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    • RECEIPTS OP THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE I.ASD SOCIETY.
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      , J _<^ _Jsk J . _Giuium , that every Jthrothrovmin thc way of making these societies auxiliary _iiootocombinationsamong the workmen for protection _lagaiagainst the aggressions of their employers , orpro-( cur * curing a fair price for their labour . A A provision in the first clause of the act , as introi due duced by the Home Secretary , is , " that the invest-¦ m ei ment of each member shall ba employed for the sole bee benefit of the person investing , or for his children or Mi Idn , and that no party shall give his investment for the the relief , maintenance , or endowment of any other

      _pei person or member whatever . " ] Mr . Dokcombe objected to this provision , that person sons subscribing to tbe funds of a society , ought to ha * have tbe power of transferring tbeir investments but but Sir James , upon bemg pressed , replied : — " He wa was afraid the accumulations of these societies , which boi bore a high rate of interest , might be directed to the pu purpose of holding out under strikes with their emph ployers for a long time . " Under tbe false pretence of of improving tbe law relating to Friendly Societies * it it will , therefore , be seen that the Home Secretary , is is seeking to diminish the power of the operatives to st stand out for better terms in a dispute with tl their masters about wages . If such , an object is tl thonght proper , legal , or just , why not go about

      it it in a straightforward and manly way , insl stead of insinuating such a provision into a bill p professedly friendly to tbe industrious classes ? T That such combinations are legal there can be no i doubt , that they arc just is equally beyond cavil , and 1 this shameful attempt of the Government to aid the _; already strongest party in all such contests , is only i another proof of the antagonism of capital to labour _i which pervades the whole of our system . The only i effect , however , which such legislation will have will ' be , not to repress strikes bnt to discourage Friendly Societies , and thus discourage the growth of those provident habits , which are so advantageous to the working classes , aud which are at present fostered bv such societies .

      Apart from this consideration , it may be asked why sucb enactments should be made fur the poor il A rich man who ensures his life may transfer his interest ia the tifeinsurance to another . Why should the poor man who invests b _« s savings in a friendly society be denied the same right ? It is merely another added to the already too numerous proofs ofthe fact that "there is one law for the rich and another for the poor . "

      "We had intended to comment upon the course taken with reference to railway legislation , but must defer it until our next .

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      A April 25 . 1 * 46 . THE NORTHERN STAR . V

      The Landlords' Tyranny Preserva- J Tion ...

      THE _LANDLORDS' TYRANNY PRESERVA- j TION BILL . Already has our bold stand against tbe " base , bloody , and brutal Bill" had a miraculous effect upon onr Irish brethren , who now believe that the English Chartistsare their best rather than their worst friends . The work goes bravely on . The devil cannot be read a second time until we have the prescribed number of petitions and , therefore , let not a moment be lost in carrying out what all admit to be a grand stroke of policy as well as of essential justice . It is the Reading made £ asv of Chartism , which our Irish

      friendscanlearnatonelesson . Pray , Pray , Pray do not relax in tbis _food service until the work is done and well done . Let every town tbat has sent a petition with speed send another , and another , and another , until we cry HOLD , ENOUGH ! And which will not be until the unholy monster is strangled in the vice of Chartist arms . Believe us , friends , when we assure you tbat exertion in this direction will do us incalculable service . Down , then , with the bloody 2 £ _onster .

      New Dodge-But Important. A Test Short Qu...

      NEW DODGE-BUT IMPORTANT . A test short question may require a very long answer , and certainly the sbort question put last nigLt by Mr . W . S . O'Briex to Lord G . Bextixck would , had time permitted , have received rather a engthy response from us . For the present we shall deal FEELINGLY with the FEELER , next week we shall treat it to more extensive comment . The project has two great imperfections . Firstly , it has _thegreatsin of being unseasonably late _, and , second'y , it wonld be , of aU others , the means of realizing the truth of Lord G . Bentinck ' 3 assertion , namely , that

      the grievance of the Irish is not so much a scarcity of food as want of the means to purchase it . If then a mere temporary measure of relief should be adopted , the difficulty will be tenfold increased , as no farmer will employ a single labourer that be can possibly * avoid . A short clause , to the effect that all imported corn shall be give * to the necessitous , must be a portion of Lord George ' s BUI . Lie must recollect tbat cheap and dear are relative terms , and that to buy food at any price money must be first had . Moreover , has not the precedent of smuggling American com under the Canadian * Cora Bill , shown Lord George that opening the Irish ports for three months also means opening the English ports ; unless , indeed , we have a professor of clairvoyance

      to distinguish between domestic and foreign grain ; and even then does he not see that the foreign would supply- the place of the domestic , which would be exported to this country under thc provisions of thc _XEW DODGE . However , the question is one big with importance — one that requires great and anxious consideration — one upon which the fate' of parties may be made to depend . It is tbe most significant and important move made this session , and one which clearly points out the future mores to be made upou the political chess-board . It is one that may hasten our National Convention , ai . d place our leader in tbat new position to which he refers iu his reply to the Testimonial Committee . We shall use it , BUT NOT RASHLY .

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      J . Toosg . — ( _Addhess to the _Cabpestbrs . )—Sex * _, week . T . Mills must apply to Mr . O'Connor , we know nothing ofthe communication he speaks of . A Cosstant ItEADEE . —Like you we greatly admire Eliza Cook ' s Poetry , but the lines in praise of tbat lady are not stirring enough to suit the columns of the Star . A . S . Manchester . —We should have no objection to "shout O'Connor ' s praire , " provided the shouting was in good poetry , but this not being the case , we must _respectfully decline inserting the lines . A Yockg _O'Coskokite—Tbe lines are not poetry . Y . B . —We dont know the address of ilr . Parker ,

      General Secretary to the Tailors Protection Society . _Actuok ami Reviewer . —Very much against our own judgment and against tbe established rules of common sense and etiquette , in deference to Jlr . Harney ' s feelings , we have submitted to the infliction of opening the columns of the -Vortfisru Star to a kind of cross fire between Authors who do not relish the reviews of their works and the reviewer who is called -upon first to read them and then to comment . In many cases tbis duty is quite hardship enough without having the duty of self defence imposed upou the Reviewer . Let the reader only for a moment reflect upon the incessant squabbling to which such course most inevitabl y lead . An author writes a book and submits it for criticism , the critique dots not suit his

      taste , and straightway he betakes _hiuiself to au attack npon the reviewer : uot to talk of the shackles thus sought to b imposed upon criticism , could anything be more ridiculous or prolific of dispute than such a course if once tolerated . It is perfectly fair and open to the author to seek another medium of attack , but we believe it is unprecedented in the history of Newspapers to submit to the chastisement of authors who are displeased witli Hie reviews of au E < iitor . It may he a good and cheap mode of advertising , but by iio means a just one for aualysing the merits ofa publication . Many attempts have been made to subject tbe Editorial articles of the St < tr to tlie same Court of Appeal , _bui we _^ yj _preserve sufficient respect f «> r tin * _kuiinnte _puro-nthe uf the _l-reaf , to rtject _,, ii

