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      SHIPPING STEWS . Fatal SmrwitECK . —Letters received in town , inform us of the total loss , in Carnarvon Bay , of the ship William Turner , commanded by Caption Lvans , with all hands on board . The melancholy catastrophe occurred either during the night of the 10 th , or earlv on the morning ofthe 1 lib instant . lhe wind was blowingstroaglv froni the south-west at the time . The William Turner was 48 S tons _burden per register , and was laden with guano at tbcportoi _Ichiboe for I / iverpooL - Portions of the wreck _^ ana manifest were found on the beach , -Liecrpooi AUnon Loss of Five British Ships at Tagaxko _» _£ - " » following is an extract of a letter received _»« - _" _% _" _»• - " Taganrog , Dec . 11 , l $ ii . Since my report of the w „ r ft . cX . n . „ _... _pi-Vtlmtli . and the dangerous

      position of four other British ships , the masters and crews of thelattcr have been obliged to abandon their vessels , and are now here , like the men of tha Mrza beth , ail destitute ; for , althoug h the said ships have not vet gone to pieces , their position is such that , no hope remains of their being saved , and I fear that bv reason of their distance from the land and the dangerous state ofthe ice , very little ofthe cargoes or even of their stores can be got out of them . The Ann Metcake is lying on her beam-ends , and is full of water , and the crew , of twelve persons , have saved nothing . The Countess of Duumorc is lying on her side , and must upset with the first shift of wind . This vessel , notwithstanding an earlv application

      from myself to the acting governor , both verbally and in writing , for the protection of the property , bas , it _is _^ tbis _^ day discovered , been plundered by the fishermen of all her stores , & c , the crew , consisting of twerra £ _persons , having previously reached the shore with extreme diiiiculty , and without being able to bring away anything . The crews ofthe Hants and British Queen ) which ships having their sides cut through are mere wrecks , were more fortunate , having broughton their shoulders some effects , but most of their clothes were lost during their passage to tlie shore , their lives having been in great peril while passing over the moving ice . These two crews consist of twenty persons . ( Signed by the British Vice Consul . )

      Loss of the Brigs _2 uxe axd Prisce Albert . — The following is an extract of a letter from the British Consul at the Capede Vcrds : — "Boa Vista , Capede Verds , Nov . 14 , ISM . —I have to report the loss of the English brigs Nine , Captain Sinclair , on the 19 th of September hist , upon the _Hartwell lteef _, at the north end of the island ; and tlie Prince Albert , Peter Berry , master , upoa the north point of the island of Fuego , on the 16 th of September . Both vessels were bound to Ichaboe , for guano , and were in ballast . I am happy to state no lives were lost . The crews have been sent to the ltiver Gambia , there being no chance of their getting from the islands , an opportunity direct to England seldom or ever ofl ' ering . Some clothing was given them .

      Melascuoix Shipwreck . _—Tramoue , Jan . 11 . — About half-past four o ' clock this morning a vessel was driven on shore at the Burrow , in this bay , about half a mile from the town . An immediate alarm was given , and several of the inhabitants were on the instant in attendance . When ncariug the place where file vessel had struck ( within a few perches of the beach ) , the- cries of their fellow-men fell upon the ear in such deep-toned agony that almost rendered the party incapable of action ; however , the spirit of humanity soon set all in motion for the rescue of a urother from the dark shapeless hulk of the ill-fated vessel . At this particular moment a 6 cene the most agonizing presenteditself . The vessel broken up—the shore strewn with fragments—the hollow shriek of ths shipwrecked mariners for succour , clinging to the wreck , now ahnostimperceptible , wound up the feelings

      of the brave fellows , who were waiting with breathless anxiety , some of them stripped , panting for leave to face the tempestuous billow , to rescue the distressed or die in the attempt . Two men , Kenny and Sinuot , S lunged into the foaming surge in the teeth of the oating wreck , and succeeded in reaching a portion where one man was clinging , who was very soon safely landed . Kenny and Sinnot , following up their success with awful effort , boarded the hulk , and sneceeded in like manner in getting on shore the three other smvivors . The party thus snatched from the jaws of death are John Travcrs ( captain ) , Michael Fleming ( mate ) , and Michael _Ncill and Patrick Murphy ( seamen ) . Wc learn that the ill-fated vessel was the Elizabeth of Bristol . She had on board , in addition to the crew saved , a fine cabin boy , named James _Jfugent ,. aged sixteen , who literally died from extreme exhaustion . —Watcrford Chronicle .

      A Shit Destroyed by _Sfostaseous Combustion _ofGoako . —The steam-packet Water Witch , arriving at Hull , from London , on Wednesday , brought into port the master and crew of the barque Ann , Storey , of Sunderland , who had been picked up by the packet in an open boat , to which they had taken on the destruction of their vessel , near flashorough Sand , on Tuesday evening . It appeals by the statement of the shipwrecked men that the Ann , a new barque , on the hrst voyage , was returning from Ichaboe with a cargo of guano , and unfortunately struck on the sand while beating over , shipped a quantity of salt

      water , which , penetrating the cargo , caused almost _instantuiecus combustion . A volume of smoke rising through the fore hatchway warned the crew of this new danger , and induced then - taking immediately to the boat , without saving anything hut themselves ; and scarcely had they done so , when a tremendous explosion of the gas , engendered by the partially fired guano , blew . the stem out of the vessel , which then filled and _sank in deep water . It is said that three vessels , belonging to the same owners , started together on this voyage , one of which was lost on the passage out , and the third had not arrived at Ichaboe when the _UTofortunate Ann left the island . —Hull Packet .

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      Gexeral Jheetxsq Ot The Small Ware Weave...

