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    • THE ISfOETHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MAT 10,1845.
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      4 The Northern Star Ma* 10 > 1845 ^

      4 THE _NORTHERN STAR Ma * 10 > 1845 _^

      To The Coal.Met Srs 1ate Is Theei' Itlot...

      TO THE COAL . _MET SRS 1 ATE IS THEEi ' _iTLOTSCENT OF THE DC ! _USFTEW COAL _COMFAS 1 _* . * - _isi ? _tr . _^^ _S _^ _Scfrs _£££ _?*« A * -- * - ** ao _S _^ om _^ _nj » _aougb the medium . jf the Manchester guardrail , the col * wins of which were closed against roe ; for they would nc , t insen my reply without my paying for such reply as an advertisement . tor

      It is true , the . _jolnmnsofthe "Star" * -cue open me to defend myself fi * om their vile imputai ions ; and for this 1 am-thaotfol . But at the same time , it is hut just , if a man is attacked . in a public journal , th atthat same journal should allow 1 jim the privilege of speaking for himself- "but , alas ! such is-, the venality of . * the main portion < if i ihe _B-glisl * r ¦ res'S mat nothing but ; jold can get you admitted into il-i pages . However , _justice has been doneui e- and that without me saying O'ae word to you on the subject . Tou saw I mis Tiffined aiid helied "by the link infield Coal Company in the Guardian , and you determine d tliat I should he defended through the same channel . You found , like me , ¦ ihat this could not be done without a vast sum of money ; and _notwithstanding you had heen on strike for tenweeks , jou -M _* bscnbeathe money out of th . j scanty support which yon have received during your s . trugglc This act of generosity on your part demands n ly wannest thanks and gratitude .

      , -Friends , all I can do is to tha _aik you for your noble conduct , which 1 do with all my h eart : and may _ihq -justice you have dealt out to mc he speedily conferred upon yourselves , hy the hononrable con elusion of your struggle of right against might . Friends , before I conclude this , allow we to give you a little advice . I am sorry to hear of the repeated eases of petty assault which take place h . jtwixt you and the knobsticks These not only rive a ' handle to the opposition press , "but they are calculate ! to injure you with the public . Xct me , therefore , hnplore of you to keep _tfie-peace for onr own sakes , and tie sake of fhe glorious cause vou are cits aged in .

      I am fully aware of the an noyance and provocation which you receive at the hands _s of these knobsticks ; hut remen iber that you have char actcrs to maintain . Tou arefcn _jicn in yoirr various _nci-ghhourhoids : rat-so with the cr earuresyou come in _ci intact with , who it is well known . are the " very scum of s © dety . -- They go prowling about the country in search o f places where the men are onstri ke , in order that they may havo " good money" for doin _"! lothingforafewweeks , and then they creoff again . The ve ry fellows nowworldng -at _Duldufield went into the north - it the time of- 'the strike there ; when that terminate _, a , and as they'mnst live , they left and came to Torksb ire , and from thence to . Scottand Knowsleys _, near Bolton then to St . He-civs , _-ind to other places . Heed themn _. it . Let them say _whart they will , take no notice of them 1 br ,- "believe me , it is their game , and that of those whoein- ? loythem , to _Aac jioit into rows , and then-make

      youpay . . , Frien . is , in . conclusion , I again request you to keep _thepeaw J ; and wouldicggest the propriety of your sending somi ' ¦ of yonr "bodj to have an interview with the -magistra tes . " let the authorities know how yon are annoved ; s md that your wives cannot walk the streets without I -ring insulted witli debauched language . Tou have a M « * adowcronv * rsrldnson , and others , intelligent men , who . if they went and laid yonr case before the magistrates , would surely procure redress . Cse every legal means 0 f t ihfaining justice , bat do not break the . peace , is thoaJvice of your friend and well-wisher , Wux _jaH Dixon —Manches -ter , May 6 th , 13 * 5 .

      "M Ore Of The " Ferment." The Folio Wing...

      "M ORE OF THE " FERMENT . " The folio wing address was adopted vjianimouslyhv one of tke j . 9 _* eatest and most influential public meetings .. which - has been held in thc country for-the consideratio . n of the Maynooth Grant . It was _proposcd-ty Mr Mason , ana seconded by Mr . _GoundBor _Baldwin . ' . The Town . Hall , capable of containing ten thousand persons , was crowded to suffocation . The Address qj 'the People cf Birmuigham assembled in the Town-Hall , o n Tuesday , May Gth , for the consideration of He Stats End- "a * c- _« n «» it of -Jfcynootf * College .

      Fellow subjei " _^— Baring been assembled authority of thc chief " magistrate of the -borough of _Birnungfcam in complia 'ttee with * "Host influential requisition , _compriang meni bersof tha corporation , burgesses , . and householders , to consider the political tendency of the contemplated End owment of Maynooth College , we deem it our duty , in resi 'est to the national rights and claims of Ireland , that thi > -principle upon which we feel it neces-< _sary to oppose this ; Xrant _shonld be distinctly understood , to prevent that mis . xnstracticn which has hitherto _heett made of the motives _«* the . British people on all matters cencerning the inter . SS 8 and welfare of Ireland . And in t & £ express i _* * ° f _^^ opinion we here solemnly declare that the _peoj _*« of this eountry have no wish to perpetuatethe _degradi _tfion _^ d sufferings of the Irish na--non , whether inflicted _ifcrougl _* . religions prejudice or by political anthority .

