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      THE COKDUCT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXAMINED . _HBCESSITr OF TEE INSTITUTION _BEISG PLACE ]] OS A FIB , 3 . ASD EQUITABLE BASIS , Jelotr will he found a letter from Mr . Wm . Ratcliffe , the Corresponding Secretary of the Manchester Unify of Odd Fellows , in reply to some strictures on his condact that hare appeared in the pages o . thjsjonmal .

      That letter we most freely insert . Had Mr . Batcliffe written soozier , lie would have found the same readiness . As soon as his conduct was animadverted on in onr pages , that moment were tliey open to both , him and his fiiends to set Mmseli right . "We state this at the outset cf tliese remarks - lecause Mr . _Ashdowjt , in a letter Gf his we inserted the other week , told a story of some paper charging tliree guineas for the insertion ofa letter from Mr « Ratcliffb . denying certain allegations it _Jad circulated respecting him . Mr . Ashdowx did not state what paper it was that had acted in so scoundrelly a manner ; and we wish it to be understood tbat such is not our mode of dealing with the

      parties public duty brings us in collision with . We also beg to assure Mr . _IUtcjuefs that , to secure insertion for his letter , it was not necessary for Mm to order "forty copies of the paper . " If we had imagined that he did this with any such view , we should have declined the letter altogether : hut as Mr . RaicMFFE truly states , " . a great portion ofthe members of thc Manchester Unity are subscribers to the Star "; and as ifc is likely that he wishes his statement to have a more extended circulation than our usual one will give him , we send Mm the papers , _accompanying his statement with these observations : so that those friends he may send to will not only learn his views to some extent , hut ours also . -

      Of our _ownlnaowledge we are aide to say that for years it has been a matter of dissatisfaction and contest in thc Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows— -the _MONOPOLY of power and influence and patronage which thc members of the Manchester District claimed , and which , hy one means and another , t ] _jCJ contrived to exercise . Out of the members of that -district alone were all the head officers ofthe society chosen . None else could be appointed . All the patronage was also confined to Manchester ; and there is more than reason to believe that favouritism and even worse , in the giving and executing of ** orders for goods , " prevailed . We know that there

      were several " set attempts to break into this state of _things , by sending deputies in considerable nnmlers from other districts to the A . M . G . All this we arc fiec to admit ; and to admit likewise that it is possible , nay even probable , that considerable soreness will be felt by those who were disturbed by thc change wliich opened theDirectoiy to other districts * and if Mr . Ratcliffe was instrumental in bringing about that change , or in looking sharp after the " suppliers of goods , " who had before time been allowed to send in any sort of trash , there is little doubt but that he would become an objectcf "friendship y _ioye , and truth / ' to the parties removed from the

      koncy-pot . All this we freely grant to Mr . Ratcliffe ; but still it does not explain , nor meet , nor settle , _ilf'rml questions at issue . It is very well for Mr . ItrrcuFFE to show that he has g iven cause for mortal offence to corrupt tradesmen and inti _* i guing officials ; it ball well , too , for Mr . R & _tcuffe to try to carry the war into the enemy ' s camp , and put his supposed assailants on their defence for what THEY did when they had power ; this game is all very well in its way , and when adroitly managed by a clever man , often diverts attention from the real matter of _dilute , aud sets inquiry on a false scent . We sav this sort of game is all very well : but it does

      not satisfy US _: We do not see in it any justification fcrthe "suspensions " of the Iludderafield , the Manchester , the Liverpool , and thc Eccles districts . Wc do not see in it any justification of the alleged fact fhat £ SG , 55 i have gone into thc pockets of men belonging the Order , during thc last seven years , who have been at once DItlECTORS and tradesmen , nor do we see in it any justification of the principle that would allow of such a proceeding in any soeiety . We do not see in it anv justification of the present system of

      _represcataiion in the Order , which places it in tlie power of lhe Executive to pack the A . M . 0 . with its creatures ; and thus secure the introduction and rejection of such measures as it may have prc-dclerluiued on , under the guise of popular consent and popular _controul . We do not see , wc say , in the course Mv , _Ivatcufte has takenin his letter anyjusti / ft »«« ii for these things : and THESE are to our iiiluils ihe matters that concern the Odd Fellows at lnr-e ; at all events more than whether Mr . Ratcliffe las been evilly-spoken of by parties whom Ite has _tilci-Jcd . To those matters we intend to devote a

      few observations . First as to the suspensions . This is a question of mighty import . If the Directors of thc Odd Fellows ' Institution have the power , oftheir own will and accord , to " _sv-sjicnd" any member , or lodge , or district , u » m ziic _Ircnents _wlticli _tltey have purchased , it is a -MONSTROUS TYRANNY—a tyranny which thc law of thc land ought at once to put down . What a man enter a sick and burial Benefit Society , —and the Odd Fellows ' confederation , notwithstanding its high sounding name , is little more than this ; a man enter such a society : pay to it for twenty or thirty long years , in the hope that when sickness overtakes

      hhn , he may have the means of sustenance without straitening his friends or having to apply to the parish ; and in the hope that when death overtakes him , his children or his _fricnd-3 will have thc means of interring him decently , and providing suitable mourning for his nearest relatives : a man enter a society such as this , and pay regularly to it for a long lifetime , often stinting himself of the very necessaries of life "to pay his lodge , " as thousands have had to do ; a man to do all this for suck an object , —and be subject to be " suspended "

      from the benefits he has paid ron , PURCHASED , wiih his own hard earnings : " suspended" too , at He mere will and pleasure of a _Board of Directors ' Talk of injustice or tyranny iu the laud of the Moguls—let them match tltat if they can ! No matter how your Directors are chosen : no matter whether your choice be confined to ihe Manchester district , or you have the "high _privilege'' of having one from Bristol : no matter all this , if sueh a power is given to yonr Directory , _Zioiu { - _ritosen , it is an exexdukable _inusxr , and a _Jr-md on those who have entrusted vou with their

      jn oaies . Aud then again : if the laws ofthe order confer no such power ; if thc Directors are not entrusted wilh it ; if it be not "in the books , " and they should assume it , and presume to use it , what name shall we designate the act bv ? If it would be an UNEXBLRAHLE _TTRANNT even if conferred by law , what would it be if exercised _witliout taw ? Itwould _l-e double distilled DESPOTISM , of thc worst _charaetn . Does this apply fo Afr . Ratcuffe and lis coadjutors I This is Vie venj question in dispute ; and to this question _ilr . Ratcuffe had better apply himself , how that he has somewhat cleared Ms ground , by _ntonmg ( not disproving ) on personal matters .

