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    • THE POWELL PLOT—VERACITY OF DAVIS.
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      Diabolical Attempt . —On the morning of last Saturday a qaantityof gunpowder , or other explosive substance , contained within a piece of metal piping , was found placed near the dwelling-house of Mr Alfred Lee , a patent scythe maker , in the pffy of MrTiomas Stainfortli , of H ** enfcwpe

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      i FAKED THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE , HOLLOWATS- PILLS . A CASE OF DROPSY . Extract of a Letter from Mr William Gariaer , of Hanging Hanghton , Northamptonshire , dated September ltth , 1 S 47 . ' Ts Professor Holloway . Sn ,-I before informed y « u that my wife had been tapped tkree times for the dropsy , but by the blessiig of Sod upon your pills , and horperseverance in takingthem , tke water has now been kept off eighteen months bj their Cleans , which is a great mercy , ( Signed ) William Gaidkeb ;

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      THE'POWELL PLOT . ' ( From the Liverpool Mail ) Caffey acd hit confederates were charged with an at . tempt to overthrow the Qaetn ' g government . If they kad been chargfi with an attempt to turn the world upside down it would not hare been more rldlcalom , for jar ; of terrified Cockneys would hare returned a verdict of ' guilty' in either case . Tbat the Wb » g Attorney General well anew . Bat the bkcbesl part of the transaction ia that the leading witnfues far the crown weretsn thousand timer ' grcater scoundrels , and more dangerous men , in any state of society , than the accaied and now canvicted prisoners . The baton movement , which canted co much alarm at the lim * . appears to have been an affair of the police . The prime movers in it were police agents , but for whoa there would have been no risieg , or arm . Ids ' , or mobblne .

      With regard to the principles of the Chartists , so far as we understand them , we see sotting illegal in them A Journeyman sboemtker or knlfegrinder aspire * te a seat in parliament , without any moaej qualification , and to be paid a guinea a da ; . Andwbynot ? Would not inch a man make as good a representative , if not a much better one , than ' CoWen or Bright , or hundred more we coald came f What was the Haacbestor League but a body of Odartlete ^* tonfedcrated fir a eelfiib purpose , to rob the landowner and ftrmtr , and cheat their working people under the plsa . tbe iptclom plea , of high wages and cheap bread I They visla ed the law quit * as optnly si Coffey did , but more snccetsfnU y , becaase at that time they were wealthy , and profuse in spendiog money upon- hired lecturers and peripatetio scamps . 1 ; :

      • This W 0 must take leave to correct . The CoarUsts have nothing In common with the hies , cheating , lakbnr . ¦

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      O O naiul ' s a ^ uatiun aim Cob-en s ugltauuu were us se « ditlous in their objects and optrattona as wns that of Cuffiy and bla ' asioclatefi . Bat the Whigsnever aUwnpteJ to transport O'Connell or hang C > bden . If Ouff * y could have been as useful to them in parliament as Cabdtn aid O'Doonell were , be would have escaped in the same way , and most probably would ere now be holding a lucrative office under the crown . The fact ia that the really RB | ity patties in this tham Ckarlist iniurreotioa have been permitted to escape , and have betn , or will be , handsonulj paid for their vlllany .

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      ¦ HoRMBtE Circi'mstakcb . — On Saturday week last a woman fiotn tae neighbourhood of the Windy Gap electoral division ;©! Addaorgole ; stated at ' . our office that a-man ' in her neighbourhood ( her own brether-in-law ) had made avny with his two children ( by bis first wife ) , a b » y aged 14 , and a girl 11 years , and buried them in a fie'd or Blurt of a bog , where tho bodies were a ' terwards found by the neighbours , covered with heather and earth ; Our foreman instantly brought the woman before Sergeant Conroy , of the constabulary , and Mr R . Gallaher , clerk of petty sessions , where f > he made ( he following statement : —The father , stepmother , and children , were in the poor-house , from which they were sent ; out up on the out-door relief ; that the stepmother-swore

      the ohildren should not live-with her , nor be partakers of the food allowed hy the union j that the children had to go away begging ; that they returned to the father ' s houae : on Sunday the 4 th instant , when the wife swore a horxibleoath that beneath her roof they should net Bleep , and the father insisted they should remain that night ; the children related these facts to their aunt , who told them to Bleep iu the house , as it was their fathet ' d wish . She never taw them again alive ; and next day the father was seen with some bulk in a bag , and a spade under his arm , jjoine in the direotion , where the bodies were found . ! On the following Thursday orFriduy . a mau

      and-woman were observed by the villagers—the man carrying a bulk in a bag ~ g ) ing > to the same spot , f he man and woman , then left the neighbourhood , and went to another part of the union , where the woman s relatives roeide . Policemen were instantly despatched ? t ( T the place , and there tho bodies were found by them as deaoribed by the woman . Oq the same evening the father was arrested , and on Sunday he wm brought before Dr Dillon far examination , and finally was set at liberty . No inquest had been held that we can bear of—nor were there any of the vili laueis confronted witb the accused . — Castklar Telegraph .

      ... .... Coikcidbkces . —It is very singular that so many of our , Princes have died onrthe Saturday , it would almost seem as though the Revolution had set the example , ' the throne having been declared vacant on Saturday , Ftb ; -16 , 168 a William III . died on Saturday , March 8 , 1702 ; Queen Anne died on Saturday , Asgust 1 , 1714 ; Gaoree I . at two ' o ' clock on Sunday morning , Jane 11 , 1 T 27 ; ( wbat in common parlance is called Saturday nieht ) George II died on Siturday , October 25 . 1760 ; George III siffij-Stw 91820 ' ^ "'™ &s £

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      sessors , the landowners have an undeniable right to it in perpetuity , and the landless masses can only claim so much of the necessaries' of life as they could obtain in . the savage state , while the land remained uncultivated . He has forgotten . to show us the origin of . the right to cultivate , which must necessarily have preceded the right of private posses s \ on , which he deduces from cultivation . Upon this principle , a Poor Law like that of England is the utmost that the destitute proletarians of France have a right to expect . Further comment upon his views would be superfluous .

