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      BOUSE OF LORDS—Tuesday , Jdnb n . The Date cf Bucclbcgh , in reply to the Marqueaa of Konnanby , said tint the report of the commissioners appointed to irqaire Into the sanatory condition of the labouring classes "was nearly re-dy ; bnt owing to the nature of it , the Government ¦ would not to be stole to introdnee a bill founded on it daring the present KSBOB , TheE&rlof Powis moved the second reading " of his bill for repealing the act rmiting the sees of St Aeaph and Ban ? or . ThfiBake of Wellisgtos opposed the bill , on the fame grounds as alleged lust year , w £ en a similar measure was before the House , namely , that it would Interfere with the recommendations m&de in 1835 , by the eccfesisstic&l commissioners , and -would disturb the existing political arrangements respecting the number of oisbops .

      A discossjon of some length followed , shared in by the Bishop of Braror , ar . d the Bishop of St Divid ' s , who supported the Bill ; the Archbishop of Canterbury , Oie Bishop of London , and the Bishop of Lincoln , -who opposed It ; with Tzriooa lay peers , as the Earl of WinchilEea , Lord TiTian , and -the Earl of Harro-wbyj and The Bishop of Exfteb , in supporting the Bill , expressed his opinion that , if the feeling became gereral that the bishops ought not to sit in the House of Lords , he , for ore , would not -wish to retain his seat in it The second reading of the bill was carried , in opposition % o the Government , by iS to 37 . The Glass and Vinegar Duties Bill wsb read a s = cond time . Hie House afliotCTed at s quarter to eleven o ' clock .

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      HOUSE OF C 03 IM 0 NS—Tcxsdat , Juxe 11 . Mr . Bailst having jaoved the third reading of the If ess FJBDeriM bill , Mr , Waixacb moved that it be read a third time thai day six months . Mr . Lockbabt supported the amendment . Sir . P . M . SiiTVAKi defended the Dili After a short discussion , The Honse ^ iTided , and the numbers were—Per the bill ... 59 Against it ... » 0 Majority for the bill —9 The bill was then read a third time .

      Mr . T . Dbh combe said that he had been promised some information jtaterdny 'with respect to the Irish Registration Bill , and be hoped he should now be able to obtain it , as both the Right Honourable Baronets were present : when he asked before , he was referred to the absent odc ; but now they were both in the Honse-r- ( a lan ^ h )—and he "wished to ask when the Irish Registration Bill would be read a sec end time , or whether it was the intention of the Government to proceed with ii th ; s session 1 Sir James Graham i&ia he was empowered to efcte to the Hon . Gentleman that her Majesty ' s Government proposed to fix tho second reading of the Irish Hegistrstion Bill for Monday , the 1 st of July . Upon that day the Government would , if toe progress of other bills permitted , take the sense of the Honse on the second leading of that bin 3 t was also their intention to laka the committee on tfee Dissenters ' Chapels Bill on Monday next , and on Thursday sellt-ght the eonunlttes on the Poor Laws .

      Petitions praying for ii ^ airy into the operation o the Anatomy Act were presented by Mr . Borthwick , fromDewsbury and another parish in Yorkshire ; by Jit Jlnn ' z . from Hnddersfield ; by Mr . F French ; by Sir . Crawford , from a parisk in Yorkshire ; * and "by Mr . Hardy , from Barwley and another place in Yorkshire . Mr . Bobthtfick renewed his moSon for a select committee to inquire iuto the operation of the AnaUmy Act , dwelling on the injury which it had irflicted on the private schools of surgical demonstration , and the Tiolenee done to the natural feelings of the friendless poor , who lived under the consciousness that the act extended to them if they died in a workbouse , and -their bodies were unclaimed . The Anatomy BH had iailed to provide against the

      sale of entire bodies , or the Illegal possession of parts of bodies , and the couseqaence "was , that in some of lha schools its . London a most abominable traffic was carried on , much to the profit of those wbo speculated in it , but to tie serious detriment of other schools , and with considerable impediment to anatomical . science itself . It was worse than infamous that private individuals or particular schools Ehould have it in their power to enrich themselves by me sale of those subjects which Tmflt-T the Mil , the country supplied for the purpose of assisting anatomical science alone . But he took exception to one main principle upon which the bill was founded . He held in his hand a pamphlet which was a reprint of an article that had appeared in the Wesitninster Beritic , in the year 1842 , and upon which he

      i > elieved the bill of the Honourable Gentleman to have iaen mainly founded , la that article was a passage to the effect that nobody could oljtct to the disposal of the unclaimed bodies of those who died in poor bouses for the promotion of- seance , as those persons owed tb . e pnbiis a cebt . He entirely dissented from that principle , whicE fcB thought tbosX barbarous and danzerous . He held that if there was one person in the community , from the highest noble down to the bumblest peasant , was entitled to protection in his last moments , it was the man who expired friendless and to&GUi , withont thoss ministrationa cf friendship WHltD smoothed the dJIB ? pillow of his more fa-roared brethren . Upon this ground he asked for a select committee to inquire into that part of the bill which pro .

      "rided , subjects lor anatomical saencefrom the workhouses of the kingdom , asd from tbe huts of destitute and friendleaa poverty . The bill provided that all bodies which wtre subjected to dissection should be decently Interred , with ail the rights and ceremonies of the religion which the individual professed . This was a jaoat humane principle , and was calculated to reconcile , as far &s was possible , the public feeling to the provision to which he had referred ; but it was a gross delusion to hope thai bodies , if relumed to the workbouses , or to the person who was to have the official custody of them , would be decently interred . It was well known that bodies in Lor don were sold in separate parts for the examination of students , and that any person ( provided he fcad a legal qualification ) might purchase for his own private examination whole bodies , or parts of bodies , or bones . The parish of Maryle-Jxme had refused to Enpply any more subjects , on account of the odious and revolting traffic to which he had

      Kferred . This had been called a noxious agitation , but it was not so ; for according to the admission of the Bight Honourable Secretary of State for the Home Department , the agitation of the subject had put a stop to some o ! the worst horrors that had been practised ; ' and for bia own part he would prefer that one deathbed of a desslate man should bs relieved from the tenors to which it was liable in consequence of the defect of this Bill , rather than that the delicate ssnsibiliti 3 s of the Members of that Honse , although they ¦ were 658 , should 03 spared the consideration of its details . The Honourable MeKbsr then referred t © Mr . B jbertB * a invention for the preservation of bodies from putrefaction , and the testimonials , from many of the most eminent meicbsrs of the medical profession to its efficacy , and called upon the Honse to allow its merits to be tested ~ bj the examination of a Select Cammittee . Mr . Habdt seconded the motion .

