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      The Land.

      THE LAND .

      To The . Working " Classes. Mr Fniexns,—...

      TO THE . WORKING CLASSES . Mr _FniExns , —I ? . m now about to lay before you the result of a few days * experience on the subject of tne Land . On Monday week I addressed the people o f Sheffield , in a very large building , the Circus . The whole hou s e , with the exception of a portion of the place , where the horses perform , was crammed . Onr steady old friend Briggs officiated as chairman ; nnd ; after I had spoken at considerable length , some questions were asked , which I answered to the satisfaction of all ; and some , who had tried experiments , _volunteered to assert that my statements fell far short of what might be realised . A gentleman from Beldam waited upon me at my hotel . He was ac

      cdmpaniedbyuisfather He had intended to start for Belciuin in the morning , but hearing of my visit , he remained to hear my lecture , a nd the followin g i s the statement which he authorised ine to make to the meeting . The small farm , or allotment system , prevail s ge neral ly throughout Belgmm . Labourers hold from half an acre to two acres , usually at a rent of £ 7 , _£% , and £ 9 the acre . In the majority of cases , these parties , in a . very few years , purchase their holdings van ever , witli the profits derived , after _livinj well , andsupporting their families . The man who supplies him with milk g ot" a good chance " of two and a half acres for nine guineas a year , and he Tery soon bought it " out and out for ever . " He made " a tour through sixty miles ofthe country last

      year , to show it to his father ; and the old gentleman assured me that the whole scene was a perfect paradise . The land is cultivated up to the very road side . Both highly approved of the Land scheme , and are of opinioii ' that the most greedy person would find two acres ample . The meeting was variously composed of all classes . A vote of thanks to , and entire confidence in me , and approval of the Land flan , was unanimously and enthusiastically passed _, disposed of one half the rules that I had for thirteen nights' st o ck , and all appeared auxious to join . On Tuesday _morniug I visited some allotments . Amongst others that of Charles LeesJey , who holds the sixteenth part of an acre , for which he pays £ 1 10 s ., or at the rate of £ 24 per acre .

      Leesley is by trade a stonemason , He has _already sold fifty-two shillings * worth of gooseberries , and Ms bushes are still weighed down . He gave me a sample to take to _Uarasler . T h e y w ere as l ar g e as pullets' eggs . He also gave me a sample of peas , which he requested me te name , as they were new ones in this country . I named them the " Chartist Jlarroiu-fat . " He has a- plot of wheat , such as 1 never saw . He sowed at tho rate of less than one p e ck o f seed t o th e a cre , which is but one-fourth ol what fanners generally sow : many sow twelve pecks , or three bushels . Leesley ' s is ratlier too thick ; though he has saved 9 s . in every 10 j . in hisseed . He dibbled it . according to my plan ; aud his crop av e ra g es FOltTI stalks from each grain of seed ; and each

      ear of the forty , he says , will average fifty grains . Thus yon will see that , startling as it may appear , he expects to reap two _thogsisd-fold ! That is , if each grain of seed gives forty stalks , and if each ear to each stalk gives fifty grains , he will have just two _thsosand grains for every grain he sowed . That is , if he sowed a peck , he would reap two thousand pocks . Now , four pecks make one bushel ; aud eight bushels make one quarter : that is , thirty-two pecks make one quarter ; and if the produce estimated in tins case be realised , it will amount to the astounding produce of something more than sixtytwo quarters to the acre ! while the average produce of England Is three and a half quarters , or not

      so much . This mode of increasing produce would be tho most expeditious mode of repealing the Corn Laws , in my opinion . However enormous this estimate of produce may appear , it is asserted in a very celebrated work on Agriculture that the writer produced , near Hull , eighty-four quarters from an acre . Bear ia mind , that 1 state what all men may see witli their own eyes . At least twenty other persons were present when I was , and heard and saw what I did . Suppose that , instead cf sixty-two , _Leesley can produce twelve quarters from one-twelfth of the usual quantity of seed : could not the land under wheat in England be made to produce four tunc * as much , as it now docs 1 Leeaiey told MS all that he would not take £ 15 for his interest in the

      laud ; and that he would not take £ 10 for the " iluf now on it . That is , he would not take at the rate of £ 1 < 50 an acre for the " stuff ; " for he has only the sixteenth part of an acre . He only works at it" a hit now and then , " on an "odd Sunday" or so ; and he . says that , if he had two acres , he never again would work an hour at his trade , whatever wages he c -uld get . It is impossible to describe the appearance of his crops . Many old farmers come a dozen miles to see them . They are all getting the Land mania in Sheffield as fast as they can . Two young men , the one a . spring-bladegrinder , and the other an umbrellah andle ma k er , accompanied me to Darnsley , and from thence to Leeds . The humbrella-handleinaker held ihe one-eighth of an acre , for which , with a

      garden house of two bed rooms , he paid 2 s . lid . a week ; or at the rate of £ 44 an acre . He said that he made the ground himself ; and that hut for the house being too bad to Jive in he would never give it up . This young man told me that from what he had himself done , he was satisfied that with two acres he could support his family well , and at the end of the year have saved more than he now earns at his trade —a guinea a week . That is , that alter living well , and paying his way , he could save iifty-two guineas a year from the cultivation of two acres . - lie sold one head of cabbage for 5 * d . ; and he sold , in three par ts , one head _ef celery for 8 d . It weighed _ti _^ _os . ; and when I mentioned the fact in his presuuee at _liarnsley , a man stated thata ' neighbourof his had grown one 13 iu ) 3 .

      B 1 RXSLCT , _GLOniOV-3 _BABXSLcT . On Tuesday I arrived at Barnsley , with my two work-ID _^ men companions , who came in the same carriage with me . It poured in torrents all day ; and yet the streets were full of people to meet me . At four we sat down to an excellent dinner : and how I did long for the time when every working man in England would sit down every day to as good a one . _I'eter llocy was in the chair . After dinner we had some chat and a few speeches . At seven the doors were thrown open ; and the large Odd Fellows' Hall soon

      became crowded . Peter was again placed in the chair ; when Frank MMeld proposed , and the meeting seconded , a very flattering address to me , declaring entire confidence in me . What most delighted me at the dinner was , that English and Irish were _Interspersed , and sat ia happy anion . I spoke at considerable length , and answered several questions that were put to me . I disposed of all the rules 1 had . Asmox ' -did not make his appearance . There is a very strong association at Barnsley . It is _incrcftsiugevcryweck . On Wednesday morning Iwent to visit several allotments near the town . Thomas

      _Aclani holds the seventh part of an aero , for which he pays £ . j , or at tlie rate of £$ au acre . He has a crop of wheat which is estimated to produce at the rate of more than eight quarters ; and all his crops arc equally good . I visited several other allotments , for which the occupants pay at the rate of £ 10 an acre for miserable , wet , swampy , bad land : and yet not one would part with his plot . I cannot say muck for tjieir condition : for , with the exception of one man ' s plot , they are shamefully neglected . Peter Hoey works his own at spare hours ; and his is second ¦ best , but by no means as good as it ought to be . But yet they are all very profitable .

