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      , 8 Ri The Northern Star. Jantiart 16, 1...

      _, ri THE _NORTHERN STAR . _Jantiart 16 , 1847 .

      Iii Cai Carts Were Emptied Of Their Cont...

      iii cai carts were emptied of their contents with little _ino no resistance on the part of the owners . Tht i » untiunted police are all on duty , patrolling the ltreets ttbc | tbc » t utlet , as it is fear * d that the number of tl . e iMersters will b ; _. _lUj-nunted by _re-inforce-uents of the Lbeuienrpioyed _Ubourers trom the more remote parts of ce cce country , _IMi-Mr . _Superintendent Walsh , of the __ A division , _i 55 _* - _- J 5 _* _-iC"a by & piny of the force under bit command , KLCcciccccdtd in Oispc . sing the multitude , and in _taking rrenventy-two ut them into custody on Friday night _, in fa Saturday morning Superintendent Walsh _apeeareared before Sir Nicholas _Fitzsimmons , at the head Bledue of -police , to aa _* . tain _achmrga of riot andtumuluuosuous brescii of thc peace against tha parties in cuaosdyody . On _bti-ig sworn . Mr . W * lsh deposed ftiat he

      ind nd a party « t t . ie police force proceeded to tha * xne ff rif riot , in Mill-street , Newmarket , and Mealh-streei , rrhcrhcre he _toi-iid a great multitude assembled , who _KiOnconducted _th-luielves in a lawless manner ; via , _lflilirderder to crusn the disorder at once , he took twenty _Amm _prisoaeis iiidi _** riminately into custody , by which _ll-ai _^ uie . t wu so . _u re-stored in those streets . He acted , ne se said , in a _nummary way in taking those persons _iiinttntocu-tod _* . . bavin- heard that theio weroBome _si-B-n * ilnilar proee _' u ' _. _ings on the north side of the city ; and }» e » esidering that some striu ent means ought to be tpesresorted to for the _parpese of puttiug •» stop to those _ii-ft-tproceedings he- made prisoners of those persona wh » hom he found in the crowd , without discriniina-Itiotioa-is to _twieiher tbey were er nut leaders of the imojaob . . _

      ] iJr . Wilson , Mr . Madden , nnd other respectable _iirtsropricton . made _application to the bench en _be-Ibaialf of tout ? persons charged , who had been in their lencmployment , and to whose good character they bore _IWeatiffiouy . I Sir Nicholas Fitwiaiuon said that he could cot _Ifitfiake any dist . nction between persons who were Ifoibund in a ri _.-tous mob . The authorities were not _inbobiiged to identify every person who migh t , be _dolUiected in a lawless assemblage . It was quite _suffiirietknt that tiiey were found in a crowd , and thej _ilhihould abide the fate whieh awaits those who are det _» t # cted in evil company . SuperiuUudeut Walsh said he would not press a _; -pi-prosecution against those _whose character had hititherto been good , and on this wcummendation the _"Irtrottliy _inagnitrate _dischar-jed _twelre ot the party , Kind admitted the other ten to bail ou their own

      _resXsw | Bizancfs . In the nieitttimt the _prices of provisions are _tirtsing every wc .-k , and unless some check ia speedily g given , thfr * j i « no use in C _' _-nceaiin-r the fact that _deaatitntion iu its most _foimidable shape will be as j prevalent in ihe lanes and alleys of the _metropolis a as it is in Skibbereen or Bantry . The price oi the 1 large ( 41 b ) ioafis thu week ten-pence halfpenny ; a after to-day mother halfpenny will be laid on , and i flour _factors calculate that it wili go up to one shl-] hog , at W :. ich figure it will remain sutionary for I tome mouths . This refers tu the first _e-uality ; ini terier is , of course , somewhat cheaper . Bacon . i _nhick was heretofore a commo' * article of food with

      ] labourers and _mecitauiss . i » now , from its enormous 1 price , placed quite beyond their means : and as to _i eggs , they have become as rare as good potatoes . ' Their present rate hers is 2 * . per dosen , and wen i in country towns , where a year ago they could be j had three for a penny , t -ey hare increased fourfold i in value . _Oiting to the inability of the po _» r people ¦ to feed fowls without thw assistance of the potato i ercp , they are killed , and either consumed by the < owners or disposed of in the adjacent towns aud villages . And teius , is another means cut off by which the cottitr tenant was enabled by thrift to savs _s > -netting for tbe rent day .

      One evidence oi the vastly increased mortality in Dublin is afforded by the following extract frou * the bock ofthe _Pro-pect _Cen-etry - . —Burials in Novem _* few a * ud _Dcsemher 1845 . 902 ; ia 1846 , 1438 . STAXX OT MS _I'KOVINCES . A _sys ' em uf dWitei _-aterob- 'gry is rapidly _establishinfi itself in _oirnost erery part of ths country . Tlie country papers are filled with details of _cascBof every T & riety . lu _tiecounty Tipperary , near Clerihan , a car which was couve . _-ing a ton of oatnu'al for the _Rcscrea Relict _C-molittea was surrounded by about forty _laeti , who carried off thc euire load . A military order has b en it-sued for the protection of the canal botts , which there is _string _reswoB to _suppose _sjoul-i no lunger ply iu safety without such security . _Xuinerous _robberies _otpre-visions have been com-Butted during the neck in the towns of _Maryboruu- 'h ftnd Mount Mellick , Queen ' i County .

      The number of _paapers at present in the _Mounlfceiiick _workn um is over 1 , 030 . Such is the extreme destitution in the _iieigLb-urhood that the bread for tht- p » uper * had to be _etuiried to ihe pooi home with fix-a _bayonets . The Athlon t Sentinel says : — "Destitution is fast greading in _itiis lucaiity . The coroner , on last Suny , held four inqu : sts , and the verdict of the j tir * jn each case was * Died from Starvation . " _* The same paper -jives the particuiara of the _plunder of the same flour which was un its way from Clara to Athlone . Tie _Bodiiuis _os _Sttr mentiors death from starvation in thai town , aud gives an afflicting account of the state of _cestuution . The Galway Vindicator gives accounts of death * from starvation in various par ' s of that county .

      We anticipated , says the Belfast Banner of Ulster , that the " l ' _-ikskire of Ireland , " as the _ce-uuiy Dawn has been not inaptly termed , would hav . been almost _exempted from the priratious aud destitution which nave laid so fearful a hand _, on the poot of other parts of Ireland . We regret to learn thai the people of this _favoured county are _approashin _*; _siaiiy near rt * a state of destitution , similar to thai Of which so much is heard in tbe south and west . _JBASt-EXS _fcl'SCKBTSD BT THK * _LJlSLOUI > S' _Ci'lUUTISI , ¦ _gOBine _UEKirsa or "t-xsss _, _coanossiv , 4 c . The _fieproductivs Employment _Comtnittes reassembled vq Friday aud Saturday , st No . 16 , College-green .

      Oa both days there was a very numerous altccelaiiCc , including peers , members of the ilouit of Commote , and _isiidowt-ersfroiuvjirioas counties . The committee decide . " upon some matters o _* treat _iitipvrt & uce , to b « _aubtniUed by way of _su- _; - _ieslion fur the adoption of the _meeting to be _hcit ; jn the _Rciuuda . First , the _Committer h _* Te _dtcidrd on rscomtncnd ' _. Lg that the _uystcm of summary distraint for _riOE-p-t } ment _«< f rent , which has tveu so frequent a cause of collision between the pedice and tht ; peasantry , should be abolished , and the Scotch system « f rtiue . ty ortbeland ' . ord substituted . _Secijiirliy , the _ciimmittee _su- _" _--e ? . t that a _lej-al light , should be given to tbe teu & at for compvns * - tion for outlay in valuable and permanent inipioyt ments in his farm , to be regulated on equitable _j-ria--eipics , as regards the interests oi proprietor and occupier .

