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      ^ -, - ^^ - ^^^^^ m ^ to recommend the appointment of inspectors to Bake such inquiries , to make sufficient and adequate snrveys , to point ont the direction of streams and jnterconrses , and to advise u to the area on which rorts may be carried on . The details of the works g-e to be chiefly carried oa tbrongh the instrumentality of the local authorities . Municipal Corporations and Town Councils will act under the general superintendence of the Board . All existing in recommend the appointment of insnw * nr « ?«

      boards of trustees and other local boards will be ahroj pted whose powers mi ght come into collision with thenew authorities . The supply of vater , instead of being left to private companies , is proposed to be intrusted to Town Councils , and to be made congtant and plentiful , not intermittent and scanty as at pesent . Provisions are also to be made for better ventilation and for the prevention of the smoke nuisance . This measure will undoubtedly excite

      tremendous , opposition among the powerful bodies whose private and vested interests it sosweepingly proposes to interfere , and , with the Educational question , will probably occupy a prominent place iathe ' tfter * Eaater debates .

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      mscELUSzoca . W . T . Hodosox ( Walton ) alluding to tbe rectntextennive fire at Btttrr * ea , farnUheiui with an instance of the practical efficacj of » alt , as follows : — " A short time ago , when I went to oar soap works I bsBrred the men at the opper part of the works , to be running to * aa fro , in great haste . I immediately went to them , when I found that a large pan . containing upwards of a ton of melted palm oil . was boiling over , and on fire , the whole place up to the roof being in a Waie . The

      mm were throwing buckets of water , which increased the blaxe . As soon as I got to the fire , I told them to run for ealt , which was near at hand , and on the first hovel fall ei the salt being thrown into the fire under , oeath . the fire , orblaizefrom the " il , was extinguished in an instant , although the place wag fall of flan-e . It i » nay opinion , that if the men at Battenea had csed salt in lieu of water , the result would have been the sane . I am surprised that salt is not more used in cases of fire . I can only attribute it to its value not being known . "

      W . S ., Hull . —Submit the question to the editor of the "F atnily Herald . " That gentleman can , no doubt , supply the information you require . T . Silvesth We hare no space for amass of matter , in the form of sermons on the National Fast . The USS . will be returned , should you need them ; but it must be understood , that we cannot undertake as a general rule , to return rejected communications . JL Uekbeb—Yon must transmit th « newspaper within seTendaysofiU date . In remote places , the postoffice sometime ! charges a penny on delivery .

      Qsoaoc Weibek strongly advocates teetotalism , aa one means towards attaining the Land and getting the Charter . He says : — " 3 rother Chartist * , a general election is at hand , mutually unite with the teetotal working men , your interests are the same . Be resolved that you will no longer support those fat publicans , who are instrumental in sending men to Parliament , who treat your petition * and just demands with scorn and contempt ; but be determined that yon will use your utmost endeavours to send snen , who are sober , honest democrats , pledged to the principles of the People ' s Charter , and your victory is certain . " , , ' I 1 , ' > f

      A ScBscaiBE * . —If the Marquis of Waterford be in town addreis , " Clarendon Hotel , 169 , New Bond-itreet . " His lordship has chiefly resided , since his marriage , on his splendid estat « . "Curraghmore , Waterford , Irelaud . " Adopt this lat er address . Of course you can settle the first doubt , by a personal application , as above . H . Kowro . —Your letter addressed to Mr Stallwood shall appear in the Star of next week . C . Ditrscur , Hevwood . —Plain Is ., coloured 2 s . 6 d ., plain on rollers 3 s .. coloured , mounted . 4 s . 64 . Ak Old Chutist . Birmingham . —We can send it in any of the booksellers . ' parcels . Ask Mr . Gnest . B . Fisdut . —W . Leach , and other agents , must procure the Labourer through the London booksellers . 1 " , . , 1 , '

      6 . Stukieis , Winchester , would be glad to hear from James Gallagher . HcwcuTtt gfok-Tt 5 e . —The list of subscriptions for the Warrington men will be dosei on Sunday evening next , and the money forwarded to the Star Office , on the following day . A . H'Clkxekt , 41 , Nelson-street , Belfast , will feel obliged to any one who will tend him the following old Stan : —for 18 H : January 6 th and November 2 nl ; also , for March 20 th , 1845 . A Uexbd ,, ( Shrewsbury ) . —Yes ; as many as four mem . bers may be balloted for on one ticket , providing they are all abore the age ofl 8 years , and belong to the same dais of shareholders , and to one section . Auxiuabt to National Lahd Cokpahi . — . The Kales of the Natioaal Co-operative Land Company will be ready „ '"

      in the course of the ensuing week . John Akhott respectfully acquaints Mr George Turner , Of Botherham , that any communication . for the Victims &C , addressed to Mr Clark , at the Land Office , S 3 , Dean-street , Soho , will be thankfully received . XWoos . —The Labourer is published on the 1 st of every month , and Messrs Whittaker and Co . may have cop . es on that day . if they will , J . McLL . GreeeHOck . —Received . TT . CiiBTME . —The debt due to Mr O'Connor ha » not yet been paid . J , H'AiasH . —So room , W . AiTKnr , A 80 ton . und . er . Lyne . —The post-office order for lls . bw reached «> . We will hand over the cash to the secretary of the Veterans' Fund , ( 83 , Dean-streeti Soho , ) who will see that it is devoted to the benefit o poor Baddy Richards .

      LEGAL NOTICE . —It is requested that no one will send legal papers , which they expect to have returned , without sanding a sufficient number of postage heads . J . B . —No . Behjahih Spabu , B . nnineham . —Yes ; and the tenant eonld retain the amount out of the rent , as I presume , by an agreement with the landlord , he ( the landlord ) is to pay the poor ' s rates . J . B ., Halifax . —If H . X . ( the landlord ) can prove that N . S . had no interest in the garden at the time he ( N . S . ) let it to yon , and can also prove that the garden belonged to him ( the landlord )—in that case , I am of opinion that K . S . will be non-suited ; though , if there : , '

      was an agreement in tmtmg between N . S . and yourself , that ma ; , possibly , alter the case . As the landlord , as well as N . S ., seems to have demanded rent from you , it would seem to me that the case Is a proper one for an amicable arrangement , and that the right way of settling it might be for you to pay to the landlord the rent which you agreed to pay N . S ., and for bo ik N . S . and the landlord to give you an acquittance . P . Bobdxam , Manchester . —He must continue to pay far the bastard children . If . H . B . 0 ., Accrington—If no collusion between the thief and the pawnbroker can be proved , you must pay the money which was advanced upon the goods . H . N ., Bradford Moor . —1 st ! Yon are liable to your wife ' * debts contracted before marriage . , r » ¦ '

      2 ad . Yes , nnless she has sold them in a market ' overt , to a person not aware of her being a married woman or that the goods were yours . 3 rd . If you think it worth your while to have her again , you can apply to the Court of Queen ' s Bench , and get her again by habeas corpus . 4 th . By advertising to the effect that she has left you , and that you won ' t be answerable for her debts . i . M ., Wakefield . —The Railway Company cannot take th » garden from jon without making you compensation ; but as you will not have it in your power to show a good title to the property , and if a good one is not sh » wn by some other person , the compensationmoney would be paid into the Court of Chancery , and theinteiestof it paid to yon , till some other person made out a good title . A . B . C , Holme _ If the lodger , or any person , owes money , and the amount does not exceed the limit prescribed , he , or she , is liable -under the Small Debts 1

