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      Thk Northern Star. March 28, 184«. I

      THK NORTHERN STAR . March 28 , 184 « . I

      &M&Mericas Working Men's Movement

      & M & MERICAS WORKING MEN'S MOVEMENT

      _SUMXASaFAllOS OF LABOUR , AXD TID 3 LAND PROGRESS . [ From \\ mg _^ m « ri » a ( Xow York ) of Feb . 21 . ] G Gradually , but no longer slowly , ia the free soil more- ' nneianent progressing , _Seter in one week have SO many _tfavcfrronraWe accounts come to hand as the present . From Mai Maine , Massachusetts , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Illnois , Yir Virginia , _Mississippi , and from various part 6 ol this _Sta State , liave come the jojful free soil echoes , throug h let letters and papers many mora than can be noticed this we week . Several new movements have taken place , ana sei several new papers have spoken out , more or less p lain , ag against tbe " Grab System" now in operation , and _ m fa favour of securing the means of existence outside of the pi -house or the prison . Let us briefly enumerate a

      poor te few of the glorious sTmptoms of the week . Away off in 1 ! Mane , we find a gallant pioneer band of _SaUonal Reft formers Baking a successful stand against the combined fc forces of the two degenerate _spoUs-huntmg parties , in _S _Wachnsetts , the light of National Reform * pointing 0 Out the true path to conflicting hosts who have been « earnestly seeking * : " . theold " cradle * city _... p . rki i _trndled-from Lowell bright lights are radiating m all d directions , at Randolph the true standard is raised , and a an old es tablished paper is about to souad the jala . ee t trumpet at another important point . In Pennsylvania t the true doctrine is fast spreading , and our sterling c coadjntors at Pittsburgh , by their new publication , tha j Advocate of Human Sights , have efi « ctu ! dlj roused tlie * " _sviai of liberty" in that quarter . In Illinois , the

      J . _RB'i < f » ' i > " > Cwnly Record contends ably for the Inalienable 1 homestead . But perhaps the most important symptom < of all Li the report of a select committee of thelegisla-1 tore of Mississippi , to whom was referred the petition of _s sundry citizens of Harrison county in that State , praying 1 the abolition ef the Legal Credit System , submitting to 1 the legislature a bill for the repeal of all tha laws for the i collection of foots : an admirable document , that shall appear in next week's paper . In our owu State , to which all eyes will now be turned till after our State Convention , movements less radical , but yet far in advance of the old party projects , have taken place : at Owego , Tioga county , a meeting bas been held in favour of exempting 1000 _dols . worth of real estate from debt ; tha Oaea » Gazette sneaks highly of the proposition ; and

      the Binghinnton Iris notices it _favourably ; the Daily _Teltyrapa of this city recommends substantially the same thing ; and the Ecening Z * _ijercopies the recommendation . These symptoms are significant . Ihey mean something . They mean tbis , that the Xafional Reform movement has awakened a new hope in the mind ofthe oppressed , and has opened a new Add for philanthropic effort , ifen ara _determining to be free—really free ; to hare the _rnnaus of existence secure grom ihe grasp of legalised ararice ; and patriots have resolied to accomplish this work . " We have been governed too much . " Our natural right to the soil has been usurped , instead of being protected , by legislation ; and the " strong arm of the law"has been extended in aid of all sorts of monopolies built npon tiie original usurpation . The day of deliverance draweth

      It is not merely to secure property to the few fortunate , but not always most worthy , possessors under the present system , that the Hational reform movement is designed . To secure _oS the rights of every human being is the work to be done . To secure , above all , the homestead , that absolute requisite to the existence of freemen , that most essential right of which tbe people of New York are now deprived , is especially tbe business of the coming Convention . Would it not be ths broadest farce and biggest folly of tbe age for the greatest State of this great

      confederacy to assemble her wisa men , seventy years after the declaration of independence , which aR _acknowledge as authority , to form a government which should not guarantee to the citizens the means of free labour for : subsistence ! Oar forefathers decreed that tbe eldest child of the family should not _possess the family estate to the exclusion of the rest . Surely we have not lived to this day without learning that each child of the great family of the State has the same right to a foothold npsn the _earth as the children ot the most fortunate family !

      To secure the homestead , it Is necessary to provide that no further monopoly of tbe soil shall take place ; that a limitation to individual possession shall be agreed npon ; that tbe land already monopolised shall be distributed as the possessors decease , till it shall eome down to tha limit _established ; and that the homestead shall be inalienable , except at the will of tha occupants . To accomplish tbis last-named purpose , the simplest way would ba to prohibit any legalised credit system , or laws for the collection of debts ; a measure which , of itself , would effect more good than all the other measures ( excepting the land measure ) that have been talked of or thought of with , reference to tha new constitution . Thes . measures would effect a compromise with our present legalised wrongs , that would gradually bring about the full measure ofjustice without injury to any human being . Nothing short of these would accomplish the object . To the measures , therefore , the land limitation and the inviolability ofthe bemestead , all _deltgatag of tlie Constitutional Convention should be pledged .

      It is by no means certain tbat these measures cannot be carried . Greater revolutions have been effected in less time than is left us . At any rate , the work is to be done , either at this Convention or a future one ; and there is no mote effectual way of advancing it than to get it before the Convention ; have it discussed ; and have the discussions printed in the record of the proceedings for the benefit of the next Convention . The people now are ready for the change , if the press will do its duty in the matter . Is it not time for the National Reform Association to be moving on this subject ! The adoption of the free soil principle by tbe State of Sew York would be the beginning ofa national reform , tbe greatest in the modern history of the world .

      The vote for the State Convention will be the most Important , perhaps , that the present generation will have the opportunity to cast . It will be for or against a landed aristocracy ; for or against a lauded democracy ; fer or against an inalienable homestead for our children and our children ' s children , one and all . and for ever !

      THE OREGOS . [ The following article we extract from an American "Working Men ' s paper entitled , the Voice of _Industri-. It will tie-seen that the principles and views recently expressed by the Fraternal Democrats , in their address to the people- of Great Britain and the United States , have some ardent supporters ( and will jet hare more ) on the other side of the Atlantic ] By reference to the _Congressional proceedings , it will be seen that "Oregon" still continues to be the all-absorbing theme among our political loafers . We are glad , however , to see among the froth and foam about " American rights , * '" our gallant may , " and " our right to Oregon , " seme manifestations of rationality on the part of _somemembers , whose candour and sense of justice fit them for better _company than a gang of political vampires , who are using the people ' s rights as a capital to gamble upon .

      "We Declare again , tbat the soil of Oregon belongs to those who will settle and cultivate it . Great Britain or the United States have no valid claims upon it—it belongs to the people . Government has no right to traffic in the elements of life , to build ships of war to rot in our docks , and support a prodigal dynasty of republican rioters , who , under pretence of gaining the people some apparent superficial good , create a doz « n evils to feed upon their _their right * . Ones pmetieaU p _establUh ihe principle fas established it surely will be ) , that as much of the soil belongs to every man as he can cultivate , without pajing a tax to government , and directly tax property to support all necessary legislation , and the American people would not suffer under the grievous burden of paying 40 , 000 , 000 dollars annually for annexing territory which has ever belonged to them . It is a shame and a _disgrace that our people should suffer a clan of reckless office holders to put into their crib 1 . 25 dollars for every acre of land that God gave as a free heritage to aU .