      _Thgcommittee hare determined net to recommemi any _Eii-Mun * upon which there is _ndiff-ri-u _.-e « > f opini . _- _' a wa-jiigst _themselveni , The j have , in _consequt'iCf- made no suggestion upoa a _t-ui-ject which has occupied much of their _intetitiuu , the rec ' amation and colonisation ofthe waste lands of Ireland by the state . * A preponderating _ruwjoriiy of the _com-Siitt-. c . have _expressed opinions _hij-lily tnrourabie to inch a measure ; but a tew extensive proprietors _de-Jire c _~'~ d _, iu the most emphatic mai : n _? r , any interercntt . bv the state in the way ot _as _.-uinian

      possession _.- _; Ihe waste lands ; and oa ac < _.-.. unt oi _th- _*« oLjrcii' _-ris _, the _question hns _lie < _- _* n I- ft in _al-eyance . An '; i . _rriutiject of con _* iderab ! _e importance _thst has eni ; i . _!* ed the attention of the _ccaimit . eer ie the genera . ' . y miserable condition of the habiiatious of the a _^ _ricuitural population . Upm this point the ine _** nb . _* i - ofthe committee , so far as they have expressed tLtir opinions , are decidedly favourable to a su 2 u « i » _Ue a , that in future n « i cabins , shall Us erected Vfhich were not of a comfoitabb iie _> cription , and that the hovel system should be entirely abolished .

      The _subject * _-f modifications in the Irish Poor Law was ahe . b . _n-tched st tbe coniinitt-. t- ; but , under txigtiiig circumstances , it was deera « d advisable : o offer Ho _sus- 'C-don on that _question . Respecting absenteelandlord _* _. it w _< u unanimously tecitn . rmer . ded that they should be deait with in ths Bii > j' . . _'ix-ukd manner for the benefit of the country .

      _RtPEAL ASSOCUTIOS . TLis _ussoclation had iu weekly gathering tn-dny . All _wu-e p _> duil and _atule _, but _m-t quite so unprofitable ss _ufeual—the reatrua _* 'aati _* | j to £ 119 . 8 * . 2 d . £ .- » . _< ' ! I ' ll * , sum came foci tha _Ulautls of Arran , where the _pt-tipie _, they » ay , are dying like rotten sheep . TLi « _ej < -r _< _iwt _vt-quii-c a , wv . td < jf civmmem . DkO ' _. jzDA , Jau . 9 . —We rr-gr _« t . to find that _out-Tngii and _auaeks on the hakera' brand earts * n the bread , flour , and _4 > _thci _pruvl-iii . ns leaving town . Matv . —Extermination by Famine-. —vi « _sxtraot shefo ! io . Th > ' from a letter iu the " Dublin Freeman ' s JonrnaJ : —"

      " In one , arish of tha county ( Cons ) it app ars from the _ttatem- nt of the It > v . J ) .- . ' . 1 *! , _! _.,, a , twenty-uvvn deaths ftoin star ? _ation have occarred vrithin the r . asi week ! "A lette - from the Rev . Mr Il < -nry , parish priest if another _purish nf the same county , alluding to a _Jjtte _communicstion , in _"iticli . alK . ut » tortiiight _tinct , h _* _biul nnnuunoed eleven _de-tths ' t . y _starvation , gay . _o , —' . _> _ini « _s ray last commun ' _i-aiiuu I regret vo inform jou tiatat least twenty deal ... * , nave _i-ccum-d in my ' jsrish , IslanJeady , _to-niy uf Mayo , from atarviitiuti _, and I feir that un < - * e immedUte nnd _xteufhe employment be _jtivfti , ! will have t < _.-leeord death ** _not-by units but _i .- d « -n . « . "

      ' Ths R « v . Patrick M _' . _Mauim . parish j .. ; : tt .. anothei pseri . ii of thiacountry , i _!*<* »« m _** . _c' . _* _triymfti * h _« , aV . i . i t _* ii daysbaek , _-javs a * i- * of t _* _-rn ; y . _< even _fenn- _^ s Una ' sd died of _aiaivfui . ; m i . i- _t-wri . _iti m three we .-t . tu- , now ann _^ uncr *** tL . - - •' c- _'h is _. _sb-t-t t < i deal _n-.. j . > _u er with _sicflu r ' . _cf-ii * . * . - 'fa * , with whole battailiun . v He says , ' i am _t _*» n _\ _-bevd that , _etv another _iiic' _. th _, half tke _p-.-i-u _' . * _- _* . -. if my parish will be _swer-i awky .

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      Lambeth — Bicaht Oe »O Biqami.—Edward Ri...

      LAMBETH — _Bicaht oe » o Biqami . —Edward _Ri-e-y _an'okt-rattlie TVeitmiiiitor _Oas Works , was brought before Mr . Norton , om a _charga of 4 «<> artiiig bis wife __ and leaving her burdensome to the pariih : Jfrs . Riley , a very _-uoil-l- 'okinc y _.-ung woman deposed tbat in the month of tune , 1 S _45 , she was married to tbe _prboner who bad rep . r . _sented himself aa a _aiagle man , but soon after , bad _heirdfromp-. r « on » previously acquainted with him that ' •«• was a _roarritd man . and had a wife and children in reiand . She had not beeu long married when the pri -oner us * d every effort to induce her to accompany him -o America , and on her ppremptoril y refusing to do ioh » commenced to treat hrr in the most _unuiauly and unkind _miennrr : it _nas l . is iu * tom to lock her up for days in a small ill lighted room and take the key witb him so that

      nobody cottl'l Ret to her , aad at length ho turned her out _^ together . She then applied to the parish , und Mr . Dunn iiaei used every means H gethcrhuibandto do something tor her bnt without effect . The witness added that what the hsd fctarel about the prisoner ' s having been _previously married , she had no doubt was perfectly correct , for sooa after he _ha-1 got rid of her , V . » was joined by s woman who no _doabt was his wife , and who , with her ti . rre children , bad come from Ireland , and with her he was now living . Ur . Norton—Well , what bave jou to sav to tbis charge of neglecting to support your wife , and _learing ber chargeable to tbe parish t Prisoner—I « buuld like to _knvw , your worship , _wbvtber I am bound to support ber if she voluntarily leaves me t Jlr . Nortoa—Tou are obliged by law to support htr , unless yon caa show that she has been guilty of adultery . Prisoner—I cannot _provn tbat , your worship ,

      though I have beard sou * queer things about her , and , betides left me of ber own accord , and without tha slightest provocation . Wife—That is not true , your worship ; he turned me out of hie home , such as it was . Mr . Norton—Well , you hear what _nbe states . Besides , she sajs jou are living with a female who she states to ne your wife , and by whom you have bad a family . Prisoner—Let her prove the marriage it she can , and tt . ru punish me if I have done wtong . Tbe magistrate ultimately made aa order on tbe _prisuner for tha pay . ment _« f 8 s . Sd . a w « ek to his wife ; observing , that b « had the choice of doing tki _« , or go for oue month to prison . Ths prisoner very reluctantly ( -unseated to comply nith tbe order ; and , hating paid a month in advance , togather with tbe _' _txpense to which the _parisbbad been put , aad the cost ef the summons , was _discharged .

