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    • 1FHE NORTHERN STAR; :¦¦• - . . ¦¦ .- " . .,- ¦ ¦:. . - • ¦ . . ¦¦ ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ uh-/. ¦ ¦ , SATURJ3Ay , Jl^AIlCH 9 , 1839.
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      EIGHTY t » Ob * Husdred Ma may have good mad eosttantf Eapioy , and » iH be par ! by the Steteaest « f Wsge * agreed to March , 1836 , by apprjriBg tour « f the following Masters in the Soroogh ts AsktotKBodfir-Lyoe : — George CoHweU , Thomas Lord * , Edanrad Spenser , John Simister , John Suleyj John Dobson , SinmefWroe , . Foster . Joaa Sbafliail , Tebruarr 27 , 1839 .

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      THE KEY . JOSEPH && 7 XS E jwmniifetkSt Just psbHsbed , tod sold by YTitui ^ r Willib , Haneiag Ditch , Manchester ; may fee had , Wootecal * , of A . Hetwoot , feO , Oiahamstreet , Maacherttr ; J . Hobsox , Northern Star Office , Leeds ; and Betailei by all Book , getters , price i » octav » , on foe paper , One aritiiagr « n coamea paper , Eight-pence ; also , fe enoiecimo , a cheap edition for the People , at Four-pence : — HIKE POLITICAL PREACHER : an Appeal JL fro * tie Poipt « a behalf of the Poor . By fii 9 Her . JOSEPH BAYNER STEPHENS .

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      THIS DAT IS PUBLISHED , -Nor . I , II , £ / JJ , Price l $ d . each , ( TO BE CONTINUED ¦ WEEKiT ) OF THE yOLITlCAI . CBBIBTT&JT PUU » IT , oa SERMONS BY THE REV . J . R , STEPHENS . Leeds : J . Hobsox , Northern Star Office ; Manchester , A . Heywood , 66 , Oldham Street May lie had ef all the Agents of the Star .

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      ACCIDENTS , INCIDENTS , AND OFFENCES . ± FlHTB SPECIMEN OF THE PEACE OFFICER [*«* . —At a .. meeting held in Peudbton , a few ¦ * Z' ^* pu lic wer * *» n »< i with a « rich an exhibition of foplery , cowardice and blackguardism , in . tfce pwon of A « onsenr » tor of the peace , as ^ onld Tearottbjy be supposed . Placard * W been is ^ aed awwang a . pnblio meeting to consider the propriety ^ ^ adopting the p « pie » (> Charter aad the Na-6 »^ Ti . ¦ titlon ' to ** holi € a ** balf-past seven o ctook in the evening , that being the earliest ¦ hour atwbich large nambtrs of those most interested in « business eeuld be allowed to leave their labour ,. It : was announced that the ineeting would be addwswd by ft * Rev . YT . V . Jackson , of Hulme , Manchester , and other friends . The jnooa was clear ,, but tie evening cold , and a large cob course of

      persons had assembled in the utmost peace and good order , wb * n ,: a person , whose name we are wld is Stuart , and who rtjoices in the high office of deputy eonsteable , aiade his appearance , and with all the \? i Wrt * nce ° ^ * tul 1 fre *> ordered the people to -disperse , adding that the military would be here directly . The Rev . Mr . Jackson requested to know by what authority be presumed to interfere , and was answered : " By the authority of the Magistrates . " Mr . J . —What Magistrates ? The Deputy hesitated a little , and then said—_ " Iftroclaim the meeting illegal . " ( Laughter . ) * " ? J . —You proclaim t » e meeting illegal , i » - deed ! Pray who gave yea the power to do so ? I pereeiTe that your object is to procure a breach of the peace , but the people have too much good sense to gratify yon , and if you break it you must abide the

      coaseqnenee . Deputy—There ' s a proclamation gone forth declaring the ineeting illegal . Mr . J . — 'What meeting ? Deputy—This meeting . Mr . J . —Do you call this a torch-light meetine ? Deputy , silenced . e Mi . J . — "Will Lord Johi put the moon out ? Leud laughter among the people , the Deputy , shamed out of the company . The night wa ? very cold , and a friend in the compasy voluntarily opened h « house for the reception of as many as could get in . The house , which was Terr spacious , in its different apartment * held a great number ef the people . Great numbers

      had to stand outside . However , Mr . J ., standing in the lobby of the house , was heard b y the people outside-. Here a rich scene occurred . The valiant Deputy , supported by a po ^ e of special * , rosbed into the house again , proclaiming the meeting illegal , asd rowing to take up Jackson , " or die in the attempt I" The rev . gentleman however , cosily bidding him " stand out of the way , " proceeded to place a chair ( which bad been handed to him for the purpose of standing on ) , so that the -valiant peace officer was compelled either hastiry to give place or bear upon his toes a weight somewhat heavier thaa might have been convenient . Mounting the chair Jackson

      Mr . proceeded at considerable length to address the assemblage , exhorting them to peacefulness and Rood order , that the "^ eace / ui" purpose f the bullying fool , who stood Beside him , might be frustrated —enlarging on the topics stated in the bills as the subject * of discussion for the ineeting , and exhorting the people toan unanimous and determined effort lor their rigfata . The di > comfitted bully standing all the while foaming witbTcxation and g ' rinning h"kt a Lincolnshire cat in a fit of the ague—amid the jeers and derision of the mreting , by whom he was convinced , it often & * be attempted to interrupt the speaker , th&he ** . iiad better be quiet . "

      A Son BvasfAitr Stbjevoled by his Fath £ r . —At the High -Court « f Justiciary , Edinburgh , on Monday last , Arthur Woods , and Henrietta Young or Woftdi , hia -wife , were accused of the murder of Joh * Dww Woods , pedlar , son of the male jnrisonerbjarfertBier manage , on tile 4 th or 5 th of AugBst last , n the houde ' of tWe accused , situated in Thorter-row , Dundee , by dashing or throwing him down with violence on tbe floor , and striking him ou the head , and violently twisting a . rope or other ligature round bis T > eek , by all which , or part thereof , his skull was fractured , and be was strangled , and soon thereafter died . The trial had been postponed on account of the . pregnancy of the female pri » oher ,

      who was delivered rf a child in goal , about a month afterthe Perth circuit . Duncan Macnab , night watchman of Dundee police , was on duty in Thorterrowon the night of the 4 th of August . Had occasioa to pass prisoner ' * bouae in his beat . Passed it about a quarter past one . Heard a Boise as of people . fighting in the house , and that some one was kept down on the floor , but no words . Returned about twenty minutes af ; er , went into the court , and saw a dead man lying in it . The body was on iis back , dose t * the stair coming down from "Wood ' s house , and right opposite the place . The stair is seven or sight step ? , and there is a railing round it aboot three feet high . The feet were lviee next

