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      PARADISE WITHIN THE KEACH OP ALL MEN , V 7 IIEOTJT J ^ &BOUR , BY POWERS OF NATURE AM ) MACHINERY . XETTEB T . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOETHBJLS STAB . JJkas Sis , —Since my last letter I have receded l&w * from America , -which , iaform me that the first agricnltnral machine ; npon Etster *« plans , -whkii are constructed oader Ma direction , ati Colony called "the peace Union , ** ia Warren County , Jtate of Pennsylvania , jreilKost completed , and that Mr . Ea sier , as veil as » I 1 tee Golonlsta , are entirely satisfied -with them . Mr . Safer intends to embark for England as soon as these jastiones tore been put in operation , vrhieh will be the cue daring this month ; so that lie will arrive here in £ h . the . / aei that his theory is prtc&cabla

      3 $ b " Peace Union" is » colony or society upon the p rinciples of joint stock association- It is composed of ^ riners , mechanics , < fcc , of different pecuniary means . j 2 j 5 leading feature of thia soc i ety ia a religions feeling , which aniTnatea all the members for the achievement g [ universal peace , and for the making oat of a rollleajnum . As they believe that peace and good " will smong men cannot be attained so long as slavery of work exists , they have examined earefally the propositions of Mr . Staler , as laid devrn in bis " Paradise" and *« Mechanical System , " and invited him to their colony , to superintend the construction of machines for clewing 2 and , ploughing , soaring , sawing wood , &c Mr . E > zl ? r arrived at the colony towards the end of Hay last The colony possetses njy thousand nine hundred « nd twenty-nine acres , of tSa , in a very good and healthy district , near the Allegheny rivei and the lake Erie ; thfiy have a contdderable water power for mills and for driving various machines , and command sufficient capital for thai purposes .

      I see with pleasure that yom mends and the public in general are now more inelined to ttientific propositions for the amelioration of the condition of mankind , and that many things are now believed which formerly Were pronounced impracticable . I therefore think it in time before I go further in explanation of the subject of my letters to . subjoin an address of Mr . JBisler , which also contains an outline of the machinery for agricultural purposes : — Address io all people « & © desire io free VtemseJves from tBSJii , fear of imxt , and slavery , for ever . If you desire to be free from want aoi slavery you siust no longer be slaves to old notions and old things , which bays been your worst tyrants , and made you ¦ what you are ; but arouse your minds and feelings to new conceptions and new things , which are sow in store for you , to make an end at . once of all your wants , lesr of want , and slavery , for ever .

      If you cloBe your eyes and ears against new truths , si the general custom has hitherto been , you will have to ccntisua for an indefinite time in your struggles and r oSerrag 3 > and your doom will not be pitied hereafter > because stubborn adhesion to foolish customs , that but perpetuate misery and injastice on all sides , is bat an : sbomzosMon to well constituted minds . j Ton need neither your government , nor this , nor that , ox any particular circumstances which you may at present desire and discuss , for the liberation from your j tBrtrea sod want , and fear of want Neither the one J Eoi the other of any peculiar change of you * present j oieumstsnees , vrilljever grreany ralief , except at beeta ' mere temporary one of small account To expatiate on ' this truth is not the object ef this address . A much j better one is in view , as you will see . Ton must and j can help yourselves ; and much more gloriously than all i

      your wise ana mighty men could or would hitherto do for you . If you wish to know how—examine carefully what is offered to you . Yonr land resounds every -where with the cry of distress « f millions . T * t your Jsad is not half cultivated- The uncultivated parts of the colonies of your nation ( ef all varieties of climates ) could satisfy the wants of mote than one hundred times the whole British population . Myriads of vessels of your nation eraes the ocean ; skilful mechanics yon have in abundance among yon , willing to work and ¦ wanting employment ; mechanical powers exist in nature , every where in superabundance , that will not east you anything to drive all your machines , not merely to manufacture articles of trade , but it activate Hit toil . Three or four men are sufficient to cultivate ten to twenty thousand acres with one machine , and a capital not < r

      These are the things yon have to Jock to . Arouse your TpfrnflK , then , frran the low state of craving from your task " «>» " work or alms ; from the narrow views of locality , and the petty concerns of the moment ; from the asking a little more wages for your work ; from the trifling relief , any alteration of laws could possibly afford you under present circumstances ; from the comparatively' inf = ign 18 e «< Tit political or personal contests , to the vast rich resources of your country of the world fit large , of natures that are within your reach ; expand y « ar minda freely to the consideration of tha : new things presented to job here , and yon wiD discover that you all can live henceforward independent , and educate your children to become independent in iaeans and mind , in the true signification « f the words .

      J > o yon , does any of you suppose , this announcement to be but a mere fancy ? Shame be on aim who neglects or refuses , from prejadiee , a cartful examination of this great truth ; he commits the deepest wrongs against himself , against his suffering family , against community . You are offered proof * of facts of experience ; you are defied to find error or defect in tbe proofs here spoken at Coxae tten and see , examine for you : selves , every oae > * he things are open for public examination ^ appoint a committee in yeur meetings to examine and report tbe results of their examination to yen . Simple is the matter and "within the comprehension and experience of e ? ery one . Tfo apology i * left to you for neglect of t * " « great paramount new cause of fratnsnity .

      What , cry for the means of living , cry of distress , complain of wants , and of not being allowed ta labour for a po = > r pittance of the necessaries of your lii > , and still scut year eyes , and ears to such glorious offers of ¦ mfgj-nw to produce superabundance of all yonr necessaries and real comforts for ever * withont slavery of work ? What shall , what will its world , your own children « ay of you , -sb-tn they read the x&ccid of this hereafter ? Is it because the things here announced are so n&vel and to extraordinary that you do not wish to examine then ? Is it becanse your master and schoolmaster have all been so perfectly "' wise that they knew and taught you all that could be known and found in the world ; that nothing good cf importance is left to discover for our generation ; that you believe you do wisely not to cars any thing sfcout new inventions ; tSat you and all

      the world has nothing better to do thau to blot an m the old way , like ^ t >> ti >» w harnessed to a cart , -witbont looking either to tie right or to tbe left ? There are people among you who manifest , by their words and actions , when occasions occur , to tbiik bo . For God ' s sake , for your own , and your families , andlmmsnity ' . s , baas them out of this beastly torpitude , and do not countenance them Jn any way ; it will fierrade yon to tbe inferior scale of creatures . Machines bave been the enemies to some classes ef labourers , depriving them of the ¦ unenviable chance of labouring for their living . Machines are hereafter to be your best friends and slaves , requiring neither Joed nor wages , driven by mighty powers , dsj * nd night perpetually , to make ycur land a paradise of abundance for you , not merely fur your more fortunate fellow beings .