      Act . John Paisosj , Peterborough . —So far as mpects the rent due from your late lodger , you can distrain the goods and sell them ; but you had best proceed against the party under the Strait Debts Act , and then act undtr tie direction of the court . 0 . B . L ., Scotland . —You had best send me a copy of the agreement entered into , between yourself and the parties ^ ho employed you : without seeing it , I can not postibl y adrise upon your case . L Leeds —ThB ^ legitimate child being still living , a » d chargeable , I presume , to the township , you are « tUl Uatleto the payment of two shillings a week , and wulconanne so up to the middle of February 1849 ssr olmgMdM&M ! ^ J t » frienai 5 ^ inChsterhe could

      ; jIr . ^ ° . e . sasa-iMsSS SlSiSKSS Kft ^ S will enable him to get the requisite search made iZ me know if the will is found . T . Webs , Stockport . —Assuming that the rate granted for the present year has been dul y made , such of the ratepayers as do not pay thier rates within the time Prescribed by law , will be debarred from voting . *> . v . T ., Sowerby . —The costs must be paid conformabl y to the order made . If the plaintiff institutes auy new prweediags under the Small Deb t * Act , you must f-ead the judgment of the Court of Requests , and U » at you have complied with it ; and the plaintiff in such new action will be non-suit « d . w . S ., Pocklington . —If the mai has entered into a

      recognisance , either to keep the peace towards all the "orld , or to yourself in particular , he has forfeited bis fecogninnces , and may be proceeded against accord-W * 5 " ° * ' Kwfll «»* t ° n —* on nrn great risk of being nneo for yoor scheme would not save you from the peaaloes oftheLaw . ™ *» H « B *«—Such part of the debts a * was con o-acted more than six years ago . is barred by the statote , unless you hare given your creditor an ac-¦ Wmowled Ejaent of it ia writing ; , within that period * |

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      LAND COMPANT . PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . HAIES . Bull „ .. £ 0 4 6 Carlisle ,. £ 9 u 9 Coventry ., 2 0 0 Nottingham .. 0 11 0 Liverpool .. 14 8 Limehouse .. 0 8 0 Sudbury .. 19 6 Jos . Patti 6 on . .. 0 2 6 Ashton .. 12 0 Hamilton „ 1 17 0 Newcastle-upon- Uanley „ 3 13 0 Tyne .. 016 0 Uucknall Tor . Charles Rennie 0 2 0 kard .. 12 0 Edmund Hughes 010 0 Warrington ' , ' , 15 0 K . R . Kettering 0 5 0 Bradford „ 5 0 0 Westminster .. 0 8 0 Stalybtidge .. l 0 0 W . C 0 5 0 Sheffield .. 6 0 0 S . L . B , ., 0 4 0 Salford .. 1 0 0 Skegby .. 1 lo 0 Busby .. .. 4 13 6 Robert Lewis .. 0 4 0 Totness .. 0 3 6 James Chapman 0 0 6 Ashton-under . James Smith .. 0 0 3 Lyne .. 315 2 I Bury „ „ 0 10 0 Manchester M 2 0 4 I Monmouth , Cloud 0 16 6 Oxford ,. 113 0 ' Hindley , Bowden 0 2 0 Glasgow ,. 0 16 0 Rochdale ., 1 8 e Ely .. „ 2 17 0 Campsie ., 0 5 0 Northampton .. 0 17 0 B . N . B . „ 012 6 Newcastle-upon . Ovenden .. 010 0 Tyne M 0 4 0 Whittingtonand M . Doirling-, Cat .. .. 17 3 Helston .. 090 Fred . Sale .. 0 7 4 Hull .. .. 040 Longton .. 0 S 6 Boulogne .. 0 19 0 Olddam .. 10 0 Leicester , per Cheltenham .. 0 15 6 Astill .. 4 19 6 Bolton .. 0 18 0 Shinty Row .. 1 311 Ketteriog [ .. 17 6 Dewsbury .. 3 2 3 Barnsley .. 5 0 0 Wellingborough 2 6 0 SmetUwick .. 0 5 0 Tavistuck .. 0 8 0 Burnley , Clegg .. 0 10 Chas . J . Coombs 0 2 8 Calais .. .. 464 George Walsh .. 120 Birmingham , Huddersfield .. 3 8 0 Goodwin . , 1 0 0 Joan Dalo .. 0 3 6 Worcester M 6 9 0 Preston .. 0 10 6 Sboreditch „ 0 3 0 Dorking .. 4 IB 9 Marylebone .. 10 0 £ 110 10 8

      SECTION No . 2 . ¦ BABES . Ilowsel .. 5 0 0 Monckton Deverill 0 8 0 Hull .. .. 040 Carlisle .. 088 Liverpool .. 3 5 9 Nottingham .. 8 18 6 Ashton .. 10 6 John Keen .. 0 5 0 Elland .. 0 18 6 Limehouse .. 0 14 0 Raistrick .. O 10 2 Retford .. 2 5 6 Netrcastle-upon . Hanley .. 2 3 0 Tjne .. 5 4 0 Detizes ., 1 1611 Andrew Burnay 0 0 6 Warrington .. 0 10 0 G . Allison .. 0 2 6 Chenstow .. 0 5 0 John Buswell „ 2 0 4 Stalybridge .. 6 0 0 George Bishop .. 0 0 6 Sheffield ., 5 6 6 Westminster .. 18 6 Salford .. 3 0 0 Bridgewater , per Busby .. 0 0 8 Tweed y .. 1 18 6 Lynn , Bunton .. 1 lo 0 I . O . U . „ 1 11 0 Totness .. 0 9 8 Gray ' s-inn-road 10 0 Ashton . under . Ljne 2 7 6 G . Martin .. 0 10 Manchester .. 1 10 0 Bury .. .. 3 8 0 Paisley .. 3 18 Carlton „ 0 2 7 Ledbury ., 0 3 11 Thravstone .. 15 0 Torquay ,. 4 6 10 Monmouth .. 0 3 6 Wolverbampton 1 12 0 Rochdale .. 10 9 Maidstone ., 3 19 0 Prescot .. 015 0 Glasgow .. 0 14 3 Horncastle .. 4 9 9 Newton-upon-Ajr 0 S 9 Ovenden „ 010 0 Ely .. ,. 326 Burnley , Gray .. 2 12 0 Hollinwood .. 0 10 0 Chelsea ( .. 2 4 0 Northampton „ 3 3 0 Whittingtonand Congleton .. 10 1 Cat .. .. 1 18 3 Newcastle-upon . Longton .. 0 6 6 Tyne .. 5 8 6 Cheltenham .. 0 8 0 Corbridge .. 0 8 0 Bolton .. 1 lo 0 Daventry „ 2 10 Clackmannan .. 3 13 0 John Watson ,. 0 5 0 John Turner , Halstead .. 0 8 0 Helston .. 0 5 0 Hull .. .. 040 Smcthwick .. 0 5 0 Boulogne .. 0 16 0 Edinburgh .. 2 6 0 Leicester , Astill 111 9 II . Chegwidden , Birmingham , Pare 0 5-0 Helston .. 0 5 0 Easington Lane 0 5 0 Burnley , Clegg 0 7 6 Dewsbury .. 5 12 10 Calais .. 4 8 11 Teigumouth .. 0 10 0 W . Williamson , Nor tbwich .. 10 6 Alfreton .. 0 3 9 Tavistock ,. 0 1 0 Darlington .. 016 9 Atherstone ,. 0 10 0 James Hindle .. 1 0 0 Nuneaton .. 2 O 5 Oswaldtwistle .. 913 4 Lambeth .. 1 8 0 Birmingham , Globe and Friends 5 17 0 Goodwiu .. 5 13 0 Huddersfield .. 5 10 Norwich ,. 3 16 4 Merton ,. 1 15 8 Hawick .. 01310 Preston .. 2 0 0 Cripplegate .. 6 3 8 Shoreditch .. 0 9 6 Belfast .. 2 6 6 Stephenson , CuUen 0 10 Worcester .. 5 7 0 Aberdeen .. 2 0 0 Shrewsbury , Bathe 2 6 3 CuparFife .. 0 5 0 £ 19 * J 3 _ n

