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      The Nqrth&Ftn Star May ^- 1845 .

      THE _NQRTH _& _ftN STAR MAY _^ - 1845 .

      0 The "Members Of The Katiokai Charter A...

      0 THE "MEMBERS OF THE _KATIOKAi CHARTER A 8 S 0 CIATI 0 H . f _tMree-rsp _Xtm _** - _**** been for the third time J _^ _S _^ _oSmdence in an ataortunannnons S £ _^ _ta _* fc « _" _«" _rfto and responsible office of _™ A * m it our duty , at the commencement of our annual _^ _IToSce , to address you upon the P _* _*^ _" _* _P-- "f _»» and fatu" prospects of the movement We would also _claneehasdlyatthepast . We were appointed to conduct the movement at a period when the exhaustioa of the

      _puhhcinind , induced hy years of intense agitation and excitement , had produced almost a cessation in the people's endeavours . Vnder such discouraging _circum _rtanceswe _comm-mcedour officiallabouirs ; and from that time to the present we have had to encounter difficulty after difficulty in our endeavour to preserve an organised existence : it is a matter of gratulation , that , with your aid ,-we nave , despite the machinations of open foes and xxssadattdfriends , been thus far successful in preserving from extinguishment the embers of that fire of liberty whicli blazed with brightness and grandeur in the years 1 SSS and 1839 .

      Friends , —We are now entering upon another annual period of offiec , animated and sustained with the hope that its termination will exhibit the cause in a much more cheering position than it has hitherto occupied . We are determined that if such he not the case , blame Shall not attach to us . But the realisation of this ardently desired object will mainly depend upon you . Remember that -wc are but your servants . As the designation of our office implies , our duty is to give effect to your will—to carry your decisions into operation . And bear in -mind , that to enable us to do this effectually , it is indispensable that you afford us that aid which the rules of

      _fte Association provide for the support ofthe Executive . _Theii-resularityofmany localities in transmitting their quotaoftheExecutivefuud has tended inaterially to cripple our exertions . Had they all acted in confiuinity with rule :, we would have been enabled to employ several eloquent expounders of democracy in diffusing- the light of political truth among the people , and thereby increasing the strength of thc organisation . Henceforth , a more business-like system must be observed . We must insist upon the necessitj of every locality being punctual in _sending its quota at the expiration of everjf month . The locality , in future , not ohserring this instruction , will be reminded of its negligence by a letter from the general

      secretary . Friends , your _rieirs in reference to fhe movement hare been expressed by your representatives in the late Conveation . These views arc , in our opinion , sound , and well calculated to promote the weal of that cause for which you have sedulously struggled . The want of clear and defined systems of action has been long felt and regretted . This want no longer exists—the Convention having planned a practical system of agitation which , if spiritedly carried out , must eventuate in success . When we talk of the attainment of the Charter , we should form a clear notion of the price at which it is to be purchased ; when we speak of our approach towards the goal of liberty , we should try to ascertain the distance intervening between it aud us . Freedom cannot be

      secured by a sluggish , apathetic nation , for " tyranny , like hell , is hard to conquer . " The annals of the world present not a -angle instance of a nation gainiug liberty withotc a struggle proportional in magnitude to the blessin _** : accomplished . For ages was the tree of liberty , planted by the heroic Tell in Switzerland , menaced by the -ruthless hand of bloody despotism ; for ages were its roots nourished hy the blood of the "brave —• Liberty ' s votaries ; yet democracy ultimately triumphed I And long may Switzerland continue a bright exemplar to the world of the invaluable blessings which freedom confers on those nations in which she is made a sojourner . America had to trade through a sanguinary war of eight years ' duration , before the ferocity of British despotism was tamed , and American independence established . Scotland owes what little of liberty her institutions confer , to the bravery of her sons upon the battle field . England has been twice , within the last two centuries , plunged

      into revolution in resistance to tbe despotism of thc Stuarts : to the result of one of which Queen Victoria owes her claim to the British crown . Liberty -must be toon to be enjoyed ! It is the reward of patriotism , courage , and perseverance ; and the nation that wUl not exert these virtues to attain it , merits , for her torp » r and serriliry , to writhe "beneath the seorpion lash of lawless despotism Let tt not be supposed that we advocate physical revolution as the medium for recovering our long lost rights . Ko ! heaven avers tbat onr progress towards Liberty ' s temple should be stained by a single drop of human blood . Ho idea is more hideous to the mind—no feeling more horrible to the soul ofa true democrat than that of shedding the blood of his fellow creatures . Life was given for other , for nobler purposes than to be made the sport of man ' s destructive _preifflections . We "want the rights of man to establish the sacredness of human life . We want political power to save myriads of the human race from bdng sacrificed to tbe spirit of despotism .

      Other media may be put into successful requisition to realise the object of oar Association—the subversion ofthe baleful powers of tyranny and fraud , and the permanent _estabUshmvnt of the reign of Hberty and justice . The revolution which we must accomplish shall be a bloodless one . That revolution has commenced . It has gone on _triumphing over darkness , and it cannot be arrested in its course . It is progressing in millions of minds , every day malting converts to the true -political faith . To those who say that "the Chartist agitation has done no good , " We reply , with pride , " look at the altered , the improved mind of the nation . " The people can no longer be fascinated by the glare of wealth , as they used to be before the Chartist movement taught them wisdom . They have

      bees taught their rights and their wrongs . They have learned to analyse the projects of politicians ; they have acquired the moral courage to spurn with contempt those pitiful schemes of chicane with which factious empires seek to delude them . Knowledge is every day diffusing . The odiousness of class misrule is momentarily becoming more apparent . The people's hatred and contempt of the oppressive and fraudulent system which torments them arc oon & iually increasing . These are the legitimate results ofthe Chartist agitation , these arc good signs ofthe times—signs which warrant the conclusion that the days of factious despotism are numbered , and that the glorious advent of libe ; ry will soon be the reward of courage and patriotism .

      Friends , we now call your undivided attention to the practical measures devised by the Convention , and -which it is our duty to carry into operation . That body strongly recommended , as a means of giving impulse to the movement , the immediate formation of Registration and Election Committees in every enfranchised town in Great Britain . The business of these committees will be to see tothe registration of electors ; to ascertain the relative position of parties ; and to collect funds which shall , at the next general election , be used in promoting the return to the llouse of Commons of men pledged" to the support of the People ' s Charter . This work has auspiciously begun . The Convention has formed a central ( _Mmmittee in London , of which that untiring firieud of man ' s rights , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., is president .