      Gexeral jHeetxsq ot the Small ware Weavers . —A general . meeting of the silk , cotton , and woollen smallware weavers was held in the Hall of Science , Campfieid _, to . take into consideration the propriety of forming a society for the mutual support of each branch . The . meeting was well attended . Mr . Andrew Scholeficld was unanimously called to the chair , who opened the business by stating the circumstances which had led to the calling of this meeting , one of which was that p . few of them had had an interview with one of the masters , who took the opportunity of telling them -that he was about to reduce their wages . They thought of asking for an advance , but not having an understanding amongst themselves , they had called that rneeting . Mr . Charles Moors ,

      in a sensible speech , moved the following resolution" That this meeting sees the necessity of forming a society of the silk and cotton smallware weavers of Manchester and its vicinity , in order to adopt means to secure a proper remuneration for their labour . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Smith in a neat speech . Mr . Jackson supported it , and when put to the vote it was carried unanimously . Mr . Saunders moved the second resolution , During his address Mr . James Leach entered the room , and was received with rapturous applause . The resolution was" That in the opinion of this meeting former endeavours to establish a permanent price for labour by means of strikes have been ineffectual , and have entailed great loss of capital ; that instead thereof ,

      capital ought to be applied to the rental of land , which will enable the labourer to get a comfortable living without competing with his fellow labourer , to the injury of employer and employed . " Mr . Saunders entered at length into the benefits of this plan , and in amasterlymanner proved the injury of strikes , showing by facts and figures that the money spent on strikes , if laid out on the land , would not only make the society stronger , but tend at the same time to improve the moral and social condition ofthe members . Mr . Wright seconded the resolution , which was supported by Mr . James Leach , who entered into the merits of the resolution in his usual eloquent and convincing maimer . He said that statesmen had spent theirtime in endeavouring to facilitate production , but

      never thought of distribution . Why , . Nature taught them how to produce ; and it was for them to bend their minds to the proper distribution of that which their labour produced . He refuted the fallacy that England was getting poorer ; and said that somo time ago the political economists said that England would become bankrupt for want of money , but the feet was , that too much money was likely to bring the country to ruin . Money is valueless to those that have it , yet they who produced were starving for want of it . He then referred to the present good trade , and stated that , so sure as panics had come before , so sure they would come again . He referred to the years 1835 and 1836 , when , in Lancashire , 169 new factories were built ; the consequence of which was , a glut

      in the market . Such was then * present position ; for at this moment there were 100 new factories in course of erection in the same county . Mr . Leach retired amid much cheering . After a friendly discussion , in which several gentlemen took part , an amendment was proposed to the followinfi effect : — " That , instead of taking land , we commence with the first week ' s contribution to keep a co-operative shop . " On the amendment being put , there were three hands held up ; tho motion was , therefore , carried with an overwhelming majority . Mr . Barret moved , and Mr . Chadwick seconded : — "That , in order to carry outthe foregoing objects , each member pay one penny per week _ .. _tL , _„_ :..+: „„ " H < _T _ _T ? _Jr . _«~ Aa _mnwul anil Air Pvat . t _nnfliunoius _uivivu _™™

      _---, _auuacriptum . . _,. .., seconded : — " That the name of this society be the Smallware Weavers' _Mutual Benefit Society . " The meeting then proceeded to elect a general secretary . The thanks of the meeting were given to the chairman , and the business _tenninated . " _Laxcashthb Mikkrs . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday , Jan . 27 , at the house of Mr . Thomas Horrocks , Hew Inn , Bacup ; chair to be taken at eleven o'clock in the forenoon . A public meeting will also be held , which will be addressed b y W . P . . Roberts , Esq ., and other gentlemen . The levy for the fortnight is Is . Cd . per member .

      Miners' _Mestikg ik Yorkshire . —Mr . Septimus Davis has visited the following places : —Monday , the 6 th , Crigglestone ; Tuesday , Lepton ; Friday , _ElJand ; Saturday , Halifax . Mr . Davis will lecture at the following places : —Monday , the 20 th , Adwalton ; Tnesdav , 21 st , Gildersome ; Wednesday , 22 nd , Churwell ; Thursday , 23 rd , _Beeston ; Friday , 24 th , Rothwell .

      Gexeral Jheetxsq Ot The Small Ware Weave...

      CHAMBERS' PHILOSOPHY REFUTED . Just published Price _Fourpenco ( forming a Pamphlet of 5 G pages demy 8 vo ., in a stiff wrapper ) , . 4 FULL and COMPLETE REFUTATION of the PHIA . lOSOPHY contained in a _TltACT recently published by the MESSRS . CHAMBERS , of Edinburgh , entitled Hie "Employer and Employed . *' This valuable little work contains the most complete defence ofthe demands of tlie Working Classes for their fair share of the enormous wealth created by Machinery , as weU as a justification of Trades Unions . The numerous appeals that have heen made to Mr . O'Connor from nearly every part of the kingdom for the publication , in pamphlet form , of those Dialogues that have recently appeared in the Star , have determined him to gratify what appears to he the almost unanimous wish of the _Labouring Classes .

      Heywood , 58 , Oldham-street , Manchester ; Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , London ; Guest , Bull-street , Birmingham ; at the _Northern Star Office , 340 , Strand , London ; and may be had of all Booksellers aud News Agents in Town and Country . All News Agents in Lancashire and Yorkshire _iviUsave carriage by ordering of Mr . Heywood , from whom they wm receive the Pamphlet upon the same terms as if supplied from the Northern Star Office .

      The Noethern Stak Saturday, January 18, 1815.

      THE NOETHERN _STAK SATURDAY , JANUARY 18 , 1815 .

      O'Connell And The Pope. There Has Been F...

      O'CONNELL AND THE POPE . There has been for some time , as it now appears , a secret conspiracy existing between the See of Rome and a portion of the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland , aided and assisted b y English ministerial agency , having for its object the full , complete , and entire annihilation of civil liberty in Ireland , to be made palatable by the sweetness of a blissful eternity as the people ' s share—and a more comfortable _present as the portion of their spiritual advisers .: thatis , as in all bargains made on behalf of the poor , they arc to receive the promised "inward and spiritual grace , " while their zealous " martyred" advocates are obliged to put up with the mere " outward and visible sign . " It _appcai-s that as early as the 12 th of March , 1839 , this now full-blown conspiracy was in the bud : and

      although not-cognizant of the fact , we augured treachery from unpropitious omens presented in the conduct of Archbishop Murray and a portion of the Catholic hierarchy with respect to the Repeal agitation of 1840 . "When we ventured to predict an evil future from the ill omens then observable in the following terms , we were met with torrents of the most unmeasured abuse . So long ago as the period we speak of , the Northern Star said : " However a portion of the Catholie hierarchy may now appear to give countenance to a helpless infant , not yet threatening in fe ature , size , or form , nevertheless when tlie popular breath has swelled Sepecd . to a . momter , then the hierarchy of the Catholic -Church , like tht hierarchy of all other churches , will be found purchasing _Umporaj advantages for themselves at the expense of the national will . "

      For this expression of opinion we were denounced in most unmeasured terms . Orators inveighed against ns ; pamphlets teemed with the most foulmouthed slander ; and the sentinels of the Catholic Church held ns up as " ruffians , " who had dared to cast suspicion upon the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland . We think , however , that we may now turn to the conductors ofthe _L-ish Repeal press , and ask , if one prediction makes a ' * ruffian , " how many does it take to make a " prophet ? " We predicted before the event , and were " ruffians : " Mr . O'Cokmell predicts after the event , and is a " prophet . "

