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      The "Eastern Counties" Strike;* 7 - The ...

      have had to he paid for the destruction of pro-Derty confided to the care of , the Company , or f e non-am _» alm _* * _meofperiBhablecommoflities , such as fisn , & c The attempt to raise dividends by cutting down wsges will _fr _^ _aUmentaWe failure for the shareholdera . They _, rill find , unless tbenext * balance-sheet Toe Tery nicely " cooked to make things P _* <» 8 an *' that _Superintendant Gooch fbas been tne dearest bargain ever they had in their lives . is to

      Th at / howeTer , is their business : onrs " _tok _° Ter tbe ™ terest ° f _*^ P uhKc , and those _ViXtar ¦ valuable body of working men . _f _^ e pursued by the Press and toe Directors ia this matter . The systematic _suppreasI-OU of sax intelligence as to the accidents , delay * , frights , and bruises , which befai the luckless passengers , is a gross fraud upon the public , _Trtio ha ve * * * ** "S _^ _^ informed of the truth . It tempts many to risk life aud property upon the fine which they would not doiftheyknew the facts ; and where injury to either follows in gnch ca _^ es , those who keep hack the facts from iho public , are morally , if hot legally , < ruiltv of having committed that injury . a The worst and most abominable feature of

      the whole case , however , is the wide spread and organised conspiracy which has been entered into by those in the management of the other lines , of railway not to employ any of the men on strike . We have often enough beard of combinations and conspiracies among the working classes , and the Press of the capitalist is always ready to cry out against them , and to counsel vigorous measures of repression . "Will they denounce with equal energy the atrocious practice of sending a list of the names of all the men who are exercising the undoubted light of fixing their own terms for their labour ,

      to ihe superintendents ot other lines , ior the purpose of preventing them from getting engagements ? A more detestable exercise ofthe power , a greater abuse of capital was never known in _' this country . It , in efFect ,. holds out to the engine drivers only the alternative of submission or starvation . If they will not accept the degrading terms offered by Mr . Gooes , they are not to be permitted to work anywhere else . The engine-sheds of every other Company are closed against them , not because they are unfit for their duties , but because they will not be slaves .

      We warn the Directors of those line 3 who lend themselves to this conspiracy , however , that they are playing a dangerous game . It would not be _difficult for the engine-drivers to retaliate . They are a powerful and well organised hody . They are , comparatively speaking , in the receipt of good' wages , and have not yet been sunk iuto that slavish mood of mind which follows long subjection to poverty aud destitution . It would be easy for them to insist noon their fellow-workmen being

      restored to their positions , or to make common cause with them , and simultaneously to abstain f rom working until that was done . They could , by such a step , at once arrest that mighty "tide of life and commerce which flows along our railways , and paralyse the nation . A single fortnig ht of such a stoppage would be to them a mere bagatelle ; to the Directors and Shareholders it would represent the loss of millions ; to the nation at lar _^ e tens of millions .

      The calm , orderly , and yet determined attitudeof the meu duringthisprotracted struggle , under such unusual circumstances of _provocation and injury , certainly does them the highest honour . Tbeir conduct affords another proof of the falsehood of the allegations made hy venal seriUfes in hireling journals , as to the ignorance or the turbulence of the working classes . They have manifested , throughout , the loftiest and most praiseworthy self-possesson , moderation , and courage , and we earnestly trust that they will yet be rewarded by a triumphant and successful conclusion of the contest they are engaged in .

      Xt >T I^I^A O'Me Tnart'h-E-B.N Sjtar. __...

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      The "Reward Of Labour. "In The Lowest De...

      THE "REWARD OF LABOUR . "In the lowest deep to find a lower still , " ii a paradoxical and extravagant figure of speech which -we readil y excuse , b y referring to the license granted to poets , from time immemorial . It wonld appear , however , that something like the thing signified does actually occur in real life . When _Henh y Mayhew first exposed the wretched and almost inconceivably-low- earnings of sempstresses , slop workers , and others , most people thought , no doubt , that we had at length sounded the lowest depths of industrial degradation and squalid misery , in which it was possible for

      human beings to exist . They were very much mistaken . Scanty and utterl y inadequate as is the p ittance doled out to the p ining needleworker , it appears that there is a "lower still , " for harder work , and quite as long hours . It is true that we have to go to Ireland for the illustration ; but then it is so astounding , that we mav fairly presume that we have at last reached a point below which it w impossible to descend . Sixpence , or fonrpence a day , small though ifc he , is yet positive wealth compared to a _' penny a day—and that again looks like something tangible , contrasted with the almost inappreciable proposal of one halfpenny a

      Lit not onr readers imagine we are hoaxing them , or writing under the influence of a hallucination ourselves . We are speaking of sober , serious facts—though we admit they are of such an extraordinary character that any amount of incredulity is excusable . The place -where these facts were brought to light was the late Petty Sessions atKantnrl-r An Irish farmer , named & REEX , was summoned by one of his labourers for the sum of one shilling and sixpence , about the average of a day ' s wage for an English agricultural labourer " In Ireland , however , one shilling

      and sixpence did not represent one day s , hut three wefts' fa & o « r , and that , too , in harvest time : The farmer did not dispute that the _labourer had given him the eighteen days ' work for which he claimed the e ighteenpence . _Xoi at all . What he did dispute was the _extravagant rate of wages he claimed ! He could nave got the best man in the country for that mocev , whereas he was economically inclined , and disposed to put np with poor Walsh , for < ras _hQlfjienny aweek , which were the wages _reallv agreed upon . It was a fair bargain , too : " _strictiy determined by the sacred

      principle of " supply and demand , " and the comparative capabilities of Walsh . Every man lad a right to make his own terms in such cases . "WAxsh had done so with his eyes open , and he had no right to try to cheat his Blaster out of more than he had agreed to pay . like _Shiiock , he stood by his bond , and , _pul-« ng out of his pocket three halfpence , he for-: -mall y tendered that sum for three weeks' work . Well , hut perhaps the work was not worth any " "more . Let us hear the claimant for a penny i a day , instead of one halfpenny a week , what 1 his duties were , and how he wa 3 fed : "Whilst

      JI was with him I was obliged to be up in the i morning about four o ' clock to let the cows out ( of the sleeping field , and remain herding them _i until the other men would come to their work , i and used then to be obliged io work with them i all day , and got nothing for my support but a 1 hit of dry Indian meal . ' They used to give milk i to the p igs and calves before my face , but would i not g ive me a drop ! " Quite right , Walsh I ' Whv shonld yon complain of that ? You

