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      rWe insert tke following Rhymes by a Factory Girl , is a proof « f the shrewdness with which the -osedacated caa form opinion ! of rock great troths as they are interested in when bronght before them . ]

      ON JOSEPH RAYNER STEPHENS . At Wks ^ dd Green % mxn does rendr That p «* cfeef kfiiwt » npemtidon mad priie ; fie mffioTnew fc » t « Mm and nim » ter « too , Bee » u * e be infbra * a * what they ought to do . He pT *» ekes the gospel »» d Ten Hoar * ' Bill ; Yiej wou'd h » T * him do » J » if they hid th ^ ir will . ¦ We most h » vc o -. r Vuiof , » y they to the poor , Bet till tb # y pre » di like Stepheni we'll pay them no more For he tais * God ' i holy werd for his guide , And » S otl .- * r books he doei lay aside ; He tr-fli n * the truth , him we will oWt , For i 6 od * nd hi * People ) they tfciU win tht d » y . ReSgwn , al ** , I » m « rrv to ny . Tier dnuge xnJ tnrnit jast their on way ; Tn « y mS hare good living * , they premeh »»' they will , A » fl alis , ire most keep there , and work in the mill .

      Their thfldrea , too , to school Bro » i \> e sent , T 21 all kinds of leaning and maiie hare learnt ; Tlwir-iriTe * aut hare reil * , slk dretaea , and etoikft , Aad « oo » who support them can't get Hnaey eoata . I have learched the Bible , on purpose to find , If rich thing * ai th *« e by God wu desira'd . But I sera could find them recorded thercia , > jid , therefore , 1 think it most be a great gin . Mr father , a preacher he was it is trae , But he had to work , « ad hi * children too ; I- ' t * ey had aent a » to school , better thyme we could nutke - \ zl 1 think his time we had some of their cake , I h-m seat to tke mill at eight yeas * of * £ e , £ ? A for mraj a jm Vi to Hxni on a « tage ; " v ten « j limhs wers all tir'd and my strength orereome , VI often to lay myself down under the loom .

      Bat them la t&oae day * no Stephen we Veew , Aii-siaoe he haj Ul « u * what we are to do . Let m do a « he bida ta , than we'il get oar right * , And 1 wiak in my heart then were more Stephenite * . Of Stephens 'tis said , and it ' s not rerr new . He ' s * . friend of the poor , 1 heliere that its true ; For he teUi as our Units ( and the JuiBowneir too , ) Bet they cannot stand it , no , that will not do . Long time they h » Te bosad pa with chain * of oppression ) S » ling that we dnrat not think of discretion , Bat God in bis Proridence hasu » eslighten'd , A&d b'ie » i'd > s ni » name « or prospects are hrighten'd . We locg hare been { rwa&eas , distress'd , and forlorn , Bat Stephens he has londly hlowa the ram ' s horn ; THo * e wallr of oppression th * y &hvl \ surely fall , Thoogh our tyrants are great , God u greater than alL

      A wolf in sheep ' s clothing says he will deronr All that mention yod name , if they are nnder h'J pow'r ; Bat if that be his prexJusg , 1 can tell too , my friend , It is ume for such , pre * ctog to come to in end . They ha » 6 e * B'd jon » der 3 , » 1 they ant religions . Bat 1 think they ' re no men than the crows or the nudges : Bat yon shall preach the troth , and j » dj cry shall he aiill , The Gospel , the Goapel , and the Ten HourV Bill ! But let us all strive to walk in God ' * way » , And from day to day car Sjrkrar to traiaeitt n * search the Bible , and know the lord's will , -Aad walk in rhp smiit uf his countenance atQL "We factory lasses hare hut little time . So I hope ypu will pardon my bad written rhrme . -Goi bless Him for striving to get bs out right * , -And ! -wish the world orer were true Stephenhe * . -A Stepbenite I anviroin the gronad of my heart , _ Ln £ 1 hope from the same 1 shall nerer depart . Ma ? God spare ) our life till the tyrants are ended , -So 1 t ; d yo * g » od bye , till my rrrae * 1 ' re mtnard . By B . H ., a Factory Girl , of Stah bridge .