      CLERKESWELL—Osorge Wilson , a _eblmney-sweep . was charged with having stolen a _nuautity of dust , t _" w property of Mr . _DewJd _^ the _centractur for the parish of Islington , and' also with having violently assuul ed Collins , 59 _*"* division . Mr . Vaun , tha solicitor , attended for the prosecution . It appeared that Ur . Dodd , who bad contractsd with tbe parish of Islington for dust , etc ., at a very heavy sum , bad been at great losses in _coasequtBce of repeated robberies , The prisoner wa < observed by'Collings to take away a _iruantity of dust from tbe premises of Mr . Wtbb , of lsling _>» _n-gri * en , whan , ob apprehending bim , he _tbrsw tha officer dawn , and _be-at

      and kirk , d bim in a most unmerciful m : inncr , and would bare _murdered bim bad it not beea for tbe timely arrival of Mr . _Dood-i _' s foreman , & c ., who released him , and look the _prisoner to tbe station-house , after a desperate and _deteroiined resistance . The constable was severely injure * . Mr . Vann remarked that of 1 st * this species _^ of offenee had increased so much , to the _prejudice of his client , that tb «* wera dettrmiued to chock it , by rigidly prosecuting erery delinquent discovered to commit it . The prisoner said nothing , and ha was committed fur trial t ' _er the robbery , and also for tke assault upon Collin * , the ; constable , whilst in tbe execution of his duty .

      _BOW-STREET , —Henry _Esaiund , a messenger in tho General Post-office , was finally examined aud _committed for trial by Mr . Jardine , for stealing mousy , articles of jewellery , ic _, from _letters _entiucted tohim in his _occupation at the Pust- » Sce . The additional ra _»* proved at this e . _aminutiem related to a silk pu »« _wtiie-i tbe prisoner took from a letter _stut into tbe country to a ' _young lady _nnmed Beutley , visiting in the _Totte-nhant . eonrt-road . The _purne was found in the prisoner ' s _possession , and , on being produced in Court , was identinV by Hiss Kentlej . The prisoner did not appear more than 20 years of _Hga ; but ths several catas _established against kim disclosed mora than ordinary recklessness and daring . TH 1 ME _3-STRBET . _—Geaiaat _Floses' EMtDmos .

      — -Colonel _Kici-ard T > right , _Coniul-Ceneral of tbe Stats of Eurador _, in South America , and _Aid-de-Camp to General Floras , surrendered belore Mr . Yardley . with ids bail , to answer a _charge of misdemeanour , in vioNtng the provisions oi ' the Foreign Equipment and Enlistment Act , tbe < 9 th of George III ,, cap . « _$ ., on tbe in / ornation of Captaiu Harvey Tuekett . The proceedings lasted a lung time , but tbe evidence was te tbe same _ifiect as tbat adduced on previous examinations of per-• ons charged with having taken part in the expedition . Ths witnesses examined were Captain Harvey Tuck-tt , -Ir . Wm . Leigh Butts , Mr . Gabriel Maturiu , and Sir William ilgilrie , Bart . Tha first aauied witness -mid he

      was prsurWcd the appointment of _Aid-dccamp to General i- 'lores , wben tbe _expedition reached the Ecuador , and that he bad been to Limerick to procure reci uits . He -tated , however , that those he engaged at _Litnarick were - go out as migrants , and consisted principally of _aiti-• i » ns . One ef the witnesses for the prosecution openly -vowed tbat it he bad received tbe £$ 5 compensation noney which had betn claimed , he would not bave apeared as a nitness _againxt Colonel Wright Tbe _delen . _tant was uHl * : > attly ordered to find bail to answer the .-barge at 'he- Cm tral Criminal Court . Mr . Sbaw put in ne names of respectable bail , who were accepted , and _Colsnel Wright was

      liberated-An exciting scene immediately afterwards took place _utside the Court . Cflpt . H . Tuekett no _soonor reached : ns street than he was arrested by two Sheriff ' s officers , vh _<> led hiai away amid « ttne groans , hisses , end execrations of tbe people connected witb the Ecuador _expedition . So ne uf tbem offered personal violence , when : be police interfered , but not before a scoundrel witb a neavy stick bit him on tbe back . Captain _Tucke-tt w-jk -. _aved from further injury , and _wasescartad by tbe police _-lome distance before the mob left him .

      FRIDAY . THAME ' S . —Revolting Oabi . —Charlo Stuart Taj . lor , chief officer of the _' sbip Ann , in tbe East India Dock , waa brought before Mr . Ballantine , charged With the _commission of a revolting offence on a boy named Alfred Timothy He : il

      « te « p with him on tbat night , as there was no other bed for bim to sleep upon on board . He objecttd to do so , and said he would _rathtr s ' eep on bis own mattras before tbe fire . Tha prisoner Said be would certainly catch cold if he did so . and mads bim go into bis bed . The Jad then related the hurriblo details of the crime , which left no _doabt tbe _prisoatr bad committed a capital offence ; he has since been un . dtr medical u eat ment , and was at present very ill . In answer to questions from Mr . Ballantine tbe lad said be tried to escape from tbe prisoner but could not . He did not mention tbe affair to the master or any one else on tbe following day—he did not like to mention the transaction aa he thought it would tend to disputes ; he first _men-ioned tbe transaction to his couiins on the lst

      of January—Mr . Ballantine said be should bare beeu mure satisfied if the lad bad revealed what bad been done to bteu _icnaiediately . t * j > narJs of three weeks have elapsed since tbe alleged offenee was committed , and tbe prisoner wat before him for the first time . Mr . TosnliHs _siid the lad bad neglected to make his re . _lativcs acquainted- ' with the horrible transaction at an earlier period from a feeling of _thame . HU illaess prevented any longer concealment of the case . Tbe prisoner , in d _. fei . ee , said tbe steward bad gone on share on Christmas Eve , and be asked the lad to stay with bun and share ids bed , as all the bedclothes belonging to tbe . lad had been sent ashore . He denied that bu bad _cummitteJ tbe horrible crime impu . ed to bim . Mr . _Ballattine said tbis wat a most painful case , aad be must do his duty , aud tend tbe prisoner before a jury . He committed kim to Newgate for trial for tbe capital offence .

      GUILDHALL . — Tbb Old Apaos or ' Two or a _T-udc _, " Ac—Yesterday , a sword cutler named Thomas _Warrrn , of 2 » , _Corsitor-street , Chancery-lace , was summoned before Alderman Sir Peter Laurie , to answer the charge oi using divert threats whereby tbe complaisant _wasinbodiiy fear . It appeared from _xbe _ttatemeat ot Mr . _R-. litrt Green , also residing in the same house , tbat i > ein £ both oia trade , tbey entered iuio _partnership , but uot _agreeing dissolved , but could not come to any _satisfae-. ory settlement of tbe tools , goods , Ac . in conseejuence of which { as Mr . Gresn asserted ) they were now at law witb each other , tbe cone-era being thrown into Chancery . _Accusations were made by troth

      parties , and in consequence the house was in continual hot water between them , In which it was insinuated that tht b -liferents were aided in no small degree by their respect . ve _sj , _« u »« a . The complaint laid before the magistrate was . that a corning or two since , Mr . Warren used tbe most awful threats towards complainant early in ti . e morning * , and the defence was , tbat Mr . Green came te Mr . Warre . ' a _bed-room while dressing , and a' _-unud him in a gross manner , besides tearing bis wife ' s gown . Sir Pjter Laurieob _* , ervid _, 'ihatliewouldbearnowilnesati , asheconsidrred he best course would be , to bind _beth parties over _t- _> keep tbt _* p « ace , tbey living ia tbe same boose , and it _Veing evident tbey eould not agree pending tbe law suit . Tke _y were bound over accordingly .

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      Fitai , AccmKST x . v thi Lokdon _Doci "* . —Friday hu inqueefc wan h _^! d at the Captain Cook , Marmaud _htteet , Commerciui-road East , before Mr . Baker , on view of the body of William Bennett , a labourer , _agreed 45 years . It appeared that on Thursday morn-- -. - . si " tut ibe deceased w-tv employed on the jetty in the London Docks in re-mevii _.-- some bales ot goods n a truck ; ho had shified seveial against the wall _ivhe-n ono of the bale * , fell , and the deceased receded backwards , and in doing so waa precipitated into the water . An alarm was immediately raised and the _dfce-ised waa recovered shortly afterwards , but life was unite extinot . Verdict . ' * Accidental death . _**

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      Bradford. Wmt Tb8timosiax.-At A Meeting ...

