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      ¦ — " ^ ffiS ^! - " *«™ « M ° SDl A ^ afvision court was appointed * be held JJBVIS .--A ^ ° - " f the furtlier examination of a & FJZ ZSZZ of York-road , Lambeth , cigar Mn 'S ^« te ^ reeTwhom and the bauhrupts there ^ SSSSJ toJ gsin wines , Ac ; but the aciad ^ trnTto whtch 4 ere deemed so unsatisfactory f ^ pl ^ rned commissioner ( Mr . Commissioner Goul-? - ;„ , i > ore whom the case in the matter of Jarvis was !! fl that toe present hearing was considered to be * . The evidence ofthe witness was in substance

      _ ae ^ wl " - — Hr name is James Bccfcenham , and I have AS I 0 HO »« - * "J carried on Dosiness for the last four years as a cigarmerrhant in the York-road , Lambeth , and as a winejuerefcant in the Belridere-road , and the only books I used were a ledger , an order-book , and a banker ' s book . The atuY account my ledger contained was that "if there was auv cus tomer whom I regularly served , and to whom I gave credit that I there kept an account of it , " and the crder- book contained the orders I received from my customers ; bat I have not these hookshere to-day . I began to deal with the bankrupt Jarvis on the 26 th of March .

      1 SI 4 , and my last transaction with him was on the 3 rd of January last , " according to the statement which has been delivered to me . " 1 have no means of testing the accuracy of that statement ; but 1 have receipts from Jarvis , and memoranda in my banker ' s book , of payments which 1 made to him . At the time the goods were delivered , I kept the invoices until I settled with him , when I paid the balance due to him , and received a receipt in full . In the nine or ten months of your dealiug with Jarvis , what was the amount of wises which you received from him ?—The invoices mi ght be batween £ 5 , 000 and £ 6 , 000 , but the value was very little . These wines were delivered in different parcels , and at different times . I purchased by " sample , " aud we agreed npon a price when I" tasted , " but our dealing was principally one of barter for cigars , and some money . The wines delivered ,

      however , did not all accord with the samples . Then why did yon not return them ?—Because , having taken them in barter , I was bound to keep them . The examination of this witness was proceeded with at great length , as to the amounts purchased at different periods from Jarvis , but he could not speak positively . He had borrowed £ 100 from Jarvis , to whom he subsequently lent , but could not recollect if he had any vouchers for either transaction . He had paid Jarvis for the wines about £ 700 in cash , and the difference in cigars ; the invoiceprice ofthe purchases being about £ 3 , 700 . He had supplied Jarvis with a great many thousand pounds weight of cigars , and he sent him some previously to the settlement of the 2 nd of October , perhaps a month before that time ; and he bought them , to the best of his recollection , from a person of the name of Strong , of Watling-street . They were East India cigars , and were sold at about 18 s . per pound without the duty , although the market price would not be more than one-half that sum . He bought the cigars in barter , and

      he sold them in barter . The delivery of the cigars to Jarvis could be very easily ascertained . He received the wines at his own vaults , and they were delivered by Jarvis ' s ownporter , or by his wine-cooper . Witness here detailed the periods and amounts of his payments to those parties , and his examination having concluded , Mr . Commissioner Ponblanque : What is it you ask , ilr . Wiltons S—3 Ir . W ' ilkins : —That this man , sir , should be committed for having given about as unreasonable and improbable an account of his transactions with Jarvis as it was possible to imagine . Herewasamanhavinglarge transactions in trade , who said he had no bill-book , no cash-book , and if the interests of trade were to be protected , this man should not be allowed to escape scot free . The learned commissioners having consulted for a short time , each declared that there was not enough in this case to justify the commitment of Btckenham , though , upon further inquiry and examination , they slight feel it necessary to resort to such an extreme proceeding .

      COURT OP QUEEN'S BENCH . Fmdat . —The Duke of Beuxswick v . PEiBsoir . — The Duke of Brunswick conducted his own case . —Mr . Cockourn and Mr . Hugh Hill appeared for the defendant . —This was an action against thc present proprietor of the Satirist newspaper , for two aUcged libels on the plaintiff . —The Duke of Brunswick said that ever since Iiic arrival in this country , for ten years past , he had been held up to odium in the Satirist . The object was to induce him to purchase a remission of these attacks in money . He would not do so ; but at length the imputations became graver and more serious than ever , and he preferred an indictment in 1812 at the Central Criminal Court . —A discussion here arose on the question whether the plaintiff was entitled to go into statements respecting previous libels , published , too , by other persons , and not

      by the defendant The Duke of * Brunswick said that he referred to them , because the present defendant had stated that all that the former proprietor of the paper had said of him ( the Duke of Brunswick } was true . [ As the present declaration contained an allegation of the former libels , and as the plaintiff said he wished to refer to them , Lord Denman thought that they might be referred to . ] The plaintiff therefore proceeded . The first indictment was in 1812 . The defendant in these various libels charged hiin ( the plaintiff ) with murder , with infamous crimes , and matters of that sort , He had been charged with having murdered Eliza Greenwood . He was ready to met that and any other charge . Mr . Cockburn objected to the plaintiff going into these previous matters . The declaration began with setting out something published by Bernard Gregory . To the

      extent ofthe matters thus set out the plaintiff might enter upon the statement of previous matters , but not further . The plaintiff wanted all the case to be known to the jury . The subject of tliepresent action was a libel contained in "Xotiees to Correspondents . " It was published in the paper of the 3 rd of Novembar , 1 S 14 . lord Denman read it . It spoke of the former defendant , Gregory , being better than might have been expected after the persecutions he endured , and of his being about to give to the world an account of his persecutions , and of the judicial tyranny practised on him . It went on to say . that the defendant Gregory had throughout exhibited great strength of mind , and that he had been enabled io do so , because his conduct had , -from the commencement , been sustained in strong truth . [ This seemed to he the paragraph which the plaintiff thought Muounted

      to a declaration , that aH that Gregory had written of him was , in fact , true . ] Another paragraph referred to the proceedings in the Court of Queen ' s Bench [ in reading this Lord Denman said , "I think I ought to have been me plaintiff in this part of the libel "J . and spoke of the plaintiff as a foreigner despoiled for his vices of home and country . The writer took creditfor gentleness of spirit , in noticing the follies of the duke , but described him as a wanderer on the world , with no country in Europe but England that would receive him ; that he was shutout from court , the clubs , and society . The declaration went on to allege other writings of the defendant to the same effect . It seemed to him ( Lord Denman ) that the plaintiff complained that this defendant had stated that aU that Gregory had represented was the truth . The Duke of Brunswick : That is so , my lord ; and I have brought this civil action to enable him to pro .-e the truth of it , if he thinks he can . He has not tried to do

      that—The plaintiff continued : There was a whole series of libels , and he could not separate the one from the other . The plaintiff proceeded to comment on the unceasing malice with which he had been pursued by the Satirist newspaper , and expressed his hope and belief that the jury would treat this first paragraph as a libel . The second libel of which he complained was inserted in the paper ofthe 9 th of March , 1845 , and sought by the most shameful insinuations , to connect his ( the plaintiff ' s ) name with the murder of De la Rue and the crimes of Hockex . —Mr . Cockhurn proceeded to address the court at greatlengih in behalf ol the defendant He justified the paragraphs in the Satirist , and was extremely severe on the conduct ofthe duke , who , he asserted , was actuated by motives the most vindictive and mean . After a reply from the plaintiff , Lord Denman summed up , the jurors retired for about half an hour , and then brought in a veraictfor the plaintiff . Damages—One farthing .