      the side of the steps . The body waa straight , except a bend at the knee . Thought the man wa * drunk , but on lifting the body found it was dead . Saw a wan very like the deceased go to "Wood " * door about half-past twelve . He appeared to come out of Summer ' s public-bouse in the court , but witn » s » did not wait to see if be got into "Wood ' i boose . Saw Woods himself go iBto the court about twelve o ' clock . James Lewe , sergeant of police , further corroborated the evidence of Macnab . Only the prisoners and a child about two years old were in the boose . "Witness asked "Woods where his son was ? and he answered , ' He ' s not here ; he shan ' t be here . " Then asked the wife for him , and she said she had seen him at the door about half an hour

      before . Then asked the father if he knew any thing farther about him , and witness thinks be answered , ' ¦ ' It was sa me that did it . " "Witsess left another officer , Peter Forbes , in charge of the prisoner ;' , until the body was removed . "Witness sent for Dr . Webster , who examined tht body in the Policeoffice . Witness went to Wood ' s bouse , and found several piece * of rope , which be now identifies " , in a pantry . Observed a red mark on the neck of deoeawd , as of a cord tied vpry tight round it . ilr . Moon , -surgeon , examined the body on the Sunday forenoon , in witness ' s presence ; it appeared in the same state a » when Dr . Webster first saw it .

      Witness went back along with the mother to the bouse , aid brought avray the child . Is quite sure that there was no one else in the bouse but prisoner * and the ehild . ' The thickest rope was hanging on the back ef the pantry door , the other pieces were lying at the fool * f a table in the pantry . Applied the muritest of Hie ropes to the mark on the neck , and i « witness ' s opinion it exactly corresponded . This was done in Dr . Webiter ' s presence , lira .

      Scott" Besides ia a court in Thorter-row . Knew deceased , who might be about twenty-one or twenty-two years of age . Never heard of the Woods quarrelling till the week before the Bon ' s death ; heard a noise in the house then ; they were all fighting together ; the wife stamped her foot , and bade Johnny go to the doer , and be gave her bad lapgoagg back again ; did not tee this , but beard the T » ice * . The young man teld the stepmother the bouse was his father ' s as well as ber ' s . Heard

      the father say be would put an end to his son ' s existeace . On Saturday night , August 4 , witness bad occasion to come dowa stair and pass by Summers' boose ; saw deceased leaning on the side of the door { -he said be would hold the candle for witness ; be wanted whisky from Mrs . Summers , who would notletnimin ; saw him go up the stair towards his fatber ' ilionse , but did not fall asleep till she heard a noi 8 e ' , " and got up and went to the staircase window , and ' aseertained the noise came from Wood's house . Heard" crifg like murder in a faint and low like tone .

      Wfent down to a lower window , and award the son say " Don ' t choke me , father , " in a low and mourn * fal tone . Heard no other noise but as of some person ' s head knocking ag&JBSt the floor , and a table and chsir'knocking about , and" was more alarmed at that noise thin anything . Heard tbeiather * ay in reply , •* I' ! f , be your butcher before I sleep . ' . Jhi nothear U ^ w oiftah speaking angrily at that time , though she d 53 so the w eek before . Heard noise afterwards , but n 6 " more words . The policeman came into the cbiff- ' an ^ called " past one . " He looked up to WobSVhouse and then " went away . The noise stopped ' af nearly half-past one—witness still contrBUljafe at the window . As the half hour was

      striking Ibozed down the close , saw the door open , and the father with bis hands under the arms of the son , pufcidg hist before him-. Mrs . Woods came to the Bear « ntTwent down the stair assisting the father in cafrVihg' Sown the son by the feet ; they laid the body down in the close with the head pointing to the entrance to the close , and the feet towards the stair ; botlf prisdriers returned up-stairs aad shut the door . Heaip ike woman speaking in a very low voice as taey r w « $ t ap stairs . Witness could not say what fhe tnought of the affair , she was so much confused .

      After being pressed on this point the witness said she tiorighttie woman said , ?? we will not be fashed any inoflt ; " The body was carried down the stair be&d-fofesbtt , and placed as described by former ( witness ! " ULn- Woods looked out of the door before the bodj was Brought out . which was done immediately after . It was perfectly stiff . There was no one in'the Court at the time . ' About five minutes after the body was turned out , witness beard the barrow eome , and went to bed . The declarations of the -prisonM * were then read . They asserted their ignorance of the manner in which the deceased

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      had come by his death . The male prisoner suted Iriat the deceased had not been at jtbeijipuae on the night ' of his death * , ' white the female pmoner stated 'hat the deceased sad been these , but she had refused him ' admission . The Jury retired , at a quarter fee * fore six o ' clock , and returned in about halt an hour with a verdict , finding * by a . lftrge majority , the mate prisoner Guilty , and by a majority , the libel against the female . prisoner , Not Prort-n .,., Tnts female prisoner , who began to sob convulsively oh tbe verdict being read , was then dismissed timpliciter from the bar , and the . unfortunate ^ s « in * ict was sentenced to be executed at Dundee , between the hours of eight and ten o ' clock , on the 18 th of March .

      English Soldiers . — We are , informed that two men , stationed in auotherpaft of England , have ju * tbeen punished for attending a tee ¦ total meeting It is not easy for the poor soldiers to escape punishment . If they get drunk they are punished , and if they put themselves in the waj ' -of Jfeepfng sober they are punished . Truly , they . may . havtt a good heart to their Whig task-masters . > Ltttbem endure twenty-four years of the most * rrfetched and uu-Christian servitpde . - Juii . tKen they jrili be permitted to famish in their oft ag « oai 6 diaday ; but , there i « a time coming when these matter * will be a little better regulated—when the aoldier > hall be a cit ««« u and the citizen a soldier . Since writing the above , we are informed that a mart unwarrantable

      interference has just been perpetrated in our own bar raeks against that l * st poor right of ail li : pgll « bmenthe right to petition . It appears that the National Petition made its way into the guard-room , ' where it was read aloud by « ne of the man . It-further appear * that the men present , struck with tbe truth ' of its allegations and the justice of iw drmtinu * , proceeded t » sign tbe petition , doubtle » s , poor fellow * , with an eye to the relief it would be sure to hrin > : to themselves . Thirteen names were already-appended , when a non-commissioned officer made his appearance and most unjustifiably and uuconstitutioualu commanded that no soldier should send his pruyt-r to the legislature . Perhaps this despotic procevding is sanctioned by the Articles of War ; whether it is " or not we do not know and neither -do we much

      care ; bat this we know , that it is un-English aim unconstitutional , fitted only to the despot hoHs ot northern Europe , and an impudent intrin ^« -ment upon the inalienable rights of Britous . —Northern Liberator . Public Baptisms . —Koyeii akd imposing Spectacle . The long harassed and diviuVd society worshi pping in Bethel Chap * - ) , Prime Street , Hull , which has been for yearn in a ver _\ declining state , is now fast recovering from itV difficulties , and is enjoying prosperity and peace under the pastoral care of the Rev . \ Vm . Hill . JV 1 r . Hill has not been in connection with the church at Hati quite two years , but tbe good t fleet * of hi .. watchful care and ministerial exertion * urn nlrr ^ v

