholenumber shall be drawn , and according to priority shall be located , and in case of any member elected shall object to occupy . that , then proceed , those standing next in rotatio next preference and so on till ti ™ . ? £ ^• « - * ;^ W ^ was earned unanimously . * ' - ' » ¦• ¦ " ¦< JzL ? 1 ^ J ™^ - - ^• --motion for laying the accounts of the the conference on Friday moraine . Adjourned . *

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20121845/page/5/