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    • DELEGATE MEETING AT MANCHESTER. Mr. Editor,—Understanding that the last delefte meeting held in Manchester concerning Frost. Uliams, and Jdneu, bad agreed that another should w convened fdr Monday last, the 24th inst., we, pie undersigned, were deputed by our constituencies to attend. Only five delegates being present, no business L of importance waatransaoted, except agreeing to the following brief address, which we hope y ?e * ] £° us the fcTOorof inserting in your paper of Saturday next. . tr ^
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    • SOCIETY FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ENGLISHMEN—ADDRESS FROM THE MANCHESTER SOCIETY TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
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      Blessings of the Establishment . —The revenues of the British Church in England " and Ireland mount to £ 8 , 896 , 000 , the revenues of all the other seligions in the world to £ 8 , 852 , 009 , the Church leaping £ 44 , 000 more than ail the other religious denominations on the globe . Ship Bvilvtug at Selby . —This noble art is now in great activity at Selby , Mr . Gntteridge having e&mmissioiis for Bereral large Brigs and schooners . There are in hia yard three ships oh the stocks at present . TE ? mjL ! fSHn > . —The Bath Herald declines to insert me notice of & marriage , because the principal word in the M . S . will ^ irom the bad or sloTenly writing , equally bear the Tersion of Turner , or ^ Tanner , or Farmer , or Fermor , or Jenner , » r Jarmen , or Joiner !!

      A ?? ew Town is in the course of formation between the old corporated town of Kingston-upon-Thaaes ( Surrey ) and the South Western Railway , snd already nearly 2 W beautiful houses arid snug villas 2 T 3 finished , or are in the course of . finishing . "Wettehateh . —In consequence of the depressed state of manufactures at thiB time , the Messrs . Dixon of Carlisle are about to discontinue their weaving establishment in this town . This mil throw a considerable number of hands ont of employment . Masters 15 the Navy . —The pay of masters in the navy will be immodiately raised : the younger ofibers ' will have £ 150 per annum , rising up to £ 280 . We trust this improved remuneration will retain many valuable officers in the service . —Hampikire Telegraph . -

      Temperance . —One distillery in Cork has 1 , 600 poacheons of whisky in the Qaeen ' s stores ; and 340 whisky shops have been closed—all the consequence [ cf Father Mathew " s temperanoe pledge . — Irish Paper . Oraxgb Libkrautt . —The Orange constituents of Mr . Frederick Shaw , Member for Dublin University , Lave presented a memorial to that gentleman , calling vjmx him to oppose the Irish Corporation Bill , or resign . 1 L Johh Olbtch Szaxiecki , who was Minister of Justice in Poland during the Revolution , died a few days since in Paris .

      Projected Tbstthowul . —We hear that -it is in ednteicpiaaon to make the Bishop » f Exeter some grateful substantial acknowledgment for his Lordshk j ' B valuable services in the sacred cause and defence <) f Christianity . —Ettter Post . The Rev . Mb . Lewis , one of the established ministers of I > nndee , we have just heard , is sent to gaol for preaching according to appointment of the General Assembly in one of the parishes of the suspended ministers of Ssraibbogie , and in defiance of an interdict of the Court of Session . -. Why not try them on a « harge of wesson ! They went to overturn tbe law by violence .

      Perthshire Electiox . —A factious fight for the representation of thi 3 county is just commenced . H . Drummond , of Drummond Castle , on the Conservative interest , and a Liberal , yet un-named . The Church is to be made the stepping stone . Oh ! how many vile purposes ii the Church made a tool to accomplish . Loss op Ajtrrtca * Steamers . —Forty steamers were lost on the western rivers last year ! Of these twenty-eight were snagged , five burnt , four blown up , and the rest sunk ; forty-five persons killed . A LlXSKDRAPKH in TattaTfli « Tn-oonyt-road , noar HowZana-street , exhibits some table-covers in his window , upon which a paper is placed , inscribed thus : — "These splendid new Breach of Privilege Table Covers only 7 s . S . each . '

      Grace Dabuhg . —Last week , a new vessel , the Grace Horsleg Darling , of Sunderland , outward bound , passed the Longstone Light-house with her colours flying . Miss Darling very promptly returned the compliment by holding out a flag from the Lighthouse , which was immediately observed by those on board the vessel . -

      Th 3 Speech of Lord John Russell , on Mr . Duncombe ' s proposition for relieving Dissenters from the payment of church rates , has been received with no Email indignation by the community agains ^ whom it was levelled , —Somerset Gazette . A Hist ;— As soon as the stamped covers come into use , let every parson sending a letter , the reply to which will be a favour to himself , enclose with his ferter a stamped cover for the reply . If stamps ifl be fixed to the outside of lettera are also used , it will stili be easier to enclose one of these . Asorr the time of the Royal marriage , the wife of a poor glazier of Yarmouth , Isle of Wight , named Fryer , who already had a family of twelve children , ¦ was put to bed ^ of a fine girl and a boy , who are , with the mother , doing well The children have been named Victoria and Albert . ' -

      Perth . —A very great excitement has bees created MGon £ 3 t the weavers here , in consequence of two austere in the umbrella trade having reduced , their workmen ' s wages 12 J pear cent . BiBXXXGHAib—A person named Sharmanfcas been lecturing hen on tho best means of obtaining fran-CID 2 S lor an . He proposes to organise the town into- districts and classes ; and pretends that the Government is not unfavourable to "Universal Suffrage . A town ' s meeting iB to be called to consider his plans . » Lethax . —A public meeting was held here on the evening of the 15 : h instant , to hear an address from Mr . Adams , of Forfar . Many subsequently joined onr societv .

      Leicester . —Ah excellent society has just been established here , under the title of the Democratic Total Absfeience Association , and it will doubtless be a powerful engine in the advancement of tbe cause of the people . The late Mb . Cobber , M . P . —The anniversary of the birth of this illustrious man , this child and champion of the fa lower orders , " will be commemorated by a public dinner at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , Strand , on Monday , March 9 th . Wolvebhakpto * . A memorial , numerously signed by the inhabitants of this town , for a free pardon for Frost , "Williams , and Jones , ' has been transmitted to the Earl of Stanhope for presentation to hsr Majaety .

