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      Louis Philippe. The " Old Fagan " Of Fra...

      , tiut of , ut of sig ht . The would-be Emperor or Conitsulhiwl himsel f must have returned to Pans with u con * conviction that the attempt to carry his obeect fc ' ect hy a coup de main wfflbe an exceedingly _na-Kardoardous one . TVe will add our own , that even if sutf successful , it would be so for a very short aame . ame . The bursting of tho _^ hble _Emjerorkbip _ ip Wd be still more speedy an « J ™* _Efoanthan the downfall of the throne of the citizen JKin _^ ing of im descend _ 3 „ , and the It Itwonld be weH if J . _** _^ _^ _( Otheother pretenders to _^ K ingcraft in any _irealTealisetlos tact to _toeiru- _^ _*&„_„„„ „ ... ii _^ _x _^ _usex _*^ _-- _* _-- _root in France But

      _^ _e . i _sna _] _snape - wj _^ _gj an lavish expenditure _'iSSSi e _$ to _heboid _hftherevoto _» _toiry _^ of a c _^ i _^ geops and deter-: minmined people . Far hotter would ithe , if these _prelpretenders , great and small , would allow the peo people of France to work out their own desi tin : itiny peacefully and progressively , unimpeded bylby " their p altry struggles for power , and the diri dirty intrigues hy which they disturb and unset ! settle a nation , they can never again subject per permanently to their rule .

      A AN UTOPIAN DREAM OF THE

      OTNETEENTH CENTURY . 1 Eighteen hundred and fifty years ago the hh birth of the Founder of Christianity was he heralded , by the announcement of " Peace on Es Earth and goodwill towards men . " The soca called civilised world , since that time , has pi professed itself Christians and yet the " " Peace on Earth , " which ought fo follow fi that profession , has never , at any period of C Christian history , heenknown in Christendom . E Even now , in the middle of the nineteenth « century , after the lapse of nearly 2 , 000 years ,

      ¦ w -when an attempt is made to persuade nations ti to lay down their weapons of war , and ] t try to settle their disputes like natural I beings , hy argument and arbitration , i the thing appears to all the orthodox < organs of opinion so supremely ridii _cuIoub , visionary , and Utopian , that they join 5 in a sort of derisive scorn and laughter atthe : fanatics who believe such a thing within the - verge of probability . The greatest defenders i of Church and State—the loudest boasters of

      onr blessed Christianity are amongst the most Tirulent assailants of tiie Quixotic knight errants who annually wend their way to a central assembly , to denounce tbe horrors and the wickedness of war . In all this there is a practical infidelity of the very worst description . Even the doctrines of Cheist were given fbr the practical guidance of men and communities , or they were not . In the latter case , Christianity is a mere useless abstraction and costly absurdity , of which it will be

      best to get quit as soon as possible ; in the former , not a day should be lost in acting npon its precepts . To tell us that this generation , and another and another , must pass away , before men are likel y to act on the first principles of the faith they profess , is a wholesale indictment against aU the churches and chapels that have existed—that now exist . Why should we continue to pay millions annually for teaching a relig ion which is either impracticable in itself , or which is so badly taught that no one can understand its teachers ?

      "By its fruits shall ye know them . " Surely 1850 years is long enough time to have gathered a crop of Christian meekness and "wisdom . "Where arc its fruits ? On whatever side we turn we look in vain for them . Men ¦ with arms in theu * hands , with the wild hatred and baleful passions of savages in their hearts , stand ready to slaughter and destroy each other , whenever the caprice of rulers or of popular excitement , " cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war . " Onr Christianity is a cheat , onr civilisation a sham . We have varnished over the barbariun with a thin coating of conventional decorum , bnt at bottom he is as untamed , as bloodthirsty , and as little imbued with the true spirit of brotherhood as ever .

      Far from decrying those who are now endeavouring to disseminate a hnmanerauda more rational spirit in society , as being before their age , we hail their labours as the advent of a higher and nobler civilisation . Long and arduoo 3 may be the path , towards the consummation they have in view , but the goal must be reached at last . It is in the nature of things that thought and opinion must precede action . The advocates of international arbitration have linked their movement with

      the highest faculties of humanity , and with tiie progressive developement of nations . In proportion as the intellectual and moral nature of man is cultivated , so will society , collectively , turn away , with instructive abhorrence , from the butcheries nowperpetrated . The waste of pnblic money , o _reproductive power , caused by the maintenance of warlike armaments , wul be seen in their true light as the most lamentable and most demoralising influence tbat conld possibly be employed to corrupt , debase and poison society .

      Would we , therefore , atpresent , recommend that the oppressed should allow themselves , tamely , to be ridden over by their oppressors ? _ _To . While the world is governed by force and fraud it must , to some extent , be met with its own weapons . But all honour and success to those who seek to put an end to the savage system , and to disarm hostile nations , by the only effective method— -namely , by convincing the judgment , and enlisting the sympathies of man in favour of a national , humane and peaceable system of international arbitration .

      ' Route Of Mr August 31,1850. ~~-^_ ____...

      August 31 , 1850 . ' _~~ - _^ _______ THE N 0 _RTHE RN STAR 5

      Monies Received Foe Wie Week Exmxo Thurs...

      MONIES RECEIVED Foe wie Week Exmxo _Thursdav , August , 29 ra 1850 . FOB THE _TOBSM OF IHE MB C 01 _PABY . Beceired by W . Rideb . —Selby , per W . Mitchell -is $ d—Messrs . Mitchell , Wood , and Barnett , Darenth Mill , near Dartford 2 s Cd—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 7 s 3 d—W . FavH . Crewe Gd—J- _Parser- . Lancaster is _Cd—F . Lever , Sheffield _Dd—E . A _* 3 dy , Sheffield 6 d—M * - O'Connorhas received from Mr . Yule , Sttffield Ss—Mr . Hill , Sheffield 2 s . Beceived at Lisa OrncE . —J . Drew ls—W . Grove 2 s—H . Carter 6 d—T . Wolford 6 d-J . P ., Oldham 6 d—J . Grose 6 d —W . Russell 2 s—J . Gadd ls—R- King ls—J . Donolds & n 6 d —S . LoveCd-SamuelLoTeGd—T . Love 6 d—Hr . Dinham __ _BacnplOs . £ _^^ Received by W . Eider .. .. 12 0 Beceired at land Office .. .. 1 2 0

