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      Wed onion . These were the levers wherebv they art work out their own redemption . ( Cheers . ) _ Mr Robibts , the general secretary of the Boiler Maters Association , supported the motiun . He negjedleaTetomform the meeting that the united boiler makers « 1 Great Britain and Ireland had not own idle on this occasion . The amount of the contributions received up to four o ' clock that evening from the various lodgesof theorder was £ 10 l 16 j . 6 dlUheers . ) He had also received a letter from an inflttenKal lodge , containing a contribwtion of £ 10 , beside other letters , showing that they shonld jet «• ceive upwards of £ 20 more . He hoped that other trades wauld take the hint , and act in a similar manner . The stonemasons of the town had already collected about £ 120 , and other subscriptions were giirij : on . Let all trades make the cause their own . Let them consider what their feelings would be , if they were dragged from the bosom of their familie-,

      manacled , put in prison , brought before the magistrates , committed for trial at the assize ? , wrongfully convicted , and at last taken before the Queen ' s Beach . All this was hard enough and lamentable enough ; bat how much more hard and lameutab ' e would it be , if , "hen thus treated in a cause which involved the interests and the rights of all working men , they "ere without friends to sympathise ' with and support them . Thank 3 . however , to their own Bociety , and to those who had so nobly come forward to assist them , they were now free ; and he hoped that the cause would be fought out gloriously , and that they would show thas when tyrants combined to crush working men . working men would combine to aid and assist each other . ( Great cheering . ) Let all trades henceforth , instead of depending upon itself , and each generally falling a victim to this isolation , unite into a £ Tand Trades'Union throughout the country , and they would soon rise np as a whole —great , glorious , and free . ( Cheere . )

      Mr Do 5 OVA !? , a handloom weaver , supported the motion in an excellent speech , in the course of which fle gave a brief narrative of the ease of the Newton mechanics , showing in a striking point of view , the injustice practised upon them , and the grounds for believing that the verdict wa 3 uneqwyocally bad . fle contended that no working man who wa 3 tried oy a middle class jury , on a charge involving the inj n Of mJ ^ ( lle cla ssmen , could hope for justice and called on them to demand the right possessed by other classes , of being tried by men of their own order Unless they secured this right , even a national combination of trades would fail toseenre

      tnem from oppression . It was sometimes ea . d that the working classes clamoured for equality , and every one knew what use was made of that charge . But the word was an unsuitable one ; it did not express their meaning ; they wanted , not equality , but equity—equity in the jury-box , equity in legislation , perfect equity in all things . ( Cheers . ) Tradea unions were said by masters to be the relics or a barbarous age . It must be so . Let tie day of equal justice come ; let employers cease to trample on and crush the working classes , and then" the working classes wonld surrender their right of union and opposition . ( Cheers . )

      The Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr John Rowukeoh moved the second resolution : — That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the attempt of Messrs Jones and Potts to infringe upon the rights and interests of operatives engaged in the iron trade , ought to can forth from the working classes of every other trade a spirited and strenuous determination to unite with them in resisting guch aggressions ; and that this meeting now desires to giro expression to its deep feelings of sympathy with the victims of the Newton struggle , ana its gratitude to those trades who have already so nobly responded to the invitation to co-operate .

      Ilesaid that the spirit of the trades' unions of this country . and he knew something of them . was not , as was sometimes said , a destructive Ispirit . The general feeling and conviction was , let the employers have their rights , and nothing more—the employed tbe > r rights , and nothingless . ( Cheers . ) The whole history of the labouring classes of this country was a most powerful argumentin favourof union amongst them . Owing to the want of union , the wages of the men of Nottinghamshire had been redaced from 28 s . or 30 a . to Si . In Sheffield , owing to union , the hours of labour had been reduced from sixteen to eight per day , and they had more wages for working eight than they had for working sixteen hours a day . ( Cheers ) The speaker than alluded to some

      ottne prosecutions which have been got np against working men on the most trivial pretences , particularly in 1818 , again-t same handloom weavers of Manchester , and said that the noble conduct of those men entitled them to the respect of all trades . Why should handloom weavers be looked down upon , because they only earned 63 . or 83 . a week ? They would take more if they could get it ; and the preudiee and ignorance that opposed union with such men ought to be scouted out of Society . ( Cheers . ) The speaker proceeded most earnestly and eloquently to advocate union amongst all classes of working men , citing quotations from Malthus , Brougham , M'Culloeh , DrBowrmg , and the Bishop of Oxford .

      to snow tnat capital was immutably opposed to labour , and contended that the only means of enabling labour to straggle successfully with , iu gigantic opponent , was a general union of all trades . This general union would ' enable them to effect a reduction in the hours of labour according to the work in the market ? and-then the mechanics wonld not have ^ asia 1842 ; to spend thousands of ponnds in the support , of their men who were out of work . They ( the mechanics ) bad now a fund of £ 25 , 000 ; but he should not like to see it spent in keeping men who were without employment . If they could not do after the reduction of the hours of labour , then they must fly to Feargus O'Connor on the land . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr T . Waaossos , member of the Engineers' Association , seconded the motion . Mr John Bahreb supported the motion , enforcing the same views as the preceding speakers . He said that it was quite useless for them to complain of oppression . That oppression was not the fault of those who persecuted them ; bat it was the' fault ot themselves in not uniting together as they ought to do , to resist that oppression . ( Cheers . ) Mr Wjc Ceeighios , chairman of the Committee of the Engineers ' Society , said , that there was nothing in the executive council of that body that would foster an angry , vindictive , or dictatorial epirit towards the employers . So long as the employers and employed could cooperate together , that

      was what they wanted . At the present time , all that they wanted was justice and reason ; and he believed that their cause would ultimately triumph , andthat their accused brethren would be eventually liberated from the charge brought against them , lie showed that the journeymen had tried to settle the affair with the masters in . an amicable and friendly manner , but that all their efforts had been unsuccess ful . Mr Raskin , member of the Engravers' Association , also supported the motion , lie lamented that there had not hitherto been that brotherly feelings between different tradea which , there ought to have been , bnt he trusted that it would henceforward be exhibited in such a manner as would enable them to

      defy the efforts ofanybodyofmen who wished and attempted to oppress ( hem . Let there be a cordial union amongst all ; and if the poorest man in existence was tyrannised over , let the rich and powerful tradea stepinaadsay , "That shall notbe . " ( Cheere . ) He eulogised the ability and devotednessofMrW . P . Roberts , their solicitor , and said that the name of tkat gentleman was now a terror to all wrongdoers amongst the employers . He hoped that that night would be the commencement of a new era , and that their next meeting would be one for forming all the trades unions into a great national body ( Cheers . ) MrNoHBORT / . thougb . he gave the speakers great credit for tne best intentions , thought that too much