      apparent . On Sanday , the 24 th ult ., solemn servu-.- \ connected with the most importaut rites of Unchurch , were performed in conjunction wirh tlit morning and evening worship . In the morning J-J per > oiw , 1 male and 13 females , were admitted into the communion of the New Jerusalem ( Jhurc-b , bv the holy ordinance of Baptism . 1 c was truly aii extraordinary and impressite spectacle to see so many , . persons having all attained full aue ano maturity , assembling at once round the BrtptiMii font , and voluntarily dedicating thtm-elves to tht 5 ervice and practice of religion by public- and deliberate vows . Tbe candidates for baptism were no immersed , but sprinkled , and the et-remony was

      performed in a most solemn and iuipres .-i \ e nume-. Certain questions as to their faith were proj . oui . d ^ u to tbe candidate by the minister , alter waicn enei ) kneeling received the washing with Warer , and ihr sign of the cross accompanied by the words , preseri e i by the Lord Jesus . Mr . Hill " th « n pronoui . eeo r > % er every one severally the solemn beuediction , " Tl « Lord bless thee and keep thee;—the Lord make ht > face to shine upon thee and be gracious uuto the « - ; — the Lord lift up the light of bis co . iHtenance upon tbee and give thee peace . " Wh * -n all had been thus admitted into the church tbe minister ancendeo the pulpit and delivered a most able , » loquenttsud

      , argumentative address appropriate to ttie occa-ion trom Matthew , 28 c . 19 / v . It is impossit . le to ghe even an outliue of this excellent aiscourse , vvbith occupied 1 hour and 32 minates in the deiiwrv . lu the evening the Holy Sacrament of tht Lord > Supper Vas administered to tbe newly initiated mi tubers ; its object , character , and advantages forming the subject of a discourse previously delivered to the church and congregation by the Utrvl tfficiatnr . The whole services of the day were of the mo « t interesting character , and will not soon bu forgotten by those who had the pleasure of attending them . Corre . ' pondeh t .

      Dewsbury . — Justice Slash ' em . — I find the account 1 sent respecting Mr . Justice Injiham i .- > wrong in one respect , viz .. that he stabbed the do ^ :. It appears that be cut the dog ' s throut , but from the care bestowed vipon him by thr owner he is g « tring tbe better . Tit . The addition to his title chould be altered to " Slash ' em , " and it may not be amiss to remind him of that part of Little Lord JohuV sneaking repiy to Mr . Frost —( how such a pu ***^ pot into the letter I cannot understand ; jt must have been by accident)—which I quote you btW , and which would be really valuable were it wtll

      oliserved by such Magistrates as the " Baron . " " Hf ( Lord John !) holds that not less benefit is conferred upon the people by a wholesome examplt on t / is part of the Magistrates , than by their strict and impartial dispensation of Justice ; for if Uiey whose iiuty it is to administer the Law are amongst the first to trench upon its limit a , they cease to enjoy the cdufidence of the people . — Correspo } ident . ~[ Let tne owntT of tke injured animal snnimuH tbe u BaroB , " under Martin ' Act , for tbe Prevention of Crueity to Animals , before the Wakefield bench of Magistrates ; and let us see what the ' ? Baron" can offer in excuse for his conduct . }

      HUDDEKSFIELD PoOB LAW UNION . On Monday , the 28 th ult ., tbe Board being formed ot a majority of those Guardians who profess them-« elve > favourable to the New Law , Mr . Floyd , tht clerk , laid before them the general accounts of the Union , which were passed , of course , id a very hasty and unceremonious manner , objection not being heard , or , if heard , not attended to . There was one item , however , of such a di * gr % c « ful nature , and which , if allowed to pass unnoticed , would establish a dangerous precedent , and to which , therefore , the attention of tbe Board was called . The Board had appointed tbe Northern Star and the Leeds Intelligencer theJT advertising papers , and

      Mr . Floyd , bad , contrary to thst appointment , of hw own authority , sent all communications to the Leeds Mercury and the Halifax Express , and hnd assumed the effrontery to introduce tbe fcharges of such advertisements in the accounts , and lay them before the Board . Mr . Moxon gave notice , that , at tbe next meeting , the snbject should ajiain be introduced , and its propriety discussed , when Mr . Floyd said , that it was of do consequence to him whether the Board passed it or not , he vw indemni fi ed by another party . Mr . Moxon , notwithstanding , brought the case forward according to promise , when Mr . Floyd again said , he cared not whether tbe Guardians struck it out or not , he had

      taken advice of an high authority , who had told him it would be allowed by tke Commissioners , it being for the benefit « f tbe Union . I asked tbe Chairman , who was a party in passing tbe item , whether Mr . Floyd had a power to do so , and be , the Chairman , said he had sot , and be , the Chairman , would tell the Guardians , and thone that were not guirdiansi , and the clerk , Mr . Floyd , that itauch a thing came under his notice again , as chairman , it should not be put ; it was very improper ; aud be hoped Mr , Floyd , the clerk , would cerer . attempt again to do tie like . Certainl y this proceeding on tbe part of .-n , paid oflieer it -a direct attempt at defrauding-the thiion ; Tiering 'bunness for hia own

      gratification , pernaps . interest , and that of a party to whom he professes to be allied ^ ia -diiVfct tippoxition to the law , and then ^ fcarging the Union with the cost incurred . * If th >' tDjipn and ; tbe Poor Law Commissioners tolerate thlff , it is likely that many private bills of a differen ^ satare will find a place iu the general acconnte of ^ Bext ' yisiar . . " ' Walsall . —On Moaday , the 25 th « lt . Lodge 22 of the Wolverbampton Independent Reformed Order of Odd Fellows , was opened at tbe boose ot Brother David Stanley ] , the New Inn , St . Johnstreet , Stafford-street , when , after partaking of the

      good and plentiful cheer provided by mine host , tbe astounding number of ninety-one were initiated into the oideT , wbicb i » a proof that the men in thin part of Staffordshire have begun to open tbeir eyes to their true interests . Tbe number speaka unutterable things to the ears of the Poor Law supporters is this densely populated neighbporheBd , for attt-rjhistime , leaving politics completely out of the question , Whig and Tory may bid good bye . te anything like dictation in the shape of Guardians , it being s * tabtisberl for the express-purpose of supporting \ u sickness aud distress anv brother of the order in the district .

      A few days A 60 , a * tbe constable of Milford wa » conveying a man employed on the railway tn gaol , x > n a charge of felony , h « managed to clip from the officer , and descending into the Oay-crox tannei , in which he oould n « t be found . The fellow g » tintoa cart , and cohered himself with earth < ind rabbish , was drawn out of the tunntl without bein ^ r detected , and made hi ? escape .