      The value of a little baud of obstructives to the malversations , wasteful extravagance , and legislative injustice of our House of Commons , would be incalculable . Fifteen or twenty able men , acting there in unison ; tearing away the vol of "hypocrisy from thc projects of the factious ; sounding with fervid eloquence the demands of justice on behalf of an oppressed people ; seizing every opportunity of bringing their wrongs prominently before the world through thc medium of the press ; such a body would at once become the centre , around which would rally the intelligence , integrity , and spirit of the empire . We feel assured that the efforts of such a Utile band of patriots would originate and sustain a " National movement for the Charter , " of such celerity and force , that no obstacle at thc command of our enemies could impede . Ton will shortly be addressed by tlic central committee npon tliis important project , when its feasibility will be made manifest , and full instructions given on the procedure to be observed in workins it out .

      The Convention has also matured a plan for obtaining _possession of laud , to whicli we invite special attention . It appeared in the _Nortiiern Star of last week . In that plan you will find tliis great fact clearly demonstratedthata society of two thousand members , each taking a shareat £ i 10 s . may , at the expiration of four years , be _allocated upon the land , each member possessing an allotment of tiro acres , a handsome cottage , and funds to commence operations with ; secured on a lease iu perpetuity at an annual rental of fo . In addition to which advantages , the society would be in possessiou of an estate worth at least £ 37 , 000 . And by continuing the operations of the society , a . number might be taken from the

      " surplus labour market , " and rendered at once producers , consumers , and distributors of wealth . The successful prosecution of this project will prove beneficial in more than onc point of view . It will promote the social welfare of the members while struggling for their rights ; it will diminish the " surplus workers - * in the artificial labour market , leaving the residue in a position to obtain a better remuneration for their labour ; while , by demonstrating the value of the land , it would act as a powerful stimulus to the people to exert themselves for those rights wluch would enable them , without injury to any class , to destroy the monstrous monopoly of the soil , and secure the blessings of peace and plenty .

      The establishment of co-operative stores , is another practical measure recommended for your adoption by the Convention . By acting on this principle in the expenditure of your earnings , benefits must accrue to you . Vou trill save those profits , which , through your present isolated system of action , you throw into the . coffers of the middle class profit-monger . Act npon the co-operative principle withont delay . _ItwiUIearemoneyinyourpocketstoi-upport tbe movement , to purchase shares in the Land Society , or to apj . _Ty in any other way you may think beneficial . The _th-iit £ - _-.-f co-operation require no demonstration . They are evident to every man capable of thinking . Tiie securing < it ' them is not dependent onthe will of any other Class . The consent of authority is not required ; the # nly essentials to success being the perseverance and cordiality of . ihe members of the Association . Other _rccomm- « dations hare emanated from the Convention , which will in future addresses be brought before vou .

      Friends , in conclusion , we feel that it is unnecessary to _ciH npon yon for increased exertion in the holy cause of freedom . Tour devotion has been tested and found ancere . Tou have stack to the ship , when the tornado ¦ _» _TJ «* seasti (> n vvas raging : you have not deserted her TOen tte _calmofapathy succeeded : yon have noblv stood rori _* _Tr !! i " _? _Persecufi o' * and prosecution . Whigs , _SSZSSttf _^ _- _^» theirhatreTof te _rLrnt _^ rT ° nr movement ; bat abortion has been he result of then * efforts , Wc can felicitate _ourselves

      0 The "Members Of The Katiokai Charter A...

      upon the preservation of our organisation , despite the malice of those who would gloat over its extinction : and though tbat organisation is circumscribed within narrow limits , it is consolatory to reflect that it is sound and healthy ; that it is composed of that sterling material , alike impervious to the denunciation of the deserter , the frown of the open foe , and the fears of the timid friend . Be sober ; be energetic ; be faithful . Cultivate feelings of fraternity one ivith another . Discourage dissension , — that withering curse of our movement Be sedulous in the acquirement aud dissemination of knowledge , and fear not . Our cause has within it the elements of durability . It is indestructible . It is as eternal as man . It will not Ion ** -remain prostrate . It will soon absorb the

      other despicable isms of political empirics . Torpidity cannot much longer fetter and freeze a nation ' s energies . That gleam of " prosperity" which we nowenjoy willbe but of short duration . Like the hectic flush upon the debilitated cheek of consumption , it indicates that a state of lassitude and feebleness is about to supervene . And when the whirlwind of national " PANIC , "— which will infallibly come , —shall again curl the foaming billows of 3 gitation , one bark alone will be seen * to float proudly upon their bosom , and her name the People ' s _Ciubier . Philip M'Grath , President . THOXAS ClAUK , Chbistopher _Dotle , Feabgus O'Connob , Thomas Martin _Wheeleb , Secretary .

      P . S . —The new cards of membership and the handbooks , containing the rules of the Association , are now ready for transmission to the localities . It is expected that every locality in the kingdom will send their order for cards early next week , when it will be punctually attended to .

      Ihe Northern Star Saturday, May 17, 1m5.

      _IHE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MAY 17 , 1 M 5 .

      Labour's Effort For Its Own Redemption. ...

      LABOUR'S EFFORT FOR ITS OWN REDEMPTION . The Central Committee , appointed at the late Natioxal Trades' Conference , is steadily pursuing thc -unostentatious and business-like course , which we recently commended in our notice of its first circular to the Trades . We have been favoured with a copy of mother document , just issued , which is equally creditable to the Committee , and gives ample proof of the sense its members entertain as to the responsibilities of their position—of their anxiety to perform their duties properly—and of the judgment exercised by them in the course pursued to acquire the requisite information .

      In looking back on the history ofthe Helot class of society , it is _^ impossible to help being struck with the number of ineffectual struggles it hasmade for emancipation . An instinctive sense of right and wrong has ever impelled its members to efforts for freeing themselves from the shackles which society had loaded them with . Hence , the retrospect presents an incessant war between the master and the slave

      class * into which—disguise the fact as we may by names—the population of all countries have always been divided . It issaddening toadd _. thathowcver great the justice of the claims of the slave class—however obvious the unmerited -wrongs to which they werc subjected , the battle has always gone against them . The fobm of the slavery may have been altered in the struggle ; but the slavery itself has remained unchanged in essence and fact .