      time had been devoted by them to the subject of a national union , to the neglect of the immediate business for whichthey had been summoned . Whilst he was speaking , Mr P . Roberts , Esq ., solicitor of the defendants , who had promised to attend the meeting and explain the present state of the proceedings in the Queen's Bench , entered the tail ( at half-past 9 o ' clock , ) and wasreceived with vehement applause . The motion which was then under discussion , having been put and carried unanimously , Mr Roberts rose amidst renewed cheers , on the subsidence of which ha proceeded thus : —I think I need hardly say that I am happy at all times in meeting a body of working-men , and on the present occasion I am more than usually hannv . becanm mvrfnbr

      is to record progress , to convey information , and to ask a body of men , who , I believe , will respond honestly , what they mean to do . In the struggles which nave occurred with the classes which call themselves above us , there has throughout been one difficulty which , all the men in my position have felt greater than any other . We have felt no difficulty in obtaining hearty answers , enthusiastic replies ' bat , generally speaking , all that has been said has turaedoutto be meresmoke and vapour . But I believe I am now addressing a body of men who bava come forward nobly and manfully , and thus far , victoriously ; and I thank God that 1 have been allowed to help them iu doing that which will aloneserve the interests of working-men , namely—instead ol calling on this , that , and the other class to help

      them , putting their own broad shoulders to the wheel ofoppression , witha determination to lift it from them . ( Cheers . ) 1 am here to congratulate you , not so much on the progress you have made , as on . the spirit by which tbai progress has been obtained . I have known a 3 great progress made informer tunes ; I have made as great progress myself , and excited as much enthusiasm on other occasions as on this ; but I have found it worthless , or ratherworea than 1 worthless , for , whilst the parties fai ' ed to keep up fte show of strength and spirit which they had displayed , they opened the eyes of their enemies to their weakness : ^ yrhilst desirousthat , where right , thepeaple should succeed , I haTe been sometimes ratter anxious tkat the contest should be postponed ratdtte people were really prepared totakeadvaui tage of it ; and Mr Selsby , a man whom I honour ,

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      and who is deserving of all honour , knows very well that my great fear has been whether this struggle of y , ura has not come too . soon—whether , in reality , you are determined to tak 6 your 8 tand ; uponyour position , determined to maintain it ; for that is the question . If you are not determined to maintain your position mostassnredly you will be dislodged from it . ( Hear * hear . ) Most assuredly , the position you have taken at the Liverpool Assizes ia one which the class opposed to you will not suffer you to maintain without a struggle . The magistrates , in their impudence , think that you aredebarred the privilege which every ether class claims to itself—that whilst deputations rray go to the Duke of Wellington or Sir Robert Peel , the working classes , forsooth , are not to be . - . ,

      allowed to speak to a brother in error , or one going to commit an error . It is no matter to me that our deputations were called picqoets : the real thing Messrs Lyons and Stubto declared that they would put dowa was , that you should goandask some other men not to do something that they were going to do . Tb . it was the whole " thing . The power was worth nothing when you did not use it . Nobody contested it when you were silent—so long ag you opposed injuries with violence , who cared for your right to persuade ? It required no chains to chain you when you chained yourselves ; it required no straining of the laws against you , when you broke the laws which were in existence . So long as you willingly offered Yourselves to three months'imprisonment and hard

      labour : so long as yonr proceedings were characterised by violence—violence which , assuredly brought punishment , punishment which assuredly brought terror , and terror which assuredly destroyed your enthusiasm : so long as cause and effect progressed in that wav there was no need to strain tne law against you . You-were then asked wky you had not recourse to persuasion , why you did not use peaceable and amicable means , why you employed violence ? And then , when you did use peaceable means , persuasion and argument , the master class found out thatthe weapon which was powerful with them was omnipotent with you . ( Cheers . ) I , for one , care not whether the struggle is to be considered as won . or whether we are to stand up and fight it out . I

      feel myself young enough to grapple with the fee and beat him half a dozen times . ( Applause . ) I should be better pleased , Heaven knows , in my position , to look upon you gloriously and [ peaceably enjoying the victory we have obtained ; but , if it shall be that that victory is to fall as others have fallen ; if it is to be that that victory is only to have the effect of opening yoor masters' eyes , and enabling them to forge other chains ; if it is to be that you are to be thrown down , then I , for one , will help' you to get up again . ( Great cheering . ) And I feel myself , as opposed to those men whom I have to grapple with , whatever their power , however high the seats in which they sit , however bis their talk , however impudent their language , however strong their vulgarity , I feel the

      utter contempt for them all , that I have no doubt , whenever the people of England unite , or whenever a section of the people of England unite , if they are honest and true to each other , we may whistle off all tlieiropposition like chaff before the wind . ( Cheers . ) I believe that your position has been obtained greatly bv your own virtue—partly , ( why should we deny it ?) by some accidental means , but which accidental means were the result of your virtue—partly , I grant , from the accident of our having a straightforward , clear-headed , honest judge . ( Hear , hear . ) Still ihe fact is , that that position is so impregnable , so omnipotent , so certain to truimph , that unless you all get drunk again—( laughter)—unless you will have recourse to violence again , you are sure to succeed .

      There have only happened within the time that I have been here , three occurrences on which the magistrateshavepropounded the doctrinethat , although the working classes have a right to . meet and agree together , they-have no right to persuade each other . This was perfectl y absurd ; for when men met together it was almost impossible that they could all be of one mind , and yet how were they , to agree if persuasion was inadmissable ? The first time that this doctrine was propounded was at Ashton-under-Lyne , when some men ventured to persuade some other men working for Pauling and flenfrey . On that occasion , he used the same arguments as before Messrs Lyons and Stubbs ; but the . men were com ' mitted . So effort was made on their behalf by the

      working classes—not 6 d . was collected ; I debated with myself what was best to be done , whether it was not better that they should be tried , and sentenced to something that would not break their hearts , so as to ronse working men to a sense of their duty . However , when the case came to trial the prosecution was withdrawn . Since then the case occurred again at the same place . A man named Duff , a carpenter , brought a charge against twenty men of having sent a letter to Mr So-and-So , ( John Knobstick , or some one , ) stating that his company was unpleasant , and that if he did not think proper to retire , they should . The men were all committed . Then , for exactly the same cause for which , if I asked £ 20000 , £ 30000 would come

