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      HOJSt OF LORDS—Thobsdat , Jas . 29 . j THE CORN LAWS . I The Duke of Richmond rose to present a number of petiiums from ditlcveist parts of the cocntry , very Mirae :- > iu > ly signed by Lr ^ c numbers of tenantfarmers mi' ! labourer * . The petitioners prayed their lordships not to make any alteration in the Corn Laws , and many of them also comulained ot the unconstitutional acts of the League- lie ( the Duke of Richni'iud ) had had manv opportunities of seeing a large number of tenants and landed gentlemen since the opening of the cimprehensive scheme ( as it was called ) i : i another place —( a laugh)—and he could onl v- jay that that scheme was repudiated by every individual that he had spoken to , and they reprcssrM .-dt . hc (• pinions of the different parts of England . Tuey viewed the measure with the strongest indignation , and taey were all prepared not only to maintain protection to themselvesbut also to the domestic

      , industry of the country . They expressed their disspiuvbation of the conduct of certain gentlemen in the House- of Commons , who were returned to I arliameut ph-dscd to protection principles , but who now sesaiol waraiog and doubting . The petitioners thought that these men were bound to resign their seats , and see whetherthev would be reelected . He hurx-.-Uad trusted their lordships would give to the country an opportunity to judge whether this system was l-i-at or wrong , and thereby force the Ministry to t & SMve the Parliament , and have the question dl-cusscil :. t the hustings . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord KiNXi -no defended the League . He thought It a strange doctrine that the noble duke propounded , an ! one which savoured of Chartist doctrines , namely , that the government should appeal to the country . J ; would almost amount to Annua ] Parliaments if the covcrnmeut were to lie comvelled to appeal to . he eoiuittT upon the introduction of every fresh

      merssure . Earl Gket expressed his satisfaction at the proposed measure but regretted that it had not gone further . Lord Asobikto-v agreed that a free traWe , if it ceuid be established , was consistent with common sai * , but could not see how it was to be introduced iu a country like England , burdened with debt , and in which so many complicated interests were at work . JVith rwpeet to the conduct of the Anti-Corn Law Lvagae , though not illegal , it was fatal to the ^ constitution , and the Government would neglect their duty if they permitted such a system to continue . After some " { nervations from Lord Monteagle and the Dake of Richmond , the matter dropped .

      The Earl ol Daluocsie then brought forward the subject of railway legislation , and proposed the appointment of a committee of the same nature as that appointed in the lower house ou the motion of Sir Bcbs-rtlVeL Afitr some discussion , in which Earl Grey and Lords Broagkatu , Kinnaird , Monteagle , and Ashburton took part , a numerous committee was appointed , and their Lordships adjourned till Monday . HOUSE OF COMMOXS-TncKSDAT , Jax . 29 . Sever d petitions were presented iu favour of Lord Alley ' s Ten Hours' BilL Mr . T . Dcxcohbe presented a petition from the inhabitants of the West Riding of Yorkshire , praying the house to pass into a law the Ten Hours' Bill . Tut hon . raemtar also presented a petition from the inhabitants of Reading against any increase in the Parliamentary grant for the services of the amiy and navy , and ajrainst the embodiment of the militia .

      THE MILITIA . Sir James Graham said that , as his right hon . friend had given notice of his intention to move that the house at its rising do adjourn till Monday , In his absence ho would move , therefore , that tiie house at ite rising do adjourn till Monday next . On the question being put from the Chair , Mr . Thomas Dcscomiie rose to ask a question respecting the embodiment of the militia . The country ha-fbecniled to understand that an embodiment of the militia would take place on an early day , and fireat excitement and alarm in consequence prevailed

      as to the manner in which , aud time when , this raising of the force would take place . Clubs were forminj to find substitutes for tho > e who might be drawn , an :, in many instances , associations of persons were forming to protect parties in offering passive resistance to the service . What he wanted to know was , ¦ wh ether an early embodiment of the militia was to take place , and whether it was to be made under the prosent law , or that a new one was to be introduced ? if a bill was to be introduced , he hoped it would be done on an early day , and not when the session was advanced , so that the whole question might be fully < -onsidered .

      Sir J . Guaham said that it was the intention of the ri ? htbon . gentleman the Secretary at War , on the part of the government , to introduce a bill for the embodiment of the militia on an early day , in which - there would bc considerable amendments on the present law . Mr . Bright conceived that the right hon . baronet t'ie Secretary for the Home Department had not fully ic died to the question of the hon . member for Finsbury , lie believed that the object of that , question had been to learn whether it was intended to call out the militia this year or not . It might be necessary to have a permanent law for the embodiment of the militia , but that was of small interest

      to the public at large , and he , therefore , begged to inquire whether the militia really was to be called out this year ? Sir J . Gkauam said that he thought he had already anEwiredthftqvitsu-m . It was the privilege of her Majesty to call out tbe milhia if the exigencies of the public service should make it necessary , under the suggestion of her responsible Ministers . It was intendi-d to bring in a bill , and under the power of that bill , if war should arise , her Majesty would have the power of calling out the miltia utter a fortnight ' s notice . But when the bill should bc introduced his right hon . friend the Secretary at War ( Mr . Sidney Herbert ) would explain all its provisions fully to the house .

      "MARTYRDOM" OF CHARLES L-DENUNCIATIOX OF "THE TV RANT . " Mr . Hoss was opposed to the adjournment of the hou = e fo- the reason stated . He considered a reformed Hoese of Commons ought not to keep such a holiday as the one named , aud for which the house was asked to adjourn . He thought that it was a reproach t » those honourable men who had shed their blood in order to retain the chartered liberties o * the country . They had sacrificed their lives in the defence os those liberties , and he thought that it wou'd be foolish with that fact licfore them to keep

      that absuitl fast . ( Cheers , and laughter . ) That w , * h his opinion , ami he felt bound to declare it . ( Cheers . ) [ Several hon . members exclaimed at the game moment , "Xo such thins . " ] At kast that was his impression , and he found it was published in the papers of the house , and entered iu the notice book , that to-morrow wa « to be observed as a fast in t !; e commemoration of the martyrdom of King Charles . X-iw there could be no doubt that such then was the case , and it he went out with only one or two of his friends , he would divide the house ou the subject .

      Sir Hubert Peel said that he had endeavoured to put the matter in the most substantive form , and to express the reasons of her Majesty ' s government . Xow he had exactly stated that the ' reason of the adjournment of the house was really because there was not public business before them for that day , aud because it would conduce very much to the publicconvenienee . He conceived that this would constitute a sufficient reason . Mr . Ross expressed himself satisfied with the reasons of the risht Hon . Baronet .