      Kew ApponmtEKTS . —We understand that it is . . probable that Lord Robert Grosvenor will be appointed Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness Prince Albert , and that Lord Boricgdo ' n Trill be one of the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber . —Morning Chronicle . Expected Bbs ra Salt . —There is a general » n upon the salt warehouses in Liverpool under the impression that a duty will be imposed upon ? that necessary article of domestic consumption * that an immediate advance of 4 d . per pound will take place , PiiscE Albert . —Prince Albert ' s emoluments as Fie . d Marshal will be somewhere between £ 1 , 500 and £ 2 , 009 a-year . Of course , the Prince will have a Regiment , and probably of Household Troops : for which , as Colonel , he will receive upwards of £ 1 , 000

      mora . ¦ - Worthy op Imitation . —Farmers' clubs are projected in various parts of the country ; one has already been formed at Warminster , Wilts , for the purpose of acquiring and disseminating sound practical information upon all matters connected with agriculture , and the encouragement of meritorious labourers . - ¦ ; The church of St . Bartholomew , near the Royal Exchange , will be taken down at the expiration of three months from this time . The remains of Miles Coverdale , who printed the first Bible in English , are interred within its walls . Tho Sun Fire Offices , it appears , are to be erected on its site . -

      Wb bate received a note from Mr . J . G . Stockdale , dated Newgate , from which it appears that the story of ^ his harag sent a donation of £ 10 in aid of She ^ SSeriff ' s Funa , in consideration of his having formerly received relief from that fund , is- entirely ¦ without foundation . —Herald . CbIse xxs > the Ceurch . —AH the police of Europe costs less than the Church of England , while for the preservation of order and the prevention of crime it is lees useful than the old constables . Wasbixgtox Iilvisg has bought the elegant country seat of the late Mrs . Phillips , at Tarrytown , ' on the Hudson , for his niece , Mrs . Romaine , who will open > young ladies' seminary there on the 1 st-of May—Baltimore Post .

      A most terrific hurricane occurred at Madras in the middle of November , from the effects of which it was calculated that 20 , 000 persons had perished . 60 veeseb which were in the roads had also disappeared . Some of thb kew apabtkests recently fitted up in Buckingham Palace , and especially devoted to Prince Albert , » rs furnished with the most scrupulous attention to taste and comfort . Every portion of the arrangements display the corr&ct judgment fpr general effect , which is so characteristic of her Majesty . It is a curious fact , and one in every way worthy of her Majesty , that all the patterns of ehintses , and other furniture , embody the emblem of England—Sha rose .

      Thb Hopsb of Saxe Coborg contains several distinguished musicians . His Royal HighnessPrinee Albert is a Tery superior preformer on the pianoforte , and bis compositions evince considerable melody and sweetness . His brother Prince Ernest is als « an efficient performer on the same instrument . The King of Belgium is a superior performer on the violin . —Musical Journal . * . Losgeyitt . —A beggar , named Huriay , died at Milestown , near Cloonen , on Sunday last , at the patriarchal and venerable age of 113 years ; he could particularise the cirenm 5 tance of , and the effects caused by , the memorable frost of the year 1739-40 = ; he retained hia mental faculties perfect nntil tbe last hour of his existence . He was on die foregoing day basly aaplajsd is Ha cbcaosyaary career .

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      Judges' Chambers , Wednesday . —Privilege—Stockdale c . Hassakd . —Mr . Piatt attended before Justice Williams at Chambers , and applied to have the order staying the writ of inquiry till next term , rescinded , but the Learned Judge , after hearing Mr . Richards in support of the order , confirmed it . CotTBi op Aldermen , Wednesday . —This morning , the Court of Aldermen w » a held pursuant to adjournment , for the purpose of settling the redoubtable point of debate relative to the civic address of congratulation to her Majesty on the event of her recent nuptials . A great number of Aldermen were present . After a desultory conversation , it was finally resolved and agreed to , that the Lord Mayor , attended by the Recorder and Remembrancer , should go to Court to ascertain her Majesty ' s pleasure as to wben she would receive the address , ft was also agreed that an address should be presented io Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent . The Court then adjourned . Judges' Chambers , Wednesday . —Privilege —

      His Rotal Highness Prince Albert has commanded an annual subscription of ten guineas to be paid to the Mendicity Society . The Wesleyas Mkthodist 3 at Halifax have established an association for the refutation and suppression of infidelity , and especially Socialism . The Post-office . —Stamped covers for letters are in a state of great forwardness . The penny cover is of a blue colour , the heavier ones brownish , and the detached slip ( which may be attached to any cover ) is square shaped . Mb . Sheriff Wheeltoh . —Mr . Sheriff Wheeltou did not accompany tbe Lord Major tcr the Common H 5 U on the 24 ' . h instant ,, Mb state of health since he left the House of Commons not permitting him to attend to any business or official engagement whatever .

      At Trowbridgk , early on Sunday morning , a man named Welb , - who worked wilh Mt . Heritage , tha auctioneer , Tras discovered hanging to the bedpost m his room , quite dead . Some angry words which had occurred between him and his wife are supposed to have beea partly tho occasion of the rash act . The Great Western Steamer . —This far-famed and unrivalled vsm * 1 resumed her transatlantic voyages on Thursday last , carrying seventy-six passengers , also an equally valuable cargo consisting principally of silks , a small quantity of specie , and a very large number of letters . Lav . * op Libel . —Lord Denman , whose influence and authority in the case will , doubtless , have great weight , has brought in a bill ( read a first time ) restricting in cases of libel and trespass , where the verdict shall not exceed 40 s ., that the cost recoverable shall not exceed that amount .

      It is said that tiib Gextlemex of the long robe are likely to reap a rich harvest from several suits which are to be commenced for the recoverirg of certain shores in Ireland , the original right to which , of course , belonged to the Crown , and wa 3 never transferred by patent to the ancestors of the produce of these shores . — Watcrford Mail . Axmv . —Tbe 18 th , or Royal Irish , from Ceylon , relieve the 6 th Regiment at Bombay . The 21 st Regiment i 3 to sail from Calcutta to Madras , to replace the 54 th , about to return to England . The 12 th Light Dragoons have left Bangalore , to embark for England , having been relieved by the loth Hussars .

      On the Hth inst . a tailor , lodging in { Oxford , undertook , for a trifling wager , to eat , within an hour , two pounds of fat bacon , half a loaf , a aimntity of tarnip grootia , a quari of potatoes , with a pennyworth of vinegar , and a pint of beer , which he accomplished easily ; and in the evening complained to the landlady of being hungry , and wished to perfcrm the task again . Representation op East Suffolk . —A strenuous effort will be made to wrest the representation of East Suffolk from the hands of the Tories . The " sinews of war" have been provided , and two Whig candidates will appear in the field , one of whom is Mr . Shafto Adair .

      Besevolest iKSTrnmoK fob the Relief of Aged asd Infirm Jodrnefmeit Tailors . —The annual me « ting of this institution took place at Willis ' s Rooms , on Monday evening last . More than £ 8 , 000 is already secured as a permanent fond for carrying out the objects of its founders . Duchess of Kent . —Her Royal Highness the Duches 3 of Kent , as well as her Majesty ' s royal aunts , presented a cadeau de noce to the royal bride on the wedding day . The illustrious parent presented her daughter with a bracelet in the form of a serpent , made entirely of turquois , with the exception of a diamond collar , and the head , which was also ornamented with brilliants and rubies .