      The present absorbing controversy , which we limit to Mr . O'Connell on the one side , and Pope Gregory XVI . on the other , has already assumed an importance compared with which all other considera tions , even the Repeal itself , merge into utter insignificance . We pass over the amusing quantity of newspaper speculation that has been hazarded on the subject , and come at once -to a consideration ofthe case as it really stands between tho disputants . And to aid us in this , we shall take the conditions upon which Pope Adrian , an Englishman , was graciously pleased

      to bestow the Irish nation upon Harry , the Second , another Englishman ; and we shall contrast those terms with the duties assigned by Pope Gregory XVI . to the Roman Catholic priesthood of Ireland in his recent rescript . In 1841 , when defending the Repeal agitation against the assaults of the English press , we published at length the Bull of Pope Adrian , which constituted the earliest title of the Crown of England to the Kingdom of Ireland ; and we reprint the following extract from that precious document , the better to serve our present purpose . Here it is : —

      We , therefore , with that grace and glad acceptance suited to your pious and laudable design , and favourably assenting to our petition , do hold it good aud acceptable , that , for extending the borders of the church , restraining the progress of vice , for the correction of manners , the planting of virtue , and the increase of religion , you enter this island , and execute therein whatever shall pertain to the honour of God , aid the welfare ofthe land ; and that the people of the laud receive you honourably , and reverence you as their lord ; and so forth .

      xvow , if Adrian had a right to sell , and if Harry had a right to buy , and the people were satisfied to be sold , all succeeding Popes became trustees for the Irish people ; and it was their duty to see that the conditions in the grant were strictly performed by the grantee and his sucessors : that is , that " vice was restrained , " " manners were corrected , " " virtue was planted , " and " religion increased . " Those were the sacred conditions under which the English Prince claimed the allegiance of the Irish

      people;and each of his royal successors , down to the present day , having violated every one of the stipulated conditions , by encouraging the progress of vice , and having neglected the several other injunctions , we contend that if Mr . O'Connell can show that the Repeal ofthe Union would have a stronger tendency to " restrain the progress of vice , to correct manners , implant virtue , and increase religion , " his title to the faithful following , if not to the allegiance , ofthe Irish people , is superior to the title of the British Crown .

      Let us now see whether or not the injunctions contained in the rescript of his Holiness Pope Gregory XVI . may he considered a faithful discbarge of his duty to the Irish people , as the successor of Pora Adrian . His Holiness says : — This , moreover , is the cause why the Sacred Congregation hastens again to write to you about this important matter , at the desire of our most holy Lord . You very well know , most gracious prelate , what is the ecclesiastical duty and its character , and how much it behoves , and how important it is tor the safety of religion , that those who are devoted to sacred things , ministers of tlie King of

      Peace , aud stewards of the mysteries of God , hut especially placed over the spiritual direction ofthe faithful , should in no respect involve themselves In secular concerns ; should assiduously cherish among the people quietness , tranquillity , and peace , which is the bond of Christianity ; should constantly , by example and word , impress that subjection is due to the temporal power in those things which relate to civil affairs , aud exhibiting exemplary prudence and moderation of mind , preaching Christ and him crucified only ; should most cautiously avoid whatsoever might even slightly excite , rouse , and draw aside from the mildness ofthe law ofthe Gospel the flock committed to them .

      The letter of Mr . O'Connell to the Rev . Dr . Castwell , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath , is so conclusive , so complete , and so unanswerable , as to the dangerous tendency of the Pope ' s interference in temporal matters , that we should pass over the above without comment , was it not for the dangerous result that must inevitably follow an observance of the tyrannical doctrine of his Holiness . He says , " impress that subjection is due to the temporal power in those things which relate to civil affairs . " Monstrous !!! and incredible , if coniing from any other portion of the globe , except that press-dark » pot , held blindfold and trammelled by the Austrian

      despot . Was his Holiness not aware that to the unequal civil power possessed hy the English minister , the Irish people trace all their wrongs , and her priests the degradation of that religion which bis Holiness is bound to increase , and which he can only effeet through the instrumentality of civil power ? Does the conspiracy of the British Cabinet , the intrigue of a piebald English Catholic , the apostacy of an Irish archbishop , and the subserviency of a few Irish Catholic prelates , constitute a combination of civil authority , to whoso injunctions the Catholic priesthood of Ireland are enjoined to tender that "subjection due to the temporal power in those things which relate to civil affairs ? " for if so , Ireland has indeed become a nation of serfs , and in vain have her priesthood struggled to preserve those rights of

      O'Connell And The Pope. There Has Been F...

      which Popes , prelates , and ministers , would fain have robbed them . Whon we havo seen Mr . _O'Cossbll engaged in any struggle in which honesty is not only his best , but his only safe policy , we have never shrunk from the task , for such indeed it is , of defending him . He is now engaged in a great and most important struggle : and great as is the importance that we attach to an independent native legislature for Ireland , yet is even _thai matter of perfect" insignificance when compared with the result of the present issue . Let us , firstly , consider that branch of the subject—and ,

      secondly , whether or no Mr . O'Connell can , —not consistentl y but possibl y , —abandon the field of controversy until the battle is fairly fought . Having exhausted all the arts of seduction , intimidation , and finesse ; having attempted to manifest an Impartial bearing towards Catholie Ireland in tho appointment of some of her degenerate Catholic sons to places of . trust and emolument ; having strained the law , violated the constitution , and defrauded the nation of the sacred right of trial by jury ; having garrisoned a whole country with an armed soldiery ,

      and blocked her ports with war-ships ; having in turn coaxed and threatened , bullied and crouched ; and all appliances having failed to seduce tlie Catholic people of Ireland from their allegiance to their country , their priests , and theircausc—the dastardly and polluting policy of the British Minister— '' Divide , and Conquer , " is now resorted to , as the means of perpetuating misrule and upholding British sway . And at length the spiritual arm of the Catholic Church is to be raised against the temporal power and civil rights of the Catholic people .