      THE CASES OF THE FELICIDADE AND TIIE ECHO . SERJEANTS ' -IKN-HALL , Wednesday , Dec . 3 . Eegisa v . Sebva and othees . —The case was argued by learned counsel of the common law bar before the Judge at Westminster on the 15 th of If ¦ - vemher , and a report of the facts of the case , and of the arguments , appeared in this paper of the 22 nd of November , but the learned Judges having expressed a desire to hear a farther argument npon the points in question by learned civilians , they met on Wednesday morning in Serjeant ' s-innhall for that purpose . Sir J . Doflson , Queen ' s Advocate ,

      and Dr . PhiBimore , appeared for the Crown ; Dr . Addams for the prisoners Joaquim , Ribeiro , Martinos , and Francisco ; and Dr . Harding for the other prisoners , Serva . Majaval , and Alves . The case occupied the court the whole of the day . The speeches were mostly arepetition of the facts and arguments with which our readers are already conversant . The Judges then , at 5 o ' clock , retired . Xo judgment is expected to ha publicly given ; but the opinion of their Lordships will be communicated in the proper quarter . If it be that the conviction is bad , the Home Secretary wUI be advised to recommend a free pardon ; if the contrary , the law will be allowed to take its course when the respite expires .

      Tax G^Jie Laws. —A Poacher Shot.—Petwoet...

      Tax G ^ jie Laws . —A Poacher Shot . —Petwoeth . —Some considerable excitement has been caused in this neighbourhood from the circumstance of a poacher having been shot in the night of Sunday last by the head gamekeeper on Barkfold estate , in the parish of Kirdford , near this town , the property of Mr . Richard Hosier , of Aldingbourne . The man shot was a confirmed poacher , having been once tried at the Lewes assizes and sentenced to one month ' s imprisonment for night poaching with others , and daring the last spring tried by the local magistrates and fined in the penalty of £ 5 for a similar ofience , remarking at the time he paid the inonev that he would soon mnke that up again . The name ' of the deceased was Benjamin Remnant , a single man , 29 years ol agt . Ihe name of the gamekeeper is Thomas Denver . On Wednesday an inquest was holden -which terminated in a "verdict of "Manslaughter " agamst Denyer , who was thereupon committed to await his trial at the next assizes at Lewes

      . TkJ ^ " ?! MCBD EH » Ex-SlSKILLEJf . —EssiSKILLES , mk . 2 , 1846 . —The coroner ' s inquest held on the Sie ? rf wfevff a 1 ,, B 1 W gbt m a man " ""> ° u veriiuY SL ^ 1 M de " ^ iust Anna Com , or Keown mitfcST £ ? iaid ' . ' " La 3 bccn acconiinglv comto T . r . son to abide her trial at the isuSg

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      Monday.—Cutting And Wounding. —William C...

      Monday . —Cutting and Wounding . —William Carney , Benjamin Barnett , and William Lewis , were placed at the bar , charged with cutting and wounding two police constables , Edward Burgess and Joseph Bray , whilst in the execution of their duty , with the intent to do them grievous bodily harm . Mr . Bodkin having stated the case to the jury , proceeded to call the witnesses . — Edward Burgess , police constable , 198 H , said he was on duty , in plain clothes , in the Whitecliapel-rond , at halfpast eight o ' clock in the evening ofthe 13 th of November . As he was passing before the King ' s Arms public-house he saw a horse and cart stop before the door of the public-house . In the cart were two men , known as associates of thieves . In consequence of this he called a

      brother officer ( Bray ) and left him iu charge of the cart , whilst he entered the public-house . Whilst in the publichouse he saw several men , all associates of thieves , but could not find the two men who drove the cart . He then came out of the public-house . He said to Bray , " Come along ; we must bring their cart and horse to the station-house . " They had already laid hold of the horse ' s head , one on each side , when somewhere about twenty men rushed out of the public-house and surrounded them crying out not to let the constables take away the cart . Carney attempted to get up into it , but did not succeed in doing so . Lewis and Barnett were also amongst the crowd round the cart . Barnett said to Burgess , " It ' s Burgess , let go the cart , itbelongetohim " ( pointing to a man of tlie came of Myers , who was sitting in the cart . ) Burgess said he should take away the cart ,

      and whilst doing so he was struck two or three blows in the chest by Lewis . Immediately after Carney struck hhn on the face and cut the end of his nose almost oftj the end only holdiag by a small piece of skin . The blow was immediately repeated , and took effect on the left temple . He immediately fell , and was taken to a doctor by two of the persons present . He was afterwards taken to the hospital . The officer then stated that he knew all the prisoners at the bar as thieves and associates of thieves . Joseph Bray corroborated the evidence of Burgess . He saw Carney open a penknife and attempt to cut the nose off Burgess . Mr . Henry Shirley Sauuders , surgeon at the Lendon Hospital , stated that Burgess had been brought there on the 13 th , at ten o ' clock in the evening . There was a gash on his nose inflicted evidently by some sharp instrument . The cartilage and the whole of

      the left wing of the nose had been separated . There was also a gash on the left temple . They were b 9 th clean cuts , and might have fcsen inflicted by apen-knife . Carney , on being called on for defence , said he was innocent of the charge brought against him , and that he was a long distance from London on the evening of the 13 th , No witnesses , however , were called in proof of this fact . Sir . Payne having addressed the jury for the defence of Barnett , proceeded to call witnesses to prove that Barnett was not the man who struck the constable Bray . The ltecorder having summed up , the jury , after some deliberation , returned a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners . A former conviction for felony was proved against Carney . The Recorder then sentenced Carney to be transported for the term of his natural life , and Lewis and Barnett to be transported severally for fourteen years . The prisoners were then taken away , loudly protesting

      then-innocence . Killing and Slating . —John Horrobin , aged 29 , was indicted for that he on the 22 nd of November , at St . George the Martyr , Southwark , did feloniously make an assault on Mary Horrobin , his wife , that he struck her with both his hands on her head , face , and body , and inflicted divers mortal wouuds and contusions , whereof she lingered until the 24 th day of November last , when she died ; and the indictment further stated that he , the prisoner , did feloniously kill and slay . There were counts , one of which charged the prisoner / with inflicting divers mortal wounds with a certain knife . Theprisoner also stood charged with manslaughter , on the coroner ' s inquisition for the county of Surry . No counsel appeared for the prisoner , whose appearance indicated great distress and wretchedness . Mr . Piatt stated the case for

      the prosecution , which was promoted by the parish officers of St . George ' s . Bryant , au intelligent little girl , stated that she lodged in the same house as the prisoner and his late wife . On the night named iu the indictment , she heard a noise up stairs , and something like quarrelling . Hi g h words passed , and as she thought blows . She at length went np to the room , when she saw the deceased lying dressed on the bed , and the prisoner was in the room , aud seemed u good deal excited . The deceased complained of ill usage . Witness then left , and went into her own room , where she remained for an hour , when the disturbance up stairs recommenced with renewed violence . Witness and her mother then went up to the room , and other persons came in . Of the number who came was a Mrs . Bland , who found that the deceased was very bad , and appeared to have been beaten .