      ¦ » were not near so valuable an animal in the < eyes of Mr . _Gkebx as either a pig or a calf . _! The magistrates , though usually disposed to i , side with the wages payers , instead ofthe wages l receivers , were evidently not prepared for this mnew practical version of the rights of Capital aand Labour . They ordered the payment of tfche exorbitant sum claimed by Waish , not amthoui repeated objections on the part of his " «< Ju _= t master , " who held fast by the sanctity » hf a bargain , and who , no douht , considered

      The "Reward Of Labour. "In The Lowest De...

      himself robbed of _sixtesnpence-half penny b y the decision of the Court . Is it any wonder that men , women , and children , should be flying in thousands from a land where such things can happen as this ? The curse of selfishness has blighted it . Men have ceased , to regard each other aB members of the same family ; the ties of our common

      humanity have been snapped asunder _, _farmer GrBEEN ahd labourer Walsh are the _visibu ? a * * " * * * - * practical embodiments , of the essential pnil P _^ y _^ _nitrate results of the " Manchester _SciC ? " _w ¥ _ch _jeduces all inter-course _between emp loye _^ - emnloyed , to cash _denominate _andwheS lfc h _™ P _**^ _"Mirket price" for labour , conb _7 _« er _, ? lf absolved from all further care or duty in *"

      matter . We have had much talked and written about the dignity , the sacredness , the nobility of labour , aud _toily labour is a noble and fruitful thing . Thomas Carlyle has cried lustily for setting everybody to work ; and that is right , too , as far as it goes . But there is . something more wanted . ' " Who are we to work for ?" the labourers ask . " What share are we to have of the products of our toil ? Are we to continue ploughing , sowing , reaping , mowing ,

      spinning , weaving , and sewing , hammering , sawing , and plaueing , all our lives _^ and each year receive less and less in return for our labour , until we fall as low as _Watsh—down , to a penny a day—and then be offered a halfpenny a week ? . ¦ Is that the only yesu . lt of the present system , that the sole future we and ours have to look forward to ? If so , perish the system down with the . state of society , which , with ample and overwhelming means of making all classes prosperous and contented ,

      can only create such a hell upon earth as this . "

      Rival Bishops. The Anti-Papal Excitement...

      RIVAL BISHOPS . The anti-papal excitement continues unabated , though the influence of the clergy begins to make itself more perceptible in the agitation . The great danger , we "' repeat , " is that the aggressive movement of . the . i ' osiiFF may be converted into a means of strengthening the Anglican Hierarchy . This the peoplemuBtbewaraedagainst again and again . It is not their interest to fight either for Rome or Canterbury . Both , if left to themselves ,

      are inimical to the progress of free thought and the developement of free institutions . Disguise itself as it may , priestcraft is the enemy of liberty . One set of priests are seeking to obtain supremacy , the other to retain what they have . Out of the struggles of these rival hierarchies we Bhould endeavour to win fresh strength for the people ' s cause , and make them minister to the establishment of religious and political equality and freedom . We do not use the word " toleration , " because it is an insult . We claim for all

      religious sects the rig ht to hold and to advocate their respective opinions—we claim for all citizens equal rights and protection under the law ; Pius the ninth has no more right to dictate what we shall believe or think upon theological subjects than Charles James of London , or than we have to dictate to them . Let us but' understand , assert , and practically establish this principle , and the evil spirit of religious domination \ vill be . exorcised from society .

      In a political aspect , this subject has grave claims upou the attention of the democratic party . It 13 . evidently connected with the movement of the despots on the continent . By lighting the torch of religious discord among us , they hope to divert our attention from the crafty schemes by which they are seeking- to strangle or destroy every remnant of vitality in continental constitutionalism and democracy ; they have neither forgotten nor forgiven the terrible fright and shaking they received from the outbreak of 1848 , and their great object is , if possible , io prevent the _recnrrenoe of another . If Cardinal

      WISEMAN , with an organized and powerfull y supported ecclesiastical army , of propagandists at his back , could succeed in winning over any great section of the ignorant , impulsive , or superstitious masses of our people , the way would be paved for the introduction- of political as well as spiritual despotism . If not , the contest will , they hope , sufficiently occupy us to prevent any interference with their immediate projects .

      That the matter will lead to much debate , and , perhaps , legislative action , next Session is certain . Mr . Disraeli , with a keen eye for a weak place , in the policy of the Government , has followed the letter of the Premier by a counter ep istle addressed to the Lord _Lieutexaxt ofthe county of Buckingham . He returns Lord Johx's blow at thePuseyites by an attack on the Whigs , as the sole cause of the impudent aggression of the Romanists . They have treated Roman Catholic archbishops and bishops in Ireland as if they were peers and prelates ; they have said that

      England and Ireland should be placed on the same footing ; ergo they have encouraged the POPE to partition the country into Roman Catholic dioceses , and to appoint Roman Catholic prelates to rule in them . The quarrel is a very pretty one as it stands . But everybody can see at a glance , that this is mere party clap trap and humbug , and can have not the slig htest influence on the question , either one -way or another . Meanwhile the

      new Cardinal has hastened home from a series of regal entertainments he was leisurely enjoying on his way to England , to watch the storm provoked hy his ambitious policy , and his assumption of territorial jurisdiction conferred by a foreign potentate . Whatever may have been the rejoicings and . festivities abroad , which celebrated his elevation , he and his friends ' seem to dread at present , any open demonstration of a " jubilant character here .

      Continental Aeeatrs. "Vast Armies Are Ma...

