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      Factory Lahou - !..—As Examplti Lvoinnv ...

      THE DTJIyi _^ RMlIXE MODE "' OF MAKING . THEIR " GRUMBLINGS _FSIiT . _" Is another column will be found an account of the _lateDunfei-mline " Riots , " differing materially from those wegavelastweek , from the '' _friglttened-to-deatli " correspondentof the Times . Innoticingthematter on fliat occasion we expressed our conviction that the writer of the inflated " Tarns" that appeared in the Times liad either allowed his fears to run away with tis judgment , or that he was basely lending himself to a most unworthy purpose . The facts have proved that we were correct in one or other of our suppositions : we do not now care to sav which . _" _^"*^ _- _^*'**** - _***************** _********* ' - _*********^^ _..- ¦ _-. _r-T-T _= ¦ - ¦ " -

      So , then , all thc story about " a deliberate conspiracy , for the most murderous purpose , " and about " aregular band of conspirators organised and disci-• _pnneu with watchwords and signals , bound together under obligations of secresy , and with hearts to coxa-ire and heads to EXECUTE ANY CRIMES however atrocious , " turns out to be an aftair got up liy a few _thonslitless boys , and joined in by others without concert or consideration ! " What a falling off is there ! " A real " conspiracy , " of such a

      formidable character as thc alarmist ofthe Times indicated ; on e wliich had spread such fear around that those in the secret " durst not communicate information to the authorities ; " a " conspiracy" of Utis sort would have been a source of" thrilling interest / as the melo-dramatistssay , in those over-quiet times : but for the curtain to rise on a mere " boys * frolic , " terminating in an " ordinary riot "—Jo I what a disappointment ]! Were wc made judge of the actors in _guch a " sorry come off , " we would punish them gcvcrelv for engaging in so petty an affair !

      The friend "who forwarded the page of the Dunfermline Journal containing the "corrected account we give in another place , accompanied it by the following letter : — Mn . _Editoe , —Receive enclosed a _eorrctf , account of the Dunfermline riots . Thc press has magnified them ; making little tilings appear great . Thepeople of Dunfermline stood high during the agitation for the Charter . 1 trust they knon- their rights ; and know how to retain what tliey liave , and recover their long lost ones . I will give one instance of their discernment . "When Mr . Brewster followed Mr . O'Connor from p lace t o p lace , endeavouring by every fotil means to bring tbat " good man into disrespect , the people in Dunfermline heard them

      both ; and , although many differed in their views with 3 Ir . O'Connor , yet , notwithstanding all that Mr . Brewster said , tbe people stood by . Mr . O'Connor , believing him to te an "honest , upright , persevering , and brave patriot . And who , in all tbe king dom , are more alive to their rights , I would ask , than tbepeopleof Dunfermline ? In the year 1 S 42 , -who , amongst all tlie towns , o fl fo rt h like they ? Ifone . They _resolved to drop talking , and liave a little action . They ceased from labour for the space of eight days , -waiting to see if ; iny would follow their example . _Jioue did follow . Had it been so , it might have been better for aU to-day . You may taunt us with being moral-force men ; but moral force must be in front , aud the bayonets behind . —A Cosstast IIi 3 aj > eb .

      Just so : thatswhatwe hare always said ! The hayonets behiud ! yes , that ' s thc right sort of " moral force . " That ' s the sort we can do with : but then your xcd " downright , " " up-to-lhe-mark" " moral force philosopher" wont hear of a bayonet at all ! We presume " A Constant Reader" wonld not have the hayonets merely to pick teeth with . He would have them "behind , " to be ready in case they were needed . But the mere mention ofthe name of a bayonet is

      sufficient to turn a fuH-flcdgcd "moral force" man lack ! ** lie cannot contemplate any circumstances that would justify a resort to violent measures . " It wasatt / tcse squeamish white-livered politicians that we sneered , aud not at those who , while they put " moral force" in the front , have the bayonet behind . If the Uunfermlinc people are of this sort , our "taunt , " as " A Constant Reader" calls it , does not apply .

      " A Constant Reader" also says that thc people of Danfermliiie _fenow their rights : and know how to retain _wlat they have . We sincerely lope that Le speaks thc truth ! There is an attempt on the part of the Messrs . Alexaxder , io take _fhom " what they hare ; " an attempt -which , if successful , will soon be followed by a general reduction of the poor "SHARE" the table-linen weavers receive . Will those weavers sec that they DO " retain what they have ? " "Will they belong to the " race" of "grumblers "—those that grumble to some

      _purposethty-c whose grumblings , when heard and FELT , enable titan to live comfortably and iveM ! The _SECiiui ihey will find in another column : let them be sure to learn it , and put the "knowledge" they ihus acquire in force , to the preventing of the abstraction of the "balls of fat" outof their " nice MESS of broth" ! Of course in doing this , they wiil place " moral force" in front : but we trust ihat they will not forget to liave the " bayonets LeLiml : " and before they give up their "balls of fat" make "balls" of another sort heard and PELT too ! We are " moral-force" advocates of the _Baiifcrniline school .

      R- ' ' "- •: R . . - ' ^ September 6. 18...

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      Progress Of The Harvest. State Of Tite C...

      _PROGRESS OF THE HARVEST . STATE OF TITE CROPS . Another week of good weather , compared with what we enjoyed (?) during the months of July and -August ; though the last few days have been gloomy and cold fov September . Still , the prospect of the Harvest is much better than it was a fortnight ago . Then , indeed , it was dreary ; and even now wc are far from being safe from the evils caused by a deficient vidd . Our present prospects will be best learned feoin the Mark-lane Express , who this week savs : —

      The weather has , since our last , heen highly auspicious for bringing ilie grain crops to maturity in tlie backward _aistricis , and fur securing tbe corn where already rijie Bright su _^ _hiae , with drying breezes , WHS precisely wiiat Was wanted after so great a quantity of rain ; and these liare Kvn experienced in all parts of the kingdom thrvughoat _Uie week ; should September prove equally _favoui-ibl _.-, tke wheat harvest would terminate much _Jnores-.-lisfjctorHv than appeared at one time likely ; sritt _»« unci . _mcstioii _icitctlter any _wealher , however propitious , < _ss _soTr KiK e GOOD TUE ILL EFFECTS OP IUE _WEV , cold _SVM 2 EH , The most prevalent complaint , and tliat ftom winch the greatest deficiency in the produce is feared , has ail along been the blanks caused in tlie car bv blight . Tiie reports ofthe mischief done thereby may

      liave hcea exaggerated ; but from tlieir almost universal diameter it can scarcely be supposed that the Injury eoinplaiuul uf . _r-isu-luilly without foundation : indeed from l _> erso : ia ! observation we are satisfied that , front ilie cold anil -. v _. i during the time of blossoming , the ear set _iin-Perfecuy . This defect it is plainly impossible to remedy ; and thoug h we may hope that the quality will be far better thai u could have been if the rain had couliuueil longer , -. ve cannot , under all circumstances , divest ourselves of in ,.- impression that the _tibld ter ache win . 2 * - FO _* - * . D _COSSlIttEABLTj SUOHT OF AS AVERAGE . We sincerel y inl :. maj . _jj 8 _wl-ong in this conclusion , and sliall bu happy to hear from sueh of our agriculturist irieuds as u * . _ve put the matter to the test , by thrashing a _jportiuu "i "** - * - * r crops , the opinions they entertain on tbe BUbjee : .

