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    • "MAXY THOUSANDS OF POUNDS STERLING maa i lix GIVEN
    • Ibelxxd.—DisTuniiED State ojf the Couxisy.— Dcnus, Nov. 2Q.—The.promised meeting of thc
    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATTT1JDAY DTCPTCMUTCR (! IRIS
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    • Suicide by an Insane Lady.—On Friday ty Baker held an inquest at the Yictorv. Ki"S sia5I!i , '
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      A The No^Hern Star. December 6 ^ Ls4s

      A THE NO ^ HERN STAR . December 6 ^ lS 4 s

      "Maxy Thousands Of Pounds Sterling Maa I Lix Given

      "MAXY THOUSANDS OF POUNDS STERLING maa i lix GIVEN

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      TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO TH PICTORIAL TIMES . For particulars of this extraordinary undertaking a-ililv immediately to any Bookseller , or Xewsvender , in In-ian . 1 , Ireland , or Scotland , or to the Publisher , . Mr C . S « ns £ 331 , Strand , London , who will be happy to forward a rroq-ectos .

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      THE COLOSSEUM . GRAXB ORCHESTRAL 0 R 6 AX . —This magnificent " establishment , patronised and visited by her 31 AJESTV and his Roval Highness Prince ALBERT , lias now- in a ddition to its former alterations , a new Orchestral Organ , erected in the Glyptotheca , on which the most admired pieces of music will be played daily , -from Two till Four o'clock . Open from Ten lill HalfyastTuur . Admittance , 3 s . Children , half-price . The Stalactite Caverns , the most magnificent of all the Temples which nature has built for herself in the regions < jf night , Is . each- The whole projected and designed bj M . W . Bradwcll .

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      TO ALL WHO CAN'T PAY 1 IMMEDI ATE Protection , and a prompt aad safe final discharge , without the intervention of a Prison or an Attorney . A discharge to Debtors is now imperative , lecassc Imprisonment for Debt is now penal , uotreinediaL—Debtors of all grades will be benefitted by applying forthwith to John S . Benstead , * 2 , llasinghall-street , ¦ nesr the Court of Bankruptcy , London .

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      TO TilE EMBARRASSED .-IMPOltTANT . THEIiE are thousands of persons who have straggled long against the force of misfortune , out fcw are aware that by a very recent Act all small traders owing -debts not exceeding £ 3 il 0 , farmers , and all others owing 4 oany amouut , can be entirely raised from their difficulties Ilv a small e * penS 5 r > and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All such Mr . Weston begs will apply to him at Moira-chambers , 17 , Ironmonger-lane , Chcapside , by better or personally . Persons summoned for small debts should apply immediately as tliev may thereby save themselves from fre-< mcnt ~ and lengthened commitments to prison .

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      G REAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY , M , Watekloo-place , London . D 1 BECTOKS . The Clrisiiohn , CJiotruian . William Morlcy , Esq ., Deputy Chairman . Henry S . Uarber , Esq . James John Kir . lucb , Esq . John lh-jghtm . -m , Efj . Henry Lawson , Esq . Prancis Brodigan , Es-j . Henry Penny , Es « . dames Wm . Deacon , Ei < j . Robert Power , Esq ., M . D . . Alexander K . Irvine , Esq . The Rev . 1 \ W . Johnson John Inglis Jerdein , Es-j . Vickery , A . M . ACDITOKS . CB . Rule , Esq . T . C . Simmons , Esq . G . Thomas , Esq .

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      I 31 TED TKAHES' ASSOCIATION FOR THE EMPLOY-MOT OFLAlJOURLX AGRICULTURE AXJ . J -MANUFACTURES . { I'nivisisuaUy registered . ) Office , SO , l ! yds-strcet , I'leom ? bury . London . Trcscat imposes capital , £ I 0 ( :, GW in : y , < J (/ 0 shares of £ ' j each .

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      WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . WAKEFIELD ADJOURNED SESSIONS . NOTICE IS IIEUE 1 JY GIVEN , that the Michaelmas General Quarter Sessions of the Peace , for the West-Kiding of the County of York , will be held by adjournment in the Committee-Room , at tlie House of Correction , at WAKEriELD , on Thuksdat , the Eighteenth day of December instant , at Eleren o ' clock in the Forenoon , for thc purpose of inspecting the Hiding Prison , ( the said Housa of Correction ) aud for examining the Accounts of thc Kteier of the said Hotse of Correction , making Enquiry iuto the conduct of tfe Officers and Servants belonging to the same ; and also into the behaviour of the Prisoners , and their Earnings . C- 11 . ELSLEY , Clerk of tbe Peace . Cleric of a « Peace ' s Office , WakeSeM , ' 2 nd . " December , 1843 .

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      LESSORS IN MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING . Tl , TADAMS GALLIOS , 44 , New Bond-street , continues ItjL hur-stperior method of teaching tlie art of Dress , slaking . She undertakes to make persons of the smallest capacity ^ proficient in Cutting , Fitting , aud Executing , in the most "finished style , in Six Lessons , for One Pound . Her -superior method can be fully substantiated by references to pupils , aud has never been equalled by any competitor . 63 T Practice hours from eleven till four .

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      Just published , price 2 s . 6 d ., coloured plates , SWELL'S NEW GUIDE , for 1845 , to all the Night Fun of Loudon ; also may be had , Marriage and Court--ship , 2 s . Cd ., coloured plates ; Garrick ' s Head New Love and Flash Songster , price 5 s ., coloured plates ; Seduction vTnveiled , 2 s . Cd ., eolourcd plates ; New Coalhole Plnsb Songster , 3 s ., coloured plates ; Yenus's Schoolmistress , Jarge curious coloured plates , £ 2 2 s . ; Hints to young Married People , 2 s . Cd ., plates ; forty song books , Is . each ; Life and Intrigues of the Earl of Rochester , 3 s ., coloured plates . Sold by John Wilson , SO , Wardour-street , Oxford-street . —Letters containing remittances attended to . — Catalogues gratis of the largest collection of curious and amusing French and English prints , books , songs curiosities , & c .