      _CONTINENTAL AEEATRS . "Vast armies are marching and counter marching in all directions . Diplomatists are busily engaged in exchangingnotes , and every mail " brings the thousand and one rumours that grow out of a state of intense excitement and anxiety . With the exception of a slight skirmish between the Bavarian and Prussian troops at a point where they found themselves in juxta position , no blood has yet been shed , and from the strenuous efforts made to prevent it there is yet a possibility that war may be averted . If it is , however , it will not be ,

      as was likely last week , by Prussia basely surrendering to the Russian despot through his tool ihe Emperor of Austria . The party in the ministry who were favourable to that nelicY and who expelled Radowitz , have lost their head by the death of Count _Bbaxdenbukg , and Prussia has again taken up a defiant position . Austria must either fight , or relax some of her demands . The . principal event m France is the re-asd the

      sembling of the legislative body , an presentation of the President ' s message . It is a lengthy document , ostentatiously occupied with minute details upon a variety of constructive measures respecting railroads , banks , ozc . for the purpose of making France and the world believe that the Pkesideht and his ministers have been working hard for the nation , instead of intriguing for a ch ange of the Constitution . LoTJIS NAPOLEON , however , feels that an aggressive Imperial policy would result in discomfiture at the present

      moment , and , therefore , dees not ask for any frolongation of his powers or increase of these powers . Amiable , unambitious , man ! he does not care how the matter ends . All he wants to do is to serve France ; the rest he leaves entirel y to _theAssembl yand tothepeople , when the time comes . Ah ! M . Buonaparte , have you found the grapes too high , and out ofyour reach ?

      Monies Received Ior Th* "Wm Essrao Thurs...

      MONIES RECEIVED Ior th * "Wm _Essrao _Thursmt , _Noraista 14 ib , 1850 . JOB THK wiraa # of the uro'coipm Received by W . RiMS .-J . Bedwell , Brierlj-hUl 60- * jeungEagleihaw , newGlasgow _ed-DaTentr-j-LandMem Den , per G- Aahwell _SsSd _^ J . * P _^ ° _& ™ _£ * J ? J ~ cS Davis , Glasgow ls-W . Holmes , _Cheltenham ls-J . _Collini _, Cheltenham 6 d—Hull , per W . fL _^ Tenck 11 987 Q * THE HONESTY io _? _.- _ Received by W . Rimb . —W . Holmes , Sheffield Rowbottom , Sheffield Is—Warwick , a few Friends , per C Tristram 3 « . .. '* -.

      -FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND P 0 U £ h _rEFUGEE-I . _Received by _^ W . RiDn ; -T . kerr , St . _Neots 6 _* J _ South ampton , per J . Russell ls 7 d—From T . C . Ingram—S . Pans , Cheltenham , Is —G . Weaver , Tredegar 6 d—H . _j _^ ncox , Tredegar ls-T . Griffiths , _Asergavenny 6 d-0 . Beam . * _AbeifcaYenny , ( 2 nd sub . ) ls-T . C . Ingram , _Aber-M _» _-nnV i- " * Cuffin * _Leicester ls-Mary Ann Cuffin , gave . "J « - _« _> ulton , Leicester 3 _d—Warts-hill . per J . _*^* _MtoS _& # « . ooUec * ' _<* d in People ' Institute , per 2 S _ea-w . _Dougias , HamL _' _-iane _^ _, A wat _^ nZ at Messrs . Hawthorn and Co . ' s works , p * . . *• _™»" , f * —Stockport , per J . HoMen " 5 s-H . Strachan fttlainends , Arbroath 3 s-HebdenBridge , _? w J . _MannSs-Nottlagham , per J . Sweet 7 s-H . Smith and J- Deam _? n , Milborne Port 6 d—Dudley , Mutual Improvement . Society , per . J . Firth is lOd-W . Brown , Dudley , per J . Fin " v 3 d-a young

      Eagleshaw _. near Glasgow ls—Bladda , _PaiaiO . _v . » ' ° _<* _pwntew , per A . Robertson ll-Eccles , near _Manchester , P er W . Gregory 6 s 8 _d—Warnick , a few Friends , _pt-. _*\ * Tristram 3 s 6 d—a Friend , Oxford , yer'W . Druett 5 s-a _K'w Fnend * _, Oxford , per W . Druett 3 s Od—Woolcombers at _^ _uckfast-Ieigh _, Devon lis—Messrs . tang , FlintitF , and Br . ? aj eJ "» Broomfield , near Bradford 9 d—a few Old Guards , Barns * .. ? - perG . Corker 3 s 8 d—Birmingham , collected at Mr . Fu » _- sell ' s 3 s 6 d—Birmingham , collected at Ship-inn 2 s 6 d—J Hemmin and Friends , Cheltenham 4 s—J . Morgan ; Deptford Is . Beceived by Joh * _* * Abnott A few Friends , "Oxbridge , per Mr . lledrupp 5 s—Stalybridge , per Hill 11 —part proceeds of Concert , held at the Rock , _Lisson-grove fEmmettr ' s Brigade ) , per J . Blake 4 s 6 d—Lynn , per J . _Twaits 10 s 6 d .

      AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by John _Aasorr . —South Shields , per H . Halns 10 s—Todmorden , per J . Mooney Gs 4 d . TRACT FUND . Received by Joax Abnott . —0 . D ., Hoxton New- Town _lOsld . . - . THE CASE OF THOMAS JONES . Receired by John _Abxott . — Whittington and Cat ; per Mr . Westoby 2 s 2 d .

      The John-Street Conference. To The Edito...

      THE JOHN-STREET CONFERENCE . TO THE EDITOR OF TBE NORTHERN STAR . . 10 , Holies-place , Camden Town . ' "Sir , —My . attention has been just called to the following paragraph in tie Northern Star , of _November 9 tn : — Messrs . Bates and _fettie denounced in language ofthe strongest description the conduct of Mr . O'Connor . Messrs . Wheeler and Harney appealed to the Chairman against the use of such language as that of Mr . Pettie , bat the Chairman seemed to think that Mr . O ' Connor ' s character being public property might be publicly maligned : The rest of the debate consisted , with a few exceptions , of attacks upon Mr . O'Connor . Mr . E . Jones and Mr . Reynolds , also came in for a moderate share ofthis hitherto pent-up wrath .

      "With mpeot to the accusation brought against the chairman , I have simply to say , that it is a misstatement on the part of your _reperter , who has forgotten , that while the chairman sustained Mr . Pettie in his right to criticise Mr . O'Connor's public conduct , he also expressed his opinion that the _language employed was unmeasured and vindictive . "With your reporter I haye nothing to do ; he must answer for himself in the Conference , when we meet again . I have only to request that you will insert this letter ,, as a matter of justice , "both to the chairman and yourself .