      whilst the prospects in regard to the result of the w eat bsrvest l- undergone so decided an _iarosove-Ul « it _, the accounts of tbe injury sustained by the potatoe croi . hnvcgrt . j ; lcre . lged ! j * _j . _jg n () H . certai „ thatin many of tlie _suatUcrn and western counties the disease _isttteiHii .,., _, and , should it unfortunately spread tothe east and south , the consequences would be very serious . material deariency in the produce of potatoes must , sooner ,. r biter , have a derided influence on this Consumption Of tread-stuns ; and die undoubted tact of at least a partial failure in this root , in conjunction with tlie _rea-«*«* 'Me s _* _u : _i-4 » sition that the-aeid of wheat will also be "Short . K strong ground for concluding that the value of _^ v ahtrwi _' 'l rule higher from this time till the harvest Mfii kau it has done the past twelve months . For ei . i > St 3 l _^ il 0 TO . vuli the _tj-jjgj _,, _n-jjeat _j iaSj as might ve been _expected , been influenced by thc change from _*™ aM . alur wetand ungeuidl weather to thatof a com-! _¦ «* - *} ojipo site character .

      vi \ x . iv , ; Jate _* ys * ud very little respecting the probable \ _£ : _'Uu quality of spring-sown corn and pulse , hut as * J ' r _l - "V harvesting- these crops has now arrived , wc * - tight tvjlay before our readers such Information is « _^ " _""" efrom time to _uniebienable to collect . Hurley thar _* _- _^* ' t _? escribed ** s _c-ttreinly luxuriant , so much so lO d- ' _£ * 3 _** has caused it to he much mere extensively _~ _° _™ '• hail either wheat or oats . From the cireumcr ' - _* J *' - * y he concluded that a large proportion ofthe -j . ! U -. _? J , a , re * _*** ~ *'< -red in point of quality ; but thu quan-Al ' ' » "K , beabovean average . " Oats are also , in _"t - _'" _^ * esc < ' i ' : 5 o as > favourably spoken of , not only re ] . ? ' * yicW » _lut likewise as toquality . The reports j , '" 5 _keaus and peas vary materially in different j-.. ' . '"' * ' bit on the _<* liole we are inclined to think Ihat _« l - _*** and we learn , that though the s _*» _aii-- ! _iJ " - , ta ! *' i , 1 , m _'» _t-, tMr * - _* _' _* l _* er had not been _newly ** V c : « n _. i ; . j * .. lately experienced here . The

      _cuttSuhi _,. ' - '' _' _""' _* ? nitk ; r h'y had , it seems , been pretty _genersiliy " _- e * _oiu tie south- hut tvvn " in the most forward

      Progress Of The Harvest. State Of Tite C...

      districts wheat harvest will scarcely Ix- begun till _aboui the middle of September . Prom Ireland we continue to receive _satisfactory accounts oftlie weather and the crops . In ti ! ' * - southern parts of the island a good deal of corn has ali _'* - _** dy been carried , and fanners , we are told , express tn _« _nselvcsatisfied with the result . . By the reports received this week from the United States we learn ( that the wheat harvest had been nearly brought to a close in all the principal states , and , though the yield was described as rather deficient in some places , the produce had been sufficiently abundant in others to bring np tbe total crop to more than an average . Spring corn aud seeds are reported to have been much injured by the extreme heat and drought . Though the news of the considerable rise which tookplaceiu prices of wheat in this country in July had been received at New York , no effect had been produced thereby on the value of either flour or wheat , and business had remained in a very quiet state .

      Prom -Canada , we learn that the wheat harvest was then in active progress , and a very capital crop was expected bolh as regards quantity and quality . According to the most recentadvices from the continent , it appears tbat the weather underwent a favourable change in Germany , Holland , and Prance about the same time as in this country , and harvest operations had consequently made considerable progress . As yet little is known as to the probable yield , but on the whole the accounts are much more favourable than was the case some weeks ago . On this subject the [ Liverpool Times of Tuesday savs : —

      The complete change m the weather which took place this day week in this district , appears to have extended to all parts of the tlu-ee king do m s , and after a whole week of tlie finest weather , there is still every prospect of a continuance of it . It will be seen from the extracts from the London and country papers in another column , that the harvest has made great progress in all the southern jind midland counties . Up to the end of last week , little beyond oats had been cut in South Lanca shire , but the cutting of wheat commenced very generally yesterday morning . Should the present week continue to be as fine as it now is , great progress will have been made in the wheat harvest in the north of England before the close of it , and in the south the greater part of the corn will be safe . It is many years since the prospects of the country have heen so alarming as they were at the beginning of last week , or since such imminent danger was so suddenly and so completely averted .

      Although it is stiil very doubtful whether the harvest of the present year will prove ii large , one chiefly owing to the general coolness of the season , yet the providential change iu the weather will save us from the two great evils of a serious deficiency , and of a sudden importation of foreign graiu . Prom the very indifferent ripening weather whieh prevailed until the beginning of last week , tllC quality of tlie grain is likely to be such as to render a considerable importation both of grain and flour necessary for mixing with home-grown corn , but this will come iu gradually from Canada and the United Stales , instead of being poured in suddenly from the Baltic ports , and its ' effects will be rather to improve than to injure the foreign trade of the country .

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      Jons Kogees, Baistoi.—There Was No Alter...

      Jons Kogees _, BaiSToi . —There was no alteration made in tlie law of settlement . The bill was withdrawn ; consequently the law remains as it was . The party he speaks of , if chargeable , will have to be removed , cruel as the act will be . James Williams , Manchester . —We have not room for his letter . The information it contains we will try to make available on another occasion . Jons It . White , _Wooten-dndeh-Edge . —He must first see the wills of the donors , and learn the nature of the trusts , before he cau move successfully against auy of their doings . D . _SnEJiniSGTO-s , Glasgow . —The address of the . operative Cotton Spinners next week .

      Receipts Op Tiie Cha11tist Co-Operative ...

      RECEIPTS OP TIIE CHA 11 TIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . PER MR . O ' COSNOR . £ S . d . Itatcliffe , near Manchester , per T . Barker .. 2 0 10 Sheffi e l d , per G . Cavill .. .. .. 0 14 S Ilalilax , per C . W . Smith .. .. .. 12 19 0 Alva , per W . Archibald .. .. .. 4 12 8 Liunbley , Notts , per J . Sweet .. .. 100 Derby , per W . Chandler .. .. .. 5 0 0 Swindon , per David Jilorison .. .. 200 Miss Kay , one share .. .. .. 2 12 4 Keighley , per J . Garnett .. .. .. ( 10 0

      Heywood , per It . Clegg .. ... .. 500 Manchester . p _* er J . Murray .. .. .. 13 10 7 Sheltoii , per J . Yates .. .. .. o 14 8 Leeds , per IV . Brock .. .. ,. 500 Leicester , per G . Noon ... .. .. 1 14 0 _Worsborough Common , H . Swift .. .. 1 14 1 Barnsley , per J . Ward .. .. ,. 400 Greenock , per It . Burrell .. .. .. 200 Miles Bank , Slielton , H . Penton ,. ., 0-14 Coventry , per-W . Parker .. .. .. 243 _Jtariuston , per It . Gittms .. .. .. 200 Ciitheroe , per J Stowell .. .. .. 1 11 0 Stock port , per T . IVoodliouse .. ,. 200 Kidderminster , per George Holloway .. .. 2 12 2

      Bttrnley , per John Gray .. .. .. S O 0 J . II ., & c , Warrington „ .. .. 340 Osforu , per John Bridgewatcr .. .. 276 Birmingham , per Henry Parker .. .. 200 Bradford , per Joseph Alderson .. .. 20 0 0 Merthyr TydvU , per David Morgan .. .. 100 Civeltenham , per M elson _, Kingston-place .. 200 Scarborough , per Charles Wheadley .. ,. 200 Glasgow , per James Smith .. .. ., 025 Dewsbury district , Birstall , per W . Lucksmith .. 4 18 0 Bradford , Yorkshire , per J . Alderson .. 4 1 G 6 shtou-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 6 7 G

      PER _GESERAI . SECRETARY . SHAKES . £ s . d . £ s . d , Bacnp 2 13 6 Battison .... ., 0 1 fl _Ca-mberwell .. .. 1 19 3 J . Wyatt .. .. .. 0 0 G Lambeth 7 0 0 T . B . C . and Sons .. 1 18 0 J . Whelan 0 0 C Mr . Dickson .... 020 1 SSTALJIEKTS . Lamberhead Green , James Fisher - - - 0 1 4 Do . James Atherton - - - 0 1 4 Do . S . Fan-hurst - - - 0 1 4 Do . M . Stockley - - - - 0 1 4 Edward Saunders - - - - - --014 . _1-tmpR Whelan - - - - - - -014

      CAEDS AXD RULES . Bury St . Edmond ' s Ola Sheffield 0 1 0 Stockport 0 5 0 Kotherham .... 020 Lower Warley .. .. 0 1 0 Mr . _Pai'iics .... 0 0 8 Sowerby Helm ., 020 Camberwell .... 020 Burnley fl 3 f Secretary 0 1 C Many ofthe :- " ub _; Secretaries have neglected to send me the return of the number of members , and the amount of money paid . Until this is done , it is impossible for nie to issue a correct balance-sheet . Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secretary .