      She bled very freely , and , on examination , an incised wound was discovered in the hack . Mrs . Bland went in quest of a doctor , and witness went after the prisoner's sou to inform him . The doctor came after her return , and examined the deceased , and pronounced her very badly injured . Several other persons wese examined , but their evidence did little more than confirm that of the witness Bryant . Mr . Commissioner Bullock called upon the prisoner for his defence . The prisoner said he had little to say as to the facts which the witnesses had stated , since he had only put questions to one of them . He would not deny that an altercation took place , or that he had drank too freely on the night in question . He declared before God and man , that he was innocent of inflicting any death-blow . Itwas all accidental . She went out more than once in the course of the evening ,

      and once she fell down , and she might then have injured her back . He had Kved for the last five years with his wife , as his children ( now present ) could prove . He concluded convulsively exclaiming , " I loved that woman as I lovedmy life . I declare to Gcd , and you , my lord , I never killed her . " Sir . Commissioner Bullock summed up to the jury , and in the commencement observed that the case was one of a very doubtful nature . There was great confusion in the evidence of the first and most important witness as to the time when the injuries were inflicted , It would seem that tlie deceased made some sort of declaration as to how she came by her wounds , but that could not be used in evidence ; it did not , however ,

      appear , except in one instance , which cannot be received , that she implicated theprisoner , It also appeared that he manifested great anxiety about his wife , an-1 sent for a doctor . The surgeon had discovered a great effusion of blood on thc brain , and was of opinion that might have caused death . Some knives had bepn produced , but they did not appear to have been recently used , nor could an inference be drawn as to their having inflicted the wound on the back . - The jury had heard what the prisoner had said byway of defence . He had declared thathelived on amicable terms with his mother , whom he supported and lodged . His lordship reiterated the doubts which surrounded the case . The jury , without muchhesitation , acquitted the prisoner ,

      Cdtiing and Wounding . —Sarah Fowling , a very decent-loeking woman , aged 35 , was indicted , for that she on the 26 th ult . did assault , stab , cut , and wound , Hannah Connor on her forehead , with intent to do her grievous bodily harm . —Mrs . Connor ( the prosecutrix ) is the wife of a shoemaker , residing at No , 10 J , Moor-street , Bishopsgate . Her father , mother and sister , live and lie in the same room as witness and her husband . She went down stairs for some water on the night in question , and ran up-stairs again without shutting the front door , but , at her request her father went down to shut it . The prisoner met hhn in the passage and abused him . Her mother then went down , and some words took p lace between them . Witness was standing near the door , and the prisoner challenged her by calling out— " Come here . " Witness approached , and the prisoner then took from

      behind her a small chopper , and struck her on the forehead , and she fell down on the floor . The wound inflicted bled profusely . She had not spoken an annoying word to her that night . —Timothy Ryan , the landlord of the room , although suffering under a severe complaint of the lungs , gave his evidence with fine Hibernian emphasis . He said on the night in question the Goodchilds and Connors were very neisy aud quarrelsome , He was witness to the beating of the prisoner , before she in her defence struck the blow . Witness exclaimed , " By , they ' ve her down ; they're murthering her , surely ! " He called in the policeman . The j ury returned a verdict of Guilty of a common assault . The prosecutrix recommended her to mercy . The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to be confined in the Giltspur Compter for three calendar months .

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      SliMli ^ UiiS AAD SESSIONAL RESULTS . Subjoined is a corrected list of the sentences passed upon the prisoners in all the three courts , to which is appended other adjudications and results . Banishment . — The following were sentenced to be transported beyond the sea for the periods set against their respective names , viz . !—For Life . —\\ m . Edward Bearly , aged 82 ; T . Dixon ; W . Curacy . Fifteen Tears . —Benjamin Barnett . Fourteen Years . —Adolphus W . Bodill , 31 . Tteelee Years . —D . Gibbs , 19 . r « n Yean . —Elizabeth Herberts , 21 ; Ann Burns , E . Mitchell , J . Grogan , J . Burke , John Goul , 45 , and i \ Cope , 19 , postmen ; Paul Cooper , 20 ; J . Murphy , U ; Isaac Jessop , C . Lowe . For Seven Years . —Frances Payne , 34 ; Jane Iliscott , 25 ; Susannah New , 42 ; Mary CottereU , 17 ; Caroline Bray , 24 ; George Gumble , 18 ; Wolff Trehzner , 29 ; Edward Chandler , 21 ; J . Bays , 21 ; A . A . Hearne , J . Evans , John Deane , 21 . -

      imprisonment with the adjunct of UABD 1 ABOUB IN THE HOUSE OF COBBECTION . For Tico Years . —J . Brown . For Eighteen Months . —Mary Ann Brown , Eliza Langley , T . Joyce , J . Prescott , H . Thompson , T . Leader . For One Year . —Mary Smith , J . White alias Whiteman , alias Blackman , Hugh Sanders , C . Phillips , J . Wisby , J . Pearce , J . Anderson , G . Baxter , J . Braxton alias Baxter , J . Jones , T Pnrton . JbrAuie Months . —Caroline Williams , Mary AnnSulli . van , Mary Baker , G . Hammond , C . Barron , J . Knight , J . Jones , W . Pryor , T . Colliman . For Six Months . —Martha Lynham , Ann Gardner , Jane Cribb , Ann Garner , Caroline Bay , J , Silk , J , Niers , A . Wilkinson , J . Dobbins , It . Aldridge . W . Prior , T , Nicholls , Thomas Kibble , F . Davis , A . Dark , J . Brown , T . D . Wrench , T . Calendar , F . Deane , C . Gray , J . Smith , R . White , J . Wait , J . Owen , J . Woodward , R . Martin , T . Dobson .

      JFor Four Months . —Elizabeth Brackenhury , W . Ham monfl , B . Werrow , J . Cronin , H Hemonens , J . Catb' n , R White , R . Green , F . Nicholls , C . Kingston , W . Hyde , R umB .

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      TteJfontts . —Mary Ann Tickers , Ann Hnmesworth , Mary Ann Winson , Eliza Russel , Rachael Lindon , Sarah Fowler , W . Ogen , T . Watson , L . Benjamin , G . Marshall , J . Mann , J . Boddy , G . Collins , J . Smith , W . Joiies . J . Dodtl , J . Whitehead , J . Williams , J . Houghton , W . Wyman , J . Collins , G . Reed , W . Smith . Acquittals . —The undermentioned were acquitted and discharged : —Mary Ann Brown , Mary Ann Sherley , Mary Ann Baring , Mary Crawley , Mary Smith , Mary Davis , Ellen Quinn , Margaret Kelly , Jane South , Sarah Sanders , Eliza White , T . Itasberry , J . Lawrence , T : Matthews , P . Bryan , J . Jessop , J . Popert , M . Hakal , R . Tarley , M . Crawley , T . Brown , C . Powell , M . Smith , H . Smith , J . Elam , J . Wright , J . Ticks , W . King , It . Wild , C . Lee , E . Andrews alias Brag , G . Mackerford , J . Vials alias Jeffreys , P . Merrington , — Loekington , J . Horrobin , W . Ilall . l'ierro Batty , R . Dowlan , J . Brown , H . James , J . Brett , J . Sheen , J . Jones .

      Ignored Bills , and Discharged by Proclamation . — The grand jury ignored the bills preferred against the following prisoners , who were discharged forthwith : —Win . Thompson , Ann M'Carthy , J . Crew , C . Kemp , T . Wilson , Catherine Barry , Eliza Grimes , W . T . Thompson . Minor Adjudications and Session I JResalts , — Imprisonment for two months 2 , six weeks 1 , one month i , fourteen days and under 4 , three weeks 1 , judgments respited upon 6 , remanded and traversed 5 , discharged on sureties 5 , privately whipped I , confessed judgment 27 , verdict annulled 1 , surrendered for trial 9 , acquitted for want ot evidence 1 , catted on recognisance 3 .