      , , , and which excites so much enthusiasm and determination . JLesa than two years ago there was no excitement at all , and only the Bum of about £ 100 was collected by the carpenters . We were bailed out to appear to answer any indictment which might be found at the assizes ; and I did then as I have done on this occasion . I at once applied for a writ of certiorari , which means that any case which is removed by that writ ia to be argued before the Qaeen ' s Bench ; and when you say you mean to argue before the Queen ' s Bench , you give a strong prosf that you are determined to eet right if you can . When I went to the assizes I passed Mr Duff and the policeman with the indictment , and I went to Mr Shuttleworth , handed him the writ of

      eertiorari , and never heardany moreabonttheindictment . I thought we were going to have no struggle now , but the indictment has been gone on with ; and a glorious indictment it is . They were sometime ago advertising for fresco paintings to adorn the House of Lords , but if their lordships wanted something to adorn their walk which was extremely curious , thongh it might not be very ornamental , they had better send for our fifty-seven yards of indictment . As far as my youthful reminiscenses would allow me , I have made a pretty accurate calculation , and I find that 150 couples might safely dance the Polka upon it . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Well , this indictment has been found , and a glorious blow it has already struck at oppression . In our nrofession we

      are glad to witness that the mere length of this indictment , granting s that it is true , and embodies an offence , has elicited from every one who has had to speak of it an expression of condemnation . The judges say that such monstrous things ought not to be permitted—that their mere length , the mere fact of a man being cal ' ed upon to answer a charge which , he could not comprehend , was an oppression . In Westminster Hall everjr person who spoke of the indictment made it a point to say that be could not understand it , and that he should be ashamed to understand it . The judge told the jury that he could not understand it , ( cheers )—that he must either be guilty of the justice of only putting a very little bit of it to them , or of the still greater Injustice of putthe whole to themand then

      ting , leaving them in an utterly inextricable mass of confusion ; ( Cheers ) Thusmuch for the indictment ; but I must now go back for a moment to tell yon that the real question mooted by Messrs Lyon and Stubbs was this , that a portion of the defendants are charged with doing nothing except one thing , which has become immortalized in the annals of the law . If any one shonld hereafter write a book on the principles which prevailed amongst the magistrates of England at this period , they wonld have to state that in the glorious year of 1846 , two magistrates , neither of whom were chickens , pronounced that walking up and down . and speaking to people , was an offence against the laws of the kingdom , and that they were the asses to

      believe that the men whom they asked to believe this would actually take their word for it . Why , it is true enough that they must have found some musty doctrine of that kind in books a hundred years old , and in men a century backwards ; but could they expect that' a body of men who had the pluck of chickens in their hearts would assent to a doctrine which went to destroy their power to speak to a friend in the streets , if they had a friend on their arms atthe same time ? For if a thing was illegal for twenty to do , it is illegal for two to do . That doctrine was propounded with regard to about seventeen of the men . There were afterwards twenty-six tried . With regard-to a number of the others , a greater mass of perjury I never heard in mv life

      than at the court in Liverpool , One man , who when before the magistrates at Warrington , swore that one of my men said , " we wbT wait for you at the station , " swore before the judge that the words were , " we will lay wait for them at the station . " Where had that man been in theinterval ? I do not say that he had been dining with Messrs Lyon and Stubbs ; but I do think that he had been taking beer with Jokes , the constable . With regard to nine of the men , it was sworn that they used some words of violence . There was no doubt that the men who had been tutored , and screwed , and bribed to swear against them before Messrs Lyon and Stubbs , would , if they were screwed and bribed a little more , and peppered afresh , be willing to swear the same , or a little more , when they went before the judge . Now , there is no doubt that using threatening language ia an offence against the laws of England , and I , for

      one , nope thatitalways will be an offence . I s » y that no cause can triumph , or ought to triumph , or shall triumph , so far as I am concerned , which feels it necessary tehave recourse to violence of one sort or another . There was a third class of defendants , amongstwhomwereMr Selsbyand MrCheeseborougb who were sworn to have encouraged this violent lanra ; n 5 wS \ ? fcift ^ J se chose to put it to the jury that they had connived , they would be of course found guilty ; but we believed that the charge against Messrs Selsby and Cheeseborough could not possibly be strained to that extent . But the most mischievous , the most dreadful offence was that with which the 17 were charged—the men who threaten destruction to the class interests and dominion of the masters—the men who walked up and down , and talked to the people . Well , we had them at Liverpool , and , notwithstanding the moral influence of Lyon and Stubbs , the judge declared that theie men

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      had committed no offence at all . The masters ' conriected with Lyon and Stubbs had come to the conviction that they have gained a loss—that they stood much better before , than they do tow . I admit that the point is still liable to argument , that there is a great deal of law the other way ; but / when I take into account' the circumstances of the year in which we live—that all things now move by combinationthat nothing is done in England now but by a conspiracy to do it—I . had a perfect conviction that , whatever the judee mieht say at Liverpool , I Bhould in the ' Court of Queen's Bench get as much law for the poor as for the rich . Although the decision is that of a single judge , yet still it is law until contradicted , and woe to the magistrate who ventures to

      commit a man for walking up and down in Newton , or any other place . Then what is the position in which we stand * With regard to the 17 , arid the principle involved in the case , that is decided . But we feel that whatever the other men did , they did it of themselves , as individuals , and not a 3 conspirators , to impoverish Messrs Jones and Potts . Do you recollect the masters lately conspiring not to engage any man belonging to the union ? ( Hear , hear . ) And th . e Manchester ff « arrftan , day after day , congratulated the public that the men were being starved out . Why this was literally doing what we are charged with ; i * was an attempt to impoverish the working classes ! Working men came to me and aaked me to indict the masters ; they asked me whether it was not a

      conspiracy , and offered me larce sums from the union if I would take it up . I said , " No ; this is a good game : I shall have to play at it myself some day . " I told them that if they used the doctrine of conspiracy against the masters , they would but fortify the hands of the masters , if ever the latter thought fit to put it in operation against the mem Then , with regard to the nine men , we feel convinced that there was no conspiracy at all ; and , backed by the mechanics of England , of whose confider . ee I feel proud , prouder than of any other honour which the earth could give , Twill fight it out . They feel that the battle'is nor . won while an inch of ground re * mins to be contested ; that , whilst a great blow has been struck at tyranny for ever , by the decision at