      You have to fonn ( yourselves ) joint stock companies , with shares of cne peund stsrliDg , payable in cash by those who are able to do so ; and wno is so destitnis as not to be able to raise one pound when he ca ^ save himself and family for ever from all want , fear of want , sad slavery of work ? Jt > here are znch paupers abJe to make themselves nst ^ nl in any wise to the &Tmparjy allow them to work for their share at a reasonable rate , and being provided wife their necessaries durins -work . If paupers nnable to work , why , surely , Vhey are tbe » as ¦ well as now objects of public charity , and laws will have to- provide for them if yon do not or cannot ampne&t yotrrselvea at present . T&D thousand acres of common land can produce enough for live thousand individuals , and pay the rents or shares of the crops as the contract may be to the landlord .

      Pour thousand s&ares , at one pound each , will suffice for the machinery , and for the attendance of men dnrirjg the first year . Ton hare then to rent lands « n the best terms yon can obtain . Those who prefer to emigrate may obtain land in aiundacce , as property , for nothing , and cultivate it with the same means . Ths * e are the means required of you ; are you still to say they ars not within yonr immediate reach ? To be sure you are then to waitnstil the next crops . But this is only the ease for once in the first year ; and ever hereafter you are sale from want Could it then be anything xesBy difficult to obtain , as loan , on such good prospects and security , in ease of necessity et some among you , what any may want necessarily for his sustenance In the intermediate tims , to be repaid from bis ihare in the crops ?

      Could a large society like this not make some * 2 isagcnitnts to prevent their members from suSeriBt of indue usury ? Yonr own minds will easily suggest fflessas for such a temporary relief ; andif not , applyto "file agtncy of the writer of this and be will suggest you ways and means as it may suit to particular situations . What glorious times are then awaiting yen ; four men inpply . the wants ^ jf four thousand J J Abundance fills the land , joys , pleasures of all innocent kinds ; leisure , and with it , time and means for better information than yon now can posses * . Cheering times , and still more gloriooj times for your posterity will be the necessary sonsfcqMoeea . Away then with political strife , angry passion * . fe&r and grief . Be rational , enquire , and you " ¦ illbeh » ppy . - . . A complete description of machinery , kc , cannot be given in this adtess ^ which i * only to invite yon to the ertTnination of the matter . But a brief sketch may serve hers as a general outline of the plan in question .

      A water-wheel lor steam engine at tbe beginning ) drives , jby two chains and tw « r 3 pes at peculiar arrange-Stssts , a kind of waggon all-around , in direction of tbe guide , to within the distance of half to one mile ; altivating , thus , five nundred to two thousand acres iy drawing a number « f ploughs alongside of eaeh other , instead of so many boracs , that would be required . The -ra&al mode of hsxrowiBg and mowing the crops snay be done by thssame means j besides other works too many to be enumerated her * . When the work of this tract is- £ nian * d ; another similar one with a watei" wheel i \ Vtt centre is likewise to be tilled and so forth

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      from place to place . This work requires never more than touchiBg one labourer at a time , to perform the easy task of now and then same parts of the machine for directing it , while he may sit on it The werk may be day and night , and , for this purpose three men , each eight hours are allowed , and one man iu reserve for occasional employment Wherever there is 1 , 0 watt * power , a windwheel , consisting of a pole , a cross with fear sails , two small lq | g » h eels and fixtures , may effect , for a tima , tbe operation .. The same locomotive may form a reservoir on some elevated place near , the windmill , and this be filled with water from an adjacent water ( a river , creek , run , pond , or well ) by the same windmill , and as many more windmills around it as may be required . Hence a waterfall is to drive a water-wheel to perform all the agricultural , manufactnral , and mil ] work . Hence the water may ran back to the same place from whence it was taken , to be raised again by the windmill into the reservoir , to perform , the sues operation again ; and so on in a circulation .

      The object of thia combination is to convert wind power , which is irregular and Interrupted , into water power , which is uniform and perpetual , and may be created thns " of any amount wanted any where . For water , when once raised into a reservoir , may be conducted through canals , 01 tubes , to distances of miles , to fall thence on other water-wheels , where and when wanted . This system , once created , affords a perpetual power of any amount wanted ; one or more reservoirs of a few acres , and one locomotive machine for twesty thousand acres , one water-wheel for * acb . tract of two

      thousand acres , and four men , besides power for all other mechanical purposes desired . Are you at a loss to imagine how such small means can tffect so much ? Suppose the locomotive machine spoken of to draw a row of ploughs , &c , of one rod . moving at the rate of two miles pet hour ; it will then till in one hour four acres , in twenty four hours ninety six , or about one hundred acres , in one hundred days of the year ( spring and faH ) ten thousand acres . If the same be two rods ( which may easily be tbe case , for there is no lack of power ) the result will be twice as much , or twenty thousand acres .

      If tbe land is merely rented , and the tenantsfurnish -the machinery , and all other requisites , the rent , of course , must be for a number of years . Thus the poor may be mnde truly nappy and free from slavery , and the enrse of poverty , namely ignorance and low habits , and the middle and rich classes may be made , in an honest waj , richer than any of tbeix present business can fcffect ; the intelligent and governing portion » f mankind may use these means to their greatest glory . No strife , no opposition , no violence can there be any more called into action , except by people not right in their senses . Once the example set ; this system cannot fail to spread from land to land all over tbe inhabitable world . Tbe means of living well will become more and more plenty , abundance universally , asd ultimately as plenty and cheap as water , requiring no labour , neither of man nor beast ; even tbe transpore of men and things , by laud and water , will be effected by the same system .

      I am , Sir , your obedient servant . C . F . Stollmetbs No . 3 , Northampton Terrace , City Road , London . Aug . 26 , 1843 . i--

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      —1 ^^— A NORTHERN TOUR . " A chiel ' s amang ye takin' notes , And , faith , he'll prent it . " TO THB BDITOB OP THB NOBTHKRH STAB . Dsjlb Sm , —I send you tbe concluding letter of my " tour , " which will be found by the reader if it posvess ? a no other merit , to nave that at any rale of brevity . Monday , August 28 th . —I again visited Winlston , and addressed a large open-air meeting . My old friend the O'ConnelHte hero did not make his appearance , and consequently I bad not the task ef administering a second flagellation . The meeting was a Very enthusiastic one , and was closed with the usual democratic cheers . Tuesday , August 29 th- —Lectured in tb « Arcade Room , Sunderland ; the meeting was but thin . As I have before stated , the movement has received a terrible shock in Sundferiand , to recover it from which , months of arduous toil on the part of tbe " good men and true" will be necessary . Tha new Organisation is looked forward to with deep interest by the Sunderland Chartists .

      The same evening I bad tbe pleasure of spending a short time in the company of that noble patriot , Mr . Roberts of Bath , and my trusty friend Beeeley . I am happy to be able to say that tbe fears I entertained a few weeks since of the probability of an early " strike " of tbe coiliers , are to a great extent removed . Victory or ruin is in the hands of the colliers themselves—their mission is an awful one , their own rights at least—it may be tbe rights of the universal mass of trampleddown slaves , depend upon iheir prudence , perseverance and resolution . May they prove themselves worthy of the Elorions task assizned them !

