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    • TO TIIE WORKING CUSSES.
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      To Tiie Working Cusses.

      TO TIIE WORKING CUSSES .

      Jfc 1 Jfc Dfiak Fbiesds,—By Referehee To...

      _Jfc 1 _Jfc _DfiAK Fbiesds , —By refereHee to the proccediiings in jngs in Parliament , you will see that M r . Duncombe bbrings brings on bis motion for the restoration of Frost , \"\ _Tilliaiirilliams , and Jones , on Tuesday next ; and I need nnotsajnotsay what your exertions ought to be from thc momnent _jnent you receive that intelligence until thc time eexpireexpires for strengthening his hands with petitions . Llf evelf ever there was one question more than another in (¦ w hich which the working classes should take an interest , it bis in tis in the restoration of those men . As in this case , ; _so it iso it is in all other cases , the work devolves upon the ( ChartChartist body , while tiie punishment was suffered ifsoxa drom a desire to procure better treatment for a rene-Egade , gade , whose desertion from our ranks you and I would _Ihavc have tolerated , if he had exerted himself to procure j the li the liberation of the man who braved death and

      suffered feted expatriation in his cause . This animal should roue remember the fable of the mouse and the lion , and , inste instead of preaching any ism that will produce the mon . jnoaejism , the moose should hare worn his _tectu to the « ihe gums In gnawing the net , In tllC hope of _CXtricath eating the lion ; but , instead of even attempting to serv serve him : when he was endeavouring to cajole tbe elee electors of Oldham to send him to Parliament , he _actu actually had the effrontery to tell the people that agit agitation would but injure Frost , as there was machii chinery at work which , if uniuterferedwitb ., would pro procure his liberation . lie adopted this course with _noi soother -view , and for no other purpose , than thc apj _apprehen _* _aontlmtthementionofhisba _mshedpatr _* nai name would injure m _^ withhis free trade supporte rs , an < and implicate him in some expression of sympathy for tin the exile .

      _Aow , we had nothing to do with the expatriation of . of Frost , bnt we had everything to do with sparing hii his life ; let ns , therefore , hope tbat our exertions are to to be crowned by the further reward of making the re remainder of that life sem ' eeaWe to his country ' s ca cause . It is impossible to read the confessions of di distress from 1 S 30 to 1 S 12 , made by Sir Robert Peel ai and Sir James Graham , without coming tothecond elusion , thai even treason would be a slight crime f ( for the correction of such a wide-spread national c calamity . Every speech that has been made by tbe s supporters of Ministers in the pending debate fur-3 nisb . es the strongest argument in favour of onr appeal , i "while the time is pre-eminently appropriate for

      _l making it . It wonld appear as if agitation upon : ibis question was considered hopeless ; while common _: sense must tell ns that ail previous agitation upon the subject was of little importance , compared with an [ active and well-directed move just now . Both General Evans and Captain Rons wcre compelled to rest their claim to popular support upon a pledge to support Mr . _Danesmbe on this question ; while many of the most influential members of Parliament have also pledged themselves . Moreover , we have a right to anticipate support from Mr . Fitzroy Kelly , the Queen ' s Solieitor-General , and counsel for Frost . Should we , then , throw away the prospect that such machinery and the present times present ?

      I hare receired rery afflicting letters this week from different parts of London , complaining of tbe indifference and neglect of the restoration committees ; the writers stating that it is impossible to forma quorum . The public meetings are enthusiastic enough , bnt so are the plaudits that greet a popular actor or actress . To accomplish our work we require more than the passing burst of enthusiasm , more than fhe approving cheer of an excited audience ; we require work— continuous work , neverceasing work , until the work is done ; and then , nations that look upon you as poltroons , for allowing

      your leaders to be snatcbedfxom yon , and transported or hung to gratify the caprice of factions , will begin to think you worthy of tiie rights you claim . There would be no great difficulty in procuring 3 , 000 , 000 of signatures on Saturday , Sunday , and Monday , and postingthem to Mr . Duncombe on Monday night ; and and if there are not 3 , 000 , 000 of workingmen , women , and children , who would undertake half a minute ' s labour each , and ten men in every town who would take three days' labour each , then Frost , Williams , and Jones had better remain where they are , than return to a land of such slaves .

      The miners of _^ erthomberland and Cumberland got a petition signed by over 40 , 000 colliers in a few hours ; this shows that where there's a will there ' s a way—and if the work is not performed , there ' s no will for the work . I may fell yon that I have conversed with _, members of Parliament upon ibis subject , whose opinions have undergone a wonderful change , and , perhaps , there are others upon whose minds the prospect of shortly facing their constituents may have a similar effect . Of one thing we may rest satisfied , and that is , tbat aU that manly eloquence , sound reasoning , courage , andsincerity can effect , will beaccom pushed by our leader ; while the debate will not , as usual , be confined to tbe mere motion and refusal , as many of the most eloquent men in the House have

      undertaken w take part in it . We are erer ready to press subjects upon the House , that the House is not prepared to hear ; indeed , it would appear that tmr courage increases with the distance of hope . Here we have hope , and let us not dash it by apathy . I cannot give you a stronger proof of the progress that our principles are making than the fact , that the backwardness of General Evans ' s committee to acknowledge the principle of progression , was so threatening to his prospects in Westminster , that they were obliged to devote all Tuesday night to placarding the walls with the announcement that General Evans was for the destruction of all class legislation . This , and this only , secured him bis election , for bad it not been for that avowal , 460 Chartist Toters , who voted for him , would have voted for Captain Rous .

      Now , when we see such flattering prospects before as , sorely we should not be the first to blight them . I bave told yon a hundred times that there were from forty to seventy membera of Parliament in 1833 , 1 S 34 , and 1835 whe were actually in advance of tbe people , aad who relapsed into old Whiggery in consequence of popular apathy . I was one of the leaders of that party , and I know their sentiments ; tbeir language was— " Ob ! curse them , who would be bothered making sacrificesfor them when they are ready to sacrifice themselves ! " Cobbett said , and published it , that if all the Irish Liberal members

      had supported him in his opposition to the Poor Law Amendment Act as I did , that it never would have been the law ofthe land ; and many of those Irish members told me that tbey did not think the people of England cared a figabentit , as they didn't support Cobbett , and that it was merely a freak of his own . 2 > vow , don't let ns give them such an excuse this time . Let them understand that this is not a freak of Duncombe's , but a national freak ; and , perhaps , Mr . O'ConneU , who withheld _bhj vote before , which wo _* _old have restored them t © their country , may entertain a respect for the English , people to which their consistency entitles them .