      From tbe latest information , we learn that Congress has refused to accede to any proposition from the British Parliament , voting in favour of the " "Notice ; " thereby virtually declaring that God iu his wisdom decreed that a tax of 1 . 25 dollars on every acre of saleable land in Oregon shall be paid into the treasury of the United States , to build ships of war , support armies and uavies , and pay men from eight to one hundred dollars per day for serving the devil—travelling fees not considered .

      Death O? Ma. Lasios, Ik% Comedian.—Mr. L...

      Death o ? Ma . lasios , ik % Comedian . —Mr . Listen , who has long been in a declining state of health , expired on Sunday morning , at half-past ten e ' elock , at his residence at Hyde "Park-corner . During the whole of the last week his medical men had given up the case as hopeless , and for some months he had been gradually sinking . It is now nearly forty-one years since he made his first _appearand in London , in the character of Jacob Gawkey , in the Cltapter of Accidents . He is , we believe , the son of a watchmaker , who lived near _Fenchurchstreet , and at a very early age exhibited a

      predilection for dramatic performances ; however hia peculiar line , as he conceived ( and , indeed , as Bannister , Fawcett , Mathews , and many others thought of themselves ) , was tragedy . As a performer of common characters , his place will , perhaps , never be adequately supplied . To a rich lund of _naturalhrimourheaddsdthecare _. _dwrimmation _. and perception of the finished artist . Hence he never was merely droll , bnt so moulded and adapted his powers of humour aa to make them perfectly characteristic of the part he played . In private life Mr . Listen ' s habits were domestic , and he possessed the respect of all who knew him .

      Coujsios ox tiie BiiumGnAM Railwat . —On Saturday evening the up mixed train , which left Birmingham at forty-five minutes past five , met with an accident of a formidable nature , but which did not , fortunately , cause loss of life or limb to any one ! Everything went on well until the train had passed the Chcddington station , but on entering a deep cutting about two miles from Tring , the train came in "violent collision with _thrceluggage waggons , which were most unaccountably left standing on the rails . Most ofthe passengers were thrown off their seats , and as soon as they recovered from the shock manv of them got out and scrambled up the tutting , as there was great fear of the express train coming up and dashing the other train to pieces . The guards , however , immediately despatched men both up aud down the line with signals to stop it , and ia this they fortunately succeeded .

      Protection Of Native Industry. Tha Follo...

      PROTECTION OF NATIVE INDUSTRY . Tha _following letter from Earl Stanhope was read «? J _^ _Sf _nV MMnSy held in Marylebone , for the _SJES & _KT ? _Soeiety for tie Protection of Native Industry : — _Cnevemng _, near Sevenoalu , ( corr . ) March 2 , 1816 . S _, B > _ I am much rejoiced to learn b y your letter , that it is intended to form in the parish of Marylebone a Society for the Protection of Native Industry ; and I most ardeittly wish that the same course may ba followed , not only throughout the metropolis , but also iu every othtr part ofthe United Kingdom . Ho time ought to be lost , no exertions ought to be omitted , in opposing most sire _, _auously those measures of free trade which have lately

      been proposed , aud which would so much injure all the industrious classes by depriving them of the moans of subsistence , or by diminishing their wages . Theinclosed statement , which I prepared , and which relates solely to manufactured articles , shews bow much the protection that is justly due to the urticans was reduced in 1842 , and how much more they would be exposed to the competition of foreigners by the new proposal of the present ministers . You will perceive by that statement that it includes many articles of luxury , the cheapness of which would be of no advantage whatever to the industrious classes , and you art aware that a reduction of price in other articles would be no compensation to them for the losses which they would sustain by free trade , and for the intolerable distress with which it would afflict them _.

      I have expressed , both in and out of Parliament , my opinion that all the industrious classes have a right to be fully represented in the House of Commons , and that every citizen of the state is justly entitled to a vote . If such were now the case the ruinous and revolutionary project of Ministers would , I hare no doubt , be rejected by an immenso and overwhelming majority ; but as such is not the case , the industrious classes inaj ask wL ether a House of Commons , in which they are not fully represented , can have a right to adopt measures that vitally affect their rights and interests ! Public opinion has already been displayed in the meetings whieh have been held , and in the elections which have taken place , and it

      would have had still greater weight if several members of Parliament had not persisted in retaining their seats in utter disregard of the wishes of thoir constituents . As both the political factions are in favour of free trade , and us a party spirit is now more prevalent than patriotism , it is more than ever requisite for the people to act with energy and union . The industrious classes should everywhere , and in a voice of thunder , demand full and effectual protection—a redress of their grievances , and a restoration of their rights . In this cause , in which aU of them hare a common interest , no differences in party politics should prevent them from cordially co-operating for their mutual defence .

      I need not represent that tho sufferings occasioned by free trade would be very much aggravated by the detestable and despotic New Poor Law , which punishes poverty as a crime , and which was truly described to be " the most infamous law that ever was enacted in an ; christian country . " The dangers of free trade would be very much increased by the Currency Laws , as the natural results might be au exportation of gold , a scarcity of money , and a stagnation of trade , attended with grievous and general distress . If the principles of free trade are to be adopted , let them be carried into affect immediately , and in their fullest extent , aud the consequence would be a violent and sudden reaction , which the combined strength of the two political factions would be quite unable to resist . An injured and indignant people would drive , like chaff before the

      wind , those who had attacked their rights by depriving them of that protection which it is the duty of every government to preserve , which all thosa who are engaged in native industry may most justly claim , and which cannot be taken from them without destroying tlie security of all property . I feel very strongly upon this subject , because it may have been the intention , and it would certainly be tbe effect of these measures of free trade to lower the wages of labour ; and I have as much at heart the prosperity and welfare ofthe working classes as if I were one of their number , for I do not recognise any real superiority but that which arises from moral , mental , or physical qualifications ; and I know what is due to their skill and industry , to their patience and perseverance , and to their rights , which ought at aU times to be held sacred .

      In justice to the labouring classes , whose wages , or whose meanB of employment , would be very much reduced through a competition with foreigners in the home market , it is indispensably requisite , and tbey would have a right to demand , amongst other measures , the entire repeal of the Excise duties on soap , malt , and hops , and Ofthe Customs duties on coffee and sugar , the produce of British colonies , and on the low-priced sorts of tea and tobacco . I am well aware that this would be only a relief , but not a sufficient compensation , and that many other measures ought also to be adopted , which I forbear to mention at present , as the first object is to oppose the progress of free trade , and to drive from office those Ministers who have entirely and for ever forfeited the respect and confidence ofthe people , I am , sir , Your obedient humble servant , To Mr . H . D . Griffiths . Sis khopb .