      The hireling and venal journalists , both of this country and France , class every writer and speaker upon the Labour Question with the advocates of Communism , which with themis but another name w anarchy and universal plunder . Pierre Leroux , I believe , is a St Simonian ; Cabet and Proudhoa are well-known Communists ; but none of that school contemplate the preposterous idea of reducing their views to practice in their entirety , so often attributed to them . They believe the communisation of goods and work s to be the only means of attaining perfect social equality ; they view Communism as the ultimatum to which society must eventually come , but they are not so ignorant of human nature as to think that their views can be reduced to practice suddenl y and at once , without any previous moral training and educational preparation , which must be the work of more than one

      generation . _ Undeterred by the calumnies and misrepresentations which Communism has to endure , alike from ; mere political reformers , and from those whose interest it is ts uphold the present system of social disorganisation , I avew myself a Communist ; but I believe that Communism cannot be arrived at suddenly , but must be approached with that gradual progression b y which society has passed from savagism to pasloralism ; from pastoralism to feudalism ; from the feudal state to municipalism ; and through civilisation to monopolism ; every transition

      being more quickl y and easily effected as we approach the goal of the moral world . But believing Communism to be impracticable for the present generation in the fullness of its doctrines of common * labour , property , suffrage , and family , I had intended to develope in this communication such a modification of the principles of Communism as seem to me a practical solution of the problem of the organisation of Labour , but having already exceeded my intended limits , I must postpone the exposition of my views to another communication . Croydon Common . "j Frost

      The Powell Plot—Veracity Of Davis.

      THE POWELL PLOT—VERACITY OF DAVIS .

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      XO THE EDITOR CF IHB 50 RTHHRR STAR . Paris , Oct . 10 ; h . 1818 . Dear Sib , —The following letter was cent to the Twis for publication , but the editor , for reasons of his owe , tcok no notice of it . If you can find room for it , you will oblige "Jour obedient servant , Thsuas Daw . Paris , Oot 1 st . 1818 .

      1 Sis , —In the Tnres of Tsursday last , under the kesd ' Chartist Trials , ' 1 find a statement , made by G « orge Davis , s government aren ' t , which , from its being calculated to do serioua injury to a near and dear relative of mine , who in that place ( Cow Cross ) , and the adjoining parish , has , for thirty yean , given extensive employment to maay men , and luring the whole of that time has ' maintained an honourable position , possessing the confidence and esteem of both rich and poor , has induced me to take that notice which othei wise I might cot have done . ' The statement alluded to is the following : — And Mailing thea said it was a shame the prisoner * should go to prison without a struggle to rescue them ; and be taid . that bb the Chartist prisoners were taken to Celdbath Fields they would have to pats through Cow Cross , where a friend ( whom he understood to be Daly , ) would be ready to lead eat the Iriih to retcne them .

      • The only person connected with that family wb * has in any way interfered with politics is your humble eervant , and I have been ia France since the 17 th of June , five weeks before the time this honest man ! swears I was ready to lead oat the Irish to tht rescue of the Chartist prisoners . ' And aa to the men whose reBcue'I was to have effected , fire weeks after leaving the country , ssme of them I never saw , —of the others I know but little , —and the whole of them , exeept Ernest Junes , were mere than suspected by me up to the time ef their conviction . It is therefore impossible that Mullip 3 , of whom I never heard till I rwdoftis examination and with whom , or his party , I never had correspondence or communication whatever , could have made the statement sworn to by that taviour of the state , Davis .

      ' t l know that the Confederates , properly so called , wonldfenffer death rather than be partiss to such vile conduct as that sworn to by the dirty instruments if government ; for whatever account the Confederates may believe that they have to settle with the preEent government , ' whose ruinous and , heartless conduct haa been subversive alike of property and morals , ' towards the middle classes of England they entertain no other feelings than those of thankfulness and gratitude for that employment and kindness which they could not obtain in their own land .

      * I have just received the Tares of yesterday , and 1 find that that respectable friend of the government , Davis , has again alluded to me : he says , ' that I anc Mr Looney , with other Confederates , had a private room in Greenwich , ' and this , like all the lest , n < doubt , 18 a lie . I never was in any room but thf ' ball room ' of the Druid ' s Arms , which was on eact of the occasions that I attended at Greenwich—foi the purpose of explaining the benefits that wouU accrue to Irishmen and their Bone , from the establish ment of reading rooms , —crewded ( o excess ; then was nothing secret or njysterieus in connexion witl the Confederate ? , aDd the man who would proposf any such meeting , no matter who he was , would fine himself treated in a manner anything but pleasant . - - -

      • The sesecreimeetings were the work of the police , whose infernal system was so ably and so truthfttllj exposed by you at the time of the brutal murder o ! theyonngpoliceman in Essex , and Serjeant Parsons perjury case in cannexkn with it . ' Hoping that the journals which have copied ifai statement of this Davis will , for the reasons state * : ra the commencement , give this latter insertion , 'I remain , yours , & ? ., 'THeMAsDlLY . '

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      MINERS ' ASSOCIATION OF LANOASUIR E

      A public meeting of the Worsely , Streetgate , and Little Hultcn colliers was held en Monday last , near t « Mr John Higham ' sV , bottom of Walkden Moor . The meeting was truly a glorious one ; upwards of one thoustnd colliers were present . Mr Peter Yates wts unanimously called to the chair . After tho Chairmen had stated the objects of the meeting , Mr D . Swallow addressed the meetirg at great length , pointing out feelingly the present sufferings of th » , miners , and proved to the satisfaction of all present © that the masters were net to blarre for reducing thy colliers' wage ? , because the masters cannot put a »; burthen upon them they are not willing to rocsivo ; if the men had maintained their union , the masters ' would never have attempted to reduco their wajres .

      There are some hundreds of colliers around Wonely who have not rot sore than five shillings per weak for the list six months . Three years ago when the men were in the union , a vagtmany of the colliers had cows and pigs , but since they lefc the union they have lost their cows and pigs , aad , at the present time , are Euftwing all the miseries of privation Every me pretent pledged themselves to join the onicn forthwith , and every colliery prcmieed to ap . point each a delegate to atteud the special delegate meeting , nttbe Earner's Arms , on the Thursday following . In the short space of three days 251 from Worsely , and sixteen frora Dixnn Green jtined , also Wright ' s men , Grundj ' s men , Harrop ' s me « , Nightingale ' s men , snd Aitkin ' s . In the Little Ilnlion district tha society is spreading more rapidly around this neighbourhood than it did five years ago , when the society was first established . After a vote of

      thanks to Mr S . fcr his address , two or three from each pit adjourned to the large room of Mr Higham ' s , for the-, ' purpose , of making the neeessnry arrangements for the carrying out the objects of the society . Wigan . — A public meeting of the colliers of this town was held in the Commercial-room , Cloth Hall , on Tuesday last , Osfobrr 3 rd . Mr . Robert Marsh presided over the meeting . Messr » Dennet and Swallow , agents , addressed the meeting at great length with very good effso !; , and were often interrupted by loud and rapturous cheers from the hardy bohs of the dreary mine . When the show of hands was called for by the chairman , every hand was . held up in favour of the union . After votes of thanks to the speakers , and the chairman , the assertbly simultaneously aro ^ , and'gave three tiraeB three in honour of the union . The mce' , icg gas attended by upwards of . 500 . The fociety is spreading last in Wiean and ita ceiihbourhood . ..

