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      lit Dear _ranams , —Yoa will learn , from this _jeeJ _& _recv-ipivas published in the Star , that the _jefl-plehatB not yet become tired of waiting for the _^ when their slave labour _ufo terminate . Among * ie many inferestingiincidents of this week , there is pet one that will gin yod mora pleasure than the following _fitf : —A gentleman , who , I believe , has _ajtraysbeen a friend to progression , and a great adpurer of ihe Nor _& ern Star since it _ntade its appeara nce , called npon me on Sunday last , but as it was not in my power to see him npon that day he called

      again on Monday , and I shall not keep yon long in _fospense as to the object of his visit . He told me { hat he had always looked to the possession of the land by the working classes as the only means of improvingtheir cendition , and that since be had seen through the Star-that an _association wasfonried , that no had siseeread attentnely my several letters npon that subject , and that seeing from my letter of last Saturday that we were now in a state to commence operations , he came to tender me a loan of £ 2000 on behalf of the Society , if we had not asuffiri « nt amount already sabscribedtomake a purchase , or if we _reauired it for other improvements , _"

      _> ow , this is not the only offer of the kind that 1 hare had since the Association was started , bat I mention this one because the gentleman brought his money in his pocket , and said that it was ready at aa hoar ' s notice . I hare receired some advertisements of different properties to be sold indifferent Bounties this week , bnt have not yet had time to pay attention to them ; howerer , I beg most sincerely to _inanktiieserei _^ _se _^ retarie _^ _andpenwnsBiatingtheni ¦ _rfves tobe _lancomiected with th _^ Ass ociatiombut _wishingtheprojiict _* m _«* _ss , forhaTingfonvardedthem . I have much more pleasure in writing my letter to some portion of the -working classes weekly , than I

      have in the discbarge of aU other portions of my duty , and especially in writing my letter to my own , my dear , agricultural children— -and I will tell you why ; because , although I am , I confess it , a Tery violent politician , as well for the purposes of justice as to takaLTen _£ _eaGM _, jApa _« . _«> hoe-id , * beastly , a _tyrannkal oligarchf , that hunted my family like wild beasts for their devotion to liberty ; yet I hare a better right to lore the Land Chartists than any other Chartists , and I will fell you why—because they ore sincere Chartists . And I will tell yon more —that I am really suspicions and doubtful about the

      Chartism of a ranting , bawling fellow , -who won't giro a shilling a week , sixpence a week , or threepence a week , to purchase not only his own liberty , but to enable him to grant emancipation to his fellow man ; while I am Tery mueh flattered at the unexpected success of the project . Nevertheless , if the working classes knew their own interests ; if they spent the one-ialf or tiie one-tenth in trying to procure an independence for life , that they spend in the purchase of newspapers alone , not to speak of monies otherwise spent , they would soon be the landlords of \ theconntiy . j

      Another reason that I prefer my letter to any other portion of my work is this , that I am unshackled by tha vulgar fashion that regulates news paper writing . I hare not to measure my character as an editor by the amount of mysterious nonsense that I can eorer in a high sounding sentence . I hate all tiie forms of tiie press , and , however the Star may lire , and SHALL LITE , as my living monument , and shall advocate the principles of tke Charter , and show how they are to be made serviceable to your order when tbe measure is carried , nevertheless it is my intention to establish a fireside cottage family newspaper , full of simple truths

      and interesting anecdotes , for men , women , and children , making yon pleasantly familiar with all tiie interesting news ofthe week , that is exciting to those who live npon yonr labour , and contr asting its fashionable folly with that rational intelligence that I mean to communicate to yon and to yonr families . I hare a great deal of work in me yet ; indeed I feel convinced , that if ! felt the necessity of doing it , that I could edit two daily papers in addition to my weekly labour . As soon as ever the Land Association 18 in full practical operation , I will give

      it the full benefit of my labour gratuitously , by writing such a work weekly , upon the rery lowest paying terms , as will bind op in monthly _nmnbers in beautiful and useful volumes , thus leaving you a library , with a handsome engraving as a frontispiece , thirteen volumes each year . These I will expect erery subscriber to have handsomely bound and preserved in their cottage library . In them I will publish the best selected letters from the fathers , mothers , and children of the Association , and in this work I shall take the greatest possible pride .

      I shall now turn from the consideration of onr social to our political expectations . I am sure that ths manner in which the awkward squad of Protectionists hare " stood tip to rteeive" in tiie battle which is now going on between them and the practised hacks , hired hy Sir Robert Feel to govern tins country by a , new system of policy , will have opened the eyes of every working man to tiie necessity of struggling for a share of that power by which the other classes protect their interests . It must be clear to erery man that Sir Robert Feel ' s present policy is to carry ont the principle of centralisation by the aid of an aristocracy of talent . Ee has tried

      tke aristocracy of land , and has failed ; he has tried the aristocracy of capital , and has failed ; and he is now about to try the aristocracy of talent . This may appear to be the best aristocracy for the purposes of representation ; bnt at the same time it would he the most dangerous , if not critically watched . Ue is getting rid of tiie old school of politicians , and calling to his aid all the young "blood that he can enlist at any price ; and the science npon which this new school is to be formed is the science of political economy—the most undefined , the most dangerous , and

      the most cruelly-interpreted science that erer was propounded to the mind of man . The accepted interpretation and definition of political economy u the best means by which the powerful speculator can amass moaey from the labour of the powerless slave . Believe me that * , howerer Sir James Graham misunderstood Mr . Strafford O'Brien , when ho affected to deny tbat political economy meant extensive speculation , but that it did mean distribution , when I tell you that he knew that it meant the speculation of the powerful in the labour ofthe powerless .

      I hare already written so mueh upon the debate now going on , that I shall make but one further observation npon it—it is this : That it rery much resembles the triumph of an enthusiastic party holdingnp their hands on the day of nomination , while the quiet , conscious candidate still remains _eatiified of tie triumph that awaits him in tho polling booths . The confidence of the Commons reminds ns of the enthusiasm of the unrepresented ; white the suspicions _qniafaess of the Lords assures ns that they expect their triumph in the polling booth . Now , 1 very strong ly suspect that thefate of Peel ' s measure in Its first trial wiU be similar to the fate of Catholic Emancipation , which Sir Francis Harriett denominated the " Annual Faroe , " and Tery like thefate that tbe Reform BUI met at the hands of their

      lordships ; and if so , it will then become our duty to convoke an extensive convention of tbe worijng elasses , fo sit in London until ths struggle is orer ; and if the frightened Lords are ready to offer nsmore than the confident free traders , we will let them see npon whose side the balance of power is . Bat , come what will , I am resolved that the present straggle shall not cease without forcing a knowledge of our strength , our union , and onr resolution into all corners of the earth . Believe me , when I tell you that I am not an idle or unobservant spectator of passing events . I told yon a thousand times , that when tiie two factions begin to wrangle , that I would