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      PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A SURGEON . * RE AD No . 1 ., Vol . II ., of the FAMILY D 0 CT 011 , Illustrated , a Weekly Medical Journal , published this day , December Cth , 1815 . Price lJd . ; monthly parts , ( id . The causes , symptoms , and treatment of diseases are familiarly described . Everything objectionable is omitted . Dialogues on the evils of overwork , < fec , arc introduced . Recipes for every complaint are given . — S . D . Gratuitous advice to all subscribers . Office , 17 , Warwick-lane , London ,

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      TO TAILORS . By aprrobation of Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Yictoria and His Itcyal Highness Prince Albert . THE LONDON aud PARIS FASHIONS for Autumn and Winter , 1 S 45 and 1 ?* . G , ready early in October , by READ and Co ., 13 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , Loudon ; litrgcr , Holywell-street , Strand , London , and may . be had of all Booksellers wheresoever residing ; a very superb Print , representing the most splendid exhibition in Europe , an Interior View of tlie Colosseum , Kegent ' s-park , Londtnt . This exquisitely executed and beautifully coloured Print will be accompanied with fuUsizc Dress , Frock . and Hiding CoatPattcrns ; also , Patterns of thc New Fashionable Polka Frock , and Locomotive

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      MELODIES FOR TJ 1 E MILLION FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS .

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      JUST PUBLISHED , In one volume , foolscap 8 vo ., neat cloth , price 7 s . 6 d ., THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES A Prison Rhyme : in Ten Books : BY THOMAS COOPER , THE CHARTIST . J . How , Publisher , 132 , Fleet-street . $ &¦ Orders from the Country lo be sent tiirough the Booksellers . Also lately published , in 2 vols ., 12 nio ., Price Fourteen Shillings ,

      Ibelxxd.—Distuniied State Ojf The Couxisy.— Dcnus, Nov. 2q.—The.Promised Meeting Of Thc

      Ibelxxd . —DisTuniiED State ojf the Couxisy . — Dcnus , Nov . 2 Q . —The . promised meeting of thc

      Magistrates Of The County Of Westiueath ...

      magistrates of the county of Westiueath was held yesterday , the Marquis of vVestnieath in tlie chair . The proceedings were conducted in secret , but a correspondent of the Evening Midi states , "That the resolutions , which were of the strongest . character that language could convey , were carried unanimously , aud that between forty and fifty magistrates were present . An address to the Lord Lieutenant was agreed upon , representing the frightfully disorganised state of the country , and praying protection for life and property .

      Fatal Accidext at the Loudwatie Papeb Mill , xeak llicKMEKSwoEin . —0 . i Friday night , . Nov . 21 st , as Thomas Try , in the employ of Messrs . Weedon , and Son , was returning from a part of the mill where alum ig stored , to the engine-room , there being a shorter cut over an almost dry ditch , across which a ptankis laid , than by the main road , the night being very dark , it is surmised the poor fellow lost bis footing and fell headlong into the cavity , a depth of many feet ; his head came in contact with one of the piles that support the bank , causing a violent contusion . A man passing at some distance hearing a noise made by the buckets , proceeded in tlie

      direction thereof , but not seeing anything went forward with Ids work . Having again to pass the same way in a few minutes , he heard a groan , being much alarmed , he called loudly for a light , when poor Try was discovered lying in the chasm , his head resting upon the pole which had inflicted a wound from which tiie Wood was streaming . Further assistance having arrived , the poor fellow was removed to his cottage in a hopeless condition . Medical aid was procured with all dispatch , but the poor fellow lingered till four o ' clock the following morning when death terminated his sufffcj"ings . He has left awidow and sis children totally uaptoyided for .

      Nil .'H Important From America. We Have ...

      nil . ' H Important from America . We have received the following significant and important communication from a member of one of the most influential commercial establishments in New York : —

      TO MR . FEA . RGUS O ' CONNOR . Respected Sir , —Though a member of the order of capitalists myself , I have ever considered that capital possesses an undue influence , and exercises a pernicious authority , over the rig hts and interests of the working classes of all nations , even the Republic itself . I am now about to state a fact which grieves me and one , for the promulgation of which I deem your independent paper to be the proper channel of

      communication . Perhaps I had better submit my information in the form of two distinct queries . The first is—was an order for the sale of all the cotton , then at Liverpool , the property of Mr . President Polk ' s family , sent to that town so as to arrive just before the arrival of the "Washington paper containing a certain article said to he dictated by Mr . President Polk , and pre-eminently calculated to effect a great reduction in the price of cotton ?

      5 econd , —Did a certain captain of a trading vessel pay Mr . President Polk a large sum of money for a copy of his inaugural message , upon condition that he should have it in time for publication in London before its official appearance ; and did the proprietor of a certain London journal pay a still larger sum for it to the same trading captain ? and if so , sir , what a humiliation of Republican principles ; and if not , what lengths the enemies of those princi ples

      will go to strike at them , even through the sides of an individual . As we are considered likely to have a war with England , it is essential that this circumstance should be made known , as , perhaps , it has been propagated for the purpose of undermining Republican principles in the English mind . I send this for publication , but , from my position here , I request you will withhold my name . Your obedient servant ,

      [So Great Is Our Distrust In Capitalists...

      [ So great is our distrust in capitalists , that we shall not venture a single comment upon the above letter . —Ed . N . S . l

      The Northern Star. Sattt1jday Dtcptcmutcr (! Iris

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATTT 1 JDAY DTCPTCMUTCR (! IRIS

      The Struggle. For More Than Forty Years ...

