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      « Fbeb Tju & ebs . —Placards nave for some days et been posted from east to west , and from , north to & Sh of ^ metw ^ h ^ corfmmng the follomng an-^^ eX- "ANTI-COEN LAW LEAGTjI-A ^ T 0 f the friends of Free Trade will be held , at Sf i ^ onal-hatt , Holbonj , on Tuesday evening , SbruarUth , when Mr . G . Thompson wffl delrveTa fJ ^ e . ' AdmisaonFree . Reservedseatsfortheladies ^¦ eonmienceat mghto ' cloek . '' At ^ he tim e specified ifr W . H- Ashurst . Solicitor , wascalled to the chair , fairing np one of the placards , the chairman read i at porhon only announcing that Mr . G . Thomp-\ Z vonld deliver a lecture : upon which , two or three ^ cescalled out " read the whole biU . " The Chair-^ laving complied with this request , Mr . Christoricr rose in the body of the meeting , and requested

      i „ l « ' ^ .. acfirvr . TI « i r > Un ;_ . «_ __ T x _ : l L put a question . . The Chairman assented , jjr . G . then asked , if , after the lecture , discussion Trt aikl be permitted . The Chairman : According jo announcement , the lecture will be delivered ; and jjjCnwe shall be in the hands ol the meeting , and ^ U be ruled by its decision . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . g . Thompson then stepped forward to the front of platform , apparently to deliver the " promised lec-• jsrc , when Mr . Wheeler nose on . one of the seats in ftebouy of the hall , and asked thelcetuver , would he iftee that discussion should take place at the contu sion of his lecture . At this moment a rush was njjdc up the right hand side of the hail by some felloes dressedin jackets and caps , and who -were reeogjjzed as regular "bruisers" from Saffron-hill . They

      gunned " Turn Mm out , " on which the friends of Mr . Wheeler rallied round Mm , and a scene of indeiiiihablc confusion ensued . A lull having at length taken place , the lecturer proceeded to reply to the question of Mr . Wheeler . He bad no desire to choke fjee discussion . He would lecture , and make the lecture short for the purpose ; and then submit to that lje « t of all tests—the public meeting ; audlie would be carded by the majority . ( Cheers followed this announcement from both parties . ) On this understanding the lecturer proceeded . He was not about U > lecture on the Repeal of the Corn Laws in particular . No ; he was opposed to all monopolies . Were tfcey opposed to the monopoly of the Church ? so was ie . Were thev opposed to the monopolv of the land ?

      so was he . Were they opposed to the monopoly of commerce ? so was he . Were they opposed to the monopoly of the franchise ? so was he . Therefore he Cflu ldnot see what there wasto discuss about . Why , if discussion did take place , it must be on a mere matter of taste as to wMeh should have the preference . He admitted he was not taking the " bull by the horns . " It might be asked , why not go for the franchise , which would , as a matter of course , carry ihe other with it ? ( Hear , hear . ) Buthe contended , if they ( theFree Traders ) tried the experiment of getting a Repeal of the Corn Lawsfromtheprcsenthonse , and fmledihey strengthened the hands of the Parliamen tary Reformers . Well , the bill convening the nioetin "' ' announced a meeting of the friends-of Free

      Trade : he , therefore presumed they were all mends of Free Trade . ( Cries of "No , no , " and "Yes , yes . " ) Sane gentlemen said , "no , no , "thenit was necessary tc explain what was meant by Free Trade . The lecturerihen commenced in the usual Anti-corn Law style : talking of "the world for a markot ; " "buyius in the cheapest , and selling in the dearest marict : " " if I earn ten ^ lillings , and can't go to the tlapen market to expend it , I am robbed of the difference . " This and much more was listened to with patience , stillness reigning throughout the Hall ; tLe lecturer ' s voice being the only sound heard . He said he was in favour of an equitable adjustment ( heatathig ) that was as far as the rights of property would permit . ( Exclamations of" Ah , ah . "— " Oh ,

      eli . ' ) 0 , then you do not admit the Bights of property . ( Loud cheers from the Leaguers . ) Some ask " for protection , what do they mean ? what 5 s protection ? ( Cries of " The Vote "— " The Suffkjc" ) . The lecturer , pointing to two men who occupied one of the front seats , and who had answered the . fceturer's query as above , and who were perfectly sober , —cried out "those two men are intoxicated , take them oat . " The "bruisers" above described , attempted to do the lecturer ' s bidding , when the men defended themselves and a regular fight ensued . At length the " possee of hruisers" was completely hemmed in by a circle of Chartists ; and from this moment , all attempts to progress with the lecture were fruitless . The chairman in vain cried—order ,

      order—exclamations of "they are hired by the Duke of Buckingham , " from some of the Leaguers ; and flies of " disgraceful conduct of the League , " were bandied about ; and George Thompson protested the only force he ever used was moral force ! A noise resembling the roaring of a bull , from the gallery , met with tremendous and most deafening cheering ; aad awful groans and hisses were the only sounds that could for a long time be heard , during which George Thompson put on his great-coat . At tins time Mr . Doyle had scaled the platform ] and spoke to the pliairman ^ with a view of appealing to the audience to be quiet . The chairman at length obtained silence , and asked permission for Mr . Doyle to address a few words . Mr . Dovle made the attempt , but

      was assailed with tremendous yelling from the Leaguers , and great cheering from the Chartists . In vain did the chairman , - George Thompson , and Mr . Doyle attempt to quill the confusion . Disorder reigned supreme . During this period a member of tlie National Association came , accompanied with a short , stout , dark man , carrying an umbrella , to the hack of the reporter ' s table , and pointing out Mr . T . Clark said , " there , rushinandfake out thatmanwith the chequered handkerchief round his neck f but the short , stout man evidently thought "discretion the better part of valour , " as the moral force : j request was this time unheeded . Mr . William Lovett rushed on the platform , and for a moment obtained the ear of the meeting . -

      Pointing to Mr . Doyle , he in the most malignant and fetobgus manner said , " will yon allow this fellow to continue disturbing the meeting . " This indiscreet appeal only made " confusion ten times worse conic-anded . " iIalf-pastnine hadnowaiTived , andnotthe least signs of a trace . A gentleman on the platform then proposed an adjournment of the meeting wMeh was put by ike chairman . From the first show of hands he could not say wMchhadit ; he , therefore , pot it again , when he decided the adjournment to be carried . It was not stated when or where the meeting ^ adjourned to . Too much praise cannot be given to -Mr . Ashurst for his impartial conduct as chairman , and for the excellent temper he evinced throughout the woceedinff .