      then watch my opportunity to pick np the _snbetanot while they were fighting for fhe shadow . I know Stanley's power . I told you , In 1840 , that Feel wMdUturbed in his dreams , uto how he could remove him to th _» _Hoii _» of Lords , He Is tbe best _debater , and most flippant and eloquent man in emer House of Parliament . He is precisel y the young blood that the old _fegies required to stir up their sleeping bile ; and as soon as he takes the command , the chirm of Wellington is gone . It is one thus toobeyth * command of an old dotard , in whom

      ens iasy peers nave confidence in matters of comparative lnogmncanee , but it is another thing to follow him in his leap into tbat gulf that swallows up their properties . Now , I wish to prepare yon for tiie times that I hare described , and then I hope to give you another proof , that when your interests are at stake , and yonr battle i « to be fought , that 1 am the first in tbe field , and the last to shun the fight _, lam , as erer , Tour fond and faithful friend , EEABara 0 'Co . wroR .

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      The "Conspiracy" Case Of The Belfast Jou...

      THE "CONSPIRACY" CASE OF THE BELFAST JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS . The editor of the Co ' rdwamtrs ' Companion communicates to ns the following extract of a letter from Belfast : — " With regard to yeur _mqniry abont the precise nature and origin of onr strike , the facts are the ' ie : —The prior dispute began wholly in resisting redactions om the several shegs we had to contend against ; which were all of that class called third and fourth-rate shops , with only one exception ; and which shops had monopolised the greatest part of the trade of the town . After being worsted by the _opposition these employers experienced , the / immediately formed themselves into what they termed The Mutual Defemite _Soeitty , and continued meettag weekly till the 30 th of December , at which time they

      came to a resolution , along with two other masters of _Iosburn , and one in Canfckfergns , to discharge every man that would not ' sign a document which they had drawn up for tha purpose hy a lawyer , the document binding whoever signed it , to continue the engagement for ont year , and to renounce our society ; they , thinking that by taming ont 800 men , whieh they stated they employed , the hands so discharged would not be able to make any resistance , and to they wonld be necessitated to come to their terms . _Themen , besides , had in general overdraw * money on Christmas Eve ; and when they thought to begin to work hard for the idle time of the holidays , they were put off till Tuesday , the 80 th , and then told what was expected of them ; We aU refused , however , to

      submit to thu baseness ; _andthta , onthe idof January , the town secretary Of onr _sodety , _myself as well as mo district secretary , and five members who formed our committee , were all had before tbe magistrate , and on the complaint of Mr . Trimble , the secretary of the masters ' , union , and although we wars net pvea to understand what law we had broken , yet we were bound over , to stand our trial at the next Carricltfergus assizes , which will not take place till some time in March . On receiving the summonses , we went to engage the second best attorney in the town , and when on making known to him our wishes , he told ns Oat he already was engaged as the legal adviser of the masters , and had been so for three months previously ; so you see now the plan was concocted . "

      Onthe day preceding the date of this letter , another public meeting took place in furtherance of the objects of the Joint Stock Boot and Shoe Company , as a means of iusuriog work to the . journeymen so ill-treated by their employers , and when various addresses were delivered in behalf of the undertaking , a code of regulations agreed to , and the necessary officers appointed , so that this rery important endeavour of tiie Belfast journeyaen to free themselves for erer from the thraldom of their oppressive employers , is now in the fall course of being thoroughly

      tested . As before , many members of other trades attended , and other individuals of a still higher rank in society . An office was also announced as being taken , and shares were already beginning to be subscribed for with avidity . A full account of the proceedings and the rules are given in the last number of tbe Banner of Ulster , so that all , as the editor of the CorcUeainert' Companion observes , sow wanting , is a dne supply of money-assistance to enable the unemployed journeymen and their families to bide oat the time when the operations of the company will be brought into proper play .

      The London Shoemakers have felt deeply interested in this contest , and already have assisted the struggling parties with considerable sums , and sent a delegate to Belfast to report oa the proceedings . A delegate from Belfast is also at present in London ; and a meeting , to whieh all the London Trades will he invited , is to take place , on the sabject of this momentous strike , on Tuesday evening next , at ths Mechanics' Institute , _Helborn . The Belfast delegate will attend on tiie occasion ; and so , we understand , will Mr . Thomas Cooper , ia respect and gyrnpathy for the members of his own old calling . This is asitekouldbe .

      Wigaw Haitcxooh Wzaviss.—At A Meeting He...

      _Wigaw _Haitcxooh _Wzaviss . —At a meeting held by the operative handtoom weavers of Wigan ani the surrounding villages and townships , the following _resoludons were nnanimonsljr earned : —" _Tiatwty the _opsra tirebandloeai wearers of Wigan , and tha « um > anding _rUlagesandtorniiihips , view , with feelings of agony and distress , the violation of the compact made between tbe manufacturers aad weavers in ISM , which compact stated that each manufacturer should _redute his lengths from seventy and eighty yards to fifty , and to this agreement each masUr annexed his signature , but now have basely infringed upon this regulated length , _andiacreased their pieces to sixty and seventy yards , thereby putting it beyond the power of the weaver to produce his cat at tbe end of the week , and without any increase of wages for the overiengtb . " " That a petition to fhe presut session

      of Parliameat emanate from tiie great body of tbe handloom weavers , praying their honourable house to enact a law to bind tiie manufacturer to a stated length ,-and protect the defenceless weaver gainst tha oppressive and avaricious manafacturer ; being tolly convinced that unless the government interferes in behalf ef the weaver , in compelling the master to remain at a fixed length , it will be rendered totally impossible for . the workman to support even the miserable existence that he is now dragging ont in destitution and want . " " That T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., M . P ., be applied to , t o _present our petitioa _, he being ou * of those few in whom we can place confidence , and who ws believe to be the real supporter of the rights of honest industry . * ' After tha _passing ot the above resolutions , tiie secretary read the petition prepared by the committee , which met with the approbation of the meeting at large .

