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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. ,.• ¦ ¦ .*>, SATUBDAY, APRIL 26, 1815. , " ¦ ;
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      - • - - -yjmo ., cioia , price os ., - ' - ' NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION ' OF THE iPOP \ J . ^ IA 11 HISTORY OF FRIESftfRAFT , in'all Ages rind Nations ; , By William HowittV Seventh : Edition , with ' large additioiis . - ••; . ' . ¦> - . ( = i . ,-, , ' ¦ ' ' '' \ London : J . Chapman , 121 , Newgate ^ stree ' t ,

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      yJLr - : " : ¦ : - ; - y :: T ::: ^ " ¦ ' ^ THErCHABTiEK A 2 JD THE M ^ ' i i ApuUlicmeefing ^ held / tf ^^^ ISSESSiSSEs i ^^ g ^ Stere&s of the working elates should be « . r epre-2 &T" 5 f ! h « wLV Parsons and lawyershad tfceir

      Iwtrtwr tsiMDiesenfed because they Helped to make m masks' also helped to make the laws Sir & . PeeTfcas a clever man , as ^ nis inode ofpickiBg . the Sets of the people folly showed Retail pick-^ nokets were taken up and sent to Newgate ,. while iRndesafe pickpocket ( Sir R . Peel ) was called a " . great- financier , " a " clever statesman . " ( Loud cheers . ) All classes appeared to be now seeking for protection ; and it was but right that the working classes should seek protection -with the Test . ( Hear , JearOMr .: Clark concluded by moving , 4 lie first ; resolution , as follows : —

      That Ml the opinion of this meeting , the appointment of aChar ^ isfTlegistratiori and Election Committee , to ensnre' the '' return of Chartist members -of Parliamenitatttie'riext General Election , will tend greatly to promote &V political and social emancipation of the people . * - - - ¦ ¦ - . . i' ' " Sir . Webb , of Stockport , said , he thought the principle' of the resolution of the first importance , as it implied" a manner in -which they could carry Jinto practice the recommendation of Sir . R . Peel , ; Tiz ., "the takin * of their own affairs into their own hands ' . '' ( ifear , hear . ) This was the Krnly' / means of obtaining the Charter , and preventing national robbery . He thought , if London set the example , there would be no doubt of the provinces following Xet the resolution but be carried info practice , ' and Uiey could not fail t o have men in the Commons House of Parliament who really represented the people . ( Cheers . ) ... . ' .

      . . .. , , IMr . Dormas , of Nottingham , thought it-was quite time that the people turned their attention to some practical measure . They had had enoiigbof theory . ( . Hear , near . ) He was pleased to see Ho strong a desire exist" for real representation . ( Hear , liear . ) It did not reflect any credit on the country to see Mr . Duneombe battling in "thatheuse , " almost alone , for their rights . Be was much pleased to think that Nottingham , amidst all her poverty , liad not overlooked Mr . Buncombe ' s great services , but had testified her gratitude by remitting nearly £ 40 to the Testimonial . ( Cheers . ) There was but one course open to the people \ eith any chance of sueeessj that of appointing Registration and Election Committees , which he believed , if attended to , would be crowned with the most triumphant success . ( Lewi shews . ) The resolution was carried unanimously . : - 1

      Mr . Boyle said there was noquestion of hak so much importance , at the present period , as the question of the Land ; and which had been very much neglected until within this last few years . Theland , in its natural state , was the property of aQ mankind ( cheers ) : but they had been deprived of it ; and the great question now was , how should they ' recoyer it ? * Ehe man who stole the merest trifle , risked his liberij-Jn doing so—but menibersof Parliament stole the land—the peoples' means of subsistence—without any risk-whatever ; . ( Cheers . ) \ In reply to the question as to . how they ' should regain the land ? he would say , Jet the present possessors -have- a life interest , and their successors be paid a fair value for their possessions , then to be no more individual , but national property ; let out at a rental to all who desired . He had much pleasure In proposing the second resolution as follows : — - ; .-

      That this meeting is of opinion that the land should be national property , " rented out for the benefit of the whole people , and-not monopolised as at present by an aristocratic few , whVare thereby enabled' to possess themselves of political power , and who rise it for the purpose of enslaving andjdegrading the toiling millions . And they pledge themselves to aid in any legal 'rational design , calculated to restore it to its original and rightful owners , the' people ; and thereby enable them to obtain the means to place-themselves ' in happiness and comfort , ' and ease the labour-market of its present surplus population /

      Mr . 11 'Ghath said , he felt very great pleasure in seconding ilie . resolution , coatauiiiJg as it did the assertion of . the primordial right of the people' to the soil ( Cheers . ) . The , *^ X ^^ ? ? ' ' P ^ J ; " quite awake to the question ; But witness the conduct © f onrvpress in relation totfie lind , " movement of , . America , from the . daily " Tims , down to Hoyd ' s „ . Threepenny , Trash . ( Loud cheers . ) " - "When the Duke * ef Argyle was asked how he became possessed of ; his ; estate , he drew , his sword and threw it down . ( Loud cheers . ) " Some " oTourwise "fedospphers " , contended ttatjthe land could not fuMsk ' sustentation for the people ; but he would fearlessly ;* leave those ; "feen losopken" in the hands of SheriffAlison and Lord Laudetdale , who contended It would support one hundred

      Tnulion ofjeople . So long-as they were governed by . Cl 2 SS made laws , soloing wouldihey , bekept but of our Bgb ^ . tp . thjB soil . " { iSud-cneers . y ' - A . t the . present ¦ &nq . only one in eight ' possessed the elective franchise .:, consequently ifiere were , sev . enat the mercy ofone . \* He rMpnunmended , tha £ the slaves should fcairi themselves iogetber fort the obtaimuent of , their 4 jnsifnghfe .,,. J 3 e- appealedto , . them , ; by the respect they fore themselves * , by their love to their families , | fe cmSe ; jind npitefor [ the Land and the Charter . '( Ixracl cheeip . j . j , . . " : v 7 ' iSxtliSjEspvx , Sorfliampton , also ably , supported the resolution . -.. ¦ :, ,, ¦ .-, ; - '¦; ¦ 2 UtrC . Sairstow , ' -. . Leicester , said theiesolutioii : as-; sertft 3 ' st-gKeat right—a Mght equal to all , without distinction . , of creed , ; caste , or colour . Those who robbed ^ people of , this great right ' committed ; one ofthe m » slatrocious of criaies . - ( Chess . ) r'Yet ; the ^ s ^ o ^ cyiiFeate 43 t& daim- to tlieJJand with the Tnosta ) veriign contempt . IWhy . ? because the people ;; were eroublung slaves . ( Hear , hear . ) It , was , not smprisingt&e aristocracy ; treated . them ttius . They : slept while the mifereiBAnad , been ' busy , with

      their hands m _ thtir poekets ., yTSfas it to . bewbndpred at , that' amid the midnight gloom that prevailed , bnTglaiies sh ' oEld ^ bc committed ? ( Hear , hear . ) SheQ ^ had describedl ^ a-R . Ped as / the .- " fascinating financier- * ' : Av " ell , " ^ t remained -to be seen if even , he could long ^ Keep the . wants , wishes ,, and " deares iffthe ' pBppleWaTjeyanee .. . ( HcMJicar , and cheers . ) Kemem&r PeePs station in society . He is the-repfesentatiyeof ' two millions of wealth , wrung from the ' sweat anS blomlof the industrious . classes ; and Jus recent measure ? only granted ¦ " small concessions " for the purpose of-preventing the . working classes fiimlelau ^ ingtiieir . whole rights . Then prepare for the coming cr ^ isi-notphysically—though they might ^ o as they pleased about that ( l aughter)—but morally The working clasies most work out their , own redemption . The resolution was carried unanimously A rote of thanks was passed by acclamation to the chairman , and the meeting dispersed . ! +