      Liverpool , there is still another contest , another blow to be struck ; and they say , strike on , till you can strike no longer , againBt tyranny and oppression of every sort . ( Great cheering . ) And does there remain no other tyrannny and oppression ? Is a big , bloated cqnstablo , rolling in the fat which is the result of drink , to go , with the master or the master ' s brother , into a house , against which he has no warrants , defying the law which he is placed to administer , calculating not only on pardon and protection , but on check him ; calculating on all that , he goes without any warrant , and breaVs open the boxes of any person be chooses . And is that a thing which the working classes of England are prepared to sit by and see

      done , without resentment and punishment ? ( Cries of "No , no . " ) If so , the phrase of the world would be that you deserve the tyranny ; but I say that you would deserve fifty times worse . Until-a Bpirit is aroused that looks on an injury offered to one man as an injustice committed upon the whole body—until thai is the prevailing spirit of all England , you are not in a fit state to grasp your rights , or to enjoy them if you could grasp them . I fay that the conduct of the mechanics has done them immortal honour , in determining , notwithstanding that a victory has been obtained on the large principle that the validity of the indictment itself shall be the question—that they would safc the Queen's Bench for this , if no more ; for , if there is

      nothing else against the indictment there is this—and it is acurious thing , too , in itself—that for the first time in England , we . when we come up for judgment , shall ask for a new trial , upon the ground that tne judge told the jury that he could not understand the charge . ( Cheers . ) We will say , by counsel , that that is a very fair ground for asking for a new trial , and far no trial at all ; that if the charge was unintelligible to the judge , it muBt have been so to the jury ; that the jury could not have pronounced a true verdict when they said , guilty on every eounfc , " the judge not having read one to them . ( Cheers . ) It was the duty of the prosecutors , having got their verdict against these nine —and it is a verdict which will take considerably

      more difhculty to shake than that against the seventeen—they ought the next hour to have been prepared to give every man notice that he should surrender , in discharge of his recognizances , the first day of the next term . During the first four days of term , we shall ask the Court of Qaeen ' s Bench whether they would like to have the motion for a new trial brought on then , or postponed until we are brought up for judgment ? The Court of Queen ' s Bench are cunning fellows ; they know that a verdict is sometimes obtained in an inferior court , when the parties who obtained , it never intend to press for judgment ; and they will at once -grant the motion for postponement , till the prosecutors choose to bring usnp for judgment . Nowwe are at the

      prosecu-, tors mercy ; they can call us up when they like ; but I must sajr that they have shown a remarkable want of vigour ; m that respect . If they feel content with the licking they have had / and do not want another , I think we ought to allow them to retreat . ( Laughter and cheers . ); Oh the 8 th of this month the term ends . We can only be brought up during the terra . We shall wait till the term is over , and on the followingMonday I shall publish my account of the trial ,, because a long period may elapse before we are called up for judgment . We cannot be called up before the 22 nd ; of May , and judgment cannot be pronounced before the first week in June . The prosecutors have power , during twelve months , to call us up during term ; after twelve months thev cannot

      do so without giving . us reasonable notice . A short time ago tha prosecution of these men would have been one of infinite peril . There would have been enthusiasm for the trial , and money would have been collected for the the trial ; but after the trial the enthusiasm would have died away , no money would have been collected , and the prosecutors would have rested on their oars till they saw that our apathy had left us unprepared , and then they would have called upon us to go to the next stage of the struggle , when we must have yielded to their own terms . I am to'd by the mechanics employing me , that a fund will be reserved applicable to this contest only , come where and when it may . ( Cheers . ) So far this is satisfactory . The rod will remain in pickle ; it will be kept for

      ready our oppressors , so that when the proper time comes they will meet with the same determined opposition , which we have hitherto had the glory and satisfaction of showing them . Still I warn you that your prosecution is one of imminent peril . You cannot obtain such a victory without exciting the attenturn of the classes above you to your position . I have no doubt that in next session of Parliament a bill will be introduced , in some shape or other ,- to coerce the working classes ; and whether it will fail or not will depend entirely upon the vigour of the people in resisting , or , their slavish apathy in yielding to it . ( Prolonged and vehement applause . ) Mr Thomas NoBBunt . —If the verdict is obtained against . us in the . Queen's Bench , can we go any further ? ¦

      Mr Roberts . —Yes ; and we mean to go further . Mr John Rowlinson . —In the event of Jones and Potts not pressing judgment , can we prosecute for false imprisonment and breaking open , of boxes ? Mr Roberts . —Yes ; and we mean to do bo . - Mr Norburt . —How far can we go ? Mr Roberts . —Only to one court after the Queen's Bench . .. -.,. ' Mr Roe , member of the Engineers' Association , proposed the third resolution , as follows : — That the great , splendid , and peaceful victories achieved by W . P . Roberts . Esq ., whom we regard as every working man ' s Attorney-General , have honourably earned for him the entire and unlimited confidence of the working classes throughout the British Empire . ne spoke of the great talents which had been manifested bj Mr Roberts in this and other cases , and said that the present contest between the masters and the men exceeded all former ones in its magnitude and importance , vi .

      Mr Samuhl Fletcher seconded the motion . He said that it was highly desirable that the working elasses shonld ascertain the amount of their electoral power , and that if possible they should return men who wonld place , the working classes in the same position as others with respect to sitting on juries . Mr W . Creightoh cordially supported the motion , which was carried unanimously , and followed by three times three hearty rounds of applause , given upstanding . Mr Wm . Hemm proposed the feurth resolution , which ran thus : — '

      That the best thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given to the proprietor and editors of the Northern Star , for the able and spirited manner in which the rights of lahoar are constantl y defended in their columns , and especially for their noble advocacy of the cause of the Newton men , in their late struggle with unprincipled and selfish employer ; . He spoke briefly but warmly of the great benefits which the Northern Star has conferred upon the working classes , and pointed out several instances of its bold and straightforward advocacy of their cause . Mr David Schofield seconded the motion , which was carried amidst loud applause . A vote of thankftto the chaunronwas then passed , and the meeting terminated at eleven o ' clock .

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      The Late Murder at Debut . —Death of Mrs Obborne . —Mrs Osborne , who was eo savagely attacked by the murderer Cross , after he had perpetrated the horrid murder on his wife , died on Thursday morning . The wound in her neck had healed up , but she was troubled with a violent cough , which no doubt hastened her end . The murderer cut her fingers so badly , that mortification ot one of them took place , and she had it cut off about a month ago , an operation whicasheborewitUjreatfortituue . Daring Burglary—The premises of Mr Gogorty , optician and philosophical instrument maker , No . 72 , Fleet-street , have been burglariously entered , and a large quantity of valuable gold and silver spectacles , gold eye glasses , &o ., carried off . The house is at the corner of Crown-court , from whence the burglars effected their entrance .

