Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 9th March 1844, Edition 1 of 1, Page 6, Untitled Article

Page 6
Page 6
6 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (3)
    • gabaX $? $3£V&tixl\!t £uiellus;*nce. ]
    • E3)* €*Uitt&' $6itf>tment.
    • ,#wt3»iMtfomtrtft.
  • Text (11)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Gabax $? $3£V&Tixl\!T £Uiellus;*Nce. ]

      gabaX $ ? $ 3 £ V&tixl \! t £ uiellus ;* nce . ]

      Untitled Article

      PoirrsMOircH , Mabch 1 . —In consequence of the recent alterations in the convict department it has been found -necessary far engagennmbers of free labourers at the various -Royal Dockyards to fill up the vacancies yriich the sudfien decrease of convicts had created , but fiis tinds entered having been confined to the present demand , a rnmoni"has been circulated that the crew of the Victory -were "to be employed as labourers at this pert This rumour has been confirmed 42 . 1 s week by an order from -the Admiralty to enter 400 men on the boots of the above celebrated ship ( which is cot to intinde tar harbour complement ) to work as labourers or mechanics , according to their qualifications , in this yard , bnt to be convertible to sea aerricein the event of an emergency . * They are rated as able seaman { 8 s . Sd . per "seek ) , and will have an allowance of 7 s . per week for provisions , snd are to liTe ashore .

      Y . * smooth * march 1 . —Tbe Bunclna . Cowie , of Cull . 2 , on shoe on the Barber Bind , yesterday , has been go : c 3 > and will proceed , as she makes no -water . "Weixs , March 1 . —The Bobert and "William , of Boston , on shore at Hunstanton , has been got off , after < tfsch 2 . T ?! ng ' no quarters of wheat s and into the harbour , whsrsahe will discharge the remaining part of it , bei « vei . PaIiST 0 "W , Feb . 28 . —The Brutus , from Sligo to London , has yut in here very leaky , wilh losa of bulwarks , 8 f * rs . ic , and must discharge . Scillt , Feb . 28 . —The Tuckerie , of and for Rotterdam , from Ssmaraog and Batavia , w&s wrecked during the sight of the 20 th instant , on the Western Rocks , off these islands ; crew { except two ) drowned . Yessel and csrso totally lost

      BuiXHASi . Feb . S 9- —Daring a heavy squall last night , a hxiij , Jiine unknown , in Tn » v » T » g into this bay , got into Bontitw with th 8 Portland , from London to Liverpool , doir-i : Lcf damage ; the brig immediately proceeded to St I yes , Feb . 2 S- —The Euphemia , late 35 samess , of 3 Ork vail , from Cardiff to Kaples , has besn brought in bstf irJLh much damage , hating experienced vary bad "wea ' . bcr , and lost the master overboard on the 26 th inst B-ru £ SAT , Feb . 26 . —Tea Thistle , of and from Leith , to Iz-Jssz , got ashore this morning , and was abandoned half i ~ * . ; of water ; cargo ( wheat ) damaged . * ' - FsxaWiCK , Feb . 24- —ThB Baby , of and from Aberdeen , ioT chs Westward , came aihore here this morning , but ) s txpected to become a wreck ; mister and mate drowntrd .

      S ^ jsejccsde , Feb . 15 . —A schooner , with a red lag , sopf . oaed the Thames , from Messina , was off this port : o-dsy , but put to sea again in consequence of the we . 1 C- —The MarJane sailed hence yesterday morning lor Dssiz ' c , but got fast in the it--about a mile and a fcalf from land . To-day she is not to be seen . 17 . —It blew a heavy gale from W . to X . W . last night , but mocarated this morning . The stream , and the entrance d the tit « , are free of ice . YAi - PAHAiso , Oct 18 . —Th « Tungay was wrecked at Picc ^ - un the 6 Ui inst On the 4 th of November the Soscs . Peruvian biik * , from the Ctlncha Islands , foundered is tie latitude of Islay , aK-ut 100 leagues from the l ^ Bd . The mate and four men arrived at Peseo in a man boat . The master and rest of the crew in the launch lave set been heari

      of-2 &jrcHiiics , Kov . 28- —The Bovtioea , from Calcutta to thi 3 port and London , arrived h ; re on the 24 th inst , TiTj - « ikj , having enoountered a * , veregale on the 15 th Hit , in lat , 12 & , long . 76 £ ., is discharging , and will be boTe do-rn for repair-. Ksty Tosx , Feb . 7 . —The Mariner , from St . Johns ' s , 27 ew Brunswiek to Dublin , vu abandoned at sea on Dec 20 , in a Tery leaky stats , and with six feet Water in hold ; crew saved and arrived-here . Li ^ ehpool , March 2 nd . —Tie Trial , from Tilla Nova , has arrived at this port On the 29 th ult , in lit cl , long . 7 , spoke the Sir Edward Pagbt , from Yalpsrsiso for this port , bearing \ ip for Milford , with lose cf mienmart , foreyard , boats , sails , quarter gallant , is .

      TThs Rialto , from New Orleans , has arrived at this port- On the 14 th nit , in lit 38 , long . 58 , fell in -with the Harp , from St John ' s , New Brunswick , for Sart-sdoes , dismasted and full of water , and took off the crew cad a passenger . The 2 formandy , from Newcastle , has arrived at New York . On the Sri of January , in lat . 49 5 a , long . 13 3 d , spoke and supplied the bark Grange , of and for < Jrefc » ock , having been dismasted in a hurricane a few days before , and lost some ¦» & overboard . The Henry Kneeland , from Glasgow , has arrived at Hew York . Had experienced very severe weather od the ; passage , with most of her crew frost-bitten . The S- Petenburgh , b-enee , baa arrived at New York-3 £ xpt : rirnced-a succession of gales from the northward : bad reefed sixty-three times during the passage , and tost spars , split sails , and lost overbeard one seaman , who fell from the main yard .

      The Cahota , hence , has arrived at New York . In lat 42 4 f < . long . 62 , a gale commenced from NJL , and jiof ted ~ ~ o iE ., S . W ., and K . W ., blowing a hurricane . The tbi ? was thrown on her beam-ends , and everything covered with ice : split the dose-reefed raain-topsail , ¦ n&er —hich Jibe waslying-to , ani nearly filled the steerage « im water , and disabled six of the crew . The Mary Frances , from N » w Orlssna , has arrived at Hir ~ York . On the 5 th inst , at half-past nine a-m ., in lat . 3 S 49 , long . 68 22 , 1 elPin wiih the ship Octarara , of Philadelphia , from Hull for New York , in a sinking eondoon , aad took off the crew , which were mush exbanstad by pumping , not having been able to free her for the last eight days . At twelve at noon the captain left her with nine feet water in the hold . The Octaiara « prasg a leak on the 29 th ult , in a aeroe gale £ rom >* W »

      BBiXAJd , Feb . 29 . —During a heavy gale last night a brig , working into this bay , got In contact with the Portland , from London to Liverpool , carrying away jibboom and doing other damage , and obliging the Portland t « dip an anchor ard forty-five fathoms of f ?" ha > n-* Tft » brig immediately proctx-ded to s « a . W ^ isfiiei , 3 dABCH L—The Isii , « f Hull , froa Ipswich , was totally lost oa Uie 26 th ulW , twelve miles from this place ; crsw ( except the master ) drowned . Clai , March 1 ^ -Tbe Hebe , $ 1 and from this pert to ifae Eorth , has been assisted back dismasted , with decks swept , && , having encountered a severe gile on the S * tb nit EK 5 TT 0 STH , Feb . 29—The Farmer's Friend , on shore Bear SelseybeD , has 1 &xn assisted off with trifling fifimt ^ e , and brought in here . Ex * ouih , Feb . 22 , —The Neptune , from TVeymoutb \ o Plymouth , was assisted in here te-dsy leaky , having been en the rocks sear O ; combe .