      Well indeed may it be said that Ireland has never been conquered but by her own sons , and never can bo released from bondage but by her own exertions . Treating Mr . O'Connell as a man and as a politician , with whose policy we havo seldom agreed , we now come to the consideration of the second question —whether or no he must fight the present battle fairly to its close . If , then , Mr . O'Connell is . sincere in his demand for a Repeal of the Union , honesty is not only his best , but only policy ; because the triumph of the Pope's spiritual power over his temporal influence would give the death-blow to the question . If , on the other hand , the agitation is relied on as a source of profit , the priesthood being the agency of communication

      between him and the people , will , if polluted hy the see of Rome , abstain from farther interference in the " fiscal" department . _, And , however tho Liberal press of Ireland may thunder and declaim , denounce and exhort , Mr . O'Connell well knows that those millions upon whom he mainly depends in the south and west , in Munster and Connaught , are not readers of newspapers , but hearers of their priests ; that from " oral tradition , " and not from printed papers , they learn their duty , and hy its influence are induced to contribute their means ; that , however powerful the press may be , there is a power behind the press more active and greater than the press itself : and that power is found on the altar of every Catholic chapel .

      The address of condolence , from fifty _Catholicpwests , to Archbishop Murray , might , were we not aware of the devotion and patriotism of the whole body , stagger our confidence in this fruitful source of agitation : but cognizant as we are of the integrity and indomitable courage ofthe Irish priesthood generally ; and , aware of the increasing intelligence by which the Irish mind is now guided , even in the south and west , we rely on the united exertions of the shepherds and their flocks , as a means of resistance to tlie prowling wolves that would devour them .

      We may hold with tho Timet as to the difficulty of reconciling tho evidence of Mr . O'Connell , before the Parliamentary Committees in 1827 , with his recently published objections to any alliance between the State and the Catholic Church of Ireland . The Times , however , appears to forget thatthe Charitable Bequests Bill is but the section of a question , while the Emancipation Act was promised , and intended to be , a whole question ; that , although wrung from the fears of tho British Minister , the principle of emancipation has been violated in every subsequent

      Act , and that Mr . O'Connell was , in the first instance , stating what might then have been effected by just policy , and is now referring to what may be anticipated from a further strengthening of the hands ofthe deceiver . When Mr . O'Connell spoke of the " golden link" by which the Catholic people and their priesthood might be bound to the English Crown , we presume that he meant a link mutually binding and mutually attaching one to the other , and not a kind of " slip-knot , " a "NOOSE , " encircling the head of the Pope , while the Minister held the other end and pulled it at pleasure .

      We have thought it necessary to deal rather at length with this subject , because it is one which must vitally affect the interests of every man living under tho government of the British Crown . We have already had a fearful foretaste of the influence of one State Church ; and God preserve us from the double infliction ! The minister hears the old hen left without a brood , " clucking" ominously ; and in her disconsolate singleness he would give her a helpmate to aid her in her pilgrimage . The press would not only tolerate , but encourage , State Church demagogues who preach orthodox temporal doctrines , while it inculcates spiritual submission to the n _£ politics doctrine of his Holiness the Pope . In the outset of the recent hot Repeal agitation wc declared that one of three sacrifices must be the

      resulteither that the priests must be sacrificed , O'Connell must be sacrificed , or the Union must be sacrificed . Upon Mr . O'Connell ' s own conduct dependt the fate of each . If ho beats "the Pope , the Devil , and the Pretender , " which we sincerely trust he may , tho Union must be sacrificed ; if the priests relax in the agitation of Repeal , thoy arc fated ; and if he swerves even a hair ' _s-breadth from his present position , ms doom is sealed . We have strong reasons for believing that the mind of Ireland will bo found too powerful for the conspiracy

      ofthe English Minister , the intrigue ofthe Austrian despot , the apostacy of tho piebald English Catholic , and the subserviency of the Irish Ministerial prelates However , come what may—and especially at the present ominous _nioinjBfc for the Church of England , when tho _crisis i _Vrapidly coming upon her—we look on the present struggle as the most portentous , important , and astounding , since the day that the adulterous Hasbt turned us all to Protestants , that he might confer our estate on those who sanctioned his lewdness and murders .

      The Projected Trades' Conference. Ho Tim...

      THE PROJECTED TRADES' CONFERENCE . HO TIME FOR DELAY I Whatever steps tho Trades themselves may tako , or even if they take none at all , it is matter of certainty that the question of Trades' Combinations will come before Parliament at its next assembling ; and from the manner in whieh Labour questions have been dealt with by that august " collective " body , —especially since the Reform , when elective power was conferred on the middle and the trading classes , and the " house . " thus made to

      represent the scattered worldly-wisdom of the Profitocracy , —there needs not much of the spirit of divination to augur what will be the result . There is no possibility of mistaking the " signs of the times . " Trades' Unions are to bo assailed . Whatever the mode for the accomplishment ofthe object aimed at may be , it is as apparent as the sun at noon-day that the suppression of Trades ' Combinations is intended and will ¦ ¦ be tried for . There _^ are all the indications of such intention .

      The press , which has always to prepare the public mind for the reception of measures of oppres sion and tyranny , has had ite que ; and is exer eising ite vocation most lustily ., " _Raw-head-and-Woody-bones * stories of the " evil" and " pernicious" effects of Trades' Combinations are bandied about in right good , will ; and the fears of the property-men and tho cupidity of employers are being played on to get them " up to the mark , " that due and convincing influence may be brought to bear on the "free and independent" members of

      The Projected Trades' Conference. Ho Tim...

      Parliament . There is an established mode in Eng land , by wliich the passing of all measures , detrimental to , and assaults on , public liberty , is secured . The attentive observer , when he sees the machinery ofthe press , the pulpit , and the platform put in requisition to "write" and " talk down" any question or party of the day , cannot bo mistaken in inferring the intention on the part of " our rulers" to interfere with " the strong arm of the law , " if

      sufficient support from the middle and trading classes can be evolved , or the opposition of the party attacked paralysed . That machinery is at work now against the Trades ! It was not for nothing that Eari Fitzwiluau made his speech at the Cutlers ' dinner in Sheffield . lie did not attack and denounce Trades' Combinations without object . It was not for nothing that the Messrs . Chambers have published their infamous farrago

      of cruel , hard , pinch-gut " philosophy , " as a blind to the insidious blow they were aiming at Trades' Unions . It is not for nothing that the daily and weekly press are pressing on the attention of their readers and supporters , the "higher and middle class , " the distraction caused to employers and the ruin inflicted on trade through the insane conduct of the workers , in demanding unreasonable wages , and in attempting to resist tyrannical " regulations . " It is not for nothing that the Manchester Guardian has been for weeks " writing down" the