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      ISttfUniV 1 „ . UN 0 A 8 HIRB . LivBRFOOZi . —The Irish Immigration . —The follow * ing notice ! was . issued , on Tuesday , in the Underwriters ' . Rooms . Liverpool : — " Steamers landing from Ireland , which take passengers , will have to proceed to the quarantine ground , to be inspected by the medical officer in charge , and any of them suffering from' fever , or other , contagious disease , " ftill be removed to the laiiweltos . " ,

      , YORKSHIRE . Extensive Smuggling Transaction . —A few days ago upwards of a ton of tobacco was found buried about a yard below the surface of the earth , in a field near Wilberfoss . : Previous to that discovery a rewardof £ 200 had been offered , it being supposed that the tobacco had been brought up the river Ouse and landed on the New Walk , in the suburbs of York , from a schooner called the Ark . Mr Chalk ; superintendent of police , with Mr Wright , of Hull , and Mr Gardener , of Manchester , collectors of customs , have been actively engaged in tracing out the matter . Nothing particular , however , transpired until a few days ago , when the seizure took place . Subsequently the solicitor of Her Majesty ' s Custom ' s was sent down' to York to examine into the evidence prior to other proceedings b » rag taken . This examination was , of oourse conducted privately , and after it had been concluded , writs were issued for

      the apprehension of certain parties who were implicated . Accordingly on Monday last , Mr Chalk and Mr Wright proceeded to put the warrants which had been obtained into . fovce , and in the course of & very shorttime five persons were in custody , viz ., Mr Terrill , of the firm of Labron and Terrill , tobacconists , York ; Mr William Briggs , landlord of the Three Cranes public-house , Thursday Market ; John Thwaitep , carrier between York and Beverley ; Isaac Kilnery carter , Aldwark , and John . Stead , a rally man . Those individuals were ' afterwards conveyed to York'Castle , and we understand that on the 8 th of May they will have to . appear before the Barons ef Exchequer in London , to answer touching ' certain articles , wherein they are impleaded by information ' s lately exhibited against them' before Her Majesty ' s Barons by the Attornoy-General , for the forfeiture , as to each of them , of' three several Bums ot * 3 , 042 7 s . 6 d ., or a total of £ 0 , 127 2 s . 6 d . ; -

      . - ; ^ ; ¦ Suicide . - —Mr " ¦ Dupler , of -the' firm :: of , Diipler , Potter , and Huger , has committed suicide owing to the aspect of his private affairs . *

      SOTSOtK . Aueoed Murder of a German Girl ;—An inquest was commenced at Ipswich on Tuesday upon the body of Elizabeth Eager , It was proved that the deceased travelled the country in company with an" English girl : the one playing a tambourine , the other a " piano , " which , whilst in use , was supported by a thick rod of wood . They had been amusing with their rude music some men in a tap room at Ipswich , when a drunken listener ; named George Barker , took possession of the piano stick , and when the girls left the house refused to give it up '; He followed them to their lodgings , arid made proposals which were refused . The poor German attempted to persuade Barker to restore the stick ,: saying that ' her master would make a row about . it ; " but he obstinately refusing , she attempted to seize it , when he struck her a blow on the head which caused her death ; When taken into custody , the accused gaid , " I gave her a blow ; but she'll be all right in the morning . "—The inquest was adjourned . :

      TEBBBRT WELES . Subpbcibd Child Murder . —The inhabitants of this retired and romantic inland watering-place have been "disturbed from their propriety" during the past few days , in consequence of rumours that a young farm servant had destroyed her illegitimate child at an inn in the town . It appears that a young woman , named Caroline Owens , left her service at the adjoining hamlet of Woofferton , and . came to Tenbnry last Vttk , where she remained in lodgings at the house of a woman named Cumdall . From thence she moved to the Red Lion Inn , in Tenburv . where she delivered

      herself of a femi lo child , which was found dead in bed by her side , with marks of violence on its throat . An inquest was afterwards held , when , after hearing evidence , they returned the fallowing verdict : — "That the child died from injuries on the neck , arising from pressure of a violent nature , but whether inflicted by the mother , Caroline Owens , ia the agonies of labour accidentally or designedly , there is no evidence to satisfy us . " . The inhabitants are not at all satisfied with the result of this investigation , and it is said that the matter will not be allowed to rest here . '

      KSEX . . The Starving "Shirtmaker" charged with attempting to poison her child and herself was examined on Monday , before the magistrates at Newport petty sessions . It appeared from the evidence that thejife of the prisoner was saved in consequence of vomiting being induced by the excessive dose of laudanum she had taken ; a less quantity bj remaining on her stomach would probably have caused death . She was committed for trial on the capital charge . ,

      HABWT . : Alleged Dhath op a Girl * rom Brbial ; Vi j ^ lence . —An inquiry of several hours' duration took place before Mr T . Higgs , at the Baldfaced Stag , Cnaseside , near Hadley , touching the death of Sarah Garrett , aged thirteen . The evidence taken was very , voluminous , and the principal part is totally unfit for publication ; but the main facts of the case were as follows : —The deceased was the daughter of labouring people , living at the above house , and enjoyed a very excellent state of health until the beginning of January last , when she suddenly became very weak and exhausted . A medical man was called toner , but notwithstanding the remediesadoptedahe continued to get . gradually . worse . ; On the 29 th of February she was-&laced under the care of Mr Asbury ,

      the parish surgeon 01 Enneld , who discovered that she was labouring under peritonital inflammation . The proper remedies were used , " but ' she continued getting worse . About the middle of March . she made a statement to her mother , charging a man named John Campfiold , a blacksmith , living in a cottage adjoining , with a rape , attended with brutal violence . Her statement-was as follows ;—That about ten clays after last Christmas she . was cnmlng along the ,, baek garden , of her parents' residence , when Campfield . overtook her , and threw her down on the ground in a secluded part of the garden , where , bousing great force , he succeeded in effecting his purpose ; but , not content with what . he had already done , he then took a stick lying on the ground , and . with it abueed her person in a most brutal manner .

      The reason she gave for not Btating tha above facts earlier was the dread Bhe' felt of Camfield , who had threatened to kill her if she told any one . Mr Asbury , who examined her person , confirmed her statement in a measure , by atatiBg that the capital offence had been committed , which caused the ap prehension of Campfield , who was committed to pru son on the capital charge . Everything was done for the deceased , but she sank and died on Thursday last , since which a earful _ po « mortem examination of the body has since been made by Mr Asbury , who was of opinion that her death was the result of sorefulaand extensive chronic peritonitis , from natural causes , and not caused by any violenoe . Verdict , "Died from scrofula and disease of the bowels , from natural causes . "

      CHATHAM . : Fougery by a SoLDiBR .--Thoma 8 O'Brien , a young man belonging to the 9 th Regiment of Foot , quartered in Chatham Barracks , was brought before the county magistrates at Rochester oh Monday , charged with uttering a receipt for a Post-office order , with intent to defraud the Post-office authorities . The prisoner , a native of Dublin , and who was'described as having had the advantage of a good education , joined the regiment about nine months since , and was soon afterwards appointed a clerk to the depot . Oa the 17 th of , March , in the absence of Colour-Sergeant Lynch , who was at theassiresat Maidsh ni , the prisoner was deputed todistribute the post lttteri for the officers and privates of tlie regiment , a custom enlorced bvthe orders oi" the commanding officer .