      _?» iM £ _wexx-nJtirr « ss' _JfovewuT . —A three counties delegate meeting of framework-knitters was held at the Barkby Anns , Upper George-street , Leicester , oa Monday last , when the / oUowing places were represented : —Ar . nold , Sutttn-in-Aihfield , Mansfield , _JTucknall-by-Sutton _, Skegby . Mansfield Woodheuse , Sutton Forest Side , Hnck nalTorkard , _thesereralbranchesitiLeice ( ter , Sheepshea'l Sutton Bennington , Diseworth , Hathern , Long Whatton _, Kegworth , Loughborough , Barrow , Quorndon , Glen , Blaby , and Heanor . Letters were read from . Mount Sorrel , Hyson-green , Old Basford , Derby , and _Belper , expressing their view * ou the general basinets of framework-knitters , and the probable results of Sir Robert Peel's _mezsucts ' , Mr . T . _'Emmertou in . the chair . Mr . _Buckby moved , and Mr . Warner seconded , " That tbe

      general committee be empowered to draw up a petition to the legislature , on the question of frame-rents and charges ; and also praying fhe legislature to amend the Track Act , in order to prevent indirect trucking . " Carried . Moved by Mr . Warner , _seconded by _&*• Wild , " That the committee take inch steps as they may think proper , to make such alterations in the Ticket Act as shall embrace all parties connected with the trade , so as to make the act effective . " Carried . Moved by Mr . Warner , seconded by Mr . Saxton , " That it is the pinion of _thia meeting every _delegate is in duty bound to press on hie constituents the necessity of joining the National Union . '' Carried . Moved by Mr . Wild , seconded by

      Mr . Norman , " Thateach delegate present use his best endeavour to collect one penny per frame towards the general expanses . " Carried . Ordered that the next three counties meeting be held at Sattoa-in-Asbfi * Id , and at snch time as tbe committee may deem it necessary , giving tea day *' notice . —A public meeting was also held in the Market-place , at half-put twelve o ' clock ; Mr . T . Winters in the chair , Th * _meaUng was ably addressed by tha delegate * _frem Sheepthead , Sutton , Huckml Torkard , Heanor , and alse by Mr . Buckby , of _Leieetter ; after wUch they unanimously agreed that tbe _cemtnittee should take the necessary step * to join the national Union . —Correspondent .

      More Extraordinary Proceedings Of Tue La...

      MORE EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS OF TUE LANCASHIRE MAGISTRATES UNDER THE MASTERS AND SERVANTS ACT , AND SIGNAL TRIUMPH OF THE MINERS' ATTORNEY-GENERAL , W . P . ROBERTS , ESQ . Onthe _Zlta January an informstien was exhibited against Jacob Ogdea , whieh was sworn _bsfose Samuel Newton , Esq ., a magistrate for Lancashire , who granted a warrant fer Ogden _' a apprehension . His offence was having absented himself from the service of his master , John Darlington , coal proprietor , of _Tyldesley , in Lancashire . On the ISth January Ogden was brought in custody before tbe petty sessions at Leigh , BtarBolten _, Lancashire . There were present on the bench , Messrs .

      Jams * Pownall , John Green , arid Malcolm Nugent Rom , magistrate * . Mr . Samuel Newton , before whom the information was snorn , wa * not present Several objections to tho _information were taken by Ogden ' * attorney in defease , _eae in particular , that while it stated that Ogden contracted to Kite , it did not state that Darlington contrasted to employ , and _eoniegnentlv there was no _matoaUty in the _ajrwojent , which W « l Contrary tO _llWJ that , therefor * , what the _iufornution charged did * ot amount to a legal often * - , - . Tag magistrates , however , verni _)* i su « h objection * , and _havisgeeniulted together , the _ehairsan stated the judgment to be , that Ogden should be _imprisoned three month * . The Masters and

      Servants Act , 4 Geo . IT ., _ahap . U , requires that th * complaint should be hurd by the magistrate _befor * whom the information was . worn . Ogden wa * removed tothe lock-np . Th * partie » A * ting for th * prosesution sees * to hav * discovered their mi _* tek ., whieh th _* y _tndssvoursd to raw by their _subtequent management ; nothing , howev _* r , was jaidonth , subject , and Ogden wmahudin th * _Sr _^ tw _^ _V' *»* _% « d _Saterday , in the b _* li _* f that h * i wa . " .. _rringnU thn _* . - H . wa . not taken to gaol tdl _Saturday night , or th . Mowing _Mon-^ Vi _?"* ** _" ?• hu * tton » J . _*« iW 4 th . _ariwn . r o . tiie 31 « t , procured copy of * om * _aita , ent , and found it wa . dated l , tii January , * i gn , a by Mr . Newton , and was for sev _* ntT-fiTe day * , with hard labour , _hwtead of tern

      More Extraordinary Proceedings Of Tue La...

      month , without . Ogden could give no information as toall this . He recollected , however , that on Saturday nighV at about eight o ' clock , he wa * taken . to a little room , where there ware three or four ; , n « iion _. he was asked whether he had " signed the _agrewfeht , " He said "Y _* s " and was then taken away , the whole aflair 0 f this _iicon ' d trial occupying about ten minute * . Upon affidavits of the above facts , the Court of Queen ' s Bench was moved on the last day of term for a habeas corpus , to bring up Ogden with the _cauee of his detainer , and fer a certiorari , to bring up the conviction , in order to have it quashed ; and the court immediately granted both writs , the former returnable at Chambers immediately , bat tbe certiorari returnable on the first day of Easter Term , th » court considering ths _argumsftt as to tha validity ofthe conviction itself upon the extraordinary facts disclosed b y the affidavits of too _gravs a character for Chambers , and proper for a full caurt . ;

      On Saturday last , Ogden was brought up to Chambers before Mr . Justice Patteson , upon the writ of habeas , and the gaoler ' * return ofa voluminous _parcliment document , setting out the proceeding * and conviction , and prepared , it seems , hy the magistrates' own counsel , in order to ensure it . _correctnes _* . Messrs . Bodkin and _Huddlestone , counsel , with Mr . W . P . Roberts , attended to support Ogdea ' s discharge , and Mr . Lteyd , counsel , to support the magistrates' proeeedings . After a discussion of long duration ( in the course of whieh the judge expressed hi * opinion that it would be a very hard case for the man to be seat back to prison when there seemed to be , in his opinion , such good grounds for argument as -to the validity of the warrant _ofcommitmsut , by virtue of which he was to suffer , independent of other irregularities and

      statements that . could not then be entered into ) , the prisoner was admitted to bail until the first day of next term , in spite of the most strenuous opposition from the opposite party in endeavouring to sead him back to prison , and , instead of returning in the custody of the gaoler , he went home in the same carriage with his triumphant advocate , Mr . Boberts . Now , we hav * good reason—substantial reason—to assert that this man has rendered mora solid benefit to the cutis ot labour than all who hav * gene before him . Hi * triumphs are not in the shout thatfollows an enthusiastic sentence , bot in the cheering ' smile that bespeaks the joy of th * mother and the child at seeing their protector _released from tiie hands of the assassin , and _restored to the fond embrace

      of bis family . This man really deserves well of his country , and yet we find such ruffians as _Thomaeon and others allowed , not only to carp at his usefulness , but to nibble at his character , and such fellows as Carpenter ready to give publicity to their slander . This i . the thirty-seventh victim that Roberis has snatched from the grasp ofthe tyrants , while in this case the wily justiee , with th * assistance of tbe ablest counsel , made sure ot foiling even the ingenuity of Boberts ; but in this also he hag triumphed , aad tyranny ha * received further chastisement at his hands . Ogden may rest assured that he will never hear more Ofthe case , but his oppressors may be equally sure that they bave not yet heard the last of it . Mr . Roberts has really done his work well .