      Colliers' Union ; representing the men as a band of conspirators combined for the purpose of raising the price of coal ; and aRon making it appear that the Unionists themselves are subjected to the sway of a " tyrannical oligarchy , " because they have p laced the conduct of their affairs in the hands of an executive body chosen by themselves . It is not for nothing , all this . It is not without meaning—without object—without aim—without end . ' It has an end : and that end the Trades will speedily find , to their bitter cost , if tfley are not alive to what is enacting around them—if they are not -warned by what is

      passing under their eyes—and if they are not duly prepared to resist the assault when it comes . He is a bad general who remains quietly encamped , and holds himself not in readiness for the fight , when he knows that he has an active and energetic enemy in his immediate vicinity ; and if he suffers himself to be surprised , and his entire army taken captive under such circumstances , his character will not stand very high for either bravery or vigilance . The Trades are in a similar position . They have amaotive and implacable foe in the field : a foe not over brave , it is truebut as full of finesse , and cuuning , and low-trick , as an egg is full of meat . That foe is " circumventing "

      the whole position of the Trades . It is stealthily drawing around and around , in the intention of entirely surrounding the " combined" camp , and of thus making them surrender at discretion . And all the while this i » going on , the Trades' Army is inactive ! The sentinels sleep on their posts ; the "staff" are dreaming in fancied security , and havo no plan of operations determined on—indeed , seem as if they deemed it not needful to operatic at all ; -the subalterns and tho soldiers are thus necessarily at rest—their arms piled away , and the whole camp is anything but a scene of union , of discipline , or of readiness .

      It it not time that the . alarm was sounded ? Is it not time that the Trades awoke to a sense of the danger that threatens them ? Is it not time that they had scouts out , and other means taken , to see what it is that the enemy is about ? Is it not time that they endeavoured to ' ascertain the nature of tho movement too-unmistukeabiy determined on ? At all events , is it not time that the men buckled on their armour to prevent their camp from being overrun , without even a show of resistance ?

      Metaphor apart , it is time that the Trades -were up and doing . If they remain much longer in their present apathetic state , they will be overwhelmed . If the spirit and power of resistance which they possess be not soon evoked , they will find that their own toipidity has been their undoing . Men generally , when awaking to a sense of danger whicli they did not apprehend , confusedly exclaim , "What are we to do ? " No doubt such a feeling

      will prompt a similar query in the case of the Trades . To that query wo respond—tare counsel together . Before entering on a campaign , or before engaging in battle , a council of war is holden , at which the different generals attend , determine on a plan of operations , andjthen each performs his part with his section of the grand army , to make the plan success ful . Just so in this case . The Trades want a council of war . If they would be united to be successful ,

      —AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL THEY MUST BE UNITED , — such council of war they must have . The leaders must confer together . They must have a defined plan of operations . They must know what it is they havo to do , and have a settled mode of doing it . If not , all will be disunion—all confusion—all effort worse than useless , because energy thrown away . But it is not alone to meet the schemes and designs ofthe great enemy , Capital , that the Trades require a Conference ; though that alone would form ground sufficient to justify one being held . Indeed , if for that object alone , a Conference would be

      indispensable . But there are other , and higher grounds still . Th © one we have first put , is the low one of mere existence . It is true that that their very existence is threatened ; that the end and aim of Capital is to compass the entire destruction of all working-men ' s combinations . It is also true that to defeat such intention and avert such danger is tho first duty of the parties so jeopardised . But then comes the question—to exist for what ? What is life worth , without object ? Tho mere existence of Trades ' Unions is not worth a row of pins : it would not be worth lifting a finger for , of itself . It is because

      Trades' Unions arc of use that their existence becomes valuable and necessary . But of use for what ! To protect Labour from the unceasing , never-ending encroachments of Capital ; to stand the labourer in stead of that legislative protection which ought to be accorded , but which Capital withholds . And then comes the _question of the bett means of accomplishing such protection at the least expense and with the greatest certainty . Though Trades' Unions have been formed for that purpose ; though they have had that end as their constant aim , still it is but too true that they have not fully accomplished the object—they have not

      fully protected the labourer . In spite of tho numerous struggles in which the Trades have been engaged , and to the aid of which all the machinery of combination has been directed , yet have the wages of labour been reduced , and still reduced ; and the utmost that has been hitherto done by " Union " has been to throw obstacles in the way of Capital , without defeating its purpose . Still the fact , that they could , on their then tack , interpose such obstacles , — prolonging the fight , and in gome degree putting off tho evil , —proves that Labour Combinations possess a power for good , and induces the inquiry whether tho cause of failure was not more in the means used , than in tho institution itself . To conduct such

      inquiry with effect and advantage , a Conference it needed To the solution of the question mooted must be brought wisdom and experience : not the wisdom nor tho experience of one man , nor one trade ; nor twenty men , nor twenty trades ; but the " combined " experience of all trades . It is a question deeply affecting all trades : not one trade more than another . Hitherto all have been on one foundation . Hitherto the means used b y one and all have been the same . The partial failure , therefore , has been as general as the means ; and it interests all to discover

      a means that will ensure success . This can bo best indeed oan only , bo done by bringing united experience and observation to boar . A Conference of delegates , composed of the long-headed men of each trade—the men who have had their eyes and their ears open during the time they have been labouring for thoir order , and who have jotted down their obser vations , noting the causes that led to success and the causes that superinduced failure : these are the sort of men that ought to conduct such an inquiry because they are the tort of men that can alone ' get to the bottom of the subject . They can

      The Projected Trades' Conference. Ho Tim...

      dive below the surface . They will not be satisfied with mere superficialities , but willprohe , and examine , and satisfy their own niinds . Get a Conference together of such men as these , to tell their experience ; to utter their suggestions ; to detail their plans : , and out of their " combined" wisdom would be formed a p lan for the future conduct of Trades' Unions which could not fail to accomplish the desired end . Wo say a plau that could not fail ; for , thero arc principles applicable to such combinations , which could not-but ensure success . It Is only the means of app lication that are needed . To fight the battle that

      Labour has to fight with Capital , Labour must use the weapons of Capital . Whenever this is done , the day is Labour's own : for though Labour without Capital , is powerless when opposed to Capital , yet Labour with _"~ Capital is _alhpowerful : for then the two powers arc combined . Labour , therefore , has to acquire Capital—capital for itself . It has to apply that Capital s ¦ > that it shall not be lost _. It has to learn how to make it re-productive—how to make it yield increase ; and this , too , for the benefit of Labour ' s self . This is what Labour has to do ; and the moment this is done , that moment is ' Labour free ! Then how to do this , is the question . That

      question can be best solved by a Conference of Trades ' Deputies , who can bring then- minds and knowledge to cause these simple principles to bear on the somewhat complicated machinery ofthe different Trades . It is a good omen to see the manner in which Mr . Doncombe ' s letter to Mr . Drury of Sheffield , has been received by many ofthe Trades . The Associated Trades' of London have "pronounced" in favour of the course there recommended . They have done wisely : and it will be well if the example they have so promptly set be as promptly followed . If it be , "the cause of Labour is safe : if it be not , it receives a blow when Parliament meets that will send it reeling and staggering to the earth .

