Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 11th January 1845, Edition 1 of 4, Page unpag, Untitled Article

Page unpag
Page 1
1 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (2)
    • TO'.THE UNREPRESENTED! " ~° _ B ¦ - -- — ^ 1 ^^^ ^^A^n^fetf* W B4 04
    • #MTtQ;K tixHetiiepnce.
  • Text (9)
  • Transcript

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

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

      Untitled Article

      My FbIESBS , —Une 01 me principal ciuugea ma * cur endnifi mvanahly make against Chartists and / jhartism is , thattlieleadereliaTeiiever recommended «> v defined or practical scheme for the accomplishment of their object . We are iold to receive and eon sider *] l the mad projects of our superiors wifh deferent respect and even awe ; and we are called ,. digturi ) ers" and " obstructors" if we dare too scru-MuOUSSlv to canvass their motives , or even , their of accomp lishing their end . One refined the announcement of ^^ ^

      Chartist rtarts up , on some tisionary scheme , and exclaims : " Lo ! here's astan-^ ardforprac * calcha ? fismtoTallyTOimdI and yet the jnad obghnctivesrefiise their co-operation . " Another artful schemer offers another gilded bait to catch the nwrarv and unsuspicious , and behold another "independent Chartist" riBes and says : " Here , now , is a jauyingpoint ; here now is an opportunity afforded to tiie honest portion of the Chartists torid themselves of the dangerous power of their interested leaders , ana do something for themselves . "

      Bat notwithstanding all the fascinating allurements , there ha 3 been a sufficient amount of steadiness , deliberation , and thought in our ranks to convince us that not one single scheme , promising benefit { o the Working Classes , has been proposed for any tj&er purpose than that of enlisting them in the sortice of some political quack , to be used for party purposes . This charge of "impracticability" is the principal , nay , I believe , now the only remaining fragment of the long catalogue of sins with -which we w ere formerly charged . The charges of " monopoly , "

      •' unjustappropriation , " " spoliation , " "destruction t > f life and property , " " desire for scramble , " " obstruction , " and " physical force , " hare all been jnswered , refuted , and destroyed . And now the " educated and refined , " the " phflosophieal and thoughtful , " of our own party : that is , the lazy and the rascally , the plotting and the scheming—the " gents" that are too proud to work , and too poor to live without labour , " have joined with the more open foe ; aria all ether sustainable ground of charge being ent from under their feet , they have taken their

      stand upon— "impracticability . I have always shown you that a party -without any wsible power must ever be looked upon as " imprac ticable . " In 1835 Mr . O'Connell called us "the hnpracticables ; " and at that time I refuted the charge , very successfully shewing that those who ehargedus with being "impracticables" were the very party who prevented us from taking a "practical " gtcp , and who never considered us in the right course except when we allowed ourselves to be bamboozled by some " practical" juggler . Our great struggle for lie list ten years has been to achieve representation for the working classes ; and ike charge against us las been that we looked for what we could not

      accomplish , and obstinately refused the proffered instalment of our rights . Now this charge also I deny . If ire look for full , free , and fair representation in the House of Commons , the abolition of Church Bates the reform of Municipal Corporations , the extension of Education , the remission of taxation , the reduction pf the National Debt , the abolition of slavery , and the like , are nono of them instalments of our debt . The debt due to us is one of principle : and the instalments offered in pounds , shillings , and pence , are jncrely so much paid to the monied classes of a debt for which they have no just claim . What they mean by an "instalment , " is a saving to themselves in the shape « f remission of taxes ; or reduction in the price of

      luxuries . We contend that the House of Commons , as it fhould represent the -whole people , should be chosen jy the whole people ; and we are ready to take an instalment of representation , not in discharge of our fall claim but in order that we may be thereby enabled to enforce the whole demand . Thus I refute the charge of " impracticability , " I think fully : and now let us see whether the " educated , refined , and scientific" will join with us practical Chartists , in aiding Buncombe to secure for -us an instalment of our own principle . "When I first offered myself for the

      representation of the county of Cork , I found very great difficulty in persuading many very intelligent persons that less than a majority of the whole House could carry any question . It took me many months of speechlng and writing to prove that the forty-two Bepeal members could , if they were really honest , smash and break up every Government that refused aquiesoence io their measures . The Irish party having turned tail , and sold their country , proved not > onlr disastrous to Ireland , but to England as well : and for this reason—because all iaithwas lost in the capability of so large a body asibrty-two to do

      any-God forbid , however , that we should draw any in . fcrcnee from those redoubtable patriots and their leader , who have sold their country for places , titles , and emolument . We are not to be disheartened by that timunstance ; for I hope and trust that the sound minds of Englishmen will never allow themselves to k juggled out of their wits , as Irishmen have been . Ton will see , then , the great difficulty of persuading the Working Classes of thevalueof so small afraction Of representation as twenty members of Parliament would furnish ; and , but for the better machinery now even-wherein operation , Ishould despond myself ,

      and have but little faith , in the sneess of our present pr actical movement . Seeing , however , the manner in which the London Registration Committee , the ilanthester Committee , and the Birmingham Committee worked last year , no doubt remains upon my mind of the ultimate success of our plan . I think it verv likely that Mr , Duncombc , if he should not sue . ceed in repealing the rate-paying clauses in theReform Bill , will , at all events , have an astounding minority . In fact , I cannot bring my mind to the conclusion that

      tie motion will be lost : and I'll tell you why . Rus-EeD and the " Whigs must have profited by the lesson ite taught them in 1811 : and to inculcate that lesson iras my principal object in desiring to see an overwhelming Tory majority resulting-from the Whig Reform franchise , after an existence of nearly ten years , during the whole of which time the Tories Wro annually augmenting their forces , because property was the standard of franchise , and they posjessed a majority of the property of the country .