      1 M _f _^ fake the nndderefieM ca - _* e- At the last - - -C . but one , a resolution was passed empowering ; Loai _? _OfDireetors to call on the different lodges _* r certain information . In the course of the year - * Oirectors made their " call "—but made it in otltcr _»« Jar more extended terms than the resolution itself , not _^ embraccd matters whieh the resolution " eaJ _^ e y or seem even to contemplate . This ¦ with -n nudJersfie 1 ' < -istrict declined to comply reso ' nr J i { i s two _gw-mtls : first > _tbat the « . _»» V ? a a { sdf was illegal , inasmuch as there is a

      fom ] . _^^ _Pwwdrathat aR " propositions " _diffl _n at tte A _' _* - sha 11 •» circulated in the rent lod ges prior to the assembling of the body ; _« s-i . _^ mueh as the resolution that passed was _^ _' [ " y _Afferent , and for a far _digcrcat _OOjecttBAD _•^ _eono _!? ' _*' " on " wMch lt was _folded : and , _™» _T , _becaugg the „ itgdf wag nofc eyen h «» tiS V the meS _^ resolution thus me _^^ Sroimd i ' tWs _^ eTCnts _» was ten i _? tie * ft , ' 5 _raselcariv an-atterof / arf . Eiiharibe ( jHt _wT _tte Huddersfield member * , took was right fta _? 7 r _^ ' _^ Whether ° r wrong , it is clear taking the stand they did , they were con-

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      tending for the true interests of the Orvler : for he is a bad member of any society who does not resist eveiy illegality , by whomsoever attempted . The toleration ofa setting aside of law on one occasion" is very soon made a precedent—and the society becomes a mass of disorder and lawlessness . If wrong . _itkascleai- _. tliattheHuddersfieldmemberscouldliave been set right . The / acts would be a sufficient answer to them . It is also as clear that , wiih their conception of the matter , they could not comply with , the " call , " nor act otherwise than as they did , until their scruples were satisfied ; and what did Mr , Ratcliffe and his confederates do to meet those scruples ? Did they reason with the men who had shewn

      suck a desire to maintain the laws of the Order intact , and sustain the valued privileges of lodges and members ? No . They " suspended " them ! They interdicted them from benefits ! They placed in abeyance the rights these members lutdpaid for . They denied those rights in every instance where they had power . "Relief on tramp " was one of the rights these men had bought . This was denied . A sentence of " suspension" is equal to a sentence of excommunication , while it is iu existence . And this was the answer that Mr . Ratcliffe gave to the Huddersfield members , because tliey declined compliance with what they conceived to be an illegal order , founded on an illegal resolution , illegally passed ! -

      Then take the Manchester case . The Board of Directors had arranged a new scale of payments , to corns into operation in January next . This step is one tliat deeply concerns the whole order . It is a change : and a material change too , in the mode of conducting their business . It moreover introduces a nctv principle into the management of the institution . Hitherto many matters of detail have been left to the lodges themselves , it only being required of them that they conformed to the general laws , and paid their quota of general expenses . Amongst other things , the rate of lodge contributions and lodge benefits were left to ba determined on by the parties

      themselves—it being held that each lodge would best know its own requirements , and how to arrange to meet them . The new scale breaks down this principle of independent action . It provides , that for such and sucli benefits yon must pay after sueh and sueh rates . There is in it the principle of centralisation , in opposition to the principle of independence of control . It was natural that such a step would excite remark , at the very least . It did more ; and not to be wondered at . It excited niscnssiox . Some parties contended that itwas a step not at all needed , or at all warranted by thc facts of the case . Others contended that it would

      prove to be highly advantageous ; that it wonld place the Order on a firmer basis than it had hitherto occupied ; that it would effectually _^ prev ent those lamentable failures of lodges from want of means to fulfil their engagements which they had often had to witness ; and others again contended that it was part ofa deep laid scheme to get possessed of centralism ) power , and eventually a control over all the funds of the society . In this state of mind , a meeting of the members oftlie Manchester District was called , to consider the subjeet . We opine that such a course was perfectly fair . Wc opine that Mr . Ratcliffe and his coadjutors have not yet gone the length o f denyhg to the members of the Order thc right of

      forming opinions for themselves , and of expressing those opinions too , if they think fit . Surely we have not yet got thc powers of the Inquisitors of Spain , as well as thc despotic assumptions of the ( once ) Dcy of Algiers " cextralised" in the Order of Odd Fellows' And yet it is difficult to account for the conduct of Mr . W . Ratcliffe on any other ground . Because this meeting , to discuss a matter which concerned them , was held ; and because five certain individuals attended it , —( all five did not take part —only attended it ); BECAUSE they did this , they were " suspended" hy Mr . Ratcliffe , mutter defiance of tlie laws of tlie Order , whicli provide certain modes of TRIAL after due notice to the

      accused . ' But we have not seen the whole of this most monstrous case yet . The five individuals were thus "suspended "—thus deprived of rights and benefits which they Lad purchased and paid for—and that too without any act of forfeiture or defeasance on their part . In a few days after this most scandalous act , a meeting ofthe Manchester District Committee was held . On that committee there were _f'coof the "suspended" members , who had been appointed before sueh alleged " suspension" had taken place . Onthe " G . M . "—( whathighsoundingnameswehave —like children , " pleased with a rattle , tickled with a

      straw '")—of the Order objecting to these two individuals retaining their seats , thc rest of the committee desired to know by _tvhat authority they had been " suspended * " and they also desired to have proof of the fact . On this a slip of paper was produced , being merely a note from Mr . Ratcliffe to the Secretary of the District , intimating that such a " suspension" had taken place : but it not being an official document , containing the order of thc Board of Directors , sealed with their seal , the committee properly refused to recognise the illegal and monstrous assumption of power on tho part of

      the Grand —{ MONKEY we were going to write , but ) —MASTER we mean , and his colleagues . For this act ; for deciding to abide by law ; for setting their face against usurped authority and flagrant injustice , nay , downright ROB BERT —( for tliese five men were by the sentence of " suspension " , without TRIAL , robbed of the benefits they had paid for !)—for thus acting , the whole of the Manchester district was " suspended" by William Ratcliffe and his comrades , in the same illegel manner as the Huddersfield district and the five attenders at a public meeting were "suspended" !