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      attempts to force bb into ar . offence or controversy upon Editorial articles * , and we must henceforth observe tbe same rule with regard to literary critiques . _Oobselves and OUR _Reviewers . —The first step in error is sure to be followed by another . We had scarcely concluded the above when we received the following rewlution from Manchester , npon which we shall make not a single comment ; bat , as we have transgressed a rule in Mr . Cooper ' s case , we certainl y owe as much courtesy to our Manchester friends . As , then , we have declined commenting upon the transaction we shall simply say , that no allusion whatever was made to either Mr . Leach , or Mr . Donovan , who fairly and OPENLY discharged their duty . . The _ullnsion was to parties who do not take the same open means of

      discussion , and against whose systematic practice of undermining the Executive those gentlemen receive ample proof , but will not , under any circumstances whatever , be seduced iuto a war of letter writing . We hare now performed an act wliich we never will repeat , and which every man of common sense must see would be destructive of the liberty of the Press . We receive more pokes ourselves than all our thin-skinned friends together . " Resolved , That this meeting are of opinion that the language made use of in a leading article in the Star of Saturday , April 11 th , appears to insinuate that two of the delegates , Leach and Donovan , were aiming a side blow at the existence of the Board of Director _, acting as both Executive and Directors . We , therewhether the Manchester

      fore , demand an explanation delegates , as above-named , are the parties meant or not , as the resolutions broug ht forward by them at the meeting of the delegates were the instructions given to them by the meeting that elected them . " Manchester . —A meeting of tbe shareholders in the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will be held in Carpenters HaU , on Sunday next , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Mr . Cooper ' s Litter . —In tbis letter ( 7 th page ) a stupid mistake occurs . In tlie 39 th line of the second paragraph , the word " no"is omitted between the words ¦• implies" and " argument . " The sentence should read : " Thinking men" are not in the babit of using such words as those I have just referred to , since they know well that tke use of them implies wargument . Veteran Patriots' asd Exiles' Widows' asd

      Childkes ' s _Fcsds . —Receipts for tbe week : collection and net receipts of my _lecture-at the South London Chartist Hall , last Sunday night , Us . R . Wells , London , Is . ; P . W . B ., ls . ; E . Truelove , Secretary of tbe John Street Institution , 2 s . ; Julian Harney , Is . * , H . Finch , Gloucester , 2 s . ; and Mr . Knceshall , Scarbro ' , 2 s . Td . ; ( per Mr . Roger O'Connor )* . — Total , £ L 3 s . 7 d . —Better than last week : but still far sbort of our weekly expenditure of £ 2 . What more can be said to arouse Chartists to a sense of tbeir duty i I trust some , at least , are exerting themselves , and that another week will prove it . Rochdale was _misprinted Rochester , in the Inst Star : Rochdale has sent two noble contributions : Hochester has sent nothing ; nor am I aware that it has ever been a Cbartistlocality . Thomas Cooper , Secretary , 334 , Blackfriars' Road . fg- Press of matter compels us _. to postpone answers to several correspondents .

      Receipts Op The Chartist Co-Operative I.Asd Society.

      RECEIPTS OP THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE _I . _ASD SOCIETY .

      Section 5o. 1. Ter Mr. O'Connor. Shakes....

      SECTION 5 o . 1 . _TER MR . O'CONNOR . SHAKES . £ S . d . _Gorgie Mills , per W . Median 2 0 0 Yeovli .. .. .. •• .. 500 R . Hodge . West Linton 0 15 0 V . Watson , ditto 0 10 H . SI'Quary 0 10 _Somicli , per J . Hurry .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 Oidliam , per W . Hamer .. .. .. .. 200 Xottineliam . per J . Sweet .. .. 1 13 3 Chepstow , per C . Walters .. .. _« S 0 0 Keighley , per 3 . Vicars .. .. .. 500 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 11 9 3 _Roelidnle . per E . Mitchell 0 18 0 Iluddersfield , per L . Ledge .. _.. .. 300 Bradford , per J . Alderson 10 0 0 Rarusley , per J . Ward .. .. .. .. 500 _Asiiton-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 6 11 0 Liverpool , per J . Arnold .. .. .. „ 3 8 7 _ £ _fll _ 17 1 SECTION No . 2 . . Rochdale , per E . MitcheU .. .. £ 2 12 0

      CABDS ASD SOLES W . "Watson , West Linton .. .. .. 004 H . _M'Quary , ditto ( I 0 i Nottingham .. .. .. .. 060 LEW FOE THE LAND COKFEKEXCJi . Huddersfield .. 0 19 Liverpool .. .. •• •• .. 019 LEVI FOB nlKECTOBS . LiverpooL .. 0 1 9 J

      PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SECTION SO , 1 . SHAKES . JE b . _d . £ s . d . John Cox - - S 12 i Croydon , per Mr . Sclbv - - - 5 0 0 M-Cartuey- -020 James Davis , Citv- 2 12 * 2 Mr . Davis - - 1 0 fl James Smith- * - 2 12 4 M . S . - - - 0 0 0 Emanuel Wright - 0 10 2 Rachel Rowall -010 Elderslie - - 0 2 4 Tunbridge Wells - 3 18 fi J . Godhead , Calms 10 0 Boulogne - -13 12 S Mr . Boare - - 0 2 0 l * resc « t - - - 1 7 C New Town , Abbotts 2 0 0 Luinbeth - - 6 10 0 York - - - 1 1 0 _yavrington - - 2 12 0 Mr . Cangfclan - 1 9 0 Westminster- - 1 13 0 Hindley- - . 013 C South Shields - 2 3 4 _ £ 531 _ 0 _ 8 SECTION NO . 2 . _Hindlev - - 1 0 4 Westminster- - 0 S C Leicester - - 0 7 8 _Lamberhead-green 0 14 Croydon- . 020 £ 1 19 10 TOTAL LASD FC . VD . Mr . O'Connor , Section I .. .. .. 61 17 1 Mr . Wheeler „ „ .. .. : 53 0 8 £ 114179 Mr . O'Connor , Section 2 .. .. .. 2 12 o Mr . Wheeler „ 1 19 10 £ 4 11 10