      REDTJCTIOKS OF DUTIES ON MANUFACTURED

      GOODS . ON ONE HCNDBED POUNDS VALCZ . _HAllS PfiOPOSED 1 N _1812 . in 1846 . _Skinsorfursfarticlesma- £ . i . d . £ . s . d . £ . s . d . nufactured of , ) from 75 0 0 to 20 0 0 10 0 0 Tiles 50 0 0 10 0 0 Casks , empty ... 50 0 0 85 0 0 10 0 0 Crayons 40 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Linen and diaper ( plain ) not otherwise described 10 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 L » c » made by the hand 30 0 0 12 10 0 10 0 0 Hides , dressed , not otherwise described ... 30 0 0 10 0 0 free . Skins , tanned or dressed , and not particularly described ... SO 0 0 10 0 0 Beads , not otherwiseenumerated 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Bronze manufactures 30 0 0 la 0 0 10 0 0 Brass and copper

      manufacture s 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Gauze of thread ... SO 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Hair and goats' wool - manufactures ... SO 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Linen sails 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Pencils 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Sealing wax 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 z 0 Spa ware 30 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 Telescopes 30 0 0 15 0 0 free . Tobacco pipes of clay 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Turnery 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Varnish 30 0 0 15 0 0 ' 10 M Brocade of gold or silver SO 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 Carriages 30 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 China , ornamented ... 30 00 3000 10 00 Embroidery and

      needlework 30 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 Pomatum 30 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 Pots , of stone ... 30 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 Thread , not otherwise enumerated ... 25 0 0 10 0 0 free . Watches 35 0 0 10 0 0 Linen and cotton , or linen and wool manufactures , notparticularly enumerated 25 0 0 15 0 0 free . Clocks 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 Matting 20 0 0 5 0 0 Baskets 20 0 0 10 0 0 Boxes 20 0 0 10 0 0 Feathers , dressed ... 20 0 0 10 0 0 Frames for pictures , & c . 20 0 0 10 0 0 Mattresses .. _- . ... 20 0 0 10 0 0 free . Toys 20 0 0 10 0 0 Buttons 20 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 Iron and steel , wrought , and not otherwise

      enumerated 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Japanned and lacquered ware 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Musical instruments 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 . 0 0 Pencils , of slate ... 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Pewter , steel , and tin manufactures ... 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 Earthenware ... 15 0 0 10 0 0 Iron cast ( per ton ) ... 10 0 O 1 10 0 free . BV WEIGHT , Ac . _jEIOOWm _* Blacking ( per cwt . ) 3 12 0 100 10 00 Candles , of tallow ( cwt . ) 334 0 10 0 056 Ditto , ef spermaceti ( lb . ) 026 006 003 Ditto , of wax ( lb . ) 020 004 002 Corks , ready made , from July 5 th , 1843 ( per lb . ) . 0 7 0 0 0 8 Gunpowder ( per cwt . ) 3 0 0 10 0 Hats of chip ( per lb . ) 080 050 OSS Ditto of caue , Ac , not more than 22 in . in

      diameter ( per doz . ) ... 100 0 10 0 070 Ditto , more than 22 in . in diameter ( per doz . ) 300 0 15 0 0 10 6 Ditto , made of , or mixed with felt , hah * , wool , or beaver , each ... 018 6 0 2 6 Hemp , dressed ( per cwt . ) 4 15 0 0 4 0 free Iron , pig ( perton ) ... 0 10 0 0 5 o Ditto , bars , unwrought _Kperton ) 110 0 1 0 0 Paper , waste , & c . ( per lb . ) 0 0 9 0 0 44 Pasteboards ( per cwt , ) 3 8 2 110 o " Platting of cane , horsehair _.

      Ac . ( per lb . ) ... 10 0 0 10 0 Ditto of chip ( per lb . ) 0 8 0 0 2 0 free Ditto of straw ( per lb . ) 0 17 o ore oo ' o Powder ( hair ) , per cwt . 9 15 0 10 0 Ditto , perfumed , do . 13 13 0 1 0 0 Soap , hard do . 4 10 0 1 10 0 1 0 0 Ditto , soft do . 311 3 1 Q 0 0 14 0 Skins of sheep , tanned or tawed , per 100 ... 2 0 0 0 12 0 free Ditto , dressed in oil , do . 4 0 0 loo Ditto of lambs , tanned or tawed , per 100 ... 0 10 0 0-5 0 Ditto , dressed in oil , per

      100 015 0 0 10 0 Ditto , dyed or coloured , Per 100 4 0 0 2 0 0 Starch , per cwt , ... 910 0 010 o '"

      Protection Of Native Industry. Tha Follo...

      £ . s . d . £ . _s . d . £ . s . d . Wafers , per lb . ... 0 13 0 0 8 10 0 0 Washing balls , ( per cwt . ) 018 006 100

      LEATHER _HAXVFACTVBB 9 , Women's boots and calashes , per doz _. n ... 110 0 0 12 0 0 G 0 Ditto lined or trimmed , per dozen 116 0 6 15 0 0 7 6 Ditto shoes 16 0 0 10 0 0 5 ° Ditto ditto , trimmed ... 190 0 12 0 050 Ditto of silk 0 18 0 0 9 0 0 4 6 Ditto trimmed ... 14 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 Men ' s boots 2 14 0 1 8 0 0 11 0 Ditto shoes 14 0 014 0 0 7 0 Gloves ( habit ) ... 0 4 0 0 3 6 Ditto ( men ' s ) ... 0 5 0 0 3 G Ditto ( women ' s ) , or mitts 0 7 0 0 4 6 Parchments , perdoz . sheets 0 10 0 0 6 0 free . Vellum , per skin ... 0 7 2 0 10 _PJW **« HANGINGS . Per sauare yard ... 0 10 0 0 2

      Lord Mount Edgcumbe And His Tenants. [Fr...

      LORD MOUNT EDGCUMBE AND HIS TENANTS . [ From the Plymouth Herald . ) My Friends , —At this moment , so interesting to tho agricultural interest , it would , as your laudlord , have given m e great pleasure to meet you , but , as I am prevented from doing so by tlie stjite of my health , I caunot refrain from addressing you by letter . It is not to hold out any hopes that protection to agriculture can be longer maintained ; it is decided that in a few years the English farmer will have to compete with the world . Nor can I so entirely get rid of my former opinions as to be able to declare that we have uot great ground for alarm .

      Yet , when I see , with very few exceptions , every man who can claim any title to the character of a statesman epenly commit himself to directly contrary opinions , and consider that on a question of this kind , that of any man of acknowledged talent , who has laboured to ascertain the facts upon which it is formed , is worth the opinion of any number of ordinary meD , particularly when his sincerity ib proved by Mb interests being deeply involved I cannot , under such circumstances , myself despair , and hope that jou nill not , but wait till the result is shown by experience . If , as some say , the change prove

      beneficial rather than injurious , I shall most sincerely congratulate those who hold leases uuder me on their good fortune ; if the contrary , I then , after obtaining the best information and advice in my power , shall take tbat course wliich , according to my judgment and eonscience , 1 shall deem to ha liberally just . One thing is , however , certain—all agree that to ward off these dangers we must exert ourselves . We are started in a race against all comers , and wo betide the hihdermost . In such a race the manafacturers have been signally victorious , and it is well for farmers to consider by what means they havo succeeded .