      THE STRUGGLE . For more than forty years the confiding people of England struggled under Whig leaders for such a Parliamentary Reform as would secure such alterations in the system as their improved position in society entitled them to . Within that time the Whigs had occasionally clutched power during periods of unnatural excitement , and although they made but slight Parliamentary progress , as far as the question

      was concerned , yet the deep rooted hatred of Toryism was of itself sufficient to secure a continuance of popular zeal on behalf of the great measure . The obstinacy of a strong boroughmongering opposition , backed by a mad monarch , whose every vein was brimful of black and Tory blood , was then a sufficient apology for delay , aud in the then sectionalised state oi society the mere nominal distinction of parties was sufficient to enlist the co-operation , or provoke the opposition , of the industrious classes .

      However confused , obscure , and indistinct , Whig policy may have appeared , it ttood in fair contrast with the hangings , the butcheries , and the cruelties of their Tory opponents , and naturally enough the public mind warred against the active , the powerful , the ruthless foe . The greatest frenzy under which the popular mind can suii ' er is the delusion which carries confidence beyond its legitimate limits , and silences wholesome censure . This delusion , however , did exist up to the very consummation of the thixg called Pamjamentahy Reform , and the spell was only broken by the possession of" Tlie beauteous toy so fondly sought .

      Which loot its charm by bcinjj caught . " In proportion to their suffering and allegiance to th Whigs , tho people very naturally looked for protection under that measure which their perseverance and courage had carried , against the most powerful aud bigotted aristocracy that a country was ever cursed with . The only man who ventured to cheek popular frenzy , and to interpose between the people and the delusion , was Hunt ; and his life of untiring action , of consistent patriotism , of dungeon suffering , was pleaded , but pleaded in vain . The public mind had risen to flood- tide , and all past services , sufferings , and sacriiices , were so many straws , swept onward by the irresistible torrent .

      When the measure was carried , popular fury was at its height . A good-natured king , who flung up his royal cap in commemoration of ihk people ' s trvumi'u , filled the throne . Tlie pride of an iron Duke had been humbled , the old aristocracy bad been triumphed over , the people ' s friends had been exalted , the people ' s battle had been won and popular fury subsided . Such ever has been the case when thc working classes have been left to the leadershi p of faction . Apathy ever follows the blow which proclaims theib victory : and the first moments of

      triumph arc spent by the conquerors in the concoction of measures for the overthrow of that party whose power may be one day used for humbling those whom it had exalted . Such , precisely , was thc policy of the Whigs . They invoked the co-operation of the trades , and then struck a deadly blow at their order . They evoked the hill-slave from his solitude , and the valiey-serf from his retirement , and then transported their abettors . There was no resisting the Whig charm , the syren note , the national delusion . So they dealt with parties , and not less boldly did nations feel their vengeance .

      The Irish boasted that an Irish majority had neutralized an English and Scotch minority , and for their reward received the first blow—coercion . The English , for their untiring co-operation , received the second—siMiVATios ; and Scotland only escaped her share of friendship because the monster was satiated , the savage was gorged . Not only did the Whigs apply their maiden power to the overthrow of the partv to whom they owed it ; but , from that moment

      to the present , they have followed it up by acts , not only of oppression , but of cruelty . In power they systematically opposed the popular voice ; in opposition they lent their aid in support of measures at variance with their every pledge ; and now they would court a restoration to popular favour b y an alliance the most galling and humiliating . An alliance which must for ever check even the feeble streams of Reform , by making property not only the test of representation , but the very talisman of power .

      This alliance has so completely sunk Whiggery into Leagueism , that , henceforth , we must merge the distinctive party cognomens in the more expressive term of the tardigrade coalition . Lieutenant Tardigrade , in one of the characters in Mr . Peakk ' s inimitable comedy of thc " Sheriff of the County , " is upcyo . ail occasions through life just one minute too late ; iUid ,. as we learn from the result of yesterday ' s Cabinet

      Conndl , that it is Peel ' s determination to repeal the Corn Laws without resiriction , poor Lord John is in the situs } -ion of the unlucky Lieutenant , always " just oxe siixdVb too LAiE . " We announced that the day of auction would come , and that Peel would outbid Russell . How true , but how miserable , the position of the taroV Lord , who , hi endeavouring to please every ose , has pi ' eivsed nobody , and lost his party and his character for co nsistency into the bargain .

      We have eo far sh own how Reform was achieved , how it was uged , and what have been its results to those for whose espeeia 1 benefit it was claimed , and by whose perseverance h ' swas carried , and we shall now see upon what terms the cautious and prudent concessions , of which Lord J ° >> ' Russell speaks in his letter , were promised , » % n < * whether or no thc people have , by a compliance' witk the several requirements , entitled themselves * ° iae promised reward . When Charles James Po " x and tne Duke of Richmond proclaimed the princh . -i ^ tne identiea

      The Struggle. For More Than Forty Years ...

      . principles contained in the People ' s Charter some ! sixty-six years since , a very large section of the middle classes recognised in them , even in those days Of comparative ignorance , the perfect embodiment , of all the principles of the glorious Revolution of 1 C 88 , iwhich p laced the present Royal Family upon the 1 throne of this country . When Fox and the Whigs ! got into office , the great princip les of Reform were lost sight of , and thc people ' s triumph was frittered down to the mere ineligibility of Government

      contractors to sit in the House of Commons . Subsequently Lord Grey became the champion of Reform ; and popular concessions , especially to Ireland , were based , as we are now able to prove , upon the success of French Republicanism and Irish Revolution . For many years the leaders urged the people on to such acts of frenzy as would frighten a strong Tory opposition , and compel them in times of threatened danger to surrender the Government to the popular party .