      Sir Jajlls Gkaham was decidedly of opinion that fee proposed inquiry would unnecssarily and injuriously dirturb the public mind respecting the working of an set , the beneficial operation of which had been tested ty the inquiries of a commission appointed by the late Government , and the provisions of which ware stringently calculated to guard against all abuse , while they accomplished the public objects contemplated , that of protecting the sanctity of the dead , and yet affording to science an ample supply of bodies for those demonstrations without which science could not txist Mr . Fbesch spoke in vindication of Mr . Robert * , and supported the view taken by 3 Ir . Borthwick , as to the abuses alleged to exist Mr . Wabbitbtos tine author of the Anatomy A . ct ) opposed the ruoucn . The motion was supported by Alderman Copxla *» "D , Mr . T . S . DrscosBB , and General Joassos , and opposed by Lard Joss Bcsskll .

      On a division the motion was rejected by 49 to 10 . Mr . Ward then brought on -a motion for a Committee of the whola Hcuse , upon the present state of tie temporalities of tbe Irish Church . He admitted the seriousness and difficulty of the subject ; but the necessity for its agitation arose from there being no change in the policy of the Gsvernmect , -no prospect of an effort being made to cuEcili&te the alienated feelings of the Irhh people A twelvemonth bad elapsed without any legislation for Ireland ; and though Sir R Peel had the merit of having changed bia views , his receni declarations and those of * be Duke of Wellington , as to their determination to " maintain the Protestant Church , were calculated to irritate , bnt could not conciliate .

      These declarations were merely mischievous ; like the Duke of York ' u famous protest against Catholic Emancipation , they only delayed what conld not fee prevented , protractiBg just concessions until they lost half their value . Addressing himself ± 0 Sbe comparative BtsSistka of thfc Established Church , in England and in Ireland > lie showed that while the English episoopal hierarchy might areume that it had to deal with a population ol f oujteexrmUlions , with the supervision of between tea and eleven thousand parishes , the Irish Cburch had but 2 , 450 parishes , and only 750 , 000 Episcopalians , for whose spiritual instruction it received the aetannusl revenue of £ 653 , 001 , not to mentfon the . many grants for education , glebe houses , tithe arrears ,

      and * o forth . He then glanced at the fast history of English policy in Ireland ; traced the bulk of Irish grievance * to the existence of so anomalous an in-• atotion as the Established Church condemned by ¦ a itflaefiag men , amused the House by reading printed placard * , announcing the nle of the effects of tba late Archdeacon of Me&tb » in which racing horses , twund * , bogies , and nil the cf cetera * of & f ox-hunting ¦ qnire , were-the conspicuous featuKs ; and , alluding to . Sir Robert PeeTa description of the " religious peace " Wtfith reigned in Tamworth ( in the debate on the Dissenters ' Chapels Bill ) , where ibe Church , the Roman Cwftf > M < r » , orfboflov . TM ^ Ttfrr * , * p fl TTmfrv ri R . " ? lived is barmanr- ^ tked if Taaxvoktx vu to be the rule , lid IniMsd toe exception ? God help the Union , if

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      if rested ob the maintenance of such an institution as the Established Church ! Protestant ascendancy had driven Mr . Pitt from office ; ha resigned when he found that be could not fulfil his pledges to the Catholics , given as one condition of the Union ; yet at the last Pitt dinner Lord Feversham had coupled Mr . Pitt ' s name with Protestant ascendancy ! What course did Sir Robert Peel mean to follow ? Was he prepared to follow out the policy commenced in Catholic emancipation , orto fall back upon the advice of such men as Hugh M'Neile , who , in a It c ' ure to the operatives of Liverpool , said , that though averse to penal laws , be saw no security for this country without new restrictions being imposs-d on the Roman Catholics ? Wonld the recent state trials pacify

      Ireland ? Its people were universally of opinion that , if Mr . O'Connell had been an Englishman , be wenld not have been convicted . In truth , Ireland was our Poland ; as such , she gathered round her the Bjm paUues of the Continent ; while England , with her broad notions of liberty as respected herself , and her generouB exertions in favour of the negro population of her colonies , staked security and happiness on the maintenance of the remnant of an exclusive system which ought to have expired with Catholic Emancipation . He called on them to put an end to it at once , and by adopting the only course which can avert the Repeal of the Unien , legislate for the empire , and accomplish the work commenced in the emancipation of the Roman Catholics .

      Lord Eliot repeated the argument that the aecurity of the Church was provided fer by the Act of Union , citing the sentiments of Grattan , Piunket , Canning , and other advocates of the Catholic claims , in o'der to show that their concession would not affect its integrity . Cath&lic Emancipation did not destroy tha essentially Pxotestant character of the constitution ; and looking to the way in which the Protestant clergy generally spent their incomes , especially in remote and poor districts , no greater evil could happen to Ireland than to take away the revenues of the Estsblishment , and apply them to secular purposes . He hoped , therefore , that the Honse weuld reject the motion by a large majority . Mr . Ross supported the motion . Mr . Shaw opposed and Mr . Redington supported the motion . On the motion of Colonel Rawdon the debate was adjourned .

      vVednisdat , June 12 . The Spbakeb took the chair at four o ' clock . On th « motion of Mr . Hntt , the Aliens Bill was read a second time , ami ordered to be committed on the 26 ih instant . On the motion of Mr . Mackinnon , the House went into committee on the Smoke Prohibition Bill pro forma , when it was ordered to be recommitted on tbe 26 th inst . The report on tho County Courts Bill was brought up and received .

      I > -CE > T > IABY FIBE 9 IX SVFFOLX . On the motion for reading the order of the day for the adjourned debate on the Established Church of Ireland being put , Mr . Milneb Gibson said he wished to put a question to the Right Hon . Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department in reference to a subject of considerable importance in that part of the country with which he was confie * ted—the county of Suffolk . He alluded to the alarming spread of incendiary fire 3 in Suffolk , Norfolk , and . £ s ses . He had received many communications on the subject , and if he were to attempt to enumerate the different fires which had taken place in those counties since Michaelmas , the sum total would astonish the Members of that Houec What he wanted to know from the Right Hon . Gentleman was , whether the subject of incendiarism in those counties had occupied ihe fall and serious attention of her Majesty ' s Government .

      Sir J . Gbahah said he was prepared to admit that incendiarism prevailed to a deplorable extent thronghont a portion of the county of Suffolk and the adjacent pans of Essex , and throughout the county of Norfolk . This painful subject had occupied the seriou 3 attention of her Majesty's Government . It had been his duty to confer with the Lord-Lieutenants and Magistrates of those counties , and every effort had been made by h » r Majesty ' s Government , as he had stated on a former occasion , to detect the perpetrators of this dreadful crime .