      Meetings In Behalf Of The Chartist Exile...

      MEETINGS IN BEHALF OF THE CHARTIST EXILES . WESIJIIH 6 TEB . On Tuesday evening , February the lflth , an overflowing meeting ( hundreds going away who could not obtain admission ) was held in tbe commodious theatre of tbe Temperance Hall , Yorkstreet , Westminister . Mr . Workman was unanimously" called to the chair , and in a neat speech , opened the business of the evening . Mr . Wilson then came forward and moved a resolution in favour of petitioning Parliament , to address the queen , for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones .

      Mr . French seconded , and Mr . Doyle supported , tbe resolution . He said that John Frost , even by bis enemies , had been held up as a justice-loving magistrate ; he had always stood in the gap between the oppressed and the oppressor . ( Loud" cheers . J What crime had he committed ? Why , he had depicted , in glowing colours , the _safferinga and privations ot the men and women of England , he had ascribed justly those evils to class legislation , and that the only remedy was to give to every man , ot sane mind , of twenty-one years of age , the elective franchise in accordance with the provisions of the

      People ' s Charter . ( Great cheering . ) He ( Mr . Doyle ) appealed to them all to use their energies , to spare no labour in working out the great object in view —( hear , hear , )—and by a steady perseverance and a firm determination , a sufficient public opinion would be created to induce her Majesty to send out a vessel to Australia to bring the exiles back to their native land . ( Great cheering . ) The motion was then put and unanimously adopted . Mr . Turner rose , read , and moved a petition in behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , in accordance with the resolution , which was seconded by Mr . llichard Dowling .

      Mr . T . Cooper rose and said , he knew he had been the advocate of physical force . Like John Frost , he had witnessed the sufferings of the people , and this had caused him to say , let us go out and end them , but after three years' deliberation and serious reflection , he had come to the conclusion that this was wrong , and that war , either aggressive or defensive , was wrong . Let him not be misunderstood , he was not for passive obedience , but for non-obedience and moral resistance , and until this system was adopted universal happiness would never prevail . It had been said that universal peace would never prevail until all the people had arms in their hands ,

      but in New Zealand and the Carnbee Islands , where this custom prevailed , tbey had not peace , as tbe natives killed , roasted , and eat their opponents . ( H _* ar , hear . ) He claimed to be a Chartist and a p hilanthropist —( hear , hear , )—andsure he was , that if thoy did not adopt those philanthropic principles which hehad the honour to submit to them now , they would ultimately , and that at no _distant period . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cooper concluded by moving his petition , with the clause in opposition to war , aggressive or defensive , as a substitute for that moved by Mr . Turner . Mr . Thomason seconded the amendment .

      Mr . Feargus O'Connor now rose , amid ( he most vociferous cheering , and said : fie knew no place more fitting than the present place in which they had met to advocate the cause for which tbey had assembled , inasmuch as it was in this very place that John Frost made the speech for which he was struck from the commission of the peace . ( Hear , hear . ) He wot present at the trial , and was cognisant of ths whole proceedings . He ransacked the whole country i through , until he found money en « ugh to employ two of tbe most talented men at the bar to conduct the de ' ence of Frost , vis ., the present Chief Baron and the present Solicitor-General . These two eminent men said , they were not guilty , while an ignorant man , of the name of Christopher Johns or John Christopher ( and this intelligent juryman could not

      g ay which was his right name )—( laughter , )—gave as a reason for joining in the verdict of guilty , that he did not find him guilty of treason , but that he came into the town of Newport whilst there were soldiers in it . ( Laughter . ) He asked , was it justice to extend mercy to murderers , thieves , and pickpockets , and withhold it from such exemplary men as Frost , Williams , and Jones ? ( Loud cheers . ) In consequence of a recent decision of a very intelligent jury—( Laughter , )—he had written out a new code , a sliding scale of punishments , adapted to the rank of persons tried and convicted of murder . Thus , a noble lord _eheuld be reprimanded by the judge ; an esquire , in addition to the judge ' s reprimand , should be open to the censure oftbe opposition press # 1— _* _l-4 _^—\ - m _% _^ Im _A «* Iv _A « _tn am Al _* # _t * aT _^ 4 A _aAkfilHrll * 9 auuuiu

      . _ _. * _—JiaugUMfr _; , a _ouupjicvpcr uc _bcvcicj ; reprimanded , and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment , but if the murderer be a working man , a voteless outcast , he shall be hung . ( Greatapplause . ) He thought such meetings as these were neither the time nor place for bringing forward such doctrines as those propounded in the objectionable clause of Mr . Cooper ' s petition . Very shortly there would be a general election , and then they must sheut in the candidate ' s ears , "Frost , Williams , and Jones 3 " " The Ten Hours' Bill ! " and "The Charter ! " ( Great cheering . ) He thought it was high time justice resumed her sett , and tbat those exemplary men were restored to their native land , to their families , and friends . ( Loud cheers . ) Democracy was progressing : the Emperor of Russia trembled en his throne , the Emperor of Austria was insecure in his Italian states . The King of Prussia had notice to

      quit unless he contormed to the wishes ofthe people . ( _VocuerouB cheering . ) We heard of constitution " cemented by the blood of our ancestors ; he thought the cement must be very rotten , and that such a constitution would fall , and tbat the temple of liberty would be erected on its ruins . ( Vociferous cheering . ) Mr . G . Julian Harney , after some remarks expressive of his admiration of Mr . Frost , whom he knew in the Conyeation of 1830 , suggested in the case oi Ellis tbat it would be best to appoint a special committee , who should havetheauthtrity and the means to bring to London the witnesses from the Potteries who coald prove the innocence of Ellis , and thus make oat a ease to lay before the government . Mr . Harney said he must give his decided opposition to the motion of hi 8 friend Mr . Cooper , and he did so with great pain , aa . no two men could be more attached to each other than he and Mr . Cooper ; but he thought Mr . Cooper ' s doctrine ill-timed , and cal-