      We taught Russell and the Whigs the wholesome lesson , that upon a real extension of the Suffrage alone fter must henceforth depend . Then the Free Traders must . I think , one and all , vote for Buncombe's motion , because it will be a forwarding of the plan Upon which they rely for the accomplishment of their tnro object : and if they should refuse to vote for Buncombe , it will tend to increase that popular disgust which already exists against them . We could then cliarge them with a desire to pick and select party tools for the electoral body , instead of facilitating the means of acquiring the franchise . I also Jhiiik that Mr . O'Connell and his party must either vote for Mr . Buncombe's motion , or forfeit all claim

      I to the confidence of the Irish Trades . Then Young England , aiid a number of Tories who represent English Boroughs , if they ara not united on the question , we shall have the benefit of their disunion . Add to all these chances in our favour , the certainty that Sir Robert Peel mutt dissolve the Parliament next Star ; aud by that time thr '" bull-frogs" will have fek the effect of lus tariff , which will , I assure you , J * Kitc a considerable schism . Independently of the frnponance that Mr . Duncoinbe attaches to the

      re-J ** l of the raie-paying clauses , in Ills admirable letter to Mr . Druiy , I know it is Ms opinion that a wise ^• n-sfiiiation of the Trades in London would , cspck % at the present time , lead to the most important ^ knefiml results . In fact , I have no hesitation "isayhis ( although lam by no means authorised to °° s «) diat Mr . Buncombe , if solicited , would open * e Trades' Conference himself , with a dear , oompre-¦ j"tt « v < . ' , and Jm-jfl exposition of his views on all aub-P ^ ts i-onnected' with the great movement of the ffraJes , and the Working Classes generally . Apart E ^ i ^ auxiliary aid , it is the intention of the

      KfWjst Executive to submit two propositions to the MT ^ 1 body : the one before the meeting of Con-¦ jfction , and the other to the Convention : the one is K *> whether the Executive shall be henceforth ¦ ^ ^ V the Convention , or by the severallocalities ; Em £ ? tller ' » comprehensive plan for the registraj ^ Wist voters . ^^ ' ^ ot think that cv * yet the working classes BtanH U ( ilCleilt ^ P 011306 * 5 totlie dcction of twenty Bartr " -o . ^* * * - TO * I * *•** that such a ¦ verW " ftce 5 ve from without , they could worry * 0 niUl ent oufofe 3 ustence , orcompelihemto

      Untitled Article

      Pratt , the certifying barrister , at once sets the question of legality at rest . lam , Gentlemen , your obedient servant , Feasgus O'Cosnor . London , 4 th Dec , 1 SW . Sib , —I received your letter of the 29 th of November , ana , not ; being the proper person to interpret Acts of Parliament , I thought it the best course to' send your letter to Mr : Tidd Pratt , tHe barrister appointed by Government to examine and attend to allWnds ^ of Benefit Societies ; and I enclose his answer , which coincides with my opinion , as to the nature of' your . Society , and that you are not in the condition Btated by Mr . O'Connell . Yourobjeetis highly praiseworth y ; andlhope all of you will long endeavour to maintain your independence , without having recourse to parish funds or eleemosynary aid to support yourselves and families , as your Society purposes . .

      I think" the Act you allude to stated that " no Society ihculd have the privilege of p lacing its fwnfis tqith the Commissioners of Savings Banks unless they " submitted their rules to Mr . Tidd Pratt . " But there is nothing against such Societies as yours , provided they do not correspond with other Societies . I am ready at all times to aid the working man , and always happy if he mil attend to my advice . I am , yours truly , Joseph IIche . Mr . Geo . Walter , Glasirow .

      Southwell , 3 rd Dec , 1844 ? Mt Deas Snt , —Tour letter of the 30 th I received at this place this morning . I have read the enclosed , and cannot conceive on what ground it is stated that a society formed for the relief of the members ic sickness or distress , can be said to he illegal , or the members liable to any punishment . Such societies , if enrolled under 10 Geo . IV ., c . 5 C , have certain privileges : but tliere is no legal provision subjecting any unmrollcd friondly society or members to penalty or punishment , unless they come within the meaning of the two acts passed some years ago , against Corresponding

      Societies—that is , if they have branch committees and district officers or delegates , or separate treasurers or oflicers for districts ; but if the society is held at one place , and its affairs conducted by one set of officers , I am dearly of opinion that there is no legal provision against such a society . There certainly -was no act passed lately declaring all such societies that did not exigt under 10 Geo . IV ., c . 5 C , to be illegal ; but , on the contrary , by a late act , societies enrolled under the previous acts relating to friendly societies , are not obliged to be enrolled under 10 Geo . IV ., c . 56 ( to retain the privileges of these acts ) , until they alter their rules . - 1 am , clear sir , yours . slncercly , Jobn Tidd Pbatt . .

      Untitled Article

      SPAIN . The Botcher Narvaez . —In the absence of any news of importance from Spain , we give the following portrait of the butcher Narvaez drawn by the ( anything but democratic ) correspondent of the Times . This portrait may be interesting hereafter , when justice shall have had her own on the person" of this monster : — " . . NmvAEZ is by no means an effective or an impressive speaker . His style of delivery is harsh , abrupt , aiul exceedingly brusque . His language is by-no nieaiis correct , and his strong Andalusian accentin his mouth of rather a vulgar kind—his frequent repetitions of the same words two or three times in the same sentence , render it quite evident that , however he maybe more or less distinguished when

      heading a charge of cavalry , he was never intended to be a popular orator . Neither has nature been too lavish of her physical gifts to the President of the Council of Ministers . He is under the middle size , rather stout than otherwise , arid awkwardly put together ^ His countenance his plain , and extremely forbidding ; and his downciist eyes have an angry and scowling expression . His thick moustachios , of a blonde colour , contrast oddly with the well-combed , well-oiled , and somewhat ample black wig with which his head-is rather coquettishly covered ; and though he dresses in a smart style , and his clothes are put on with all the fastidious necitness of a ^ vteufi ; garcon , studs , gloves and all , unexceptionable , yet Narvaez presents neither a dignified nor a graceful

      appearance . His tone of voice is harsh , - and his gestures have no relation to what artists call the line of" beauty , but are what elocution masters would denominate angular . The movements of his arm would lead one to suppose that lie was practising the sword exercise , and are principally in the cut-and-tlirust style of delivery . As Narvaez is not blessed with the faculty of uttering very agreeable things in public , you will easily believe that the personal disadvantages he labours under , and which are , of course , no fault of his , do not much tend to render him a favourite as a popular speaker . The inveterate habit Narvaez has of introducing into his rather curious harangues the name of the Deity , and in a manner that is only suited to the barrack-yard , the guard-room , or the

      attemoonstable parade , is an additional characteristic , of by no means an agreeable kind , in . his style of oratory .- Such is not the custom even of Spanish gentlemen ; and it is evident that so gentlemanlike , aud no doubt so fastidious , a person as Martinez de 3 a Rosa , who generally sits by him , must feel pained , in common with every one of any delicacy of mind , at such displays ; Narvaez , too , contrives to turn every subject , no matter what , in a military point of view . The beginning , middle , and close of his speeches , if such thev can be called , might be stereotyped . The pistol and the sabre of the dragoon are said to form prominent and permanent features in them , no matter what , or how different from military matters , the object under consideration niav be .

