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      xdcsllct Bhowing its nose in the ** splendid balls " and " sumptuous , drawing-rooms" of the Cabltos ; thrusting its feet beneath the highly-polished mahogany , and seeming quite at home in the domicQe of concentrated Conserratism ! What a sevoltthos J J ' assive-obedience and non-resistance given ihejjoby ; authority contemned and despised ; and the " war of independence" openly and successfully waged ! If "wi have been connected with the Cablton , Brents clearly show that w onr mission ' has been faithfnlly executed , even in the focus of aristocratic pretension and lordly claim !

      Serionsly : this account by the Post of the doings of the ** picked men" of the great ConBerratiTe party" is another indication of the tendency of the pnblio mind . Political parties are brsajuxs vt I The " signs of the times" on that head are too manifest , and too striking , to admit of doubt . That old political distinctions are passing away , is a fact on which there can be no mistake . Other asd more tangible grounds of difference presents themselves , as the fused masses take to themselves shape and form . Toktjex is gone ! Conservatism has silently glided it into the political grave ; and is now itself as

      sorely following . Whiggism is annihilated—des troyed ; sor is it possible for the political mechanic to mould a new party to stand in the immediate place of the Whigs , not eTen nnder the more taking and comprehensive nam « of Repobm . The heterogeneous mass of materials he has to work with , is devoid of the quality of adhesion ; and as fast as he . ean present the new combination in distinctive shape before the public eye so fast does it fall to pieces again , from ifs sheer inability to stick together ; thus shewing the world that to attempt political combination on old grounds is but labour in vain .

      From this state of things there is much to encourage the tru » and the faithful . They believe in the progression of humanity ; and they see , in ths breaking-ap of old confederacies , and in the straggles , of principle to obtain mastery over passion and man's self-interest , the wobxis'o w wards of ibcth towards the seat of the law-giver and the governor , to influence the deliberations and resolves of the one , and to direct the actions of the other .

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      THE PITMEN—THEIR MASTER S-AND THE » DURHAM CHRONICLE . " - I 7 nas seldom been cur good fortune to witness such an enthusiastic outburst of popular sympathy upon behalf of any suffering portion of the working classes , as that which has been bestowed upon the Miners on strike , since the exposition of their case in the House of Commons . The offer of the men to leave ALL MATTERS in dispute between them and their masters , to the arbitration of honourable and impartial men , has knocked the last crutch from nnder their revilers ; and has especially

      convinced the consumers of coals in London , that the imposition practised upon them , is a consequence of the masters' tyranny and " conspiracy , " rather thin of the extravagant demands of the Miners . Hence we find the poor Durham Chronicle obliged to descend from the "Pegasus" ot the men ' s " extravagance , " and onoe more to mount one of Mr . Boberts ' s fast ponies ; obliged to step from the mountain of " extravagant demand" into- the " corve" of Thornley anticipation . Instead of further discussion on the merits of the case , all has now merged into ancient master practice in such like cases , and an appeal to the men to " get rid" of Roiebts . Nothing new—nothing ascending , now appears in tie columns

      of the Masters' Calendar . The Thornley case is answered , and therefore abandoned—except a slight reflaetion noon the horror of compelling the Thornley masters to refund the costs to the funds of the Miners' Union ; a curious charge to be made by a solicitor against a solicitor : for it is the nsnal finish to legal proceedings . 0 what a sad thing that the masters " on strike" should be compelled to pay costs for proceedings instituted to present the further incarceration ol their slaves ! And 0 what a pity not toiave continued the suit after all cause for instituting it had ceased , and after the required result had been produced ! And above all what a scandal that the only man who by law could have applied for the costs should have been presumptuous enough to do so 1

      Intheheafc of an over-anxious desire to crush the proud spirit of the resolute pitmen , our valiant contemporary bestows three columns upon the mad ravings of th » disappointed apostate , Thomassos ; a wretch who has been unceremoniously kicked out of every movement that he could , not betray , and against whom we long since cautioned the pitmen , by whom the beast has been since unmasked . But not a word about the oustings of hundreds of nnoffending and innocent working men and women ! Not a word of the wholesale ousting of twenty-seven families st

      one colliery ! Not a word about the smashing of furniture . Not a sentence about the hurling of babies of tw « months old from the poor shelter of a miserable cot upon the open road , there to rest under the pelting of the pitiles 3 storm l Not a syllable about the dragging of the woman in the labour throe 3 from hex feed to the hard road , and by the hands of the very master who owed his riche . 3 in part u > her husband ' s labour 1 Not a word about ine seiznre of their fnrniture for trespass npon the common , and their peacefulness under all those acts of brutality and vengeance I No : these were subjects for laughter , for commtndation , and high applause .

      Hoirbeit , in spite of aE , the " apostles" content to make converts to their righteous principles while those who were but anxious to try the experiment for a fortnight , are now , by oppression , banded under the motto of "We ' ll die or Cosvcxz . " ThuS it ever is , that the oppressor but strengthens the nerves , and confirms the determination , by those acts of oppression and brntality by which he hoped to curb or tre&k the rising spirit of freedom .

      On the 13 ih of next month , the Colliers'Conference meets at Stafford . Then the present position , or rather the position of the body , will be Drought before the Delegates ; and from them the whole eon-Etitnent body may expect that calm and discreet advice and counsel by which their future operations are to be governed . Meantime let them meek the cry to get rid" of Roberts , by one nnanimous response of we were "weak because disunited ; we are now strong because united : we were slaves in

      oar weakness ; we look to freedom from our strtngth Rcjebts ha 3 given us that strength . He has been the moving power . He has aroused ns from our long slumber . He has broken the bonds that galled our minds , fettered our sinews , and bound ns to the Blasters * will ; and above all , there must bB a charm in him even beyond what we have discovered , because he is hated by our oppressors , and they consider our abandonment of him as of more importance than all the changes we demand , unjust as they declare them to be . "

      Perhap 3 the Coal Masters will find it as difficult " to- g et bid o » Robbbis" as the " Shov-Hoyf Iatc found it to " get rid of Feabscs . " Meantime , as Mr . Roberts ia from his position pte » elad&l from saying a word in reply to the fabrication , the follies , and the guesses of bis disappointed * &d pitiful reyilers , and as it is indispensable that his hands should be strengthened , let the rotes of * Pprov * l of , and confidence in him , bo often passed , b * repeated as the best answer to those who feel so Poignantly for the men . as to recommend their

      abandonment of him . The poor Durham Chronicle , ia speaking of Mi . Bobxbts asks— " Who ib he , and * kai is he ! " and answers by revealing the astounding information that he opposed the Maltimaan Roebcck at Bath ; that he was a Chartistt 5 a £ jgn « l to two years imprisonment for bis advo-. ttc J of Chartist principles ; that &e is fond of ** eai ponies , and resides in a back street in New-** « k , instead we presume as he ought , in » CoaT -Kiag mansion I But above aU that he h&fi dared-to tektheThorniey masters to restore to thf Miners - **» Ywdr-and not to hit own pocket aj Mr .