      But we have not yet seen the worst of it . Bad enough in all conscience the case is already ; almost beyond the possibility of being added to in infamy and shame : but as in the lowest depths of wrong " there is a deeper still " , that deeper plunge the Board of Directors have contrived io take , A number of members in the Liverpool District , astounded at what was going on , alarmed lor the existence of the Order , if its rights and privileges depended on such a slender thread , ventured to ask the " Grand MASTER "—( we thought there had been no meandig in the name—but it seems the office-bearer is determined to show that tliere is !); they ventured to ask the Board on ivhat law they grounded their numerous suspensions . " For so ASKING THEY TOO WERE " SUSPENDED" \!! Now , match that out of Turkey if you can I

      In our opinion Mr . Ratcliffe would have been quite as well employed in showing that the Board , of which he is the "busy spirit , " wer justified by law in acting in the strange manner just narrated , as in writing the letter which we publish below . But this poiM we observe the Board of Directors and their apologists invariably shirk . Never do we find them tackling it . We invite them to it . Wc invite them to show that the y have law for what tltey have done . Let us see the law ; and then we will express our opinion both of it and its makers , and do our best to get it consigned to the place where all such laws should be sent —thc Devil ' s kitchen fire . Again we ask them to

      show us tliis law ; and , failing that , we invite them to defend and justify this acts ! We offer our columns to them , free of expense . We care not who the ' champion is ; the " Grand Moxkev _, "— ( whatever is it that vfc have seen that continually suggests that animal to the mind , when the title " Grand" is used ?« 0 , we remember : " a most noble Grand , " dressed out in cap and red cloak , and furbelows , all like the dancing monkeys of the streets ); we say we care not whether ihe champion be the G . M . of the Order , Mr . _Ratcufpe , Mr . Ashdown , or Mr . Any-bodyelse . Let any one defendants justify the acts . we hate narrated , and we will do our utmost to get lum

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      the situation of " operator with the bow-string" to the " grand" Turk ; for it is clear that England ' air is not fit for him ! This matter we shall return to on another occasion , and show the Odd Fellows generally what they ought to do to make their institution safe , stable , consistent , democratic , and efficient , throughout all its ramifications _. ea ch having his share of properly derived power , and no one having more than his share , with everj' necessary check upon its exercise , that power may not degenerate into tyranny . Wc shall show

      them that it will be their interest to mite all in one bond of true brotherhood ; . to act in reference to the past , on the principle of bearing with , and forbearing with each other , and of Jetting " byegones be byegones . " To those who havo been " suspended " we shall endeavour to show reasons why they should not form a new confederation to exist distinct from the old one : for they have r . _ionis and benefits paid for in the old one , which they _fought not to be deprived of either by the acts of others or by inconsiderateness of their own . We will shortly return to

      the subject ; and shall have something more to say on the clap-trap of the following letter . . TO THE EDITOR o ¥ THE NOBTHEBN STAR . Sir , —I have oflate been much amused with the remarks of several of your correspondents , but more particularly with those of an " Old Odd Fellow , " which have at different times appeared inthe columns of the Northern Star . I have , therefore , taken the liberty of addressing you upon the present occasion , and found my claim to your notice upon the following grounds : —

      That a great portion of the members of the Manchester Unity are subscribers to your paper , and as you have allowed the insertion of anonymous correspondence reflecting upon my private character , " it is only justice to myself thatyou should afford me the privilege of answering and refuting the charges that liave from time to time appeared in your paper , so that from the two statements those who arc disinterested will be able to arrive at a proper conclusion ' . I have now been officially connected , as secretary , with the Manchester Unity of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows nearly eight years , and , during the whole of that time , although our society numbered upwards of 250 , 000 individuals , no complaint has ever yet been preferred against me , but invariably , when called upon to give an account of my stewardship to those who had appointed me to conduct their affairs , and watch over tlieir interests , resolutions

      similar to the following hare been recorded , and by gentlemen who were appointed upon thc most democratic principles to represent the whole of thc members throughout England , Scotland , and Wales : — " In conclusion , we have to say that , during the arduous duties we have been here called upon to perform , in going through papers documents , and accounts , amounting to a sum bordering close upon £ 20 , 000 , we were most ably , aiid in a gentleman-like manner , assisted through any apparent difficulties by C . S . Ratcliffe , and tbat his urbanity of manner calls for our unqualified praise and esteem ; and wo respectfully beg leave to submit the same through you to the Order in general , with the assurance that the accounts arc kept in his usual clear style , which has , at all times so materially lightened the duties of the auditors , and for which the best thanks of the Order are due to bim . "

      Now , during the time that I have fulfilled the duties of secretary to the society , no less a sum than £ 150 , 000 has passed through iny hands , and I leave the members to draw their own conclusions , from the various reports of the auditors , as to the manner in which the trust reposed in me lias been performed . I can here place myself in a position which very few individuals under similar circumstances can do , viz , that after having paid-to the different tradesmen connected with the Order during the last seven years upwards of £ 70 , 000 , I never in the whole of that time received , either directly or indirectly , in the shape of perquisites or otherwise , the value of one shilling . When the members of thc Order at a distance read such statements as these , and find that the duties of secretary have been so satisfactorily performed , no doubt thev are at a loss why anonymous

      correspondents should be found _villifymg my character , when they have had ( if they had the moral courage to have done so ) so many opportunities of bi'ii'j _* ing my conduct , before those from whom I received my appointment . iS ' ow , there is a cause , which I shall endeavour to explain ; so that for the future our members may be able to put a proper construction upon the motives of parties . it is well known that , when I was first appointed to the oih ' ce of corresponding secretary of the Manchester Unity , I was not a member ofthe Manchester district ; and , from thc date of my appointment up to the present day , a great _porlion of thc men who were formerly members of the Manchester district , have resorted to the most despicable means to injure me in the estimation of those who have hitherto reposed in me tlieir unbounded confidence , and warmly expressed their admiration at the manner in which 1 have invariably performed the duties imposed upon

      nie . Their hatred to me lias arisen from the circumstance of my having exerted myself to remove from the Order that monopoly , corruption , and systematic plundering which was carried on previous to my taking ofiicc ; and because I have been instrumental in , and , to a certain extent , the cause of the removal of the abuses that existed , thus trampling upon the privileges and immunities so long exclusively enjoved by the members of thc Manchester district , they are determined to wreak tlieir vengeance upon me ; and have registered a vow that they will leave no stone unturned until they have accomplished their object , and destroyed that confidence which I have hitherto possessed . The length of time it will take them to acconinlish this has yet to be ascertained .