      It- is therefcre , with tie patriotic _and'just purpose of _oliiMtingtosuchlegisla live measures as we consider tend more to perpetuate the degradation of Ireland and the miseries of -her people , t hhn promote either the religions purity or moral power wliicSi < _rosht to characterise a nation in thejsjxred pnr . "flat of _establishing just institutions , that-we oprose the p _vsent ministerial proposition . We object to the endoivment of Maynooth College on the principle that all relis _i-i'JsiustituSons should receive their support directly from tAe people who wish for them ; that State Endowments

      and "because all , h ! sto _* -y proves have tended to-alienate the _iastmctors of the people from their interests send -welfare , and rendered them the _instnnnentS'OfGoTeniinental oppression . They have also defeated _the-greatjarpose of the founder of Christianity The injustice _heepmes still more evident when we reflect -that hut for fee impoverishment of the -oeople , through _theinstrumentalirj * o ; unjust legislationj ' the people wonld havc-ibnndantiilMn-. to support _-aieir-xelisious instructors r-ithout reqEiirinj : aid at the hands of a Government j which _possesses mo _rev-aiue hut what is derived from the I

      industry of the pel iple . V 7 e , therefore , ia tbas distinctly and _, ti * ieq . oivocally _prononc-ang our opinion , free from all national and religious prejudice , take , this opportunity of - _(^ minding you that the British Parliament does no more represent the British / people thau -the interests and welfare of Ireland —not more than one-tenth of the adult male _^ _population "being represented in Ihat assembly : and conceiviiig that theinterests and destLiies of a nation must ever be sacrificed at the shrine of i * lass _; we , in conclusion , solemnly assure you , that , providetl . you will accept our co-operation in thegreat _strugglefor a just and full _represpstatien of the entire adult male population ofthe three -kingdoms , without distinction of class or condition , io the-united Parliament , we will ardently . aid you in securing for Ireland such institutions as w 2 ! guarantee the right and power of _seltgovernmenL T . _Phix-ups , _-Esij ., Mayor , _Qwinnan .

      51a. Shihjas Crawford's Monos.—The-Patri...

      51 a . _SHiHjas Crawford ' s Monos . —The-Patriot -oi Tuesday , in reference to It * . Crawford ' s motion on Mondav night , in opposition to all grants for religious purpp-= es , says : — "Mr . Hindley seconded ihe motion , whieh found no other supporter ; and it _yaz rejected by a majority of 141 to 2 . " This is incorrect The two that _vo-cED ' -ffere Messrs . Bun-• jombe and Wakkv , the representatives of Finsbury . i _fesErs . Crawford * and Hindley were the tellers : so f , le . motion was supported by four . _Thslisd . — _A-n-sEFi to Btjbs a Whole Famh . t . —

      A -Thursday night , May 1 st , some miscreants 0 , 1 fire , in three different places , to the dwelling _fp * ie of a poor woman named Judy Cawley , at _Xil-•" . SH ; . vrithinfoOTmiles of Nenagh , whilst the widow , ¦¦* , ver five orphans ware in a profound sleep . One - * _™ _, _* _partv cried out , "Are-you within , Judy ?" f t , K her -msweriiig _, "Tes , " another said , "Hasp tpoii . _t jadkeepthem in . " Accordingly they put the d < k - „ _jjjg _jjagp outside and fastened the unfortua I _"' u _=. 11 % in , witii a flaming thatch burning in _^ le *¦}* cesaboutthem . Uponp . erceiving the house -three pla . . _^ _- li ( m jumped out of her bed , and , _m _, _fliunes , - _^ _^ _^ _j _^] _, _was / ortunately in the house , la 'V i = * , "speraiion of a struggle for life or death , and ni de , _^„ ; t _* i _&<» spade by the jam ef the forced

      a pa » _"h ba * iis to put out . the liand of one of the door , large _» 0 " _^ fastened the hasp outside , and gave children , wh dim to the mifortunate inmates . Two lite and free _^' _- _^ _ax much , scorched , and the widow ol Hie cntidrt 0 f _^ _garments she threw over her herself had tl r indeis . almost burnt t « . n ., T , iemvt . at _Assissmno . v . —On the „ - , _^ 'i- i _ en the hours of five and six o'clock 2 oth ult ., bctwe ¦ rtv of MoJ ! v _ifegujre ' ,. _brisadc mtheCTenm _| , a _•? fi ) CTjd Jordan { en the estatcof entered the nous rf _% _andiJemandedaims . On being theEariof Grana , _^ a jn £ o a room y / herc Jordan refused , they advi _barged a loaded gun at him ; was sitting , and < t - y ! Me . tUe _assag _^ . _was in the fortunately , howeve * i ardc , i _<& _themunleof thc gun , actof Jordan _jj _^ j _^

      -firing , j _^ h & sa a _^^ 8 _^ otherwise he would - _^ 5 _^ , but without effect , Another of the gang _i c among-ihemselves . Jordan owing to the co _-a-tusio 4 assailants , knocked omj or then made a rush on n -j _^ succeeded in getting into a two of iiem down , ani _^ _j _-j _,, _^^ witi _, -j j , roomwherehe liada _^ io . _^ - _^ . _Jorfan armwJ tiiC became the assailant . - _^ to ht Jonbn whole ofthe m _^ reants . _^ . _^ mQ rf them at-am , anditi _, suppo _» dUmetorekad , thegang However , before Jordan ha - _^^ _^ _^ _^ returned and dreadfully ma _^ _ahu iwL Thev _S & _tSsSf -S 3 _* fi _8 ! E . of

      _^ , a „ . \ ecident the most _Dbeao-tci , Accidest . — An « _»*^ . t "' * _£ , " ~ 7 _„„ _ftightiul natoe occurred in the' - Sinus steamer on & _Sy nig ht to the cook ' s boy ,. * M about _four-¦^ _nSofage , named Richard . Ca - _^ ba \ The vessel was on her -voyage from London to Cork , and when between Plymouth , and Cork , Callaghan , and a young gentleman of hii own age , f _&* ie d K . W . Stonehouse _, of London , lay upon a -platform in the engine-room , where : £ bey fell asleep . It was an exceedin iiJy perilous _atuarjon , as the event told , for _Callagliaru-wholay outside , _*» . heawoke , _ reeeiving a push from lus companion , was thrown into the engine . The awful _coasequence was , that all his limbs were either fractured or broken . Both thighs were broken , his ankle dislocated . ' a _* _n > 5 wounds so severe

      inflicted upon the abdomen , as to endanger his life . Stonehouse immediately went on deck _andstatedtht ' accident , when Captain Moffatt had the engine stopped , and the boy with a great deal of difficulty was brought out , receiving every attention under the awful circumstances . "When-the vessel arrived ' n Cork the unfortunate sufferer was taken to the Nortn Infirmary , where he had the advantage of the first medical skill , and the most unremitting attention requisite under such a frightful calamity . —Cork Reporter Case of _Makslatjohter " Twestt Years Ago . — At Abergavenny last week , Richard Christopher , of Llanfibangel , an old man , aged 75 , was charged with the manslanirhter of William Powell , twenty

      years ago . A young man , who was a servant of Powell ' s , and was at that time ten years of age , deposed before the magistrates that he remembered the death of his master , and that it was occasioned by a blow on the head inflicted with a hammer by Jfr . Christopher in a quarrel about somepk's . ne also stated tbat the result ofthe inquest on the body of deceased was a verdict of Manslaughter . It appears that Christopher left the place when he found that Powell ' s life was in danger , and had not been heard of until last week , whenhe returned to his native place , and was recognised . He found bail in £ ' 200 to appear at the next assizes . The constable of the paiish was bound in the sum of £ 50 to prosecute the prisoner . —Swansea Journal .