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      _culated to do peathtirifi . by reviving the bl _£ ; feud of mor _^& _ttjus physical force . ( Hear , " hear . ) Mr . Coqpelsaid hi was ' opposed to all war ; so was he ( Mr . _BttneyXbnt still lie thought it was wise to _« hooMr . t _|^ lessee of two evils / , and soinetimes despotism wj » _agreAterevirthatt war ; ( Cheers . ) In some _counttfep-Palaridand Italy , for instance—the effect of Mr . Cooper ' s doctrine would be to keep tlie people in _perpetWUshivery .. He was surprised * that'Mr . Cooper , who was such ah admirer of Hampden and Sidney , should promulgate such a doctrine . ( Hear , hear . ) He could not agree in casting censure , direct or implied , © n such men , nor on 8 uoh a man as the _lrnmortal _^ _ajdxingtoD . ( Great cheering ;) The horrible butcheries on , board the Tory , presented an illustration of the way in which Mr . Cooper ' s doctrine would work .- The unfortunate men saw . their _comradescut and he wed to pieces , and ; offered no resis-.. * . . ..

      tance ; the result was the horrors they were , all acquainted with ,. which had ended in the . acquittal of the monster Johnstone , _, ' fle ( Mr . ' H . ) said _itVoiuld have been infihitely \ better , that , the sailors had chucked this wretch overboard , ' and thus saved their own lives . ( A voice , "No , no . " ) He said , "les , yes . " ( Great cheering . ) He regretted that he could not support Mr ., Cooper ' s petition , as , with the exception ; of the clause objected to' ; it was better than the original He trusted Mr . Cooper would withdraw that okase ;* _? He admired ' Mr . Cooper for "his abilities , cwtwmed hira for his political integrity , and love * tb _^ f _* j _^ Wanly . _tj ' _ualities ; but his ( Mr . H . 8 _)^ _fW- 'W 4 _^ _Ci _^ _ptitioh as it was St present worded ; ( Applause . ) ' ' ¦ 'The qd & tion _was . then put , and the originnl petition carried by an overwhelming majority . ' Mr . Haynes moved a memorial to the Queen to the like effect . _, Mr . Sawyer seconded it . '

      Mr . T . Clark , in an eloquent speech , supported its adoption . It was carried unanimously . - Mr . T . Cooper , in a speech replete with pathos and intellectual vigour , moved a petition in favour of William Sherrat Ellis , which was seconded by Mr . Sawyer , and carried unanimously . . Mr . Brown moved , — " That ; in the opinion of this meeting , the whole ofthe evils with which this eountry IB afflicted can be clearly traced to class legislation ; we therefore resolve unceasingly to agitato until the principles contained in the People ' s Charter shall become the law of the land . " Mr . P . M'Grath , in seconding the motion , said the most beautiful thing he knew of in nature was to see a people assembled to do an act of justice . They

      had met to do a virtuous , holy , and just act—to seek for mercy and justice to those expatriated martyrs , Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . ( Loud cheers . ) He hoped the time wns not distant when the voice of those patriots should be again heard advocating the rights of man . ( Great cheering . ) At the present time , only one in seven possessed the franchise ; and would they consent longer quietly te continue crawling slaves , in the ratio of seven to one * ( No , no . ) Well , then , they should assert their manly dignity by asserting their right to enjoy all the privileges and immunities of freemen . ( Loud cheers . ) How was the Charter to be obtained ? Why , was it net easy if they were united for seven to wrest theit rights from one ? ( Cheers . ) Never until the People ' s

      Charter was obtained , would the people enjoy peace , prosperity , and Universal happiness . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . T . M . Wheeler supported the motion in a speech of great energy , and it was carried by acclamation . * " In tbe course of the evening the secretary ( Mr . W . Matthews ) read the following letters from the members for the borough : — Wednesday , Feb . « h , 18 * 6 . Sib , —I cannot have th * pleasure ot attending the meeting in _York-street , in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones , but I agree with you in your inttrftrente in their behalf . Your obedient servant , J . _Tckfui Leases ,

      Captain Rous present * his _eoraplimests to Mr . Matthews , and regrets he cannot attend the meeting appointed for Tuesday . Letters were also read from T . S . Duncombe , and T . Wakley , _Esqrs ., members for Finsbury , expressive ef their sympathy , and determination to do all they can to effect the return of those much-injured men . A vote of thanks was unanimously given to the chairman , and the densely-thronged meeting separated , evidently elated with the improved and improving prospects of democracy .

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      NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! D 0 NCA 6 IIR . Petitions in favour of the Chartist exiles are in course of signature in this town , and are likely to be numerously signed .

      _SOKCISTXR . A public meeting of the inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood was held in the Town-hall , on Friday last , whieh was numerously attended , The meeting was ealled by the Mayor , in compliance with a requisition signed by sixty-one persons , including several members ofthe town council , to consider the propriety of petitioning the House of Commons against a measure which _thsy were persuaded would prove injurious alike to the social , commercial , moral , and religious interests of the whole nation . In the absence of tbe mayor , Mr . Alderman Birley was called to the chair , who proceeded to read the requisition and notice of the mayor . Mr . Hastie rose to propose the first resolution .

      War was fraught with the most dire aud calamitous mischiefs to tho human race , and perhaps there was no country where war had not performed its havoc upon the ' homes and happiness , the habits , and the morals ofthe people resident therein . _* He referred to recent times , to the late visit of our soldiers to Afghanistan , where a severe retribution was inflicted upon us—15 , 000 British subjects being engaged against the lives and property of a free and independent _people . He also referred to the wars of Europe in connection with the FreRch revolution , and in which Great Britain was engaged with other powers in placing the Bourbon dynasty upon the throne of Franee—in * ' crusade against the _principles of liberty , against the rights of a great and a

      free _peojle to choose their own governors . That war cost us upwards of a thousand millions of money , and destroyed two millions and a half of human beingswithdrawing from industrial pursuits in tbis country millions of the best men that Europe had erer produced . If , add to this , they remembered that fifteen years of this war had saddled us with a debt of eight hundred millions , and then remembered that in three short days the people of one city , Paris , undid all they had then done , they must see at onee the utter inutility , the perfectly farcical nature of all such attempts to drag down the human mind by brute force . It was intended to levy a force of about 45 , 000 men , which would be chiefly drawn from tho working population of this country , inasmuch as those who