      I may add , that the paragraph beginning "The rest of the debate , " is as much misstated as the previous sentences ; and that the whole gives about as erroneous an impression ofthe meeting of Sunday week last , as could have heen contrived . I am , Sir , Tours Obediently , George Hoofer , Chairman of the Conference . The editor having kindly referred " this letter to me , I can only re-amrm that the language used by some of the speakers -was of a most violent and atrocious description ; that the chairman never

      attempted to call the speakers to order ; that when appealed to by nvvseli and Mr . Harney , he stated that he considered Mr . O'Connor ' s ' character public propeity , and as such open to animadversion ; but tbat lie trusted they would in future be less vindictive in their tone . Language of a similar , description still continued to be used in the debate , without the chairman interfering ; I therefore consider my reference to the character ofthe chairman and meeting fully justified . Thomas Martin Wheeler , Reporter , Northern Star

      —« S^- A.Wful Colliery Explosion-Twentts...

      _—« _s _^ - A . WFUL COLLIERY _EXPLOSION-TWENTTSIX LIVES LOST . Durham , Tdesdat . —A melancholy catastrophe occurred yesterday at the Houghton Pit , near Newbottle , in this county , by an explosion of fire-damp , ¦ whereby twenty-six men and _boya were hurried into eternity . The pit is the property of tbe Earl of Durham , and is ventilated by means of two shafts , an upcast and downcast one . Mr . Rutherford is the viewer , and the general condition of the mine was considered good . At the time of the explosion there were 150 men and boys in the pit , engaged in the various workings . The explosion was sudden . A loud report was heard , which reverberated through all the workings , and was soon indicated at "bank , " ( a term applied to the

      entrance ofthe shaft ) . - The air-courses were in many places completely destroyed , and the direction of the current changed . This occurred between five and six o ' clock , but it was past eleven before it was possible to penetrate the workings , when the noise of voices was heard in a direction about 400 yards from the bottom of the shaft , which clearly showed there were some survivors ofthe melancholy occurrence . The men employed in the arduous and dangerous duty of exploration on _learning this redoubled their exertions , notwithstanding their comparatively exhausted strength , and , after many deeds of heroism and personal daring , they succeeded in reaching a part of the mine where the atmospheric air circulated , and there 120 men and

      boys were found alive , and rescued from a fate which seemed inevitable . From the statement of one of these survivors it appears tbat the men were engaged at their work when they heard the noise , and they rushed simultaneously towards the shaft , but they had not proceeded far when they met with the choke-damp , on entering which many of them fell , some to rise no more . On observing this those not so far in advance became stationary , or retreated for . a few yards , where tbey found the air good . They soon discovered that they were hemmed in by a body of choke-damp , to pass through whieh would have been impossible ; for any of them , on attempting to enter it but arfew yards were overcome , and would have fallen had they not hastily retreated .

      On consulting together it was considered the : safest plan to remain-where they were ,-and trust to the exertions that would be made to reach them from the shaft by carrying in the air ; and they did so remain for between five and sis hours , until their delivery , was . effected . . Before that _> time-. was-rexpired niany , -a stout , heart quailed : in prospect of certain death . ; A dread -solemnity pervaded the mind of every one , impenetrable darkness increased the agony of feeling-, and the silence ofthis tomb of the living « vas only broken hy wild ejaculations of despair , fervent prayers and supplications to the Almighty for deliverance , or at intervals by . signal shouts , intended to guide any exploring party . to the sepulchral abode , lt is impossible to portray tlio

      condition of these poor men during this long and fearful period , or convey any adequate conception of their joy and gratitude on being rescued from such extreme peril _; and restored to their anxious and mourning friends , who gathered round the pitmoutb , awaiting in silence and resignation the return of each exhausted party from tne poisonous atmosphere of the workings . It is sad to relate , however , that twenty-six persons perished , most of tbem by attempting to get through the choke-damp towards the shaft . Several were burnt . Some were found without heads , others without legs 01 ' arms ; portions of the same body were found in different and distant places , showing the violence ofthe fire . It is impossible to tell with certainty where , the fire

      originated , so great is the havoc made in its vicinity , and the men working near it were blown to a great distance . The principal portion of the sufferers are roily-boys and waggon-men . One of the overmen was in the pit at the time , and on hearing tho explosion he ran in the direction whence the noise proceeded , in order to ascertain the cause , when he met the rush of tbe fire , wbich carried him along in its scorching embrace until death terminated his agony . His body was found a calcined mass . The event has created a deep sensation throughout the district , and thousands have visited the locality from a distance , making inquiries and dwelling with painful interest on tho awful details . It appears that the colliery was abandoned , or

      " laid in , " as it is termed , about twelve or thirteen years ago , and that it remained unworked till last Christmas , when it was re-opened and fresh operations commenced . At the time the pit was closed it was considered to be in a critical state ; but on re-opening it , of course , every precaution would bi _* taken to render ifc as safe as possible under the circumstances of the case . It is stated , however , that for more than a week past apprehensions of danger were entertained by the workmen _rat least such is the statement made on highly credible authority . If there be truth in that statement , it is to be hoped it will be ascertained on the coroners inquiry assisted as that functionary probably will be by a goTeriiment inspector . The pit is ventilated on the

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      furnace principle , having an upcast and a downcaBt shaft , situate about a mile distant from each other . , "When the colliery was reopened men and boys ¦ were draughted from the _varioua collieries of the district . Three shifts of about 150 eaoh _vere employed during the day and _nighl with others dependent upon them ; and , as they were brought frbni different and distant localities , the intelligence of the disaster caused an assemblage at Houghton on Tuesday almost unparalleled in the history r colliery explosions . As before stated , there ' * _£ about 150 men and boys in the mine , "wb ' _^ ' uZj ploded , forming what is called oiio ** ' _^ Jj _* jft »» _j _^ greater portion of these we _»*» ¦' ¦ -- „« ffft # i - - ' - _~ _¦ _- ¦ - - _"msiderablc <"• - ' -- _*• < l )] i " ¦ -- " _» workings I as « . v .- -- _««> iance from the Bhaft—moBt of

      them hewing _aCllt qoal The explosion took place in a way , or " working" _wm : J had been reopened ; 6 :: ; _on _Monday morning , * one " man of _£ * » n _*<* of Watchman was sent in to remove the ntbt pillar , ifc being " * fhafc is called working in the " 'broken" ; ho went td work at three o ' clock . and tho explosion took plaoe shortly after five . Mr . Hunter , an overman ,, was sitting with one of the survivors , named Hodgson , in . a cabin at the top ofan incline when he said he heard , a rumbling noise and apprehended danger . On this he took a light and proceeded to the place whence , the * noise

      proceeded , which was where Watchman wa * at work ; and it is supposed the gas was fired by his candle . He was found blown along the way , burnt to a cinder , with a plate iron through his body . He was only recognised by means of a book which he had in his inside pocket . Watchman was dread _, fully scorched and mutilated . One of the Andersons was found lying close to Hunter . The other was a melancholy spectacle . His arms were found first , then after some time his legs , then his trunk , and after much search his he _» d was found in a tub . He _Ytas . torn completely to pieces , and _the-separate parts * scattered in _variousMirections . \> *