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      jBoji&LAliiEB . —fcjonie , villain or villains lately entered the house of Mr , John . GUI , . Ewtbr ^ ok Ltfl e / Bradford , ib ^ VW& f ^' tfVMr' ^^ ill ^'^ tio had goae i « to / a jneigfcb « n »'( if , kirf stde ^^ drerefrom several articles , such ; « s hr ^ sn csmlleBticks , ; and other chimflex ornamented : ^ n . Su « dayui | tht , week , whlUt the family were at Cnapel , theiouseof Jiide Barrett , green grocer , Wttirtgate , . was " enttff dy and upwards of £ 20 iu sovereign * , and a quantity of wearing apparel , stolen tberetroDju ! . , The villains have as yet escaped detection / ;

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      STATE OF POLITICAL FEELZKO . ECCLES WOHKINQ Men ' s ASSOCUTION . * - A public meeting of tbw bod y was held , in the Association room , Einu : Vstreet , Eccles , oa Suturday . iht 1 2 Sd ult ., to take into fcbnsideration the best meauK of wpporting the National Convention , and the Rev . Mr . Stephens ; Jaoh ^ Dempsey , in tbe chair . The meeting was addrei'sed by Mt . Jamo Leech , and Mr . Cothill , from Manchester , in aWW and eloquent ' speeches . Thu Rev . Mr . Jackson also made an eloquent appeal to thfe-meeting on bebaU of Mr . Stephens , which left as 'imprwuion oa the

      minds of the assembl y not easily to be erased . Spirited resolutions' werte passed ; exuressive of e ' on-AteBfiein the . Natiwial Coyiv ^ Hdon , " anf in toe Rev . Mr . Stephen * , aod ef .-djftttrnliB « tion to ^ BU ^ . port them by all means ' , pecuniary and oth « tf , in tbeir power . Mr . George Wroe was appointed treasurer ; Mr . "WiHiaoT MorrRi , 'Rtere ' tar / . Th * - 8 « m of £ 1 In . 5 d . was collected id the room ' , and a number of collectors were appointed to solicit ^ utu scriptions , for the support of Mr . Stephens , in his forthcoming trial , apd measures are adopted for more extensively collecting the National Rent .

      Blyth . —This important town baa subscribed £ 5 to tbe National Rent , . which has been handen to the Treasurer , and formed A part of thfc £ 50 , already transmitted to London , ill . 13 n . 7 d . has also been collected at Hartley , by the members ut rht ? Bluh Political Union , who have also collected , in their own town , £ 1 . 17 * . towards the Stephens ' * Prutection Fund . Lumbley . —A spirited meeting of tbe Radical Assaciatiou » a < hela on Monday week , when resolution- , expres-ive of the fullest confidence in the People ' s Dt-legaref , and in th « Rev . J . R . Stephens , were passed . Resolutions expressive of disgust at ihetowardly arrest , by Whig minions , of the rev . K * nfleman , were also passrd , and a subscriptioi . i-t « ned in uid of the defence

      fiind-Midoi , ey . —At a general meeting of theMidgley Badital As-otiation , the'following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —1 st . Vlhat this Association place the utmost leliame on the goodneiisw and knowledge of the members eon . pri .-ir , g the NatioiiHl Convention ' , and take this opportunity to publish their complete and eniire confidence in them , and their determination io abide by their decisions , and -upport them to tbe utmost of tbeir power , ho Ion *; us they faithfully discharge the trust repoieil in h 2 nd ?

      «* rn . " , ' That the mcmheni of this A » soi-iation regard with sorrow and indignation the conduct ot the 'base , bUodv , aud brutal' Whi fciS , in the arrest of the Rev . J . U . Stephens ; and that in their opinion the Rev . J . R . Stephens is intended to he only the first of an Indefinite nuriiher of im ' molai ti »»! i 8 at ihe shrint of tyranuy , unless the people ninnife .-t h d » -terniiiiatipn not to , permit it , and tbai the members of chiw Association do therefore resolve to avsi .-r the Rev . J . R . Stephens to , the utmost ol their power . " ' ;

      Durham Coi'nty Chahter Association . — Oji Thuri « dHy evening , » he quarterly meetini ; of the Cmiiicil of thi « A ^ -Ofiation wan held at Mr . Hill ' s Coffee Elouse , Sudunriaiid , when deUgate * attended from Hettoh , South Hetton , Ensington Lane , rhoruley , Moornley , HrooiriMde ; Haswell , Middle , Ea » t , and W ' t . Ht i < aintou *« y Collier Row , and Lumlet . Leiters were read from Coxhoe , Durham , and several other plates . The income since the lormariou of the Society , November 21 , 1838 , whs £ 6 " 8 . 6 s . lOd . ; the- expenditure for the sarhe

      I'enod , JL' 60 . 6 < . O ^ it . ; leaving a bailee in the Treasurers hiuius of £ 7 . 19 . s . lOd . The delegates reported ihat tbe Sotietien m the county were in a very htal'by mate , full nf life and hx . pe ; and tl-e ^ ro ^ ptut for next quarter was mo > t encoura ( iirp . S ^ -vrntv-four uuetin ^ s bad been held at various places in the county during the quarter ; and th whole of the Societies from which the delegates attended , or letters were received , bad all been established witbin the la-t three mouths . —Northern Liberator :

      Sutton-in-Ashfikld . —The Working Men ' s Assoi-ia ; ion ( , f SuctOti-in-Asb 1 ield , have prese . ntea the Rev . J . K . Steplienn with 4 ' 5 , towards defrajin >! the exnetwt-sof his trial , which has been collected in the followiug : manner , viz ; -14 .,. i ^ d . from a col lection after mtmi-v at the t-b ; ipt-l belonging to the New Metbodi > t Connexion ; 3 s . Gd . from a few triends mretin ^ n » » be Blue Bell parlour ; and the remainder h \ the Men ' s aud VVrmeu ' x Associations , and the friend * of the Rev . Gentlemen in the t .. wn ; we hope shortly to be enabled to send a second remittance .