      That success is attributable to , not only a steady attention to " their business , but also to an unceasing activity of mind . Each improvement in their respective trades is no sooner made public thau it is immediately adopted , antiquated methods are put aside , and erery new discovery of science and ingenuity without delay or hesitation put iuto practice . Those without the activity , the talents , or tbe capital necessary to effect such changes become bankrupts , and their places are supplied by others iu tha enjoyment of those advantages , or rather necessaries . Against all but tenants has this last penalty been in force , and why has it not been against them «

      Because other influences besides the love of money _, making have been allowed to operate . The landlord feels that the tenant is bound to his estate , and he to his tenants , by ties ofthe heart , rarely , if ever , known to the manufacturer , or by those with whom he is connected . Far be it from me to wish those feelings should cease to exist or to exercise their kindly influence ; I deem them to be the best source of the peace , and the happiness , avid the strength of the community ; and when I am told that we are fated to become the shopkeepers ofthe world , I deplore the change , from fhebclief that with it must come the diminution of such feelings .

      The misfortune that has tended the most to cripple tho efforts of your friends ( which , like most so-called misfortunes , arises from a great fault ) is , that the agricultural labourers have not , and do not , enjoy the comforts they , in reward for their services , are justly entitled to . Our duty as Christians to society , and to ourselves , calls upon us , each iu our station , to remedy to the utmost of our power that disgraceful evil ; but for that , none who hold happiness , morality , and kindly fellow-feeling to be greater blessings than any wealth alone can bestow , will doubt that the life of an agriculturist is as much to be preferred to that of men toiling , speculating , and gamblingin dark manufacturing towns , as a healthy spot on the green is to a night passed over dice nt the gambling tabic .

      The power to chtclc the ordained course of events , however , nowhere exists ; the agriculturists are treated as , and now indeed are termed , " manufacture ™ " of corn , and to exist must , however unpalatable , adopt to a great degree the system , and submit to tbe same fate as their fellow manufacturers . It must be remembered that now no capital produces to its owner so small a return as that invested in land ; while iu no manufacture have science and ingenuity introduced greater improvements than in tbat of food ; and it is not only the ii . terest . but tho duty of tenants , following the example of all other manufacturers , to use every exertion—first to learn , and then to put into practice these improvements without delay . To tenantB who have succeeded to estates from thoir ancestors have also frequently descended habits which it is

      hard to cast off . The attempt , howover , now must bo made . Landlords are on their part bound to take every meaus in their power to mnko their tenants acquainted with all changes in agriculture which from time to time experience may have shown to he improvements—and also to give them every assistance in their power , by sharing on equitable terms the expense , or by in any other way aiding them to earry them out ; but , in return , they have a full right to expect the utmost readiness in tenants to take advantage ofthe assistance and informs _, tion offered , and to decline a renewal of connection with men who refuse to perform their part in what is no more

      than their duty , at a time of difficulty and danger to all . As I said before , in other trades , either the want of sufficient activity or of capital is followed as a matter of course by * inevitable ruin , and no aid is offered ; but a _tenaut _' s case , as I put it , and as I hope under most land ? lords it would in fact stan * , is far better . For if he will be but willing and active , consideration and assistance will be shown to shield him from the _dinastrousconsequences tbat naturally flow from the want of talent and capital . But I repeat , that when advice and assistance are offered and not readily accepted , the fata common to all must be expected , and cannot in justice be complained of .

      I will not lose any time in determining on a system by which information proved to be useful , and the assistance you can fairly expect from me , may be afforded ; and iu the meantime confidently call your attention to the advantages which are certain to be derived from a great increase of the number of cattle fed on your estates , to the better preservation of their manure , and to underdraining . With this I should have concluded , but that I have been assured tbat a strong feeling exists among tenants generally that the late conduct of many of their representatives on this question is such as to shake their confidence iu the honour of gentlemen .

      Let me , then , state my conviction , and tho reasons for that conviction , why men , unbeund by positive pledges or promises , have not , under the existing altered s tote of _thingSjinjured the agricultural interest , or done more than their public duty . Mind , I am not attempting to defend Sir It . Peel , for with sorrow must I admit , that nothing I have read , heard , or baen able in my own mind to conceive , does afford a sufficient justification for having led so large a portion of the gentry and legislators of England to take the position they now are placed in , and then , by heading himself the attack against it , rendering it equally impossible for them to attempt to maintain it without injury to the public interests , or to retreat from it without rendering themselves liable to theimputations they are now exposed to . The destruction of conSdence between the people and their representatives is a great social evil , which it is one ofthe first duties of a man

      holding his high office to guard against . He , on the contrary , has to an unhappy extent caused it—tbat is eertaiu—but , whether unavoidably or not , I will not now discuss . That which 1 now wish to convince you of , is , that after that course of conduct of Sir It . Peel ' s , joined in by all others ( but one or two ) who do or have held high -Ministerial offices— -a man quite equal to the high station of a member of the legislature , but who has no pretensions to the still higher position of Minister of this great empire—still holding opinions in favour af the Corn Laws , and who has sufficient do termination and self-devotion , at any personal risk or sacrifice , strenuously to combat for them ( did he think it right ) , may well be induced to act upon the opinion , that a further attempt to do so is neither in accordance with the publie interests generally , nor _, inonepointof view , his own honour or that ofthe great agricultural body he belongs to .

      Our case is less good than that of a man supporting rights against another making equal claims to them , for we are accused of maintaining ours by an abuse of powers granted te us for the public good , and at the same tiuia violating justice aud humanity by rendering food to the half-fed dearer . We conscientiously believed these imputations to ba groundless—that the withdrawal of protection would benefit none , while it would cause ruin to the many interests connected with our own , and thus destroy tbe firmest support of the Crown and empire ; and so long as

      that opinion was supported by all the statesmen in whom , upon every other question , we reposed confidence , we were fully justified in enforcing it . But , as a man would be charged with forfeiting his honour if he attempted to maintain rights when all , whom he must admit to be tlie beat judges in the case , have declared against him , may not we be similarly accused if we still attempt to _maintain advantages which all disinterested men , all the most talented , amongst thosa even who are interested , have declared to be unjust to others , injurious to the public , and unnecessary to ourselves ?

