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      full , for CAPETOWN and ALGOA BAY , the splendid fast-sailing Frigate-built ship HIMALAYA , A 1 . H . Burn , Commander , 447 tons register , coppered and copper fastened , lying in the St . Katharine Docks . This vessel having six feet seven inches in height between decks , has splendid accommodations for passen ^ ei-s , under Mr . Joseph Christopher ' s wellknown aiul appreciated regulations . Chief Cabin fi- 'H a separate agreement for Poop and Stern Cabins ; intermediate £ 24 , Steerage £ 14 . For freight or passage apply immediately to Joseph S . Christopher , East India Chambers , Leadenhall-street , or to l . Ienrv II . Willis and Co ., 3 , Crosby-square .

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      AMUSEMENT FOR THE MASSES I ' A VOCAL AND INSTRrMENTAL CONCERT , supported by an extensive combination of superior talent , will take plate on Monday evening , December 9 , ; it the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham Court Road . Admission : Hall , sixpence ; ( lallery , one shilling . Tlie Industrious Classes are called on to support these endeavours to place within their reach amusements of that quality which has hitherto been confined to the ii [» nrr classes of society . Vocalists : Mr . Stevenson , Mr . Henry Smith ( The celebrated American Buffo singer , a la Parry ) , Mr . C . Kemiii- iiml Mr . G . F . Tavlor .

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      extraordinary : new cases ; : Attesting that there is health for all . HOLI . OWAY'S PILLS . An astonishing curt- of a confirmed Liver Complaint . MRS . MARY SANlvrultD . residing in Leather-lane , Holborn , London , had been labouring under the etteets of a diseased Liver , which produced Indigestion , Sick Head Ache , Dimness of Sight , Lowness of Spirits , Irritability of Temper , Drowsiness , Occasional Swellings of the Body and Legs , with General Weakness and Debility . She attended the Hospitals , at different periods , for about three years , but she only got worse instead of better , and her recovery at last appeared fjuite hopeless ; but notwithstanding the very bad state of her health , she

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      AjTGHisi 5 T-i > . —From Afghanistan we learn that post Mabommed and Ms son Akhbar , vrere gorenang $ hat conutry according to their ancient rules . It ivas ^ sid that the Dost and Ms son , th& Ymr . were disposed to quarrel Idth the now enfeebled Government of Lahore , and to demand the restitution to the Afighansof the provinces on the "western bank of the Judos , including P p ha-srnr , &c ., and perhaps also the far-Tamed -ralley of Cashmere , of -which the Affghans seere rulers some years ago . These demands cannot be acceded to by Heera Srmrh -without exposing himself and his Government to destruction ; and if they are rejected , they may lead to a -war between the Affgfcans and the Sheiks , in which the British are likely to irterfere .

      G ^ auob . — In Gwalior the Zmnister Ram Rao phalkea eontimies to be unpopular , and attempts iave l > een made on his life . The capital is disturbed Id consequence , and disaffection is rife . BrsmxKTXD is quiet ; the ex-Rajahs of Jeitpoor beine about to be surrendered to the British . authorities "by his own adherents , who are tired of long marches , and all the suffering of midnight ruarrauders in tne mountain ? of that district . Fbom Ca . crm . xhe chief news relates to the quiet proceedings of Sir Henry Hardinge , who appears to be studying the politics of India . Tfis only public acis have been directed towards extending education . Tee ^ Ladkas G <> tek 3 tme > t was , like that of Bombay . V > u > y in preparing troops for the Kolapore countrv .

      Fsoii Bomsat the < -xuef points are me conviction 61 th ? infamc . ii ~ Aloo Paroo , for being implicated in burning ibf merchant ship Belvedere in Singapore harbour . Thi * M-oundrel appears to have made a practice of burning > hip > which he had insured , and of which " 2 ve or six were destroyed within four vvars . Another snlgwt of interest in Bombay arose from the commitment fur trial at the December criminal > tssions of Thoma . - P > raitlrwaite , the master of the ship 2 septnne , from Liverpool . He , it appears , treated ihe st-evanl -with creat cruelty , and actually gave ¦ upward ? of 2 to > l ; i > hes to a French lad on board for some supposed offence . The case of thi . boy ia < brought . forward by a . French merchant , named Koussac , who received every assistance from the ma-2 L « tra : o-. The trial of Braithwaite , for his cruelty . Vas loudly demanded by the public of that Presidency .

      China- —r ran China the intelligence comes down to the end of August . The American ainba- ^ sador had negociated a treaty such as that sanctioned by the British , with the addition of some clause * * xi > lanatory oils . The French ambassador arrived at Macao on the J-5 rh of Aucust . in order to berin M > nesociaiions about his treaty . Thx Govesnoe or JIosgkoms , "Mr . Bavii , was about to proceed t-o tke northern ports , iD order to observe how the Chinese authorities were conducting themselves towards the new traders . Fbom SrsciPOEX we learn that an Engli > h expedit ion had teen 5 * 111 10 arrack The piratical tribe > on ihe north-west coast of Borneo ; it consisted t-hiefly of liff Majesty ' s ship T > ido , Captain KeppeL anil the Hon . Company ' s steamer Phleeethon , whit-Invent up the river Sukarran . The boats were at first repulsed ; but , being reinforced , they returned and deniolishrd the fortifications , and took above sixtv

      fm s . Ths ship Cxtlox , D . Ferguson , master , from London to Bonibav , was totally lost on the morning of the 1 st of October , on the Bonhernmtel reef of the Laccadives . The captain and crew arrived safe in Uombay . The ship Brilliant , from Calcutta to Bombay , was lost on the ltfth of October on the point of Saugur Sands ; the crew were saved . The Mossoos had terminated . The fall of rain in Bombay -sras under six inches , and fears were entertained of the trnur of -srar-er next spring . In the inter ior of the country the fall . thoTigh not great , was seasonable , so that no apprehension was entertained of that most dreadful scourge—a famine , which iperiodical in India . The latest Xe-st ^ fbgm Koiaporz is . that nil hopes of a TiaciSi-ation bv negotiation are at end .

      Her Majesty s 22 nd Regiment had marched fVi . pi Satiara for the distnrl > ed districts , tvhere there will be soon 13 ** . " > nien assembled .

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      3 LLSIXT 30 XX . —DEiTH BT LsTOUCiTIGN . —Wednesday an inqurst was heH before Sir . G . J . Mills , deputy coroner for Middlesex , at the Marques * of liranby . Great ilarylelxme-street , on the body of Charlotte Crop , aged 53 , a seller of watercresses . Mr * . Ann Dunford , of Xo . 2 , Chesterfield-street , said deceased lodged in her house . About halt-past sis o ' t-lovk on Saturday evening , on coming out of her own apartment , _^ e found deceased sittiiiir on the stairs . She

      spoke to her . but receiving no answer . > be procured a light , and then found that she was dead , or dvinc . Sir . Joseph , the > T 2 rget > n , trus sent for . iiis ax-I ^ tani came , and pronounced life quite extinct . She had seen deceased sLout twenty minutes before , quite intoxicated , in ¦ which state she had been ever since the previous Tuesday , without ii ] iermi >> joi > - Shi- was in tie hs ) Sn vi getting intoxicated . The jurv returned a verdiet of * " J'ied m > m the ruprore of a ve- ~^ el yf the brain , from the etieeis oi inioiicatioii . " '