      _NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . P £ _B _GKXEIUL SECKETAEX . SUBSCRIPTIONS . Hammersmifli .. 0 2 3 Honley .. 10 0 Briissfounders'ArmsO 1 6 Staleybridge , cards 0 -1 0 Ditto .. o o S Kotherham .. 000 Brighton 0 3 0 Thomas Martin "Wheeler .

      DCNCCMBE TESTIMONIAL . PE * l MB . O ' CONNOR . Mr . Moss 2 J ? _ATi-leud .. .. 0 10 C . _Paull .. .. .. 004 _H . Mair 0 10 Mr . Littlejohn ° L 0 JohnXcil - .. 0 0 C James FairchUd .. 0 0 « G . llavdv .. .. - .. 9 0 . 0 Mr . I _' _avne .. .. .. .. .. 0 0 G J . Elms , Haii _' -dresser ° 2 « Peter Bonne ., .. .. .. , . 0 1 ( i Ileury Mance .. .. •• .. 010

      wxos _X-CXD . Mr . E . Tobin , London .. . •• .. 0 2 C Mr . J . Shaw , do . .. ' ; 0 2 6

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      Mansion House. Tuesdat.—Alleged Breaches...

      MANSION HOUSE . Tuesdat . —Alleged Breaches of Contracts . — Thomas Tavcrncr and _TYiJjiaiii Sessons , _journey-iien carpenters , vcrecliargcd uuder the 4 th ot Gcorgclv _,, cap . Si , sec . 3 , with _itiscontliictin thc execution of a contract entered into with their employer , Mr Greenwood of 10 , Arthur-street West . Alderman Moon sat for the Lord Major . Mr . Greenwood stated that be Had _bcencno-ased to put in a shop-front in a bouse in Pope ' s Head-alley . The prisoners were in his emplovment , and liad been directed to perform the work Upon coing to the liouse he found them intoxicated , and it was ascertained tliat tliey had got into that

      condition in th ? cellar of a neighbour ot the owner o tiie house . The shop-front was completely pulled out . and exposed and left in that condition . "Witness paid them weekly . It was ascertained that the prisoner , had gone into thc cellar of Mr . Leeihwaite . in Pope ' s Head-alley , and made free with several bottles of wine wh _' ich had been lately deposited there ; that half-a-r . ozeri empty bottles had appeareu in the place of full ones , to the astonishment ol thc policeman , who designated their drunkenness as a " most mysterious in toxication" before he found that clue to its nieanins _* . The prisoners were sentenced to hard labour iu the House of Correction for oin

      month . Jons _HAGGAI . T , ajourncTinanbaker in the employment of Mr . MTarlaue , baker , of _Jcwiy-strce i ; . Alagate , was charged , under thc same A « t , with having got drunk and spoiled a batch of bread . Theprisoner had been taken into the service of . the prosecutor as foreman , and had not onlv got drunk in his work and burned a batch of bread , but had actually laughed at the mischief lie committed . A respectable baker ot Coleman street , who called at Mr . M'Parlane s house , and saw the condition ofthe bread , stated that tne batch was quite spoiled . The prisoner said in his defence , tliat he had a great number of customers lo supply , and there never had been made any comp laint whatever of his skill or attention to business . A _hlcrlaatt Mwm said \ t \ touU appear aa if the Act ot 1 arliament were not known to be in operation at all , jinking from the innumerable instances of breach o . contract wliich daily occurred . Thc priscner . was sent to Bridewell to take his station on the treadmill wiih the two former prisoners .

      Mansion House. Tuesdat.—Alleged Breaches...

      Tuesdat . _—Extensive _Robdert . —The court was crowded the greater part of yesterday by salesmen anxious to hear the result of a charge preferred against Thomas Wynibush , a dealer in bullion , for stealing a casket containing a number of brilliants , doubloons , gold watches , value £ 300 and inwards , trom the sale-room of Messrs . Dehenhani and Stony "i King-street . Covent-garden , their property . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Clarkson , who appeared for the prosecution , and the evidence of several witnesses , that on the 17 th of April , 1844 , a casket , containing the property above-mentioned , was sent from the liouse of Miss Fleming , pawnbroker , in St , Martin ' s-lane , to be put up for sale , previous to wliich , dealers , well known to the firm , were allowed to inspect the different articles , among

      whom was the prisoner . About one o ' clock it was discovered that the casket was stolen , in consequence ofwhich the doors of the establishment were closed to prevent any person leaving the place until a search could be made , and it was _reniarkaeiJe that the prisoner was one of the for . most to submit to being _searched ; but the property could not be found . Thc next step taken was te advertise an account of tlie robbery , and offer a reward for the recovery of the property or any portion of it . Nothing further was heard of the property until last week , when it was discovered ,. that shortly after the robbery the prisoner had disposed ofa watch , made by Walker , of Princesstreet , Leicester-square , to a tailor named Cloughly . who went to another maker of the same name to get it repaired , and seeing that it formed a portion ' of the property stolen , and having proceeded to the prosecutor ' s rooms , it was identified , upon reference being made to the catalogue . The prisoner was then taken into custody , when he said that ho had bought the

      watch at Messrs . Robins ' s room , Piazza , Covent-gar den . After thc property was stolen , the prosecutors gave directions to one of tlieir young men to go round to the different re & uers and dealers in bullion to warn them of the loss . ' The prisoner was present when such orders were given , and having followed the young man , he invited him to dinner , and afterwards offered to point out to him the different places where it would be worth making inquiries , which struck him so forcibl y that lie returned and informed his emplojer what had taken place , and on his return to the street he again found the prisoner waiting for him . It was also ascertained that on the 18 th April , 1844 , a refiner and jeweller , named Collingridge , residing in Wilderness-row ' , purchased a bar of gold , weighing II oz . 14 dwt ., from the prisoner at ' 58 s , 6 ( 1 , per ounce , which came to £ 34 4 s . 2 d ., and had never on any previous occasion made so large a purchase of liim , having dealt usually in small quantities of such materials . The above account is the substance of

      the evidence of several witnesses , and alter the prisoner declined savins anything in his defence , he was fully committed to Kewgate for trial .

      MARYLEBONE . . Mondat . —Tme Police Spv System . —A respectably-attired man , named Taylor , entered the witnessbox , and , addressing the sitting magistrate , Mr . Rawlinson , said— " I have an application ofa somewhat curious description to make to your worship . " Mr . Rawlinson . —Let me know what it is you want . Applicant . —I wish to ask you , sir , in the presence of Inspector Brown , why the police are set , day after day , to keep a watch upon my premises ? Mr . Rawlinson ( to the Inspector ) . —You hear what this man _saysi and I suppose you can give bim an answer ? Inspector . —A man has been sent bv the

      superintendent to v _, _* atch ,, and I'd rather not explain why _liel-: as done so . Mr . Rawlinson . —This person asks the question in open court , and surely you may satisfy him at once ? Inspector . —The superintendent has cau-ed to be done what is complained of , your worship , and I can explain his reason if you like to hear me . The inspector was here about to address the _ttlflglStratein an under tone , when Mr . Rawlinson said to applicant , ' * The inspector refuses to give an answer to your application . " Applicant . —I think it is very hard , sir , that I should be watched in this way , and I shall feel it my duty to seek for redress elsewhere . He then quitted the court .