      Colonial Weare ; 'Amongst the letters ' was one for Aaron Randle , a comrade , contained a Post-office order for 15 s ., of which the prisoner at once possessed himself , and having forged the signature of Sergeant Lynch , whom he knew to be in the habit of signing such documents as a guarantee of their correctness , he proceeded to the Post-office at Chatham , where he presented the order , and having there attached to it the signature of Aaron Randle , obtained payment and absconded with the money . The prisoner w : ; g after * wards taken at Gravesend , brought back to barracks , and placed on a Court-martial for absenting himself , and was committed to the district military prison at Fort Clarence . from which he was liberated on Monday morning , and delivered over to the civil power on tho charge of forgery . He way committed to Maidstone Gaol for trial at the-next ' aBsiies . Wl ¥ ¦¦

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      BVVS ¦¦ VB ¦ * ¦¦ H V WMV » '" - —v ^ v w— — ^^— * & 2 Hale 0 . ¦ Horrible Infanticides . —A horrible tragedy has occurred on Wednesday at Llanybyther , in this county , involving no less than three murders , which are rendered mere appallingly dreadful by the fact that the perpetrator of the fatal act is the mother of the three innocent victims . The wretched mother , Mary Hughes , with her three children , resided with her sister-in-law , also named Mary Hughes , who

      keeps a small publio-house on the road to Llansawel about four miles from Llanybyther . She had been residing with her sister-in-law for the last month , her husband having left her about that period in order to seek for employment at the iron works at Nantyelos as is the custom of numbers of the peasantry in time of scarcity of labour m the agricultural diatriota On Wednesday , about twelve o ' clock , the sister-in-law left the house in order to go to Llanbythet upon business , and upon her return at seven o ' clock in the evening was surprised to find the door locked and the key placed under tke door . She opened the door .

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      however , and finding no one in the house upon a cursory inspection , she proceeded to the residence of a neighbour ; distant about a hundred yards ; " to whom sho ' stated that she had suspicions , in consequence of her shiter-in-law ' s absence , that something hadgone wrong . The neighbour advised her to see if her sister-in-law '¦ had gone to bed , and npon her return to do so , shewas horror-stricken at perceiving the three children , aged respectively one , three , and five years , suspended by their necks' to a beam in the roof and quite dead , apparently having beense tor some hours . Their mother was nowhere to be

      found . This dreadful crime must have been perpetrated with considerable coolness and deliberation , inasmuch as two children were hung to one part of the beam by two handkerchiefs tied together , and one to another part by two other handkerchiefs . Suspicion , of course , could attach to no one but the wretched mother of these ill-fated babes , and it is supposed that she could not be otherwise than insane at the period this dreadful offence was committed . It is conjectured that she has either taken her course towards Merthyr to join her husband , or that she has committed suicide , as she has not been Bince Eeen in the neighbourhood . '

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      Seottotto . Deshiotion 'is thb IIiGHiiANDS .- ^ From the First Report of the Central Board of Management of the Highland Destitution Fund , we gather some important statistics regarding the extent of the destitution . The most destitute districts consist ot the western parts of Ross and InvernesB-shires , part Of Argyleshire , and nearly the whole Hebrides , containing a population of 115 , 243 . three-fourths of them , or 86 , 430 people , being totally destitute . . Shetland and the parish o&Stromness , in Orkney , contain

      a population of 33 , 343 , with severe destitution . The northern and eastern Highlands , with a population of 152 , 911 , have received partial relief . The fourth district comprises the greater portion of Argyleshire , with a population of 88 , 063 ,. and considerable destitution , . The .. funds ; subscribed amounted on 10 th April to £ 138 , 745 Is . 9 d . ; of which . £ 56 , 000 has been received from the British Association . The disbursements amount to £ 16 701 16 s ., leaving on hand £ 122 , 043 5 s . 9 d ., which is considered insufficient to provide food for the destitute till next

      harvest . ; : . ' ' The-Stobm . —The Perth Courier states that during the late gale , as two gentlemen'were proceeding through the glen ef Cully raucloch , in a close carriage they became apprehensive that the vehicle would be upset from its fearful rocking to and fro . Accordingly they alighted , and had scarcely done bo , when the hat of one of them was blown from his head . Both gave chase as fast as their legs coiuld carry them , but the hat had Joy far the best of the race , and was last seen describing rapid gyrations round the angles of the road , to be dashed into some unseen ravine below . Retracing their steps , they missed the conveyance butobaerved something high in the air , which , when it reaohed the ground , proved to be the door they had so hastily opened , literally torn off its hinges . Further on they found the carriage overturned in a deep ditch , and the driver engaged in cutting the traces to liberate the horses . It was sadly mauled , although hot destroyed .

      The Rutherfurd Monument , Anworth , Struck by Lightning . — Advanced as the season , now is , electrical commotion has been common for more than a week over the whole south of Scotland ; and so late as Sunday last , the 2 nd current , a thunder-storm , in crossing the Boreland Hill , near . Gatehouse , struck the Rutherfurd Monument with such violence , that it toppled from its basement , and is now a mass of ruins , scattered on all sides , painful to contemplate . It was a noble column , in the form of an obelisk ! which beautifully beseemed its alpine position , and was seen from great distances , particularly on the English side of the Solway , over a large section of the coast of Cumberland . In addition to the pious purpose for which it was reared , to commemorate the talents and virtues of a faithful minister and

      eminent soholur , who flourished more than two centurieB ago , the tall piller was endearingly useful to mariners steering from the Frith of Clyde to the isles Fleet , or while returning from still longer voyages . An accident so inopportune and unexpected has excited deep feelings of regret , not only around Gatehouse , but over a wide extent of . country—feelings which will be shared and warmly reciprocated wherever Gallovidians congregate at home and abroad . The foundation stone of the monument was laid more than seven years ago , and the erection completed A . D . 1842 . The tablet and inscription have received scarcely any . injury ; and , as building material abound amidst what appears debris , the obelisk , we doubt not . might be reconstructed at less than half the original expense ..