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      Bbjg . nall would lead " hia dupes" to infer , — -the expense of the Thornley suit . We learn from the delegates now in London that something more substantial than sympathy is likely to result from their mission ; and we also learn from several Eonrces in London that nothing eonld be more praiseworthy than the conduct of those missionaries during their sojourn in the metropolis-We cannot better oonolade than in the words of Mitchell , one of the Apostles , " at the National Hall , on Tuesday night last . He said : — "They offer ns all ; they promise ns everything , if we will only * get rid of Roberts ; ' but the answer of all is , * Well perish before we desert the man who has taught ns our power , and how to maintain our rights as freemen . '"

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      STRANGLING OF ANOTHER MONSTER , f Bt the subjoined from the Ttmes of Wednesday , it wonld appear that oar anticipation last week , that Mb . DrecoiiBB , in his masterly exposure of the iniquities and frauds practised under the sanction of Ecclesiastical Law , had given the Bill for their perpetuation its death-blow , is likely to be fully realised . If so , it iB another good service performed for the benefit of the people of England , by one who has already laid them nnder obligation . The Times sayB : — We call public attention , and with some satisfaction , to the present position of the Ecclesiastical Courts BilL

      In the House of Commons on Monday Sir Robert Peel was asked at an early bom by Mr . C . Bullet " whether it -was bis intention to go on with that Bill this session ? " To this tbe Bight Eon . Baronet answered , that " be bad no great encouragement to urge it to the delay of other no less important measures ; that the committee bad not yet got beyond tbe first clause" { the BUI contains above eighty , beside * the schedules ); " and that he understood there were strong objections to the third clause . " At the dose of the evening tbe subject was renewed by a similar inquiry from Mr . R . Yorke , who added , that if the Bill were renewed , " he should speak and divide on every word . " " That , " » id Sir R . Peel , " would be a very strong inducement to give the Bill up . "

      From thbse facts we should infer the fate of the Bill to be decided . Aye , and with this Bill , is the fate of the Courts themselves decided ! They cannot remain as they are , With the record of their monstrosities in the reports of the different Commissions who have examined , and with the startling exposure of abominatjoss appertaining to them , made by Mr . Dcxcombe the other night , it is impossible for them to exist as at present constituted . To preserve them at all , a kefobm must be attempted . The temper of tbe Bouse of Commons , as evinced on the

      present Bill , shews that that reform must be sweeping indeed to satisfy . Nothing less than an abrogation of most of their present powers and jurisdictions will appease the demands made by the opposing force : and with such abrogation would go the whole system itself : for the work that wonld be left for the Courts to do , after all temporal matters were taktn out of their kind care and keeping , would be so impossible , —the Becuring the good conduct of the clergy , —that the "Institution" would necessarily become obsolete ; especially if Parliament , in taking away the temporal business of the Courts , should also take away the temporal pay .

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      THE EXECUTIVE AND THE MISSIONARY FUND , Agaij * we have to call the attention of the Chartist body to the several appeals of their Executive , and to impress upon them the absolute , nay , indispenable necessity of enabling their officers to put their missionary arrangements into full operation . Very praiseworthy attempts are being made by the Registration Committees ia the metropolis to ensure a iarg « . chartist constituency for the next General Election . And we snow of no means by which this desirable object can be so effectually extended to the provincial towns as by the appointment of sound missionaries , well instructed as to the means by which it ia to be worked .

      When we see as much as Jii , 800 subscribed by the Irish people in Ies 3 than one fortnight to carry on their agitation , we say it is a disgrace to the people of England , now comparatively well employed , to withhold the necessary meanB for carrying out their principles . We trust that a general subscription will be at once entered into to enable the Executive to carry out vigorously the objects of the Association : the more especially when it is borne in mind that three of their own body are now engaged in a lecturing mission—their Secretary fully employed , and their Treasurer without salary or fund 3 . Need we say more , to arouse the working classes to a sense of their duty !

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      Mi . Salb , NEWCAsaLB-TJSDEB-LTSB , acknowledges the receipt of 18 * . from Mr . Wheeler , for tbe veteran Richards . AKTi-Du > coMBE-OHhiBCSSKS J—Onr London eorres ¦ pendent write * ns as follows : —Mr . Chancellor , the jcreat omnibus proprietor , stepped into a shop In tbe Kiog ' s-road , next door to which "was aDuncombe Testimonial Address in the window , and asked was that their window 7 Be was answered in tbe negative . Then « aid Mr . Chancellor . " I am resolved not

      to deal with any one trho takes part ia any each tilings . " Qaery—Will oar friends not remember that Chancellor ' s are anti-Daacombe omnibusses ? The Chartists op Wbstmiksteb- are ^ we understand , Hiaking arrangements to form a joint stock company fez the purpose of taking , on lease , a place to disseminate the principles of the People ' s Charter , ice . ice Information on this subject may be obtained at the Chartist Store . 32 , Xittls Windmill-street , ¦¦ Golden-tquare , and of Mr . Skelton , grindery ware * house , Cecil Court . St . Maxtin ' s-lane ,