      Mr . Wiujaus wished particularly to understand whether tbe house was to bt : adjourned because tomorrow was the anniversary of an absurd fa"t , or because there was no business before the house ? If the house was to adjourn on that account , he knew of nothing that would degrade the present generation s *» much as that it -hould be said of them that they adjourned tin * public business because of the anniversary of the martyrdom of that tyrant who was led to th- * scaffold in coii-cquenee of supewedin ; the authority of the House of Commons . ( Hear , and JsuihU-r . ) If that tyrant had not violated ihe institutions- ' ! " the « iuiitty \ by attempting toiinposcpiibfa taxes without bavins obtained the sanction of Parliament , his death by violence would never > . ave taken p lace . ( Laughter . ) The memory of the man who resisted the tyrant , and caused his overthrow , ought to b-i cherished , rather than the fate of the tyrant borne in mind . ( Laughter . )

      TIIE TEN HOURS' BILL . Lord Asnu-T moved for leave to bring in a bill to redu-.-e the hoars of working of young pcisons iu factories to ten hours in the day . Two years had elapsed since he brought the subject before the House ; buterents had since taken place that illustiated the truth of the principles he had then propounded ; and tbe question wa < now narrowed to this— ' * Can a Ten Hours' Bill be adopted without injury to the interests of the trade , and without depreciation of the wages of lab-nir V He then pave the house a history ofa scries of experiments which had recently been m ade in the manufacturing districts on the effect of reducing the hows of labour . Mr . Gardner , of Manchester , bad reduced the hours of labour in his factory to eleven Lours . M-gsrs . Horrocks aud Jackson , of Prc . -toii , had made a similar reduction . So

      had several other eminent manufacturer *; . The result in every case demonstrated that the produce of the rcdac-ed hours of labour was both greater ami letter—tiiat the hands wero in better healththat their children were better educated — and that the fsriing between the employers and the employed was much ameliorated . Such ako had bwn the effect ofa decree issued in Prussia limiting the hoars of labour to ten hours a-day in the case o f si children under sixteen years . Accounts had !*( n trauimitted to him from Ellierfeldt , in wbi r htke most satisfactory description was - ; ivcn of the results of that law on the aioial and physical condition of the operatives . Passing from tbrse individual de * : iiK . hc proceeded totiiow that-the effects of the li-uusH- " of the hour * of labour on the moral , jbjsjs ' , zmi & ..-m-ia ! condition of our f ovulation

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      engaged iu manufactures formed a constaut contradiction to all the predictions uttered by the antagonists of the Ten Hours' Bill when it was last under discussion . Their first prediction was , that th ? cotton trade would be destroyed by any such limitation as he proposed ; tnetr second was , that tho wages of the protected parties would be diminished ; their third was , that the w . i » es of their children would be reduced to ° a mere nothing ; and their fourth was , that the children would be dismissed , and that great physical suffering would be the result in their respective families . The history of the cotton trade during thclast year was the best refutation of the firstpartof these predictions ; the fact that there were

      n » w 30 , < W 0 children under thirteen years of age working six hours and receiving instruction three hours a day , when there were very few receiving . duration in 1833 , and the report of the operative spinner * themselves—who formerly opposed the enactment limitins the labour of children to half time —stating that the physical and moral condition of their children had been so much improved that they did not appear to be the same race of human beings , were the best refutation of the latter part of them . He implored tho house to consider that the greater part of the children employed during the present long hours of labour were females . Was there not something cruel and monstrous to take voumr sirls of 13 . the very day on which

      they reached that age , aud to demand from them the same extent of labour which was demanded from the most vigorous adult men ? How could they learn on their return home any of those domestic arts which weic so necessary to the comforts of the labouring man when he returned jaded and weary to his humble cottage ? There was evidence enough to prove , though he would not quote it , that the degraded condition of the female population was one of the chief causes of distress and crimeinottc manufacturing towns . He contrasted with the degraded condition of the female population in our manufacturing districts the gnat improvement which hail taken place in the intellectual , moraland phvsical condition of the female

      opera-, tives at Lowell , in the United States , since the labour there had been limited to twelve hours a day . The fact was , that our women were unsexed in nature and habits by being abstracted from their domestic duties so long by their protracted industry in heated factories . Society suffered by it—individuals suffered by it ; and the operative population would suffer bv it , until legislation gave them what Madame Campan told Napoleon was the best gift he could give to France , " a generation of mothers . " He impressed on the house the consideration that it would be well both for the masters and the operatives to have this question finally settled . Nothing could bc easier than to repeal his bill , if its effects

      should prove prejudicial ; for the operatives would be the first to cry out against them ; but if its effects were likely to prove beneficial , then they had a rhjht to expect that the house would assent to their just and reasonable requests . He implored the house , therefore , not to throw out this measure ; for if they did , they would destroy all hope of secular improvement among the younger part of the manufacturing population ; they would aggravate the feud which so long existed between the house of want and the house of plenty ; they would render poverty discontented , wealth and property odious , and would impede the social , moral , and religious improvement of all classes of the communito .

      Sir J . GmiUM said—He did not intend to offer any opposition to the introduction oi" the present hill . After complimenting Lord Ashley on the sacrifices which he had made in this cause—sacrifices which were greater than fell to the lot of most men to make—he proceeded to coutend that everything which had occurred in the manufacturing districts since the passing of the act of ISM , instead of encouraging farther legislation on this subject , showed that we ought not to disturb the existing arrangements . If it were true that higher wages had been gained by the operatives in consequence of a reduction in their hours of labour , he was glad to hear it ; but he thought that it was a reason for not interfering further by legislation between the employer and the

      employed . After pointing out the advantages which had been gained for tbe labouring manufacturing population by lord Ashley since 1333 , in the prohibition of all infant labour under a certain age , in the limitation of labour to eix hours among children under thirteen years of age , in the prohibition of all night labour , and in restricting the labour of all young persons between the ages of thirteen and eighteen to twelve hours a day , he proceeded to coutend that any further interference by Parliament with manufacturing 1 st . hour would be an interference with capital aud machinery , which tvould be highly dangerous in a commercial country like onr own . It might bc asked , why , if such were his opinions , he allowed this bill to be introduced . His answer was , that on former occasions Lord Aside ; had endeavoured to engrafthis opinions as amendments on measures proposed by the government , but that on the prcseat occasion he had introduced ,

      ou his own responsibility , a substantive measure , which it would be discourteous to reject without examination . He begged to remind the house , that this question war connected with the relaxation of the restrictions on our commercial code and on the supply of food , which had recently been submitted to the consideration of the house . He therefore thought that the decisii u of the house on his lordship ' s bill should be postponed until the house had come to a decision on the proposition of government as to the laws affecting the importation of corn . So far as he was personally concerned , no decisionoa those laws , be it favourable or unfavourable to the government , could shake "his unalterable opinion as to the expediency of interference with adult labour . No arguments which Lord Ashley had used , or would use , were likely to obtain his support to the second reading of his bill ; nevertheless , for the reasons which he had stated , he would not object to iu introduction .