      XEEDS . On Wednesday I attended _^ a meeting in tllC great Bazaar at Leeds , and it was _inconvenient crammed . I made a long speech npon the Land and Charter _questions ; and , after I had answered some questions , a deserter of the name of Baron tried to disturb the meeting ; but was , after hearing what he had to . say Looted down , as he very richly deserved . Poor " Jim _llos ' ey" did not make his appearance ; but he wrote a letter of apology for his absence to the chairman , and abusing me ; which said letter was received with a heartv lamrh

      . fhe Chartists of Leeds are the most practical body iu England , an d tke most unit ed , notwithstanding the many attempts to sow the seeds of dissension among them . Last night nroved to me that all such attempts will signally fail . There are two remark able facts which I must mention . Firstly , the best _Utarhsts are the men who have joined the Land Association ; and , secondly , all the large farmers in lite several districts where my plan lias been tried on UKi allotments , are beginning to follow it , and to admit its superiority over tins old svstem . _tal 8 a

      « _Ji _^ _j , y _y _tkaU never saw such a spirit of enthusiasm amongst the working classes as there is m _^ f PT ln V ' I never hadsuckmeetiugs , and ? _£ S » r _^ _uchsnpport . The Leeds men passed a rote of cordial thanks to me , and of confidence in nrjDDEBsnEin . _^ _SJ _rt _ylTUU _^ nuauerefie _W . and addressed _tt _wi M _' . nume »« s and respectable audience _tlK e _£ blc _% _&** aP ° n fte social and political i _^ _ViS th f _*? _&™ S classes . All that I have done _il « h _^ f 0 f * dtoSfotnc Land fund , and _dUeharin nrvt _S _2 v _^ to the Executive , will appear derSrtT V _/ ° nmyretnn » to _^ ndon . Ilud-St _2-J _*? t _™ _£ * fair sha « _J- On _Mdaymorn-ELwS _^ % Thornton ' s allotment , of w hi c h I nni lettere 1 oId

      StfH { omer - _% j ?*" _Wh » w Uech accomp a nied m e , and _thefoUowxi & a , r _=-Mr . Thornton nays £ 710 s . a S n _^ _Vl " * « f moor _lani without any Xtt _* » _- ad U _fr _writ'tw'ftre years , and Sit wasIJ _*? _* _* orth four tunes as much Cn » _^ L _^ , >' of the largest " short _ZtS l " «* for some timeVand "the _ffS _^^ rt _ny upon their powers of consumption ' that he will be obliged to ' get another _££ » m » * t- _^ _**** _obliged to mow a cbnaderable portion of his artificial | ass-for hay . Now « _££% Dearlj hem oot _^ assertion _that-a quarter of an acre can be made to support a cow well _, _^ i . a ?? " confident thatno maii living can till _SLoT _* _, , gW ; Mmucn a » t w oacr e s _' ofland . This _^ ueman _has recentl y taken about four acres more _~^ « » n m » , lam told , moat astonishing crops npon

      To The . Working " Classes. Mr Fniexns,—...

      it . At Huddersfieid I came in contact withaverv intelligent agricultural labourer , whoisiu the habit of doin g " job work" for gentlemen . He told me that he had dibbled a good deal of wheat for parties this year upon my plan ; and in no instance had he sown asmuch as a . peck per acre , lie sowed two acres for one gentleman ; and all that he has sown is , out of all comparison , better than the crops around sown in tho usual way . He charges sixteen shillings an acre f o r dibblin g , and saves eleven pecks of seed , twelve pecks being the quantity usually sown by farmers .

      BR 4 DF 0 IU ) . On Friday I addressed the men of Bradford . Scores were obliged to go awav . m admittance . George White was called to the chair , amid great applau _= e from his townsmen . I spoke at great length , and was in very good spirits . They tell me 1 spoke well . After Iliad concluded , one of the fine old breed of handlooin weavers , with grey hair , got up and said that about twelve of the Chartists _" < if _Stanningley had taken _twenty-seven . acres of land , at two guineas per acre , about two years ago , and would not now take £ 500 for their interest in it .

      Whenever a master discharged a man for being a Chartist , they employed him at fifteen shillings a week , which made the masters very cautious on the question of " bagging" their men , as they became " saucy " and "independent" when they found out their real value . Several others followed , giving glowing accounts of what they had done with one acre , two acres , and three acres of land ; and all agreeiug that I had underrated its value . One poor fustian jacket , who had " tried a bit , " threw down his . £ 2 12 s ., saying , "I'll be my own master as soon as I honestly can . " We had a splendid night of it ; and Bradford did its full share for the Executive .

      HALIFAX . On Saturday I addressedjthc peOple of Halifax" Old Ben llushtou" in the chair . Wch a d ag lorious meeting , though the spacious Odd Fellows' Hall was uot quite full , but very nearly so . Here , as in m o st other places , many questions were asked me , which I answered satisfactorily , and a large subscription was made for the Executive . Mr . Aldcrson , secretary for the Bradford district , mad e a m o st a d mira b le speech after me , in which was this remarkable

      sentence : Aly friends , you must bear _m mind that Mr . O'Connor values only six or eight hours of your labour during summer ; but you wrost ask yourselves what the value of your labour would be , if y ou were to apply the same mvmbcr of hours every day in the year to the land that you arc now obliged to apply to the productions of competing machinery . " It would be impossible to describe the effect of this Very trite and pithy sentence . It had a kind of magical effect . They are the " words of wisdom , " which give me so great an advantage over all my own class .

      JIAXCIIESTEn . On Sunday I spoke at Manchester , in the Carpenters' Hall . It was literally crammed , at twopence per head ; a regular overflow . Every one of the Executive spoke ; and I made a long speech , an d one that gave general satisfaction . Enrolment , silling rules , and subscribing for the Executive , went on to a very late hour ; and , as usual , Manchester was itself once more . We had indeed a glorious night of it . There were people from " all th e n e i g hbourin g town s and counties .

      _BLACKunffif . On Tuesday I addressed the _neopleof Blackburn in an immense building , capable of holding several thousand . We bad a very t i ne m uster , but the inr mense place was not full . However , the numbers present would have filled a large building . The audience was _^ most attentive and respectable ; and the subject being hew , I spokefor nearly threehours , and gave very general satisfaction . S o much , my friends , for my tour—sofar as . I have gone ; and now for a few general observations . One great objection to the plan , namely , the impossibility of those accustomed to artificial labour being turned into farmers , is triumphantly refuted . During the whole of life we have beeii taught to look upon

      landlords , Tanners , and agricultural labourers , as the most ignorant portion of _thcnatioii ; while work upon work has been written on the science of agriculture . Now mark this most _reniarkaWe fact : instead of the shoemakers , tailors ; and operatives , who ucver handled a spade till within these two or three years , looking" to the old farmers for example and instruction , we have the admission , that wherever there are allotments or small farms ; the old ' hands come ten and twenty miles to get a lessoa from those who commence the science _aico ' rdihg to the most recent discoveries .- ' - It is much' easier to bring up a child to virtuous habits from infancy than to correct bad habits and reclaim that child : so it is much easier to teach the uninitiated

      according to the moat approved plan , than to reclaim those steeped iu prejudice from their bad habits . Do not lose sight of that fact . Having thus given you an account ofthe most satisfactory tour that 1 have ever m a de , I will give you , in b rief t erms , the conclusions 1 have come to . There never wereso many Chartists in England as at the present moment . There never was so tuft a mind iu England as there now is . l'herc never wa 3 so much wisdom among the working classes as at present . And so surely as it is now pouring down rain upon the harvest , so surely will that mind Jind wisdom be speedily brought into action .