      Why is this ? What is the reason , that , at this time of day , -we should have to repeat so obvious and so trite a truism . *? It cannot surely be because the labour class is destitute of the means to achieve the emancipation it has so earnestly longed for , so incessantly struggled to attain . The axiom , that" labour is the source of all wealth , " has become one of the common-places of the age : and the deduction that , therefore , its producers should fairly and justly participate in the products of their labour , is , so far as

      we Know , equally indisputable . But both statements , common as they may be , and generally as they may be assented to , have hitherto been singularly unfruitful in results . The right and the fact are the antipodes of each other . Labour does not participate fully and fairly in its own products : and , as "fine -wordsbutter no parsnips , " itis naturally discontented . It -will as naturally continue discontented , and , in its own way , constantly rebel against a system -which is so clearly unjust and oppressive .

      The very ingenious logic of such newspapers as the Weekly Clironicle fails tosatisfythe industrious classes of this eountry that they are justly dealt "with . For many years the writers who have taken in hand the exposition of that peculiar philosophy of national economy , of-which George Henry _Cannixg Ward is so eminent an advocate , have , by their volumes , essays , and speeches , in and out of Parliament , tried to convince the workers that their complaints were very-unreasonable , and that everything was just as it ought to be , or so very nearly so , that amendment could be effected but to a very small extent . Their labours have so far been attended with miserably little effect among the classes they were meant to silence , or render contented . At first the operatives

      did not understand the jargon ofthe Economists , and could not therefore answer them in their own lingo , or detect the fallacies which lurked in their propo . sitions : bnt that stage has been travelled over , and Mr . Ward has personally received , from the workingclass population ofthe borough he represents in Parliament , such lessons in political economy as should have convinced him , at least , that they were considerable adepts in its theory . It is true , their study of the subject lias led them to very different conclu sions to those propounded by fhe member of Parlia _ment and newspaper editor ; but the reason for this is not far to seek . The system-works well for Mr . Ward and his class—ill for the operatives ; hence the discrepancy of their views .

      The Weekly Chronicle , in its commentary on the proceedings ofthe late Conference , compliments its members for their " aptitude for business , " " coolness , " " love of-order , " " willing submission to authority decorum and method in what they had to do ; " and adds that "it is quite sure" the Conference " will disappoint those who may be disposed to look with anything like slight upon the Working Classes , or to fancy that they have not thc capacity to manage their own affairs with very little _mox-e of prejudice or error than we may see daily among those who have been long accustomed to the task . " Tliis is a high testimony to ihe advance of intelligence

      among the productive classes , coming from the quarter it does ; and though the Chronicle immediately afterwards repeats of its liberal admissions in respect to thc workers , and indemnifies itself by an attack upon Mr . Pcvcojibe , for what it chooses to call liis " encouragement of their errors , " we record it here as a proof that the mind ofthe hitherto antagonistic classes , in the warfare we have alluded to , is rapidly coming more upon a par , so far as intelligence and effective modes of conducting business are concerned . When iheir equalisation shall be complete they will not change places , but achieve that social equality which itis the inevitable tendency of modern productive inventions to confer on society .

      To this view of the matter , however , the Weekly Chronicle , and writers of the same school , seem utterly blind . They repeat , like so many parrots , the terms — " Foreign competitors in neutral markets "—" exports and imports "— " wages "—" profits "— " labour market "—" restrictive laws , " & c ., as if these werc the Alpha and Oxxxega of human knowledge , and the extension of the presentsystem of employing labour , and distribution of its products , the ultimatum of civilisation . After stringing together the usual plausibilitiesabout these matters , the Chronicle proceeds to say , speaking of the Conference : — " They recognise the true _pvineiple , when they say , in tbe report of

      ! their committee , 'that the great cause of the _con-! tinuous decline of the Wages of Labour is a redun dance of Workers compared with the demand for their Labour . "' " No doubtofit , " adds the critic ; "the difficulty is to find the remedy for an evil clearly seen and we esow ho oilier than a continued extension of our trade by sound commercial legislation . " Upon this point the Conference and its promoters join issue with thc Chronicle . Tliey say that " extension of trade" has hitherto been _conoimitantwithdiminished wages aud comforts to the working classes ; and that , herefore , they have no faith in future " extensions " producing any different result . They see asclearly as thc Chronicle , where " the shoe pinches . " They

      Labour's Effort For Its Own Redemption. ...

      have laid down their postulates clearly—argued from them fairly ; and their investigations have led them to the conclusion that the application of the surplus funds of the Trades to the purchase of land for the employment of " surplus hands , "—the erection of machines that will work for , and not against them , — and the direction of their united capital and labour to the production of real wealth and profitable results for THEMSELVES , are thc best modes of solving the problem which has ao long puzzled the Chronicle and other sapient economists .

      For our part , we hold with the Conference and thc latter view of the subject . It has a dash of common sense about it , which the theorising of the opposite party is very much in want of : and we think that Smith , _Ricaudo , and _M'Culloch , having been tried so long , with so few satisfactory results , there can be no harm in giving tho other system a trial also . It cannot , at all events , leave us much worse off than we are . The Land will have been none the worse for having been well tilled . The national capital will not have been reduced by the addition of the factories and machinery of the Associated Trades ; and the industry , skill , and experience of the working classes—those veins and sinews of the nation—will not have been impaired by their exercise in an attempt to rescue themselves from the thraldom of commercial feudalism .

      But—and here we come back to thc difficulty that lies at the very threshold of this important movement—how is the work to be set about ? What are the pre-requisite 3—the materials—necessary to success ? Shall this attempt , like its predecessors , fail , and be added to the already too long and dreary catalogue of past unsuccessful efforts ? or shall it be begun and carried out with that full knowledge of the difficulties to be surmounted , thc objects to be attained , and the materials at tho command of the projected Association , which are the only guarantees of its ultimate triumphant accomplishment ?

      We think we perceive evidence that Ms is thc way in which the subject presents itself to the Central Committee in every step it has taken since its appointment . The princi pal duty confided tothe com mittee was the preparation of a plan , to be submitted to another Conference in July next . This duty they are taking the best possible measures for discharging effectually , by first gathering , or at least soliciting , information of a practical nature from those only who can give it , namely , the Trades Unions of Grea t Britain . The manner in which this is done will be best seen by our inserting , entire , the document which has induced us to offer these remarks : —

      TO THE TBAMS ONIONS OF OBEAT BSITAIN . Friends , —The Central Committee , appointed at the National Trades Conference , have already communicated the objects for which they were appointed , and have also solicited that information whieh is essential to the performance of their duties . At subsequent meetings of the Committee the want of such information has been strongly felt ; and it has occurred to the Committee that they might assist those trades favourable to the objects of the Conference , by submitting a list of questions embodying the principal points on which the Committee need specific mformation . The subjoined table is forwarded with this view , and all trades are respectfully requested , after filling it up , to lose no time in returning it as directed .