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      The- Sooth Staffordshire Strike.—The Str...

      The- Sooth Staffordshire Strike . —The strike of the Colliers and Puddlers of South Staffordshire has terminated , tho ironmasters having agreed to pay the rate of wages which was paid before the strike . The Birmingham Journal says , " The causes which have led to this speedy acquiescence to the demands of the men are simply the increased demand for and value of iron . The slocks are now very low , and orders arc refused at late rates . There is every probability that this will continue , and another rise may safely be calculated on . It is rumoured that the workmen intend to demand an increase ot sixpence per day immediately , but we trust that this

      is not the case , as the evil must ultimately fall on ihemselves . The price of coal is too high already , and tlie consequence is that Welsh and . Derbyshire coal is fast finding its way into their market . " A correspondent , residing at Netherton , near Dudley , writes us as follows : — " Labour has gained a victory ; Notwithstanding the threats of tiie masters that they would let their works stand for six montlis , rather than accede to the 'DEMANDS of the men' a * they called it ; be "' the men demanded nothing They struck to resist a proposed reduction of sixpence ; and a move peaceable strike was never witnessed . There was no perambulating the country . The men were peaceably determined , and remained at home . They thereby gained a triumph . "

      Manchester . Power-Loom Weavers . — The hands in the employ of Mr . T . B . Thorp , power-loom manulacturer , Bateman ' s-buildinjjs , Manchester , sat down , on Saturday evening last , to au excellent supper , at the liouse of Mr . Jones , Saint David's Tavern , Youngstreet , Manchester . The supper was holden in honour of Mr . It . Winters , the uew manager , for . his integrity and straightforwardness . The cloth being removed , . Mr . R . Winters , was called to the chair . The health of T . B . Thorp and family was proposed , and drunk amidst loud , and long continued cheering . Various other toasts and sentiments were given . The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing , singing , < fec , and until thc clock announced the hour for retiring , when all separated , much gratified with the evening ' s entertainment .

      _Nonnr _Lancashire Mixers . —Monies received for the suppovt of tho Bvoadfield and Belthorn Colliers , August 30 th , 1 S 45;—Dean-church , £ 1 ; Bolton district , £ 1 ; Darwcn Colliers , £ 5 , * Baxenden , £ 2 ; Swinshaw , £ 1 ; Independent Mechanics , 4 s . Qd . ; friends , Is . 9 d . ; Blackburn Sp ., 16 s . ; Knusdenbrook , 4 s . yd . ; friends , ISs . Gd . ; Paper-mill , Darwcn , £ 112 s . 5 _* d . ; Darwcn Sp ., Is . 9 ( 1 . ; friends , £ 15 s . Od . ; Aspul district , Lodge No . 9 , 10 s . ; Wigan district , £ 1 ; Chovley _. 'lOs . ; Mends , £ 1 Is . * , George Nuvton , £ 1 7 s . 4-iil . ; Aspul district , £ 1 12 s . Gd . Tliere is no prospect of this strike being brought to a close , although nineteen weeks have el . _ips ' . _'flsii . 'ceits _coinuic- 'iceuioiit , and uviM _-y means have been tried to defeat the men . The masters of several cotton mills have been applied to to discharge from their employ all who have relatives among tlie Colliers who will not sign the masters' agreement ! The owner of the collieries is a printing-master , and one of the men

      on strike had two daughters employed in the printshop ; but when Simpson , thc owner , found this out , he immediately _discharged thorn . Tlio girls had worked at the place a long time , _and _^ asked what they had done ? Simpson replied : " You have done nothing ; I have nothing against you ; but yonr father is on strike , and I wout pay you wages to support him . " This is not all ; an old infirm woman , upwards of seventy-seven years of age , who had two grandsons , her only support when they were in work , with one shilling per week _slie receives from tinparish , has had her shilling stopped , because the lads would not go and draw for tho knobsticks . The boys arc only young , the one eight years of age , tlie _otliciten years . Yet despite these acts of infernal tyranny , and * despite the treachery of a few unprincipled lackeys—to wit : two tailors , a snob , and a maker of wheelbarrows , & c . These brave sous of thc mine , real Lancashire mountaineers , are resolutely determined to stand out until they conquer .

      Todmorden Weavers . —A public meeting of till * Handloom Weavers of Tolmorden and the surrounding townships was convened by placard , and held in the large room of thc Mechanics' Institution on the evening of Tuesday last , to take into eensidesation the propriety of uniting with the " Handloom Weavers' Association for Mutual Protection . " The meeting was numerous and enthusiastic . A young man , whose name we did not learn , was called to tlic chair , lie opened the meeting in a short ; md pointed speech , showing the necessity that existed for a better understanding amongst the Handloom VYeavers ' of this country . The nucleus of an association for this purpose liad been formed in . Wigan aad

      other places , and he hoped that the day was not tar distant when every weaver in the kingdom would be united in the bonds of brotherly love and aftecriou . " The _following resolution was moved and second cd Uy Weavers , " That we , the Handloom Weavers of Tcdmorden and surrounding neighbourhood , do herebv _agreeto join , without delay , tlic Handloom Weavers ' association , in order , if possible , to put a stop to those unjust encroachments which are continually being made upon our labour . " The chairman then introduced Mr . W . Dixon , who hail heen appointed to represent the Handloom Weavers . of Wigau . Mr . _D-, in coming forward , was loudly applauded . Alter a few preliminary remarks , ho said that the objects of the Weavers' Association was to destroy that

      abominable- system ot unprincipled home _competitio . i which at _. pi't'sent existed , by having a uniform li _»! of prices , - awl length . " of pieces , in all p . accs wh ere handloom weaving was performed , lie need not tc . _'l that meeting ( for they knew by gad experience ) we evil effects arising from tliere not . being a fixe ' standard of lengths to the pieces . The masters , by making the nieces a little longer at different _tiin- _'i-i had stretebcu them from forty to seventy yards , but had not given them one farthing move for thc extra work : iii fact , it had come to this , that a turn round a _sixyp . rdwarping was nothing ! Six yards' extra _labouv was nothing to take from the poor Weaver . lint if the Wo _.-iver dared to cut six yards ol . _t'H-[ vieee , he would be sent tothe treadmill as a _tnict

      The- Sooth Staffordshire Strike.—The Str...

      and a _vagabond . Mr . Dixon then said that if ' the 1 Weaversof rodii . _iorden considered themselves worthy ot the same wage * . ' as the men of Wigan , they must demand the same wages for the same work . But what was the tact ? Why , there was tuis difference between the two place * - * — Wigan List of \ ° riecs and Lengths . £ s . d . 1 st . Three shuttles Gingham , -10 inches wide , 50 yards long , 7 u picks , CI reed— _*> rice for weaving 0 13 0 2 nd . Four shuttles , samu _length aud reed as . ¦* " _* ve 0 14 0 3 rd . -Five shuttles , length and reed as above „ 0 ID 0

      Todmorden List of Prices at id Lengths . 1 st . Same description of work in evet _. V respect , 59 yards—price for weaving _,. ... .. 0 13 0 2 nd . Four shuttles , same length and _^ 'ced as above .. .. .. .. ., .. 013 6 3 rd . Five shuttles , length aud reed as above .. 0 14 0 Thus it would bo seen tliat the Weavers at Todmorden wearing a three-shuttle gingham of the same counts , had to weave nine yards more cloth ti ian the Wigan Weaver for the same money . If on a fourshuttle pattern he had to weave nine yards _min'c for sixpence less than the Wi gan Weaver ; nd if on a _fiye-slmttlc pattern he had to work nine yards more cloth lor one shillin g Jess than the Wigan masters were paying . This was certainly monstrous , that men going into the same market must demand so great a sacrifice from tlieir poor slaves . Another resolution ; andthe Handloom Weavers' petition were agreed to unanimously I after which the thanks of

      the meeting were given to the Weavers of Wigan and Mr . Dixon , for the information they had communicated . Mr . D . briefly acknowledged the compliment , and thanks having been given to the chairman , the meeting separated . _LASffAsnim * M- . HER 3 . —The next general delegate _meeting " of Lancashire Minora will take- place on Monday next . Sept , Sth , at the-Red Lion , _Blackrod chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , whicli will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and other gentlemen ; chair - to betaken at one o ' cteck in the afternoon . The levy , including general eontributioir and law fund , is Is . 8 d . per member . Persons coraing into Lancashire , calling themselves members of tbe Miners' Association , will not be recognised as sash without tliey produce a printed clearance , _duly attested by the secretary of the lodge- sr district to which they belong , and stamped with the lodge ov district seal .