      I could not describe to the men of London the enthusiasm , marked kindness , and confidence with which I have been everywhere received ; and this enthusiasm and confidence has been tenfold increased by the insane attempts of the O'Briens , the Carpenters , tho Hills , and the Watktns , to damage me in public estimation . I take this opportunity of thanking the working classes of every town that I have been in for their kindness and marked attention ; and of assuring them that the unbounded confidence reposed in mc shall never be abused , forfeited , or betrayed . 1 shall now say one word about tho

      HARVEST . As to the hay , the farmers in many instances have already been at the expense of making their hay three and four times over . In many cases , where the hay was fit to be drawn , the rain has fallen and rendered it necessary lor the farmer to go through the p rocess of making it over again ; and when made a second , and even a third time , he has been again caught ; and in numerous instances it is rotting upon the ground , after having been made as often as tour times . Those who believe in the old Irish adage , " S o w w hen yon will , you will reap in harvest , " l o st sig ht of the fact , that "harvest" may n e v e r come . I have at this time travelled through many counties of England , and Ihavc ' converscd with

      intelligent men who have travelled in comities in which hare not been ; nnd the conclusion to which I come is , that the grain generally is now in the state in which , of an average year , the crops ought to be about the last week of " June , or the first week of July . The perpetual rains are keeping tho corn green and growing . Much is laid ; and the weeds , when hot weather comes , if it should ever come , will grow through it , and thus render it very difficult to save . This , i n ordinar y year s , would bo what is called "the busy week" in harvest ; and let the weather be what It may , you cannot have ihatbust / week this year till the second week of September , the period when the equinoctial gales usually come in ; so that the best weather for ripening will throw the

      harvest back to tlie short days , cold nights , and doubtful seasons . Still , men will only talk of " the harv e st being late . " The g reat fe a r i s , that the harvestwill not come this year . On e g re a t c a lamity th a t this season has brought is this : thousands of poor Irishmen have come over from the south and west of Ireland , and have come , at least , six weeks before their time . This has occurred from the fact of hands being scarce last harvest , as it came in , or ripened altogether ; and the Irish labourers , not being monopolists , told their friends that there was work for more hand s , and more h a ve a lread y come over , aud here they must remain for six weeks without earning anything . AW , if the harvest fails , _^ wc shall have our whole battle to fight over again with the League .

      I am before them in the field , i offer land at home . They offer the _cnance from abroad . I offer what will make all independent of bad harvests . They offer what will increase the calamity of failure . T hereis too muck reason to fear that . wheat will speedily rise to an unnatural price . Bread is now getting up , flour having risen as much asa shilling a stone in manv ofthe northern districts , and labour will be reduced . Then , according to our prudence _^ and courage will depend the success of our principles . The weather is now more dark and unsettled than ever . I have only seen two partially fine days since Monday , the 4 th of August . I am , my friends _. Tour faithful friend and servant , Feaboub O'Co . _v-foit . Monday , Au g ust 13 , 1845 .

      And National ^ Leades* Journal. ¦ Vol. Y...

      AND NATIONAL lEADES _* JOURNAL . ¦ VOL . YIII . NO . 405 . LONDO _^ _lATfjMY > _AUC _TST- 16 , 1845 , ~ m „ _jj _™^™ g _£ . _^*^^^^^* _" _*^ _^*^**—***¦***—M" _-1 _M" _*——* - _~^— - — ' - — ¦— | _inarw mwWMIi _raiwiiw _, ¦ - ¦ hi i -- i— ""' ' ¦ ' mi—* .. — ¦¦ ¦ i ¦— _— . _>¦¦ _—«^ _. ¦ —— - ¦ _lrir . mM (" _-if-wiii _hhiuj

      To The Chartists Of Lancashire. Mr Bear ...

      TO THE CHARTISTS OF LANCASHIRE . Mr bear FniExns , —After a lorg slumber , we are now called Upon to awake—arise 1 and _bs no longer apathetic : -. 'I hare felt the Chartist pulse of Yorkshire : H boats healthy and vigorously . No power can put us down . The season calls upon you and me to be ready for what may arise , lam ready . On Sunday next we are to have a camp-meeting at Middleton . The Executive will be there ; and all within a day ' s march should be there . _/ shall it at my post , to give an .. account of my tour , my intentions , and my hopes . Again I am resolved _.

      To The Chartists Of Lancashire. Mr Bear ...

      after a three ' years' s lumber , t o inak o y ou rall y around the only straight and uncontaniinated standard !—the standard of freedom— of our own Charter For three years I have worked without you : now come and work with mc Your country ; calls you from your sleep ! Your families tell you _toTawakcyour interest tells you to arouse ! v I am fresher than w hen I lef t L o nd o n , and re a d y to take my old part in the coming struggle . _, On Monday I shall address the people of Macclesfield . Up , Chartists , to your own work ! Yourselves alone can do it ; none others will serve yon . " . The next change should give you vour " share . " . ' ; " Your faithful friend ; Fkauous O'Coxxon .

      Jbwtjjii Intelligence*

      _Jbwtjjii intelligence *

      France; Tub Combi.Vatio.Y Of Jovrxkhiks ...

      FRANCE ; Tub Combi . vatio . y of _Jovrxkhiks CARPExrEits . — Nineteen journeymen carpenters havo been ordered by the council chamber of the Civil Tribunal of the Seine to b e brought to trial for illegal combination against their masters . —Gcdignani , of Monday .