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      '^ - »~~ - ~ ~> ' MANCHESTER . A Public SfEEnsa of the inhabitants of this'town was held in the Carpenters' Hail on the afternoon of Sund&vlast , for the purpose of electing a delegate to the Chartist Convention . - ; The meeting was called bj placaro * , and tiie time amiouneed for the business to commence was two o'cloek , at which tune Mr . Renshaw was unanimously called on to preside . Mr . TVheelcr moved , and Mr .- Shawcross seconded — "That Mr . Philip M'Grath ' is a fit and proper person , and he is hereby appointed to represent Manchester in the / forthcoming Ciuvention about to lie held in London . " On the motion being put from the chair , It was agreed to nan . con . Mr . Edward Clark moved the following— " That in the opinion of this meeting all monies granted ty Government from ike public fimds for the purposes ' of any religious sect or party is contrary to sound ; pohcip ] e , believing it to 'be ^ the oest an d only honest " "way for all sects to lie supported by vdusitsry eoatrinntions by their othi votaries ; and that our delegate'be requested to support these omrviews in'the Convention . " Mr . 3 ) f Donovan , in an able speech ' i seconfled the resolution , which was carried unanimously : GLASGOW . . ' * Snusoi Pboczediscs . — The iiuenis of X B . O'Brien in this city , and they are veiy tew , seem resolved to play their part in the desperste attempt of the disappointed , and now disaffected heroes , ol 1839-40 , to destroy the character and conseqaeutly the influence of that great eye-sore to those who expected iolive npon agitation—Mr . O'Connor . 1 am soitj to find myself prompted by a sense of duty 1 o speak thus of some of those parties ; but no private feelinj ^ -no sense of any former meritorious acts , could justify silence upon such conduct as the publishing of such an atrocious placard as the following : — . " ¦ TREACHERY UNMASKED ! O'Brien on the Currency : O'Connor ' s villainy { and treachery ; his I jetrayal of Frost and others . A lecture will be de-3 iverea on the above subject , in the Chartist Church ,

      Slackmars-street , on Tuesday evening , the : 32 nd Jnst ., at eight . o'clock p . m . —W . C . Pattison , Printer . " . .. Beyond the printer ' s , name there were no means afforded of tracing out the authors of the above malicious effusion . It was whispered by ^ ome parties , in the confidence of a certain individual ; thafcCKBrien was to be there himself . The result of all this mystery was a tolerably good muster on Tuesday evening . At the hour of meeting there was no appearance of O'Brien , nor of any other stranger . "Ultimately the accuser of Mr ; O'Connor made his appearance in the person of : James Walker ,: whose tender regard for , O'Brien appears to have clouded everything ; in . his composition in the shape of disflretion—whose very , friends feel shocked atlfre evett lasting tirade of revolting epithets he is in-tke-habifc ef heaping orooh ifr ^ . CConnor , as often as his name isused . mbis presence . . : As soon as he ascended the OT ! P . ifeBW . jQie pnrpoeeof commencing } fiaffiectxr& , " Mr . Colqnhonn rose and moved that Sir . John ^ ameron should l ) e appointed to " the chair . This ^ LSf ^ S * > ^ - Skerrington . Joseph Kerr aoved m . James Adams . * Walker said the

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      . ~~ e ** 2 s ' - ' ' ' gg = = meeting was " his , ^ \ and- h *^ would isubmit to no chairman . He had called , the . meeting-r-he had » lectnre to deliver—and he . would have no chairman . Asaught easily be expected , ; this declaration created a scene which few . could have braved . Mr . George Bass ,. amidst deafening and repeated cheers , stepped up to the platform and pressed unon Mr . Walker the propriety of allowing the meeting to appoint atihainrian . Mir . Ross receivied the same reply as the others ' . " Mr . Ross'then to . ld Walker that he had nonght ' to tell the audience that the meeting was Aw , inasmuch as iAere we ' re no names upon the bill calllns'the meeting ; consequently Mr . Wallcer had no more ^ ower over the meeting than any other one present . Still Walker was immoyeable . 'j Ultimately MrJColquhoun saidihat'hewaai determinedtoatand

      by bisection . Mr . Walker might retire if he thought proper ; but he hoped the meeting would act sp ^ as to guard against injustice being done to anyone , , Mr . Gamtrou was tnen unanimously , appointed to the chair—Walker threatening toprosecute , and Cameron telling bin that he was quite ready ; to pay the penalty . Walker then spoke for upwards of an hour , going over : tb . emattersindisputebetween Mr . O'Connor and ill . O ' Brien , reading Mr . O'Brien's ;^ hoiisand-and-one complaints against O'Connor ., bub seldom , except when forced , condescending to , read anything from the Star . ^ As to the , currency , he never touched on its merits .. ^ fie closed one of the most extraordinary harangues we ever had the misfortune of liaving inflicted on us , by wading Ashtohfs letter to Mosely . Mi-. Cplquhpunrpse to submit imotion

      that had been advanced by ; Miv Walker , upon which Mr . Walker descended from , the , pulpit , ' and (\ yas in the act of making , his way to the . dopr , jhen a regular row took place between him and some parties in the passage .. We were sorry to pee , this ; but when people'feythemselvesjtdbegrdssly insulted , coolly and deliberately . insulietl , theoffending parties should bear in mind th ^ it all nieu arc not' pMosophers . 'f ^ Order being ' parUy restored , Mr . Sherrington briefly addressea tKe meeting , comitienting in Severe terms on the atrocious nature of the placard calling themeetiiig ' , ' aswell as on the conduct of Walker , Ashtbh ^ and Mr . O'Brien , in publishins what , if thtf , mutit miliiatq against Frost' and his tompatriots ; and \ what , whether true or false , was certain to have that

      tendency . , He ( Mr . . SheiTington ) denied tha ^ there was any proof to establish what had been prefen'ed against Mrl O'Connor . Mi . Walker knew full well tnat it was out of the power of the whole , gang to criminate Air . O'Connor . Mr . 'Walker had promised to give them a"Jecture on the currency ; bnt in his eagerness to slaughter O'Connor , he had forgotten that part of" his subject . Mr . Colquhoun moved the following resolution : —Resolved , '*' That this meeting , having . heard Mi . Walker ' s charges agaihst Mr . O'Connor , deem it their du ^ r tius publicly to declare that they have'heard nothing ' to induce them to withdraw that confidence thej have hitherte reposed in Mrl O'Connor . " The motion was seconded by Mr . Duncan Sherrington . Joseph Kerr

      moved as an amendhient ; " That the debate'be adjourned , " but finding no secdnder , it fell' io the ground . Mr . Adams said he did ; not believe Mr . O'Connor to . bejguilty of what Walker had charged him with , but contended that a desire , eiristed to destroy O'Brien . He was followed fy \ & ; person who did not seem dftayovistft give his n ' aj n ^ 'feutihe chairman insisted on Knowing it , when he ; gave his name as "Frtmr . " Hegave /^ shton and . Mdsefy great credit for patriotism , and denounced . the . attempt of Mr . Hobson to injure the character of Mosely . He spoke in support of Walker . Mr . Cblquhoun , in reply , contended tnat'Mr . Fi-aser ^ in his attack upon ' Messrs . O ' Connor " and Hdbs ' on , had Completely overturned liisownargunie ' nts . ' He then read an ettraetfrom

      the Star , showing that O'Brien does not . n 6 w ; advo-. cate the same views'he did in the Poi > r'lian ' s [(! ym dian . . Messrs . Adarijs , Walker , and Fraser insisted upon speaking again , ' put Mrl . Colquhoun'told them that if they were . alldwjBd ' to ; doso , " h ^ woulil' claim his right to reply to every word they might Advance . The chairman then put the motion , which j / fis c&v ried tihani ^ oiislv , " oij whicht Walker , Adanis , and "Mr . Fraser" abused Mr . ; Colquhoun '' as everything that was base , for having taken advantage bf wliat they had said , and refusing them the opportunity to reply to . his \ " reply . " , Mr . Colguhoun moVetf a vote of thanks tothechairnian , which was . carried by acclamation ; after ; which . the meeting 'qujeitly dispersed , —Parson , Adams , Walker , arid " Fraser" excepted . . . ' ' .. ' ' '