      I think it would be an insult to your nnderstanding to offer another word , by way of inducement to united action . France had her three glorious days , the fruit of which was despotism ; let us have our three glorious days , whose fruit will be the restora tion of three glorious Chartists . In conclusion , I cannot withhold the fact from you ' that the Executive , acting under the advice of Mr . Duncombe , are waiting npon the members of Parlia ment , and taking such other active steps as are calculated to give effect to our undertaking . Ever yonr faithful friend , _Feargbs O'Cossoh .

      Gbeat Fixe At Livexeoou—A Mest Destructi...

      Gbeat Fixe at LiVExeoou—A mest destructive fire broke out about ten minutes patt one o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon , in a large warehouse in the vicinity of St . George ' s Dock , and in what is called tbe Back Goree , at the rear ofa large pile of warehouses which , about twenty years ago , were destroyed by a similar conflagration . . The flames spread with amazing rapidity . The warehouse in which the fire commenced was the property of the Ber . Ur . Monk , and was heavily stored with cotton , corn , and flour . In tbe cellar sis a large quantity of tallow and rum , which were saved by _floodhag them . At seren o ' clock the flamts burst forth in the adjoining warehouse ***** ***** fury , ignition having been communicated , it is _« a PP ° « i by the ends of the beams from oue building te ihe other in the upper stories the rooms of _« _Ueh _rae

      , covered six or eight feet deep with corn . The fire continned bnrnmgaUuightaud Wednesday morning . In a angle story of one of the warehouses there was East India and Mauritius sugar to the value of £ 10 , 000 the property ofa respectable firm , named Crosfield , of which not a single bag was saved . Tbe destruction ef ether merchandise has been equally great , but the owners fortunately are _insursd . The amount of property destroyed , including buildings and merchandise , is estimated at £ 130 , 000 . At four o ' clock on Wednesday a tremendous «* plo * ion took place , which brought do wn a large portion of the building ; from this time the fire slackened until graduall y went or * .

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      Vol. X . No. 432. London, Saturday, Febr...

      VOL . X . NO . 432 . LONDON , SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 21 , 1846 . ' _^^ _mii'S _. P _^^ _w" < '¦ ¦ ____ _^ ' _Viv _** _wnimngw and Sixpence pur Quarter

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      The Foreign News Of This Week Is Of More...

      The foreign news of this week is of more than ordinary interest , owing to the reported Insurrection in _POUXD . We give in another column the only information which has jet reached this country of this important movement . The tvranny of the Russian miscreant is no longer endurable ; and the despotism of the Austrian and Prussian governments is nearly as hateful . It is stated that Russia has completely succeeded in gaining the co-operation of the Prussian government for the carrying of her . schemes respecting Poland . The riots of Thorn and Posen , perhaps provoked by Russian agency , have conquered all hesitation on the part of Prussia . It is alleged that a kind of commission has been sitting in Posen , appointed by the governments of Prussia , Russia ,

      and Austria , and charged with concerting thc means of _pocifving Poland . The sort oi * pacification intended , our readers will at once comprehend . It is asserted that Russia and Prussia have agreed on thc project of annihilating the last trace of the name of Poland . The central government of the kingdom at Warsaw will be abrogated ; the different provinces are to be goreraed , like oilier parts of the empire , by commissioners of the Tsar , having not the least connection with one another , so that any central point in Poland will no longer exist . The Grand Duchy of Posen is to be divided in a similar manner . These infernal conspirators may , however , be foiled . If the information given in the Thais is correct , Poland will by this time be tbe scene of a sanguinary straggle .

      the Times correspondent avers that this outbreak is the work of the youth of Poland , uninfluenced by the exiles and warriors of tbe former revolution . It is asserted that neither to give nor take quarter is the determination of tbe revolutionists . Fearful as the adoption of such a course will be , it will be the only one through which the Poles car - hope for success . Wc shall be much , mistaken if this new Polish revolution , if commenced , is not directed agaiast Polish aristocrats and _traitors as well as Russian invaders and tyrants . Clearly a war of pitiless extermination , waged against all their oppressors , is thc only chance the Polish people have of being victorious . Bitter experience must have taught the people of Poland tliat tigers thirsting for

      blood are merciful compared with their merciless oppressors . If they fail into the hands of their enemies , or if they are once again subdued , they may be sure that they wiH be given over to universal execution , asd as their tyrants would do to them , we hope they will do to their tyrants . In saying this : we have hopes tbat the Polish people will distinguish between their tyrants and the enslaved tools of those tyrants . Our hope is strengthened by the interesting and eloquent document which will be found in our seventh page , addressed by the democratic Poles to tbeir Russianbretbren . It is rumoured in Paris that a wide-spread conspiracy exists in the Russian army . We trust this is true , and that the Russian monster will be burled from bis blood-stained throne , and

      meet the rich reward of his crimes . Sure wc _ai _* e tbat millions in tbis country are now breathing the same prayer . In Feaxce , the Chamber of Peers adopted on Thursday the Workmen's Livrets _ Bill ( which we explained in last week ' s Star ) by ninetyfour votes to thirty-one . The events transpiring in Switzerland are causing serious alarm to the French government . A democratic outbreak in Berne would be as alarming to the bastard tyranny of the barricades , as it would to tbe "legitimate" leaden Austrian despotism . Tiie Steele confirms the rumour of the alleged abandonment of the projected expedition to Madagascar . The Siedesays" We can nowgive positive , the news which was announced some days back . The Minister has given orders to . suspend a )' the preparations of the expedition for Madagascar Even the arming of the vessels is stopped . " This is a sensible resolve of the Ministry , if it really be

      true . It was strongly rumoured a few days ago that ' the Cabinet bad determined to recall Marsh ** - _Bigeaud from Algeria ; this , however , is not likely . According !© astatement of M . Dunn ' s , heavy-taxed England is even less taxed than France . In 1844 the English government expended fifty-five millions sterling , while the French government expended fifty-seven and a half millions . The mere amount of " the produce of the soil and industry of Great Britain sold te foreign nations in eleven months ' equals the total annual expenditure of the Treasury . wiiile it requires the amount of twenty-three months ' sale of French productions to other nations to equal the expenditure of the French government . Such ate the blessings of the "three days" fraud , and the blessed rule of Louis Philippe . The political news from Germany is not of importance . The Chamber of Baden has been dissolved . The cause

      assigned is , that the religious excitement out of doors has been greatly increased by the irritating language used in the Chambers . Most distressing accounts reach us of the destitute condition of the poor on the shores of the Rhine and the Moselle . The failure of the potatoe crop has caused an unusual consumption of flour , very many have already exhausted their store of corn , and potatoes being no longer to be had , the pangs of hunger are felt by many a family who were in former years above tbe fear of want . Serious disturbances are anticipated as likely to be caused by this distress , independent