      Hence we find , in thc outset , that physical force was the requirement to which cautious and prudent concessions were offered , and we had an abundant qu alification very speedily manifest at Peterloo , Newcastle , and Bristol . When the people had thus qualified their leaders for power , a new test was set up by the moral philosophers , who instantly , upon the acquisition of power , warred against the old qualification—physical force . The new test was knowledge , the most undefinable thing , as no defined course could be established , and no very distinct limits

      could be affixed to such national improvement as would warrant the ceding of the cautious and prudent concessions . Resolved upon victory , the werking classes , however , did enter upon the mysterious course of mental progression , and they had succeeded to such an alarming extent up to the first examination , namely , the last general election , and subsequently in the embodiment of their principles , and the substantial manner in which they conveyed them to the very table op the House of Commons , that their masters stood aghast at their pupils ' sagacity . Thus had the people established their claim to all cautious and prudent concessions upon

      the prescribed conditions of physical resistance to Toryism , and the acquirement of sound political knowledge . Indeed , we may fairly own , that since the restoration of the Whigs to power , the English working classes have progressed in knowledge beyond any , or all other nations upon the i ' aee of the earth . However , another , and , to an oppressed people , a more trying test , was proposed—the test of calm suffering and obedience to authority , to be manifest in national tranquillity . That requirement has been complied with since the moment the Whigs were ejected from office , and now , as the reward of popular obedience to Whig recommendation , the leader of that party

      melts down his cautious axd prudent concessions to an alliance with the people ' s bitterest enemies , and offers a mere expedient as tlie reward of then several qualifications;—But he must bid again .

      Bid Again Lord John. It Now Appears That...

      BID AGAIN LORD JOHN . It now appears that Parliament is to be assembled early in January for the purpose of giving the Corn Laws the finishing stroke : thus I ' eelIms been before hand with the truculent Lord , and has out-bid him . We have published our opinions so frequently upon this subject , and last week wc entered so fully into the consideration as to what the inevitable social

      result must be , that we have now merely to place our opinions- ' : as to the immediate consequences upon record . The abandonment of Sir Hoiseri Peel ' s stereotyped opinion upon the question of the Corn Laws , at a moment when ho stands iu the pillory of party , proves the length to which individuals will go i ' or the preservation of power ; while we fear lest the popular party should accept the boon as one of those cautious axd fkcdest concessions due to their

      position . If it was possible to make distinction of time of importance , Sir Robert Peel has certainly embraced the most seasonable for the accomplishment of his incisure . Had the Minister proclaimed his intention during the sitting ot * last session , the consequence would have been a considerable diminution of home produce for next year . The delay has secured the cultivation of an average " breadth , " while upon the other hand , the cousccpuent panic may , and probably will , have the effect of hurrying the sale of last year ' s

      produce , and thus reduce the price at home to a lower figure than thc farmers or their landlords will be satisfied to bear . And if so , that revolution , which we announced as the inevitable result of the repeal of the Corn Laws under existing circumstances , must follow . However , as thc matter appears settled , it now becomes our duty to inquire firstly , whether it is a sufficient remedy for the present disarranged state of our social , commercial , and political relations ; and secondly , in how far the people can protect themselves against the threatened infliction .

      We arc not comfortably at peace with France oi America . We have witnessed the use that may be made , by thc Bank of England , of the powers conferred upon it by Sir Robert Feel . We are stared in the face by total famine in Ireland and scarcity in England , and are told of our slender hopes from foreign nations who have nothing to spare . Many Commercial' interests , hang upon the mercy of increased discounts , while thc whole social system lias been shaken to its centre by rash and headlong speculation ; together with which we hear of increased production , with increasing pauperism , and withall a powerful agricultural party , standing at thc

      foot of the pile , as the proffered victim to appease the wrath and satisfy thc cravings of all , Is , then , the measure proposed adequate to social , commercial , and political requirements ? or will the Whig pavty , thus cheated of their prey , now add the requiueu adjustment announced by Lord John Russell as their superior title to power ? It is not in nature to suppose that the Whigs baffled thus , after their humiliating conversion to a new faith , will stop short in their career , aud accept from an opponent that measure upon which they hoped to stalk into office , and what are the cautious and prudent concessions the noble Lord and Ids parly will now offer as their equitable AD « I usimknx ?

      Will they bear the triumph of their foe augmented by their adhesion to his principles ? or will they boldly say it is not what shall he done , uut wuo suall do rr ? Ill last week ' s Star we staled , that wc would rather see the measure carried by Sir Robert Peel than by the Whigs , but this was a mere comparative view of tlie question ; as we fear that the party who has forced the Minister into the adoption of their principles , will also force him into a recognition of their policy—the policy of strengthening his Government on the condition that they , and they only , shall have all the benefit arising from the change . Under these circumstances , the duty of the working classes is clear and defined . It is their duty to watch what are the cautious and

      prudent concessions , and what the adjustment that Sir Robert Peel will propose , and what Lord John will bid , while , at the same time , they should be prepared , through their leader iu Parliament , ilr . Buncombe , to state unequivocally what those concessions are , and that adjustment is , which must be part and parcel of their claim . For ourselves , wc declare for nothing short of the principles contained in the People's Charter . And , as we believe the adoption of those principles to be the only means by which revolution can be averted , we call upon evcrv working man in the kingdom to arouse from Lis lethargy , and to be prepared i ' or that struggle which is now at hand , and of which his share will be what his resolution and courage entitle Iiim to , and no

      more . ... , It is only out of the conflict of party that the people can look for their reward , and to insure it they must be prepared to take their part . Although we write as if the struggle was over , yet we must not lose sight of the opposing power of our hereditary legislators . We cannot shut our eyes to tie fact thai their loyalty depends upon the slender the . ul of protection ; nor can we convince ourselves that tliev wili mmt 6 ui ^ »* tto bidding of their "Waiinc

      Bid Again Lord John. It Now Appears That...

      chief . " However , be that as it may , our course is clear and defined . It is obstruction to all who will not make the necessary concessions to popular requirement , and we wait for Lord John's second bid . Will It be the Land and tho Charter ? if not , he must did again . The only statesmanlike conclusion that we can draw from the policy of Sir Rohrrt Peel is , that war is inevitable , and that while he sops off the Free Traders with a repeal of the Corn Laws , he will at the same time , say to the landlords , ' There ' s war for you : ' a better protection than the Cera Laws , and a better sliding scale for prices than I have offered you ; and thus the Right Honourable Baronet hopes to kill two birds with one stone . I

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      Important Notice. Henceforth All Communi...