      SirCSntcsuxD was determined to give his most cordial support to this bill . In reply to Sir J . Graham's observation on the necessity of postponing the decision upon it in consequence of the proposition to alter the Corn Laws , he observed that he had always supported the repeal of those law * on the ground that it would give a stimulus to commerce , and would thus he productive of benefit to agriculture . If , then , it gave a stimulus to commerce , it would give increased employment to individuals engaged in manufactures ; aud , if so , this was of all others the time for pressing the bill on the notice oi Parliament .

      Mr . Tbelawnt expressed his surprise that lord Ashley , who would be the last man in the world to attack the rights of property generally , could have been in . duced to bring in a bill which attacked the poor man ' * property , by iuterfering with his labour , which was his property . This bill , by shortening the hours of labour , would reduce his wages , and would thus do him more harm than good . Lord John Manners trusted that the house would not be ltd by the arguments of the last speaker to resist the appeal of Lord Ashley to its justice and humanity . Nothing would conciliate the feelings of the operatives to their employers more than this bill , and he should , therefore , give a most cordial and unhesitating support to

      it-Mr . Heme insisted on the soundness of Mr . Trelawnj ' s argument , that no interference with labour Cuuld take place without interfering with the rights of property . Industry and capital ought to be left free . It was ridiculous for the noble lord to compare the manufactories of Lowell with those at Manchester . The state of society in the two countries was quite different . In America society was migratory , in England it was stationary , lie recommended Lord Ashley to turn his attention to the condition of the infant labouring population in the agricultural districts . It was in a much worse condition than the infantile population of the manufacturing districts .

      Mr . B . Escott tep « Ued Lord Ashley ' s doctrine , that the decision of the majority „ u tbe last occasion when this subject was discussed was not the decision of thr house , but that of the Ministry , both on behalf of tin house and of himself , as an independent member , wh » had then voted against the bill , and who should do so on tbe present occasion . Many persons in tbe country said that it was not the Ministry which had reversed the decision of the house on that occasion , but Lord Ashley himself , who had voluntarily given up his own measure , lit also hoped that Lord Ashley himself wauld quote hi * blue-hooks accurately and fairly—a practice which his lordship was not always in the habit of adopting . Mr . GoLQonous defended Lord Ashley . The claims ol humanity were in this instance in concurrence with thow of s-mnd policy , and demanded a moderate restriction oi the hours of Iabeur .

      Mr . Koebcck said that this bill was an unjustifiable interference -with the rights of property . The price of lahour depended ou the supply and the demand . No legislative interference could raise or depress wages except ii . this way . Increase the demand for labour by taking awaj fiscal restrictions , and you raise the amount of wages . Increase the restrictionson labour , as this bill proposed , am yuu inevitably depressed the rate of its remuneration . Hi could himself play the same game as Lord Ashley . It was - > very easy game , for it was the game of humanity ; and you had only to accuse yourself of all the cardinal virtue ; , under the sun . Lord Ashley called himself the friend ol the labourer ; but when his own pocket was touched by tlu removal of commercial restrictions calculated to benefit the labourer , he was among the first to cry out that tbt monarchy was ruined and the state on the point of dissolution . [ Mr . Roebuck concluded his speech amidst " cheers"from the "liberal " opposition beachtsj ]

      After a few words ironi Mr . Wodehooek in support , and from Mr . P . HowAim in opposition , to the measure , Mr . Mi'KTZ expressed his opinion that Lord Ashley bad not been fairly dealt with in this debate . The argument ot non-interference with labour rras sound upon the whole ; but there was an wception to it in the case of factories worked by steam . It was not just that a man should make his never-tiring steam-engine work as long as he pleased , that he should then compel his workmen , women , as well as children , to work as long as his steamengine , and that he should then decline to give them work if tliey refused such protracted labour . Another circumstance which would make him vote for the nubh lord ' s bill was , that the labour of women and children was preferred to that of men , —the women were employed , while the men vceie doing nothing . ( Cheers from the Ministerial benches . ; These women and children wen

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      employed fifty per cent , more than they ought ( o be , and he should on this account vote for the bill of the noble lord . " Mr . J . O'Connj-u . declared his intention to support the bill . Jtr . ' Bright complimented Lord Ashley on the improved tone of his speech on this occasion , and thought that he had acted wisely iu not again dragging his cripples on to the floor of the house . When Mr . Gardner , of Manchester , aud his manager , who was an enthusiast in this cause , reduced his hours of work to eleven , lit increased the speed of his steam-engine , and other

      uiaahiuerv , aud made up for lost time by taking some minutes from the breakfast-time of bis people . Mr . Gardner had likewise promised th « m that if his experiment succeeded he nould reduce tbe time this winter to ten hours ; but he had not made that reduction , and Ins manager had recommended him not te make it . The noble lord did not , in his ( Mr . Bright ' s ) . epiniou , know so much of the interior of mills as he oug ht . The noble lord once called at the counting-house of tbe coucern with which he ( Mr . Bright ) was connected , and was invited by ene of his brothers to loek through the establishment . The noble lord declined to do so .

      lie should most certainly oppose this bill , but it would be with reluctance , because he knew that many of the operatives—but he believed not a Majority of themwere in its favour . lie considered that the measures recently introduced by Sir It . Peel—which , he trusted , would be made more perfect before they passed the house—would do more to promote the industry , the wages , and the serial relations of the working classes , thau all tbe philanthropic legislation of the noble lord . Mr . FiELOEN expressed his greatsurprise at Mr . Bright ' s opposition to the present measure , as he recollected the time when that gentleman had himself petitioned for a Ten Hours Sill ; hut he supposed that he hud repented of his humauity , owing to his hr . ving been recently mixed up with other associations . This measure had been

      described as interfering with the rights of property in interfering with labour . Labour he agreed in regarding as property ; he held that it was as much entitled to be protected as accumulated property ; but , if labour was to be protected , the labourer must have not only the opportunity , but the ability to labour . It did not require anything , but the common experience of mankind to know that a child thirteen years of age was not capable of sustaining the fatigue of labour in a factory during a whole day . Let honourable members imagine how they would like any of their children to be dragged out of bed at five o ' clock in the morning , not to return home again from the factory uutil eight o ' clock

      iu the evening . There were nearly fifteen hours ; and was that sort of slavery to be continued ! ( Hear , hear . ) On Monday neck he had attended a meeting of his constituents , called by the chief constables . One of them occupied the chair ; and both of them , formerly opponents of a ten-hours bill , came forward , expressing their approval of the principle of the measure now before the house . Why , then , should this house ha behind others in expressing approbation ? There was no ft > ar that trade would be injured by competition , if the hours of labour were shortened ; for every time they had been shortened by legislativeenactuient trade , on the contrary , had increased .