      Murder is the Count * - Leitrim . _—Dvuk , Mat o . —Accounts were received in town to-day of another murder in the county Leitrim , committed on Saturday .

      The Isfoethern Star. Saturday, Mat 10,1845.

      THE _ISfOETHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MAT 10 , 1845 .

      The Chartist Movement. From Whatsoever C...

      THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT . From whatsoever cause the chance may spring , —and all , . even the very existence of the nation , now depends on c / _ianco , —there does appear a chance of CHANGE ; and whetherthat change may arise from " the disarrangement of our system of currency ;" from " over-stocked markets ; " from an " explosion of the railway bubble ; " from "the limitation of artificial credit ; " from " a , European or American war , " from the death of the "King of the Barricades , " or the exit of the "Iron Duke ; " from " a kick-up in Ireland , or from what is more likely , more

      proximate , and more natural , from a bad harvest : from whatever chance CHANGE may spring , it is the duty , the bounden duty , of the Chartist body to remain firm , united , and . deterniined _, so that when the time comes their _fold-may be the one secure spot in which all affrighted stragglers may take refuge . To simple individuals or half-instructed communities the achievement of so extensive a change as that proposed by the People's- Charter appeared easy of accomplishment ; while to the more reflective mind it naturally presented the necessity of a " union of those elements by wliich alone it could be secured .

      Not wishing to underrate even the value of the cloud which portended the first storm of universal indignation that burst npon the present system , we shall not underrate the value of those who rode upon the whirlwind ; but we do accord greater honour to those who have not abandoned thc pursuit after the storm had passed away . A-nation may be roused into enthusiasm : but can be- only led to thought by philosophy : and to a proper direction ofthe sound mind alone must we look for the advantages of enthusiasm and thought . The interested leaders , who ingratiated

      themselves into popular , favour during the first moments of excitement , placed no more practical advantages before the public mind than those which were promised from the transfer of power to their own hands . That day , . however , has passed awayas proved by the recent representation of the improved mind of the country in the late Convention : a body which did not confine its efforts to such a narrow point , but who . patiently mapped out the one valued social object ; and . expounded the mode of achieving _political power for its accomplishment .

      When a people , bowed beneath the weight of national suffering imposed by class legislation , delegate to others the onerous duty of thinking for them , upon the assurance that their recommendations shall be carried into effect by universal compliance with all suggestions that are practical , feasible , and safe , the propqunders of such plans are nottobeblamedfor their failure , ifthatfailure depends upon the apathy of those for whose benefit they have been devised . To the proposition of the Convcntionfor the extension of the franchise to all who under the Eeforni Bill , may acquire a vote , as well as to the

      project for testing the value of the land as a means of establishing thc standard of-wages , we need not say that we give our hearty concurrence : and , although in the present corrupt state of the House of Commoas little importance may Joe attached to the acquisition of ten or twenty Chartist members , yet the people may rest assured that the , s 8 vei * al measures of taxation , economy , finance , free trade , agriculture , and State religion , forced upon tke ,, country through the corruption of its present representatives , will before long preclude , and for ever , the recurrence of such an anomaly as we now daily _witness-rthe surrender

      of a constitution to the caprice of a single Minister . Never again will the people of this country witness such a slavish toleration as has marked and degraded the present -Parliament . And , apart from any of those changes . to which we have referred , none would be more astounding in its effects upon the nation than a contested election . Those warring strifes and antagonist fears , now subdued and moulded to one man ' s dictates , would be let loose , and submitted to the control of the popular will . It is for this time—for such an event—that we . seek to prepare our readers : for , however distant all

      other chances of . change maybe , the "days" of our present representatives " are numbered " and "the day of reckoning is at hand ! " We were not prepared for the last contest , further than to enter into an alliance for the destruction of our "Whig gaolers , who held five hundred of the advocates ' of true principle within the walls of their dungeons . Our triumph then , though " , © f a negative qualty , taught _^ s our strength : and shall wc not upon henextoccasionturn tliat strength to positive advantag . It was cheering , no doubt , to see the workingman standing besides the

      lordling and the squire , propounding the principles of his order ; and it was creditable to see those hands for whoseemancipation he contended held up iu approval of those principles . But how much more advantageous to the national cause if the experiment had resulted in the return of some twenty representatives whose labours would not have ceased when thc enthusiasm of the nomination had subsided ! Then , as a registration committee has been appointed , presided over by Mr . Duncombe , we trust that ere long we shall be enabled to present the fruits of their labour as an inducement eneral action . I

      As to the Land project , the important Trades Conference and the Chartist Convention having both decided upon the necessity of such an experiment , > ve must naturally come to the conclusion that the principle has made no little way in the public mind ; and that all that is now requisite is a vigorous effort on the part of those entrusted with its management to giveiteffect . Upon the whole , passing events impose upon us the duty of warning the Chartist body . There are -symptoms , strong symptoms of approaching dissolution—not only ol the Parliament , but of the rotten system of which it is the faithful

      repre-| scntativc ; and the question with the people must be , whether or no they will be prepared for the contingency—whether they will submit to another seven years of misrule— -ehether they will allow the last remaining portion of their common lands to be enclosed for the benefit of others—whether they will submit to worse than Egyptian slavery , in order that _Xfjnisterial influence may be purchased by a second State Church— -whether tliey will submit to the insulting declaration that " one in every

      ten . of their order is a pauper , " while their taskmasters are seeking safe investments for the produce of their labour ; whether ihty will submit to twelve hours' toil of their wives and children , that a Tory Minister may remain in the ascendant—or whether they will have a small band of patriotic representatives in .-tie House of _Commons who will make their wants , their grievances , their wishes , and their principles ring throughout Europe and the world ; whether they will establish a standard round

      The Chartist Movement. From Whatsoever C...

      which the popular will- outside may rally ; whether they will insist upon the restoration of martyrs who have been the victims of traitors banished from our ranks ; whether they will have their own-land , and cultivate it for their own purposes ; whether , in short , they will have a Ministry of their own choicelaws of their own enacting—comforts of their own creation—and a country they may call their own . Such is the choice that we place before the Chartist body . Apathy , indolence , and neglect will lead to the perpetuation of the system that we have so long laboured to destroy ; union , activity , and energy wfll lead te thc blessings we have described .