      ( From ow own Correspondent , ] An explosion . of fire-damp took place at the Houghton Pit , belonging to the Earlof Durham , on Monday , November llth , by which twenty-six men and boys have lost their lives ' . ' The current report being that 150 lives were lost , considerable oxcitement spread abroad , and , before man */ hours elapsed , more than 10 , 000 persons had visited the pit and vicinitj _* , eager to learn the terrible truth , whether any friends or acquaintance were among the sufferers . Subsequent search , however , f showed that all , except the twenty-six hairied . above , were safe , they having been confined behind a fall of the roof , which answered the twofold purposeof confining those beyond it ,-and also of carrying off the after-damp , which succeeded . theffire , and which

      would have suffocated every man , had such escape not fortunatel y been provided for it , whereby _, it was carried to the return " air way . The jury was empannelled on Tuesday / and , after having viewed the bodies , the coroner . explained , the Act bf Parliament relative to accidents in mines , and adjourned the further investigation ' till Thursday , the 21 st inst ., at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . After the inquest was adjourned , a public meeting was held in the vicinity of the pit , which was attended , by a large number ' , of colliers from a distance , who had come many miles to sympathise with their brothers , the chief part being from w hat are termed the Five Collieries , which does them great credit in being the first to . set so noble an example . ..

      Mr . Ramsay—a . talented young man—was called to the chair ; and , after having explained the object of the meeting , called upon Mr . Wm . _Bibd , who , in aii able address , pointed out the duty which each arid all had to perform , and showed , in his usual energetic style , the necessity of the miners being united to secure proper attention to their lives arid health . _.. " The Chairman next introduced Mr . M . Jude , who briefly explained the nature of the Mines Inspection Bill , and showed that the Iongfdelayin tlie appointment of inspectors , was the true cause of the continued loss of life in the pits _. _fdtc . Mr . J . Fawcett was then called upon to addres ? the assembly , which he did in a very able manner , demonstrating , the connexion between the miners being thoroughly united , and the safety of their lives . Mr . Fawcett concluded by calling upon each man to do his duty fearlessly , and not to play the , part of cowards , when their own- lives , and those of their families were in danger .

      The Chairman then announced that a public meeting would be held on Saturday next , at ( _Jjuarrington Hill , and the meeting broke up , highly pleased with the proceedings ; and , falling in behind their beautiful banner , the distant colliers bent their . way home . ¦ The interment of some of the sufferers took place in the evening , and a . melancholy sight it was io sue three brothers laid in _ons Brave !

      The Patent Laws And Their Bearing Upon T...

      THE PATENT LAWS AND THEIR BEARING UPON THE EXHIBITION OF 1861 , , , On Monday riiorning a deputation" from the Society for the Amendment of the Laws relating to Patents waited , byappeintment , upon . Sir G . Grey , ind Mr . Labouchere , at the Home-office . . 7 The deputation having been introduced , " : / Mr : Campion said he thought _everyone was prepared to acknowledge , that the recommendations contained in the _. report of the . committee of 1840 , would , if acted upon , go a great way to improve the position of the inventor . Whether it would satisfy all persons he could not say , but to him it did not appear to go far enough in one respect , for it was obvious that even with the reduced charge proposed of £ 30 for an English patent j the case of the poor inventor would not be met , ' unless there were

      provided some effectual and inexpensive plan of preliminary registration . Such a measure was introduced last session , and passed the . House of Lords and two readings in the House of Commons , whore , however , it was . ultimately abandoned , He thought it was obvious that something in this direction should be done previous to the Great Exhibition , otherwise—and he knew it for a fact—very many persons would not present their inventions at all . Mr . Shepherd , C . E ., observed that probably the majority of inventors were men who wore practically at work in workshops , and other places . All the recent improvements that had been made in steam navigation , and in locomotive engines , had originated , in tbe first instance , with comparatively

      poor men , who , after the greatest privations , and perhaps depriving their children of their daily bread , at length brought their invention to perfection , and then were compelled to throw themselves into the hands of a capitalist , in order to secure the patent . The capitalist " gave them , perhaps , £ 50 or £ 60 for their ingenuity , and not only claimed the merit of the invention , but also pocketed all thc proceeds . He did not wish to get patents for nothing , but he suggested that the price should be reduced to £ 30 or £ 40 , and that , concurrently with that reduction , thero should bo a cheap means of provisional registration , whioh would protect the inventor , so that he might with safety bring his

      inventions before the public . Mr , Pkice said , if this suggestion was adopted , he was sure that a great many more inventions would be brought before the public , and ihat the result would be even an increase to the revenue . At the same time , they would bo more able to compete in the march of improvement with foreigners , who could obtain _* their pa _£ ents at so cheap a rate . Sir G . GREY-said J aV _^ hej _^ ubject was under the consideration of ithe government , and as there were _reporters'present , 'it would be better for him not to discuss it then , * but any statement which they might have to make , in addition to what they had now said , he should be * happy to receive and take into consideration afterwards _ , _-. _.. _?

      Mr . _CAiinox said , unless the . government expressed an opinion very _boodj _ifrwould damp all exertions for tho exhibition . Air . Labouchehe ( who had just entered the room ) said thero were two questions—the ono was thc general state of the law and the expediency of altering it permanently , and the other was , whether they had anything to express with regard to the forthcoming exhibition which required immediate decision and immediate movement in parliament ? Mr . Campion said , yes , that they required some immediate measure of provisional . registration for

      inventions , coupled with a promise to reduce the price of patents . ' Mr . _Walleu said he had three valuable inventions at this moment , which had cost him several hundred pounds to perfect , and ho had not now the means to take out the patents . About six years ago he expended nearly £ 1 , 000 in various improvements connected with locomotives , and , owing to the non-arrival ofa remittance of about £ 25 to enable him to complete the enrolment by a certain day fixed , the whole of his invention , arid the money it had cost him , were lost , and ho , after many years o . toil , received no benefit from it .