      Many fire 3 might easily be the work of one incendiary . < Hear . hear . ) The character which the Hon . Gentleman had so justly given of the Labouring classes of that district , precluded the supposition that any considerable portion of the peasantry had been concerned in these fires . ¦ He thought thpy were the Tverk of very few mdividnals , who were probably actuated by personal motives . He assured tbe Hon . Gentleman that if the guilty parties were deteoted , the law should bo put into execntion with the least possible delay .

      WBIT OP KBKOE . —MB . O CORNELL . Mr . E . Bglleb said considerable anxiety prevailed as to the effect which the "Writ of Error in the House of Lords would have on their circuits . He wished to ask the Right Hon . Gentleman if he could say when the appeal would come on for hearing . Sir J . Gkaham said be had every reason to believe that the writ of error had arrived in London , or would arrive is the course oT the next twenty-four hours . So far as the Government was concerned , every effort would be made to expedite the bearing of the writ of error ; and he was persuaded that it wonld be heard in time to enable tbe Jadges to attend their respective circuits within ten days after the usual period .

      IBJSH CHCBCH . —ADJOURNED DEBATE . The adjourned debate was then resumed . Colonel Rawdon spoke first , and in favour of Mr . Ward ' s motion . He was followed by Sir J . Walsh , who opposed it . Mr . M . O'Connell spoke next , and in strong reprobation of the State Trials . He averred that going into Committee , as Mr . Ward proposed , wonld have some fffjci in allaying the great feeling of difgnst and indignation that existed . Mr . G . H . Hamilton , Sir C . Napier , Mr . Borthwick , Mr . Ternon Smith , Sir J . Graham , Lord J . Russell , Sir R . Peel , Mr . Shiel , and Sir R . Inglia , had each their " say , " asd respectfully took their sides ; &nd after Mr . Ward had brie&y replied the House divided , when there were—For Mr . Ward's motion 179 Against it ... 274 Majority against 95

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      COLXiEBS" Disputes . —Animus or the Bench . —At tbs Waktfield Court House , on Monday last , Solomon Cclly , Charles Colly , Jabtz Parker , Joseph Idle , Jane Hardwick , Rachel Slater , Sarah Lumb , and another , were brought up , charged with having committed a very violent assault npon Jostua Prost Mr . Msrsden appeared to support the charge , and Mr . Wainwright defended the prisoner . Mr . Marsden , in stating the case , said that he appeared to support the charge preferred by the complainant againBt the defendants , who were charged under the Combination Act , The circumstances were these . The Colliers in the neighbourhood , aB the Bench were aware , had turned out for an idvancc of wages , in consequence of which Messrs . Charleswortb , who have considerable works .

      have been obliged to set other men to work . The complainant In this ease was set to work st the Robin Hood Colliery on Monday and Tuesday last , and he worked both those days without molestation . On Wednesday , however , on returning home , and when near Mrs . Dealtrys gates , at Lofthouse , he was met by a large concourse ef people , both men and women , the latter of whom set upon him , knocked him down , and dragged him along the road , for a distance of about twenty yards , tore his coat and his neckerchief , and used expressions which the Bench should hear from the complainant himself , for he ( Mr . Marsden ) did rot wish to prejudice tbe cave by any statement of his own , for it was bad enough without . The whole of the defendants would be spoken to ,

      and other men were standing by . When the complainant bad succeeded in getting away from the women , the men encouraged them to " go at him again . " The mob followed him to his bouse , and one of the defendants used expressions that would leave no doubt of their intentions . He ( Mr . M . ) need not tell the btnch that if a number of persons met for one common purpose , and only a portion of them ma £ e an attack upon life or property , the whole were equally liable . If he proved his rase , as be had no doubt that he would , there would be no question &s to tbe guilt of the defendants . The statute under which they were charged was the i Gteo . IV- c 129 , They might , he could tell them , have been proceeded againBt under

      another statute which would have subjected them to a trial at the aasizss or the sessions , and if convicted , to as nmcb as two years * imprisoment with hard labonrj but as this was the first offence , Mtssrs . Charlesworth were contented to proceed under the more lenient statute ; but be ( Mr . M . ) must press for the heaviest pnaisbment awarded ander this statute ( three months with bard labour ) . It must not be denied that every man had a right to sell his labour in the _ best market , but ha must not endeavour to obtain a high price for his labour by unfair means . Mr . Maraden concluded by calling tb » complainant , who detailed his ease , and although subjected to a severe cross-examination by Mr . Wainwright , bia evidence was not materially shaken .

      Mr . Wainwright called for the defence the following witnesses : — Richard Steel , ww in tte crowd when the women were ill-using Frost , bot he was not interfering with It . Witness is a collier , was coming home , and saw Frost posh one of the women against the wtlL He was nearly fresh- After that he fought as hard as he could . There wn » a decent mob on ' em ; ttwre was over big a " dia , " and he could hardly hear what the ( one of the defendants ) said . Froct ' a language was very indecent ; there was no blow struck until that language was used Was sure be saw nothing before that Others tried to poll Prost away , when the woman fined-oak Did not hear say one call eut to use him ili Heard no shouts by either man or woman , bat shouts for help . Cross-examined by Mr . Marsdea . —Is a collier tuned

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      out of work , and a member of the Union . Was coming from Leeds ; had been talking with Frost as they walked for half a mile . When they reached the four lane endB , Frost began calling them , and appeared , by his language , as if he wanted to take liberties with them ; there were a great many men within hearing ; be naed very indecent language . Believed he saw him down ; bis coat was torn , but did not see them drag him , or do any such like thing . Never heard a wsrd spoken among the men at a lL Thoug ht be dld ' nt appear frightened as be came on . He didn't appear to ail } much for drink , but wasn't without ; thought be conld walk steady .

      Joseph Townend , collier , was in company with last witness . Frost went up to Satah Lunn , and called her a — , and made use of other bad language . The women clutbered" round them . Tbe men stood off to tbe other side of the road , and weuld neither " mell " nor m . ake . We advised them not to go pear , and I advised Frost to so on the road before he came up with them J believes the matter was his own seeking , Michnel Steel , brother to first witness , gave corroborative evidence , but said be did hear the woman cry out for help .

      Isabella Jajger , wife of Joshua Jagjier , collier , a member of the union , was present at the time of the affray Frost came np and started off talking " all sorts of brutisbness . " He took i- decent liberties with her ; that was the beginning of tbe Bffray . Another woman cried out for assistance , and Frost cut her arm . Witness went to her assistance , and FroBt Belzed har petticoats . The men never " melled ' their bands of him . This witness said something about Frost wishing tbe rope might break if he went to work , &a , that was irre # vant , to the matter .