      Maynooth. The Two State Ciiuhche3. Tue P...

      MAYNOOTH . THE TWO STATE CIIUHCHE 3 . Tue policy by which Sir Robert Peel has been enabled so far to ensure the success of his measure for the Endowment of the Roman Catholic Church of Ireland , wliile it reflects great credit on his head and heart , as far as it is a . manifestation of contrite repentance for past sins , and an exhibition of consummate skill in themanner in which he has managed the refractory of lus own party , and chimed in with

      the necessities of his opponents , still confers but little credit upon the House of Commons . The one may plead " the tyrant's plea , "—necessity , —for his act : but the alacrity with which the mass of " the representatives of the people" have not only eaten their own oft-paraded professions , but set themselves in direct hostility to their own " constituents " at the bidding ofthe Minister , proves them to be thoroughly abject and servile to powbr , and wholly oblivious or disregardful of the relationship that ought to subsist between a " representative" and the " represented . "

      Hitherto the opposition offered to the measure lias failed , * it having become the fashion just now for the members of Parliament to demonstrate their " INDEPENDENCE" by voting directly in . the teeth of those who sent them ! The Minister has set the example ; and , like well-bred Ministerial adherents , the-bulk of "the House" must follow it . He has openly confessed that it is his duty to set at defia-vce the expression of public opinion that has greeted his " necessary" perfidy , because it is all the result of a mere " fermest " in the public mind ; and he avers that when the feelings of indignation

      wliich his conduct in seeking to establish another State Church , shall have cooled down some little , judgment will resume her . seat , and his measure be not only understood , but even supported by those who are now . carried away by the opposition " FERMENT . " We can understand this language , when addressed to one portion of the opposing party—that which maintains the righteousness of the principle of State establishments , and whose opposition is grounded onthe fear that the endowment of a second Church will interfere with the ascendancy of the first . We can understand this as a gentle hint to

      thc raving bigots of Exeter Hall , . thatthe " signs of the times" are such as to denote the speedy overthrow of all State Church Establishments ; and that the one , the only mode of at all retarding the evil day , is for the present holders of the property stolen from the poor to admit of others participating in the spoil Such is , in fact , the meaning of Peel ' s measure . It is to strengthen the hold tliat Mother Church has on the State—a hold becoming weaker and weaker every day . It is to detach from the people those who have hitherto headed them in the assertion ofthe voluntary principle , because they were

      " out of the pale" and cut off from the enjoyment of the immense riches which excited their envy . Itis to sop these gentry , that Peel has taken his course and thus make it their interest to maintain and support the existing establishment : and the manner in which his proposal has . been received in Ireland by the priestly repudiators of all State connection , shows thatthe Minister did not much miscalculate , when he baited his heok with the golden bait 1 To that portion of the opposition whose desire is to keep in their own hands the Tithes , the Glebes , the Church Lands , and the magnificent Churches and Cathedrals of our land , and maintain the presumptuous

      ascendancy of a mere sect , the words of Peel are not devoid of meaning , and probably will not be thrown away : and even to those who have taken their stand on the broad and intelligible ground of resistance to all State endowments for religious purposes ; who enunciate the true principle ,: that to favour one sect is an act of injustice to all -the rest ; who contend that the people should be allowed to choose their own parsons , and pay them in accordance to notion of service rendered : to these the words of Peel are also far from devoid of meaning , and will surely incite to redoubled exertion to prevent the double evil which those words so plainly indicate .

      At the outset we stated one objection to the measure to be , the deadly influence that the promised "boon" would have upon all questions of political agitation : and our misgivings upon _thatsuOi ect have not been lessened by the several admissions that the new grant is tobe considered as the mere " restitution of a portion of that property whichliad been plundered from the Catholic Church of Ireland . " We could very well understand the propriety and justice of RESTITUTION , if the plunderers were the partiee to restore , and if the parties plundered were to be the recipients : but we cannot understand that

      justice which says , " the people of Ireland have heen plundered ; the plunder has been conferred by law upon the professors of an opposing faith ; the holders of the plundered property are too strong to contend with ; the Irish priests , who look for restitution , are too powerful to resist ; and , therefore , our will is , that the plunderers shall continue to hold ivhat we dare not take away , while the English people shall be PLUNDERED to furnish compensation , not to the Irish people who were robbed , but tothe Irish priesthood , who aforetime were tne mere distributors 0 / the plundered property . "

      This is putting the question upon its true basis . We deny that there can be " RESTITUTION" unless tlte thing stolen is restored ; and we deny that the compensation goes in the right direction , unless it is made to the parties for whose benefit the original property was applied . If ever there was a measure to which , notwithstanding all the fascinating prospects held forth by a strong Minister , public hostility has been unequivocally expressed , it is to the permanent endowment of the College of Maynooth . And this circumstance alone leads to the conviction thatthe present House of Commons , " whose days

      are numbered , " does not represent even a decent minority of the people of this country . And thus wc arrive at the conclusion that thc motion of Mr . Duncombe , to confine the operation of the grant to three years , supposing the opposition otherwise to fail , is the only tenable ground that the opponents to the measure have now left to them . Of course every effort will be made to obstruct and defeat the measure in committee . Those members who respect public opinion , and who are anxious that it should be brought to bear on an iniquitous measure like the present , are bound to take that course . It is no

      ordiuavy battle that they have to fight , nor is it to be fought under ordinary circumstances . Peel has avowedly set himself up against the people . He tells them that he holds their petitions to be of no value —that their opinions are _wortlikss , being the result of a "FERMENT "—that the more they petition , the more he is bound to oppose himself to them . He has done this nakedly—undisguisedly . He has an unscrupulous time-serving servile crew of supporters . AU the principlesof action for a Representative Assembly are trodden under foot . Tho contest has resolved itself