      Rejoicings . —Tho Franconian Mercury states that great rejoicings took place at Cobourg on the 10 th instant , the wedding-day of her Britannic Majesty and Prince Albert ; grand dinners were given by the principal persons , and public dinners took place at the hotels , while the whole population observed the day as one of festivity . A-JdATRTitoKiAi . Alluhcbis said to be in contemplation between Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and his beautiful couBin , the Princess Matilda de MonVfori , dttoghVer of < Ferom « BoBttparlo , unr an a visit to this country . The Princess is now sojourning at Florence .

      A Melancholt Accidbkt happened , not many days since , to the Countess Eugene de Tourton , at her Chateau of Ile-Tieille , in Provence . That lady was occupied in arranging some papers on a chimney-pi&ce , when her dress caught fire , and she was so severely burnt that she died after a few days of intense suffering . — Galignani . Vas Amburgq . —We regret to learn from a Paris letter that thi 3 intrepid man , after recovering from a lone and severe illness from a wound in his leg caused by a tiger , has been again bitten in tfie arm by a lion , and will be unable , for some time , to perform at Rouen , where he was to have exhibited his beasts .

      Axtkratios op Mails . —The following mai ] coaches havo been placed en the Southampton and Great Western railroads : —The Bath , " Bristol , Stroud , ao ; i Gloucester . Previously to the railroads eight coaches ran from Hyde Park corner , and two from Tyburn . Tbe only ono that now runs with four horses from London , on those roads , is the Worcester , and that in a few days will be removed . Socialism . —The Journal des DebaU gives the history of Mr . Owen ' s adventures and doctrines , and the use that tbe Tories are making of the Socialists . It quotes the remarks of the Quarterly Review on

      the presentation of Mr . Owen to the Queen , and observes , ** The Tories have the peculiar art of creating scan dad , whenever they Bet about preaching morality . " Letter Writisg . —Yerily the penny postage syBtem is drawing forth the letter-ary talent of the country . As an instance , the following is a literal copy of the address of a letter which passed a neighbouring post-office the other day : — " to the Care of Sandy fordice of Creef for petter or francis Mectavish or otherwise to aberfeldy to sandy ecot Carrier for petter or francia Mectavieh . "—Perth Paper .

      The New Era . —We have seen a package containing a circular saw which was afterwards conveyed to the northern extremity of Scotland , through the medium of the Post , for tho trifling charge of sixpence . It is intended for cutting ivory . Also a pair of shoes have been shewn us , Bent from Hull , for fourpence . Such is the way trade is facilitatea by the operations of the new postage plan . —Sheffield Iris . Salisbury . —The Salisbury Lent Assizes ( which commence on the 5 th of March ) will excit 9 great interest , from the circumstance that Potts , the

      Chartist , of Trowbridge , will be brought to trial . There are several other grave cases on the crown side , but on the civil side the prospect for the gentlemen of the long robe is extremely meagre . -. ^ Thb-Tea Teabb , Momut . —The deliveries of tea last week amounted to 361 , 500 lbs . The public sales went off more briskly to-day ; and 13 , 000 packages passed , about 3 , 200 were sold at an advance of Id . per lb . The sale will closs to-morrow . The advices from the "United States to-day notice the destruction by fire on board two vessels of a large quantity of tea intended for transshipment to this country .

      We regret to state that , on Friday last week , George Thomson , first engineer of the I > uJce of Wellington steamer , was accidentally precipitated into the hold of that vessel , while she was lying at the wharf in the Thames , and killed on the spot . The deceased , who was a man of excellent character , has left a widow and four children to mourn his melancholy fate . —AberdeenlHerald . AifECDOTE OP THE DuKB OP WELLINGTON . —After the battle of Waterloo , the Duke joined in the pursuit , and followed the enemy for some miles . Col . Harvey , who was with him , advised him to desist , as the country was growing leas open , and he might be fired upon By some stragglers from behind the hedges u Let them fire away ; the battle is won , aad my life is of no use now !"

      Sr > -DAT Tbadwo ok Canals . —The following circular has recently been issued : — ' To the traders on the Worcester and Birmingham canal navigation . Many applications having been made to the committee of the company of proprietors of the Worcester and Birmingham canal navigation to put a stop to trading upon their canal on the Sabbath-day they respectfully request you will give directions to your gteerers to avoid such a practice as much as possible . ' A large concourse of spectators , among whom were many elegantly-dressed ladies , assembled in St . James ' s-park , on Sunday afternoon , and formed in Hue from the marble march , at two o ' clock , to see the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert return from the Chapel Royal , St . James ' s , where they attended divine service for the first time since the solemnization of the Royal nuptials . The Prince Consort and his illustrious bride looked remarkably well , &&d in excellent spirits .

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      Msrings . —An Edinburgh , cototy me « fei ^ M « been called to congratulate her Majesty on her nuptials . The county of Huntingdon , and some other of the English counties , have been convened for the same purpose . ¦ . *¦• . : ¦¦ Singular Dowry *— A shoemaker *« flgntly got married to the daughter of a nailor m JuggL and the fortune the man of lasts got with iflHHd , of the anvil is six years' supply of nails fp JSHtttever shoes he makes . . $ SBE ™ - Meetings . —An Edinburgh ; coentymeetings M «

      EXTRAORDINART MORTALITY 15 CBOKgjKftt fa an appalling fact that the number of dftatW ^ HEhfr ^ ley , since the 1 st of January last , is 100 , iHJKfa tho whole of tbe eight preceding monUu ^ Hn were only 92 deaths . The prevailing epidgtl ^ fi in several instances terminated fatally . — JXm ^^ H Press ' ^ H 9 I Disease amongst Horses . —During ^ d JmH night a disease has been prevalent ^ no&g QpR ^ H about Stourbridge , and which has Da fflea ^ w 9 H of the veterinary surgeons of the town aionlSpp bourhood . Many very valuable horsoB ha > v * 4 & 4 ' iu consequence . .- 'v ..: ^ . trM : ' \

      Distressing Effects of thb Fbost . —The severe weather which recently sot in has caused a great increase of applications for relief at the office of the Mendicity society , and the place has for days past been literally thronged for hours with the wretched and destitute of both sexes . The Builder of the Court an Insolvent . On Tuesday last , James Ferth , a builder , applied to the Insolvent Debtors' Court to be discharged . The insolvent had besii in prison upwards of two years , and now came up by charity . He sustained a loss of £ 8 , 000 by the new Palace , and £ 380 on his contract from the Board of Works , to build the Court in 182-J . Tho Court adjourned tho case .