      Mr . Marsden replied on tbe case , and said that he did not think it necessary to make any lengthened remarks ; but certainly the line of defence set up in his opinion materially aggravated the offence . After pointing out discrepancies in the evidence , heremirked tfcut Frost gave hiB evidence as tbe witness of truth . As this was the first case , and the beginning of what might prove a very serions ontrage , he hoped the bench would inflict Buck a punishment as would let the people see that they could not act in such a manner with impunity , but that the strong arm of the law wonld be stretched out to protect tho willing workman and to punish the discontented . Mr . Wainwrigbt remarked that , with regard to the insinuation of perjury thrown out by Mr . Marsden , the witnesses tot the defence stood uncontradicted except the complainant .

      The Chairman observed the Bench had come to a decision , and that was , that the case was made out against all the parties ; and he wished to caution them that if a similar case was again brought before them , the B = nch was determined to inflict the heaviest penalty . Ob that , the first occasion , they had noi thought it right to go to the full extent of the law , but would give them one month's imprisonment each , with hard labour . Mr . Wainwright gave notice of appeal , and applied to have his clients admitted to bail ; but aB Mr . W . only offered two sureties for the whole , they were declined , but the bench expressed their willingness to accept tbe sureties effwred on the part of any one of the prisoners .

      At a later stage of the proceedings , Mr . Wainwright tendered the names of fourteen Individuals , being two sureties for each prisoner ; bnt as the 1 > ench knew nothing about them , they refused them . Mr . Wainwrigbt and the bench got into rather an angry discussion on the point , but the bench adhered to their determination . Tho parties were then removed , and considerable excitement prevailed . They were taken down to prison about six o ' clock , attended by , B large concourse of people , who , although much excited , did not proceed to any acts of violence .

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      make above sixpence or eigbtpence per day . On this they laid Beige to the office , determined to have their money paid up . They were kept at the door of tbe office from seven in the evening until two the next morning , when some of them by threatening , got their full amount of wages . ¦ This little affair ha ^ been tbe means of opening their eyes , and they are now gone all bat about fifteen , and they are determined to go sway as soon as they get money to carry them home . There is one circumstance which occurred with one of these men worthy of notice . The second , day be was at work he got severely injured by a fall of stone from the roof , and was brought from tbe pit in a eart to bis lodgings , carried into a garret , and no one permitted to see him . Two of bis

      companions called to see mm before going away , but were refused admittance . He bass wish to return to Carlisle , and . is constantly crying to be taken borne ; It is said that they allowed him very little to live upon . They have now found they cannot supplant us with other hands , and have therefore had recourse to the special constables , or off-banded men ; they had them four different times before them , trying to persuade them to go down the pit , which they refuaed until Sunday last , when they overcame a few of them by threatening to prevent their obtaining work elsewherere . Two blacksmiths have bees working at Ha wks ' s factory since the commencement of the strike ; they were wrote for to come borne , and were ordered into the pit . They both refused , and were immediately told that they would be

      prevented getting any more work where they bad been . Great praise is due to all tbe off-handed men , with tbe exception of a few of tbe joiners , wbo are now working in the pit Those who refuse to work are to be turned oat of their bouses . Such ia the state of things at this colliery , that tbe very men that turned out tbe pitmen and their families , are now turned out themselves for not going to work in tbe mine , work which they are totally unacquainted with . Two young men , enginewrigbts juat out of their apprenticeship , have been ordered down , and if tbey will not go they are to be refused both work and a character . Tbe young men have gallantly refused , and will , if the tyrants ean manage it , be prevented working any where else . A certain viewer told one of his men if he would go to

      work be would behave better to him than ever be had done , and on tbe man's refusal be said— " Damn yon , I will treat you worse than a dog I" There ia another individual , a Methodist preacher , who goes canting about against the strike , and has lost his congregation in consequence . But to make up this loss tbe owners have fitted up a joiner's shop for his use , se that his useful latching may not be lost These same charitable owners have been busily engaged shafting picks in this " plaoe of worship" on tbe Sunday afternoon , when tbey were expecting some Navies coming on the Monday , but none came . The base servile press has stated

      that the m * atera ate getting lead miners from Cumberland . This ia false ; they are weavers , and have nearly all of them gone home again . —A Looker On . P . S . —I forgot to mention tbe case of one of . the men , wbo was put out of his house . The police ruffians entered tbe house at the window . Thu rural policeman of tbe colliery was the first who entered . Wilson asked his authority for coming into bia house by the window , on which this police ruffian pulled out a pistol , and presented it at Wilson , saying , " There is my authority ! " Here is another case of tyranny—a bind called Potter , bad a son killed in tho pit lost year , when the man vowed that none of his children should

      go into tbe pit unless of their own free will . He has been ordered down , himself and family . He refused . They would have let him offlf tbefamily would go down ; the family refused , and be has received orders to leave his boase immediately . Nottingham . —J . Sweet begs to acknowledge tbe receipt , of the following sums for tbe Miner * ' Association , namely : —Mr Thornton 3 d ; Oainsley Id ; a friend 3 d . Lecture . —On Sunday last , the veteran Richards lectured on Nottingham Forest . The meeting was well attended , and nearly £ l was collected . Newcastle . —Numerous meetings of the pitmen are held in some district or other daily , and judging from their proceedings , there is no appearance of their resuming the * r labour nntil justice ia done them . They are determined to stand to their integrity .

      MlNEfiS OF Pesdlebury . —Ab » ut last Christmas , our master advanced bis coal ( he said fot the benefit of the poor meni Is . 8 'i . per ton , and advanced , our wages 4 < 1 . per ton , but taking care to say nothlug of OT er weight that we have to send to bank . For this we were thankful . We had , howdvor , our doubts us to whether it was for our benefit , or his own , that the coals were advanced to the consumer ; and this we do know , that he has received tbe greatest amount of money by it Suppose that a man conld send to bank three tons per day , at an advance of fourpence per ton it would make a shilling a day more in wages . This is what the men got for a short time . Well , now for tho diaintereatedneta in tbe advanced price of coal . Three tons , at an advance of Is . 8 d the ten , is 5 ? . on

      each man's day work of three tons . Suppose there was employed one hundred men , something like the actual number , each day that the pita worked , it would give the master no less a sum , per diem , than £ 25 . from Which if we take £ b for the men , it would leave tbe master £ 20 per day ; allowing the pits to work five days in the wttfe , it would put into bis pocket the enormous eum of £ 100 , over and above bis former profits 1 But not content with this , he has lately made various reductions in our wages , but none to the public The readers of the Star are aware that we have boeu on strike for about seven weeks , which strike haa been forced upon us ; for we bora with reductions in our wages in several cases , and put up with hia oppressions nntil human nature could stand no more . It is our