      BRADFORD . Wmt TB 8 TiMosiAX .-At a meeting of Chartists , held at the large room of the Woolcombers * Arms , _flufe-street , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Thomas Cole in the chair , the article in the Northern Star , headed " John West , " was read to the meet ins , and commented on . All present expressed their admiration of Mr . West fer his services to the people ' s cause , and it is to be hoped that the walking classes will now show that they are not unmii : d'iti of the ureat and valuable services of that sterling and takntcd _patriti . On the motion uf George White , seconded by Wm . Jackson , the following resolution wa * unanimotssly agreed to : —

      That this meeting , fully appreciating tbe valuable ner * ices wliich Mr . _Joltn West haa rendered to the cause ofChartiam , hereby determined tu cooperate with the ' West Testimonial Committee , ' in order to show tbeir respect for his patriotism and ability . " The following resolutions were also agreed to , moved by George Demaiu : — Tbat each member exert himself to collect subscriptions towards tbe debt due to Mr . O'Connor , and report in a fortnight . That a deputation from this locality wait en the Chartists who meet at _Butterworth Buildings , with a view of forming a central committee for tbe purpose of dividing the town and neighbourhood into districts , and taking » ucb rteps as may by tbem be . " earned _nacessary to obtaiB signatures to the National Petition .

      PRESTON . Messrs . M'Grath urn Clab _* s . — Tho Council of the Preston Chartists beg you will insert the _follewing in reply to a resolution of the City Locality given in last week ' s Star . Moved by Richard Marsden , seconded by Peter Eddlestone : - " That we , the Council of the Preston Chartist Association , so far from bavin- - any reasonable ground for accusing Messrs . M'Grath an . i Clark of indifference to thi- diffusion of Chartist doctrine . ** , had ,

      on the contrary , curing their visit here , re son to think that their acknowledged adherence to the Land project , but bound them more _closel-, if possible , to our _ini ! e _Miable princi p les ; and that , if the members of our _!* ody within ths City locality would but review their speeches as given in the ' Preston Guardian und Chronicle' of the same week , and copied the week following into the Star , they would be equally _qualified witb ourselves to judge how far we tire correct iu our opinion herein expressed of their fidelity to the People ' s Charter . Richard _Uasspeh , 8 ub-See .

      Ma . _EDir-R , —I cannot avoid taking this opportunity o state tbat iu n _> y opinion all such resolutions as tbe one from the City Locality , reflecting on tbe character aud conduct u four principal officers , and seat for insertion in the Star , ought , instead of being inserted , to be care ' uliy filed up < n tbe ofiice , and transmitted to the Animal Conference , when a committee might be appointed to examine aud report to tbe members the charges thrreiu contained . I bare not the slightest wish to _suppress nny man ' s opinion , but we should always take

      care to distinguish between opinions on political , r * li . _giuus , and scientific subjects , and these whioh tend te -Kperse tin' motives and comluut of others . We should remember that in Wb cases it is possible for ut to be _' in error , but that , in the ons case , we ouly attack _iuvulue _. rable truth- which cannot be injured by us , so long as tlieir advocates have equal opportunities tu defend them , whilst , in chit other , we attack a mortal like ourselves , whose happiness is , perhaps , at stake , and _wlione character , it wc rob _hitn of it , enriches not us , but makes him poor _iacUed .

      Tour insertion of this will oblige , Tours respectfully , RicnATO _Masa-ds" * _- . At a s ; ieci . tl _meeiinj : of tiie Preston branch ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Company , held on Monday eveninp last , January 11 th . Mr . R . Walton was appointed scrutineer for thenext month , and Mr . William _Nolland , and Mr . Joseph Far _« y , were appointed auditors . All nieiub-rs in arrears for local and general expt' « se \« , are requested to pay the same as soon as pos-. - . il-le .

      VETERANS , ORPHANS , AND VICTIMS COMMITTEE . The Committee met on Wednesday evoning last : _tt the _La-d Office , 83 . Dean-street , Soho . Mr . _Kni-iht in the chair . A letter was read from the veteran , Thomas Preston , which states that through his wife having broken her Arm , and thc infirmities attendant an old ; ige , be was in very embarrassed circumstances . On the motion of Meters . Arnott and Wheeler , 10 s . was vo : ed for tlieir present as 5 i-. ta . ice . A letter » _a-ialso read from Mr . Cleave , which wan ordered to b * ' taken into consideration at the next meetin * :, which will be held at the Laud Office , 83 , Dear : Street , Soho , on Tuesday evening next , when the whole of the _Csmmittee are requested te attend .

      ACCR 1 NGTON On Monday erening , January 11 , the inhabitants of Accrington met in the large room belonging to the Lion Inn , to hear a lecture from tke talented and uccompii-. il-d lecturer , Peter Murray M'Douall . Mr . W . BiitsLET was unanimously called upon to occupy the chair ; he stated the objects ofthe Land Company , pointed out the advantage of buying in thc wholesale * , instead of the retail market , and the blessings flint will be produced by working men _universally l-ccmuiuK shareholders iu tho Land Company . After a few more _obserrations , Mr . _Beesley iutruduced in tbe meeting

      Dr . M'Douall , who was received in a manner that must h _« vt ; been highly gratifying to him . A mere _rcspect' _-ib ! ' ! a : id itttentive meeting was never held in Accrington , mid the room was extremely well fillea . Thc Doctor said he was well-pleased to sec such an audience _before him , and he trusted that he should be able to give satisfaction . He would treat the subject iu a common-sense manner , and would not adopt tlie course some did , by making ast * _ertiuns aad expecting tbe people to believe thera as fact , without examining for _them-jeJvej ; he wonld be glad to answer any objections , and would be very much obliged to any person who , if net _satisfied after the lecture , would state the eauae of his dissatisfaction . We wtre _charged with nviny things that were not

      true , and it was necessary that those charges should be rtfutcd . The old _folder , who writes lies for the Free Trade rump , said we wanted to infringe upon the right * ot others ; but he would ask this meetin ** whether it was an infringement or not , to buy land when that land was in the market to sell . What friend _Jeihn , the old __ Soldier , and the profitmonger . in * class , were afraid of , was the co-operation of the working men—they knew well that the millions of pence from the many would accomplish as great or greater results than the pounds of the fe « . It had already made them quail—thc purchase of Herrings * gate at ti of Red Marley had caused the Whistler to change hia whistle into a _honl , and cry— " We shall all be _ruine-L" He was bawling , that— " The