      We have also received another account , signed bv Messrs . Thomas Clarke , Philip M'Grath , Christopher Doyle , and T . M . Wheeler , setting forth , in other language , the above recited facts . Wc prefer to give the report of our own reporter , because it was testified to as above stated . _ A most pompous , and most silbt , resolution respect-Wg this meeting , has been advertised in the Tap-tuo aid the Sun by "the members of the National Association of 242 , flolborn . " Onlv imagine a "Nati-0 X 41 '' Association stuck into " 242 , Holborn , " a naneing-crib over a gin-palace I However , let that pass . It is with the resolve of these " three tailors rf Tooley- ^ treet" that we have to do more than 'ith their designation . They " publicly declare

      "leir disapprobation of those persons who so disgracefull y interrupted a meeting called ly the friends < # Free Trade , for the hearing of a lecture from Mr . y . Thompson , conceiving , as they do , that such conduct , " and so on—all the the rest of the old song . In "us disapprobationvc cordially join ; though we may ddfer with the "three tailors" as to the parties to whom it ought to be applied . It was George Thompson and Will Lovett , with their friends , the bullies < h Sanron-hill , that interrupted the meeting : and it is not the first time that George Thompson has ! % ed such a game . The last meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society , even in the holy precincts of Exeter

      Ball , found George Thompson and "friend" Bright there as "interrupters and " obstructors , " for 1 ID ich said disgraceful conduct they received a sound 'atinglrom Daniel O'ConnelL And , if weremember %% , the " UAHOXAL 2 Jo 7 r * folks themselves " up-* t" in their " own" Hall , the " Society for the ^ mancipation of British Industry ! " the Charter , Js an amendment , being moved on that occasion by - « ty 0 eor * e Rogers and carried by the aid of the % ee tailors ! Really such conduct is "destruc-«* e of all free discussion , anti-Democratic , and ^ just" It was time that "disapprobation" was " publicl y expressed" against these "disgraceful inlerr opters !"

      Jhe conclusion of the resolution of the conceited Pjp & of the National Battve give , just for the fun « the tiuug . It is as follows : — '' Ve think it the imperative duty of all honest wiartists to come boldly forward , and , for the sake of *•* cause they have espoused , redeem it from the im-Potatioa cast upon it by the conduct of a few intolerant individuals , who , for the last few years , have f ®* from place to place to mar every meeting , 2 J 2 J » wrthy the object , for which it might be - ^ °£ . ye homespun , unintellectual , ignorant work-™ 9 Chartists , that is the wav vonr self-sufficient «««*<* "brethren- ' nerratraifi "fine writing . "

      **» know that Will Lovett , Years ago , discovered ™ y « udl needed . " hedication ? ' and be tried to g * jour political associations turned into Dame fN . to teach vou the nature of letters . 2 fot < ang ajjjg j ^^ fo ^ j gndia course would ^ wyour benefit he opened one of his own accord , *«* e the " schoolmistress '' has ever since been prac tff "> and , in the above , yon have a specimen until * rodJg « ms "Utrning" of the National Wm ** ° nonDt ik w ® P " ^ J -0 " * ° ima ^ ne «* sort of an imputation it is that has been JJ ^ the Chartist cause , or how snimputation can be ^« n acause at all ! but if you had been at school , faJr ^ jat the Holborn JSaxjoxjo . one , you would

      to * It ® ahle to comprehend all about it As it is L" ™*? have the "ignorant" notion that the term it ta ton ' vseA m the sense the " three tailors" use iWw 0 lu ? aPPly to individuals , or to conduct : but j ^»« you had been "hedicated" your ideas would ^ e | xpanded , and von would have learned how to Mv v ™ * aai to TOJderstand what you said . ProbatbinV ^* toggle at the possibility of redeeming any ihZ % . P ^ son , character or conduct , from " an ^ ft on cast on it" You may be staffed full with m notion , that to redeemis to ransom ; to pay a

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      price ; to free , by paying an attonement ; and how you , as sensible men , can ransom or atone an imputa a < m , maypujrieyoutodi 8 cover . Andwhatantmputaaonwoaid be WOrthto you , when « in *> m «? , maybea moredifficult question still ! . But then all this arises worn ignorance . " Get' « hedicated" at" 242 Holborn , " and you will know all about it ! You will even learn how " a few intolerant individuals' * can " go from placeTto place to mar evert meetixo , however worthy the object for which ITmay be called ! " Even tftts will be made clear to vou : for have not the

      National Ball folks the benefit of the teaching of Counsellor Parry who knows all about grammar and correct diction !! Therefore go to the schoolmistress . Learn your lessons . Study in the school of priggish preciseness— and all these things will be made manifest and clear . You will " moreover learn another lesson : you will learn what amount of subserviency and " xoolixg" is required to secure a living as secretary and " PROPRIETOR" (!) of a National Hall Will Lovett can teach you that ! in addition to all other " laming . " Therefore get to school !

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      Destructive Fire At Gravesesd.—On Satnrd...

      Destructive Fire at Gravesesd . —On Satnrdav morning , at an early hour , Gravesend was the scene of another destructive fire , which , at one period of its ravages , threatened to become as serious in magnitude as the conflagration in Junelast . It commenced in the same street on the premises known as the Kentish . Independent newspaper and printing-office situate on the north side of the street , adjoining the Pope ' s Head public-house , within a few doors of Highstreet . During the early part of the morning the compositors and pressmen were on the premises , striking off the paper , the Kentish Independent , it being publishing day - and on their leaving at three o ' clock the lights were safe and extinguished , and the place was locked up . However , at about ten minutes

      before four o'clock the policeman , in passing along thestreet , noticed an unusual glare in one of the composing rooms . Among the first to come to bis assistance was Mr . Beard , a butcher , living directly opposite , who breaking open the front door with a weight , went into the premises with the policeman , and , upon their proceeding up stairs , found the flames confined to one room . Buckets of water being at hand , they exerted themselves to suppress it , but without any effect , and before many minutes had transpired it burst from the windows , creating terror and alarm to the whole people of Gravesend . In the interim information had been sent up to the officers on duty at the station under the Town Hall , who , it is but justice to state , were very expert in turning out the corporation engines . The alarm bell being rung , plenty of aid was soon obtained , and the engines , when got into play , were worked with considerable energy . The fire being observed by a sentinel posted at

      Tilbury Fort , on the opposite side of the river , notice was given to the commanding officer of the garrison , who immediately dispatched a strong detachment of troops to the spot to do what service they could for the inhabitants . By that time the appearance of tlie destructive element was most alarming * , it was blazing forth from the roof and every inlet that the building contained—firing on one side the Pope ' s Head public-house belonging to Mr . Gould , and on the other Lambert's eating-house , both of which were fully expected to ^ be burned down . Very fortunately the firemen obtained a good supply of water , which was copiously thrown into the blazing property in all directions , but for nearly an hour it appeared to have little or no effect ; nltiniately , however , by increased exertions , its progress was stopped , but not until the Kentish independent Office was gutted , and the two adjacent premises , as above mentioned , greatly damaged .