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      Mansion House. Thursday. — Extbaokdinabi...

      MANSION HOUSE . Thursday . — Extbaokdinabi . - Case , — A seaman of very intelligent appearance , named John Potter , who stated his age to be about thirty years , presented himself at the bar in the custody of Bradley , one of the principal officers of the Mansion-house , a voluntary prisoner . The following evidence was given on the occasion : — James Bradley said : This day the prisoner , voluntarily delivered himself into my custody as an escaped convict . He stated to me that he escaped in December , 1883 , from Sydney , since which time he had been at sea . That he was tried and convicted at Shrewsbury , in the month of August , 1832 , was transported for life , and received no pardon for his offence , and was actuated by a sense of duty to his God in giving himself up to justice . I have procured from John Bellamy , Esq ., the clerk of assize of the Oxford Circuit , the certificate of his conviction at the

      assizes holden at Shrewsbury , in and for the county of Salop , on the 1 st day of August , in the third year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the 4 th , by the name of John Potter ; and the prisoner confessed to me that he is the person referred to as John Potter in tlie certificate I produce , and which I saw signed by Mr . Bellamy . Sir John Pirie : What have you to say to this statement made by the officer , prisoner ? The prisoner : I admit that his evidence is in every respect correct . The prisoner then said he had escaped from Sidney about four years ago ; that he there witnessed the miserably immoral condition of his fellow convicts , whom , as he was now a reformed man himself , he should earnestly wish to assist as much as lay in his small power , in reforming ; that he had been earning an honest living as a sailor , first in an American vessel , and that he afterwards

      was employed in the Hudson ' s Bay Company ' s service , aud sent to Africa . He said that , after a laborious service in foreign ports , he became a seaman on board the ship John Grey , trading from Greenock to Bombay , and on the outward voyage he was induced by a special providence to turn over the pages of the Holy Bible , which wrought such changes in his mind , affecting the good of his fellow creatures , that he was at once seized with the desire to do something for their advantage ; and he considered himself competent , from the experience he had had of a convict ' s pains and penalties , to read ' then * a strong lesson upon the nature-and effects of their crimes and errors . There * was one thing , however , to begot over before he could think of making the attempt upon which his mind and heart were fixed . He had been guilty of a further violation of the laws of the country , by making his escape from his place of punishment , and he could not satisfy his conscience without delivering

      himself up to justice . He had , therefore , come to the determination to confess his escape , notwithstanding the horror inseparable from the idea of a convict ' s life , and the great probability that he never should be discovered in the character which he had performed so long without having excited the least suspicion . After looking over the subject with the seriousness which belonged to it , he applied , through the recommendation of a clergyman at Calcutta , to whom he had mentioned the cause of his uneasiness , to Sir John Pirie , who attended to him with the most benevolent interest , and declared the utmost willingness to give hiin employment by which ho could earn a most respectable livelihood , but considered , as a magistrate of the city of London , that an effort to shield him could not be consistently made without tho sanction of the Secretary of State . The prisoner was committed to Newgate for the escape , and a true bill was , yesterday evening , about an hour after his committal for trial , found against him by the grand jury .

      MARLBOROUGH STREET . Thuhsdav . —The hecent Robbery op Jeweliebt in New Covejjthy-stbeet . — Solomon Goldsmith was brought up for another examination on a charge of having robbed , or connived at robbing the shop of his master , Mr . Russell , in New Coventry-street , of between £ 700 and £ 800 worth of jewellery and plate . The robbery occurred on Friday , Nov . 14 th , between the hours of five and seven o ' clock in the evening . It was discovered by the prisoner , who made known the circumstance to Mr . Russell at his other shop , in King-street , but in consequence of the adroitness with which the robbery had been accomplished , and the selection of the valuable from the inferior part of the stock , itwas presumed that the thief was some

      one well acquainted with the stock and premises , and as theprisoner had onl y been a few weeks in Mr . Russell ' s employ , and was not able to give a very satisfactory account of his movements on the evening of the robbery , he was suspected , and given into custody . Mr . Russell stated to the magistrate that although he had used thc utmost exertions to gain a clue to any part of his property , and had even offered a reward of £ 100 to effect that object , he had not been able to obtain any information , and he was consequently not in a position to bring further evidence against the prisoner . The prisoner was then discharged . The prisoner on being told that he was discharged , declared before God that he was as innocent as the baby unborn of the robbery . He would give all the assistance in his power to Mr . Russell to trace out the thieves .

      WORSHIP STREET . FKIKAV . —DSEADI'UL CASE OF STABBING . Bcilj . lmil ) Freeman , a fellowship porter , was placed at the bar before Mi-, Bingham , charged with having stabbed a young woman named Mary Ann Webb with a clasp-knife , whereby her life was placed in imminent danger . It appeared from the evidence that at nine o ' clock on the preceding evening police-constable Long , B 77 , was on duty in Coventry-street , Bothnel-green , when he was abruptly accosted by twe boys , who requested him to hasten immediately to the house No . 8 in that street , where a woman had just been murdered by her husband . On reaching the house in question , and entering an apartment on the first floor , he found a woman lyingupon the bed in a state of extreme suffering and exhaustion , and attended by a surgeon , and in answer to his inquiries he was informed that the prisoner , with whom the woman had colubiteil for several years , and borne him three children , had returned home in a state of partial intoxication , and sat down to supper , which he invited her to partake of , and

      on her declining to do so the prisoner instantly exclaimed , "then , take that , " and plunged the knife he was using into her left side . She immediately tied for assistance to the house of a neighbour , and the prisoner , apparently struck with remorse at the act he had committed , hastened himself to procure the attendance of the surgeon who was then present . Upon hearing this statement the constable hurried down stairs to secure the prisoner , who was pacing about in a state of excessive agitation in the room below , and he at once surrendered hixiself into custody . The injured woman , by direction of the surgeon , was re . moved as speedily as " possible to the London Hospital . In answer to the charge , the prisoner , who appeard to be greatly affected , declared that he had inflicted the wound hi a moment of sudden passion , but that he had not the slightest intention to do the woman any serious htti'ni , and deeply lamented the unhappy consequences that had resulted from his rash conduct . The prisoner was ordered to be remanded .

      CLERKENWELL . 8 at ( jrdat .--Assault . John Collins was charged with a violent assault upon Thomas Mason , a foreman bricklayer , in the employ of a builder in Islington . The assault occurred in Hig hbury-terrace . In this case a foreman was left by his master in charge of the men , with orders to report to the master , upon his return , the conduct of tho men . The foreman reported to his master , in this case , that the prisoner had not done his duty , and he was , consequently , discharged . Finding this , the prisoner treated the complainant in the most brutal- manner ; knocked him off a scaffold eight feet high ; the complainant fell on the ground headforemost , and laid there insensible for some time , from the shock . Mr . Greenwood fined the prisoner £ 4 , or eight months ' imprisonment , —He was committed ,

      SOUTHWARK . Fbidav . —John Watson and John Samuels , two welldressed men , the former about 45 , and the latter 30 , years of age , were placed at the bar before Mr . Traill , charged with stealing upwards of £ 50 in sovereigns and silver , and besides watches , in a public-house called the Old Justice , in Bermondsey-wall , and slso with committing violent assaults , with a life-preserver , " on policeman 237 M division , and a young man , maned Samuel Brown , on taken them into custody . They were remanded . Satcbday . —Seizure of an Illicit Still , —Temple Long , an elderly man , of very respectable appearance , was charged with working an illicit still , whereby he had incurred the penalty of £ 80 . John Lee , an officer of the customs , said , that about twelve o ' clock last night , from information he received , he proceeded to Nos . 11 and 12 ,