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      Babhslby Wxavbbs—In reply to a paragraph which appeared in the Star , of June 1 st , Mr . R . Joynes denies that Messrs . Taylor have attempted any reduction of wages ; tmd usests that on tbe contrary they ate paying the xegalar prices , and have never contemplated » redaction . John Alfobd—Address Patrick O-Higgins , Esq ., 14 , North Anne-street , Dublin . Bobbbt JoaNSTONE—The address of tbe Secretary of the " United Patriots BsneBt Society / 1 is D . W . Ruff ? , 13 , Tottenham Court-road , St . Pancras , London , For the ciicalaxs ot the " Buncombe Testimonial Committee" address James Syme , Saville House , No . 6 , Leicester-square , London . Mb . Mcntz and the Factory Bill—We have to

      apologise to the Hon . Member for Birmingham for { be delay in publishing the foltewing letter , its noninsertion arising from its having been mislaid . Regretting the delay , we sow give it publicity , and feel much pleasure in so doing : — " Sjr—Having noticed your remarks npon my absence from the division on Lord Ashley ' s motion , I beg to inform you that I was paired with Mr . Alexander , the member for Antrim , and regretted very much that circumstances prevented me from voting for the Ten Hours clause—Yours respectfully , G . F . Mdwtz . " Thb Woolcombbrs of Bradford . —Mr . Dawson appeals to this body to imitate the noble example of the Trades of London by giving their support to tbe " Buncombe Testimonial Fund . " Jenkin Morgam . —Mr . Cleave has received 2 s . 6 d

      for this recently liberated Chartist , from the Hamilton Co-operative School . CORB £ CTiow . —In Mr . Cleaves ' s subscription Hat in tbe Star of May 25 th , for " W . Peace , " read " W . Place . " John France , Qlosso ? . —We eannot give him tbe information he seeks . It seems to us that the Inspector acted very wrongly , judging of the matter as it presents itself to common sense ; but bow far tbe Act respecting weights and measures authorises his proceeding , we cannot say . If , however , his construction of the law be correct , it is a pity bat that he bad been in the North , and seized the steelyards by which tbe masters bought the labour of tbe col-Hen , and which were so untrue as to give tbe masters lilba at every draw ! Bub in cases of that kind , Inspectors are blind .

      John Hindmarch ' s exposure of Brignal ' s doings as attorney for the men of St Helen ' s Colliery , Auckland might subject us to an action for libel ; we , therefore , decline publish ig it . JOHN Clark , District 6 e . etary for the Miners of Northumberland and Bclam , has received £ 6 4 s . from Roy too District for 3 ir use . The Makchbstzr E . ng »~ . £ RS and Machinists . — From this highly respectable body of operatives we have received the foUowtag minute : —At a meeting of engineers and machinists held at the Sun ,

      Ratchfie Cross , it was unanimously agreed that a letter of thanks be sent to the Editors of the Northern Star for their able and zealous resistance to tbe encroachments on the rights of the working class . Robert llurdo , President ; E Talluck , Secretary . " We have received the " letter of thanks" accompanying the above , and beg in return to express our acknowledgments for the compliment , at the same time assuring our Manchester friends that to tbe best of our ability they may always depend upon our exertions to defend the rights of the wealth-producers , and advance the general interests of humanity .

      THOU as Sctton , wiNGATE . —The address was received , but its great length , and the state of our columns prevented us giving it insertion . We think that our friends can have no fair ground of complaint , seeing that we devote bo large a portion of tbe Slar , weekly , to the publication of the Colliers ' movements . Of course we must be permitted to decide for ourselves what we publish and what we reject Whenever possible we shall have much pleasure in publishing the favours of our friends ; when we reject them they may be assured that tbe rejection is unavoidable .

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      Collision bkiween the Militart and Police , at Leeds . —A collision 'between tbe civil and military authorities of the town has this week taken place in Leeds . The circumstances which first led to tae outbreak , appear to have been the following : — On Sunday evening ^ some privates of the 70 th Infantry were drinking at a beer-house , in Yorkstreet , called the Green Man ; between seven and eight o ' clock , a young man , a stranger in the town , named . Edward Thompson , a mason' went in and ca ll ed for a pint of ale , for which he laid twopencehalfpenny on the table . Before the ale was brought in , one of the soldiers , named John Karin . took up the money and put it in his pocket , which drew forth a remonstrance from Thompson , upon which Karin

      knocked him down , and another of the soldiors , John Brien , left the room and returned with a fire poker , with which be struck Thompson & violen » blow on tbe head , which laid him senseless , and i&flioted a severe wound . The poor fellow was taken up and conveyed to the surgery of Mr . Ward , at the corner of Kirkgate and York-Btreet , where hiB wound was dressed , and information of what had occurred waa given to the police , two of whom went to the Green Man and took the two soldiere , Karin and Brier , into custody , a man who had witnessed the assault having remained with them until the police arrived . Ou being charged by the police with the assault , one of them replied that they had served him right , and would yet do him more . They were then handcuffed together , and taken away towards the Police-office . Ttey had only just got

      out of York-sireet , however , and across Kirbgate into Wharf-street , before another party of soldiera , all belonging to the 7 tih Regiment , came up , one of whom , named Richard Sherburd , advanced , and after saying that the men should not go to prison , ho whistled , when Beveral others came up , who , taking off their shoulder belts , commenced an attack on the officers , and rescued the prisoners . Kirkgate was pretty well supplied with police at tbe time , asd an alarm being given , several policemen were directly on the spot , and after some severe wounds had been iEflicted , the two Boldiers first taken were recaptured , together wilh Sherbard , and two others named Bryan Carr and James Brien . A piquet from the Infantry Barracks vrtn soon afterwards ordered out , the other soldiers were got to their quarters , and the commotion ceased for the nigbt .