      Melaxcuoet Accident os the River .-- ]? Our Lives Lost . —On Thursday morning , at an early hour , an accident of a very distressing character , by which four persons were prematurely hurried into eternity , occurred on the river , between Barking and Woolwich . It appears that a sailing-vessel , termed a hatch boat , the property of Mr . Wm . Byford , sen ., of Barking , Essex , was proceeding up the river , for Billingsgate-market , having on board a cargo of fish , and three sons of Mr . Byford , with the owner of the fish , and James Leach , a waterman , of London . The vessel started on her journey , from Chapman ' s Head beacon , the previous night , at a late hour , nothing particular occurring until between one and two o ' clock the next morning . At . that

      time the vessel was nearly opposite the "Devils House , " aboutlialf-way between Woolwich and Barking when a heavy squall of wind sprang up from the west north-west , which struck the boat with fearful violence , so much so , that she almost immediately afterwards fell over on to her side . The water then rushed down the katchwap . The x parties on board clung to the side of the craft , but a few seconds afterwards the . , vessel sank , carrying with it the three Byfords and the owner of the fish . Leach , who was on the fore part of tlie vessel , had the presence of mind to throw off his jacket , and kept swimming about for the space of 20 minutes , when he was rescued by a sailing-vessel . ' The name of the owner of the fish is at present unknown .

      Pirates xs the Mediterraneax . — -Advices were received at Lloyd ' s on Wednesday from their agents at Gibraltar and Patras , reporting the . presence of pirates in the above sea . The agent at the former port states that the Spanish brig Sorpresa , bound from Cadiz to La Guayra , had returned to Caftii , the captain reporting that when he had proceeded as far as Cape St . Vincent , three piratical vessels—abarque , brig , and schooner—hove in sight , and the brig gave chase to him ; but he managed , after being chased for some days , to re-anchor in Cadiz Bay . The agent at Patras reports that an Ionian vessel , with two

      thousand dollars on board , on her way to the Gulph of Corinth , to load currants for a British merchant , anchored in a creek through stress of weather , where she was waylaid by a pirate and attacked , but the crew repulsed them ; the clerk in charge of the money was , however , seriously wounded . On the above news reaching Gibraltar , her Majesty ' s ship Scout , the Swedish corvette Carlskrona , and the Danish brig of war Mercurius , all proceeded to sea to cruise in the above neighbourhood . In the meantime it will be well if all merchant vessels bound up tlie Mediterranean be provided with arms and ammunition in case they should fall in with them .

      Assassination of Captain M'Leod , R . M . —Dublin , Jan . 31 . — ^ Another barbarous assassination disgraces this land . The victim in this last instance was the resident magistrate of the county Leitrim , and resided near Balfinaniore . It is said that in the discharge of his duty Captain M'Leod was the means of bringing to justice several of the lawless gang in that district , called " The Molly Maguiries , " and for this , it is supposed , he was murdered on Wednesday evening last . The following is the account of the brutal deed from the EnnisJdUen Packet of yesterday : — "We stop the press to announce the melancholy and distressing intelligence that Captain M'Leod , R . M ., who was on temporary du ^ y at Balttnamore , county Leitrim , from this town , was shot deatLlast night at Garradise , near Ballinamore , the residence of Mr . Percy , with whom he was dining . Captain M'Leod left abont one o ' clock , on an outside car , and coming out of the gate was fired at , and shot dead on the spot . "

      The Late Mcrder at Bethnal-orees . —On Monday morning , at half-past ten o ' clock , Mr . Baker resumed and concluded , at the London Hospital , the monestadjournedfiflmtheprecedingThursday , touching the death of Emma Whiter , aged twenty-one Henry Surridge , a licensed victualler , proved having seen , on Saturday week , a pistol like the one produced , in Tappine / s hand , at the Rising Sun , Manchester-Street , Waterloo Town ; and also , that a little time after the murder—viz ., at ten minutes past one o ' clock on Tuesday morning last , he saw the prisoner , Tapping , again at the rising Snn , when , in a very excited way , he called for a glass of brandy , which he drank . Five minutes after this Tapping ' s sister came to the bar of the Rising Sun , and threw

      herself into his arms and fainted . She was removed by Tapping and others . He never heard Tapping threaten to kill deceased . Thomas Capes examined I am a chair-maker , living at 42 , Air-street , Bethnalgreen . I have known the prisoner Tapping for two years , and the deceased Emma Whiter for eighteen months . For a week previous to Tuesday morning last , at half-past one o ' clock , I had not seen Tapping , I then saw him opposite to the RismgSun publichouse , just after he had come out of it . Tapping said to me , "Tom , it is all through you ; and what is done cannot be undone . " He said this abruptly , without having said anything before . I turned round , and said , " . Jem , what is the matter ? " He made no answer , but appeared very much confused .

      By a Juror : I do not know what Tapping referred to when he said , " It is all through you . " I was not jealous of him , and there was no reason why he should be jealous of me , By the Coroner : On Monday night week deceased , Tapping , and myself , were at a dance at the Crown and Anchor , when she quarrelled and fought with another young woman . Tapping and myself separated them , and afterwards , when we left the house ar-d were in North Conduit-street , Tapping struck deceased with his fist on the face , and told me that I ought to have known better than to have interfered with her quarrd-Tapping would not accompany deceased home , and I did a part of the way . I do not know why he struck

      her . Bv a juror : After he struck her , I said , 'Jem , if vou have any pluck don't strike her , but strike me . " He did not do so , and made no answer . Deceased pressed me to go borne with her to protect her , and because she did not wish her father to see her with Tapping . Nothing else occurred between deceased andme to excite Tapping ' s jealousy . —William WMter , a brother of the deceased , who keeps a beershop in Brick-lane , said she came to his house about ten on Monday evening last , and went into the barparlour . Tapping came soon after , and went into the tap-room , in which he remained until midnight . At that hour he left , together with my sister , and both of them shook hands with witness , and wished him good night . They had no communication with

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      each other whilst in witness ' s house . —Mr . William Gumming , house-surgeon , examined : Deceased was brought dead into this hospital , shortly after two o ' clock on Tuesday morning fast , The body was still warm . I have since opened the body . Following the course of the wound on the left side of the neck , I traced it to the upper part of the spine , where I saw , and from which I extracted , two bullets . One bullet had divided the carotid artery and other minor vessels , The injuries caused death immediately . Examined the interior , ( fee , of deceased , and not only was she not pregnant , but coidd not have been so . She died a virgin . The coroner summed up at considerable length , stating that the case was perfectly clear , and that the evidence showed that James Tapping was the wilful cause of deceased ' s death . There was nothing in the testimony to show that he was of unsound mind when he _ perpetrated the murderous act . Verdict—Wilful Murder against James Tapping . ° .