      The time named by Mr . Duncombe is the best that could be fixed on for the holding of such Conference . Tha intentions of the Minister—the home Minister —he who has such a care for the homes of the producers as to seek to make them dens of slaves ; the intentions of this fit sucoessor to Canning and Sidmoutu , —or rather the mode in which he purposes to accomplish his intention / the subjugation of Labour , —willbethenknown ; and the Conference could then bring to bear the whole machinery of the United Trades to defeat his measure and his purpose . With a Conference in London at that time , anything could be done .

      Meetings , such as wero never held before , could bo had deputations to the Prime Minister , and to every other member of the Cabinet ; deputations to the individual members of both Houses ; petitions , remonstrances , and all the artillery of popular agitation could be brought energetically and effectively to bear ; and both Minister and people read a lesson which neither will be the worse for learning . Without such machinery ; without a _l-allying point ; without suoh a concentration of power as a body of delegates

      representing the entire Trades of the country would be : without this , it is to be feared that all efforts to defeat the settled purpose ofthe Minister of Capital would be futile , because isolated—without force—without union—not directed to the one point _, but divided in efforts . There is every reason , then , on every ground that can be thought of , why the Traders—the whole Trades—should immediately determine to have such Conference , and prepare for its due holding .

      Talk not of the expense . ' More has gone in one week on a single Strike—which has failed after many , very many weeks , than the whole Conference from first to last would cost . The first cost to the bod y of workers would be a mere flea-bite ; while the saving that would result from the properly-directed labours of such a body would in one year amount to as much as would employ thousands of present-competitors on farms of their own , relieving the manufacturing

      labourmarket of some of its " surplus , " and calling into existence a new and valuable market for the products of the operative manufacturers' labour . Talk not of cost then : the present . system of effort is indeed most costly : and every week lost now in applying tho new principles of action which experience has evolved is a dead loss to the Trades , compared to which the cost ofthe Conference would be but a mere bagatelle . Let no one therefore boggle at "the cost . "

      With the Trades tho question must now rest . They have to say not oidy whether they will seek to improve their action in accordance with the advanced knowledge of the times , but also whether they will suffer themselves to be extinguished without effort or not . And what they do , they must do quickly . Time presses . If they are wise , they will at it at once : if they are resolved not to awaken out of their sleep , they tleep the sleep of death !

      So Tfaaaew Am* Eotrapohuentfl

      so _tfaaaew am * _eotrapoHUentfl

      The Beer Trade.—An Effort Is Just Now Ma...

      The Beer Trade . —An effort is just now making by the beer retailers to have the trade of dispensing fermented and distilled liquors thrown open , and the restrictions under which the beer-sellers labour removed . They are petitioning Parliament to that end ; and making other efforts to secure their object . As might be expected , the " regular" publicans , on the other hand , are up in arms against such a proposition ; and have lately held a conference of delegates or deputies from aU parts of England to devise schemes to protect what they call their " vested right 6 : "» . e . the exclusive privilege of dealing in certain articles , and the right to keep their shops open for a longer period for the sale

      of other articles than their brother tradesmen , whoae houses are closed bylaw at a comparatively early period of the night . And thus there is about to be a pretty severe " battle of the barrel . " It would be well if those who aro the customers to both these descriptions of gentry would take . a lesson from them , and " _comb-ine , " and " agitate , " aud " confer , " and " petition" for the right to obtain and keep the means of purchasing the commodities which those " retailers " are so anxious to supply them with . Were they to do so , they would be considered far more " respectable " than they now are , and more deference paid to them , even hy those who Eeek for tlie exclusive privilege of casing them of their earnings .

      James Tipping and _Pkiend * , Bbighton . —They _really must excuse us . We cannot make the Star into a perpetual " begging-box" for every individual act of- oppression or individual grievance that may arise , more especially when such act does not at all affect or concern the Chartist body . Were we to do so , the paper would soon become nothing else . In the case they seek to make public , as one calling for tho pecuniary aid of the Chartists , there is nothing that wc can gather from tlleir address that would at all justify us in inserting such appeal . In the first place , the party is not even known to us by name . We have uo recollection of his having taken a prominent or active part in the movement : not that even that would justify an appeal to the pockets of the Chartist body iu a case which merely concerned the individual : but when , as in this case , the party is unknown , and the grievance purely individualwhat

      , claims cun there he on the pockets ofthe public t The party in question may be known to the friends at Brighton , aud they may have reason to _raspect and honour him , because of their knowledge of his individual worth . If ao , that ib a reason why they should aid him to tho fuU extent of their power as individuals . Appeals , however , to the Chartist body for procuring aid can only he justified when there exist strong public grounds for such appeals . In this case we can see none ; and therefore must decline to insert the address . We had intended to have done this without an explanation—for we did not wish to damp the energies of the immediate friends of the party involved ; but the sending of the address a second time , with an expression of " surprise" that the former one had not been inserted , loaves no other course than to explain the principle on wluch we decline to give publicity to the appeal . '

      R . B . J ., Glasgow . —His second letter on Trade _^ Unions next week . We shall be glad to hear from him as often as he pleases . An _AnouALj or oua Social _Ststum . _-Out Bradford Correspondent sends the following , as the "state of trade m that town for the , week . It is in itself so perfect a picture of the working of the present system , _asiar as the worker is concerned , that we present it here as such . It is _muttuminpamo-mueh in little :-The worsted business in the spinning department is improving rapidly . The whole of the mills are running full time . There are no stocks of worsted _yarn on hand and the present desire to create a stock is attributed to an expected advanceln the price of yarn . The piece market , on Monday last , _exhid more hi _^ _kLssC _Qu _wooleoHibers are on the decline ; cash _wek bringYform afrethreduekm ; every other trade is similarly circumstanced . ' When will the Trades devise and practice the means of producing for themselves »

      W . C ., _MAaxLBBOHu . —We really cannot aid him to the information he seeks . BOBBttT AM _. AH , ED « BonoH .- _ Some day _wewHlusehii favour .