      Reported Escape of Zurbano . —The correspondent of the Times writes as follows : —I am assured that accounts have been received here this day of the safe arrival in Portugal of General Zurbano . He was escorted to the frontier by strong parties of contrabandistas , who relieved each other alternately from post to post ; and who faithfully performed thoir engagement to conduct him safe out of the Spanish territory , notwithstanding the immense reward they knew they were sure of if they had betrayed him to

      the government . Private letters from the 13 asque provinces state that the Carlists are beginning to stir in that part of Spain ; and that they are co-operated with bjr the refugees in France . I should not be surprised if such were the case . The consciousness that all hope is lost for marrying the Queen to the Prince of the Asturias , and the abolition of the Basque fmros in the new Constitution , would be a sufficient motive for them to attempt something like a rising . I doubt , however , whether any such event is likely during the present or the next month . When the fine weather sets in it may be another

      question . PORTUGAL . Lisbon , Dec . 31 . —The Cortes will be opened on the 2 nd of January . Meanwhile Costa Cabral has made a new batch of eight peers , of which he himself is one , the others being—1 . His colleague of Foreign Affairs , Gomez de Castro ; 2 . Pimentel Freire ; 3 . F . Caldeira Pinto Leitao ; 4 . Don Carlos de Mascarenhas ( Commander of the Municipal Guard and brother to the Marquis de Fronteira ); 5 . Don Manuel de Portugal ; 6 . Baron da Vargem ; and 7 . Count Sabugal . The Cortes will be opened by commission , the Queen being too far advanced in her pregnancy to be able to attend on the occasion . The young royal cub ia daily expected .

      GREECE . Athens , Dec . 22 . —The do-nothing legislature is yet in statu quo . The President has not yet been elected . From every province the most deplorable accounts continue to be received of offences against life and property , and of tiie shameful neglect and apathy of the public authorities . At Missolongbi the inhabitants cannot venture beyond the walls of their town , except in armed bodies numerous enough to check the audacity of the brigands that are constantly prowliug in the neighbourhood . In the Gulf of Corinth it is unsafe for vessels to navigate , unless well armed . Not many days ago an Ionian parauga ,

      from Patras , having 2 , 000 dollars on board belonging to a Mr . lngato , a British merchant of that town , being obliged by stress of -weather to put into the port of Galaxidi , was assailed in the night time by a party from the shore , and with difficulty beat off the brigands , after a short fight , in which three of the crew were wounded—one of them sev .. rely . Notwithstanding several shots were cxchaiir ^ d , no one from the shore came to their assistance : and , although on the next morning they were able -o identify oneofthfc roLbers , who actually belonged to the town-guard , the magistrates would not arrest him .

      UNITED STATESSpeech of President Pom , —By the fast sailing American ship General Parkhill , Captain M'Kown , we have several days' later dates from Gharlestown than those previously received . She left tho Bar on the 16 thult . Speech op Jamcs K . Polk . —The Nashville Union of the 30 th ult . gives the followiue report of a speech delivered by the President elect , Col ; Polk , on the previous day , on the occasion of his reception at Nashville ' . ' In reply to an address from Mr . Nicholson , he rose and replied aa followi : — " I return to you , sir -

      Untitled Article

      and to ; my fellow citizens , whose organ you are , my unfeigned thanks for this manifestation , of the popular . regavd and confidence , and for the congratulations which you have been pleased to express to me , upon the termination and result of the late political contest . Lam * fully sensible that these congratulations are not , and cannot be , personal to myself . It is the eminent success of our common principles which lias spread such general joy over the land . The political struggle through which the country has just passed has-been deeply exciting .: Extraordinary causes have existed to make it so . It has terminated—it is now oyer-r-and I sincerely hope and believe , has been decided by the sober and settled judgment of the American people , In exchancine mutual congratulations

      with each other upon the result of the late election , the Democratic party should remember , in calmly reviewing ^ the contest , that the portion of fellow citizens who have differed with us in opinion have equal rights with ourselves ; that minorities as well at majorities are entitled to the full . and free exercise of their opinions " and judgments ' ; and that the ' rights of all , whether of minorities or majorities , as such ' are entitled to . equal respect and regard . In rejoicing , therefore ! oyer" the success of the Democratic party , and _ of their principles , in the late election ; it should beiin no spirit of exultation over the defeat of our opponents ; , but it should , be because , as we honestly believe , our principles and policy are better calculated

      than theirs to' promote the true interests of the country . In the position in which I have beeiv placed , i bythe ; vokintaryand unsouglit suffragesof my fellow citizens , 'it will become my duty , an it will be niy pleasure , faithfully and truly to represent , in tH ' c executive department of the Government , the principles and policy of the great party of the country who-have elevated me to it ; but , at the same time , it is proper that I should declare that I shall not regard myself as the representative of a party onl y , but of the whole people ' of the United States ; and I trust that the future policy of the Government may be such as to secure the happiness and prosperity of all , without distinction of party . " .

      Occupation of the Oregon Territory—Abolition-. Riois . —Liverpool , Jan 8 . —We have received tliis afternoon , by the New-York packet ship ; St . Patrick , Captain Seymour , ' papers from that city to the ICth Dec . inclusive . The chief feature of the intelligence in the papers is the introduction into the Hoiisc of Representatives of a bill for the extension of the jurisdiction of the United States over the territory of the Oregon . Its reception was not accomplished without a division upon the motion to suspend the rules , the , result of which was—ayes , 129 , noes , 53 ; being a majority of seventy-six in its favour . The bill was subsequently read a first and second time ; and- ' referred to the . Committee on Territories . It is evident , therefore , that the measure

      will receive the final sanction of the House ; The reception it will encounter in the Senate will probably be' of an entirely opposite nature . The bnl "introduced by Mr . Duncan , to establish a uniform day for the appointment of presidenta ! electors , had passed the House of Representatives . The arrival brings , accounts of a dreadful conflict r between a party of Kentucky shareholders arid Ohio Abolitionists . It appcare that negro slaves from . Kentucky are constantly passing to Canada ; through the State of Ohio , facilities" for such ¦ escapes , it is said by some being established ' ' throughout the latter State b y the Abolitionists . On the 9 th ult . a party of- " negro hunters" ' from Kentucky , hearing ; that runaway slaves were secreted in the houses of