      SPAIN . Terrorism . —MonE Conspiracies and _AnnESTS . — The Commcrcio of the 3 rd , describes tlie state of Malaga to be a complete reign of terror . It is only necessary for any fellow to denounce tlie most honourable or respectable man to place him and his property in danger . The Castcllano publishes the following account of a conspiracy , which is said to have been d i s c o vere d in that ca pital . Tho arrests we have already mentioned : — "The c onspirators s ucceed e d , by offering money and promotions , in seducing a small number of the officers aud Serjeants of the army . The plot was to explode in the course of the 31 st ult ., but a month ago the military authorities were made acquaintcd \ withall their machinations , and had faithful agents who informed ' them of all that _fiassed among the confederates . On the 31 st the commandant of the guard at the barracks called Del Soldado , in whi c h we r e two battalions of the r eg iment o f _G a li c i a ,

      was a Captain Don Scbastiano Castro , who was believed to be in colleague with the conspirators , and a ser j eant of Ch a s s eur s , named Ramon Cabezudo , also admitted into the plot , which he had c o mmuni ca t e d t o General C o rdov a , was part of the guard ofthe last battalion of the same regiment in the barracks of S a n Mateo , so that fhe conspirators relied upon executing their p lans by first obtaining possession of these two barracks , and _' the arms they contained . A commandant , who , as it i s b e l ieve d , was a t th e head of the conspiracy , was arrested by the serjeant , who had pretended to be one of the confederates . At- the roll-call , General Cordova appeared , harangued the regiment of Galicia , and , addressing himself to the captain who commanded the post , told him that he was unworthy of being at the head of faithful soldiers , _nirested him on the g round , and placed htm under the guard of two file of men . It is believed that the arrest of General Crespo is connected with this newly-planned revolt . "

      TnE Gazette of the 4 th contains a royal ordonnance , dated Saragossa , July 2 Sth , dissolving the Senate . There is a second article to the effect that " the Council of Ministers shall proceed immediately to propose the name 3 of persons who , conformably to the C o n s tituti o n , shall compose the new Senate . " The Council of War at Malaga has closed its deliberations by condemning to death two Serjeants , and t o various degrees of punishment several inhabitants of Malaga more or less compromised ill the late conspiracy . TnE Espectador of the _Cthinst . announces that

      General Alcala has been sent te Segovia , Brigadier Monteroto Guadalaxara , Commandant Sarmiontoto Alcanas de Sari _^ Juan , and Captain Sarabia to Alinaden . According to the correspondence of the Iieraido , from Malaga , several of the inhabitants of that city , notedi for their revolutionary op inions ; have been arrested , arid arms and ammunition found in their houses seized . The same journal states that M , _Corradiand M . Calvo , editors of the , Clamor Publico , who we ' re c o nfin e d in F o rt Saint Catherin e , at Cadiz , have been released .

      GERMANY . ' _..-, Tub Tricolour Prosgribkd . —The Chancellory of the Duchy of Sehleswic Holstein Lauenburg has just published the following rescript : — "It has come to our knowledge that the singing societies of Sehleswic aud Holstein have adopted a trieplouved flag , which they carry in" their processions and display at their festivals ; with or without the armorial bearings of Sehleswic and Holstein .. This flag being considered as the symbol of a political party , and as it may occasion disorders , we f o r bid ; that it be henceforth used . " - ' "¦ : . ' '" "¦'' ¦

      Revolutionary Stjipioms ix _PnussiA . — The _Sicelcpublishesaictterfroni _Konigsberg , stating that , notwithstanding the measures adopted by the police , 4 , 000 inhabitants of that city had held a meeting at which several violent speeches"had been delivered . The members of the municipality , who had tendered their resignations to the King , and thought proper to recall it , under those circumstances , to watcli over the peace of the city . President Heinrsch , however , persisted in his resolution . A numerous deputation of the citizens waited upon him to compliment him on his conduct , and his successor was hooted by the inhabitants . Disturbances had likewise taken place at Pesen , towards the close of July , and the country people actually gained possession ofthe town . The acts of ltOS and 1835 , against populav tumults / were proclaimed , and on the 30 th tranquillity appeared to be re-established . The troops , nevertheless , were still confined to their barrack ? .

      SWITZERLAND . The Debate of Monday contains an important communication from Zurich , stating that areneiralof civil war in Switzerland is all but inevitable . Since the defeat of the Free corps before Lucerne the Radical party ha ve b ee n in ac tive preparat i on for a recommencement of hostilities upon a wide scale . Und e r the g uid a nce of th e ir chi e f s , particularly of Snell , a p opular con f ederati o n has b e en formed , of which Berne is the centre , and whi c h may be ca l l e d a self-constituted national guard . So soon as the authorities of Berne , either in compliance with the call of other cantons , or nrompted by their own sense of dut y , att e m p t t o inte r f e re with this confed er ation , it i s c a lculat e d that a revolution , like that lat e l y

      e ff ec ted a t Lausanne , will take place , and the government being in the hands of these armed Radicals , war will be declared against Lucerne . According to the _Debats correspondent , the Jesuit question isa mere pretext , the object of Snell being to form a united undivided republic of all the _Sa'Iss cantons . Upon the other hand , the little mountain cantons are preparing for resistance . So great istheirenthusiasm , that the women of TJri practice daily firing at a target , that they may defend the mountain passes , while their husbands and brothers are fighting beside the Lucernese . The belief is general , it would appear , that the month of September has been settled _lipou by the Bernese for the struggle . The letter from which we abstract this information is printed in the form of aleading article . We sincerely hooc that its

      statements may prove to be unfounded ; civil war in Switzerland can only result in jeapordising and probably destroying the independence of the cantons , It may be that the object of the Radicals , a united R ep ublic , " oneand indivisible , " would , if judiciously accomplished , be a good , which th e ref o re the Ra d i c al s are justified in seeking , but they cannot be justified in flinging the country into civil war for the purp o se of coercing the mountain states . It will be a sad day for Helvetia , and for the world atlarge , when b rother against brother shall engage in deadly conflict : we pray it may never come . It is to be hoped that the statements of the Debats \ correspondent will prove to be distorted exaggerations . The following is the conclusion of the proceedings in the Diet on the 4 th inst ., on the Jesuit question : —

      M . _FnAsscisi ( _Tessino ) said that the instructions of his st a te , which was altogether Catholic , and inv a ria b l y att ac h e d t o the Hol y See , laid down the principle that the question under discussion had become a federal one . The state of Tessino felt neither leaning nor adversion to the Jesuits , but it could not shut its eye 3 to the historical fact , that wherever that body succeeded in obtaining a firm footing , they never failed to exercise their dominion over the people , clergy , and government . The hon . deputy here alluded to the eulogiums always bestowed on the J e suits by the deput y o f Fribur g h , and contrasted wit h s uch p rais e th e re p r o b a ti o n which they had met with in so many states in Europe , lie compared the wretched position of the states of Italv , where they

      were tolerated , with the great prosperity enjoyed by the Grand Duchy of Tuscany , which no longer permitted Jesuits to remain there . Articles land 8 . ol the Federal Fact gave the fed e ral aut h orities po w r to take such measures as might be requisite for tbe common safety . The present question was of that natur e , and he trusted _thatjthe Diet would come to some decisive resolution on the point , and not again give the world an example of its _impnissaftce .. M . Bmatte ( Vaud ) considered the subject to , have been already abundantly discussed , and that further remarks would not change the opinion , of any one . The' e vent s that had passed , since the Exti'awdinary Diet , had only confirmed , tihe canton , _wluch be represented in the opinio _^ that a decision against the _Itsttita conld alo _# a . restore pe _^ ee- and union to the MouMe . He _^ neluded b y . eajling on the Diet to

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      act with decision and vigour , and expel . the body in question . M . De Courtex ( _Vnlais ) denied the competency of the Diet to interfere in the Jesuit question . The only persons that could be injured by the present proceedings were the authors of the present attack . The recep ti o n a nd m a intenance of a relig ious-order was purely cantonal , and the Catholics would never submit to the expulsion of the Jesuits , . without-admitting as a consequence . that the Protestant cantons possessed a right to interfere in the choice of the ministers , of tho Catholic religion . He had , in the hame . of . his state , to protest against the interference of the Diet hvthe question .