      Destructive Fire at Nottingham . — On Sunday morning a most lamentable fire , for whicli no cause of origin can be l-endered , and which , lamentable as it may ^ appear , is considered to be the work of an iucenuiary , occurred at the village of Lenton , a large suburb of Nottingham , on the opposite side of the Park , about one . mile from the town . The flames succeeded in then- frightful ravages in destroying all within their reach before their destructive power could be stayed . The building which has been destroyed was a large factory , belonging to Mr . Peter Coxon , of New Lenton , having been erected about twelve months since , at a large expense . It was fitted up with new machines for the manufacture of lace , and adjoined a splendid new iron factory , worked by Mr . Pegg . of Lenton . It was tlu-ec stories high ,

      with machinery on each floor , and completed with every requisite for work . At nine o ' clock on Saturday evening , the usual custom of seeing all safe was adhered to by the son of Mr , Coxon , who found a little fire in the grates , which is the custom to leave , to keep the rooms warm for work in the morning . That night , however , the fires were lower than usual , and he is certain no danger was to be apprehended from them . At half-past two , Smith , the watchman of the neighbourhood , heard a-dog barking inside the factory , and , on going up and making an examination , found flames were raging in the interior . He proceeded to Mr . Coxon's house , directly opposite the iactoryi and Cooper , a county policeman ( county constabulary ) , was sent to Nottingham for engines . About four o ' clock a large engine arrived from the Nottingham Fire Brigade , with post-horses ; but the roof had fallen in twenty minutes after the discovery of the fire , and nothing but the bare walls remained

      standing . Water was , however , copiously thrown on to the blazing beams , and by prompt means the flames were prevented from spreading to the adjoining iron factory of Mr . Pcgg . Copious supplies of water were obtained from the engine of Mr . Pegg . The whole of his men assisted to the utmost , and the large population of Lenton , amounting to several thousands , left their beds , although the cold was most intense , and worked to the utmost to save the property . The machinery contained in the building was valued alone at £ 1 , 500 , of which only £ 550 was insured in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Fire-office . The building was quite new , and cost several hundred pounds erecting , but its exact worth is not known . Not the least sacrifice of life or limb occurred , except in one instance , which , although of little moment as regards the severing of friendly ties of humanity in relationship , yet it is not unintcresting-to mention . The poor dog who gave the alarm , being tied fast to prevent his ranging about the factory , fell a victim to the raging element .

      Horrible Charge . —Rochester , Feb . 1 . —On Friday , the 31 st of January , a full bench of county magistrates for the north division of the Layth of Aylesford assembled at the office of Messrs . Essell and Hayward , and were occupied nearly the whole of the day investigating several charges of the most revolting description , against Mr . John Williams , of No . 21 , Gibraltar-terrace , New-road , Chatham ; and who has hitherto conducted an extensive and respectable boarding-school forthe education of young gentlemen . The evidence , which is wholly unfit even for description , was sufficient to warrant the magistrates in committing the prisoner for trial at the next Maidstone assizes on several separate charges . As the prisoner is about sixty years of age , and has moved for some years in respectable circles in the neighbour hood , the court was crowded with gentlemen .

      Dreadful Destitution in the "Oxbridge Umon . — Late on Saturday , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., coroner , held a lengthened inquiry at the Six Bells public-house , Ruishp-common , about five miles from Uxbridge , into the circumstances attending the death of William Murrell , aged 28 , whose death , it had been stated , had been caused by the want , of the common necessaries of life . The room occupied by the deceased , his wife , and child , bespoke the penury and destitution of its occupants , and the body of the deceased bore indications of the privations he had endured . Three witnesses were examined , one of whom was the wife of the deceased , whose figure was most attenuated , and who was in so weak a state , that she was accommodated with a chair , and had brandy and water

      provided for her while giving her evidence . The deceased was a labouring man , the son of another labourer , residing at Ruislip-common . The deceased married about three years ago , to witness , Martha Murrell , who belonged to Iver , in Buckinghamshire , where they for some time resided . From the month of August . last the deceased had been out of work , except an occasional job or two . About three months ago , In consequence of the serious illness of the wife , they became chargeable to the parish of Iver , which is in the Eton Union , and subsequently orders were given for their removal to the Uxbridge Union , but which were suspended on account of the illuCSS of the wife . About seven weeks since , the wife being rather better , the deceased , to avoid the orders of

      removal being carried into effect , and their being taken to Ruislip as paupers , borrowed a horse and cart , and removed his wife to the old workhouse , where they have ever since lived , and in the hope of getting work , abstained from applying for any assistance to the rclieving-officer of " the Uxbridge Union . After a week or two , not getting work , the deceased , at the earnest request of his wife , applied to the board of guardians of the Uxbridge Union for relief , which they answered - by giving him an order of admission into the union workhouse at Hillingdon , upwards of four miles from aU his-friends . As he returned home , however , with the order to his wife , he found he could obtain employment at cutting down pea-sticks in the woods , and can-vine them out

      into the road to be carted , and they in consequence determined not to make use of the order . The next morning the deceased went to work at the employ ment , but finding that , work as hard as he could at it , he could not earn more than 9 d . a day , and his strength failing him , he was forced to give it up . During the whole of the period from their removal from Iver to Ruislip to the deceased being ill , and then obtaining relief j they subsisted alone upon potatoes which the deceased had received while at Iver for doing una garden , and a few which his father had given him as seed to plant alittlebit of garden with . The wife declared oh oath that she cooked them three times a day , and that , with the exception of now and then half a quartern loaf ,

      and two pennyworth of sprats , they had no other food , which statement was corroborated by the other witnesses . During those six weeks neither the deceased nor his wife tasted either meat or tea . Last Tuesday week deceased became very poorly , and at the persuasion of the wife consented that she should apply for medical relief . She accordingly on that morning left Ruislip-common , between seven and eight o ' clock , and walked to Hillingdon , to the residence of Mr . Stockwell , the relieving-officer forthe Uxbridge Union , where she arrived about nine o ' clock . He gave her an order on Mr . Rayner , surgeon , at Uxbridge , to whose house she proceeded with it , and then returnedhome to Ruislip-common , which she reached about twelve o ' clock , having in the

      interim walked ten miles in a very weak state , and without ( having no money ) bringing home any food or sustenance for her sick husband . Soon after her return home Air . Rayner visited them , and immediately on ascertaining their destitute condition , he gave them an order for necessaries , wluch he desired the wife to take to Mr . Stockwell . 'ihe poor jaded wife then retraced her steps to Hillingdon , where tho order of Mr . Rayner was exchanged b y Mr . Stockwell for an order on Mr . Collins , a tradesman in Ruislip village , for grocery , & e ., to the value of three shillings , with which supply she reached her home in the evening , having in obtaining it had to traverse no less than twenty miles of ground . On the following Friday she went to the board of guardians at the task

      Uxbridge Union Workhouse , at Hilfingdon , o tor more relief , and told them that her husband had got ' a promise of work on the following Monday , and Mr . Pierce , one of the guardians , having stated that he had directed his bailiff to set the deceased at work in grubbing , the board ordered her to have her dinner , and Mr Stockwell came Out and told her to meet Mm at Ruislip Church on the next day ( Saturday ) . On her doing so he gave her three loaves and Is . 8 id . in money , being equivalent to another 3 s . On thatday ( Saturday ) the deceased was very poorly , and on the Sunday he complained that he had knocked his foot against a stump , and as the night advanced , getting worse , the wife called in the witness Hill , who found the deceased lying on the bed ( a chaff one ) on his face ,- when he comp lained of

      pain in his neck , andlus jaw being locked . He was , however , quite sensible , and could speak to . the last of his life . Mrs . Allday , the third witness , on the Tuesday morning went to Uxbridge to fetch Air . Rayner , but the deceased died before he could arrive . Mrs . Allday stated , that her husband had no em . < ployment but breaking stones at the Uxbridge Union Workhouse , at which he could never earn more than Is . 4 d . or Is . 6 d . a day , and to perform thai ' work he had to walk ten miles a day . —^ The Coroner then said he trustee ! that the inquiry would produce good results . It was a melancholy and deplorable thing for the poor to have to travel twenty miles before they could obtain 3 s . worth of relief . It was making their lives a life of toil and trouble , instead of affording theM relief . The room was then cleared of strangers , and on the public beingagain admitted , the jury returned