      On Monday morning , the five soldiera , viz ., Riehd . Sherburd , Bryan Carr , John Kairn , John . Brien , and James Brien , weie brought up at the Courthouse , before Ralph Marklaud , Etq ., and Thomas Hebden , Esq ., when Thompson distinctly swore to John Brien as the man who had struck htm with the poker , and to Karin as the man who was with him , and who took the money which be had laid down to pay for his ale . Peter Porter , the man who was in the Green Man at the time , and who stayed with the soldiers UBtil the police came , also gave the same account of the transaction . Policeman Haigh , who had the prisoners in custody when the other soldiers came up in Wharf-street , swore to Sberburd as the ringleader ! in the attack , and in this he was

      corroborated by two other officers . Policeman Best , who had been assisting Haigh in the apprehension of the prisoners , but who had called at Mr . Ward's Burgery to take Thompson with them to the police-office , said that when he got up he saw both Carr and James Brien laying about them with their belts , with which they both struck the police , and knocked them down . With regard to James Brien his evidence was corroborated by others , but the case was weakest as regarded Bryan Carr . ln his defence , Sherburd , who was the only soldier acknowledged to be sober , denied altogether the charge which had been made against him . On being asked if he had any witnesses , he replied that there were only civilians present , and there was not

      one of them who would not sooner plunge a knife into a soldier than assist him . This observation drew forth a cheer from a number of persons who were stationed in the gallery , the meaning of which it is extremely difficult to comprehend , or to assign any motive for such a manifestation . The others merely gave a general denial . The magistrates consulted together , and also , with an officer who was ou the Bench with them , and declared that they had no doubt at all of the guilt of John Brieo , who had committed a most aggravated and perfectly unprovoked assault upon an unoffending man ; neither bad they any doubt of the guilt of Sherburd , but for whom no assault on the police officers would have been committed . On them , therefore , they should jtflict the heaviest fine the law allowed them , which was £ 5 each , and in default of payment they

      would be sent to the House of Correction for two months . With regard to the others , they would be given up to be punished by the laws of their regiment . Their officer had heard all the evidence , and all the bench had to do was to say that in their opinion the prisoner Carr was the Jeast culpable of any Of them . Mr . Markland observed that it vraa with regret he had heard that a practice existed amongst civilians of using insulting language to the soldiers ; he hoped , if such was the case , that such a practice would be indulged in no longer . If it were , and any partieB were brought before him , he would take oare they should be severely punished . The soldiera were then ; removed from the dock . While they were waiting ia the prison at Leeds , the three who had been given np to the military punishment , indulged in threats of vengeance against the police .

      During Monday , the feeling against the police gathered strength , and spread through tbe whole of the Irish who are in tae 70 th , at . Leeds , although it was so well smothered that no symptoms of outbreak were manifest , nor was euch an event even suspected . About seven o'clock at night , however , a large party , who had been drinking during the day at different houses , assembled in the Parrot beer-house , in Harper-street , Kirkgate , from whence , on a given signal , they issued , armed with short thick staves . As 6 oon as they got into Kirkgate , the first policer man they saw , who happened to be Samuel Smith , was knocked down , and so maltreated , that his removal to the Infirmary was necessary , and ( hero

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      he stiU remains . Having satiated their vengeance upon Smith , they procoededjup tbe street , declaring vengeanceoponthe " bloody Peelers . " Iuthiaway they reached . Bwggate , to the numbtr of about sixty , flourishing their sbillelahs , and in some instances their bayonets , which it seems they had carried out of the barracks secreted in iheir trousers Reinforcements of police shortly after arrived , and a piquet from the barracks , and the soldiers were got away , but not before they had wounded six of the officers , namely , Inspector Hepworfch , Samuel Smith , John Wildblood , William Roberton , Joseph Rycroft , and Richard Hirst , as well as inflicted severe hurtsand bruises upon several others

      _ . The populace , who were assemled in very large numbers , shouted against the police , and encouraged ibe soldiers m their attack . Several of these were taken into custody , and on Tuesday were brought before the magistrates at the Court-house , when , by arrangement , they were remanded until Wednesday at which time the soldiers , who were all secured iu barracks , were also to be brought up . The names of the parties are Benjamin Cawood , Silvester Forrest , John James , Daniel Davins , John Barolam , Wm . * arrali , and Manassah Flatero . There were on the bench on Tuesday , the Mavor . Raloh Mark *

      land , Jvsq ., Henry Hall , Esq ., Griffith Wright , Esq ., Edward Barnes , Esq ., John Clapham , &q ., D . W . Nell , iisq ., and Darntoo Lupton , Esq ., who joined jnaoonsultationwith Lieot .. Colonel White , » f the 70 tb , and two other officers , and concurred in the arrangement for the hearing against all ( parties to take place on Wednesday . Lieut .-Colonel White also stated that he had forwarded an account of the transactions to Major-General Brotherton , the officer in command of the district . The magistrates present expressed their determination to preserve the peace of the town , and to guard the property of the inhabitants .

      During the affray on Monday night several hats and constables' Btavcs were lost ; and for a time , so great was the alarm , that the shops were closed . On Tuesday night , soon after nine o ' clock , two men ( not soldiers ) , were taken into custody—one for throwing stones at the police , and the other for inciting a mob to commit a breach of the peace and to attack tae police , flourishing , at the same time , a bludgeon . With this exception , all was peaceable , not a soldier being out of the barracks on Tuesday night .

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      FRANCE . WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND MOROCCO . Pjjbis , Tuxsdat—The Prince de Joinville is to prooeed immediately to cruise off the Eastern Coast of Morocco in command of a natal division . Hostilities have commenced between the belligerants , a skirmish having taken place on the 30 th ult ., between the troops of Lieut .-Gen . Lamoriciere , and 1 , 460 or 1 , 500 cavalry of Abd-cl-Bokharij and 500 Arab cavalry , infront of Oucada . According to the French General ' s account , the Moors were de « feated with considerable slaughter .

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      Table blade Forgers , Sheffield . —This trade met on Friday night , and agreed to ask for an advance . The Committee got ! the statements printed on Monday morning , and went round to the masters , who agreed to the . advance without a murmur . This is another prtofofthe beneficial results of the sh ^ ri time system . The advance mil be as much as care « shillings weekly to some men . Bahnslet . —A large open air meeting of the linen weavers was held en Monday last , to take into consideration the best means of keeping up the present list of prices . William Tallauce was duly elected

      chairman , and the meeting was addressed by Messrs . MirfUld , Grimshaw , Shaw , and J . Vallance . Th » following resolution was carried without ' - a dissentient : ** That this meeting views with regret the infringement made on the arranged list , and hereby pledges itself to use all legal means to prevent a further reduction of wages . " , Mr . William Aahton , with a few others , endeavoured to disturb the peace of the meeting and divide the people . But alas the fine gold had become dim . " At the close of the meeting a vote of censure was passed upon him and his Colleagues , for getting up a black sbeep meeting last Friday night , at the Neptune Inn .