      Tse Bor > y 07 1 Child Forxi > rx jjte Streets . — On Wednesday . Mr . lligjrs held an inquest at the workhouse . Poland-street , on the body of a new-born male child . Sarah Payne said that on Tuesdav evening last she saw a Lrown paper parcel lying under a doorway , opposite 10 Broadhurst " .-- brewery , Hopkin ' s-streei . Golden-square . She took it home "Kith her , and nj > on opening it discovered the body of the deceased . She was so much alarmed that she threw it down and ran out for a policeman . Verdict — " Found dpad =

      IfeiDrrL Deaths bt Pike is tee Mxtsopous ^—Ob Wednesday forenoon , ? klr . "WaMey . M . P .. held an inquest 21 lie Ri > jnl Free Hospital , * < iray ' s-inn-road , 02 the l > ody of Mary "Wilson , aged 7- > . It apj > eared iroin the evidence of Elizabeth Sale , that the deceased resided with her husband , who is bed-ridden , at } vo . 3 . Ge < jrge-street , Battle-bridge . On Thursday la < t , abutu nve in the afternoon , the deceased came home iati ! 3 j < -aTed , and shortly after the inmate- of tke hoB ~ e -srert- alarmen by the cries of her husband for help , as he was beins suffocated . On entering the apaniufi ;! . iLe rut » m was fu 31 of smoke , nnd under thv crut < - ka the def-ease , i . vrho hail fallen from

      her ciair acsui-t the bars of the stove , and her clothes were igwinl . She Tras ) > urnt in a iriffhriu ! uianneT 2 fcout tLt- anus , Eeck , and face . She ra > conveyed to theaNive hwpital , and expired on Satnniay atter-20011 of her inj-. 3 rit ~ . Yerdict— " Burnt to c ^ eath winjii jjj ^ -tai ^ - of Intoxication . " The second in-^^ t ^ a > ir ^ ii ^ ry Anne Clay , aged thrte yv&x ± , ivaain < : in Albl-js-gardefcs , Maiden-lane . » > i > Saturday Qorc-nc tit- iiiniher . a poor chairwoman , left deceased in the ¦ are of her brother , sis year- of aire , and whilst ]« . ki >;< : a . stick in the nre , st " t li » ht to her clothes , and wa .- burnt shockingly , she die . ! in th < - sCE-vital on > uiitla % . Vtrdict—"" Accidentaliv burin-d . ""

      " XniZtHAJ'El- —LliLATS TBOil iteaTTTlTICi . t . —W t-rt-Etsdayj-M-h ] - , ^ Vit . Uaker held an iii . ueM ; ii tin-Puiyal Uak . WLht chaj > el-roa'l , un the Ixnh of Wiliiauj Hail , r . ^ ed ^ it ^ -three years , it r >]> j > earp <^ : ri » m tb » .-* vidciitv tliai . <> ti the evening of Tuesdav wn-k , the Crcea-Ai Tx ' ixb ¦«¦ ;!> evidently in irreat dism-s ^ . j > n > - enred a Ix-d alii < - < jiiiiij >> n lodirinc-b' .-u . - * iu W » -jjtwi » rtLstrvti . S phalrk-U-. The isvxt day be tt > m ] 'k : nifl » i Lejj , ^ ttctv ill . 33-o Tvt-m 10 W . i 3 gain thrr fulkr . vhi ^ U 2 iv - lie had re invspy To pay lor tlial uii . IstV i < nii - JD f . theamoaiil nf-which vttis threepence h ; : lij . t- ! iiiy . Soint of 111- iV-11-.. w loiUrers , altl-viusin tbt-niselvc- ^ wr pc > or , T > nyiiiL bi ~ ii > r ; d ; tion . su !< 5 cril > wl the amount , and &hv szsvx * hin ; > "iiie fofn"l . X > n Friday Li- ht-caiue verr ill . and - was ai'iiarenllv in a uvin-j -t .-. te . ami

      said liiai be hii'i received hi- death from a < - < Jd jnhad c-aughx , when pbn-ed in tlie casual or vasrant ward of the Feckliam 1 ' iiion , where he lian sls-jit for two niirlits . previous to coniin :: to the lod ^ :: ;^ in- theii occupied . TLe deceax .-- ; was removed to th- worktoUie , bal dlej in les > thais three ionis : LTi . 'r hi-2-dmissioxi . Mr . Reed said hi- had made ;> / - " ¦ ftvTi-. m fiiaui ]; aiion : he foui .-. l inflanimatjoii of the lungs , eviueDtly the resnll of -.-old and expetsure : there was nu < iisea 5 e to which he could attrih-uudeaih . his bf < dily j > ywers were completely exhausted . aid tLtrri- wa-- eo doubt that privation awl the excitement evu-sequent upon his removal to the workioasf- in zhe state he tra ? then in hnii a « -elfralt- « i itath . The jury returiitnl a veniitt of "" illed tron : HatQ-ij cau-e > - '"

      ix ^ rxsT m ^ e "R * att » -iu > . —f > u Saturday Llsi au r - qtifcNi wa ? - ht-ld / -y Mr- Osbaldiston , at the . ArTichokc Iini , Croasley-ijxt * n , near Watford , irpun tiie Ikhiv of Jt » aii tireta . a ^ cu sixtv , in the employ ot Mpsst-. i * itkes ^ on aiiti Lonouan . of ( . ' ruxley . paper jnaki-r-. "wht'se death tra- caused by hi- foot slipping , whilst Stepping frfju the masonry forming the lank f > f the loci on to the = 111 of the kV : k gates . From the eviitLce of ilie driver , whose duty it is to raise tlt--paddle ( or flood-gate 1 on the towing-path ? : deof the lock , he had just completed raising the paddle , when he -was astouiidvd by the trry from the boatman " let £ Otlie paddle . " follirsred by a splash in ihtr "water . The driver iustantly "' let go the paddle , " and procetdtd across tlie lock in search of his mate , but he ¦ Ka ? cowhere to be found . He then hallooed to a man

      "" ^ ho had passed over a br idge close bv , only a few seconds before , and with his help the body was found . -Everr exertion was made "by the two men to restore tie boily io animatioD , bni in -rain . Mr . GarJike , SWgeoiL . of Rickmansworth , was fetched as speedily as f ^^^ ible , but on his arrival he pronounced the viial spark to be extinct . The jury returned a verdict - ^ odintally Jrovsied . One of the jurors , addressing the enroner , said , that notwithstanding there did not ^ pear t he slightest negligence on the part of the js oal proprietors , or their servants , the jury-wished * ° suggest that an immediate step affixed to the hal-¦~ S-beam , between tie bank-side and the mitre sills ** * e lock gates , would be likely to prevent the re-^ renc-e of accidents . The breasts of the gates also KiotOd form an even superficies upon the ballast beam ^ facilitate crossing on a dark night .