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      a verdict of—Died from lock-jaw , ; ami the foreman said , that the jury could not separate without expressing their great dissatisfaction . and disgust at the continuance of a , system which compelled the poor , in the hour of sickness and destitution , to travel go many miles as it was proved that the wife of the deceased man was compelled to walk before she could obtain the relief that was necessary for their waafcs . Death in a Coal Pn . ~ 0 nc of those dreadful casualties to which colliers are daily exposed happened on Thursday the 30 th ult ., in Cheapte pit , near Wakefield , belonging to the Messrs . Charlesworth . While Amos Pickord , a coal getter , was in the act of taking out a choke ( whicli is used instead of props to support the roof ) the stone fell and crushed him , and although help was near at hand , he died before they could get him out . He was thirty years of age ; he has left a wife and two children and the wife is near being confined with the third , lie bore a good character , and was a good unionist .

      Warrington . —Cruel Treatment op an Apprentice . —On Monday last , at the Sessions Room , William Henry Fairhurst , a fustian cutter , was summoned before the magistrates by Isabella Lowton , charged with ill-using her daughter , who was his apprentice . It appeared , from the evidence , that on the day the dleged brutality took place the defendant had asked the little girl to fetch a quantity of coals in a wheelbarrow , for the use of the shop- ; it was then very [ slippery , from the snow , and she said she could not go , as her shoes were in pieces . Defendant again

      asked her , and she replied as before . He then took a cane and flogged her for " about ton minutes , " until her arms were deeply cut with the violence of his blows . One witness said she met the girl shortly afterwards , crying , and lier amis were running down with blood , her back at the same time being swollen up into ridges , by each blow of the cane . The girl shewed her arm , and the cuts were very visible . — The defendant attempted to justify his conduct , and said the girl had spoiled the work she had on hand . — The magistrates ordered him to pay the costs , and cancelled the indentures .

      Manslaughter at Bcrt . —On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Cotton Tree Inn , Moor Side , Bury , before Mo Dearden , coroner , and sixteen jurymen-r-Mr . John Barratt , druggist , Rock-street , Bury , foreman—on the body of a boy ,, five years of age , named Simon , the son of Charles Bamford , whose death took place under the following circumstances-The first witness was Alice , wife of John Smethurst , carter , who statexl that between twelve and one o ' clock on Tuesday noon last , she was in the street near the ' Cotton . Tree public-house , and saw from twenty to thirty boys throwing snowballs at a man named Thomas Booth , who had a spade on his shoulders . They knocked his hat off his head twice . She saw him take a piece of coal , about half the size

      of a brick , from a load of coals near the public-house door ; and he told them that if * they threw any more , he would throw the . coal at them . He walked about thirty yards with the coal in his hand , when another snowball was thrown at him . He turned back about twenty yards , and threw the coal at a crowd of boys : it struck Simon Bamford on his head , which afterwards bled , and he was removed home . Booth was certainly in a passion when he threw the coal : it broke to pieces on the . child's head , who was between ten and fifteen yards from him at the time . The deceased was near the boys who had been throwing snowballs . Booth said the child must be taken home and have its head washed , and it would be better aaain .- ^ -By a Juryman : The boys ran away when

      Booth got hold of the piece of coal : he held it in his hand two or three minutes before he threw it . —Mary , the wife of Richard Dearden , Moor Gate , corroborated the evidence of the last witness . —Henry Howarth , a boy ,-fifteen years of age , said he lived in Bell Lane , and was a power-loom weaver , at . Messrs . Walker and Lomax ' s mill .. He-was standing near the child when it was knocked down by the coal , and assisted in taking it home . It had a cap on , but the cap was not cut . He was certain the piece of coal thrown by Booth hit . the child over the head . . Several otlier witnesses gave similar testimony . —Mr . Wardleworth , surgeon , said he was not called to visit the child until Friday evening , when he found itjust recovering from

      a fit of convulsions . He saw it twice on Saturday ; but it died that night . He had made a . post mortem examination of the body that day ; he found the left temple region of the frontal bone was fractured * , the surface of the brain beneath the wound was highly inflamed ; the substance of the brain was softened , and contained a small abscess . —The evidence being concluded , the jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter against Thomas Booth . "—Superintendent Henshall took charge of Booth , who had been held to bail since the death of the child . The prisoner , who is an out-door labourer , forty-six years of age , and has a wife and five children , was committed to Liverpool assizes for trial .

      Daring Burglaries . —On Friday morning , about half-past twelve o ' clock , Mrs . Rainford , of the Weavers' Arms , Preston , whose husband was absent from home , was alarmed by a noise which she . heard in the house ; and , immediately , getting out of bed , proceeded down stairs , and found two men attempting tcprize the bar . door open , ; while two others were keeping watch outside . She instantly perceived thcit the house had been entered , and asked those inside how they had got in , and what they wanted . They wanted money , they replied ; and one of them held a pistol at her head , and the other said " Drop her . " Mrs . Rainford , however , was undaunted , and refused their demand . But they insisted on having five sovereigns ; for , said they , wo know the master is from home . She then told them to wait while she

      fetched the key , and they followed her up stairs . Having got inside , the front room , she held fast the door , and told one of the lodgers in the house , who had been aroused by the alarm , to halloo out of the window . The men standing outside threatened , if he cried out , to shoot him . Mrs . Rainford then went to the window , and cried out , while he held the door !; and they . used the same threat to her . In some way or other , almost unlcnown to herself , on account of her alarm and terror , she contrived to make her way into the club-room , and vociferated through the window .. with all her might . Two of the policemen , hearing the shouts , repaired to the place ; but the depredators had taken their flight down ParadLse-street . The constables pursued ; and , as we have been informed , came so close upon their track ,

      that one of the villains turned on Seed , and , presenting a pistol , swore he would shoot him if they pursued any further . It is not known how they effected an entrance , unless , as it is supposed , one of the gang had previously concealed himself in the house , and opened the door for the others . After committing the above burglary , the same gang of men , as it is supposed , pursued theirway to Penwortham factory , and broke into the house of Mr . John Breakell , shopkeeper , effecting an entrance by taking out one of the windows . The servant man was awakened by their noise , and was coming down the stairs to ascertain tiie cause of the disturbance which he heard in the house . when one of the gantr who was stationed

      at the stair ' s foot presented a loaded gun at him , and threatened to blow his brains out if he advanced a step farther . He immediately retreated and awoke his master ; but in the meantime the plunderers decamped , having possessed themselves of £ U , a quantity of bacon , some clothes , a bottle of rum , and the gun , which was Mr . Breakell ' s property . No trace has an yet been discovered to lead to their apprehension . The dog , which at other tunes usually keeps good guard , remained perfectly quiet on the heartlistone while they were in the house—a circumstance wluch has led to the suspicion that they were known by that animal , . and , Must themselves have known the premises . —Preston Chronicle .