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      DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . The Central Committee of the Metropolitan Trades and others held their weeklv meeting at Saville House , Leicester-square , onj Wednesday evening , Mr . Rose in the chair . After the minutes of the former meeting had been read and confirmed the Secretary read several letters from Marlow , Stratford , Chelsea , Tonbridge Wells , Hull , Bristol , Islington , Pilton ( Devon ) and Sudbury , requesting information , and for circulars , addresses , and collecting books , all of which requests the secretary stated that he had complied with . TheJ secretary also stated that he had received a communication from Mr . C .

      King , chairman of a public meeting at Hertford ia furtherance of the above object , and that the committee appointed there had divided the town into tea collecting districts . Letters ] were also read from Captain Pechell , M . P ., and ! other ? , respecting the meeting held on Monday last , concurring in the object for which that meeting was convened . A deputation was appointed to attend a preliminarv meeting at tbe Black Swan , Brown ' s-lane , SpitalfieJda , for the purpose of arranging with the Trades at the east end of the metropolis for a publio meeting in that quarter ; and when arranged , that 250 bills be printed , announcing when th # meeting would take place . j

      Mr . Shute , delegate from a section of the boot and shoe makers , atteuded , and stated that that body had caused printed addresses to be issued at their own expence , and which they had forwarded to all the Trades * towns . ! Mr . Bush , Secretary to the Corresponding Com mittee of the Carpenters of London , applied for , and was furnished with , a number of collecting books , and stated that the carpenters bad a sum of money in hand ready to be paid over when a proper person of their body was authorised to receive it . A resolution was passed that at all future meetings of the committee , the chair ; be taken at half-past eight , instead of eight as at present ; and that 5 , 000 copies of the address be printed for the use of the committee , and the meeting adjourned . [

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      THE MINERS ' UNION . A crowded meeting of the men of London was held on Wednesday evening last , in the large Hall , Saville House , LeJcester-jquare , to express their sympathy with tho miners now on strike . At eight o ' clock , T . S . Duncombe , Esq .. Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., W . P . Roberts , Esq ., i — Hutton , Esq ., J . C . Child , Esq ., and other gentlemen , entered the room , and were greeted with great applause . T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ,, was called to the ohair . la opening the business , he assured them nothing afforded him more : pleasure than to be present at a meeting where he could be of service to the working classes . Meetings in the metropo is Were of frequent occurrence on great political questions ; and for other

      matters ; but he knew of none of more importance than that for which they had then met . There was scarcely any class of men in that meeting but felt the effect of the strike in the north . ( Hear , hear . ) The working classes , who buy their coals in small quantities , feel it mucbi more than tbe other classes . ( Hear , hear . ) It had enhanced the price of coals some twenty-five per cent , which , taking the time of the year into consideration , was equal to fifty percent . But he would { not place the matter on that footing alone . The men had been grossly illtreated by their employer ^ . He h * d heard it asserted in the House of Commons that exorbitant wages wore asked by the men , and that they now obtained four shillings per day ; but that meeting would be surprised when he told them that the Colliers' W 8 ges did not average more than twenty-two shillings a fortnight . There were grievances affecting their labour , by which their lives was affeoted ,

      which they were desiroun of submitting to the meeting ; and they were willing to abide by its decision . He bad stated in the House the ! night before that the men were willing to submit ; * their grievances to , and abide by , the arbitration of impartial men . Had the masters come forward and accepted that offer ? ( No . ) No ; and if they did not the people would draw their oira conclusion . ( Hear , hear . ) All the men asked , was a fair day's wage for a fair day ' s work ; and that they 1 were determined to have . ( Great cheering . ) Well , twelve men from the thirty thousand thrown out of work by the unreasonable aud unjust demands of the masters , ( loud cheering ) , were in town ;¦ ' some of them would address them that evening . He had stated there what he bad said to the House : consequently , he could not be charged with stating one thing in the House , and another out . He would now call upon Mr . Wilson , one of the Miners , to address them . ( Great cheering . ) i

      Mr . Wilson—It afforded him great pleasure to find a great and intelligent meeting like that taking such a warm interest ia Colliers' affairs . The masters had inflicted grievance ] after grievance on the men , until at longth the men commenced a combination at Wakefield , which had now spread from one end of the United Kingdom to the other , to effect peacefully and legally , that which the God of all intended for all—a living in return for toil —( load cheers ) . The masters bad shown no desire to come to a friendly and amicable arrangement . The poor man ' s labour was the rich man ' s wealth —( hear , hear ) . But wo have no wish to deprive them of their wealth ; all we desire is a fair remuneration for our labour —( cheers ) . As they had heard the

      honourable chairman state , the masters had not accepted the offer to submit their case to impartial arbitration . Did not that shew their case ] was unjust ?—( Loud cries of hear , hear . ) A new viewer was apppoiuted at the colliery at which he worked ; aud he had a scheme by which he pretended he wished to benefit the men . " Well , " caid the men , as you wish to benefit us , do you intend to use , smaller tubs 1 " He said he could not tell , until he had seen the upper viewer . When he had done this , they pat the question again . He replied " No . " "IWell , " said the men , " how then are we to know if we send an overplus

      tobankt" "O , " said he , " gauge it with your finger . " As they could not get redresB otherwise , they had employed Mr . Roberta—( loud * cheers ) , — and then they asked to have their " get" weighed ; but this was refused . They then brought an action , which was eucces * ful—( cheers ) . | At another colliery he had worked fifty-seven hours for 12 s ., and he then asked his employer , was it right that sober industrious meu should slave bo many hours for such a pittance ? The master then allowed 6 s . a fortnight ; but in order to make it np \ with interest , he mulcted them in 8 s . Si . fines—( shame , shame ) . Mr , Wilson resumed his seat amid loud cheering .