      Mr . Waklev said he would put it to the hon . member forBath ( Mr . Roebuek ) whether he had reason to pride himself ou the circumstance that ' his opinions upon this question remained unchanged ! That learned gentleman had obtained his knowledge of this subject in his study , surrounded by not the most interesting books in the world—the statutes at lsrge , and the decisions of the courts of law . But where had the hon . gentleman who had just spoken obtained his knowledge of the subject 1 ( Hear , hear . ) That hon . gentleman was one of the most experienced , wealthy , intelligent , and humane of men—( hear , hear)—a man universally beloved , who ever wa » the friend of the poor—a practical man , and not a theoretical man , who would run through grauite after a principle , who would so adhere to a principle that he never

      would go by any course which reasonmight invite him to follow . He ( Mr . Wakley ) would askhis hen . friend ( Mr . Roebuck ) whether infants in this country were to be sacrificed to his principle ? Why , the hon . member for Oldham ( Mr . Fielden ) used at his factory nearly one-hun , dredth part of the cotton imported into this countryand his opinion on the subject had been fully stated . He ( Mr . Wakley ) trusted the right hon . gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department would uot be insensible to that speech . The right hon . gentleman was stated to have said that his opinions were unalterable . Bid he not think it rash , after what had passed within these few days , Uf say so \ It was indeed rash and unphilesophlcal . It was proved that men could bend their minds in new directions , that there were men who would deviate from

      the course they had long pursued when they saw that it was for the general good to do so . He gave the right lion , gentleman credit for his change of opinion ou the Corn Laws . Nothing could be worse—nothing more irrational , than to charge men with dishonesty because they had changed their opinions . In his view it was a disgusting accusation , aud on eunfitted for a legislative assembly . He ( Mr . Wakley ) was an advocate for the representation of the working classes in that house . He hud always advocated tbe widest extension of the suffrage . He would like to see representatives of that order sitting there . There were some of them whose speeches would not disgrace the intellect of that assembly . More splendid speeches , indicative of natural eloquence , be had

      never heard ; and he trusted the day would come when his wishes for the presence of representatives of the working classes in that house would be realised . Supposing the working people were adequately represented there , how many sessions would pass before a Ten Hours'Bill would be adopted 1 It would pass iu the very first . The hon . member for Montrose ( Mr . Hume ) adhsred to his principle , but knocked down his argument . He completely tripped himself up . He said he would interfere - ; ith reference to mental education . Why , the noble lord wanted to go only a step further , and take into view the physical condition . As a medical man , he asserted that excessive labour prevented the development of full strength in young children .

      Mr . Niwdegate supported the bill . Mr . S . Crawford said he had taken an opportunity of making himself acquainted with the feelings of the operative class iu the town which lie represented [ Rochdale , Quaker Bright ' s town ' . ] when on a former occasion the noble lord had brought forward a similar measure . Their opinions were in its favour , aud he ( Mr . S . Crawford ) would give the noble lord his hearty support . Lord Ashiet , in replying , complained that the hon . member for Durham shonld have left the house after having made a personal charge against him . The year before last , he ( Lord Ashley ) was in the county of Lancaster , staying with his hon . friend the member for Oldham ; while there , it occurred to him , that being within a short distance of fio .-hdale , where the mill of the hon .

      member for Durham was situated , he would go there ; but as he had gone over a great number of mills , and was perfectly conversant with their working , he did not think it important to add to his knowledge the working of a mill at Rochdale . Still ha went there , but simply and solely that he might cill at tha counting-house , and see the hon . member , or leave his name . Why did he do this ? Because in that house the hon . gentleman had attacked him in a manner wholly unjustifiable , aud because the lion , gentleman having retracted what he said , he ( Lord Ashley ) thought , being within fifteen miles of Rochdale , h « should show he entertained

      no resentment against the hon . member , but wished to meet him on friendly terms , if he called on him . He caw the hon , gentleman ' s brother , and conversed with him for half or three quarters of an hour ; he asked him if he would go over tha mill , but he declined , because he really was afraid the hon , gentleman would say he came there and walked over the works that he might discover some fault or defect it . them . He thought the hon . gentleman had travelled out of the record , and gone far beyond what lie was justified in saying , when he charged him with being one-sided in bis statements and views , merely because , when at Rochdale , he declined to go over his mill .

      The question was then put and carried , but with an ewpbatie " No" from Mr . Roebuck , which was followed by calls for a division ; nene , however , took place , and leave was givau to bring in the bill . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned at half-past ten o'clock till Monday .

      The Strroseii Isfasticidb At Greenwich.—...

      The StrrosEii Isfasticidb at Greenwich . —On Wednesday evening the inquiry into the cause of the death of a male child , found in a garden , late in the occupation of Mr . Richardson , on Royal Hill , was resumed before Mr . Carttar , the coroner , at the Morden Arms , Brand-street . The only witness called was Dr . Oak Mitchell , the gentleman entrusted with the post mortem . examination , and from his statement , it appeared that , in conjunction with Mr . Hatch the stomach had been subjected to various tests for ' poison . 1 hey had been unable to discover any appearance of lead , oxalid acid , or corrosive sublimate ; but with regard to the presence of arsenic , their tests had not been sufficiently satisfactory to enable him to speak with certainty . lie therefore requested that another gentleman might be called up to make the test , and it was arranged that Dr . Leeson , who has obtained considerable celebrity in that branch of the profession , should be selected . The inquiry was then further adjourned .

      Ihk . Lmb Poaciuso Affray at Uiiasdok . —On Monday last Thomas Stokes and John Adams ; both of Barton Hartshorn , were charged at Buckingham , before E . Dewes , Esq ., and the Rev . William Andrews , with having , on the night of the 17 th inst ., at Uillsdon , been found armed with a gun aud a Wudge « n in search of game , and with having beat and assaulted G . Bridger and James Cadd , the Duke of Buckingham ' s gamekeepers . It appeared that on the night in question the keepers heard firing , as they thought , in a spinney near Mr . Line ' s , of

      Uillsdon ; that Bridger sent some of his men in the direction of the firing , and that he ( Briefer ) and Cadd waited at a place called Preston Cornei * . where he thought it was likely the poachers would ' come . At about eleven o ' clock three . men approached to near where Bridger and Cadd were . A regular % ht ensued , in which the third person of the poachiwg party struck a few blows . The keepers hollowed out for their companion . * , and the poachers then ran away , followed by the keepers , [ who were unable to overtake them . Tliey were subsequently apprehended . The prisoners were each committed to Aylesbury gaol lor trial at the assizes .