      Company would be brwken up ; it could not stand ; it was not _reuistcrcd—no man could live upon two acre *; , —and that agricultural labour was too hard and laborious for the people- in the manufacturing districts—that tke agricultural labourers were worn out in the prime of hie . " Dr . M'Douall believed that if the people would join the Land Company , and purckai-e the land , the Whistler , and those who be-Unge-d to bis tribe , would be ruined ; for then no one would empljy them to write down a practical plan that everybody wa ** feeling to be good and receiving the _(* reate _» it benefit from . The result would be , that tiio more the people were located upon the soil the cheaper Would be the food of the people , and the « carcer and better paid would be the labourers

      in the _manufacturing districts . Instead of the bantiles being filled with paupers _willtBg to work , sup * ported fr . > m the wages ef the half-paid worker , they would be producing food at a _eheaper rate , supporting _thcim-elves , needing more av . d better clothmj , making a demand for the labour of those manufacturing , instead of making a demand upon their pockets . As to the Company . being broken up , it was not very likely the Laud Company would be so ; imt it waa uot unlikely that the company of Whmtters would be changed into a mourning company for their " occupMion that was gone . He quite _agreed that to till the land was very laborious , _working t ' nin dawn to dark , with bended and alimwt broken backs and notking to eat in their

      bel , i « i « ' but he ( Dr . M 'Douall J tiought that nothing oould \ -e mure _delightful to a man thaa to atand upon hisiiwnfmdiofd—to dig it—to till and labour upon ii with -a full belly , and to know thav . the profits » f his toil weuld not be _sivided between a landlord , a farmer , a speculator , a miller , and a shopkeeper ; but that it would ba divided between _hi-nst / if , his Wife , aud his children , and thus would the labour , instead of being irksome , weuld lie sweet aud _pie-ttiftne . fi . it the Wmstler _wasto be excused for he was a _secoad Rip _Vsa Winkle , who lived in America when tin Crown o < _England ruled the destinies of ihe American- ; Rip fell asleep , and slept fifty years , and when he ttwuke the Republic was established in nil its power —» o it waa with tht Wbtstlir , he had once whittled at tht plough , when the sluggish mode of farming was carried out ,

      aud , ui fortunately tor him , lie- had fallen _asleep _wmie sixty ' yeava ate , and had only _iuat awoke . It was quite true timt a mancuuid nut make a living under the old i _* _-. gUiu , hut he would recommend them io try it—let them take a piece of land , enclose it , dig it , trench it , aud manure it , and in a very _rhort time it would yield three , lour , or five times as mui-u as thnt from which it was enclosed Hnd had bteu under the cultivation of the plough , —he _tlien-ioie . hoped , thatthe Landi Society would be supported , for . whatever the Free Traders roiKht say . » lib all their _notiens of Political economy , and foreign trade , the people might depend upon it , ttieir w . _i-es would never bf , higher until they made a tood _b- _'me trade , and _thj _^ t could no : ' _*« done _uulew they Oonid find full erar _, ! oy mei \ t ft ¦ U . t people , and the only means by r . hich tbis could U _tfiiKUd , km to plate the _surulrj labour upon th >

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      land , thon wages would rise , when if manufacturers wanted one hundred hands , thoy could only -jet fifty , and the reduced price of produced . bread stufls , would eauae more money to be spent in clothing , hats , shoes stockings , and , thus would one trade support and employ another , we should then be in a far happier condition . The Dr , dwelt upon many other subjects , and made one of the best lectures we had ever tlie pleasure of hearing . It ia the decided opinion of all who heard him , that it would be highly _advantageous to society , if Dr . M _'Dt-uall was employed as a lecturer fur the Land Company . He is decidedly calculated to increase the members , and _' able to defeat tbe machinations ot Buch tools as " Whistler . " He is the best lecturer we hnve heard for _many-aday . A meeting will take place at Mr . Bcesley ' s , every Sunday evening , at six o'clock , to enrol members .

      WEST RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . This meeting was held according to notice in the Working Man s Ilall , Halifax , on Sunday last , Mr . Clark in the chair , 'l'he minutes of last meeting were rend orer and confirmed after which the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That tho delegates here at present use their influence in their various localities , to bring forward fit and proper persons who are willing as local lecturers to form a local lecturer ' s plan . " " That in future only one delegate from each locality will be allowed to sit in the West Riding delegate meeting , until snch time as the delegates see a necessity to alter it . " Mr . _Crossland gave notice of his intention of resigning the titiico of West Riding secretary , huvin _; held that office for three years .

      It was resolved to postpone tbe election of seer * -. tary until the next meeting . The following "as adopted : — " That the delegates bere _assembled , wished to impress upon each locality the necessity of immediately forming electioneering committees ( where they are not already formed ) , and commence collecting fuuds for the purpose of securing the return of _sb many Chartist Candidates as possible at the coming general election , to assist our noble champion Duncombe in his arduous struggles for the people in the shouldbe Ilouse of Commons . " " That this meeting be adjourned to Sunday the 7 th day of February . " J . _Cro-slisd , Secretary .

      MANCHESTER . The inual weekly meeting was held in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Sutton in the chair , when Mr . J . J . Clarke addressed the meeting , ably exposing tho " Whistler , " and his base attempt to destroy the confidence of the people in the only plan that hud ever been brought for the emancipation of the millions , from the slavery of such men as those who employed the old soldier to do their dirty work . Ur . Clarke was much applauded . Mr Dixon followed , and was greeted with the hearty plaudits of his fellow-town _* imen . Mr . D .

      addressed the meeting on the necessity of increased confidence in each ether , inasmuch as the game that was being played by Bright and Co . was . the same that their enemies always played when the working men combined . and co operated ior their own benefit . Their object now was , and always had been to destroy the labourers' confidence in each other , and create suspicion of the honesty of the office bearers of their association . The _shareuold _* rs had confidence ia ihe Directors , for they knew them to be hon » st working men who had everything to hope for from the success of the plan , and ruin to themselves and their class thouid it fail . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . Dixon then urged upon the audience the necessity of struggling for the Charter , at the same time they were trying to secure for themselves the Land . In looking over the Star of yesterday , he was surprised to find a resolution from the City Locality _, demanding to kuow if _Meesni . Clark and M'Grath have done their , duty when on their late tour . He ( Mr . D . ) did not know the object of tbat resolution , nur what the mover of it waa driving at , but to aay the least of it , it inferred that the Chartists of the _Nortb , either did not know when their officers did their duty ur that when they saw them _neglect it they had not moral courage to speak about it . He , however , in accordance with that deniand had a resolution wliich he would move for their _consideration . He then read the following : — "That we , the

      Chartists of the Manchester locality , in public meeting assembled , consider the demand made by the city locality to be uncalled for , inasmuch , as if the conduct of Mcssr . - Clark and M'Grath , whilst amongst us , had not been such as we had a right to expect trc . cu them as Executive Councilors of the National Charter Association . We ourselves would have been the first to call them to an account ; and further , we hereby publicly declare that they did , whilst here , attend to the business of the Association , and tke spreading o f its principles to our entire satisfaction , and , that , by their uniform good conduct they have secured lor themselves our confidence and esteem . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . * _Jam-s Wheeler , and when put from tho chair , was carried without a dissentient , although the hall was crowded in every part .

      The Chairman said , it gave bim much pleasure te attach his signature to that resolution , for he could substantiate its truthfulness , having heard them every time they spoke in that hall ; and more than that , he had followed them into places , and always saw and heard them act as they had done here . The thank : of the meeting was then given to the speakers and the chairman , and tke audience sepa rated .

      STOCKPORT . TO TKE _XOITOR OF TUB X 0 RTMKK >< STAB . Sir , —Having read the _resolution oi the eity locality , respecting the support whieh the Chartist cause received at the hands of our respected friends . . Messrs . Clark and M'Grath , whilst on their late tour;—the members ot the Stockport branch of the National Charier Association , beg to testify , that ns far as Stockport is concerned , tho > e two individuals attended a large public meeting , which was held in thcjCouit Room , for the puipose of adoptingitbe Natienal Petition , and on that occasion , they advocated the claims o the -forking clusses in their usual able and eloquent manner , fur which the members ot thu Stockport branch tender their _sincete thacks . On behalf of the n . erubeu , Thomas D _^ vies , Secretary .