      _ Sitting op _Auoust 5 . —The second dayfs proceedings lasted six hours , and were even more animated than the preceding ones . Mr . _BnbchEii ( Geneva ) , without attempting to deny the inconveniences arising fi'om thoprosence of the JesnHs ,. _dcclai'cd himself of opinion , that the Diet ought hot to interfere against them . He did not question the competence ofthe Diet , andproposed that , if Lucerne persisted in maintaining the Jesuits , there should be attached to her , during _tlie-pericd of her being Yorort , a council of representatives , as allowed by Art 9 of the Federal Fact . M . _Fimnrn ( Zurich ) , President of the Diet ,

      concluded tho _^ _. _enoral di s cussion b y summing up > the argmnents brought forward on both silks . After this address , the free discussion was opened by a b rilliant s p eech fr o m the Avoyer _Neuhaus , of Berne , in refutation of the arguments ofthe _Ultramontaiie party . 'and strongly in favour of the immediate expulsion of the Jesuits . The deputies of Friburg , S ch witz , Uri , and Unterwald , rep lied at great length to this speech . : ' As to the general result of the votes , the order o f the day remained in a small minority , which leaves the question f » statu-quo ; not ' permitting it to be brought forward before next session . The following is the manner in which the votes

      were given : — 1 . Not to enter at present on the question , or , in other words , the . order ofthe day : —Uri , Unterwald , Zug v YaUiis , Neufchiitcl , Appenzell . ( _iimci'X Bale city , Fribnrpr , Schwitz , Lucerne ( eight whole States and two half ones ) . 2 . To consider the affair as federal : — 'Bcrnc . Soleiire , Scl ) affhiiusei ) _, Argau , Tessino , Vaud , Thurgau , Grisons , Appenzell ( Outer ) , Biile country , Glaris , Zurich ( ten whole states and two half ones ) . 3 . To call on Lucerne amicably , _ilookiug at its directorial position , not to proceed with its invitation to the Jesuits : —Geneva , Tessino ( twostates ) , Gris ons n o t v o ting for or against it . 1 . To call on the states harbouring the Jesuits ( _Fribnrgj . Valais , and Seliivitz ) to send them awa" : — Thuvgaii , Grisons , Appenzell ( Outer )—( two whole states" and a half-one ) , Zurich , Schafi'hausen , Hans , and Tessino not voting either way .

      5 , To summon Lucerne to renounce calling m the Jesuits : —Berne , Tessino , Thurgau _, Grisons , Appenzell ( Outer ) , Glaris , Zurich ( six whole states and one half one ) , Vaud , _Schaffliausen , S o l e ure , and Argau not voting either way , 0 . Expulsion ' of tho Jesuits from th e w h o l e of _Switzerland . The same ten states and two half ones , named above , declare the question to be federal . 7 . Expulsion of the Jesuits by every means : — Berne , S ol e ure , Schaffliausen , Argau , Thurgau , Grisons , Appenzell ( Outer ) , Bale country ( six wholestatcs and two half ones ) , Zurich and Glaris not voting either way . ¦ _'¦'" ¦ ¦ ""' - '"' . ' . ' - 8 . To interdict for the future the introduction of the Jesuits into a Swiss canton ; the same ten states and two half ones -which ; considered the question as federal , v

      A letter from Zurich , of theTth inst ., says : — " The Diet was engaged to-day in the discussion of the question of the convents of Argau , but it did not present any lively interest - This' snbject has occupied the press too long for me to enter into any detailed report of ; the sitting . At the beginning of January ; 18 ii ; the government of Argaii secularised several convents established in the canton ; orrather , in other terms , had driven bnt the monks , and declared that their property belonged to the state . This prgperty . amounted' in value to 10 , 000 , 000 f . or 12 , 000 , 000 f . The Catholic cantons considered this measure to be a violation of Article 12 of the federal compact , bub hasnevcr found ft majority in the Diet willing to declare this . ' ; On the contrary , in 1843 ,

      the question was adjourned till : after the recess b y a majority of twelve ; which was , in fact , declaring that the Diet would : not ientertain it .. To-day only seven cantons .. voted for the re-establishnient of the conr vents , and this is all that is necessary forme to tell you , although the debate was long and animated , and excited a deal of irritation ; " - . Important News—London , Saturday , August 16 . —The Mbdts publishes the following important com - munication from a correspondent at Zurich ' , dated 10 th inst .: — " Yesterday , the -Berne deputies' left Zur i ch preci pitately . The cause of-this abrupt , ' di _£ parture is a secret . This day the district committees

      of the famous popular league arc to meet at , Berne ) an event of a nature to excite alarm in ' thc government of this canton . While the popular league ' is deliberating at Berne , that is at this moment , while I am . writing , the committee ' of tlie free corps is sitting at _Zoffjngen , a small ; town of the canton of Argau , on the frontier of Lucerne , ; which was their head-quarters , whence the expedition started . M , Stcigcr . andM . Bosehetstein are at Zoftingen . This is the day also on which the canton of Vaud is called upon to vote for the new constitution , devi s ed by the lucubrations of M . Druey and his colleagues . Thus one-hnlf of Switzerland is on foot ( sur . pied ) at the same ' moment . "

      TURKEY . Insurrection ix Albania . —By letters from Belgrade of the 20 th ult ., we learn th a t the whole of Upper Albania was in a state of insurrection . The Seraskicr , who had entered the country witli a _considerable bo dy of troops , had been . unexpecte dl y attacked at Pisren , on his march to Jakouo . In revenge he burnt twenty-five . Albanian villages . After this terrible example the Scraskier assembled the princi pal Albanian chiefs at Jakouo . and insisted upon their laying down their arms , submitting , like all the other provinces of tho empire , to recruitment for the army , and giving liostages for their fidelity . Th e chief s refu s ed comp liance , and called out all the warlike population ofthe mountains . One of those

      traits of that indomitable courage and resolution which is in s p ired by the blind fanaticism of the Mussulmans was exhibited on this occasion . _Daoiid Polosca , a chief of Jakouo , came alone into the Turkish camp , and reached the tentof the Scraskier ; but tlie two _eentiiiclsat the entrance , suspecting some evil design , repelled him with the points of their bayonets . Polosca took his pistols , and , firing them with unerrin g a im , killed both the men . On hearing the reports of these arms the guard atthe tent turned out , and made a general discharge of their muskets on Polosca , who , however , was unhurt , and , mounting his lior 3 e , fled through the camp , reloading and Jirinff

      his pistols at all who attempted to bar his passage . He had got through the barrier of the camp , but closely pressed by a detachment of cavalry sent in pursuit of him ; and being no longer able to use his pistols , he drew his yatagan , and struck right and left at both men and horses , killing . ' eight men and wounding twenty . Being at length captured and brought bef o r e th e Scr a ski e r , and openly avowing that it had been his intent to assassinate him , th e bo ld Albani a n was immediately executed before the Turkish general . The Sevaskier intends to make attacks upon the Albanians at several p oints , having brought 3000 men from Scodra , and being joined by a corps of Catholic Mirditos .