      Horrible !— A Child Burnt to Death by its Mother . —Penrith , Tuesday . — A most barbarous and revolting murder was committed at a village called Lammonby , in the vicinity of Penrith , Cumberland , on the afternoon of Wednesday last . . It appears that a woman of the name of Jane Crosby , who is married and has children by her husband , and now living with him , and who keeps a small inn at Lamnionby , has been very much addicted to drinking of late , and the husband frequently reprimanded her for her misconduct . They have two daughters , about the respective ages of nine and ten years ; the younger of these children was the father ' s favourite , and frequently on being questioned by her father on his return from work , informed him that her mother bad

      been drinking during the ( lay , in his absence ; in consequence of which the mother took a most rooted antipathy against the child , and had determined to put it out of the way the first favourable opportunitv . It seems , on Wednesday afternoon she accordingly undressed the poor child , with the exception of its shift , and having first hidden the clothes in a closet or press in the house , actually made a large fire purposely m the kitchen , and then took the child up by the legs , held it over the fire with its head downwards , and laid it on the top iron grate bar until the poor chdd ' sflesh wasliterall y burntoff its face , and deathput a period to its sufferings . The inhuman wretch then , it appears , had t & kevi the child off the fire , and called ataneighbour ' shoiiseandstated that thechildhad been leftinthehouse with its little sister only , and its clothes having taken fireit had been burnt to death during her absence at a farm-house about two miles distant from Lamnionby . This story . was doubted very much by the neighbours , and on looking at the remains of the child the shift it had on had been only partially burnt

      about the neck and breast , but the back part was whole ; and no pieces of the burnt clothes having been found about the fire place in the kitchen , their suspicions naturally became excited , particulariy > sthe woman had previously only borne a verv imperfect character in the village . The coroner was accordingly summoned , and on the inquest these suspicions were communicated to him and the house haviri" been , searched , the child ' s clothes were found wr apped together concealed in a descend on further inquiries being made it was found « 5 * the inhuman wretch had perpetrated the crime in the presence of her other child , who was in the kitchen at the time , and had been so terrified and frightened by the cruel threats of her inhuman mother , that she wquld burn her also if she revealed the occurrence , that she had in consequence never mentioned it , till questioned by the coroner and jury . The Coroner , Mr . Carrick ; after a very patient and lengthened investigation of the

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      case , adjourned the inquest until Monday next , ; to give time ; to obtain some circumstantial evidence , and in the meantime ordered the woman to be taken into custody , and she is now in gaol until the verdict of the jury is returned . This painful occurrence has been a source of the greatest alarm and excitement in the secluded village of Lammonby and the neighbourhood , and it is supposed that sufficient evidence will be elicited to wan-ant the coroner in committing the wretched woman for trial , for the cruel and unnatural murder .

      Atpmjjso Suicice of an Old Man at Dbptford —On Wednesday evening Mr . Carttav , the coroner for West Kent , held an inquest at the Earl of Chatham Tavern , Hughes ' -fields , -Deptford , on view of the body of . Joseph Gooinbridge , aged sixty-two , whose death occurred the same morning under ' peculiarly afflicting circumstances . From an early hour in the morning a large concourse of persons collected in New-street , where the deceased had resided with a widowed sister during the last thirty years . The jury , on beta" sworn , proceeded to view the body , which presented one of the most frightful spectacles imagination could picture . The bod y lay extended on a bed . In the throat there was a frightful gash , severing all the arteries , and leaving but a small portion of flesh to connect the head with the body . William Smith , 45 , New-street , knew the deceased , and was

      related to him by marriage . He was a shipwright by trade . This ( Wednesday ) morning my wife ' s mother came to me and told me she feared something had happened to the deceased , as he had not gone out according to his usual custom . I went into the yard , and thence to the water-closet , where 1 found him covered in blood . He was kneeling on the floor , with his head over the seat . At that time he was quite > dead . Had no doubt whatever that deceased committed the rash act with his own hand , —John Thomas Taylor , beadle of the parish , made search for tho instrument with which the wound had been inflicted . Afterwards found the razor down the seat . The razor was here produced , and was covered with blood . The jury returned as their verdict , that , deceased destroyed himself ; but as to his state of mind at the time there was no evidence to prove .

      Barnstaple . —A melancholy accident occurred on Friday last , the 3 lst ult ., at Mr . Puddicombe ' s limekiln , situate at Frcmington PHI , about three miles from this town , which has spread a gloom over the whole of that parish . John Fairchild , enc of the men employed at the kiln , having incautiously descended without the ladder , soon found that the sulphureous efHuviafrom the culm affected his respiration , and called to his brother-in-law , Richard Gayton , for help , who instantly lowered a rope , which , in drawing him from his perilous situiition , unfortunately broke . Gayton then immediately descended to the poor

      fellow ' s assistance , but the exhalations proving too strong for him also , another man , named Shaddock , jumped down , and Taylor , a fourth man , stood ready to render immediate aid should it be necessary , who , soon perceiving that Shaddock was overpowered , put a board and slid down . He happily succeeded in getting him up , and lie ultimately recovered . By this time the neighbourhood became alarmed , and Gayton and Fairchild being got out , medical assistance was procured , but life was extinct . They were men of sober and industrious habits , and have each left a Wife with a verv large family . I

      , Murder and Suicide . —A dreadful affair occurred at Orleans last week . A carpenter , named Sesson , who had been discharged from a lunatic asylum as cured , in a sudden return of his malady , rose in the night , stabbed himself with a knife , and then plunged it repeatedly in the bodies of his two children , inflicting upon one , an infant only one year old , twentytwo wounds , and on the other , who was four years old , fifteen wounds . The children died immediately ; but the unfortunate father survived two days , and recovered his reason just before he expired .

      Extraordinary Occurrence on the Soutii-Western Railway . '—On Monday afternoon , about five minutes to four , the train whicli leaves Nine Elms terminus for Gosport . it one o ' clock , had arrived within a quarter of a mile of the station at Winchester , when the engine-driver observed a man walk on the railway , and throw himself across the rails . The action was so instantaneous , and the distance so trifling , that it was impossible to stop the train before it reached the man , which it did almost momentarily ! The train , however , did not pass over him , but the guard attached in front of the engine to clear the rails from any impediment , struck the unfortunate man a tremendous blow in the back part of the neck , and drove his body several yards clear of the rails . The trainjwas stopped . as speedly as possible , and the guard got down to ascertain who tlie unfortunate nian was ,

      and whether he was still alive . The man was lifeless , and his death appeared to have been instantaneous . He proved to be one of the Hants rural constabulary , and was stationed on duty in the neighbourhood of Winchester . The body was afterwards removed to Winchester . From subsequent inquiries made , it appeared that on the same day the deceased had made two previous attempts to get on the line whilst the train was approaching ,, but was driven away by the servants of . tlie company , On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held on the bod y , at the White Swan , Winchester , before J . W . Todd , Esq ., the coroner for the borough , and although the above facte were adduced in evidence , and sworn to by several witnesses ' , the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death , with a nominal deodand of one shilling on the engine . The jury were also of unanimous opinion that no blame was attributable to the company .