      Previous to the year 1810 At the present time any the members of the Man- member of tbe Order , where-Chester district enjoyed the ever he may reside , lias the exclusive privilege of sup- privilege of sending in esplying the Order with goods , timates for goods , and on reference to the quarterly reports , it will be found that the estimates fom members residing in Leeds , Oldham , North Shields , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Belfast , and other

      places , have been accepted . That the privilege of dis- The estimates are now tvibutilig the estimates was _submitted to a disinterested vested in the directors , who tribunal , appointed from _vrere self-elected from a- amongst tbe deputies who mongst the members of the attend lhe A . 11 . ft , and Manchester district . who decide upon the same to the best of their judgment , without any reference as to where the party estimates may reside .

      That , previous to theyear Since Ihe year 1314 the 1814 , the whole of thc dircc- directors bave been elected tors were appointed from from the members in the amongst the members of different districts , and intheJlaiiehestei' district , and stead of Manchester monoif a party were a T . 6 . it polising the whole , they was considered sufficient , have been fairly distributed aud be was at once elected , throughout the unity , and without any reference to his talent and ability have been character or abilities . their passports to office . Previous to the year 1844 The general funds of the the whole of the funds of the Order are now invested in Order were vested in the trustees from Manchester , members of the Manchester Stockport , London , and Bitdistrict . mingham ; and if this had not been the case , now that Manchester has seceded , what would have become of those funds *

      For the above-named alterations I have incurred deadly hatred , but more particularly for my having detected twelve of the past officers and members ol thc Manchester district in attempting to defraud the Order , by sending iu goods of an inferior description to those for wliich they contracted : and the consequence has been that those individuals have been lor ever prevented from supplying the Order with an * y more goods , and , being defeated , baffled , and disgraced in their attempts to plunder the Society , then rage knows no hounds . Hence their determined hostility to the humble individual who only performco the duty imposed upon him by the members of tht Order at large , and for which he has " received then unanimous thanks .

      I now come to a portion of your correspondent ' s letter , wherein he states that I " was at Neivlon races , with a roll of notes , betting with every one around tne . " I would not have noticed such " an unmitigated lie , " had it not been that by my silence the veracity of Mr . Ashdown might have been impeached by those who have not the honour ot his acquaintance . I , therefore , place _myself in Mr . Asbdown ' s position , and beg leave to inform the "Old Odd Fellow" that I was at Newton races ; but as for having at any time a roll of notes in my hand , or betting with everyone around me , I can only Bay that it is another of those gross falsehoods , wliich , in his own neighbourhood , it is well known he is so perfect in . les , the " Old Odd Fellow " is well _JuOflro , and were he only to put his name to his cor-

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      respondence , his own personal acquaintance would immediately declare that he was unworthy of belief . Now , relative to my being at Newton races—was it a crime ? If so , I am afraid the ¦ " Old Odd Fellow " is very often guilty of the same offence when his means will afford . I do not deny being at Newton races , and by the resolution of the Bradford A . M . C . am not prevented from attending such places if I think proper . If betting on horse racing , be a crime , it is most singular that the very individuals who condemn it , are those who practise it the most ; for it is well known that more than one half of those _ivho were formerly members of the Manchester district are gamblers on horse racing . The "Old Odd Fellow" says I was at Liveipool , and anneals to Mr . i

      Dickinson , There is no occasion to appeal to Mr , Dickinson . Why not at once have referred to Mr . Roberts , the pseudo G . M . of those who have been suspended in the Manchester district , who was at Liverpool races . B y-the-bye , it is somewhat singular that the first bet I ever had on a horse race was made at the instigation of Mr . Hardy , the pseudo secretary to the "National Independent Odd Fellows" in Manchester . Now , these individuals can with impunity attend any race they like , and swagger and bet as they think proper , but if an humbJe individual like myself is only seen passing a place at the time the _' races are held , the dogs are unloosed , and all the abusive language they are master of is heaped upon him .

      In conclusion , I have one word for the " Old Odd Fellow "—those ivho live in glass houses should not throw stones . Instead , for the future , of attempting to traduce my character , it wonld-ho much better if he would explain to the Order the reason why the G . M . and Board of Directors ( wfro atthe time were appointed exclusively from the Manchester district ) unanimously passed * a resolution that he should be kicked out of the directory ; and * ulso the circumstances under which I detected him defrauding the Order . These explanations would be information for the members , and might serve as a _beaewi and warning to all , that" honesty is the bestpoEey . " Trusting you will excuse this lengthy _ipisfcle , I remain your obedient servant , WlLUAM HaTSIIFFE , Corresponding Secretary to the Manchester Unity of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows . 8 , Aytoun-street , Manchester .

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      GERMANY . Agitation is on the increase throughout Prussia , turn-outs * "and disturbances are now of almost _ilaily occurrence . A letter from Berlin of the 30 th ult ., states that reports were in circulation of disturbances _, having taken placo at Konigsberg , in whicli the townspeople had tho advantage ; but it does not appeal * what was the cause ofthe disturbance . The Manheim Gazette states that , in the afternoon oi August 29 , the public tranquillity was disturbed in a strange way at Heidelberg . Some individuals suddenly collected on the Ludwigs Platz , and , placing themselves near the Museum , fired several shots . They then withdrew as quickly as they had come , and when the police arrived every ono had disappeared . The Universal German Gazette states that a

      meeting of the Protestant Friends , was to have taken place on thc premises ofthe German Resource _, on the evening of August 2 _t , and some hundreds ol persons presented themselves , when thepoliccprevented their entering , declaring that meetings of tin Friends of Light wove forbidden . The persons who had assembled then repaired to a garden , and several speeches were delivered . A member proposed tinseparation of the old Protestant Church , and its accession to thc German Catholic movement , but _tliiproposal was not generall y approved of . It WHS agreed to address the proposal to the King direct , with an open declaration . A committee of seven members was appointed to draw up the declaration . Thc meeting broke up at eight o ' clock in perfect order . The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from

      Brunswick , of the 3 rd inst ., which states that , for the three preceding evenings serious quarrels had arisen between the soldiers of the guard and some ot thc working classes of the town , particularly the journeymen shoemakers . Some - dispute having arisen , it appears , at first between a workman and a soldier , the latter drew hissidc-arins on his adversary . Tlic crowd resented this attack , and the quarrel became general . A number of persons were wounded on both sides , but only one case was known in whicli a mortal injury had been received . The police interfered but slightly tlic two first evenings ; but on the third , when the disturbances became serious , they obtained tlic assistance of a body of troops , and stopped all further quarrel . The town was iu a state of _jjreat agitation when the post left .