      Failsworth . —At a meedn « of sorne of the friends of the Rev ^ . J . R . Stephens , from Newton , Mwton , and Failswortb , held at the hwufie of Mr bbAwcro ^ s , it Md « r * rKulved ~ ' « 1 st . Th ^ at the Rev . J . U . Stephens j . » justly , entitled to lh < 4 be ^ thaaVof every working man , lor his ^ pqs ^ ant anyqeapy ot the rights of labour against the eucryacbinfjnL * ' .. p i avarice . " - " 2 nd . That , this meeting pl « td ' ges itself to support , , with ir « pecuniary aid , r . o tb ^ fuUextetir of its power , the Rev . Gentleman . in > d approaching trial ; and to pay over thesubicriptionx obtained , as soon as possible-, to him , » ud earnestly , calls wpon all othern to do the . same . " Nuwcastlk-upon-Tyne —The followingsums have been received tow » rd » the fund for the defence of the Rev . J . R . Stephens , viz .: ^

      £ s . d . Feb . 20 . . From &lr » . Brnce , Mm Hall , and Mis 4 Whi'lans , oftlieOu 8 e- > - butn , near thia town , being a CDhection made by them ..... , 1 Q 0 21 . . From tbe WorkingMen ' s Asso ' - ' : Nation i io 2 £ 23 .. Juait-g Monktiouse ........... O o 6 25 .. James Bird , collected in the Blyth Branch i 17 0 25 .. Mr . Brodi *? r bbiug ' a collection '" ' by Mr . Graiu ^ er > masons , . amongst themselves , upon the Bridge , andinThepublic-houses .. 7 14 8 | 25 .. Mr . Jacob HaiU .,, ^ .. 0 0 6 26 ' .. Mr . James Shore , from a tew Odd Fellows ......... ; ..... . 036 26 .. T . S . HorniactJileotiWbynirn .. O 5 6 | 27-. Mr . John Waller , # m > few , friends at Skinnerburn Pottery .. 0 3 9

      f ^ ) 5 9 Bradford , —On Monday evening laat , a public meetin ^ was . held at Thornton , ' wriich Wajt'icfdi-essed at great length by Mr . J ^ Whitney , ftot ^ Bradford , in one of his best speeches ^ at tbe' conclusidn of which the . meeting beartiiy reupanded . Sevegal persons afterwards enrolled their names as members of the Union .. Same evening , Messrs . Arran and Hey worth addra-sed a public meeting at Idle , and we are glad that t ' . ie men of Idle are beginning to arouse themselrex , by coming forward with the colleetion of the reut with more spirit than they have heretofore done . It is also in contemplation to huve two sermon * preached and collections made in

      aid of Stephen *' * defence iund , should they be able to obtain the loan of a chapel lor that purpo . se . : Wioan . —A meeting of the ; W |^ n , BraBch , of the jNortbern Union , was h ^ ld ' . | p the lar ^ eropfli , Bear ' s Paw , lor ^ the ^ pufj > & ; K ^ of ejipj ; e ^ ing " their approbation of the proeeeajngs i » the General Convention , how sitting in London . And notwithstanding the despotism and tyranuv of ] t ^ W . h ' ig ' ^ d ; 'yprv cotton loras , brewtrs , and parsons , there was a goodly muster of the producers , of ^ hat we 8 UB ;( wh { ch ^ he aBove-mentioned geu tlemen faVen iyJ flhXi , woo ' are determiHtfd to stand of fall by the Peopje ' s cWter , ^ o support the Delegates c-faoxvn by tnte People to vKilurjuiii i

      "r " ne ^ yonveuuon j ana ^ o enae ^ iyour , by reason and argu ' inent , to erjliat . QUf JfB ^ w ., men in the good and righteous cause . of political Jiberty , which most eventually rescue , - not onl ^ th iiis ' unrortunate borough , but every other wmilarj ^' tuated , from the domination , of that ** vile factions . A few workingmen from tbe village of Marsh , Gre * n having beard that a public meeting was to take place for the purpose or giving thank * to tbe Delegates in the General Convention , contributed the sura of 94 ; 3 d ., when the fallowing resolutions paused uq'iiiimously . 1 . Resolved , "That the win dftwd nourias'tetf

      sbiliings werliug be transmitted ttt Mir . John'CoilfnH , lahson ' s Coffee ' . hou-ie , London . & airiBsCalnieiit ' of National Rent from the | ladical Btefgrwers <» f--Wgari and Marsb . Green ; that this above j ium be' handed over to the treasurer of the Convention , to assist in defraying the general expense *; " 2 . Resolved , "That this meeting plaee the most implicit conh'dence in the DelegKfes chosen by the People , to rfipTesbnt 'hem in the General Couvtntionj . iio « v sittiug in London , and that our siticert ; tharikt * be givtii to that body for rhe « evotiou of 'heirb ^ st tnergiea to the sat-red cau .-e of uuiv « T 8 ( U liberty . " .

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      Mbetinq of the West-Ridino Delegates . T ^^ ff ^ etjPg , Mfaa ^ beld a t . the hpu ^ qf . ,, Mr . MiddWbro !* , the Black Bull iHh , Livefspd ge , Ton MdnrtHy , the 26 th day of February , 1832 . Tbt fiJIowiniJ ; is . a list of the Delegates . in attendance : - O « ett-John Hai gh . Biwal—William Fox . UewMbury—George Hall . Huddewfield—Srepher , Dickinson . Bradford- J . S . Shackl ^ ton . Mirfield - ^ William "Pearson . Hphley-Jameo Smithurst . Leeds-Joseph Joned . Almond bury—Samuel Dickinson , liivergedge—Morntt Matbews . Holmfirth— John Brearley . Leptoa and Kirkheaton—Thomas Veevers . Mr . Benjamin Pearson , ol Mirfield-, was unanimously called to the chair , ant ) J . S . Shackleton was appointed Secretary for the day . The following sums were paid over to tb » - Treasnrer of the Wm-Riding , for the use of tbe National Delegates : — £ . s . d . Bradford . 7 1 \ y Leeds , Northern Union 6 0 0 Lted * , per the Northern Star-Office 14 0 0 Kirkh »* aton . 2 0 0 From the Females of Gla . sc * lies Hall , Lepton .............. 1 0 0 From the Fancy Trades' Union , . ¦ ' ¦ ' Kirkheaton 1 0 0 1 Lower Honies and Lotgley , AlmoDdbury ... ; ....... 1 0 0 Holmfirth 2 7 0 DewHbury 2 10 0 ' Fmm the Females of Daw Green 0 13 0 Paddock .,.. _ 10 0

      £ 38 15 1 % Moved by Mr . Veevers , seconded by Mr . Haigh , ' That an especial vote of thanks be given to the females of Glasct-lles Hall and Daw Green , and to all orher females who have contributed towards the support of the . National Delegates . " Moved by Mr . Stephen Dickinson , seconded by Mr . Samuel Dickinson , "That the National Delegates , awembled in London , do engage with the proprietor of -orne paper favourable to the cause , to publish a Weekly Supplement—uui-h Supplement to contain the whole of the transactions of the Delegates , arid that each and every constituted boily or Union be requested to send in the name and residence of the individual appointed to receive such Supplement , and that tbe cost , of the same be defraytd out of the general expenses , and that our Secretary be

      requested to communicate with Mr . Bussey on tbe subject . ' Moved by Mr . Haigb , seconded by Mr . Smithurst , "That the transactions of the National Delegates do meet with the unqualified approbation of the West-Rirfing Delegates , and that we will uupport them to the utmost of our power , pecuniary , or otherwise . " Moved , by Mr , Vwvers , s ^ condtd by Mr . Fox , if J hat ' , this meeting do adjourn to tbW flay month . ' ' * fetters were read fr <> m Keijrhley and offaer places ' that had not sent Delegates , of the roost cheeking . jc'i ' nd ^ stating , that dUbnugh they had not " sent ^ eWgatesV , thtjir money Wouia b ' t ready when' Called ' ' for . The Cb fl irinan bavinir vacated -the chair , Mr . ' Jorjn ^ aigh vva ^' re . q esred to' take it . / Moved ' by ' ' ^ r . ; , yee . y 6 ro , . seconded by M t . Jones ,. " , That a yo ' te o £ \ thitik ^ be given to thti Chairnian for hisjib ' era / 9 pn 4 uct ifl tbe cnairl ' v'' ''•''" ' '" ' ' " "' '" - " " ¦ '