      How can a cause be maintained in opposition to such a vast portion of the community , including the most distinguished of ourselves , when not a disinterested judge or umpire can be round to sanction or support it—nay , even to refrain from condemning it I But you will ask , are members justified in acting against opinions declared by them at the hustings *? I say , yes , if they went not as delegates , but as members of Parliament , free to dQ their

      Lord Mount Edgcumbe And His Tenants. [Fr...

      duty , such as the constitution requires them to be , unbound by positive pledges or promises , [ The act of resigning in the middle ofa Parliament , in consequence of * difference of opinion with constituents , is in principlomore democratic than annual Parliaments . ] I will try to make you understand my view of their conduct , by putting for your considwation a parallel case . A naval man uudwtakes the charge of a 3 hip , und declares his determination to avoid a certain port . After , however , having joined the fleet , all the commanders in whom he has confidence , to his amazement , sail themselves straight into it , and assure him that it is for tbe interest of his employers that he should follow . He himself fuels , that whether it be prudent or not , it l * certain that his vessel niuBt eventually do so , and that her

      exposure in the meantime to the tempests can be wily productive of danger and evil . Would it not bo acting upon a mistaken point of honour , for the sake ef adhering to the words of his agreement , to do that which in his opinion can only injuro the interests intrusted to his charge ? Such , in my opinion , would have been the coi - duct of members of Parliament on tho present occasion , in continuing a resistance uuder the circumstances equally impossible to be maintained , or to bi productive of any benefit , and which it maybe well considered not honourable to attempt . Kever forgot , also , that they _conld have no possibl « object in changing their opinions but that of doing ' their duty to the public . It is a step

      winch atimidman , orone who wouldratherbe dishonest than risk being thought so , would not take—but which _thoBe _jUBtly confident in their past character , the purity of their motives , aud of receiving ultimate justice from Englishmen , may safely ( as I have striven to show ) properly take for otice ; but let Ministers ofjihe _Urown , who value the constitution , which , to exist , " must enjoy , in its _several branches , the confidence of the community , beware how thoy again lead tho majorities of Parliament guided by them into a similar position . It is not the destruction of parly ( a comparativel y insignificant consideration ) , but tho destruction of confidence in statesmen , in members of the Legislature , in English gentlemen , which 1 b to be deprecated and dreaded .

      These few lines on polities have I added from the desire to soften any ill-feelings that may exist amongst us . It is most desirable that , whatever may be the consequences , as yield we must , we should do so with a good grace , that the agricultural body who still ' may claim so high a station should not present the undignified spectacle of struggles , now so clearly iucffvctuul as to hart tlie appearance of impotent efforts of childish angerstill less of quarrels and criminations amongst ourselves . Let us rather determine at once to unite all our energies to do our duty to the community and ourselves , by industriously putting into practice those improvements which science aud experience have shown will enable us to produce from our land the greatest quantity of food at » fairly remunerating cost . Believe me , your very sincere friend , March , 18 * 6 . Mount _Edgcohbb .

      The Militia, The Army, And The Suffrage....

      THE MILITIA , THE ARMY , AND THE SUFFRAGE . ADDRESS OP TIIE COMPLETE SUFFRAGE ASS 0 CIATION TO TUB NON-ELECTOltS . Friends aud Fellow _Cou-ntryhex , —The recent strong and general expression of ' _public condemnation against the enforcement ofthe unchristian and cruell y unjust Militia Act , lias been followed by an announcement of the intention of government to abandon the compulsory ballot . It may , therefore , be expected that the measures about to be taken will , if possible , be so shaped as to prevent the determined opposition with which the old Militia Act was threatened , In the whole circumstances , however , there is much which calls for your serious attention ; and we are induced now to address you because the military system has an important bearing on tho extension of the eleetivefranehise .

      Every unprejudiced mind must have seen , in the good sense and correct feeling you have displayed in opposing the contemplated measure , a fresh evidence of the strength of your claims to enfranchisement , and it proof that you are not only qualified to make a proper use of your political rights , but that you are in advance of many who already possess them , in your zealous and effective opposition to measure * which are subversive both of _justico and religion . We are anxious , however , at the present moment , to draw your particular attention to the _proposed increase in our military forces . Though a standing army in time of peace is unconstitutional , and has existed scarcely 200 years , yet it has been increased from 01 , 750 in 1822 , to 139 , 480 in 1814 ; and yet government has now determined to add to it from 10 , 000 t « 20 , 000 me . i , besides the militia , [ the latter ] amounting to 42 , 000 ! So long as the supporters of unjust laws are enabled to hire men te uphold them by brute

      force , so long only can those laws operate . To you , therefore , who feel that your political rights are unjustly withheld , the question whether this enormous addition to the army shall be permitted , _isoneol vital interest . You are , wo conceive , especially called upon to refuse to enter the ranks , ami to use all your influence with your friends and neighbours to induce them to refuse also . It is generally understood that the resort to the ballot was suggested b _\ the difficulty of obtaining recruits , * and the widespread determination which has lately shown itself , neither to serve in the militia nor to pay for a substitute , leaves the government in as great a difficulty as ever . So long , however , as the people submit to pay the money with which our rulers bribe men to enter the army , and men are to be found who will accept the bribe , tho war system will continue , and its profits and emoluments will be retained by the aristocracy , while upon the working classes will fall its attendant sufferings and misery .

      Our earnest appeal to you , __ therefore , is . that you will remain firm and inflexible in refusing to be hired , at any price , to learn the art of wholesale murder , and that you will do all in your power to render the profession of arms as disreputable and odious as it is criminal . * Should the repugnance to enlist become universal , your political rights are secured . No statesman will then attempt to continue a system by which the poor man , for no other reason than because he is poor , is deprived of his citixenship , —a system whicli giveto property , and not to man , the elective franchise , from which has sprung innumerabloevils , the burden of which rests upon your shoulders , and which _mnintains its existence now , and can only continue to do so , by tho power of the sword .

      I hough , individually , we hold the opinion that all war is unchristian , our present object is to 6 how the bearing of a standing army on the question of complete suffrage , which we are associated to promote . In recommending this momentous subject to your serious consideration , we earnestly desire that no man who loves liberty himself , or who would secure it for his fellow countrymen , will be induced , under any temptation whatever , to identify himself with the military profession . Jos . Storob , Chairman .

      The Militia, The Army, And The Suffrage....

      * If anything were required to prove the degradation and hardship of the life ef a common soldier and sailor , even in a time of profound peace , it is furnished by a recent official publication of the committals to prison nnd corporeal punishments in the army and navy , printed by order of the Ilouse of Commons , from which it appears thut in the five years from 1839 to 1844 , tho corporeal punishments indicted _« n British soldiers , sailors , and marines , were 14 , 511 ; and that the commitments of soldiers to prison , during _tlie- > saine period , were 41 _. H 6 _*! , equal to one third of tho British army ; while the commitments from the general population of Great Britain during the same _psriod , were onl y 1 iu 116 ! '

      Romance Of Rbal Ln**.--The " Tenth Repor...

      Romance of Rbal Ln _** .--The " Tenth Report of the Inspectors of Prisons" contains the following from the journal of the keeper of Lancaster Castle : —• " A poor fellow named Joseph F ., committed for begging , and about to be discharged in a few days , save me the following singular outline of his past life : — ' I was born in Scotland , and brought up as a millwright . At fifteen years old I entered the 32 nd foot , in which regiment 1 served eleven years . I was in Spain and Portugal , at Salamanca , and the siego of St . Sebastian , I was at QMre Bras and at Waterloo . At __ the former place the Duke , twice over , placed himself in our square . I received two slight wounds at Quatre Bras , and two more , also slight , at Waterloo . I went to Paris with mv

      reciment , and got my discharge in 1810 . A Polish general engaged me ( through Sir John Rennie ) asa millwright , to go to Uozoaka ( Rosienna ?) , in Lithuania . I made £ 150 a year wages for four years , and saved £ 100 a year . I then came to Warsaw , and learned to brew from a countryman . I commenced the trade of a brewer in 1821 , in conjunction with two other persons ; I also had a millwright concern , and a Hour-mill . Some little time after , Dr . M'All , the missionary ,-came to Warsaw , and I engaged my . self to him as interpreter , being able to speak Russian , German , and Polish . I went with Dr . M'All to St . Petersburgh , Moscow , Astracan , Tobolsk , Archangel , Vienna , Rome ( where Dr . M'All dined twice with the Pope ) , Naples , Genoa , Sicily , then through Austria into IIuBgary , _Pestb , Brodof ( Brod or Brad ?) , where there are a great many Jews , Cracow , and Warsaw . This occupied about two years and three months . During the ten years we were in business , the firm to which I belonged realised about