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      ScAXDALors AssAtxT bt a GiiEEK £ EPEB . —A man named Thomas Abrams Abrams , who has long been a favourite gamekeeper of the Duke of Buckingham , was , on Saturday last , justly convicted at the Buckingham Petty Sessions , of kicking and beating on the head with his gun , a young man or lad of Maidmorton , named East . The troiind on the poor fellow ' s h £ ad , and the blood which smothered the jacket of the complainant , proved the ferocity of the fellow . The lads were amusing themselves by throwing stones at some birds in a hedge ( no game was near ) , when Abrams . pounced upon them , using the most horrid language of fury and passion , and finally beating to the earth , with his gun , the unfortunate complainant . Abrams was fined £ 5 , or in default to be sent to Aylesbury tread-wheel for two months . He was

      taken away and locked up by Mr . Giles , not being able to get two sureties . Abrams was again brought forward on a charge of shooting at J . East , Jolly , and Pargetter , wounding East in the hand , and striking shots in the cap of Jolly . The further hearing of this charge was put off until Tuesday , in order that Abranis might have some person to assist at the examination . On Tuesday the case was again brought on , when the room was so densely crowded that it was impossible to take notes of the proceedings . The Examination of the case , however , was proceeded with , and brought to a conclusion by Abrams beinc committed for trial at the next assizes for the county . He was allowed to find bail , and was bailed out on Wednesday by two of the duke ' s tenants , one of whom went 10 Stowe for permission that very moniinj ;!—-Aul' - ^ j ^ tj' u \* 't-.-i

      Stabri . ng in Leicester . —On Monday night , at eleven o ' clock , a young man named John Raten . and a young woman named ( jilham , frith whom he kept company , were in the ( iallowhee-gate , Leicester , near the Castle Tavern , when lie stabl » ed her in the neck , and in the back between the shoulders . She screamed out . and succeeded in uettinir into the tavern , where she was placed in a chair . The flesh ju-otruJed from the wound in the neck , and the blood flowed out with increased force from the wound in the back every time she breathed . Mr . Macaulay , surgeon , was sent fi > r : and subsequently the girl was removed to her residence , the Albert Inn , where she lie .- in a most dangerous state . The man was apprehended upon the spot , but made considerable resistance .

      The Bask Robbery . —The report said to haveln'en in circulation yesterday , "That four of the i'J . notes stolen from Messrs . liogersV bank had l > een traced to a party in London , and that one of them was presented at the Bank of England , and there slopped for further inijuiries . " is without foundation . Neither is it true that an officer had arrived in Brus-.-el- in quest of the fugitives , as asserted in one of the Belgian papers . In fact , up to this afternoon no clue whatever has l > een obtained towards the detection of the n > bbery . —Gloh . Wednesday . Fihk in St . Pascras . — About half-past three on Tuesday li ) orciin < r a lire broke out upon the ]> renii- * es of Mr . Treeby , builder . Mlhon-streeLlNew-ruad . Flame * wete first seen issuine from the lower part of the building by the constable , who instantly raised an alarm . Abundance of water being at h ; ii ; il . the engines were soon iri > t U > work , but not a vestige of stock «> r building , except the walls , could be saved .

      Tre late IijtEAivFUL Railway A < cidi ;> 't neah Nottingham . —The adjourned inquest on the 1 * xly of Mr . ^ irnells , one of the suffeivrs by the late dreadful accident was brought to a conclusion on Tuesday ui ^ ht . At ten o ' clock , the jury sent for the coroner , and informed him they could not a < rree upon their verdict , and that there was no probability of their agreeing . At eleven o ' clock the coroner was a ^ ain sen t for , and , at a quarter tu twelve the hall doors were opened . — The Coroner : "Mr . Foreman , are you agreed upon v «» ur venlict r "—The Foreman : " Ye » , i-ir . " The loilowinc verdict wiL- then recorded : — " We return a verdict of Ai-cidental lVath , and the jury impose a < le <>< iand <» f £ lj > nn u ]> on the engines , tenders , and ears riaire-. bein ^ the pn >}> erty of the Midland Counties Railway , but in so doinir we beg to n-jnark that we are convinced the colli-ion took place in consequence of mismanagement , and the waist of a clear

      under--lainlin ^ "H the part the company ' s servants i .... ¦ » Lir-.- ' -t " u > ns which were sriven : but owinir to conflictins evidence we arc not able to decide who are the partie- individually implicated . We are of opinion that much improvement may Inmade in the general inacacement of the Midland Railway , particularly at the Nottingham station , tenduiir materially to secure the public safety . We think it important that the > ervants , and particularly the engine men and sruard .-. - liouM be instructed in and suitablv impressed with the importance of the printed rules , and that as much as possible they should be observed to the letter . We are also of opinion that Jonathan Raven , the Beeston-station master , has given evidence before this inquest which the jury can place no reliance upon , and that he ought to forfeit the confidence of the company , and l > e no longer retained as a public servant . " Coroner :

      " That is your verdict . an orr . LF . Siiniix at Stepxitv . —Fineral or THf 1 > eieas £ i .. —It having lieen reported that the ixHlies of the unfortunate coujile would lie interred in onc-rrnv <\ on Sunday afternoon , in lit-auniont ( Yinerex 3-, siepney , a Janre concourse ofjicrsojjs of both sexes assembled to witness the s ;\ d though novel ceremonv . Thev . however , were somewhat disappointed .

      as the relative * of the ill-fated young woman objected , notwitii > tandim : her dyinir wi-h , to layhic her remains with those of her deceased suitor . The paroeliial officers expressed a hopt that the bodies should not be buried together , as such a proceeding might be calculated to jrive a kind of eountenauce to such tragedies . Accordingly , the body of the female was , on Saturday afternoon , consigned to its final restingplace in Globe-fields burial-ground . Globe-road , Mileeni The funeral was kept strictly private . On Sunday afternoon the body of the young man was privately interred in Beaumont Cemetery .

      Melaxcholt Accident . —A melancholy and fatal accident occurred on Tuesday forenoon , at Clitheroe . Whilst Rol > ert Clark and John Bartle were engaged in tht » operation of grinding , owing to the extraordinary velocity with which the stone was moving , or some other t-au > p . it new asunder from centrifugal fun-e . and one part struck John Bartlp under lhe chin , inflictine such injurie .- a = to cause instant death . lJR £ Ai > fL Mitujers in King ' s Corxrr . —The town and neizblxmrhond of Frankford was thrown into a state ot" excitement on Friday night last by tiie announcement of a savage and brutal murtler . which it was ascertained bad recently been committed at Cooltin . two miles south of that town , in

      the parish and barony of IJallyboy and Kine ' s < ouuty . on the twdies of two farmers , named Thomas and William Sheppard . The particulars are . as follow ^ : —Ambrose . Thomas , and William Sheppard , coiHointly . took a farm of about 24 acres , at Coolfin , in the month of August last , from which a family , named l > aly . were ]» reviou « ly evicted or ejected for ; : i-fi-payinent of rent . After ajrreein-: for the land witlj the landlord , the Rev . Ralph < oote . . and in-fore ¦ j'lini : to reside on it . a tln-eateiiini : notice was sened at l > erTycm »! ey . near Kalian , w here they then resided , which ijotice they disrei ^ mled . and entered into the 'K-cup « niu : i of the fann : .-. fter which a second notice wa .---M-rve'l-ti : i ; i j > oni"i ) of iheir family who still re-^ iiU-il at i Vrrvcook-v . statin " . " that if the SheppaTiL

      :. t t ' ir- 'ifiii persevered to occupy J / alys farm they wr-uM be murdered . " < > f thi-. a .- of the former , they . t < - > -,- Jjft- dJ' - *^ _ evi » -. i-: nc r » x » luti"n anil detcrniinntion . ' t Ji-ilJtr ail pOs- ; hle Jilf .-iji-s t < J J- : v « te < -t thwu .-elves . i > ein » Wt'll armeii . : n > 'l nayiii ™ tln-ir dvrvlhii ^ -house hi a -rj-oui : state of ileft-jicr . witii a iirv-jin » of room therein < - ' > ii > imcted by { Ji .-m-civcs . in which they resteii hv nicht withi « erfect -afety ; but lately they be-< -: iine ajii-areiitly intimate with the j > eople residing in ihrtl l .-eii'lil «> url ) i «« l . anJ weiv in >! -o appre-! j « isi > e ' ' daiiu'er : * -s lii-n loforc . -o thr . t Thomas . iBil Wiliiani remaineii in the house for the last fc-v . iEtv > , while Ambrnse went to Derryeooley tobrins v . y hi- v . ifc . < -hild . ami furniture . <> n Friday night i ;> .-i he relumedand . on apj . ruachinir the house , Jip