      BIRMINGHAM . At our u ual weekly meeting , held at the Ship Inn , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Chapman in the Chair , alter reading the oormpondence in the Star of last week , in reference to the proposed plan of raising a national tribute io Mr . John West , the following resolution was passed : — " Resolved- That having heard ths letter read app lying for a testimonial ' to Mr . West , published in the Star ot Saturday , January 9 , We can at all times fully appreciate tke talent aad honest sacrifices ot any individual conneoUd with the cause ot liberty , but with all respeet to that man , by his connection with th « Pretectioiiist party , att « r tbe resolution ot the Manchester Conference , w « consider he has committed himself with the National Charter Association , by violating the rules , in not abiding by the oivisitti ot the above Oenfereace . "

      Resolved— " That Mr . Potts act as Scrutineer , and Mr . Fussell and Uartland , as auditors to ths Land Company . " Masses . M'Grath a > o Clark . A vote of thanks was then passed to Messrs . Clark and M Grath , for their exertions ou behalf ol the National Charter Association , during their late tour through Birmingham and surrounding districts . The meeting adjourned till Sunday evening , Jan . IT , at six o ' clock , when it is earnestly requested that the members of the Petitien Committee , will attend .

      MACCLESFIELD . Tna Wxst _TasTmeNUL . — l'he adjourned meeting on the West Testimonial question wan held in the _Chartiat-roem , Stanley street , on Tuesday evening last , and after a long discussion upon the subject of what the testimonial shall consist of , it was again adjourned to Sunday evening next , at 6 o ' clock . The committee are of opinion they will be able to mature their plan for _insertion in next Saturday ' s Star , Thk Mutual Iuprothuemt Class in connection with the National Charter Association of thia town , held their usual weekly meeting in their room ,

      Stanley-street , on Monday erening last , te hear read aa " Es s * . - * on _Seif-Cuiture , " by Mr . Thomas Leech . The rules of the class specifying that eack member oh each ( _suntbly night deliver a lecture or read a written essay on aouie subject of an elevating nature ; , in conformity to rule thu first essay un the above named subject was brought forward , whieh elicited a sigh _eulogiura from our political teacher , Mr . J . _Wa _* m , and the members _prenent , the greater part of whom expressed a desire te have it published , so that each can possess himself of a cony . Tlie debate fer Monday evening next will be Discussion on the Essay .

      TODMORDEN . > . !* : _¦*& -. _M'Gbath _ano Clakx . —A full meeting of the * council of the National Charter Association ef tuis town met at tho house of Mr . R . Brooth , Broi-I ' _-Ktrt'ct , on Tuesday the 12 th instant ; after the uMial ' . _'liSiiicesof the meeting had been got through , the aitentwu of the council was called to a para-• . rajih in the Star of the 8 th instant , emanating from the _Cli-tiiibts of the City locality , calling upon the tit nnwu _* s iii the several districts where Messrs . M . _'Gtutli and Clark had lectured in _tfceir recent totn to send them word if these gentlemen tended to tiie interests of the people ' s cause—that is , the UhAiier . Tlie * following resoiution was passed _tnanii _.-i'tieiy : —

      Tnu ti is tbe opinion ot 'Vis meeting , thatthe Char . _ttvfot >> ' < . city locality tbiuid bare been positive tbat Mr . T' -ir .- * rittvk and Mr , P , M'Grath i _. ad not dor * tlieir eieity u . ;! . < ¦ People : ' * rauet before they made tke , _:.-- -vh . _i . tu - it _) g almi the _o-iinlou of this mtMiug , " - _I _' . e v . quest « f _ibs City locality is too much for auj ' , m _;;•• .- to require or demand . The Cbnrtists ef tiie i . / _. r _* . i-wu in ( he _-nanufatituripgdiitricttareaicnMbla

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      of discerning and appreciating the merits and demerits of men _advocating the c _^ _-nse of the toiling millions as _t' -e _Cuiitist . ot ihe Citj _ki-siit _. v , and will t ' _ei-l t th * ir duty to muUe the public acquainted , when tbe _ailvoeivte * . of their cause omits doing their duty , and therefore tbe Chartists of this town express their _bist conttdeHee in Messrs . _M'Qi-ath and Clark , in their future exertions on behalf of the people , and al « o tender them tbeir _btwt thanks for tbeir past conduct in their untiring seal in tbe cause of freedom . Takes Moomex , Sub-Secretary .

      ROCHDALE Dr , M'Douall lectured last _Sund-iy _evenin-rin the Chartist mom , tna mimtinugand attentive audience . Ww think if the Doctor was established for a month er so by the Directors in Yorkshire and Lancashire he would do a vast amount of - _; ood , and send the Whistler home to his plough . In compliance with a resolution from the city of London locality , eonceruing Thomas Clark and Philip M'Grath ' s late tour , the sense ofthe meeting was taken . _Ed-vard Mitchell in the chair . The following resolution was proposed hy Benjamin Rudiuan , and teconde " by John Taylor : — " _Resolved , that this meeting feels great pleasure in testifying to the Chartists of Great Britain that the lectures lately delivered by Mr . Clark and Mr . M'Grath in Rochdale gave entire satisfaction , and we hereby express onr perfect confidence in those gentlemen . "

      CITT OF LONDON . At the usual weekly meeting of tho City members of the National Charier Association , held at tlie George-inn , George-court , Snowhill , on Sunday the 10 th of January , when after reading the resolution published in last week ' s Stab , the members present were of opinion it was sot the resolution passed by the locality , but the following , viz . : — " Did _Messrs . M'Grath and Clark in their late tour through the eountry _suiport the _jrropositioa suggested by Mr . Doyle , relative to the raising a fund for the purpose of carrying twelve Membera to Parliament at the next general election . "

      After some other usual business _beinst transacted , the meeting adjournee ! to Sunday the 17 th inst . Your insertion of the above will oblige , Sir , Your ' s sincerely , T . Salmon , Sub . _-Soe . In explanation , I did not stop at the meeting on Sunday the 3 rd , but left before tbe resolution was passed ; it was therefore entrusted * . o Mr . M'Grath , but whether it was so or . not I cannot say , but tha members declare it was the ab » ve tbey wished inserted , and to be answered from those towns where they held meetings . A general meeting of Shareholders will take pine * _, on Sunday evening next , January 17 th , to receive the balance sheet for the last quarter .

      [ We dive tho above just as we received it . The resolution given in last Saturday ' s _Stau , appeared precisely in the shape it came to us , professing oa the face of k to have been adopted by the City locality—Ed . N . S . ]

      CENTRAL REGISTRATION COMMITTEE . The Central Registration and Election Committee met , pursuant to adjournment , at their office , Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean _sti-eet Soho , en Tuesdav , January 12 th , Mr . P . M'Grath in the chair . ' i Mr . Ernest Jones , _Barrister-at-Iaw , laid before the ' Committee a revised synopsis of the Reform and Re *; gistration Acts , which , after a slight discussion , was ! adopted , and ordered to be published . [ The Synopsis ofthe Acts is in type ; but we have ' had tu withdraw it to make way lor Trades' inteiii- ! gence ; it shall appear in our next . Ed . N . S . l ! A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Bubb , president of the Southwark Registration Association , and his friends , for the very able manner in which they havo submitted the matter to tke Com . _iiittee . I A like vote was also presented to Mr . _Erasat ' Jones . i It was also resolved : — i

      That a petition be _adopted _praying tha repeal of tbe _rau and tax paying clauses of the Reform Act . I That a great Metropolitan meeting , at which all tha Metropolitan members of Parliament shall be invited to tabs pari , be got up on the subject . _Mess-rs . Clark _™ d Doyle were appointed a deputation to wait on Mr . Duncombe , to know at what tii » i _* he intended to bring f orward his motion . Messrs . E . Jones , Clark , _tmd Doyle were appointed ' a sub-committee , to draw up the petition . After an interesting discus-don on the propriety of starling a candidate of onr town , going the "full _Ien- * th" on aU pointa with us ( probablyone of our own members ) , tor Nottingham , or some ' other place that mii ; ht bo selected , and making an appeal to the Chartist body and their friends throughout the country , for thu necessary funds to effect so desirable an object .