      Mclbot , Cjlbrioab . 1 , Feb . 28—The Ann , of and for Glasgow from Sli ^ o , in Tanking this harbour on the 2 Sih instant , struck on the bar , and drove on shore ma dangerous positica , and is expected to becom » a vreck . Ehixids , Feb . 28 . —The Mary , henee ^ to London , is ashore at St Andrew ' * iFife >—crew saved . Bosjos , Feb . 28 . —The Nelson , from Poole to Newcastle , has put in here leaky , with pumps choked , and must discharge . The Enterprise , for London , in proceeding down the river this afternoon , caught the ground , but is expected off efit tide .

      Caps op Good Bora , Dec . 29 . —Her Majesty ' s ship Cleopatra , in coming through the Mozambique Channel , No . SO , saw a brig and brigantine at ancher off the river ZimKzi ; on being boarded they were found to be deserted by their crews , and both , of them were fitted with fittings , & * , for prosecuting the clave trade . The brigantine bad " Atala" cut on her caboose . Nbw Kodssy , Feb .- 29 . —The Alexander , from 2 ? uevitas for London , experienced very severe wea-. ther , and passed a quantity of wreck on Feb . 2 , is lat 53 N-, long . 61 T ^ . HoKDXJiUX . F . EB 26 . —The Auroy wat lost on the 15 th hist on the point of the rock Epinette , in the district of Do ) os , ob the inland of Oleron : master aod six men saved . "Woodzsxdgb , TE 3 . SO . —The Gleaner , from Liverpool for Wisbeaeb , was stmct bj a heavy b&& off Cape Cora-sill on the 23 rd inst , and lost boats , bulwarks . &&

      Collision is ihb Bat op Biscay .. —On the night cf % hs 21 st ult , during a heavy gale , accompanied by thunder &od lightning , about 250 miles south of the Lizard , the brig Isabella and Agnes , of Stockton , about £ 5 © tons burden , Captain Cuming , cam * in contact with the schooner Pxima Donna , of London , about 130 tons , Phillips master , by which the schooner ' s bows were * fcova in , h . er foredfeck started , and Bails and rigging damagei The brig lost her bowsprit , « utwafcer , figurebead , stsneheons , sails , is . During 1 he confusion one

      of thepnma Donna ' s hands leapt from her forecrxwstrees to the brig ' s forecastle-deck . One bad both his legs crushed and broken in getting on board , and three Other * left the schooner for the Isabella and Agnes Triuch Tessel arrived at Plymouth on the 27 th ult o wiere every attention is paid to the wounded man , Alfred Charity , of Okefcam , Rutlandshire . The Prima Donna with hex captain and only one hand , arrived tafe at Dartmouth on the 26 th nit She was bound to St Michael ' s for fruit The brig was laden with salt and corl , bom St . Vbes , bound to Loth .

      loss tttb ciit of Carlisle Sieakkk . — During the height of the gale on Wednesday meming foj * fine coasting Steamer totally wrecked at ths entrance of Wainfleet harbour , in Lincolnshire . The steamer , which was on her passageirom Hosfieur to Goole , with ft cargo of miscellaneous goods , was & large vessel , of about 200 tons burden , and had two engines of thirtyborse power each . After qpitSng Honflaur river , the wind commenced blowing almost a hurricane from the WBstward , with a great fall of snow-at intervals . The ^ earner , however , weathered it in admirable style , and onttnufid steaming ; until Tuesday sight , when the itonn somewhat iBcreacBg , it waa with much diffisul ^ Bui the fires coald be kept in . on account of the sea

      tiding its w * y into tke engine-room . At . about one « * dockthe Sksfnao light , near the mouth of the Wain-I ^ et barboux , appeared in idght , and it was ' fully exji ^ tfid ttiat in »/ ew hours s he would afely be brought fi 4 < r « aooUi water . The usual track was taken , and nothing ; pirffeiiariwcurted until four o ' clock , when Just > i the steaoja Sad ' got sbreaBt of the Dog Head Sand { a dangerous abbal in the Humbtr ) it came onto B » w so heavDy as to prevent the length of tbir . steamer -being uen . The crew ktpt the JrfbatitmSg intbehope of clearing th * sands , bat th « ¦¦ xtjnffl ^ mfc * . terr ific wave caught the vessel , and O « ed W < Wa $ letely # n the body of the Bands , and the tons w a * JO gnat as to throw those on deck upon their bMbb rrftffggpg , & may bt oonoeived , the greatwt con-

      Untitled Article

      sternation and dismay on board . The captain , perceiving the perilous situation of the steamer , prev&iltd npon tbecrew to lighten her as much as possible , which they did by throwing overb * ard part of the cargo , while others prepared the boats , ready to leave the vessel , and made signals of distress for assistance . ' After ereat labour , Capt . Froudlove Bncceftd » d in getting her off the sands , but aftwrwmrda th « situation of tha crew became in greater danger , Tor on standing the pumps , several feet of water waj found in the hold ^ and It rapidly increasing , clearly shewed that either her keel had been carried away orthat her bottom was stove in . Both pmmpa were instantly got to work , and extra pressure was put on the steam , in th « hope of keeping her afleat , amd of running her ashore ; but before many minutes had elapsed , the engineer and stoker ran upon deck and reported the water bad risen above the engine-room flooring and was putting the fires out There was now

      not a moment to be lost , for the vessel was rapidly sinking , and if they remained many minutes longer , their escape would be beyond all human power . The captain having given the word , in an Instant the crew ( in all fifteen in number ) , filled the boats , and they directly palled away from the steamer . Before they had gained 200 yards from the vessel , they saw her go down into deep water . The boats were then pulled towards tha land , but the toil and suffering the crew endured was severe in the extreme i several times they narrowly escaped being swamped , and most of them were up to their middles in water , baling it out with their caps and any other article they could get hold of . At length the life-boat , commanded by Mr . Samuel Moody , belonging to Skegness , came to their assistance , into which they got , and were safely conveyed ashore , though in a most deplorable plight The steamer is irrecoverably lost

      wbeck of a Dutch Iitoiakaw . —Setbhteen Lives Lost . —The subjoined particulars , respecting the total loss of the Dutch ship Nlokerie , and fate of her crew , are extracted from a letter received at Lloyd's on Friday morning : — " St Mary ^ s , Scilly Islandi , Feb . 27 . —Since my last , I regret to announce to you a deplorable shipwreck , wilh loss of many lives , which took place during the late tramendous gales near this place , and which has produced the deepest sensation . On receiving the Intelligence on Sunday morning , I immediately proceeded to the Bcene of desolationnamely , Bosewear , one of the little uninhabited islands —and found that th « report I had received was too true , the vessel belag about 800 tons burthen , called the Nlckerie , Captain Harv « y , belonging to Rotterdam . I found the wreck entangled among the rocks at tbt back

      of the islands , both mast * and all her rigging wer « gone , and she was fast breaking up , the . sea sweeping the whole nf her decks , thus preventing any one getting on board to save any of tha cargo , which , I am given to understand , was valuable . There were on board , at the time of her loss ) 19 persons , all of whom , it grieves me to say , lost their live * , with the exception of two seamen , of the names of Simon Qrovt ( an Englishman and Christian Soupe ; but they were in a most pitiable condition , and suffered aeveraly from the cold . They remained walking about the island for tw * days bef « re discoverc-d . " On Monday night , the . remains of two of the uuhapyy crew wen thrown up on the beach , and this morning ( Tnetday ) three other bodies have baen picked up . They have all been buriad in the island . The loss of the vessel and cargo is estimated at £ 15 , 000 .