      CABDS AKD BCLE 8 . Coventry - - 1 0 0 Sheffield - - 0 17 4 "Wakefield - . 018 Manchester - - 0 S 0 Boulogne - - 0 0 6 Oldham- - -040 Sunderland - - 0 2 lo Heywood - -010 Secretary - - 0 0 8 Rochdale - - 0 I 2 Nottingham - -008 Lamberhead-green 0 0 10 LEVI FOR THE LAND CONFERENCE . Ashton- - - 0 8 0 Leicester , section 2 0 4 3 _Boulogne - - 0 0 3 LEW FOR DIRECTOES . York - - - 0 011 I _' rescot- - - 0 0 6 Mr . Elliott , ClaphamO 3 0 Leicester - -087 Boulogne - - 0 210 Bury - - - 0 5 <;' Notice . —Communications for ilr . Wheeler to be addressed to the office of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , 8 ** . Dean-street , Soho . Sub-secretaries are requested to copy the above address . T . M . Wheeler , Sec .

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECDTlVE . FER GENERAL SECRETAXT . R . W . - - - 0 1 G Livfietown - -020 _A-MaeclesfieldChar- Halifax- - - 0 2 t ! tist - - - 0 0 6 Lower Warley - 0 1 o Leicester , profits Marylebone . . 030 onA ' fttr - - 0 3 0 Mr . Elliott , _Clapl-am 0 _S 0 Bradford - - 0 7 0 CHARTIST _CONFERENCE . Lower Warley - 0 3 6 Ditto , Longroyd - 0 * 13 _J Sowerby Helm . 053

      DIXON FU . ND . Mr . Tobin 0 2 0 _POLAND ' S _BEGENEttATION FUND . Sunderland 040 Mr . Wilkes - - - - - -0 O « J . H , near Leigh - - - - - 0 0 li AGED PATRIOTS . J . George , Windsor - - - - -803 Mr . Wilkes 00 « WIDOWS ASD ORPHANS . Mr . Wilkes 0 0 0 EC 1 LES BESTOBATI 0 N COMMITTEE . Mr . Mills 0 2 0 victim _fcsd . Bradford 0 2 « Ditto , J . Thomas - - - - -022 Thomas Martin * Wheeler , Secretary .

      national anti-militia fund . feb mb . o ' connor . _Nottingham , per J . Sweet - - - 0 5 3 POLA . VD _' S _* EG £ S £ _UATloy TOXD . FEE MR . U ' CONKOB . J . _Susg ( a Fraternal Democrat ) - - - 0 1 C

      TO THE SUB-SECRET A HIES AND OFFICEKS OF THE CHARTIST LAND SOCIETY . The astonishing progress made by the Society in having already completed the Stet section affords the officers a reasonable and legitimate ground of self congratulation , but , at the same time , we must not forget that it imposes an additional degree of care and responsibility . We arc entering on a new era in our official duties ; the formation of the second scctum necessarily entails a degree of complication in the accounts , of which they have hitherto been divested ; to guard agaiust this complication proving detrimental to thc prospects of tlie Society . 1 have to request that each _subsecretary will send ine the name of every member iu his locality , the amount of money hehad paid up to tlie IStli of April , ami the number of shares that he possesses . This list must be made strictly correct , as it wil be kept intact , and entirely distinct from tlie second section . I have further to request that thc

      names may be irnttcn as legibly and correct as possible , we having fallen iuto several errors through the names of individuals being spelled iu various ways and with various Christian names- In remitting _uioiu-v the officers must be careful tu express distinctl y the section to which the money is to be appropriated , and to detail the same in their lists sent to me . Etch bianih will open a distinct portion « f their acc « uut-bwk _f the second section . In cases where new books will be necessary they will be stipjihed , on application being made for the same . Upon these arrangements beingcarcfullj- atteiided t .., entirely depends tlie financial accuracy ofthe Society ' s accounts . In reply to various querists , 1 Have further to observe , that a ineinier ofthe hist section , possessing one share , can at anv tune take up an additional whole or half share , and still belong to the first section . Requesting a careful and immediate attention to the foregoing requests and suggestions . 1 remain , jours , Thomas M . _Wueellb , Secretary .

      Foreign Affairs. Formidable Progress Of ...

      FOREIGN AFFAIRS . FORMIDABLE PROGRESS OF THE PEA SANTWAR . i _* _'* t-aA

      "We take the Mowing from the ZYmesof Thuisday : — Ourprivate letters from Germany state that the disturbances in GaUicia have not yet terminated , and that the rural population , misled by the promises ofthe Communist propaganda , cannot be put down without the employ _, ment of a large military force . During the revolution at Cracow thepeop ' c rose against their roasters , but they now continue opposed to all authority ; communications with the capital are intercepted ; and the fever of insurrection is spreading on every side . The following appears in the Daily News of the game day ;—Matters are taking a serious turn in Gallicia , and the peasan ts are becoming more formidable than the first iusurrcction » t Cracow ; and If some of tbe accounts in the German papers are to be trusted , a civil war with all its horrors is imminent .

      • The Nuremberg Gazette states— "Wehave received accounts from Lembtrg of the 8 th April , which announce that the district of Jaslau is threatened with a . civil war , and if strong reinforcements do not arrive speedily , the worst is to be feared . The peasants pillage and burn in every quarter ; they number about six thousand , and have driven back the troops sent to oppose them . These troops , which were but in small number , had received orders to be moderate , and to fire in the air if possible , but the pennants were not to be daunted , and rushing on the troops killed fifty men , they then retired to the woods , and elated with success they burnt and pillaged the villages and the castles ofthe neighbourhood . " Good Friday , which had been announced as the day fixed for a new rising , has passed quietly by ; but there is something brewing , and the news of another rising in different part 6 of the country would not cause astonishment .

      At Posen , though all is seemingly quiet , the strictest measures of precaution are still adhered to , and there were rumours afloat of a rising at Kurnick , but this has not been confirmed , but it is certain that more arrests have takenplace . TheLandrath , or Councillor of the district had been fired at . In Prussia tranquility is restored , and the Prussian government is universally praised for its mildnes and hu . mane conduct towards the prisoners . The only reproach and it is a serious one , cast on Prussia , is to have given up the insurgents who had sought refuge on ber territory . Some of these unfortunate men , at the moment of being given up to the Russian authorities , precipitated themselves into the river Dreventz , whieh runs along the frontier , and found a watery grave .