      _Thesubjectandtlie meeting was adjourned intl ] Tuesday next , January Wth .

      TOWER HAMLETS . At a meeting of the Local Registration and Election Committee of the Tower Hamlets , on Thursday , January 7 , the following resolution was unanimou .-ly tarried : — Resolved , that _b-iviug attentively listened te the depu . tion from the Complete Suffrage Association , and the Secrctarj of the _Comaouud Householders , and believing those bodies are favourable to the principles uf the People ' s Charter , do hereby recommend our brother Char _, tiats . to _awa ' gamate with the above committee , in order to work harmoniously together , to enable them us to re . turn at the forthcoming general election twe members pledged ( o the support of tbe principles contained in the People ' s Charter .

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      Tub Mkmbkrs ofthe Georgie Mills branch ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Company , inform their friends tliaton Saturday evoning , Jan . 16 th , at halfpast eight o clock , in the Painter ' s Ilall , Corrubber ' s Close , High-street , Edinburgh , an entertainment will take place for the benefit of the widows and children iifZepiiani'ih Williams , and William Jones . _WeiLVKUHAMrxos . —The _-shareholdera of the Chartist Co-operative Lund _Cempany are requested to attend a general meeting at thehouso of Air . Allan _Russellsiieet , near _Merridale , on Monday evenin " Jan . 18 th , at 7 o ' clock , forthe purpose of appointing officers for the ensuing half year . The membera meet every Monday evening at 7 o ' clock . Carrinotoh Branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company . —The members composing the first and second section ofthe above branch are requested to attend a meeting on Sunday next , at six o clock

      A _liK-vKiiAi . Meeting of the Chartists of Bilston will be held on Sunday evening , January 17 th , for the purpose o f considering the best means of getting signatures to the National Petition . A Mketi . no to be held at Mr . Dixon ' s , Temperance Hotel , 03 , Great _Ancoats- ? treet , on Sunday evening next , January 17 th , on business uf importance . Chair to bo taken _U two o ' clock . Dr . M'Douall _' s Route forthe following fortnight : —Sheffield , Sunday and Monday , January 17 and 18 ; Bolton , Tuesday , Jan . 19 ; Liverpool , Wednesday , Jan . 20 ; Birkenead _, Thursday , Jan 21 . Stockport , Suuuay , Jan . 24 ; llandley . Monday , Jan . 25 ! Longton , Tuesday , Jan . 26 ; Kidderminster , Thursday , Jau . 28 .

      Martlkbose . —The members of this district of the Land Company will meet at the Coach Painter ' s Arms , Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , Jan . 17 th , at eight o ' clock precisely . After which Mr . John Lewell will deliver a lecture . — Subject , " Priestcraft considered as an aid to Monarchy . " _W-ssTMiNSTER .-The members of this locality are requested to meet at the As . * _emhlt Rooms , 83 . Dean-street , Sohj , on Tuesday _eveuing _' next _, January 19 th . _Assimdlt Rocms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho . — A public lecture will be delivered ou Sunday Evening next , January 17 th at half-past seven oclock precisely .

      Cajibbrwell and Walworth . —The members of this district , of the Nitional Co-operative Land Company , are requested to _assemble at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening , Jan . 25 th , at eight o ' clock precisely , to elect scrutineers , die . All numbers in arrear for directors , levy , & o „ are requested to pay the same . At the meeting on the lltb mat ., Messrs . Wm . Cunningham and E . Murhall , were duly elected Auditors . Spitauiblds . —The members and friends of the Spitalfields Reading and Discussion Society , meat every Sunday evening , at ( Mr . Everitt ' s ) , the Three Crowns , Oakey Street , Thomas Street , Brick Lane Bethnal Green . ' Thomas Paimk . —The friends of democracy will sup together at the Cooper ' s Arms , Waterloo Town in commemoration uf the birth of this immortal man _. ' on the 29 th ot January , mi . Tickets 1 » . 6 d . each , to be had at tho bar of the above house .

      . _-m-mess _fow _^ _.-On Sunday evoning next , Mr . Jobn _( jatliard , will lecture on the application ot chemistry to agriculture , at the Bricklayers Arras , Tonbridfc-ostreet , New Road , to commence at 8 o ' clock _SnoRSDiicH .-Mr . T . Clark ofthe Executive Com n lUee ' _ioo _& _VJ * the Kailwa > ' _E-Wne Coffeellouie , 122 , Brick Lane , near Church street Sub . i-ot , - The Land , " on _Wednesday evening U _± 20 th Uhuir to be taken at S o ' clock . In K the _abiivc branch ot the Chartist _Co-opei ative Land Company , meet on _Wednesday evenings , from 8 _™ ' ° _7 \* _^"" T 1116 Local Committee ofthe _Cliart-st _aiid Registration and Election Committee of the Tower Hamlets , will rreet on _WednesdaTevei , in

      s , ur , _wgiuociocK precise y _, at Mr . _Bree-ki ri , _* K . and old Friends , _MoWs _& et , _cSaS & Si ? A _Cosca-w will take place on Saturdav ! , »„„ , 23 rd , at the Threo Crown * , _Oakevi-Wt' ft - _pee t , Brick-lane , _MW , U _^ Tgf _^ 5 ine _-j . * mist , body u disabled from labour , ' ioketf _h-ffte-aaS "* -- * * ' - * « _ttS

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      I Review op _iite _Qum _' g Spxech _, o . n tbb Opkn _, _^ of Pahuamr . nt .-A public meeting for tho U .. _urpime _, will be he'd at tl . e Assembly Ronma s ? _Dean-street , Soho , on Wednesday evening next Jan the 20 th , to commence at eight o ' clock preC ; X « rhe whole ot the members of the Executive Com mittee ot the National Charter Association win \ 1 present and address the meeting . A meeting win _u held at the same rooms every Wednesday evenir _. c tn review the proceedings iu Parliament . Mr . Edmund Stallwood will lecture , subject * "Death Punishments , " at the _At-sembly Room , ' _De-nn-street , Sob" ) , on Sunday evening next , Jan ' 17 tli _, to commence at half-past seven o ' clock _prcl cisoly .

      1 ' _owsB Hamlbts . —Mr . Philip M Grath will lecture , subject . " Stirring events of the Times , " at the Whittington and Cat , Church Row , Bet _' bnal Green , on Sunday evening next , January the 17 th at eight o ' clock precisely . Sombbs Town . —Mr . John Gathard will lecture subject : " Agricultural Chemistry , " at the Brick ! layers' Arras , Tonbridge Street , New Road , _orj Sunday evening next , January the 17 th , at eight precisely . lirr _< f ] London . —The members oi this branch of tlie Chan tat Co-operative Land Company are re . quested to meet at " * The George , '' George Court okinuer Street , on Sunday evening , Jan . 17 th , at j o ' clock precisely . South London Chartist Uau .. —Mr . Ernest Jones wili lecture in the _abivo hall , on Sunday evening next , at e mht o ' clock precisely . Subject , " _ifo conspiracy o f Fieako . ''

      Poland. " War To Tbe Knife."— Paufot. Sh...