      Novel Mode of Quelling a Riot . —A few days aeo there were upwards of 100 Irish navvies on board the Kirkaldy ferry steamer during one of her afternoon trips to Newhaven , and , about the time the fare was collecting , conducted themselves in a very unruly manner , and refused to pay their fare . On being remonstrated with by the captain , thev became still more refractory and riotous . Captain Barker , finding that further remonstrance and threatening of legal proceedings against them only made matters worse , attached a flexible tube , to the escape-valve of the engine , scattered a quantity of steam amongst them , and threatened to continue it if they would not give up their disorderly conduct . This not being speedily complied with , the captain , by the application of the tube , gave them a copious cold shower bath , which soon had the effect of reducing them to a state of subordination , and they were allowed to land at New haven . Some of them , however , were take into custody by the police oa returning to Kirkaldy .

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      St'ilaitir * The papers ave teeming with shert paragraphs about the unparalleled distress from famine and pestilence in Ireland , whereas they fill their columns with endless lamentations over the illness of one man —a nobleman and lord-lieutenant . Thus they tell us : — "The deep anxiety with which the public mind had been seized when the nob ' e earl ' s danger had been publicly announced , is hourly on the

      increase . The number of persons who call each day nearly doubles that of the preceding , and the interest they feel , in making inquiry about the illustrious patient , is manifest in the anxiety impressed on the countenance of every visitor of every shade of opinion . " Until the fawning sycophants can pay their court to the neat man , who plants his foot on the coffin ef his predecessor . " Meanwhile , the sympathy of the press is to exhausted by its illustrious subject of commisBeration , that it can spare none of its hired eloquence for cases like the following : —

      ULSTER . < It is melancholy to read the accounts from the provinces , detailing the spread of famine , and its concomitant—typhus fever . Even in this province where the condition : of the peasantry is better than in the south and west , fever is making dreadful ravages . In Belfast , the union workhouse and hospitals are all full , and still the patients are increasing . The workhouse was . built to accommodate 150 patients , but it has , by means oi cramming , and the erection of sheds , been made to afford some sortef accommodation for about 500 ; but an order has been issued against the admission of more — indeed , it would have been unsafe to admit more . The General Hospital has .. also been used , to its utmost caoacitv .

      The following was its Btate on Monday : Fever patients . 96 ; dysentery ditto , 12 \ small-pox ditto , 38 ; medical and surgical cases , 44 ; total , 250 . Arrangements have been made for sixty patients , in addition to the above , which is the greatest number that could be accommodated . The reception of dysentery patients has ceased , since Thursday last , in consequence of the wards hitherto appropriated to them being occupied with fever cases . That fever and dyBentery are increasing , and will increase , there 13 too much reason to fear , or rather no reason to doubt ; and , under such circumstances , and without sufficient hospital accommodation , dreadful suffering and extensive death among the inhabitants , high and low , might be reckoned upon .

      CORK . \ Two thousand one hundred and thirty persons died in the Cork workhouse in less than four months , from the 27 th of December last . The state of Curk city is absolutely that of a city of the plague . Several dead bodieB , principally of children , are to be found in various parts of the city . Hundreds ot wretched objects lie about under sheds , without food or covering ,. Yet" food " continues to pourin at Cove in immense quantities . In the course of this week fifty-nine vessels , laden with , provisions arrived at Cove .

      No fair estimate of the ravages committed by famine and pestilence among the population of Cork and the rural districts can be formed by the statements ib the local journals . Not atithe of the misery is chronicled , white in the distriots west of Cork no tongue could express the awful condition in which the entire prpulation is plunged . The Corfc Examiner of Monday _ says , " Interments at Father Mathew ' s cemetery , free of burial charge , from Sunday , the 25 th April , toSuniay , 2 nd of May , 256 . This return shows a frightful increase of mortality . " State of thh WoRKHouSE .-Total admitted during the week , 115 ; births , 0 ; number at the end of las week 3 , 804-4 , 009 . Disharged . 132 ; died , ? 8-de serted , 2-212 . Remaining , 3 , 797 . Number-i « Hospital 395 ; extern patients , 1 016-1 , 411 ? The number of deattein this return are fen , than haw occurred for a considerable time , and exhS a great reduction m the proportion of the previous

      _ GAUYAY . Ihr . Havaoes of Feveu . —Fever is making frighttul progress , sweeping off , with impartial hand , not merely the poor labouring under the effects of destitution , but the wealthy also , among the latter , John Nolan , Esq ., of Ballinderry , in the county of Galway , and a clergyman , the Rev . Edward Nixon , Rector of Castletown , in the diocese of Meath . ; Queen ' s County . —Frightful distress prevails in the celliery district of this county . The " RusheB Colliery" lias been abandoned ( it was the property of

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      an English comply } and about 300 men were in con « equei . ce dismissed on'Fridai last . The m £ works also cease , and will disemploy a vast JSSThe prospects arising out of such a Btate of tE are really melancholy . > . , ™ 8 & The out-door relief system is coming but yenslowly into operation , and where tried has occasioned nothing but murmur and discontent . The quaKt » and quantity of food given out are both alike Dro tested against . p u * Enniskillen . —Fever still continues to race with unabated malignity in this town and neighbourhnnj

      . several respectable persons are suffering fromth& epidemic at present . Scarcely a day passes but numbers are stricken down , who , a few days previouZ were in the enjoyment of excellent health . Tip In suing summer will be fraught with evil consequent to this unfortunate eountry . Huence * NBWBY .-Mr Byrne , the new master of the work house has taken fever , and that sickness still S * tinues to prevail very much amongst the paupew Ihenjedica officer , DrDavis , hasten abW Z sume his duties after his severe indisposition . mm _ A RECORD CF THE FAMINE TEAR .

      The Repeal Association lately , when ' the fund * 3 i ^ T ^ ? P 4 «* ofa rfce , promulgated the patriotic resolution of providing a goWen book , wherein to inscribe the names of a K sons who subscribed to the rent during this year of difhculty . The Roman Catholic B ^ rfS ! and his clergy have borrowed this idea , and- turned it to another purpose , having recently resolved to f , nm « T j T ^ l of a 11 deathB ' cammencin from Saturday last . . ' 1 he registry books to be rolled m black crape , and to bear this inscription : — " Therecords of the murders of the Irish peasantry , perpe . trated in a . d . 1846-7 , in the 9 th and 10 th VictonT under the name of economy , during the administra ! turn of a professedly Liberal Whig government , of which Lord John Russell was the premier . " Something more rational was certainly to have been ex pected so far north as Deny . :

      THE LAW IN ITS ELEMEKT . Amid the general distress of the country there is one profession which may be considered as profiting by the evils in which we are involved . The legal pro fession was never more busily engaged , and there i » no lack of attorneys to carry on the warfare . But for fear the pestilence should carry off some of them and the country might suffer thereby , no less than one hundred and fifty-six gentlemen have given thenecessary notices of applying , during the present term , to be admitted to practice as attorneys in tho Court of Queen ' s Bench . There are also eighteen notices from parties for a renewal of their certificate and eight have been admitted by Judges' orders making a total of 182 . ; B oraer 8 » THE EPFECIS OP FAMINE .