      Semofs Chaege against an Excise OPFICfflLA njo = t serious charge , involving frauds On the Government to a great amount , against Mr . James Pringle , a gentleman long well known and highly respected in Sheffield , ad clerk to the collector oi Excise , came on for hearing last week at our police office . After a long investigation , Mr . PriBglejms committed for trial at the next Assizes . The fiwSp amount to between £ § 00 or 1900 , and hare mm carried on for a period of ten years . US

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      ABSCONDED CHARTISTS . —The h ** Out break at Bradford . —A reward of £ 50 eaih . haft been published for the apprehension of tWiiourNbllowing individuals , who are charged \ rith being deeply implicated in the recent disturbances at Bradford : —George Flinn , of Bradford , woolopmber , formerly of Kidderminster ; Isaac Holloway , of Bradford , tailor , commonly ca . led " Ike ; " John Turner , of Lidget Green , near Bradford , weaver ; and James Alaroden , supposed to be from Newcastle or Carlisle .

      Singular Restoration . —About five yean ago Mr . Parkinson , bookseller , of Bradford , had occasion to visit the metropolis , on business , and whilst there had the misfortune to have his watch abstracted from his fob , by some one of the tribe whose fingers are more light than honest . Of course , he concluded , that he and his time-keeping companion had parted no more to meet . It happened , however , that bnsi f ness brought him to this city , on Wednesday last , when he accidentally strolled into the auction mart , in Low Ousegate , York , while a sale of unredeemed pledges was going on . At this very moment , by a Verb . ^ pa nap& » oUol < xi : ooiBoi < lcrroo , t iiC Identical Watch he had lost was put up to be knocked down . Cheerfully did he welcome this old friend with its old face , and went away right glad at having had it thus mysteriously put into his power to redeem the unredeemed .

      Robbery ov Jewellery , < fec—Betwixt Saturday night * and Sunday morning , the shop of Mr ^ Mojrhead , jeweller , Nehou-street , wasTSrokonth » , '' and jewellery to the value of £ 409 was stolen . A man was transported last year for robbing Mr . MuirheSd ' s shop when in Exchange Square ; but the booty this time is incomparably more valuable . We understand that the watches left for the purpose of being repaired were beyond the reach of the depredators , being , as customary , properly secured . The police are not without hope of securingthe thieves . — Scottish Guardian .

      Warning to would-bk Insolvent * . —At the Court for the hearing of Insolvent Debtors , at Wakefield , on Wednesday , before J . B . Bowen . Esq ., one of tho Commissioners , Elkanah Fearnley ; of Swamp , near Queen's Head , stuff manufacturer , was opposed by Mr . Wasney on behalf of Mr : Joseph Dobson , manufacturer , of Halifax . It appeared , on examining the insolvent , and investigating the matter of his petition , that he had neglected to insert in his schedule £ 151 14 s . received

      from a house in Leeds . The Court also found him guilty of selling machines and goods at a great sacrifice , but the sale was found not be a real one , and in fact , eighteen of his machinal with warps , &LC .. were proved to be in the hapd * of ^ hia weavers at the present time . The insolvent was defended by Mr . Dowes , but after a lengthened hearing , the Court sentenced him to be imprisoned six months . We hope this wilt have some effect of patting a stop *> Boob practices , which have of late been as numerous as they are disgraceful . —Halifax Express . \

      Novel Mode of Conveying a Steam-Engine . — It is but a short period that the sUam-ongino has been used to convey post letters oa land , and now for the first time , a post letter is aade the means of carrying a steam-engine . Messrs . Newton and Berry , of the Patent Office , Chancery-Jane , London , received on the 29 th of January , per post , from Messrs . Chadburn , Brothers , Sheffield , a perfect working steam-engine , constructed on the osculating cylinder , with its fly-wheel , framing , boiler , and fire-place complete . The whole was inclosed in a case wrapped in paper , secured with string , and

      accompanied with a description of its construction and mode of working . Tho total weight being under four ounces , was charged as eight letters , which sum being pre-paid at Sheffield , cost eighteenpence postage , and came safe to hand with its fellow penny travelers . We understand that Messrs . Bailey , of Holboru , received last week , per post , a proof impression of an embossed metal plate , which being under half an ounce . was directed on its surface , prepaid at Birmingham , and delivered as a penny post letter . Query—How did the post-master put the post-office stamps upon it \ - ~ Manchesier Guardian

      Fire at Twickenham , and Loss of Lipje . —On Tuesday a destructive fire , which has been attended with loss of life , broke out at Twickenham . For some years a widow lady of the name of White has resided in Park Villa . Mrs . White , who W&' the sister of Sir John St . Aubyn . was a lady- of most eccentric habits , and it is said used to lie in bed all day , sitting up at nights , which she generally devoted to reading . She resided with her daughter , who it is stated has for a long period been somewhat deranged in her intellects , and their whole conduct has for some time created much conversation . On Monday night , about eleven o'clock , as policeman Franks , V 207 , was on duty near the spot , he heard loud cries of Murder ! " " Fire ! " and , on approaching

      the villa , he met Miss White running at her utmost speed , and on reaching the gates leading to the lawn , in front of the villa , he found them open , and on entering and going up to the halt-door , he found that open also . Perceiving a strong smell of fire , he searched the lower rooms , when finding no appearance of fire in any of them , he ascended to the bedroom of Mrs . White , the door of which he found Bhut , but on ' opening it he discovered it to be filled with smoke and name , in the midst of which he observed the unfortunate lady with her clothes all on fire . Finding , from the heat and smother , he could not enter the room in an * erect position , he endeavoured to do so on his hands and knees , but the heat was so great that he was obliged to ^ return into the open air . He sprang his rattle , and raised an alarm , but for a long time no person came to his assistance Eventually , however , some other policemen arrived , Md succeeded in getting ont a portion ^ of the valuable property contained in the lower rooms , by

      which time the flames were issuing from the windows of Mrs . White ' s bed-room , aud were fast extending themselves over the rooms of the upper portion of the premise * . The first engine that arrived was a very small one , belonging to the parish of Twickenham , which was followed some time afterwards by a larger one from Richmond , but for some time they were useless for want of waters the pipe of a pump on the premises being found to have been cut off , and neither of the engines having sufficient , hose to reach a pond at the bottom of the back garden . Ultimately , however , by means of buckets , and the Twickenham engine being taken down to a pond in the rear , and worked into the Richmond engine , water was thrown on the flames , which by that time had extended themselves over the whole villa , the mass of which fell in about three o clock . The whole of the premises are destroyed , and the damage is estimated at about £ 2 , 000 .

      Imprisonment op the SHERTpy . —On Tuesday , a meeting of the inhabitant householders of the ward of Farringdon Without was held at the Inquestroom , St . Andrews , Holborn , to consider what measures should be adopted in oonseqnenoe of the imprisonment of John Evans , Esq . The meeting was called for eleven , and at twelve 'clock Mr . Alderman Harmer took the chair , at which time there were but forty persons present . After a delay of a quarter of an hour , the Chairman stated the object of the meeting , and asked if any of themni sitionists

      had any resolutions to propoaei .. Nfr-cne responding to this , Mr . Pontifex moved that the meet ing do adjourn . The motion was carried by a considerable majority , amid roars of laughter . Thanks having been voted to the Chairman , three cheers were given for the Queen , three for the House of Commons , and three for the Chairman , after which the meeting adjourned . The above ward contains a population of at least 30 , « CQ persons , yet there are not , at any time , more than fifty persons present , the majority of whom voted for an adjournment immediately after the chair was taken .