      POLAND . " War to tbe Knife . "— PaUfot . Shall Russian , shall Prussian , shall Austrian rage Sweep Pi _>"« i » d away inits merciless flood , Shall Metternich suckle his wasting old age Ou her marrow and bones lappod down with ber blood . Shall Craeow , the remnant of _Poland ' s _existence , Slavishly set in the autucrat ' _s crown , No , never , while lives in our arm resistance , We ' ! perish like freemen ur live with renuwu . Shall ths Despot _« f Prussia aud cold blooded Czar , Play at king-craft for nations with Austrian cheat , While our tyrants at borne fear the justice of war * Lot their own slavish bondsmen should rise on their feet ;

      Shall Britons rebel for free trade in her plains Tbat our merchants may traffic in blood and jn grain _Whilei Poland is bound by ber tyrants iu chains When the flush from our thunder would snap them ia twain . Do we pay for our soldiers , nur tyrants , and tars , But to cut our own throats and feed indolent clowns , Can we boast of our savage and barbarous wars While we tremble and crouch beneath despots la crowns . B ; heaven eueh Pole should his slave hovel fire — .-

      , - -- __ , As beacon * to rally round liberty ' s cry f And stud their proud Tyrants to hell for a choir To chaunt t .- OLD NICK , as the three DEVILS fry . When despots conspire , let freemen combine To reverse the decree , that mocks nature and mind , That divinity ' s laws to tyrants assign Tbe right to man ' s homage , the rule of mankind . If men are made equal by Him who gives _i'fe , What Infidel , Autocrat , Bishop , or Priest , Can plead Hearen ' s laws , tbat forbid brother ' s strife , As their title to sit wiih tbeir Gud at tbe feast .

      Away nith such folly , the dark days arc past , When Kingcraft and Priestcraft commanded submission ; Tbe young shootine ; genius of times flies too fast In the disbanded army to bold a commission _. If brothers we be , let us enter tbe fold ; But if _xunttkinil uf wasurdom still stands in need , That the few from tha many tbeir birth-right withhold , Is uot writ iu God ' s Bible—it ' s not in man's creed . Up , up , then , for Poland ! the _yonag and the brave , Let ber valley * b- _crimsom-A witb Wood to tha knee ; Let Poles for their fatherland s e p in their grave , Or from despots and tyrants their fatherland free !

      Di.Y2h.Ii To Lord J. Russkm.—The Weaver'...

      Di . Y 2 H . ii to Lord J . _Russkm . —The Weaver ' s Company entertained tin * Premier on Wednesday last . The only thing worth notice in the speech of Lord John was , that a declaration that his Lord _, ship freely admitted the right which tlie nation had to expect to be governed by the political party most able and willing te do it service . The late Starvation Case at Worcester . —The Law Commissioners transmitted their decision ia this caie to Worcester on Thursday . The document is signed by Mr . Lumley , aud the following extract contains the decision ¦ . — - * The demeanour of Mr .

      Crisp jn the case of Sarah Doney was so improper , ami his neglect t _» attend to her wants prove him to be so insensible of the obligations imposed by hia office , when left to act upon his own responsibility and discretion , that the _commisioners cannot permit him to retain his situatie . it . Looking , however , to the representations which have been made in his favour , and to the It till opinion which the guardians bave expressed as to his general conduct , tbe coin _, missiuners wiil refrain from dismissing Mr . Crisp , but they must rt ? q _» cst tbat the guardians will st once call for and _ncept his resignation . "

      Wkiobti amd _Meaidses . —Dr . Bowring has siren notice of bis intention to bring _bef-ire thej Huu uf Com . mons the _subj-utof ( -Iteration in our weights and mea sures , and tli * introduction of tha decimal system , _SverossD _Mi / _rber or a Fkuals . —Yesterday the bouy ofa young woman , who , from marks of injury on her person , is supposed to have been murdered , was found in the Thames , off St , _Georj-e ' _s-tctrace , llorselcydown . It appears that , about ten o ' clock in the mornini * _, a dredger-nun , named Taylor , was p lying hia dredger nt the river side , near the above place ; when it struck against some bmky substance , which , on _bein-j _; jot to the shore , proved to bo the body of a _fetniil _** , about thirty years of age . Tha body was placed in a shell , and carried to the Vestry hall , where Mr . _Miakin , surgeon , was sent for , who discovered the skull to be dreadfully frao

      _titivd _, there beina do le _* _-s than five different wounds , each of which was sufficient to cause death . Tbe dress of deceased , which had partly rottedaway , consisted . f _mousseline de laine blue pattern sown , and three petticoats , one bearing the initials " E . It ., " but she had on neither shoes nor bonnet . The skin had peeled completely off , and the head was entirely divested of hair , which is attributed to the length of time the body _mant have been under _tv-ttcr , conjectured by the surgeon to be between two aud three months . It is the general impression , from the appearance ofthe deceased , that she had been brutally murdered , and thrown into the river , lnfotmatioa of the finding of the body , with a full description , has been communicated to the various _policestationu , as also to Mr . Payne , the City Coroner , by whom an inquest will be held .

      Diplokablk _AccihKNT . -On Friday night , shortly before ten o ' clock , a most _fri-jhtlui occurrence took place iu the extensive iron-foundry _be-lonijiug to Messrs . _Ain-ier and Co ., situate in Upper Groundstreet , Ulacktriar _** . It appears tbat a number of men were engaged at the time previously stated in casting a heavy piece of metal , and they had just succeeded in filling a pan with molten iron , which was attached to a crane , 'l'he weight ofthe iron was upwards ol 70 ewt ., and greatcare waa consequently required in _draughting the pan to the mouth of tbe mould . The several persons _engaged in the work had succeeded in _shiltins the hot metal to about the middle of the apace between the furnace and mould , when the ladle toppled over , and the whole of the

      immense weigh * of hot liquid iron was scattered over the floor ot the fouudry , running amongst the men , ai . d firing sundry portions oi the buildiug , and then rusliisg through thu windows and doors like the dincharge of a thousand rockets . For some time the- utmost excitement prevailed in the neighbour ' _ht-od , nnd it was feared that every man on the promises h . id been burnt to death . Such was the power ol the fire that no one could enter fur some time to render assistance , and intelligence was forthwith sent to the er _.-iine stations . In the _t-ourse of a few minutes Mr . Counortou reached tho scene with the Wcstol _iiiiglan- ! engine , and was followed by Mr . Hamblclon _vvuh the _Brie-ade engine , from Waterloo Koad , and the escape belongina to the Royal Society tor the Protection of Life from _Fiic . With the aid of buckets of water the firemen succeeded ia uettiue tlie

      hre out , and tha hot metal on the floor cooled , when a most dreadful si ght presented itself ; one of the workmen , named George Richardson , _wasrfound in a corner ot tlie foundry , burnt in a most shocking manner . His shoes and portions of bis drert were stripped by the action of tho fire from off lus person , and the injuries he had received were of _-. uck a nature that no hopes wero entertained of his recovery , lie was placed in a c « b and removed to the hospital . Two ether persons _, named Thomas Hobby and Martin Rvau , were also extensively burned about their i » _uie- k , _" a « ii were ¦¦¦« - wise obliged to be removed to th * Hospital . Two children belonging io Mr . _Rillim-kniTst , one of the partners , were also injured , but uot to any gre _** extent . At 11 o ' clock the five waa * _-afeiv extinguished , but it was expected Uwt _trno person , i * » more , wouiii die during the _nigUv ,

      Print* *, By Doug Ali M'Gowan. Of 16. Grsat Windmill-

      Print * * , by DOUG Ali M'GOWAN . of 16 . _Grsat Windmill-

      Street, Naynturkef, In The Citv Uf Rres»...

      Street , naynturkef , in the Citv uf rres » miiu-tsr , at tin Office , in the g ; Hiii- Street and Parish , for the Vf > _- _i . netor , FEMiGUS _O'CONiSOK , Ksei _., and publis . _'i _** _- _* by William _Uj-wui , » t * s , m _, _Cmrie-s-street , lb * -- * - _dou-strex-t , Wa ; worth , In tl * parish of St . Mary , !••*¦ _nigtoii , in tbe County of Surre-j , at ths Office , Nu , •»' Great _\> indmilU _' ireet . liavuuirkei , iu tin City of W # _*" _ruiusUr _, * Saturday , _Janaary 18 , 1847 ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 16, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16011847/page/8/