      • ¦¦ ' . i . : ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ j , ' , ¦ .: ! ; J / i - . ;¦ i "' ' . . Uii : .. Collumptos , —A spirited mftfting has heferi hrld in tbi « village , for the C barter" and tbe National Petition . The petition baa been nigbed hy 616 inhabitants , and the rent is being ' collected . ' . ¦ .. ,-. , : oi ! :- . ' ¦ ¦ Boston . —A Rad cal Association has been formed here . At a meeting recently holder ., the following resolutions were adopted ; ' — 1 st . ' * That

      we concur in the principles of the People ' * Charter and the National Petition , and ark determined to support the Convention . " 2 nd . ** That we reqaest rhe co-operation of all who love justice and mercy . " 3 rd . "That we bold sacred all persons and property attending to order , ppace , and law , not suffering ourselves to be injured by uiijust and bad laws , or Hny unjust impositions to be imposed upon us . " 4 rh . ' * That we pledge oursgives to support the Rev , J . R . Stephens to the utmost extent of our power . "

      AsHTON-UNDEit . Ly ^ E . —At the usual weekly meeting . tt ? M at ; the profit meeting room , Charlestown , on February 2 ^ b , the utmost anxiety was manifested hy all classes of persona to hear the news from the CfinveHtion ^ and especiall y the particulars <> f Mr . Cobbett ' s resignation , which circumstaace ha * caused a very great sensation here . Mr . Edward Hobson , bookseller ,, wan called to the chair ; and after the assembly , which consisted of about 1500 persons , h > id been addressed by Dr . Swindell , Menars . Fenton , Wild / and others , tbe lollowing resolution wax pwed unanimously :- Resolved , " That this mpetinje views with feelings of alarm and indignation the intention of the magwrates of this ceunty , to a . « si « the Govern men r in the establishment of a rural police , and that this meeting considers that all

      working men ought to -be-prepared to resist anv unconstitutional power which may be vested in the bands of the hired ruffians to « upport the present system of spoliation and tyranny . A collection was made for the National Rent , which amounted , to 18 * . 6 d ., after which three cheers were given " for Stephens , and three for the Convention , wheD the rfrejfpojite reared to thnir respective homes . Such foflieW aW 6 rbiiigir > fluehee tbe Suffrage agitation ¦ ptttfieVSeWiii tn ^ dtsWc ^ tbat we have been u quested 50 stabe , tpa ^" a »^ rnHr of blooming maidens , employfe < tipalargV bbttbn rhanu'actory near Henry . «) tiareririWisr Wi / X are completely left to their ti « n re « NnT * e 5 i ] ' Wb 1 lerrteir Mdmirers are employed preparing ; fotthe : anticipated contest and collecting thn National Rent , '

      Kbtj * : riiio , — At the la « t monthly meetin ? of the Keyring Radical . Association , the following resolutions were adopted : — 1 st . That we denounce Daniel O'Connell as a traitor to the cause of Radicalism te professes to espouse , 2 ° ^ . That this meeting returns its sincere thanks m F . O'Connor , Esq ., for the support he has rendered to thfe cause of the people , and hopes he will cootinup to deserve their confidence . 3 rd . That tbi « me-ting sympathints with the Rev . J . R . Stephens , and considers the late proceedings of the Whig Government as unjust , tyrannical , and illegal , and that it is determined to assist him by its pecuniary aid to the utmost power at its forthcoming trial . °

      4 th . That the foregoing resolutions be inserted in the Northern Star and Charter newspapers . Toe Hum of £ 5 has been collected in this little town , towards the National Rent and remitted to the treasurer . Wakefield Working Men ' s Association . On Saturday evening last , the members of this association sent off the Wakefield portion of the National Petition for Universal Suffrage , &c ., to the Convention by whom , previous to iu presentation to , Parliament , it ; will be affixed , to the other sheets Jpr aymg for the political righra of the people . The Wakefield portion contains 2 , 625 signatures and measures 38 feet in length . It will be the

      * ecpB < time tbe nojMflectors itr thfe townwill shave petitioned Parliament for Universal Suffrage since the last election , and it is to be hoped that Parliament will have attained to that statuTe of moral and political virtue , that they will'fuel it a duty incumbent on them , as honest legislators , to "render unto every man his due . " Nay , is it possible that they can turn a deaf car to the v » ice 61 the people , which Sn this instance , without controversy , is , the voice of teasoti , justice , and of i > od , and can they again tinbiushiDgly put forth their cloven foot of wicked

      usurpation to trample on the righto and liberties of the people ? Slavery is abhorrerit to human nature , and , whatever our Iegislat 6 rs may think-to the contrary , the millions are determined to be politically free . Let the Commons , even at this late period , meet the-people with a tender of freedom , and however humiliating it may be to receive as a boon what cart be claimed as a right , the Commons ' wflVbe ' hailed as brethren , bat fet them dare to refuse itj and a vpioe louder than the thunder of Heaven will read the airproclaiming the millions are free !

      * . [ Thil came too late for insertion in our last aumb&i Ei » 3 V |

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      TH **^ btlety , craft , and ingenuity with which our moral force rulers weav * for w and entraminel ns withythefr physicalnet would be amusingVwere ituot sq expensive and oppressive . The very name of bodkin , or the thought of ^ a torch j frightens them ifito convulsions ; while they are daily committing Wholesale it * -the mof » t approved style of Whig moral philosophy . So Ijttle connection : , ej | 8 ti bewt-en . -tbB-j . ctt of the Whigs and the country , « fa r ai regards Hympathy , confidence , or even , thpugbtj that the j > e ^) e we fear ,, wpHld altogether lose