      _Foxeral Service fob the Martyred Poles . —A grand funeral service was celebrated in the Church of the Batignoleson Tuesday , in memory of the victims of the last insurrection in Poland . Above the gate were _attached the arras of Polaud amidst trophies composed of the national flag . In the interior of the church , whicli was entirely hung in black , stood a catafalque , surrounded with farces of arms On its sides were inscribed these words , " Zarski Kosciszewski , and Pantaleon Potocki , " the Polish

      insurgents lately executed at Warsaw and Siedlce ; and beneath them this single word , "Tarnow , " which represented the names of the 800 victims murdered in that circle . The parish priest , assisted b _** the Polish secular clergy resident in Paris , and the clergy of the Batignolet , officiated on the occasion , and after mass , the pupils of the Polish school chanted the death hymn in their native language . A number of deputies and peers were present at the ceremony , and amongst others Messrs . Vavin and d'Harcourt . members ofthe Polish Committee .

      The most important news from FRANCE is that relating to the attempt on the Life of Louis Philippe , a notice of which appeared in the later editions of the Star of last Saturday . Further particulars will he found in another column . This attempt of a discontented menial of Lows Pihuppe'e own household has been made a peg on which to hang a tremendous amount of newspaper declamation , intended to show how great would have been the loss wc should all have experienced if the old usurer had

      not met with his usual luck in escaping the contents of Lecomtb ' s " regicide gun . ' An awful amount of trash has been written and spoken about the " providential preservation" of the King of the Barricades , and amongst others by Sir R . Peel at the Lord Mayor ' s " spread" on Wednesday . For ourselves wc _ablior assassination ( although we have always justified tyrannicide ) but wc must confess that our sympathies are not so muck with Louis _Phiupfe as with the countless victims of his ru ' e , assassinated by his agents to shield his treachery , and protect his usurpation .

      Wc have given some particulars elsewhere of the insurrection in

      SPAIN , Accounts from Madrid of the 13 th instant , announce the defeat of the body of insurgents commanded by General Irurte , on the 11 th , near _Astorsa . with the lose of one killed , nix wounded , « ind 100 _primiiicia . General Iriarte effected his escape . It is , however , by no means certain that the insurrection is crushed , on the contrary , a letter from Santandcr , dated th _> - ISth instant , states that " it is asserted , and the assertion gains credit here , that the Lugo pronunciamento has spread to Santiago , _Orense , Pontcvedra , Corunna , and _Fen-ol ; in short , that the whole of GaUicia is in a state of warfare . General de Concha , who , after his victory over Iriarte , in the neighbourhood of Eanneza , had advanced upon Santiago , has found it necessary to fall back on Astorga , thus leaving Gallicia in the hands of the insurgents . The Basque provinces and Navarre are tranquil ,

      but sinister rumours are prevalent with respect to the Austrias , where both Oviedo and Gijon are said to be on the point of pronouncing . The new Cabinet is already in danger . The Ministers are said ( by El Heraldo ) to have differed ( particularly _Isturite and Casbja *) on the subject of General Co . _vciia _' s conduct to the rebels taken in arms , and he has given offence by not having at once shot the unhappy prisoners ; and it is added , that a severe reprimand , and that orders on this point have been despatched . The correspondent of the Times remarks that one feeling exists amongst the people of every party , and that is , that there is no prospect ef tranquility in any shape for the country until the Queen Mother and her husband are turned out of it ; and to this things must come at last . The draft of the new constitution for the Canton of Berne , in

      SWITZERLAND , is published in the Ami de la Constitution . It proclaims the sovereignty ofthe people ; the light of vote by all persons of good character , who have attained the age of twenty-one , and reside in the canton ; and the power of dismissal ofthe members of the Grand Council by tlie assemblies of the people . From ITALY , we learn that the agitation in Lombnrdy grows apace . Field-Marshal General _Radetzky has demanded more troops . Some ofthe public functionaries at Milan have been found dead in the streets , shot by air-guns .

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      Sunderland. A Large And Enthusiastic Mee...

      SUNDERLAND . A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in the Arcade Jong-room , on Saturday _evening , to petition Parliament against the Irish Coercion Bill . Mr . John Brace in the chair . Mr . Dobbie proposed , aud Mr . B . Monarch seconded , the following resolution — " That this meeting views with indignation aud commiseration the present condition of the Irish people , and cannot without horror contemplate the enactment of a measure for the purpose of coercing them who through the tyranny of a fo reign parliament and the brutality of absentee landlords are suffering all the horrors of absolute famine . " Mr . James Taylor moved the next

      resolution , which was seconded by Mr . J . Monarch—** That this meeting disclaims a'l connection with the unconstitutional and coercive measures ofa government steeled to barbarity by the continued perpetration of injustice and wrong , and also pledges itself to assist the Irish nation in its constitutional struggles to obtain an imperial justice and equal laws . ' The substance of the petition contained in Mr . O'Connor's letter last week , was proposed by Mv . John Mane in a manner calculated to arouse the deepest sympathy of the meeting , which indeed ap pearcd to fully enter into the feelings of thc speaker . It wns seconded by Mr . William Chapel ( our local poet ) , in a speech of superior ability , supported by Mr . Dickenson , aud carried with loud acclamation .

      BRIGHTON . Dowx with tiik " Base , Brutal , asd Bloody Bill . " —A spirited aud enthusiastic meeting was held in the large room of the Artichoke Inn , ou Monda . * evening , April 20 , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament against tho measure now pending in the House of Commons , fur the coercion of Ireland . Mr . George Giles was unanimously called on to preside , who read the bill convening the meeting , and opened thc business of the evening i " an appropriate address . Mr . Woodward , in a speech replete with sound arguments , proposed the first resolution , viz . — "That it is thc opinion ot this

      meeting , that the measure now pending in Parliament for the coercion of Ireland , is tyrannical in the cxtreu ) _£ and utterly uncalled for ; this meeting therelore resolves to petition against and oppose the said measure by all constitutional means . " Mr . John Nailard seconded , and Mr . F . _owc-r supported the resolution , wliich , on being put from the chair , was unanimously adopted . Mr . John l ' agc , in an able manner , iu which he depicted many of the wrongs oi Ireland , moved the adoption of the national petition , wliich having been seconded by Mr . Mitchell , and supported by many persons in the room , was carried _uiiaiiimotblv . Mr , C ; F . C . Barnes proposed thc

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      next resolution-- * - That a committee of seven persons he appointed ( with power to add to their number ) to obtaini signatures to the said petition ; and that the Mowin g , persons do form such committee , namely , Mr . t lower , Mr . John Page , Mr . Tullett , Mr . Williams , Mr . Roger , Mr . Giles , and Mr . John Davey , earned without a dissentient . Mr . Ockenden , Mr . Mitchell , Mr . John Rose and Mr . Lawless , were then added to the committee . Mr . John Davey proposed , and Mr . Barnes seconded the following resolution— " That Danial O'Connell , Esq ., be requested to present the said petition in the Ilouse ot" Commons ; and the members of this borough he requested to support the prayer thereof . " Several persons having spoken to this resolution , it was also carried .