      of political causes . Another cause of suffering is supplied in the alarming floods , which are at tbe present time _overBBfelmmg a latg _* portion of Germany . Thc 300 th anniversary of Luther ' s death was to be celebrated on Wednesday last . This jubilee , it was expected , would be made a sort of rallying point and demonstration of Lutheran strength , and numbers . A counter demonstration , on the other hand , will , l o doubt , be manifested by the party termed the " Friends of Light , " who still continue to attack the Augsburg Confession , while the "Rationalists " and "German Catholics" will add to the turmoil of

      conflicting opinions . Ronge , though being prosecuted for his " Appeal , " has just published another pamphlet , under the title of" Thc Romish and German School , " which is described as uot yielding in boldness of style to any of his previous writings . This religious confusion is driving numbers into insanity ; and it is remarkable that it is not the " Rationalists , " or sceptics , who are the victims of this fearful malady ; but the "Pietists , " the ultra-religionists of Prussia . So formidable is the progress of this unhappy disease , that the Prussian government are making inquiries as to its progress . In IIu . _v GAsr , at one ofthe provincial elections , a fierce combat took place between the aristocratic and democratic party , in which twelve of the combatants were killed and thirty wounded . Letters from Switzerland state that five of the Catholic

      cantons are about to meet in conference , to prepare against the anticipated democratic outburst from Berne . These cantons invited the cantons of Tessino and Soleure ( also Catholic ) , to join tbeir anti-democratic league , but those two cantons refused . The Grand Council of Berne bas passed a law against tbe citizens accepting pensions or titles of nobility from foreign _governments . On the 12 th the Grand Council decided , after seven hoars' discussion , by a majority of 129 votes to 25 , that it wouid confide the revision of the constitution to a constituent assembly , _namsd directly by the people . The next day the Council was to discuss the institution of the Constituent and the form of election . The project proposes a deputy for 3000 souls , which would raise the

      number of deputies to 138 . From Iialt there is no news , beyond the fact that thc Roman States are still menaced by a political revolt . The rumour is revived that tbe Spanish general Prim ' s presence in Italy is connected with contemplated political movements in that country . Couid our voice reach the Italian patriots , most earnestly we would warn them against any connexion with this Spanish traitor . Let it not be forgotten , that this Prim was one ofthe chiefs ot " Young Spain ; " that he excited the Barceloneseto rise against Espartero , only to accomplish the return of the hateful Christina , and get himself made " Count of Renss . " This achieved , he turned against his betrayed countrymen , and involved Barcelona in thc horrors of a bombardment

      lie is at best , but a scheming , political adventurer . Let him not be trusted . A ministerial cr isis exists in Spain . First , Nabvaez resigned his post of _President of the Council and Minister of War , under the plea of ill health ; the truth being _tbtt Xaevaez waa at daggers drawn with his colleagues . On the 12 th , all the ministers resi gned . The Queen sent her orders to the Marquis De Viujma to form an administration which he attempted , but failed . . Narvaez was then sent for again , and commanded to form a Ministry ; he tried , but could not succeed . The Marquis Da Miraflobes and General Roncaii were then applied to by the _dueen , and , at the time we write , the Spanish news

      gives the following as the composition of the new Cabinet : —The Marquis De Miraflokes , President oftbe Council , Minister of Foreign Affairs ; General Rcvcau , Minister of War ; Senor Isiubitz , Minister of the Interior ; Senor Topete , Minister of Marine ; the Marquis De CasaRieba , Minister of Finance . _rheMmisterofJusticeisnotyet named . Lettersfrom Saragossa state , that on the night of the 8 th , fourteen prisoners , of whom nine were political prisoners , escaped from the prison of that town . Some outbreaks have taken place at Sabadall and Tarrasa , in Catalonia . An attempt of the Alcalde s of _thosetowns to collect the new contributions , in conformity with government orders , is the assigned motive for those

      The Foreign News Of This Week Is Of More...

      outbreaks . In Por tugal , the Duke of Paraiella has placed himself at the head of the Opposition in the Chamber of Peers . As to the so-called Chamber of Deputies , it is degraded into a mere government council . The troops had been under awns several nights , to guard against an insurrection I Thus much ibr Europe . The news from tllC Umted States is not very important . No further step ofa hostile nature had bees taken upon the disputed question of the Oregon territory . The debates continue , but even the Americans are getting tired and sick of " Oregon speeches ; " we therefore , need not trouble our readers with them . The corporation of New York have resolved to memorialise Congress to fortify their city . At a military convention ( militia of

      Pennsrivania ) , held at Harrisburg , resolutions were passed claiming the whole of Oregon to the Russian line , and offering their " aid to maintain tho rights of thc nation , " should it ever be required . Democratic conventions have been held in Ohio and Indiana , at each of which " whole or none" resolutions were passed . The news from Canada is but slight _, fhe Kingston and Toronto ( Canada ) journals teem with accounts of strengthening the fortifications , as well as increasing the defences at the other Canadian lake and frontier towns . A meeting had been held in Montreal , ' at which resolutions were passed in favour of annexing the northern states ofthe Union to the British provinces , not a bad joke this . They modestly propose , it will be seen , to annex all the New England States , New York , Michigan .

      Wisconsin and Iowa , and all west of that north of the 42 nd parallel ! In Mexico the counter , or military revolution , is complete . Paredes entered the capital on the 30 th u ! t ., and assumed the reins of power , the old government having capitulated to him . In the Caucasus , the Russians _having failed to conquer the inhabitants are devoting the country to destruction . Between the 17 th of December and the 1 st of January , the axe and the torch wcre at work night and day , destroying the forest of Iloiting . The distress of the inhabitants of thedistrict at witnessing the desolation of their country is said to have been very great . The war in Algeria is continued without any decisive results . The Frenchhave deieatcd an Arab Chief , named Ben Salem , but Abdel-Ivaser continues to baffle them .