      From Leipsic we have information to the date of the 1 st inst . The town enjoys tranquillity in appearance , but there is considerable agitation in flic public mind . Some apprehensions exist that _disturbances may break out on September 4 th , the anniversary of the festival of thc constitution . The commission of inquiry is pursuing its researches , but il is not yet known who gave orders to the troops to fire on the people . The report of the commission is looked for witli some impatience . The circular ol the Minister of the Interior , on popular assemblies , has excited much discontent . It was at Stolzenfuh that the King of Prussia agreed with the German Princes on the representations of Prince Mctteruich , that energetic measures ought to be taken against innovators and political assemblies , as tolerating them longer might be attended with dangerous

      consequences . Thus far our information is derived from thc London daily papers ; very questionable sources of information in all that concerns the march of free principles , and the struggles of the proletarian order for their social and political rights . The London daily papers inform this country something of thc agitations on religious questions , and occasionally give publicity to the complaints of thc Prussian middle class at their being choused out of thc long promised constitution by their pious King ; but beyond this our daily papers are " dumb dous . " They give us no information of that mighty working men ' s movement , which having for its object the destruction of class tyranny and social mastershi p , as well as the overthrow of political privilege , inscribes on its banners— "Democracy , Communism . " Ofthis

      party growing iii strength as fast as intelligence advances , and destined to ultimately ( and soon wc hope ) change the entire existing order of things in Germany , we hear nothinpjfrom our " bestpossible public instructors . " To supply , then , the information which so much concerns . the class for whom the _AWtacm Star exists , wc have made arrangements with a trustworthy and zealous German patriot to provide for tliis paper a faithful account of passing events , together with true and correct expositions of the principles and aims of thc several political parties in Germany , more especially the party of the only true reformers—the Democratic Communists . The first of our correspondent's letters we here give ; our readers will find in it much valuable information as to the state of things in Saxony , Prussia , and Germany generally .

      THE I ATE BUTCHERY AT LEIPSIC—THE GERMAN _WOUK 1 XG MEX'S MOVEMENT . ( From our own Correspondent . ) The massacre at Leipsic , which you commented on in your last number ,, and of which you gave a more detailed account some weeks ago , is continuing to _occupy ihe attention of the GcYinan papots . this massacre , — surpassed in infamy by that of l _' eterloo only , —is by far the most villanous act of scoundrclism that military despotism ever devised in this country . "When the people were shouting , " Ronge for ever ! down with popery 1 " Prince John of Saxony , who , by-the-bye , is another of our many rhyming and book-writing princes , having published a very bad translation of the Italian poet Dante ' s " _llcU , " this " \\« i \* sW * translator tried to add military jlory to his literary fame by planning a most dastardly

      campaigu against the unarmed masses . He ordered the battalion of rifles , called in by the authorities , to divide into several detachments and to block up the passages to tbe hotel in which his literary " royal highness" had taken up bis quarters . The soldiers obeyed , and pressed the people by enclosing them iu a narrow circle , and advancing upon them into the gateway of the hotel ; and lVom this unavoidable entering of thc people into tllC sacred gateway of tlic royal residence , brought on by thc military acting under Prince John ' s orders ; from this very circumstance the pretext was taken to fire upon tlupeople ; by this very circumstance the firing has been tried to _hejustiBedby the Government papers ! Nor is this all ; thepeople were taken _bctivegn the several detachments , and the plan of his royal highness was executed

      i . y a cross fire upon the defenceless masses ; wherever they turned they met with a repeated volley from thc rifles , and had not the soldiers , more humaue than Prince John , fired mostly over the lteads of the people , the Slaughter _WOUld have been terrible . The indignation created hy this piece of scoundrelism is general ; the most loyal subjects , the warmest supporters of the present order of things share in it , and pronounce thenutter disgust at such proceedings . The affair will do a great deal of good in Saxony , a part of Germany that before aU others , has always evinced an inclination for talking , and where action was sadly wanted . The Saxons , _wltl . their little constitutional government , their talklnp houses of parliament , their liberal deputies , liberal and enlightened parsons , ic ., were , in Northern Germany , the

      Germany. Agitation Is On The Increase Th...

      TIIE TEN nOUBS BILL . MANCHESTEB , WEPNESDAT . . Last nig ht another meeting of the Lancashire Central Short Time Committee was held at the Red Lion Inn , _London-road , in this town . The chairman of the committee ( Mr . P . Margraves ) presided _ub usual . There were twelve members of the committee present . The Ciuibman in opening the proceedings ordered tlie secretary to read the accounts to the com mittee , from which it appeared that during the last six montlis £ 153 Us . Cd . had been collccted ' from factory workers alone , £ 122 of which had been expended , leaving a balance of £ 3114 s . Cd . in the . hands ofthe treasurers . The whole of the expenses were incurred in propagating the opinions of the committee , not ono _shUling having been paid for salaries to agents , ic . In the course of the present year the report stated that upwards of 50 , 000 tracts and circulars had been distributed amongst members of Parliament , clergymen , master manufacturers , ic , In the

      Germany. Agitation Is On The Increase Th...

      same time about I _. _iuO-petitions in fixx 6 ur ot the Tea Hours BiU had been sent to ' members of Parliaineut for presentation _. The whole of the accounts were unanimously adopted , after wliich the ordinary _busineas of the committee was proceeded with . The Chairman , amongst other matters , called the at . tcntiori oftlie committee to a correspondence which had - 2 recently taken place between them and-Mr . Henry Ashworth , of Turton , who , he said , was the recognised _rsprosentativo of the masters . For some time ' past tke committee had indulged a hope that a satisfactory sfttfle- ' ; ment of the question could be effected in the next session of Parliament , without much opposition , believing tha * V

      a very large number of millowners were now favourable to the principle of short timo . With this view , the secretary was instructed to write to Jir . Ashworth , in accord- ' mice Willi a previous resolution , and on the 2 "th of An- j * I gust the followin g note was sent off : — - . ' _" ' _N _, Sin , —I am requested by the Central Short Time Com * _^* _m-ttee to ask you to convene a meeting of tbe master _^ manufacturers of Lancashire to meet a desntntioH from this and ths district short time committees , ioT file purpose o . " agreeing , if possible , on tho draught' * f a bill to reduce t . be hours of working to ten lioui's a day . Should you consent to call such a meeting , the comm _^ _tee will feel obliged " by your giving them a ! least ten _dayr" notice to enable them to communicate _vtifh the districts , I am , Sir , your obedient ! servant ,