      Mr . William Johnstone ( a Repealer and a native of Scotland ) , in a lengthy speech , in which he eulogised Mr . O'Connor , depricating the differences between Mr . O'Connell and Mr . O'Connor , moved the following resolution— " That a rote of thanks is due to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for his strenuous exertions against the present Coercion Bill for Ireland . " The proposer concluded by stating "that at the first Irish Repeal meeting he attended he would move a similar resolution . " Mr . Lawless ( an Irishman and a Repealer ) seconded the resolution ; he Baid he came there that evening little thinking that he should take part in its proceedings ; but after what he had seen that evening , and heard the expressions of Englishmen in favour of his country , his former prejudices , for he had been prejudiced against the English Chartist , were dispelled , and he now saw the

      necessity ota determined union of the English and Irish working classes , and hu should avail himself of future opportunities to meet them again ; for of all Repeal meetings he had attended ( and he had been to many ) he had never been so delighted as he had been that evening . He thanked the meeting , and sat down _byseconding the resolution . The chairman having put it to the meeting , it was carried by acclamation . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up . After signing the petition , several took sheets to obtain signatures . Among the company during the evening were a good sprinkle of Irishi . icn , who seemed to enter with all their souls into our proceedings , and we do hope that this is the dawning of better days , and a better understanding between the Irish Repealers and English Chartist ? .

      GREENWICH AND DEPTFORD . A meeting of the Chartists of the abore locality was held on Tuesday evening , April 21 st , Mr . Robertson in the chair . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting that the election of any man to a permanent office , such as the Executive Committee , without remuneration , the same is unjust inasmuch ; _ts we lay an additional tax on his labour , and pocket for thc benefit of the public weal . " " That it is the opinion of this meeting tbat the Executive be elected by the Convention ; and that the Convention have power to add to their number if considered necessary , and that the Directors of thc Chartist Co-operative Land Society and the Executive of the National Charter Association be one and the same . "

      SOMERS' TOWN . Mr . Joseph Marriott ( late of Bristol ) delivered an able Lecture on Sunday evening last , at Mr . Duddridge ' _s , 18 , Tonbridge-street , New-road ; Mr . Charles flail in the chair ; the subject of tbe Lecture was "The People's Charter , and thc results that would follow its enactment . " The lecturer , in concluding , passed a high _eulogium on the Northern Star ; and stated , that if the metropolitan locality would accept his humble services , he should feel much pleasure iu delivering two or three Lectures in each locality , on "The . Literature , Politics , and immense utility of the Northern Star . " The lecture gave great satisfaction and was much applauded . Mr . Marriott ' s address is 23 , Bow-street , Covcnt-garden .

      HAMMERSMITH . At a meeting held at the Duii Cow , Brook-Green Lane , on Tuesday evening , 21 st April , Mr . L . F . Brown in the chair—on the motion of Mr . Stallwood seconded by Mr . Newell , it was unanimously resolved , " that we do now form a District , to be called thc Hammersmith District of the second Section of the Chartist Co-operate Land society . " It was also unanimously resolved , " that Mr . Joseph Newell be district treasurer , and Mr . E . Stallwood , district secretary ; likewise , tbat a public meeting be held at thc Temperance-hall , in support of the same , at the earliest convenience , to whieh some of the Directors shall be invited . " Messrs . Newell and Stallwood having been appointed , the deputation returned and reported that thc liall could be obtained for Wcdncstlie 29 th instant , it was therefore agreed that the meeting be held on that night . Sixteen shares were then taken up and the meeting adjourned .

      WESTMINSTER . At a public meeting of this body of Chartists held on Sunday evening at the Parthenium Assembly Rooms , it was unanimously agreed to canvas the Borough for signatures to a Petition against the Irish Coercion Bill , and Messrs . T . M . Wheeler , W . Cuffay , and Pryse Jones were appointed a committee to carrv the same into effect .

      PROGRESS OF OPINION IX ST . PANCRAS . On Tuesday evening list a highly respectable publie meeting of the rate-payers of the Somers Town district , to select fit and proper persons to be proposed as vestrymen of this parish for the ensuing three years , was held at the Bee Hive Tavern , Chapelstreet , Somers Town , when a few of the Somers Town Chartists a fended , and succeeded in unanimously putting in nomination five Chartists out of eight that were put to the meeting . ( The parish of St . Pancras is governed by a Local Act of Parliament , the vestry consisting of 120 , elected by the rate-payers from among themselves , forty retiring annually . ) The meeting was ably presided over by Mr . Wagstafl _* , one of * thc churchwardens . The opinions

      expressed were of a truly gratifying description , demonstrating the onwavd march of democracy . The first resolution , calling on the meeting to pledge themselves to select only those who were known Reformers and men of unblemished character and reputatien , was moved by Mr . Godwin , seconded by Mr . Thomas Laurie , and carried unanimously . Mr . John Aruott having put a question to the chairman on thc anomaly of _aiowing compound householders the right of voting for members of Parliament , and refusing them that privilege with respect to parochial officers , Mr . William Douglas ( one of the most active and influential men in the parish ) in replying thereto , said that no one could regret more than he thc existence of such anomalies , but he hoped soon

      to see the time when ail qualifications would be abolished , and every man who contributed to the support of the State would not only enjoy his local rights , but would also have a voice in making the laws he was bound to obey . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Alldiss , in an elaborate and able speech , whioh was much applauded , detailed to the meeting how their affairs were now conducted , contrasting the present with the management of the old select system , * that now their rates were Ud . instead of ls . 10 d ., and that they would be still much lower were it not that many heavy burdens had recently been imposed on the parish , which Mr . A . enumerated , and ttien continued , that although only £ \ c \ , out of the Ud , was available for the _u-e of the poor , yet their comforts