      Wednesday , August 30 th—Reached South ShieldB , a&d in the evening was entertained at a tea party " got np" by tbe PemaJe Chartists of the town . Justice having been done to tbe good things provided fo * us , we at seven o'clock sojourned to the Market Place , where I held a fine meeting , numbering at tbe least 3 , 000 persons . On my arrival at the Market Place , I foaod that not only was the parish church open for evening prayers , but also tisat my congregation was already occupied in listening -to one of tbe illegitimate expounders of aoperstition who was holding forth hot and fctronz to a large number ef bearers , but who

      became " smaller by degrees and beautifully less"' es I progressed with my story from an opposite point of the Market-place , and finally left him " alone in his glory , * preferring to bear a littie about tbe snb-Etantials of this world to ail the froth and foam about another usually dealt in by the vendors of Gospel W 2 re » . I spoke tor above two honrs , and a noble and eDtbn > iastic meeting I had . All honour to the nren of Shields ; they are lads of tbe right sort , and will be found yet again in tbe van of the democratic ranks whenever confidence shall be restored by the establishment of tbe new Orga-. izition .

      Having closed the public meeting , we returned to the company of our fair ** companions in arms , " and spent a most delightful evening . Thursday , August 31 . —Took passage at nine o ' clock on bosrd Jbe Eclipse for Hall ; tbe voyage wouW . have been pleasant encugh but for the vessel being loaded witb herring fresh and dried , taken on bos-rd at Whitby and Scarborough , by ^ bich the passengers were not a little annoytd ; fortunately the weather was beautifully fiaeand altcsether we had a very good passsage . 1 landed at HnH on Friday morning , Ssptember 1 st , at eight o ' clock , after a stil of twenty-three hours . I reached l&edB at balf-past one o ' clock , and having transacted tome little business at the Star office ^ left that town at four o ' clock , and finally arrived at Shtfiield at half-past six Hy "Morthem tear" is dosed . I write tbis by—- " The bonnie bright blink o' my Bin fireside , "

      I regret that 1 hau not the time to virit my old friends in Fife , Forfar . Dundee , Aberdeen , &c Possibly at some future period I may have that pleasure . In the meantime I sn&ll remember with feelings of honest pride and satisfaction the hearty reception given me in the " land o ' catea . " George jdltan HiEffET . Sbtffield , Sept 4 th , 1843 . PS . I have to acknowledge-the receipt of several provincial newspapers received at my home during my absetce . I tfeink my friends for their kindness , aud sbaU be bappj to receive farther favenrs of the like nfitnre . As . after tbis , I shall be removed to Lseds . I request that all letters , nv-wspapers , &c . nay . until fortbei notice be addressed to me at the Iforihern Star office . G J . H .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF NOTTINGHAM AND SOUTH DERBY . ' Brot&eb D 2 M 0 crats . —On Monday , Aug . 28 th , I proceeded from Nottingham to 3 IsnsSeld , a distance of fourteen raiies ; it rained much daring my walk , and cf course I sot pretty well drencbetL When I arrived in the town . I found that every arrangement that could be ni : ide was made , io ordeT to ensnre a good meeting . The meeting was to be held in the large School Room brfonginz to the Rev . William Linwoci , TJsiitwian Minirtfer , who had kindly promised o act as Chairman . At eight o ' clock the r *» om was well filled with tae sons eiH d ^ nehters of indn ^ try .

      03 tfce motion of Mr . Thosnas Hibberd , a very active arrl conest Chartist , Mr . Linwood was unanimously elected to the chair , wfco opened the business in a brief but appropriate speech , after which I addressed the persoEs present for nearly two hours , upon the present position and future prospects of Chartism . Mr . Linwood made acme very excellent observations upon the necessity of a nnion cf heart and soul amonirst tbe people , for tbe purpose Gf establishing the great principles * f the People's Charter as the law of the land . He stated distinctly that be was an advoeaU for every iv >\ nt contained in that document , and th * t be would , to tfce best of his ability , agitate for it until it was made part and parcel cf the Constitution . Ah . ' my friends , if every minister of ihe gospel would act as the above-named gentleman , we would eoon realise all our most sanguine expectations ; and peace , brotherly love , physical and social comfort , wonld be tbe lot of tbe whole people .

      Jlaisfield has a population of 10 . , and the principal Business of the inhabitants ( I mean the working portion ) , is frame-work knitting . The people of Mansfield have , privileges , if I » ay be allowed to use tbe term , which are not enjoyed in other towns—namely , thai of taking an sere or two of land on the forest commonly called Mansfield Forest , atthe rate of fonr shillings per acre a-year- —they may either grow corn or potatoes , or in fact anything they like . The land is copyhold land , and belongs to the parish of Mansfield . Some of the land has been found to be very productive when properly cultivated ; for Instance , one acre has been known to yield six quarters of wheat Upon tbis subject allow me to Inform yon that In Arnold and Lambley , where I have been , a great portion of the people have small allotments , and , O ! what happy jesultB have followed to them from it being 1 ° their possession . A persoa with whom I " took supp e in Lamblfy , had but one rood , one half he set with potatoes the otktr with wheat ; that half which he

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      set witb potatoes produced seventeen saefca at ten pecks par sack ; making in the whole 170 pecks , or 8 , 400 lba . There are four roods to an acre , consequently one acre would produce 27 , 200 pounds of potatoes . The half rood sat with wheat produced three strikes , or 14 stones , therefore one acre would produce 112 stones of wheat The people , or a portion of them , took thirty acres of land , and laid it ont in small allotments of about a rood for each person , from which they produce excellent crops io consequence of their using the spade to cultivate it Now if the people In Arnold arid Lambley already feel the good effects of their having such a small portion of land , viz-, a rood each ; if one man can have a winter ' s , yea , and a summer ' s store too , of potatoes from half a rood of land , as well aa neatly having a sufficient quantity of Jldur for the winter months , from the other , what would he do if he had four acres 1—nMleen tirms as much .

      On Tuesday night , 29 th ult , I delivered a lecture to the fcood fellows of Sutton , in the open air , Mr . Meakin in the chair , a young man of great promise , and a very active member of the Association . After a few observations in reference to tbe object for which tbe meeting was called , he introduced yeur humble servant . My subject was similar to the one of the previous meeting in Mansfield , and I assure you I nev <; r saw a finer spirit of enthusiasm exhibited . The people of Sutton are remarkable for their love of liberty ; the truth is the great majority are Chartists , and it only needs a good and prudent system of agitation and an efficient plan of Organisation to unite them in one holy bond of brotherhood . There is a population of about 6 , 000 in Sutton , and the staple trade is framuwork-fenitting ; but the people are very poor indeed , their wages being very low .

      On Wednesday night , August 30 th , I lectured on Bulwell Green . A working man from Basford acted aa chairman ; and certainly a very intelligent one , and , above all , a very upright member of the Chartist cause . I addressed-the people for an hour , and endeavoured to rouse them to a sense of their duty ; fer I am sorry to eay the people of Sulwell have been very supine and indifferent to their interests . There is no Association in Balwell ; but the few active men that are in the town are determined to do their best to rally tbe people , in order that they may be enabled to form one The principal trade of Bulwell is glove making ; but I aia grieved to state it is in a very depressed condition , anJ has been all the summer . Tbe consequence is , tbe people are in a most wretched and deplorable situation —scores of tbe poor men , their wives , and children , are absolutely famishing for the want of food .