      II , _Sbeen , _SecreSli'y _* Nov ? , this letter the committee _thougfr _*) not only _resjiect _. ful b . W conciliatery ; and thoy \ v 6 fts _a * d still are , ' _pre- j pared l _^ meet their employers to discn _? s _,. aiid if- possible * ¦ _* *! settle , Hi * whole question , and thereby put an end to- anv _agitation which is uot only disagreeable-to themselves " and llio « _3-wiiom tbey represent , but a fax upon thehc energies w & ieh might be devoted to other purposes :-Judge , _theal-of their surprise on Uic receipt of thc foV lowitignotelVom _^ Ir . _AshworJB 5—' - : \ Turton , 8 mo _.-28 , 1845 . \ To LT . Green ,- Secretary of thc Central Sliort ' Aims Com- -. miltec- « " -

      I have thy no ™ of yesterday reipiesting ; me to convene a meeting of the master maiiufastarers of LancMliire to _mesi * a deputation * from the Short Time Coiiiinitt _* n » , for the ptirpose of _ag-.-eeing , if _possible , npon the _dvaifght of a biit to reduce the liours of woi kirig to ten hours a day . I _suppose I may tkke it for _granted flint this application _Jflas proceeded from a meeting ; ' to consider the _" ' _snbjeet . Should tliis be tlio case , may I request that Shoso will favour me _i . ith tlie mimes of those who were ,, re 3 e ! . 'f , and tlio localities wiitai ' i _tln-y had b _«» u called upon tc- - represent ? I am , respectfully ,. Kfemr _Asiiwortu . - ' The e : _r » 3 ordinary character of tbat * : note was such aff to cause tile committee to-close all further correspondence- " with Mr . Asliworth , because they believed that ho ho ' longer represented the feelings or wis , l , e 3-of the manufao- - turers ; a » d > , therefore , the secretary wrote to him aa ' follows : — ¦ " Red Lion Inn , Sept . 1 , 1815 .

      " Sir , _—Yonr-Tetter of the 2-Sth ult . readied mc in duo t'Olll'Sf , and 1 'am requested by _.-the _commUtes to nclcnor «• ledge its receipt * . The question you ask is of so cxti aordi _* nary a-character thut we feel the correspondence between you and us _musi'iiow ho closed ; Thc committee thought that the mcrifsoi ! tbe question wfcro _sullicienfcto nan-ant them in- _solicitinij such a meeting . Thev _fiesire me to say , _ttiaS * notwithstanding your refusal to calPlllc meet _, ing . thoy will be glad of your support ill _flus-aest session of _Pai'lisaaent . - _"I'ani , sir , your obedient scrnm * . "II . Oiiees , Secretary . " Had Mr ; -Ashworfb been a _strangrrto the existence of tbe committee , possibly there might have been somo grounds for asking such a question ; hut Mr . Ashworth was not ignorant cither of the _existence of the cor . toiiUec , or ofthe members wiio composed it ,, their names having

      from time to time-appeared in thc Jfan _' ehesier and other newspapers ; moreover , he had _duri-ic-the last session of . _Parliament heen in-correspondence with them and their representatives ill London . These things considered , the committee paused- brfore they li . _lllllcda list Of their nemesoverto _M- ; _Aih-wortli . They liad not forgotten the use that was made-of the names of some persons hy Mr . John liright last year , who never had been members of the central committee . It was wall laioivn tliiiton many former occasions parties had bcuu _> di » ehav » ed'fVon > their situations for aethig _' on the Short Time Committee , and also that Mr . AShworth had frequently discharged his own men for tatting part in such' matters . Tlio chairman then named several persons-who had heen

      discharged from Jir . Aslrivorih ' s mills for voting in such matter . , and amongst others the case of five men win ) were discharged in September , 1812 , for having attended a meeting called by the spinners of Soiion . IVitli thosa facts- before the committee , he thought they were perfectly justified in closing- the correspondence with Mr . Ashworth , lest some of its members should fall victims to-sueh men as Mr . _Asliworiii , lie bi't'scd _,. however , to sny , that taking thc masters us a _wjioli , tliey bad nothing to fear from tha'publication oftheir names ; but inasmuch as there might still he a few such masters as Mr . Ashworth lift , they refused to coraply wiih such a request , which , if granted , he could not sec what good purpose it would serve .

      . Plie Committee then entered on a _consiCaration ofthe propriety of talcing offices , and appointing a-permanent secretary to conduct the agitation during ihs . forthcom . ing year . No resolution ou the subject was adopted , and the _qusstion was adjourned fov a week .

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      representatives of moderate Liberalism , of German WJiiggery ; and yet , with all ' that , greater slaves ofthe King of Prussia than the Prussians themselves . Whatever the Prussian Government resolved , the Saxon ministry bad to execute ; nay , of late , the Prussian Government did not even take the trouble to apply to th * Saxon ministry , but direct to the Saxon inferior authorities , as if they were not Saxon , bat their own employees 1 Saxony is governed in Berlin , not in Dresden ; and with all their talking and boasting , the Saxons know very well that the leaden hand of _Prusria presses hard enough upon them . To all this talking and boasting , to all this self-conceit and contentment which would make the Saxons a peculiar nation opposed to the Prussian , he , this Leipsic massacre will put nn end . The Saxons _liiost see , now , that they ave under the tame military rule as all otlier Germans , and that , with all their constitution , liberal laws , liberal censorship , and liberal Sing ' s speeches , j martini Ian * is ttie only one that has any practical

      existence in their litfile country . And there is another thing to aid this Leipsis - -jfl ' air in _spreading the spirit of rebellion in Saxony ; wotwithstanding all the talking of tbe Saxon liberals , the- great majority of the Saxon people are only beginning tic . talk ; Saxony is a -marra ? acturing country , and amomj ber _linen-wiavers _, frameworkknitters , cotton-spin new , pilIoiv-lace-i ! Jiakers , _~ coal and metal miners , there has-seen , from time- immemorial , an appalling amount-of distress . The proletarian movement , which , from the Sillssian riots , tbtrweavers' battle as it is called , in May , 1814 ,. bas spread alP over Geimany , has not left Saxony untouched . There h » ve been merements at several places among the railway constructing workmen , and alao among the calico-priniers sometime ago , and it is moire than likely , , though _posrtt ' ive evidence cannot now be _givsn , that _communism is malting its progress tliere as well as everywhere else , among the working people ; and if Die workers off Saxony _cnJer the field , j tbey are sure not to-bo satisfied with _talking like their employers , the libera ? " oourocois , " '