      Dean Church District . —On We Inesday , Messrs Marsh and Finall held a meeting of the colliers of this district , at the Hutton ArmB , Chowbent . Tha meeting was well attended , and a very lively feeling prevailed .. BuEr District . —A public meeting of the miners of . this district was htld on , October i fi , in Mr Grotn . haigh ' s largerotm , Boltonstreet , Bury . Thi rofm was well filled with colliers frocs all the eurroun iieg colliories . Mr George Lomax occupied rhe chair . The benefit of trades ' , unions was pointed out very strikingly by D . Swallow . Every one present promised to join ss soon as possible . Three lodges are already established in this district . Boltok . October 4 th—A meeting 6 f the miners of this district was held at the Briar ' s Head , Churohcate . to take into consideration the necessity of sending in statements to their employers for an advance cf wages .

      Dixos-obehn , Oetobfr 5 : b . —Mr Swallow held a very' gooi meeting of the colliers of this place , in Mr Pickford ' s large room . They agreed to form two ledges—one for the little coal men , and one for th « men working in the Cannel pits . Twenty-nice of tha former , and twenty-four of the latter , were enrolled . Halshaw Mo » r . Friday night . —A meeting of the eolliersof this neighbourhood was held in thelarg * room of the Bowling Green Inn . Mr Swallow addrer « ed the meeting , and Mr Roughly occupied tht chair . They agreed to form a lodge . A secretary was eleoitd , and several names enrolled . The eolliers of Hakhaw Mtor have formed a lodge ai Jthn Tonfe ' s . eign of the Wcol Pack , aad all of them have been enrolled .

      Meetings have also been he'd at the Bull ' s lit ad , RadtliffeBridge ; Queen Anne and Unicorn , Little Lever ; Mrs G-. rrard ' s , Little Hulton ; Wigan Arms , Scheles ; . Jobs Croston ' a , Boltoo , &o . A special delegate meeting of tl : e miners of Bolton , Bury , RadclifiV , Lever , Halshawrnoor , &o , was held at the Farmer ' s Arms , Damside . Darcy Lever , oa Monday , October 9 ; hi Mr John Lyon in the chair . After the various lodges bad delivered in their nntrber of members enrolled during the fortnight , Mr James Jenkinson proposed : — ' That every member of the association in the . above-named districts should come to a restriction of labour to 2 s , CJ . per day for eleven days per' fortnight . ' Several other resolutions were agreed to , and the meeting adjourned to

      Monday , Ostober 23 rd , at three o ' clook in the after * noon , when it is expected every colliery in the above districts willeenda delegate to represent them . ¦ A great publio meeting of the colliers of ( he abovenamed districts was held on Tuesday ,: 10 : h instant , on the space of ground near to thei TJnicora Inn , Little Lever . All the collieries had half a day ' s holiday to attend the meeting ., This was the largest meeting held in Lever for many , years past . Mr . G . Tiomax was elected rs chairman , and briefly stated the objects of tha meeting , after which he introduced the deputation from Aspul snd' Biackrod district , who gave a cheering account of the proeraes of the soewty in their neighbourhood : —Mr D . Swallow next addressed the meetiog , piinting out the evils of

      CftMfifellltOti , find allowed his audience that the reason why the workipg classes of this county could not get clothing to , their backs was not becaune ' the working datses were either unwilling-, or could not produ ' ee plenty ' of cl * thing . but because there is too much clothtcgin the country . ; He asked if it was not an anomaly , that a man was compelled to go wrhout a shirt , simply because there were toj many shirts ; yet this is a fact wbich meets us at every turn , i The eolliers are actually in a state of starvation , and the only crime that can be laid to their charge is , that they had got too many coals upon the pit bank ; so it i& with every branch of trade . Then it follows , as a matter . of . course , that . if the people wish to enjoy a greater share of the produce of their

      own labour , that they must work shorter time —( restrict their labour)—regulate the supply according to the demand ; bo that the unemplojed can be called into employment , . snd have an equal share of work ; for so long as there are men out of employmect in any trade , the , unemployed always did , and always will , regulate the price of wages , and those that are in employment ' have not any voice in saying what they shall receive for their labour so'long as there i a surplus of . labourers . Restriction of labour ia ' a better and safer remedy than strikes . Restriction advanced wages five years ago ; so long as reBtriotion was observed . wageB were maintained ; but as Boon as it : was broken a portion of ithe men were dis charged , and . ' immediate reduction of wages cornmtneed . Mr S . spoke at great length on teveral

      other subjects of great interest to the miners of every district , and sat dewn amidst the . hearty cheers of every one present . In accordance with the . resolution passed at the special meeting on theflth . 'Mr Jenkinson proposed :- That the miners in the above-nsmed districts should restrict their labour to eleven days per fortnight . ' . A collier in the body of the meeting proposed : _• That on . and after tho 23 rd of October , the miners should cime to a restriction of ten dajs per fortnight , and 2 < . ' 6 ii ; per , day , ' the amendment was barried by a l&rge ' majority . It was . lso resolved :- ^ 'That every pit orWery must have aitneetingamongit themgelves ; so that thev can fflsko the necesiary , arrangements for restriction coming mto eperation at . the . appointed time : ' After a vote of thanks to the chairman , thei meeting was concluded , by giving thtee heart y cheers for the

      union . .... - . ; C ? T ? M A 0 otobe . llth'T A lar 8 e P « Wio meetine wuhdd in the opjnur . and listened . t 0 a long and Rffectinu discourse upon the r many erievan « . » hu D . Swallow , one of the society ' s St 8 8 neva ? W , Darwin , October 12 th .- 'l he colliers of this place held a nuetug , m thejarferoom of the Commercial Inn . The room was w « U filled , and a elorioug St prevailed in the minds of all Ken : SS S Marsh , a d . Swallow both addressed be iS and were loudly cheered . w . wwwg , LiniB HoMONi October 13 h . —A mputino « f fu , colliers ; ef . this . diatrict was held atP oor DickV ft meeting waa . addre « ed by , D . SwalCSi i IK smitb , and several other friends . Mr Jonathan Finale iccapied the chair . Numbers are crowding to the gtandard every day . ; M cr 0 HdlD K