      Hitherto , almost all measures intended for the improvement of the condition of the industrious classes have failed , because in a great degree they were based on partial and insufficient data . The Central Committee are anxious tbat the National Association should at least avoid this error , and that its plans should be founded upon the largest amount of correct statistical information . The short time assigned to thc Committee for the performance of their onerous task , will , it is hoped , incite the Trades to respond immediately to this appeal .

      QUESTION ! . _1 . Has your trade a code of laws for tho regulation of its business ?—and will you favour the Ceutral Committee with a copy of them ? 2 . Are your rules strictly adhered to ? 3 . Are you enrolled under thc Friendly Societies' Act ? —and if so , has such enrolment heen beneficial or otherwise ? 4 . What is the nature of the machineiy by which your

      society attempts to carry out its objects , and do you find it work well or the contrary ? 5 . What are the average wages in your trade ? 6 . What is the average time of employment in the year ! 7 . What is the average number out of employment ? 8 _. What are the subscriptions to the funds of your Union , the times of payment , and mode of collecting them * 9 . How are your funds invested 1

      10 . By what officers are they disbursed , and what security do you require of them ? 11 . How far have Savings Banks been beneficial to you , and what amounts have you invested iu them 1 12 . Have you any printed or manuscript balance sheets of your expenditure on strikes , tramps , and management , andean you favour the Central Committee with copies ? 13 . Has your trade struck , or been turned out , during the last ten years ? 14 . What sum was expended on each strike or turnout , and what was the result ? 15 . What are the regulations of labour in your trade 1 10 . Are you favourable to the introduction of a uniform system of ten hours per day , and in what manner would such a system operate on your particular occupation ?

      17 . What effect has ycur occupation on health and longevity ! 18 . Have you any allotments of land , or , if any , what is the average rent ? or would allotments be serviceable to you ? 19 . Arc your wages paid weekly , or how 1 20 . Are they paid at the counting-house of the master , or in a public-house ? If the latter , what Is the effect of such a practice ? 21 . Is the system of truck practised by employers iu your trade f—if any , what are their names , and what is the result ?

      22 . Do you work at home , orm workshops provided by your employers ? 23 . Have you any suggestion to offer ou this subject ? 2 * . To what extent are you favourable to the establishment of workshops and factories for the employment of the surplus hands in your trade ? 25 . In what way could you carry out any plans for location on land 1 26 . Are you prepared to join a General Union of Trades for thc regulation of trade matters and strikes , and to contribute to the general funds of such Union , supposing a discretionary power werc vested in its Central Committee for the support of strikes ? 27 . Have you auy general suggestions or plans to offer by wliich the objects of the late Conference can be carried out ?

      • signed in behalf ef the Central Committee , T . S . Duncombe , President , Ma * , * 1 , 1815 . T . Babbatt , Secretary . We trust the Trades will promptly supply the Coiumittce with the important information thus solicited . That is the duly which devolves upon them ; and it ought to be performed immediatelyfrankly—full } -. The indirect beneficial consequences which would flow from the aggregation of statistical and practical information of so valuable a description as that indicated above , will be evident at once

      to every man of business . It will enable the friends of Labour to prepare and direct a more comprehensive and efficient association for its protection than has ever yet been organised in this or any other country : and it will do away with onc grand cause of past failures , namely , the partial and limited data upon which proceedings were taken . Our advice , then , to thc Trades is , " Up , and be doing ! " There is not a moment to lose . WhethertheCentral Committee shall be enabled to acquit themselves in the efficient and business-like manner they evidently

      _desu-e to do , or not , depends entirely on thc promptitude and frankness with which the Trades respond to this appeal . If they do so in the right spirit , the Committee will , on' laying down the powers they have been provisionally appointed to wield , have the satisfaction of thinking they have done the cause of Labour sound , if hot showy , service : —and laid a foundation for an amelioration in the condition of the producer of wealth , which is absolutely necessary to place him in harmony with the advance recognisable in every other direction .

      Maynooth. The Two State Churches. So The...

      MAYNOOTH . THE TWO STATE CHURCHES . So then , easy as Sir Robert ' s progress appeared to be rendered by the subserviency of his spaniels upon the question of the Catholic Church Endowment a change has " come o ' er the spirit of his dream . " We predicted very early in the contest that the _Irisfy leaders would reap a profitable harvest from ministerial weakness . Poor Sir Robert vainly hoped that the Catholic Charitable Bequests Act would be received as one whole measure—the permanent Maynooth Endowment as another whole measure—and the Academical Bill as a third whole measure—but

      alas ! how woefully deceived ! The agitators , loth to lose the advantages to be derived from such a Trinity , turn upon thc giver , and say , no—we will take what suits us , and reject what would destroy us . We will have no education except that which is mixed up with spiritual instruction . , We will not have your Academical grindstone without your Theological cheese . We repudiate the notion of Irish youth receiving secular knowledge , debarred of those blessings which should flow from the spiritual fountain . For ourselves , while wc arc advocates for the diffusion of knowledge , under all circumstances , we do not altogether regret this rejection of the secular grindstone unaccompanied by the spiritual cheese .

      It gives us faint hope that the Irish priesthood , if purchaseable , will demand a price too high for the British Minister to offer ; and although Mr . _O'Connell ' s opposition , to be transferred to the Episcopal Synod , is based upon the absence of patronage rather than upon the godless system of education , yet the agitation upon the subject will enforce consideration upon tho three questions as a whole . Through thc ministerial attempt to subject the government of the Catholic Colleges to ministerial

      patronage , the Irish Catholic people will smell a rat . For ourselves , wc feel convinced that if peg-top , hand-ball , foot-ball , teetotum , cup and ball , prick in thc loop , thimble-rig , and five cards , constituted the course of secular education to be taught at the new seminaries , with the patronage vested in the Episcopal Synod , that Mr . O'Conneix would have lauded the measure as declaratory of ministerial good intention , and as an instalment of " Justice to Ireland , " while the amusements taught would have been designated as highly necessarv * accomplishments .