      SECTION No . 3 . ¦ " ¦¦¦ tHABZB . W . T . Spark ? „ 0 1 4 Burnley , Clegg 2 12 0 Richard Stevens 3 4 0 Calais .. .. 136 Hull .. .. 420 Darlington .. 638 James West .. 0 2 0 Oswaldtwistle .. 5 4 4 Liverpool .. ll 13 2 Birmingham , Rouen .. 5 4 4 Goodwiu .. 013 0 J . Lightbody .. 2 12 4 Norwich ,. 0 13 6 Donald Christie 2 10 0 Hawick .. 0 4 4 Malcolm Christie 2 10 0 Cripplegate .. 0 5 0 Ashton .. 0 12 3 Belfast ., 0 12 0 Elland .. 1 0 0 Worcester M 12 0 Raistrick ~ 0 lo 4 Wootton-under . Newcastle-upon- Ed-e „ 5 4 4 Tyns .. 4 0 S W . Roberts .. 026 John Sired .. 0 14 Loughborough .. 2 0 0 P . Mulcahay ., 0 2 4 Shrewsbury , Batho 2 13 9 R . Stevens „ 1 0 0 Horsley ,. 0 3 0 Rober t Smith „ 0 5 0 Newent ,. 1 0 0 Joseph Bishop .. 0 1 0 Nottingham .. 9 1 0 John Packer .. 0 2 0 Smethwick .. 4 10 0 Rober t Stevens 0 0 6 Limehouse .. 0 7 0 Mary Mansfield 0 5 0 Wm . Rossiler .. 0 10 0 Henry Osetnan 0 l 4 Retford .. 0 8 0 JohnBonell .. 0 3 0 Hamilton „ 0 3 0 Westminster , J . Hanley „ 3 16 3 Slater .. 1 0 0 Devize 3 .. 6 10 0 G . Waterman .. 0 4 0 Warrington .. 6 15 8 ! Wm . Wilson .. 0 1 6 Chepstow ,. 0 7 0 Wm . Huchins .. 0 2 0 Stalybridge .. 8 0 0 Thos . Plack .. 0 2 4 Sheffield ,. 3 10 0 Joseph Moss .. 010 0 tossley .. 7 5 10 Westminster .. 3 9 6 Ashton-under-LyneU 19 0 Bridgewater . Tweedjo 1 ? 4 Manchester ., 16 9 8 J . Jt'Cartney | .. 0 5 0 Oxford .. 0 9 0 John Wilkins .. 0 4 4 Paisley „ 0 10 9 Sarah Burgess .. 0 10 0 Swindon .. 4 0 0 I Skegby .. 0 lo 0 Newport .. 017 6 John White .. 0 2 0 Ledbury .. 3 0 0 Thomas Pike .. 0 H 0 Forquay .. 1 13 6 Robert Jones .. 0 3 0 Wolrerhampton 0 19 4 Thomas Saunders 2 0 0 Glasgow ' .. 515 0 George Allm .. 0 2 6 Newton-on-Ayr 0 15 0 Bury „ .. 3 13 10 Ely .. .. 028 Samuel Holt .. 5 4 4 Hollinwood „ 0 5 0 Monmouth , Cloud 0 15 10 Northampton » 10 0 Rochdale .. 1 10 0 Newcastle-upon-Bacup .. 20 0 0 Tyne „ 17 6 Prescot .. 10 0 Hull „ „ 6 9 0 Campsie .. 0 6 4 Boulogne .. 1 1 0 Horncastle „ 212 4 Leicester , Astill 1 9 10 J- -Sparrow 0 2 6 Birmirgham , Pare 0 4 0 Ovenden .. 10 0 Blandford .. 0 17 4 Burnley , Gray „ 5 0 0 Dewsburv .. 1017 2 George EUis .. 318 4 Northmen .. 0 2 6 5 ?^ oulsb y " ° 5 ° Tavistock ., 0 2 0 nhithngton and Atherstone .. 012 4 C * •• S 14 4 Nuneaton .. 110 Thomas BonsaU 0 4 4 Lambeth .. 0 4 8 n ??^* " ° 8 8 Bermondsey .. 0 3 0 ri ^ fl " l ° ° Gerge Allison .. 0 2 6 Cheltenham .. 716 9 Globe and Friands 2 5 0 Bolton .. 18 5 10 Huddersfield .. 1 8 0 Pr ! i enng " 2 * ° Merton 013 0 Chtheroe .. 5 0 0 Preston .. 2 15 4 Edinburgh .. 0 4 0 Shoreditch „ 2 8 8 £ 304 0 4

      EXPENSE FUND . . " ™^ T RichardStarens 0 2 0 Cripplegate ... 0 2 0 HuU « . 0 16 Worcester ... 0 14 5 Liverpool ... 0 10 0 WootncMinder-Rouen ... 118 Edge ... 0 2 0 James Lightbody 0 10 Newent „ , 0 10 0 Sudbury ... 0 10 Nottingham ... 19 6 Newton Abbott 412 7 Retford ... 0 2 0 Westminster 0 10 Hanley ... 0 6 6 John Wilkins 0 2 0 Hucknall , Tork-Bury ... 0 111 hard ... 0 3 0 Carlton ... 0 0 9 Sheffield ... 0 10 6 Samuel Holt 0 2 0 Busby ... 0 2 4 William BrentaU 0 0 6 Totness ... 0 2 0 Hindley , Bowden 0 2 6 Oxford O 15 5 Prescot ... 0 5 1 PaUUy Z 0 4 9 Campsie ... o 14 7 Newport . 0 7 0 George EUis 0 16 Torquay ... 0 0 6 Chelsea ... 0 2 0 Glasgow ... 0 4 9 BenjandC . For 0 4 0 Newton-upon-Ayr 010 6 Whittington&CatO 1 4 Ely ... 1 14 6 Thomas Bontall 0 2 0 Corbridge ' . ' . ' . 1 15 4 Cheltenham ... 19 0 Johu Watson 0 6 0 Bolton ... 0 9 0 Halstead ... 6 4 0 Kettering ... 0 16 Hull ... 0 10 0 Clackmannan 6 8 0 Boulogne ... 0 8 6 Burnley ... 0 3 0 Shiney-row ... 0 10 0 Calais ... 0 2 0 Dewsbury ... 018 2 Edinburgh ... 0 3 6 Globe and Friends 0 4 0 OiwaldtwisUe 0 2 0 Huddersfield 0 3 0 Norwich ... 0 7 5 Preston ... 0 5 6 £ 35 2 0 ., n , n SOTAL LAND FOND . Mr 0 Connor , Section No . 1 ... no 10 8 Mr O Conner , Section No . 2 ... 194 13 n Mr O Connor , Section No . 3 ... 304 0 4 Expense Fund ... ... 25 4 1 J £ 634 _ 9 0 § ——^——