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      . TRADES' MEETING AT SOWERBY t i , iJtllilbrLj , > ' ¦ : " ¦'• - ' ¦ - " ¦ i ¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦! «¦

      « f m iiid & f l ? «» e Ripponden district KSS ^ SS ; ^ Saudiy ' Ootober The reporfc . of , the . Distric ' t ' . Committee was read ^ XaWfflSlSSM ® \ pxsmaz $ &S ; ^ " ^^| fS « S ^ ^ 5 ead ?*» P ^ . to the vote , received / and adopted unanimously ^ ; : ; . / Aiwite 4 diKfuuoa U » a twk pl » w wWi « e b

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      the £ 50 , 000 fund of the Association , and the loo * fund of the district , when the following reaolutio wu oaanimouBly adopted : — ' That , in consequenc e of th « decision of Confersnoe , that a fund of £ 50 , 000 Im raised by tha Association for the Employment of Labour in Agrioulturo and Manufaoturei , the subscriptions to tha looal fund of thia diatrioc remain as heretofore ; and that tha Diatriot Committee be empowered Jo take out shares in the above fund , when they find that the surplus of the local fund will allow thim—and that this meeting earnestly call upon the membeie of the district to give sffect to the resolution of Conference , by taking out shares individually . ' Three auditors were then appointed to examine the acoouats of tha quarter , and , having been found correct a resolution was passed that they be received . . ¦ ' ¦ ~ ¦

      The tase of Mr Thomas Taylor , of Elland , cotton spinner ( who had been driven from' his emplojment in consequence of his master requesting him to work twelve huurs per day instead of tan , find larger piecera for tha two hour ? , and pay them extra wages ) next occupied tha attention of the delegates . After same deliberation , it was thought requisite to apoeal to the Ctr . tral Committee of trades , and draw their attention to the 25 th rule , in order , if possible , to obtain something for his support by being thus victimised . ... . A vote of thanks having been given to the chairmsn , the meeting dissolved , after collectiBg the sum of fa . 6 J . for the D » fence and Victim Fund .

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      THE LONDON STONEMASONS .

      Bristol . — At a meeting of the op » rative Stonemasons . belongingto thegeneral and local bodies , held October 9 th , Mr Richard Chandler in the chair , the chairman read the notice convening the meeting , which was , ' To . take in'o consideration the best meftnsto be adopted to support ; the Stosemnsons in London , now awaiting their trial at the Old Bailey for ' conspiracy , oharged by Mr Trego , ' a government oontraotor . ' The chairman Baid , he was proud to find the men of Bristol once more in the fiald to raise Fuiwcriptions , in ord ? r to enable their brethren in London to obtain a fair trial , he being fully aware that it was the duty of every mason in Bristol to give his mite cheerfully and willingly , for they did not know how-soon it might come to their turn to be persecuted in the same manner . Mr Joseph Hartney proposed ,

      That It 1 b tho opinion of this meeting , that tke prmnt position of our brethren ia London Is critical , and calls for our utmost exertions , to put down the b » so attempt now in operation to crash trade societies , the working man's beat Institution , . - Seconded by'Mr Thomas Thelper . Proposed by Mr William Shaw , seconded by Mr John Drew , That it in tbo opinion of tbU meeting , in order to dtrry out our present position , we pledge ourselves to contribute , as far as in our power , towards the dtf'moa of our persecuted brethren in Lendon , Propoiei by'Mr David Wbyte , seconded by Mr HeDry Johnson , That this meeting appoint a deputation of six , ti ° walt upon other Trade Societies , to lay the case of our brethren in London before them . The whole of the resolutions were carried unanimously .

      John Price was tailed upon to address the meeting . He stated that be had narrowly , watched 'the move ments of the employers and employed even sinoe he became a member of tho society , in ISSi , and was convinced that in nine cases out of ten the cau ? e of strikes was attributable to the overreaching and tyrannic *! conduct of the employer . ' He had been him 6 el ( obliged to strike from the ' ¦ same' cause . lie felt proud in belonging to ' tbig eociety , acd regretted the lukewarmnesaofmany mafionsin Bristol and its

      neighbourhood ; he likewise con , dsmned the present system of men working ovwtime , while many of their brother masons were without employment ; he should lika'to see the golden rule of King Alfred carried out —eight hours to ; workj eight hours to sleop , and eight hours for recreation . He ooncluded his remarks by expreosiug a wifh that , the sons of toil would : be enabled successfully to b « at down oppression ,, and that the Bristol masons would make a determined iff . rtf to assist their brethren of London inthe time ofre'secation . ¦

      The meeting separated determined to carry out the resolutions . Subscriptions will ba received every Saturday evening , parties being employed for that purpose .

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      THE GREAT SEA SERPENT . The following interesting ' report respecting the appearance of the extraordinaiy animal seen by some of the officers and crew of her Majesty ' s ship BteJalus , has been forwarded to the Admiralty by Captain M'Qutffl :-Hir Jf » jeaty '» ship DroJalm , Hamo z 3 , Ojtober 11 , Sir , —In reply to your letter of ibis day's data rcquir . ing Information ta to the tru-. h of a . otatt-montpublla ^ ed In the Globe newspaper , of a sea serpent of exlraordinary dimeBsions having been seen from her M ijosty'e ship Dadtlus , under my command , on her passage from tho East Indies . I have the honour to acquaint you ,

      for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty ,. that at , fivo .. o olock on the 6 th of August last , ( n latitude 24 dog . 44 min , S ,, aid longitude 90 dtg . 22 minutes Ei , the weather dark aad cloudy , wind fresh from the N . W ., with a long ooean flwrellfrom the S . W ., the ship on tha port taok beaming N . E , by N ,, someth'ng very unu'vul was seen by Mr Sortoris , midshipman , tapidly nppreachin ? the hip from before the beam . The clrcamst&nae was immediately . reported )> y him to the officer of the witch , Lieutenant ' Edgar Drummond , with whom ani Hr William Barrett , the master , I wqb at thH tlme walking the quarter deck , ' The ship ' s com . pan y were at supper . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '• < - . . ¦ ¦ ¦