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      / ' THE APPROACHING " PANIC . " : . Let the last word ef the title to this article be carefully looked at I It is one of sad and portentous meaning : ; but the " state of things" for which that word is so painfully expressive , is as Surely approaching as that -we are now committing words ; to paper . The . warning-note has been sounded ! The impending eyilis ; foreseen . ; the threatened danger to existing " prosperityf' is manifest :, and : "high and ; noble lords" late ; deemed it their duty' to put the ' country on its guard ; and prepar ^ it against surpme ; when theclo ^; :, of "depression , "—noyra little off Jin the distance , —shall cover theland . ; ¦ -

      For the last two years commerce , asitis called , has beenin a most" prosperous" stater Ihe ' twp good harvests ; the opening up of the -China . market ; the recovery in Ariimca-from the effects' produced by the fraudulent system ^ of fictitious paper / capital , and from the temporary depressing : effeeta . of the measures taken by Gbnbeai , Andrew' -Jackson , Maetin Van Bdeen , and John Tyi , er to annihilate tiieinferaal "PAPER MONEY MONSTER ; " the

      "difficulties" in Spain / which permitted our merchants to , smuggle in immense quantities of their goods into > a country where , they are " all ,. . b , ut prpiiibited : these things , combined mtn the measures of the " Old-Lady of Threddneedle ^ triet j" have produced a " roaring trade ; " and for the last two years not only has every : wheel ; and every shuttle been in motion , but new mills and new machinery have sprung up on eveiyband ^ . aflfliings indicating ( as far , as the employers were concerned ) a state of great activity and

      projlU - ' - " -- ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - : •• • •¦ - - ¦ ::. ; : ; But with ' this" good trade "there also came the Msj « rf and consiast attendant on all jB&nlc-forccd " prosperity"r-r a , spirit : of -reckless andjundiscriminating speculation . '^ * e say . the " vsvial and cos-6 rA . vr ; atiendant on ' Bank-forced ' jprosperity .: ' " for it . . is inherent in the : very natural p f paper ^ money as all history in . relation . to -that tremendous engine for transferring the wealth of society out of the hands of the producers into the 'lap oJf j ' * | h ^ greediest and nipst inexorable of ty ^ ts , " . inco ^ s j tibly proves ... To point to a periocLwhen , such . " , pros ? perity" existed ; independent and in the absence of reckless speculation , either in . Europe or ; Americrt ,

      where the engine . has been in operation , is an impos- , sibility . Who does not remember the . " glorious tunes" of 1824 ^ 5 , and the all-pervading " bobbee ' projects ? True , the ' era ^ , came ; and a . tremendous ' crash it was . But had , we not the thing over agaia in 1831-5 , when " prosperity"' again abounded , along with moonshine schemes of every sort , for Joint-stbck Companies ? And so , again , at the present time . ' With " prosperity" has come the old evil .. We are enacting the South Sea Bubbles over again : and the play is very near its close , wlien all parties—players , money-takers , and spectators—will have to . weigh up accounts , and " take their change" out of " circumstances . " ....

      The direction given this last time to the " speculative mania '^ has been in the concoction , fostering , and upholding of every description of railway projects—the possible and the impossible ; thefeasibleandtlie impracticable ; the probable and the unlikely . And , what is worse than all , the mania has infected nearly the whole of Hie trading classesi Formerly , these baseless speculations were confined to the hands of a comparativelv few . There was the " sink of iniquity , "

      the old Stock Exchange , and its constant hordes of visitors , " trafficking" in" " shares" ' of / moonshine companies : but there the operations were mainly conducted . Now , ' however , nearly every town of fifthrate magnitude , can boast ' of its " Exchange : " and the shopkeepers , even of retired and unimportant villages , are as busy in ' . ' buying and selling" shares in merely projected Companies , as , ever the descendants of . Abraham .. were in . " transhferring" the '' three-perrshents . " : . v : ,--.,..

      , The evils / thus inflicted . ' on society it is impossible to over-rate . . At : best hand , ' these . Jspecjilatings in " shares ; " Hiese ' watehings ofthe tuim > of the marliet , " are but a species of gambling—and ii'badspecies " top . It teaches itey . o , { biesto ' . become ' sharper * instead of traders . It . is not visible . realised wealth that they traffic in - ^ Mir" shares" ininerelPROJECTs ; and thej ^ . a' ^ e e jt € niaUy ; on ^ th e ^ watth- tt " make moiey ^ afeacnothei ' s expense . ; TlyaJead | ' J » all sorts of schemingifl undulyrai&tite priced the " share * " dealt to ; Themomerit ft hew' prbject'is'iiamed the speevdatovs " gathex" like eagles over a carcass-, and every sort of means , fair and unfair , are resorted to

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      —i————————^«^ W—»»» rj »» j ^»»»^ to procure" an a ^ oipent'bf ' . original ' shares in the unlikely-undertaking , i Thea , by a system of under , standings ; by concerted action ; the shares are brought into the market ; sold from one to another , till they are raisedtda "MghprenuuHi ; " aidVii ^ , ' when as high as they are likely to be , the original holders contrive to get them off their handsto some simple parties or other , who think they are going to " make fortunes all at once : " but . who , & 1 ' the vei ^ next " turn of the market , " find not only all the anticipated addition to their means dissipated , but & good portion also of that with which they bought the ' -lucky geese "

      that iven to have Laid the golien eggs ! And this is the course of the " trading" intkis new species of "property "—these "shares"inschemesjnine-tenths of ^ y hich it is impossible to realise ! What a desecration of the name J ' It is not trading . Trading implies , that-something has , been . ' . fought and sold that l&tangible—that is real . Butvhere is a species of trafile in . a , meve ' seftemo—in a meve project . This cannot be trading . , It is . gambling—neither more nor less ;; and oneevilresult of the evil practice is to make us a nation 'of ¦ gamblers—of sharpers—instead of our longer answring to ' tlie description Buon / PARiE . gaye of us , — " a nation of iraders . "

      This is far from being the only evil . ' Itwouldibe bad enpnghif it were- ^ bnt others ; and most serious ones , follow iu its' train . ' £ lie pavties subjected to the influence of this system become , dissatisfied "with their former position . It loosens the ties that bound them do ^ yn ' with the * cohixrion weal . The ordinary profits of . ordinary ' . trade—those which have enabled them to live in coinfort , but not in superfluity- ^ -which have enabled them ^ ' to bring up their families as tradesmen ' s families oug ht to be brought up ; the profits that have enabled them to do this ,, becojme eontemptibie in . their eyes .. They see a mode by which , , if . lucky , fortunes can be realised in

      a few days , as it were . The -long life that they have spent m ' comparative drudgery ; mtlv . its attendant cares and anxieties ,, for a mere living .-and a trifling saving , appears in unfavourable contrast with "the new way to wealth ; " and thus they are rendei ^ ed uneasy and DiesAiisFiED ; predisposed to ; enter on any insane . scheme that may , be propounded . Of course ; . whenever ; such feelings ! exist , uthfti modes for ' gratifying ; the desii'es - 'they ^ give birth / to are aoop . found , as the present rage m England tbr " shares " in railways , in all parts . of the habitaWe globe abundantly testifies ^ . ¦ i , -:: ¦ ...:. ; ¦