      Meantime , while the battle of the Churches goes bravely on , we find that Mr . O'Connell , with an acuteness peculiarly his own , finds it necessary to amuse the Irish people with solemn and imposing pageants . On the 30 th of this month , the _annivenf sary ofhis illegal incarceration , he is to hold a levee at the Rotunda , and , in regal state , to receive deputations as well from the several corporations in the kingdom as from the Associated Trades of Dublin . Tim is the first step towards the acceptance of the sceptre ; and though _Caasar thrice refused the crown , yet would he have gladly accepted it . Mr . O'Connell

      has a better national mind to support hini than _Cajsar had . The Romans werc slaves to many who led them sectionally for class purposes . The Irish are but slaves to oue man , and for one purposethey arc slaves to the man who has promised them Ireland , governed by the Irish ; and the moment that thc Irish people shall see fit to constitute Mr . O'Connell as their monarch , we should recognise his title to reign as superior to that ' of any " crowned head" in Europe . But then he must bear in mind that the Irish people will demand of him the realisation of tlieir every hope—the fulfilment of liis every promise . In faith , we live in queer times . Ireland refuses allegiance , or even respect to the House of Commons . The English people have weaned

      themselves altogether from any thought of the House of Commons , and yet that same House of Commons goes on legislating for both countries with as much composure as if they were the recognised of all , and as though their laws , however carried , were sure to be accepted ? Does Sir Robert Peel suppose that Mr . O'Connell is going to give up thc certainty of £ 400 or £ 500 a week for the uncertainty of what may spring from Ministerial gratitude ? Does he for onc moment imagine that the Irish people , trained as they have been to the pursuit of national aggrandisement , and in the hope of one day possessing thc land of thc countiy and thc government of the country , will abandon that pursuit , and hope for the mere possession of a divided interest in the State Church conferred upon their priesthood ?

      The fact is , that the evils of a surplus in the hands of a Minister , so powerfully described by Mr . Ex-President Tyler , has been the ruin of Sir Robert Peel . Surplus , brisk trade , good employment , party hobgoblinism , good harvests , railway bubbles , and a large stock of gold , together with a pliant House of Commons , have done much for Sir Robert Peel . They have enabled hini to build up as a magician

      with superhuman rapidity , but in proportion to the astounding elevation will be the astounding crash . Former panics have led to violent results , and yet they have been apparently confined to single interests , but Sir Robert has so managed to conglomerate and hash up all existing interests in one common hotch-pot of agitation , that each now has become dependent upon the other , and none can suffer damage without communicating the contagion to all .

      This Mr . O'Connell sees , and wisely watches the Minister ' s weakness , while he bides his time to make profit of his folly for his own individual gain . This wc see , and bide our time to make profit for our national principle . The weather is cold , while the wheat-crop requires genial heat to restore it from the effects of a long and chilling winter . The railway bubble has nearly reached its height . The foreign markets are nearly stocked . The landed interest is nearly tired of its subserviency . Themanufacturing interest is feasting upon the _miniatuae of Free Trade , presented in its profitable bazaar . The old

      State Church is clucking after its departing brood and its threatened revenues . The Catholic Church is in high feather at the terms they have extracted . The bankers , merchants , shopkeepera , innkeepers , bagmen , and publicans , reap their fair share of the national harvest . The soldier spends , and no one cares to ask from whence his means come . The police have au easy life . Those who are at work arc satisfied with their comparative condition , and one in every ten ( the parson ' s share of tithe ) is kept quiet in the bastiie , his growlings confined to the narrow limits of his dungeon .

      This is all but a gleam ; the cloud is hanging over us , and when it does burst , the crash will be tremendous . Let us be prepared for it .

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      J . Wilkinson , PtrjiooTU . —The work was never published separately . W , D ., Manchest _* - _*! . —Address , "Mr . Margarit , 8 , Sutton-place , Soho-square , London . " _JontJ Frost . —The following appeared in the T imes of Wednesday , copied from the Neioeastle Journal ;— "A letter received in South Shields last week from Sydney , states that Frost , the Chartist convict , is in comfortable circumstances there , being on a ticket of leave , and the manager of a large mercantile store . The writer states he looks healthy and happy . "

      Douglas _Jekkold presided at the annual meeting ofthe Birmingham Polytechnic Institution on Thursday evening , May 8 th . Previous to the meeting , the working jewellers of the town presented him with an elegant gold ring , having in the centre a fine onyx-stone , set in an eccentric shaped shield , and on the inner side the following inscription : — " Presented to Douglas Jerrold , Esq ., from the Operative Committee oftho Fancy Trades of Birmingham . May 8 th , 1815 . " This was accompanied by an address , expressing admiration of his character and writings . In thc hall of the institution liis reception ivas most enthusiastic , and he acknowledged thc compliment in a brief speech , the first ever delivered by him in _puWie .

      Chabtist do-oPEK'Tiv £ Iand Socim _* . — _Ifiiviug received numerous inquiries relative to the above subject , on points which are not fully developed in the rules , we deem it necessary to give the following explanation " . — " Ariy person , whether a member , or not a member of the National Charter Association , is eligible to become a shareholder of this society . A shareholder may possess any number of shares , but will only be entitled to one vote in the _translation of any ofthe business of the society ; shareholders not desirous of immediately occupying the prize falling to their share , may let their allotment , with its contingent advantages , ' to a tenant at the original rent of £ 5 per annum . The improvements made by the tenant to be an equivalent for the intcvest of thc capital of the

      proprietor , and six months notice to be given to the tenant by the proprietor ofhis intention to resume his holding . It is not the intention of the present board of directors to endeavour to procure the enrolment of the society from circumstances which have recentl y come to their knowledge , tliey are convinced that the attempt _uould be futile , and , in tlieir opinion , an unenrolled society under good management , is equally as safe as an enrolled one , and is free from many _disadvantages to which the other _n subjected . In an unenrolled society the rules can at any time be altered and amended , according as circumstances may render necessary , or increased experience dictate . I „ all enrolled society , every particular movement is known to the Govern ! ment ; no alteration can be effected in anv rule with-

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      out the express sanction of thc rovising barrister , Tidd Pratt , who , in his recent decisions relative to thc United Patriots , and other benefit societies , has clearly proved that his decision to-day is liable to he reversed to-morrow—all being left to his whim and caprice . The money being in the hands of a responsible treasurer , and invested by him in the bank in the names of trustees , which trustees must be bom fide members of the society , elected by the choice of their brother shareholders , is thus rendered perfectly secure , Any rules or alterations in the plan can be amended or made by the general meeting of shareholders , whieh ¦ will be hereafter called for the election of a permanent board of directors , trustees , & c . Any further information can be obtained of the Secretary , 248 i , Strand . By order of the Board of Directors , T . M . Wheeler , Secretary .