      Total £2 4 0

      Total £ 2 4 0

      THE E 0 _RESTY FUND . Received bv W . Ru > eb .-J . _Faoldes _, Dtmfermline Is _Mleeds _, collected at Mr . Wray ' s _Cofiee-honse , _Bng-jate u-Hortoi , near Bradford , per J . Smyth -Is _Sd-Swcksmoor , _aearHudderefeld , per J . Stephenson 11 . AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . _Becdved ly Jons _Aesott . — _Tliame , per J . _ITowIctt as-Collected at _John-street 13 s 3 d-Bloomsbury , per W . H . Cottle Is -Sd-A Bed Un , Ipswich ls—Collection and Cards at the Temperance Ball , Broadffaj 115 s 5 ] d—a Friend ls Cd—St _Tancras Locality , per J . Wilkin 5 s—Westminster , per J . Grassby-2 s—W . BejnoMs , per C . 3 fnrray ls—A . Fains , per C . Murray Is—lanvehouse , per Mr . Brane 14 s—Total „ 7 s Qd . FOR MR . E . JONES . Received by W . KiDEa . _—Badcuffe Bridge , per R . Hamer s Gd—N . C , Haddiffi * Bridge _. per R . Hamer ls . FOR DR . M ' DOUALL . Received by TV . _Brosn . —Raddiffe _Erid ge , per R . Hamer sCd .

      FOR MRS- LACEY . Received by W . Rides . —Messrs . Sorman , Christersen _, Dodd , Salt , and Cooper , Yentnor , Isle of Wight 2 s 6 d—c ! W ., Stalvbridge ls—H . B ., Stahj bridge is . Received by Johs Aesoit . —Manchester , per G . J . Mantle ( first _subscriptionl 10 s—Manchester , per G . J . Mantle ( second subscription ) 2 s 2 _» d—Globe _assd Friends , per It , Perry cs 2 d"Hope * Is—Il . Iivesay _, Landpoot Cd—Stoclsport , per G . J . Mantle 2 s 51 d . Beceived at Laxd Ornc _ -Hr . Watson 2 s 6 d-G . W . Thomas Cd . FOB POLISH REFUGEES . Received by W . _Rideh . —W . C , Radcliffe Bridge , perB , Earner 3 d .

      TRACT FUND . Receired by Johs Abxott . —limehouse , per Mr . John stone _is—Brighton , per ff . Kent 3 s 2 d—a Friend , John street ls—J . Howlett , Thamels South London Hall , _psr E W 2 es 3 s 2 d—Limehouse , perJJr . Brane 2 s .

      The Hbsr Emigrant Ship From Birkenhead L...

      The HBsr emigrant ship from Birkenhead left tliat place on Tuesday . Buenos Ayres was the destination .

      The Hbsr Emigrant Ship From Birkenhead L...

      THE ROUTE OF MR . ERNEST JONES , Ernest Jone 9 will attend tbe camp meeting _atM ountsorrel , on Sunday , the lst of September , and will be at . Leicester , on Monday , the 2 nd . Derby , Tuesday , the 3 rd . Northampton , Wednesday , th & 4 tb , and Thursday , the 5 tb . _Loughboro- , Friday , the oth . Sntton-in-Ashfield , Saturday , the 7 tb . Nottingham , Sunday , the 8 th . Sheffield , Monday , the 0 th , _Hotherham , Tuesday , tbe 10 th . _

      Further dates will bo given next week All letters for Mr . Jones to be forwarded to 62 , Queen ' s road , Bayswater , London . As I decline practice , I beg especially to request that no legal business may he brought before me on my tour . ERNEST C . JONES TO G . JULIAN

      HARNET . My Dear Hakney , —In perusing the file of the Northern Star newspaper published during my imprisonment , land an attack made on yon by Mr . Thomas Clark , in your reply to wbich yon mention my name . Had you " not done so I sbould equally have felt it my duty to state that , during the long aud exciting period from the meeting ofthe National Convention to the time of my incarceration , I

      never saw in your conduct the slightest symptom of vacillation , hesitation , or fear ; on the contrary , I perceived a steady resolution to uphold the rights of the people , irrespective of personal danger , and a temper as removed from weakness , as it was distinct from rashness . I was much iu your company on tbe evening ofthe 9 th of April , 1848 , and your demeanour on that occasion still further confirms me in the opinion I have expressed above .

      Though myself utterl y eschewing all participation in * those sectional movements and party bickerings , which so often distract the popular mind , aud looking with profound contempt and defiance on such attacks , whether directed against myself , or against others , I have felt it my duty to pay the above tribute of respect to a man whom I consider an uncompromising democrat , and whom I honour as a conscientious friend . I remain ,

      My Dear Harney , Yours very faithfully , Ebnest Jones

      Address Op The Renfrewshire Yotjng Men's...

      ADDRESS OP THE RENFREWSHIRE YOTJNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION FOR THE DIFFUSION OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE .

      TO THE _INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY . The time has now arrived when -we deem it our duty thus publicly to address you on a question of the most vital importance—viz ., The salvation of the working elapses of this country . In thus addressing you , we hope it will not be considered presumptuous on our part , in endeavouring to unite the disorganised , though interested portion of the country ; for being imbued with the principles of democracy , we consider it necessary to do everything in our power to bring about such a union , as would ultimately burst the chains which have so long enthralled us , and stand forth as an insulted but intelligent people , proclaiming to the world the realisation of the social and political regeneration of tbe industrious classes of these realms .

      _JIe . v op the _Fotobb , —To you in particular we would at this time address ourselves , to come forward and assist in the good work of human redemption ; for it would be an indelible stain on the rising generation , were we not to accelerate the exertions of the senior portions of the democratic ranks , who have so long and ardently straggled for the redemption of our country . This is no new movement ; its principles bave been advocated for centuries by martyrs innumerable , who have shed their blood in defence of the liberty oftheir unfortunate countries , and sacrificed their lives in honour ofthe great and glorious cause which ultimately must prevail .