      had it in their power would avail themselves of the advantage of paying a substitute . Therefore , whilst the poor working man had to stand his chance of being balloted , he was also liable to be tempted into the service by ; a bonus given to him by those who were able to find the money . And what was the nature of tho service required ! They were aware there had been a lengthened discussion of the Repeal question in Ireland during the last few years ; and there was likely to be a necessity for a large portion ofthe regular forces in Canada and other parts ofthe British empire . So that the 24 , 000 regulars required to keep Dan quiet in Ireland would be wanted in foreign parts ; and tho militia of Great Britain would have the _crivileze of _soimr to Wextord . where

      the inhabitants had perhaps not altogether forgotten some of the deeds previously pcrfermed by British troops in that country . He next proceeded to observe that government ought to be carried on upon the principles * Sf equity and justice , and upon sueh principles of conciliation as would obvi & to . t & e necessity of a great expenditure for the maintenance of a standing army in times of peace . The resolution was to the effect that the principles of war were opposed to the spirit of the gospel and to the best interests of man , and that the meeting _protestagainst the conduct of governments in attempting to settle disputes by the sword , iie . Mr . W . E . Smith , in seconding the resolution , cordially approved of _eyerj wrd contained nut . And me ha min . * _honestlv say that he was not so fully

      convinced of the principles of peace as to say that ho war , tinder an y circumstances , was justifiable . ( Hear hear ) There was a broad distinction _betweenoffensive and defensive war-there was a wide different * between the war which had to do with the _ambitionofthe people , and that which had to do with the defence of our liberties and rights . ( Hear . ) The resolution was put from the chair , and carried unanimou sly ; Mr . Plant sieved the next resolution , and said he believed the reason that the proposition of government hadbeen made was , that the people of England were becoming too sensible to become recruits , and to go and be shot at for a shilling a day . Besides which , he understood that militiamen had id . deducted from that sum for linen to make them comfortable . Allusion had been made to the Jewish wars by some one asan argument in support of war ; but they should remember that one rule among the Jews was , that if

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      any man felt afraid he might return home . Another rule was imperative , tbatifhe had married within twelvemonths he must . return home . No one now would stand up for offensive war ; but in a purely de fensive war , the individuals they attack must be considered as robbers and murderers . _The speaker said the object of government in this measure was to compel the mUitiamen _. by ' harassing them from time to time , to enter the line and join the regular forces ; But though they could ' cempel a man to serve who had not the means of pay ing for a substitute , could they , he would ask , compel bim to take an oath ? No . They might send him to prison for refusing , but they could not make him a soldier without his own . consent . He hoped they would ali prepare themselves

      to res-fit this tyrannical edict , and not submit to such abominable tyranny . A conscription never should be allowed in England , and no _governinont ought to be allowed to compel men to be soldiers . The resolution proposed was that of an objection to the embodiment oftbe militia , by which thousands would be forcibly taken fiom their homos , exposed to the demomlising effects of a military life , to ths great _irtjury- ' of themselves and their families , and by which their habits of industry would be destroyed , and themselves and their dependents _bocome a charge on the nation . Mr . Joseph Clark seconded the resolution , The Rev . GvB . Johnson moved the next resolution , the adoption of a petition founded uponthe

      previous resolutions . It was a matter of congratulation to many who were in the same position as himself , that of not having a voice in sending members to Parliament , that they could notwithstanding make their voices heard there ; and unless they -went to the House of Commons with petitions against tho e measures to which they dissented , tliey became _responsible in their several degrees for all the injuries that those nwasures might inflict . He was not yet convinced of the correctness of all the principles of tho Peace Society ; but he would go with them so far as to say that a forced standing army in any nation was a disgrace to that nation . * Mr . Chadwick , of Avksey , came forward to second

      the resolution . The game that Peel was now _plaj _» ing was played seventy years ago by the worst prime _miaiater Britain ever knew , Lord North . In 1 * 7 * 78 he gave a free trade in corn to this nation , because he darenotfight with Ireland , with _Maaehester , with Birmingham , with Leeds , with London , and with North America , at thesame time . We were to have free trade at last . Bnt there was treachery in the eamp . They wanted to send the militia te Ireland to assist the police to collect the rents of the famishing poor . They dare not fight with America and with a famine in Ireland at the name time , and so it was for Ireland that these 45 , 000 militiamen were wanted .

      Mr . Geo . _Blt » gdenmoved avote of thanks to the obairman , which-was seconded by Mr . _Ulingworth . The Chairman acknowledged the compliment , and the company separated . GRBSNOCK . On Wednesday evening , the 4 th eurrent , a great pubiie meeting of the inhabitants of this place was held in the hall of the Mechanics' Institution , for the purpose of considering the intended embodiment of the militia . Mr . John _M'Luskny was unanimously called to the chair . He opened the meeting with a few appropriate remarks , and concluded by reading the bill calling the meeting . Mr . Arthur Fay moved the following resolution : — "That this meeting of the inhabitants of Greenock .

      haring learned with indignation and alarm that ths government intend embodying the militia , is deeply impressed with the conviction that Buch a protective force is not only unealled-fbr at the present moment , but would be highly injurious to the best interests of the working classes , by dragging from their homes the hu > b , inds of virtuous wives , the fathers of help * less children , and the sons and props of old age and infirmity . " Mr , F . ably _supportea the resolution in a speech of considerable length . Mr . John _M'Farlaae seconded ihe _resdntion with a short hut Appropriate address , when it was carried by acclamation . Mr . John Peacock proposed the next resolution : — "That this meeting has no hesitation in declaring that it is the very essence of tyranny to compel men

      to sacrifice their time aad means in supporting institutions in the formation of whieh they are denied the privilege of taking any part . That it would more accord with reason and justice to draw the militia from that section of the community who apptint the legislative body , and who frame and enact l . _** ws for the embodiment of bucIi a force . " In support ol this resolution Mr , Peacock said—It may be asked , is it the duty of working men to defend the property of those who _Iosk upon them as being unworthy of the smallest privilege ? In the name of common sense , what does it matter to working men under what government they exist , whether Russian , Prussian , British , or American , if they have net a vote , a voice , nor stake in the co ntry ? Is it not

      an insult to the moral dignity of man to drag working men from their homes , and range them in battle array , like a parcel of powder-monkeys or mechanical figures , to march , halt , stand at ease , wheel abeut to the right , to the left , prepare , present , fire , at the despotic mandate of some old _fogie or some young aristocratic puppy . Oh , it is a Btrange government , this our British government ! If a working man is caught in the act of shooting a pheasant , a moor fowl , or a hare , he is dragged off to prison and sentenced to transportation beyond the seas . They will not allow you to shoot hares ; but when they please they will force arms in your hands and give you a shilling a day to shoot mex . The chains and gloom of a dungeon , when the soul is conscious of he