      King ' s Bench-walk , near the prison , and hiving climbed over some palings at the rear of No . 11 , I 15 entered the back yard , and found a communication with two houses , and having entered No , 12 , he found a still in full operation , with a quantity of spirit , molasses , juniper berries , and carraway seeds . He searched the house , aud found no person there ; but on entering the other house he discovered the prisoner in the front room . He had placed officers in the front aud st the rear , to prevent any person leaving the houses . The prisoner was convicted about eighteen months ago for a similar offence . The prisoner denied any knowledge of the still , or being the tenant of the house where rt was found .-Mr . Traill said that it was quite clear he raust have some knowledge of the still , as no other perSon was near it . IIe ^ thorc . sjss ? the peaait - ° > - * - ™ '

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      BARNSLEY . The following resolutions have been adopted at Barnsley : — " That it be an instruction to our delegate from tlie Barnsley branch ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society , to the delegate who represents this district in the ensuing Manchester conference , to vote for the continuing in office of the present directory , with as many other persons as the conference may deem requisite to carry out the objects of the society . " " That our representative be further instructed to allow no more than four acres of land to one shareholder . "

      . HANLEY AND SHELTON . The following resolutions were passed at a meeting of ofthe shareholders , held at their meeting room , Miles Bank , Bee . 2 nd : — "That the thanks of the meeting be given to the board of directors . for their unswerving conduct in managing the affairs of the society , and we think they arc perfectly justified in appropriating the profits arising from the sale of cards and rules to the management of tha society . " " That the board of directors be chosen by the conference , and that the delegate , who represents this district in the forthcoming conference , be instructed to support the re-election of the present board of directors , with additions to their number , if necessary . " " That the society be enrolled , providing the name and objects are not altered . " " That trustees be appointed by the conference , " "The occupants to be elected by ballot , "

      OLDHAM . On Sunday last , Mr . A . Hurst lectured iri tho School Boom ofthe Working Man ' s Hall— " On the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire . " The lecture gave general satisfaction .

      TODMORBEN . At a meeting of the Chartist Land Society , hold at the house of R . Brook , it was resolved : — "That we , the members of the Chartist Land Society , resident in Todmorden , are of opinion ( after reading the resolutions passed at tho meeting held at Dewsbuvy ) that there is a party existing in Yorkshire who are intending to spread discord and disunion amongst us ; and that their opposition springs from disappointed ambition , and not from any anxiety for the welfare of the society . That the report drawn up at Dewsbury breathes a very bad spirit , " "That we think it desirable that every member of the Land Society should be careful to guard against ever } thing that may have a tendency to detract from , or come iu contact with , the working out of real democracy , in connection with the Land Society , and we are of opinion , that selecting persons to be officers who are opposed

      to the principles of the Charter will do ao , and that the choice made at Dewsbury gives us no little uneasiness as it shows us that they ( the delegates ) were not sufficiently aware of their own interest in selecting the persons named in their resolutions . " " That we are of opinion that the directors are justified in making use of money arising from the profit of the sale of cards and rules ; and we arc also of opinion that the success of the society may bo mainly attributed to the lectures delivered in different parts ofthe kingdom . " " That we are of opinion that the trustees should be elected according to the !) th rule , and that thc qualification for the directors should he strictly adhered to according to rule 3 rd . " " That in the opinion of this meeting , those shareholders who have taken out two shares ( provided they have paid up for both shares ) on drawing their lot for one share , have the choice of two , so that they can have their four acres altogether .

      [ We have omitted a portion of the first resolution , passed at Todmorden , because it was a censure upon a speech made at the Dewsbury meeting , which we declined publishing , and for tho very same reasons that our Todmorden friends thought it worthy of censure ., We would fee fully justified in making such comment as ' we thought proper , because we understand that nearly every locality has received a printed report of six columns oi ' the Bewsbury proceedings . "We abstain , however , from saying a word more than is necessary upon the occasion . We refused to print the Bewsbury report , and every locality that has received it , as printed by Mr . Brown , Mr . Hobson's partner , at Hulderstield , asserts that we exercised a wise discretion in so doing . We have not noticed the subject even as far as was necessary to

      insure due caution , but now we shall say just one word—n w « rd that will prove that it was expected that ff e would not publish the report . Wc are not in the habit of re . ceiving such gratuitous favours as six column reports , while , curious to say , not only was a full report sent to us , but furtlier , a verbatim copy of that long report was carefully preserved for publication in another form . Mr . Wm . Griffin , when swearing against us at Manchester , said , that the only fault that the editor of the Star found with him was , that he was "too industrious . " May we notnrge the same complaint against our mncs-Tmous kind friend of Huddcrsficld . When we find such industry and devotion the rule , instead of the ex . ; ception , with our friends , we shall think them true lover ' s of the working classes , and honest volunteers in the preservation of their rights , while , really , the same

      devotion to entrap us so smacks of Mrs . Candour s friendship that we can't gulp six column doses in the onset . The Huddersfield report states , that a large quantity of the proceedings had been " set up" and countermandedthis is quite true ; so it appears that there is a spy in the printing office , as we were not applied to upon the subject . It is equally true that we paid for what was " set up , " and it is equally true that we have some other specimens of composition which we countermanded when in type . Upon the whole , we thanh our friends oi Todmorden , Sheffield , Halifax , and especially Dewsbury , for their clear-sightedness . The people of Dewsbury themselves write to Mr . Wheeler to say , that they were not only no parties to the dodge , but that they were annoyed at the trick . We have fought too many battles of the same kind to be hocus-pocussed even by the sincerity of our "Candid Friend , " ]

      STOCKPORT . The "New Dodge . "—Grand Performance at Stockport . —On Wednesday evening last , the League exhibited here to a numerous and highly amused auditory . The piece was one of Cobdeu ' s latest productions , a farce in three acts , entitled , " Open Ports . " The mayor was stage manager on the occasion . The performance was wretched , the whole of the company , with one exception , ( the town clerk ) being mere amateurs . The principal character was taken by a junior smoke noble , named Fernley . He appeared as " professor of political economy ;" Had bees studying the science for twenty years , and had discerned that our institutions were thc oean ideal of pvri ' ection , and only wanted "free trade" to purify them . Had found from his deep researches , that English land

      could not produce enough of food for the sustentation ot its inhabitants ; wc must therefore get it from America . Was confident that the mere mention of " Open Ports " would have a " magic effect" in causing " the people" to buckle on tho armour of agitation in the " righteous cause . " Dr . Rayner bore testimony to the awful ravages caused in tbe physical system by want of food , Knew it fi'om his extensile practice ( not from , having felt the want of food himself . J The people believed him , though he is a Whig , which will appear paradoxical—it will be recollected , however , that we live in strange times . Overlooker Allinson appeared in his old character , as "the Renegade ! " Spoke in a tremulous voice , was ghastly pale , lips quivered , seemed to be troubled with ihe " pleasures of memory . " Said little , but would have sung , had not public opinion rendered tha viper harmless . It is said that he is studying for " Iiigo , " and certainly Dame Nature has been profuse in her gifts , to fit him for such a

      character , and he has lost no chance of improvement . The first act was about to close when , to the dismay of the comedians , Messrs . T . Clark and Williams appeared on the stage , and succeeded in winning a large party to the notion that nothing but "the land at home" could render us independent of partial failures of the crops . And no little surprise was manifested when theannouncement was made that the Chartists had several thousands of pounds collected for the purpose of purchasing land , on which to try the practicability of that theory , which taught the people to look to English land as the only means of securing happiness to the English labourer , Messrs , Coppock ( town clerk ) , John Haman ( who played the clown ) , aud Escregg , and ex-cotton lord , severalty performed their parts ; and the performance closid shortly after eleven o ' clock , the " company" having been able to get through only one of three acts , much to the discovnfituve of the " respectable" part of the audience .