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      ENGLAND . Northers Pounai . XJxio * . —Ths CooncD met oh WedBesdaj ereniiif—Mr . Home ia the chair . Letters ¦ werf ! read from Snnderlaad announcing their demonstration on Whit-Monday evening ; from Sir . Lowery relative to the proceedings of the Conventien , and detailing the probable ulterior measure ? that will be recommended by the ConrestioD . from Mr . Thomagon , at Amwick , describing th ? saccess of the Narthern Mission , and from Mr . T ; , a : Benrick , describing the great success of the mission in that town . Mr . Cockbnrn reported that hi and Mr . Emblettn attended at CramEngton , where , notwithstanding a total mi ^ anderstandiBg a * to time , they had a spirited meeting of 400 men . got cp in the course of an hour . [ The spirit and determination eviaoHl in this part oi the country is enough to make trranny look bine in the face . l

      Mr . J . Att reported , from Howdon Pans , the ^ nsetins -was nrld on Saturday , and t ^ e landl&dy there had been risked by a bum-bailiff , who told her that certain disaffected m « n trere coming from 2 seTca >; ie to speak against the Queen , and if she allowed these men to m ^ ret in her honse . she wohIJ be likely to 3 o » e her license . The landlady wonld Botliitm to the catchpole ; and the house was not shn : against the missionaritg . The crowd collecte . was too larg-s however , to be acsommodfttedin the tots ? , and the meeting was held in the open air—a snort enthusiastic meeting witiont a angle dissentient , except an old pensioner and a broken down exciseman , an 4 even these quailed and fled before the scom and contempt of tke assembled crowd . Mr . James Ajr re&d a resolution adopted at a large meeting which took place in the Rev . A . Hervey ' s -ciurch , Calton , Glasgow , on the 2 nd insiant , which v-aj moved , seconded , and unanimously carried : —

      - Hei : ring that our wortny townsmen , the Rev . W . Wyper , of Newc ? jt 2 e . hu been much annoyed and kos : © eling ? lacerated by the conduct of the diasentiag clergy of thai part of the country towards k-ia , in consequence of his adherence to the ca « 3 « of the p * op > , Uiat this meeiing do sympathise with him in hi * present circumstance ? , aBa that they hope , on the clergy of Newcastle becoming better acquainted with his c ' -axacter , hi * good intentions towards the poor of ids ccTxnxrr . aad his general good moral conduct , tail they -will take the earliest opportunity ¦ of r « einJisg tie hzstx resohmoa which they Lave agreed to . baing against a man whom tbis meeting c-. msiier worthy of " the fellowship of any society in the eirpire . " Mr . BlbkeygUted that an impression

      had gone abroad that the proclamation of the Qaeen was levelled against pnolic meetings generally , when the fact was that the proclamation was levelled only against armed public meetings . He noved that a committee be appointed t » publish that part of the proclamation which related to arising , with such observations ag would disabuse tiis public mind of any erronenas impression that i ^ ay be entertained -apon the subject . The motion w « ca-ried . Mr . Kakey then moved the following resolutions : — ik That the Northern Political Union hereby strictly enjoin * and charges all persons a' .- ^ nding the popular Demonstration , to relrain

      from coming ar . iied with any offensive weapons waiver . "—" That the ( k > uncil of the Northern Political Ution , thinking it possible that some evilcl > po = rd person or persons may endeayanr to create di-turbaace at the public meeting , on WMt-Monday , tr . » Co ^ Doil , t ' ncrelore , hereby offer their services to the MaejerrRte ? , as special coutfablw , for the pnrpos ; of preserving the public peace , shoald any atsmpt V ) disturb it be made . " Secondtd bj Mr . Oithain , Some Councillors objected to take office tinier tlie present Government , a rather la-gbable dL-tu-e-Ion ensued , and , finally , th « motions were -carried . —Ser / Aern Liberator .

      aiEETlSeAXD SOIKEE AM 03 G THE CoLlIEHS AT Thoeklet . —Oa Saturday last , the Chartists of this $ >'< ite and the neignbDurinf colli * rie 8 held a Radical fesjra ] , at which about 300 werepresfint , assembled £ ¦ -21 Coxho ? , Pitdcgton , New l > urham , Haswf ] l , the Raipton 5 , South Hetton , and Eadngton La » e . Th » * jiree was conducted with the utmtwt order . * nc all passed off in the most satisfactory manner , -After the tea . a pablic meeting wag held in the oppn sir . ' the large school being rmable to bold more taan a fraction of the greit crowd . Mr . Redhead waa

      * ot * d with load acclamation to the chair ; Mr . Story , of Raiaton ; Mr . Watson , of Haswell ; Mr . Liwson , of Coxhoe ; Mr . Gray , of Ea . « ingU > n Lane ; Mr . Jane * VTilliams , Mr . J . R . Batchelor , of San-Gsrlmd ; and another good old gentleman ( whose r . aae we have forgotten ) addressed the meeting in the mest energetic manner : the whol <» of the proceeanf s were carried en with the gre » te » t degree oi "p it , *« d teTepal resolniious wwe passed , expresfise of tae meeting ' s confiieaceiB , and determicacica to support the Convention . —Ibid .