      It may perhaps not be out of place here to mention a few of the causes which have hitherto retarded the onward march of democracy . It is a lamentable fact , that tbe young men have never as yetassisted in any popular movement for the regeneration of the human family . A few have , at times , stepped forward , and cheered by their presence and support the exertions of men who had become patriarchs . In the cause of democracy , Robert Emmett , a young and intelligent patriot , nobly sacrificed his "life in behalf of the unfortunate and downtrodded masses of misgoverned _Iceland Andrew Hardie _, avoune and enthusiastic Scotsman ,

      also suffered martyrdom at Stirling m 1820 , for hvs devotion to the holy cause of democracy . These principles have now been made easy to understand , through the exertions of men who have nobly struggled in spite of every obstacle that was thrown in their path . Men who , by their continuous study and advocacy of democracy , hastened themselves into a premature grave . But though dead theyyet speaketh ; for " Their spirits wrapt tlie _dusiie mountain , Their memories sparkles in ihe fountain , The meanest rill , the mightiest river , KoUs _mioeliug with their fame for ever . "

      But despair not , for the time has gone by for go " vernments to try their bands at such bloody work again . The people are growing intelligent , and steadily advancing , step by step - , and it now only requires one energetic effort to arrive at our destined haven ; for " Liberty two blasts has Mown , ' Which stffl in Europe ' s ears do ring _. And atthe third each totterinjj throne Shall hold a man , but not a king . " Union is strength , and it is a well-known fact , that nothing strikes more terror into the hearts of our oppressors , than a firm though calm and dignified determination to regain our lost though inalienable right to our share in the government of the country .

      PBOLETABiiss , —Arise , look after your interests . The Labour Question _isbiitin its infancy , but it has made rapid strides on the continent of Europe , and bas already made a strong impression on the public mind of this country . The evil of competition is displaying itself more and more every day ; and by one energetic effort , itmay now be made to number among the things that were . In conclusion , we would call upon the assistance of all true patriots , to arouse the young men of their respective districts , to come forward and assist us in this _eloriousand _eteantic attempt to work

      out the redemption ofthe toiling millions of this great nation , and not have the stigma resting upon this age , that we lived and died willing slaves . Let ns unite heart and soul to enlighten the public on the social and political questions of thc day , "And hreath ' n on the dark oppressors , The _lightninn of yonr ire , And seethe foul enslaver Beneath thy frown expire . " TnoMAS Surra , President ; James Cocntus , Tice-Fresident ; _ABcniBAwM'ticniiiN , Treasurer ; Wnxttsr Camebon , Cor . Secretary ; WttMAir Dobbib , Secretary .

      _PRlSCIPtES OF IBE _ASSOCIATION . Believing that all men are brethren , and consequently entitled to their share in the government ot tho country , we , the members of the Renfrewshire Young Men's Association for the Diffusion of Social and Political Knowledge , hereby bind ourselves , individually and collectively , to use every means in our power for the attainment of that object . _Beinj . ' thoroughly convinced ofthe ignorance that prevails throughout the country , on social and political

      subjects , and being desirous of a union , for the purpose of enlightening the public mind , on the broad principles of democracy , and being aware such cannot be accomplished but by the destribution of tracts , public meetings , lectures , enforcing the sale of democratic journals , and by the principles of fraternity , bring in the remote and heretofore inactive districts of the county . „ , '„ ,,,. Andrew Paul , Barrhead , John TPood , _Elderslie , John _Tfilson , Johnstone , and the Corresponding Secretary , Storie-street , Paisley , will give any information on the subject . " _" " . Dobbib , Sec .

      Further Postponement Of The Miners' Conf...

      FURTHER POSTPONEMENT OF THE MINERS' CONFERENCE . TO THE MISERS OF CBBAT BRITAIN . Brkhrbs , —In consequence ofthe application of several districts for a further postponement ofthe Miners' Conference , the delegates of Northumberland and Durham at their meeting , on Saturday last , agreed to meet the wishes of those districts hy appointing the meeting of Conference for tho Hth of October next , instead of September 16 tb , as previously announced . Each mining locality will therefore notice the alteration , and hy forwarding their address , a cony of the printed programme will be sent to them . Brother Miners , — From the communications which have been received from Scotland , Wales , and the different mining districts in England , it is quite apparent that the tune is come for a general organisation of our body . Complaints of tyrannical and

      Further Postponement Of The Miners' Conf...

      oppressive conduct of the " employers are numerous and general ; but the great e'ril is the monstrous system of competition which our divided state has engendered ; man hewing against . man , each striving to get more coals than his neighbour , thus the stock of coals is increased beyond the demand , and thus the' employers have a proper pretext to pull down the prices . Let us see if this cannot be altered , and if tho Conference be aa well attended as we may anticipate from the general character of tho evils whioh afflict the mining body , there cannot he a doubt but that a plan will bo adopted which shall remove these evils , or otherwise greatly modify them . Remember , tben , the 14 th October , at _Newoastle-on-Tyne . Yours , in the good cause , M . Juob , Secretary . P . S . —In next week ' s Star further particulars will be communicated .

      The South Staffordshire Miners. We Are G...

      THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE MINERS . We are glad to learn that tbe Miners' National Association is progressing in this important district , where not less than 31 , 000 persons are employed in ahd about the mines and collieries . A public out-door meeting was held on Monday last at Long Acres , Stafford-street , WalsaJ , whioh was well attended . Thelollowing resolutions will show tbe objects and spirit of the meeting . Mr . S . Darnal , grocer , & c , presided ; and tho resolutions , which were passed unanimously , were moved and seconded by Messrs . E . Kinsey , of Wolverhampton ; P . A . James , of Dudley ; J . Cordial , of Walsall , and others , and were _supported at great length by Mr . Wm . Daniells , the miners' agent . " That this meeting considers that the only safe

      and efficient way by which miners can protect tbeir labour is by uniting together in oue holy band of brotherhood for mutual protection ; therefore this meeting pledges itself to cling to and support tho Miners' National Association , and will endeavour to persuade our brother workmen to do so likewise . " " That this meeting consider that owing to the laborious and dangerous nature ot the employment of miners , shut out from tbe light ot day in the dreary caverns of th 8 earth , and surrounded by noxious health-destroying _f-ases , that eight hours labour iu mincB is amply sufficient , and enough to promote the welfare of society ; therefore , thismeetresolves to agitate for an Eight Hours Bill for the working and regulating the mines and collieries of Great Britain , so as to allow us time to obtain information ourselves , and to give a proper education to our children . "

      " That we consider it essential to tbe welfare of the miners ofthis important district tbat their manifold evils and grievances should be made known and represented in the forthcoming Miners' National Conference , to be held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on the 14 th of October , and following days , consequently this meeting hereby elect Mr . William _Dauniells , as a fit and proper person to represent the miners of South Staffordshire at tha aforesaid Conference , and that a levy be laid by the district delegate meeting to meet tho _necessary expenses . " "That we condemn in the most emphatic manner the conduct of Mr . Commissioner Tremenhere , in issuing his false nnd one-sided "Report on the state and condition ofthe Miners of South _Stafibrdtbire ;" such report being a tissue of insulting falsehoods

      and misrepresentations , and that a vote of censure be hereby passed on Mr . Tremenhere ; also , that our lecturer , Mr . W . Daniells , be requested to . answer and expose the said infamous report ' , as he ( Mr . Tremenhere ) has never visited the miners of South Staffordshire , to learn from ns our true state and condition , but has drawn up his ezparte report from the statements of masters , butties , doggies , parsons , and other interested parties , the working miners having never been consulted . " During the meeting a carrier pigeon was thrown up , with a note iied to its leg , in < rder to let the Wolverhampton friends know of the arrival of the delegates , speakers , _ c , and tbe progress of the meeting . The pigeon Ielt _Walsal at three o ' clock , and reached Wolverhampton , a distance of six miles , at ten minutes past three .