      The Beer Trade.—An Effort Is Just Now Ma...

      If * . Hood and Miss B » owh' « Pension ,,. _^ ,, possible instructors" have during the la 8 t week _^ been making no little fuss concerning the _huT _*** * fine -feeling , Ac , exhibited by Sir R . p ftU ( _lTr " . . _> , _TiEi . in bestowing pensions upon Mr . Hood tho _^ ' _' of the " Song of the Shirt" and Miss Fbakc ' ej _p 0 ' * ' '« the blind poetess of Ulster , whose singula ,. J _^\ _^\ history appeared in this paper ( copied from tj , _! " ? 1151 f nemm ) a few weeks since . The fact of the bo 3 t _« w f "*¦ i \ pension on Mr . Hood we confess caused us sort , - Jl stead of joy : sorrow that so talented , so truly * I "" % a man , should need help ; and that needing it , thei 6 _^ should come from such a quarter . Thu author _' - _^ « Song of the Shift , " and lhe other almost hmuml _^ _^ contributions to literature which have excited th _« , y- ) % uie oiuiousanas

      anamovcu _synipauues , lAo _uWfo- i difforentposition to that of a recipient of a beggarly ii ' a year from the taxes of the country ; and wif . J not believe but that he would have boon , had ) , j C , f ' tings been appreciated as they deserved t 0 \ _, _^ f i those classes on whose patronage the literary * has to depend . In objecting to the source from ww * ' Mr . Hood ' s pension will be drawn , we make no liersr _"H _alluJion to Sir B , Peel : he may have been _aehtatcdT _^ the bust of motives in selecting Mr . Hood rather ti - ' " ' 3 ? any ono else ; rather than any one of that class "" J r _" political aud private profligates , male and female t * many of whom take precedence of Mr . H 0 ud on 1 * ° _C _* f pension list . It is against the system itself _wu jiri ) J * < h —that of pensioning individuals at the expense uf tl f * nation , the nation itself having neither voice iw ) r T 0 _jj % fund

      in the distribution ot the , bure wc _w-e too , tw " _£ § it must be galling to Mr . Hood ' s feelings to be _jtla _^ j _\^ _4 ou a level with the crew who mainly , almost _umii _^ i , _^ compose the list of State paupers : a crew of politic , ' ] _^ parasites , Parliamentary jobbers , court s \ coplumt t ? _3 soul-selling litorati , and body-prostituting harlots who '• _" receive their pensions for " services performed" iu v j ' * Their hot youth , when Fwn the _i- 'ourUi was King . " ,- _^ Such a positiou is altogeth » r unworthy of so excellent ''I a man as Mr . Hood . Nor can that gentleman bo m . _* mindful that his £ 100 is wrung from the _farthhigg o _[ _< the wretched shirt-makers , whose sufferings aud sorrows * J his pen ha 9 made known round the world . _Tlu-h- mi 3 gciablc pennyworths of bread , tea , soap , caudles , & c are all taxed and nibbled at , to make up his _pension 3 _^ and the pensions of those with whom he is now uiiluu . & pily associated . We cannot suppose that his paltry M stipend will make any difference in Mr . Hoon ' s earnest Us

      advocacy of the cause of his suffering _fellow-creuturts . ff though such things have been before now , —Souwm , J § _v for instance , persecutiug his own Wat Tyler , and * * Momtgomebt repudiating his Church and _Warmuy Pan ; hut the history of some of the literary , . ( pensioned ) predecessors will provoke suspicion and anxiety ; aud on this ground too we deplore Mr . _Hood ' j annexation to the peusion list . Much as wo detost , heartily as we abhor the " damnable doctrines " of _ilisj , > Maktixeau _' s " political economy , " we cauuot withhold ' £

      from that lady our warmest esteem for refusing the _^ pension offered her by the late Whig Government , on | j the ground that the nation not being universally repre . tS _sented , the representatives of mere classes had ao M rightful authority to disburse its funds . The pen . _3 jj r _itn to Miss Buown is open to the same condom- l nation , and on the same grounds a 8 that to Mr j Hood . The sum is contemptible , £ 20 ; but tint | j makes no difference in the principle involved . The _M letter which the Premier addressed to Miss Brown § F apprising her of the grant was as _I _' oUows : — _"WliitehaU , _Ji Dec . 24 . Madam , —There is a fund applicable , as val _^ cancies may occur , to the grant of annual pensions ol _^ very limited amount ; which usage has placed at the /( f disposal of the lady of the _Firat Minister . Of this fund _i there is a surplus of £ 20 per annum . Lady Peel liai _*?" heard of jour honourable and successful exertions u ' _^

      mitigate , by literary acquirements , the effect of th * St misfortune by which you have been visited—and should ' _^ the grant of this pension for your life he acceptablo to _*"* you Lady Peel _tviU have great satisfaction iu » uoh an X ' appropriation of it . —I am , Ac . ( signed ) Hobert 1 _' eki _, ' ' _* _< We leave to the Examiner the task of criticising the _laao i' ' ner and style of tlie above . Our able contemporary s » js % " Sir Kobert Peel has to learn that none but he-millincri " V " and haberdashers talk of their ' ladies . ' Sir Kobert _$ Peel , as a gentleman and a Prime Minister , neetli not W he ashamed of writing of his wife . lie may rest quite 1 m assured that the world will know that his wife it _> uSi lady without his studiously telling it so . Forvigneri J | l will ask what is the distinction between

      a gentleinau ' i Ibe lady and his wife , whether they are convertible ternii _, m whether there are Ministers' wives who are not ladies . - _^ or whether there are ladies who are not wives , and wlij 3 eg the equivocal word is preferred to the distinct out . and _ys why the wife is treated as if it were thu less liunuur " _^||§ able . Formerly men used to have wives , not Indict _?|| but in the announcements of births it has seemed titter * | | 1 to Mr . Spruggins and Mr . Whiggins to say that _hta ladj _m | has been delivered than his wife , the letter sounding W $ homely and low . But Sir Robert Peel should nut be _« _j led away by these examples . He is of _injustice _jSm , enough in the world to afford to mention his wile m ill plain , honest , homely old English . " Wo have seen , ] _S with much disgust , that respectable publkdUoti _, J || the _Athencsum , making a fool of itself in an . MR nouncing the above facts . The Athmwmm calls on ll | its readers for hearty cheor for LadI ' fur her _*