      Let me direct your attention somewhat mew ® to the working class movement in Germany . In your _jjaper oi last week , you predict a glorious revolution , —nc _6 _s-uch a oue as that of 1 GS 8 _, _—to-shiscountry . _JJn this you are perfectly right—I only _U'CU-Iil beg to correct , or _railier to more clearly define your eipressiou , that it is the youth of _Scrmany that will bring about such a change . This youth is not to be looked for among tbe middle classes . It is- from the very heart of our working psople that _revolutionary action in Germany will _commence . It is true , _thire- & re among our _middle classes a considerable number of Republicans and even Communists , and young men too , who , if a general outbreak occurred now ; would be very useful in the movament but the-ie men are " bourgecdf , " profit-mongers , manufacturers by profes _*

      sion ; and who will guarantee us lliat they Trill not bo demoralised by their trade , by their social position , which forces thein to live upon the _toiVof other people , to grow fat by being the leeches , the " _ezgloiteurs" of ths working classes . Aud if they remain , proletarians in mind , though bourgeois in profession , their number will be infinitely small in comparison with the real number of tllC _jilddle-class men , who stick to > the existing order of things tlirough interest , and cars for nothing biit the filling of their purses . Fortunately , we do not _ciunt-on the middle classes at all . The movement of the proletarians has developed itself with sueh astonishing ral > U \ ity , that in another year or two wc Shall be able to muster a glorious array of working Democrats and Communists—for in this countrv Democracy and

      Communism arc , as far as the working classes are concerned , quite synonymous . The Silesian weavers , in 1 S _1-1 , gave ihe signal ; the Bohemian aiid Saxon , calico-printers and railway constructors ; the _Ikvlin calico-printers ; and , indeed , the manufacturing - classes ot almost all parts of ( icrmany , responded by turn-outa and partial riots ; the latter of which were almost always produced by the laws prohibiting combinations . The movement is now almost general throughout the country , and goes on quietly , but steadily , whilst thc middle classes spend their time with adtuting fov " Constitutions , " "Liberty of Hie press , " "Protective Duties , " "German Catholicity , " and "Protestant Church Reform . " All these middle-class movements , although not witliout some merit , do not touch the working classes at all , who have a movement of their own—a _kuife-and-forlc

      movement . Il * mv next letter more on tins subject

      SPAIN . Isabella and her ahoininablc mother , with a retinue of courtiers , including that polished savage , _Narvuez , arc starring it amongst ; the Navarese , where their loyal admirers arc gratifying them with the brutal hut appropriate amusement of bull lights . 1 'kc Carlist organ , the Esperanza , and the rrogrosistu _joiini'il , the EspcetadoY , intimate that the " holy alliance" of Isabella with the son of Don Carlos , is now certain . Tho Madrid journals , including the _JVloderado papers , are making a dead set at the present _IVliiiis-ry , and seem bent on accomplish ing its overthrow , flic patriotism of these journalists in , however , very questionable ; or rather thero is no question at all that in now opposing the Narvaez

      Ministry they are actuated by no better motives than ai - c the blood-thirsty scoundrels they declaim against . The Cnptain-Gcncrnl of Catalonia , Manuel De _Ilreton , has published a proclamation of a more tyrannical eharaotoi * than anything ever before attempted by thc agents of the present brutal Govern ment . In ( his proclamation the retention of every description of aims , including knives and walkingsticks , is strictly foihidden under pain of " severe punishment . " All whose means of living arc unknown _, are to be punished as " vagrants . " Smugglers are threatened with severe punishment . Even those who live by their daily labour are to l ; c punished as

      _vagrants if found frequenting low coilee-houses , taverns , wine-cellars , billiard-rooms , and publichouses . And lastly , all those who conspire against thc Government of her Majesty , the constitution of the State , and the existing laws , shall , on the full proof of their crime , be shot , But vain nve these Draco-like enactments , They will fail to stifle the spirit of freedom in Catalonia . On the 2 nd instant it was reported in Barcelona that Brigadier-General _Ametllei' and some other _Progrcsisia chiefs had escaped from the depOt in France , and were expected to present themselves in thc mountain districts , raising the standard of revolt .

      _Impohtajst _tjiom _Mawiid . —* _Loxnoy , Fimur . —A Madrid letter , written at midnight on the Sth , and received by express , appears in the Journal _eles Debuts .- It says : — "An attempt at insurrection was made this evening at ten o ' clock , but was promptly put down by tho troops . Only one officer was killed . " Thc correspondent adds no further details .. At Malaga an obstinate resistance to the new tributary system was in preparation .

      SWITZERLAND . Thc majority of the Council of State of Berne having displayed an anti-liberal policy which has given alarm to the minority , the latter have appealed to the Great Council , on thc ground that _themajoriiy have deviated from thc policy of 1831 . The Great Council has been convoked for the 10 th instant , to take the question into consideration . The _Jj-jsuits asd the Kixg of _"Wi'isTEMiiEito . — A letter from Friburg of tho 5 th , in the Frankfurter Journal , states that two shots were fired at Mcran , in the Tyrol , at thc King of _"VVurtcmbcrg , but fortunately without hitting him . The Carlsndie Gazette makes mention of a report of the same kind . The Jesuits are considered , it says , as the authors of this attack , in consequence of thc King ' s having _apoken , when in Switzerland , openly against the influence of that society . His language to Siegwart Muller ,-the head of the Jesuit party at Lucerne , produced a great sensation .

      GREECE . Athens , August 19 .- —Coletti having now all his own way , things assume in that country gradually the appearance of former days , that is to say , as they were under the Turkish rule—despotism in the Government , and cowardly ferocity in the governed ; in fact , the old Janissary system of Constantinople , if you only change tiie name to that of _Policari , The robbers who exercise their trade on shore with impunity , try to do the same at sea , in consequence of which thc Austrian man-of-war steamer Vulcano _, the French Rubis , and two small Greek cutters , have been sent to the _Pirieus in pursuit of them .