      A district delegate meeting was afterwards hold atthe Tiger Inn , Stafford-street . Large meetings have also been lately held at Dudley ( Mr . S . Cook , draper , in the chair ) , Wol . verhampton , _Bilston , Portobello , _Wednesfield-heath , Green Lane , Blackenhall , Catchem ' s Corner , Darlaston , _ c , _ c , and resolutions similar to tlie above were passed . These meetings have been addressed by Mr . W . Daniells and other friends ofthe miners .

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      Queen's Theatre. A New Drama Of Intense ...

      QUEEN'S THEATRE . A new drama of intense interest , by the author of the Haymalcers , entitled thc _QrapeGirl of Madrid , and Mary Blane , a melo-draroa , in which Mr . H . Smith and his dogs Hofer and Bruin appear , form the chief attractions at this theatre . The Grape Girl , from its intrinsic merit , and the plaudits nightly bestowed on its representation , promises fair to have a good run . Tlie plot turns upon the jealously of John de Morisco , chief judge of the supreme council of Castile , who is the husband of Constanza . His rival in her affections was Paul oi Toledo , who . _throush the villanv of Isadore

      _Braganza , was accused of piracy , and sentenced by John de Morisco to outlawry . Paul , however , braves innumerable dangers to gain an interview with his lover , in which he succeeds . Isidore , who is the heir of John , rouses his jealousy , and makes him witness the meeting of the lovers . They are surprised , Paul secrets himself in tbe oratory , which having no outlet but the door , it is ordered to be closed for ever by the jealous husband , that the unfortunate lover might die of starvation . John himself keeps guard . He is discovered asleep , and Constanza enters in a state of somnambulism . All that occurs after this is supposed to be dreamt by the jealous Spaniard . He taxes Constanza with her supposed perfidy , relates a tale of revenge

      perpetrated by the founder of his family , whose portraitdecorates theapartment , and vows he would not believe ber innocence if the spirit of his ancestor descended from the frame nnd proclaimed it . Tho spirit descends from the picture , and dooms him to murder three persons , whoso deaths he would least desire , as warnings of his own death on the scaffold . The first victim is the carpenter who entombed the outlaw—next thc child of Claude , a peasantand , lastly , Maremma _, the grape girl . Isidore bent upon the destruction of John de Morisco , that he might obtain possession of his estates , orders forged papers to be placed in his chest , which would subject him to a charge of treason , and for this and his other crimes he is doomed to be

      beheaded . The spirit makes its last appearance in the condemned cell of its victim , where the lesson is read , the story told . Constanza _' s innocence is asserted , and the moral condemns uncalled-for jealousy and revenge . In his agony Morisco declares it must all be a dream . " This to dispel it "—The dungeon disappears , and the first scene is again presented . All his victims are alive , he believes his wife ' s innocence , and Paul is ordered to be liberated . Morisco is about to be arrested by his

      heir , Isidore , on the charge of treason , but the forged papers are possessed by the grape girl who has overheard the plot , and hy her hand the villain falls . Such is the brief outline of the plot , which is heightened by many interesting and laughable incidents . The piece is well got up , the characters excellently represented , and tho acting of Mr . E . Green and Jlrs . C . Boyce , as Paul and Maremma , received the hearty applause of a crowded house . The clever performance of Mr . II . Smith and his dogs closed the evening ' s entertainments .

      Royal Polytechnic Institution. Every Wel...

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Every well wisher to the arts , science and manufacture of England , must be delighted on visiting this highly popular Institution , which abounds in endless articles of virtu and manufacture , affording to the eye of the visitor much attraction . The mind is also edified and instructed by thc admirable lectures daily delivered . One of the most attractive is a lecture illustrative of the fiery ordeal , and the hnndlin _*; of red-hot metals , delivered by Mr . Pepper , professor of chemistry to this institution . The professor treats the subject in a philosophic spirit ; and jitter explaining , ' b . v numerous experiments , the science of the matter , carried out

      practically an imitation of the fiery ordeal . The lecturer's assistant having first his feet prepared , walked over five pieces of red-hot iron without injury ; afterward *? , Mr . Pepper showed tho connexion of these curious results with the _spherodical state of bodies , and after preparing his hands with sulphurious acid , kept in a liquid state by an admirable freezing apparatus , invented by Mr . Masters ' s , of Regent-street , ho _dippeu his hands into boiling water , and afterwards into melted lead , with perfect safety . Tho appearance of fusible metals was also pointed out and explained by the learned professor , who said he had no doubt" that this course had been _frequently followed l » y conjurors when they pretended to swallow melted lead , < fce .

      , -^ — «^Fc^/«//«"»»W* Coal-Pit Accident...

      _, _- _^ — _«^ fc _^/«//« " _»» W * Coal-Pit Accident . —On Saturday last , about eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , Samuel lord , of Radcliffe , collier , was working at a coal-pit belonging to Messrs . Andrew Kuowles and Co ., situate at Green-lane , Radcliffe , when the roof of the pit fell is , and Lord was killed on the spot . The Cokvict Hannau Cunns . —Thc execution of Hannah Curtis , now in Gloucester county prison under sentence of death for the murder of her husband at Frampton Cotterell by poison , was fixed for this day ( Saturday ) , and all the awful preparations had been made . At a late hour on Friday night , however , a Queen ' s messenger arrived post haste from Scotland , where Sir George Grey is now sojourning , with a letter containing a respite of tno exeeution " until her Majesty ' s p leasure shall Do known . "

      National Association Of United Trades. £...

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . £ S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., / President . Established 1845 _k * " MAT JCST 1 TIA . " •« rJm « n- e 5 ? nossibl e for the working classes , by comb _in-„ _Fii _„ _l _* i _5 elve 8 tor a _* _>* keep up the general rato _f'S * _- f _^ hardly be said that this would be a thing SOTAM _SS _ ' bUt to be welcomed and _wjoiced at . »

      The question which ahove all others absorbs the interest and attention ofthe Central Committee , is _uiiquestionabl y the case ofthe tin plate workers of Wolverhampton . It is a question which assumes an importance from many very peculiar circumstances attending it , which it would not possess from merely the numbers whose best interests are Involved m the favourable or unfavourable issue of I a _Tffi _* And yet the interests of one hundred and fifty good and _staunoh members of this movement , is of itself sufficient to justify the Central Committee in any and every proceeding they may deem necessary to protect these men from the most unreasonable and unwarrantable exactionB of their employers .