      Yarmouth—The loss of life and property off this port during the late pierdng weather and snow storm has been truly alarming . Soon after day-break on Sunday morning , a brig , heavy laden , apparent ] y from Newcastle , with « oals , was perceived to the northward : all her sails were carried away , as well as her topmast , and evidently the crew bad lost all coatroul over her , for she was being carried In the direction of the Qunflset la Bteond Goodwin ) Sands . There "were one or two attempts on { be part of these belonging to a schooner , lying with two anchors out near the entrance

      of the roads , to render assistance to the distressed vessel , but the terrific sea that then prevailed rendered it beyond human power to save either the live * of the unfortunate persons or the vessel . In the subsequent five minutes she was carried into the sands , and became an instant wreck , the crew falling overboard with the masts , and perishing in the foaming surf . It was a dreadful sight , but what could be done in such a storm ? Shortly afterwards another rhipwreck was witnessed , and but for the prompt and well-disciplined exertions of the coast-guard service , there is no doubt bvX all on board woulA have been drowned . A vessel

      named the York Union , a brig of about 180 toss , bslonging to London , had , in the commencement of the storm , on Saturday , brought up in the roads about one mile and a half to the northward of Winterton , for shelter . Although both anchors were out , the hurricane ( for such tha wind amounted to ) , drove ber in the course of the following night close into shoal Water , and the crew observing the imminent danger in which they were placed , cut away the foremast , thinking aba would ride easily , but such , however , preved the contrary , for at about half-past six o'clock she came ashore with great violence , and pitched on her bean ends . Her dangerous position having previously been observed , a large concourse of persons bad collected on the beach , and also

      Lieutenant Hockloy , the commanding effioer of tbe Wintciton coast-guard station , and a body of bis men which were ob the spot In the course of the same morning , another vessel , a sloop , called tbe Sarah , master , Mr . Welldrick , of and to Croole , from London , was driven ashore about half-way between Sorton and Garlettone , and from the danger in which she lies , it is expected ska will ere long go to pieces . Tha captains of the colliers arrived in tbe roads this afternoeD , report that upwards of five vessels were last on Tynemouth-bar duing Saturday morning , and that the harbour , when they left on Sunday night , had the appearance of a ship-breaker ' s and timber yard , owing to the immense quantity of wrack loating about The accounts received from SUlthea , bearing Tuesday ' s date ,

      state that that coast , daring the last two days , has been visited with one of the most terrific storms at sea remembered in the neighbourhood . It eommenoed on Saturday at noon , the gale blowing from the north , and by sight the sea waa on entire foam . The fishing cobles at sea were capsized , and the crews were picked off the bottom of their boats and landed in safety . The cobles belonging to Beuuwick , a snail fishing place near this , were similarly situated . One was capsized , aad a man named Robert Trattlea was drowned ; the others wen saved . Near Stockton no less than mine vessels wen driven asboie in the course ef Sundsy morning , and many of them have since gone to pieces . They are the Unity of Faversham , the George

      of Cowes , the Hope of Scarborough , tbe Felicity bolonging to Lymn , the Pontefract from London to Stockton , the Nisens from Hull , the Ondine from Boston , Lincolnshire , the Lark from Woodbridge , and the Rosehaugh of Cromarty . In neatly the whole of the cases the crews saved themselves by clinging to the rigging until taken off by the life-boat people , whose labours and exertions wen arduous in the extreme . Further up the coast , namely , at Hartiepool , four vessels went ashore ; the crews were saved . The sloop Glengarry of Dnngirvon , for Swansea , which sailed from Milford Haven , on the morning of the 24 th ult , was lost on the following morning on the reef a little to the southward ef Sheep Islands ; tbe crew previously saved themselves by taking to the boat

      Untitled Article

      " TAKE YOUR AFFAIRS INTO YOUR OWN UANDS . " ~ Sir B . PetL TO THE KDITOB OP . THB HOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —By giving insertion to tbe iollowing you will much oblige the Chartists of Arnold . At a numerous and respectable meeting of the ratepayers of the parish , held at tbe honse of Mr . Famsworfh . Flying Horse Inn , on Shrove Tuesday evening , to take into consideration the propriety of selecting suitable and proper persons to act as Guardians of the poor , and other officers for tbfs parish , Mr . Cornelius Heszson was called to tbe chair , and , on the motion of Mr . William Emmerson , seconded by Mr . G&orge Wfcldgust , the following address was unanimously carried : —

      TO THE BATE-PATEBS 0 ? THE TABIOUS PABISHES COHJOSIKG THE BASFOBD UNIOK . Fellow Ratbpat . bbs , —The time having nearly arrived when yea will be called upon to exercise your lights in the selection of proper and suitable persons to be placed in nomination as Guardians of the poor for the ensuing year , it becomes your bounden duty to vote for no man , or set of men , who would willingly carry oat the stringent classes of the Poor Law Amendment Act , an act passed for the express purpose of forcing tbe poor of once happy England to live upon

      coarser food , an act which destroys the finer feelings of our nature , separating husband from wife , and children from both ; in fact , an act which treats poverty as a crime , and punishes it accordingly . The revelations ef the last few weeks must have convinced every one that the comfort and the well-being of the unfortunate poor was never considered by the concoctors of that infamous law ; and it is quite evident that the tools whs do the dirty bidding of the three despots at Somerset-House , are capable of anything to please their employers .

      The rate-payees of Arnold , being determined to set an example to the other parishes in the Basford Union , have called a meeting of the inhabitants for the purpose of selecting two of the most humanB and honest men they can find to fill the ofiice , who will be put in nomination at the appointed time ; and they implore their brethren , by all that is dear to them , to arouse at once from their lethargy , and do their doty by helping to destroy one of the monsters of classlegislation . Support bo man , or set of men , that will not pledge themselves to vote for reporters to be present at their meetings . Why should they sit with closed doors—la secrecy t % system which all honest men abhor . It was moved by Mx . William Emmenon , and seconded by Mr . Joseph Antboney , " That the address now read be sent to tbe Northern Star for insertion . " Carried nnanimeusly .

      Sixty sat down to an excellent supper , and spent the evening in singing democratic songa , and delivering addresses , until s late boor in tbe evening . This ended one of tbe best meetings we have bad for a length of time .

      Untitled Article

      Impobtant to the Ladies . —Bustlea were origin ally invented by a travelling organ grinder , to ac coxomodate her monkey with a place to ride .