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      sight of passing atrocities , and attributeisuffering , either to long-existin g a , nd sanctioned abuses , or to Tory domination and misrule , were we not to point for a moment to passing events . The latter bi ^ bear , viz . Tory dominion , has been paraded , ; ' until it has lost it * virtue . Tbe'WbigH of the present day , vieiog with the Tories of a less reformed age , and naowingthenecwiity which existafortyraonifaUBwa to uphold , the dominion of an oppressive factwo ^ have , iluring the short period of the preseut Session ; ' -Committed more flagrant acts of injustice * , insbtehce ,

      and oppression , than any « et of inetrever' ibired co propose in so short a titae . ' Ditectftaio'fi / aa lar as relates to petitions , the only cn * anne ] through which the voice of truth may be expected to reach the legislative ear , has teen wholly " and entirely put a stop to , while the time of the country is occupied in reading the views and speculations of Jew jobbers , money changers , ' land jobbers , railroad jobber * , blood jobbers , 'iidnappere , corn jobSer * , fish jofebers ^ coal johbers , book jobbers , education jbbWrsJ and the Whole tribe of

      speculators . As far as regards physical forc-ej we find the army sad navy estimattrs , after twentyfonr years of profound peace , considerabl y exceeding those of -last year—while the estimates of the physical-civil , that is , Irish and English rural police may be expected to briHg up the rear ia Whig characteristic style . As regards the most easy means of levying taxes , namely , by the issue of Exchequer bills , the faith ef the Whigs being insecure , we find that Mr . S . Rice ' pro « poses to make the savings banks' deposits security

      ior his notes of hand . Ihat is , firstly , the people will have to pay the interest upon their own lodgments , and then their lodgment ^ will go to pay the Exchequer bills , which bills will go to wadthemusket for the infliction of oppression , and in aid of the collection of taxes . We find two and a hall millions of money taken from one set of hungry creatures to throw as a sop to another set of hungry creatures " , or rather as a nest egg , upon which the industrious will be forced to lay again and again , to appease the political rancour of a new race of jobbers about to ke established

      in Ireland . Thin money , ltatto small farmers in Ireland , would have fertilized the country , while spent as it will be , it will create a new set of railroad uolitici iris iu that unhappy land . Education and exptditiuus travelling , indeed ! for a people , whose physical Hufttringshaveimpaired theiriDtellectaal endowment " , and who seldom travel , save 4 roro the homestead to the petty or quarter session * , or to some public meeting , in tbe hope of enforcing thtir claims t » juHtice . What a sightly picture rtould be an ablebodied Irwh labourer , with a flock of younglings ,

      in destitution , laying his head up « n the earth with a Coeker under one arm and a Bible under the other ; singiny praiseM to the Whigs , while he looks round upon the land calling for that work which , if afforded to him , would have enabled him to feed , aud educate hjmaelf and hU famil y ! Our rulers first deprive the people of the means of enjoyment , and then substitute a pittance , insolently doled our , for the purpose of doing that badly , which would

      be well done , by the people , it' they were justly represented , and considered worthy of catering for themselves . The thinking mind will at once see that , from our present system , an absolute necessity arises for economizing from tbe poor , in order that tbe rich may live upon the taxes and gamble upon their labour . No man has any controul over hu mode of living , travelling , learning , spending , or rn-eivjng , save he possesses enough , iu the first

      in-, to set government economy and interference At defiance . In their Factory Bill , which was forced upon , them by the cruelty , bratality , and injustice of tbe masters , they have committed a high offence agdinxt equity , by allowing the guilty to compound for their transgressions , while by statute lavr it is a misdemeanour to compound a felony . By their highway acr , and other schemen for , effecting centralization , the little

      remaining power , is about t » be snatched from the hands of the ratepayers , in order to tbraw it into the keeping of tbe / Poor Law Comrawsieuers . Tbe people , wherever power wa » vested in them , evinced a disposition to act for themselveu . The eld boot was nearly worn out ; the Reform bill had unintentionally given a little power incases of some local appointments , which , however , during the present ( which may be justly termed the vamping centralizing ) * es . « ion , has heenf most unceremoniousl y wrenched from them , and this hy a Reforrae 3 , high-sounding

      pledge-bound , awine-denouncing , right-deftnding , ptople-loving Parliament . The indirect protection which the non-electors had ^ gainjit .. the ha > ty ^ undigested acts of thertp ^ l ^^^ oippr ; rlaatfeji , th « electors , has . 'bwtt-JalslJrii&i ' ^^ te .- ^ was their last Teminmg-m ipiih ^^ ^^ } bf appeal -and now lettheni more-l ^^ usly ^ ban ever « eek for direct reprewentatioii tbiroogh tnpr ! o ^ ichoMn members . During the first . Sewidik ^ he " Bfefcrmed

      Parliament , and when the noon was occupied inOie presentation of and diseussio-. i upon petitions , the country became alive to the value of these disoussions / founded , not upon farcical and side-wind resolutions and motions , but . upon actual grievances , and the sufferers' delineation of those grievances , till the suppression of those-feelings , by which the Whi g * were flung into office feecame necessary for the preservation of the power of those very Whigs —a most apt illuxtratien , truly , of the Whig method of

      disseminating useful knowledge , by Bhoviug the most useful of all fcnqwfedge- ^ njiiBely , complaints from the oppressed mHlions—into a bag , hooked to the table of the House of Commons . The Whigs were right , however , ' for we have often aswrted , and we . now repeat , that more light was thrbwa upon the system of iegislatio | during the three hours allotted to the presentation of petitions in the .. first Reformed Parliament ; than has gleamed through all th » subsequent Acts pf midnight legislation . It j ' s , tien , as we assert , that the great knowledge of the people , and not their ignorance ; unfite them for the franchise .

      When Bills were discussed through petitiops , frequent skirmishes took playe before the gran <| fight , and many Reprenentatives were reasoned ' -wi ^ kand converted by petitioBs , The several stinj « t « were argued deliberately over and over again ; : whereat now every discossion abouLds with froth , and ftlamonr i aud ignorance has ^ f deci ^ ons are corne to ; no time allowed t « v the country to declare for 6 < - a ^ aiaw ^ measure itg fiwt announcement ; beings ' pttoetmtion for having vip ^ tedj to proviswna ^ or a le ^ jfor conuibutions for ; \ bi support . We Hu ? t now

      , consider the di ^ erence between an unrefbrmed aad a reformed Parliament / ' The acts of the tj . reformed Parliament were the ha « i 8 of the reform clarnqurj and alway s expecting Befpnn , we merely looked upon these productions as . thepale , blossoms 6 f nn annual , while we were taught U > look upon the Reform Bill as the evergreen , from ' ^ " which . ; would spring wholes some and . ' imperishable fruit j ' . the fact being , that all

      which wa « before hut exp 6 rMnentai in the way of tyranny has now heconie multiplied a thousand fold , and confirmed iy ; permanent , statuteljur . Taking into consideration all the abuses upon which the Wh te « founoed the right to reform . wea 55 ert , without fear of contradiction ie ? eept from a . Whi g ¦ jb te chine , that the acts pf the last mpnth cf a Rtformetl Parliament furnish chargeamore grave , a ? cusat ; ona more indefengible , and arguments more

      unanswerable , than the long and , varied catalogs ^ © f ftoi&V plaints which sustained the Crr « -y » and the Rus « l ^ i in thdr battle * against the Cu \ jrt , the Lord * , sad their opponent ^ , - in the . Commons * .::- ^ . ¦ - ¦' .