      Bradforu . —Lfxiure by Me . David Ross . —Thc woolcombcrs of Bradford ( in connection , with the Sanatory Committee of that town ) have invited Mr . David Ross , of Leeds * to deliver them a lecture on " Sanatory Reform , " which lecture will be delivered in the Temperance Hall , on Monday evening next ; doors to open at seven o'clock , the lecture to- commence at half-past seven precisely . Working , men , attend !

      The Souriiwaltk Election. The Interest I...

      THE SOURIIWAltK ELECTION . The interest in this contest becomes more intense , as the time for decision draws nigh . Itis expected that Monday or Tuesday next will be thc day of nomination . Sir W . Molesworth finds that the _opposition of Mr . Miall is rayther more formidable than he at first seemed disposed to think it . He finds also that he cannot "pooh pooh" Mr . Miall out of the field . Ho finds moreover , that he cannot , by all the use of tho press at his command , and all Us abuse too , drive liim . out . lie has tried this on pretty " liberally ; " but there Mr . Miall sticks , to _the'infinite chagrin of the Whigs and the " philosophical " prig . The latter cannot hide his testyness . It exhibits itself most in a pitiful manner . For instance : Mr . Miall , vears ago , before he became editor of the

      nonconformist , was a Dissenting Minister ; and the " philosophical Bart" thought to raise the laugh against his opponent , by speaking of him as the Rev . Mr . Miall . See the Bart in tlic hands of Mr . Miall . Atameetingin the borough thenigln * after , thatgentlcman thus replied to the " philosophical" sneer : — " He sttid it was quite unworthy of this contest on great and important principles / that thc candidates should employ themselves in bandying personalities . ( ' * You began it . " ) Ccrtaiuly when he found Sir W . Molesworth professing to be an admirer of civil and religious liberty , and __ of the principle of no state endowments of religion , and yet confessing it to be so abstract in its nature , that none but , 1 wild and impracticable man could press it on the House of Commons , he ( Mr . Miall ) did take occasion to say that

      that gentleman was possessed of the representation of six livings , knowing the power and influence which such things must have to throw a tinge over a man ' s opinions , or the mode in which he might deal with his principles . ( Hear ,-hear . ) Sir Vf . Molesworth would see no great injustice in compelling every man to support his own sect , or in thc endowment of all denominations of the clergy . ( Ilear , hear . ) He had been pleased to go bach , in order to throw a prejudice over his ( Mr . Miall ' s ) cause , 'to the . earlier history ofhis life ; perhaps it was not a worse preparation for the business ot" lawmaking , to have ; been engaged fov some years in preaching tlic gospcl ' uf truth and peace , . than to have been occupied in editing thc wot ks of the 'infidel _Ilobbes . ( Hear . ) Without . reproaching hiin for his

      religious sentiments ' , it must be said , that if he entertained views respecting civil and -religious liberty at all in unison with those of Ilobbes of Mahnesbury _, then he had not acted a fair and open and manly part in appealing to Protestant Dissenters for their support , without ihwJ'Jy nnd explicitly declaring as much . ( Hear , hear . ) Regardless o . ' thc sneers of philosophical Radicals , he ( Mr . Miali ) would say boldly , that his own political views ami principles wore " based upon tho . New Testament _, which he took not only as his religion , but as his philosophy . Let Sir Wm . Molesworth , as a manly antagonist , declare whence lie derived his views and nrinci [ .: les . ( _I-kar , hear . ) But to turn from him to the school of politicians with whom ho was associated ; ic was finite time that their sham and tlieir pretence

      should be . put . au end to . ( Hear . ) The country had had enough of their everlasting clatter about civil and religious liberty , when almost every act ol theirs proclaimed their deadly hostility to religion in every shape . ( Hear . ) Let them come no more before Protestant Dissenters for their support ; their conduct in the last session had sufficiently revealed them '; and whatever might come of it , and however the Spectator might sneer at his ( Mr . Miall ' s ) friends as "humbugs , " at all events they would be humbugged by the Radical philosophers no longer . ( Cheers . ) They came with bland countenances and pretences of sympathy with the principles of Protestant Dissenters , aud almost every one of them would go away to his club , and heap contempt and scorn upon the " saints" and the " Methodists'' who

      had supported him . ( Hear , hear . ) Ihey talked now against . dividing the Liberal interest , * they should have thought of that before they dealt with tho Maynooth question in defiance of tlie majority of tlieir friends and puriiied _tiiaii * dearest principles . ( Hour . ) How could Sir W . Molesworth claim to _roprcscnt Dissenters ? Did he not regard the chief part of tlieir views as nonsense and superstition ? Was he not doing what his literary talent would enable him towards putting down those views throughout society ? ( _Ueniy hoar . ) Let theso politicians speak out : from Sir 11 . 1 _'c-cl down to Mr . _Itnebiick , they were insincere ; they hated the religion of the heart , and would do their utmost to trample on it . ( Hear . ) Those with whom he ( Mr . Miall ) acted ami sot tlieir hearts upon , at all events , _havin-i a small

      school of sincere men , who vrould speak wiiat tiiey uieant , and perform what they promised . ( Hear , hour . ) Let Sir W . Molesworth stand upon fair and . manly ground , and say he was labouring to diffuse _llobbes ' s opinions . The concealment , tbe _reserve , the aristocratic _hand-iu-glove manner in which be was going among Dissenters , and speaking of civil ami _religions liberty—it was dishonest . ( Cheers .. ) Mr . Miall is right . Wo do want " sincere men , who will speak what thoy mean , and pertoriu what they promise ; " and glad are we that he is contesting tho ' cicciiun on such principles , lt is time that your " expediency-mongers" were shown to the door ; und whatever may be the result of this particular election , the effect tbat the enunciation of _siuh sentiments will have on the genurul election close at hand will be immense .

      In relation to this election tho Tyne Mercury has the following , every word of which we endorse : — It is a constaut resort on the part of Whiggery _, on occasions like this of Southwark , and , imbed , generally , to pretend that there is a certain kindred leeihig _, and certain principles iu common , between tliem and the real friends of popular froedosa and popular - welfare . This is always put forth ... lt is r _' neti airued how " impossible" it is " at present" to rot-urn for such boroughs as Southwark or- _Sunderiiind men of " extremeprinciples" ( tinsis the phrase ) like Mr . Miall or Col . Thompson . This is step the second . The third move is to attempt to alarm the people ' s party by the fear of "letting iuaTory , " who is , in sueh eases , always painted and held up as some hideous monster , towards whom , all "Liberals " must of _-course feel a shuddering antipathy and a

      virtuous loathing ! Such is the insidious argument . 'Tis falsehood all—deliberate , coolly-contrived , longconcocted falsehood . The words are invariably contradicted by the deeds . If thepeoplo ' scandidate persevere , the Whig-party invariabl y prove b y TllEUi votes that they _jmfe-r seeing tho Tory elected . This was the ease at Sunderland , ' _where some of them openly voted for Mr . _Hudsori _, whilst others stood aloof , and let him in by not -voting at all . This will be the case at Southwark if Mr . Miall pei-sevcvc . If they cannot carry Sir William Molesworth , the Liberal , they wdl put in Mr . . Pilcher " , the Tory . Of this we- have not tne _slightest" doubt , and we would deceive no ono on this point . Unless Mr . Miall's frauds , we repeat , be * strong enough to elect him de * -. _pitcof both Whig und 'forv _, ho cannot be liicmbei for Southwark .