      , fuuud ii d ; irk and apparently deserted . The door wits c ' uscii : iic pushed ii in , and called loudly for his i-rothi-r-. but receiving no answer , he became iilarmt-d , ivejjt to hi- wife , who had rcmainei ! outside , and made known hi- suspicious . Without further delay he ran kito the towu of Frankford . to lhe Constabulary ]» arracks . liead-constiible Mat'ennisand party promjitly rt *} iuirc- « l t » T <> ohin with him , ami . bavins : procured a liriit . scan l )« i the liou-i-. and found Thomas Shcj > - jiard iyin ? with his face on the floor , and his bead literally smashed to pieces , and the brair . s protrudinu . An iron hatchet covered wiih blooii was close to the UhK . Wiujam > hcppard was nut in the house . Thev the'i made search about the farm , wliich , from

      the darkness of the night , proved unavailing : hut on the followhi < : morning , when dayliirht came , the schn-h was renewed , and William Shejipai-d was then found lying in a ditch some distance from the house , most lwrljiirously murdered , his head broken to pieces , and the brains escaping . A spade broken to pieces ¦ was fount ! near the body . This bloody arid inhuman deedmusi have been perpetrated in the day time , prolialJv on Friday morning , as it apj > ears they were >* eii at an early hour on that morning at their labour near the home : and Ambrose . Sheppard , on his arrival , foirud their horse harnes * eti in the fields . On Saturday , at twelve o ' clock . Mr . James Dillon , county coroner , held ap inquest , when a verdict of " Wilful Murder acain-tVome persons unknown" was recorded .

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      FiKi . a- \ d Loss of Lite ln Shoreditch . — On Thursday mornine , a poor woman of the name of Herring " living at ISo . 2 . Holloway-lane , Shorediteh , having occasion to go out for some food , left her three children locked up in the room . During the mothers absence the eldest child , a fine little boy , was by some accident burned to death . Two Lives Lost os thx Soitth Eastern Ratlwat , On Tuesday evenins two labourers employed on the railway , named George Coveney and Edward Jackson , were killed in one of the tunnels between Doyer and FolkstoDe , bv being run over by the down train . The bodies were dreadfully mangled .

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      FlBE AT THE GrAXD SlAKD AT NeWCASTLE-OXTtxe . —On Tuesday evening , shortly before seven o ' clock , a fire broke out at the Newcastle Grand Stand , on the race-eourse . The roof and upper staircase were in flames , but the timely arrival of an engine , and convenient location of a fish-pond , saved the premises from destruction ; and in little more than an hour the flames were completely subdued , but not before great damage had been done to the property . Supposed Scicide in the Sekpenti . ve . An inquest was held on Thursday by Mr . Higgs , at the Rose and Crown , Kjught-sbridgeon the'bodv of a voting

      , female , bpparently about twenty years of age , ' found in the Serpentine River . In appearance she was about twenty veal's of age , dark brown hair , blue eyes , round features , stout made , and about five feet four inches high . She had on a mousseline-de-laine dress , with broad blue stripes , black shawl with red border , fine gold earrings in her ears ; her under clothing verv good . Her bonnet was white straw , trimmed with blue ribbons . On the right upper arm is a large scar . There being no direct evidence to prove that deceased destroyed herself , an open verdict of " Found drowned '" was returned .

      Frichtfux Accident in Birmingham . —On Tuesday evening last , at the Grand Junction station-yard , in Birmingham , a young man , named William Graystone , was assisting in removing an engine from one line to another , and while doing so he had occasion to move in front of the engine , an ash-pit being some little distance behind him . On reaching the ashpit he jumped into it , where he stood for a moment , apparently not knowing what to do , although he had only to stoop and allo % v the engine to pass over him . That , however , he unfortunately did not do , but ran to the end of the pit , and endeavoured to . get up three or four steps . In this , however , he failed ; he slipt on one suie , the engine , arrived rapidly upon him , and he was swept away by the ash-pan , and crushed to death in a most frightful manner . An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday night , and a verdict of ' * Accidental Death" was returned .

      MORE "ACCIDENTAL" MURDER . Another , aye another of those events which some men who sit as jurors call " Accidental heath ; " which Others call " Thv Visitation of God ; " but which we have no hesitation of calling by its only true name—Mvkdeh ' . —has occurred in the neighbourhood ot Newcastlo-upon-Tyne . Our reporter attended the inquest , on Tuesday evening last , at Seghill—and another gentleman came-forward and gave his address to the coroner as the reporter of the T \ me Mi-rrury . The coroner thought proper to dictate " that neither the reporter for the . \ Wtfurn Star nor the reporter of the Tutit Mercury should U' < 'Hou-c <} to t'dr notfs of tke j . r <» ffc w . on pain of being excluded from the inquisition ; but if those individuals thought proper to retrain from so doing , they should have access to his record on the following movnin « .

      1 he reporters trusted to the coroner ' s honouryielded , and have been ( not unexpectedly ) disappointed . We can , therefore , only give a reprint ot a hurried paragraph that was written for the Time M rcu-ni , just before going to press . The following is a copy : — Fatal Coal Pit Explosion at Seguill , Eight Miles N . E . of >» EwcASTLE-rroN-TyNE . —An inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr . Reed , at Seghill , on the bodies of William Anderson and Henry Barrass [ the one sixty , the other sixty-four years of age ) . The deceased men went down at eight o ' clock on Sundav

      evening mto Seghill Pit , to prepare the workings for the hewers on Monday morning . At nine o ' clock notice was given to Mr . Wightman . the viewer , that the pit was on fire . He descended with the overman , when he found the stoppings blown down , so as to prevent admission into the pit . Between two and three o ' clock on the following morning assistance was procured and the bodies of the deceased shifters removed . Their deaths had been occasioned by explosion , their bodies licing frightfully scorched . " It is supposed that a fall of stone had broken down the brattree , and thus occasioned the air to Ik ? fouled , which fired their candles . Verdict " Accidental Death "

      [ On this < £ ir . '< r proceeding we ahall have something to sjiv next week . We must try to teach Mr . Coroner his duty . He seems not to know it , or to disregard it . If the latter , it is done shamelessly and unblushingly . We must try what force . there " is in public opinion on a closed coroner ' s court . I