      Untitled Article

      FRANCE . The Chambers have been occupied with the affair of Otaheite . The subject was brought on by M . de Carnev who merely s put some questiens , with a view of obtaining some explanations on the events which had taken place . M . Guizot gave tbeae explanations at great length , and in a manner which ought to have given satisfaction ; and so strong was the impression made bj the eloquent and impressive speech which he d e livered , that it was thought the affair was at an end . But immediately after M . Guizot , M . BillauU mounted the tribune , and made a violent attack upon the Government , accusing the Cabinet of having vieldeq * to iear of the cannon of England . He denied that it was a more quarrel about a flag ;

      the quarrel was one of sovereignty , and was not with Queen Pomare , but with Great " Britain ; and he complained that the Cabinet had not called upon the English Government for some explanation relative to the conduct of Mr . PrUohard . This speech , which created a great sensation in tbe Chamber , was followed up vigorously by M . Duf&ure , who said that Admiral Dupetit Thouars had acted as a man of honour and patriotism in the whole affair . The protectorate flag was pulled down , and it was when he sought and was refused reparation for that insult that He took possession of the island . He thought it dangerous to disavow lightly the acts

      done bv ^ he . navy , when acting . at saoh a distance that it is impossible to give them minute instructions . The disavowal of the acts of Admiral DupetiS Thouars would be a great discouragement to all officers acting in distant latitudes , and their authority would be weakened by it . He thought the conduct of the Government unjustifiable , and declared that ha would rather see the French navy given up altogether , to finding it suffering such acts as the Government were then justifying . , This called tup the Minister of Public Instruction , who entered into a warm defence of the conduct of the Ministry , but was listened to with great impatience by the Chambers .

      The debate ou the Tahiti affair was resumed on Friday , and ended in a division whieh is a signal triumph to M . Guizot and the Cabinet . The proposition of M . Ducos , " that the Chamber , without " approving of the conduot of the Cabinet , pass to the order of the day , " was rejected by a majority of forty-six , the following being tbe result of the ballot : — Number of voters 420 Absolute majority 211 For M . Ducos ' s motion 187 Against it 233 Majority in favour of tbe Government ... —46 This majority is much greater than the most sanguine friends of Government expected . These

      raonthings for war render political discussions in France supremely disgnstiog . Our talented contemporary , the Spectator , -well remarkB that M There are some brave fellows who , if a French donkey were to kick a child and an Englishman interposed , would call out on M . Guizot to vindicate " the honour of France" by " supporting" the jackass ! Some most appalling crimes have lately been committed in Paris . Infanticide , parrioide , suicide ( of a murderer ) , the assassination of a husband and wife , and a triple murder , are alluded to in the National . The Siecle addB to this frightful catalogue tbe murder of an English gentleman , at an early

      hour on Thursday evening , at bis residence , No . 40 , Rue de Londres . On Friday the discussion was opened in the Chamber of Deputies on the petitions presented against the fortifications of Paris , upon which M . Allard presented a report to the Chamber ten days ago . These petitions varied intheir p rayer . Some demanded the demolition of the fortifications altogether ; otherBthe suspension of the works ; others , again , the stoppage of the supplies required to arm the forts ; and others demanded that Ministers should be compelled to keep within the letter of the law which empowered them to fortify the capital , and whioh tbe petitioners alleged they bad greatly exceeded .

      The debate was commenced by M . Lherbette , who complained that the most arbitrary extension had been given to the law of 1841 . He complained of the vast number of barracks constructed within Paris , every one of which is a fortified stronghold , and he concluded by contending that it was evident that the object was to guard , not against foreign enemies bnt against Frenchmen . M . de Tocqueville followed on the same side , and contended that tbe works now carried on by the Government far exceeded those contemplated at the time when the law was passed , and that thn object of the Government evidently was to have large entrenched campB in the neighbourhood , for the purpose of Overawing the capital .

      M . Lamartine also expressed the alarms he felt when he saw " that phantasmagoria of bombs and bullctB , that mass of fortifications , that garrison of 50 , 000 men . Fortifications raised arotind Paris in former times had always been used to oppress the people ; and he avowed that , ou the day when he saw the Government obtain the law which enabled them to build the fortifications , without giving the necessary guarantees for the safety of the national liber ties , that day he swere a profound distrust in the new Government . " He considered them immaterial to tbe Government of July , and declared that they were " a material rupture of the equilibrium between the royal and popular prerogatives . " M . Chabaud-Latour , General Paixhans , and Marshall Soult defended the conduct of the Government , Marshal Soult entering into long details to shew that as far as the executive was concerned , the law of 1841 had bean strictly adhered to . The debate was adjourned to Saturday .

      Accounts from Constantino state that the French expedition against Biskara is already in motion . The troops which are to form the army are to rendezvous at Betna , which is at the foot of the first of the two great chains of mountains which . divide Constan line and Biskara . Several regiments have already arrived at that place , and the remainder were on their way from different parts of the colony . The Duke of Aumale was to leave Constantino , to join the expedition , en the 16 th ult .

      The France of Sunday gives a letter from Goritz of tbe 24 th , whioh states that the Duke of Angouleme ' s health is getting worse every day , and that his family are seriously alarmed for tbe result . The Rtforme states that orders have been given to complete the works of tbe fortifioation of Paris as quickly as possible . The . troops of the garrison are to be employed for that purpose , and a number of labourers have been sent from the departments to assist . Several detachments of labourers bad likewise arrived at Paris from Germany and Belgium .

      A Militaby . Cosspibact . —The National says , " A report was circulated currently in Paxis on Saturday and Sunday that the Government had discovered a military conspiracy . The different versions of this rumour that have reached us are , however , vague and contradictory ; but what appears bryoad all doubt is , that several non-commissioned officers belonging to one of the regiments at present quarterdtin PariB have been arrested . It has been even said that some superior officers are compromised , and among others a lieutenant-colonel and a colonel . "

      Bb-slection op the Legitimists . —The Funds had risen on Monday considerably when it became known that the five legitimate deputies ( MM . Bliu de Bourdon , De Larey * . De Valmy , Berryher , and Larochejaoquelin ) who had resigned their seats iu the Chamber after which they were "Jlelri" for visiting the Duke de Bordeaux in London , had been re-elected .

      SPAIN . The insurrection still exists but is confined to Alicant and Carthagena . Some most horrible butcheries have been perpetrated since we last reported progress . Col . Bonet is stated to have commenced reprisals by sbooting fourteen Moderado prisoners , amongst whom is an uncle of Bonoali . General Roncali opened his fire upon Alicante on the 17 th ultimo . He has also put to death an immense number of prisoners . The captain of the steamer Isabella II . has had his share in effeoting the work of

      slaughter , he having shot upwards of fifty prisoners upon the deck of his Yessel . Alicant still held out ontho 2 lat . The Junta of Carthagena published a bandoon the 18 th , declaring the town and province in a siege , and ordering all the inhabitants who did not belong to the milicia to surrender their arms . An attempt had been made by the English and French Consuls to bring about an accommodation between the Junta of Carthagena and the Government , but the insurgents would not listen to any terms .