      into a struggle between the minister and the people . The former seeks to carry his point by _tvrecjbin _^ the " independence" of the Members of the House of Commons ; the latter can only succeed now , by the few who have regard for character and honour resisting the unholy attempt . The nature of the struggle they are engaged in ; the momentous consequences to themselves and to the whole system involved in the contest , demand that they use tvery effort : that th _^ _av-jfl tlierflsdYei of aD circumstances ; that they take advantage of all the powers the forms of

      the House place in their hands , to make that resistance successful . But , if after all , Peel should succeed ; if the horde of time-servers by whom he is surrounded enable him to vote public opinion a fool ; if he should manage , by the arts and speciousness of whicb he is so great a master , to defeat thc efforts of the opposition—divided and disjointed as it is , because spring ing from such different and opposing principles of action—yet there is one ground oh which al ** can cordially unite , and that is the motion of Mr . Duncombe ' s , alluded to above . It strikes us that even Peel himself , specious and plausible as he is ,

      will find some difficulty in _urbishing up a set ot reasons for the rejection of that motion . He now says , that the opposition to his proposal springs from a "FERMENT" in thc public mind-a " ferxnent which time will allay . " He deems it is his " duty " to oppose , directly and unflinchingly , public opinion , because he knows better than the pu blic what the nature , scope , and intent ofhis measure is , and what will be its effect in operation . He avers , that when the ferment has subsided , the people Vil view thc question in quite another light than they now do . Here is a test for the sincerity of those declarations ! If he is convinced that those opinions are correct , he will not object to try them . Mr . Duncombe ' s motion provides for that trial . He proposes , that if we are

      to have the infliction of another endowment for religious purposes , it shall be but , in the first instance , as an experiment ; that the time shall be limited , at the end of which Parliament can again deal with the question . He therefore proposes the limitation of three years . During that time the " ferment " surely will have subsided ! the people will have come to their senses : and if they are convinced with Peel that the measure is really a blessing and a boon , they will , having the benefit of experience to guide thein , as stoutly support it as they now oppose itand be better satisfied into the bargain . Therefore Peel , if he has any regard for what he says , and any confidence in his own predictions , will be glad to avail himself of the opportunity offered him to establish his character as a statesman who " saw before

      the people he ruled . " The period fixed by Mr . Duncombe for the first duration ofthe new Institution ( if we are to have it ) is just the exact one to enable the people to express their opinions , after the "FERMENT" shall have been allayed . He proposes three years . Before that period expires , we must have another General Election , unless , indeed , the present Parliament should be so enamoured of Sir Robert Peel , and he with the servile crew by whom he is supported , as to induce "the House" to follow a former famous precedent , and vote itself , when elected only to sit seven years , qualified to sit fourteen ! In two years , or so , tho present Parliament—God be thanked !—will die

      " a natural death , " save and except the contingency we have named , which is hardly likely to occur in the present temper of the times . There will then be a legitimate opportunity for the people making manifest their new conviction respecting the Maynooth measure , and of the electors returning members to the nciv House to give effect to the altered opinion of the country . But if it should turn out on that occasion , that public opinion has not undergone the great change predicted ; if the election should result pi tlic rejection of Sir Robert Peel and liis obsequi ous supporters , why , it will only prove that our " great statesman" committed a mistake , and miscalculated : no great faults in statesmen now-adays !

      The limitation of the measure is just upon every principle , as well as upon " expediency" —the real principle of action now set up by all parties . Let us suppose that the measure is carried through the House , according to the Minister ' s present intentions ; and that so carried , it becomes permanentthat is , as \ permanent as this Parliament can make it ; and suppose that a subsequent Parliament—a Parliament . tliat will not be bound to the support of the measure . either by hope of place , distinction , or notoriety upon the one hand , nor intimidation upon the other ; a House that will pay at tention to

      petitions—if not of the unrepresented , at least to those of the _electoralbedy : suppose such a House to repeal the Maynooth endmvxxient , we ask if that fact , together with the unblushing disregard of public opinion now manifested by Sir Robert Peel , would not furnish good and ample . grounds for his impeachment ? But suppose the probability of this measure being acceptable to " a majority of thc people , and that it should turn out thatthe present opposition has been marshalled by the fanatics of all religious parties ;—in such case a subsequent Parliament , representing

      that sound opinion , would doubtless fiat the measure , and throw the shield of its protection over its present supporters . Should the supporters of the measuretherefore object to the proposed limitation to three years , it is evident that they are sceptical as to public approval of it—that they dread the " cry to which it would give rise , notwithstanding that Peel is sufficient of a tactition to know that there would . be less interest attached to a " cry" for a repeal of a measure that has been carried , than to thc " cry" of re-Bistanceto the proposal for the endownent of a rival Church .

      Our first impression as to the ultimate intention of Sir . R . Peel , has been strengthened by the admissions o f the most influential of both parties in the House of Commons : admissions to the effect that the proposed grant is the mere preliminary step in the march of Catholic Church Endowment : a march to be measured in its strides according to the ability of Irish agitation to advance it . And hence Mr . O'Connell ' s fresh enthusiasm pending the

      discussion . This is his policy . He says , "Imust pull the strings of my show-box . I must parade my puppets in rapid succession . I must keep the gaping eye and strained ear upon the stretch . I must divert thought from the real object ~ the purchase of the Catholic priesthood . I must lull suspicion by a series of popular exhibitions , where Repeal out-tops all other considerations , until Ireland , all Ireland , xxiakes itself party to the ministerial measure : and , that done , the people will have harnessed

      themselves in the new State Church-cart ! Repeal shall then sink , through local apathy : and I will seek for some less disturbed waters whereon my shattered bark may float for the remainder of my days . " It is quite evident that the resuscitated Repeal agitation is not a real agitation . It is but a " delusion , a mockery , and a snare , " intended to lure the

      popular mind , while Ireland is being sold to the English minister . Sir Robert Peel will truly understand , and justly appreciate the necessary ribaldry of Mr . O'Connell . He is playing precisely the same game for the Tory Minister tliat he played for his Whig friends , whom he abused and ridiculed in public that he might be the better able to furnish an excuse for protecting them against the assaults of their enemies . Peel knows that he could not cam

      the Maynooth Endowment if the people of Ireland were allowed to think upon it . He knows that the counter agitation is to prevent thought ; and thus he and Mr , O'Connell are playing into each other ' s hands . O'Connell will have the bluster ; but Ireland will have the blister . He will soften down the odium that would otherwise attach to himself—wliile the thing once dene , fastens the Union between the two countries with a newly-forged chain , while the slen der one that bound the m might have been snapped if the Irish leaders had but the common courage of men . It is a melancholy thing to see a nation sold , while her heroes bluster like bullies ; to see a people conquered by conspiracy , while their frothing advocates speak in warlike thunder .