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      . J UKUKll-TS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION Edinburgh .. 0 12 11 } Newcastleupon-Llverpool .. 0 12 t Tyne .. 0 4 1 REPAYMENTS TO MR O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT DUE BY DBFENCE FUND . Per Mr Christopher Doyle . Mr Bond , sen ., A Democrat , Devizes .. ' 0 2 6 Chepstow .. 0 10 Totness .. 0 5 0 Bolton ., 119 Newton Abbott 012 6 Belfast .. 0 5 6 Portsea .. 0 5 9 Hollinwood .. 0 3 7 Edinburgh .. 1 5 0 C . Segrave , Ipswich 0 2 0 £ 1 4 7 RECEIPTS OF THE VICTIMS' COMMITTEE . Mr Stylei . proceeds Birming ham , Newof a lottery , Mary . house ... 0 10 0 leoone ... 0 6 0 Segrave .,, 0 10 Mrs Grice ... 0 0 6 Flower , Brightou 0 5 0 MrDowling , Hel- G . Norris , Tower aton ... 0 10 Hamlets ... 0 0 C fOBMB aiCBABDS . MrCartwright 0 2 6 Scholey , Peterboro 0 3 6 Brightlingsea .. 0 10 Rothemam .. 0 4 6 MBB EtLIS . A Friend .. 0 1 0 west ' s ikstihomul , A Friend ,. 0 1 0 Thos . Class , Secretary .

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      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . The usaal fortnightly meeting of the abore society was held at the German Sooiety ' a Room , Mr Rainsley in the chair . The adjourned diecussion was reopened by Mr Brown , —who could see but little t <> nnn fault with in the Young America movement , 160 or 200 acres might seem a large quantity to people who were ignorant of the extent of the United States , bvils might grow out of large allotments , but tlvy could no t be so great as those we have at present , with the land in the hands of the few , as in Ireland . Carl Schappxr considered that the movement was only against the capitalists , and not against the principles of private property ia land . Partial reforms should be based on seal principle ? , or they were tha cause of much mischief .

      Brother Gathard could not agree with friend Schapper . The leaders ofthe movement were mostly persons who had left thU country , and had the prejudicesof strangers to contend with . lie considered that the movement went far enough under ihe circumstances . . Brotuer Kebs adjourned the discussion till the next meeting night . The persona propoied at the last meeting were elected , including Mr Wild of Mottram , and Mr Damelb » , editor of the Miners' Advocate . Messrs Gathard and Matthews were proposed as members . Toe meeting then adjourned till Monday evening , April 12 .

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      MURDERS , AND CONFESSIONS OF CRIME .

      Mordeb at Chestkbtibd . —Confession of Platis —This criminal , since his conviction , has been in the condemned cell of the county gaol , where he has been visited by the chaplain ofthe prison , who urged on the convict the propriety of making a confession of his guilt . Oa Sunday week Platts attended divine service , and ia theafterpart of the day wrote to his mother , sister , and brother , previous to which he made an unreserved and full confession of the hiUN der . He stated that te was present wlieait was committed , and that he was the principal party concerned , although he did not strike the blow by which the unfortunate man , Collis , was stunned and rendered insensible . He next proceeded toimpli . cate Morley as taking an active part , and divulged the name of a third person , which , as a matter of count ' , has not been suffered to transoire . Thn

      circumstances be narrated were as follows : Platts and Collis , the deceased , ; spent the Sunday afternoon with Moriey . Collis was plied with drink and inveigled into Platts' shop in the shambles under pretence of settling the account , and he was then njurdered . The object of Platts and Morley was plunder , for it was conjectured that as Collis was about to marry Ellen Beresford , ho had saved money for this pnrpese , which he carried about with him . lhia young woman gave testimony oh the trial . After the perpetration of the murder the body was mutilated , and on the Monday night was deposited in the sack by Morley and the convict , and carried across the market place to the cesspool where it was accidentally discovered . During the day Platts had proceeded to the house ot Mr i ranks , the landlord of the Old Angel , and not many yards distant from the shambles , and told Mrs Franks , at the time the corpse was Ivine in tlu >

      shop , that he full y expected to meet Collia at the ' $ ?¦ ' ' 1 ° i er * ° 8 ettle their Partnerships accounts , -lhis statement made by Platts on Sunday , would make it appear that after the blow inflicted on the victim , he was strangled to prevent the moaning noise , and which noise , it may be remembered , was sworn to as having been heard by several persons on passing through the shambles on the Sunday eveningot the murder , and which attracted the attention otthe passers-by . The convict admitted that he then proceeded to rifle the dead body of his victim and divested it ofthe shoes and oart of thaS

      natts then went into lengthened details of the part n w am edinthe murder » and the circumstances . On Monday , npon being visited by the chaplain sw / re ° ' ^ S ?™* W indecorous 1 . 1 f ^ re ? ° - ° ? Patt ? hadaH interview with r « S H i tlHg u iustice , > and was then interrogated relative to the confession whieh he had made on the preceding day , and was asked if theconlession was reduced to writing ho would sign the document ; to the great surprise of all present , the convict contradicted the statement made on the preceding day , and denied that he had any part in the murder , but implicated other individuals . He made another statement to the justices , which is said to have been full of inconsistencies . We believe , however , that Platts has since become more repentant aHd has expressed a wish to avow the awful crime

      DlSCOVBRT OF A SBPPOSKD MtsTBBMOS MuRDIR cojimiiisd eleven Years smce . —Saturday ' s government Police Gazette contains the particulars of a supposed murder committed eleven years since . In August , 1836 , a mare was found tied in a coppice at Sedgberrow , Worcestershire . She was of the following description , riz ., dark brown with switch tail star in the forehead , long in the back , about fifteen hands high , three or four years old , and a fast trotter . She had on a bridle and saddle , the latter a good one , with two new stirrup leathers and girths attached , maker ' s name on the saddle" C . Reeve

      , Malmesbury . " In consequence of human bones having been recently discovered near to where the mare was found , it is thought that the owner of the mare was murdered , ana that he was a dealer . A person suspected of the murder has given away an antiquedouble-linked silver watch chain , and affixed to the chain is a watch-key , in the body of which is curiously worked in silver the figure of a man , seated on a barrel , smoking a pipe . It is believed that the chain and key belonged to the deceased , and every endeavour is being made to ascertain who that inilividual was .