      Mr . Robert Wild , of Mottram , gave a very interesting lecture to the Chartists of this town last Sunday , on "first principles , " for which they rendered him a unanimous vote of thanks .

      SUDBURY . Tub Land . —Important Meeting , —A lecture was de ^ livered in the Globe Inn , North-street , Sudbury , on Wednesday , 26 th November , by Mr . Doyle , member of the Ex . ecutive ; Mr . Thomas Goody , a zealous and staunch sup . porter ofthe cause , was unanimously elected to thi chair . Au excellent band of musicians were in attendance upon the occasion , who , previous to the opening ol business , went through the principal streets of the town playing several popular and soul-stirring airs . The chairman briefly opened the business by stating they ( the persons present ) were called together for the purpose oi hearing a lecture from Mr . Doyle upon the land , its capabilities , and the means of obtaining it ; and he trusted they would give the lecturer a fair and impartial hearing ,

      and if any gentleman present had any question to ask , or any objection to oifer , when he had concluded , such person would have every possible attention paid to him , and he ( the chairman ) would guarantee that Mr , Doyle would answer him in a friendly spirit . Mr . Doyle on rising said , before entering into the subject of tho land he would make a few observations , relative to the committee of the Mechanics' Institution refusing hiin the liberty of lecturing in their room . The gentlemen , or a majority forming that committee , stated as the reason for their refusal , that he ( the lecturer ) was a Chartist , and that if they were to allow him the use of the room it might be the means of breaking up their institution . In

      answer , he wished to stats that he was a Chartist , and gloried in the sacred name ; for the principles contained in the document entitled the "People ' s Charter" were based upon thc immutable laws of nature , which said that all men being naturally equal , all therefore had equal rights ; that is , all a clear right to life , liberty , and protection . But he wished to know if every man upon that committee-had not some political principle to guide him as to what was right and what was wrong , and would further wish to know what would be the feeling of a-aj one amongst them , if he was not allowed to lectuxe in thoir Institution upon agriculture , or upon any other scientific question , merel y because he imbibed political

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      opinions repugnant to theirs ; would hs « v t fcel . they were very illiberal , and instead of their being ; . '" ienas t 0 free enquiry ; and the onward progress of the hV man - mind , werebitter enemias to both . Mr . Doyle again . reiterated he was ft Char tist , and that , in despite of persecution or prosecutions he would , while he was able to raise h ; 8 voice , advocate those principles , because he honestly be . hv " ved they inculcated pure truth and justice , and if carried in . ' operation would be a means to an end , aud that end the social happiness of the entire people . Mr . Doyle then commenced his lecture , ' and drew the attention of his audience to the vast importance of the subject they had mot to inquire into . Ho proved from the authority of Parliament itself that those who said the land of the United Kingdom was inadequate to the wants of the

      population were egregiously mistaken , tor there were upwards of 30 , 00 ( 1 , 00 ( 1 acres uncultivated , 10 , 000 , 000 of which were susceptible of the best possible cultivation , and would , if there was a sufficient quantity of labour expended upon it , produce food adequate to the wants of 21 , 000 , 000 of people . These were not his own opinions , but those of scientific men , well acquainted with the subject , and yet it was a notorious fact that tliere were four millions of paupers ( so called ) in England , Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . If the Government , and those who aided it , in guiding the helm of the state , were at all desirous of doing away with pauperism , poverty , and crime , aye , and £ 7 , 000 . 000 a year as poor ' s rate too , they had only to allow each able-bodied pauper as much of this ( now

      waste and unproductive ) land as would be necessary to supply himself and family with all the real comforts of life , and then it would be done . Ah ! but they had rather see the gaols filled with poverty-made felons , the bastilcs with unfortunate beings , whose only fault ( if fault it can be termed ) is , they arc poor and wretched ' ; the cities , towns , and villages with starving creatures , willing to labour , but cannot find it , while the majority of those who do labour , onlyrecciving what is merely sufficient to keep them alive . Mr . Doyle then went into the second part of the subject , and adduced many facts , which cleiuiy shewed the capability of the fertile soil of England , After which he explained the "Chartist Cooperative Land Plan , " and called upon those present , who were favourable , to come forward and enrol

      themselves as members . The lecturer , in conclusion , said , having heard , during that day , that Mr , O'Connor had been much abused and vilified by a portion ofthe middle classes of Sudbury , he was there , in the absence of that gentleman , and would give any of the party an opportunity of stating at that meeting what they stated elsewhere , viz—that Mr . O'Cnnor was a dishonest man , and he ( the lecturer ) would undertake to prove that such statement , or charge , was without foundation in truth ; yea , that it was a base falsehood , and they who made use ofitknewit . This annouccemeni elicited tremendous applause from the meeting . Mr . Doyle waited to see if any person would meet him , but as no one appeared to take up the gauntlet , he sat down loudly cheered . After the lecture it was moved that the chairman do leave the chair . It was then proposed that he retake it , which was carried ; when : a petition for the restoration of the Welch exiles , similar to that passed at St . Pancras on

      Monday , November 17 th , was read . Mr . Joseph Goody proposed its adoption , Mr . James Woods seconded it , and Mr . Doyle supported it . The chairman then put it to the meeting , and it was carried unanimously . Another was moved , seconded , supported , and carried without a dissentient voice , for the restoration of William Ellis . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer for his services on the occasion , and also the chairman . Several members were enrolled at the close of the meeting in the land Society ; and eighty-seven names attached to each of the petitions , during which time the band played a number of excellent airs , which cheered thc hearts of those present , Wc cannot conclude the report of this , the most important meeting ever held in Sudbury , without tendering the best thanks ofthe shareholders of this locality for the kind services of the musicians , who came a distance of three miles to the meeting , and did not leave the town till midnight , and yet would not accept a fraction in the way of remuneration .

      The following resolutions were adopted at a meeting , held at the Koom of the Chartist Co-qperatiee Land Society , Mr . John Wright in the chair;— " That the hoard of directors be chosen by the conference , and that the delegate , who represents this district in the forthcoming conference , be instructed to support the reelection of the present board of directors , with an addition , if necessary . " " That the rules of the society be unrolled under the name of the Chartist Co-operative Land Soeitty . " " That no person be allowed to hold more than four acres . " " That the members go on the land in rotation according to thc time of paying the money . " That two cottnges be bnilt adjoining each other ; also , the value of the cottages be £ 50 instead of £ 30 —that one pound per annum be charged in rent for the improvement . " " That the thanks of this meeting be g iven to the present board of directors for their noble exertions in promoting the extension of this society .