      £ 30 , 000 . my share being £ 11 , 000 . Then came the bombardment of Warsaw , in 1830 . A child and two of my -workmen were killed , and all my property was destroyed . I was reduced to nothing . Iu 1833 , the Emperor Nicholas came , and I sent a petition to him . He granted me an interview , and ordered me £ 200 ( in ducats ) . I afterwards engaged as _mana-tr to a brewery , but the principals failed . I then engaged with another establishment , and made a mere living of it ; everything having been milled by the revolution I left Warsaw in 1842 , and came to London , where I spent a short time with Dr . M'All Lord Dudley Stuart was kind to me , and gave mo £ 10 to carry me into the north . I was on my wav from Scotland to seek Borne friends in Liverpool when , my money being all gone , I was taken up for begging . ' This singular story was given in answer to numerous questions . _F . does not seem aware tllilt his life has been more eventful than that of other men . "

      Dreadful Fire And Loss Of Life. A A Most...

      DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE . a A most disastrous fire , resulting in tho loss Of four lives and serious injury of several other persons , occurred at an early hour on Monday morning , in Crawford-street , Marylebone . The premises destroyed aro situate No . W , near the western extremity of Crawford-street , and immediateley between Seymour-place and Croydon-street . The house was occupied by several families . Mr . Tempson , a surgoon , occupied the shop and back parlour on the ground-floor , residing in Lisson-grovo himself , but leaving a youth , agod 10 , in charge of his shop nightly , this person sleeping in the buck parlour . The first floor was occupied by Mr . _Hoskiiijj , the landlord of tho house , together with his wife and

      daughter ; and on the second floor lived a man and his wife , named Butters , with a family of three young children . The fire was first obsorved by Sergeant Bennett , 18 D , who happened to be passing the house at about a quarter past tnelvo o ' clock on Sunday night . He find already proceedod a few paces beyond the premises , when , fancying that ho perceived a strong smell of fire , he returned , and at once observed smoke _issuing throug h the shutters of Mr . TempBon _' s shop _, lie immediately knocked loudly at the private door , which in the course of a very few minutes was opened bv tlie youth in charge of the shop . On being made acquainted with tho fact that the house was ou fire , this youth ran back again , and proceeded upstairs , for the purpose of arousing the various inmates .

      Sergeant Bennett immediately despatched messengers to the various fire-engine stations , and also to the station of the fire-escape in King-street , Bakerstreet . During the interval of their arrival the utmost anxiety was evinced for the parties known to be sleeping in the house . The inflammable nature ofthe contents of the shop caused the flames to spread with extraordinary rapidity , and within a few moments after the private door was opened it tvas an impossibility to reach the foot of the staircase from the street . The smoke and flames , having burst throug h the door at the back of the shop , ascended tlie staircase , and not only effectually prevented the escape of tliose inmates who were above stairs when the fire broke out , bat also cut off the escape of the

      youth who had rushed upstairs for the laudable purpose of saving life . With some difficulty this youth escaped , together with Mr . and Mrs . llosking and their daughter , by passing from the balcony of their own house to that of the next . The situation of the parties residing on the second floor was even moro dreadful . Thoy were of course soon aroused to a sense of thoir danger , but the flames having previously attained a fearful height , it was quite _impossible for them to attempt escaping by tlie staircase . The only surviving person of the five persons vr nQ slept on the second floor is Mrs . Butters . - She _, it : ite' that her hu-band had not been in _bsd more _^ han ten minutes when the alarm was given . lie immediately opened the door of the front room , in

      which he slept , togetfier with herself and infant child , and proceeded to the back room for the purpose of waking his other children . Even then the unfortunate man told his wife thut it » as impossible to escape by tho staircase , adding that he would endeavour to open the trao door of the roof . lie was attempting this , when tlie dense volume of smoke and flame which ascnuled from the lower part of the _hsuse obliged him to desist nnd retreat into the front room , closing the door afier him . About the same time Mrs . Butters , unable longer to bear the dreadful suspense in which she was placed , threw herself from tho second-floor window into the street . There had been no time for preparation to receive her , and she fell heavily upon tho

      pavement , fracturing her left arm just above thu wrist , and bring seriously injured about the lower part of the back . Mr . Butters at this time vras standing at the same window from which his wile had fallen , raising his hands imploringl y , as if asking help of the bystanders . The flames from the firstfloor windows are described to have actually played p und the wretched man ' s face as he stood . The fire-escape from King-street arrived just _» t this time , and having been hastily placed against the house , the officer in charge ascended to the second floor for the purpose of endeavouring to afford him assistance . The officer reached the window , and not only spoke to Butters , but had actually caught hold of him with tho intention of pulling him into the escape , wiien

      he tore himself away , saying that he would go aud seek his children . At the same moment the front of the shop wii 9 blown out with a loud explosion , and the flames from the nrsl > floor having increased in their violence , set fire to the top of the fire-escape , causing the officer to lose his hold , and fall heavily to the gr mnd . On being picked up tha poor fellow was found to have sustained a severe fracture o the skull . lie was immediately removed to _Afiddlenex Hospital . Although Butters camo to the window mice or twice subsequently , he was unable to keep his position for more than a few moments , and very soon after it beeamo evident to the bystanders that

      both himself and children had perished miserably in the flames . After the arrival of the engines , the supply of water being good , the flames were got under . About a quarter to one o ' clock the house was sufficiently cool to allow a search to be made for the missing persons . On entering the front room on the second floor Butters was found near the window , in a reclining posture , his hand resting on the sill of the windows . He was not much burned , and appeared to have died from suffocation . Tbe bodies of the threo children were found lying together in the back room on the same floor . They were all shortly after their discovery placed in shells , and removed to tho workhouse .

      _Amoag the efforts made to save the lives of the unfortunate deceased , was that of sending a chimneysweeper named Lake through the trap-door of an adjoining house to open the trap of the house on fire , lie succeeded in doing so , and heard both the deceased and his children running about from room to room , but the smoke prevented him from descending to render any assistance , and the deceased persons do not appear to have observed him themselves . The names ofthe deceased are as follows : —Robert Butters , the elder , aged thirty-one ; Robert Butters , the younger , aged seven and a half ; Jane Butters , aged four ; and William Butters , an infant , aged eighteen months . Tho premises and stock aro insured in the Sun and Law Insurance offices , The origin of the fire has not been ascertained . Mv . Tempson had only been in possession of the premises three weeks , having purchased the business ofa Mr . Lewis , who had previously carried it on .