      Oa our attention being oslled ; to the oVject , Hwaa discovered to be enenormouB serpent with head end shoulders kept about four feet constantly abovt . tlio sarface cf tha eca , and at nearly as We couU approximate " by com paring , it with the length of what our maintopiail yard WJUld ] i ihow in the waiir , thm w « kl U&m alxly { eei of the animal aflewd ' eau . no portion oi which was ; to our perception , used in proptlUng it through the water , either by vertloa ! or horlzontalundula ^ on , ; It passed rapidly , but so , clote under our lee quarttr . that had it bun a man of my acquaintance I phouldbnye eaBlly recognised hlsfeainres with the naked eye ; end it did not , eithtr In approaching . the ship or after It bad pnesrd oor wako , deviate in tho ; slightest degree from ,: its course to . the S . W ., which It held on at the pace , of from twelra to fifteen miles per b . eur , * apparcally on some de ermined purpose . . J . ¦ ' ¦ ' " ' v ' .

      Tbedi ? . meteroftfeeBorpfntw « 8 aboutfifteen or sixteen inches behind the hood , -whloh was , without nny doubt , that of a snake , and nerir , during the twenty mlnut'S that it continued ia sight of , our glas 898 ; onoo below the surface of the water ; ; its colour a dark brown with yellowish white about the throat , It had no fine , but something like the mane of a horse , er rather a bunch of seaweed , washed about its back . It was seen ' by the quartermaster , tha boatswain ' s mato , aud tbe maa at the wheel , Inadiltlon to myself and officers abovo mentioned . .

      I am h&ying a drawing of tha serpent made from a sketch taken immediately after it was seen , which I hopeto have read j for tcadsmUiion to my Lords Commiatlou en of the Admiralty by tomorrow ' s post . Ihavo , &o ., ¦ ' Peter M QoHiE , Captain . To AdmirolSIr ff . Hi . Gage , G . C . H ., Devonport .

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      THE LABOUR QUESTION . The Labour Question is evidently , destined to bacome not only the condition of England question , but the condition of the world question ; for not only in the great manufacturing cities of Britain , France , Belgium , Saxony , and Prussia , but likewise in Kew York , under the Republican institutions of Washington and his compatriots , are the elements gathering of social outbursts like that which recently required for its repression , a military dictatorship and a horrible slaughter . If governments

      would be guided by the experience of the past , and not tread for ever in , the . wake of public opinion without overtaking it , ' such calamities might , be avoided . The failure of the French revolution of February last to accomplish the ardent expectations of the brave men who succeeded in establishing it , in spite of the attempt of the imbecile Odillon Barrot to proclaim a regency , and tho present position of the Labour Question in that country , render the subject , at all times interesting ( o the proletarian class , peculiarly so at the present moment .

      It will scarcely excite surprise to find that all the most eminent writers on this subject are Frenchmen , when it is considered that in France those principles th social reform were first promulgated which led ofe worker to look for a greater share of the produce of his labour than he had hitherto received . Before the revolution of 1793 , Rousseau , Diderot , Helvetius , and Morelly , had paved the way for further inquiries into the nature , production , and distribution of wealth »¦ and when these speculations descended among the people , and met the cry of poverty and discontent that thence ascended , the revolution

      became inevitable . It was the horrible misery of the people which engendered discontent , but it was Rousseau and the Illurainatists who gave it a shape and a direction . Insurrections , the offspring of hunger , may occur at any time , but revolutions only happen when knowledge comes to the assistance of the masses , End directs the popular discontent to some defined and practical end . The famishing and oppressed workers of France might have revoltedthere might have been another Jacquerie , and another slau ghter of the insurgents ; but without the ideas which permeated society prior to 1789 , there would have been no revolution .

      • What has civilisation done for us ? In what is our condition preferable to that of the red Indian ? The savage has his hunting grounds , rivers teeming with fish , and the spontaneous fruits of the forest and the prairie—but what have we ? Nothing—absolutely nothing ! The soil that we bedew with our sweat , the labour that gives value to everything , it is not our own . ' Such , from the crowded Faubourg St Antoinefrom the workshops of Marseilles—from the cornfields of Provence—from the vineyards of Languedoc —was the ominous cry of discontent that surged upward in sulleu roar , and eventuated the revolution .

      While Royalists and Constitutionalists , Girondists and Montagnards , were contending in the Assembly andtke Convention , the idea of social amelioration was germinating inthe bosom of one man . That man was Robespierre , of whom even Lamartine says , that he alone of the popular leaders understood the revolution in all its bearings , and its application to the rescue of industry from the iron grasp of monopoly and capital . While the Constitutional and Girondist deputies were intent only upon transferring the power hitherto enjoyed by the aristocracy to the crafty , selfish , grasping middle class , Robespierre ' s aim was to ameliorate the condition of the worker , and lpake the many partakers of the fruits of the revolution , instead of conserving them for the few .

      Hence , the trader , the soldier , the pries ! -, and the emigrant noble , conspired against him , and he fell . His mantle descended upon Gracchus Babeuf , the 1 Tribune of the People , ' whose social Republic , contemned by Lamartine , is dest i ned to supersede the Republic of the bourgeoisie , with its military Dictator , and its suspension of the liberty of the Press . Babeuf committed suicide * to avoid the guillotine . His conspiracy was the last struggle , for pure democracy after the fall of Robespierre , until the red flag

      was again-raised' by the insurgents of June . The aim ot Babeuf and his associates was to lestore the Republic upon tke basis of . veritable iiquality , without which Liberty and Fraternity can only exist in parchment Constitutions ., Ills aim was a grand one—but France was not , and is not , prepared for the actualization of the principles of Communism , in the full extent of the common family , common property , and common labour , as idealised by Babeul .