      Biit even this is fox from being the ¦ worst . The mania is sure to . lead t ' o national' niFFictuiEs Though fortunes are ,, inihc first instance , " made " by the crafty and the aftarp—^ yet the . eRct is certain ruin to the bulk > of the traffickers . Though some few gain , it is only through the xdss of others . Indeed , how could it b ^ otherwise ? ' ;; Can any ; 0 ne be so silly as to get it into his headTthat by " . irading" in the " Bhares" of a mere scJieinehe is ' ^ making money ?" la he adding to the value of Jsny ' thirig j that is ? ' Is he performing . the functions of a trader , by buying up real . jvealth where , it i ^ ui ; € xcess , and removing it to places where it is needed , that it

      maybedistribtftedj with the cost of carriage and tradesmen ' s trouble on its original ; price ? 'Is he ^ d . qing anything of this sort ? No . ¦ , He , is . merely adopting a procesa which enables'him to transfer from the pockets of somebody or other the money which he thinki he " makes . " : He is merely . purchasing ' his " fortune " at the ,. cpst ., of sbmebody . ' s ruin ,, B ; is / all very well for these speculators ,-so ¦ long' as- the shares ' in moonshine are at a ; " high premium . " It is all very . well to ., have . ¦ '; allotted" to you to . day one hundred M shares , " at £ 100 each ; and " &ell" ; them' the next day for . £ 110 : each—sacking £ 1 ; 000 by " atransaction"wliioh has " nbt needed , the .

      expenditure of a single penny of money . It is all very well , too , for the ^ buyer U sell again at £ 112 , pocketing £ 200 by his bargain . All . very well this , as long ~ as the moonshine is , in the market f ' but what becomes . , of it ; when-the BT&BBLE ^ is"burstcd ? When ' theBCHEME / aiJs in ParliaWm , 'vii ! a , a . t are the ' siai-es" worth ? How much ; , " preniiui ^ " will they sell for , then ? . Nay ,. arethey thenp ^ arketaWe at all ?! Notias , bit of it ! The . " property 5 ? -hag vanished . The then holder loses all he gave for it ! and thus' it is seen'that ' all the' " mbhey made "' by this descriptaon . of share-fading is Jnerely [ aifanjiferrmg from the

      pocket of one into that-of another ; And will the cw ^ dnesconduciB to ' national behefit , because others have feenPediiiit of ' theni i ^ W ^ tiie ; eff ects ofthe insolvency caused . by . the wreck ofiihe many , be coun teracted by .. the ' few ; ; who ;) have . " plucked , the pigeons" ? When the creditors of the first bankrupts argbroiight' ihtb ; th ' e , ' Gazette . themsely . esi ; , ' thi'oughthe " failuvei' 5 o £ ; those they credited ,, 7 fiUat ; fee any consolation'to them to know that theirpropevty has gone iMo \ Tthe ; hands of ; those who' realised - fortunes : by " watching the turn ofthemajLicet ? " or Will this fact preventthebankrupicj ' and' insblfency from spreadingamongother * reditors , toathirdandfourth degree ?

      And wlien NATibwAiBigTREs ' s is the ; consequence , andlbiid ^^ coiiaphiints , hewd on . every hand , will the knowledge that a / ew , have amassed the' mean ? of luxurious > existence , at all palliate the evil ? We trow ^ not ; -- '' ¦ <• --- ' - - ¦ .-i . ii :: ¦ - ' ¦ : . ; ..:, - --ia " ' ' Tiicit ' period ive : are ' rapidly appmiching ! The " scheming ! . ' has . . almost . hadafsday . i ; The projects can remain no longer mere projects . -Thetime for . legislation Kals arrived ; ' Forthe Parliameiitto agree to ony ; ha | f , of the ^ ^ biilB presented ' before ; i | ,, would be Jq vote the government out pf . existence . . . Toacomplish eventhat proportion of the projectswould take' from the ordinary pursuits of commerce juat iipbn one hundred . millions OP li 0 Ni ? Y . ! . Im&gmejhai mm , diverted frgm the . present ; modes of prpduction : and traffic Why are not we told that a good haweBtj which ieaVy

      ti 8 " some £ 5 , 000 , 000 'for expenditure ih the maitu' f acturing market nior e than ; : » oadjictryest iloes , makes all the , ' difference ' . between \ a ;'' good ' and a "bad" j . trade ? lAnd .- would .. the abstraction rf £ 100 , 000 , 000 . produce no disaiTangement '? ' The Government is not so foolish ; as" to' try . jt ! And- , if not one-half of the projects receive . . Parliamentary sanction ,. what isto become of the rest ? ¦ Down they go / with all the reckless ¦ expenditure of ; puffing ,,, and surveying , and Parliamentary , agency , and purchasing of acquiescence , on the part ot owners' / of property , on their heads ; ¦ ' . ; Out | : tlie" schemes ^ are snuffed : ' . and with ., them " goes . the " property" in " shares ! " And does not . this portend .- _ danger to credit ? Will there be no " shock" in the " jnoney market ? " Will not trade and commerce suffer ?

      t . O , yes . it will ! : : Thedanger IS ; imminent ' 'The " " reckoning day" isi ' at hand . It is seen in the dis-. tance . Itis alarming : « Zs <; why the following warning-note on the parti . of Lord Broughaji in the ^ House of Lords the other day ? 'It was not without occasion that he thus , sjpke ; ; -- ''; ,.., ,. ' , '"' jBe . tww vm > of those wlio regarded with the greatest possible ( Harm the present frensy of speculation which had come over ( he . cptxmimtiy , as well as those possessed of capital and credit , as tiiose Very ' . slenderiy ' furriisned with either , but inspiredbytBeloye of oambmn <} in shares . The effects OF THIS WERE LIKELT TO ipKOVEEXc ' EEDINGLT ALARMING

      TO THE . CMWT , AB ^ ixt' AS ' THE » E ? OC » CES OF THIS counirt ; 'tooking'back ' to . what happened in ttieyears 1825 ^ and 1826 , the only period )« thinliis recollection to oe' compared -with tiiie ' piresentiiiie . jtor'd Brougham ) i ; e collected that the ' noble ' earl tlien at the head , of ids Majesty ' s Governmeritjlord t / iverpooljj ' . feeling impressed with the same- ' alarin , deeined it his duty in his place in Pai-liament to wara his fellow-subjects against thercowse into which' - 'they were'then heedlessly rushing ; aiylthat vfarhiiig- concluded wtn a notice ,-wh ' ich no doubt Iher Majesty ' s Government ' were equally prepared to give , tiiat , come : what might , happ ' en ! what wfiiHd , the speculator ^ were to look in the'iresultto their 6 wn resources , an . dnpt ito- ; any . assistance ^ or relief . from the ^ Government , whicli had given them ^ this fair and ; timely warning : and when the crash happened in 1826 , Lord , Liverpool reminded

      the speculators of that warding , _ and stated that it was no wonder , ; . a . pecuniary , crisis and : mercantile convulsion had taken ., piace , awlien ; ther effect of those jointstock ^ ompanieR ^ of . ^ ips-jhadv . been . / to withdraw no less than .. £ 17 , opO , 00 , 0 . . from .- ; tiiei ordinary circulation and from ,, ordinary ,, commercial , ^ employment , into those sp ' ecma [ pns \!;! . Nw , he ( EordSrougham ) had seen a _ jqalculatiqn . froni "(> ne " of . flie ^ mos ^ eminent railway brbfes in tto ^ cduntfy ^ wh . os ^ ' ^ am ' e'he declined mentioningjC ^ oog li i ^ Wuld CTve v ery greaj credit to his calculationj ; . p . nly , because ' . ffie statMeiitrmi ght he deemed invidious . ¦ b . y , the , specula } . prs ,, > n |; m ^ t expose him to odram- ^ thatif a . very fe . w " were tpTpass of the 2 io railway bills now before ' Parliament , not £ 17 , 000 , 000 would be thus withdrawn , !> ut £ 130 , 000 , 000 would , in the course of two , or atmost three years , be required for these specu-