      POLAND . Expected General _LvsuRREcnoy . —We take the following from the Paris 'correspondence oi thc Times : — " I announced to you yesterday with de ? p regret that onthe 9 th inst . a general insurrection was to take place throughout Poland , and , it was _said , ( _Galicia . I fear that I was but too well informed , and that ere this most melancholy events will have taken place in that unhappy country . lam aware of the proverbial hopelessness of any revolutionary movement , the intention to commence which is known in advance ; but the incredible courage and the insupportable sufferings of the Polish people , and probably the manoeuvres of tlie Russian government , may , it is to be apprehended , _huve rendered this case an

      exception to that general rule . Few particulars of the projected revolt are known here , and acquaintance with them being confined to Poles , who , in their sorrow and dismay cannot be expected to be communicative , it is difficult to ' arive at more than a tew tacts . For some time past the Polish emigrants in France have been tortured by the knowledge that au attempt—a very desperate attempt—to shake off the yoke of Russia was resolved on by the youth of Poland . In these views and feelings their _brethreil the population of Galicia , notoriously sympathised . In Poland the people were exasperated daily by new insults—new atrocities by the Russians . In Galicia communisme had becnintroducedand propagated with

      very considerable effect . In Poland , as you already know , numerous arrests have lately oceurred . In Galicia you also are aware , as so many persons charged with sedition and high treason were taken into custody lately that the ordinary prisons could not contain them . It was , therefore , probable that an outbreak would , _J sooner or later , result , but my information would remove all doubt on the subject . For reasons not explained , the contemplated insurrection was to be confined to' Young Poland . ' None of the veteran patriots of that devoted land were to be allowed to participate in it . This fact is not of a nature to render the attempt more promising , and if ' freedom shrieked when Kosicusko fell , ' humanity will , in all likelihood , shudder at the scenes about to be enacted , or possibly in process of action , in the heroic land of his birth , for the attempt was to be made with a determination to refuse and not to give quarter . If I prove correctly informed , a ques

      tion will arise , « Will this insurrection bave been an end or a consequence ? ' ' Will it have been brought about or only provoked V Will it have been a cold creation of the Russian , or merely the result of a series of cruelties that ought to have been impossible in the middle of the 19 th century ?' At the . first view nothing can appear more utterly desperate than would be the attempt of which 1 speak . There are in Poland SO , 000 regular Russian troops , and the population is disarmed . That the attempt , if made , would at once be crushed is , therefore , most likely . Nothing but massacre or extermination of the offending people would Mow . It , however , tbe insurrection endure for any length of time , matters would be different . Galicia , and probably Posen , might sympathise , and out of it might Tesmtavcry general German manifestation . That Switzerland and Italy would remainjtranquil in such circumstances ceuld not be expected ; but this ia so like mere speculation that I shall not pursue it . "

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      * IaE Belvast Shoemakers' Stmke . — We bave received an address from the committee of " The Cordwainers' General Mutual Assistance Association" to tbe members of tbeir trade , on the subject of the Belfast strike . The entire address is too lengthy for our columns , but all the principal " _poiuts" will be found in the following extracts : — Associated Shophates , —The object . of this circular is to inform the districts that if the levies are not sent up to London immediately , the vitally important strike of Belfast must be surrendered . In the annals of strikes ' or turn outs , perhaps , there is not one that has been eonducted with more judgment , or with a greater degree of public spirit ; inasmuch , as tbe firm , persevering , and

      intellectual committee of that place ( Belfast ) have outgeneralled the masters on every point of attack . They succeeded in forming sections in the whole of tbe district , and in getting upwards of 300 _mentoleare tbeir homes and families , in preference to giving way to the ruthless tyraatt _, who sought to destroy every particle of indepen . dence possessed by their workmen , by trying to force them to sign a document , the effect of which was to get them to leave the association , in order , by that means , that they might render them an easy prey to their cupidity and avarice . Iu tbe old system of carrying en out trade there was a saying— " that we were never floored for want of money , but invariably forthe want of men . " In the new system we bave successfully resisted every simultaneous movement that has been made upon us ,

      with tlie exception of Belfast ; and , remember , if Belfast be lost , it will not be for want of good men and true , but entirely through the want of money ; and I would seriously implore the members of the association ( if they value its _existence ) to send in the money immediately , as success is certain if the money be forthcoming to support the families . As soon as the news arrived in London of the Belfast affair , the men met and conferred with one another to learn by what means they could best ward off this most unconstitutional attack of tbe Belfast masters —they not only paid the levies of the association , but put on a . double levy , to advance to the general treasurer a sum of money sufficient to sustain tbe men of Belfast , till the levies of the association came in , iu their regular way , but now the levies are coming in so slowly

      that'Belfait must give iu u the districts do not send them in immediately . It is true , that there is a month allowed to pay the levies , but if that privilege be acted upou , in the present instance , it is impossible to tell the dangerous eonsequencts which may ensue , The _Tvest-end alone have raised £ 90 to advance to the association ; but let no oue think that this is mentioned through a desire to hold up the West-end above any other part of London , because the City men's-men , _West-end _womeu _' s-m ' en _, and tht strong-trade , all advanced money oa the occasion in question , iu proportion to their means , and a more enthusiastic , a more patriotic , or a more humane feeling never was exhibited b y oue body of men towards another , than the whole of the shopmates of London _evinued towards the m * n of Belfast ou that occasion , and they think tbat tbe country ought not only to be up and doing , but that taej ought to meet , confer , and transmit tlmi

      opinions at once to London , as to the best means by which we could ward off the simultaneous rush whicli the masters are making in a number of places on our union ; and if nothing else proved it * utility over the old sectional and isolated _system , this demoniac feeling en the part of the masters to break up our organisation does , for , depend upon it , its growing strength and influence has a terrific effect on their tyrant minds . It may not be known to the association , that at the present moment there are a number of places oa strike which could not be placed on our funds , owing to the expenses being up to the mark , and which strikes are not for reductions of wages , but are something similar to that of Belfast ; it , therefore , behoves the members of the association to look out , and not only send in their levieB , but rahie money by every means in their power , in order to enable the association to get out of its present perilous

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      position ; for , remember , if the pre _* Bent ' system of organisation'Oe ' . _^ _llortwJ to be destroyed , or even deranged , it lnay _^' yeargaigaih before we can form a system so generai _^ _sb ' _au'icrous ; aridiso effective , ' for in-the history of th _# woiK | i"e ; classes no such union can be boasted of as oii _^ i _' _veiri ' e _' mber _, we are composed of men of different countries and differing widely in religion and politics , but at the _^ atue time agreeing in the moat harmonious and _systeijiatlc manner to maintain the rights of our own _industr $ f , < snd to respect , that of all _= others . Perhaps this is the first time the working classes ( of both countries ) _liavel-uid a , feir-chance of proving to those who do not

      work _f that they have intelligence enough to know and fed that an . . attack made ' on a working man in Belfast , or any other part of Ireland , is the same as an attack made on a . working man iu Loudon or auy other part of England , and that the working classes of both countries may prove to society at large , whenever such attacks are _roadejn future , that they will not only unite and make common' cause , but that they will hold in utter detestation every"detestable tyrant that is not willing to give the produccr / _if wedlth a fair participation in the fruits of his own industry , and that he who oppresses one man alone , will We looked upon aa tlie ' foe of the human rate , — ( Sinned ) "Wm . _Clauk , general secretary .