      We must turn , therefore , to later writers upon the Labour Question , for such a solution of it as might be applied as a state of transition to present society ; and next in order of time we come to St Simon , whose formula of industrial remuneration is ' To all according to capacity , to each capacity according " to works . ' Louis . Blanc has ably exposed the fallacy of this arrangement , in his comments upon St' Simonism , in his Histoire de Dix As—and it needs , in truth , but little reflection * . o show that the St Simonism- formula is delusive . It accords with the demand of the English Radicals for ' a' fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , which can only be obtained by the labourer working for himself , and

      never while he is compelled to hire his labour to a master . What constitutes a fair day ' s wages , was , for a long time , an undefined point ; latterly , it has been declared to be comfortable lodging , good food , and clothing , and suffiyient . of them , and the means of , educating the rising generation of the ordar of Labour . This seems very fair , but it is open to many objections , which may be briefly . ' stated—Firstly , the unskilful workman needs all these things as much as the skilled one—the hand-loom weaver and the agricultural labourer as niuch as the compositor and the engraver—and , if all worked for themselves , the produce of thtir labour would be of nearly equal value ; but employers will never be brought , to give equal

      wages . to the classes specified—Secondly , if employers were to give workmen the full value of their labour , they would be compelled to charge it upon the public in ; the price of goods sold , or work performed , in order to obtain the sanie profu as at present—the employer , who now pays 3 s . per day , and charges ' the customer 5 s ., if he paid the workman the latter sum , would charge the customer 7 s . — Thirdly , its adoption would not relieve the Labour market of the surplus crcMed hy machinery—And , lastly—and this is the most important objection-it cannot be adopted while that surplus exists , for while there are three men to compete for every man ' s work , wages will inavitablv remain at the

      minimum . , Fourier comes next , with his theory of associalions on the plan of awarding one-sixth of the profits to the capitalists , two-sixths to talent , and three-sixths to , labour . This is a much nearer ap-. proximation to social justice than the formula of St Simon , and lias , the additional rserit of being definite and precise , it has , been adopted to the extent of allowing the workmen a share of the profits proportioned to their wages , by M . Ledaire , a painter employing a great many hands in Paris , and also on the Northern . Railway , and in the printing establishment pf . Za Presse newspaper . There are many practical ' aMffjcuIties / in the , way of . the universal adopiionof this principle , except on the plan of association upon which it ' was based by its founder ; and the social experiments of the disci ples

      of Fourier atCiteaux , and of the Socialists in Hampshire , prove that it is only a very few of the elite of the \ vorking-ela 9 ses who : are prepared for such a change . Even if it could hi successfully appl ed to every branch of employment , it can scarcely be expected that employers would voluntaril y adopt it , or that a class-elected parliament , would give it a legal sanction . The solution of the Labour Question as Mr O'Connor has truly remarked , would not be difficult were labour represented ; but even though Universal . Suffrage mi ght make even Fourierisra practicable , it must be remembered that , with an unemployed population , high wages is onl y the second ; consideration , and the means of existence through labour the . first . Fourier ; has only solved this difficulty by , hi 3 theory of association , which the masses are morally and intellectuall y unprepared for . i

      , Considerant it ( sometimes clawed by the press with the Communipis , but this classification is unjust to that party , M . Considered being the author of a work on the organisation of labour , in which he propounds the singular principle , that cultivation gives a right of possession to the soil , and as it has been brought into cultivation by the present posuicide On b :, ln sentenced to death , they atabbsc themnhos'iD ' th * prcfeebceV tleir J d&a , but tWta Btrumeat . of intended - . eii . dbtWction - broke , . ndU ? toflioied woundr , not death ; > A . ter pauio , ' , „«* J wtrtme » uff « lqg-durl 0 (! jhich thefblade * ofthfwev pon remained lurfad- in Babeut ' . wound , olo&o to X sean-trio tvfo dauntleis . Democrat ? were guillotined JMty years htive elnpwd jince their nmtyrdo . n , one » ow their very nsmesBtriko terror ' to the fitarw U in . « n « dlcs of Jinn * -. So ttue , ig > that J yb ' jr qmr fall who die In a great cause . '

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      Mr Alfred Novello , of Dean-street , Soho , revives a suggestion for altering the present inconvenient formulas for registering time :- ' . It has long appeared to me , that it would be very convenient to number the hours of the day from one to twenty . four , begin-Hing at midni ght , as the additional words « morning ' afternoon , ' ' evening' ' a . m ., ' and ' p . m ., ' at present essential to specify the time , might ba dispensed . fvith , and we should then have a distinct name for each hour in a day . This ia becoming more necessary to the proper understanding of railway time bills , especially for the long lines . The

      proposed numbering would take no extra room in any tables , as four figures are already required for the hours and their fractions . No difficulty would occur even with the clocks , which could easily have the additional figures placed in an outer or inner , circle on the face . In England . I think , this change would find universal adoption , if two establishments would agree to adopt it—I mean the Post Office and the railways . The announcement « The packet sails Sept . 16 , at fourteen o ' clock , ' would completi lyexplain the time , instead of saying two o ' clock ia the afternoon . '

      • Napoleon ' s Mother' dead in Paris . —We condense the following narrative from La Democratie PAciFiauE i Mad . Ameti ger was an old sutler to the Imperial Guard . She laboured in her vocation at most of Napoleon ' s great battles frequently showing great intrepidity , and once had the good fortune even to save Bernadotte ' s life . When that able general was elevated to Swedish royalty , Ametiger repaired to Stockholm and received many testimonies of his esteem . She Napoleon ' s Mother' dead in Paris . —We condense the following narrative from La Democratie PAciFiauE i Mad . Ameti ger was an old sutler to the Imperial Guard . She laboured in her vocation at most of Napoleon ' s great battles frequently showing great intrepidity , and once had the good fortune even to save Bernadotte ' s life . When that able general was elevated to Swedish royalty , Ametiger repaired to Stockholm and received many testimonies of his esteem . She