      CORONKR S INQUEST . On Tuesday , at halt-past nine o ' clock , Mr . Wakfey , M . P ., and a jury of fourteen respectable inhabitants ofthe district of St . Mary , Marylebone , assembled at the workhouse of that parish for the purpose of commencing an inquiry as to the deaths of the four unfortunate persons who perished on the occasion o the late dreadful fire in Crawford-street . After the bodies had been identified , tlie coroner explained that the inquiry on which they were about to enter was intended merely as a preliminary proceeding , it being his intention , after examining two or three witnesses , to adjourn the investigation to a future period , in order to allow time lor a more complete investigation as to the origin of the fire than , from

      all he could learn , they were at present likely to obtain . Sergeant Bennett , 18 D , was first examined . He deposed to tho fact of having observed smoke issuing from the shutters of Mr . Tempson _' s shop . He gave an alarm , and the private door was opened by a young man named Hughes , who had the care of Mr . Tempson ' s shop . Hughes , after opening the door , ran back into the house , and went up stairs to arouse the inmates who slept above . The witness here doposed to Mrs . Butters having thrown herself from the window ef the second floor front room , and other facts , all of which are given in the above account . He said ho had heard that Mr . Butters , the elder ( one of tho deceased persons " ) , had only entered

      the house shortly before the fire , and that he appeared to have been drinking . At the time the fire occurred he was not undressed , and some of his olothes were on him when his body was found . John Adams , sub-engineer of the London Fireengine Establishment , deposed to the arrival of the engines and fire-escape , progress ofthe fire , Lo ., but his testimony contained nothing which has not already been » iven . Thomas John Hughes was next called , but prior to commencing his examination the coroner ordered the court to be cleared . The effect of his evidence was subsequently detailed to the reporter . He stated that he was assistant to Mr . TempRou , and , in accordance with his usual custom , closed the shop at nine o ' clock on Sunday night . He went subsequently

      to Mr . Tempson ' s apartments , in _Lisson-grove , to sup with his family , and returned to the shop about ten o clock , and immediatel y retired to rest . About twelve o ' clock he was awoke by a suffocating sensation and a violent knocking at tbe door ; aher opening which he ran up stairs to arouse the inm » te 8 . After arousing the people in the first floor , he ran up to Mr . Butters ' * apartments , calling out that the house was on fire . Mr . Butters opened his bedroom door and made answer , " You fool , there is no fire . " Witness returned to the first floor and made his escape on to the balcony of tho nest house . Witness had no candle when he went to bed , having undressed himself by the light of tha gas , which was always left burning m the shop . Tha burner used ir , tiS

      _snop was _ffnat , called a " fish-tail burner . " He had no idea how the fire ori ginated , but thoueht it must have commenced in the shop , as the kite _i had _notbeen , burnt . He ( witness had been toiS no experiments during Sunday . _J ° _nmnVi ! , ' ? " _* _^ witnoss _' examination the court \ _- as _agam opened , and the _proceeding of the inquiry _wne ueclared adjourned until MoX Li

      Fit2j«L Imitaiion. -Lord Francis E^Crton...

      fit 2 J « l _iMiTAiion . -Lord Francis E _^ _crton has n n _tf U L md - S-rof »» at thfl Duke _' Doe \ for the use of the servants of the trust , and has presented them with an excellent library , _coirbimng bwW amusement and _rcfereuee . Ilia lordship nurnoses WO behove to establish reading rooms Vt ffifi principal stations , _Mui-feter _, _Ikucorn , So .

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      Revolting Case.-Murder Of A Ma.I By His ...

      REVOLTING CASE .-MURDER OF A MA . i BY HIS WIFE'S PARAMOUR . _Dimti- v , March 22 _,-The followin ? may give th _..-English readers _sOnio notion ol the internal cconctu ; ef an Irish small farmer ' s family :-On Wednesday last , James Carroll , Esq . ( coroner ) , held an inquest on the body of , Daniel Berochree , at Touroenbrien , about fourteen miles from _Aenasu , who was beaten on the night ofthe 10 th inst . T ; _, _« deceased was a man over sixty years of age , and h _« wife ( who appears to have been accessory to his _dcati-. is about twenty years his junior . He was rather a , oomfortablo farmer , and has eleven children . T 7 il . liam Walshe , the deceased ' s servant , appears to haw b * en a paramour of the wife ' s . He is a married man , and has a wife and three children .

      Ellen Berochree sworn and examined by the coroner . —I am daughter of the deceased , Dani-Berochree . I remember the night of tho 10 th inst , On the night in question my mother , father , three sisters , three brothers , and Patrick Hayes ( servant } , wore in the house . About half-past eight o clock , after we had eaten supper , I and my two sisters , Catherine and Honora , went to bed . I fell _aslee-j immediately after going to bed . I did not hear any of tbe persons 1 left behind me go to bed . "My mother slept in tho same room , in a bed _adjoining mine . In the course of tho night I was awakened tmy mother , who had her petticoat about her shoulder . - , clapping her hands , and crying , " Ellen , Ellen , your father is killed . " I slept outside , and saw "WilliaE

      Walshe going from the bed in which my father la » . He had a hatchet in his hand ; on going towards the room door , I heard Walshe say , " Take that . " Walshe had nothing on him at tho time but hia shirt . He has been in my father ' s service since July last saw no other person in ch 9 room at the time of t :.. occurrence but Walshe . He was not in the house . - / the time I went to bed , and I can't say what hour _i ;' _, came in . When I got out of bed , I saw tho decea ? _^ lying on his back in the bed ; he was covered wi _;; _- blood , and was unable to speak . I heard my _motin ' - say it was four black boys that killed my father . t knew at the time that itwas Walshe who killed hi _., because I saw him leave the room with the _hatcf- _' in his hand . When I began to cry , I saw _Walsi ; .

      run out ofthe kitchen door , as if to go and alarm _thl police . When he first came to our house , he sle ? with my father and mother , but latterly ho slept -. v . the loft . My brother William also slept with m father and mother , but did not do so on this night ; i recollect on one occasion that he slept with my father and mother , my father got up an hour before day , to go to the fair of Cappamore , and left Walshe in bed after him with my mother . After the police came to the house , I went to search for the hatchet , and found it under the dresser in the kitchen , with blood on it . The hatchet belonged to my father . I first searched for it where it generally lay , but did not find it , My father lingered from the 10 th to the 17 th inst ., when he died .

      Grace Berochree , examined by the coroner , corroborated her sister ' s testimony . Other corroborative evidence having been given , and evidence that the man died of the wounds , tbe jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against William Walshe and Mary Berochree , and they _wera accordingly committed for trial by tho coroner .

      Tub Laib Mb, Carkick.—Statb Op Clare.—Mr...

      Tub laib Mb , Carkick . —Statb op Clare . —Mr . Carrick was perfectly sensible to the last , and he made his will after the faculty had seen him , leaving to his wife , and to his only child , Mrs . Fimicane , wife of the high sheriff of Clare , all his property . Thomas Whitestone , Esq .., coroner , on Thursday held an inquest upon the body , when Mr . Carrick ' _s servant was examined , and the verdict returned was "Wilful Murder _ajjainst persons unknown . [ We un . dcrstand that the Lord Lieutenant has acceded to the requisition of the magistrates of Clare , and has issued a special commission for the trial of all persons accused of criminal outrages in that countrv . ]

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      Bankrupts. (From, Tuesday's Cateetk, Mar...

