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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 42, 3 April 1863, Page 2

Mn. Cobden on Co- opz b a riotfThe following letter from Mr Cobdei M.P., was read at a meeting of tt Pre-twi-h Co-operative Society, hell o Tue-day evening: — " Midhurst, Noi 28th, 1862 — Dear Sir,— lt is not i my power to accept your invitation t be present at the meeting of the Prest wioh Co operative Society ; but I wil not omit the opportunity of assuring yoi of my unabated interest in the move ment. lam delighted to hear that th distress in which the iadu?try of th cotton districts is unhappily involve! has not yet had the effect of closin one of the co-operative stores; and earnestly hope they may all be enable) to ride out the storm. But they canno expect to escape from a rhar; of the lo: a id suffering which must be thecornmo fate ofall classes in Lancashire; and 1 thin I can perceive the salutary influence o your movement in the calm and reason able demeanor of the population durinj this trying season of adversity, whicl may be largely attributable to the fac that numbers of the working-class have by co-operation, been added to the rank of capitalists, and have thus becoini participators in both the benefits and tfci reverses to which the possessors of pro pei ty are liable. This, I have reason t( know, is the view of the largest am most intelligent capitalists in your <Hs ; trict, among vihora I believe theeo operative effort has now scarcely ai opponent, whilst many of them are it! warmest friends. Sincerely wishinj that the horizon may soon clear, so thai the sun of prosperity may agmn shim on your efforts, I remain, truly yours, Richard Coboex.

A Lover's Device. — A young sailor haj been courting a young girl at a house nnti hundred miles from the Ulverston canal, whe« ;.-,me quarrel ensued between the lovers, and ta< threatened to drown himself. No sooner saw than done, apparently. He sprang into' the canal and disappeared, to the gn at terror « the girl, who at once created an atarm. Sever* members of the police force, assisted by syrt paihising bystanders, dragged the canal for i considerable time, but without effect. ■ T* truth was, that the disconsolate lover was < capital swimmer and diver, and contrived through the. darkness of the night, to get honi' unobserved, where he was' found next morning comfortably ensconced between 'the blanket* Rumor says that the heart of the fair one i* softened, and that the course of true lore ij likely to run smooth; henceforth.'— C»mb*rl*¥ f—qtut.