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      rr 'V < i ¦ ¦' ¦ — ¦ " ' U-.. " * .- ¦'¦ !' ~~ " ~~ - - ' Coach Accident . —On Monday morning last , as the Union coach was proceeding to Edinburgh , it was overturned , by whwh Mr . Garnett , » commercial gwitlein * tt , of ^ nchesker , and Mr . John Weatherston , of this town , received some injury ; the former hating Ms arm , and the latter the small bone of his leg broken . We are glad to say that both the gentlemen are last recovering . —Newcastle Chronicle . ^ 'Coach Accident .- —On Monday morning last , as

      PRANCE . The Paris journals of Monday continue to harp upon the rejection of the Duke de Nemours * Dotation Bill , which ^ appcared tohave caused great confusion at the Palace . The Queen wept , the Royal Dukes stormed , and the Kihg revived the threat of 1831 , of resigning the sovereignty of so" ungrateful a nation . This threat , the Capitol say 9 , the King is still bent upon executing . . Kings are apt to miscalculate their » wn importance—a fact which Louis Philippe will

      goon oiscorer m the event of bis resigning the Royal Sngnity . Dioclesian and the Emperor Charles V . were as great wooers of retirement as Louis Philippe , and one of them at least lived to repent parting with the banble , which he so lightly contemned when in his possession . ' The Dukk Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg Gotha has signified to the King of the French that he will not withhold the hand of his daughter from the Dnkede Nemours on account of the loss of the Dotation Bill .

      Thb most contradictory rumours were in circulation in Paris respecting the formation of the Cabinet . The Duke de Broglie , Count Mole , and M . Thiers are spoken of as chiefs of the now Mintstry , and by some * journals a coalition of these three statesmen is regarded as by no means improbable . There is nothing else of importance , foreign or domestic , in the French papers . A suicidal epidomio is now raging in Paris . On Saturday a student cut his throat , and then threw himself out of a window four stories high . On Friday M . Leroz was found dead in his bed , having cut his throat . The same day a man , upwards of forty , thew himself out of a window five stories high , and was dashed to pieces . Lastly , a carman was seen to kneel down on the banks of the St . Martin canal , and , after uttering a short prayer , plunged into the water , from which he could not be extricated before he was a lifeless corpse .

      ' £ fe , ' SHEFFIEU& . lffiS $ » Mf " Funeral . —On Sunday afternoon last , tne neighbourhood of Fargate and High-street was thronged with persons who were waiting anxiously for the purpose of witnessing the faneral procession of a young Catholic lady , named Valentine , from King-str « et , near the Infirmary . We learn , from report , that a number of Catholics have formed themselves into a society called tho " -Holy Guild ;" aud when any of the members die , they aro to be interred with all the pomp and splendour of the Catholics in olden times . The first of these funerals took place on Sunday . A few minutes before nve o'clock , the procession wound slowly up High-street , Farcate , and on Norfolk-row , to the Catholic

      Chapel . It consisted of a number of men dressed in black merino cloaks , with a broad white ribbon round their necks , at the end of which was hung a large medal , in the form of a cross . The female mourners were dressed in black , with hoods and scarfs . The body was carried on a bier , shoulder height , covered with a beautiful pall , and preceded by a banner , on which was inscribed a death ' s head and cross bones , and other devices . Four mutes , each carrying a small black flag , were placed on each Bide of the body , and the relatives of the deceased lady closed up the solemn procession . The part of Fargate , immediately adjoining Norfolkrow , and the vicinity of the chapej , were densely crowded , and we are happy to say the large concourse of people conducted themselves in a very orderly manner .

      vJtQBBBiix > --EariT on Sunday morning , the warehouse of Messrs ; Champion and Co ., lately removed to the top of Hollis Croft , waa entered by burglars , who opened two doors , but retreated , being alarmed by the person who sleeps upon the premises . r Man MissiNe . —Left his house , on Wednesday Jan . 29 th , Job Green , of Hackenthorpe , in the parish of Beighton , and county of Derby , a person of weak intellect , sixty-eight eight years ot age—had on a brown fustian coat and waistcoat , woollen cord breeches , light-coloured worsted stockings , aud shoes . He was heard of at a public-hout < e in Attercliffe , and left there about eight o ' clock the same evening , and has not since been heard of .

      Fowls Stolen . —The hen roost of Mr . Jehn Morton , cooper , of Eckington , was robbed in the night of Wednesday of the whole of the fowls . We wouid caution the public to be on their guard against a set of nocturnal depredators , who have for some time past been in the habit of robbing parties in Eckington and the neighbourhood , oi their poultry . Au attempt was made a few nights previous to steal a pig belonging to Mr . George Brooke , of the White Hart Tun , Eckington , but £ t «^ J ? # « totm the animal , it made a noise , wnlcn alarmed the inmates , who immediately prooeeded to the spot , when the robbers decamped .

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      ——^• Pfc— — f BUDVSR 8 FZEXA . PooB ^ Llw Guardians . —The soourgut , illegally elected Guardians , of Huddersfield , and their ghostly minority clerk , have pretended to atop the supplies at the Huddersfield Poor House . They say they will not even allow them the lowest class of skilly—and why ? Because the kind and benevolent inhabitants would not submit to deliver up the possession of their © wn Workhouse and its poor inmates to a heartless gangof ruffians . Then let every man , woman , and child bestir themselves , select the best men in every in ine

      township ; our parishes , who are qualified for Guardians , and report progress to the committee on Cnesday next , at four o'clock in the afternoon , at Bums b NewB Room , Pack Horse Yard , when the « enda of the poor will give any information respecting the ensuing election . Exhibition . —The committee of-our public exhi-) ikion have so far progressed as tobo able to open it for public view on Monday next , which will bo announced by placard , &c . The most rare and splendid specimens of artare now in their possession , and we understand the eleotric and galvanic department will far exceed any yet Bhown .