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      SUSWSOTlil ) MURDEtt AT MAHCJlhSTliK * . On the evening of Wednesday the 10 th of Decemb er , about nine o'clock , the body of a young woman was found in the Rochdale canal , near the Ten Acres Bridge , Newton , having apparently been in the water only a short time , but life was quite extinct . The-body was rcmovetl to the Three Crowns public-house , In Newton , and the following day it was identified as that of a woman named Ann Ellison , the daughter of a person residing in Mariastreet , Manchester . No clue could then bc obtained as to how the deceased came to her death ; and , consequently , at the inquest held before Mr . Rutter , on the Friday ensuing , an open verdict of "Found drowned" was

      returned . Circumstances , tending to throw some light on the subject , having since been discovered to the relations of the deceased , further inquiries were made of various individuals about the neighbourhood of the spot where the body was found , and information was communicated to the police , whicii led to a further investigation of the matter . The result was the apprehension , on Monday last , of a man named Nathaniel Currie , a stretcher , in Mr . Murray's mill , Ancoats , and under whom deceased was employed as a piecer . He was brought up for examination at the New Bailey , on Tuesday , before James Hey wood , Esq ., . when the following evidence was adduced : —

      Mr . Richard Beswick , chief superintendent of the Manchester police , stated that the prisoner was apprehended on suspicion of having caused the death of Ann Ellison , i'he deceased , who was twenty-one years Of age , resided in Maria-street , Manchester , and worked in Air . Murray ' s mill . The prisoner was a stretcher , and the deceased had heen engaged under hint as a " big piecer . " She was stated to be an exceedingly well-conducted girl , and a teacher in the Sunday school . On the 10 th of December , after leaving work , the deceased came to her father ' s house , and after remaining there a short time , she told her father she wished to go out to meet a friend , named Jane Pilling . Her father consented ; she went out , and about half-past nine , her mother , who had been at a friend ' s house in the interval , returned , and

      was surprised to find her daughter absent . At ten o ' clock the father went to bed , and between twelve and one he was awakened by Mrs . Ellison , who stated that Ann had not returned , and she was very much alarmed . Ellison got up , and went out to look for his daughter , but she could nowhere be found . He was aware that she worked under the prisoner at the mill , and he went there in the morning , for the purpose of inquiring whether he knew anything of her . He stopped the prisoner as he was about to enter the mill , told him that his daughter had not been home on the previous evening , aud asked him if he knew anything about her . The prisoner said , "No ; I went to the Free Trade Hall last night , but it was so thronged that I could not get in , and after that I came home and went te bed . " Ellison requested

      him , if his daughter came to her work , to send word to her parents , which he promised to do . The father then went to the police office , and gave information that his daughter was missing . In the afternoon he was told that a body had been found at Ten Acres Bridge , Newton ; and on proceeding to the spot , he identified it as that Of his daughter . He remained for some time there , and on his return home he found the prisoner in his house , when he became very violent , and said "You ' ve been the death of my daughter ; get out of my house ! ' The prisoner said , " Oh , if you wish me to leave I will do so , " and walked away . He ( Mr . BeswicU ) would be able to show , that about twenty minutes past eight o'clock on the night in question , two young women , named Mary Russell and Rhotla Favriugton , who reside in Cheetham Fold , near

      Newton , passed through three fields called the Ten Acres Fields , about a mile from the spot where the deceased was found . They were going to have some bonnets made up , and when they got into the second field they saw a man and woman standing together . Tbe bonnet the female had on struck their attention very much , and tliey resolved to have theirs made up in a similar manner . The night was moonlight , and both the girls said they would be able to identify either of the parties again . On Monday afternoon , shortly after the prisoner had been apprehended , he was placed amongst five other mso , some of them dressed like himself , and the two women pointed to Currie as tho person whom they had seen with the female . About nine o'clock these young women were returning home ; and when they

      were passing over the Ten Acres Bridge they were told that the body of a female had been found in the canal ; but they were very much frightened , and ran home . They could , however , identify the bonnet found on the female in the canal , as being that which had attracted their notice in the fields . A man named James Tetlow , and a boy named John Hamer , were passing this bridga about nine o ' clock , when they observed something floating on the water ; which , on closer examination proved to be the body of the young woman . Tetlow got a stick , with which he drew the body to the side , and sent the boy to give information at the police station . At this time three other men came up , two of whom went , as

      they said , to send a policeman , and the third put his foot on deceased ' s dress ; and when Tetlow said it would bo as well to take the body out of tbe water , this man ( who was proved to be tbe prisoner ) said it should not be taken out till the arrival of the police . When a constable was seen coming towards the spot , he went away in an opposite direction , and was not seen afterwards . The inquest was held on the body on the Friday following , and in the absence of any proof as to how the deceased came to her death , a verdict of " Found drowned" was returned . A female who laid out the body would state that there were various marks upon it ; there were bruises upon the lips and both sides of the mouth , and the thighs were considerably scratched .

      Thomas Ellison , the father , was then examined . He gave in evidence the facts which Mr . Beswick stated , and also said the prisoner appeared very much excited and confused when he spoke to him about the deceased on tho Thursday morning . He produced the bonnet which the deceased wore , which was identified by the next witness , Mary Russell , who stated that she worked at Briscoe ' s Mill , in Newton , and that on the eveuing of the 10 th December she went with a person named llhoda FarlingtontotheTen Acres Fields , where they passed close by a man and woman who were standing together . The

      prisoner was the man , aud witness looked very earnestly at them , being in such a lonely spot . The bonnet produced was the one which the female wove . Witness had since seen the place where the deceased was taken out of the water , whicii was one field and a little more from the place she had seen them together . Rhoda Farrington confirmed the testimony of this witness , and stated likewise that the prisoner had on at the time she saw him in the field a blaek and white scarf , which was produced by-Inspector Green . The woman had on a plaid shawl , which Ellison said his daughter had on when she left tbe house .

      James Tetlow was then called , aad described tho finding of the body , shortly after nine o'clock , and the eonduct of the prisoner in not allowing it to be taken out of the water till the arrival of the police . John Ogden and James Crossley severally stated that they saw the body taken out of the canal , and also that the prisoner had said it should uot betaken out till the arrival of tbe police . The latter witness was called on to serve as a juryman , the number not being complete , but he said there were no witnesses examined after he was called in . He told the coroner and the jury that the prisoner was " favoured" like ( resembled ) the man who prevented the body from being taken out of the canal , but he could not swear t ) him . He believed him to be the

      man . Elizabeth Dufiield , the woman who laid out the body , described the marks which she had seen upon it . The deceased ' s mouth was very much swollen , and appeared to hare been struck . Each side of the mouth was black aud bruised . There were the marks of three dirty fingers and a thumb on her neck , aud four scratches on the inside of the right thigh . Eliza Coates stated that on the morning after- the day in question the prisoner called her and asked her to clean his shoes . They were very dirty , and covered nearly all over the top with clay , which she scraped off with a knife . The prisoner said to her in the morning , " I can hardly feel my wheel handles , for I tremble so bad . " Inspector Green itated that he had searched the prisoner's house , and found the scarf produced , which was identified by the witness Farrington .

      Mr . Beswick stated that he apprehended the prisoner the previous , day , and , on being told the charge against him , he reiterated the statement about beiug at the Free Trade Hall in the evening , Mr . Aspiuwall vailed a woman , named Mary Ann Ceoper , who said she lived next door to the prisoner , and that she had heard him at home on the evening of the 10 th of December , getting in coals . —On being cross-examined by Mr . Beewick , she stated that it was nearly ten o ' clock before she heard him in the house , and it was stated that the spot where the occurrence took place was only distant a mile and a quarter from where he resided .