      W lien we say this , however , let us hasten to add our earnest hope that nothing will induce Mr . Miall to retire . It is id littlo practical consequence who shall / it tor tne borough . - during the brief remnant of die term ot tuo present wo ; tbless parliament . But it is of _consequence that certain parties should be now Mu . qbt thu great lesson , that unless they succumb turil' . c _* c to the deiimmls ol" tlie people , they shall not

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      succeed to that power whieh events are now fast tearing from i . he grasp of theslippery and ambiguous Peel . Oh ! no . Let us rather force the Tories _t-. keep possession of a . government which it is now clear tliey cannot . manage : let us give Sir Robert Peel a small majority in the next House of Commons , rather than put in "Whigs" or "liberals" of any kind , unless sueh terms are first openly proposed as may be worth the people ' s acceptance , ' the repe . il of the Septennial Act , * * * * and an extension of Suffrage , being amongst the first . Perseverance on the part of Mr . Miall , even presuming it to insure the election of Mr . Pilcher , wc hold to be of great consequence at this crisis , * and we hope Mr . Miall and his friends will sternly do tlieir duty .

      PUBLIC MEETING . A numerously attended public meeting was held last night ( Friday , September 5 th ) , at the South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road , to take into consideration tbe capabilities and claims of the several candidates for the representation of this borough . The attendance of the three candidates had been requested . At eight o ' clock Mr . William fvodder was unanimously called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . Ho stated that each of the candidates liad been written to , reqnestin * , ' their attendance ; but only one had deigned to _sen'li a reply to the invitation . Tlie following letter bad been received , apologising for Mr . Miall _' s absence : — Committee-room , Catherine "Wheel , Friday Morning .

      Deae Sib , —In reply to your invitation to attend a meeting of non-electors at tho South London Chartist JIall tliis evening , my brother desires iue to say , tliut lie is already engaged to be present at a public meeting in _HJorsclydown , at tho same hour , aud cannot therefore possibly comply with your request . ' - Yours truly , Mr .. J . Oathard . C . S . MtM .... Mr . ' F , Cooper then rose to move the following _resolution : <— " That we , the non-electors of this borough , being the chief portion of the producers of thai wealth with which , and for which , Parliament lcgi _.-jhites , dcam it but ri ght that the courtesy of the candidates should at least be shown to us that our feelings and wishes may be consulted thereon . " lie said at election time generally the want of courtesy in candidates was not to be complained of ; on tlte contrary , they carried courtesy on those occasions to extraordinary length . He remembered on one occasion

      I hearing a _pejson say to the Honourable Chns . Teenyison , ' 0 , Mr , Tennyson , how could yoa kiss that dirty-nosed chiicl ? ' ' 0 / replied Tennyson , * 1 wonld have kissed hlnii somewhere else if I could thcrcby obtain his father ' s vote . ' ( Laughter . ) lie , therefore , regarded courtesy on such occasions as so muel : flummery , and eonsequentJy thought but little of it . ( iUear _, hear , and clieci _^) Ono . candidate wa . for measuring the * people ' s fitness for the franchise by theii- _intelligense _, and he was of opinion that the working classes were much better qualified ots tliat score tliaa the middle-classes . Mr . Cooper proeseded to comment on the conduct and * doings of the-shopkeeping _, _elaas _liitherto ' - ' _eipressing his hope- , howe-rer , that _thatsliiss would ) allow by _thdir union-with the people at this election , in- returning the people ' s candidate , thai they were beginning to-learn what justice and _right was . Mr ; . Cs spscch was _loiwSv cheered .

      _FuAitGUS- O'Connor , Esq ; ,, who was enthusiastically cheered , said the great question was , ' what hud the _non-eleetors to do with the-election _^ ' To this he would reply , every man was * interested in thc question of Government , —and" further , 5 % men hail been kept in prison , himself aiaong the number ,, by thevote of one man . ( Hear ; , hear . ) Well , bu _* to examine the candidates ; Pilcher was a- nobody , Molesworth was less , and Miall was _jiKst-ibemn ' wanted . ( Loud cheers . ) Molesworth , with- his six Church livings , was not likely to become a real voluntary ; The people had hitherto been content with holding up their hands at the elections ; . but now they deimiaded to nave votes . ( Hear-, hear . ) He might be asked what ri ght he had tliere ? _- ' He had shown them previously how every man had-an

      interest even in an isolated election - . and so long as the people ' s interest could be served by his interference , he would interfere , and on the next election his interference should be felt everywhere . ( Great cheering . ) By Mr . Duncombe ' s labours they had seen what one man could accomplish . Sir William Molesworth insinuated that tlie people were not intelligent enough to exercise the franchise ; yet look at his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) friend Cooper ; he was the author of a volume of poetry which had been pronounced , by ahigh and learned critic , to be better than anything that had appeared since the days of Milton . He had hoped Sir William Molesworth would have beer , present . He wished to have repeated his statement to his face . Sir William had said that he was the advocate of universal suffrage and annual parliaments . . When Sir William was candidate for

      Leeds , I complimented him on his advocacy of those principles , and . he did not then repudiate them . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir William had said his wovdwcuW . bo of equal weight with his ( Fear » us O'Connor ) , bu ; lie ( Mr . O'Connor ) said no . Sir William was an _interested party , and he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was not He hoped that Miall would bo placed at the head oi the poll , Pilcher next , and Molesworth at the bottom , ( Loud cheers ) , and to show their feeling , he nov proposed , three cheers for " Miall and victory . " The call was responded to right lustily . _Threi cheers were also given for " Frost , WiUi _. _ims , _ani Jones . " Three times three for " tlic People ' s Charter _, and no surrender . " Three loud and long cheers _wer added for " _Fearjius O'Connor . " Mr . Knight _tbei moved the adjournment of this meeting until Monday next at seven o ' clock . This was agreed to unanimously , and the meeting broke up .

      To The Editor Of The Southern Star. [We ...

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOUTHERN STAR . [ We are extremely glad to publish the _followin-: letter , though it was received very late : —] Sm , —In looking over thc Star of Saturday last ,. l find 'i paragraph reflecting upon my character as au _cinployerand a Chartist . I shall be _obliged to you ii you will allow iue to make a remark or two upon thai paragraph . On the 18 th of August a _dcputntini , from tiie shoemakers waited upon mo with a statement of wages . 1 told them I would consider the matter over . They went away , aud did not come near me agniu ; but- having gone to the Chartist room on Monday , the 25 th of August , to hear a lecture from Mr . M'Grath , one of the journeymen shoemakers attacked me , stating to the meeting tha ; I had refused to give the same price for work that other masters were doing , when , in foot , they had

      never waited upon mo tor an answer , alter I havin ; . ' told them that I would consider the question . As to my being a , professed Chartist and a pretended friend of the people , they know , and the _working men of Heywood know , that I am the only _masie : slioe-maker in the town who belongs to the association ; that I am the only one among them who took any part in the late local agitation lor the removal oi ' the overbearing local officers ; that 1 am the only one amongst the master shoe-makers- of Heywood who . subscribes his mite regularly for the forwarding of the principles of Chartism . I will conclude by stating , that I sun willing to give any one of thein ' . wha is a _inanVninn , full work , and the price they demand , if they wiil _becotae as good aiid _coasisteii . * a . Chartist as I am . Yours respectfullv , P . Walk .. Heywood ,. September 4 th , _18-ivv

      Russian Campaign In The Caucasus.—The Co...