      The Gazette of the 27 th ult . contains despatches from General Koncali , dated the 22 nd and 23 rd ult ., announcing that on the 26 Ya or 27 th he would be prepared to carry on active operations against the place , and that immediately after itB reduction and the chastisement of the traitors he would march upon Carthagena at the head of his entire force . The rebels of Alicante made a sortie on the 23 rd , and took a position in an olive grove , situate between the town and the fort of San Fernando . The Corresponsal-mentions that General Concha had obtained possession of the Castle of Son Julian , one of the outworks of Carthagena . PBUSIAN-POLAND . The JPottAmpt Gazette of Frankfort gives the following , of the 20 th , from Fosen : —

      " Within the last few days the Government has adopted measures which give rise to a belief that not only the Polish , emigrants and Russia-Polish directors had entered into revolutionary conspiracies , but that they have been joined b y yoang men belonging to the Grand Duchy . Dosaicilliary visits have been made at the houses of several young men of the City , and their papers seized and put under seal . Forbidden books have also been detected aad secured . At the same time , we kave not learnt whether the Government have succeeded in acquiring the evidence sought for . "

      POLAND . A letter from tho frontiers of Poland , of the 21 st of February , states tkat Count Orloff arrived unexpectedly at Warsaw a few days previously , and

      Untitled Article

      immediately had an interview with Prince Paskiewitz , tho governor , who immediately afterwards left the city . On the following day it was announced that Prince Paskiewitz was disgraced , and that he was removed from the government . The letter State ? that he has fallen tho victim of distrust and intrigue , and that this ia his reward for having been the conqueror of Erivan and the general who led tho Russian troops to Warsaw . Th « only complaint made against him is that he was too lenient . The . government of Poland ia entrusted in the meantime to General Czemiohtff , whose very name in-Bpiroa the greatest terror among tho unhappy Poles . The arrests in the duchy of Ppsen continued and it appears that among the supposed deserters from the Russian army were several police agents , who were employed to give information of what was doing .

      ITALY . , A letter from Anoona , Feb . 6 , says : — A « event took place here yesterday which has caused the greatest alarm . As Judge Allessandrini , of the extraordinary commission , appointed to try the political prisoners , was passing down the street , escorted by two gendarmes , a man wearing a mask rushed on him , and plunged a dagger into his back . The crowd opened its ranks to the assassin ; who mingled with the other masks that filled the publio way , and escaped . M . Allessandrini is not dead , but no hopes are entertained of saving his life . The police have not as yet discovered the murderer . Tho amusements of the Carnival have , in consequence , been suddenly brought to a close . "

      ' The Following is an extract of a letter , dated Bologna , Feb . 24 : — "No answer has yet been received from Rome respecting the sentences pronounced against the forty-one politioal prisoners ; but in the meantime the military commission is going on with tho other trials . Five of the prisoners have escaped from prison , and have not since been retaken . The Lower Romagna appears to bo in a very disturbed state . Bands of robbers are scouring the country , and have attacked several houses , jn search of arms and money . The director of police at Ravenna , who had received several threatening notices , has thought it prudent to quit the place . "

      TURKEY . It may be in the recollection of our readers that some months since , the Jews of Marmora were accused , by tbe Greek population of that island , of having murdered a Greek child . The dead body of the infant was publioly paraded , and the same motives were attributed for the committal of the crime as were ascribed to the Jews of Damascus . This accusation originated partly in the fanaticism of the populace , and partly in the jealousy with which they regard the commercial establishments of tho Jews in that island . Fortunately , the accused were enabled to appeal to the Central Government of Constantinople , to be tried by the proper tribunal in that city . This request was granted . Judgment was pronounced on the 25 th ult ., when the Jews were triumphantly acquitted . The Buda Gazette contains the following relative to the affairs of Servia : —

      " Arrests are continuing , and tho proceedings of other times are , apparently , put into execution . Amongst the prisoners is Czewetko Rajewitsoh , who had for a year been in confinement before the revolution of September . The Bishop of Chabaez was assassinated , on the night of January 19 th , in the convent near the town . He was thrown from the first story of the building . Nothing is known of the perpetrators of this crime , which has produced a great sensation . " " Letters from Beyrout , " says the Presse , "

      received by express , bring the following important intelligence : —Mount JLebanus is in insurrection . Twelro thousand Maronites are under arms , and have named for their chief Francis Cozeno . Two Druse chiefs , who were as hostages at Beyrout , escaped during the night , and returned to the mountain to make common cause with the Maronites . The inhabitants of the Lebanua had declared , that after haviiig for a longth of time demanded from the Porte that the exactions ef the Turkish functionaries should be put a stop to , they have no longer auy hope but in arms , "

      UNITED STATES . Liverpool , Sunday Morning—By the packet United States , Captain Britton , which arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning , we have accounts from New York to tho 14 th ult ., being five days later than those brought by the last arrival . Her Majesty ' s ship Vestal , with Mr . Pakenham , the British Envoy to the United States Government , on board , reached New York on the 13 th , after a stormy passage He was to set out for Washington next day , to replace Mr . Fox , who would depart in the same ship for Vera Cruz , in a week or a fortnight . Oo . reaching the harbour of New York the Vestal fired a round of twenty-one guns , but , according to a correspondent of the New York Herald , the

      naval authorities were not prepared to roturn the compliment . " Permit me , " says the writer , through your columns , to inquire of the naval authorities of the port of New York , what ig the cause that on the arrival of a national ship of a friendly power in our harbour , and who salutes our flag , that we are not prepared immediately to return the friendly greeting ? We are induced to make this inquiry , as we happened yesterday to witness the arrival of the British frigate , ( conveying to our shores a high diplomatic functionary ) , who , as soon as she came to anchor , hoisted the United States fUg , and saluted it with twenty-one guns . We remained on the battery for more than an hour , eagerly watching the response to so kindly a greeting , but , up to a late hour , yesterday afternoon , it was not returned . " The discussion in Congress , on the tariff

      of 1842 , was still going on . The last speaker was a Mr . Huntingdon , who stood out for high protecting duties , with as much fury and argument as any of pur most determined monopolists , but his speech exoited not the slightest interest . A correspondent , who writes from Washington on the 12 th , gives the following report of proceedings in that quarter : — " The President is certainly expected to send into the Senate six great appointments , two Cabinet Secretaries , three Miinsters , and a Judge , together with many : minor appointments . The great debate upon the Oregon question is expected daily to arise . Mr . Allen will call it up to-morrow . Col . Merriok will bring in his Post-office Reform Bill to-morrow ; that subject will then be open to debate . This week , therefore , you may look for hiehly interesting and important news from

      Washington . - The Senate , in Executive Council , on the 9 th ult ., confirmed the nomination of Mr . Wise as United States Minister to Brazil . Several other nominations were spoken of ; the reports , however , require confirmation . The Whigs of Maine , at the Legislative Convention , nominated the Hon . George Evans . of the United States Senate , for the office of Vice-President . Mr . Clay is their candidate for the Presidency . Mr . Calhoun haB withdrawn from the Presidential contest .