      Mr . Labouchere said he believed the Society of Arts had appointed a committee to inquire into this question . - Ho wished to know whother the . opinion ofthat committee -was at all represented by the deputation ? , . _--. ; . ¦ Mr . Campion could not say that it was or that it was not . He himself belonged to thc Society of Arts , and he believed that they wished for an entire revision of the laws of patents , which would necessarily take a long time to mature . * , Mr . _Townley produced some beautiful specimens of elastic bracelets made of hair , each of which , ho

      said , would take the most skilful workman in England two days to make in the ordinary way . He had , however , a very simple invention , by which he v-as enabled to make half a dozen in as many minutes , but he was unabled to take out a patent , and though he was anxious to exhibit his Invention in the park , ho could not do so unless his invention was protected . At present he was virtually excluded from the exhibition . After some further statements of a similar nature , Mr . Labouchere * requested that the deputation would furnish him with a written statement of their views aud suggestions on the subject especially

      The Patent Laws And Their Bearing Upon T...

      with _reference to the forthcoming _'« xbibit" ; ion _; and he promised that he would C " , p 8 , ther _^ })} _? y _^ y earliest and "best considerati _on , .,,. 7 ' The deputation then ' rDrea _j C _j ft' . ' . ' ' ¦ ¦ thetworighthon . *" - _««„„> - " ueir _fl" _* _- _* *" _** _- _" _,- _* _"""had evinced in *' . . _£ - .-. « for- the interest they . ' -utter , and withdrew .

      I National Association Of. United Trades...

      i NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF . UNITED TRADES , ! * _T . S . DuscOJiM , _: Esq ., M , _^„ Presl < _U » _fc-: X * to _* lUhtd 18 id \ : . ¦ ""riA ? JpSTJJ / 4 _/' "If it were possible for the worW . 17 ,,, -7 _bmrng : among themselves , to rahe _^ l . _i ft * com " _Wtoofwuffes , it need . _* har _^ _W _^ _tfc _^ _* _P Mr , rf V . _- ' . ;¦¦ _fiW _ABT Mil * . Every _attempt that has hitherto been made bv the Political and _Social Reformers to unite the Trades of Great _Britainin a _well-organised and extended confederation , has ended in disappointment . Even the leaders themselves find it _imnoaa 5 M „ _•*•„

      a _^ ee _umnXhe princi ples upon which such an union should be based , * and yet nothing can , be more manifest than that the condition of the working classes never can be materiall y or permanentl y improved until this great object can be accomplished . ¦ It ia lamentable to reflect on the sacrifices that have been made in these hitherto vain attempts . The splendid talents , the valuable time , the enormous sums of money which have thus been fruitlessly expended , is deeply to be deplored , and might well lead many a warm-hearted patriot to retire from all future efforts in despair . We wish we could induce these gentlemen who possess such deserved influence among numerous sections , holding their own particular views and opinions , to look at this question of union simply as a labour question , to place in abeyance for a moment their

      nolitical and social individualities , and try to solve this question : —As it appears impossible to induce the working class to form such a confederation as shall enable them to achieve their political and social enfranchisement , is there any principle upon which they might be induced to combine " , and out of which combination the objects we have most at heart could be more readily obtained ? We give at once , and unreservedly , our answer to the question—that webelieve , if a national organisation of tho . operative classes in this country is possible , it is only so upon the question of labour , pure , and unadulterated with any other question * , and we further believe , that an extensive union upon this sole princi ple once established , that all _neoessary social and political improvements would flow from it , as inevitable . effects from natural causes . * - ¦ '—• ¦ " ¦ _*' ' ¦ '•'

      . We havo the most abiding faith—unchangeable and unalterable ; a faith grown up with us through many years of sufferings and struggles , but never abated a jot by ariy suffering or disappointment- — that labour , and labour alone , can achieve its own emancipation . We believe that , so long as the labour interest of this or any other country is isolated and disunited , so long will it be an interest socially and politically degraded . But , if the working classes once can be brought to place themselves in a position , by shoulder-to-shoulder union—to demand and obtain " a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s labour "where , then , * would be the power strong enough , or rash enough , to keep'them in political or social bondage ? What is the object of all political and social

      movements ? Are they anything more than means devised to accomplish a given end ? And what i 3 the end desired 1—industrial freedom , which comprehends and contains within itself all the rest , by whatever name or names it may be known . We will now take a position which we will defy the most astute reasoner to remove us from . Take any Trade in England , limited in number , or ever so numerous , get them together , and try to induce them to unite upon any given formula of political , social , or religious'doctrines . It would be an utter impossibility—there would possibly be upon these questions nearly as many opinions as there are minds . But ask them if 25 s . a week is better than 20 s . Oh ! what unanimity there would be . Here

      is a question , a principle upon which among workmen there can be two opinions ; here is a something , a reality , upon which it is riot only possible , but highly practicable to create an united mind , if those who profess to be the leaders of the people choose to turn their attention to so simple a proposition . We present imWolverhamption a striking proof what a single trade may . effect by union . . Here are the Tin-men of Wolverhamption advised and guided-by the Central Committee ; with no greater power than' their unity , order the two tyrant Perrys to walk their bodies ' out ofthe Town Council . and make room for honestej * and better men . And they have done so , sorely against their . will . But what could they do against united

      labour ? Is not this , case capable of multi p lication ? Is a thing that has been proved practicable in . Wolverhampton to be impracticable in Birminham , Manchester , Kidderminister , or any where else ? Is truth like vegetables ? Will it only grow in perfection within . certain geographical limits ? Is is-riotr * _rather-a-iiniversal principle , whioh is always at homo to those who call upon it ? Look to it , then , ye Trades , of , Great . Britain ! Look to it , then , ye leaders of the working men ; having failed so frequently arid so disastrously , in carrying out your own cherished plans for u _' dioe , turn . your attentions a little to our plans , which though not perhaps so dazzling to the imagination , we believe to be sounder than yours , because more

      practicable . Again we say , give us an organisation , and we will emancipate theworking slaves of England industrially , politically , and socially . But that organisation we think never can be accomplished except as a labour movement , pure and unmixed . We know thero are' thoso who differ from us on -this * subject . We must agree to differ . It is with us a great established , " demonstrable fact , and has ceased to be an opinion . We are proving , its power , even upon a small scale , daily and hourly ; and beyond all possible dispute there never has'been a movement of the working class which has achieved so much for labour , with so limited means , and against such adverse circumstances . Wc are sure , sooner or later , it is destined to succeed . In the very nature of things

      it must , because it is based and founded upon the unalterable and vivifying principle of truth . It is based upon the -broad principles of justice and equity—to wrong no man , and to suffer wrong from no man . iS ' ot to proclaim , or _aaseit , but to establish and prove the great doctrine of natural equality , modified only by natural powers arid capabilities . To assert and maintain the riahts of labour against all challenges , as it is " the most useful , and tlie most ancient , to make labour the most honoured order of society—to make this beautiful country an habitation for men , and not for slaves . These great and desirable ends never can be accomplished but by union ; and no union appears to us practicable , but a union of labour .