      Seven years ago a struggle took place for the same object as the present . Upon that occasion as upon _ihis , Mr . E , Perry was the prominent and unscrupulous leader of the employers . Then , as now , his little army of bond slaves were brought into play to illustrate , we presume , the intensity and purity of his free * trade principles . Many of these poor dupes fairly _snapt asunder the chains that bound them , reckless of the consequences of their imprudence They , expiated their venial crimes-if crimes they really were—in Stafford gaol . Disunited , disorganised , with a perseverance which deserved a better fate , they wore , after a cost

      of thousands of pounds , beaten by circumstances , by the badness of trade , by thoir own ignorance , they were placed hovs de combat , and compelled to submit to their conquerors , who used their victory like all conquerors , by rivotting closer the chains which bound their victim * . Mr . Perry now says to the dupes ho entices to work for him— " I'll givo you plenty of work at the same prices I have given for the last seven years . " Yes ; biit what are the prices that he and his friends have heen giving for the last seven years ?—from twenty to fifty per cent , under the market price o J tbat ana a j Jo ther towns where the tin trade assumes the character of

      a staple , i To this injustice ( we might have used a stronger and a truer term ) his victims have not consented , but been forced to submit , constantly looking forward to an opportunity of bursting their bonds , the improved position of the tin trado generally through the country , and in tho town of Wolverhampton in particular , theiv own improved local organisation , their connexion with the National Association , _whose almost uniform successes in similar cases seemed almost to guarantee to them the power and means of obtaihiug the long wished-for relief , were circumstances which naturally led them to agaui take the field . The Centra ICommittee were applied to , a statement of their position rendered , and the assistance of the National Association invoked in

      their behalf .. The Central Committee recognise their claims , tbey could not do otherwise ; and , after dealing successfully with some individual complaint , they found that the anomalous _posttion of the Wolverhampton tin trade was as much a source of annoyance—aye , of injustice—to a portion ofthe employers as to the men . It was urged , and with great truth , that it was monstrously unjust to the masters employing in the aggregate ono half of the whole number of men in tbat trade of the town , to expect them to continue a rate of wages so . much higher than their neighbours ; and yet neither of these most respectable gentlemen complained of the wages they paid , except in relation to the lesser amount paid by theiv competitors and neighbours ;

      indeed , one of them fairly volunteered an opinion , that in the present state ofthe markets an advance of ten per cent , upon the selling price could be obtained without difficulty . The Central Committee pledged itself to these gentlemen , and to the men , to givo their best assistance in any effort they could make to obtain a book of prices for the town , which would place all parties—masters and men—upon an equal and equitable footing . In furtherance of this , a book was drawn up by a committee of men chosen from each factory , and copies of this hook presented to each ofthe principal masters , and left with them for their examination and approval . From two a prompt and decisive answer was

      obtained ; from three of the others a series of tricky , evasive excuses 5 and from the sixth ( Air . Feancomb ) from the first interview to the last meeting of the Conference , subsequently held , a bearing and demeanour which could incite in the minds of those who witnessed them no feelings but of pity and contempt . After a protracted negotiation , conducted by the deputation with much patience—and , Mr . Perry admits , great judgment and proper feeling—a conference of masters and men was obtained —held two sittings—and finally broke up , with a thorough conviction on the minds of all present of , the perfect impracticability of bringing the matter to any satisfactory conclusion by those means .

      Tho pnnciple , of mediation in this case signally failed , from the ungehial and perfectly-impracticable character of those engaged ia it . The Central Committee were then called upon to support a different line of action . But , true to their faith in the glorious principles of conciliation , they were loth to unsheath the sword of antagonism , and again streve to win- over , rather than force , the employers to do justice to their men . In vain . There are dispositions that will rather break than bend . Mere then one sample of this stubborn . rugged speoies have displayed themselves in this _unsuccessfu Inegotiation . This last attempt to reconcile differences having again faileJ _, the men have no remedy left hut that ot combined and individual resistance ; and the

      Central Committee and the National Association are bound , by every principle of honour and sympathy , to cherish , succour , and support their brethren struggling for their rights , so long as their measures arc conceived and acted on in a legal and constitutional spirit / AVe have run orer this resume of the principal events and phases of thc affair for the purpose of showing how earnestly the Central Committee havo _strsve to avoid the position which Mr . Perry and his friends and ourselves are placed in . We understand , from a report wo have received of an

      exam \ nat \ on , which took place before tho magistrates of Wolverhampton , tbat Mr . Perry , or his lawyer , is extremely desirous 0 _jfixing upon ns a case of libel . We are perfectly cognisant of the extreme ingenuity of lawyers , especially country onos , and wo are also aware from Mr . Perry's own statement , that he himself bas some pretensions to great skill as an amateur lawyer . It may be so ; hut wc venture to state our deliberate opinion , that all the ingenuity of Mr . Perry ' s lawyer , and his own amateur assistance , cannot fix upon us a well grounded charge of libel .

      The whole course of our proceedings have been of an opposite character . We have left open the door of reconciliation , even to somo extent , to the damage of our characters amongst ourmenibers . Why have we done so ? Bocause we are always desirous of proving to them the superiority of reason over violence . We seek not to libel Mr . Perry , but we are bound in duty to expose to public detestation any acts of his that savour of tyranny and oppression . Mr . Perry and his friends have an undoubted right to obtain men wherever they can find them , but we have , on our part , an equal right to caution men from the immoral allurancos whioh such men as Mr . Perry holds out to them . We have denounced , and will continue to denounce , the measures' by which Mr . Perry seeks to fill his shops . It is neither honourable nor moral to entice men by bribes of drink , nor by inducing tbem to plunge themselves

      into debt by acceptingibf his paltry £ 5 loans , to bind themselves to his chariot wheels . We conceive these measures to he utterly unworthy of any man of honourable mind . The Tin-Plate Workers of Wolverhampton have been forced into a struggle which we would gladly havo prevented , but it did not please Mt . E . Perry , in his greed for wealth , that it should bo so ; and we assure him and his lawyer that we Bliall not be deterred in exposing . to public censure any acta of his which come to our knowledge which savours of oppression or tyranny . At the same time wo hold that a struggle ofthis kind is better conducted without appeals to the passions on cither side . But tho great question to be decided in the case is this :--Is Mr . Perry and his friends to be permitted to lord it at their own peculiar whim over , the welfare and clearly recognised rights of the workmen ?