      Delegate Meeting At Manchester. Mr. Editor,—Understanding That The Last Delefte Meeting Held In Manchester Concerning Frost. Uliams, And Jdneu, Bad Agreed That Another Should W Convened Fdr Monday Last, The 24th Inst., We, Pie Undersigned, Were Deputed By Our Constituencies To Attend. Only Five Delegates Being Present, No Business L Of Importance Waatransaoted, Except Agreeing To The Following Brief Address, Which We Hope Y ?E * ] £° Us The Fctoorof Inserting In Your Paper Of Saturday Next. . Tr ^

      DELEGATE MEETING AT MANCHESTER . Mr . Editor , —Understanding that the last delefte meeting held in Manchester concerning Frost . Uliams , and Jdneu , bad agreed that another should w convened fdr Monday last , the 24 th inst ., we , pie undersigned , were deputed by our constituencies to attend . Only five delegates being present , no business of importance waatransaoted , except agreeing to the following brief address , which we hope y * ] £° us the fcTOorof inserting in your paper of Saturday next . . tr ^

      TO THE RADICALS OF ENGLAND . * w . ! S f ~ TYe feel considerable disappointment that the delegate meeting , which , we understood , was appointed to take place in Manchester , on Monday evening last , was so thinly attended . We are willing to attribute the absence of delegates more to a . misunderstanding as to whether the meeting would take place or not on that day , than to any indifference or apathy on your part . Your persevering exertions were demanded on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , to procure for them a free pardon ; and we hope that you will be unceasing in your endeavours till that laudable and humane object is accomplished , we beg also to impress upon your minds the necessity of assiduously exercising your constitutional rights to secure the passing of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . In our opinion it is

      indispensable that a general delegate meeting should be holdenat the Wellington Inn , Back Piccadilly , -in Manchester , on Monday , the 8 th of March , 1840 , to take into consideration the most efficient plan for $ S ™** NL * 9 WH > r » ani 8 ing the country . It woul < J «» gfa ? T « narfulW and beneficially employed inr deliBcttting npou the most judicious advice to be given to the people as to the best course to bepur-? £ - . * * m nnder exiting circumstances . Wet therefore , earnestly recommend every part of the fo ^ ftoy W apppoint a competent person to attend that meeting . The propriety of 6 uoh a recommendation wUI be more apparent , when you consider that some of your best and most zealous friends will have to appear , shortly after that period , at the bar of their country , to answer for what they hare already done on behalf of the impoverished and oppressed labourers of Great Britain and Ireland . Peteb Dewhibst , Bolton . John Deegan , Stalybridgc . William Horrocks , Salford . Henry Smith , Colne . Bernard ArCABTNBT , Liverpool .

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      TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . LETTER II . "We have the king ' s army , the king's navy , the kinrBmaUB , the king ' s highway , the king ' s stores , the kin ^ s courts of law , the king * revenue ; everything is the Wngis but the DEBT , and that ia the nation's , aud consequently it is called the National Debt . " ' W . Cobbetl ' a speech at Manchester , 1830 . - .,, SIR , —In my last letter I proved that the debt is not ine nation's , jwr have the people a right to acknowwdgeit I proved it to be a " grass swindle - a

      grow fraud practised upon the people for the interests of toe few . The people have no more business with it thanthe king ' s army and the king ' s navy have to force it upon them , or the king ' s courts of law have to compel them to pay the annual charge of it The contractors of that debt were not the people , nor the people ' s parliament ; but a band of money-grubbing stock jobbers and peera , who publicly bought and sold the English boroughs , and nominated whom they pleased aa member * of the House of Commons . The Government for the time being nominated nine members—the Peers 354—the Commonew who owned wha * was t rmed

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      pocket boroughs , that is , who owned the lands and tenements in the borough * , or had purchased the right to nominate members from those who belonged to the lands and tenements , sent in 111—whilst the United Kingdom retnrned only 184 independent members to counteract their influence . The meat notorious , and perhaps the moat successful ^ Commoners who practised this game were the Barings , one of whom it now Chancellor « f the Exchequer , with a salary of £ 5 , 000 per annum . Another of \}^ ai , Bingham Baring , for striking whom poo * Cook , of Mlcheldever , was hanged , was M . P . for CaUington . Another Alexander Baring , late M . P . for Callington , is now Baron Ashbnrton ; this great millionaire and loan-Monger rivalled the great Rothschild in the extent of pocket boroughs , that Is , who owned tbe lands

      his loans . His father , also , a great loan-monger , left half a million of money-worth of freehold estates , the profits of stock-jobbing and loan-mongering . He ( Baron Ashbnrton ) stands possessed of a hundred thousand acres of land in England , all got by the "Grand Stcindle . " He is one of the 181 individuals who , it is said , receive £ 4 , 789 , 034 from the public funds , as the inteiest of the National Debt ; that is to say , he boWs Bcrjpjor the amount , not that I believe either he or his'father ,, who was onee a humble tallow chandler , ever wrought for one penny piece . Yon , sir , may judge the sack by the Bample . Whilst such men hr % ve been amassing large fortunes , the bulk of the people have been loosing all their wealth , and descending in tha scale of poverty until

      the most fearful prospects ascend , threatening ruin , and destruction ; tho labouring classes already rained , their prospects darkened * their hopes blasted , slayory their lot , etarvation their reward ; the gaol or the union bastile , with misery , wretchedness , and torture rising before them . The House of Commons , that suffered these " horrors to accumulate , " at the time they allowed the nation to be swindled , also took care Of themselves by procuring hereditary pensions , life annuities , retired allowances , places in the army , navy , church , law courts , revenue departments , civil establishments , colonial appointments , militia staff , sinecures at home and abroad for themselves , their fathers ; mothers , sisters , brothers , sons , daughters , sons-in-law , daughters-in-law , uncles , aunts , cousins , yea , " even

      to the third and fourth generation . " £ 24 , 000 , 000 , of taxes are annually raised in addition to the charge of the debt , to pay the army , navy , church , civil list , and the civil establishments at liorae and abroad , where the young brood of the old boroughmongers are fostered , ¦ whilst they are snugly settled at home , enjoying their profits of the " grand sw indle . " It is thia accursed debt that I ^ eeps together the numerous band of creatures that fatten upon the taxes ; every one of toe 275 , 118 fundhpldera , their families , and dependant *; every one of the 115 , 000 soldiers in the . army , with ail their connections ; every one of 34 , 106 . oflScersf * seamen , and marines in the navy ; every one of the 10 , 000 parsons ; every one of those employed l > y Government in the various civil departments of , the

      state ; every one of the 27 , 000 policemon that «? fi are to have , to " preserve tbe lives and property of tho rich ; every one of the revenue-omcers and persons employed in the excise , customs , and post-offlce departments ; every one of the 636 , 066 depositors of money in the Savings' Bank , who may be classed as petty fundholders , for their money is all sank in the funds ; every holder of Exchequer Bills ; every one of the private bankers , Jeint Stock Bank proprietors . Joint Stock trading cempany shareholders , Proprietors off India Stock , Foreign Bonds ; every ono connected with the banking establishments , and the speculating manufacturers and merchants , who have mortgaged the . credit or the banks ; every property ownerwhQsteWsa policy of insurance against fire ; every silly 3 ijl % ho

      has insured his life ; all those classes have a Italbe in Vie country ; - that is to say , they have a direct interest in keeping things as they are . Even Louis Philippe , the Citizen King of the Barricades , is compelled to assist in keeping things as they are , because he has now in the English Funds Eighty Thousand Pounds ! All these bands are either dependant upon the taxes , or upon the profits of those establishments which are the natural results of taxation . A very popular writer , Dr . Colquhoun ; will tell you that taxes encourage trade , and " that the domestic debt is nob only productive of great resources for beneficial labour , ' but also dispenses protection and happiness by forming a connection of mutual advantages between the rich and the poor . " What ! rob a man of his wealth , then eive