      On Thursday I proceeded te Ilkestona , Where I fonnd a few sterling patriots , vis , Messrs . Foster , Latkbury , Beesley , and Shaw , whose hearts are wedded to the sacred cause of justice . They received me witb every mark of esteem and affection . Tbe meeting was held in the market-place—the first they had since the strike —and certainly it went * ff buyond my most sanguine expectations for numbers . Mr . Shaw was eleoted to the chair , and opened the business in a neat but short speech . I addressed the people for an hour and a quarter upon the alarming state of tbe country , wherein 1 showed , or attempted to show , the cause of the wide-spread misery and destitution which unhappily prevailed throughout the length and breadth of the land , and exhorted them to join In one impenetrable phalanx , and , by their unity of purpose , destroy the monster , class legislation , which waa the primary cause of all tbe evils , physical and Boeial , which bad for a series of yean afflicted them .

      On Sunday , the 3 rd inst ., I delivered tws lectures in the Market Place , Derby ; one in tbe morning , at half-paslten o ' clock . Daring the time I waa speaking , I was frequently interrupted by a drunken vagabond , the tool of other parties , for the purpose of creating a disturbance , or a breach of tbe peace , so that tbe authorities might have a pretext for stopping the meeting , and making me responsible ; but they were deceived , for the moment I found what was the object of the parties , I told the people to go home , and come in tbe evening ; and , if the same person came again , steps would be taktn to prevent bis annoying them . Accordingly , tbe people assembled at six o ' clock , in large numbers , but the wretch did not make his appearanee , through fear , or some other motive . Probably he was not well supplied witb ale . However , we bad a very peaceable and well-conducted meeting , an «> everything ended very satisfactorily . Brother Democrats ,

      I remain your Servant and Fellow Worker in the Vineyard of Chartism , Christopher Dotle Derby , Monday , Sept 4 , 1843 .

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      IRELAND . Pejeal in the ; Wokkhopses . —The agitation progresses at railroad speed in the second-class normal schools . The proceeding ! of the ScariffBmrd of Guardians are thus reported in the Limerick Chronicle : — " At a meeting &f the guardians ef the Scsnff Union on Tuesday , Mr . Simon George Pardon , D L ., presiding , Mr . John P . Molony , of Grag , brought forward a resolution to petition for Repeal of the Union It was opposed by the chairman and ssveral other guardians , but on a division the motion was carried , amidst treat

      uproar , by fourteen to eleven . Mr . Molony , tbe proposer , is a magistrate of the county of Clare . Mr . Pardon after tbe division res i gned bis seat as chairman of tbe Board in future ; Mr . George O'Callachan , vicechairman , did the same . All tbe surrounding bills were illuminated last night on its being know f > hat the resolution was carried by the friezs-coated guardians . It is remarkable and worthy of praise that Mr . Matthew Reddan , one of the Guardians , though friendly to Rrpeal , opposed its discussion as improper in an assembly constituted fer charitable purposes , and voted in the minority . '"

      The Army a , nd the Repealers—The following occurrence is stated by a G . ilway Repeal paper to have taken place at Lougbrea between a party of the 5 th Fusiliers and tbe peasantry . " The company ot the 5 th Regiment , iFasileera , ) which has been stationed here sometime back , were this morning , on their march to Dabiin , played by our Temperance Band , and escorted by a very laTge concourse of the townspeople from their barrack-gate to the turn of the road leading to Knuokboura . The baud played ont of town to the tunes of the " British G'enadiers , * "Girray Owen , " &c . Ou arriving at Knuetbourn both paries baited , and the

      entire company took off their caps and gave three cheers long and loud , and one chrer more for the people , and , of ceurse , their cause . This is , and ought to be , to our rulers another convincing proof , that although our brave troops may be made the instruments of a despot in the subjugation of another country , it is very difficult to say what their conduct would be with regard to the enslavement of theirs and our own . The soldiers halted on the road for about ten minutes , while the band played tbe national anthem , and " Patrick ' s Day , " and again took off their caps , and gave three cheers more for the people , and the good fellowship that subsisted between them since their arrival in Lousbrea . "

      The Lart Ministerial appointment . The Tories have appointed Mr . John Howley , Queen ' s Counsel , and chairman of the North Riding of Tipperary , to the Sergeuntcy vacant by the elevation of Mr . Keatinge to tbe Jndgeship of tbe Prerogative Conrt The appointment has given very great offence , and has conciliated no party . Effects , oj the Arms Bill—The folio wins ; paragraph , which appears in the Walerford Chronicle , suggests a new method of raising the wind , and cannot be too strongly recommended to the notice of such

      Repealers as : may be low in cash , although strong in " erms . " The hint is decidedly useful : — "A highly respectable citiwn , hitherto considered of ultra-Congervative principles , has within the last few days given In his cdbtrion to the causa of repeal , in a manner which claims the tribute of a sppclal notice , having subscribed to the funds of thu Repeal Association a « brass barrelled blnnderbuss a ca . se of pistols , and a capital fowling-piece , ' which be directs to be sold , and the proceeds to be placed to his credit in the National Excbequer . It may be asked , why did'nt this eeotlemua

      cnbscribe cash ? The answer is obvious . Because he wished by this mode of procedure to mark bin abhorrence of the slave-branding aot . HiB feeliogs revolted at the idea of submitting to the ''tyrant ' s stamp . ' and therefore has he delivered up his ' arms , ' yet untarnished , for the good of bis country . At present we are not authorised to give the name of our high . spirited feilow-cit z ^ n , as the particulars will transpire in a day or two . " The mtjbdeb . ot Lord Nohbtjbt . —The Westtneaih Guardian gives some additional particulars respecting the arrest of Dolan , who stands charted with the murder of the late Earl of Norbury : — " Peter Dolan lived prior to the fiendish act with a formfy

      named Malosy . on the estate ot Durrow , very near the residence of the late lamented ¦ obleman . It is a notorious fact that there was sot a more distressed parish in the King ' s Connty than Darrow prior to Xord Norbnry becoming a resident ; his whole study was to promute tbe comfort and happiness of his tenantry , and it is a well known fact that under his fostering hand they did become comfortable and independant , but are since falling bsck to their ori / rfnal poverty . We could say more relative to the plot and plan of thia atrocious murder , but as tbe prisoner ( who , we have been informed , in a great degree acknowledges bis guilt ) must stand before a judge and jury of bis country for his life , we do net wish to go further . '

      attempt to shoot We were nearly having another murder in Tipperary this week . Another btrman life has narrowly escaped being offered up as a sacrifice at tbe nnhallowed shrine of agrarian conspiracy . A man named John Dudley was fired at on the lands of Killea , some short distance fr » m Borrisokane , and had two pellets lodged in the region ef the hip . It beirig ten o ' clock at night and dark , the intended murderer escaped without being ssbject to observation , bo as to lead to identification hereafter . Dudley waa acting aa a watch upon the lands of Killea , from which place a man named Doaoboe bad been recently ejected . He was accompanied at the time by his brother and another man . Dr . Stoney , of Burrisokane , is of opinion that Dndley ' s life is not In danger . —Leinskr Express .