      Fatal Accident to a Railway Labourer at LiTTLEnuRv . —On Saturday last an inquest was held at Addenbrooke ' s Hospital , before Mr . ' Cooper , coroner for this borough , on view of the body oi Robert Glover , aged seventeen . From the evidence of John Pryor , a labourer , working on the Eastern Counties Railway at Littlcbury , it appeared that the deceased , who was also employed on the same line at Littlebury , was working with the witness during the night of the 31 st ult ., and was occupied in driving a track or waggon laden with chalk , drawn by one horse , andrtmning on temporary rails laid down for the purpose , from that part of tho line where the tunnels are constructing to another spot , the night being very fr osty , the horse starting , slipped , and the deceased ran forward to catch the horse'snead ; when he was level with the horse , he also slipped , and fell

      on the ground between the rails . He rolled over towards the side of the rails for the purpose of avoiding the wheels of the waggon , - he was , however , unable to do so , and the off wheels of the waggon passed over his left thigh . He called to witness , who was working a little distance from him , who ran to his asistance , and carried him to one of the fives which are kept burning during the night . The accident happened about one o ' clock in the morning ; a cart was immediatel y procured , and the deceased was brought to Addenbrooke ' s Hospital , a little after five . The thigh was amputated by Mr . Hammond and Mr . Humphrey , and hopes were entertained that the deceased would recover , but in an hour afterwards he began to sink rapidly , and expired shortly after seven o ' clock . The jury returned a verdict of Aceidental Death , with a deodand of 2 s . 6 d . on the horse , waggon , and loading .

      Dreadful Death . —On Tuesday afternoon the inmates of the house No . 13 , Dukc-stveet , Stamfovdstreet , Lambeth ^ were suddenly alarmed by hearing a loud and piercing scream proceeding from some part of the premises . The parties immediately instituted a search to ascertain the cause of the noise , when , after going over different parts of the house , they entered the frontroom on the second floor , which they found filled with smoke .. Whilst there they heard a kind of half-suppressed groan , which appeared

      to comc ^ from underneath the bedstead . Upon looking in that quarter they discovered . a fine young woman , named Elizabeth Beard , with nearly the whole of her wearing apparel burnt off her back . The bedstead having been drawn away , a most frightful spectacle presented itself , the unfortunate creature being burnt in such a shocking manner that her face looked like a piece of partially consumed leather . Medical attendance was' instantly procured , but not in time to be of any assistance' to the poor creature , for she had ceased to exist .

      Ihe Late Accident on the Manchester and Leeds Railway . —The inquiry as to how the accident was caused by which the three unfortunate men lost their lives , by the explosion of the boiler or fire-box , on this lmc , was resumed on Monday before the boroiigh coroner and the same jury , at the Palatine Hotel , Hunt ' s bank . The inquiry extended over eleven hours , the jury being six hours deliberating on their verdict , whicli was as follows : — " That , from the tvidence brought before us , we have reason to suppose that the ordinary valve had been closed to facilitate the pressure of the steam ; and that , from some unknown cause , the lock-up safety-valve was impeded in its working . That it is the opinion of ihe jury that there was a flaw in the copperplate .

      and the upper part of the fire-box , arising from the contraction and expansion of themetal in its ordinary working , which led , under accumulated pressur e , to the catastrophe by which William Stones , George Mills , and William Alcock , met with their death . From these circumstances , the jury lay a deodand'on the engine of five hundredpoimds . " Thursday evening was fixed for the re-asscmbling of the jury in order to sign the inquisition . The remains of the deceased were interred on Sunday last , George Mills and William Alcock at the Harpurhey Cemetery ; those of William Stones were conveyed to the neighbourhood of Bolton , where his friends reside . The procession at the funeral of the two former was very large , being

      nearly a quarter of a mile in length . i Manslaughter at Leeds . —On Sunday morning last the inhabitants of the upper portion of Meadow ? lane were thrown into a state of excitement from a report that a man named Joseph Nicholls , residing in that neighbourhood ; had killed his wife in a quarrel during the preceding night . 'On-Tuesday morning an inquest was held before John Blackburn , Esq ., coroner , at the Shakspeare Inn , Meadow-lane , to investigate the caiise of the-unfortunate woman ' s death From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was dreadfully given to di'inking , and it seemed that on the [ night of her death ' she was in a state of beastly- intoxication , in which state she was repeatedly struck and kicked by her husband . The

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      jury found a verdict of Manslaughter against Joseph Nicholls , who was committed to York , < under . the coroner ' s warrant , for trial at the ensuing assizes . The unfortunate . deceased was . thirtyrsix years of . age . ¦} , ' , . ]¦ , ;¦ - . Attempted Assassination at HEBDEN-nBinoE . ^ i On the 4 th inst ., a ball wis held , in the Democratic Chapel , whicli was attended by a large number of persons . All was hilarity and enjoyment until about half-past eleven o ' clock , when the company , were horrified by a most dioabolical attempt at assassination . A boy about fifteen years of age was sitting on one of the top seats , close to a window , when some fiend in human shape thrust his hand through the window , and with a knife , or some sharp instrument , stabbed him in the lower part of tlie back . The boy fell from his seat , and was taken up bleeding profusely . A surgeon was called in who dressed the wound , and it is hoped the boy is now out of danger . A man named Richard Clegg , of , Calderside has been apprehended on suspicion .

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      — - ""' ' ^ H /^//^< yf / Wrongs of the Merchant Seamen . — A public meeting of Shipowners , Masters , and Seamen , was held in tlie Seamen's Hall , Glasgow , on the 22 nd inst ., for the pm-pose of expressing their disapprobation Ot tlie new bill proposed to bo passed into a law this session of Parliament , and which , in the opinion of the meeting , is an encroachment on the rights of seamen . The seamen are of opinion that the widows and children of seamen have-a right to be supported by the Merchant Seamen ' s Fund , no matter what death , violent or natural , their , husbands or fathers may have died , and to get such relief as will keep them above pauperism , or that the poll tax should bo altogether repealed . Archibald M'Intosh was iu the chair : and Mi ' . J . S . Fildes explained

      at full length the nature of the new bill , which he contended , if passed in its present shape , would be a complete Seamen ' s "New Poor Law . " The speaker took quotations from the parliamentary evidences on the . Seamen ' s Fund , which proved that justice could not be done to the seamen under the present Act of Parliament . Mr . Fildes pointed out to the meeting the great hardship of compelling a man to pay to a fund , over which he had not the least controul . He contended that as all seamen had to pay Is . per month , they had a full right to be supported by that fund , when they arrived at an age to be unable to support themselves . It was a false hope , held out to the unsuspecting mariner , of securing something for old age ; and , after years of toil , he found to his sorrow , that the gas-light legislators were a set of wholesale " crimps" of the blackest dye .