      IMPORTANT NOTICE . Henceforth all communications for the Northern Star must be addressed simply thus : — To thc Editor , Northern Star Office , 1 C , Great Windmill-street , London . I request particular attention to the above notice . Feargus O'Connor .

      James Wyatt.—Wc Hog To Inform The City L...

      JAMES Wyatt . —Wc hog to inform the City locality , through Mr . Wyatt , that all reports of their meetings that have come to our office have been published in the Northern Star . W , Ei , > I AHKIKGHAW , neah BRADFOBD .-Tlie onl y custom , unfortunately , that the occupant could have held , is that of landlord toleration . If the landlord seeks to eject him he could give him a half year ' s notice , W . B . W . must really think that we have a large amount of spare time upon our hands . He asks us to furnish him with the name of a judge who tried a bigamy case seven years ago ; it > e don ' t know the name , be asks us to furnish him with the particulars , and if wc know neither name or particulars , lie requests us to send Iiim a newspaper with the report . We cannot furnish either one or tbe other , and perhaps all may be superfluous if ho had them , when we inform him that he is at perfect

      liberty to marry again if he has stated his case truly . Renfrewshire Advertiser . —We find it quite as much as wc can do to manage one newspaper , and must decline to purchase another . W , DiHioK , Leeds— Wc should have tkc greatest p leasure in complying with bis request , if ic was at all possible , and the more especially as wc are justly indebted a visit to our Leeds friends ; but tlie work that , we have chalked out for next week is more than any person living in our present state of health would undertake ; a work which nothing short of our love of Whiggery and the League would induce us to encounter ; and while engaged m which we must request as much free air as possible , and our Mend Brook knows what we suffevfrom preach ing in the Leeds boiler . He must , therefore , wait till we get more strength , or till he gets more wind . II . h „ Pkesto . v . —Mr . O'Connor begs to recommend all

      Mr . Cobbett ' s works on Agriculture , especially his " Cottage Economy . " The price of useful knowledge , properly entitled " British Husbandry , " is , we believe , £ 212 s . Cd . complete , and therefore out of the reach oi the humble classes . Mr . O'Connor will shortly have ready for publication a new work upon small farms , with an agricultural encyclopedia , or dictionary , to be printed with the most important portions of bis work upon Small Farms—one that he means to contain every single tittle of information , evm to the boiling of potatoes , for the members of the Chartist Co-operative Laud Society . Thomas L ., Manchester . —No . Thomas , City . —Copies of all wills arc not deposited in Doctors' Commons . His mistress only lias the power ot prosecuting the person who opened his letter to her , as the letter was her property when it passed from the

      hands of the writer . If a master or mistress refuses to give a servant such character as they are entitled to , the servant has au action , and will be awarded damages against such master or mistress ; and generally damages are awarded so as to remunerate the servant : ' or loss of time as well as loss of character . Thomas Wilcock , Bhadford . —We will give due nctice of the time we may be able to attend the proposed meeting . C . B ., I ' bston , STAFFOHT > siuitE —We never give advice in quarrels between members of the families of working classes , except for the purpose o : uniting them Mid saving law expenses . D . 1 ' ., liiiiMiSGUAM . —What does ho menn by asking ruch a question ? of course the warrant of attorney from A . to U . gives Iiim no further power than to act as bis agent , aud may be revoked at any time , nor does it

      destroy any of the rights of A . ' s heirs . J . K . C . —We have not as yet been able to ascertain the required information , but shall take the first' opportunity of inquiring from our City friends ; as to where tents and marques may be moat advantageously purchased . J . L . B ., Hcilme . —The two children have no right whatever to receive any .. portion of thc property without a general understanding among the whole seven , unless the respective shares of each were particularly devised by the testator . As to putting the matter into Chancery , it must be inferred that that was a notice intended to be given to tlie parties , and a very f > ., u ! ish one it was , as the law vultures will swallow up the whole property . It . J ., b ' AiltFOiil ) . —Wc are much obliged to you for tlie advice to print the Star in largo tjpefor the benefit of weak sight , our own being rather bad , and espi-chilly as

      it would be a great saving to our pocket , while we leur that it would not be a satisfactory excuse for excluding a quantity of matter . W , Bell , llflwooD , —Mr . O'Connor will bo happy to see him during his stay at Manchester , and if possible will comply with his request . Isaac Khlsale . —He has no possible means of re-possessing himself of tiic land upon which the chapel is built . Perhaps his best course would be to eject the congregation , and so try bis title . Star Agents . —We have received many complaints of a London agent either not supplying the . Star , or doing it in a very rude and unsatisiactcry manner . Wc regret tho eircumstiiuuu , but have-no power to correct the evil . J . J ., Clitiiehoe . —The post master is not bound to sell a

      single stamp . James Moosey , Todmordeu . —If Mr . O'Connor ' s health will permit his longer stay at Manchester than during tlie sitting of the conference , he will have much pleasure in addressing the people of Todr . iordeu . IIeniiv Clarke , - Stockport . — Thc meeting of conference is so near at hand that Mr . O'Connor would rather decline giving any opinion upon the rules , while in thc present case his answer would be certainly . Henry Davis , Clare Market . —The above answer will also serve as answer to his case . G . II . Y . —Tlie custom is to allow apprentices the same time as journeymen of the same trade 1 W their meals , and G . 11 . Y's master has confirmed the custom by so long preserving it . If the master stops his wage for after hours , upon a summons before the magistrates be will be compelled to pay it . The law is very strict in such