      intention in this communication to lay the facts before your numerous readers , that tbey may judge whether we are justified in our present struggle . The'following is a list of the reductions which our employer has mode , but still kqpt vp tbe price of coal to tbe consumer . List of Reductions : — Stoppings etch 64 . ; Dint Holes per yard « d . ; Coals per load 4 ( 1 .: Fast Bays per yard ( kl . Seeing that our employer was bent upon forcing us to strike , we submitted to those reductions , and many other gross acts of injustice , of which we will mention a few . If by any inadvertency a small quantity of what is called " foul coal" got into a tub , the man not only lost bis labour , but bad to pay a fine of 2 s . 6 J . in addition . The men were not allowed to see their " cuts" ( tokens fey whick each , mtm knows

      his own tub , and the means by which the Banksman knows what number each man sends up ) when they came out of tbe pit ; and when pay-day came , some of them have been ten tubs short , others twenty , and some as many as thirty ; all this we bore with fortitude , until his last » ct of oppression , which was more than flesh and blood could stand . A Bumber of tbe men had been engaged for some time In cutting " fast , bays , " aud doing tbe laborious and difficult part of tbe Minera ' work , which , when they bad completed , the undertaker turned them off , and put some . Shropshire men in their places to reap the benefit for which tbe old workmen had been working bard for months . The whole of the men upon this , went to tbe master to make their complaint , when that kind-hearted gentleman told them

      as fast as they could get places ready , and strangers came , he ^ ould turn tbe old Bands off ; upon this , we struck , and have been out ever since . During this contest every stratagem has been resorted to , to sow division amongst the men ; but all to no purpose . As a last resort , the men who lived in the masters' houses were served with notice to quit , which they did , all but a poor old Widow , wbo remained behind ; and the kindhearted Coal Xing , this last week , sent the bailiffs , and sold part of her goods . The conduct of the men on this occasion is worthy of praise . They nobly defended the widow of their departed fellow-workman , by purchasing the goods and giving , her them back again . This is another proof that jif the Coal Miners are ¦• ignorant , " they bave Byrapatby- for a fellow creature . The master succeeded in getting a number of men from

      Wales ; but when they found that they had been " kidnapped" for tbe purpose of injuring their fellow-workmen , to their honour be it said , they returned to their native hills again . The nun held a meeting on Tuesday , tbe 11 th -instant , when the following reaolutious were passed unanimously : — " That we individually and collectively pledge ourselves to stand firm until our grievances are redressed . " " That this meeting pledges itself to o . 'e every legal means in its power to forward the cause of labour ' s rights . " Three cheers were given for W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and three for the Union , and tbe meeting broke tip . It is requested that Miners residing in other parts will be on their guard against agents who are endeavouring to delude from their homes poor men , under the plea that briskness of trade causes a scarcity of men in Lancashire . The truth is , tbey are seeking men to take our places .

      Lancashire—The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Minera will be Jholden at the Bine Bell , Little Hulton , near Worsley , on Monday next , June I 7 tb . A public meeting will also take place on a plot of ground belonging to Mr . J . Higham , near Worsley . Several of the accredited agents of the Miners' Association will attend and address the meeting . W . P . Roberts , Eeq , will also be present and deliver u address on the occasion . Mr . Roberts will arrive at the Steneclough station about four o ' clock in the afternoon . ' Tbe levy required to meet the expenditure will be Is . per member , including law and general funds , to be brought by tbe delegates to the meeting . W . P . Roberts , Esq ., will be in Manchester on Monday next , at nine o ' clock in the morning . Miners residing in the neighbourhood are respectfully requested to apply at the Bull's Head , Granby-row , Londonroad , Manchester , between the hours of nine and eleven in the forenoon .

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      Frightful OccimitENcE at the Wakefield Zoological Gahds ) vs—Two Females WoHHifeo by a Bear . —Ou Saturday morning last , about two o ' clock , a bear , about three years of age , which had been confined in a pit in the above establishment , suddenly leaped over the boundary and got admission into the gardens . The proprietor , Mr . Haselgrave , was from home at the time , but his wife and sister-in-law attempted to drive it back again , when it turned upon them , and worried them in a shocking manner . Their ] shrieks of agony brought some parties to their assistance , and among others , Mr . William Stead , ofl Westgate » who attacked the bear with a garden ; hoe , and succeeded , at

      imminent hazard to himsolf , in attracting the attention of the brute from' ! the unfortunate females . Mr . St <» ' kad himself a narrow escape . The ex oi ement that now prevailed was very great , as it was feared that the enraged brute , rendered futious after the taste of human blood , would leap the outer walls of the gardens , but such a calamity was happily prevented , by the gallant efforts of Mr . Broughton Bos t on , son of Mr . jBoaton . gunmaker , who , having armed himself with : a gun heavily charged , entered the garden , accompanied by Mr . William Drake , plumber , also armed , and on the bear advancing towards them wilh a savage growl , Mr . Drake fired , but without waiting until within a proper distance , as the animal was merely turned in its course , without being seriously injured . Young Boston , however , followed it to the lower part of tho garden , and there , at about two yards distance , delivered

      the charge into its head , rolling the huge creature over , but not dispatching it ; ho then retreated , and having re-loaded bis gun with slugs , again approached , and after two other shots succeeded in destroying the brute . The two females , on being taken up . were found to be dreadfully lacerated about their arms , thighs , and other parts of their bodies , and several medical men being speedily in attendance , every attention was paid to them ; those attentions have been unremittingly continued , and it was hoped that the lives ; of both the females might be saved . It was sickening to see the eagerness of the bear in following the course where the females were carried , licking the blood as it went , and on reaching the room where , they were placed , forcing its paws through the ! windows , and endeavouring to burst its way through them in pursuit of its prey . |

      ATTEMPr at Murder at Locth —A most fiendish attempt to murder an old toll-keeper named Jacob Guisely , and his wife , was made by a monster named Markam . He fired two pistols at them , and beat them about the head with a hammer , which he had with him for the purpose . The old man defended himself most gallantly ; and his son arriving to his aid , they ultimately beat the ruffian off . The old man stabbed him in several places with a sticksword . The struggle of the parties was so severe thae the walls of the house were literally smeared with blood . The brute made his escape , but was afterwards apprehended at the house of a widow with whom be was intimate . As the officers entered the house , he cut his throat with a razor , and nqw lies in a fair way to defeat the ends of justice .