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      thnt Mr . Maude , ' the stipendiary magistrate , would make a note of the objection , as ' it might be wanted if he found it necessary to take the case into the curt of Queen ' s Bench . Mr . Monk then said that the information was kid for breach of a written agreement betwixt the persons charged and Messrs , Pauling and others , Master Builders , of Hulme ; which agreement thev , the persons charged , had not fulfilled . He called Mr . Richard Clark Pauling , who proved the signing of the document , at'Derby , on the 19 th day of Oct . fast . Mr . Roberts had several objections to take to the information ; in fact , it was not worth a straw . The first objection was , that only a part of the agreement was mentioned in the " information . In the contract were these words : " according to the ancontract were these words ; " according to the

      annexed rules . " He ( Mr . Roberts ) wanted to know what rules ? AVhy were the rules not mentioned in the infoi-mation f They ought to have been there to assist the Magistrates in the investigation . Their not being there , was fatal no the information . His next objection was , that the information was bad in law inasmuch as it was not properlv made out . He believed , in cases of partnership , that the names of all the partners should be given in full . But in this information it was " Mr . George Pauling and others , Master Builders at Hulme . " 1 le considered this bad in law , just as much so as an imperfect venue- in an indictment . He ; had another objection , and that was , that the contract was contrary to the Stamp Act . The stamp Act allowed contracts l ) etweeil ' masters and servants" to be unstamped ; but this particular contract did not come within the

      liiciiimp ot that clause , inasmuch ;\ s the parties weir not " servants , " as the document itself would show . He submitted to the Bench that the contract should have been a stamped one ; and being unstamped , was not binding . He h ; jrJ ' many other objections , which of themselves would be fat . il . lie would mention another : that was , that his clients did not come within the meaning Of the Act ot Parliament under which the information was laid . Jlc rdercd , to the words , ' artificer ami other persons . " His clients did not answer to the parliamentary definition of the word " artifir , r . " In support of his argument , lie referred to several Acts of Parliament which defined the term in question—the 27 th ( 100 . II .. chap . Oth ; -the ' 31 st Geo . II ., chap 11 th ; the "> t ! th Geo . 111 ., and the " Truck Act . " In nil of these it was set forth what description of workers were included in the term " artificer : " liut in none of them was to be found

      cither " joiner or " carpenter . " It might be said that the word " artificer" was ; i general term , lie admitted it ; hut they were not to re < rsim his clients into prison ; but they must go " according to law , " He would particularly call their attention to the Truck Act . In that Act t \ te word " artificer" was defined ; and in that definition "joiners" were not included , as he had explained , ft might Uc askvd what that had to do with the Act under wliich the information was la ' uH I lo submitted that it' the legislature debarred his clients from the benefits and protection of the- one Act , it might be reasonably supposed that it was intended to exempt them from the penalties of the / other . There was also the ea . se of " . servant-lalwurors , " tor which a separate clause was

      made in the Act ;; and if the legislature had intended to include "joiners , " would it not have made a separate clause for the "joiner" a « well i He argiied that " joiners" were not " servants : " for " servants" were parties whom the master could cal ! at any time to do anything he wanted doing . That constituted a " servant . " A joiner was not such ; for even during the hours of labour the master had no power to make him do anything but work at joinering . Mr . Roberts occupied an hour and three quarters in arguing on h i * several objections , during the whole of which time , Jiotu'ithatamling the comt was crowded to suffocation , even * word was listened to with breathless attention , hi conclusion , Mr . Roberts submitted his objections to the consideration of the Court , and resumed his seat .

      Mr . Maude said , that Mr . Roberts had raised one objection wliich was fatal to the information , naineh , the omission of -tiie iti 1 . ! :. ¦ > , which ioiiiicii one p . » rt <> 1 the contract . Mr . Monk thought m > t . He thought that the rules were no part of the contract . Mr . Maude : You might as well contend that il we had a contract , occupying a full sheet of paper , there was sufficient to prove the contract on one-half , and that the other half might be cut off and dispensed with , ; t . " n « part of the <•<> ntract . A lenirthy discussion tlieii ensued between Mr . Maude and Mr . Monk , wliich was put an end to b y Mr . Maude deciding that the information was ba < l . He therefore dismissed the case . Mr . Monk then said he would withdraw the other initn-niiitioiis .

      Mr . Roberts : . Vo , you will not . I appear in tliom all ; and they must share the fate of the one just heard . The men have entered their plea , and arc in custody . They must be "delivered" in ilu < - course . Mr . Maude : Arc t lie rest precisely similar to the one just heard ? Mr . Mank : Precisely the sann \ Mr . Maude : Then they must Ik- treated in the same way . The case against each is dismissed . Mr . Roberts , to the prisoners : Yen Mir . ai . i . ius-1 iiai !( JK 1 > ! This announcement was received witli one simultaneous hui-st of , ipplaa «<> .

      Thu > ha .- > I . ; iU > urachiever ]/ nip / her victory over vindictive feeling . When Mr . Roberts beat Mr . Ruttei on the first hearing , one of the " firm of I ' auliiiijV ' said that they / would expend £ 20 , 000 before thc \ would be beat by such a man us Roberts . They took tlieii steps accordingly . They sought t lie atfv ice of counsel ; they sent the informations to London to be drawn ; they retained Mr . Monk , with Mr . Rutter as attorney ; and after all they were beaten by the poor man ' s attorney . How galling ' . How annoying ! And what a lesson does this case teach to the Workei-s ! Had there not been an honest and able " Attornev-general" in Court

      for the wu , every one of the defendants would at this moment have been in prison . Their committal would have followed , as a matter of course . They would have had to mount the tread-wheel with the felon and tin- thief . . Nothing but a cry of " serve ' em right ! " would have been heard on one hand , and a sullen feeling of mixed commiseration and vimiteancc , arising from » strong sense of injustice , on the other . As it is , the " Minster" class have boon tauirlit that they cannot " cannot < ti- << n , the law" with impunity ; and the workci-s have been umpired with confidence ami determination to rely on the law . ;» nd in seek t \> v the law ' s protection .

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      "Manchester , Nov . 25 , 1844 . "My Lord , —At a meeting of the Lancashire Central Short-time Committee , held this day , several letters were read from the district coninjifteei inquiring what steps Were to be taken to promote the passing of the Ten Hours ' Bill in the next session of Parliament . The operatives of Lancashire appear to be as determined as they ever were t > prosecute their object , and to leave no means untried to bring their labours to a successful issue . In Manchester they are equally resolved . May I therefore respectfully

      r quest , on behalf of this committee , that your Lordship will be good enough to inform us , at your earliest convenience , what course you intend to iidopt on the opening of Parliament , as we cannot satisfactorily answer the inquiries of our constituents until \ ye have had your Lordship ' s advice , and are made acquainted with the course you intend to pursue > —We fully rely on your Lordship ' s judgment and zeal in this good cause , and having placed our entire confidence in your wisdom ami ileterminiitior , we shall be guided in our line of action In the course you intend to pursue in Parliament .

      " I am , my Lur < l , your mostjobedit-iir servant , " IIewbt Gkeen , Secrtt . in , " The Right Hon . Lord Ashley , M . I' . " "London , Xov . 27 , 1 S 44 . " Sir , —In answer to \ our letter , in which yon desired , on the part of the operatives of Lancashire , to learn what course I should think advisable iii the ensuing session of Parliament , I must reply that I jscu « n n-.-ison why tlie question of the Ten Hours' Hill should not Iv renewed : it tile earliest possible period . I will endeavour on the first night of our meeting to fix a day for bringing the subject amiin under the consideration of tin- House