      _Sevebal Comhgnications ( including the address of the Metropolitan Delegate Council ) we are compelled to postpone till next week . Other favours await the return of the Editor to London , he being at present absent from town , Aberdeen . —lVe are requested to state that those of our readers in Aberdeen who wish to have their papers on Sunday mornings , can be accommodated by giving their orders to Mr . Robert Zindlay , Hairdresser , 154 , _Gallowgate . A Voice _fboh Ireland . — We take the Hberty of transferring to our columns thc foUowing from a letter re . ceived this week from our excellent friend , Mr . Patrick O'Higqins : — " I never read anything more triumphant than Mr . O'Connor ' s vindication . What a set of scoundrels liis assailants are . They are , as far as I can judge , mangy rascals . I must take hhn to task for having sent lowery to me in 1829 . I expected to have met a man of decent manners . Yours , Patrick _O'Higgins .

      Mas . Ellis . —Tfc have this week received the following letter from thc wife of the noble but unfortunate exile Ellis . _*— " Mr . Editor , —Having in vain struggled to surmount the difficulties I have had to encounter in London , I now contemplate quitting the metropolis to reside with my revered father in the Potteries , but am at present undecided as to what couwe I shall adopt , in consequence of my dear child ( Robert Emmett ) being soscriously afflicted that the medical attendant gives little hopes ofhis recovery . Sir , I beg to tender my most heartfelt thanks to those kind friends , who have so generously assisted me ; and sorry I am thai the assistance ( so well meant ) has proved unavailing as regards my establishment in London . I am constrained by my present position to earnestly request the immediate transmission of any monies that have been collected for my use -, at the same tim _< i I beg to _aekwowle-lge with gratitude thc receipt of 19 s . 8 d „ from Mrs . Cooper

      which she states was subscribed by Leicester working men , for Mi * . Cooper , but not accepted by that gentleman . I am also authorised to state that nothing would afford Mr . Cooper greater pleasure than to learn that the sums he has declined receiving were devoted to tho relief of the suffering wife and family ofhis former fellow-prisoner , William Ellis , If you , sir , can afford space for the foregoing you will confer an obligation on yours truly , Emma Ellis . " We must add to the above , that we have reason for believing tbat several persons are indebted to Mrs , Ellis trifling sums in the way of business , which debts , though trifling in amount , are of great importance to the bereaved . ' widow . Mrs . Ellis having been unfortunate in business , having a child dangerously ill and being compelled to contemplate a return to the country , justice demands that the persons alluded to should at once pay to Mrs . E , whatever tbey may owe . We shall be glad to hear that this hint has been taken and attended to .

      Mbs . Ellis . —A correspondent sends us the following : — Will you have thc goodness to inform Mr . W . Hamer , of the Temperance Coffee-house , Oldham , that Mrs . Ellis , the Whig-made widow , having failed in business , is at present unfortunately without any settled residence , but any communication addressed to her , in care of Mr . T . Jones , No . 52 , High-street , Shadwell , London , will come safe to hand .

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      MONIES "RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . FOR THE EXECUTIVE . £ S . d . From Burnley ( levy ) .. 0 10 0 Ditto .. .. 0 6 2 FromBacup .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. 0 3 G From Colne 0 4 U From Wheatley-lane 0 1 0 Fromllaggate .. .. 0 1 2 From Haslingden 0 1 4 _J From Marsden .. .. .. .. .. .. 015 NATIONAL CIURTIuB . ASSOCUI'lOK . Coventry , per Mr , Hemming .. .. .. .. 030 BUNCOMBE TESTIHONIA . L . From J . Saunders , Radford .. .. .. .. 25 " From James Fraser , Aberdeen 8 16 7 An Operative , Devizes ,, Wilts .. „ „ ,. 010

      EECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SUBSCRIPTIONS . s . d , s , d . Marylebone .. .. 3 0 Littletown .. .. 16 Bradford 6 1 Lower Warley .. .. 1 10 Hebden-bridge .. .. 8 0 | Mansfield .. .. 5 0 Dewsbury .. .. 18 LEW . Whittington and Cat , Mr . Harris 0 6 Ditto , Mr . Hawkins .. .. 0 6 Ditto , Mr . Tovel 0 6 Ditto , a Friend of the Oppressed 10

      CABDS . Marylebone .. .. 5 9 Trowbridge .. .. 3 3 Lewisham .. .. 3 0 Southampton „ ,. 3 3 Clock-house , West- W . Salmon .. .. 0 3 minster .. .. 5 0 T . Salmon .. .. OS _OONATIONS . Three admirers of Mr , O'Connor , Rotheriiithe .. 3 0 Mr . Dale , Mevton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. _i ! 0 Mr . Rogers , Clockliouse 0 6 UBS . ELLIS . Harmonic meeting at the Feathers , per Mr . Farm- 7 1 DUNCOMBE _TESTIMONIAL . Littletown 2 6 THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Secretary ,

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      Mystj-Bious Disapruaeanci' Of A Gextleji...

      _Mystj-bious _DiSAPruAEANCi' of a _Gextlejiax . — The family ofa gentleman named Stoddart , oi" Lambeth-road , Southwark , have been greatly distressed by the mysterious disappearance of Mr . Yv . Stoddart , 30 years of age . It appears that Mr . Stoddart ' s brother went on the 7 th inst . to the Paddington terminus ofthe Great Western Railroad , and proceeded by railway to Berkshire . When Mr . William Stoddart took leave of his brother , he stated to him that he should immediately return home ; but he has not since been heard of . Information , has been sent to all the police-stations in the metropolis , giving a description of his person and dress .

      Dreadful Railway Accident . —Vienna , May 3 . — As one of the trains on the Vienna and Glognitz Railway wasproceedingy & stcrday to the former place , the locomotive suddenly got off the rails , and produced a concussion , wliich caused tho instantaneous death of the _^ head conductor , and at a later period of two other persons . About twelve others were injured , but not dangerously . Thc accident is attributed by the Augsburgh Gazette to the speed at which the train was going , from nine to ten German miles per hour . The above paper adds that had the passengers carriage been four-wheel instead of eight-wheel ones , a greater loss oflife would have ensued .