      THB . BMDQHO _&* rn Stbike . —The men late in the cm ; ploy _ofMessrs . M'Michacl and Grierson are still out , find are _detawninbd to stand fast to the union , and the men of Kidderminster are determined to support them in so just a _causes-There are above sixty men , and between twenty oh _* " thirty hoys to support , besides the wives and _childjnfe _^ ' ' ¦ - ¦" . _. _'• ' -. " . . :. _- ¦¦ -,- . ¦ * _'ITihSis- ' PeBEic MEETiNG .--A public meeting of tne miners of the Berwick district was held on the Uth inst ., on Telkington-moor , for the purpose of taking the necessary steps for obtaining an advance of wages at their forthcoming yearly agreement , wliich takes plaee on March 2 nd . An _intelligent miner was called to the chair , and opened the meeting in a pleasing sensible speech ; after whicli the meeting was addressed at considerable

      length by Mr . D . Swallow , and Mr . W . _Daniells , editor of the Miners' Advocate . The following resolutions were passed unanimously— "That this meeting sincerely believe that tbe Miners'National Association is capable , if fairly carried out , ef accomplishing tbe objects for which it was established , viz ,, ' To improve the moral condition of the miners of Great Britain—to shorten , aud equaliee the hours of labour , and to obtain the highest possible amountof wages for the labour of the miner , ' therefore , we pledge ourselves to stand by and support the National Miners' Association , and to exert ourselves to the utmost to carry out its principles and objects . " "That , as our binding day is fast approaching , and as it will be for our mutual advantage to act in unity together , tbis meeting

      strongly recommend each colliery in the district of Berwick-on-Tweed , to send in a respectful petition to their masters , asking for the following advance of wages , aB thc basis of _agreement for the ensuing year—Threepence advance on the ' darg , ' or day ' s work , and fourpence advance per day on shift work . That in the event of tins reasonable request being refused , another general _meetiftg be held on Unthank . moor , on the following Saturday aftersuch refusal , at two o'clock , p . m ., to Uke into consideration what ulterior measures may be necessary . " This was decidedly the largest and most spirited meeting ever-held in this district . After the general meeting was concluded , a delegate meeting was held at Telkington , where several important _resofcitions were pass « d , and much local business transacted . The case of the miners

      of Lancashire , now on strike , was also brought before the delegates by lir . Daniells , and there is . no doubt but a subscription will be entered into to enable them to maintain their rights . Glasgow _Boimb-Makers . — The _boiler-makers lately in the employ of Mr . Robert Napier , Vulcan Foundry , have been compelled to leave tbat establishment through the inconsistency of their foreman , Alexander Elder , who , being selicited to take into consideration the impropriety of keeping an apprentice belonging to another employer , told the deputation from thc operatives , and afterwards the whole body , that they must either leave the society or their employment ; and , to show that he was determined to carry his intentions into execution , he turned off an old and respectable workman on the instant , for the active part he had taken in society affairs . Accordingly , the operatives gave in their warning , which expired on Saturday last , the Hth inst .

      C&Aitfct Iittelkffence.

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      The Executive Committee To The Chartists...

      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTISTS CF GREAT BRITAIN . Friends and Brethren , — The aspect of the political world at the present moment , is of such a character that we should fail in the performance of a duty , which is as imperative as it is pleasing , if wc hesitated to invite join attention to our position as a party , and claim your support in the course which suggests itself to our judgment as the most feasible , and the most likely to subserve the interests of our cause . From the moment of our appointmentto office up to the present time , we liave carefully observed passing events , with a view to take advantage of any propitious circumstance that might arise to advance the movement for the Charter ; but owing to a combination of causes , entirely

      uncontrollable by us , our means have not been equal to our desires ; nor has there existed a state of things to warrant us in thc hope that any exertions of outs , however great , would enable us to do more thaa keep together the skeleton of a once herculean frame ; yet no pains have been wanting on our part ; we have hoped even againstiiope , and have succeeded in keeping alive a spark ofthe sacred dame , amidst storms of malevolence and treachery , which at times have threatened it with utter extinction . We have weathered the breeze , and , to the annoyance and chagrin of our enemies , are still floating on the tide of public opinion ; our barque is clear oftbe

      quicksands of deceit and the rocks of dissension . The dim gloominess ofthe past is fast dissipating before the cheering influence of a bright future { faction , which has exhausted its fiendish and prolific inventiveness , in devising schemes for our extermination , is now divided against itself . Parties are no longer what they wera ; old associations are severed ; crimination and recrimination , bitter invective , reproach and gross personalities , are substituted for fellow-feeling ; the elements of discord are everywhere observable , from which a crisis is expected . To be prepared for such is the duty of every Chartist especially . ¦ " Coming events ca 6 t their shadows before , " and from what we can see , tbe

      MINISTERIAL MEASURE now before Parliament , is likely to create a warm agitation throughout the length and breadth of the land . Great lesults are anticipated from its enactment au law , and many working men look , forward to its adoption by the legislature as a triumph for their order . We are of opinion . that no permanent good can accrue from it to the mass of the producers . Our opinion on the fundamental principle of free-trade , unaccompanied by the Charter , remains unaltered . We hold that no change , however comprehensive in itself , can effect any material alteration in the condition of the _slave-class ; that nothing short of tho entire subversion of the existing social arrangements can remove the monstrous weight of injustice of which they are the victims . The

      ministerial proposition will not have that effect , but will leave all the political power in the hands of its present possessors . Some good , however , will result from it . The settlement ofa long-disputed question will prove of _sminent service to our cause—the fallacy of the cry for " cheap bread" will be exploded , and the disappointed will learn tbat tbeir only refuge is in our principles Our prediction will be verified , and our conduct justified in the eyes of those who are now our opponents . The " five years' industrial residence" provided for by the measure will also be an advantage to us , and an annoy _, ance to those who would fain treat their slaves as they

      do their inanimate machines—use and dispense with them at pleasure . As a whole , we view the measure as a bulu one to submit te an assembly such as the House _ofCommone , hut one from which the mass of the producers netdnotexpectauything . We will watch its _progress through the legislature , and should an opportunity present itself , aB we expect it will , we will again take the field , and unfurl the broad banner of the Charter , in opposition to all and every crotchet oftbe times . The South Lancashire delegates , at their last monthly meeting , adopted two highly important resolutions , to which they solicited our special attention . The one , in anticipation of a