      cases . O . W . S . —The parties can join and sell the estate , but thc woman can only sell her iii ' e interest in it , as upon her death it must , according to the terms of the will , revert to G . W . S . Joseph Cope . —The landlord lias the power to distrain for any amount of arrears due , and the receipt of a year ' s rent would not be satisfaction up to the period of distress , but would go in liquidation of so much of the general amount . Tilts is what Cope was driving at , though he did not exactly know how to put the question . W . It ., Bellinguaji . —A tombstone is considered as a legal title to a certain quantity ofgro . nd , about as much as the size of the grave ; and a ehnieh yard is supp . sed to be thc parson ' s property . We cannot furnish the Act of rarlimncnt , which is rather an extra vacant inquest . The parsons do claim tlie right , and li . tvu tlie right , of

      charging tor the erection of a tombstone , but we much doubt whether , in this ease , he would either remove it or proceed for the recovery of the amount , it being up . Thomas Tattoksaut .. —Wo have received the following letter from Mr . Tattersall : — " Sir , in the AVf / iCrn Star ot . Saturday last , there is an appeal from you to the Victim . Fund Committee on my henalf , in which is displayed that philanthropy which lias dutiiitruisiicil vouin public and private life ; and for which I , a s an individual , shall ever icel grateful . However , I urn happy to inform you that I am iu a great measure recovered from the effects of my illness , and having been appointed agent in the tea business , I do not need any support whatever . I therefore decline to receive the £ 3 so kindly awarded to me by the Victim Fund Committee , aud i ' or this very simple reason , that I do nut require it . Returning you and my other friends my sincere thanks for your Hud interference on my account , I remain yours , respei-tfullv , — "Thomas Tatteusall . "

      Hie Widow a . n-d Fatherless Family of our late active and zealous brother Chartist , W , 11 . ] 4 ain , formerly of Lambeth and Wandsworth , and latterly of the Toner Hamlets . —A theatrical benefit for the above will take place at the Royal Standard Theatre , facing the terminus of the Eastern Counties Itailwav , S 3 ioredi ; eh , on Wednesday evening next , December loth . An excellent bill of fare is provided for the occasion , and wo trust that the Widow Bain will meet with that support the sterling qualities of her deceased partner so justly merits . Tickets can be obtained of Mr . Drake Standard of Liberty , Brieh-lanu ; Mr . J . Shaw , GI-. u ' ce * tYrstreet , Coinmertial . road , and at most Chantst-huPs aud other places of meetin ''' -

      \ eteiun Patriots' and Exiles' Widows' and Childress' FUKE-. —The committees of these two funds met hist luesday ni ght and disbursed £ i for the further re V ^" f- su"brers . 1 big to acknowledge the receipt of £ 2 from " an enemy to oppression , " aad 3 s . ( id . Irani Jir . Livesey . The quarterl y public meeting , for presentation ot accounts and election of oSeers tor the ensuing quarter , will be held in the Citv CliartUt Hall , l , luniagam-lmie , to-morrow ( Stum ; : }) afternoon , at hilt-past two o ' clock .-Tiio . MAS Coomii . sem-. arv , 13 * . liluckiriiirs-i ' oad . ' Emigrant ' s Guide . —A correspondent at Wilmslow , Cheshire , ' , wishes to be informed of the best Emigrant's Guicie to tbe United States . Jasiks Maw , Middlesboko , ' writes us , That himself and friends arc about commencing a branch of the Chartist Land Society at MiddlesboroV lie adds his earnest

      approval of the proceedings , lately taken in London , toward ! Obtaining , tho restoration of the « rf «* and appeals to the Chartists all over the country , but n art « cularly to those of South Durham , and the North Riding of \ oi-kdm-e . to follow the example set themiriLondon , Ho says . that at the lime the lives of the Welsh V nartvi-. were m jeopard y , he attended six or seven nVefniJ a day , and got four or five thousand stature « £ Z ^ f , h " h < Al rY' ' he is »™ ready « % ta afresh for them . He appeals to his countrymen aud eottnu-ywoineu to be up and doing in this nobS I . Hi ™ pa , ' " ! n each C 0 l 0 I , y > **¦ *« <^«*» < - * oeeuptt and 1 , ! W" « «* the children of the

      i 3 ^ T "" ~ The ™ - ™ "llien , but very lengthy hand too lute for insertion . :

      James Wyatt.—Wc Hog To Inform The City L...

      Wm . Groc jtt . —It is impossible for us to notice « . » i ... ' this week . dflL ttl * Tut , Fbajiework-knittiIrs . —In rep ^^ niic statcm otf _ Mr . Winters , that not a thousand of thc LeiiestV shire fraiuework-Uuitters have joined tlie U , Trades' Association , Mr . J . Warner , of SheCmW f states that , some time ago , upwards of three tlious-ii f framework-knitters , in thc Shcepshcad district , = eu ' t their adhesion to the association . Since then tl" ! organization has been extended , and Mr . Warr . er sthat , by the expiration of the present quarter , it ; „ ' , " ' probable that nearly siic whole of the framcworis-Vnif ters , iii the northern division of the count y , - \ l ~ registered in the books of the association . ' ' c Dixon Fund . —Todmorden , 10 s . ; Bath , Gs . 'Jd . RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . TER JSR . O ' CONNOR .