      Dcheam . —Mr . William" lp etnred st Dnrham , on feis t # nr of agitation to Weardale , on Thursday ei | kt . —Ibid . The Natiokai , Petition . —It is generally be-Eered in this neiahbourbood that petitions , forwarded by the mails , have been stopped on th ? road br order . oi the Government We are sorry to say ttere are good grounds for entertaining this belief . The Darham County Chartw AwedatioB sent , two waeks ago , upward * of 6 JXK ) addiUooal ognatares , aad a day or two after that 1 , 200 xaore , but not one word has been mentioaed of them by tbe Petition Committee in the Convention . The GoTerniQKit is not superior to such maonne ** , and would Koop asle » as hell it » elf if it could thereby injure get cause . —Ibid .

      MxETrsr , or Females . —A most spirited meeting of three hundred and twenty women of Thoroley ¦*« beld on Monday , to receiva tke Snnierliad niisrlonarie * , M ^ r . W . Redheai and Mr . WaUon . EEzAbeth Mellet otenpied tne chair , and stated that ber husband had served in tbe army , and was ready to lead or follow . She , toe , had learned what pi » t * ls * ere made for , and she would say to ker husband , in the language of Ruth , " whether tboo goest I * 31 go , " even if it were to the mouth of the cannon . ( Load cheers . ) Mrs . G . Smith said , that from the earliest dawn of reason , her soul and affections were with the cause of freedom ; but since tbe passing of tiie Poor Law Bill she was determined to ? trazgk to the ceath against the and-christian Whig and Tory

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      am <_ ocrac 7 . The missionaries then addressed the meeting . Two hundred additional member ? hare been enrolled in the men ' s union . The women of HasweU met on Tuesday evening . God help tyranny on the banks of the Wear ; there are as many women arrayed against it as will frown it » ut of existence . The time for universal action has amred ; let the women of tha Tyne stand forward —lota . Democratic Meeting at Ushworth . On Monday evening last , Mr . R . Avr and Mr . Devyr visited thw patriotic village pursuaat to invitation . About wjven © clock the colliers assembled in large numbers , and with a large green fl- « , made a procesaon through the village , cheering loudly and heartily as they reached different point * , the whole

      populanonwas on th * qin vive , and sure enough they h"e their hearts in the right place . As the owner of the Red Li-n , where most of the former popular peetmrs have been heli , declined to take in those journals that advocate equal right ? , the Democrats movid their meeting to a spacious room in another part of the town . The room which was rary large tu erowied to excess . Mr . Craig occupied the ehair , and Mr . Ayr aad Mr . Devyr addressed the Eaeeting 8 » r mearlyan honr and three-quarters , with much effect , and were loudly cheered throughout . These are the right kind of men , and we trust that theysoon will achieve that equality which they so well , deserve . Several of the fair women of Ushworth were also-present on the occasion . —Ibid .

      BrnTLET . —On Saturday evening , Messrs . Ckarlton and Devyr attended a public meeting at this Tillage . The meeting was intended to be held at the Red Lion public house , but the evening being fine it was determined to bold it under the broad blue sky . The missionaries proceeded to reconnoitre , sad in another public hoase some half a mile further . lone on the turnpike Toad , found no leg * than three bands , one of which from South Hetton , ( as we learn ) was dressed in a sort of noodb uniform . The instruments belonging w these bands , are , it may be as well to observe , the property of the slave owners . The Democrat * formed a procession at the Red Lion , and marched in the direction of the " melting sosnd- "' where a considerable crowd was collected . Down through the crowd and back again moved the procession to where a huge grey rock offered them a platform in the midst of tha village , Mr . Charter was called to the chair , and the-whole

      crowd foirook the " tinkling cymbals" in order to heat the words of truth and hnmanity . The meeting was addressed at mnch length by Messrs . Chalton and Devyr , who bitterly taunted the Whigs and Tories that none of them dare come farward and discuss the question at issue between tha people and their oppressors . The bands , or at lea * t a portion of them , came out from their ensconceraent in the warm parlour and blew the bellow ? , for the purpose of nvettic g their own chains . The vast multitude congregated , heeded them not however , but listened with breathless attention and bursting shoots to the tale of their wroags and oppression Bnt thoHgh the pwple generally Manifested the noblest spirit , we were pained to see that the stalwart frames and good natnred countenances of the different bands evinced something like a disposition to continue the slaves of a system that is fast reducing them to a worse than Wet Indian bondage . —lUd .