      " a y _mI _, " ' ||| { " considerate thoughtfuluess , " " womanly sjriii ] iitlir * & c „ in—mark this , peoplo of England !—making a _2 i _§ grant of £ 20 per year to Miss _Ujsown ; not out ot lift mm own fortune , 6 u < out of your money ' —out of tin ta »* _4 _J | s wrung from you ! Magnificent liberality ! Beautiful J §|| sympathy . ' a cheer , by all means—a " hearty cheer * J |||! —for _Linr Peel ! Once for all , let us _dibtlairu _, _^§|| unequivocally and strongly disclaim , any other _Wl feeling 3 towards Mr . _lloon and Miss _Hnom bal | _s | those of the sincerest esteem and admiration . Our IKE present commants have been caused wholly by unit _w || we believed to be the duties imposed ou us bj W _& patriotism , and our country's best interests . Soma _Jjgs persons may ask , what would we haye ! ff { | P answer—first , that the nation's rulers should bo tht j | i nation ' s representatives ; the _nation's revenue at the _^^ disposal , of the voice of tho entire people . Then , !/ _Jsa — -- --- —_— _£ . _„ _£ _.--. _« .. _uu | .. -see

      s the people willod pensions to the truly noble of their , J § k countrymen and countrywomen , well and good , 4 _jSff Secondly , we would have tho wholo peoplo proper !* | | p educated . Mark , we say properly ; then would tlie ; i | j || massos , equally with the " better orders , " know hem ; mm to appreciate the beautws of literature ; aud also , _uniht Wm a just government , enjoying the full fruits of their | || | labour , be able to purchase the works ofthe sohb » _ui f | J || daughters of genius , and thus give that support to _suci S | l | men as Mr . Hood—support which the wealthy _aerer f $ | will give to those who dare to pen tlie truth . Thii _jf M would prevent tho necessity of pensioning those _ythoii _|^ _S "talents and labours should mak » them tho real priucii | Sfp | of the earth , the only rightful aristocrats , because ' mm armed with nature ' s patent . _ISIKp ' _"HmS Mods of DiipjKgiNO Jvtncs . —We have received to | | | | | following statement from " our own reporter" as to ths | lp |

      , | manner in which two cases , involving tho liberties ° Ul | ll | four "free-born Englishmen , " were disposed of . If _fte -f §§§ statement is anything like correct , and the writer atom _^ mgm that it is so , the affair wants looking inU . Though _M || f | f parties were " shirtless and shoeloss , " we apprehend thai ||| | i justice ought to have been satisfied that she was rigW _, _*^^ before she impounded their bodies "for two u » o " t , ls _' " : _!^ H Besides , ought not the four " shirtless and _shoeW ' ||||§ beings to have been informed why justice cvineadsucht |||| a solicitude for their welfare , astogivothem » fce _< _w"fo < i || l two months ; " whether it was from commiseration 11 || at their forlorn oondition _, or in vengeanco at , llDir . l i ||| daring to be destitute ? Ought they not also to mm have had an opportunity of learning who it wa 3 that WJM recommended them to the kind care aud keeping of the Jill Lord Mayor , and heard the reasons or grounds on wllictll ||| such strong recommendations were based , as , ll 0 li flil which

      led the unaccountable Mayor to act in so u , in ( y || t countable a manner ! Besides , should not the _rnrtiei ||| il have been asked if they had any objection to urge _sgw _^ _' _^ _K the tort of" asylum" to whieh it was determined ! || _^ | "commit" them , or any reason to advance why _the" | lf | I kind friends should not have tho " custody" of u lcffi f |§| lf for so long a period as ** two months , " if _va WM at all i Really it does altogether seem to be a 4 iBi business . Our correspondent does not say what um (|| fiB | of the day it was , when justice was iu this _tremennom |||®| hurry , at to dispose of two easts in two minute *! _^ WSffl wonder if it was anywhere near dinner-hour ? fh ''| 3 || ffi only tho " shirtless and shoeless" that go _vnthmi ; l | li ner !] Wo have heard of strange doings " in the _Citj' _^ H at times in connection with dinners and courts _^ f ||| justice : and it may have been iu this ease that _*^ f || p symptoms of flatulency in the alderman Lord Ma J ' _'p _$ | l paunch reminded him that both himself anAUie " Doot _^^

      devils" before him " had not dined , " and that _nioti'C _^ _K of humanity caused him to send tlie " shirtless as ' l |||§ shoeless" to a place where they would for a time _f _^^ _P sure of a-JOrf of " blow-out . " Or it may be that _tli'ffl _^ _p " committal" of the poor and _unfrieudoa " for _>" _Mra months" was the speediest means of ridding himself 48 i § tho annoyance that interposed between him and _^ illl own mutton ! Consider it as we may , it is , " _'lill wo said before , a queer sort of a business : o ' _' _^^ that ought to be examined into ; and we hope tlia _' _^^ Lord Mayor Gibbs will he able to give a better _^ WM of his motives and actions in this case , than he has _^ Mm his proceedings as churchwarden of _TTalbrook . ' leI , ' _^ _ffi ia the letter of " our reporter " : I attended _d *|« raH Mansion House Police Court on Siturday last , in _^ l _& S capacity of reporter , and was much astonished at _* l || mode in which the Lord Mayor dispensed justice ! Tff ! ' _®^ ' ¦

      cases came before the court , in which two persons _** _am | concerned in each case . AUthe four , two young " _l | | | and two lads , were shirtless and shoeless . " What _lW mm nature ofthe offences they were charged with wa » _^ : _$ i || not transpire . If there was auy charge , it was , _c * _? _$ && fined to the police sheet . There was an entiro absence . _| _OT prosecutor , of evidence , and of defence . They ** '' jMm committed to Bridewell for two months each . _^ % W § whole " hearing" of the two cases did not occupy " ¦ . " ' j . - | | | j | than two minutes . I feel it my duty to lay this » ' . 'Jj | g | before you . Respectfully , your Reporteb . ; | |||| T . _Staktin , BiBMiNOHAif . —Go to an attorney , _nnd _^ W _& the party to be prosecuted in one of " our _coarj _9 Mm Westminster . " He is not " out of the limits" of : _^ m court . Mr . Clark shall have the portion of tlie U" . || | relating to the subscription . _Sjijb & J . B ., Coventbt . —Yes ; AU " arrears of rent" ei » : _MJ _&

      demanded . The late Act relating to _execution ° _^ prevents the lady from being seized , if the debt he _« " ¦ M £ 20 . All the " worldly goods" and possessions can || swept away just as before . _^ 31 W . Ii . Jerbold .- —His favour i » appreciated . ' _^ M try to use it next week , m i

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_18011845/page/4/