      The Murder at Dagekhau . —A few weeks ago , it will be recollected , that the grand jury found a true bill against Parsons , Hickton , and Kimpton , the policemen , for conspiracy and perjury , before the coroner of Essex , at the inqueBt upon the body of George Clarke . It was then stated that the trial would take place at the summer assizes , the parties having liberty to traverse , On the last day the three men were called , in order to put in bail ; but the only one who made his appearance was Kimpton . Parsons and Hickton , although seen just previous to the assizes , were not to be found , and although the police have been on the look-out for them , armed with a judge ' s warrant , for their apprehension and committal to gaol , in default of finding bail , they have disappeared altogether . This wa 3 expected by many persons , and the police authorities are blamed for not keeping a proper watch over their movements . In answer , the police say that it is owing to the

      tardiness of the government in not signifying their intention to prosecute until several months after the surveillance under which the men had been placed was withdraw . Tfee bail required for the appearance of Kimpton was £ 400 , which not being prepared with , he was conveyed to Ilford gaol , where he at present remains . He is stated to be remarkably taciturn , rarely speaking to any one . After the surveillance of the police was withdrawn , Kimpten , with his wife and seven children , went to London , where , up to his appearance at the assiees , he was enabled to support himself and family bv working at his trade of harness-making . Parsons and the other man also went to London . With respect to Parson ? , the circumstance of his having absconded has caused the most serious reports to be made by the inhabitants , who hin pretty strongly that his disappearance favours a guilty knowledge ofthe means by which the deceased came by his death .

      Farehaji . —A frightful attempt at murder and suicide was made a few days since at the residence of W . Thresher , Esq ., the intended victim being the nursery maid in that gentleman ' s family , and the perpetrator of the double crime his footman . Both parties survive .

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      lN ™ T ? iNAL ' KADES ASSOCIATION DlfS ' ™ PR 0 TECT 10 N 0 F LNV "Vnion for tiumion . " ¦ T , h « "ntral committe 7 o 7 the above floumhinf KS T > i ° u their U 8 Ual weekly meeting at their m p In * L n l ha * C 0 Urt-roa ' » - S . Duncombe , Esq . M . P . ib the chair . The minutes of the previous mating wwreadand confirmed , the financial account ot the week was read and received , which amounted to upwards ot * 330 . Mr Green reported , no and Mr Robson waited upon the West-end Ladies' shoe makers : an excellent feeling was manifested ; when they resolved to wait the conference of the mutual assistance association before joining .

      , SCO fLAND —Wisua w—On Monday evening a meeting of miners and other trades was held , when Mr Jacobs delivered a lecture which was well received , and a resoluti -n passed approving ofthe association , and a recom niendation made that the committee enter 500 more member * in the National Association of Tradej . The unsual tote of thanks was paged . EMNBURGH . —Tuesday evening a general meeting of the tanners wat held in their meeting room , when Mr Jacobs delivered a lecture . A resolution wa » carried unanimous of approval of the operations of the asiociation . A member rose and recommended the Norlhtrn Star , as it reported the proceedings of the trades . ;

      Thursday a weeum , ' ofthe plasterers was held in the Roman Eagle Hall , to hear the principles and plan of tfce National-Association set forth by Mr Jacobs . Ho lectured thereon to the entire conviction of the meeting . A rcao . lution to join the association was carrii-d unanimously , ubo a resolution approving of the Korthem Star , and thanking the proprietor for his assistance to the association in giving place for the reports of process . JOHNSTONS . On Friday evening a public meeting ofthe trades wssheld , to hear a lecture fr . > m Mr Jacobs , gutting forth the objects , &c . of the National Association . The meeting which was composed chiefly of spinners , weavers , and imgineerg , pagsud a resolution full ) approving of the association , and determining to organise tlitir trades to join . The spinners will join forthwith .

      MACCLESFIELD MrJ . W . Parker held a meeting of the operative tailors of Mauclestiuld 011 Tuesday even , ing , March 23 d , at the Bull and Gate , Cliesttrsate , to ex . plain the principles and objects of the National Association of United Trades . MrD . Mollomy win called to the chair , and briefly opened the meeting ( a very crowded one ) by introducing Mr P . as an old and tried friend 0 the trade ; and expressed a desire they would benefit from the advice he was capable of giving e . s to the utility of union , and well-directed efforts , tothu souiat amelioration ot the trades in general . Mr P . rose and was received with loud cheering . He showed very clearly the advantages that would be derived to the trade by their connection with other trades ; and that each whb intimately

      and closely interested in each other ' s welfare ; that trades in their isolated position were to a eertain extent power-It ss , but under a certain national organization would be all-powerful . He concluded a very Iour address , by urging upon his hearers to bury in oblivion all past diffcrtnees and commence the good fight anew . The result w «> the passiug of a resolution , that two sections be established in MaccK-sficld—one fur the in-door workers , and another for the eut-door workers , A committee of five from each portion was elected to carry into effect the resolution , which was agreed to . A vote of thanks was passed unanimously to Mr Parker and the chairman . This was one of thu largest meetings held in this town for many years of the tailoring trade , and the best results are anticipated .

      On Wednesday , the Fast-day—he attended a meeting of Stock ' s andTait ' s hand « , of Stockport , to make certain inquiries respecting a reduction of twelve and a hnlf per cent , upon their wages , and a further reduction of m similar amount being threatened . The result of the inquiries referred to have been duly reported 10 the central committee . In the evening of the same day he proceeded to Macclesfield , to attend a general meeting of silk dyers , who were deBirous of ascertaining the nature of the objects ofthe United Trades . The meeting wus held in the large room of the Roebuck Inn , it wain very numerous one , —a chairman having been appointed , introduced Mr Parker to the meeting who was received with much kindness . Hecammenced by explaining the origin of the

      Association—the good already effected bj its agencyand its two-fold character—the supporting of strikes and turn-outs , as the defensive position—sind defended this course as necessary , while buil ing a better superstructure as the development of the associative or reproductive principle , in proof of which he exhibited articles manufactured by the association , and expatiated upou . the facilities each trade afforded of consuming each other ' s productions . He announced the fact that the association had in their employ shoemakers , glovers , nailers , framework knitters , and were about to employ the serge weavers of Collumpton , whose twills and plaids could be worked up into waistcoats and trousers by the operative tailors , and disposed of to members of the association , as cheap and equally as

      good in regard to workmanship , as any of the so called cheap establishments , inasmuch as the tailors receiving the articles so produced , would escnpu the wholesale and retail profits secured in the ordinary tray , thus enabling the association to divide the profits mutually between the producer of the material and those who work it up , by adding it to the wages , thus , as it were , cutting two ways , enhancing tbe wages , and securing a real protection for thoso who are compelled to turn out against reductions and every specit-s of tyranny . Mr P . at great length entered into other explanations , to the entire satisfaction of his audience . Several questions

      relating to individual support in case of any meinbtr being victimised by any employer , and portions of a trade also , were put and answered satisfactorily . A resolution approving ofthe principles of the Association was unauimously adopted . A discussion took place upon their average earnings : they adopted the average of 16 s . p ^ r week , and agreed to send to the Central Committee their first month ' s levies and contributions for one hundred and fifty members for their entrance , on the 1 st of April , A vote of thanks was passed to Mr Parker by acclamation . Considerable additions were made to their numbers on Saturday evening , through the iufluence of the abeve meetinr .

      On Thursday , the missionary attended a very large , meeting of the silk weavers in the Parsonage-streoet Chapel . It was crowded to excess , the- aisles and galleries being filled in eveiy part ; ' on Mr Parker ' s uscend . ing the platform he was loudly cheered . Mr P . wag prevented from making his statement on account ef u reduction by Mr Brocklehuret , which occupied the attention ofthe meeting , therefore it was adjourned to Monday evening , the 29 th ult ., when Mr P . will be again in attendance . t On Saturday he attended a meeting of silk pickers a their meeting house in Cable-street , Manchester . In the evening he waited upon tbe bricklayers ' society , also the labourers of Macclesfield , at tho Bull and Gate , Chestergate , to explain the principles ofthe Association , but iu consequence ot the press of business , which lasted to a late hour , the explanation was deferred to a future occasion . After the meeting on Monday he will proceed to Sheffield to attend several meetings of the trades in that town .