      " I am , Isir . your vwy obedient sen ant , " Mr . Henry tJre-i-n , Secretary . " ! " A sully " I , am Asuiiu : Minkus . —Tin- nt-xt General licletiato Meeting of LajHMshire Miners Hvill take place at the house of Mr . John Oarforth , < > Jd Mess , Oldhain , on Monday , lice , llitli : chair to ; bo taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . A public meeting will also take place , which will be addressed by W , 1 ' . Roberts , liis ( j ., and other gentlemen . Barxslky Weavers . —On Monday the 2 d inst ., the linen-weavers of this town met in Pickering ' s lar ^ e room , which was crowded louy Ibefore the appointed time for meetinir : Mr . . 1 . ( rrinishaw was called to

      the chiur , who briefly stated the business of the meetin « i , and called Mr . Frank Mirneltl to state the result of a deputation ( of which hv was one ) that had been employed to measure the yarclrSticks of all masters whose lensrths were considered ! to be too ^ reat . Mr . Mirfiehl stated they had found . scvenil too lonir , but were allowed to make them correct before they left the warehouses : some few had yet to be measured . Mr . I . \ allance next addressed the ! meeting , and moved — " That the mastei-s be l-esp ' octiully requested to commence payitisr wuges hy the list of is : ?(> instead of the one by which they are now jMiyinir , " which was Seconded by a person in the oody of the meeting , and curried unaniiiiouslv . AnotlierMicrson then

      moved" That the fancy drill masters be requested to ^ ive an advance on that fabric , " which hvasalso carried without a dissentient . The meetini : was then adjouancd till next Monday ni < rht at seven o ' clock . SllKEWSBfRY . —STR 1 K . K OF ITaCTOIIY ILvXDS . — On Monday sixteen voting women , employed as line spreaders , in the factory of Mes ' si * . Marshall and Co ., were fined « 'Jd . each by the overlooker , John Roberts , for having spread too heavy ( asfhe said ) . This tyrannical overlooker professes to be a strict Christian , and is guiltv dailv ot the most barefaced oppression . It

      the ( poor women spread too liirht , they are fined ; if too heavy , they are fined ! The ; hands are fined every week from Id . up to f < d ., Sk \ ., and , on one occasion , I ( Id ., upon some paltry pretext or other , while the majority of them don ' t get more than 4 . s . lid . per week . This tyrant well knows that he is driving many a poor lass into the path ; of ruin to save themselves from absolute starvation . Vet he is a Christian—si pious ami religious man ' . The hands struck work last week , but subsequently returned on the un-• lerstandimr that Mr . OuTlooker was to be curbed for the future I

      CAKHI \( . TO . V . At a Mhi : ii >( . held at the Now Inn , Carriugicn , to take into consideration the propriety of erectinjj a Working Man ' s Hall , Mr . A . Widdowson was unanimously called t « the chair , and ; the followinj ; n solutions were .-iirreed to : — " 1 st . -1 That the amount ot money required be laised in , five shilling shares ; and that no person shall have more than one vote . " " L ' nd . That the shares Ite paid fixe months from the commencement . " " . 'litl . That the friends jtenerally be respectfulh requested to assist in the laudable underUkim :.. " " 4 th . That thishneetinj ; be adjourned Io next Sunday , I > cc Nth , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , at the ' Seven Stars . ' Barker ' s ( Jute . "

      Ill 11 Y . i / . ErTi'HE . —A lecture was delivered in the lectureroom , ( iarden-row , Bury , on Sunday evening ; last , to a large smd respectable audience , by Mr . . lames I . each , of Manchester . At the close of the discourse the uminimous tlmnks of the nieetinsj were given to Mr . Leach tor his able jolrlress ; BRADFORD . I ' RfwuiF . ss . —On Sunday evening the usual Chartist meetings were held , when several new members were added to the ranks . The cau . sejisrapidly progressing ; each week adding to the numbers of enrolled members . The Council have determinedito rent , a large room for the weekly meeting * , as there is every j > i-osj > ect of having a g ood attendance during the winter .

      KOTIIKIUMM . I ' hacticai . Chartism . —Perhaps it may not be uninteresting to the readei-s of j the Mu-t / ieni - ^ tar to learn how the cause of substantial reform is progressing in the town of ltotherliam-aml its vicinity . Politically speaking , Hotherham has , for the last three years been a dead letter—a cypher , in the work of political redemption , and , I may add , is yet . And it we were to judge of the amount of intelligence of the working people in the aggregate , by their demonstrations of public opinion , we should have to numlier the scale at zero . Such is the deplorable apathy and supineness here amongst the workers . However , to make some amends for past eyroi's and omissions , a few of the working people established a

      land-allotment society about eighteen months since , for the purpose of purchasing one rood ; of land for each of its members , by weekly contributions of sevenpence . The society owes its origin I to the visit of Mr . < ' range , a popular lecturer on the land-allotment system . But there is this difference between the system Mr . Orange sought ti > establish ami ours : Mr . (' range ' s system would only make us tenants ; ours , proprietors . His was to rent Innd ; ours , to purchase I . 1111 I . And the society is now hi possession of nearly tour-aiicl-a-half acres of land , which was divided into fourteen lots , ami bailotted for last week . Sevenjieiiee ])(¦)¦ Week is the amount of contributions ; and with what we have contributed , the advances some ot the members have made , and ] what is borrowed , we

      have paid £ : Jl > - > for the land . — IWirs / miidmt . I . r . Kus . —Tin ; Ntw l ' ooti l , \ w . —PiiiLK ; Mkkti . no —Tlie Poor Law Commissioners having determined on introducing the New Poor Law into Leeds , in opposition to the well-known views and wishes of the great majnritv of tlie inhabitants , steps have been taken by the f ' riei . ds of the poor to render the working ot the obnoxious "boon" as harmless as po-sibL . H'itli this view a public ineetiii ? , convened by the Mayor , in compliance with a ] requisition signed by 7 "' poi-soiis , was held in tlie Court House , on Thursday evening , the " J * th ult . Tin room was densely crowded . Mr . J . ( ircen . manufacturer , was called to tlie chair . The meeting was addressed bv Mr . Counsellor Brooke .

      awl Messrs . Hayhlon , Shaw . i Parker , and ]) avid Itoss , and resolutions pledging the meeting to vote only tor such candidates lor the oltu-e ot limn-diaiis as are adverse to the present erection of a now I'iistile ; anil who will strenuously oppose any rale of tiie Commissioners which shall impose upon them tire necessity of offering , in the first instance , an asylum in tlie workhouse or liastiJe , as a test of destitution ami a title to relief , were unanimously . " .. ( . opted . ' ' 11 tlie motion of Mr .- Brooke , a committee of twenty-one jki-ohs was appointed to -elect fit and proper persons to be elected as guardians of the poor . ' 1 he committee-to report to an adjourned meeting . The meeting then separated . " :

      AiMornNED Meeting . —The adjourned meeting , to recenetlie report of tile committee appointed to select a iminbor of ffeiitleinen as guardians opposed to the New Poor Law , and against the present erection of a new workhouse , was held on Monday evening , when the Court House was again defiM-lv crowded . Counsellor John Jackson occupied the chair . The followiui : lift was agreed toon the motion of Mr . Counsellor I ley wood , seconded by Mr . Scott , of Woodhouse :, — H"'t Want : Mr . Martin Cawopd , ironfoundcr , Kir-kirate , and Mr . . l ames ( iivcn , i manufacturer , 1 ' arkrow . Xo / t / i E'ist W ' nrd—Mr . ; John Met calf , dyer , ami Mr . William Brooks , tobacconist . Kirkirate .