      Robert Miller and Absalom King , two Abolitionists , residing in Brown ' s County , Ohio , near the town of Georgetown , proceeded to the residence of the former and discovered two of the slaves , who attempted to escape ; and while Miller was in the act of aiding their escape he was knocked 'ddwn' and stabbed repeatedly by the incensed Kentuckians . He lingered but a few moments and died . The two slaves were then bound , when they proceeded to the house of King , where they were niet by four or five armed men , who ' declared their determination to resist any search of the house , Both parties being Veil armed , a most horrible conflict ensued . A son of Colonel Towers was killed immediately . , King , while : reloading some of the fire-arms in the house , was shot

      by some one through the window in the back part of the house , and was not expected to survive . , The sheriff and his posse arrived and checked the riot , and the ringleaders of each party were / . , arrested . But another band of Kentuckians soon arrived and commenced another scene of bloodshed . One of the slaves was hung without ceremony for resisting a brother of Colonel Towers , who had captured him . The houses ' of Miller arid King were bnmt to the ground , with aU their contents . They then went to the house of Mr . Alexander Gilliland , tore him away from Ids family , and beat him until his life was despaired of , The latest accounts add that tiie Kentuckians were increasing in numbers , and the whole neighbourhood was up in aims . The sheriff was exerting himself to suppress the riot .

      WEST INDIA MAIL . —NEWS FROM MEXICO . . Southampton , Sunday . — The Royal Mail Company ' s Bteam-ship Forth , Lieut . Chapman , commander , arrived this morning at half-past nine o ' clock , from the West Indies , bringing the usual mails . The Forth brings intelligence from Mexico to the 1 st of December . It confirms that previously sent by way of New York , and published in the-papers of that city . We have now additional particulars , - ' ¦ although the revolution had not taken any particular tone . General Paredcs had taken up his quarters at i Largos . He is described as about fifty years of age ,: of determined , valour , and very popular in all parts of the country , notwithstanding it is generally admitted he it not likely to hold the reins of government for a long-period . ' He has already lowered 4 he import and export duties to fifty per cent ., in those states on the western coast which have pronounced in his favour . He lias also taken oft' -the contributions

      tor the impending war with Texas—a measure that had given great satisfaction . . General-Pa-redes ' army consists of : about 2 , 500 men , only 1 , 000-of which are old soldiers , -the rest being raw , recruits , many of whom enlisted as volunteers . He has only five pieces of cannon , and those are of small calibre .-, Santa Anna ' s troops , onthe contrary , consist of about 10 , 000 men , principally infantry , and a small proportion of cavalry , . and 30 pieces of ordnance . It is , however , much doubted , whether the . troops wm ; , remain firm to him , especially on going into action , although , he had taken the precaution of making them swear allegiance . Otherwise , with this oyei-vyheliuing force , it is likely that Santa Anna , will succeed in defeating General

      Paredes . He marched with his trdops . towards Largos just before the Forth sailed , and the report prevalent there was that ( ien . cral Paredes , hearing of his approach , had made a . retrograde movement . . It was merely a report , and no positive dependence can be placed on it . The state of Guauaxuato had not declared for either party . It ia a very important one , in comparison to the others ; and the fate of Santa Anna will much depend upon its declaration foi ' oi '_ against the revolution . It is stated on good authority that Santa Anna can place no great faith in either his soldiers or officers . Some of the latter , during the march towards Largos , had spoken freely , and much more so than : was agreeable to bis ears . . He had ¦ them immediately put under arrest , to the number of eleven ; and afterwards shot with very little ceremony . There was a slight commotion , or rather outbreak , at Vera Cruz , a few days previously to the departure of *

      the Forth , but theCommandant-General , Quixano , took energetic and immediate ' steps to suppress it . Otherwise the place \ viis quiet , aud so was Tampico . This revolution may be considered as the most popular that has ever broken out in Mexico . The whole country , to a voice , is in favour of it , and in case of failure on the part of Santa Anna , in his attack on General Paredes , an important change will take place . Santa Anna is admitted to be a clever man ; but his character is so well known , that he is detested by the whole nation . General Paredes is known to be a brave soldier , honest , and likely to be of immense benefit to his country , in case of success ; but there is a Lucas Aleman , in Mexico , the people wish to see President , and it is not at all iiiipi'obable that , should the revolution succeed , he > vi !! ic elected . It is understood that General Paredes has no great wish for the honour , his object being , in this movement , to place his country on a better footing .

      LATER FROM MEXICO . Progress op the Revolution . —( From the New York Sun , December lQth , 1844 . )—Interesting and Lmfomani Isteiliobnoe . —The rumours of further revolts against the present Government ,, to which we alluded on Saturday , " arc . fully confirmed . By the southern mail of Saturday afternoon , we received letters and papers from Vera Cruz , of date 21 st ult ., being one day later . We give our correspondent ' s letter , viz .: —Vera Cruz , Nov . 21 st . 1844 : —Since

      mine of vesterday morning , we have received the most astounding intelligence ^ more than confirming the reports from the interior then detailed . Couriers were arriving here yesterday evening and last ' night ; announcing revolt after revolt . Seven departments or states have declared against Santa Anna , and he is reported to have taken flight for this city , on his way to the Island of Cuba , where he will probably seek a temporary asylum . I am abt without hope ' that we may be able no \ y to restore the constitution of 1824 ; bverthrowmg the present union 'of Churcliahd State

      Untitled Article

      ( which is sucking our life blood ) , and obtain a Government more like that under which you of the north repose in happiness and peace ; God grant that we may be successful . The states now againet Santa Anna , are : —Guanaxuata , Xalisco ( or Guadalaxara ) , San Louis Potosi , Zacetecas , Durango , Queretaro , and Mechoacan , being the seven principal states of Central Mexico . The states of Mexico and Vera Cruz , garrisoned as they are by Santa Anna ' s favourite troops ( whom he has paid well , and taken good care of , each soldier being provided with a mistress ) , have declared against the , revolution . We have yet to hear from the south , north , and northwest . With valiant and patriotic Yucatan , Tobasco , and Chiapas in the south : Chihuahua , Sonora , aud Sinaloa , New

      Mexico , Santa Fe , and Calliforniagin the north and northwest , the revolution will be complete . I do not think there is a doubtful state . among them . While on his way to Xalisco , to put down Paredes , intending to march through the city of Mexico , Santa Anna received the accounts from the interior , and with it the report that the army of the Revolution numbered thirty thousand men . This intelligence , with signs of discontent greeting him in every direction , probably caused Ms retreat . ' The Committee of Investigation in Congress , to which was referred the charge against him for , embezzling five millions of dollars from the public treasury , have not yet reported . In

      anticipation of that report , he had resolved upon testing the strength of his opponents , discharging Gen . Arista from the command of the northern division of" the army , threatening Paredes with a court martial , and courting their opposition with the hope of gaining new laurels in a war of extermination against all who opposed him . Returning to Mexico as a conqueror , lie expected to bo able to bring Congress into his views . Should the fates be against him , he will retire to Spain , or perhaps to England , where he lias invested five or six millions of dollars , upon which he can live comfortably for the rest of his days .