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      Mauylebone.—Tlie Adjourned Meeting Will ...

      Mauylebone . —Tlie adjourned meeting will be resumed at the Coachmakers' Arms , Circus-street , Now Road , on Sunday evening next , February the 9 th , at half-past seven . Cambekwell and Walworth . —A meeting will be held at tho Montpelier Tavern , on Monday evening next , February the 10 th , at eight preeisely . A Delegate Meeting for the county of Cornwall , will be held at Canborne on ' Sunday , ' February the 16 th , to consider the . propriety of sending a delegate to the Convention . The North Lancashire Delegate Meeting will be held ' at Bradshaw ' s Temperance-hotel , Curzonstreet , Burnley , on Sunday , February 16 th , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . Macclesfield . —Mr . John West wDl lecture in the Chartist-room , Stanley-street , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at halt-past six o ' clock in the evening , subject — " The Queen ' s Speech . "

      Liverpool . —A public discussion on the Corn Laws will be held on Monday next , at half-past seven o'clock , at the Teetotal-hall , corner of St . AnneV lane , Rose-place . Bradford . —A lecture will be delivered in Button , worth Buildings , on Sunday evening , at half-past six o ' clock . Hull . —A meeting of the members of the National Charter Association will be held at the White Hart large room , Salthouse Lane , on Tuesday evening next , the 11 th Inst ., at halt-past seven o'clock . Heywood . —The members of thislocality will meet in their room , Hartley-street , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock . Leicester , —Mr , Bairstow will lecture in the room , Pike-street , to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , at halfpast six o ' clock . Subject- . — " Protection of Labour the end of the Charter . "

      Sheffield . —Mr . R . Otlcy will deliver the first of a course of lectures , commencing on Sunday ^ February * Jth . 1845—subject , " The better Education . ot Children . Each lecture to commence at half-past six . Leicester . —The members of the Hampden locality will meet on Sunday evening next ; at Mr . Cade ' s room , at half-past six o ' clock . West Riding Delegate Meeting . —This meeting Will be held on Sunday , February 9 th , in the Working Mans' Hall , Bullclose-lane , Halifax ; when it is requested that each locality in the district will send a delegate ; to commence at eleven o'clock in the forenoon .

      Halifax . —Mr . Murray will lecture in the Chartistl'OOm , Bulldose-lane , at halt-pnst six o ' cloekin the evening . The members of the Land Association are requested to meet at four o ' clock in the afternoon . On Sunday , February lGth , Mr . Aldcrson , from Bradford , will deliver two lectures in the above room , at two o'clock in the forenoon , and at six in the evening . A collection will be made at the close of each lecture for the relief of Mrs . Ellis . Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr , John Kay Taylor , of Heywood , will deliver the first of a course of lectures in the Chartist-room , Greaves-street , on the Life , Writings , and Genius of Robert Bums , the celebrated Scotch poet . The lectures will be continued each alternate Sunday , until the whole are finished . ' To commence at six o ' clock in the evening .

      Nottingham . —A General Meeting of the members of the Provident Co-operative Society , held at Mr . Dorman's Temperance-house , Clare-ntreet , will be held on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Newcastle-oton-Tyne . — The Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead meet every Sunday evening , at halt-past five o ' clock , in the house of Mr . Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . The Chartists of Derby are informed that a meeting is held at Mr Chester ' s Temperance Coffee-house , Osmaston-road , every Sunday night at six o ' clock , when the Leading Articles of the Star , and other Demssratic papers , arc read to the company .

      North Nottinghamshire . — A council meeting will be held on Sunday next , Feb . 9 th , at the Flying Horse Inn , Arnold , at three o ' clock precisely . A members' meeting of the Camngton locality will be held on Sunday next , Feb . 9 th , at the New Inn , Carrington , at eigw o'clock in the evening . A Public Meeting will be held on Monday evening , atthel ' eac () okIiin , Iloughton-street , Claremarket , to commence at eight o ' clock . Mr . Preston will attend and explain his views . Leeds . —Mr . J . Shaw will lecture on Sunday evening , at the Bazaar , Briggate .

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      MARRIAGE . John Roddis , Bookseller , of Kettering , to Mis Jane James , of Isbiini , at the Registrar ' s Office Wellingbro ' , on the 4 th inst .

      National Conference Of Trades. ''

      NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF TRADES . '

      At A Preliminary Trades Conference, Call...

      AT a Preliminary Trades Conference , called to consider the propriety of holding a NATIONAL OONFERENCEof the TRADES of the United Kingdom , and held at tho Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Thursday evening , February 6 th—Mr . Roberts , bookbinder , in the chair—the following resolutions were carried unanimously ;—lst ,-z-Proposcd by Mr . Sherrard , broad silk weaver ; seconded by Mr . ' . Cnixo , tinplatc-worker : — " That this meeting , considering the present position of the Trades an extremely perilous pne that all Trades require a better system of organization to

      protect their mutual rights and privileges ; and the representatives of Trades now assembled are of opinion that immediate steps should be taken to consolidate the several Trades , that they may be enabled the better to assert and maintain those rights and privileges . " 2 nd . —Moved by Mr . Dunning , bookbinder ; , seconded by Mr . Williams , carver and gilder : — "That , for the purpose of carrying out the foregoing resolvition , it is highly desirable that a Committee should be formed In Loudon in conjunction with the Central Association , or of Associated Trades , to correspond with the various Trades in the provinces , to the end , that at Easter next a General Conference may be held in the Metropolis , to devise the means by which an effectual resistance may be given to any measure introduced in the present session of * Parliament ,

      tending to injure the interest of the Working Classes . " ' ¦¦ , ¦ ¦• ¦ , ' 3 rd . —Moved by Mr . Wilson , boot and shoemake , seconded by Mr . . Wartnaby , caipcntcr : —; " That the delegates now present , fully impressed witli the ifii-. portant and beneficial tendency of the proposed Conference , pledge themselves to use- ; their utmost exertions in their respective societies , to support the committee appointed by this meeting . " ;¦ ' ¦ •• -- ¦ '• • 4 th . —Moved by Mr . Berry , miner- seconded by Mr . Bush , carpenter— " That the whole- of tlie delegates now present form the Committee , " with power to add to their . number ; ' and -that ' the next meeting of the Committee be held oh 'Wednesday evening , February the 12 th , at ' eight o ' clock precisely . " ' ' ¦ [ - ' - ' , r '' . - " ' : v ¦ 5 th ;—Moved by Mr . Bush , carpenter ; sec ^ Kded by Mi \ Wilson , shoemaker— " That the , resolutions of this meeting be advertised in the Northern Slfarand Morning Advertiser newspapers . " ; ' , T . Barratt , Secretary .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08021845/page/5/