      Liverpool , Monday , 8 a . m . —We have since received intelligence from our Liverpool Correspondent : —By the packet-ship England , arrived at ten o ' clock , last evening , after an excellent passage of sixteen days from New York , we have received papers to the 16 th ult . inclusive . The American papers announce the arrival at Natchez , Mississippi , ob the 1 st ult ., of Capt . Elliot , the English Ambassador to Texas . A communication from Key West , Florida , dated 30 th January , states that an , English ship , the Father Mathew , had been wrecked off C » 3 ar ' s Creek . She was quite a new vessel , and only on her second voyage , from St . Stephen ' s to

      Matanzas , with a cargo of sugar box-shooks . Part of the cargo and materials will be saved and brought to Key West . The Plague comb-to the United States . —We see it stated , in some of the penny papers , that a new disease , supposed to bo the plague , has made Us appearance in Saxony , in Massachusetts . About half-a-dozen persons had died suddenly after picking some Smyrna Wool , which Was thought to hare conveyed the infection . In . the present dearth of medical business , we think it Would be a very good thing for the physioiansto get up some p lague excitement . It is now ten years since we had the cholera , and the plague excitement might go very well .

      Soldiers of the Revolution . —One by one the great fathers of our revolution drop off . —The following were all preserved to a good old age , living to see that country free and prosperous , for whose liberty they had perilled their lives . In Danville , Vermont , 5 th inst ., Dr . Uri Rabbit , aged 84 . In Gardner , Me . Judge Sawyer , aged' 93 . In Brookfield , Ct ., David Keeler , aged 90 . In Litohfield , Ct ., Amos Gal pin , aged 89 , In Cumberland , R . I ., Mr . Noah Ballou , aged 84 . In Newark , N . J ., Heman . Hatch , aged 88 . Near Fleming ton , N . J ., Major John Howe , in the 90 th year of . his age . In Hunterdon Co ., N . J ., Cornelius Meslee , in the 84 th year of his age . In Hopkintown , N . H ., Mr . John Bowker , aged 82 . At Leominster , John Burdett , in the 98 th year of his age . At Ashby , Abel Richardson , aged 911 years . The Mormons . —An intelligent gentleman who resides in the vicinity of Nanvdo , informs the editor of Cleveland , Ohio , Herald , that the Mormons are receiving constant accessions to their numbers from various portions of the United States and from Europe—that the Great . Temple is progressing slowly—and that "General Joseph Smith" is becoming more and more dictatorial and threatening towards the worldly powers that be , and more impious in bis pretentiona to the character of a prophet . Still he i 860 muoh of the " earth , earthly , " that he fears kidnapping or assassination by the " evil minded Missourians , " and keeps a portion of his forty policemen pretty constantl y about his person . Smith keeps » tavern called the Nauvoo House , and by special ordinance monopolies the liquor trade at 12 io . a glass I—New fork Weekly Sun .

      General Jackson . —General Jackson is described by a correspondent of the Pkbian , writing from the Hermitage , on the 14 th instant , as being in an exceedingly precarious state of health . Tha writer BayB : —

      Untitled Article

      He is very feeble ; appetite poor ; cough distressing , attended , with severe paroxysms on account of the pain in his side . At times he suffered from a degree of tightness about the chest , attended with much difficulty of respiration ; at other times a more free expeotoration , greatly relieves him . He thinks one of his lungs is nearly gone ; his eye-ught has failed him very much ; he can converse but a little at a time even when thfe most comfortable j he has had several homorrhages of the longs , and is frequently obliged to resort to bleeding and cupping to prevent its return . He has been gradually failing for the last year , but more rapidly for the last sevon months .

      New Woollen Factories in Michigan , —It is but five years since the subject ; of woolgrowing was agitated in thjts State through the newspapers . Now we are beginning to realize some of the advantages that were then predicted . Our peninsula has its half million of sheep , and woollen factories are much talked of . In Borne sections foundations are already laid for the superstructure , and in others large mills are erected . I One has gone up at Ypsilanti , one at Ann Harbor , one at Scio , one at Pontiac , a very extenpive one at Marshall , and the last Grand River Times announces the completion of one at the Rapids of lOOifeet in length , for which the machinery had arrived . { ; Those will make a home market for a Btaple ft » r which no other climate is better adapted than Michigan . —Detroit Daily Advertiser .

      I TEXAS . The Texian Consress is still in session ; there appears to be a strong feeling , bo ' . h in the government and am <> ng the people , favourable to the annexation of that country to the United States . The Texian House of Representatives are unanimously in favour of the proceeding .

      ; MEXICO . The internal Btato of affairs in Mexico remain tranquil . Santa Anna is at his havienda near Vera Cruz . He gives his personal superintendance . to the extensive repairs now making to the castle of San Juan de Ulloa , and the fortifications which defend Vera Cruz . The British frigate Incoastant . arrived on the 22 nd from Port Royal . She reported that the whole British West India fleet was to sail for Vera Cruz after she left . The condition of the

      Texian prisoners at Perote is worse , if possible , than by previous accounts . Sickness and suffering are thinning their numbers . It was reported at Vera Craz that the British Minister had intimated to the Mexican authorities , that upon the arrival of Mr . Fox , the new Minister from England , the British flag , which was captured from the Texans , should be hoisted on the staff of the castle , in addition to tho salute . This ' arrival mas daily expected . There were in port ] two British brigs of war and two Fienoh sloops of war .

      i BRAZIL . Adrioes from Rio , to the 13 th of December , have been received ! in Baltimore . Affairs in all parts of tho empire were in a prosperous condition . Rio Grande was more peaceable ; indeed , tho insurgents had been entirely subdued . It was reported in Rio , that on the 28 th of November General Rivera was on his mar « h toward Monte Video , with the intention of raising the Biege , and it was expected that the resolt of a goneral battle would ere long decide the conflict one way or other .

      \ PERU . Tbe latest advices from Peru represent that country as harraaied by revolutions , as usual , in consequence of the number of pretenders to political power;— " General Vicanco has taken possession of the capital , aud calls himself ' President of the Republic ; ' whilst a General Castillo holds the country in the neighbourhood of Arica , and calls himself Supreme Chief of the nation ; ' and' General Ntete holds the Tacua , calling himself * Supreme Chief . ' Each of these sets up for himself ; and so , apparently , does every man who can get together a few hundred ragamuffins tinder the name of soldiers ;

      whilst all regular industry is greatly impeded , and commercial intercourse between different towns almost entirely destroyed . It appears that on the 29 th of August there was a very smart battle in the neighbourhood of Tacua , between the Government troops ( those of General Vivanco ) and the foree 9 of General Nietb , in which the former were entirely defeated , andfall their infantry taken prisoners ; so that the ' President of the Republic , does not eeem likely very soon to have full possessien of the country . At the date of tbe last advices , the third party under General Castillo , were understood to be advancing upon Tacua ; so that there would probably be another struggle for the possession of that place . "