      half , or , as Colquhoun himself expresses it , " onefifth " back to keep him quiet , is a mutual advantage , is it ? Are we to be told a " domestic debt" is beneficial to the country , when we behold every day the misery and ruin caused by the operation 61 the paper money upon tho trade of the country ? Let the Doctor look to the list « f bankrupts in 1791 , and compare .- "it with the list of 1838—the number is eight to one niore now than it was then , all caused by speculations ^ by "domestic dobta" encouraged by the facilities which paper money affords . Let Mm look to the amount of crime in 1805 , the earliest authentic data we have ; there were 4 , 605 commitments to gaol ; now , in 1839 , we are told by the Country Constabulary Commissioners / there are never less than 20 , 000 persons in gaol upon

      some charge or other . Let him look to the number of mad houses in 1790 , and he will find that we have now five times as many mote places-than we had then for the reception of those poor creatures % h 6 m "domestic debts" have driven mad ; and , above all , let him survey the condition of the poople—tho rich he will flad richer , and the poor poorer ; the rich with mansions and coaches lfving luxuriantly , the poor with hovelg , pr lying in barns starring in mistry and wretchedness : let Jiim behold tne rich invested with tho reins of power , and the poor bearing the yoke of their tyranny : then let him say the " grand swindlb " " dispenses prolection and happiness . " The debt , miscalled national , ( for the law calls it no such name ) is a " grand swindle , " as the following table will show . I told you in my last letter that contractions of loans got £ 1000 scrip for £ 800

      or £ 600 money—judge from authentic records . In the year 18 « 0 , for every £ 100 in money , stock was created value ; that is , £ 158 put down to the credit of those who lent £ 100 ... £ 158 5 1801 do . do . ... 174 54 1802 do . do . ... 132 17 1803 do . do . ... 173 55 ' 1804 do . do . ... 185 1805 do . do . ... 177 2 1806 do . do . ... 167 7 1887 do . do . . ... 159 20 1808 do . do . ... 162 67 1809 do . do . ... 161 39 1810 do . do . ... 152 67 1811 do . do . ... 166 53 1812 do . do . ... 180

      1813 do . do . ... 184 87 1814 do . do . ... 154 17 1815 do . do . ... lSl 62 In the last year , the year of Waterloo , that splendid victory -was so dearly purchased that £ 54 , 135 , 688 were funded ; for every £ iqo sterling ' Of which ~ sum £ 1 » 1 was paid : so that were the debt equitably adjusted , we should knock off nearly one-half of tha Great Captain ' s glories , and we could easUy sell the brazenfaced Achilles of Hyde Park , the Waterloo lion , the shield of Achilles in solid gold , the thousand and one snuff-boxes presented to his Grace , Strathfieldaaye , and mich other " moveables , " to pay the rexnainder .

      The extent of stock-jobbing may be easily known from this fact—that for a period of twenty-three years , from 1793 to 1815 , during the " pomp and circumstance of glorious war , " such money-jobbers as Baring , Rothschild , and others , made no less a sum by their nefarious trafficking in selling money at high , and buying it in at low , prices , than £ 14 , 468 , 294 ; and in the Waterloo year alone they made , or , in plain English , they robbed this country of £ 2 , 721 , 402 , not only in principal , but the interest upon that sum at three per cent for ever , at least , so long as the system

      These facts alone are sufficient to shew how the " grand swindle" has been gotup ; these very facts prove that the people have been most foully cheated by the paper swindlers . There aro fow men wha see as deeply into these matters as Sir Bobert Peel . He knew when the Bill bearing his name , ( though , I believe , not his composition , ) was passing through the House—thai he was himself a large fundholder , and that his fixed income derived from the , dividends would ba doubled by . a resumption «? cash payments in 1823 ; his father , old Sir Bobert openly proclaimed it to the world , and yet he aided in maturing that measure , which has not only really

      doubled his income ; but it has set the whole of the monetary , system in a state of . agitation that renders trade and commerce a very precarious occupation . It has plunged the whole country into embarrassment and demonstrated the fact , that it is utterly impowttle to resume cash payments wltb . a debt so monstrously large and with a revenue so outrageously dispropor tionate and oppressive as they are in England . The thing will force itself either to an equitable adjustment or to a return to small notes : the one will open another field for speculators—the other will Bhut the gate against them—a medium course will perpetuate disaffection and distrust , panics and embarrassments .

      I shall next week . Sir , address you on the subject of banking ; for I find I must begin radically—go to tho root . From banking , I will proceed ? hrongh the various degrees until I have summed np the whole of the history of the " grand swindle , - which will take about three letters . ^ B . J . Richardson . Salford , February 22 , i 860 .

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      [ Errata—In my last letter , instead of " paid t » France in full , " read " to the farthings in foil- " instead of " finding Exchequer Bills , " read " Funding Exchequer Bills ; " instead of " twelve cam brics , " read « twelve yards of cambric . "

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      TO THB EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN 8 TAB , Fellow-countrymen , —Having , some time since published the rules of our society , in order thai the public might know in what manneir wo were brought together , and for what general purpose , we now publish thia address that you may be acquainted , and not only with the general object , but , also , with out leaBona for pursuing thi . t object .

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      ^ 1 MB Aa the space wWcn em be spaed — * t " ^ -fihiirf friends is necessarily limited , we propose to « tato 2 i reason on which our coaduetii founded , in a series oil Addresses , to be published from time to time . ' * ItwUlbe asked by thosei whose wg ^< jonifo « ii « i undisturbed by surroundiBg wretchedness ( if there can ' ' beany snob , and the continuance of the wretchednen proves that there can ) what should make us , who ai » here in the midst of splendour , wealth , and luxury , set forth , onapilgrimage . tothe tomb of ourforefathets , then to seek the mouldering relies of an antiquated govern- - ment , wherewith to build up , amidst the light and airy productions of madern architecture , a heavy sombm edifice , fitted only to the benighted intellects of the Goths who invented it : ¦ - Aa the space which em be sirtttdu-fc * - £ ivaiii « fcfi

      That such pert stuff should be addressed to us , by ' those who have riot sufficient of human kindness in # them to feel the necessity of immediate change , ox " . ' sense enough to see what that change should be , wa J fully expect , and we value the time of the public and our own too much to waste it in fruitless disputes with the unfeeling and senseless , . . j At the same time , should any address us , theli thoughts on the objects of our gseiety , however much them and give them our beat attention . It is nofefot ; the purpose of driving dogmas down the throats of the " people , but for the purpose of aiding in the progrewot truths that we address ourselves tothepnblic .