      GENERAL ELECTION , advised the levy ef _eue penny per member fer two or three successive weeks , in order to raise a fund to enable us to bring forward candidates pledged to the principles ef the People's Charter ; feeling that until this course was adopted , we should not be able to rank as a really _natienal party . We were delighted te find that the wen of _Lancashire , from whom we had always received the most effective support , should view this matt . r in tho » amt lhjhtas _wedoourMlvee . We hav * long been conscious of the great importance of an efficient representation in Parliament , of our principles and party , and are deeply impressed with a conviction < that the whole ami mulivkled directed

      energies of the Chartists of the empire _shouldbB to the attainment of one grand and desirable objtct—the ' return ofa few noble and patriotic men to the House of Commons , who will devote the whole of their attention to the cause o _( Chartism , and who , by their speeches and exertions in the House , shall cause the wrongs and injuries of tho degraded working classes to be as familiar to the entire _aation as are the vices and luxurious _worthlcssness of their oppressors . With six hen of a similar stamp to our respected champion , lir . Duncombe , on the floor of the rotten and corrupt parliament , backed upbj the confidence and enthusiasm of the millions outside , we confidently anticipate such a f trugg le for the Charter as has not yet taken place , and which would increase in

      The Executive Committee To The Chartists...

      strength and importance , until , in the course ofa short time , a public opinion would . be created so irresistible , from a _consciousness of its justice , as to sweep away every vestige of despotism , leuving nothing to mark its _Histeuce _, save the wrecked fame ot those » no supported it , ami the iflmazenient of posterity that a people could bt found base enough to pine aud suffer from the effects of _ system , which needed only energy and moral , courage on the part of the _Bufterers _, to ensure its utter annihilation . We therefore agree with our South Lancashire friends , that a friend for such a purpose ought to be raised , and will next week lay before thu country a plan to be pursued for its accumulation . The other resolution agreed to by the delegates related to our exiled friends ,

      FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES , whom the delegates seem to think are likley to be restored , if proper exertion be made on their behalf . Wo , as members of the Exile Restoration Committee , in connexion with our . brother members , have agreed to steps which will appear ireil calculated to ensure the restoration of the expatriated victims . Au address from that committee will appear along with this , from wliich it will he seen how necessary it is-that the second resolu . tion ot" the Lancashire delegates should he enforcednamely , that a general fund 6 hould be established , from which the expense o' _.-a decisive appeal on behalf of those much injured men should he paid . We are much obliged to . our Alexandria friends for the flattering manner in . which they have been pleased to speak of our services , and beg to assure thein that we will endeavour to act so as to merit a continuance of their

      esteem . CiiKisTornER _DortE . Phimp M'Giutii . Thomas _Clabk . . Feargus O'Connob . . Thomas Martin _Wheeieu , Secretary

      London. Wniteciur-Kl. — Mr. M'Grath Lect...

      LONDON . _WniTECiur-KL . — Mr . M'Grath lectured at thc _Brassfotindors' Arms , on Sunday : it was the largest meeting wc have had in this locality . The long room was crowded to excess . Our worthy lecturer gave great satisfaction . A vote of thanks was given tc the lecturer , and the meeting separated , highly gra titled .

      LEEDS . Mr . T . S . Mackintosh delivered the first of a series of four le ' ctutcs on his " Theory of the Universe , " to a very numerous audience , in the Bazaar , on Sunday evening . Tlie lecture appeared to give great satisfaction to all present . The second lecture will be delivered on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening . The council were taking active steps to have another petition , in addition to that from the public meeting , in behalf of Frost , signed by the inhabitants at large . The number attached to it already amounts to 8 , 000 , and it is thought that in a few days it will be 20 , 000 . If other towns will follow the' example of Leeds the return of Frost and liis colleagues will speedily be accomplished .

      MERTHYR TYDVIL . The members of Branch No . 1 of the Land . Society met in their Reading-room on Sunday morning , the loth inst . After reading iho Star , a large portion of Cobbett ' s " Cottage Economy" was read . Wo have read Mr . O'Connor's work on "Small Farms" twice over , and have derived much knowledge from it , for wliich we tender him our heartfelt thanks .

      MOUNTAIN ( YORKSHIRE ) . Chartism is vapidly progressing in this quarter Wc have established a Mutual Instruction Society , to which we are adding a library . A branch of the Chartist . Co-operative Land Society has been commenced , which is advancing very favourably . We beg most cordially to thank Mr . O'Connor , first , for his . noble and energetic exertions in preparing the English mind for a knowledge of the land ; secondly , for writing his indispensable work on the practical management of small farms ; and , thirdly , for propounding a plan by which every labouring man may obtain a sufficient quantity of hind to free him from the insults of domestic tyrants , and the infernal din and _srnok _* of the rattle-box . —The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet every Mondaynight , at eight . o'clock , at Abraham Butterfield ' s , Mountain , near tbe Queen's Head , Halifax , Yorkshire .

      STOCKPORT . Mr . James Williams lectured in the Chartist-room , Bomber ' s-brow _, on Sunday last . Subject— "The Land and the Charter . " A lecture will be delivered in the above room on Sunday evening next , Feb . 22 nd ., at six o ' clock precisely .

      OLDHAM . On Sunday last , Mr . A . F . Taylor delivered his fourth and last lecture on "Agrarianism , " in the school-room ofthe Working Man's Hall ; the lectures have been listened to with great attention . —Atthe weekly meeting of the membera of the Land Society the following resolution was unanimously passed : — " That tlie members of the Land Society in this locality respectfully suggest to the directors the propriety of having the rules enrolled previous to any purchase of land taking place . Nevertheless , should it be utterly impossible , from difficulties whicli we cannot at present see , to do so , we respectfully submit the propriety of making the purchase in such a manner as to satisfy the most timid of the security of the society , against those parties in whose names the said land may be purchased . "

      The Ten Hours' Bill. Mr. John Bright's V...

      THE TEN HOURS' BILL . MR . JOHN BRIGHT'S VERACITY-MEETING AT ROCHDALE . The statements made by Mr . John Bright on the night Lord A 6 hlcy introduced his bill iuto Parliament , has created sach a sensation iu the manufacturing districts , that some difficulty is experienced in _allayingthe ferment , Preston and _llochdale beiug particularly involved in the slanders put forth by the hon . member . The people of those towns immediately proceeded to hold meetings , with a view of rebutting Mr . Bright ' s calumnies . The people of Preston did ample justice to their character , and proved that there was not one word of truth iu thc allegations made in the Houso of Commons , llochdale has also raised its voice , aud ou Monday night one of the most crowded meetings of factory operatives ever held in the town took place in the People ' s Institution . The object ef thc meeting was chiefly to disprove tho statements made by Mr . Bright , that gentleman having _Btwted that