      SHARES . £ 5 . 1 Aberdeen , per R . M'Kay o o J Prescot , per J . Hobinson .. .. .- .. .. o 19 n Cborley , per Wm . Wilkinson .. .. » 7 3 ft ftuchdnic , per lv . Mitchell .. . ^& „ o I ? q City of London district , per J . Dunn .. „ i j ., , Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. 0 II a Holbcck , per \ V . Sykes .. .. .. 2 0 0 Haiiley , per If . Foster .. .. » . ¦ 119 q Stockport , per T . Woodhouse .. .. .. 2 o o McrtUyr Tydvil , per D . Morgan .. .. ., i j ft Leeds , per W . Urook .. .. .. .. 5 o o A Friend at Loughborough .. .. .. 2 Pi o Norwich , per J . Ifurrey .. .. .. 5 o « Warwick , per II . Donaldson .. .. .. 3 V 6 in

      Bilston , per J . Linney .. .. .. 2 n n Halifax , per C . W . Smith 2 lo o Preston , pur J . Brown 8 17 c Manchester , per S . Murray .. .. .. 2 o 18 lo Pershorc , per W . Conn .. .. .. .. 7 o o ftu . 1 llrancli . Cohic , per II . Iforslield .. .. i i n Salford , per J . Jlillington 3 10 j , Reading , per G . W . Wheeler 1 la n Worsborough Common , per 11 , Ellison .. .. i 4 o James Godwurd , Calais .. .. .. - 12 i ; Arbroath , per J . Stephen .. .. .. ' 1 5 1 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. .. 5 0 o Itebdeii Bridge , per J . Smith 8 fl 5 Bolton , per — "Vose .. .. .. .. 9 2 lo Sivauwick , per G-. Yarnold .. .. .. 1 11 0 Ashton-audcr-Lyuc , per E . Hobson .. .. 10 18 3

      All monies for the Land Fund may be sent , as usual , during the sittings of the conference , addressed to thu Mar oniee , Loudon , and will bo acknowledged as here , tofore . The sum acknowledged from Leicester , per W . Gates , last week , should have been from Armley . FEU GENERAL SECRETARY ,

      SHARES . £ s . d . £ s . a . Mr . Smith , Green- Birkenhead .. .. 200 furd 2 13 2 Northampton .. 0 lo 4 Wbittington is Cat 2 13 0 Do ., Mr . Robinson 0 1 i Westminster .. 096 Burnley .. .. a 0 o Ditto , W . Morrison 0 10 Paisley .. .. Oil s Plymouth .. .. 0 0 9 Trowbridge .. .. 054 Mr , Dickson .. 100 Sudbury .. .. I 0 0 Ci . Ilartweil .. .. 014 Greenwich .. .. ' . ' 0 0 II . Webb .. .. 014 Sowers Town .. 3 0 f ) itoucu 5 0 0 Boulogne .. .. ' 2 < J 0 York .. .. .. 110 Lambeth .. .. 9 U 0 CARDS AND RULES . York 0 C 0 Norwich .. .. 0 010 Scarborough .. 070 Trowbridge .. .. 032 Yeovil 0 16 Burnley .. .. 0 11 8 Tiverton .. .. 014

      MSVr FOR THE LAND CONFERENCE . PER MR . O ' CONNOR . Rochdale , per E . Mitchell » •¦ ., 0 2 g City of London district , p . r J . Dunn .. .. o 4 o Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. 0 •„ ' o Alexandria , per J . M'Intire .. .. 0 o fl HohVck , per W . Sykes « 0 s Hanky , per II . Foster 0 10 Warwick , per A . Donaldson 0 0 0 Preston , per J . Brown .. .. .. 0 2 fl Reading , per G . W . Wheeler 0 1 o Ilcbden Bridge , per J . Smith 0 o 3

      PER GENERAL SECRETART . Northampton .. 040 Colne 0 0 ( 1 I ' ershore .. .. 010 Alva 003 Westminster .. 008 Stratford-upon-AvonO li 6 Cnmberwell .. .. 020 Trowbridge .. .. 0 2 0 Mr . l'hipps .. .. 003 Sheffield .. .. 013 Mertbyr Tydvil .. 009 Bilston ,. ., 003 CaiTiugtou .. .. 026 All communications for me must , during the enming week , bo addressed to T . M . Wheeler , at Mr . . Murray ' s , lii'J , Travis-street , St . Ancoat ' s , Manchester .

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PER MR . O ' CONNOR . Rochdale , per T . Cicgg 0 12 o Bolton , per — Vose .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 VX . Y . CESVRAJi SECRETARY , Boulogne , Moulin- Mertliyr Tydvil .. 030 a-Vapuer .. .. 200 W . Salmon .. .. 0 0 ti Westminster .. 0 'J 0 T . Salmon .. .. 0 0 i Wliittiuutoit & Cat Somcrs Town .. 0 3 ii ( cards ) .. .. 016 Southampton .. 0 3 0 TO MR . THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , CSNERAL SECRCTAlVi

      T 0 THE LAND SOCIETY . Sir , —We , the members of Lower Warley , are dissatisfied with the proceedings going on in the West Hiding , for tlie purpose of electing a delegate to the Manchester Laad Conference , as wc and members from other places -vent to tile Halifax meetii : s , on Sunday , November 23 rd , prepared with a candidate , and lo ! Mr . Joshua llobsou cair . c forward , aud stated that it was too lute , and he was very sorry for it . Himself and Mr . Crossluy he said were the candidates . Thc members of the separate localirirs were dissatisfied , and Mr . Smith , of Halifax , nwu ordered t < j write to you for an explanation . As not one of the localities , with the exception of Halifax ami HuudersticUl , had received their instructions . We have not voted for either of thu above candidates . As we have received no satis , faction from " you , I must tell you that tnere . is dissatisfaction in the district . Some say that you are concerned in the plot . Many have been to me to ask what I thought about you aud ' tho West Riding . Yours , Sic , Jons I / AWS 0 N . Lower Warley , November 30 th , 1845 .