      Tub' New Orleans Jeffersonian says : "A private letter received in this city by the schooner Water Witch , statcg that it is the general opinion in that city , that Santa Anna ' s administration was about to be overthrown . More than thirty thousand of the citizens were under arms , and the gates of the city would be closed against him in case lie should seek refuge there in his failing fortune . " Massacres by' the Indians . —Our papers . from the interior by this arrival ( schooner . Water Witch at New Orleans 5 th hist , from Vera Cruz ) are several days later . We have full files and letters from Mexico , Oavaca , Zacetacas , San Louis Potosi , Santa Anna , Menterey , Durango , Sonora , Tobasco , Chiapas , and other places in the interior . Alliances between

      the several Indian . tribes and the government of Tcxiis , are producing resnlts gwliich will make the Mexicans deplore their last attempt to invade Texas . The Litter has fqundrf&pwerful allies in the formidable Indian tribes inhalRing themountains and deserts of Mexico . Many of the tribes are said to be under the command of white officers , and display all the skill of European warfare . In Chihuahua , on the loth of October , a band of the Cnrmmoho Indiana , to the number of about 500 , made , an attack on the town , and after carrying off considerable booty , retired . These Indians were all well aimed and mounted on horses . Natives from the department of Tamaulipas , states that a large body of Indians had commenced their attacks . Letters from Mier . also give

      accounts of attacks of the Indians in that neighbourhood . A body of men , eighty-three in number , went but to meet the Indians , but being driven ba , ck , they retired to a house for safety . This the Indians immediately surrounded and' set fire to , and then as fast as the Mexicans came out , killed them . About fifty were burned to death , and the rest within lolled , or very badly wounded . The editor of El Gejen , from which we take the above , says : —It is believed , and with good reason too , from the new system with which these Indians fight and manoeuvre , that they are accompanied by some Texians . At Guadalaxara the store of a Mexican , named Lana , was broken into and twenty-one thousand ; dollars in specie , and bars of silver and gold , taken off by the Indians . Accounts from Linares state that an attack was also made in that neighbourhood . The Gaceta del Gobierho says :

      —These Indians were never known to act with so much decision before , and it is belieued they are accompanied either with Mexican rebels , or Texians . The city of Victoria , in the department of Durango , lias been attacked by large bands'of Indians from the neighbouring mountains . At the approach of the Indians , who were upwards of , 3 , 000 in number , parts of the inhabitants fled to the prison , others to the . larger buildings , while upwards of five hundred women and children ,. unable to escape , were killed in cold blood . A lar ^ e number were also wounded . The Indians , after pillaging the city , and currying off all the horses and mules , retired to the Cordilleras . These are only a few of the Indian massacres perpetrated between : the 10 th of October and 5 th of November . Over a thousand persons are believed to have been murdered , burned , or scalped between the dates named .

      NEW ZEALAND . ( Extract from a letter dated Auckland , Jutie 27 , 1844 . ) Our manner of life here is much the same as that described in . theback-woods of America , simple and independent , except that , being near a seaport , we have perhaps more comforts , in this mild climate we have but-iew wants ; we feel neither the extreme of heat nor cold ; in . this part of New Zealand the tlievm ' omotev in the shade seldom vises higher than 75 degrees , and snow never falls . The house in which we now . are is a vegetable production ; the framework of wood , covered with a kind of rush , Which is very plentiful ; the whole is constructed without a nail ( except the doors ) , being tied together with the native flax ; here they are very comfortable ,

      although in England you would not much like them . The general features of the country are stern and mountainous , with an abundance of rivers , creeks , and lakes ; volcanic action is everywhere visible ; in tliis . neighbourhood tliere are about thirty extinct volcanoes ,-which gave a sombre character to all the views . Towards the middle of the island there are several in activity . Springs appear to be abundant , as well as-minerals' of various descriptions . Slight earthquakes are said to be common . Although the climatejis wet and windy , especially in winter , we have a far greater proportion of sunshine than In England ; it appears to be on this account that many of the English fruits do not ; appear to flourish here . Society in these colonies

      is very . different from that in England . Of the gentler , fairer part of the creation , I cannot say much ; as , in sooth , I have not mixed much in their society ; suffice it to say , that for the most part they are not pretty . The progress of a young colony presents an interesting spectacle . To the first emigrants affairs wear a dreary aspect ; no house to receive them after a long voyage ; no shelter but a tent ; no bed but the ground , or plenty of green fern , whieh is ho bad substitute . TJieygettowork , and affairs rapidly change : every day adds to the comforts ; every acre of land reclaimed from nature adds to the wealth of the colony ; houses appear to spring up by magic . We sometimes see comfortable small weather-board houses where a fortnight previously the fern grew uncleared ;

      The New Zealandevs ave an interesting race . They are , I think , on an average , a little taller than our own countrymen '; some of the men have good features , but the women are almost universally ugly . The general dress of both sexes is the blanket ; one tied round the middle , and-another flung loosely over the shoulders as a cloak . They assume European dresses whenever they can get them ; . and as they are fond of gaudy colours , they often cut a funny ligure . Tliere is a remarkable difference between the chiefs and the common people ; this has beennoticed by different navigator to be the case in nearly all the isles of the Pacific : they are all generally taller , their forms of a finer mould , their features aquiline , and their foreheads broad . The

      features of the common sort are very different—the nose rather short , the lips inclining to be thick , and they are generally destitute of that intellectual expression which the chiefs possess . In intellectual powers these people are inferior to none . The children are very precocious . The natives in general , especially the young men , are noisy and boisterous , fond of fun , " and . particularly , of jokes ; it is this that has given them the name of the Irishmen of the South , although they will beat most Irishmen in driving a bargain ; in their dealings they ave Jews . The natives arc , in their own way , pretty industrious , but they , do not like work for a , length of time . Some bl' them I have , heard express their surprise at tbe Europeans being always at work . The labour of

      three montha in the year in their India-corn plantations and ' ' potatoes-is- ' sufficient to provide them with the"absolute requisites of life ; and most of them do not . see much good in spending the other nine inj hard ' work . ' They are all extremelv fond of money ,, " and ' many are ambitious to obtain European comforts , aud > : to assume European manners . , Their old mode of salutation—namely , rubbing noses , is fast falling into disuse , and has given place to-the shake of the hand and the formal bow . Consumption is a dreadful scourge among them . Tlip natives wiU , I think , advance rapidly in civilization ; i arid I hope England will at last awake to the sense of . that injustice towards the Aborigines which has sta the records of other colonies .