      The " moral force" repudiators of the "physical force" Chartists do not condescend to limit their ruminations to the "torch and the dagger . " They speak of whole " fleets sweeping the channel ; " whole " nations rising" as if by magic , and countries changing hands like railway shares . "Should fifty _thousand Frenchmen land on English ground , " says Mr . Smith O'Brien : "should an American fleet sweep the channel ; " " should amiUion of Irishmen in England and Scotland , and should seven millions of Irishmen rise enmasse , " and should nothing stand in the way of

      uccess , Mr . S . O'Brien SHOULD have said , " what : ouW pm'CYitthc completion of our object ? " Mr . ) 'Connell ' s very logical answer to Mr . Macauley ' s crymagniloqucnt bluster , was " Bah ! " " Bah ! is our mswerto Mr . Smith O'Brien . Should the "fifty ihousand Frenchmen" land upon English ground , ihere would not be one Frenchman for every forty of the two millions of English Chartists that would mow them the way to their boats or their graves . No , no , Mr . Blusterer : the English Chartists are not to be caught with honey , whether " civil" or " religious : " Thc English Chartists have a principle to contend for , and they will admit of no Foreign aid , used upon their oivn texritory , to insure its success * , while they will cheerfully take advantage o all foreign circumstances to aid them in its

      accomplishment . Itis not during the moment of excitement on such a question that its effects upon the actors can be felt . Thc treason of the " Conciliators" and of the " > 82 Warriors in Buckram" will not be discovered until their hall is empty , their regimentals faded , and tlieir country sold ; and then , if not till then , those who subscribed their pence for the purchase of their country ' s freedom will ask for that " balance sheet" in which " Ireland for the Irish" was to appear on the credit side .

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      Anticipated Death Of General Jackson, —W...

      Anticipated Death of General Jackson , —We are sorry to announce that , by the late New York arrival , we hear that the death of GencralJackson was momentarily expected . Horrible . —Can it be True ?—The folloiving letter appeared in the Times of "Wednesday - . —Sir , —I reside very close to a certain churchyard at the west-end , and therefore have an opportunity of watching the proceedings of the gravediggers . On the 28 th of April last , to my astonishment , I saw a gravedigger emptying a pit full of human bones ; he placed them in a basket , whicli he covered with a cloth . He was watched out of the churchyard , with the basket , by a person in my house , and was followed to a rag and hone-shop in Upper Rupert-street , where I have no doubt he got a good price for the bones . When a grave is made and any hones are found , they are always put into a pit in the _chureh-yard , and when the pit is full , it is emptied

      in the manner above described . I intended to have informed you of the above on the day it occurred , hut was prevented . However , I ivill leave you and the public to reflect upon , and draw your own conclusions from these disgraceful facts , so abhorrent to a Christian nation . I enclose you my card in confidence , and remain , sir , your obedient servant , Vigilans . A Manufacturing _Opebative . —Put two or three seeds in each hole , and , in thinning out , leave the most healthy plant . Dibble the seeds two inches doep . Our correspondent does not say how old the seed is . It will vegetate when five years old , in all ordinarycases of preserving it ; but new seed is always the best . The plants are stronger , and sooner push into rough leaf , giving a sure and a much heavier crop , in the same time , from the sowing , W . Seagkove , _Barnsiev . —We will reserve his letter for future use should occasion call for it . Elizabeth Smith , Pockmad . —No . She cannot will the property . She has only a life interest in it . It is left to "her and her heirs for ever . " Of course hor

      eldest son is the heir , and succeeds to the property at his mother ' s death , and holds it for his life , when it again descends to his "heirs and assigns for ever . " A Constant Subscriber , who posted his letter in Great Portland-street , should have given his name , when asking such questions as he has put relative to Mr . Farrer , secretary to the harmonic meetings at thc Feathers Inn , Warren-street , _Tottenham-eourt-road . If that gentleman pleases to call at the printing-office , he shall have the letter , as it concerns him . W . Hasier , Oldham , wishes to know the present address of Mrs . Duncan and Mrs . Ellis . Perhaps the parties mil communicate with him . A note addressed to him , at Heslop ' s Temperance Coffee House , will reach his hands . J . H ., Camden Town . —His communication is declined .

      He grasps at far too much in the present state of information ; and to publish such an extensive project would be hut throwing a cap against the wind . G _.-Rzyxolbb , Penzance . —Hfs letter , dated March 26111 , announcing the election of a Chartist Board of nighway Surveyors , has but just come to hand ( Thursday ) It was addressed to " 180 , Strand . " The office is situate at " 130 , Strand . " No . " _" . _S-0 " is a post-office , at whicli we desire our remittances to be made payable , but certainly have no desire that they should be favoured with our communications . Let our friends be careful to observe the exact address . T . Winters , Leicesteb ;—A letter addressed to the secretary of the Barnsley Weavers' Association , care of Mr . F . Mirfield , Barnsley , ivill best answer Ins purpose . Ellis _Lathburv , Folkstone . —The agreement will stand .

      He cannot bo ousted . It would , however , be well for him to get the document stamped . This can be easily dene , he paying the fine . Wm . S , Jones , Lancaster-street , Birminohah , —Wc believe that the Ian * allows an offer of marriage to bur the claim a mother has on a " putative" father for the support of his bastard , and we regret that it does so ; for certainly the support or _non-support of the child ought not to rest on such an issue , Marriage is an engagement to which both sides ought to be willing parties , and any law or custom that seeks to drive either side into a matrimonial connection , when the mind revolts from it , is an intolerable tyranny . In the case in

      question , if our correspondent , knowing as he does that the woman whom he has seduced has " strong objections" to a matrimonial connection with him , should make the offer of marriage when before the magistrates for affiliation , he will prove himself tobe a very rascal . He has seduced hei' who confided in hun ; he has caused her to become a scoff and a bye-word to those who knew her ; he has burdened her with his own offspring ; she has both a moral and a legal claim on him for pecuniary aid in support of his own child ; and if he should shuffle oft' that claim by a mere subterfuge , he adds injury to injury , and shows himself to be destitute of all honour and all shame .