      • We say "No ; " at whatever sacrifioe "No . " And wo have that faith in the patriotism and good sense of our members , that we know they will ( support the Central Committee as long as tho endurance of E , Perry and his dupes ( pardon the . phrase ) can last . Mr . Perry has several men bound to him , as he thinks , in legal bonds . If they aro legal bonds we shall certainly not pretend to interfere with tbem , but we are strongly of opinion that most of these agreements aro invalid . We shall have the highest legal opinion upon thorn , and we can promise Mr .

      rerry that all our proceedings will Do conauctea upon perfectly legal principles . As far as he personally is . concerned , perhaps the question may turn upon tho validity of these bonds ; but to his proteges—R . Perry , Thuston _, and the gentle Foarncomho—this can scarcely apply ; and , whether Mr . Perry and his friends ' like it . or dislike it , wo assure him that ( lie book > , and will bo , tho book in Wolverhampton from this , time forth . As for his lawyer ' s flourish about libel , we simply despise and laugh at it . Wo can Beat him without liboluigliiui , and place liim and his lawyer at defiance . Wm . Pest , See .

      Tin Plate Workers.-Important Decision. W...

      TIN PLATE WORKERS .-IMPORTANT DECISION . _Woiverhampton , —It may he necessary to state that a strike for an _equilization of wages has taken place in this town . Edward Perry is one of the largest manufacturers in the trade , and , from all appearances , he is determined not to accede to the desires ofthe workmen , but to compel them to submit to his terms , under various proteiices , * ono of which is , to take advantage of agreements that have been drawn up years ago , and kept in his desk to be used against the men wben ho feels disposed , unless they will conform to his wishes and desires ; hut _. as the particulars will he found in the evidence , ¦ re direct the careful attention of working-men to it , and leave the case for comment to a future occasion . _WOLVERHAMPTON P 0 MCE COURT

      Wednesday Aug . 21 _.-Magistrafces jn attendance : _MeBsrs . Leigh ( stipendiary magistrate . ! and Mr . Tarratt . ' William Wkntwoktb ( a tinplate worker , ) was charged by Edward Perry with absenting himself from his employment contrary to the terms of a written engagement which he had entered into . Mr . H . Underhill appeared to prosecute , and Mr . Fleetwood to defend tho accused . It appeared a warrant had been issued for the apprehension of Wentwwfch , signed by J . Barker , Esq ., and , that the _defendant had been brought up under it , and liberated on the undertaking of Mr . Fleetwood , that he should appear when necessary . Some discussion took placo as to the power of any

      other justice than the one issuing the warrant to hear the case ; but the question was decided hy tho original warrant being withdrawn by tho consent of both parties , and a fresh warrant issued by Mr . Leigh . Mr . rjNDKRHiLi . read the agreement between Perry and the defendant , by which Wentworth appeared to have hired himsolf for five years , from the f th of August , 18-17 , and not to leave without giving notice . He ( Mr . Underhill ) in the event of the bench considering tho charge proved , had been instructed to press for a committal , on the ground that the meD , who were hound together in a society , of which he should prove tho defendant to be a member , bad induced apprentices , as well as other men , to absent themselves from Mr . Perry ' s employ . Three articles had appeared in the 7

      i " . 0 i _* tnew » Star newspaper , doubtless inserted at the instance 0 ithe society , { who wero connected with the National "Association , whose executive committeo was sitting in London , ) in which Mr . Perry was egregiously libelled . Mr . _Brtan , late foreman to Mr . E . Perry , stated —That the words " William Wentworth , " his mark , and tho signature was his handwriting , but he could not , although he had tried , call to mind any circumstances attending the execution of the agreement . In cross-examination he said , he could not say if the agreemeut was read over to Wentworth , or whether his name was affixed before or after it was read or signed . Wentworth was an apprentice to Mr . Perry , and ho never knew that gentleman to deliver u wn vmdentures _.

      Mr . Perry o ' _eposed , that the agreement was filled up in his handwriting , and was read over to Wentworth , and executed in the usual way , In reply to Mr . Fleetwood , the witness admitted that it was impossible for him to remember every circumstance connected with the agreement , lie had not brought Wentworth ' s indenture ; he believed they were at his ofiice . A question was raised by Mr . Fleetwood , that inasmuch as the agreement was executed before the expiration of his apprenticeship , it was invalid , _* he , therefore , prayed the court to adjourn the case , in order that the indenture , might be produced . — Mr . _¥ nderhill obiected , but the magistrates deemed the request a reasonable one _, and the case was accordingly adjourned until Wednesday , the 28 th inst .

      Adjourned Hearing , Magistrates present : Messrs . Leigh , Loxdale and Barker . Mr . Underhill was about addressing the Bench , but Mr . Fleetwood objected , on the ground that be ( Mr . Underbill ) had closed his ease . Tho Bench , however , thought that as the case stood over for the production of a document it was necessary to inquire whethor it was found . In answer to the magistrates , Mr . Perry stated that tho defendant had applied to bim , but he had not been able to find thc indentures . and it was his general custom to give them u ] when applied to . altbouuh in this case ne might not havo done so . —By Mr . Fleetwood : Mr Bolton , solicitor , filled up tho indenture , and he took it to his ( Mr . Perry's ) house . Most of the indentures in my chests—two large bundles—are expired . I cannot remember whether I saw the indenture 01 * not when the agreement

      was made , nor do I know whether I have over seen it since I tied it up with the others . John . _Wmstwobth ( the father of the defendant ) said , that the indentures were unexpired when the agreement was signed , as his son was not twenty . one until two days after the date mentioned in the agreement , and that be was apprenticed until that period . Jeremiah Shiih ( under foreman ) said , that in thc month of June he was asked by the men to call a shop ' s nieeting . He did so , after which Mr . Perry asked him to call another , and made no distinction between hired and non-hired men . Mr . Pevy stated at that meeting that those who were not satisfied might go , for ho would have no shop ' s meeting there . Wentworth left in about a fortnight after that . He stayed to finish his work , and he might take out an additional lot of work wliich was much wanted . It was the custom of the trade when men were not hired to do tho work by the iob , and leave when it was done .