      BUENOS AYRES AND MONTE VIDEO . The following letter , which has just come to hand , from the river ; Plata , gives a grapnio sketch of affairs at Monte Videjo : — ' Nev . 23 , 1843 . —We have now been upwards of nine mouths beateged , and , although I cannot say that the w&r is yet over , I am bappy in finding there is some appearance of its being so , as we cannot hold out more than a month longer , because the government have not tbe means of paying for the supplies of provisions requisite for the garrison of the city , which amounts to about 3 , 000 dollars daily . They have long since sold all the duties and government property , and tbe foreign merchants have advanced upwards of 1 , 000 , 000 dellari to carry on the war ; government have besides to find

      rations for about 8 , 000 poor people living in the city now on account ; of tbe blockade ; theie rations are now reduced one-half . There is a great amount of suffering and misery in the city , and it must increase daily until the war is at an end ; eVen then bow many must be deprived of fathers , husbands , and brothers ! It is now a fortnight since we had news from Rivera , dated the 18 th of October , in which he states that he is coming to relieve the ] capital , and has a very strong army . Urqutxa , the chief of the enemy ' s' cavalry , with all his force were retreating before Rivera , whom we ' expect near here every day . He is comiDg to give battle to Btancoes , that he may get assistance from the infantry . Tt is said that Rivera must have at present an army of 10 , 000 or 12 , 000 men ; surely with that army he can

      beat Oribe , and then we shall be all right again . We have had a great many skirmishes lately , arid numbers of our men have been wounded . We have , four hospitals for the wounded , and they get very well attended to . The principal one has received about 1 , 300 wounded ! men since the 1 st of July . Nine , p . m .. there are just gone to the mole , to be embarked , 2 , 080 infantry , and 1200 cavalry , With some cannon—it is supposed for ttie Mount . If so , we may probably see a fight to morrow , or it may be they go to Santa Lucia , to join with Rivera . A battle must take plate , and I expect it will be in sight of the city . We had a very hard fight lwt iweek . A Colonel Neira , with 25 men , went to attack Ian outpost of the enemy , when he was shot . As our people did not return with -the body , 360 Italians , and 500 blacks went to regain it They had to fight upwards of 2 , 000 Blancoes , and they

      succeeded , after a desperate straggle , in regaining the body . The Italians and blacks charged with the bayonets , and killed upwards of 100 men . We had seven killed , and about fifty wounded , A melancholy occurrence took place tbe day our troops went out . on this expedition . A lieutenant of cavalry and one man charged eight Blancoe * . It was thought at the time that the officer had been killed , but from those who have come in since , it appears that the horse of the lieutenant was shot from under him , and be fell a prisoner to the Blancoes , who immediately cut off his head , which was found the next morning stuck jon the rails fronting a dwelling house , with the ears cut off . How different was the treatment given to the officer who fell into the hands of our men . He was , after a few days' imprisonment , sent on board the English commodore ' s Bbip in order to be given up to Admiral Brown , tbe commodore of the Buenos Ayrian navy , j

      Nor . 24 —Our troops are still at the Mount We have sent more to-day . I expect it is an expedition to obtain cattle . ¦

      HAYTI . Extract of a letter from Port-au-Prince , dated Jan . 9 , 1844 :- * "At length a regular Government has been instituted . On the 30 th of December the Constitution was finally voted , and the Consttiuante proceeded to the election of a President . Out of ninety-six votes , General Herard bad thirty-one , and at twelve o ' clock , p . m ., he was proclaimed President of Hay ti , and in the dead of night a salute of twenty-one guns announced near and far the return of a permanent ! Government . On the 4 th ! of January his oath of office was administered by the Constiiuante in an imposing ceremony , at which all the authorities of Port-au-Prince , M . Barrot , the French Ambassador , the French Admiral Dumoyes , and all

      the consuls were present . The fete wa 3 most bril-r liant , and the enthusiasm of all the inhabitants of the place—high and low—black , white , and coloured-Ms beyond description . The whole country will bail this event wittt ; the greatest joy , for after wavering as to whom they would prefer to rule them , they had fixed their choice upon General Herard ( Riviere ) , the author and the hero of the revolution . H « received with becoming modesty all these testimonies of love , and by ihis very first measure—a most important one—a choice of Ministers , gave the country a pledge of his ' good intentions , and showed that he could distinguish , and would follow , the right pith .

      M Hyppolite is appointed Minister of the Interior and Agriculture ; Fery , of Justice and publio ln-Bttuction ; Herard Dumesle , Foreign Affairs ; Jmb _ 6 rf , Finance and Commerce . M . M . Hyppoiitaand Fery are menj who possess in the highest degree the conndenca © f the country , * % & were both ] at particular periods candidates for the Presidency : this choice will be highly pleasing both in the north and in the south . The Spanish members ar « jail highly gratified , having a perfect equality of rights , of which they had been deprived under 33 oyer . They furnish twelve of thirty-six senators , and a proportionate number of members for thV lower houBe . The Government is essentially a oivil one . "

      ] WEST INDIES . Kingston ( Jamaica ) papers to the 10 th of January state— " That the long-continued draught haBbecdme amatter of general complaint throughout the island and threatens to oause a considoraable diminution of the ensuing crop , The principal topic of discussion , both in the Legislative Assembly and by the press , is the rapid decay of the colony , and the beat

      Untitled Article

      means of restoring it t » the condition of prosperitj in which it was previous to the Act of liberation . Vigor us egorts are contemplated to induce the Home Government to grant such pecuniary aid to the islamda to enable them to carry « ufc the plans of erai gration heretofore attempted , and to open new sources for the supply of labourers .

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Unusual Atrocity .. —It is stated in a letter from Galrushe , of the 22 ud , that the principal cemetry of that place has been recently the scene of repeated violations * More than forty graves have been opened , and all the gold and other valuable ornaments with which the bodies were interred stolen . As these : atrocities were carried on with great caution on the part of the depredators , the crime would have remained unpunished if a young man had not been arrested in the act of offering for sale a silver handle of a coffin . This person instantly confessed , and denounced hia associates , not less than thirty of whom have been since apprehended .

      "All Mjen abb born Free and sqtjalI "There are 2 , 387 , 355 slaves in America ; that is , one Beventh of the population are in a state of slavery . And yet the American declaration of independance sets out with the assertion that all men are equal !

      E3)* €*Uitt&' $6itf&Gt;Tment.

      E 3 )* € * Uitt&' $ 6 itf > tment .

      Untitled Article

      THOBNLEY COLLIERY . To the Public—We , the workmen of Thornlej Colliery , deem it our duty to ourselves and the public , who have so generously supported us , to wipe off the blasting censure which the hireling scribbler of the Durham Chronicle has bo repeatedly tried to fix upon us . This servile tool of the masters—the pusillanimous scribe—baa done his best to make out a case against the Thornley workmen , in order to prejudice the publio against us . Iu a recent number of that most miserable production—the Chronicle—an advertisement appeared , announcing that " a serious riot had taken place in Thornley , on Monday night , tnelStb inat , when a great number of doors and windows were broken , and some guns fired at the doors of two persons called Bones and Craddock" - —the latter of whom is better known as " Will the Cheat . " Now , the truth k ,

      that not a single door is broken of any one house in tha village ; although there are panes of glass broken iu tbe wiudows of houses belonging to unionists , as well as of those " who are not The damage , however , appears to have been perpetrated by a number of mischievous boys from want of better employment ; although it is thought by many that the minions of the masters committed the outrage , iu order to irritate tbe peaceable inhabitants of the village ; and what strengthens suspicion against those lickspittleajef the masters is , that , on the evening in question , the / perambulated ttte village ( n every direction , armed with guns , menacing every per . son they met , regardless alike of sex or age . Yet , those brutes in human shape are styled by the Chronicle aa " better-disposed inhabitants" I But as a proof of the malignity of these said '' better-disposed , " the following may begiven as instances :-r