      doing no evil , is heaven when compared with t horrid occupation of embruing our hands in your neighbours' blood ; and he who bribes , or hires with money , any other , to serve in his place , is aa guilty of murder as he who strikes the blow . Let them fight who profit by fighting ; but working men haye no right to fight for those who rob them of their natural rights and liberties . Mr . _MMunzie briefly saconded tho resolution . Carried unanimously . Mr . _Robert Burrell proposed the third resolution : — " That this meeting is of opinion that it is the duty of the unenfranchised portion ofthe community of Great Britain and Ireland to wei gh well in their minds whether it would be in strict accordance with

      the moral law , or for tbe well-being ot themselves and families , either to serve in the militia themsolves , to find substitutes , or to pay fines for noncompliance ; but rather to submit to the alternative of having their effects confiscated and their persons imprisoned . That this meeting , and each individual for himself , is determined to use every means which the law and the constitution allow , to prevent the intended embodiment , and in the meantime agree to forward petitions to both Houses of Parliament praying them to prevent the raising of such a force . " Mr . Burrell said—If they became militiamen they could be compelled , at the bidding of another , to blow the brains out of their father , brother , or other of their kindred . Thoy dare not say no , or

      they would have the punishment of martial Jaw inflicted on them for disobedience . Their families could be no worse off were they imprisoned , than if they were militiamen . The _seldier _' s pay would not afford any support to tho family , while , if they were imprisoned , a fund could be raised for the protection of their families . Mr . John Gray briefly seconded the motion , and it was carried by acclamaiion . Mr . Robert Dunlop read and proponed a petition founded on the resolutions . Mr . John Peacock seconded its adoption , and it was carried unanimously . It waa moved by Edward Taylor , seconded by

      Thomas Mitchell , that Mr . Bain , the member for the burgh , he requested to present the petition to the Commons and support the prayer thereof , and that Lord Brougham be requested to presentitto the Lords . On the motion of Alexander M'Fednen , seconded by John Arnot , ten of a " Watch Committee " were appointed to watch the movements of government with respect to the militia , and were empowered to bring thc trades' delegates together when deemed necessary . The meeting was thc largest in-door meotingthat has been held here for along time . Several hundreds had to go away who could not get admission .

      MRRHKa if THE _KATKHME BALL , BOLBORS . On Wednesday evening a public meeting was held in tho National Hall , Holborn . Mr . Watson , bookseller , was unanimously called to the chair , and said , if he was drawn he should refuse to serve , for he considered that until the working classes were put on a level in regard to their political privileges with other classes of the community , it was their duty to resist serving . ( Cheers . ) Resolutions were proposed by Messrs . Moore , Neesom _, Lovett , Elt , and Bainbridge . Mr . T . Cooper moved his amendment against

      all ware and fightings , even in self-defence , which ws * opposed by Mr . Hetherington , and rejected by a large majority . The original resolutions wero adopted . An excellent address to the working classes was also adopted . The meeting then broke up . Mr . T . Cooper , author of "The Purgatory of Suicides , " & c , will deliver a lecture at the National Hall , High Holborn , on Wednesday evening next , February 18 th . Subject , — "Non-obedience and moral resistance . " The lecture to commence at halfpast eight o'clock precisely . Admission free , _ _„

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      " NORTHERN STAR" OFFICE , ¦ - ¦ SATURDAY EVENING , Feb . lt . _> MANSION HOUSE . «*« w _»^ t _^ -The _Adyastam o * a _Coriou * _Sotplt o _* Tzab » . _—Blhn Doheny , a mi « er _* bl * looking Iri » bwqbuu , wvth a child In her arms , both cloth . d ia rags , * was brought b _* fo » th . Lord Mayor by policeman 49 i > who said h . found her _eoliciting ch « i » y n _* ar th * _paitiy- * cook ' s _. _hopiriCornhill yesterday afternoon ; he had seen * her committing act * of vagraney _lereral timw b _* for _*> - ' Bllen _Doheny , in defence , wid » he . cam * from Cork , and that ih * had not lean her husband for th * lait three ¦ J months—that she had no other mtnt ot _lupporuBg her-« elf and her child . Sh * was committed to _BrMovmL & r ¦ fourteen dajf , ' _- ¦¦ _ _¦¦ , ' .- . '¦ : ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦¦¦ - ¦ . ¦ ... « i

      A respectable dressed and _interesttag _voting-wmin '' was brought before his lordship , by pbliceman ' 49 _Sy-who ' laid , the had obstructed the footway in _BirebinJane yesterday afternoon . Shecairied a basket of Oranges ; ' He and his brother constables had frequently ordered her - away _|; ehe refused to go , flatly telling them » h * Would not ; he had , therefore , taken her to the _Htanon-houie , *' She wa t « girl of ft ve ry indifferent character ; ihehad had _teretalgood situation ! obtained for her , _buthadbeen ' discharged from all in consequence of her b « d behaviour . _¦"* HU lordship _aeked her , if hv forgave htr , would she 1 h » ' have better for the future ! She loudly sobbed sn sffirma . live , and was discharged , and her fruit was ordered to be " _givfcnupteher . " '' ' BOW STREET . I

      _Satbbdat . — _Pocksti PicKiBO . — A boy ; _whosould scarcely look over tbe dock , and au ill-looking fallow , ¦ * about 19 years of age , wer * charged with the above ' offence . _^ Mr . Bird , a florist , stated that hia attention was called to both the ' prisoners at the' bar this moriiing , - about a quarter past eight , by observing themintently watching a g « ntleman to whom he was giving change for a _^ sovereign . When the gentleman alluded to had > placed the money in his pocket , both prisoners followed _' him , and witness likewise accorapunud them to waicn ' ' their movements . He distinctly » aw th « m attempt to ' ' pick this party ' s pocket , in which the younger' boy viae sheltered by his companion , rinding their efforts : rendered abortive by the activity ' of the gentleman , ¦ '• - who finally left tbe market-place , ; _&* y desisted from ' their attempt , _tnd sought for other opportunities *' Wit- ness continued to state that he eventually saw the younger one insert his hand three separate times into tho pockets of different parties , but who had apparently been

      prudent enough to take safer measures to ensure the keeping of their money than was likely to arise from placing it within reach of the prisoners' operations . Witness at length e * ized them both ; the stripling was extremely restive , and was obliged to b * carried to tbe station-house . They were both remanded to tbis day week . MARLBOROUGH STKEET . _Satusmi . —The Vicriu" or MaJi ' s _Waoso . —Martha . Lewis , a poor , _abandoned , wretched creature , ' was charged with riotous and disorderly conduct in the Haymarket the preceding night . Sh * was | rery young , _naredy eighteen , had b _* eh pretty , but her countenance had a pal * ghastly look , and her * ye * were _Uutreleta and heavy ; she was a painful specimen of the fate of her tin . happy class when Illness , brought on by a long _eeurse of profligacy , and tbe want of friends to aid them in their misery , comes upon them . Sh * wts _stduced at _fiftsen ,