      Mr . O'Connor's Engagements . —Mr . O'Connor has been long engaged to dine with the Carpenters at Highbury Barn on Whit Monday ; and his other engagements for the week will preclude the possibility of accepting any of the other invitations he has received * . but he hopes 6 hortly to be able to mako an eft ' ective tour for the revival of Chartism . To Persons for whom Monies have been sent to Mr . O'Connor . —Small sums of money have been sent to Mr . O'Connor for individuals . All persons from whom such sums have been sent , will have the goodness to say , hy letter , to whom they shall he paid in London , or sent by Post-office _^ order . Mr . O'Conner begs to say , that he will not in future receive sums sent for private purposes . He has quite enough to do with the national funds entrusted to him : not that these are large in amount , but they become complicated , some sending to the General Secretary , and some sending to the Treasurer . Now , this is to give notice , that all monies subscribed to the national fund must be sent by

      Postoffice order , addressed to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Northern Star office , 310 , Strand , London ; and payable to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., at the Post-office , 180 , Strand : otherwise Mv . O'Connor cannot keep his _ac counts correct : and every incorrectness must be his own loss . Let this te plainly understood : that all monies for the Executive must in future he sent to the Treasurer ; and , further , that Mr . O'Connor requests that all persons liaving money for individuals will send it direct to those for whom it is subscribed . Patrick _O'Higgins . —We are reluctantly obliged to withhold the address till next week . Samuel Spooner , Sheffieed . —Wc thank him for his letter . The conduct of Mr . Steel , as detailed in that letter _. is truly disgraceful . It is also _siit- / . Imagine a man complaining tliat hisspceches were not reported , because the reporter could not write short-hand , and then _complainingthatthfcywei'eiiotinscrted _. hecauseapartyabout the office had once had cause to complain ofthe speaker . Wh y , the silly man contradicts himself . If liis speeches

      were not reported , and could not bo because the reporter could not "take" them , how the deuce could they bo refused insertion ? The fact is , the man wanted a " giievance , "and told afalsehood to make onc . He was treated just as every other member ef the body was treated , and every word furnished was duly published . But some people cannot appreciate an effort to serve them . Was there another -Journal in the kinedam that took the sli ghtest notce of the meeting ? Steel ought to be ashamed of himself

      Monies Received By Mr. O'Connor From Dun...

      MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR From Dundee .. * ° ? _™ BXEC 0 T , VE " j - « ; From three persons at "Newcastle ' . ' . " !! 0 1 6 t , „ , CONTRIBUTIONS , From Newcastle 0 6 0 _c _^ , VICTIM FUND . From Dundee „ i fl n _,. , CONVENTION . Fr om Dundee 0 10 0 DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . From a few friends at Ilkeston , per J . Sweet .. 040 MB . COOPKB . * From the Chartists of Deptford and Greenwich .. 0 7 6 * This gentleman having declined to receive the sums _££ _& _% &* _" * * " ¦ * ' _•* ' «* "»« RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SOB 8 CBIPHONS . 8 * - _*• s d Clock-house , West . T . Salmon , ditto n p _pS % ldlocaUtyi- I ° 0 ££ _^ _^ 100 . ) _SKUj j 6 i _^< U ton ( 6 _- * io » ths , 2 J CABDB . ~ ' J r aml ? * 10 ° _Buffy Ridley „ n . Marylebone .. ., 6 9 Hammersinitb- " S l te _^ " " I ° _Cwibenrtu _T " ? Brighton .. .. „ 7 fi » .. 1 0

      Donat10n8. Mr.D-Rewett, Oxford „ . T.Sal...

      DONAT 10 N 8 . Mr . D-rewett _, Oxford „ . T . Salmon ., " * _\ _« LEW . * ' " City of London .. .. __ ., DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . William Salmon ' • o i > THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Secretary . BALANCE SHEET OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE or THE LATE CONVENTION . A Receipts of Delegates from fifteen districts „ 7 , _* 1 " ' _*• Vale of Leven .. Q ' <• Dundee _\ {• • Norwich .. If 0 Greenwich _n . " •* 0 ¦ _¦> Q 9 -. Expenditure . n Rent of Room 0 s , " *'• Doorkeeper Jj , _* . , ( J Paper , pens , ink , penholders , & c 0 , ? . " Printing bills ft '* ' } Marylebone meeting j J ' South London Hall 0 y , * Donation from Directors of the South London . ' ' * _"> Hall , and Collection j * 10 3 Total Expenditure _^ " T _" Total Receipts .. .. 950 Total Expenditure .. 4 13 li Balance in hand .. .. 4 11 loj

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      Fatal Accident.—On Monday Morning Two Ma...

      Fatal Accident . —On Monday morning two masons werc at work on a scaffold at Jenkinsto House , the seat of Colonel Bryan , M . P ., in the county Kilkenny , when it gave way , and they were killed . Fatal AccroENr . — On Tuesday an inquest was held at the King ' s Head Inn , Ballingdon , Essex , on the body of Thomas Wright , lime-burner , of Sudbury who came hy his death from a fall of chalk in the pita in-Ballingdon , belonging to Messrs . Mills and Green , on the 5 th inst . It was proved that the unfortunate man was suffocated by the quantity of chalk which fell upon him , and the jury returned a verdict in ac cordance with the evidence .

      Darino Robbery . —On Saturday afternoon ( May 3 rd ) , between four and five o ' clock , Mr . E . Turner of the Rising Sun , Brooksby-street , Barnsby-road Islington , was robbed of a small cash-box containing notes and gold to upwards of £ 110 . The robbery was effected by three men who were hanging about the house for some time , and of whom lie had received a quantity of silver , for whicli he returned "old and having occasion to go to the cellar a short time after wards the robbery was effected . He unfortunately exhibited his cash-box at thc time of giving change which the thieves took note of , and having left it m thc bar parlour in his absence , thev secured it _nn _. i got safe off . " m Death op Mb . _Tnoaus Hood . —We regret to have to announce the death of this distinguished writer The event , whicli had heen anticipated bv himself and his friends for some time past , took place on Saturday evening . —Globe .