      Mr . Woodnorth said , he had worked for Mr . Perry three times as a hired man , and when there was fu .. two years unexpired he discharged him without a notice , although he was bound by the agreement to give him ont * month ; and had he tried to enforce it , he ( Mr . Perry ) would have given him work on which he could not earn one shilling per day . Several other witnesses having testified to the usages of thc trade , Mr . _LBioir said ho thought thero had been sufficient witnesses for the defence .

      Mr . Underhill tried to show that Wentworth was not a tin plate worker , inasmuch as he did not finish the article . This objection having been overruled , Mr . _Leioii proceeded to give judgment in the oase . He Baid , —Mr . Underhill , the magistrates having fully considered this case , arc of opinion , that a meeting was called by Mr , Perry , through his foreman , without distinction of men , hired or not hired , and by the evidence of Smith and Mr . Perry , an order was g iven that those who were not satisfied might leave . Whether the foreman had

      strictly obeyed his orders he knew not ; but it was certain , from his evidence , that he did call a shop ' s meeting , for the purpose of meeting Mr . Perry , at which he said , " Those who were not satisfied might go . " The defendant did not go then , but stayed to finish his work ; and they considered the taking out of a small order of ono dozeu of covers not sufficient to establish a new contract—therefore , the defendant must be discharged . Mr . Undebiiill said tho decision was in opposition to that given hy _otlior magistrates on the same evidence , in tlie case of Fen ton .

      Mr . Leigh . —Tho magistrates present have decided tho ca » e on tho evidence before them . Whnt the evidence was in tlio otlier caso , ho was not enabled to say , but if Mr . Underbill would look narrowly into the case he might find it was not exactly the same ; but that they had nothing to do with . .. It may bo stated , for the information of our readers , that the case referred to by Mr . Underhill , was decided by Mr . Underbill , sen ., and another magistrate .

      Tho present case excited great interest , and thc thanks of the working men here are due to the kindness of the magistrates for their patience and correct judgment in their behalf .

      Clerkenwell County Court. The London Pat...

      CLERKENWELL COUNTY COURT . THE LONDON PATENT TOBACCO PIPE BUBBLE _COMPANY AGAIN . SHAW V . SKERTOHLY . FniOiY , August 16 th . —The plaintiff , who is a very poor man , stated that im obtained a verdict against tho defendant on thy 28 th of Inst June , when tho t \ udge considering the plaintiff had been badly used by the defendant , made an order for tho amount ofthe debt— £ 20 , together with full coststo bo paid on the 8 th . of July . This order , however , tho defendant paid no attention to , thereby putting the plaintiff to further expense and

      trouble m taking out a judgment summons . Plaintiff now bogged tlie judge to mako out an immediate order of commitment , unless tlio defendant at once paid the amount into Court , he ( the plaintiff ) having strong reasons for supposing tho defendant was about to leave tho country , and that bis word was not to bo taken . Tlio plaintiff held a iong list of parties , whom tlio defendant had obtained money from , leading them to suppose he svould make thoir fortunes . Amongst tho names was a young man at Leicester , named Gilbert , whom ho completely _ruini-d ; also a Mr . Charles

      Billings ; boarding-house keeper , 21 , Finsburysquaro where he amused himself by commencing advertising for a partner with £ 100 , to carry out a valuablo invention . Hero defendant and his wife had comfortable quarters , hy way of hoard , money and lodging for twelve months , and left poor Bit lings a ruined man . Another man , named Cotton was induced lo part with the whole of his means , in consequence 0 jdo _fendiwit ' _s representations , and is now _aiso completely ruined ~ he company baa already been exposed at Guildhall Police Court , before Alderman Hooper , by Mr . Dixon , solicitor to tho Inde Protection Sooiety . Tho defendant , in

      Clerkenwell County Court. The London Pat...

      answer to tlio Judge , as to his means ' stated , at present , he regretted to ssy , he was without means ° i My kind whatever , but would pay the amount of *» debt and costs iri three months , when he expected £ 300 . —Judge ' : Where do you reside ? Defendant : At 18 , Lower Islington-terrace . —Judge : li . ow long havo you resided there ? Defendant Since April laat _. _-JndgD . What rent do you pay ? Defendant : Fifteen shillings per week .-Judge : Where did you reside before Vou went to 18 , Lower Islington-terrace ? Defendant : At _Claremontsquare .-Judge : What rent did you i > av there ?

      i _/ eiendant : . about the samo-fifteen shillings per week . —Judge : You say you shall be In the receipt of £ 300 in about three months ? Defendant * . Yes , sir . —Judge : Well , if that be so , you can have no difficulty in paying this poor man the whole ofthe debt and costs at once . Defendant : Although , I must say the plaintiff ' s claim is a very just one , I cannot pay him anything at present ; I nave no objection to pay £ 2 per month . This the plaintiff refused to agreo too , and the defendant refusing to make a reasonable offer , the learned Judge ordered him to be committed to prison for fourteen days .

      Middlesex Sessions. Tho August General A...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Tho August general adjourned session of the peace for the County of Middlesex commenced on Tuesday morning , atthe Sessions-house , _Clerkenwell , Mr . Witham presiding in the absence of . the learned _assistat judge , Mr . Serjeant Adams . _Desbetio !!* and Robbebx wi a SoLDiEB . —Richard Jennings , 24 , a private in the first battalion of the Grenadier Guards , was indicted for Btealing a coat and other articles , the property of William Seymour . —Tho prosecutor lives at No . 3 , Cottagecourt , Orchard-street , Westminster , and at about ; i quarter past ten o ' clock , last Saturday night , the prisoner asked him to let him into his house for a short time in order that he might avoid the patrol . The prosecutor complied , and he went to bed ,

      leaving the prisoner , who was an entire stranger to him , but riot to a person with whom he lived , asleep upon the floor . The next morning ho was met in Blackfviars-road by apolico officer , whose suspicions were excited by the circumstance of his having on military trousers and the coat and cap produced , and ho went up to bim and asked him what regiment he belonged to . The pvisoner denied that he belonged to any regiment , and asserted that he-had been discharged from the army twelve months ago ; but as he could not produce any papers to show that this was so , the officer arrested him and lodged him in a station-house , soon after which be ascertained who and what he was , and that tho coat and cap he had on had been stolen from the prosecutor ,

      and that the prisoner ' s military coat , cape , belt , & c , were left at the prosecutor's house . When before the magistrate thc prisoner said , " I took them with the intention of deserting , and I hope I shall be transported , for I shall never do any more good in England . "—" -The prisoner then pleaded guilty , and was sentenced to three months' hard labour . Picking Pockets . —John Durkin , 14 , and James Norton , 14 , were indicted for having stolen a handkerchief from tbe person of Henry Arms , —Durkin pleaded guilty , and the evidence given against the other pvisoner , clearly established the case . The offence was committed in St . James ' _s-park _, on the occasion of her Majesty ' s state procession to the New Palace at Westminster , for the purpose of