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      —~— lations . No member' ^' ieither ' hOTise ' regarded with greater disapprobation ith ' a ' n himself any interference of the Government with the publicj'except , indeed , with adrice , g erhaps , ' and warning—any legislative interference , or interference '' of the ' e ' xecutive Government ( were that possible ) with th ' e emp ' loynient of the capital or of , the labour ' of the'community but it was wholly » different thing , whether the legislature should give encouragemen , to this spirit of speculation by grafting Acts conferring most extraordinary powers ' , without which none of these speculations could possibly be undertaken . He ( Lord Broligbam ) knew in private of instances of the ruinous ' consequences of these speculations now asking the sanction of Parliament . A respectable clergyman in

      a northern ¦ parishj having saved about' # 5 , 000 " > »» s family , sent it up to a friend in town with peremptory instructions to < buy Tailway shares ; as he was determined to treble or quadruple his fortune ; and another pea-son , who had accumulated about £ 2 , 800 ,: sent it to be laid out in these stares , but added , . that-as it was a small sum , Jus agent had better }) orrow ; fi 3 , 000 more for him , and not be nice about the terms of the Joan , and Jay the wJiole out in railway shaves . When caUs came to * e »? uide iipow these persons , tltey ' would Itaveno , means to $ ay taem ; or , if , ' not so , they would find I ' lo . interest coming , iri ; Theiv . expectation was to sell in a few month ' s at a premium ; but they would find themselves disappointed , and many wouid ' be ruined , " The Government should betimes , make upiheif niinds whether it was expedient to . aiBfoyd the means of gratifying this gambling mania . It was of no

      benefit to the country ; it was purely gambling in shares , or actions , as the French . termed them .. . The , French Government , two * years ago , . were . . impressed . with the sauieView ' of the " subject as himself , and were afraid of the currency being interfered with , and , they stopped railways generally , and only allowed a very small number ; only ^ twelveTor fifteen ivithin thisyear and a . half . " Without , laying down any- rule , ' he : must state- his decided opinion , that . 1 teu was . . o . ; misc 7 ii « jjo « a mania for railway speculation pervading theI ' commtntty , whyihwas . wy likely to ¦ ead togritwiiB cviL—TO . an aiabming » anic ; and that the sponev . the , attention of Parliament . and of thecom ' - muhity was directed to the subject , in order , by discussion and mature deliberation ( if possible ) , to apply apheck to the prevailing fuvy , the Tiettey it might be for the commercial and the pecuniary interests of this country . ( Hear , hear . )

      Lord Dalhousie , on the part of the Government , had another card to play . It would not do for him tf > appear to be . too mxieh frightened , or the very effect Lord . Brougham and himself wished to guard against would'he produced . And what a-sfaote system that must be whose existence hangs on the breath , of a Minister , of the day ! A single puff of wind . from fa ' nj would blow down the " 'house of cards ! " Here is danger hanging over us—danger sqlmmment , that iiovd Brovoham deems it necessary to prepare the country for the " coming storm , " that all may not be taken by surprise : and here is the 'President of the Board of Trade , fully as

      alive to the danger as Lord Bhougham can possibly be , a , Hd ; fully as conscious of the necessity of caution , speaking thus " with faltering lip and bated breath , " lest he Should annihilate the'wliple "heaven-bora system ! " !; . Hear the alarmed Minister endeavouring to speak aa unconcernedly as possible : — ' " Wit 3 » respectto the very widei difficult , and delicate question which his noble and learned friend had opened , he ( LordDaihbusie ) would notprastttric tobfter any observations to the house . As to ' m ^ amount of speculation preeailirigin-the coimtmji < fter « cohW exik no dtoti&t ivhatevtr ; but as to the amount of capital venuired fov the

      eomple-• tidh ofthe schemes in any degree * likely to receive the sanction of Parliament , he thought' the informant of his noble auulearheu friend had a little outrun' the fact ; He belieyed . that if all the railway bills now before Parliament should receive the" sanction bf the '; legislature , there would not be less than 7 , 400 miles of new railroads , and that from' £ 1459 , 000 , 000 ' 'to' £ 150 , 000 , 000 ^ ofmbnpy would bereiiviiiecl . 'Ofti \ mf , 'HtV ) a $ ' 'Mpossil > leU > conceive tltat atiytMhg lifcc that number of Jills would reteiee the sanction of teh two houses : but , whatever the number might be , it would still be ' bpen to the bbjectiohs , and would be worthy of the CAUTION which his noble friend had expressed . "

      ' . There , now ! The ^ 'Minister of , Trade'C would not " presume" to offer observations-on a subject which threatens the greatest danger to trade ! ¦ How excessively-jnpdest \ But then , after his disclaimer of ]} resumption , he still "presumed '' to " observe" on the " wide , DIFFICULT , and delicate question .: " an , d . he tells us that of . 1 M jiVMpTJNTIof speculation-there can be no doubt . " . Bather alarming ^ words in the mouth of a Minister . Speculation in moneyraffairs is far from being desired , by the Government . They know that when , the tide of

      speculation'sets in . the ebb of " PANIC" issure to follow ! And when we are told by a 'Minister that the amount of speculation prevailing in the country is great , we mayfletiti down that taknows to where we are tending ^ and gives a " gentle hint" that ' we ' may know- ' also . 'Mark well the CAUTION he gives , j . It is all veiy . well thus to CAiqTioN : it may possibly save some , not already in theyortex , from being " drawn in : " but for the mass of speculators it . is worthless . They are in ! With the stream they inust ' gor Th ' eVoiily chjince is in swimmingSvith it , in the hope that some straw or other may-offer itself , at which they can catch . .. . . ....

      But this was not all . It was pretty significtini as far as itwent , but it was not . aH ,., Lord ' Ashbujrton had his " say "' as well as Lord , Brougham ' and Lord Dalhousie . ' Lord Ashburion has the credit of being a cool-headed far-seeing man—one not easily led away by the imagination . He is one of the Barings . ; one of those who . have made . their money ; by " watching the turn of the market . " He is , therefore , one likely to know something ofthe effects of a sysiem in Avhicjifhe , has . . ' . ' . lived ,, moved , and had hisf being . '' And what is his opinion 1 Hear it ; for it is pregnant withf meaning . ' "'¦ He said— : :

      He could not allow this discussion to pass without saying . tliat nothing more important , could occupy ^ the attention of Parliament than the present feverish state of the gambling , events connected with railways . ! . Iu , this case , however as in many others , it was ^ easier to . point out the . ^ fficji lty than . to suggest the . remedy . .. ' ' Stiil , . , it was desirable , whilst they were putting down the gambling h . Wses , in , St . James , ' s-street . aud . Jerm " yn-sti - eet , and in the ^ purlieus of Westminster , that tUy sftoiiW . ' flt Uati , tons ' ide ?; , the garbling ivliick yias peruooTing euery . country town , every country ctyb , and every family ,, frorri ' one end of ( he country to the other . They could not prevent the peoplftfvpm . dealingin shares ; but , atthe , same . time , it , did become , important to consider the extent to which this ,

      gambiirig was carried on , " and , if fiey ^ covU not repress the gambling , THEY'dnGHT at ' least to ' consider itsopera- , TION ON THE ORDINARY PROCEEDINGS OF THE . COCNTBT , 6 n otrn ' MokETAnY tbanwctions , and . on the industry of Vie country . . With regard to its influence pn the ordinary business of trade , lie niight give one instance of its effect npon . the iron manufactures ofthe country and , the derangement it cjiuscd to the iron trade . . There had been 800 percent ! advance in the' price , of iron during the last 18 months , and the . consetiuiince ' was , that all the ordinary commerce connected with tliat '' trade was' . disturbed . Tlieyfqund ; a competition arising ' in' Belgium and other c ' ouhtnes ) . \ vh 6 ; weve ^ vmafcle to ca ] 'ry " o ' n their ordinary processes , since ' they . fouud the raw materitils ; in this