      Awful Conflagration at Hudderspield . —Mill Burnt Down . —Tn » most disastrous fire that ever occurred in this towu , took plaoe during the night of Sunday last , in a mill , the property of Mr . Joseph K * ye . The premises were very extensive , beiBg about 140 feet ia length , and forty wide , and five stories in height , exclusive of the attic . The building was tenanted by nearly thirty small finisher : } , most of whom will suffer severely by the catastrophe . The mill is situate at Folly Hall , and wa 3 first discovered to be on fire by Mr . Eastwood ' s man , who saw tbe flimes raying in the inside oi the third story , the part supposed to be occupied by Mr . G . Berry , of Lockwood . This was about halfpast one . He immediately gave the als . rm , and

      in a few minutes the flumes burst through the windows , and finding vent , the devastating element spread with amazing rapidity from room to room , until the whole building was one entire mass of flame . ; The scene from the top of Chapel Hill , and also from Crossland Moor , was at this time ( two o ' clock ^ one of the most awfully magnificent that can be imagined . About a quarter past two the main part of the roof fell in with a tremendous crash , carrying the three top floors with it , the others shortly following . From the first discovery of the fire all hope of saving any part of the mill was entirely given up . The powerful engine belonging the mill was quickly got iuto play ; the Leeds and Yorkshire was quickly on the spot ; but from the

      carelessness of the person whose duty it was to attend to the suction-pipe , was rendered useless for a considerable time . The fellow had put the suction hose into a dyke , without first putting on the " rose , " or the end , to prevent its sucking stones into the pipe ; the consequence was , that in a very few minutes the pipe ^ was choked with stone , and would render no service until the whole length of the pipe had been taken to pieces and cleaned out , a work of some difficulty . Two other engines were also soon on the ground , Messrs . Armitage Brothers , of Milnes Bridge , and the one from Messrs . Brook ' s place , at Armitage Bridge , whose powerful assistance was required to cool and reduoe the fire in the mills opposite , which were on fire in three different stories at one time ; but by the plentiful supply of water , handed up by buckets and other vessels , it

      was reduced . The steam from ( he engine was also turned on into every room , and was of great use ; from two to j a quarter to three o ' clock the fire was at its height . The heat , at this time , even at the distance of 100 yards , was intense ; and such was the glare from the fire that the inhabitants of the remotest parts of tbe town imagined that their next ^ oor neighbour ' s house was on lire . The wind was very still ; had there been wind from the north-east , no human exertions could have saved the whole range of new factories lately built . By half-past , five the whole building was an entire mass of ruin , nothing standing but the four walls . Some of tbe parties who had machinery in the mill were insured ; Mr . Kaye partially so . The whole damage is variously estimated ; at from £ 20 , 000 to £ -10 , 000 . By this sad catastrophe no fewer than 500 persons will be thrown out of employment .

      Important To Emigrants.

      IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS .

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      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , June 11 th , 1844 —There have been good arrivals of Wheat and Beans to this day's market . Wheat has been slow sale , and Is per quarter lower ; nothing doing in the chambered samples . Barley little alteration . OatB slow sale . Beans 6 d to Is per qr . lower . There haa been part rain here which has improved tho cropa very much . THE AVERAGE PRICES OP WHEAT , FOB THE WEEK ENDING JVNB 11 , 1844 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas . Qra . Qrs . Qra . Qra . Qrs . Qrs . 3615 250 230 0 555 43 £ . s . d . £ 8 . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d 2 17 0 1 11 Si 1 2 9 | 0 0 0 1 17 3 1 15 6 *

      Malton Corn Market , June 8 . —We had a fair supply of all kinds of grain to this day ' s market . Wheat in tolerable demand , at scarcely last week ' s rates . Barley nominal . Oats same as last week . Wheat , red 58 j to 63 s ; ditto white , 64 s to 683 per 40 stones . Oats , lOd to lid per stone . York . Corn Markkt June 8 . —The supply of Grain is very short to-day . For Wheat rather higher prices are asked , but not generally complied with : the same may be said of Spring Corn . Since our last report , we bave had a change in the wind , which has brought occasional showers , b at we understand that tbey have fallen partially' ; in some places having been of some hours ' duration , whilst , in others , they have scarcely laid the dust .

      Newcastle Corn Market , June 8 . —The weather this week haa been much more favourable than we have had occasion to note of late . On Wednesday as also yesterday , we had some fine refreshing showers , which must prove of essential service to the country . At our market this morning we had a good show of Wheat from the growers , bat being without any arrivals coastways , and there being less disposition to pay duty upon the foreign importations , a clearance was readily effected at the full rates of this day se ' nnight ; whilst for free foreign there was rather more inquiry at about previous prices . In bonded nothing stirring . With flour we have been rather largely supplied this week , and tbe favourable change in the weather having in some measure affected the demand , sales have proceeded slowly ; in the value of choice qualities , however , we have little alteration to note , but middling marks must

      be noted rather lower . Iu rye rather more passing , but the attention of our buyers seems still to be directed t o the best Dan'Z'g sorts , which command our top quotations . Barley continues to be held with much firmness , which induces our buyers U » purchase as sparingly as possible . Malt unaltered . Boiling Peas more inquired after , but 383 may be considered an extreme quotation for the best foreign qualities . For bonded we have as yet little inquiry , but we fully anticipate some attention will be directed towarda the article , as the averages are beginning to improve . Beans unaltered . Having only a mode * rate supply of Oats from the country , and the arrivals coastways being extremely trifling , choice mealers were taken off at » further advance of Is per quarter ; whilst good horse corn sold readily at the full rates of thiB day se ' nnight . We hare no alteration to note in the duties this week .

      Ie«Ds :--Printeci For The Proprietor, Pearsus O'Connor, Esq. - Of H«Mm*Tsmitb, County

      Ie « ds :--Printeci for the Proprietor , PEARSUS O'CONNOR , Esq . - of H « mm * tsmitb , County

      Miitdlesax , fcy JOSHUA HOBSON , at Wa rawing Offices , Not . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Brlggate ; and Published by th » said JOSHfti Hobsos , [ tnVbm « aid Fbxkgus Q'ConnOB , ) at hU » wr tll » g-ko « M , No . 6 , Mtfk « t « tra « V Brighter » iataBftl Comntunication « xWinf bttweso th « » i . No . i , MarkeUtwet , and the said Nos . 1 * ; »* 13 , Market-street , Briggat * , thai « onatituting the whole of the said Print og and Publishing Offl * oat PremiM * . All communications most be addresssd , poat-pdoV *• M * . Bobsoh , Northtm Star Office , U * ta-( BaturdM . fan * 16 . 1814 . )

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      East ' Cramlington . —Horrible Ttbanny of the Coal-Kikgs . —As your paper is the friend and advocate of the working classes I feel called npon to bring under year notice some as the deeds of a certain class commonly called Coal Viewers ; these worthies are at this moment using all the powers they are possessed of to intimidate those over whom tbey have or bave bad any controul to go into tbe pits . I will give you an outline of the doings at thiB colliery since tbe commencement of the strike . Tbey ordered all men employed by them above bank , such as joiners , blacksmiths , engine wrigbts , Bcrewers , waggon way men , and a number of others employed about tbe works to appear at the office ; tbey were told that they must be sworn ia for special constables or be dismissed from their employment . They reluctantly obeyed and got sworn in . A abort time since some coach loads of