      BANKRUPTS . ( From , Tuesday ' s _Cateetk , March 21 , 1846 . ) James Giro , Jfoorgate-street , merchant — Charles Henry Waters , Queen ' _s-row , Piralico , dealer in paintingj — Joseph Thompson , Norwich , grocer — "William _Uorphsw , _Serenosks , draper —John Perkins , North . place , Gray ' _s-inn-lane , jeweller—Thomas Pierson , War . wick-court , Holborn , _money-scri-rener — John Brett , Luton , Bedfordshire , sheep salesman—Richard Ellis , Richmond-street , Scho , carpenter—Ann Abigail Innell

      and Alfred Cooks , Little Queen-street , Holborn , varnish . manufacturers—Martin Cubitt , High Holborn , builder—George Prince , flonuey , Hampshire , wine-mercliaui"William Bull , Leeds , and Addle-strc 4 t , cloth-merchants —James Biding and James Fielden , Leyland , Lancashire , cotton-manufacturers — James _Rishton , Orer Danveu , Lancashire , cotton-spinner—John Gibson , Manchester , veterinary surgeon—James Itiddall Wood , ilaucbester Tarnish . maker—John Taylor , Hereford , grocer—Moses Smith , Birmingham , iroufounder — Philip Crispin , Bristol , carpenter—Edward Williams , Northop , Flint . shire , draper .

      DIVIDENDS DEC 1 A 1 ED . R . Mackenzie , Hunter-street , Brunswick-square , and Bond-court , Walbrook , commission-agent , first dividend of 2 s . Cd „ on Monday , March 23 , aud the two subsequent Mondays , at Mr . Alsuger ' s , Birchin-lane . C . Allen , Tadley , Hampshire , maltster , first dividend oi 55 . id ., on Monday , March 23 , and the two subsequent Mondays , at Mr , Alsager _' s , Birchin-lane . J . Milne , Liverpool , painter , first dividond of 3 s . Id ., on Monday , March 23 , or any subsequent Monday , at Mr , Bird ' s , Liverpool . D . Parry , Ruthin , Denbighshire , currier , first dividend of 2 s . 3 d . on Monday , March 23 , or any subsequent Mon . day , at Mr . Bird ' s , Liverpool . "W , J , Cooper and J . Beattie , North Shields , draper ; , first dividend of 9 s ., ou Saturday , March 23 , or anj subsequent Saturday , at Mr , 1 Yakley " s , _Newcastle-upon . Tyne .

      J . Jophn , Bishopwearmouth , draper , first dividend ot 4 s . tid ., on Saturday , March 28 , or any subsequent Satur . day , at Mr . \ Y « ikley ' s , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . C . Brighara , Dodden , near Kendal , Roman Catholic clergyman , first and final dividend of ls . 7 d ., on _Saturday March 28 , or any _tubaequent Saturday , at Mr . _VTaklej ' s _, _Jfewcastle-upon-Tyne . C . Barber , Denham Springs , Lancashire , calico-printer , first dividend of 3 s . Ud ., oh Tuesday , March 31 , or anj subsequent Tuesday , at Mr Pott ' s , Manchester . II . Whittaker , Macclesfield , _silk-throwstcr , second dividend of Id ., and first and second dividend of Is . 5 d . on new proofs , on Tuesday , Marcii 31 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mr . _Frazer's , Manchester . G . Payne , King-street , _Covent-garden , tailor , dividend of 2 s . 3 d . ( making , with a former dividend , Is . Od ., ) on _IVednesflay , March 25 , and the two subsequent Wednesdays , and any subsequent Thursday , at Mr . Belcher ' s , King ' s Arm ' s-yard , Moorgate-street .

      G . T . Whittington , Great St . Helen ' s , merchant , fiist dividend of 4 s . Cd ., on Wednesday , March 25 , and the two subsequent Wednesdays , and any subsequent Thursdsr _, at Mr . Belcher ' s , King ' s Arms-yard , _Moorgato-street . J , Chamberlaine , Lisson-grove North , glass-merchant , first dividend of 5 s . 5 d ., on Wednesday , Marcii 24 , anl the two subsequent Wednesdays , at Mr . Turquand _' s , Oil Jewry .

      Execution Of Swcbr Fox Thk Mubder Of Mi ...

      Execution of Swcbr fox thk Mubder of mi Wu ? X . —This criminal underwent the extreme penalty of the law on Friday . He wade a lull confession . The evening previous to his execution _Spicer went to bed , and rose at tho usual time , and ate a _hearfv breakfast . With a firm step Spicer mounted tlte scaffold , l'ho executioner adjusted the cord , and Spicer at that mome Dt moved towards the governor , and said , looking very pathetically , " I should like to shake hands with you , . Sir . " Lieutenant Hackett of course assented , and the poor culprit then observed , " Give my love to your family , Sir , " ami then , with the sam « imperturbable calmness as before , took his place on tho drop . The crowd in tin meadow opposite _comisted of from 5 , 000 to 6 , 000 persons .

      Military Outrage at "Bradford . —Permit me , through the medium ofthe people ' s organ , to expose the brutal conduct of a horde of military ruffians at present stationed in this neighbourhood . On Thursday afternoon , March 20 th , the tranquillity of our much distressed town was alarmingly disturbed bv » recruiting party , numbering upwards of forty , wlio _, after having unsuccessfully paraded the principal streets , halted in front ofa publie houso contiguous to the old Church , when a scene commenced which beggars all description . A civilian having _expressed * his _flisapproval of tho military system , and bcintr overheard by one of the red-coats , the latter inflicted a most tremendous blow on the head of tlie poor man with a stick . The brave fellow , on collecting liim * self , resented the assault—a fight between them

      ensued . A number of tlie recruiting party now commenced an iudiBcrimvtt & te & itack < m the people , inflicting innumerable _trounda with th "ir sticks . One blood-thirsty villain unsheathed nis bayonet , brandished it high in air , swore He would run even a dog through for the mere sport of the thing , and the next moment his bayonet was dyed with human blood . Another of the _ruffituw was about to _su-ike down with his cane a respectable female , who was merely passing at tho moment with an infant at her breast , when , prompted by mingled feelings ol " indigna _« on and humanity , I rushed upon the cowardly a > 3 »' j •*• disarmed him of his weapon , anil broke it across Ji » head . At this stage ot the proceeding , the iiuuiman butchers , finding themselves worsted , aud deeming »* expedient to act upon the old adage ,

      " Ho that lights and runs away , May live to fight another day , " ignobly retreated from the battle-field of their o » n creating . Takim . Advantage of tho moment , _i mounted a wall , and addressed the _uesple , exi' » _» tho horrors ofthe military system , and coiieluueo » somewhat lengthy address by advising mv _hearew abandon the publie houses , and » hun all oce where military temptations are to be found , i ' , not been able to ascertain the number of tlie wouim _^ but I saw one man in particular leave the _scciw action with his ikeo bleeding and horribly WU' _* - ' _** partly by a _bayonet . _—Gi-oitu ** Fum .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 28, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28031846/page/6/