      cpuiiti-y too dear for theni . This raised a ' competition in other countries againstus ,, and opened , channels ' of trade from which they could not" afterwards he dviven ' outj so that when iron in this countvy came , baclj to its ordinary price , ' we should find that we had [ lost the markets that had hitherto depcuuedupon us . Again * as to its effect on the monetary system , of this country . ' . His noble friend said , tluvtif all the railways applied for were granted , they would take about £ 140 , 000 , 0 p 0 from the ordinary monetary transactions of the country . By the mode of constructing the railways , it .. must . talie three or four years before'ilie whole suni would be required , and though the demand wo , uld come by small instalments , yet if the £ 14 p , OOp , OO 0 were required to' be advanced , ' iri one year , ' thefeonyenience to the country would tie extremely sevipus '/ vHis iibble friend said that £ 140 , 000 , 000 ' only were ' propbsea ,

      and that it was not likely so many railways would be assented to ; ' but he was afrnid ' that railways embracing that ' amouht'had' already received ' the sarictioh bf ; rthe Board of Trade . ; Unfortunately this subject canie before them in a great hurry ; they had havdly timV | t { y < look about tliem and see how matters might ' be bestconducted . Pressed asthey' would be in both houses by the importuiiities 6 f ' the speculators , he very much apprehended that " every ' attention would not be paid to the subjeit , and that the inquiries would npi ' 'be' conducted With that great sobriety which the importance of the subject deserved . He ' cmilAnot , therefore , let that occasionpa ' ss'ty ' itiithout e « - pressing tt «' APPREHENSION iffiB FELT A T THE CONTUSION WHICH MtlST , MORE OR IESS ARISE TO THE COMSIERCIAl- INDUSTRY- OF -THE 'COUNTRY FROM THE TRANSACTIONS NOW TAKING PLAOE

      ; . Is . tbere not . alarm there ? Is not ,.. danger seen ? Ah ! it is not for nothing . that these . ' warnings are given . It . wiljjhehpye all parties to attend to them ; and in , order ; that the working portion ofthe community may be cognisant of'them , we give them thus prominently , 'true , the }/ caii do nothing to avert the danger ,, ; I )( ue ; , ' the ; yhaye had no hand in bringingiton .. True , thatun all ^ these matters they areatthe ' niercy ; of the speculators ' , ' True , that the '' pBosFBRiiVr ; i ^ ^ affffi ^; ; iW a Tery little " share . " True , that they have not been able under itt ^ realise ^ l i ^ ages ^ f ^ . ;^ True , that adversity willbring . . t . 9 ( , % m ^ inijnlsh ^ me . ans . True all this ; but equally true that they . ougttito know of theii-danger , andbeinsomewise preparedtomeetit . They will ever be the sport of mercenary tpeculatm , like thoet

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      who haveoncc again reduced , the country * to the verge of nms , aalong as ; the INTERNAL PAPER SYSTEM—which breeds them , as stinking horseflesh breeds maggots—exists : and that PAPER SYSTEM will / exist so long as they remain stupidly quiescent-aimless ^ ind eed , its own inherent rascality and fraud biow . it up , and rend the whole THING to ' atoms" ! ' : ¦ \

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      B . Dtson . Hotvlet . —We'cannot at present answer his question . W . Stephensqn ' , Iooghbokough . — ^ The conduet of the . Feofee Trusiees , in refusing the land they have "in tvustfor tWbe ^ fit of thft public" to the operative land association , is just that Tyhich mig ht'havebeeh expected froro a self-aected My . The time will come when they will have ho longer the power to refuse ; A Constant-SuBSbBiBER , Manchester , had better consult his attorney . ' ' T . W : J ., London . —A person may belong te . as many ''' enrolled benefit societies as he pleases . . ' ¦ W . Bridie , Westminster . —His communication is declined . - - ¦ ••" ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ •>¦ -. J . ' Carnett ; Keighlet . —If the notices he speaks of was

      legally sufficient , the " double rent" can be recovered' and by distress . ' The onl y way for the tenant . to have ¦ protectedhimself , was to have evacuated the premises . J . B ., Preston . —After the paper had gone to press last week we : discovered the mistake .. Up . to this day ( Thursday ) , we have . no , tidings of . the meeting he Spoke Of . '• ••• I : . . , - ¦ : . Thomas . Hacknei , Manchester . —The publication of liis letter , would , we fear , do little good . As fov the misvepvesentations ofthe money-mongering apostate—¦ it would befolly to notice them . Their " maliciousness and . strong jjmoiaJ bearing are too apparent to permit ; them to do the least harm . ' ,,... W . Parker , —We are sorry we cannot afford room ; for the meeting at ; Liverpool . :

      To Mb . James B . O'Bmen . —Sir , —In the last number ofyonr paper , you fathered a letter from W . Ashton , of Barnsley , to James Mosley , of Leeds : and you ask , after a considerable amount of vapouring , " whether Mr . O'Connor will reply to the charges in Ashton ' s letter . " Mr . O'Connor has already met Mr . Ashton in Barnsley , heard there what he had to say , and therereplied to him ; but lest that should be considered-insufficient to a person posessed of your delicate sensitiveness , I beg to tell you now tli . it I shall answer thatletterandyouv boasting commentin next week's Star ' . I shouldhave done so this week , had I not been engaged with good ' working men , in endeavouring to ' ' counteract the mischief thatyou and such like have done to our cause . ' Till you read my letter , reflect upon your ignominious position as a

      collector of " Chartist scitm . " In truth , you have marvellously succeeded in rallyiiig ' around you a set of the most despicable rascals that ever disgraced society : and you would apply them to a most virtuous purpose—that of injuring the reputation of him who kept you from starving ! You have been long looking for- " a proper good wallopping , " as they say in Yorkshire . ; and , with God ' s blessing , you shall have it next week to your heart ' s content ; and , if you suffer in this new conflict , which you have been long fomenting , blame your own rashness . Since you declared to Win . Martin , lnKirkdale , that "you had no other course , to pursue on your release , than opposition : to O'Connor , that you might Jive , " you have never lost an opportunity of showing your spleen . The thing shall now cease . —Feargus O'Connor . . ¦• . >¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      Mr : ' I ; -Cooper , —In-a short time this gentleman will be released from- prison . - Toaprevent any misapprehen sion as to Mr . Cooper ' s purpose , we deem ; it necessary t « state that the letter alluded to by us last week , in answering Mr . Jilt . Bairstow , was from Mr . Cooper , apprising us of his determination to . withdraw from' the Chartist ranks ; and declining to receive . any of the monies subscribed , since the . publication of the statement in Mr . O'Connor ' s speech at Manchester relating to him . His main reasons . for these ; steps are , that ¦ when the report , jus ^ t alluded , to appeared , the little subscriptions then going on , were . cancelled ; and that when Mr . O'Connor frankly acknowledged his " error , " the subscriptions were recommenced . Mr . Cooper also considers that Mr . O'Connor , has , not sufficiently retracted his statement with respect to , Mr . Cooperhav > n 8 ' received pecuniary aid from him ,, Mr . Cooper ' s

      intentions as , to , the future , are . not to join , any , ; other assb- ' . ; ciation , or ; haye ; ^ connexion with a » y . political body . lie comes up to London , to dispose of two or three works that he has . written in prison . Anti-Paper Monet . —Yes , >>; e have seen the impudent ; . attempt at j ' ^ reply , " and shall , our correspondent may ' , ' dbpehd . pn . it , Vejoin ; when , if we'do not' make the i ' . . Wm ^ APOSTATE exliibit himself in a ^ mpst contemptible ^ lighJ , rf certainly will not b e for want of material . We shall show that the particular scheme of paper-money 1 oiir " old friend"is paid for advocating ,-is identical ! -in-pjiiNciPiE , ¦ ' but more injurious in its consequences , hecavse more depredated , than the scheme of Attwbod's he formerly so bitterly denounced , and which he tells us he still as bitterly opposes ! That is , " ¦ 'lie opposes tfa ' very principle lie is hired to support !! Is not he a queer fish ? ' ¦