      proroguing parliament on the 15 th mat . _—horton was found Guilty . —Lockyer , an officer of the Westminster Houseof Correction , _snid that the prisoner was well known at that establishment . On the 19 th of May , 1 S 48 , he was committed for two days and a whipping ; on the 4 th of June in that year be . had four days and a whipping , * on the 22 nd of that month he had two days and a whipping ; on the 3 rd of tbe succeeding July he was again committed for fourteen days and a whipping ; on 9 th March , 1840 . he was committed for three months , and he was again whipped , * on the 10 th of . November in that year he was committed for ten days ; on thc 29 th of that month he was committed for a month ; un the Gth of April , 1850 , he was again committed for ono month and whs whipped ; on

      the llth of May , after he had been discharged but five days , he was committed for two months . That term of imprisonment expired on ihe llth of July , and on that same day the prisoner was detected at his old business , pocket-picking ; he was taken before a magistrate , who committed him for a month with a whipping . He was liberated on the llth instant , and on the 15 th was apprehended on the present charge . Nothing was known of tho other prisoner . —Mr . Witham said it would be idle to suppose that any good could be done with the boy Durkin , by sentencing him to imprisonment . He was an apt illustration of the effects of the summary conviction and flogging of young thieves . He was a fit objeot for Parkhurst . The sentenceupoa him was that ho be transported for seven years , and upon _Norton that he be kept to hard labour for six

      calendar months . _Rekpisg a Lav _Stali ,. —Henry Tame , a dust contractor , ono of the parties indicted for keeping a common nuisance ( collections of dust and refuse ) , on the bank of the Regent ' s Canal , at Paddington , surrendered according to arrangement , and pleaded guilty . —Thc defendant entered ijito recognisances and gave sureties to come up for judgment with the other defendants in October . An expert Pickpocket . —John Henry , aged 20 , William Walker , aged 10 , aiid Frederick Wright , aged 20 , were indicted lor having stolen a silver watch , ofthe value of £ 10 , the property of Thomas Loake , from his person . On the 15 th inst . Policeconstable Iteeve , A 424 , was on duty in plain ,

      clothes , in St . James ' s Park , " on the look out" in the crowd that had assembled to see her Majesty go to prorogue Parliament , and he paid great attention to the movements of the prisoners , knowing Henry to belong to the swell mob , and having seen them try the pockets of several individuals . He followed them np to Buckingham Palace , whera several attempts upon pockets were made by them , but unsuccessfully ; and , after briefly consulting together , they retraced their steps towards the Horse Guards . They passed through into Whitehall , by the Canteen , and took their station in front of the Banquet House , where tbe officer , _knotrim the skill ot Henry as a pickpocket , placed himse 3 in a position to command a full view oftheir

      operations . Henry tried the pockets of several persons standing in the crowd , and at length he fixed upon the prosecutor , whose watch he carefully lifted out of his waistcoat pocket ; finding it was strongly iastcned to a chain , and that he could not at that moment disconnect it , he very dexterously replaced it in tho prosecutor ' s pocket , to await a more favourable opportunity , when the crush waa greater . Presently thero was some crowding at that spot , and he then again slipped the watch from the pocket , but as tho crush lasted but for a moment , he had not time to unscrew the swivel , and then for the second time he returned the watch to tho prosecutor ' s waistcoat pocket . As tha royal cortego emerged from the norse Guards ,

      there was a great rush , and availing himself of that opportunity , Henry for the third time drew the watch from tho pocket , and was in the act of breaking it from tiie chain , when the officer reached over his shoulder , and laid hold of his hand with tho watch hi it . Tho ' prosecutor then became aware of tho liberty that was being taken with his property , and he culled " police " lustily .- The officer said it was nil right , that he was an officer , but the prosecutor suspecting , from his not being ; in uniform , that ho was one of the gang , declined 1 to resign the watch into his hands . Two officers 1 in uniform arrived the next moment when the 1 watch was given up and the prisoners secured . A number of witnesses were called , who proved the 3 inbeeility of Wright , ns well as his usual good , _, quiet , and honest conduct . —The jury returned a k

      verdict of Guilty in respect of Henry and Walker , ' , and Acquitted Wright . —Lockyer , one of the officers s of the Westminster prison , proved six former con- 1-victious ajraiast Ikwy , whom he described as one i _0 of the cleverest pickpockets of tho day . The last _st sentence imposed upon him was one year ? s hard la- ahour , and that was by this court Mr . Witham m said it was time the country was rid of such a cha- ameter as Henry , whom he sontenced to be trans- isportcc for ten years ; and Walker was sentenced to to six months hard labour . —It was stated that the he realnameof * 'Henry" was-Langham . His father ier was a respectable builder , nnd at his death left him im considerable property , which , however he very soon on _squandered among characters of the worst _descrip- ip « tion , nnd when it was ali gono ho took to thieving mg as a profession . He was well known to the police ice as an expert pick pocket since 18 i 0 _, in which year ear ho was first convicted .

      A Fatawiv Seems To Attend The Statues Of...

      A Fatawiv seems to attend the statues of the the American sculptor , Hiram Powers . It is onlv _a'v a , few months since we had to announce the accid ' entlent \ whichbofel his "Eve " -wrecked at Carthagena ? ena i in tho vessel which was conveying it to America A Ai similar fate has now overtaken his statue of tho late lates Mr . Calhoun—said by the American papers to havehaves cost the artist years of toil , and which had beenbeem anxiously expected in lm native country . On thei thes 7 th of April Mr . Power wroto from Florence thatthatt tho statue had been encased for shipment , and con- congratulated himselt tbat it was _. not -ready toy toi bo put on hoard tho Swedish ship Westmoreland , inid _, _ini which hia Btatuo of " _Evo" waB shipped . _Hopesfopesi aro exressed that tho statue may be reoovered . ,

      - Tue Sea giving up its Dead .-Within the hist hist week tho remains of some bodies have been _wshed'shedl ashore near Margate , presumed to bo those of pag- nag-. « form « _' ?« _w- » nd BJ _^ Jt _^ , by _pultog down _somesome > h _^ ia mi _^^^ _<& f * _ft _"JThnnon-svendors of Manchester and Salford _htva _htva l formeda society . _towatuhtheinterestsofthetrad-s _* , \ _fc

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31081850/page/5/