      ROUEN ( FRANCE ) . A meeting of the shareholders of the Co-operative Land Association was held on Friday evening , November 28 th . Mr . James Johnson was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Siddaway read a letter he had received from Mr . T . M . Wheeler ; after whieh the nomination for a person to attend the ensuing conference was proceeded with . Messrs , G . W . Wheeler , Orford , ami W . Dixon , were the candidates . The ballot proceeded , and the chairman announced that Mr . G . W . Wheeler was unanimously elected . Two new shares were taken , and the full amount paid up . The following are the amendments they desire to see made iu the rules : — " Thatthenumber of directors shall be twelve , and that they lie chosen from the several districts , each district possessii ^ f ibe power to

      nominate one . " " The qualification of a director to be membership for six months . " " That the society be empowered to borrow on loan , such loan bearing interest at four per cent , to the members lending , payable half yearly . " " The trustees to be bona fide members of the society for at least six months previous to their election . " " That no member be entitled to his allotment unless his share be fully paid . " "Members neglecting to pay up their calls , or refusing to tranfer , or otherwise dispose of the same , within twelve months , shall forfeit the same to the society . " " That members be permitted to draw two shares , or four acres , at the one drawing . " "That the selection of occupants shall he onehalf by priority of

      payment , and the remainder by way of ballot . " " That the present board of directors continue their present offices . " " That the best thanks of this meeting be hereby given to the present board of directors , for their honest and faithful performance of their arduous duties , despite the obstacles thrown in their way , by intciestcd and speculating opponents . " " That this meeting beg to express their confidence and thanks to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , for his unwearied exertions in their behalf . " " That the best thanks of this meeting be awarded to W . P . Uoberts , Esq ., treasurer to the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , for his honourable and kind attention to its interests and prosperity , and that he be ' requested to retain that important office . " Carried unanimously .

      BOULOGNE ( FRANCE ) . The shareholders residing iu this town held theh ' meeting for the election of a person to attend the ensuing Chartist Land Conference at Manchester ; and their choice unanimously fell on Mr . G . W . "Wheeler , of Readincr . Berks .

      CARLISLE . Mektino ok the Members of the Chabtist Cooperative Land Sosiety—On Sunday last the above body held their meeting , at No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , when , after the usual business was dispensed with , Mr . James Graham was called to the chair , and the following resolution was unanimously agreed to , and ordered to bo sent to the Star for publication : — " That our secretary write to the editor of the JVorthei-n Star , requesting him to return , if not destroyed , the letter conveying a report of a meeting of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , on which the editor , in the Star of Saturday last , commented so severely , tho members b .-ing confident that the report sent by the person whom they employed did not warrant such censure . "

      [ Our answer to the above is , 1 st , That we have not the letter referred to , as we invariably destroy all rejected communications , unless we are previously requested not to do so . 2 nd , That the members of the Carlisle council have very unnecessarily expressed themselves in very offensive terms , in stating that they are " confident that the report sent by the person whom they employed did not warrant , " & e . We know nothing of the person they " employed , " nor what sort of a report he may have sent ; we only know that the report we received , no matter by whom written , did call for our censure ; and , moreover , we would have been justified iu rejecting it

      entirely ,, without any notice whatever . If that report had been only written as plainly as is the above report , it would have been inserted without alteration or objection . Wo do not expect working men to write as cleverl y as professional reporters ; but wc have a right to expect that they will write so , at least , as we can make out what they mean . We have a right to demand this , not only for our own sake , but also for the sake of the compositors , who are working men as well as the Carlisle council , and who very naturally complain , and complain bitterly , too , of the unnecessary labour imposed upon them , through the thoughtlessness of Some of our correspondents . ]

      CHELTENHAM . The Land . —A meeting of the shareholders in the Chartist Co-operative Land Society was held on Monday evening , Dec . I » t , 1845 , for the purpose of electing a delegate to the forthcoming conference , at whieh correspondence was read by the secretary from Collumpton , Ply . mouth , and Preston , when It was unanimously resolved to support Mr . Wm . Cown , jun ,, the delegate nominated by the Preston branch .

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      ELECTIO N OF DELEGATES TO THE CHARTIST LAND CONFERENCE . Birmingham District Mr . J . Yates . West of England , ditto Mr . AY . Poole . ^ P ° rt ' , di" ? Mr . Saunders . Huddersfield , ditto Mr j , Hobson > North Lancashire Mr . N . Canning , Manchester , ditto / Mr , J . Leach . „ .. .. „ \ Mr . Dixon . Reading ditto Mr . G . W . Wheeler . Preston , ditto Mr . J . Brown . Ashton , ditto Mn Jf TajIon liamsley , ditto Mr . J . Tallance . C ablish-E . —We have received a report from this district , according to which , Mr . Gilbertsouhas the greatestnumbor of votes , but the returns appear not to have been com . pletedi

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      Westminster . —A meeting will bo Cn """ - - Pavtheniuni , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lai e on < £ * , a ' & ing . December the 7 th , to Wcn M ^ tl " , ^ seven precisely . LC at lialt f , ' Cambkrweu , as » Walwouth . -A ineet :, >„ held at the . Montpelier Tavern , Walworti S ni k . Jay evening , December the 8 th , at eight otf '' . K o . sely . . b b 0 c « ick (! % Xl aiimersmitii . —A meeting will be hel . l , n , < W , B » ok Green-lane , on Tuesday o ^ h \ cembft - foe 9 th , at eight o ' clock precisel y . S b e .

      Ol & hA ) ' - —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Ah- Ti Clark n ' h <¦ lecture in the school-room of thr . " \ v , na Man ' s Uax ' . at six o ' clock in the eveniV , lk ! " 5 West Kh > . o Delegate Meeting This n will be hoidej . on Sunday , December l 4 tl > ln ? Working Man's Hall , Bullclosc-lane , ua ] J ' ^ commence at iwejve o ' clock at noon preciselv ^ Halifax . —The Chartists of this locality \ r quested to meet on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at six i ' l " i " in the evening . . " ci 0 t A ToDMonDEtr . —Mr- Llavid Ross , of Leeds win i turti on Sunday ( to-moit ; ow ) , in the Od jfellows' It it afternoon and night , to commence at ltalf . n .,, » , ' ' and half-past six o ' clock . Subject for afCi ; ' ? discourse , "Ancient History . " Eveni « " t , Present and Future Prospects of Society . " "' l ( i Leicester . —The members ofthe Laml Sopini win meet at No . 87 , Churct . gate , every Sunday ^ ] , / at six o ' clock . ' " "

      Manchester . —The monthly members' nieetiiw will be held on Sunday ( tomorrow ) , Dec . 7 tli , j n ( i = large ante-room of the Carpenters' Hall , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will lectnrt in tlieXJar centers' Hall , Manchester , on Sunday ( ko-moiTo \ r i " DecembGi' 7 th , at half-past six o'clock—aV Meeti , ' , will take place in the above hall , on Taesolay , ] j * comber 9 th , at eight o ' clock , when the whole ' of the directors ofthe Land Society will attend , and adVlrcsj the meeting , together with various delegates . ^ public meeting will be held on Thursday , the lltt of December , at the same place and hour , for the purpose of positioning Parliament for the restosafc ioa of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis ,

      Chartist Co-operative Land Society Contek * ence . —The members of this body will assemble in the ante-room ofthe Carpenters' Hall , Garratt-road , Manchester , on Monday , December Sth , 1845 , at eleven o ' clock precisely . —Thomas M . Wheelkii . Secretary . Sudbury . —The future meetings of this branch will bo hold at Mr . James Wood ' s , St . Gregory-street Sudbury , every Monday evening . All moneys received from'half-past seven till half-past eight in the evening .