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      • - — ¦ — - ^^ - . , MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . FOR THE EXECUTIVE . ' £ S , d , 3 ? rom Norwich , per S . . Goat ' .. .. OH 6 SUBSCRIFTIOKS . From Hanley and Shelton Potteries .. "' .. ' .. 0 12 0 BUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . : From the Sadlers'Society , TTalsall . ' .. " .. 0 10 G From Mr . Clark , collected in" the Towe » Hamlets . 12 6 . ;;;; receipts per general secretary . ' : ' ' . ;; , ' suBscRiPTioNsi ¦¦'• • s . d ; : '' - ' ' " ¦ "•• ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ' ' s . d . Lamberhead . gi'een .. 3 3 Cummersdale .. .. 7 ' J Ci'ayford .. .. .. 1 C Bristol . ' , - ' .. . ; 8 6 Greenwich .. „ 5 0 T . Salmon , one month 0 6 Cai-Hsle .. .. .. .. 2 6 W . Salmon , ditto :.. « i : - ' porrATiow , ' . - ¦ ¦ - .- . - : - . : Bermohdsey ., .. 026 ¦ •! i-. ¦ ¦ ; ¦ LEVY . . „ . Mr . Mills . Whittington Mr . Illingworth , Whitand Cat .. .. 6 ' 6 " " tington and Cat .. 0 6 Mv . Randall ditto .. 0 C Mr . Plunkett , ditto .. 0 6

      ' - BUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . ' ¦ T . Salmon ,. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 0 C Cummersdale , It . Hall ...-. « .... .. .. Old Ditto , W . Bewley ....... ; .. ¦• •¦ .. 0 0 C CARDS , &C . Bristol „ "' ... .. .. .. ' . ; . ' .. .. .. 0 0 9 . ; , CAPTAIN " MABGAB 1 T . '' . ' . Harmonic meeting at the Feathers .. .. .. 0 10 0 THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , .. -- .. - ¦ Secretary .

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      Iatal ajtd . . Melancholy Railway Accibest . — Ashton-under-Lyne , Saturday Night . — It is my pamful duty to . record one of the most distressing and atal accidents that ever occuitccI in this neighbour-• P ?« v ,.. A Bout twelve months' ago ; thecoritraetors for the'Ashton- Branch Railway commenced operations , and proceeded with the works to lie e ' niirVsatisfaction ol tlie company . Tiie ' line , whicli is ' only about iwo miles long , was nearly coinplctecl ; anil was to lave' been opened thisi summer . ' It was ' a double branch line , connecting ; the impovtant ' tmvhs pf Asi ) - ton arid Stalybridge with Manchester , ahd : passed over a portion of the town of Ashton upon itwenty arclies crossing t ! ic : Huddereficlil ^ and Manchestei 1 canal and the river Tame on . its way ; The arches

      were built ot stone , and appeared to lie very substantial and well constructed ,, every one of which has jeen finished for . some time , and the workmen were levelling the line with a view of having the vails laid down almost immediately . About -thirty men were engaged in this work , and their labours were fast 'drawing ; to completion . ' . - Tliis afternoon , however , ' abouVthree o ' clock , nine of the archesgave way with a ' most tremendous crash , carrying with them the whole- ' of . ' the men employed upon " the line and several buildings contiguous to 'the scene of this most distressing accident . - The 'first arch that gave way ' was that over 'the river Tame , oti whicli several men were employed . The shrieks and . cries of the unfortunate men were pitiful in the Extreme , and in

      ariotuer moment were followed by eight arclies , every . Jf- £ v — ^ i " ' \ inass of ruins , biiiyirig beneath the fa len materials a large number of navigators and other labourers employed . ' The scene aftlil momeS ™ n , oSt i * fl S 8 M ,. nrt only on account of S sacrifice of .. human , life , but . also ^ on account of ^ the nerilouh . situafaoii of those who were precipitated into the river . oyer-which . the . arcL passed . The fallen materials haying gorged . up the river , it shortly began tlireatened ^ final , destruction to those unfortunate creatureS iWhoAverepartiaUy buried in the ruins . The news of the ; accident , as a matter of course , spread in ail directions , and numerous exaggerated reports were

      circulated . It was curi-ently ' reiibrted that from forty to titty persons had been killed- and that others were seriously wounded ; ' This report-soon brought together a large ' concourse ' of persons anxiously ., inquiring the particulars , amongst whom were the friends and relatives of those persons employed on the works . The ? scene at this time was indeed lamentable and distressing beyond description . Women look ing . for . theirliusb ands ,, cl « dr ^ w their fathers , and parents , foi-theuveUdrenUf , wjadhi no tidings could be obtained , and whose cnes , an < L ; wringing of hands rendered , the already melancholy , scene distressing in the : extreme :. ' . 8

      . . „ ,, „ .. Sunday ^ Morning , ¦ Nims = o'clock . ~ Dui-ing the whole ofthe' night , large numbers of men have been employed ; in i removing the fallen materials , and extractmg h-om the rams the bodies ofthe unfortunate sufferers , under the direction of the engineer of the works and the contractors , who hare been unremit-

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      ting in their exertions-to recover the bodies oTtv workmen , and in administering to the wants of n ! who had been tak . en-. out of . the ruins alive n & the whole of the night large mimbere of pE ™ on iB 6 mained oil the . spot , pressing . so . closel y oa the u- ^ men that it was found necessary , to call in . tU «• , *' the m ' llitaiy , the police force . being totally iiiader ° ' to keep order . , Up to this time eight bodies havo ) atfl takenW the rums . ;; , ;/; ' *^ H Monday . —The inquest upon nine of tlio I >• recovered from the ruins of tlie arches at tlie a I , branch ofthe Sheifield and Manchester raib - appointed to take place this afternoon ., Since Sati i four other bodies , besides those . whose names « - ! ¦ a * have been rescued .- The extent ; ol' the loss i v ^' cannoi yet he fully stated ; upwards of 100 men a large number , of horses , have been en « a « ed dj , ^ the whole of the day in removing the fallen maw i and up to nine o'clocklast night ibur move WeTi ' found buried in . the ruins , making , in n ) j ui . Cn Whom nine were killed on the spot . ; Tlie remain - tJiACC trcii / tuvt autV

      c 'JL uuv ) uvvu x > x \\ j \ J \ \ A \ Q \\\ n , ° severely injured that very little hopes arc enteiin - ^ of their recovery . A number of the bodies bein 41 ' on the Cheshire side of the river , and the rem-Z , i on the Lancashire side , the investigation « - ;| i course ,, be conducted , by the coroners for ni »\ ° ' disti'iets , to . W . S . Rutterand Me . C . Hndson % . * the best possible ; information to be obtained tl ' * avefromlS to 20 persons killed , mo 3 t of whom , single-men . The names of those who have |) Beil f 0 l , , dead are—George Collier , 4 b ; James Bradbury Z John Cox , 35 ; Henry Rogers , 27 ; George Smitl ! V Samuel Smith ( brother to George ) , 26 ; Ailam NOwli ' 20 ; William Leonard , 30 , —single men ; Abnl , ^ Nowell , 4 f ,. iathcrof AdamNoweU , whobas \ T ; wife and / our children . Taken out alive OLari * OritcWey , Ricliard Critcliley , and Thomas . Brow n Throughout the . whole of yesterday manv , [] , „„ ' oi