      Shocking Murder u Clare .-A dreadful murder has been committed upon a man named Edmund Doogan , atDoon . near Broadford . He was fired at from behind a ditch by two men , and when he fell they fractured his skull in several places , and cut his throat , nearly severing the head from his body lhe cause assigued for this savage murder is , that the deceased two years Bince purchased a reversionary lease of some laud , the title to which expired this M& y * Atibmpied Mubbeb and Seisurk for Reht . - Last week , as Hugh Singleton , Esq ., of Hariewood , was proceeding to his property , Clountranear Cu £

      , lane , in this county , in order to meet some tenants who would not be permitted by the " legislators" to pay him rent , on his way near Dangan-gate he saw a man inside the wall who ordered him to return , at the same moment firing a shot whioh struck Mr Singleton shorse in the shoulder and eye . Mr Singleton promptly drew forth a pistol and returned thefire , adding , that if they thought to intimidate him , they had the wrong ^ man . He then proceeded to Kiikishen , and having procured the tax cart of the high-sheriff , with two police , reached Clountra , where he drove and impounded all the stock of the refractory tenants , and returned home in safety , Piracie the Irish Coast

      s on . —A communication has been received in town from Captain JamesM ' Farlane of the schooner , Christian , of Glasgow , dated Westport , the 23 rd ultimo , from which it appears that the piratical proceedings on the Irish coast are still being continued , The Christian , while on her passage from Liverpool to Wesport , with a cargo of Indian corn , was boarded on Tuesday , the 22 nd about seven or eight miles abreast of Broadbaven * by three boats , each containing four men . After coming upon deck , the boarders demanded of the master what was the cargo , and upon being informed they immediately broke open the hatches and carried into their boats thirty-three bags of corn , ( weighing oout tons

      » aj , ) upon which they left the vessel , offering no further violence ; On the following day tho master again observed three oth « r boats approachinr with eight men in each , but being forewarned of their intentions ; he determined to resist their attempt to enter the vessel , and , accordingly , armed himself with a fowling piece , and the crew with handspike ! and hatchets . When they came within ten yards distance from the vessel , the master informed then of the danger of their further approach , but as they still persisted in pulling forward , he presented his gun with the apparent intention of firing . Upon seeing this , the boats , which were unarmed , gave up tho chase , and pulled towards the shore . It is also mentioned , thatthe misery in this part of the country is

      excessive . ' Athlow , —Attempted Murder—A most horribledeed was enacted last night , Monday , within ten miles of this town , at Mr Kelly's , of Scregg , county ofRoscommon . Mr Kelly invited an acquaintance to come on a short visit to Scregg . The invitation was accepted , and last evening before they retired an argument arose between them ; however , when M ? r , ? » thoughfcal i . wereat nst < he Proceeded to Mr Kellj ' s room , where he and his wife lay in bed , and , having armed himself with a razor , inflicted rXr 2-T ?» - heir » - ?? - Hethen Proceeded tea bed m whioh Miss Kelly was sleeping , and perpetrated a similar deed of blood upon her . By this time the servants were alarmed , ami ran to tha

      rescue ; the first man who attempted to disarm him . by . taking away the raror which he was flourishing around his head , was ferociously attacked by this person , and most severely wounded , the other servants not daring-to go near . After this series of bloody deeds , he ran off , and threw the raior away ibree countrymen , who ' saw him , pursued him , finally captured him , and handed him over to the tout * . Further particulars I have not learned . Another correspondent , in giving an account of the aflair , states that Drs Harrison ana O'Connell were in attendance on the family . They have pronounced Mr Kelly ' s wound as very serious , but those mulcted on Mrs " and Miss Kelly of no material consequence . It is supposed that mental aberratioa was the immediate cause of these fearful acts

      . PUBUC WORKS . By thestoppage of all but a very few of the public relief works , the distress of the country has been greatly aggravated . For the most part , those works were of a totally useless nature , while in many cases they were downright mischievous . ' The local gentry , some are unable to relieve the poor , some are unw "l [ n ? to do so , andsorae are totally indifferent a » to their fate . Their position is a false one , in every sense . Those who have hearts to feel for the poor have not the ability to give succour ; while there are too many who think everything about the ' ' rights " of property and are wholly indifferent as to its duties . The noble charity and comprehensive muninoence of the American people , ought to make our landocracy ashamed , and goad them into a performance of their duties . But the day of retribution , however long delayed , willassuredly come at last .

      m . ' , „ EVICTION OF TENANTRY . : lhe Cork hammer contains a detailed statement ot tfte eviction of a number of tenants from an estate in the vicinity of Lismore , county of Waterford . Ifc appears that the property was , some years since , a barren waste ; but large tracts had been improved by the occupiers , whoweretohave the land free for seven years , and then were to pay a graduated scale of rent . All went on well until the failure of the potato crop , when the tenantry became unable to pay their rents . The landlord insisted or the rights , and it is added the wretched occupiers agreed to pull down their houses on receiving a small sum of money each , after they had left the district . The J ™ le case appears to be one of extreme Lardship and

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      Attempted Suicide from Blackfriars-brime — taaasaraa'a&SB S&S * # tts 53 S XiS ' ilnd ^ ra § 8 ed « er into his Ralleyf She Z rf ^* ! - ^ 1118 , 611 *^ 6 . and with the aid of he City policemen on the bridge she was conveyed g , S f G . lariet * 1 Arms nublic-house , in Water-lane , DiacRiriars . Mr Hutchinson , a surgeon , was immediately sent for , who ordered the woman to besot

      into a warm bath , and applied the usual means to restore animation , which happily proved successful , and some hours afterwaids she was removed to the union ppor-house . She is likely to recover from her immersion in the water . She was observed by the persons on the bridge to throw herself into the river from the rcce& 3 on the eastern side of the bridge . The tide carried her towards the piles , and she dune to them with great tenacity , and screamed as loud as she was able for help . Her name is Elizabeth Shields , of No . 35 , Fulwood ' s rents , Holborn , and it appears that a love affair caused her to make the attempt on her life .

      Shocking and Fatal Accident to a Child . —On Wednesday evening , about seven o ' clock , a fatal accident occurred in Fetter-lane , to a fine little boy , named John Goodge , aged three years , whose parents keeps the Northumberland Coffee-house ; Little New gtreet . Ihe child was attempting to cross theroad , when , a cart belonging to Mr Edwards , winemer ^ ohant , of Holborn-hill , waB pawing , by which he was knocked down , and the wheel passed over his head , killmg him instantaneously . The driver was taken into custody .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1417/page/6/