      Attempt to Assassinate . —On Sunday evening last , as Mr . Kennedy , of Ballj cumber , was proceeding from his residence to his farm , in Biliinahown , accompanied by his daughter , be was fired at by assassins who were concealed in a grove at Dood , but fortunately their shot did not take tffect It occurred about eight o ' clock in the evening . Two men were arrested on the same ni kht , on fcuspicion , inBar . inahotra , one of whom was tried at tbe laet Spring Aeiizes fer firing at the

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      renter of an orchard . An Investigation took place tbe following day before Mr . Money Lowther and Captain Armstrong , but for want of sufficient evidence the suspected parties wore liberated . —Westmeath Guardian . „« If * NDiSK .-, Oa Sunday night last thia town was greatly ^ disturbed and the peaceful inhabitants much alarmed by a fight between two bodies of the peasantry ii 5 w re t P 61 ™ 1 witl 1 « Q « ne-difficulty by the ponee . we ha . ve heard that the cause of quarrel was fturwS 6 Bt ° f * 0 Bnty ribbon delegates . —Sligo Brutal ; Attempt at Assassination . —In the " ??!? . » UtaWM » ok f in the north of this county , wntcu Has enjoyed peace and quiet for nearly the last two years , an outrage of a grosser nature than any which Heretofore stained its character has been perpetrated within the

      present week , inasmuch as the victim sought was an unoffending woman , whose sex . at least , might nave protected her from the assassin's hand . The par-Mcuiars , as we have been able to learn them , and for tne correctness of which we can vouota , are as follows : —On Tuesday evening last , about nine o ' clock , as Mrs . Scott , wife iof Mr . Joseph Scott , of Fardromin , near Ba ! linamuek , waa in the aot of straining up some milk in a room in one end of her house , some ruffiUn , who was lying in wait outside , fired in through the window with a musket , it Is supposed , which was heavily loaded with duck shot , and lodged a part of the shot Jn Mrs . Scotvalefj shoulder and breast , and the remainder in the wall mat opposite , and immediately over where a fine child 6 t hera , three years' old , was in bed . We are happy to leam that , although the wonud is a very severe one , still it is not likely to prove fatal , but Mrs . Scott ia

      at present confined to her bed from its effects . On the outrage being reported at the police-barrack , which is not half a inile from the house , a mounted man was despatched into this town , and immediately after his arrival Surgeon Ellis proceeded to the place , and rendered every assistance which his professional skill could suggest . Dr . Mostyn , of the 27 th Depot , at present stationed here , and who happened to be in that neighbourhood on Thursday , kindly called to see bet also , when he beard of the circumstances , and both gentlemen have good hopes of her recovery . Joseph Scott , the husband , holds about 16 acres of land . Be has been living there for the last ten years . They are aqniet , industrious couple , and their place exhibits a specimen of neatness rarely to be found in that neighbourhood . Mrs . Scott is the mother of four children , the youngest about four months old . No trace of the

      villain who fired the shot has yet been found , nor can any reason be assigned for the perpetration of the outrage , as Scott is an exceedingly qatet and inoffensive man , and a good neighbour , save the express determination , which theie is not the slightest hesitation in expressing by the Repealers there , that no Protestant will be allowed to remain on Lord Lorton'a estate at Ballinamuck , a determation which we are sure his Lordship will take Btepa to counteract , and which we hope to see adopted at no very distant day . —Longford Journal .

      Affghans in Tipperahy . —The town of Tipperary was in great commotion last Wednesday evening , a report having spread that an Afghanistan chief aud his wife were to arrive , some said Akhbar Ktiau . Numbera of persons assembled , and about 8 o ' clock a one-horse carriage waa observed approaching , in which was seated tbe chief and bis lady , dressed in full costume , and certainly nothing more beautiful and lively could be imagined . In one minute tbe town was illuminated , and persons of all classes rushed into the streets . The demeanour of tbe chief and lady was moat courteous , but as they , unfortunately , eould speak no language bat their own , it was Impossible to carry on any communication but by signs ; they signified that they had

      travelled an immense way , and were obliged to land on the west coast of Ireland—th « y are on their way to see the Queen ! After satisfying every inquiry that was made , as far as they could , the chief and his lady drove out of town , and if we are informed coneotly , found a warm and hospitable welcome at S——n . They left this morning on their visit to London . We have not been able to ascertain the chiefs name , but it is not Akhbar Khan ; the dress of himself and lady Was beautiful , and quite in character . —Limerick Chronicle . Repbal Association—At the weekly meeting of this body , on Monday , no particular business was transacted . The Repeal rent was announced to be £ 1097 6 i . 3 d .

      Dublin , Aug . 31 , —Abandonment op thh Contemplated Protestant Meeting . —The noblemen and gentlemen engaged in the conduct of the Btlfasc Protestant meeting have come to the resolution of foregoing the demonstration fixed for the 7 th of Sept . stanng as their reason , " lest the Protestants of Ulster should be charged by their enemies , however unjustly , as the cause of continuing political agitatiou . "

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      , ' / sA ^ Jw /^^^ - ^^^ i-v- ^ vwwaw DARING ROBBERY , AND AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER THREE PERSONS . Bristol , Sept . l . —A strong feeling was excited this morning in tbe northern suburb of this city , in conseqaeEce of information brought to the police , tb the effect that a man named Maddicks , a cowkeeper and milkman , had been murdered , and his wife and her sister dangerously wounded , by a labouring man named Johu Clarke , to whom , from charitable motives , they had afforded the shelter and hospitalities of their cottage , which is situated at about a mile from the first turnpike on the Gloucester road . Maddivsks is lying in a state of insensibility and in the most imminent danger .

      The pariicnlan , a * I tare ascertained them on the spot , are these : —Maddicks , who is a young man , about 91 years of ace , is a cowkeeper , and occupies a cottage in a field about half a mile from tbe high road leading from Bristol to Gloucester . He is a * married man , aud has two children living , the eldest being three years old , and the youngest child at the breast CUirke , by whom tbe murders were attempted , is also a young man , and , until recently , lived in the service of a grsz ' er named Pope , under whom Maddieks rente his cottage . About two months since Clarke was thrown ont of a situation , and having no relatives in Bristol , ke applied for pecuniary assistance to Maddicks , who , cotnmiaetatiug . his situation , kindly told him that he might reside with him and his family , and take a place at their table , until he should be able to provide

      himself with some hatter situation . Clarke accordingly went to reside there , and was fed and housed by MaddickB and his wife . On Wednesday Mrs . Maddicks happened to say , while at dinner , that she had been promised payment of a milk score by a gentleman residing in Collegegreen , and that the morrow had been fixed for the purpose . Clarke did not appear to take any particular notice of this at the time , but afterwards he asked some questions about it . On Thtmiay night , after partakiiig of their sapper as unaal , the family retired to rest . Maddicks aud his wife and two children occupied one bed ; a little girl who was employed , to assist iu nursing their infant , slept on the chairs by their bedside ; and tbe sister of Mrs . Maddicks , who had noised her fn her confinement , in a bed adjoining . Clarke was in an adjoining room .