      Sheffield . —The members ofthe National Charter Association respectfully announce that a social tea party will be held in tho Democrtic Heading llooni , Fig Tree-lane , on Monday , December 1 'Jtli . Tickets are now rcacly , and may be had of Mr . Cavill , and tlie members of the council . Lancashire Miners . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will take place on Monday , December 15 th , at the Hare and Hounds , llaydock , near St . Helen ' s ; chair to lie taken at

      eleven o clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and other gentlemen , The levyfoi the fortnight , including general contribution , is ls . 2 d . per member . Hull . —The weekly meetings ofthe Hull branch of the Co-operative Land Society arc every Sunday , at six , and Tuesdays at eig ht o ' clock . All places comprising thc Hull district of 1842-3 and 4 , are requested to write to James Henry Eastwood , Painters' Arms , Sykes-streev .

      Staffordshire Miners . —The South Staffordshire miners' monthly delegate meeting will be hold on Monday , December 15 th , at the house of Air . Jere miah Crutchley , Vine Inn , Blotwich-gveen ; chair to be taken at ten o ' clock , a . m . A public meeting will also be held at four o clock in the afternoon of thc same day , to be addressed by Messrs . Ramsay and Brown , agents to the Miners' Association .

      Great Meeting Of The Trades At Maxciiest...

      Great Meeting of the Trades at Maxciiester .-A public meeting of the trades of this town was held in the Hall of Science , Campfield , on the evening of Monday last , December 1 st , for the purpose of hearing a lecture upon the necessity of the trades joining the " United Trades' Association for the Protection of Industry , and for the Employment of Labour ia Agriculture and Manufactures . " The meeting was very numerously attended . At eight o ' clock Mr . Lloyd was called to the chair , and after a brief address , introduced the lecturer , Mr . David Ross , who was received with loud cheers . The lecturer said-Mr . Chairman and Gentlemen , I appear before you as the representative of the United Trades' Association of Great Britain , which association has been called into existence for a two-lold purpose—firstly , to protect labour against the innovations of capital ; and , secondly , to do away with the evili which have hitherto manifested themselves in connection with

      partial strikes . As a people , we are lauded above , every other for tho skill which our operatives display , and the enterprise which our capitalists evince in industrial pursuits . In scientific acquirements wehave distanced every competitor , in industry we are unequalled , and our perseverance will not admit of a rival . The question which must first engage our attention , is , who have most contributed to thc elevation of the country , and who have reaped the greatest advantages from every improvement in trade ? To answer this , we have only to contrast the wealth ofthe manufacturer on the one hand , and thc poverty of the operative on the other . Whilst the rich are making daily additions to their wealth and greatness , the poor are becoming more than ever

      dependent , and are daily retrograding in the scale oi society . To account for this , we have only to take a summary of that va « t web of combination which thu capitalists are weaving around the country . Our railways are a proof of this . The earth will shortly bo belted with an iron zone , embankments made , vallies filled up , and mountains overthrown . Out ships traverse every sea , and our merchants congregate at every market . Against this dominion of wealth what have the trades of England to exhibit ? Capital is advancing ; but tlie value of labour is receding . The united trades' owes its origin to the exertions of a few noble-minded and intelligent sons of labour , who , with Mr . Duncqniljc at their head , have laid the foundations of an edifice ,

      which , if approved of , and supported by you , will become a blessing to mankind . Before 1 proceed to read the address , and the rules of the association , I would ask—are you prepared to co-operate ' with awl unite for Wio good of each other . ( Cries of yes ! yes !! yes !!!) I am pleased to find that I am answered in the affirmative . I will however p lace tlie question in a stranger light before you . First , then is the machanic prepared to unite with the weaver ! ( Loud cheers . ) Are the wealthier trades disposed to co-operate with their poorer brethren ? If they k not , then labour ' s struggle is at an end . Par tial strikes onl y inflame but do not remove the distemper . ( Cheers . ) Cessation from labour is an irreparatilo injuiy , since it brines with it no advantage as a "

      equivalent tor the money expended , Let us lea " ' * be wise and profit by the experience of the past ; let us show to the world that the toil-worn operative is not only the possessor of a strong arm , but also of an active mind . Bankruptcies on tlie one hand , » want of employment on the other , are the preciusod of the coining storm , to avert which should te "B study of every member of this vast comniumt >'< ll you arc insensible to the sufferings of others , lw ff t " , lil you justly complain when the bolt that levelled tlicm shall have prostrated you . Speaking , as I now do » men who have no capital save their labour . would ask if you are not anxious to aim this evil ? Even now your labour will scarcv ; , provide yon with the means of living- lt ,, !

      your duty , therefore , to create for jonr » W « * means of erecting manufactories , and stocking t ^ with machinery of vour own . As a menus ot te- "h the experiment , it is proposed to raise acnpi »' one hundred thousand nounds , bv twenty tB " sand shares of five pounds each . And » . means of relieving the labour market of a P oltl 0 , . its redundancy , it is intended to locate a g » v «» »" . ber ofthe operatives upon the soil ol their father ^¦¦¦ ( Cheers . ) We shall thus create a happy P ^ ""L the one hand , and an independent class of opera " on the other . Although the association has « been in existence somn r . hrpp months , it can , » „ .,

      -theless , boast of twelve thousand subscribers , » them men of wei ght , for they are live P ° ™ ! L . Only think of 12 , 000 five pounders , and e « gM"L sand more are daily expected to give in their » , sion . Mr . Ross then read over the address »»" rules ot the association , commenting on eac » Pgraph , and explaining each proposition , h ? . eluded by inviting discission in the hope of «' ' $ information , and resumed his seat amid the y »» 0 j of the assembly . Mr . Roberts moved the * •»* the meeting to the worthy lecturer , winen . .. seconded b y Mr . Pear , the secretary to the « ' union , and carried by acclamation . ^<

      I T 3 Bankrupts. [From The Gazette Of Friday, November '«&Gt;1 ,.

      i t 3 BANKRUPTS . [ From the Gazette of Friday , November ' «> 1 ,.

      I.Ucy Long And Ann Baylej Smith, Ot 3o, ...

      . ucy Long and Ann Baylej Smith , oo , w' - "' . "" ^!! : square , and 11 , Charterhouse-street , private w - housekeeper—Thomas M'Laren Forester , ot S , w > ' „ street , lately called Lad-lane , City , woollen factor— -A" ^ Palmer , of PeltweU , Norfolk , drugif ist-Henry o "'"^ . of 2 , Copthall-chambers , Coptlmll-court , City , sM * , ker—George Bond , of Epsom , licensed victuajitf-: ^ i Ellis , of "Wisbeach , St . Peters , Cambridgeshire , n" * ^ shoe maker—Thomas Snaith and George SnaitH i o > j ); , . Auckland , Durham , ironmongers—Mv . rk Coi' 7 , n « : li ton , Lancashire , joiner—George A ' . ichis , of w brewer . _^<

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan, Of 16, Cr ? At Ivv-* 1 Rtvbftt. H.Vmr.Rltot In Th,-. Flitv Of Wesswhl &Gt;* _ &Lt;M

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 16 , Cr ? iVV- * RtVBftt . H . vmr . rltot in th ,-. flitv of WeSSWHl >* _ < m

      Office In Tlie Same Straet And Ransn, «»...

      Office in tlie same Straet and ransn , «» ' jr | ie jrj prietor , FEAIWUS 0 "OOiXNOR , Bsq ., andpu' » " dJ :, WttUAM Hewitt , otNo . 18 , Charles-strce t , vl ,,,-. street , Wahvevth , in the Parish of St . Marj , . . i , ton , in the County of Surrey , at the uw <* . u . y Stemd , iu the Parish of St . MaryJe- & " ' ' City of Westminster Saturday ] Docembu' 6 , 18 * 5

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06121845/page/8/