      Mr . Phaot , another Miner , said ifc was with feelings of gratitude he stood forth to detail some simple facts . They have been scandalously misrepresented by the press . The press had said ' their grievances were ideal , but to th « r sorrow they found them real . They had been oalled ignorant : i this they would not deny ; how was it possible they | could be otherwise , seeing the number of hours they were confined in the bowels of the earth f—( cheers ) . ! It had also been asserted that they were lazy . This he emphatically denied ; if they were , would they be found leaving their beds at one or two in the morning , and descending the pits , perhaps never to return ! They had been called discontented ; joould they be contented while their children cried ; for bread and they

      had none to give them ' —( hear , hear ) . He would endeavour to give the meeting ! some idea of their grievances . The first was what they called " set out "; that was , the coals they ; bewed was put in boxes or tubs , and conveyed to bank . These tubs held some 6 cvpfc ., some 9 $ owt ; and if they happened to be one pound deficient they forfeited tub whole . He knew an instance in which a man not only sacrificed the tab , but was fined two shillings as well—( " shame , shame" ) . Thatwas hisbbhavioub . He therefore thought it a great blessing that their honourable Chairman had strangled the Master and Servants' Bill—( immense cheering ) . If it had passed , the life of a Miner would have been misbehaviour from beginning to lend —( hear , hear ) Suppose the tub contained teni or twelve hundred

      weight , not a fraction was allowed for the overplus ; bat one pound weight deficient would cause the forfeiture of the whole . They once supposed the tubs held more than the specified quantity . They desired to hold a meeting on the subject ; but' the bond" prohibited meetings—( heat , hear ) . They held a meeting nevertheless , and he was one of a deputation to wait on the em ployers ; The deputation stated that they desired a man ia be employed to see that tubs held their weight and no more ; and that such man Ishould | be employed at their ( the men ' s ) expense . This was refused . Their names were demanded , taken down in . writing , and their discharge immediately followedr- ( shame)—and letters stating the matter was 'dispatched to other collieries . When the men went to other offices in search of employment , the letter was drawn

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      out , and they were told they were not wanted . At Thornley Colliery , steelyards were made use of thai gave a difference of fourteen pounds against the men and in favour of the masters—( shame , shame ) . This caused the Thornley strike . If complaint was made , and they wished the machine rectified , they must give three weeks' notice I Now if a London butcher ' s scales was found fault with , and he had three weeks' notice of the inspector ' s coming , did they think he ( the inspector ) would find the scales wrong when he attended !—(?'• No , no" and cheers . ) No ; of coarse he would be prepared for their visit —( oheers ) . U had been asserted that they earned 49 . a day . That was false . They did not earn more than 223 . per fortnight—0 * shame , shame" ); and ont of this they were frequently subject to heavy finea .

      By the bond they were compelled to hew the mines to measure a certain quantity of inches . One man , from the nature of the stuff , found this perfectly impossible . He was one inch out of measure , for which he was fined 2 s . 6 d . He believed he spoke the sentiments of thirty thousand men , when he said they would sooner perish in the attempt than give in ( great cheering ) . They had now stood out a considerable number of weeks , and property was still secure ; although their very kind and humane masters said they were nearly starved into submission—( " shame ") . He would toll them , however , that they would much rather exist on red herringa and potatoes then give in . ( Cheers . ) They wished capitalists to have a fair return for their outlay ; but they wished labour also to be fairly remunerated . ( Loud cheers . )

      John Tulip , also a collier , rose and said , Jt had been asserted that the Miners were not oppressed , and had no grievances , only that some Chartisfc demagogues got amongst them , and made them believe they had grievances . ( Loud laughter and oheers . ) But they bad holden meetings in their own , district ? , ' at the Music Hall , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , where masters and viewers were present , and discussion freely invited ; but none took place He bad taken fourteen shillings home for his fortnight's work : and it would sometimes happen thai they could only obtain two day ' s work in the fortnight . They were not the lazy men described . No j they were ready to resume their labour immed ¦ «• , ' y the masters were prepared to ' give them a fair t . ; u-

      neration , although they had net the glorious >;• 1 o work by—sometimes working l-y » f mall Davy lamp , sometimes lighted by a email .--ndia . twenty to a pound . If a quart of stones was icm )< i in nine hundred weight of coals they were fined sixpence . This was unjust and they were resolved such a state of things should not continue to exist —( loud cheers ) . If " splint , " or "foul coal" was found amongst it , they were fined one shilling for a piece as big as a man ' s fiat—( shame , Bhaffie ) . If " Bmatt" coal waa found in the } tub , the meroiful bond said they should be fined five shillings ; sometimes as high as ten—( loud cries of shame , shame ) . Now how was it possible to travel two miles in the mine with coala ,

      without causing some small to be among them . ( Hear , hear . ) The men had , and would , notwitfc * standing theirjignoranoe , continue to act peaceably , and legally ; and by their conduct they had enlisted publio sympathy . ( Loud cheers . ) Were they to resume their work on Monday , under present circumstances , they would have to wait three weeks before they received any wages I and , although they were ignorant men , they had a due regard for their wives and fatniles . and , as in times of old , they were resolved to receive their wages every Friday so that they could lay it out at the best market . ( Loud cheering . )

      Mask Dent , a Collier , said—That was'the proudest moment of his life , to be enabled to detail their grievances to a large and discriminating audience . But their grievances was of such a peculiar and multifarions character , that they would take more time than was allotted him to desoriba . It had been asserted that men from each colliery had been called to consult with the masters . That was false—no suoh thing had taken place . The document was brought out , headed " Memorandum of Agreement . * Now they liked to have a hand in drawing up the

      rules by which they were to be bound , and they were resolved they would have— ( great cheering ) . They therefore requested tbe masters to come down from their thrones , and have a little bit of social chat together —( laughter and cheers . ) The masters had brought out their monthly hands , but tbe men determined to have nothing to do with them—( hear , hear ) . Mr . Dent then recited , in excellent style , a piece of poetry from George Binns ' s " Doom of Toil , " illustrative of the Miners case , which was received with the most vociferous cheering , again and again repeated .