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      Mamchksikr Bakers . —A publio meeting of this body of oporatives took place on Tuesday , the 23-d mt ., at the Old Meal House , High-street , Mr ^"" ld en secretary of the National Trades' Assooiaffi , 1 " . cha'r . The attendance was numerous . cate ! &T ? mong 8 t those Praenft not only deli-K ? SiJ W ' * ° - * » goodly number hood Tht ™ b > * ker 8 of thia to ™ ^ d "eiphbour-: Sims iw" *! ** .. "" "Pressedby MesfwIlulme , Yates Th ft ' fnl . Lltler ' Thompson . Downie , and i adopted :- f ° 0 Win 8 " ^ lutiona were unanimously « 2 Si » iouM % n i . * UlUm otthU raettin * - lhatthe m ^ sgm ' ' 01 crime , distress , misery , sicknpaa «« . » ^ . andean , lo ^ i rasLKs

      That thli meeting views with regret the protracted hour , of labour to which nt present the operative bakfr u subjected , is not only injurious to his bodily health , but h « B the worst effects of obstructing the intelUctual improvement of his mind , as it entirely debars him from the opportunity of receiving those instructions which ara requisite for the moral , religious , and physical enjoyments of life ; and tins meeting pledges itBtlt to use all lawful means in its power to alter the odious system . That it is also the opinion of this meeting , that the humane employer wbodoes rot require more than twelve hours wo k per day from the operative , is placed in nn undue state of competition with the unprincipled emptoyer who extracts from sixteen to twenty . three hours from his unfortunate serf , and this meet ng declares the present systemis injurious to the community at large .

      A resolution of thanks to the Northern Star , and that portion ofthe press generally whiih advocated the interests of the working classes , cft ' sed the proceedings . I The above meeting was held last Tiiesday week , but the report did not reach this office till lnursday , April 1 st . If our correspondents will not pay attention to the necessary rules we have laid down , and which they may read every week over our ' leader column , they must pay the penalty of exclusion or abridgment . Ed . JV . S . ] The Manchester District Committee of the National Association of United Trades for the Preteclionol Industry , meet every Wednesday night , at the house of Mr W . White , Railway Inn , Dean ^ gato , where all communications must be addressed . Jambs Godldkn , Sec . Lancashire Mixers . —The general delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will be held at the house

      of Mr J . Croston , kay-street , Bolton , on Monday next , April 5 th , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and other gentlemen .

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      » ANYTHING IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR SAILORS . " I have often heard the above expression , but until lately , supposed it was a mere cant pbrase , with little or no meaning attached to it . But whan at Damuriscotta bridge the other day , I was nmie sensible that what 1 supposed to be but an idle phraoe , is really a principU much practised upon by many ship-owners and shipmasters . My eyes beheld a specimen ofthe operation of this principle , which I now pen for publication in the boat , hoping that friend Hacker , the boat ' s master will lay the subject open to the very core .

      Damanscotta bridge , it is well known , is a place famous for ship-building . More than a dozen vessels varying from two hundred to six hundred tons burden , have been built thtre this season . All of these vessel * it it laid are built of good materials , and well put together —finished and furnished in style . I went oh board of one ship , the Jane H . Glidden , said to be tbe most splendidly furnished ol the lot . Her cabin is finished with mahogany , and is to be carpeted and furnished accordingly . Every convenience that can bo wishud for is here to be found . Nothing seems to be lacking , as it regards accommodations . Pride is most amply ' provided for , and unduly encouraged . And here the inquiry urises , for whom are all these conveniences jra / ided ? For tbe captain principally . But how are the men , those who do the work , the sailors , provided for « Has

      BUttabL- provision been made for their wants and necessities ! Of that an affirmative answer might be given to this question ! I wish it could be said , that grtat care and regard were manifested for them , in the provision made for their comfort and welfare . But such is not the case . "Anything is good enough for sailors . " A dcu is fitted up tor them under the forecastle deck —a dick between ilio windUss and bowspit— as far as possi . ble from tbe captain ' s parlour , both in point of convenience and comfort as well as distance . This den is about four feet high—cons * quently a man of common siae cannot stand up straight in it . By this arrangetr . ent any one can perceive , that less care and regard is had for the convenience and comfort of tbe poor sailor who tugs , and breasts the storm , and perils his life to save the ship , than is manifested universally for tha

      brute creation . No ship master would pretend to take on board of his ship uny animal of the brute creation , without providing for it a shelter wherein it could stand comfortably . Even liens , when carried to sea , are provided with a CDop , in which they can stand erect . But " any thing is good enough for sailors I" A seven by nine den , four feet high , is M they need , while the captain ' s wants and necessities are numerous ! A splendid room , all carpeted , and furnished with sofas , card-tables , wash-stands , < fcc , Ac ., must be fitted up for him , while the sailor is shoved off to crouch under and beat his head against the castings of a forecastle deck . 0 , " anything is good enough for sailors ! " The captain ' s table must be furnished with the nicest china ware—while the sailor provides himself with a tin quart cup and an iron spoon .

      In making these remarks I do not wish te be under , stood as saying that all the vessels built at Damariscotta bridge have no better accommodations for the sailor * . Most of them have , but there still remains an arrant inequality throughout the whole department of shipsailing . The builder feasts upon those who do the work , am ) the owner and commander grow fat on the misery of those that sail the ship—the sailors . But these evils will exist , I apprehend , so long as society is organized aud carried on upon the principle of Grab . I have no time to write more . Half of the inconvenience the sailor is obliged to submit to , is not generally known . Friend H . lay this subject open to the world . SuEErscDT .

      The largest ship in the navy would sink under a full account of all the cruel wrongs that have been practised against sailors . The govern i ent system of land piracy is the first great wrong , and in truth the cause of all wrongs which sailors suftVr . Give every man his portion of land on which he might raise bis bread and tbe rigbt to build a cabin for hituself , and then such as might want his services on the water would have to share with him the profits of his perils and toils . He would then bare the right to expect us good a etibin on the water as his unptain . He would not be tucked into a dog hole to gnaw his mouldy , wormy bread and stinking beef , while the captain in his floating palace was regaling himself oh

      chicken"fixens " andothtr things tomat « h . He could then walk over his own little world , raise his own biead , cit down in his own cabin , and as captain of bis own little family , could be happier thau a king on the throne . But while plundered of his birthright as at presentwhile denied a spot of i&rth on which to set his foot , and driven to tue ocean to procure bread—compelled to barter bis bones and sinews , bis flesh and blood for food to keep them from perishing , he must submit to abnse , ss long as the system of land piracy continues ; and that will be till the people open their eyes to the true interests of the nation , and become honest enough to perform what justice demands .

      I have often felt pained when I have seen and heard the political rogues lying to sailors , telling them if this or ihat man is elected to office—if this er that party triumphs sailors ' rights will be secured , and thus wheedle them int > their gull traps to vote avtay their own rights , when each and every party in the State robs them of the earth , and makes them the dependent creatures they are , and subjects them to all the abuse they receive . Let light be spread among the people—let all know they hnvu as good a right to tho earth as they have to the air they breathe , and tiiey will by-and-by claim thai right and liberate themselves from the slavtry in which land piracy has bound them . The only reason why government has not claimed the air and water , and compelled people to buy them , is because they cannot bottle them up . —American Paper .