      The prisoner having expressed some desire to speak iu his own defence , the Court gave him the usual caution : after which he made a lengthy statement , the substance of which was , that on his return from Ellison ' s house , after Ellison had charged him with being " the villain who caused his daughter's death , " he stated this to his wife . Next morning she went to Mr . Ellison , and asked his reason for saying so . He said he had a host of evidence which he would bring forward at the inquest . While he turned bis back his wife said to the prisoner ' s wife , "Can you keep u secret f" and on promising to do so , Mrs . Ellison said , " Ann was three months gone in the family way . "

      Mr . Rutter said , that from the external appearance of the body , at the time of the inquest , he supposed she was « ttc {« n ( c . On the application of Mr . Beswick , the inquiry was then adjourned to next Tuesday .

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      MrsTEBious Suicide op a Femaie . —On the morning of Sunday last a young and well-dressed woman took a cab in London , and was driven to Barnesterrace . Here she got out in the midst of the rain paid her fare , remarking that she should soon be very well , and , as tho cab drove off , threw herself into the river and was drowned . The body has not yet been found . ' Fioom is OxFOBDsnmB . -The lowlands have not for some tew years been so inundated as thoy are at this time . Many of the cross roads , on which the L-ridgcs are bad , are impassable , except at great risk , lie district known in Oxon as the " Ottmoors , " and wlach is many miles in extent , has the appearance of a sen , from the vast flood which covers it

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      LONDON . Lamdehi . —At the usual weekly meeting of the Lambatlv shareholders , on Sunday evening last , the 25 th inst ., the following resolution was unanimously passed ;— " That we , the assembled share holders of the Lambeth branch of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society , do agree to the alteration ol rules , so that the ballot shall precede the purchase of laud : such land to be bought for the Society . We also agree to the annulling of rules dividing the Society into sections and districts . With reference to the suggestion of our treasurer , Mr . Roberts , relative to the allotments becoming freehold , we leave the adoption thereof , or otherwise , to the wisdom of our directors . " Tower Hamlets . —Resolution , adopted at the Whittington and Cat : — " That this district fall in with the views of Mr . Roberts , to cause the occupants to have a vote for the county . "

      WESTMitffiiBR . —Mr . M'Grath lectured on Sunday evening to a numerous auditory . Messrs . Wheeler and M'Grath reported the progress made in procuring the enrolment of the Land Society , and the following resolution was unanimously agreed to * , — " In case ' of Mr . Ttdd Pratt refusing to enroll the Society under the Benefit Society's Act , that , in accordance with his suggestion , it be registered under the provisions of the Joint Stoek Company Act . "

      OLDHAM . . At a meeting held on Sunday evening , Jan . 18 , in the school-room of the Working Man ' s Hall , the following resolution was moved by Mr . S . Yardly , and seconded by Mr . A . F . Taylor , " That this meeting cannot sufficiently express its indignation at the base and servile conduct of Daniel O'Connell , in adding to his other dastardly titles that ef common informer to the Tory government , as shown by hip slavish interference with our worthy friend Patrick O'lliggins , Esq ., with whom this meeting deeply sympathises , tendering to him at the same time our warmest thanks for the straightforward course he has pursued in the advocacy of the people's cause . On the other hand , wo accord our censure to the misnamed "Liberator , " for this crowning act to his former treachery and hype srisy . " Carried unanimously .

      On Sunday , last Mr . James Williams delivered a very instructive address on the three great "interests , " viz ., the " landed , " " commercial , ' and "labour" "interests , " in tho school-room ot the Working Man ' s llall . The lecturer gave general satisfaction .

      BATH . On Monday evening a public supper was held in the large room of the King William , Thomas-street , to commemorate the birth-day of the immortal Thomas Paine . The room was well filled . The cloth having been removed , Mr . T . Bolwell was voted to the chair . The following sentiments were given : — " The people , the legitimate source of political power ; " responded to by Mr . T . Bolwell . "The memory of tho immortal Paine ; " responded to at great length by Mr . Charles Bolwell . " The People ' s Charter , may it speedily become the law of the land ; " ably responded to by Mr , Coombes , "The Chartist press , * " responded to by H . Rogers . "A speedy return of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis to their native land ; " responded to at great length by Mr . A . Phillips . The proceedings lasted from seven o ' clock till twelve , when the meeting separated , highly delighted with the evening's intellectual treat .

      PRESTON . The LAND . ~ At a special meeting of the Preston branch of the Chartist Co-operative . La . nd . So * Jwty held at Mr . Howorth ' s , Lane-street , Preston , Mr . J . Thornton in the . chair , the following resolutions were agreed to : — "That we approve of the proposition of Mr . O'Connor , that the ballot be taken previous to purchase . " * ' That the rules for dividing the country into districts be expunged . " "That we leave the question propounded by Mr . Roberts to the discretion of the Board of Directors and Mr . Roberts . "

      MERTIIYR TYDVIL . The LAND . —The members of branch No . 1 , of the Land Society in this town , met in their Reading Room , on Sunday morning , 25 th inst . After reading the Star , a large portion of Mr . O'Connor ' s work on "Small Farms" was read , and Mr . Wm . James gave the second part of his lecture onjhc capabilities of the soil . At the close of the meeting a vote of thanks was tendered to Mr . O'Connor , for his honest and straightforward conduct in exposing the Duke of Richmond's attempted bribery .

      ' MANCHESTER . On Sunday last , Mr . O'Connor ' s letter on the land was read by Mr . Radford , after which that part headed " Money , Money , Money , to be subscribed to the Anti-Militia Fund . " These articles were received with great applause . The Chairman then introduced thelecturer { Mr . Thomas Tattersal !) , whogaveamost impressive lecture ; subject , "Class Legislation , its effects upon the destinies of Britain . " The hall was crowded ; not less than from three to four thousand

      people composed the audience ; in fact , we never had such a meeting except when Mr . O'Connor addressed the people . The eloquence and oratorical powers of the speaker told well and made a great impression , the audience cheering him every ten minutes . The lecture lasted upwards of an hour , and at the conclusion the whole audience made the hall fairly shake with their plaudits . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and chairman , and the meeting separated . After the lecture twenty-two shares were taken in the Land Association . Two societies arc

      tormed tor the purpose of supplying each member with a book of Mr . O ' Connor ' s " Small Farm Work . " Each member pays one penny per week , and two booksare presented to the two successful persons who draw the prizes , until all in the society have one each . Another society is being formed for the above object .

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      IMPORTANT FROM BIRMINGHAM . Tivo magistrates have consented to present the memorial adopted by the public meeting held iu the People ' s Hall . They will be accompanied by Mr . Sturge . The magistrates have expressed their desire that Mr . Buncombe should also accompany them on their arrival in London to the Home Office .