      had not been abridged , but , on the contrary , had been increased , as tea was now allowed to the aged poor in the poorhouse . That now the well-behaved in the workhouse had free liberty on every Sunday to go where they pleased , instead of being doomed to six weeks' imprisonment . That now , instead of being compelled to work , from which a great sum had been realised , the whole of the children , under a certain age , were receiving such a substantial education , that he was confident many of tlie ratepayers eoutd not afford to give their children , and that should any inhabitant of the parish die , and their friends were too poor to bury them , on application at the workhouse a coffin was forwarded with ¦ the greatest _possible secresy ; a pall was also _supplied , and every attention paid , in order that thc public should not be aware that it was a pauper funeral . Mr . A . sat down loudly cheered . The nominations were then proceeded with as already

      stated . Mr . Alldiss , on _rising to move a vote of thanks to the chairman , said that they did not wish to have any ofthe titled aristocracy to conduct their nffairs _, but preferred working men . It afforded him great pleasure that he , a journeyman pianolortemaker _, could there meet , as his intimate friend , t « e highest functionary in the parish also a working man . The vote was carried with three tremendous cheers . The chairman , in responding , said that he felt highly honoured in being placed in the position he then occupied , and he would state to them an important fact , that a church which would be opened in June next had ken built , would be endowed and supported on the voluntary principle , on which principle' all others would in future be built in this parish , fur the day was gone by when men would be forced to support any religion . The meeting then separated , much- pleased with tho proceedings .

      DODWORTII . A public meeting of the shareholders ofthe Land Society was held on Sunday last at the Masons * Anus Iun , Dudwortli , Mr . Robinson in the chair , when the ' following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — That the members meet every Sunday evening at six o ' clock to enroll . That all the shareholders pay one penny per month towards remunerating the secretary for attending _.

      READING . On Wednesday last , Mr . G . W . Wheeler delivered a highly instructive lecture on the rise , progress , and present position of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . Meetings arc held every Wednesday evening , at Mr . Turner ' s Temperance Hotel , when persons desirous of joining the second section can do so . _J-UESCOT . A petition ngaiiifctthe Irish Coercion Bill has been agreed to in this town and has received 1152 signatures .

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      NORWICH . The Coercion Bnx .-At a joint meeting of members of tlie Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and the National Charter Association held , April _Mn , a petition against thc " Irish Coercion Bill , and tiie following resolutions were agreed to : —

      United Patriots Benefit Society.—A Gener...

      United Patriots Benefit Society . —A general meeting ofthe members of this institution took place at the society house in London , on Wednesday evening last , Mr . T . M . Wheeler in the chair . After the chairman had opened the business , he called on the secretary to lay before the members any statements he had as reasons for their being so called together ; The secretary having done so to thc satisfaction of the members , they appointed the f ' ollowiiig members a committee to carry out the resolutions agreed to : — Messrs . T . M . Wheeler , S . Snelling , W . llammeth , J . Hodge , W . Nowctl , R . Workman , T . Wilcox , and T . Sawyers . _^ Messrs . Rawlingsand Ii . Lee proposed that the meeting stand adjourned to be called together by the secretary . Carried . After a vote of thanks to the chairman and secretary the meeting harmoniously broke up .

      Cooper Testimonial . —Thursday . —The committee met this evening , Mr . _Caiighlan in the chair . Mr . Ansell read the minutes of the last meeting , which , on thc motion of Messrs . Shaw and Knowles , were confirmed . Mr . Shaw then reported the progress made , and read letters from the following gentlemen , viz . —T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., Joseph ¦ Sturge , Esq ., W . J . Fox , Esq ., T . Wakley , Esq ., M . P ., Jonathan Duncan , Esq ., Wm . Howitt , Esq ., Mr . Wm . Thom , Charles Mackay _, Esq . and Dr . Bowring , M . P ., all of which were approved of and gave general satisfaction . A discussion then ensued as to the cleansing and decorating the Hall on the occasion of the Festival , in which Messrs . Overton

      Dunn , Ansell , Knowles , brazer , and Shaw , took pa , H _, when it was ultimately agreed that Mr . Shaw's offer of the loan of pictures be accepted , and it waa then unanimously resolved that , in ordur to secure the comfort and convenience of our chairman and other parliamentary and distinguished guests , Mr . Shaw be empowered to engage one or more persons competent to make the necessary preparations , and also to conduct ( on their arrival ) to the committeeroom our chairman and friends . Mr . Frazer then read a very able " address" to be presented to Mr , Cooper , which elicited much applause . Messrs-Dunn and Knowles moved a vote of thanks to the

      composer , carried . It was then agreed that Messrs . Frazer and Shaw shall have the sunerintendance of the printing of the address on fine satin , copies ofthe same to he struck off , and sold for the benefit of the "Veteran Patriots and Widows and Children ' s Funds . " It was finally resolved that the committee do now adjourn to Wednesday evening next , and meet __ at Mr . Frazer ' s , 20 , Watney-street , Commercial-road , East . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting broke up all evidently elated with the prospect of success . Friends apply early for tickets .

      Shoemakers' Self - Employing Society. Du...

      SHOEMAKERS' SELF - EMPLOYING SOCIETY . During the present week arrangements have been made between thc interests concerned in this endeavour on behalf of the late workmen of Mr . Kendall , and the " United Trades' Association for the Employment of Labour in Agriculture and Manufactures , " of which that sterling friend of the working man , T . S . Duncombe , Esq . M . P .. is President , for the immediate commencement of effective operations . A shop has been taken in Drury-Lanc , opposite Long

      Acre , which is in the close vicinity of Mr . Kendall ' s principal establishment ; lasts , leathers , & e ., have been purchased , and on Monday next all the parties who have so long been on strike , or rather thrown out of work by Mr . Kendall because they refused to leave the Trades' Union , will be at once put into full employment , and under , altogether , such auspicious circumstances , as promise a most successful issue to this great attempt of working men becoming their own employers . Editor , Cordwaisers' Companion . April , 24 .

      Parental Inhumanity. On Thursday Forenoo...