      Zfavies were brought here , who after being well fed and getting a belly fall of drink decamped , carrying several suits of flannel along with them belonging to the owners . After being doped in this fashion by tbe Navies two or three times , tbey took another step , and went to Carlisle and engaged sixty hands , chiefly weavers , promising them ( our sbilUagi and squirt of ale per day ; & free house and garden , also to be paid every night . Tbey commenced work on these terms , and after working one day , went to receive their wages , when they were paid with two , and some of them three shillings , with & promise to pay the remainder at the end of the week , bat towards the end of the week tkey were told tbey would have to work by the bargain and not by the day ; and getting to sndexstand what quantity of corves they had to hew for foar shillings , tbey found they would be unable to

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      Accident feoh using gcnpowdbb *? Warsfield . —Oa Saturday morning laat , an accident of a curious nature occurred toa woman named Roberts , the wife of P . Roberts , who keep 3 the turnpike bar at Sandal , near Wakefield . She was foolishly using gunpowder to make the fire burn . She bad let the fire get Tery loir , and to make it burn quick , she took the powder flask , which contained about balfa-pound of powder , and threw a quantity upon the fire . The flame reached the end of the flask , and caused the whole to explode , doing the woman serious injury . Her left arm ytaa completely lacerated from , the wrist to tbe elbow . Her breast , right arm , aud face , were also much iBjured . Indeed it was a most fortunate thing she escaped at all with life . She remains at present in a dangerous condition .

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      The Yorkshire Miners . —We bave received the following address in reply to the statements of the Masters meeting at Wakefield , advertised in the Star of Saturday last ; with a request for its insertion . We comply with the request that the public m 8 y hear both tides and judge for themselvts ;—

      THE « ' COLLIERS' STRIKE . " The Truth , the \ chcJe Tru'h , and nothing but the Truth " TO THE PUBLIC OF LEEDS AND ITS VICINITY . — The coal masters of tbe West Riding , er rattier a portion of them , bavins , through the medium of advertisements and hand-bill * , ventured to address the public in reply to the statements of tbe aggrieved and oppressed Miners , setting forth that those statements are unfounded , and that our demands are unjust , we , tbe Colliers , find it necessary to reply to their misrepresentations , to prevent tbe public mind being misled and deceived . The Coal-Maslers' State . —First—That while the selling price of coal baa bwn lowered within the last seven years &t least Is . per top , that tbe workmen ' s waees bave not been reduced more than 2 d . per ton .

      Answer—Tbe wasters pretend that they have lowered tbe price of coal : what are tbe facts ? Previous to the introduction of the weighing machine , a buyei could purchase a load of 26 or 27 cwt . for 4 » . 9 d ., beat coal 5 j- 3 d . iVoir tbe buyer must pay 5 ) . 10 J ., and has 6 or 7 cwt lets to tbe load , and this the masters call a lowering of price to the consumer ! Again , tbe masters say they have reduced our wages not more than twopence per ton . This is false : tbe reduction bos been fourpence per ton , while , at the same time , tbe corves bave been enlarged to an extent that has made ns loosers of 2 a . per ton more : bo that the real reduction has sot been 2 d ., bot 6 tf . per ton 1 Tbe masters forget to tell tbe public that while they sell tbe -coal by weight , tbey compel us to get by measure ; the difference being profit for them aud robbery for us . »

      The Masters state that previous to restricting our earning to 2 a 6 d per day , we were earning twenty shillings per week . And again they state that tbe returns from upwards of forty extensive Collieries show that the wages paid to tbe Coal-gettera averaged three shillings and sevenptnee ha ) fpev 7 , y per mmn , per day , or twenty one shillings and ninepence weekly , tei work of eigbt or nine bours daily . Ansvier . —We who have worked for , and been paid the wages , should know something of tbe amount received . We fearlessly , then , deny the truth of the above . So far frem tbe men of forty firms having received tbe above earns , there has not been forty men who bave received any such wages ; the average wagea previous to tbe restriction being less than two shillings and sixpence daily , as can be universally testified by the men who bave bad to toil for to miserable a remuneration .

      The Masters represent that we were workiDg ( previous to the strike ) , but eight or nirvt hows daily ; but no thanks to them for that Previous to restricting our labour , there waa not one pit in twenty , but where the men worked eleven or twelve hours every day ; we have reduced tbe working hours te eight , and Although we have suffered a loss in a pecuniary sense , our wages averaging less than two shillings daily , still we are determined to persevere , considering that eight hours of toil in tbe dreary , noxious , life destroying Mine , is amply sufficient for the wants of tbe Community , and should be sufficient to afford us a respectable maintenance , in addition to leaving the Masters their usual enormous profit * .

      Tbe advertisement of the masters sets forth : — " That the Yorkshire Coal-Masters have resolved , almost unanimously , " to resist our just demands . Tbey did well to qualify this assertion , which is " almost" a downright falshood ; a 3 a number of tbe masters in tbe neighbourhood : of Haddersfield aud Dewsbury bave already conceded eur requirements , and by various flattering testimonials shown their appreciation of our conduct and the objects of cur organ . zition . The public mind once fully enlightened as to our grievances , pnblio opinion will speedily compel tbe dishonest , the tyrannical , and the selasb ot the masters to follow tbe example set by those wbo have acknowledged the principle of " a fair day ' s wage tot a fair day ' s work . "

      The limits of this bill will not pBrmit na to do full justice to ourselves or to those wbo have misrepresented us ; but that the public of Leeds and its neighbourhood may fully understand tbe question at issue , we invite their attendance at a public meeting which will be bolden in tbe Vicar ' s Croft , on Monday , June 17 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when and where we shall also expect the attendance of the masters , ate-watds , agents , and all who bave been parties to the " Goal Kings" advertisement , to make good their statements , or " for ever after hold tbeir peace . " By order ef the Committee , William Toft , Secretary . York Tavern , York-road , Leeds , June lltb , 1844 . The Miners will meet at eleven o ' clock in the forenwr o , on Hnnslet Moor , and from thence walk in procession to Vicar ' s Croft