      Then rally , working men , round the standard we have unfurled . To borrow Mr . E . Perry's beautiful remark , " We have hoisted our flaif , and nailed it to the mast , and there it floats , and shall float triumphantly in the breeze . " This week has brought us several applications for information , two of which we are particularly pleased with , coming from South Wales , Swansea , and Llanidves . We forwarded the Association's rules , printed in English and in'Welsh . We know labour in Wales is deeply oppressed , and we know the steadfast and uncompromising qualities of the Welsh character . We should like the principles of national union to be well understood throughout the principalities . The miners of England can never achieve their independence while the miners of Wales aro enthralled . The vear 1842 should havo taught that lesson . Ponder

      well , working * men , then , upon those two glorious , but little understood axioms , " Union'i s Strength , " "Knowledge is Power . " Oh ! if those two tests were but thoroughly comprehended by working men in their- wide , iarge , universal acceptation , ** how rapid would be our progress , how irresistible would be the march ofthe great army of labour , bearing before it and sweeping away—with scarcely an effort , but merely by its own solemn gravity—all obstructions . We invite you hopefully , trustfully , to this glorious campaign . We have faith in our principles , and an ungovernable desire to obtain for them a fair trial . We subjoin a letterreccivedthismorningfromMr . _Greoii , conveying tho latest news from the seat of war—Wolverhampton . William Peel , Secretary . Offices 259 , Tottenham-court ' road .

      Star Inn, Temple-Street, Wolverhampton. ...

      Star Inn , Temple-street , Wolverhampton . November 12 th , 1850 . Dear _Teel , —I have left the reporting department to Mr . Winters for the last fortnight , as the whole of my time has been occupied ; attending to the several elections . There is to be another on Thursday , but we do not expect to bo opposed , but we are well prepared for every emergency . You are perhaps already aware that Mr . W , Shoolbred is ourcandidate , and let what may come , it is our determination to have bim in the Council . Little did wo suppose when entering first on this business , that two brothers—enemies to tlie . working

      manwould bo displaced m their public offices b y two good employers—friendsof industry . It is said " The proud shall ' be brought low , while the humble shall be exalted . " The National Association has taught two tyrants such a lesson as they little expected , and which I hope will do them good through the remainder oftheir life . The success attending our efforts is the general theme 61 * ihe tow . 17 arid our objects are discussed by all _classss . Last evening Mr . Winters and myself held a meeting of the iron braziers , who , immediately after wc had explained the objects of the National Association , formed themselves into a society for the purpose of joining our union . They will pay their money on Monday next . . After Thursday , I shall have time to visit several

      Star Inn, Temple-Street, Wolverhampton. ...

      bodies of work people / _"ffho wish - for further infor _maHon previous to joihmg our union , thin no _dOUbt but that numbers will come "forward immediately , and unite with our brave band of tr _* . _"T * who are determined to obtain justice for the tmnlate workers of the town' . 1 have just been told that Mr . Perry believes your unds to be nearly exhausted . Foolish man ! he 18 little _acauainted with the constitution of our mover _rnlnr or he would not imagine such a thing . Ha menc , w t ( , ig only to askj _and have _wnat _*<* knows w \ i t . _- ¦ , - .. ¦ _.,- ; .,- 1 - _,-j require . " '

      * ' «¦ fche tia-plate " « _forkers' case out ' . Dear Peel , in . . ' _- _'rly tried , and the result principles are being i ... ' '"'Iv justifies our stateproves their soundness , ' anil iu ., 7- * \ 7 ments to the working classes . - _* uowor ) to We have instructed Mr . Bartlett ( our a . tow , _* _i obtain summonses for the recovery of the price for three of Perry ' s articled men , _andshou _. _^ we have a favourable decision we shall enforce payment for every * nian in the town whether hired or not . . ; 7 I am informed , on the very best _authsrity , that one of Perry ' s _cifetomers sent a splendid order to Mr . Shoolbred , last "Week , and another , of his cus _« tomers have closed _af-ecounts with him , and lisve opened an account with Mr . Walton , and the reason _, assigned is bad articles , which thoy have returned

      by crates full . This is what I told Mr . Perry , months past , would be the caw , but lie _sneeringly replied , It would take a > long time to brin _£ about , " and _iutimatin- z , he Mew , full well , ho « r far we could go , and what we- eould do . I much questioh if he had an idea _ofwiat we _hav » done , neither do I believe he knows wBa . fc Js j n stare for him . If he was wise'he -would immediately » ettle the dispute , and prevent all further' contention , for he must be mad to suppose we shall ' give way after entering into the contest and carrying "it on for some months . I really am sorry forthe man , _fcfecause I know he ia destroying his _health , and losing his business , as well as forfeiting the- friendship of his class and goodwill of his workpeople ; biit , after all , that is his business , and we must rather

      see hira sacrificed than see numbors of workpeople reduced in wages froin time to time , and live in . misery ; besides in justice to good employers , we are bound to make Perry pay the saineasahem , ot how can they do business ? lam glad the inhabitants of the town begin to see that Mr . Perry is no friend of theirs , as low wages deprivo the people of the means of purchasing * food and other necessaries , and also increases the " rates , by making people recipients of the allowance to the * poor . These facts cannot be too much impressed on tbe minds of all classes , who , lam sure , wfllat once see the propriety of assisting the workpeople to obtain that which is just for their labour , that they do not become burdensome to them . - ¦;¦; I remain , dear Peel , yours faithfully , Frederick Green .