      returned to Paris and after the fall of the empire she was reduced to great poverty , labouring as a chifonniere ( a sort of street ra 5-picker ) but was still so fond of fighting her battles over again ., with many a tale of the emperor , that she acquired the name of ' Napoleon ' s mother . ' She took the greatest interest in the election of Prince Louis Kapolton , canvassing for votes , and when she wasassured of his triumphant election , she was seized , wiih such a transport of joy that apoplexy resultedand she fell dead . Her age was seventy-nine . High Tide—Destruction of Property . —Oas Tuesday , the Thames rose to such an unusual height as to cause very great damage to property . At Lambeth , the houses near the Archbishop ' s palace were completely inundated , being several feat deepin water , and in . many instances the inmates were compelled to make a precipitate retreat from their dwellings . In Fore-street which runs from the end of Bishrtp ' s-walk to Princes street , Vauxhall , a number of poor families were driven from their snulj habitations until the tide receded and the water had been pumped out . The licensed victuallers at Bankside and other parts were very great suffererstheir returned to Paris and after the fall of the empire she was reduced to great poverty , labouring as a chifonniere ( a sort of street ra 5-picker ) but was still so fond of fighting her battles over again ., with many a tale of the emperor , that she acquired the name of ' Napoleon ' s mother . ' She took the greatest interest in the election of Prince Louis Kapolton , canvassing for votes , and when she wasassured of his triumphant election , she was seized , wiih such a transport of joy that apoplexy resultedand she fell dead . Her age was seventy-nine . High Tide—Destruction of Property . —On ; Tuesday , the Thames rose to such an unusual height as to cause very great damage to property . At Lambeth , the houses near the Archbishop ' s palace were completely inundated , being several feat deepin water , and in . many instances the inmat ' 8 were compelled to make a precipitate retreat from their dwellings . In Fore-street which runs from the end of Bishrtp ' s-walk to Princes street , Vauxhall , a number of poor families were driven from their snulj habitations until the tide receded and the water had been pumped out . The licensed victuallers at Bankside and other parts were very great suffererstheir returned to Paris and after the fall of the empire she was reduced to great poverty , labouring as a chifonniere ( a sort of street ra 5-picker ) but was still so fond of fighting her battles over again ., with many a tale of the emperor , that she acquired the name of ' Napoleon ' s mother . ' She took the greatest interest in the election of Prince Louis Kapolton , canvassing for votes , and when she wasassured of his trinmphant election , she was seized , wiih such a transport of joy that apoplexy resultedand she fell dead . Her age was seventy-nine . High Tide—Destruction of Property . —On ; Tuesday , the Thames rose to such an unusual height as to cause very great damage to property . At Lambeth , the houses near the Archbishop ' s palace were completely inundated , being several feat deepin water , and in . many instances the inmat ' 8 were compelled to make a precipitate retreat from their dwellings . In Fore-street which runs from the end of Bishrtp ' s-walk to Princes street , Vauxhall , a number of poor families were driven from their snulj habitations until the tide receded and the water had been pumped out . The licensed victuallers at Bankside and other parts were very great suffererstheir