      Iu relation to tho above statement , and the election fl a delegate for the West Biding generally , I can only st ::: t thatmvselfandMr . Doyle enclosed instruction papers to each locality in the West Riding , and that Mr . DovI « conveyed them to the Post-office . By some mishap or uvgii . genee on tho part of the I ' ost-oSice authorities , it appears that they never reached their destination . Upon tl : e 17 ih of November I read a letter from Mr . Stead , of Huddcrs . Held , and on the 18 th one from Mr . Grassland , of ilalitiix , informing me that they had not received these papers . 1 immediately ni . stcd another packet of them to each oi these gcutkuieii , the packet containing a notice fore : ; wi locality in thu whole district . Up to this time 1 was in perfect ignorance that the papers had not been rectivol at the other places in thu district . I heard no mure upon the sulij ' . rct until November 24 th , when I received a hiar from . Mr . Stead , stating that Mr . Hobson and M . CiuSv

      hind were-the only candidates , and that tlie ballot wouM take place on Sunday , at Halifax , llebden Biiii- ' i ; , Sowcrby , & c , but not even an allusion was made to tlie missing papers . This letter was posted on the Saturday , bat was not received until the Monday . On Tuesday , the I'Jrii , I i-eeeived aaotlicr communication from Mr . Stead , ' j ( uJiich the following is an extract : — ' ¦ I have read ' .. o notice of any nomination for our district , except ilr . ili-u . son and Mr . Crosslaud , aud consequently- I wrote to each of the places mimed in tho election papers you sent inr , informing them that those two gmitiemou weio the candidates for this district . I have since heard from a ger .-tlcsniau who was at Halifax yesterday , that they complain of not ha vim * received the notice to proceed to a nomination until after the weekly meeting , and that some of : lx villages had no notice whatever until they received u :: i . i yesUrday morning , naming the two candidates . lk « fever , I think this should not bs any obstacle , as ; :: ij

      know the names of two candidates , and may choose wiik'a they thin !; proper now . " The five o ' clock afternoon I '"' brought mo also a letter front Mr . Smith , of llulinix , < i which t ' ne following is a copy : — "Kind sir , your It-tter , with postage stamps , I received this day , and * I nave ssrfi a letter with Mr . Croaslaud , stating that yuu wretc w ;¦•¦* un Thursday ( wseic ) , enclosing printed circulars , > "' ' have not received any such letter : likewise at a mww ; of our members this evening , they rotpiost you w" » M finish the following localities with printed ciivul-n's , &<¦'¦> and to know if they could nominate a cindidnu- i )' - ' -f- ' the " > ' > m \ and the 3 uth t-Stahiland , Ovendta , H ' . ''i- Bridge , -Mountain , Lower Warley , Sowcrby , l- 'W ' Sf- 'J !' - - Good sir , we will have another meeting this i ! a . vvc * Be so good as to send me au answer how vc sliull w » . Shall all these places nominate a delegate , for at i '" - ' " ' - there are conflicting opinions . Concerning the s ; oi !<; . Iio « - ever , your answer , with your advice , will settle th . ' fc " ' ' Yours , . te ., CiiAKLis n " . *" '

      Immediately upon-the receipt of this , I wrote w- 'f ; Stead , requesting him to keep the nomination v «' r : Friday , Nov . -iSrh" twelve o ' clock ; 1 also scut a ciivi "' to each locality iu the district , stating that tho noin * tion was open until . the iiflth ; and it letter to . 'ir . w" ^ explanatory of the mishap . I have thus done : iil ''" - power to accommodate all panics , and remedy , sp' ? possible , the delay and vexation consequent upon tiw '"'" understanding . I . am grieved that any of tlie lot . * -- ; should abstain from voting on this account , am . ^' will deem this minute explanation a sufiieient : 111 = > J' "' ' , ' . the charge of my being a party to any plot , c < ju »•' . ' " '"' jurious to uij own , as to their interest . Thomas Martin Wheeler , Se t : i'c £ ai 1 1 " -

      Suicide By An Insane Lady.—On Friday Ty Baker Held An Inquest At The Yictorv. Ki"S Sia5i!I , '

      Suicide by an Insane Lady . —On Friday ty Baker held an inquest at the Yictorv . Ki"S sia 5 I ! i ,

      Road , On The Body Of Miss Frances Heath...

      road , on the body of Miss Frances Heath . " - ^ was a maiden ladv , residing with her brother J „ 8 , Orchard-place , Kinjjslaud-road . Abou t ac ^» yews since her mind became ati ' ected , aud •« e'u ;' obliged to bo placed in Saint Luke ' s , where £$ * lnained i ' or twelve months , and being incurable | - Ukcn . homc . Her insanity was of a miU cIikW ^;' ; Ulld she did not require anv partieuir restraint . '¦; - the morning of the 29 th of ' September iast , about ^ o ' clock , she wits observed by some persons i « H street to precipitate herself from a two-pan' W ' -j window into thc yard below . An alarm ue"l =. ' *; L ; she was found lying quite insensible , aiul _ ' - ' ! : ji l !; * : profusely from a wound on the head , havnuj . . »• ^ on some iron railings . She lingered uutn * ' » " '•

      Jnsi , when alio died . On being questioned as W ; ' ^ induced her to jump out of window , she saw ., -i devil came to her and rans the belt three tuww-Verdict— " Unsound mind . " Fat . il Accidext . —At a quarter-past one on 'l M £ day , a moat melancholy and fatal occorrcucc • . _ pened close to Aston ' s Ale aud Stout liouSC , L 0 ! " ^ cial-road , to a poor man lutmed j . Laa'j SoutM' ^ employ of Mr . Humphreys , ot . ' Avely , ks = ' - ! ^ . j unfortunate fellow had cotuc to town wit" ¦ . ^ of straw , and was quietly walking by tne Side , team , when lie suddenir full cto ««» , and the . ia ¦

      passed over his body and head , crushing die a most frightful manner . Of course , instant . '" death was the consequence . Police coiis ^" ' „ , , 189 , conveyed the bodv to thc L ondon IIospi- (] nnderstand the poor ' follow has Mt fl »» IV family .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06121845/page/4/