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      SPAIN . The rival hordes of banditti who have so long iafeeted thb uahappy conntrT , under the name of CarliWs- aad Christinoa , still continue to labour in their munJerons Toeation . One of the murderers in chief , a villain naned Maroto , in the service of Don Carlos , uaable to satisfy hit thirst for bloed merely on the Christine * prisoners ^ has his upon the expe * dient of butchering , by way of amusement , hU own officers , six of whom , mostly generals , he has caused to "be ahot , puh&shing , after their death , a manifesto , in which lie accuses them of treason , and promises that he will sometime bring forward his proof * . This is too much even for Don Carlos ; and he has " taken from him the cemmand of the army , " and "declared him a traitor . "

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      Thb la . tk Auchbishop of Cashel has left Ms estates in Gloucestershire , to his grandson , Cotton . Dubixg I * AST TKAB , upwards of 130 persons —adult iemales and children—were burned to death in the metropolis and its vicinity . Teb WanricJe Aioertiser states that about the beginning of Febrnary a man , in taking down a thatched shed in that neighbourhood , discovered a "Fire Red Tail ' s" nest , containing two young ones .. Ik thb Criticali Notice of a Boston ( United States ) review , the following improvement is sugge » ted : — "The volame contains six articles , and would have been improved , we think , if some halfdoeeu of them had been struck out , "

      Th * Aust&iak GoTXRNXEifT have jast parchased tbe eoilectk ) H of natural history of the celebrated traveller Baron Charles Von Hugel , for sn annuity of 3 , 000 florins , and the additional sum of 36 , 000 * florins . Grxham Stcj ^ bt . —Graham Stuart , commonly called the wandering piper , died in St . Tnomax ' s hospital , having previously made his will , and thereby bequeathed all Li ? property for the use * and purposes of the said hospital . Ah avxlajnche lately r % \ . v near & » Tillage of Aydio « ob the Pyrenee * ; aeveral bo- < j «« , with their inhabitants , aad . a great number of toad * were overwhelm ad in the ruin .

      Thb MautlebokB vestbt have resolved that tie £ ve organists ef the parish should act as umpires in decidmg the merits of the various candidates who have pat up for the situation of organist at the St . John ' s-wood ChapeL Exiles to Siberia are compelled , with heavy fetteri rmund their ankles , to walk every step of a journey which lasts only a few days less than six months . The HotrsB is Edixbxjbgh in which the famous John Knox rented , lately , to the ground . A family ia an upper story fell with the buildiag , but escaped without injury .

      A HAS was KECBirrLT set up to sale by his wife , at Chapel Emle Frith , Derbyshire , no bidders appearing , the sale was very reluctantly postponed . Lord Hemet Russell , who is lieutenant ef tbe Tyne frigate , on the Mediterranean station , is 00 his way home from Malta , being in a delicate itate of health . A MAJf naked James Wbixg , was eanvicted in the penalty of £ 130 , for offering a bladder of nnreetified spirit for aaie to George Somerville , a cheesemonger at Walham-green . At a TMTBT MBBTTWG at Kensington , it appeared that the expenses of the parish are about £ 1500 more this year than last .

      Oh Bit . —The Jo ** Bull observes that "the great bone of contention between Lord Melbourne and Lord Dnrbam- ^ the appointment of Mr . Turton — has been swallowed by the Kohk Premier as if it had been a spoonful ottvupe a . la Rehu . " Mb .. Cb . ajcttou , m of Mr . Justice Crampton , of the Irish Bench , has been appointed £ nt attache of Sir Hamilton Seymour ' s embassy at the Court of Belgian . Latslt , at LmcxsTTB , two women , one the wife of a sock-maker , and the other the wife of a wooldMter , had each three children at a birth ; the fcrner , grrir aad one boy ; the latter , all girls . They are getting ob wefl . —Stociport Advertiser .

      The Cabkival . —The Carnival at Borne has begun with unwanted brilliancy , and on no farmer occasion hu there beea witnessed a greater display of pabfie nurtfc aatl priTate festivity . Th » Thavss T / tf tikel . —This undertaking contioues to make very satijfartory progress . Since Beceober last 30 feet « f tbe tunnel have been completed , Baking tiw -tengtb « f it , up to the pr » en { time , 86 * feet . It is now advanced about 130 feet beyond &e atuafion of the ' old shield , aad to within 65 feet of lew . water mark on tke Wappiag shore . A we *** . -, pacing loBf the Hacrney-To * a , London , lately , with hex husband , was shot dead by a young man who' wae imprudently tir ing a bullet frosjlja gusu ¦

      A oxbat Ea . bthquaxb has rece&tly taien pUc « at Marrini ^ ia ^ «» o « t of booses walls had bee * Ann &m , tad . upwards of 500 human beings perished in the rains . Ik the CsniBCJe T& pkk o £ Tewbwbnryj * && have been preserved ' for a long time , are the fpJJewing entries :- «< Aija . vi 5 r | r . p » Hi ; * r the player . ' gfiert , six sheepeKm for Chrufs garment . And fn aaVn ^ rtory ^ ecof&d fii -tte ' tane book , 1585 , -- ^ ** . _» ,. WAMi « . i ( k * A yiWloy tAnhth&zAM of liftir . itj

      CUB VUCSBK » t */ l % lO T ^» M » W »» " } . ^ -BJ^— ^_ - »——r- - --- for the Apo ^« jjiM t » 'be * rdt iafl a face , or . viser&raeDe ^* \ v ' . '; - . A Ma * jjuJokii of tke same « l Crampton , belonging t » F . tnf x , have been sentewei t © transportatioB br pig « tealiag ; they bad xept a donkey and eartjwrA which tkey would irire some twenty « thirty » iil «« « fj"reb the > stiei of three or four pig » s * a-tim * , « etar > « ad sell Aem to die fanner * in ifcewow * -iieigbbourb « od ; th »^ xade they had foUowed fer < h »« y « ai « . .

      At the last wbbklt jtBBTrKG of flie Magistrates , held ii . the " dry of Lincoln , a yoaih was coaBiitted to lie " sesnoos for stealing sixpenny vortb of lollioop . . As tbe law ? at present exist , the case of felony being very clear against , the prisoner , it was deemed imperative oa tbe part of tbe Bench U male «** eoamittaL The city must bear the expease of ibe fBwecotioD , which will cest at Ittst £ 10 or £ 11 . . :

      1fhe Northern Star; :¦¦• - . . ¦¦ .- " . .,- ¦ ¦:. . - • ¦ . . ¦¦ ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ Uh-/. ¦ ¦ , Saturj3ay , Jl^Ailch 9 , 1839.

      1 FHE NORTHERN STAR ; : ¦¦• - . . ¦¦ .- " . .,- ¦ ¦ :. . - ¦ . . ¦¦ ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ uh- / . ¦ ¦ , SATURJ 3 Ay , Jl ^ AIlCH 9 , 1839 .

      The First Month Of The Session.

      THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SESSION .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 9, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1048/page/3/