      Berwick . —The missionaries have held three or four-thundering meetings at this half-way hoase between the " sister kingdoms . " At one ' of these an attorney named Pattinson , but better known by the so briqurt of " whipper-in , " attempted to anuov the meeting by stationing hims ? lf at the outskirts . Indeed , your whipper-in of tyrannj takes as naturally to the outskirts © f a meeting as a snipe to a bog-hole . The wretched hireling shrank as might be expected from discussien with tbe missionan-s

      Mr . Thomason waited upon him of the bauble and gold chain , who holds civiliaasway over Berwick , to request permission to hold a meeting in the marketplace for the purpose of public discussioa . The worsiipful ordered Mr . T . from his adorable presfiHce as soon as he uDderstoed that equal rights was the object of his mL-tioD . In proportion to thi < petty persecution risss the spirit ot the Border men , and an association is to be formed in Berwick , that will make Tory-whiggery scarce on the banks of the Tweed . —Ibid .

      Alxwick . —On Saturday last , Messrs . Thomason aad M'Bean , delegates from the Northern Political Union r vkited this awakening place on their Northern tosr , and held a spirited out-door m-eting on its edge of the common , in favour of the People ' s Charter . _ Notwithstanding the po ' . incal apathy for which thw ancient town has b-cns-olong proverbial , after it was announced bv tte bellman that a Charter meeting would be hefd , and be addre ? sr » d by the above gentlemen , the place sho *? d una ^ u .-vl bustle and lon £ before the time of meeting arrived , group * of people were seen wending their way to the spot , which quietly became populated with ' hundreds of the " true and brave , " who were characterised by union and decorum , and a spirited determination to emancipate themselves from the trammels of a despicable faction—a pr ivileged money-getting aristflcracv . — Ibid .

      Charttst Meeting at Bariihdat » . —On Wednemlay night last , a large and respectable meeting was held ii the Secession Church , Ban-head , to hear a deputation from the Glasgow Uuivvrs *! Suffrage Association , and to form a Female Rv . lical Association , to aid the movement for the People ' s Charter . Mr . Peter Crawford , President o f the : iarrhead Working Men ' s Association , in the chair . The females present , ( composing nearly one-half of the meeting . ) were well drersed , and well behaved , and to judge from their appearance and behaviour

      throughout the whe ' . e of the proceedings , we have no hesitation in saying , that ihe most respectable females in Barrhead were present at ibis meeting . Well may the Tories dread the influence which women such as these must exercise over both friends and foei to the Charter . The meetisg was addressed by Messrs . Cumr&ing , Gil ! e .- -p : r > , Roger . * , and Cowan , of Glasgow , and Mr . Liropaidlaw , of BasrheaJ . A lcrge and influential c immitiee was then _ appointed by the females present , and the naeehEg broke vp . —Scott Times .

      Westo ^ . —Pursuant to notice , a public meeting was . held in \ Te * ton on Tuesday evening week , and such was the interest felt on the occasion that thousands had assembled l "< ng before the appointed time of meeting . It was thought by som-3 foolish and timid people that the meetii g would not pass off without some disturbance ; but such is the love of the Chartists for , and such their determination to adhere to their motto of " peace , law , and order , " that erery necessary step was taken byth-m in order to preserve that motto tinviolatei . And many thanks are due to the Mayor and othsr persons of ocr city who rendered the Charti .-ts such essential senice by sending yeomanry cavalry aad policemen to promote th « object of the meeting . In tbe

      evening , about six o clock , some misunderstanding arose as to the persons appointed tosppak at the m , eetinc , bat Mr . G . M . Bartlett a . nd Mr . Phillips on hearing that some thousands had assembled in Weston . resolved upon going immediately to held the meeting . The person * who had met at tbe ro « ni 3 of the ...-sociation , in Monmintb-streer , fenced themselves iato a procoSffioc , and moved on towards Weston ; and along the h ' ne of march hundreds of females from tbe windows hailed ihem with enthusiastic cheering . At the cross road leading into Wtston th ? y were joined by a numeroHs party of Twerton Chartists , and when they arrived at * tbe plsc ? of meeting there were upwards of 3000 persors present , and numbers were continually flocking in .