      It was the fact , then , of our situations , and what wo saw around as , that first awakened in onr minds a sense of the absolute necessity of some thing being ; done , to rescue our unfortunate neighbours and fellowcountrymen from a state in which daily suffering seems to bo the lot of man , and vice is only consolation , - ; Thatthis is theactual stateof a largeportion of the popu . ] lation in all the" manufacturing districts , cannot , with ' truth , be denied by any , and will not be denied by aq > honest man . . ' Can such , we ask ourselves , be the will of < 3 © d ? OuiX such be any part of that grand scheme of nature , ithich , - when viewed apart from the mischievous doing of ima \ i appears so just , so good , and so beautiful ? No t thflfvery thought is revolting ; it is then , the work of man , H or of the Devil , in contravention of the will and inten . , tion of God ; and nature ; it is sin , in ita worst form "'" against it all good men are bound to raise both Voice and \ hand with all their might and main . Be it onr task ? hereafter to set forth the mode of doing the good work . _— _^_ , secretary . M Manchester , Feb . 26 th , 1840 . v -

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      < m > < " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . . - ^ THE CASE OF FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . ; TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . "; - - ^ ,., Sin , —It is now nearly three weeks irtii ( M » 'thi ^ memorials and peti * ions agreed to at thr different J meetings in all parts of tha country have been sent off ^ to London fcr presentation to the Queen , some to the S Earl of Stanhope , others to Lord Brougham . I cannot conceive the reason why the memorials should hire f been sent to Lord Brougham , when every body knows ho has left this country for some two or three months . :. I thought the business so important , that I sent tbe . : Salford memorial off the same night we had out

      meeting . Up to this time I have not received any answet , and I believe other towns are similarly situated . The people certainly expected that their memorials should have been presented at the lato Queen ' s levee , and { ha only individual who appeared on behalf of the people was our noble friend , Dr . Wade . The question noir is , where is the Earl of Stanhope ? My object in thus addressing these few lines is for t ^ e purpose of . yon , Mr . Editor , giving the people some information in ths Star of Saturday next Yon will also be pleased to notice the same in a conspicuous part of the paper . I am , Sir , ,

      Your most obedient servant , Jabkz ' iBarrowclopgh . Salford , 26 th February , l | 40 . ¦ — -r—!* srr— -.. ¦• -., ¦' .. ' , ¦ -. ¦; . . .,. Girvan . —Petitionsyto both-Houses of Parliament on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones are in course of signature , and wftl be sent off to-morrow for presentation .

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      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET * . ( dt hxphrss . ) . ; Friday , February 28—We have a moderate arrival of Wheat : fine qualities are read / sale at an advance of Is . per quarter . Other sorts are fully as dear . Barley maintains its price . Beans in request , and fully realise previous rates . Other articles as before . , Lfeds Fortnight Fair , Feb . 26 . —We have had a fair show of both Beasts and Sheep at market this morning , and the weather being fine , we haw been well attended by buyers , which has caused a brisker market . The demand was greater than the -supply . Beef . 7 s . to 7 s . 6 < 1 . per stone ; Mutton , ^ d . to 6 $ d . per lb . Number of Beasts , 250 s ShW , - 'J ;^; Pf . 100 . Price tfHa ^ to 74 j 3 « M ^ 4 a . i 4 jd ~ per stone . - ; i ^

      t Leeds CiomMiB ^ t ^ lS ^ it , ^ W&j ^ hopes that afterChristinas ^ ftflnouia haTenadtdSll reports of the state of om l *^ lMwW t * »^ everything , however , remains * flaVBtateV andlliP profitable ?* Manufacturers hare no heart to gtf ihLm merchants not wanting their productions ; and al » ^ hough we believe there is less work doing now than almost at any former period , stocks , continue to increase , and the Cloth Halls are becoming well stocked . Leeds Corn Market , Tcesday , Fbbbuabt 25 . — The arrivals of Wheat and Oats to this day ' s market are much the same as last week ; Barley and Beans smaller . Fine dry Wheat has been in fair jdemand , and le . per quarter higher ; also the best second qualities , but no improvement m the inferior qualities . There has been very little alteration in the price of Barley and Oats . Beans are Is . per quarter higher .

      Rochdale Flannel Market , Monday , Feb . 24 —The Flannel market to-day has been one similar to a many of late , neither the demand or prices having altered . Buyers will only purchase for temw > rary demands , and the prices offered are nothing like remunerating . Numbers of manufacturers a » beginning to reduce the hours of labour in the workshops , and others are wholly at a stand . Wools have been stationary for the last few weeks , andlittW business is doing . . Huddersfield Cloth Market , Tuesday , Fan . 2 . —Our market to-day is in a most deplorable can ** dition . Fota few weeks past we hayftbeen In expectation that a revival wonW-trtTd place , and spring trade gradually would improve ; but it appeared on Tuesday to the contrary . Scarcely were coeds of

      any description disposed ef , and the prices Offered were quite ruinous . Some of our principal ttann « factnrers are dispairing , and the workmen ial every department are falling out of employ . Scarce anything is doing in the warehouses ; at the same tinfd every encouragement in fancy articles are produced , for the Wool trade appears to have got the turn likewise . Nothing scarcely is doing , and lower prices acceded to . The Woolstaplers generally aw of opinion that the raw material must be lower , or we cannot be competitors to advantage in some of the foreign markets . ~«~ >' ^ State op Trade . — -There was no improvement whatever in our market yesterday . The demand both for yard and goods was exceedingly limited , and prices continued to droop . Manchester Guardian of . Wednesday .

      Corn Exchange , Mondat , Feb . 24 th . —There waf

      of 2 s . per quarter on the currency of thia day 86 * 11-night , and other sorts were held with much finnnesJ at rather more money , bnt the sales Si foreign were only to a moderate extent . Fleur was in { air request at last week ' s prices . Prime matting barley met a fair demand , and the rates of last Monday were obtained for such , whilst the secondary qualities were la per quarter cheaper . Malt was much the same as last week . BeanB and peas must be quoted Is per qr dearer , with a good demand . A fair extent of business was transacted in oats , prime corn realising the currency of this day sennighW with much inquiry for such samples as were adapted for seed , and the trade on the whole must be considered firm . There was not much passing in linseed or rapeseed ; both articles were held at last wedft prices . Cloveraeed was much the same in value , but prime samples were held with more firmness .

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      O'CoifNos , Esq ., of Hammersmitfl , County Midcuesex , by Joshwa Hoasotr , at bis Printing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggrte ; and Published by the said Joshva Hobsoh , ( ft * - the said Fearqus O'Connor , ) at his Dwelling house , No . 5 , Market-street , Briggate ; an in-? ternal Communication existing between the satt - , tfo . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 12 afl * . ' 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting . the whole of the said Printing and Publishing , , Office one Premises . AH Communications must be addressed , ' . Post-paid ) ¦ ¦ : to J . HoBSON , Northern Star ffice , / eeds . , Saturday February , 29 , 1840 .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 29, 1840, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2673/page/8/