      Extraordinary Case of Attempted _Scicide . —On Saturday last Mr . Sly , landlord of the William the Fourth , Flagon-row , Deptford , discovered that he had been robbed of certain monies , Ac , . _inil men . tioned the facts to his family and servants . Amongst thc latter is a young woman , named Marv Ann Wiggins , who , on hearing the circumstances , oecame greatly excited and went away . Shortly afterwards a customer to the house went to the water-closet and found the door fastened within . After waiting a short time tho door was forced open , and a noise was distinctly heard of some person _struggling in the night soil . On examining the spot the pooi _* " crcature was discovered immersed overhead , scarcely a vestige ofher person or dress being discernible . Less than

      half a minute ' s delay and suffocation would have been complete . Assistance was immediately afforded , and with much difficulty she was drawn out of her awful predicament by means of an iron rake wliich was placed under her arm-pits . This , however , was not effected without _bruising and lacerating her _jierson , Mr . Downie , who saved the woman ' s life , says her head was completely under the soil , and it appeared tliat when lie had drawn her partly out she struggled hard to effect her purpose . Mr . Downing , police surgeon , who attended her , states that it was wth much time and difficulty that suspended animation could be restored , and that her person was much

      bruised in getting through the seat of the closet . The place where she waa discovered is at least ten feet deep . On getting out she was stripped by two women in the back yard , and with a large tub of hot water and abundance of soft soap and brushes she was ultimately brought round . Her mouth , nose , and eyes were filled with the night soil , and but for Ihe means so promptly afforded by the surgeon and others her life must have been sacrificed . After bathing her for a couple of hours by the kitchen fire she was removed to the infirmary of the Greenwich union until convalescent , when she will be taken before the sitting magistrate .

      D . _VRINO Burglary in Great _Windmiix-stheei , _Hataurket . —On Saturday morning , between the hours of two and six , a daring burglary and robbery was committed at Mrs . Caroline Ford ' s , a widow , keeping the Red Lion Tavern , No . 20 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket . Itappeara that the thieves effected an entrance at the back of the house , and succeeded in plundering the bar and bar-parlour of thc whole 01 their contents , taking from the till and cash-box a considerable sum in gold aud silver , several valuable articles of plate , a gold repeater , Ac . They also regaled themselves with fowl and roast beef from the larder , drinking several bottles of wine and rum , and apparently perused the newspaper , it being spread on the table _xvhere they had been feasting . It is supposed they must have been some time in the place , from the great quantity of liquor tliey consumed . Neither Mrs . Ford nor her servants heard the slightest noise , and the robbery was only discovered when the house had to be opened in the

      morning . Capiurk op the Celebrated Slave Felucca , whioh Engaged the Growler ' s Pinnace . —Extract of a letter , dated Sierra Leone , March 30 , 1 S 45 :- " The two celebrated fast-sailing armed Spanish Feluccas ( the Ilurican . and Pepitaj—which had so frequently escaped from , the fleetest cruisers on the coast , carrying away annually more than 3000 sliive---have . it length been captured by her Majestv's steam-vessd Hydra , in the Bight of Benin ; the ' former is thc vessel that engaged the Growler's pinnace in the west bay , nearthe Sherborough River , about themiddle of January ; this was an infamous act , for they hove to for the boat , whicli could not otherwise have overtaken them , and allowed her to approach within

      thirty yards , when a fierce fire was opened upon her from some swivel pieces , carrying one-pound balls , and from more than 50 muskets , lt was quite . miracle that one man in the pinnace escaped . The mizen ofthe Felucca shows the effect of the boat ' s lire , for it is thoroughlyperforatcd , and tlicinainsailis also much cut up , besides which five men who were named in thc Felucca ' s papers were not in her when sue was captured * , they , no doubt , fell in the _engagement _, 'i h < Felucca ' s crew consisted of upwards of sixty men , and these a desperate , determined set of villains . " here were 700 slaves ready for this vessel lit the _Giillinaa , but only 70 , which she had picked up m the _lights , were found onboard . Thellvilra ' _s second prize , the Pepita , was taken _eiirht davs after

      the first capture . This was a night chase , ami a very interesting one ; thc Felucca persistine in iier endeavours to get away , after she had been several times struck by the steamer ' s 68-pouuders , most or * which went through her sails , as the firing was . purposely high , but one tore up her bulwarks . She carried on , however , until the steamer came up with her , when she was boarded and taken possession of by the first lieutenant , who found a long 18-poundcr gun , loaded with round shot and grape , pointed over licr quarter , several swivel pieces for lib . balls , loaded , and four large chests of arms , all loaded , most of them douoiy ; even thc pistols were double shotted . The deck was strewed with round and grape shot , and there was a cask full of cartridges for the gun close at handbeside 200

      , s rounds in the magazine . The creff are desperate rascals , and do not hesitate to commit acts of piracy whenever it suits their purpose to do so . Ihe Pepita had 312 slaves on board , and would have completed her cargo to 550 in less than two hours , as four large canoes were on their way off to her from the shore when she made the Hydra out ( some hours after dark ) , and stood out to sea to ruu for it in a most surprising manner . The African squadron , owingto Commodore Jones ' s admirable arrangements , has been remarkably successful ] of late , and fifteen prizes have arrived here since the 1 st of January ; nearlv halt of them aro very small and unimportant , 1 _iiJ _^ on beenonevesselwitlts !! _* ¦ JCS _- the Hydra ' s ; but much has evidently been done tending to check ttus iniquitous traffic , and tliere is a good prospect of the principal means of its continuance being destroyed . —Hampshire Tekqraph .

      Fatal Accidest by Machinery at Manchesteh .-Un hnday a most melancholy and fatal accident _occurred at Messrs . Yates ' s mill , commonlv called the Lee Hive Mill , Jersey-street , in this town ! It _appeal that on the morning of Friday , a female , about » years « t age , named Elizabeth Elliot , went into tie mill m search of employment , which she had been promised . On entering the room in wliich she was to have been employed , her clothes were caught by an uprigM shaft going at the time at the rate of 100 revolution ' a minute . She was instantly "lapped" _roundW s haft , and several minutes elap 8 ed before the _engif could be stopped to extricate her . The shaft is situate within a ioir inches of the wall , so that with cacfl revolution she waa dashed against the wall . She _nt _f dreadfully mutilated and quite dead when taken doff _»> ll _^ ll _;^ " _^ West was held before Mr . GW _fit _& fi ? _* _^ when a _yerdietoi Accidental Heath was returned .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 10, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10051845/page/4/