      Attacking a House fob Arms . —On Sunday last the dwelling-house of Mr . P . _O'Keefb _, miller , at Ballyartella , within three miles of this town , was attempted to be entered by a party of six men armed , for the purpose of obtaining arms . Thc care-taker , who was left in charge of the house , had firmly fastened tho door , which precluded their entrance . They then fired in through the windows and retired . Mr . _O'Keefe and familv were at the time at chapel . — Ibid . Convicts fob Van Diemen ' s Land and _Nouvolk Island . —On Friday last the Naiad and Nymph , _» _.. _i _.-i ~ -v ii ... iir i ... ! . i . rv „„ .. ] ,.. „ .... i _.. aiiViuu _viwiiaoi _miv _iiuihii ui

      -pii , _-j «; _vjuiuyuuj , _uiijjiti down the river upwards of two hundred convicts from Millbank Penitentiary , to be put on board the David Malcolm , hired convict ship , lying off the Royal Arsenal . Burgess , who was sentenced to transportation for his connection with the Bank robbery of about £ 8000 , the greater part of which was recovered , when taken in America ; Dahlias , for the murder of a woman on Battcrsea-bridgc ; and Tolzer , for a murder in Ratcliff-highway , are among the unfortunates , and will have to pass the remainder of their lives on Norfolk Island , one of the severest penal settlements in New South Wales .

      Fatal Accident . —Dublin , Sunday . —I am deeply concerned to have to communicate the particulars of an awful , and it is to be feared fatal , accident to the colonel of the _1-ttU Regimeut , which occurred yesterday evening in the square of Richmond Barracks . The regiment had been ordered for an evening parade at four o ' clock , at which Colonel Shelton expressed his intention of being present , and at two o ' clock went out to ride on Adjutant Philips ' s horse , his own not been in good health . On going round one of the squares of the barracks , which arc very extensive , the horse shyed , and ran awav , and on passing through an archway struck the cook-house of the 6 th Foot , which is also quartered there , when thc colonel was thrown and the horse fell heavily upon lum . On being raised up the colonel was found to

      be badly wounded in thc back of the head and over the temples . He was quite insensible , and , notwith standing the immediate medical assistance of the surgeons of the 44 th , and also the 6 th , the sufferer has never recovered consciousness since . At three o clock to-day he was in a very debilitated state , and his dissolution was hourly apprehended—all hope of recovery being entirely abandoned . Colonel Shelton was with the -14 th all through the disastrous campaign in Afghanistan , and was onc of the Cabul captives _. He was at thc battles of Roloia , Vimiera , and Corrunna and several of the most Tcmarkable engagements in the Peninsula ; he served in the campaign in Canada in 1814 , and was afterwards upwards of 20 years in India , where he was distinguished for valour and high military attainments . Colonel Shelton lost his right arm at the capture of St . Sebastian . —Five o ' clock * . Colonel Shelton is dead .

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      Murder in tue County Mkaih . —The Drool ,, * Argus contains the following account of a m ,, 3 * committed within a few miles of that town * murder was perpetrated on last Saturday _in'Ti neighbourhood of Drumconra—the victim was in , named Clark : thc cause was that fruitful _som- ™ . f crime in this country , the taking of land Tho r ceased man and his brother had a dispute _-ilLi field , when a labourer in the employment * of i * brother killed him with a spade in the _m-isp ., ' 1 his brother . The homicide has escaped from , _„ , of The remains of the deceased werc intrawd ft Tuesday . _'•*•« Another Brutal Attempt at Munr > jen —Vf chestek _, Saturday . —Yesterday the neii ? _hlwli 7 . ! i . " of Henry-street , Great Ancoats , in this _S , ' _^ thrown into the greatest possible state of •¦ iii _*?"¦' the discovery of a most brutal and prcmediht >? tempt at murder . Thc perpetrator of tie oW _i i _^ iu every sense of the word , as far as the _inte-iti the murder was concerned , it was a _mni-, 1 ,.,. r ' . ' . ot deepest dye-is a man about 2 liyoarc of "' _"'? William Brooks . This morning he , _,, £ _«*«** before the magistrate by Mr . SupcrintemleJit _l-n i of thc A division , charged with cutting the thm t Mary Ann Leeming . It appeared from the _eviZ 0 t produced that the prisoner and his victim lv , «| j * ! _5 together as man and wife for some time , but | r , _{ cently been separated . The female lived : it ., \ T 0 "

      of ill-fame in Henry-street , and on Fridav iniuni Brooks came to the house to sec her . Haviii » _leaS that she was there in bed , he forced his way up ' auto her room , where lie found her and a .-hi ot * . _!**"* name of Taylor . The latter left the room" anj If prisoner after some time expressed a wish to _* W conciied to the young woman . Iu thc course of co „ vcrsation she asked him to buy her a string of B _l necklaces ; whereupon he put his arm rouml W neck to feel , as lie said , whether she was witlnmi _. Whilst in this position hc drew a razor across _C neck , and inflicted a wound several inches long , 'fu poor girl staggered out of-the room , and called out

      " murder ! " and on one of thc inmates of the _luw going up stairs , she threw herself into her anus n _wl fectly saturated with blood . Medical aid was V stantly procured and the wound sewed up , itftcr ivhieh she was conveyed to the Royal Infirmary in a _siaj _r insensibility . Brooks never attempted to csrape but , on being charged with the offence , said , " V _^ , ( have done the deed ; I havo murdered Man- An _' and cau now die in peace . " The prisoner , on liis cvj animation , manifested perfect indifference , _auduevec attempted to deny thc charge . He was remnndci till Wednesday , or till the fate of his victim to known .

      Sunday Nioiit . —On enquiry at the Infirmarv 1 learn that the poor girl is suffering verv sevcrclr but stiU alive , with a slight prospect of rcc ' ovm _* . '' The ute Execution at Brecon . —From the information given by Thomas Thomas ( latch * executed at Brecon for murder and robbery ) to the ' Rev Mr Jones , thc chaplain of the gaol , that gentleman pro ' cceded last week to search for the pocket-book ofthe murdered man ( David Lewis ) in a hedge near tlm convict ' s lather ' s house . After a long search , in which the Rev . Mr . Jones was assisted by several persons , the pocket-book was found under an a-Jt tree ; there was no cash in it , but there were several memoranda of importance respecting the deceased ' s business transactions . — Globe .