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      Irbiand . —Dublin , March 25 . — The reduction of twenty per cent , has created a very strong feeling of uneasiness tbvoughout the country . Two thousand labourers , dismissed at Dungarvan , were enly restrained from violence by tbo presence of the Scots Greys , ami supplied with bread by the bakers to prevent their shops from pillage . A Mr John O'l ) onovan was numlered in the county of Limerick on Sunday last . He was returning from mass wlien he was met and dragged off his car by four armed ruffians , who after missing fire proceeded to beat him with the butt ends of thoirguns , and thus 1 ' racturod his skull in two ; places , and left him for dead . They tlion proceeded in the direction of Aske-Nton , and chanced to meet with a young man of the name of O'Connor , whom they desired to hold donn iiia head , anil he not understanding them , one of the ruffians snapped a pistol at him , which ' . fortunately

      missed fire , and he succeeded in getting away from them . The victim of barbarous outrage lingered until Monday , when death closed his sufferings . Alakmiso Firk at Pimlico . —On Friday , between ten and eleven o clock , a fire broke out upon the premises in the occupancy of Mr Gumbleton , beot and shoemaker , Grosvenor-row , Pimlico . The flames originated in the front shop , and were first perceived by a police-coustable . An immediate alarm was raised , and messengers were sent to give intelligence of the outbreak to the engine-Btations ; meanwhile the nre continued to spread , so that in a very brief space the whole ot the stock in the shop became wrapped in one broad sheet of flame . With all possible expedition \ lenty of water was obtained , from which the firemen set to . work most vigorously , but before they could get the mastery ovir the flames , the whole of the stock-in-trade was reduced to asuesi Mr Gumbleton was insured ,

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      CHARGE OF MURDElt . -DREADFUlT " DESTITUTION . Jenifer Bolitho wa * indicted for the wilful murder of her female infant child , at Redrutli , byrefusine and neglecting to give it food and sustenance , by rpason whereof it lingered for six weeks and then died . Thiscaseis one of anextraordinary nature , itshows that starvation and complete destitution are not confined to Ireland alone , but are to be found in many of our rural districts . Hannah George stated that she was the wifr of » m ' ner , and lived at Redruth , in the same house wi h prisoner . The house is a tenement let out to lodgers . The prisoner has three children , respectively asfd three , nine , and twelve years , and is a widow . On the 1 st of February witness heard one of the chi'dren g

      onen the prisoner s door , and begin to cry . Witness then went to the prisoner ' s room . There wns neither fire nor light in the room . On asking the prisoner what was the matter , she said she was very ill ; upon which witness fetched & candle from her own room , ami told the prisoner that she thoupht that she was in labour . She asked witness to frtch a midwife , wh-ch she did , and returned in about five minute ? , when she heard a baby cry ; and on going into the room found that the prisoner had been delivered in her absence . Th « child was lying on the floor , and the prisoner standing near it . It was a very fine child . Two days affer the witness saw the child aemn and asked her if she had any relief for it . She said her aunt had been to the relieving officer for her the morning before to seek relief . The witnnss went again to the prisoner ' s ronm on the following day . The baby was there , and seemed to be well . She did not see the child asain ; but often hoard it crying in the evenincs . when witness returned from her work . The baby died on the 3 rd of March .

      Anne Messenger stated that shealRolivpd in the same house with the prisoner . On the 1 st of February she was called out of her bed to a « sM tho prisoner , soon after twelve at night . Sh « hnd a baby in her arms . Witness washed and dressed it as the prisoner was in ereat distress . She then gave it to the prisoner . She saw i- again the next day , hut not afterwards for a fortnight . It then appeared to be in a very wretched low state , and to all appearance dying . She pave it to Jane Hicks , and afterwards took it some bread and sugar , and left it on the prisoner ' s table , and begged the nrisonor to eive it to the child . She did not afterwards * see the child alive , hut heard it cry '' brave loud" many times . The cries afterwards became fainter , until they were like those of a cat .

      Jane Hicks was next called . She stated that she lived in the same house with the prisoner , and saw the child on the morning after it was born . She sometimes saw it twice a day , always once . Never saw it fed by the prisoner . It was generally on the foot ot the bed . with the clothes thrown over it . Before the prisoner was confined she asked mo for soup , and I have given it to her . The day after she was confined , I went to the relieving officer for her at her request . Charles Tregoning-I nm a policeman of Redruth .

      On Monday , the 22 d of February , I went to the prisoner ' s room . and _ asked the prisoner where the child was . She said in the bed . I then saw it . She said ltwas very bad . I nsked her why Bhe did not nurse it She mid she had not hnd any milk , and could n « t suckle it . I aOted her why she did not givo it some food . She said Bhe had none to give it . I asked her if she had cot any bread in the house She said nothing but the union bread , and that the child would not eat that . She then showed me her breast It was very thin .

      By the prisoner—When I went into the prisoner ' s wm one of her children was eating a raw turnip . She said her child was starving . I went to the relieving officer , and told him what the prisoner had told me . I saw about half a loaf of union bread in thft prisoner ' s room . George Harris—I am the relieving officer of the Redrutb Union . On the morning of the 2 H February last an application was made to me for relief for the prisoner . I went tn her house , and then f = ent the doctor to her . He ' orde-ed me to give her some bread and some sago . I sent her a loaf and some oatmeal . On tho Friday following she sent again , and I sent her two loaves of union bread , and after that the guardians ordered her four loaves of bread a week It is pretty good bread ; no bran is taken oufc of the flour . That continued for six weeks .

      Jane Polkinghnrne—1 am aunt to the prisoner . I received one sixpenny loaf and two pounds of oatmeal from the relieving officer for the prisoner . Mr Harris was told she had no fire , or soap to wash the baby with . I had twelve loaves of bread for the prisoner in all . < By the prisoner—I went to see the orisoner from time to time at her hnuse ; she asked me to go to seek for meat for the baby . I asked Mr Harris if he would be so good as to give me sixpence on behalf of a starving child . I got nothing else but what I havement oned . She desired me more than once to go for food for her baby . I gave the child gruel and bread from time to time . She was a distressed woman . 1 have brought her turnips , and she ha * given each child a slice of turnip to eat for their supper , and put them to bed . I have begged bread for her . She had not tea . coffee , or anything elso , but had soaked barley bread in water for herself and children .