      At daylight this morning the wife was awakened by feeling something strike her violently on the head . She looked and saw Clarke witb a poker in his hand . He struck her twice more on the head and once on the arm . The sister then woke and called out ; upon which the villain rushed upon hex and struck her violently on the head , inflicting a terrible gash . So murderously intended was tbe blow , that tbe poker broke in two , ard one part of it flaw with violence against a wall of the apartment , and then fell upon the bed . Mrs . Maddicks , on looking at her husband , found him covered with blood and completely insensible . She th 6 n jumped out of bed , and seized hold of Clarke , whom ebb called by name . Hu then broke from her , and made his escape over a wall at tbe back of the premises , and got clean off- In his haste he dropped one at his shoes , and he has left bis bat behind him .

      Upon . in examination of the room afterwards , it was fouud that he had carried off some silver money which had been placed upon a si ) elf near the head of the bedstead . He bad also rummaged a box . in which money w ; i « sometimes kept , but as Mrs , Maddicka had been prevented from receiving the account referred to the prrvious day in her conversation with the accused , he was disappointed . On ifcfi'rwatiotj beiDg given to the police , they proceeded to the cottage , and finding Maddicks and hia wife severely injured , they removed them to the irfirmary . Maddicks has four external wounds on the head , the most dangerous of wbjch is over the temple . This day one of the magistrates , J . N . Sanders , Enq ., went to tbe bedside of the woman , and toek her deposition on oath , when she deposed , as f » r as her knowledge went , to the facts , as before stated . The man , being completely insensible , is , of course , unable to give any account of the transaction .

      The police are engaged io active pursuit of Clarke , but as yet they have been unable to find any trace of him . The Carlton Club and the MARQUis . —Can it be true that , tbe Moqiu of L —y was actually blackballed at the Canton Ciub on tbe 22 nd ult . ? Such is , however , tbe report . It seems he withdrew frum the club some time ago , in consequence of Borne Ministerial disappointment , and we believe favoured it with a manifestation of his displeasure ; and , if not intimating that he meant to turn Radical , at least that he -would have no further connexion witb the Carlton Ciub ; av . d now , in return , it seems they decline all farther connexion with his Lordship . Durham Chronicle .

      Thb British Ikon Company was established in Ifc 25 , when tbe pile ** of bar Iron was £ 11 or £ H 5 pet ion ; tbe nominal capital was two millions , npon which calls to tbe extent of 75 per cent , have already been made , and the com-pany U besides involved in a debt of £ 150 000 . Tbe price of iron seems to have averaged in a course of years £ 7 p-. r ton . but owing to the general depression of all trades , and of the iron ; trade in particular , it was , two months since , unsaleable at £ 4 per ton ; and , to complete the misfonuues of tbe company , their pecuniary engagements came to a crisis just at the time when the sacrifice of their property , for the purpose of meeting those engagements , would have been moat disastrous .

      THE facts which Dr . Bat-ham has collected and arranged establish the dreadful truth , that nearly three thousand children have been burned to death , in a single year ; an average of more than eight every day . The victims iu all the reign of Qaeen Mary , whose torturing death , neasly 300 years ago , is still regarded

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      with horror , were less ! numerous than » ur infant martyrs who perished in two months ; and the Suttees of India , whose existence was justly deemed a natienal reproach , and their extinction a theme of rejoicing , were fewer than our own children who are daily buraed alive , unheeded . —Cornwall Gazette .

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      TURN-OUT OP SEAMEN IN LIVERPOOL . A turn-out has taken place among the seamen of this pert of a somewhat formidable character as to the numbers who have already joined in it , and also as regards the determined manner in which they seem bent on accomplishing their purpose . The precise nature of their grievances would appear to be this : — ] There are at several seaports , more particularly in tbis town , a great number of shipping offices , which are ehiefly kept by retired captains and mates , in tbe vicinity of the docks . The business of the occupiers of these offices is confined to [ that part of procuring hands for the several vessels about to leave the port They first of all watch those vessels which are taking in

      cargoes or Ballast , and are ] preparing for sea , and they obtain from the respective ; masters a list of the numbers of bands which will be required to perform the voyage . There being always an immense ¦ body of unemployed seamen at the port of all ages , these agents find little difficulty in obtaining the required number ; and for procuring the situation , for . which they had heretofore made a charge of 23 ., but within the last six months advanced it to 10 s This is the cause of the present turn-out Tae seamen consider the charge an imposition . They say that they have no objection to pay the amount formerly exacted , ' or even an additional trifle , but that tbey will no longer submit to the payment of the 10 a . Some of them are , moreover , talking in the strain of the antimonopoUBta on the subjsot , and saying that a number ef agents have no right tojdrlve such a trade , and . by acting in concert , to raise the charge ad libitum , while

      they themselves could , by } going on board the vessels , make their own agreements with the masters , and thus abolish the exaction altogether . They represent , and apparently-with great truth , that when the 19 s . comes to be deducted , as is often the case when expeditions voyages ate performed , five or six , or more times in the year , from their hard earned wagt-a , themselves and their families are greatly the sufferers ; and that when to this charge is added the many other impositions to which sailors , perhaps more than any other class of men , are subjected , it becomes a matter of serious moment to them to get lid ef one at least of their grievances . The plain , blunt , straight-forward manner in which tbe poor fellows sum up their case has obtained for them very general sympathy ; and , provided they abstain from committing any acts of outrage , tbey will most prebably succeed In having their cause of complaint removed . j

      After they baa remained for some time in frost of the Cu 8 tom-hos . se , at which place tbey in the first instancfl assembled , and had attracted crowds of persons to the spot , they proceeded in procession , three and four deep , along the line of docks , making known their object as they passed . j A public meeting was held at the Queen ' s Theatre , on Friday evening , for the j purpose of taking into consideration their grievances and the remedies to be adopted for their removal . The theatre was most densely crowded in every part . Two or three union jacks were suspended from ; tbe boxes and gallery , and a small band was stationed Upon the stage , which ever and anon played national airs or such tunea as found favour with the sailors . ¦

      An elderly man , named George Shell , occupied tbe chair . —He said he had gre ^ t pteasare ia availing himself of tbe opportunity to state to the world bis opinions as to how the hard-working sailors , particularly those belonging to that port , had been robbed . Hu then went on at some length to denounce the conduct of the shipping masters of Liverpool , and particmlareed one who bad acted , as be said , in a shameful manner . He observad , that the Bailors nominally got £ 2 per month , but that owing to the exaction * of the shipping masters and others , their wages were

      reduced to 30 s and under . These men were generally unfit for their situations , as most of them were not brought up to the sea , and ! he mentioned aa instance in which one of them had ehippsd a shoemaker ' s lad , ef Kingston , Dublin , on board the Liverpool , of Liverpool , as a ship's carpenter . It was such conduct as this , in his opinion , which jhad caused tbe loss of so many vessels , and left so many widows and fatherless children . He conolnded by calling on the shipowners and insurance offices of tbo port to put down the system . i

      Another sailor , named Benest , of Jersey , also addressed the meeting . —He complained of tbe low wages which sailors received , but , low as tbey were , they had to pay about 17 ^ . to jthe shipping masters and others before they could get a situation on board ships . These snipping masters , in some instances , got 10 a . from them , then there were 53 . fer cashing the note , a shilling for a character , and another shilling for extras . He concluded by recommending the propriety of sending a memorial to { the Mayor and Council , suggesting that tbe shipping offices be put down , and that a general office be established' at the Customhouse , to which ship masters might go aad choose their men . j Several other sailors then addressed the meeting in a similar strain , after which a resolution to the effect suggested by Benest was carried unanimously . The meeting then stpvratpd ., tho proceedings having been conducted in a very orderly manner .