      Russian _Campaign in the Caucasus . —The Cologne GazMc has tho following from the Russia n frontiers , Aug . 9 s— 'Accounts-Yrom Tirlis _totheovd August announce that General _Worojizoff has- won compelled to give up his _expcditiim against tho mountaineers , ami retire hastily on the Russian _, territory . After the general had received a supply * of provisions , and a reinforcement of troops , he pur the army in _movement against Dargos . For some * days the mountaineers had appeared to bs in a _stato ot ' inaetivity ; . but tbey had , in fact , been busily _preparing for their defense . The Russians met with a most _unexpected resistance , and could not advance a steo * The balls fell in showers , and the bravest

      gave- ray . Orders were giver , by the general to tak c possession of some heights , but this was soon proved to be impossible . The Russians continued the-combat for soine time , and in the end lost 1000 rf ttiTi ( u . * . _hev _nceovrals say 20 D 0 ) and thirty officers ., among whom were several general and superior olticers , and a part oftheir convoy . Tho general then determined on a votroat , which was effected in a \ evy precipitate manner . The rear guard snlrbrerl very severely and wa * compelled to abandon mawy oi ' its men , who were unable from fatigue to keep up with the rest of the body . On arriving at the fortress of Uersetiing , the troops were in such a deplorable condition that it could scarcely be imagined that they had gained a victory . Their total loss is estimated at from 0000 to 10 , 000 men . "

      Escape from a Railway UAnniAGi * . —Information was circulated among the police on Saturday last , of the escape of a prisoner from one of tha railway _carriages , under the following circumstances : — 'Jn Wednesday evening last twelve persons , seven men and five women , wen ; placed ill one of tlio third , _cla-s carriages on the Wolverhampton Railway , i * . _» order to be conveyed to _Staiford gaol . They wye under thc charge of two police constables , and . were all handcuffed . During the temporary absence of the keepers , one oftlie prisoners , whoso name is George Brndncy , 21 years of age , managed to _siitj his handcuffs olf his wrist , and then darted over tho rail , near the luggage station . The alarm was given in the usual way , and several parties ran after the man , but he proceeded with the _quiykoess of _lishtniiii ; across some contiguous , fields nv . d managed to escape .

      A Stjunge Fish . —On _Sal" : imlay the fishermen en gaged at one of the stake- , icts , near the North Fsl ; _wei'c surprised to find a captive in their nie . sht ' . x u rather unwelcome nv' : en . It was a shark , _sibmi ' seven feet _loinr , w \ , ich thoy hilled , but not brfon tllC animal _Imd d . _ojti'oyod a considerable portion o tho net .

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      STOCKPORT . A Lectube was delivered in the Association-room _, on Sunday evening last , by . Mr . Wm . Dixon , ot Manchester .

      LONDON . Ciunnsr Co-operative _Lano SociETr . —A meeting of the members of the Land Society , residing in , the metropolis , was holden on Sunday evening last in the Chartist Hall , Webber-street , _Blaektriiirs _** road . Tlie meeting was called chiefly for the purpose of considering any amendments that mi g ht be suggested on the present rules of the association . Mr . William Cuffay presided . The secretary to the provisional directory , Jir . T . M . Wheeler , read a report to the meeting , showing that up to thc Mth of July , 1 S-15 , 100 towns were connected with the society ; and 1959 persons were enrolled as members ; and since tliat period it was calculated that not less

      than another 1000 members liad entered . ( Loud cheers . ) The amount of cash received by the general treasurer was £ 1029 Ss . G _* d ., while their whole expenditure had been only £ 03 IDs . Id . ( Cheers . ) The soeiety was progressing rapidly , so much so , that in two months Jiencc tlio society would nunibci * 5000 members . ( Loud cheer * . ) On the _nwtion of Messrs . Arnott and Sale , tbe report was received ; after which , several _propositie-i ? . ' * were submitted for tho amendment of certain of Ui'io rules ; the discussion du these propositions occupied the meeting to a lato hour , and ultimately an sM . joui'nu . cnfc was voted to Sunday evening next , at seven o clock , at the same place of meeting .

      Com * . Cutters' Theatric at . Brnetit . —A benefit in aid ofthe sick , _superannuated , and burial fund of tlie above trade , will be hehf at the Royal Victoria-Theatre , on Tuesday evcnini ; next , September tho 9 th . An excellent bill of five is provided fov tin ** - occasion , supported hy those popular actors , Mr . Osbaldiston and Miss Vincent , with tbe powerful company of that establishment ,- aided by several able auxiliaries . _Westmjksster . —A 'meeting of Ilie members and friends of this locality will beheld _o-n Sunday evening . 'ic . \ t , September 7 th , at tho Pari _* _heHiinii , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . South Loamv CirAnffifST Ham .. —Mr ' - Farrow will lecture on Sunday evening next , at ciylitJ o ' clock , at the South London Chartist Hall .

      The _HaiiMo . mc _Mkktia _* s of the United Patriots ' ' Benefit _Society is held every Tuesday evening , at All * . _SkinnerVcS , Broad-street , Holbein . Laxd _SociEii _* . — Au adjourned meeting : of the shareholders of the London District of _the-Chavtist Co-operative Land Society will be held on Sunday jvehing , at seven o ' clock , at the-South London Hall , Webber-street , _BLicklrlars-road , for thc purpose of _I'evisiug the rules - . —Thomas Ma *™* Wiii . ei . ct * , _Secretary .

      Fatal Accident Os The Ckovpos Rmi.Way.-~...

      Fatal _Accident os the _Ckovpos Rmi . way .- ~ -On Friday afternoon ,-aa the " experimental _trait : ' " ' on the Croydon Atmospheric _Railwiiy was on its _second return trip to the Croydon tormina * - , and wi- 'hin three quarters ofa mile of it . one of Mr . Snmuda ' s labourers , named Michael Murphy ,, who had imprudently and rashly ventured on ths line ,, was knocked down hy the piston' carriage , audi the- whole train passed over and killed'him on _tho-spot . Tlie breaks were immediately applied , on an _alflwii-. being given * and the train stopped .- The remains- of the _lmfm-hs--ii _. _'itu man were then literally _gathered up , mid eois _* veyed to tiie White Horse public-house ti « " await the coroner ' s _inquest . No blame _scems-to be _isitributabid * to the conductors ' of tlie train , or any . other parties * _connected with the railway .

      Fatal _AcdaiEivr if @ kwta M » . i . _^ skab . _Wishm-ou . . - —A respectable man , unmed Brnckenbur-y , engaged ' in the Horn- water-mill of Mr . Aldridgo , at Clcwer , met with his death , on * Monday fast , in consequence _ofakirgegrindutone . worked by water-power , being di'agjjcd upon him , by the rope of the-fly wheel _buenmiig _eutanglsu around- the spindle .-. The wheel , _u'ifili . its fittings , _weighiag-nearly half a- ton , fell upon _hisoliest , breaking , three of his ribs , and rupturing several _blood-vessels . The- on fortunate man lived in the greatest age-ay- about , iifcceii himrs after the iveeider . it . _Association of" _Usitssh T » _. \ i > v . s _nm the _EmitGYMK-vT ok _LaivoiiT . ix- _AffintcULTiiBS _? Axn M . \

      su-FACTSRG _* . —The Directory held i ts third meeting at th © "Trades" Offices ,. 39 , E ydc-strust . iJluumsbury ,: on-Tuesday evening , SepU mbcrthe 3 rd , whin , : imu » _gst other _coiiTniuniftitibcs . otic enclosing £ 1 (> us a deposit for 1 * 30 'shares , -was _resd , from the Miners of Ilolytown .. The- _sfio _einakei's of Oxford also applied by _IcttesforianniiBlM . ' of shaves . _Simtle- Curk for . * SrA 5 fH _3 ! 'H 3 a . — Mi * . Wakley , M . P ., at an inquest he held tbe of her day , slated that a few days back _the-siisnincin ing _oKie-c _* ' told bim that it would " be _uKekss-to _txAl ' j ' _-. i * _. _wivnvss _, a hul , necause be stuttered- so bscetiii'veiy that hu could _biiitjiy articulate the shortast » litcnes in half an hoar . Mr . Waklev , howevfir _,. had Ii _' iki . called , and