      CIRCASSIA . Letters from Taganrog , of August 10 th , announce that Prince "Woronzoff , after his expedition on Dargo , hail resolved to adopt a new kind of warfare—that ol burnina ; the forest which serves as a shelter io the Circassians . Upwards of fifty waggons , ladon with turpentine , resin , and other inflammable matters , hacf left Taganrog for Stavropol .

      Lokdton. Qiri Locality.—-Mr. Cooper's Fi...

      LOKDtON . _Qiri Locality . — -Mr . Cooper ' s fifth lectitvo was , a : > usual , throngly attended lust Sunday evening . Mr . Shaw was called to the chair , and introduced the lecturer by a brief eulogy of liis character . Mr . C , when one of liis "People-songs" bad been sung , commenced Jiis _Jiistoncnl discouiso hy a description of _StowehcJUje , thu eroin . ' oelis of tt ti ! es " and-Cornwall , and the round towers of Ireland , and _shcTwd that all ( hose primeval relics were indicative of-the sunworship of thc first inhabitants of Britain—the ancient Kelts . The Kymri or Cimbri of antiquity , were then shewn to have passed over : from tlic

      Peninsula of Jutland—to Jmvc located themselves ill that district of Scotland lying to the south of tlic Forth and Clyde—to have thence advanced into Cumberland , Westmoreland- Lancashire , and Cheshire—and , finally , to have-settled in _Wales and Cornwall . Ca _* _sai- ' s invasion and the Roman _conquest were next depictured and , eventually , llcngst and Uorsa , the Saxons , wore announced as landing on the Isle of Thanet . The so-called Heptarchy was hastily sketched ; anil the : lecturer , having outlined the character , of Egbert ,, proceeded to give a fuller picture of thc glorious Alfred , his philanthropy , wisdom , and bravery . The heroine queen , Ethclilcda , his daughter , and his mngnificcnt grandson , Athctetnnc _, the weak Edwin , thc powerful Edgar , and the wily " Saint" Duii 3 t . 'in , wero next dashed off ; and after hasty sketches of tho Danish kings , and of Edward the Confessor , the final struggle of Harold , and the battle of Hastings , introduced the conquering Norman ..

      Chartist Co-operative _Lasd . Socif . iy . —Tlie adjourned meeting was resumed on Sunday , evening at the South London Chartist llall . Mr ; Guflay took the chair , when a shareholder moved that the letter of Mr . O'Connor in last Star be read , which was seconded , and carried unanimously . The , _secretary having read the letter , thc sl ] rtidioltftrs ,, ; . wh . Q . had previously moved for its reading , now nipvcii 'that that _meeting be adjourned sine _cfte ,,, in .. accordance with the spirit of that letter , which was seconded and adopted by a majority . The meeting adjourned accordingly .

      Somers Towx Victim Committee . —A meeting of this committee was held on Sunday evening last at Mi * . Duddfidgo _' s , IS , _TonhvUl-c-stvcct , Mv . _llovnby _in the chair . On the motion of Messrs . Lawrie ancl Edwards , it was agreed that five shillings be given _, to Mv . John Llewellyn , the compatriot of John Frost ; and this committee respectfully recommend his caso to the consideration of the General Victim Committee .

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      T Attersall's—Tiiuaan.Ir. . In The Early...

      T _ATTERSALL'S—Tiiuaan . _ir . . In the early part of tho day there was quite a rush to > . back Red ltobin , and at 111 , 11 , and 12 to 1 , a multitudeof commissioners were accommodated to the full extent * - of their instructions , 11 to 1 at last being currently offered , Miss Sarah gave way at first to 4 tol , hut this _, was subsequently taken to a good deal of money , ami was not to be got at the close . _TTeathorbit was backed ! for three or four hundred pounds at 7 to 1 , and was . certainly in better odour than on Monday . Mentor was in great force at 8 to 1 , and Ould Ireland at rapidly * improving pi-ices until he reached the position assigned him below ; his companion , Connaught Ranger ,, was friendless , and does not look like a starter . Old- England , Mid-Lothian , and Fitzallcn bad several friends at an improvement on the last prices , awi Pantasa at ; 14 and and 15 to 1 , a trifle better than on Monday . Duc-an-Durras gave wny several points , and "Worthless was declared not to start . Last prices : —

      ST . _UEGEB . 4 to 1 agst John Day ' s lot ( taken ) 5 to 2 — Major Yarburgh's two ( taken ) , 7 to 2 — Major Yarburgh ' s Miss Sarah , ( rt to 1 taken J 7 to 1 — Mr . Gully's -Weatberfc . it ( taken ) 8 to 1 _ Mr . St . Paul ' s Mentor ( taken freely ) 11 to 1 — Major Yarburgh ' s Red Robin 12 to 1 — Mr . Painter ' s The Pacha ( taken ) . " ¦ _' ¦ ' ¦ ' _& 13 to 1 — Mr . Gully ' s Old England ( taken ) " _'"• ' 13 to 1 — Mr . Irwin ' s Ould Ireland ( taken ) 15 to _l — Mr , Mostyn ' s _Tantnsa ( taken ) 18 to 1 — Mr . Watt ' s The Baron ( taken ) 20 to 1 — Mr . Ramsay's Mid Lothian ( take 22 tol ) ' - 22 to 1 — Mr . Hesseltine ' s _Fitaiillcn ( take 25 tol ) ' I 30 to 1 — Lord Miltown ' s _Duc-an-Durras ( taken ) 50 to 1 — Mr . Ferguson ' s Clear-the-Way ( taken ) 50 to 1 —* Mr . Merry ' s Collier ( token ) so to _l — Mr . Irwin ' s Gonnaught Ranger 50 to I — Mr . Johnstone ' s A nnnntlale

      Bankrupts. -• [From The Gazette Of Frida...

      BANKRUPTS . - [ From the Gazette of Friday , September 12 , 1 William Soffe , of 880 , Strand , print-seller-Nathaniel George _Coombes , So , _Craven-street , Strand , and 457 , Wert Strand , _coal-merehant-Jolin Sutcliffe , of _^ _Hahfax _rectifier-John Adamson , of Stockport , grocer and _tea-deales -Kobert Johnson Sharp , of Liverpool , victualler ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 13, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_13091845/page/1/