      Mr . O'Connor rising to mov % the first resolution ,, the applause waa repeated with renewed energy , which haying subsided , he said : last nigbt the merits of this case was discussed in the House of Commons , although Mr . Liddell and other coal owners made sundry attempts to suppress it . It required but one throw of the line to obtain a bite and a nibble— (' oud cheers )^ -and the Member for Finsbury had stated their case there , aB the Times of this day would show —( cheers ) . The Miners had been too modest ; they ha , d failed to tell the meeting that they had to find gunpowder and candles—the moral force Colliers—( chfiers and loud bursts of laughter ) . —The Miners had stated the effects of oppression on themselves , but not on the Londoners . Alderman Humphrey

      stated that coals had enhanced in price from the combination of masters , from twenty to twenty-five per cent . Now , if the men were guaranteed five days work per week , there would be plenty of coala for the London markot , and you would be enabled to obtain them at a reasonable price . It was high time , as Mr . Dnncombe observed in the House last night , ' that labour should have its rights —( cheeis)—and what said Mr . Hume , the political economist , on the occasion : — " I consulted the Attorney-General last year , to see if the masters could not be indicted for conspiracy . " So said Mr . Warburton , the Free Trade pet of Kendal ; so said the Member foe Soutbwark . Well , knowledge has now found its way into the bowels of the earth—( cheers)—and we know that , although Nicholas , the tyrant of the

      North—( tremendous groaning )—may intrigue to send over Russian troops—( groans)—something must come out of this Labour struggle—( oheflrs ) . He was glad to hear the shout raised of ' Bravo , Chartista , " when the assertion was made that that body had stirred the miners up to a knowledge of their rights—( cheers ) . Now , after that , all you who aie in favour of tbat measure hold up your hands—[ a forest of hands were uplifted ] . All you who are opposed to it , hold up yours—{ boh *] . Why , you are like Lord Ross ' s cocks—all on one side—( laughter ) . He knew the colliers were not a political body ; but , enough for them , they were ill-used sons of labour—( oheers ) . He thought he had said « noueh to enlist ; th « ir sympathies ; and with much pleasure he very cordially proposed th « following resolution : —

      " That this meeting havine ; heard the grievances of the Colliers of Northumberland and Durham now on strike , is of opinion that they are justified in refusing to sell their labour at an uaremanerating price , and tbat we pledge ourselver as working men to render them all the assistance in our power , to enable them to contend against the oppression of their task-masters ; and that we are further of opinion from the convincing statements made by the delegates that the conspiracy of the Coal masters h » s had the effect of considerably increasing the price of coals in the London market . " Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amid deafening applause .

      Mr . Makhiott , of Bristol , seconded the the resolution ., which was pat and carried unanimously W . P . Roberts , Esq ., rose to move the second resolution , and said , he had the high and distinguished honour to be Attorney-General to the pitmen , ( great cheering . ) and had a full knowledge of th » great service Mr . Duacombe had rendered the sons oflabour ; he therefore cordially proposed the resolution : — " That the best thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby given to T . S . Dunoomba , E ? q ., M . P .,

      for hi ? fearless and uncompromising advocacy of the working classes , and his denunciation of all abuses , but more especially for his exposure of the Ecclecia 8 tical Courts , and his advocacy of the cause of the Pitmen now on strike , in tho House of Commons ; and tbat this meeting is further of opinion that the proposition of the Colliers to leave all matters in dispute between them and their masters * o arbitration at once stamps them as honest working men , and the masters , should they refuse so fair a proposal , as tyrants and oppressors . '

      Mr . Clues seconded the resolution , which was put and carried amid a perfect hurricane of applause . Mr . Dijncombe responded . He had done no more than his duty , but in so doing it did so happen that he had represented those who had bat too few representatives in that House—( loud cheers ) . Theresolution embraced the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill . He could assign no other reasons for that , than that the deeds done in those Courts were as dark as the mines of the North—( loud cheers ) . Those Courts

      were called Courts Christian and Coutts Spmtnal j and it had been proposed that those rotten Courts should be patched up . He conceived , and proposed he belived for the first time in that House , that they should be entirely abolished —( loud cheering ) As to the Colliers , he thought all the foal calumnies and aspersions was answered by asking the masters how it was that they would not agree to a fair and impartial arbitration ! Mr . Duncombe then declared " the meeting- dissolved , amid tremendous cheering .

      Mr . O'Cokhou announced that another meeting in favour of the Miners would be held at the National Hall . lHigh-Holhorn , on Tuesday evening next June 11 th , at eight o'clock .

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      LIBERATION OF CHARTIST PRISONERS . O . N" Monday last , Waiters , who was sentenced to five years confinement in the Penitentiary for the Newport Riots , and who had nine months still to serve , together with others who were convicted at the Stafford Special Commission , were liberated their liberation arising not from royal clemency , but to enable the Government to proceed with the necessary alterations for converting that prison into a military def 61 for drilling convicts to supply the army with recruits . The preparations hare been long going on , and the several wards have been progressively swept of their inmates—the poor Chartists

      having been reserved to the last . Some months ago forty-seven felons , convicted and sentenced to different periods of imprisonment , were liberated , some having six months , some sine , some twelve , and some as many aa fifteen months to serre . Now , we do think , that even in a case ot necessity of this kind , political offenders should have been preferred to common felons . However , like the eels , we are used to it : " as we have seen royal marriages , royal births , royal christenings , royal visits , and all other EOits of royal rejoicings marked by royal clemency towards thievea , pickpocketB , aheep-stealers , housebreakers , and all sorts of felons ; but not one royal act of clemency , or even relaxation of rigour , to the royal Chartists .

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      THE DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . Evesy man in England ^ ill , we feel assured , rejoice to hear that the Trades of London are , if possible , more than ever resolved to carry out their original intention of presenting the Honourable Member for Finsbury with a snitable testimonial for hi 3 patriotic exertions upon behalf of the working ' classes . We find , however , that several large towns are omitted . from the list of those applying for subscription books . We trust that the people will see to this ; and that next week we shall be enabled to publish an alphabetical list of the several towns that have joined the Trades in their patriotic undertaking . What is Manchester doing 1 and tbe other-large towns of Lancashire , for whose slaves Mr . Dckcqmbe has worked so hard ! What is

      Yorkshire about ? We know the people ' s feelings , and feel assured that in each town they but require the proper machinery for carrying out the arrangements of the Trades .

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      Manslauhtbb at Leeds . —On Tuesday morning between one and two o'clock , as John and Charles Child ( two brothers ) were proceeding homewards from the Black Lion public-house , Mill-hill , a family dispute arose betwixt them , which John wanted to prove by reference to Charles's wife ; this Charles refused , and remonstrating with his brother , told him he had better go home . Joha refused to comply with the desire of Charles , and immediately struck him with a basket containing his dinner things . Hereupon a scuffle ensued , and John deeming himself overpowered , stabble Charles in the back wit h a knife , which he afterwards repeated several times . On reaching home , distant about thirty yards , Charles immediately expired from the effects of the wounds . On Thursday , a Coroner ' s Jury , composed of a number of respectable inhabitants , viewed the body ; and a mass of evidence was adduced , of which the forgoing is the substance . A verdict of " Manslaughter" was returned .