      Samuel Vincent Pryce Mitchell—I am snrgeon t » the Redruth union . On the 2 nd of February Me Tlarris desired me to visit the prisoner , I did so , and found her in bed . She had been confined the day before . I did not see the child . I was sent for again about a week after . I did not then see the child . My attention was not called to her circumstances , and I never saw the child alive . I examined the child on the 4 th of March , and foiind it very much , emaciated , the stomach empty . There were no signs of disease , the bowals nearly empty , pot quite . I should say the child had not had suffioJient nourishment . I should imagine death was caused by it » not having had the common necessaries , of life . I cannot imagine any other cause of deatli . "

      The prisoner , on being called on for her defence ^ said that for some time pist she bad been in a complete state of starvation , with no bread to eat or togive her children . They had often gone to bed with * out breaking their fast , and that " starvation wasbitter bad . " Three little orphans , had nothing but raw turnips to give them ! The baby she was unable to suckle , asshe had no milk in her breasts owing to starvation , and the child would not take the union : bread , it was so coa . fee . She had no fire , candlej or even soap to wash th . e fchild . The dear baby ! ' sheloved it too well to . hurt it . but it died through want * Mr Justice Cresawell then summed up the case , telling the jury that it was first necessary for the prosecution to make out that the child died from starvation , before they cou'd enter into the question'of whether the prisoner had in aav way concurred in it *

      deatli . On this point the evidence of the surgeon , confirmed as it was by the other witnesses , was very strong . If , then , tiiey . tiiought . thatthe child . did die from starvation , was that caosed by the . jyilful withholding of nourishment . by the mother , ? If so . it would be murder in her . But if , on the other Hand , there was only gross negligence on her : part ,, but nointention to cause death , then the crime would be manslaughter . If , however , they thought the woman , had no means of supplying the child with food , then she would not be responsible , and they must- acquit her altogether . There wa 3 one observation he could not help making . It was to have been expeeted that after the policeman had seen the destitution of the < woman , that some one would have called to ascertain her real state , and render such assistanoe as shemight have required ; that , however , had not been , the case .

      The jury retired to consider their wrdict , andi after half an hour ' s consultation , Acquitted th » prisoner .

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      A Sheripp ' s Officer Ouiwitteb . —An event occurred in Leeds a few days ajo , which has excited a good deal of gossip and merriment afe the expense of a certain sheriff ' s officer , who has hitherto been celebrated for his acitenessand sixu-p . nghitchiess . In the case , liswever , to which we refer , the well-known olHcer was completely outmanesuvred . It so happened tilat the ouicsr in question was called upon , in the exercise of his duty , to "take possession" of tha household goods of a certain party , whose affairs , f « om adverse circum « stances , had placed him in an uncomfortable position Armed with his " little brief authority , " fcho officer proceeds to the residence ot his victim / expecting no doubt to take up his quarter * fov the night . Entertaining , it would appear , sympathy fo » friends in difhcBHies , he knocks gently at the back door , whera he was roet by the good yoang lady of the house , to whom ho m sympathetic terms , comswnicateil the

      purport of his mission . She , nothing , daunted by the serious nature of his . message , immediately and frankly proposed that isstead of cowing on such an errand the back way , he should , in order to avoid the scrutinizing curiosity of the servants , be admitted by the front door , and then located in one ofthe trout roosaa , where he might remain , sub sUentio , " monarch , of all I survey . " No sooner smid than done . The condescending and obliging ofiicial at once retired , t » go round to the front , and the opportunity was taken by the lady to secure the lock and bolt . Tho unwelcome official , who often has the credit of seeing beyond his nose , in this case did not evidently see beyond his tpectacles . It is said thata conversation ensued after this polite ejection , be . tween tho two ; tho lady being located in a window on the second story , and tho officer in the garden . The succeeding eceno and dialogue , it may b imagined , rather resembled those of" Catherine and Petruehio , " than thoso of" Romeo and Juliet . "

      The Daily News calls attention to the fact , that there is scarcely a school , either public or private , in which subscriptions have not been raised among the ¦ scholars in aid ofthe funds for the relief oCt&r dfc tressed Scotch and Irish . The pupils of ^ tcn se nt v £ 170 to the United Relief Aesociatiofr in Leiewt « . " ' \ £ square . Ui ' - .-T * ' « V - '•¦ ¦ ¦ v ' -v-iSp . ¦ i — ¦ - v \ is ^ 5 ^ ^ zdu

      Ce ^Eatiersf Sc Comsuonuen &?

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      » FOB THE BANE . Sums previousl y acknowledged 1043 15 2 For the Week ending the \ st A P ril .. .. 51 15 o £ 1095 10 2 ^^¦¦ H ^^ B ^^^

      —- . ^^^^^^^^ mm 1 AND PURCHASE DEPARTMENT . Section 1 . Class-Two Acbes . . JametHain £ 871 0 ; -r . S&BBSU Sewrtarie 8 -

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      1 ^ The celebrated Dr Hunter , when starting in life , gave lectures . His first lecture was attended only by the porter . "John , " said the great man , unmoved by the circumstance , "take that skeleton down that , I may say with propriety—' gentlemen . '" Civilization is a word that is in everybody ' s mout ' a ; but few of those who make so frequent use of it , seem to know exactly what they mean , ortoat . tach any precise definition to it . The Bedouin Arab & are , as I understand the word civilization , muo'j more civilized than avast portion of the British pOpula . tion . I speak of their conduct only a » ref ards each other , not as regards their intercourw V . tb . the rest of the ytm \ i . —A < Miori $ Tiwdt .

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      TRADES' MOVEMENTS . New York Mechanics . —At a recent meeting of the mechanics of New York , '' to take into consideration the present depressed state of mechanical labour , " Mr J D . Young said : — " The object of the meeting was one in which all of them were deeply interested . He was surrounded by men eut of employment , and suffering without one to lend them assistance . Where is the sympathy of our country ? Is it with the mechanics of this country who are out of employ ? lie was glad that our country was sending food to the starving abroad , but he thought that there ought to be some sympathy for those at home . Mr Young then presented a pair of coarse shoes or brogans manufactured for tho army , and for the making ot which the journeyman reeeived but twenty-five cents

      a pair , finding his own thread , wax , and nails , which would amount to five cents . He could make but a pair and a half a day , and had a wife and three children to support . This had been caused by competition from the Germans . It had been supposed that labour was cheapest down east . It was not so . The contractor for these shoes lived down east , and had come to this city , where wages was the lowest . Handbills had been distributed in the German Ian guage , and Germans had been employed who set tho price to the wages . The man who made these shoes said he could not work for this price , and he was answered by the employer , who saiO , ' 1 can show you men who will , ' and then opened a door , showing him some sixty Germans at work on these shoes . The man had no alternative , and was compelled to work at this price or starve . "

      Conspiracy of thk Sheffield " Masters . "—The manufacturers of this town seem fully bei . t on having a tilt with the trades' unions . A Mr Newbold , saw , file and edge-tool manufacturer , has in his employ two men , saw smiths , who will tot comply with the trades' rules and regulations . In consequence , a deputation , appointed from the above trade , waited upon the master , to see if matters could not be reconciled , when an altercation took place between the deputation and the master , which ended in the mea taking steps to remove the men from his employ . One ofthe men bos been brought up before the magistrates charged with intimidation , and the other two with aiding aad abetting the same . The magistrate ,

      ' chum' of the manufacturer , convicted the threo in the full realty , three months to the house ol correction , * fhe men ' s solicitor lias given notice of appeal . Mr Isaac Ironside became bail for them , a \ id they were set at liberty till Pontefract Sessions . There is a rumour in the town that Mr Roberts is to be sent for , and that a public meeting will bo held on the subject . The manufacturers here have formed a "Protection Society , " with a solicitor , named Brenton , to prosecute . There is soarcely a day passes without some workman being summoned . If the men do not look sharply about them , they will lose every inch of ground they have gained within the last tew years .

      Thk Tbn Hours' Bill . —The Earl of Ellesmerc and Lord Feversham have consented to take charge ofthe Ten Hours' Bill in tho House of Lsrds , should that measure pasa the House of Commons .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1412/page/5/