      There could not have been fower than from 800 to 1000 sailors present i

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      Sblston . — At this place the fever has been raginaj for a length of time , and through this complaint the poor have had to suffer very much . The other week a man of the name of Joseph CoJeman wag taken ill , confined to hi * bed , and his life was almost despaired of . Application was made to the relieving officer for something to keep his frame alive . The officer said ** Why , hn has a house of his own , and cornea here for relief I" The person who applied said , " He cannot ea ^ the hoaae . " The feliow « a ! 4 , " He must sell it . " The person made answer n I said , " Bat he cannot bell it , at least ; ha tlaro nefc sell it . " But the man that would noi ' vaiad sturvh , > a ms . D and family to death , said , " Let him sail it * o me , I will buy it . " Again he asked the person b «> v many children the man had . Tbe answer xvab , " si s children . " He then gave her three shillings a J sixpence , —for a man , a woman , and six children r ) live upon for this week , and he had been confined to his bed for nearly two weeks .

      • Distressing Event . —On Thursday night a distressing event happened in one of our kerring bo ^ ts . When about returning to land , a fisherman , nsiuui Richard Robertson , while doiDg something about the mast or sail of the boat , lost his balance , and in failing overboard was caught hold of by another of the orew , Alexander Baxter , but he was unable to save him , and in the generous attempt to do so . was also dragged into the sea , and both perished . Theio w ^ s only another man and boy in tbe boat , and all attempts to save tbe unfortunate men were wholly unavailing . Their poor widows were waiting oa the pier for the return of the boat , a » d when they sa-w but two men instead of four , they trernblcJ , and feared the worst—and their fears were realised . They and their large bereaved families mourn the loss of industrious and kind husbands . —Aberdeen Banner '

      Thb Entrance to Dublin . —The entrance into Dublin from Kingstown is very handsome . TW * is no bustle and throng oi carriages , as in London , but you pass by numerous rows of neat houses , fronted with gardens , and adorned with all sorts of gaylooking creepers . Pretty market garden ? , with trial beds of plant ' s , and shining glass-houses , givo the suburbs a riante and cheerful look ; and passirg under the arch of the railway , we ar « in the city itself . Hence you come upon several old-fashionea , well-built , airy , stately streets , and through Fitzmlliam-Equare , anoble place , the garden of which is full of flowers and foliage- The leaves are green , and not black aa iu similar places in London . To rod bmk houses tali and handsome . Presently the

      car stors before an extremely big red house , in that extremely large square , Stephen ' s-green , where Mr . O'Conneli says there is one day or other to be a Parliament . There is room enough for that or for any other edifice which fancy or patriotism may have a miudto erect , for part of cne of the sides of the square is not yet built , and yon see the fields and the country beyond . —Titmarsh ' s Irish Sketch Book . Statistical Return of tub Sittings of thb Skssion . —From a return issntd on Tuesday by the clerk of the journals , to an order of ^ the House of Commons , on a motion by Mr . Brother ' ton , the number of days on which the house sat for the transaction of business during the past session , from Feb .

      2 nd , on which it assembled , to August the 17 th , oo which it was prorogued , is ascertained to ba 119 , including three Saturdays , the'hours of sitting being 986 ^ , and the average time of sitting eight hours and seventeen minutes on each successive night . The number of houra on which the house sat after midnight is calculated at 1051 , or equal to eighty nine nights . From the 4 th to the 17 ; h of Asgust the average hours of Bitting are put down at thirteen or fourteen hoars a day , and tho average hours of adjournment at from one and two a . m . An analysis of the sittings at the commencement of the session shows that the house frequently adjourned at the hours of eight and nine o ' clock , and but seldom at later than twelve .

      Execution at Chestes . —James RatclifFe , who was convicted before Mr . Baron Rolfe at tbe late Chester assizes of the wilful murder of his wife , Elizabeth Ratcliffe , at Stockport , underwent the extreme sentence of the law in front of tbe oity gaol at Chester , at twelve o'clock on Saturday . It will be recollected , that the circumstances under which the murder was committed , were of an exceedingly aggravated character . It appeared from the evidence upon the trial , that the prisoner , who was about 58 years of age and a tobacconist by trade , bad been constantly in the habit of indulging in the use of in * toxicating liquors , to such an extent at times , thai his passion became wholly ungovernable , and that , in the wiidness of his fury , he very often piaced the life of his wretched partner in a state of the mast imminent peril . A : length , with the riew of re * moving her from within the reach of his brutality ,

      one of the sons , a steady youag man , named James , took a house for himself , his mother , and the remainder of the family , at a place called Hooper ' s buildings , in Stockport , without giving any information to Che prisoner as to the locality of their nevr abode . Shortly after , however , the prisoner ; discovered it , and proceeded to a neighbour's house , where he seated himself , and remained until bis wifdv entered . When she came in , he represented himself as being very unwell and anxious to have a dootor . He then asked her to fetch him some water , which she-did , and held it to his lips while he drank . In a little time after , he was observed to draw closer and closer to her , and at length he sprang upon her with the fury of a demon , drew a large clasp knife from bis sleeve , and inflicted euoh a wound upon her abdomen aa caused her death upon the following day .

      Lamentable Circumstance . —Last Friday morning , two youths , apprentices to Mr . Carter , grocer , of Cowibld , Sussex , started at fire o ' clock , with the intent'of amusing themselves for a couple of hours , previously to commencing business for tho day . Jnst after they had started , one of them climbed a plum tree , for the purpose of gathering some fruit , and while seated on the branches , was desired by his companion to come down . He replied that he should not do so till ho had gathered some more plums , upon which , bis companion put a cap upon the nipple

      of the percussion lock , and then pointing the gun at the other , said he would fhoot him . This was entirely in juke , it being supposed the gun was cot louded . The reverse , however , turned out to be th « case , for on the boy pulling the trigger , tho contents of the barrel weut through his companion ' s head , and he fell from the tree a corpse . The deceased was only seventeen years of ago , and the inconsiderate cause of his deatfe two jeuss younger . This un-nappy occurrence has produced a degree of consternation in the village never before remembered there . '