      Untitled Article

      SHIPPING . mTELLIGENCJ . ;; MOBE DREADFUL Smr ' . VRECKS . — , Ll . Oyi ) S . FhIBAT Night ' . —During the galesfromth ' e NiE . j in the latter part of Jast week ,. a schooner ,-belonging to Guernsey , ; named tlm . Erin , W .. Sharp , was thrown on the ^ French , coast , inc ' ar . Cherbourg ,-and within , eight hours' after became ' a ' tbtal loss . The crew ^^ toolt toth ' eMat , ; whichjV capsized , and every one of the unfortunate men found ' a ' watery grave . She was coal laden , \ and'Was '; at the ' time on her way to' 'Guernsey , - from "South ' - Shields . " Another coasting vessel , called tliefIsabella , Elliot , master , from Berwick , laden ^ with pigjioi ) , waa % 4 ¦ ¦ ¦

      tlltClllj 111 \« Vl \ vVL C 4 U Ul&w 'WAIVBKIAIVV W& f ~ W * v ^^^ ^ w , mw ' Harbour , on Tuesday morning last •" crowi ' saved .. " . At ; Flambbrough Head , on Sunday night , a colder brig ,, named the Harmony , belonging to . Suhdei'land . j . on :. her passage to Lohdorij got on shore , and . shortly became a total wreck . The . crew saved b y the boats . The sloop Hope , from Duridce : to : Eden , laden : \ with grain ; and the' brig Craigie , of Bridgcwater , were wrecked—the latter by getting on to the sands at the entrance of . the Humber ; and the former driving ashore at Elbow Point , near the mouth of the , river Tay . During the week , a' foreign vessel is supposed to have foundered off the north coast of Scotland , and that its hapless crew found a ! grave in the deep . Part of her stern has been washed ashore at' Raitary-tiea 4 .

      The name ol " Dm J \ ingc Gustai" is gilded on the stern , which is supposed to be her name ! Another vessel has foundered off Coultcrsay , with all hands . The-accounts received from Quebec aud Boston , as regards the shipping interest , are of a most deplorable nature . Two . vessels , one the schooner Charlottc , of Prince Edward ' s Island , bound to Quebec ; and the other , the Marguerite , have been both lost at Pabin . The crews were saved ; but another crew , belonging to a sailing-vessel , in attempting to render them assistance , were . -drowned . The British brig Majesty , ' of St . Andrew ' s , was wrecked , during the ' storm on the Gtli of October last , on the south side of the Cuba Islands . The crew , after suffering the most dreadful privations , ultimately reached Belise Bay in safety . ' The schooner Eagle , of Boston ; the British barque :

      Archibald , of Boston ; - and another sliip from St . John ' s , Newfoundland , . have been all totally wrecked , and their crews , amounting to thirty persons in all , drowned . The brig Cambridge , Captain Parker , was lost soon after . her departure from Halifax to England . She left the former on the 24 th of November , when , on the 27 th , she was forced ashore at a place called Digby ' s Gat , where she speedily broke up . Five of the crew were drowned , and two others , who managed' to reach the shore , were frozen to death . The remainder were saved in the boats . A similar fate was met with b >; another English vessel , the Clara and Emma , while on her passage from Laguyra to Cork . In lat . 33 , 32 , long : 58 , 49 , she became water-logged for eighteen days ; Jier crew subsisted entirely on cocoa-nuts , for which thev had to dive into the ship's hold . When taken off by an American vessel , the poor creatures were all but dead . ( The Overland Mail brings over letters , stating the shipwreck of four fiuo English ships , the Ceylon , Cornwall , Mary Ann , and the Brilliant .

      Lloyd ' s , Saturday . — The Governor Havcourt , from Honduras to Sundcrland , was off Aldborough yesterday ( Friday ) leaky , having struck on the Barnard Sand . The Cybele , Yates , of Scarborough , from Newcastle , got in contact this morning , off the Eort , with a light schooner ; she is much damaged , ut proceeded with extra hands . A brig ashore in Hasborough Sand was passed on Thursday night'by ilie Messenger , fi-om Invcrkeithing- to Marseilles . The ship Blyth , Terry , from Whitby to Stockton , went ashore three miles to the northward of Whitby on Thursday afternoon , and is expected to become a wreck . ;

      DnEADFUL Disaster at Sea . —Immense Loss op Siiirrau . —MAnsEiLLES , Deo . 28 . —Wo continue to receive from all quarters the most dreadful accounts of the disasters committed by the late storms . It appears certain that no less than eighty vessels were jost in t . Jlft TCInnlr . Ron ., t . lm otvuitai * turi'Mnn .. nf t . linm insured in France . The following is anrcxtract of a letter written by a mercantile house at Tagavog : — " I am sony to have to inform you that six English vessels , laden and ready to sail , were , in the late gale , wrecked and completely broken up by the ice . I could only learn the names pf four of them—viz ., the Elizabeth , Ann , Metcalf , and British Queen . It was expected that the cargoes of the two last would be saved . " Nine vessels , principally Grecian , were lost near to Niadre .

      Collisions off Plymouth . —In consequence of the prevalence of the late easterly wind a great number of merchant shippingliave taken shelter in Plymouth Sound . On Friday , the 3 rd Lost ., the wind having veered towards the south , most of these vessels left the port , and the , Sound was occupied only by Russian , Prussian , and other ships bound to northern ports , which continue frozen . On Saturday the schooner True Blue , of Bristol , Laurence , master , from Newport , with coal , for Rouen , returned to Plymouth , ! having been in contact with the brig William Wilberfbrcc , of Hfracombc ,. Iluxtable master , from Newport , with coal , for Southampton . The schooner was struck amidships , her bulwarks and stanchions cavricdjaway , and as she appeared to be going down , her captain and crew j umped aboard the brig , leaving one hand asleep in the forecastle . Finding , however , that the True Blue did not sink , they rejoined her , and first ascertaininc : there was no water in tlio

      cabin , tried her pumps , which proved dry , they again took charge . By ' this time the brig had made sail to proceed on her voyage ^ and Captain Laurence was obliged to pull sixniilesin Hyde ' s pilot boat before lie could ascertain liis name and other particulars . The same day the schooner Sophia , of London , Captain Bock , from the Mediterranean , with sulphur , bound to London , was brought in b y a Brixliam pilot smack ,: having been in collision with tbe brig Pandora , Captain Cunningliam , from Cardiff , with iron , for Lynn . In this case the brig ' s bow first caught the cud * of the schooner ' s main , boom , and snapping the spar in pieces , struck and damaged her taffrail ana Larboard quarter . Captain Cock , his mate , and boy , thinldngthe schooner would go 'down , Icft three hands in the forecastle , and took refuge on board the Pandora , which vessel returned to Plyroonth rfiortly after the Sophia was brought in . Providentially there were no lives lost in either of these collisions .