      PARENTAL INHUMANITY . On Thursday forenoon Mr . Wakley , M . P ., resumed and concluded an inquiry , on its third adjournment , in the vestry room of St . Thomas ' s Church , Bream ' s _buildings , Chancery-lane , touching the deaths of James Hitchcock , aged 11 , and Elizabeth Hitchcock , aged 7 years . Each of the previous inquiries occupied several hours , and tho case excited _considerable interest in the neighbourhood , i ' rom tiie circumstance that there were at first strong assumptions that the deceased children iiad been either starved to death or slowly poisoned by their father , James Hitchcock , and by their aunt on the mother ' s side , Anne Ayling _, with whom the former had cohabited subsequently to his wife ' s death , which t » ok place five years since , in Brownlow-street , Drury-laiie .

      liie _eviueucc pi uvea umi _. _tim _^ . _iinum a _;< . a aimuat suddenly on the evening of the 4 th instant , at their father ' s " residence , 17 , Church-buildings , Chancerylane . The boy died at a quarter past four o'clock , aud the girl at half-past nine , on tkat evening . The father was not present when tho boy died ; but when he came home , at eight o'clock , he was told of the event , and of the dying state in which the girl was lying . He sent for no medical man or other aid , but immediately went for an undertaker , to measure the boy for a coffin , to whom he mentioned the condition of his dying female child , saying ho did not think she would be alive when they got to his house , lie told the undertaker that the immediate cause of the girl's illness and boy ' s dcatli was their having eaten

      during the day some raw carrots . Ihe undertaker having measured the body of the boy , proceeded to measure the girl , as the aunt , tho pavamour of her father , said , an hour before the child ' s death . That statement very much surprised the coroner and jury , but thc undertaker contradicted it , swearing that when he measured the girl she was dead , and had just died . He did not judge of the alleged fact by touch , but by ocular inspection , which the coroner told him was a quite insufficient test . The children were both of most diminutive size and emaciated appearance , not having grown , it was stated , since

      their mother's death , five years ago , during which period they had b ' _.-en under the care of their aunt and their father . There was no direct evidence that the children had been starved or treated with fatal violence ; but there was evidence showing that they were always kept within doors , and not allowed to play in the court in which they lived with other children . Their emaciated and puny appearance contrasted strongly with the healthy and robust exterior of a child their father had had since his wife ' s death by his sister-in-law , Anne Ayling . It was also proved that latterly , though the children were evidently labouring under disease , they had no

      medical aid . Mr . Otlcy , surgeon , of Bedford-place , who , by direction of the coroner , had examined externally and internally the bodies of thc children , was of opinion ( not a decided one , it should be observed ) that they had died of congenital debility . lie found in the lungs of each disease of long standing ; but he found no traces of poison in the stomach or intestines of either . In them , however , he found the remains of food , animal and vegetable ; among which were portions of undigested raw carrot . The Coroner , in summing up , characterized the

      case ns one of tbe very worst that bad ever come before him with respect to tlie degree of parental inhumanity , carelessness , and cruelty which it exhibited . The testimony of the medical man would not warrant a verdict of " manslaughter , " but thejury in recording their finding might , if they thought proper , state their opinion of the conduct of tho father and aunt of the children in a manner which , it * they had the slightest spark of human feeling in their composition , would be a far worse punishment to them than recording a verdict which would not stand in law .

      1 he Jury deliberated for upwards of an hour , and then recorded as follows : — "We find that the two children , James and Elizabeth Hitchcock , died from debility of body , but what was the cause of that debility we have not sufficient evidence before us to prove . In returning this verdict , the jury cannot refrain from expressing their strongly confirmed opinion , that James Hitchcock , thc father of the said children , has grossly neglected the performance of the natural duties of a parent towards them ,

      especially in not obtaining medical aid for his daughter Elizabeth , at a time when he admitted he knew her to be dying ; and further , that Anne Ayling , the aunt of the said children ( with whom their father was living in a state of the most disgraceful concubinage ) , and who had taken upon herself thc cave of the said children in their father ' s absence , has been guilty of equally gross neglect in not seeking to procure for them that medical cave and treatment which it must have been perfectly evident to her their melancholy condition required . "

      The father and the aunt of the deceased children were , in their progress to and from the inquest room , surrounded by a body of police , who had some difficulty in preventing the crowd , chiefly composed oi women , from executing summary vengeance upon them .

      Dankuupts. [I'Vow The Gaztlle Of Friday, April 24. *

      DANKUUPTS . [ i'Vow the _Gaztlle of Friday , April 24 . *

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      Edward Clill ' ord , Minster , Kent , victualler—Philip Kieft , South-street , Mniicliestcr-squiiro , cheesemonger—William Chamberlain , Hast Dcrchniu _, Norfolk grocer—Tlioums Williams , Fenchurcli-street _, merchant—Thomas Klislia Deacon and Frederick Day , llemel Hempstead , Hertfordshire , brewers- —Robert Hone , Durham , grocer—Tlionius Jackson , _Salterluhble , Vorkshire _, worsted spinner—Thomas Iluckwot-th , _Nottingham , mercer—William Henry Wilson and _Iticlinrd Vausc _, _Kingston-ujion-llull , merchants — Benjamin lleiisluy _, Poolholm , Monmouthshire , ill-inter— James Ituttray , Manchester , commission agent— -William . Miller , Manchester , manufacturer ,

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      The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. ...

      THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . ' Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith * rc held every week on the following days and places : — SUNDAT EVENING . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o'clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at tho Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane- at half-past seven . — Somers Town : at Mr , Duddrege ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven . — Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row . Bethnai-grecn , at six o ' clock precisely ' . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —Marylebone ; at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at

      halfpast seven

      MONDAT EVENING . Camkrwcll : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely . _TUESDAr EVENING . Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , Blackhcathhill , at eight o ' clock . Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , from seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Leicester : The members and committee of the Co * operative Land Society meet at 8 7 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o'clock . Annley : The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet at the house of Mr . William Oates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gate , every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock .

      South _Losnos _Ciuims-r Hall , 15 , Blackfriars ' Road . —Mr . Edmund Stallwood will deliver a publie Lecture on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , subject " Death Punishments ; " at the close of the lecture Professor Whiiehoriie and Sons , the highly popular musical family , from the Music Halls . & c , have kindly given their services , and , accompanied by a numerous and efficient chorus , will sing the popular composition entitled " We're all born equal . " The lecture will commence at half-past seven o ' clock precisely .

      Chartists a . vd _I'jhb . ybs of _p reedom , support the South London Chartist llall . —A benefit in aid of the funds of the above hall will be held at the Royal Victoria Theatre , on Wednesday evening next , the 2 ! Hh April ; an excellent bill of fare , and a galaxy of talent are provided for the occasion . Tickets to be had of Mr . Gathard , Page ' s Walk , Bermondsey ; Mr . Dron _, Oakley-street , Lambeth , * at the South London and other Metropolitan Chartist Halls and places of meeting ; of Mr . Wheeler , at the Chartist Land office , 83 , Dean-street ; and at the Northern Star oflice . N . B . Admission by Tickets only will benefit the Hall .

      Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , Farringdonstrcet . —The public Discussion will be resumed at half-past ten o ' clock on Sunday ( to . morrov , _' ) . movnmg —in the afternoon , at three o ' clock , the Metropolitan District Council will meet for the dispatch of business—in the evening at seven o ' clock Mr . Walter Cooper will deliver a public Lecture , subject" Living Poets and their services to the cause of Human Freedom . " Ensuing Natioxal Chartist Convention . —Borough of Marylkbone . —A public meeting will be held at the Feathers' Tavern , Warren-street , Tottenham Court Road , on Monday evening nexr , 27 th April , for the purpose of electing a Representative for the Borough : chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . ExiLrs' Rkstoration Committee . —A meeting of

      the members of this body will be held on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , at the office of the Chartist Co-operative Lnnd Society , 83 , Dean-street , when all persons holding tickets for the late Soiree , orsubscription books , are requested to attend , _^ in order that a balauce sheet of the accounts may be published . A Tea Parts' and Soiree , in honour of Thomas Cooper , " the Chartist Poet , " will be held in the Hall , Turnagain Lane , Snow-hill , City , on Monday , May 4 th , being the first anniversary of his Liberation from Stafford Gaol ; Thomas Wakley , Esq ., M . P ., will take the chair , and several distinguished literary and political characters will attend . Tea on table at half-past five o ' clock , Tickets may be had at all the Chartist localities , nnd at the Northern Star office .

      Geokge whites Committee . —Ihe Committee that sat for George White when lie was in the Queen ' s Bench Prison , arc requested to meet at Mr . Drake ' s , the Standard of _Liberty , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , ou Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock . Those persons that do not settle their accounts will have their names _published in the Star as defaulters . A Special Meeting of the Eastern Philanthropic Emergency Society will be held on Sunday evening next , at Mr . Drake ' s , the Standard of Liberty , Brick lane , Spitalfields . The chair will be taken at eight o ' clock .

      _Tllu rnmi . uii . iu *> u . _tivyftAto .. ill _ui'u ( . iul . iw .. 4 II . _A * .. place of meeting , No . 20 , Great Windmill-street , Ilaymnrket , on Monday evening , April 27 th , at seven o ' clock precisely . Cards of membership are now ready . Brunswick Haix , _Ropemaker's-fields , Limehouse , —On Tuesday evening , April 2 Sth , a lecture will be delivered by Mr . Frazer , on the Genius and writings of Mr . Thomas Cooper , the " Chartist- Poet ; " chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely by J . Shaw . Admission free .

      _Toweh Hamlets . _—fhe friends ofthe _Wittington and Cat locality , National Charter Association , intend giving a ball and concert to Mr . Thomas Mills for his services in the cause , at the Wittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , on Tuesday evening , April thc 28 th . Tickets may be had of the following persons * . —Mr . Randall " , Church-row , Bethnal-green * Brass Founders' Arms Locality ; Mr . Slater , 3 , Christopher-street , Friar _' s-mount ; Mr . Luke King , 10 , George-gardens , Bethnal-green ; Mr . Buck , sen ., 7 , New Montague-street , Spitaltield ; and at the above house . An adjourned discussion will be held at the Wittington and Cat , Church-row-Bethnal-green , on Sunday evening at eight o ' clock precisely . Subject : *• The probable results of the first location of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . "

      Hammersmith . —Uie Land ! The Land !! The Land !!!—A public meeting in support of the Hammersmith District ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society , will be held at thc Tompernnce Hall , Bridge Road , on Wednesday evening , 29 th April ; Mr . George Richardson , one ef the allo'tees on the first estate will take the chair . Mr . Christopher Doyle , and others will attend and address the meeting . Chair to be taken at half-past seven precisely . Cauuekwkll and _Walwom-h . —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , April the 27 th , at eight o ' clock , precisely . Bristol . —Young Men ' s Charter Association . The sixth anniversary of the above association , will be celebrated by a social tea meeting , on Monday , April 27 th , at six o ' clock , at 102 , Temple-street . Double ticket , ls . Ud . ; single ticket , ls .

      Mat Ilounible Atrocity.—It Falls To Our Lot To Relate The Particulars Of Two Of The Most Brutal Cases Of

      mat ilouniBLE Atrocity . —It falls to our lot to relate the particulars of two of the most brutal cases of

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      rape , pernaps ever occurred in tins country , wmen were perpetrated , on Sunday evening last , at a place called Knipc Scar , a lone and extensive moor , lying between the village of Hackthorpe and Bampton Grange , in Westmoreland , on the persons of Miss _Eiizalieth Dover , _af-ed thirty-two years , and her sister Jane , of the age of seventeen years , bv four labourers , who were working on the Lancaster aud Carlisle Railway , near Strickland , named John Smith , William Smith , Jack Glomester _, and T . Gunner , who have made their escape . It appears that the mother and brother of these unfortunate

      women carry on a large farm , called the Scarside , near which thero is not another dwelling for nearly a mile ; and the Misses Dover live with them . On Sunday last , another sister , who lives at _UackUiovpchall , was on a visit to her mother and family at Scarsidc-larm , and on her return home in thc evening , her sisters Elizabeth and Jane accompanied her over the greater part of the moor , and on their return , about a half-a-milc from homo , they were met oa the moor by the two Smiths , Gloucester , and Gunner , who all four commenced most brutal assaults upon them , by kicking and beating them in a most barbarous manner ; indeed , one ofthe Smiths knocked a tooth out of the head of Jane , and their bonnets and clothes were all torn and tattered to ¦ icces , Having done _* o , they threw the two _delenceh-sssisU-rs down on the ground , near the cart-tract , fur there is no id

      regular _-a-on thc moor , when each of thc ruffians repeatedly violated their persons . At last , however , their lust became satiated and they let Jane go , who . for some time lay iu n state of great exhaustion , and , on coming round , managed with great difficulty to reach home , leaving her sister in thc hands ol the i ° . ; ' llai _* is - 0 » _Setting home she _presetted a most frightful spectacle , and having told what had happened , her brother Matthew immediiiteiv mounted his horse and galloped off iu search of ' his sist . ee Elizabeth , but thc villains , no doubt , 011 hearing the clattering ol the horse ' s feet , had decamped . On coming to thnt part of the moor where he expected to have found her he was disappointed in doing so , for he had galloped too for , aud on retracing his steps he at last found her lying on the giouml unable to got up , and presenting a most horrid and

      heartrending sight . With great difficulty he succeeded in getting her home , about ten o ' clock at night ; it was before eight o ' clock when the villains first attacked them . Tho four villains , on leaving their victims , proceeded to their lodgings at where they remained some time morning they absconded . The directions in search of them , but ( Thursdav evening ) they have not The respectability of thc Misses mity of the crimes have given rise nicnt nnd execration ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 25, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25041846/page/5/