      , cellars being completely filled with water , causing considerable injury to their gaods . At Vauxhall , Battersea , W . andsworth , Chelsea , Millbank , and other water-sitje premises below brid ge , similar floods occurred , and ihe damage to property has l . een very alarming .. The London docks , in some parts , appear to have been visUed ,. but immediate steps were taken to check the unexpected flood . Towards evening , when the tide was at , its highest point , the steamboats could scarcely pass , under the , bridges , and it required great skill in the . management of the various vessels to avoid coming iu contact with the stonework . No accidents of any cousequence have taken place , although the properly destroyed ia immense . . A New Mode op Thavelling per Rail . —The servants at the General Station at Dundee have much difficulty in getting the ' cattle put into trucks , particularly Highland stock which have never been under cover . In loading one of these a few days ago , a fine Argylshire stbt , after having his fore legs in , was startled by an engine whistle at his ear and making a desperate leap cleared the truck and dashed up the line to the General Station . Hisfirst mark was a pointsman , stooping with his back totvardathe animal , which pitched him fortvards ,. but fortunately was untouched by his horns . He then tore onwards to the station , where his approach * , caused great sensation , and speedily every guards driver , and porter , were on the roof ot , every available carriage . The agility displayed , ou this ; occasion was much to : the satisfaction of the superintendent , who purposes an occasional visit of the same kind with a view . of practising . the . servants ia celerity of . movement . Onward , however , the animal went , passed on to ihe Scottish . Midland line , which he left about a . mile to the north , and was last seen making for his native hills , with ^ foaimng . mouth and streaming tail , forming ho unapt representation of ' Taurus' as depicted tin the Celestial globes . ''" Extraordinary Feats . —The Fife Heral d narrates the antics of a ' steeple and ch ' imney climber on' ths top of a chimney stalk at Newton 6 f Abboishall , 136 feet high . He fixed a plank tea inches broad , and projecting about twelve feet Oa each * We , on the top of the chiiriney . In the centre of this plank , he plated a pole sixteen feet high , having a small piece of wood on . the top , which he climbed up and stood upri ght on , holding a flag ia his hand . After doing so ,, he descended to the top > of the stalk , when , he walked out to each end of tha plank and struck an axe into Jhem . He then turned about towards the centre , and , to the great alarm of the assembled multitude , stood on his head for some time , and , returning to , his feet , he stamped firmly upon the plank on , each side of the ' chimney . , cellars being completely filled with water , causing considerable injury to their gaods . At Vauxhall , Battersea , W . andsworth , Chelsea , Millbank , and other water-sitje premises below brid ge , similar floods occurred , and ihe damage to property has l . een very alarming .. The London docks , in some parts , appear to have been .. visited ,, but immediate steps were taken to check the unexpected flood . Towards evening , when the tide was at , its highest point , the steamboats could scarcely pass , under the , bridges , and it required great skill in the . management of the various vessels . to avoid coming iu contact with the stonework . No accidents of any cousequence have taken place , although the properly destroyed is immense . . A New Mode op Thavelling per Rail . —The servants at the General Station at Dundee have much difficulty in getting the ' cattle put into trucks , particularly Highland stock which have never been under cover . In loading one of these a few days ago , a fine Argylshire stbt , after having his fore legs in , was startled by an engine whistle at his ear and making a desperate leap cleared the truck and dashed up the line to the General Station . Hisfirst mark was a pointsman , stooping with his back totvardathe animal , which pitched him fortvards ,. but fortunately was untouched by his horns . He then tore onwards to the station , where his approach * , caused great sensation , and speedily every guards driver , and porter , were on the roof ot , every available carriage . The agility displayed , ou this ; occasion was much to : the satisfaction of the superintendent , who purposes an occasional visit of the same kind with a view . of practising , the . servants ia celerity of . movement . Onward , however , the animal went , passed on to ihe Scottish . Midland line , which he left about a . mile to the north , and was last seen making for his native hills , with ^ foaimng . mouth and streaming tail , forming ho unapt representation of ' Taurus' as depicted tin the Celestial globes . ''" Extraordinary Feats . —The Fife Heral d narrates the antics of a ' steeple and ch ' imney climber on'ths top of a chimney stalk at Newton 6 f Abboishall , 130 feet high . He fixed a plank tea inches broad , and projecting about twelve feet Oa each * We , on the top of the chiiriney . In the centre of this plank , he plated a pole sixteen feet high , having a small piece of wood on . the top , which he climbed up and stood upright on , holding a flag ia his hand . After doing so ,, he descended to the top > of the stalk , when , he walked out to each end of tha plank and struck an axe into Jhem . He then turned about towards the centre , and , to the great alarm of the assembled multitude , stood on his head for some time , and , returning to , his feet , he stamped firmly upon the plank on , each side of the ' chimney . , cellars being completely filled with water , causing considerable injury to their gaods . At Vauxhall , Battersea , Wandsworth , Chelsea , Millbank , and other water-sitje premises below brid ge , similar floods occurred , and ihe damage to property has l . een very alarming .. The London docks , in some parts , appear to have been .. visited ,, but immediate steps were taken to check the unexpected flood . Towards evening , when the tide was at , its highest point , the steamboats could scarcely pass , under the , bridges , and it required great skill iu the . management of the various vessels to avoid coming iu contact with the stonework . No accidents of any cousequence have taken place , although the properly destroyed is immense . . A New Mode op Thavelling per Rail . —The servants at the General Station at Dundee have much difficulty in getting the ' cattle put into trucks , particularly Highland stock which have never been under cover . In loading one of these a few days ago , a fine Argylshire stbt , after having his fore legs in , was startled by an engine whistle at his ear and making a desperate leap cleared the truck and dashed up the line to the General Station . Hisfirst mark was a pointsman , stooping with his back totvardathe animal , which pitched him fortvards ,. but fortunately was untouched by his horns . He then tore onwards to the station , where his approach * , caused great sensation , and speedily every guards driver , and porter , were on the roof ot , every available carriage . The agility displayed , ou this ; occasion was much to : the satisfaction of the superintendent , who purposes an occasional visit of the same kind with a view . of practising , the . servants ia celerity of . movement . Onward , however , the animal went , passed on to ihe Scottish . Midland line , which he left about a . mile to the north , and was last seen making for his native hills , with ^ foaimng . mouth and streaming tail , forming ho unapt representation of ' Taurus' as depicted tin the Celestial globes . ''" Extraordinary Feats . —The Fife Heral d narrates the antics of a ' steeple and ch ' imney climber on'ths top of a chimney stalk at Newton 6 f Abboishall , 130 feet high . He fixed a plank tea inches broad , and projecting about twelve feet Oa each * We , on the top of the chiiriney . In the centre of this plank , he plated a pole sixteen feet high , having a small piece of wood on . the top , which he climbed up and stood upright on , holding a flag ia his hand . After doing so ,, he descended to the top > of the stalk , when , he walked out to each end of tha plank and struck an axe into Jhem . He then turned about towards the centre , and , to the great alarm of the assembled multitude , stood on his head for some time , and , returning to , his feet , he stamped firmly upon the plank on , each side of the ' chimney . cellars being completely filled with water , causing considerable injury to their gaods . At Vauxhall , Battersea , Wandsworth , Chelsea , Millbank , and other water-sitje premises below brid ge , similar floods occurred , and ihe damage to property has l . een very alarming .. The London docks , in some parts , appear to have been .. visited ,, but immediate steps were taken to check the unexpected flood . Towards evening , when the tide was at , its highest point , the steamboats could scarcely pass , under the , bridges , and it required great skill iu the . management of the various vessels to avoid coming iu contact with the stonework . No accidents of any cousequence have taken place , although the properly destroyed is immense . . A New Mode op Thavelling per Rail . —The servants at the General Station at Dundee have much difficulty in getting the ' cattle put into trucks , particularly Highland stock which have never been under cover . In loading one of these a few days ago , a fine Argylshire stbt , after having his fore legs in , was startled by an engine whistle at his ear and making a desperate leap cleared the truck and dashed up the line to the General Station . Hisfirst mark was a pointsman , stooping with his back totvardathe animal , which pitched him fortvards ,. but fortunately was untouched by his horns . He then tore onwards to the station , where his approach * , caused great sensation , and speedily every guards driver , and porter , were on the roof ot , every available carriage . The agility displayed , ou this ; occasion was much to : the satisfaction of the superintendent , who purposes an occasional visit of the same kind with a view . of practising , the . servants ia celerity of . movement . Onward , however , the animal went , passed on to ihe Scottish ' . Midland line , which he left about a . mile to the north , and was last seen making for his native hills , with ^ foaimng . mouth and streaming tail , forming ho unapt representation of ' Taurus' as depicted tin the Celestial globes . ''" Extraordinary Feats . —The Fife Heral d narrates the antics of a ' steeple and ch ' imney climber on'ths top of a chimney stalk at Newton 6 f Abboishall , 130 feet high . He fixed a plank tea inches broad , and projecting about twelve feet Oa each * We , on the top of the chiiriney . In the centre of this plank , he plated a pole sixteen feet high , having a small piece of wood on . the top , which he climbed up and stood upri ght on , holding a flag ia his hand . After doing so ,, he descended to the top > of the stalk , when , he walked out to each end of tha plank and struck an axe into Jhem . He then turned about towards the centre , and , to the great alarm of the assembled multitude , stood on his head for some time , and , returning to , his feet , he stamped firmly upon the plank on , each side of the ' chimney . iilucu

      » aaiciy uescenqea neaa-ioremost , . Shu- wreck . —A correspondent at St ' Margaret ' s ' Hope sends us the ' following : r- ' 'dii Sunday night , the 1 st of October , the ship . P , enang , of Liverpool , from Crpnstadt , with : a cargo ' of , 500 casks of tallow , 100 bales of hemp , and 270 quarters of wheat , snack upon Strose Head ; in the island or South Roiialdshay . She bad been endeavouring to ' make the passage of the Pentland Frith , but , owing to adense fog , she lost the Skerry Lights , and struck at tea o clock , in half an hour she was on her beam ends , The ciew , consisting of twenty , including the captain ami mate , were all saved . Three of them got into the Jong . boat . when the ship went over , and were I tossed about in her until morning- , another swam . . ashore , and the rest were clinging to the side of the ; , ship , expecting every minute to be dashed to pieces , until eight o ' clock next morning ; when they were * brought off b y boats , . with much difficulty . Whether n . was owing to the . heedlessness said to b& natural to seamen , or to' - ' joy at having escaped a watery grave , it was striking to okerre the cheerful . aspect of the poor fellows when they came into the village of St Margaret ' s Hope -Inverness Courier ,

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      2 THE NORTHERN STAR . ... ; , October 21 , 1848 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1493/page/2/