      Shipwreck and Loss op Three Lives . —During the snow-storm on Wednesday night ., at ten r . m ., the fine ship Massasoit ( of Plymouth ) , Capt . Barry , from Calcutta , with a valuable cargo of India goods , in attempting to enter Boston harbour , struck on Point Alderton Bar , near Boston light , and became a wreck , the sea breaking over her . Soon after she struck , three goamon attempted to swim on shove ; but two were drowned , and the other reached the shore with great difficulty . The next morning the remainder of those on board were saved by the life-boat , arith the exception of Air . Stephen C . Holbrook , a passenger who was sick , and who , despite all efforts to save him , was unhappily drowned . —New York Sun , Dec . 16 th .

      Untitled Article

      grant our full demand . I conclude , as a matter of course , that the Chartists would not only select good and trustworthy politicians , but that they would also choose the very best speakers : for , in the first instance , honest dummia , who would give honestvotes , would be ^ comparatively of ilittlc value . What we want firstis good , sound , bold , impudent , self-relying ' healthy , robust orators : men who can speak to the point , and against time , as occasion requires . I had intendedto have furnished the Chartist body

      with a compendium of the laws relating to registration—but the subject requires a great . deal of reading ; and since I attended the meeting at Marylebone , I have been a close prisoner , labouring under imflammation in one of my eyes , and unable to read . I trust , however , that I have said ' enough , in addition to what Mr . Duneombe has said much better , to rouse the unrepresented to a sense of that duty which will remain unperformed if not performed by themselves . I am , your faithful servant , Fearous O'Coxxok .

      Untitled Article

      TO TIIE FUSTIAN JACKETS , BLISTERED HANDS , AND UNSHORN CHINS . My Deak Friends , —I have been a close prisoner for now nearly a month , suffering from inflammation in one of my eyes ; and , what is worse , from the inability to take exercise . However , I have not been idle ; for the leisure has enabled me to devote more time to my reply to the tract of Messrs . Chambers ; while the reflection that if I had been a working man I should have been unable to earn my bread , has brought the mournful situation of the invalided operative more sensitively before me . I have now completed the Dialogue . I trust you will find it not the less instructive , if you think it amusing . The only difference that you will perceive between the published work and the advertisement of last week announcing its appearance , is , that it contains fifty-six pages

      instead of forty-eight ; and anxious that every working man should pr eserve it entire and unsoilcd , I have ordered it to be covered with a stout wrapper : so that I think each purchaser will have the value of his fourpence . The Dialogue having run to a greater length than I had originally intended , the conclusion would occupy too much space in this week ' s St * r , therefore I am obliged to divide it into two parts . The conclusion shall appear in next Saturday's Star . I cannot , while on the subject , refrain from publishing the following admirable letter , which appeared in the Glasgow Examiner of the 28 th of December . It bears fully , and very cleverly , on the subject of the Dialogue ; while it has the further advantage of coming from a working man . I remain , your faithful servant , Feahgbs 0 'Consor .

      TRADES UNIONS . To tiie Editor of the Glasgow Examiner . Sib , —The public mind being greatly excited at the present time -with Trades Unions , I have a desire to express , through the medium of your valuable paper , the views which I hold on the subject , in " order that the trades may arrive at a knowledge of the least objectionable sjstem of protecting labour . Ic must be apparent to all thinking men , that unless the wiiole trades of Great Britain form themselves into a great national union for the protection of labour , the condition of the working classes will daily become worse .

      we see the masters bandied together for the protection of capital—every body of speculators are united for their respective interests , -while labour alone is unprotected , and will 1 > e until such , time as the toiling masses do their own work . We see , through the medium of the public press , that all parties are preparing for the next session of Parliament . The bankers , the cotton lords , the sugar lords , the tea merchants , and malt manufacturers , are all at work for themselves , while the working classes seem to have no interest to protect , as they stand still in an isolated state , or , what is just as bad , only united in sections or isolated trades .

      The experience of the past proves to a demonstration that no isolated trade has yet been able to protect itself from the encroachments of capital on their rights . The history of Trades Unions has been a continued . struggle between capital and labour , and in nine cases out of ten capital has been triumphant . Let us only take a glance at the results from the various Etrikcs which have taken plncc in all the great manufacturing districts . What benefit did the Cotton-spinners derive -from the great strike s . few weeks back ? Although out for about nine months , labourers were obliged to yield to the superior power of capital . Similar results flowed from the Enguiecrs ' eight-months'strike , although £ 8 , 000 was expended ; aud only last summer 30 , 000 Goal Miners , with an association of nearly 100 , 000 strong ' at their back , were compelled also to bow to capital .

      True , certain trades have been successful for a time . WJien there was an extra demand for labour , employers have been compelled to concede 5 or 10 per cent , of aa advance ; but as soon as a depression in business came upon them , then 25 or 30 per cent , of a reduction was the consequence . Xow , sir , it is agreed that there is a cause for everything , and , of course , there must be one for this also ; and the query is , what is it that enables capital to control labour ? In my opinion the power which the employers possess is the result of a -variety of causes , of which the following are the principal : —