      AMERICA . DECLARATION OF WAR _BV MEXICO . Liverpool , Monday , Fouro _' _clocki-. m . — Thepackct ship Fidelia , Captain HaclvstafF , has arrived in the Mersey , having left New York on the 16 th ult ., and completed her first voyage across the Atlantic in a little less than twenty-six days . D o n M a nu e l Rincon , General or Division and ConstitutionalGovernorot' the department of Mexico , has published the following proclamation : — The Minister of Forei gn Affairs has communicated to me tbe following decree : —• " Jose Joaquin de Ilerrear , General of Division and President ad interim of the Mexican Republic , to the citizens thereof . "Dcitkiioivn , that the General Congress has decreed , and the Executive sanctioned the following : — ' " The National Congress of the Mexican Itcpublie , considering , — ¦

      "That the Congressofthe United States of the Xorth has , hy a decree , which its Executive has sanctioned , resolved to incorporate tho territory of Texas with the American Union : "That this manner of appropriating to itself territories upon which other nations have rights , introduces a monstrous novelty , endangering the peace of the world , and violating the sovereignty of nations : " That this usurpation , now consummated to the prejudice of Mexico , has - beeu in insidious preparation for a _longtime ; at the same time ; that the moat cordial _fricndsbipjvas _; pvoclairacd _. andihat _. on . the . part of this IlcpuDhc , tho existing treaties between it " and those States were respected scrupulously and legall : .

      y ' Tha . the . said annexation of Texas tV the United States tramples on ' the conservative principles of society , attflCKa . alIithfl rights that _Mexico ' has to that territory , is _Wp _ipsult _ta her dignity as "' « sovereign nation , " and _jthr _^ atens he * Indeptndence and political existence :

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      " Hint the law oi the United _States , in reference to the annexation of Texas to-the United Stntesj docs in no wise destroy the rights that Mexico has , mid will enforce upon that department ; ' " That the United States having trampled on tlie principles which served as a basis to the treaties of friendship , commerce , and navigation , ' and more especially to those of boundaries fixed with precision , even previous to 1832 , they are considered as-violated by that nation : "And , h ' n .-tllr , _tluitfhe unjust spoliation of which fhey wish to make the Mexican nation the victim , gives her the clear right to use all her resources and power to resist , to tho last moment , said annexation : "It is decreed" 1 . The Mexican nation calls upon all her children to the defence of her national independence , threatened by the usurpation of Texas , ' which is intended to bo realised by the decree of annexation passed hy the _CoiigTCSS , and sanctioned b y . the President of the'United . States ofthe north . - ¦ "'; .. - : I

      " - _' . In consequence , the Government will call to arms all the forces ofthe army , according to the authority granted it by the existing laws ; and , fur'the preservation of public order , fur- the support of her institutions , anil , incase of necessity , _to-servc as a reserve to the army , the Government , according to the powers given to ' it on the 9 th of December , 1844 ,. will raise the corps specified by said decree , under the name of ' Defenders of the Independence and of . the _Laws . ' " _Mtiuei , _AKTiatAK , _President of the Deputies . " FltANClsco C . 4 _l- » Ei ! oN , President of the Senate . "Approved , and ordered , to be prill ted and published , "Jose . Joaquin de IIerkkiu . "A . D . LuisG . ( _JtiEVjis , "Palace of tlie _ITationnl Government , city of Mexico , June 4 . "

      UNITED STATES . " _Ghkat _FinE in _Nkw Youk . — _LivEnrooi ,, _Fuhmt EvKMXO . —Tlio Britannia steamer has arrived , bringing us tiic full fortnightly files of American and other news . There is no politico- / -intelligence of importance . The "Mexican declaration of war" ( given above ) which appeared in the . Times of Tuesday , is not confirmed by this arrival . The liritannia brings the most distressing details of a great fire which occurred in the city of New York on tho . mornimr ' of

      the 19 th ult . Ttie whole area between Broad-street , Exchange-place , Deaver-street , and Broadway , has been consumed , and many buildings ' -iu adjacent streets . New-street has been entirely destroyed _. The fii' 0 commenced at about half-past three , i * . m ., of the loth , and was not subdued until noon of the following day . The loss of pvopevty in merchandise and buildings is variously estimated by some as high as six millions . It cannot , as yet , be precisely ascertained , but it is probably somewhere in the vicinity of five millions of dollars .

      PORTUGAL . . _'' - Lisbon , Aug . 9 . —The election for electors who are to choose the deputies for the next Cortes , t o ok place ou the 3 d instant throughout the whole country , and terminated almost everywhere in an overwhelming majority on the Government side . This result was to be expected . after the barefaced ' corruption and intimidation had recourse to by tho Government to procure tlie election of their adherents and tools ; it can only , however , hasten the day of revolution . At -Porto do Moz , _^ where the opposition seemed to have a large majority , a row took place ; between the military and the people , in which two of the latter lost their lives , and sevcralothers were wounded .

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      Marlhonowm, Wiltshire. — A P Ublic Me E ...

      MARLHonowm , Wiltshire . — A p ublic me e ting o f the members of the Provincial Tailors' Relief Society tookplncc in this town on Monday night last , _fohcava lecture by Mr . C . Maunder , agent of the Tailors ' Protection Society of Great Britain . A . goodly number was in Attendance . Mr . Foster wa s called to the chair , and introduced the lecturer to the meeting , who addressed them in an able manner for one hour and a half , to the great satisfaction of all present . The chairman then took the sense of the meeting as to ' whether they approved of the principles of the Protection Society as expounded by the lecturer , so far as to become a section " of the general body , 'the meeting having unanimously decided -in favour of Protection , and agreed to form a section of the uni o n on Tu e sd ay , lSHh of August . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and chairman , and the meeting broke up .

      / Mil . lloBEms Visit to South _STAvvoiiDSHmn . — On Monday , August 18 th , " W . P . Roberts , Esq ., will arrive at the Wolverhampton Station , by tho halfpast twelve o ' clock train , when it is requested that the Miners of this district will attend and movo in procession from the Station to Bilston . A public meeting will be held in the evening , at six o ' c lock , which ' . will be addressed by Mr . Roberts , and two of the agents of the Miners'Association . •' _'TnABKS _Oroasisaviok . — Tub Woolcomuehs op _Biiadfoiid , three thousand in number , held a general meeting on Monday , August ltth , ami unanimously expressed their approval of the measures of the re ce nt Confer e nc e , and transmitted their levy , in su pp ort of the fund s , to the general secretary .