      X . rtti \ V ,. ' t Ward—yir . Charles Housfiehl , cloth manufacturer , and Mr . Thomas ; Clark sou , shoemaker , Central-market , fur / .-intr Hard—Mr . James Stables , tea-dealer . Briggate . and Mr . Christopher Pickard , butcher , Cohurg-street . Mil ! Hill Ward-Mr . Morpeth , tlax-spinner , N [ r . Richard Wood , of the Fleece Inn , and Mr . John Ayrey , of tlie Old ( ct'orpre Inn , W-. * t Ward—Mr . Thomas Newsm , land-surveyor , Mr . John Hepwortli Hill , Itarrister-atlaw , and Mr . C . M . Tennant , gentleman . North Word—Mr . James Ward , surgeon . Kirkgate , and Mr . John Barrett , hatter , Kirlqyate . South Ward —Mr . Benjamin Russell , builder , and Mr . John . Jackson , corn-miller . ;

      Repealers and Rechabites . — A meeting of the Repealers of Edinburgh was held on Friday last in M-r . Mooney ' s school-room , Horse Wynd . ilr . Glendinyn Scott read a letter from Mr . O'Connell , con-* -eying his imperative command to expel tlie Association every man who refused to disconnect himself with the Rechabites . On the ^ question being put , everv one refused , stating that their connexion with the kechabites had proved beneficial , and they would not leave the society at the word of any man . Mr . ( i . Scott conjured tlieni , by tlie love of country , and their holy religion , to respect ! the order of him who was the father of their countryl It was not for them to dictate to the Liberator : the ; ir duty was obedience . Mr Dales followed in the same strain , but the " Bovs" were not to be shaken ! in their resolve . The Repeal Wardens also demurred at not being allowed time to procure the enrolment of the society , according to Act of Parliament . :

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      Olhham Wojikj . vo Man ' s IIaix . —In consequence of other arrangements having been recently entered into , the opening of the above Hall will not take place on Christmas Day , but is unavoidably postponed till further notice . —On Sunday , a lecture will be delivered in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street at six o ' clock in the evening . Mr . D . Donovan is expected to attend . Bradford . —A lecture will be delivered in Stanninjrly on Sunday evening , at half-past six o ' clock . — on Tuesday evening a public meeting will be held to memorialize her Majesty on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Chair to be taken at eight o'clock . —A lecture will be delivered in the Council Room on Sunday " evening , at six o ' clock .

      Mr . R-. ( 1 . G . YMMAOE will address the inhabitants ofWellingboro ' on Mondav the tlth ; Kettering , Tuesday the 10 th ; Pitsford , Wednesday the 11 th ; Long Buck by , Thursday the 12 th ; Whilton , Friday the 1 , 'Jth ; and Itaventry , Saturday the 14 th inst ., on the necessity of raising a county election fund . Ro < iipale . —Next Sunday Mr . Thomas Chadwick will deliver two lectures in the Association Room , Mill-street , Rochdale . II 01 . BECK . —A meeting of the Chartists of this-loeaiity will be held on Sunday evening , the 8 th inst ., at IVfr . Simmons ' s , the Smith ' s Anns , Little Holbeck , ai six o ' clock .

      IIerde . v BniufiE . —Two lectures will be delivered in the Democratic Chapel , Bridge Lanes , on Sunday , tbeSthof December , by Mr . William Bell , of Heywood ,. at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon and six in the evening . —All communications for the Chartists of Ilebden Bridge must be addressed , Elias Hitchen , fare of Thomas Mitchell . 21 , Buttress Botton ^ liehden Bridge . IlBnvooD . —A discussion will take place in the Chartists' Room , on Sunday evening next . Mottuam . — A general meeting of the members and council of this locality will be held at two o ' cloek on Sunday next . Birmingham . —Mr . Williamson will lecture at Mr . Clark ' s Reading Room , *' ) , Steelhouse-hvne , on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock .

      A Miplami District Dki . euatk Meetixi ; will be held at Walsall , at Mr . Griffith ' s , Lamp Tavern , on Sunday , Dec . 13 th , at one o ' clock precisely . Halifax . —Mr . H . Rushton will deliver a discourse in the . Working Man ' s Hall , on Sunday , at half-past six o ' clock . (' ARuiNiiTON . —The members of the Carrington locality are requested to attend on business of importance , at the New Inn , at seven o ' cloek . Cuthehoe . —Mr . M'dratb will lecture in the Chartist-room , - York-street , Clitliejw , 011 Sunday evening . Subject ; '' Have we a well-grounded hope for man kind ' s social and political redemption ?' ' The North Lancashire delegate meeting will take place on the "ioth , at Accriimton .

      Cuelska . — Dr . vcoMitE Testimonial . — A public meeting in favour of the above object will be held in the large room of the Cheshire Cheese , Grosvenorroad , on Monday evening noxt , Dec . Oth . Chair to be taken at half-past seven . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and other gentlemen will address the meeting . Doyle in ; Cheshire . —Mr . C . Doyle , of the Executive , will visit the following places during the ensuing week : —Stoekport , Sunday , Dec . 8 th ; Dukenfield , Monday , 9 th ; Staley-bridge , Tuesday , 10 th ; Mottram , Wednesday , 11 th ; Glossop , Thursday , 12 th ; Hvde , Fridav , l « ' 5 th . "

      Sheffield . —On Sunday a evening Mr . John West will deliver a lecture in the Fig-tree-lane room . Subject : — " The necessity and utility of Trades' Combinations ; " at half-past six o ' clock .

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      liii'oJiTAXT Jhscrsmos os tiik Cony Laws at HoLMFlHTH . —AtULNU Fl-OOUED . —One of the largest and most important meetings that has ever taken place in llolmh ' rth w . ts Jield in the Town HaU , on Thursday last , to bear a discussion between Mr . Harper , the lecturer of the Yorkshire Protective Society and the notorious Mr . Acland , the agent of the Anti-Corn Law League . The spacious hall was densely crowded , and there were upwards of 2 , iM > U people present . The Chairmen and Umpire having in-en appointed , Mr . Harper first addressed the meeting—and on rising was received with loud cheering . He > aiti he had come therf to discuss a great and important subject—that of five trade . All classes

      admitted the existence of national evils , and the questions to-night were , will the adoption of free trade principles remove those evils , or , will protection extended equally to all classes be efficient in removing then ) ' The speaker then went on to demonstrate the necessity , of protection in a national point of view , in support ni ' which he showed that the policy of foreign nations was almost unanimously in favour of protection , and we therefore ought as a nation to protect ourself in self-defence ; he showed also the necessity of protection in order to the maintenance of the revenue . He next adverted to the justice and necessity of ' protection being equally extended to all sections of society , and argued that no government could be based securely , neither would

      it be permanently prosperous , unless the poor producer as well as the rich consumer were equally protected by the laws of the land , lie next showed the necessity of the Corn Laws and agricultural protection and ¦ wit h a variety of most telling arguments , com pletely convinced nearly the whole of the vast assem bly of the justice and necessity of the Corn Laws ; the effect of these laws being to raise the wage * ot the agricultural labourer , and to letter the condition of the farmer . This he piwed from the doctrines laid down by Dr . Adam Smith and all other great free trade writers . He then rook a glance at the ruinous enn- ^ vjuenees of free trade—showing that wherever those principles had been brought into practice under the present commercial arrangements

      <> i" the world , that the profits of the honest manufacturer had ln-en constantly decreasing , while the wages of the operative had been rapidly sinking . In support of thh lie adduced <•? vnricty of ktiitistic * from Messrs . Marshall , Broeklehurst , Fielding , I ' orter , Baines , and the financial accounts of the 11 ousu of Commons . His time having expii-ed lie sat down greatly cheered . —Mr . Acland then rose and besan Iris address by quoting Colonel Thompson ' s definition of protection , which was , " If A rob R , and B rob C , and C rob I > , D had no right to rob any one else . He then proceeded to abuse and denounce the landlords in no very measured terms , and wondered how any man could advocate a class who dealt in iniusticc . inhumanitv , and fraud . Mr . H .