      Collision off Blackwalu—On Sunday evening , shortly after seven o ' clock , a moBt painful occurrence took place on the river , off Bl&ckwftll-pier . A waterman , named Guard , who bad charge of a barge used for supplying fresh water to ships , and which was moored in the Thames immediately facing the entrance of the East India Docks , had just left his craft in a boat with his three eons , when he was run iuto by the Coquette steamer which capsized his frail craft , throwing Guard and his three sons into the

      river . The Coquette was stopped , and a rope waa lowered from her bows by one of the crew , which was caught hold of by Guard , who managed to keep himself afloat as well as one of his younger sons . Before this , however , the eldest , perceiving that the boat would be run down , prudently caught hold of tho bulwaTkB of the steamer , and thereby rescued himself . Guard tied the rope that was thrown to him round the body of the boy , who was safely hauled on board , and he then scrambled up tbe side of the vessel on to the deck . It was found that

      another of the boys was missing , and in the next moment he was seen floatiug just by the paddle-box , and a waterman ' s boat , which had arrived at the spot , promptly picked him up , although in a very exhausted state . Nothing was afterwards seen of tbe skiff . : Destructive Fire in Sntalfiklds . — Between nine and ten o ' clock on Sunday evening a fire broke out upon the premises in the occuption of Mr . F . Browne , oil and colourman , corner of Wheeler-street , Spitalfieldf . The fire was discovered by a stranger who was passing at the time . The flames were soon raging upon the lower floor of the

      dwelling-house , a substantial and newly-erected building , three stories in height , adjoining the shop , and in a very short time the whoie of that building was on fire . It having been rumoured that a child was in bed , the assembled populace made an attempt to break in the shutters , but Sergeant Alderson having ascertained that the whole of the family were out , prevented them from doing so . Brigade engines from several stations quickly arrived , and the fire was happily extinguished without communicating to the Btock in the shop ; the house , however , is burned through , and the whole of the furniture destroyed .

      Suicide whilst Dreaming . —On Sunday evening last , a young man , named William Sexton , son of the landlord of the White Hart Commercial Inn , Ampthill , Bedfordshire , died from the effects of a wound in his throat , inflicted by himself under the following circumstances : —For some ; time past the deceased bad suffered from asthma , and at times was rather delirious . On Wednesday night , the 22 nd ult ., he went to bed at the usual time , apparently much better in health than for tome days previous . Betwten one and two o ' clock the following morning he walked to his sister ' s room and woke her tip . She inquired who was there , but receiving no answer , went to the door and found the deceased . She

      apktd him what he wanted , but he only answered by pointing to his throat ; and on putting her hand to the spot , she found that he waB bleeding , from a wound in it . Assistance was procured as soon as possible , and the wound was dressed .: On rallying , the deceased wrote upon a piece of paper the cause which prompted ; him to inflict the wound . He stated , tbat during his sleep he dreamed that a policeman said he would put him in the stocks ; and he replied , rather than that he should do so he would cut his throat . The policeman attempted to do so , and he then got up and took his penknife out of his pocket and inflicted the wound . The pain caused him to awake , and he then walked to his sister ' s room , as stated above .

      Fatal Termination of the Accident at the Zoological Gardens , Wakefield . —We regret exceedingly to have to announce the death of Mrs . Haselgrave , the widowed sister of the proprietor of the gardens , who was so dreadfully worried by a bear , as described iu last week ' s Star . The unfortunate female ' s sufferings terminated about one o ' clock on Sunday morning , mortification of tbe left arm havinu commenced some time before . Au inquest was held on the body on Monday , at the Black Horse Inn , before Thomas Lee , Esq ., and a respectable jury , when , after evidence had been adduced , the Juiy returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , '

      and requested the Coronor to caution Mr . Haselgrare against placing a bear in so insecure a place in future . Mr . Haselgrave being called in , was cautioned by the Coroner , who strongly impressed upon him the foeling of the jury , that the safety and security of the public required greater protection than ho bad in this unfortunate instance afforded . The Coroner expressed his opinion that the pit ought to have been ac least ten yards deeper . Mr . . Haselgrave said , that until this melancholy event , everybody considered the bear perfectly safe ; and he was assured tbat bis pit was deeper than those in the Paris Ziological Gardens , and in others in England . This would , indeed , prove a caution to him .

      Murder in Ikeland . —A man named James Stapleton , of Nenagh , who had taken some ground at Ballymacmurrouitn , a wild and mountainous district , within six miles of Roscrea , in the county of Tipperary , and four miles from Kinnitty , in the King ' s County , on Saturday last , between seven and eight o ' clock in the morning , was waylaid by two men , who were in wait for their victim . They fired at him , and the shot not taking instant effect , they rushed in and beat in-the back of his skull with some blunt instrument , supposed to be the gun , as fragments of that deadly weapon were found scattered about . There were many people working on the

      surrounding hills , who distinctly heard the shot and the unfortunate map say , " O , spare my life , and I will give up the land ; " yet none were found to prevent the perpetration of this barbarous and inhuman murder . The deceased was suffered to lie in the ditch for two or tbreehours , until the Kinnitty police arrived , who removed his mangled remains into an uninhabited house in the neighbourhood . During the night the police arrested a number of persons possessed of unregistered arms , and the following day ( Sunday ) an inquest was held by the Coroner , James Dillon , Esq ., of Clara , when a verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned against some persons unknown . —Nenagh Guardian .

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      FROM OUR SECOND EDITION OF LAST WEEK

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      Singular Preservation from Death . —On the 29 th ult ., a boiler at South Towah mine , in the parish of Illogan , exploded while the eDgineman waa Btanding on the top ef it . The poor fellow was blown through the roof of the engine-house , but after a little time he waa 60 far recovered *» to be able , with the assistance of a friend , to walk home . — West Briton .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1267/page/5/