      u'Uing liim . that a * » U * j * i co * . il 4 v . » t be _-Aismliavged Vvtwn , ;•» gun without powder _or-aiiv _aaw ords could hot ciuno fr om the mouth _unlesa-tiic _iimjis had other powder _, vis ., air . He told tlio _Jatl-t-a- iHJiialo aiiv or draw in His breath , strongly , and thu lad having done so , Mr . Wakley asked , " Can you . talk : no . v V . The boy , to the surprise of _thejuryj answered immediately and u libly , * 'Yes , I . can , aii * ,. very v . ell . " The corona * added that i ) _ihiilatiou ,. oi" - !* eii ' -ii ' . i . ! ation vf tie lungs ., _'ijiiair , was a sure remedy . « u . _stamirrfrin-: _, and chough it lind been _tlfeeovowd loug ago , tbe faculty nad not until lately , and- even then .-inly a few of litem , caused it to bu practised m in roisedy for detective art ictihition .

      St . voia . tf t P / _scovJiay ) ix- a Co ai .-i'it _xeab u igas * —On Tuesday , ivc _ivei'osJijiwn ' a letter iiu - . i a gentle man residing fit _PciBiisriou , net > r Wigan , written to _Siis brother in this _taw-ir _,. which ' . related- ihe following _Angular circumstance .- In _hvee ly woiking _^ 'ili * . Harrison ' s coal-pit , Chwgato- Colliery , _I '& aibemm , tho men came to ft made-up .- phieo which , tliey supposed led to some old _wet . ! iii ) g 3 . 0 . 'n Mr . iLirrisun going down and breaking it . open , it turned . out tlinr _tln-u mppositious wore _p-arliSetLy correct ; _fustc-the . extent of about an aero aud-. a-half , the coal-was _gune ; and

      it is thought it must , hr . ve be _.: u dug . out upwards of 200 years ago . Mr . Harrison found two of thp t < : o ! s _> f the colliers of that .: einoto ' p 8 i'ioi » . :: tk » y consist , of a piek-fixe and ft spade * . The letter _inc-ioses a penand-ink sketch of the-spade , v _* hielv . \** an reade . > nt of a piece o ' _i solid oak . Tiie back and : round the front _^ riio had been covered with sheet-iron , sumo part of wliich is still visible . We should _not-be surprised tohear tha t some members of the British Association ,., H' . _i-tht-Vs of the antiquarians of vh \ y day , _exicndecti iheir _personal researches to the _collici'y iu question , * _—Liverpool Courier *

      Sadler's Welssv Win Havo Notbin*; New To...

      SADLER'S WELSSv Win havo notbin *; new to i _* cp _» rt m tliis _thener * _:.-Mticletlt , the FatalDowry , and _HieeMfeu have _scismSto a * timet crowded audiences . Again wo _isrg ;! _:-.. i > . ir _- ( Wands to go and tee Macbeth _pei'lot-ined at thii - : 2 _& ; - _*» tre .. They will not regret following our advice . K . _OXAL _MAUY _IAiBOSS . _TllKATRE .. This elegant place oi' amusement is now ov . _c-aticrr the season . On Monday evening the pieces , _iv-r-w , first , the " grand romantic dnwaa of Sltlla ; _vs-ihe Captive of ' Silesia . " Thc _chai'aah'i . 1 were _nhx sr . _staii'ed by ' iho talented artistes of the _cstiibiisbifce at . The effective acting of Idr . Henry _Hugh ' i _^ ilie " tl . le . ic Stivv of the Surrey , " and that of } jrs Campbell , was particularly applauded . The _s-nr . _« ry , oswieially the saloon iii the palace of Frederic . ' ; tin *

      Second , was really good . At the conclusion / . { ' the piece tlic applause was huul , heart ; . and una *! ' . / nous . After tbe drama camo " tlie Fairy Sp _« t . lt . ' . f i \ _iii Davyhur of the Bmmbt , " with its . 1 - nut if ill scenery , splendid fin works , magical _iiVrf ot .-. " ! - _> . and the _sufe-btval ing , _Iniu-l-ier-moving iii . _iMiieof the inimitable _Vh-land , who , as the huy , , wt . - xdsed . the audience with laughter . Ho . was aU _; y _kuj , orted by Miss . Maksuali _.. thu evening ' s _luiui-va _s _.-iuV conciiuled with " thc l ' ciito Comedy of th * iViiY . iiof Ceminles _, " in _wliL-li the excellent _uctis _? _,, f M . ssi-s . J . Itiiyua * and lludspclh _, as th <; % ... - : iaa v . lets , Fnbio and PedriHo , sent the nmii > neo _h-ir M in " light _lYiiM'rie humour . " The house was '• : _>< A \ atler . decl raid we im * . happy to liv . d tint tho < * * _s -rtions of Mr . I _' _' . uss , the lessee and manager , - j 0 not to unrewarded . Our thiatvieal friends vci ' _. i _Ju well to pay this Thespian Temple a visit .

      ASTLEY' 5 AMPHITII liATRE . This popular place of iMitcrtainr _. _n-nt re-opened for the- winter season on Mnsulav If . st , with a new dramatic spectacle _cntitloil' / Vie L ' ri- -U of the Nile . Tho scenery of this piece , with the . _< Jrcs . « . i's and other . ap pointments , were all that cou ' . d be desired , and the numerous tableaux introduce d were very iffoclive , and , in the language of . thf . p _hiy-bil ) , truly " gorgeous . " Wi : doubt , howevf _¦* , jf tlic piece will prove as successful as most of Mr , Jj . ittyV ventures . The dialogue is spiritless , and ihc talking portions are , without exception , woar _' . _soine _enoji ' . _'li , As a speclade , thc piece is iiiicsc ? . ptionable , but the more the " dramatic" portions * * u _* e curtailed ., thc better . Mr .

      Denvil , who appeared some years ago nt the two principle theatres , plays tho hero-lover of the piece . The equestrian _pevforuiiilicca in tin * , circle claim a larger meed of praise . Mr . Katty has reengaged the troop of French equestrians , _at-d thc feats of these talented artistes , male and fro ale , are , without exception , well worthy ilie enlhu .-instic sipplause with which the audieuce express their gratification . It is a real treat to see iho _ailtviirablo pevfornianeea _. if this " troop . " and we hopu our _frhnds wul avail ihemselves of live opportunity now r . _lVivdcd uf enjoyin » that treat . The farce of the ll -V « wi * of Lyons eoheluded the evenijig ' s entertaiumems , and excited _, shouts ortaughtcr .

      Baivk-Hul'ts.

      _BAiVK-HUl'TS .

      (From Frmay's Gazette, Stphmber Wi, Ivia...

      ( From Frmay ' s Gazette , _Stphmber Wi , _IVia . J _SamuM fJuilurn , Uigiuerc , lat" ui" li _avcrill , Suffolk , straw . lai : niiinufiii * _un-cr— hohert St : _ii-iii : cl ; , firiivesend , shi p * _vi-iglu—WiiiJ _.-i . ni _Metr / ies . _frlnavsler . _ilrnner—Howlaud L '; _m-y . _ISn _. _' . jrur . _Oiiriiai-x-iiiisliivi _^ _ll-. _iii-ilwiltr—Juscj / _'h l » : _iinn , . Jos ' _.-jpIi fjurn . and ludwi _Tui'viu . . Vcwcast !* . -up < ni' . ';' . r _:- fiit iic ; iw : ! i _i > . _uiauuiUL-uu'ci-s- _LUuiiivd _iuivov , _Luugion , _Stohe-uiioiuTrciit , dealer in ale .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_06091845/page/5/