      The Natlmakers of Bewek , Derbyshire , also held a general meeting of their trade , and expressed their approval of tho labours ofth e C on f e ren ce , and transmitted their portion of the sinews of war to the Trades Oflicc . Another _Tniujirn for LAnoun . — The strike of the men at the Ardsley Main Colliery has terminated . Labour has achieved another triumph . The employer , after advertising for workmen , has been forced to yield . It is very often remarked , and perha p s j _ustl y , that the great amount of money gpent in strikes might be turned to better advanta g e , but it ou g ht to b o remembered th a t workm e n lave no other alternative . For instance , -had these

      Colliers quietly submitted to ' hare had their wages reduce d , all tho other Colliers in this neighbourhood would" have shared tho same fate ; the men knew this , and therefore supported those on strike . A rumour has reached the ears of the Linen Trade ' s Committee , that Gelder is at his dirty tricks again ; he has been very brisk with a fabric , called checked holland . They are now done , and there is _aslackness in the trade , and he fancies this is another opportunity of p ilfe r in g the men 's wages . The committee of the Linen trade are determined to have this rumour sifted to the bottom , and if G e ld e r ca nnot live with paying the established list price , he ma y give over and go to his bacon shop .

      _Tnu _KsAiiEsnoROUOit Weavers . — Thi s ill use d body of workmen are still on strike . The masters are stiil obstinate , and the m e n as determin e d a s ever . Our employers are trying to defeat us by setting all kinds of evil reports about . Sometimes , that the men are all turning in ; and at others , that we shall not havo money to pay the families with ; but all this will not do , for all those reports are untrue . Mr . John Dooker visited the Woolcombers of Bradford last Monday night ; he was well received by them , and they came to a unanimous vote to render us all the support in their power ; so that we do hope to prolong tho contest until wc compel our oppressors to yield to our just demands ,. As soon as our employers see that-we

      are receiving efficient support , they will give in . Their only Jiope at present is that we shall be obliged to succumb for want of money ; tlicy will be disappointed . We return our hearty thanks to all friends who have as s i s t e d us , particularly to the Tailors of York , and our own trade , in Barnsley , Leeds , York , and Doncaster . Lancashire Miners . —The next delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place on Monday , the 25 th of August , at the hou se of M a ry Marsh , King ' s Head , St . Helen ' s . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by \ V . P- _Roberts , Esq ., and several other gentlemen . The levy for the f o rtnight , including general contribution and law fund , is Is . 1 Id . per member .

      Birmingham Siiokmakers . —The Boot and Shoemakers of Birming ham hav e obtained a full a nd satisfactory settlement of the grievances recently existing in the shop of Mv . llolvacs . A general meeting of the above trade was held on Monday evening , August 11 th , when an unanimous vote of thanks was given to Mr . Mason , president , and Mr . M . ' Gee , se c ret a ry , for the able manner in which the y had discharged their duties . _'''« '« , '¦"» Kidderminster Carpet Weavers . — On Monday afternoon a meeting of the Carpet Weavers was held

      in the Black Star Yard , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from W . Charlton . He spoke for nearly two hours , showing tlie evils under which the trade laboured and the necessary remedies . Mr . C . concluded by taking an affectionate farewell of his friends , he being about to leave tho town . Mr . C . is a thor o u h Dem o cr a t , and will long be missed by the poorer inhabitants of Kidderminster—he was always ready when called on to defend the rights of labour . In the evening a meeting of _the' Chartist Co-operative Land Society was held at the Nag ' s Head , when three new mem bers joined the society . /;

      Cuatios To Isnkeepers And Beerselleiis. ...

      CUATIOS TO ISNKEEPERS AND BeERSELLEIIS . --Owin" to the numerous robberies which have-lately been committed by prostitutes , Mr . Jonatlia _^ L cecu , chief constable , has issued orders to his deputies and specials to bring before the magistrates all publicans a n d b eersel l ers who may be found knowingly harbouring lewd and disorderly females .

      Prorogation Of Parliament. Satunimtv'auo...

      PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT . _SATUniMTV'AUO , 9 . _. „ ,,,.- the Parliament was this afternoon proroguui _bjn Queen in person . The ceremony took p Ue _»™ what earlier than _thecustomavy hour , _lung _j of her Majesty ' s dep a r t ure or Germany bunB »» fixed for this afternoon . Tt , ipi . -in _<* ham Her Majesty proceeded in state fw _fjg Palace to the " ancient Palace ot _Wwtnuwta shortly after one o ' clock , and having elite ett _ino lhntoc of Lords , accompanied by all tlie Great Ofhtcra of State , took her scat on the 'Jbronc , _»»« "A "' giving the lloyal assent to a small number ot win ,. read tlie following gracious

      SPEECH MOM TUB TJIKONE . "MV _LOUDS AKD (' . _ESTLIMES , "I rejoice that the state of public business enables me to release you from further attendance in lVirliaincnt . SV "In closing this laborious session 1 must vspress to you niy warm ackiionleilBments for thczcal and assiduity » £ tii which you have applied yoiurselvus to ( Irs consideration of many subjects deeply affecting the public welfare . "I have given my cordial assent to the bills which you presented to m _« for reiiiitiing the'duties on many articles of import , and for reinorin _^ restrictions on the free application of capital and sKi . l to certain branches of our : manufactures . " The . reduction of taxation will necessarily cause an - immediate loss of revenue ; but I trust that its effect in " stimulating commercial enterprise , - nnd enlarging the . - means of consumption , will ultimately provide an ample - compensation fin-any temporary sacrifice .

      " 1 have witnessed with peculiar satisfaction the unremitted attention which you have bestowed on the measures recommended . b . t * me to ' your . co » siu > r ; itio » , ; it the commencement of the session , for hnjirovui |» ' and extending tho means of academical education in Ireland . " You may rely upon my determination to carry those measures into execution in the manner best calculated to inspire confidence in the institutions , which have received your sanction , and to give effect to your earnest desire to promote tho welfare of that part of my dominions .

      " From all Vorcign rowers I continue to receive assurances of their friendly disposition towards Ibis country . " The _convention which I h . irc recently concluded with the King ofthe French for tho more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade will , 1 trust , by . establishing a cordial mid active co-operation between the two l ' owcrs , afford n better prospect than has hitherto existed of complete success in the attainment of an object for which this country lias made so mauv sneri / iccs . " Gentlemen of the House of Gomioss , " 1 ' thankyou for the liberality with which you have voted the supplies for the service of the current year . " Mv Lohds ami Gentlemen , " On your return to your several counties , duties will devolve _ujion you scarcely less important than those from the performance of which I now relieve you .

      " I feel assured that you will promote and confirm , by your influence . and example , that spirit of loyalty and contentment which you will find generally prevalent throughout the country . " In the discharge of all the functions entrusted to yon for the public welfare , you may confidently , rely on my cordial support ; and 1 implore the blessing of Divine Providence on ouvunited efforts to encourage thcindiistry and increase the comforts of my people , and to inculcate ¦ hose religions and moral principles which iiro tlie surest oumlation of our security and happiness .