      had quoted a statement purporting to be bis 1 Mr . A . ' si . that the Com Laws were a tax upon foodsuch a statement he never made . He never said the Com Laws were a tax on food ! or that we should tret food any cheaper by a repeal of Corn Laws ; and cMii-iwU-d Uy asking v . "b : vt right bad any man or any class nf men to interfere between man ' s necessity and 1 n > d's l > ounty . His time having expired , he > al « l <>\ vn lVt-bly clieclcd l « y bis own pai'tv . who u .-jv * urpri > ed lie had not done mucli lietter . Several other speeches from each party followed , but our limits will not allow us to give more than tb «' result , which ended in a complete triumph to the

      principle of protection . When the discussiou had terminated , Mr . Martin-came forward and proposed , " Is it the opinion of ibis meeting that Mr . Uarpei iii \ s ( pr » vi'il the necessity of protection by the Corn La-war" and Mr . Robinson , on liehalf of Mr . Acland , asked . " Is it the opinion of this meeting that Mr . Acland ha * proved the necessity of Five Trade ' . " The two motions were put . when at the least there were three to one in favour of protection . The referee chosen by the Free Traders was appealed to , and he publicly confirmed Mr . Martin ' statement . The decision was received with acclamations and cheers . Thus concluded the greatest meeting ever held in Holmfirth on any occasion .

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      ANOTHER VICTORY FOR LAHO 1 K . Manchester , Friday , Nov . 20 th . In another portion of this day ' s paper will l > c found a report of a case of "breach of contract . " heard in the lion » ug ) i Court of Manchester . The complaining partis were Messrs . Pauling , lleiifrey , and Co ., the ilefendawts were journeymen joiners , of the names of Read . Weilder . Slattor , Robinson , and Taylor . Mr . RulnTts . at the first hearing , took an objection to the information , which was held to be fatal . The

      complainants applied to the court for tirae to amend the information , and to take counsel ' s opinion , which was granted ; and Friday , ] S " . 'iitth . fixed tor the further hearing of the ease . This day , then , the parties again appeared : and it soon came out that the information had been sent to London , either to be drawn up afresh or to procure counsel ' s opinion on it . Mr . Roberts , who appeared for the defendants , had not an opportunity of seeing the information until he appeared in court ; and only had a few minutes to examine it before tie hearing came on .

      Mr . Monk , barrister at law , appeared to conduct the case for the complainants . Wni . Taylor was first called up . Mr . Monk said this -was another case arising out of the differences between Messrs . Pauling and their men , and which had occupied so much of the public att-ention . Mr . Roberts here rose and said , that he thought this the proper time to make an objection which he had to raise . The objection was , that a man could not be tried twice for the same offence . This he submitted was the case vrith his client ; for , notwithstanding that the -wording of the Information was altered , yet the ^ offence was the same . He referred to several cases in support of his position . The Court over-ruled the objection : and Mr . Roberts requested

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      lini-AT 1 YiiN-bi r 01 Mm / hamc * and otiikh- , at Hnty . — (> n Tuesday morning tiie engineers , niillwi'isrht- , moulders , mechanics , pattern makers , iirindevo . tVe .. to the nuinlvor of upNvards of one hundred . l > esides many labourers , at Messrs . William Kay anil Sons' foundry and machine ' shops , Boltoustreet , or ixittotu of Idirv-lane , I Jury , all turned-out , in consequence of their masters employing bands in the above branches who came from other places with < l » ittnnrt papers . Immediately after they bad struck work thev helil : i meetina in a large room at tlie Hare and Hounds Inn . l > olt <> ii- * treet . at which it was slated thev were determined to remain out until

      the qvittitn >' ' papers were abolished . it was also stated that the foreman of the works , and also their masters , bad used various means t <> induce the bands not to \ nw the trades , union * . The men luul been ottered ' hk'her wages for three years if they would leave the union ; but it was stated that only one num liaii accepted the oiler . Delegate- * were sent by the meetiiiu ' t" Itolton . Manchester , Itoclidale . ( 'Idliaiu , and other places , to acquaint the mcmlicrs ot ' the various trades' unions in those places witli tlie objects of their turn-out . . The men , it appears , complain o | many of the masters of tlie trade acree ' ing together not to receive any new hands unless they bring a i / i'ittttw , paper from their last employer . They contend that it they submit t « i this , wages will decline .

      DlMOMIii . TkSTIMOMAI . —< KMIIAI . C O 1 IMI 1 "tKK , ^ Sitville House , Leicester-square . \ Ye < l ' ncsdii \ cveninj :, Dec . 4 th . Mr . - ( . irassby in the chair . Mr . Conolly reported , that the plastoreiM . hntl resolved to lend tlieii aid to the testimonial : and also that the compositors would not fail to "lend their aid before the closing ot the list . Mr . Thorn ( Finsbury Ilistrict ) reported that a public mectinglwas held at the Swan Inn , lliglibur \ , on Monday evening last , and th . it the subscription was going on well in Finsbury . Mr . Thoin likewise reported , " that the Islington Philanthropic Society ' s list was filling Vast . Mr . Smith , bootmaker , reported that the city division had appointed -collector * , who would wait on their brother members for their siiliseriptions , on Sunday moruin < :, Dec . ' the 8 th , and following Sundays . The Secretary read a note from Mr . K . (' . Payne " , llalstead , lvssex , enclosing £ 1 contribution . Mr . T . M . Wheeler banded in , on Miall of Mr . ( Jardiier . tlie following sums , making a total

      of £ 4 13 s . Ud . ; from Cray ford , Kci . t , collected : U a public meet ins :, £ l 13 s . ( id .: Mr . ( iardener's book , £ 1 0 s . : W . : lliittjay ' s ditto , 15 s . -3 d . ; Logan ' . 1 ditto , 13 s . tkl . ; Hume ' s ' ditto . 4 s . ! kl . ; Donald ' s ditto , 3 s . Od . ; Royles ditto , 2 s . ( id . ; N ' asii ' s ditto , Is . ( Id . A letter was read from Mr . Stallwood enclosing a post-office order , received through the Editor of the Weekly JHq > atch — from Mr . James Turner , Wellington , " Salop , for £ 1 . Mr . Norman handed in £ 3 , received from Mr . Gregory , of Carrington , and from Mr . C . Taylor , on behalf of the Trades of Manchester , £ 5 . — Errata in last week's subscription list for Mrs . Isaac , Is ., read 10 s . The sums announced from Chippenham and Grantham should have been announced as from the United Patriots' Benefit Society . Omitted in last week ' s Northern Star , Mr . Mills , Is . Letters , announcing the favourable progress of the Testimonial Fund were read from Norwich , 'Bristol , the Associated Trades of Dublin , Sowerby , Birmingham , and other places .

      ¦ The Ten Horns' Bill . — Manchester , Wednesday Mornixg . —Last evening a meeting of the Lancashire Central Short-time Committee was held in his town , on the subject of the Factory Bill . The operatives appear to be as determined as they ever were to prosecute their favourite measure , and to leave no stone unturned to bring it to a successful termination . At the meeting last night the subjoined letters were read bv the secretary : ¦ —

      Jfortfirommg €J)Arttet Meeting

      jFortfirommg € J ) arttet Meeting

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      Pscembeb 7 , 1844 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

      Emigrant Packet .Ship For The Cape Of Good Hope, Sails Mth Of.January, Full Or Not

      EMIGRANT PACKET . SHIP for the CAPE OF GOOD HOPE , sails Mth of . January , full or not

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct516/page/5/