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      Barnslet , —One of the largest and most ehtbnsia&tio weavers' meetings that has been held for some time , took place on Monday night , the 10 th instant , Mr . Vallance in the chair . Mr . Richard Taylor moved the first resolution , which was seconded by Mr . George Terry : — " That it is the opinion of thia meeting , that a period has arrived when the weavers of Barnsley mast either unite for the defence of standard prices , or be prepared to submit to any rate ; of wages that may be imposed by the most unprincipled speculative adventurer in . the trade . " The second was moved by . Mr , Frank Mirfield , and seconded by Mr . John Wood : " That this meeting consider it ! the Weavers duty and interest to

      join tbe old Union immediately , that they may be able to prevent any further reduction of wages , or addition to the length of their warps . " A deputation w&b appointed , which consisted of Messrs Vallance , Taylor , Grimshaw , and Norton , to wait upon Messrs . Gelder , C anter , Horsfield , and Pickles , to request them to make their warps according to the standard lengths of the town , who , without exception , readily agreed to do so . The men were again called together on Tuesday night , when the room was crowded ; to suffocation . The deputation then stated the nature of their interview with the above manufacturers , which was declared by the

      meeting to be highly satisfactory . The case of Mr . William Vallance was next taken into consideration , who , for daring to oppose Mr . Tee ' s attempt to reduce wages , lost his employment . The following resolution was proposed by Mr . John Grimshaw , and seconded by a person in tho body of the meeting : " That a , subscription be opened for the benefit of William Vallance , to save him from intended martyrdom , and to show to his late employer that the working men are determined to stand by those who advocate their { rights " Upwards of four hundred havo already enrolled their names in the Union . . ';

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      efraireg' ; Pfo&emctrtg .

      Local Markets.

      LOCAL MARKETS .

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      Nottingham Glo * £ JHands . —At a meeting of the workmen employed in ? the glove branches , held at the Fox and Houuds , ; Old Basford , on Thursday evening , the 30 ih ult ., as noticed in your last week ' s paper , the following ; resolution was unanimously adopted : —Proposed by Mr . Thomas Siigden , ani seconded by Mr . H . West , " That as we , the werkmen employed in the glove branch , having derived a great advantage from union , invite the whole of our fellow-workmen ; in all the branches of the framework-knitting trade , who bave not formed Unions ef their several braaches , for the protection of their labour , to do so , and act in conjunction with their fellow-workmen now in Union . "—

      A genkral meeting of all branches of framework-knitters was held on Monday evening , 3 rd of June , in the Chartist Chapel , Rice-place , Barkerg&te , Nottingham , to hear a lecture from Mr . Wm . Meaking , from Helper , whose address lasted for about one hour and a half , and was listened to with great attention ; aud after remarks had been made from several present , it was resolved unanimously : "That we , tho framework-knitters now assembled , are of opinion , that to accomplish a general benefit to the framework-knitters , we must cordially unite in one consolidated Union ; we there * fore pledge ourselves to ! use our best endeavours to carry such into full effect . " A vote of thanks was given to the Lecturer and to the Chairman , and the meeting separated . i

      United Tailors' Pbotectiqh aud Mutual Bk * nkfit Society . —Tbe following sums have been received by the Executive Counoil , since their last communication : —From No . 20 section 3 s fid ; No . 2 , Si-, No . 22 , £ 1 4 s ; No . 16 , 3 s 6 d ; No . 24 , 8 a 6 a ; No . 14 , 13 a 6 d ; No . 21 , 11 s 3 d ; No . 27 , 6 sl 0 d ; subscriptions , Is 6 d ; for Rules , 2 s 4 a ; contributions Is Id . Twenty-eight sections in various parts ot the country have already been formed under the new Flan of Organization . —J . W . Pabkeb , Genera l Secretary . j

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      The Breeches-Ladies Bewabb . —A fashionable young lady of New York , whose frock did not hang any lower than it should do , and who wore dangling abont her feet a pair of half-breeqhes , vulgarly called shin-curtains , was lately on a visit to some friends in New Jersey , where she was arrested and taken before a sensible , plain Dutoh magistrate , who fined her five dollars and costs , under the aot prohibiting females from appearing with men ' s clothes on . It is expected , of course , that married ladies will werr the breeches , but the audacity of wearing them before marrage the New Jersey people think entitled to punishment . —Portland Express .

      Capjs of Good Hope , Apbie 16 , 1844 . —Her Majesty ' s ship Cleopatra , has arrived at Hemon ' s Bay , having struck on a coral reef on the coast of Madges , 21 st Marcb , and whilst weighing the kedge , ( which had been used to warp her off ) on the 23 rd . Lieutenant Molesworth and seven men were killed by the natives . This was brought on from two of the natives having been forcibly turned from the b oat , whilst endeavouring to steal some of tho stores . Murder of Lieutenant Moleswohth and seven Seamen . —An extract of a letter was received at Lloyd's from their agent at the Cape of Good Hope , of the 16 th of April last , throwing light upon the occerrence in which Lieut . Molesworth , and seven of the crew of her Majesty's ship Cleo patra lost their lives , and of which certain particulars were given before . From this it will be

      seeu that the natives were the aggressors , and that the melancholy loss of life referred to occurred , in the discharge of a special act of duty ; for , irritated by detection and repulsion in an endeavour to thwart , the two natives mentioned evidently instigated their countrymen to perpetrate the murder of eight persons who had offered them no wrong , and were the last to imagine such an outrage . The natives appear from all accouuts to bave been very prompt in carrying their horrible intentions into execution . This is not the first act of the kind that has occurred upon this coast , but is peculiarly extraordinary in this instance , as being perpetrated npon the persons of those to whom the natives of that pait of the African coast are indebted for strenuous exertions to suppress the slave trade , and can only be explained from the principle which instigates all mcivilised nations to the commission of 6 uoh

      barbarous usages . Canine Affection , —A boy belonging to Cam lachie , when he was a little urchin , about 12 years ago , got a pup , which he reared , and has since kept as his own , and the warmest attachment has subsisted betwixt them . The boy , who is poor , has frequently shared his scanty meal with his dog , and frequently the dog ' s share was the largest . Some time ago the boy got employment in a dyework at Camlaebie , and at every meal and every morning the dog accompanied the boy part of the way on his return from his father ' s house in Crowpoint to the dyework at Camlachie-bridge . One day lately the poor boy missed his footing while crossing a vat filled with boiling liquid , and tumbled headlong into it . He was so severely and dangerously scalded that he

      had to be carried home . The dog , which was at home , no sooner saw the boy in distress , than he set up a dismal howl , and was with difficulty prevented from jumping upon him . The boy was taken immediately to the infirmary , where he still lies in a dangerous stale . The dog was forcibly prevented from following him , yet he refused again to enter the boy ' s house , aud sit in despair a little way from it , uttering incessant dismal cries . He was offered food and drink , and refused them , and he continued all that day and the following night sitting ia one position , whining and howling most piteously . In the morning he was paralytic , tad could scarcely drag his hind legs after him . His brain was evidently oppressed , and he died before mid-day , a victim to intense grief . —Glasgow Journal .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1267/page/8/