      by a man who , , after protecting ber awhile , deserted her » nd | her child , who is in tbe workhouse . She was a second time protected , and a seeond tine _Jeserted _, but without additional incumbrance . She was then driven to the streets , She was handsome , wore _sati _dressts of the newest fashions , superb bonnets , and was courted , flattered , and admired by old and young gentlemen of _fovtvwe . At l « igth _, however , she became ill , and was . as before , deserted by her admirers , obliged to seek refuge and aid in a hospital ; and , after the expiration of three men ths , she came to her old haunts , dressed in a shabby cotton gown , a threadbare shawl , and with the face we have described . She had been before the magistrate at leant a score of times , on charges similar to the present . The magistrate discharged her , with a cauti _* n that he would punish her severely if _brouglt before him again . _SOPTHWAEK .

      SATUBDir _.--BoK < 3 LABr . —John Tobin , a young man about eighteen years of age , was placed at the bar before Mr . Traill , charged with breaking into the warehouse of Mr , Lorder , hair-m _* rchant , _Vinegar-yard , _Bennondseystreet , and stealing a bag of horse-hair , worth eight pounds . —Patrick Lacey , a porter in prosecutor ' s employ , deposed to the robbery . —Mr . Lorder said that the prisoner had been in his employ , _|* nd knew * very part of bis warebouse , wliich he himself saw fastened up a little before firs o ' cloek . —The prisener was remanded ,

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      W _>» iii ii _mst _^ f _^ i'i '<" i | i i WESTMINSTER ELECTION , THE CHARTIST EXILES . The following answers have been received from General Evans and Captain Rous , in reBly to an application made respectively to both honourable gentlemen , by our Chartist friend Mr . Gover _:- — _Bryanstone-square , Feb . 12 . Sir , —1 think I have already voted for terminating the punishment of 'Frost , Williams , and Jones . Be tbis a * it may , it is my full intention to support and vote for auy motion , having for its object the release and return oftbe above-named ; as I will , also , for any vote whieh may be brought forward for the extension of pardon to Ellis , who was misled te take part in riots at Stafford . I remain , sir , yours very faithfully , Bi _Lacv . Evans .

      British Coffee House , Feb . 12 . Deax Sib , —I have just received your letter requesting to know if 1 will vote for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Nothing will give me greater pleasure than to h « ar that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to pardon them ; and I think yon will _agrtt with me , that they are more likely to obtain a pardon from Sir R . Peel's government that from any other ministry . I remain , dear sir , yours , H . J . Rons .

      A public meeting of thc electors and non-electors oi Westminster will be held in the Parthenium Assembly Room , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , to consider the propriety of starting a candidate advocating the rights of labour . Messrs . Wheeler , Clark , Boyle , M'Grath , Skelton , and other advocates of the right * of the people , will attend . Chair to be taken at seven precisely . Westminster Election—We understand that the nomination will take , place at Covent Garden , on Tuesday next . The polling will take place on Wednesday .

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      —a—————HORRIBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE . Between six and seven o ' clock on Thursday morning ihe inhabitants of _Arboar-square , Commercial-road , were alarmed by loud calls for the police and screams of murder issuing from the house , No . 16 , in the square , occupied by a respectable man named Baxter , employed as a , clerk in _Twmplonmn ' _s coal wharf . Police constable Sutherland , who was passing the _huute , which is within abomt eighty or one hundred yards of the Thames Police _, court and station-house , immediately entered , and , on descending to the back kitchen , received in hi * e , rm « the bedy of a young woman in tbe last gasp of death , from a frightful wound on the right side ol the tbroat , which gaped to the extent of several

      inches . She died almost immediately , without uttering a word . Having laid the body on jthe floor , he proceeded to the next apartment , which was furnished in the way of a parlour , and there , on the floor close to the fire-place , lay the body ofa man about _twenty-six years of age , with his head nearly _oevered from his body , his throat being cut quite across . A pool of blood had issued from the wound , and where the woman lay iu the other apartment the place was also deluged with blood _. There was a pond of blood at th * foot of the staircase , and the door , the tables , and the chairs , were spattered and smeared with gore . The fender , fire irons , and furniture , were scattered about in every direction , and all things betokened a silent but terrible struggle . It seem * the deceased young woman , who had not _' yet at . _tained her sixteenth year , was the daughter of Mr . Baxter , the proprietor of the house . Against the father ' s consent she married her murderer , Jeremiah Spesce

      _jetark , about nine months since . Thi ugh averse to the match , her poor father took then into the house , ia the hope that he might further their future prospect *; but the son-in-law was ofa gloomy and morose temper , and apparently idly disposed . The only discoverable grounds for the twribl * tragedy , which has fearfully alarmed the neighbourhood , are these : —A little brother of the young woman Ellen Baxter , alias Stark , slept in the same apartment with her and her husband , and on th * previous night heard the latter abusing ber and calling ber odious names . This he told to his father , who mildly remonstrated with Stark os the impropriety of his conduet . It would seem this galled the fellow , and must have rankled all night in his mind . From the appearance of the front kitchen , which seemed to be the breakfast room of the family , the young woman must have been at work in the place when Stark made the attack upon her , and the Silent Struggle between them must bare been terrible . Her hands were cut in several

      places through the gloves winch she had on doing her work , The poor young woman , who is supposed to have been in the family way , is said to have been a sweet , goodtempered girl , of very _propossessing appearance , and her life might have been saved had not her too great love for th * murderer and suicide prevented her giving a timely alarm , as there were several persons in the house atthe time . [ _FUSTBBR _rARTICULAKS . ]

      The inquest on the bodies was held Thursday afternoon at three o'clock , before Mr , W . Baker . No new facts were elicited frw » ths _tviaeace produced , which related principally to the demeanour of St * rk , aad bis conduct to his unfortunate wife during the last few days . The cor _* ner haviug summed up the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict" that tbe deceased * _JSP _5 rft * . Speniie Stark killed his wife while _^ h _^^ f ___^_^_^ sanitv , and tbat afterwards he inflicted « _g | P _^?*^ -v himself while iu the sam state , of whieh _^ _H _^ t _ i 0 w . \ tiie last lew a _»/« . ¦• ' «' le jury , after a « hort deist tbe deceased _JgfSJnS' _hila _5 about _{^/»^^^ inflicted W £ __ W _*^ _$

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 14, 1846, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_14021846/page/1/