      the people of Rochdale wcre not favourable to the Ten Hours' Bill , and that the meetings in favour of it were _composed of , and conducted hy , _hand-loom weavers , who wanted to retard the progress of machinery for the benefit of their owu trade . The meeting was called for eight o ' clock , but long before that time _evei-y corner in the _spacious hall ( the largest room in tbe town ) was crowded to suffocation , and hundreds were compelled to go away who could not obtain admission . Mr . John Whitaker , the high constable of the borough , presided , and itis a remarkable and gratifying fact , that the whole of the _proceedings . werc couducted by _factory workers . There were present a large number of factory girls , who appeared to take a warm interest in the precet dings . The chairman briefly opened tho meeting . The requisition which hud been presented to him was a sufficient warrant for his calling- the meeting , and from tbat circumstance , together with his knowledge ot the peoplo of ItochdaW , he was satisfied that the whole ef the operatives were to a man in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill . ( Great

      cheering . ) Mr . William Kershaw , a powev-loem . weaver , ' moved the first resolution , and contended that twelve hours actual work involved at least fourteen aud a half hoars occupation , aud that , therefore , it was impossible for fathers of families to instruct tlieir _children as thev ought to do . It was a folly , or something _worw _, _ixyi aviv man to get up in the House of Commons , and there state thatthe factory workers were not in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill , when the fact was , they were resolved to have it . ( Loud cheers . ) He concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That the present system of long hours in factories is very injurious to nil thc persons employed in tlicui , as twelve hours' labour per day is more than the human constitution can endure without injury , and that the practice of working long hours _^ deprives us

      of every advantage in _literature aud science , and reduces us from the condition of social being 6 to that of mere serfr , without any of the enjoyments of social life . And thus meeting is further of opinion , that the adoption ol tbe Ten Hours ' Bill would be a very great improvement on this system of over-working , as it would afford us an opportunity ef improving oui- physical , mental , and moral condition : and we pledge ourselves never to _rulax our exertions until this measure becomes law . " Mr . Stephen Clark , a _cotten spinner , seconded the motion . He said lie belonged to the Short Time Committee , and they Considered they would not be doing their _dutyunluss they gave thc factory workers of Rochdale an opportunity of contradicting the ** _ftbs" uttered by their townsman ,

      Mr . Bright , in the House of Commons . Immediately on the statement made by- that gentleman coming to the knowledge of the operatives , no less than eighteen or twenty mills met , and agreed to hold a public meeting to denounce the statements as false and slanderous , aud the crowded state * f the meeting , who he was then addressing , was a strong indication of the sentiments of the operatives , and a convincing proof of the utter falseness of the statement made by Mr . Bright . That gentleman hadbeen invited to attend the meeting and defend his statements , but he had not wade'Ms app « arance . The speaker read lengthy extracts from Mr . Gregg ' s pamphlet on the question , and concluded by _seconding the resolution . Mr . Amos Wilson , of Preston , who had been _invited to attend tbe meeting , said he had been thirteen

      The Ten Hours' Bill. Mr. John Bright's V...

      that they were unanimously in favour of . the Ten Hours ' Bill . _^ Mr . Bright had also made certain statements respecting Preston , not one of which were true , and immediately on tlie speech reaching that ' town , tlie hands of Mr . Robert Gardner met , and contradicted the whole of his statements . The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously . In the course of the evening several other resolutions were adopted , and votes of thanks passed to the chairman , Mr . Fieldtn , and Lord Ashley . ¦ The meeting separated shortly aftw «! evcn o ' clock . T ! _-

      Fourth Emtiom;

      FOURTH EMTIOM ;

      "Northern Star" Office, ' Saturday Eveni...

      " NORTHERN STAR" OFFICE , ' SATURDAY EVENING , Feb . 21 . MANSION HOUSE .. _Satvrdax . _—IhoUWATt ItOBBEnr in TBZ _. Cm , _—IfiU : liam Siitcti , a youth dressed in thegnrb _. _ofabutcber _, ' was p laced before the . Lord Mayor , by policeman MS _,. _, charged with stealing two remarkably-fine _. _ilegs ofmjilt-, " ton from a cart in Leadenhnthmarket . _JosephiMaraJ _) _, * a (! man in the employ of Mr . James Waiste , a master-butcher of Walworth-road , deposed , thathe was _inIieadenhaUT , r market , with his master ' s cart loaded with meat ,- this : morning , at a quarter before eight o ' clock ; that he . left _jt ; : for a fexv moments to go into the shop of Mr . _Bxtghtnon . ! business ; and when he returned hediscovered . thattwo . ! legs of mutton , had disappeared from the cart . — -William , > Kiddull , a butcher boy , said he was in the employ of ki &; _j father ; he had occasion to be in Leadenliall-market

      tins morning about a quarter before _eijht . . He _. ob-i ' _-i served the prisoner go to Mr . "Waiste ' s ; cart , ; . and : . ¦ take out two legs of mutton , which he placed in ians ; handkerchief , and walked off with . He ; followed , him-, ; until he met a policeman , and informed himof _^ the cir-, r cumstance . — City policeman 158 deposed that . he acted ; upon tho information of the previous witness / and followed the prisoner down _Gracecliui'cli-stveet . _j He . vdtUi matcly went into Tower-street , when he _askedhira _> where ! , i he was going . He ] said he did not know . ;; , Het ( _poliog-. i > man ) said he must go with him to the _station ' . _house I -aHd : i ! betook him . into custody with the legs ot . mutton _now-, < produced on his person . —Prisoner , in his defence , said i he was driven to the commission of the act . by want ; _,-her had not tasted food from five o'clock the . previous . day . ¦ - i Gooch and other officers recognised him as _hawingheen _... in custody before for a similar offence . ; . - ¦ He was fully committed to Newgate for trial , and the witnesses ' -bound over to prosecute . WORSHIP STREET .

      YoOTIIFBI , _JBANDITTI . —This diy John Waller , Charles WooJger , and Thomas Skinner _weru p ]» c # d at tht bar , _bafore the sitting magistrate , charged with stealing a silk handkerchief from the shop of Mr , Camp , a pawnbroker ' s salesman . It appeared from the evidence , that the three prisoners , all of whom are mere boys , form part of a gang that infest the district of this court , and are the terror of those shopkeepers whose business compels them to _sxpose their goodB . They generally hunt in parties of four and five ; one of the party going first to take the goods , another close behind him , to whom he passes his plunder , and the others act as scouts to give a signal if any one is observing them . Should the first

      party fail to obtain the article exposed for sale , which is often made too secure , he loosens it , and the next in turn g « ts it . Sometimes the first party merely throws the article down , leaving it to be pulled up by his companions , who , if caught in the act , make the excuse [ that they were about to return it . In this instance , Woolger snatched the handkerchief from the door of Mr . Camp ' s shop , and passing it to bis companion Waller , was making off ; but a shopman observing tlieir movements , as soon as they had got their booty pounced oat upon _tliem , and after a short chase overtook the three at the bar , on one of whom tbe lost handkerchief was found . They made no defence , and were committed for trial _.