      On the afternoon of Friday , the 16 th of February , while Anthony Stark , a quiet , inoffensive man as dwells ia any village or town of England , was passing up tho street leading from bis mother ' s house towards his own , a fellow , who has been working since the Strike , and not as the Chronicle has stated , resumed bis work , —for that hacknied scribe would have * people believe that a number of hewers , who , three days previous to ths Strike , bad the whole of their wages stopped as fines , have resumed work , or that » single individual had done so , is a positive falsehood ; for the men : now working never hewed coals when the pit was at woik ; and the reason that they are sa indignant at the men standing out is , because while the hewers are off work , they have themselves to labour a little harder . But to

      our story . As Stark was returning to his home , with his child in . his arms , about four o ' clock in the afternoon , a crack-brained fellow named Cooper , determined to have a lark with his new gun , bought him by tho masters to intimidate tbe peaceable inhabitants of tba village , presented it at poor Stark , who was much alarmed ; and there cannot be the least doubt , had not Cooper ' s lodger seized him by the arm , the sanguinary brute would have fired'the contents of his gun upon poor Stark . Again , as John Roxby was returning home from taking & little recreation , he war met by about seven special constables armed with guns and pistols . One of them , a hair-brained fool , of the name

      of Armstrong , ( who would disgrace Lord Punch , for pride and foolishness ) , shouldered his gun and presented it , to the utter dismay of poor Roxby , cal l ing out at tbe same time to his fellow-maniacs , " Where ate your pistols ! draw them , and blow his brains out ; for that is ready cure I ' - ' The poor Xellow almost lost his Hermes , and shrunk off home aa soon as those brutes allowed him . Now , the masters are going on in a most ridiculous manner ; and yet the Durham Chronicle is silent with respect to their conduct ; but on tbe slightest pretext being given , this tool of the master class is ready to libel the working classes ; but , assar erfly , the masters and their Chronicle will miss their

      . | We tell our masters that all we want is to ~ live by our labour ; and we declared , when before the magis trates , that if our masters would give us the same privilages which they are giving to the men now at work , we would be satisfied . It may be asked , what are thb privileges the men now working enjoy ? We answer , they * do not send their names or initials on their tubs to bank ; and , consequently , they have neither laid or setouts . By laid and set-outs all pur wages were taken front us during the last three days ? we worked ; and , were we now recommencing work ; we should be in ths same predicament as we were before the strike .

      As a proof that our wish is to preserve the peace of the village , we propose togive tha sum of thirty ponndi for the apprehension of any . person or persona who may be convioted of an intention to break the peace of the village in any possible vjaj . Any person , giving ficn information as is desired above , will receive the thirty poundB upon application to the Thornley Committee . Signed on behalf of the workmen of Thornley Colliery , ' Joseph HAtt ^ . P / esldeat Joseph Walker , Secretary .

      ,#Wt3»Imtfomtrtft.

      , # wt 3 » iMtfomtrtft .

      Untitled Article

      THE BOWLING COLLIERS . TO THE EDITOR 07 THB NORTHERN STAR . SIR—It has begn currently reported in Bradford and neighbourhood , that the Coal Miners of Bowling are growing weary of the Strike . We cin assure you that such ia not the fact Such statements evidently originate with persons who are enemies to oar cause , and who propagate such reports with a view to deter the public from rendering us that assistance which has enabled us hitherto to stand firmly t » oar purpose . These reports have in some measure caused the withdrawal of the public support which we are assured would not be the case had tho public known our determination to persevere in oar efforts for justice . There are still 350 men and boys who are chargeable to ou funds , and who are determinsd to persevere in their righteous struggle , so long as the public afford them the means to sustain it .

      We again assure our friends that no inducement can tempt us to relinquish our just object , until we havfl obtained the full measure of our rights . By older of the committee , Unicorn Inn , Ivegate , Bradford . February 21 . 1844 .

      Untitled Article

      Scotland . —A general meeting of the Coal and Ironstone Miners , Drawers , and all underground workmen , was held in the Trades'Hall , Airdriej on Monday , 26 th of FeVruary ult ., at eleven o ' clook m the forenoon , for receiving the Report of the Deputation to Bailieston , on the 22 nd of February , and to take into consideration the best means of carrying the determination of the B&ilieston meeting into practice ; the object of which" meeting was the carrying out of the restriction prinoiple . Mr . James Bavrick was called to the chair . Mr . Halaton ga * e a report of the proceedings at the Bailieston meeting . Mr . Cowan read the'"Miners Movement * ' from the Northern Star , which was responded to by hearty applause . Mr . Einbleton then addressed the meeting and was received with vehement cheering . The rales aud objects of the Miners Association were theDi read , and closed the proceedings of this truly enthusiastic meeting . '

      Irving , Aysshihe . —A meeting of the Miners oi this district was holden in the Working Man ' s Hallf on Monday , February 26 ta . The ' secretary , Mr Boyle , read from the Northern Star the tremendous explosion of the damnable conspiracy , which gave universal satisfaction . The meeting was after wards addressed by several working ( Jolliers on the necessity of restricting the hours of ' lalwur . Mr . Boyle moved , seconded by Mr . Frew , * That bur hours ol labour are too long and ought to be reduced as soon as possible , " which was carried uuanioio ? s lf «

      Several persons were afterwards put in HomMtion for the forthcoming Conference , to be held at Glasgow ; It was afterwards moved by Mr , Boyle , ana seconded by | Mr . Davis , that the thanks ot , tw meeting . be given to the editor and propfietor ^ of tne Norltiern Star for their ible advocacy of the ngnB of the Miners . The meeting then separated . v , .. Mr . Harris , the Miners agent , will address W Minersai Halifax , on Monday next ; Wraggleslim , on Tuesday ;' Wike , on Wednesday ; Mirfleld , at tfce Flower Pot Inn , bottom of ' -Sppton-Iane , near Deff * bury , on _ Thursday ; Birchanclig ^ on Friday . FebruWJ

      t Baxxslry . —Ou Monday , the SfOx ol a "large mettiag of miner * w » a * held In the Cnartin Boote , Burnley , to ' bear an address from Messrs Dlxou and Beealey , on the future prospects or tw Miners'Association .. . ThejVNto iddres ^ tte » ^^ at great ^ length and / tfate mueh . « aHsl * etion . NotriNGHAHSHiRfc—A meeting was held « * " ¦ beriey da the 2 ith of Febwary , whem Mr . Hint , » Master Collier , addressed tte meeti » g , approving ¦« t " objects of the ^ Miners' Association , and pledging /"" self to lend his hands every aid in a lawful « WW * ? : their rights . Mr . Hirst was loudly cheered . TWenv new members were enrolled . , „ ~; mt Dudley Port , near TirxoN . —The f ° lloW f . monies have been received : —Job Hollands , 23 iw «» Denby , 2 a ; RoundB , 3 sr ; Mott Colliery , 4 b lid ; . «< £ Ier ' sPit , 5 s 9 d ; Ash Loasows , SslOd ; s P ^^ £ ? f ^ j ' Is 3 d ; Shrubbery , la 2 d ; Tipton , 153 8 d ; a «*«> " » lslOM . Total , £ 2 4 a 3 id .

      Untitled Article

      ^_ H THE NORTHERN STAR . March 9 , 1844 /

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 9, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1255/page/6/