      1 st . The employer has political power , while the labourer has none . 2 d . They have the capital of the ceuntry iu their hands —the labourer wants it . 3 d . The employers are united , the labourers isolated . Certain parties deny that the capitalist derives any power over labour through political power being in their hands . But I would just ask , would the Dorchester labourers or the Glasgow cotton-spinners have been transported , if the employed had equal political power with the employer % Or would the hundred of thousands who petitioned the legislature last summer for a reduction in the hours of labour in factories have been disregarded , while the petitions of the employers were attended to , if

      those who compose the legislature had to appear before the -working men at au election to solicit their votes No , sir . Would they treat labour as they have done ? Through the political power of the country being in the hands of the higher and middle classcs^—who of course are the employers—it gives them a power which no party , whether employer or employed , ought to possass ; through it they become the judges in our courts of law , and in the highest courts compose the jury ; so that if disputes arise which must be settled by law , labour stands the crouching slave to capital . With regard to capital conferring a power in the employer to control labour , there can be no doubt in the mind of any man . Whenever a strike takes place in any particular trade , the stock in the hand

      of the employer becomes enhanced in value ; the supply being stopped , the amount of that commodity decreases , and of course tbe price increases . For example , the coal-miners in England struck work ; immediately the price of coal iths doubled in the Loudoix market ; by the time the stock was sold off the men were hungered out , having nothing to fall back upon j and consequently the labourer was the loser , while the employer was a gainer , having three times the amount of profit when the men were idle that they had while they were at v , ork . If the men applied for parochial aid , the matter was the poorlaw guardian 5 and if they went to beg , they were seized on by the police , and brought before the master in the shape of a magistrate . That the employer derives a

      power from heing united , we have a good example in the late struggle between Mr . King , of Glasgow , and his hand-loom weavers . When his men struck for an advance of wages , the other employers in the same line of business turned out all their men in order to stop the supplies ; the consequence of which was , that King's men were obliged to yield . This , sir , I consider sufficient to prove that the power of capital is supreme , so long as the various trades are in an isolated state—with .-out capital and legislative pewer . Another query arises —is there no remedy ? Xow , sir , I am fully of opinion that tliere is yet much in the power of the working

      classes to ameliorate their own condition . In order to secure protection for labour , or a fair day ' s wage for a fcir day ' 6 work , the labourers must have an equal share Of the political power of the country with the other classes of the community . Secondly , they must be united in a national capacity , not as at present , in single trades ; the whole trades of ' great Britain must be consolidated , and they must be in the possession of capital . The working classes have the means at their command ; if they make union , energy , and determination their motto , they are sure to be crowned with success . Yours respectfully , A Wobking Mam .

      Untitled Article

      TO THE RECHABITES . London , 4 tb Dec . 18 M . Gextlemes , —I have much pleasure in publishing for your information the Mowing correspondence , whieh appeared in the Glasgow Examiner of the , 28 th of last month , relative to the legality of your Society , and the senseless attack made by Mr . O'Connell on our body . The subjoined letter of Mr . John Tidd

      To'.The Unrepresented! " ~° _ B ¦ - -- — ^ 1 ^^^ ^^A^N^Fetf* W B4 04

      TO ' . THE UNREPRESENTED ! " ~ ° _ B ¦ - -- — ^ 1 ^^^ ^^ A ^ n ^ fetf * W B 4 04

      #Mttq;K Tixhetiiepnce.

      # MTtQ ; K tixHetiiepnce .

      Untitled Article

      DllEADFUL DISASTERS IN AMERICA . The Second Editionof the . New York Sun , of Dec . 7 th , contains the following : — Atyfol Conflagration add Loss of Life . —Tke large and splendid bridge at Hamsburgh , Penn , caught fire in the centre on Wednesday , the 4 th inst . from the sparks of a locomotive , and burned with great rapidity . Soon the great central arch , which-was elevated about forty feet above the river , gave way and fell . The fire extended to the western shore , and consumed all before it , the toll-housos and tavern stand being saved , but the smaller buildings were destroyed . The arches east of the fire continued to burn rapidly , one falling eveiy ten minutes , and giving way at the fifth pier . Instead of breaking off , as was anticipated , at the middle , where its was weakened , it broke short off at the fourth pier , and the whole span , with some fifty men and boys upon it , was-precipitated into the river . The

      breaking off of the bridge in this way had the effect . of arresting the conflagration , as it was severed about fifty feet a head of the flames . The beautiful structure , which cost 58 , 000 dollars to erect , was destroyed in a few hours , leaving only the naked piers . The entire superstructure , except three' or four spans on the llamsburgh side , is totally destroyed . The loss to the company cannot be short of sixty or seventy thousand dollars . The most deplorable part of the disaster is the loss of life and personal injury inflicted by the fall of the span . Killed : Mr , Jousling , a cordwainer : a young man named Shoemaker ; a young man named Dumas ; a young man from Mcchanisburg , Cumberland county , name unknown . Several persons , residents of the borough , arc-known to be drowned , but their bodies have not yet been recovered . Others have had their backs broken , and legs and arms crushed . Not less than fifty were killed and wounded .

      Dreadful Tragedy . —Two murders and one Suicide . —The Baton ( Ohio ) Register-of the 2 Gth ult . relates the following most terrible tragedy . Mr . Elam Stevenson , a respectable fawuorof Duke county , residing about nine miles north of Greenville , Ohio , was murdered whilst asleep , with one member of ha family , on Friday last . De retired to bed as usual , in peace and quiet , with his wife and children . At a late hoiir of the night , as supposed , when the husband and children had fallen asleep , the wife arose , and haying adjusted her clothing , sallied tortn , procured an axe , and returning with the same , stealthily approached the bed of her "sleeping companion , and raising the deadly weapon sunk it deep into his skull ;; -cut-and-mangled him horribly ^ causing immediate death . She then went to the bed of the slumbering children—a small boy and o-irl—and renewed her work of destruction . The hciuf of the little boy was- almost severed from

      his body—supposed to haye been done with : a razor ; the little girl- was severely though not mortally wounded . The wife—now supposing ' ., she h ' a'd ' aj ^' stroyed the whole of the fanuly-ileft . ' the housia .,: Having gone a short distance from tiie dwelling , ,. with ci fondle in hand , she attached tie rein of it to a young sapling , and there put an end to her owiusj * - ^ -- ^ . istencc ' , by strangulation . " The ' axe arid raw w ^^ j V ^ found near her remains ; The 'children , it ^ pJpa >^^ SJ 3 were Mr . Stevenson ' s by a former wife . ' " ^ 'K § ££ v ^ . jj . WlH ^ g ! k wjgm \ ns 33

      Untitled Article

      YQJL YIIL NO . 374 LONDON , SATURMY , JANUARY 11 1845 "" " ?**« .. ?™™«» « , " .-..,.. ? * y :- * ¦ " ¦ & ' 1 G ^ ° ' ffirc Shillings * aiid , S « i » c « c « pci- «{ nailer

      Untitled Article

      ! M ) nItoonm , ; mmm ¦ ¦ jotoal

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1297/page/1/