      Engine-Drivers Strike On The. Eastern Co...

      ENGINE-DRIVERS STRIKE ON THE . EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY . On Wednesday a meeting of the engine-drivers and firemen late in the employment of the Eastern Counties Company was held in the George Inn , Stratford;—Mr . Dawson in the chair . The meeting was very fully attended . The Chairman , on opening the proceedings , said the ' meeting ; had been callea for several purposes . One was to refute the statements made in " Bentley ' s Miscellany " of the lst of October , with respect to the skilfulness ofthe new drivers , and the improper conduct alleged against themselves . Another was , to let the shareholders know the

      damage daily , done to their property on the line , and last , and most important of all , to make the public aware of the unskilfulness of the present staff of men engaged to drive the engines on the line . It might be asked-why they . had suffered the-statements in "Behtley" to remain so long ' _uneontradieted . The reason was that they imagined no one could be deceived by them ; but finding that their silence had been construed into' an acknowledgment bf their truth , they had collected a number of facts which would prove the falsehood of that part of the article in " Bentley " which stated that tha men were skilful and satisfied with their treatment . The long list of accidents showed their want of skill , and the retirement of many , whose

      agreements were out , proved that Mr . Chadwick had deceived them when they were engaged . The Chairman proceeded to read a long catalogue of accidents of various descriptions , commencing on the 20 th of August last and ending on the 10 th inst ., tho facts of each being specifically and circumstantially given . A great number of engines , were stated to have been disabled , the fire-boxes burnt and otherwise damaged , with a consequent enormous loss to the company . . When * they left , there were _threo new and superior engines in the Romford shed that had . never been used at all , arid sixteen extra engines only occasionally used . These had all been brought into . work ,, and the directors had also hired six engines from the Newmarket

      Company , and were still unablo to provide for much niore than the passenger traffic . Asa consequence , the goods traffic was neglected , and where these goods were of a perishable nature , there was an additional loss to the . company . Thirty-five accidents were enumerated as having occurred during the period embraced in the list . Tlie chairman having concluded his statement , called on anyone in the meeting to give any recent information he might be possessed of , when ¦ Several drivers stated instances of irregularity which were all the result ofthe incapacity ofthe newdrivers . Nor was this , it was added , a matter of surprise , seeing that masy of them had either had . no previous experience as engine-drivers , or had been discharged for unsteadiness and ' misconduct

      from other lines . . Mr . Mosks complained that the new superintendent bad , in fact , entered into a conspiracy to deprire them of all chance 3 of getting employment on other lirie 3 and thus to ecovce them to submit to his terms . A list of all the enginemen and firemea had been sent to the superintendents of every other line , and when they went and asked for work their names were first asked and the list looked at . They were- then told no one was wanted , though they knew cases in which others not in tho black list were engaged immediately afterwards . He hoped that the new chairman elected in the place of Mr . Betts would put nn end to the difference and make it'up with the old bands . For his own part , if he wero to go back he would willingly give a week ' 3 work to help to make up the heavy losses the company had sustained from tho new hands . ( Several voices , "So would we . " ) ' '

      Mr . Howard said it was not safe for any of them to go back at present . He was one' of those who left with _therest . Since that time he had been back a _^ ain to work under air . Gooch , and ' h © found that gentleman had not relaxed in bis system of tyranny * , for , taking into account the extra work , and the reduced wages / it made 2 s . Od . a day less than he would have earned under the old ma * nagement . But that was not all . The now bands had threatened him with violence , and his engine had a serious trick played to it . On bringing it out b « found the steam escaping from the firc-piates . Luckily , he had the presence of mind to open the safety-valves , before opening the doors ; but on endeavouring to do so ho found thoy were locked . Any one acquainted with a steam-engine know the danger of a ' violent explosion with locked valves . He did not think himself safe . Gave notlco to Mr . Goocli of thc fact , and was not allowed to work

      again . - ; Several speakers corroborated the statement that the list of the men on strike was in the" hands of the railway superintendents , not only in England but in Scotland , and was always referred to on application for employment , and a _strons hope waa expressed , that the new direction would put an end to ( his unfortunate state of affairs . A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings ,

      Prorogation Of Parliament.—A Supplement ...

      Prorogation of Parliament . —A supplement to the London Gazette wa 3 issued on "Wednesday night , containing the following notice : — "Ai the court at Windsor , the 13 th day of November , ISoO , present the Queen ' s Most Excellent Majesty in Council , it is this day ordered by her Majesty in Couneil that tlio Parliament wliich stands prorogued to Thursday , tho Hth day of November instant , be further prorogued to Tuesday , tho 17 th day of December next . TUE Charge agaixst a Clerotman at Brestwood . —The Ecv . K . A . Johnstone surrendered on .

      Thursday to answer the charge of feloniously assaulting Mary Ann Doc . The principal witnesses were not present at the opening of the case , but an eleciric telegraph message informed the court that they were arrested in London , and would beat Brentwood in half-an-hour . Oa the arrest of Mary Ann Doe , her mother said toiler , " Sow mind , my child , you tell tho gentlemen that it was all wrong what you told them before ; and if they ask you how you came to tell such a tale , say you wasn't in your right mind , and you didn ' t know what you said . " Thc girl who had' evidently been well tutored , on being sworn and examined " by the magistrates , denied the truth of her former charge , alleging that she was so fri g htened she did not know what she was saying , The defendant was dismissed . After the proceeding * h ; u \ terminated the . bench gave instructions to Mr Lewis to prefer a bill of indictment for Fe"Jul ' . v ngau , st Alary Ann _"Dno .

      Suicide or Mr . _PasxixoTo . v , late or . ns TRKASUuy .-Mr . Perinhi - jton , « ho for fl ' _tesn years past ha _« filled hiebly _impoitard _, oftrra m h . ? r _*!*• j Ws T ; Cl _, ir . y 7 hot _hinisel on _Uur _^ y _nfl j _£ noon in Hyde Park '; , the _balU . ad pa * - * . * ** ou , ; u tiiB back of the head , and the brains were exuding , auo body awaits a coroners inquest . A Woven New Testament . —A weaver in Bradford has been for some time employed in weaving in a pieco of cloth the whole of the New Testament . Ho has already completed the four Gospels , _audiiaa made some advance in the Acts of the Apostles .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 16, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16111850/page/5/