      Sadler's Wells. The Play Of The Stranger...

      SADLER'S WELLS . The play of the Stranger was acted in this theatre , on Tuesday last ,. with complete success , Sir . _l'fcclus talfhur the part of the Stranger , uhieh be . personated to the satisfaction of a crowded and highly respectable audience . Mrs . Warner , as Mrs . Mailer , succeeded equally well . Her acting throughout was fau'tle ? s _, particularly tbe affecting scene in which she expresses her penitence and contrition . The character of Ua ; _-on Stc ' mfort was by Mr . II . Marston , and that of Solomon , the pompous old steward , was _amusinijJ . v performed by Mr . A . _Touiujc . There is no tlieatro ill the metropolis more worthy of public support than Sadler ' s Wells , and it affords us much pleasure to chronicle tlie continued success of the present management .

      Bankrupts. (From Friday's Gazette, Augus...

      BANKRUPTS . ( From Friday ' s Gazette , August 15 , 1815 J Joseph _Liiznrus , _Jlarylcbonc-huie , clothes-dealer—William Parsons , Wood-street , Lambeth , coru-dealcr—David Davics , _Jci'inj'ii . _strect , St . . James's , dealer iu _regimental and court dresses—John Temple Taylor , aiid Thomas Pantry Watkinson , York-terrace , Kcgent ' s-park ; aiid Wat ; ling-street , plumbers—George Frederick _lierscliner , Holloway , victualler—John Marsh , Urowood , Staffordshire , grocer—John _Cadognn , juti ., UrecOll , _lutt-Witl'CilOUSVm . nu , —Jacob Richard Owen , Manchester , stock-broker .: ¦] , ¦ .

      Sehious Accidext.—The Directors Of The W...

      Sehious _Accidext . —The directors of the Woolwich Packet Company held their annual excursion _, down the river on Tuesday , hut the pleasures of the day were considerably interrupted by an accident , ' which occurred to tlie stoker when below _Gravesend on the passage to Shccrness . It appears ho had been silting . at dimier at his usual place in the engine-room , when , ' , without rising , he endeavoured to reach a small jav containing his beer , which was upon the floor , and , losing his balance , f e ll f o rward under the small piece of iron designated a key in engines on .-the direct action principle , and having lost his presence of mind to push himself back ;* the downward action of'the . key cut his . thigh very severely . The engines were promptly stopped , and

      the poor sufferer extricated ; but a surgeon being-for tunately _, on board , his assistance was immediately obtained , and th e . wound closed and the bleeding stopped in tlie best manner . under the circumstances of the case . The directors then resolved to proceed with all despatch- to Sheerness , in the hope of having tho stoker taken on board tho Ocean guard-ship , but the commander , after . consulting with the surgeon , said he considered there would be more danger in taking the injured party on board his vessel , and then transferring him to Chatham , than there would be in conveying him to the place where he would have to

      remain . It was , ther e fore , resolved to return at once and place him on board the . Dreadnought hospitalship at Greenwich , and the party unanimously agreed to this resolution of the directors , to do all in their power to alleviate the sufferings of the stoker , who is a married man , named Charles Albert , and the father ot several children . Tlui _cwivjwvny not onYy re l i n q ui she d t heir anti c ipated day ' s pleasure , but also subscribed a purse for the poor man , and ab o ut £ 1 was collected . The stoker was immediately taken o n bo a rd th e Dreadnou g ht , lie lias liad every , attention paid to his case , and is going on as well as could be expected . - -

      Fatal Conflict between" a Hcsbaxd asd _Wivs-—On Thursday night last considerable excitement ; was caused in the neighbourhood of Towcr-strcct by th e univ e rsal prevalence of a report that a man" by the name of Joseph William Bean had murdered his wife , at his residence , o , Priest-alley , Tower-street , City . It appeavs that between eight and nine o ' clock the lodgers in the upper floor were alarmed by a viol e nt wran gling between tlie parties , who , a t th e time , were in their a p artment s o n th e gro und fl oo r Sho r tl y afterwards blows were heard , and a noise as if a heavy weight had fallen upon the floor . The assistance of tho police having been obtaincd _. Scijcant Miller , of Tower- ' street division , entered tbe apartment , and finding the woman lying on the floor , ho demanded the caule ' of the occurrence , when he was informed that tlie woman had been accusing her husband of

      ill-treatin g the f a mil y , aiid that he had subsequently struc k her , immediately after which she fell backwards upon the ground , the heel of her boot haying caught in a hole in the floor , in conscQUcnce of which it had been torn ofF from the upper leather . She then appeared in the agonies of death . ' Medical aid was instantly procured , but life was ebbing fast—her neck was broken , and in a 'few iriinittcs afterwards she expired . The acting inspector , . Mi ; Teagtic , immediately took Bean into custody . . _R-Kr-RESKNTATION OF _SoOIIlWAKK , — WC Vegrct 'ft ) " have to announce the death of Benjamin Wood , Esq ;] . M . P . for Sotithwavk , after a protracted illness . ' _^ Mr . '' Jeremiah Pilchcr , late ShcrifFof London and Middlesex , has off e red himself a s a c a nd i d a te to s ucce e d the late hon . gentleman in the representation of this borough . It is understood that Sir W . _Moleaworthis also a candidate .

      A New Musket . —A loiter from Soleure ( Switzerland ) states that M . Loetzchli , a g unm a ker o f that town , has invented anew musket of such a power that , although no larger nor heavier than an ordinary musket , and requiring no greater charge , will carry a ball through an oak plank , four inches thick , at the distance of 500 feet . Another ball , fired at the distance of 2000 feet , pierced a board two inches thick , struck a rock behind it , and rebounded a considerable distance . M . Loetzchli keeps his invention secret , a nd a f fir ms th a t he is able to m ake g uns of the same sizehaving a much greater range . —GoMgnani _of'Tuesday .

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      -COLNE . Ojiaotist Co-operative Land Societv . —A meeting ofthe friends of liberty w as hold on Monda y evening , August 11 , at the house of Henry llorsfield , Chapel-square , West End , Colne , for the purpose of forming a branch of the above society ; James Hartley in the chair . The rules the work of enrolment commcnced short time twenty _abfU ' _es were instalment paid . In" accordance committe e of nine , including treasurer , was then appointed . engaged a large room in Chapel will ; meet every Tuesday seven till nine o _' eloekV '& r tlie new members , / receiving tke _;^ pd other business of the society 8 irous" ! of taking out shares can Any , further information may be James Holgate ( secretary ) , No . tb ; IIenry Horsfield ( sub-treasurer - ' - ¦ - - .- ¦ i r ' ~ P EMELY ( nbar _LieiusK . —Mr . " David Ross , of Leeds , has been delivering a course of lectures here with groat success .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 16, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16081845/page/1/