      Awful Position op a Child in the Presencb of her Father . —Near Renfrew , an unloaded waggon , ctfmaiuing the driver and his three young children , was standing adjoining some homely but respectable thatched houses . The horse was exhibiting symptoms of impatience , by throwing up his head , whisking hia tail , and ever and anon clamping heavily on the ground with his near hind foot , as the tiny curly headed cargo " wo-wo-woed , " skirled aud shouted in elfish merriment . The father , after chattiog to a neighbour or two about the crops , the kirk , and the weather , began to spoil the sport of the children by coolly seizing the eldest and most boisterous , and handing him out to the care of the neighbours . The second was being eerved in like manner , when the third and youngest , a girl between two and three years ot age , crept towards the front of the waggon , aud when the father tHrned round to horrified afc

      take his darling in his arms , he was seeing the child—through a widened spar—fall right under tbe raised foot of the impatient horse ! Tho father ' s eye dimmed , and his frame and features shrill k in spasmodic sympathy . The hoof descended —but , O , guided by a higher power , it descended iightly—feeling something soft and yielding , the animal moved the iron-shod toe on the infant ' s- back , as if io asoertain the nature of the unusual substance . A movement of the infant , or some hidden appreheni-ioB , filled the horse with alarm , a tremor seiied his limbs , and with couring haunches and twitching flanks , he raised the hoof , poised it for half a second , and , in maddening terror sent it again thundering downward , bat not before the timeous rush of a lionhearted neighbour had providentially snatched the uninjured infant from her awful pesition , and waa bearing her in triumph to her mother's arms . — Glasgow Reformer .

      Highway Robbery . Two young Englishmen , named Mactionald and Oatridge , were tried at liluis , on the 22 ad , for highway robbery . On the 18 ih of January last , at about eight o'clock in the evening , a waggoner was stopped near Salbris by two persons who presented a pistol , and called out " Money , money . " The waggoner , understanding what they wanted from the presentation of the pistol , akkough he did not know English , gave up his puree , containing 50 f . in two-ir » no pieces , and then ventured to put forth an imploring hand for the restitution of a portion of tho money . The Englishmen , who understood his pantomime as well as he had . done their own , gave him back the greater part of the contents of the parse . The waggoaer , however , felt no gratitude towards the generous thieves , and oa his arrival at the first village , gave such a description of them , that in less than half an hoar ; they were arrested *

      and lodged in prison . It appeared on the trial that tbe prisoners were respectable young men at home as clerks , and that they had abandoned England , and come to France , in the hope of obtaining employ ment * and seeing at the eame time a Hitle of tbe world j but as they had with them only a som of 300 francs when they landed , and could procure xm employ ^ mentv they were soon in a state of destitution , and had passed the whole of the day preceding the robbery without food . They produced excellent certinoates as to their conduct in England , and . aotoowledged their crime with eo ffiuon , repentance , tnas both the jury and tbe court resolved to «« J «» . *; The jury found them guilty , jnthout » S ?""^ £ circumstanceB , and the jndgea , being thus enabled to assssss Qalignani ,

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      Fortunate Discovery—rA few days ago , one of those extraordinary occurrences which may most justly be termed " providential , " happened to a young man , named Beunett , a journeyman tailor , lodging in the neighbourhood of Clare-market . It appears that , a few weeks since , the poor fe'low came up to London from Leicester , with only a few shillings in his pocket , in search of something like permanent employment , but soon found that it was not to be obtained . All he could do was to pick ud two or three shillings a week by occasional jobs , thus gaining barely enough to pay the

      rent of his humble lodging . Of course , what little property he had about him , in the shape of decent apparel , soon became sacrificed , and at last he found himself not only without a breakfast , but utterly at a loss to know how to obtain one . Even the box that had held his clothes had been sold for a day ' s subsistence . Nothing was ! left except a few old numbers of penny periodicals , in which he had occasionally invested a trifle , for the sake of amusing himself . There was also lying among them sn old dirty-looking volume of " Bunyan ' s Pilgrim ' s Progress , " that ho had picked up tor a few pence at a book-stall . This , and the periodicals together , might make throe or fuur pounds of

      w&st" paper , enough to procure a breakfast , and , accordingly , the hungry youth , to make his goods the more marketable at the ] butter-shop , proceeded to divest the " Pilgrim's Progress" of its antiqnated bindings , which appeared to have been laid on somewhat olumsily by different owners . In his impatience at the difficulty which thus presented itself , he suddenly tore off violently one of the side covers of the volume , from whence , as from a pooket-book , he beheld peeping out a very carefully folded piece of silver paper , which , on having the curiosity to open , he found it to be a £ 10 Bank of England note . It need hardly be added , that after this discovery the " Pilgrim ' s Progress" never reached the butter-shop . !

      Thb Accursed Truck System . —Accosnts from Wales have dwelt- a good deal , among other practi cal evils that have been at ) work there , on one in particular—the truck system}—the system , via ., which obliges workmen to receive their wages partly in tlie shape of goods , food , olothing , Jcc , instead of in money . A master manufacturer who sees himself at the head of a large number ! of hands , has them at his one mill or set ofmiJIa , arranged and divided , distributed through what departments , put at what pest he likes—all under his eye , undtr his thumb—a manufacturer who has the controul of such a millsystem as this , is naturally disposed to carry on the systematiz ' . ng process a little ! further than the mill . He wants to Joed and clothe bis workmen as well

      upon some general plan . He pursues them into their houses , carries the mill into their larder and kitchen , and makes them eat and drink from mill supply . He establishes his great milt-sndp of all articlestea , coffee , sugar , cheese , battier , linen , calico , cloth , hosiery , &n ., and makes them his compulsory customers . A master may think it a good thing for his workmen to have them more under his superintendence , and may wish also to supply them by this method with better and * cheaper articles than they would get at the common retail shops . But the gross frauds and abuses to which the system is liable are obvious , and have been proved by fact . They went on to such an extent , before Mr . Littleton's Aot , that in some oases the profits of the truck shop

      exceeded the profits o-f the business of which it was the appendage . The workman received bis nominal wages of 30 s or 20 < j a-week , which , given in truck tickets , were in reality , only 203 or 12 s iu consequence of the high-priced or inferior articles which those tiokets procured him . And if we add to this tangible robbery of the workman the needless and galling tether of the mill which accompanies it , the perpetual prying , busybody surveillance of the mill authorities over him , we have a large , grievous , and oppressive system before us , which is , or should be , intolerable in a free country like ours . Parliament put a legal end to the truck system ; sinso which time it has gone on necessarily ia a more mild and relaxed and subdued form than it did before . Still

      it has gone on under the rose ; the law has been defeated in consequence of the perpetual tendency to got into debt on the part ofthe operative class , which has put them virtually at the mercy of those masters of whom they have borrowed ^ asd obliged them to buy at the shop to which the master sends them . The debts of the operative hate brought him again virtually under the restraint from which the law has released him . On a twofold and important grouud then—because it leads to fraud and tyranny on the part of the masters , and to laxity and improvidence on thepartoftheruen—we strongly object to the truck system ; apd as tbe meanB which have been hitherto applied evidently do not sufficiently cheek it , beg to recommend tbe subject for that further attention which it seems to demand . —London paper .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 9, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct946/page/7/