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      Swposto Mubdek . — Gloucester , Tuesday . — Considerable excitement has been occasioned in this city , during tho last few days , in consequence of the body of an unfortunate girl having been found in the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal , on Thursday mornins last , under circumstances whicii induced the suspicion that she had been murdered by some foreigners belonging to a vessel in the port , in whose companyshe was last seen . An inquest was held on the body , on Saturday , before J . Cooke , Esq ., and continued , by adjournment , to this day . Mr . Superintendent Griffin , of the county police , applied to Mr . Cooke for a warrant for the apprehension of tho men suspected , but he refused to grant one . Mr . Griffin , therefore , proceeded , with , his men and a girl named Mary Ann

      Brint , to Castle-end , about seven miles from the city , the vessel having sailed . He went on board , and tiie girl said she would uot swear to the men , as she was afraid . Mr . Griffin told her that he would protect her , and she then pointed out two of the crew , cousins , named Bapiiste Ribecco and Giovanni Rtbecco , the former of whom is more directly implicated . Giobata Coloto and Dominego Canese having stated that they were in company with the others , were also taken into custody , who . with their captain and two interpreters , appeared before thejury to-day . Mary Ann Brint deposed that she and the unfortunate girl had been in the habit of associating with the prisoners for some time , and on Wednesday evening the deceased accompanied one of the crew ofa Russian vessel , which lias since sailed , and Baptiste Ribecco ,

      towards their vessel . Brint refused to go only part ol the way , and told deceased to come back as there were two men on board ; but the wretched girl replied , " No ; I'll po , hit or miss . I don't care which way it is . " Nothing more was seen or heard of her until the body was found in the canal . A seaman named Bick stated that he was in his berth about a quarter before seven on Thursday morning , when he heard a female voice scream " Murder" three times . The scream appeared te come from the side of the Italian ship , and could not have emanated from the banks of the canal . He got up , but could see nothing . He heard no plunge in the water , hut it was a very dark and tempestuous morning . Thejury , after alengthened consideration , decided upon dismissing Coloto and Canese , but remanded the two Ribeccos for the production of further evidence .

      Dbeadfuii Sieam-Boat AcciDBsi . —Intelligence had been received at New York of a most dreadful steam-boat accident . The particulars are given in the New York Herald , and in substance are as follows —On the night of the 18 th ult ., the steam-boat Belle Zauc , Captain Grazier while on her way from Zanesville , Ohio , to New York , struck a snag about twelve mile * below the mouth of White River , on the Mississippi , and immediately turned bottom up . It was about twelve o ' clock when the accident occurred and flic night was bitter cold . Out of some ninetv ' souls onboard at the time , upwards of fifty pcrislied by this terrible accident , some of the unfortunate victims only escaping being drowned to freeze to death after reaching the shore . At the time of the disaster , of course the passengers were asleep in their berths , and so suddenly did the boat careen and go over that such as made out to release themselves were only able to snatch I lanktt or sheet from their beds

      Seizure op Illicit Stills at Camden Tows — Between eight aud nine o ' clock on Tuesday evenin * - information having been given to the authorities of the Excise-office , the seizure ; of an extensive illicit distillery at Camden Town was effected by an officer named luey , aided by a body of police , though without capturing the parties implicated . The premises , which are adapted for carrying on this nelarious business are those formerly known as Strachan ' s ink and blacking manufactory , No . 14 , Iung ' s-road . riZw * T ° H ^« WWing oc cupiS a «« £ S , W d man a <* t <* y , in the centre of a large garden , and at a considerable distance from the road .

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      ~ The Chartist Co-Operative Land ' Socie...

      ~ THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE Land ' SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places : —

      SUNDAY EVENING . SoiUh London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road at half-past six o'clock . —City Chartist lkdl , 1 , Turn . ' again-lane : at six o'clock . — Westminster ; at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , at half-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddrcge ' s , Bricklavers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven . —Tower Jfamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Chtirch-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmctt ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern Lisson-grove , at eight o'clock precisely . —Marylclont : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at half , past seven . MONDAY EVENING . CambtmeU : at the Montnelter Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely .

      TUESDAY EVENING . Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , Blackhcath . hill , at eight o ' clock . NeuiccuOe-wpon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday even , ing , Ir ani seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Hull : The weekly meetings of the Co-operative Land Society are , on Sunday night at six , and Tucsday at eight o ' clock , in the Council-room , Picr-stvect , Wellington-street .

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      Tower Hamlets . —The friends and admirers of that unflinching advocate of human regeneration , Thos . Spencer , intend giving him a benefit concert and ball , at the Woodman Tavern , White-street , Waterloo Town , Bethnal-grcen , on Monday , Fob . 2 nd , 184 . G . Tickets to be had at tbe following places- . — Mr . Buckler , Coopers' Arms , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town ; Mr . Morse , the Albion , High-street , Shadwcll ; Mrs . Smith , the Sugar Loaves , Churchstreet , Mile-end New Town ; Mr . Drake , the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane ; Mr . Sully , the Whittington « ik ! Cat , Chureh-iw , Bethnal-grcen ; Mr Sharp , the North Briton , Bedford-square , Commercial-road ; Mr . John Short , the Highlander , Back-road , Slum well ; Mr . Arthur Langford , the Barley-mow , Club-row , Church-street , Bethnalgreen ; and at the bar of the Woodman .

      Mu . Doyle will lecture in the South London Chartist Hall , Blackfriar ' s-road , on Sunday , Feb . 1 st , at ball-past seven o ' clock in the evening . Heuden Bridoe . —A public meeting will be held in the Democratic Chapel , Hebden Bridge-lanes , on Monday , February 2 nd , tor the purpose of petitioning the legislature against the embodiment of the militia . MorrKtjf . —The monthly meeting of the shareholders in the Land Society will be held on Sunday , February 1 st , in the Lecture Room , opposite the Bull ' s Head , at two o'clock precisely .

      Brighton . — The Chartists of this town and environs are requested to attend a general monthly meeting , at the Artichoke Inn , William-street , on Tuesday evening , February 3 rd , at eight o ' clock precisely . Bath . —A public meeting will be held in the Bazaar Rooms , Quiet-street , on Tuesday evening next , to petition Parliament iu favour of the Chartist exiles . Halifax . —Ihe Chartists of this locality meet in their room , Builelose-lane , every Sunday evening , for lecturing , discussion , reading , and the enrolment of members .

      Mr . J . R . Cooper will lecture in Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at half-past six . p . m . Subject— " England and its Institutions . " - Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham , will lecture in Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday , February 8 th , at six p . m . Subject— " The Flowers of Mythology , or the Beauties of Ancient Fiction . " The monthly members' meeting will be held on Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , in the large anteroom of Carpenters' Hall , when the new council will have to be elected , and other business of vital importance will be brought before the members . Loughborough . —Persons desirous of joining the Chartist Land Association are requested to meet at the house of Mr . William Stephenson , New-street , Waz-d ' s-end , on Sunday , Feb . Sili , at seven o ' clock in the evening .