      SrAFiELDs Burial Ground , —Since the recent ex . citement on the subject of these grounds the numbrr of interments has decreased every Sunday , the aver _, age number not exceeding three , whilst previously they were twenty , and often approached to forty The grounds , which were previously open on Sunday afternoons for the admission of visitors , ar e kept carefully closed , except on the entrance of _buriafe . Much interest is attached to the coming trial at the Court of Queen ' s Bench , which will come on during the present sittings after term .

      Mamcious Burning . —On Tuesday night last , a fine house , two stories high , slated , and very well furnished , valued at about £ 400 or £ 500 , the wo-Derby of Andrew Johnstone , Esq ., situate at Corby , four miles from Longford , and two from _Edgfeworthstown , on the Dublin road , was _nniliciou- _'i _** burned to the ground . It was first noticed by the p assengers on the Dublin down-mail , at four o ' clock in the morning , at which time itwas in flames . It was evidently the work of some incendiary , as the police found under the stairs furze , tow dinned in

      turpentine , aud other inflammable combustibles , some of which were also placed in other parts of thc house . It has heen vacant for some time , Mr . Johnstone residing on a farm of his in the comity Dublin , and the key held by a care-taker , but hc d _« 5 not reside or sleep on the premises . It is a portion of the estate of Sir George Fetherstone , Bart . Aa investigation was held next day before Francis B . _Edgeworth , Esq ., J . P ., and Edward E . Hill , Esq ., S . M ., which ended in the committal of the herd ami another' man for further examination . —Longford Journal .

      Fatal _Cocmsio . v on the River . —At a quarter before two o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon , as the Waterman steamer No . 5 , was conveying from 300 to 400 passengers from London to Greenwich , she mei with a serious accident bv a billyboy , from Goolc , Yorkshire , running her bowsprit across the bow of the steamer , knocking all thc passengers within Iiec sweep flat on the deck . Unfortunately , a gentleman ofthe name of Williams , fringe-manufacturer , residing in Wilks street , SpitalfieldB , accompnnWd bv hi son and daughter , was amongst the greatest sufferm . Mr . W . had his collar-bone and one arm broken , and the other arm much injured : his son . aired ten vears .

      was killed on the spot ; his daughter , aged fourtccr ., was much injured about the head and had one finger broken . William Kent , of Seckford-street , _Clcrkcn * well , clerk to Mr . Wallis , of Carey-street , Lincoln ' sinn-fields , received severe contusions ; and two gentle * men , who refused to give their names , were knocked overboavd , but were fortunately saved by the crew o ' t the Waterman No . 5 . The captain of the steamer immediately proceeded with the sufferers to thc Dreadnought Seamen ' s Hospital ship , and put the unfortunate persons ou board that vessel , where every attention was instantly paid by the captain and _mcdi « cal gentlemen in attendance . The accident took place off Limchousc .

      Desperate Suicide on Southwark Bridge ( ar _Sfloonse ) . —On Tuesday afternoon a gentleman named John James Gogerlcy , aged 51 years , expired in Guy ' s Hospital , from the effects of a ' wound whicli he had inflicted upon himself by firing a loaded pistol into liis body on the night of Thursday last . It appeal's that between 12 and 1 o ' clock on that night , as City police-constable No . 4 _f 8 was on duty on Southwark iron-bridge , his attention was directed to thc flash and report of fire-arms which proceeded front the centre of the bridge . On hastening to the spothe found the deceased man lying on the ground , bleeding profusely from a wound on the left side , which liad evidently been caused by a pistol , the stock of which he grasped tightly in his hand , the barrel having been blown to pieces . A neighbouring surgeon was immediately sent for , and deceased was ultimately conveyed to the hospital . Mr . Marsh ,

      thc house surgeon , administered to hini the proper restoratives , and deceased was some time afterwards restored to consciousness . He at first refused to give any account of himself , but subsequently stated his name and where his relatives resided . The latter having been apprised of thc occurrence visited hint in the hospital , and it was ascertained that lie had borrowed a pistol from a person named Pearee , a night-watchman in the employ of Messrs . Boyd , warehousemen , lie then loaded it with lour bullets , stating he wanted it to shoot a mad dog at his sister ' s . He subsequently proceeded to the bridge , and _thcia committed tho act . Two of the balls werc afterwards extracted , but deceased lingered until Tuesday , when he died . He had formerly been in _comfmiaiuc circumstances , and filled the office of clerk to hi ** - brother , a solicitor in Mark-lane , but lately having become reduced in his circumstances , he has been it " . a very desponding way .

      Distressing Fire . — On _fuesday night , shortly before eleven o'clock , a fire occurred under circumstances of a most distressing character , and nearly attended with the most serious consequences to a mother and _lier cliild not more than a few hours old . It broke ont in a bed-room of the house occupied by Mr . James _Reilj _* , bread and biscuit baker , 'JO , Bunhill-row , _Mooi-ficlds . An elderly female , acting ir thc capacity of nurse during the confinement of Mrs . Itcily , was about assisting thc babe to its mother ' s breast , when , by accident , thc light of a candle caught the drapery ofthe Fre nch bed upon which the female was lying . In an instant thc bed-curtains and furniture were in a blaze . The nurse tore down the hangings , wliich werc all on ( ire all round thc unfortunate mother and her child . In diw this the burned

      nurse her hands most severely ; but happily her efforts had the effect of arresting the progress of thc fire . The next moment thepoor old woman called out "Fire , " as loud as she possibly could , wliich brought up Mr . Roily , who at the moment was standing at thc door talking to a friend . Meantime thc poor mother , clasping the baby to her bosom , and regardless of immediate consequences , leaped over thc framework of thc bed , and rushed out of the room into another apartment , where she was instantly attended to by thc inmates . Information having been sent to the neighbouring station of the fire brigade , the Whitecross-street engine , with Mailett , the principal engineer tliere , were soon upou the spot , and thc fire was fortunately extinguished . On Wednesday morning both mother and child were doing well .

      Thunder Storm .- —Bristol , Sunday Evening . — » e were yesterday visited by one of tli < _i heaviest _tlittiwei storms we have experienced for many years past . Several trees in the villages adjacent to the city were struck by the electric fluid , and a vessel called the Joseph , of Kinsale , which was lying on the _QuajV near the Swivel Bridge , waiting to discharge a cargo of potatoes , had her mast split in two . Some seamen who were on deck at thc time narrowly escaped „ _««•• struction . Wc have not heard of any loss of hie ; but there can he little doubt that much damage ua * been done , of which the intelligence has not as yec reached us .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 17, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17051845/page/4/