      CLER KEN WELD . The _TiBiES Turned . —This day a lad named Mahony was charged with stealing a table , the property of Mrs . Judith Mahony . —Mrs . Mahony deposed that the prisoner stole the table , and forthwith hoisted on her broad , atheletic shoulders a crazy old mahogany table . —Mr , Combe : And where did he take the table from >—Mrs . Mahony : From my room , yer worship . —Mr . Combe : Where did you find it again ?—Mrs . Mahony ; The polishman found it on his back , yer honner , —Mr . Combe How is it thatyou are both of the same name ; is he any relation of yours ?—Mrs . Mahony ; Indeed , then , lie i ' yer honner ; he ' s my son , tbe ungrateful spalpeen . —Mr . Combe : Why did he take the table ?—To this Mrs . Mahony would give no response ; but tbe prisoner cried ou _* in a stentorian voice , that the table was willed to him by his father , and , that as his mother was going to get

      married , he thought it right to secure the article . —Mr , Combe : Is that the cause , Mrs . Mahony '—The blushing widow pleaded guilty to the soft impeachment . —Mr . Combe : And jour son lays claim to the table I—Mrs . Mahony : Well , that may be , too . —Mr . Combe : Well , then , I won't decide who shall have it , so let the prisoner go about his business . —Mrs . Mahony : And who is to have the table?—Mr . Combe : Let the policeman give it back to tbe person from whom he took it . —Prisoner : That ' s ms , your honour , and immediately laid hands _, upon the heir . loom . A big , loutish-looking fellow , who turned out to be Mrs . Mammy ' s iutended , here came forward , and signified pretty plainly that , as the table had turned , so his affections had diverged , and gave the spectators to understand tliat , as he could not have the table , he would not have the widder— " No widder , no table , " said Mr . Jack Campbell , as he quitted the court .

      SOUTHWARK . Extraordinary _ArptiCATios . —Scicideof a Female , —This day , soon after Mr . Trail had taken his seat upon the bench , Mr . H . B , Roberts , the solicitor , attended before him to make an application for a warrant to apprehend a publican residing in the vicinity of this court , on the serious charge of being an accessary to a female ' s feloniously committing suicide . He grounded his application on the following statement : —The name of the deceased female was Sarah Bridges , and tbe had for twelve months lived with tbe publican in question , as man and wife . She had _considerable property of her own in her possession ; but latterly she had been so grossly ill * used by tin man , that she had threatened to poison herself . On Sunday last she was again ill-used by the

      person complained of , so much so , that she again expressed her determination to commit suicide in his presence _. She seized a quantity of arsenic , which lay on a sideboard , and mixingit in a cup with warm water , exclaimed , " 1 will now put an end to my misery , " The man replied to her , " Take It , and be b— -- ! " She immediately swallowed it , not receiving auy check from him , or any other person being apprised of the circumstance , until about three hours after , when a female neighbour entered de . ceased ' s bed-room , and found ber lying on tbe floor . She related what she had been doing , and medical assistance was procured , but it was too late to save her life ; although tbe stomach-pump and other remedies were used . A few hours prior to her death the party complained of entered the room , when deceased exclaimed , " that she forgave him , but he ought not to have let her taken the poison . " The man replied to the by . standers , " that he saw her mix a powder , but he did not know what it was . " Now he ( Mr . Roberts ) wouid be able to prove that he placed it

      there himself , well knowing that it was arsenic . The deceased had a very valuable diamond ring , and also a quantity of money previous to her death , wliich has been secreted away . He { . Mr , _Roberts ) contended that the part } ' was guilty Of felony , in _being an accessory to self-murder , and he therefore wished for a warrant to apprehend him on that charge . He informed the magistrate that an inquest had been held on the body , but none of the above evidenct was adduced before the coroner , consequently the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity , " He could , however , bring witnesses to corroborate his statement on the apprehension of thc individual . —Mr , Trail said thatthe circumstance ' was one of a very extraordinary nature , but he should not like to grant a warrant unless some inquiries had been made by the police . He directed Mr . Roberts to give information to the superintendent at the station , who would institute rigid inquiries into the circumstances , and if found to be true , the man would soon be in custody . —Mr , Roberts then withdrew .

      Dorsetshire Election.—Thu Nomination For...

      Dorsetshire Election . —Thu nomination for Representatives tor this county in the room of Lord Ashley and Mr . Sturt , resigned , took place at Dorchester on Thursday , when the show of hands being declared in favour of Mr . II . K , Seymour and Mr . Floyer , Mr . Brown , of Warehani , demanded a poll oa behalf of Lord Ashley ; hut before it was seconded his lordship said that he could not , after the public intimations he had given , accept the honour intended by Mr . Brown , thongn he sincerely thanked liim for it . The High Sheriff then declared Mr . Seymour and Mv . Fioyer to be duly returned members for the county of Dorset .

      East Suffolk _Elkctiou . —The election for a representative for the eastern division of this county , in the room of Lord Henniker , vacated , took place ou Thursday , at Ipswich , when Mr . Edward Shirlock Goodie was nominated , and there being no other candidate , he was declared duly elected . Ciiim Murder . —On Friday , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., opened an inquiry at the Victoria , _Charlton-street , Somers Town , on the body of a female infant that was found in a privy at HI , _Charltoii-strcet . The alleged mother of the deceased is a young unmarried servant , out of place , and lived in the above house .

      Last Wednesday she retired to the privy , where she delivered herself of the infant , whose cries were distinctly heard . She then forced it through the seat into the _soUiuid there left it . Her appearance soon excited suspicions against her , and a sergeant of the S division , No . 15 , found the infant . Mr . Cooper , house-surgeon to St . Pancras workhouse , examined the body , and found that the infant had been born alive , but as Mr . Cooper stated that the accused party was too weak to attend thc inquiry , it was adjourned until she is sufficiently _re « over « d to leave the workhouse , where _sho is under the surveillance ol the polico . r \

      Finsbury.—A Lecture Will Be Delivered Hy...

      Finsbury . —A lecture will be delivered hy Mr . William Farren , jun ., at the Mechanics' Institution , Fredericks-place , Goawell-road , on Wednesday evening next , February 25 th ; subject— " The advantages of institutions ibr the political , moral , and intellectual improvement of the people . The chair will be taken by W . D . Saul , Esq ., at eight o ' clook precisely Admission free .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 21, 1846, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_21021846/page/1/