      . sunns peopie save ucen continually ciowdmnto the scene of the accident , but by tlie ; exer tions of the 56 th Regiment of Foot , assisteii by the police force , under the direction ot Mr , Little , the special high constable of H yde iC greatest order has been maintained . Mr . " Robert JNewton , of the Ashton police , was also in attendance , with a number of his men , , on the Lancj . shire side of the river . There is still muck speeu . lation as to the cause of the accident , but in the ab . sence of an official report from some scientific and practical man it is impossible to convey an accurau

      idea of the cause . We have made every possible in . quiry , and will give the facts as we have found them and _ leave the public to come to their own conclusions until an investigation has been completed . . There were nine arches , which formed the viaduct over the river Tame and the valley through which ' it . runs These arches were supported by piers of twentv-ei < rhj fcet long , four feet six inches thick at the snVin ^ of ofthe awn , and six feet six inches thick at the base The span of each arch was thirty feet , and a rigQ from the spring of seven feet six inches . They wore all builfc of stone got in the nei ghbourhood , wiiici is said to be of good quality . Some of the piera were ounded on rock , and others upon what appeared to be solid clay . These are the facts so far ¦ L , « W

      tame worKmansUip ; put it js mneh to l . desired that . a very searching inquiry should be instituted lhere is one circumstance wluch is said to Lave vcr ^ much aftected the arches , vk ., the state of . the ml perty over which they wero erected . Fon several miles round the whole country is undermined by collieries , many of which are said to come , within a short distance of the surface . There are numerous places in the vicinit y which have sunk many feet , and by so domg have done much damage to property of every descri ption .. In one field adjoining , > Wnarf street , about fifty yards from the line of railway , there are evident marks of sinking , some parts of it ,-havine fallen in three or four feet ., Li many-other , places in the neighbourhood similar sinkings of the , ' earth have taken place , and many of the . buildinss . arc

      nerlectiy curved from this cause . There appeal's to be little doubt but that the third arch , from ihe ; tb ; iteinent on the Ashton side , was the first . to . give way , as by a close inspection it will be found that , the piers of this arch fell towards each other , the two . arelies on tlie eastern side falling towards the west , and the , other six on the western side falling towards the east . Very large quantities of fine clay have been got from beneath this part of the country , ' the stratum of which is within a very short distance of the surface , One of these drift-ways gave way some time ago , and Che walls which , were built for the purpose ofcarryin * theline over the Peak-forest canal sunk several feet , and of course had to be taken down , and the . foundations piled or filled , up , with clay and soil to the depth of 45 feet . The amount of damage is estimated at £ 4 , 000 . :. ¦ ,. - .

      Monday Night . — First Day ' s Inquiry .- —The coroner ' s , inquest on the bodies which have been extricated from the ruins has just adjourned , and 1 hasten to send you the substance of the evidence , as given by the . several witnesses who were called betove the jury . The first witness called was Jacob ffhitehead , who deposed that he had crossed the arches several times in the course ofthe day . At , the time of the accident he was talking with some of the men about the work , on the Ashton side of tho river Tame , when all of a sudden the firsthand second arcli-. on the Ashton side gave way , and they fell in with scarcely any noise , and immediately after the othoi »( arches fell , in , one after another . It was a \\ dune in a second . He had seen Abraham Nowell , one of the

      subcontractors , engaged in " pointing" the brfek work under the arch . Mr . Joseph Fowler , one of i j he contractors , was standing on thearehes at the time they fell . He was thrown into the water , but escaped without injury . As soon as he had recovered himself , and got on his feet , lie gave directions to - the other men to commence endeavouring to extricate the men who were under the fallen materials . Two were taken out alive . Edward Smith , another workman , said he was on the railway at the time ofthe' accident . He was in conversation with some ' ofthe men about the wort , when suddenly he saw an opening at the top of one ofthe arches , and immediately after all tlie arches fell in , one after another . ; Some of tlie archea Ml towards him , and . some from him . He was

      on the Ashton side and'he thought that the middle arch gave way first . > At the time they . fellrMr . Fowler stood on : the second : arch .. Henrv Morton deposed , that * few . minutes before the accident he stood on the Lancashire . side ( the river ) Tame . being the boundary between ; Lancashire and Cheshire . The first thing that attracted his attention was acraek in the third arch from that side of the river . ' . Several of the men saw ^ it some minutes before the , " accident , but not thinking there wasany . danger , they took no seen it . . The . crack was such as he could have put his further notice ofit . He was quite sure that the crack could not have . been there long , or they should have finger in . The . men had laughed at it . Robert KoyJe was employed bn tlie line , and had seen the , craek to

      wincli the last witness referred , but lie had not apprehended . any danger from it . ' Thomas '¦ ¦[ L ( medelosed , that he was an overlooker on the Hue , and had been so from the " commencement ofthe works . They were begun aboiit ' twelve' months ag . b . Some of the arches had been'finished some time . The last was finished about three weeks ago . AH the centres had been struck " or slackened , but a groat deal of the scaffolding remained under tlie . arches . The light waggons had gone over the arches ' . i quarter of an hour before the accident . ' The centres had been struck about a week . ' 'The inthiirv was

      then adjourned till Wednesday week , in order to give time to have tlie ruins removed , and the remaining bodies that are missing found . JFour are still said to be under the ruins . The bodies found have all been identified . The names are—John Cox , Ilcnry Rogers , James Bra-. lbu ' ry , ' . George . Smith , Samuel Smith , George . Collier , Abraham Nowell , Ricliard Crit-chley WillianvLeonard , Adam . Nowell , and WilJiniuWard . Four of the bodies were found on the Cheshire side , and Mr . Unison , the coroner / or that side / held an inquiry on the bodies at the same time and place , and thus saved the time ofthe witnesses and other parties interested .

      iuESivAv J < ionT . —In the course of theday three more of tlie bodies have been recovered by the unwearied exertions of the men who are employed in removing the fallen materials . The last was ' taken out from near the bed of the river , to which , in one part ;; the Workmen have reached , the water hemg banked off by the stones , &c ., of . the fallen arclies . to seems now to be pretty well understood that only two more of the workmen are still missing , and supposed to bo under the ruins . One of those who were taken out alive has since , died in the Manchester In firmary , to which he had been removed , ' there being u 0 P ^ institution in Ashton for the reception ofsucli cases . Thcs funeral of seven of the deceased took place this afternoon , in theparish churchyardand was attended

      , by an immense crowd ^ of spectators . The bod ies weve followed by the whole ot the , men whc ' ihad bcea employed on the line at the time of the accident . Speculation is still-busy- in endeavouring to ascertain tlte rcalcause ofthe accident , but' opinion '' seeins to be settling down upon the fact that the pillar of the third arch had sunk , and led to the fatal catastrop he , and that blame cannot therefore , properly ^ attach to any oiic ., % any ' people , ' however , express a very different opinion jfeut until facts are ! , fully broug ht out by the examination of " able and scientific men , who itis ' , undcrat 6 p ' d ' > Vil . l be brought forward on the adjourned , 'inquest , '' nothing ' satisfactorv can be known . , ' . : \ ^ '* ; v . , . ¦ " ]'

      . Suicide op '" the ' . Vestby Clerk of MrrciuM- "' Mr . Wni . John . Clark ' , jun . ' , ' the officiating vestry and parish clerk ' of Mitcham , committed suicide or Fri day imorning . by hanging-liimself with- a rope to a beam in ; one . of the . out-houses belonging- toyhis father . The deneasedvwho it . appears wasrfifty-one years of age , rose 0 n . Friday ; morning , Jthe . l 8 th , between seven and eight o ' eloekj . leaving his wife , who ia not m than 22 yeai-s . of . age ,: in-bed-.. with : an ; infant chWHaving dressed himself ,-he swote a ; letter addressed to ; his wife ,-. and thenileft the .-house .: ; . As'he did not make his appearance ^ at ' ,-breakfast , ' Jiis . wifc became alarmed , and went into an office , where she found the letter in which " the ' deemed ;' gaia * ' it ' was im possiWe for him to'exist anyMger ^ and by' thV ' tiine she rea the letter he would ; Be dead . ' Thecausc' of this act J 9 supposed to be certain defalcations'in respect ofthe office of actuary to the Mitcham Savings Bunk , whicb had been held for some time by the doceasedj

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 26, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1312/page/4/