      Siieffikld . —The members of the National Charter Associauoft are requested to attend the monthly meeting , which will be held in the Democratic Reading-room , Fig Tree-lane , on Sunday , Feb . 1 st . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . —A special meeting of the Laud Society will be held in the above room , on Tuesday , Feb . 3 rd , to take into consideration the opinions of the revising barrister with reference to the new rules . Chair to he taken at eight o ' clock . West Ridixc . Delegate Meeting . —This meeting will be held on Sunday , Feb . 8 th , in the Working-Man's Hall , Bullclose-lane , Halifax ; to commence at twelve o ' clock at noon .

      Bkiouton . —The Chartists of this town and its environs are hereb y informed that their usual weekly meetings will in future be held at the Artichoke-inn , William-street , every Tuesday evening . Also that a special general meeting will be held in the large room of the above house , on the first Tuesday of every month , commencing on the 4 th day of " February , 1846 ; at which meetings the various topics ' of the day will come under consideration and discussion . Tillicoultry . —There is to be a public meeting in this place on Friday , to petition in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; also against the raising of the militia .

      Leeds . —Mr . Brook will deliver an address in the Bazaar on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at half-past six o ' clock .

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      BANKRUPTS . { From Tuesday's Gazelle , January 27 , 18 I 6 J William Walter Sanderson , Great ltussell-street , Covent-garden , baker—Thomas Tubbs , Palace-row , Newroad , lliddlessex , cowkeeper — Charles Gibsen , South , ¦ street , Grosvenor-squars , cheesemonger — John Carlilc , Little Love-lane , Wood-street , commission-agent—Michael Emanuel and Henry Emanuel , Hanover-square , golti-( iniths— . Robert Godfrey Fox , Canterbury , wine and spirit-merchant—John Bunn , Norwich , builder — Laurence Kennedy , Rochester . terrace , Stoke Xetvingtoii , pawnbroker— Thomas Oakley , Kiugsburj-t ' arin , St . Alban ' a , farmer—Joieph Mctford , jun ., Southampt .. n , ironmonger—Edgar Barnes , Aldhorough , wine-merchant —Edward Clayton , Edgeware-roud , licensed victualler-James Coulson , Bridgen-ater , grocer—John Jlaescy , Etruria , Stafford , gas titter—James Mdhuish , Exeter , innkeeper—Samuel Cullen , Nottingham , chemist—James Hill , Leeds , share-broker .

      DivmcNcs . Feb . 19 , William Behnes , Osnaburgh-strcef , Xew-road , marble merchant—Feb . ii , T . Guudrv and J . Gumlrj , Goldsithney , Cornwall , merchants — Fob . 21 , James Cbaloner , Chester , currier—Feb . 17 , David Parry , Ruthin Denbigh , currier—Feb . 17 , William Otkleston , Liver , pool , hide merchant . Csmificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of nicetiiur . Feb , 19 , Robert Worley , Newgate-street , salesman—Feb . 20 , Hugh Cunningham , Strand , bookseller—Feb . It ) , Henry George Gibson , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , chemist—Feb . 26 , John Brooks and James Brooks , Glastonbury , curriers—Feb . 24 , William Ibbotsoii , Shcittold , merchant —Feb . 17 , James Chase Powell , Chiswell-street , Finsbury , apothecary—Feb . 17 , . Michael Lee und Burnett Lee , Duke-street , Piccadilly , tailors . PARTNESSHUH BISSOLVED .

      J . Barker and C . Winsall , Liverpool , butchers—R . Hancock aud Co ., Burslem and Brown-hill , Stafford earthenware manufacturers — W . Jackson and Co ., Caldcr-wharf , Mirfield , York , at fat as regards W . Jack-S T ^*• J * "" " . IWI , NewBond-street , Middlesex , eoaofa builden-W . Garstang and W . W . Carter , Man ^^^ " ^ r ^^^ -S ^^ oTecMier , Lo u . " ou tS ^ ' I" * 1 'oHd ;«« -W * C . vplesa ,. d C . Robey hina-J . Hunt and j . CoIH u k h makers and tailors-j . Richardson and Co . Wappincstreet , Middlesex slop-. ellers , as far as regards V . R jebardson-R . Roberts and Co ., Tanycluwdd , Denbigh ¦ ron and coal masters , as far as regards T . 1 ogeis-J Higgmbot on and J . Thomas , Foley , Stoke-upon Trent « bmv ' bS'TT * - "' BaJ 1 U «* ' SlnitI * ' *' iiesbury , Staftord , coal masters- J . Brown and Co ., Liver . pool , cured hair manufacturers , as far as regards J . Brown-J . Golem and Co ., Liseard , Chester , buUders-OTm aili

      J ^' ^ < ^""' S ^ -Shm-ard-. treot . London , , bookseU . ™ a „ d stathmers-G . Smith and A . Cowan , Liverpool , clothier . a „ d hatter * -W . B . Bnrl aud R . . Dickenson , Durham , timber merchants and iiro brick - manufacturers-T . E . Rolls and R . H . Davy , Heading , , wholesale tallow chandlers , inciters , & c—T . C . Beasley ? and J . Champion , Carrington , ale and porter brewers— - K Owous and J . Onions , Moseley-strcet , Birmingham , ., bellows makers-T . Bloore and W . Rhodes , Monks Kitty , r , Warwick , dealers in grain , salt , coal , Ac—J . Cox and i t , o ., Lincolu ' s-iun-fields , attorneys , so' ieitors and convey- : ancm-B . Boulthee and J . C . F . Renton , Whittlesey , r , Cambridge , surgeons and apothecaries-J . and T .. Gibson , i , IUdcl-iUrescent , Bedminster , Bristol , tea dealers and , d drapers-E . J . Davis and J . T . Hadl . iul , West Smith- iheld , repellent cloth and sack manufacturers-F . W 1 Goodeve and II . N . Byte , Gosport , Southampton , ' a ] bicvers-S . Bartonand Co ., Bristol , coach builders and id harms makers - J . Hayward aud Co ., Old Bailey , y printers and publishers , as far as regards II . G . Clarke .

      Printed By Dougalm'gowan, Of L«, Great Windmill 11 Street, Ilaymarket. In Tho Chv Of Westminster, At The Hi

      Printed by DOUGALM'GOWAN , of l « , Great Windmill 11 street , ilaymarket . in tho Chv of Westminster , at the hi

      Othee , in the same Street and Parish , for the Pro- : o prietor , FEAKGUS O'CUXXUK , Esq ., and published iei hy WiLHAU Hkwitt , of > "«• IS , Charles-strcct , Bran ^ * r don-street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary , New " i \\ ington , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , No . IU' li Great Windmill-street , ilayiuarkct , iu the Cny of i Westminster . Saturday , January 31 , 1840 '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 31, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31011846/page/8/