      The place at which the meeting was held on tlie previous Tuesday being very narrow and oiber * ris-. inconvenient for the meeting , Mr . Baiilett mounted a wall , and after making a few observations relative to the objsct of the meeting , which observations he directed towards the police stationed near him , adjourned it , stating that a friend had granted the use of a large p ece of garden ground ne ^ r his ownhousp , where the meeting vonld ' beheld . When the people had taken their station in tbe garden a waggon was obtained for the platform . Mr . Philb ' ps was called to the chair . He s : ud that it was his wish that all Jbonld be peaceable and orderly , - that that policemen were among them , and that yeoman cavalry Wftre not far distant . [ Wails Mr . P . was

      thus speaking the cavalry rode up the lane and stationed lhemselTe-8 in front of tbe platform , outade the garden wall ] Mr . Phillips toH the people not , to bg intimidated . He » poke at some length on the princi ples of the People *! 1 Charter , and concluded by introducing Mr . Bartlett to th « meeting . Mr ; Bartlett , wVen the cheering with which he wag received was over , said it bad been rumoured that thej dared sot make their appearance in Weste-n that night , because policemen and cavalry had been sen * there to prevent their meeting . ( Hear , hear . ) Thje rumour was a false and delusive one ; they had dared to come there , and they dared any person , or set , of persons , to prevent them from holding that or any other legal meeting . ( Cheer * , and cries of " bravo . " ) The people had a legal , as > well as a social right to meet to disccus their grievance ? , and he asked wh-ethet the Magistrate * intended to violate

      ths law ? . He hoped not . ( Hear , hear . ) He rejoiced in discussion , and he had hoped that the persons who dreaded the spread of Chartist principles , would have come on the platform to stand arguBaent with him respecting thwe principles . ( Cries pi " They dare pot" ) But we -wish them to do 58 , instead of standing at a . distance , as they do , to make a noise—to create distcrbince . That was a legal meeting ; and neither Captain Carrol , nor any Doaj * Ue h * d a right to prevent it being heldhe should not do . « o . ( Cheers . ) The Captain wag not there to break tbe peace , bnt to preserve it . Thft Magistrates of Bath knew their principles were just ; they knew tha Chartist * were tor peace , law ^ and order ; asd therefore , the Magistrates had sent the cavalry to Weston to protect the Chartists . ( Cheers . ) "Why , then , should they be afraid of holding the meeting ? ( Cries of We are not , " and cheeri . ) - ' [ Hftre Captain Carrol camo forward , and feelingly advised . ^ the good people to di ^ per&e ^ tc

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      go home and take care of their wiV * and children . The person who had jost addressed tnCW wa * not to be Jrustrd ; he was only deluding then an « i leading them into error . " ]—( Hisses and cries ot T . Hat ' s enough . " ) Mr . Bartlett con tinned—Captain Canol had unjustly attacked his character ; he ( Mr . B . ) challenged the Captain and the Magistrate * of Bath to proye that he had ever u * ed . harsh or inflammatory language ; he challenged them to show in what respect he was deluding the people . They were not assembled there because ho came there , but they were met to uphold , by honest and legal means , the good cause in which they were engaged . ( Tremendous cheering . ) They would ge on agitating—they gloried in peaceful agitation . T « rv

      officials might calumniate the character of the Chartists , and tell them to abide at home —( laughter ) —bnt they would meet continually—meet by theusandu , until they had obtained their Charter . The standard of democracy had been uBfarled , and it would float in the breeze of popular approbation , till it was firmly planted in the hearts of all the people , or rendered , by their united energie * , triumphant . ( Cheers and clapping of hands ) Mr . Bartlett continued in this strain for some time ; he showed that the revolutions of France , which had been se much condemned , were carried by tyranny on the part of the rulers of the neoDle . He

      concluded by announcing that another meeting irould be held there on Tuesday next ; and by proposing three cheers for the Convention . Three hearty cheers were given accordingly . The Chartists formed themselves in procession , and moved on towards Bath ; and « n the way they were joined by many others ; the procession , when it reached tbe turnpike-gate , on the Upper Bristol Road , was three quarters of a mile in length , six abreast . They marched throcgh Bath , and over tin Old Bridge , in a quiet and orderly manner . Thts Bath Chartists then turned round , and those of Twerton proceeded on their way home amid the cheers and hurras of the multitude . —Bath Guardian .

      BRoo . MSinE . —Mr . James Williams , of Sanderland , visited this place on Wednesday evening , and addressed the people at great length on behalf of the People , s Charter and the Convention . The men are resolved to leave ho effort untried to organise every man in the district . —Operative . Carluke . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Carlake was held in the Commercial Inn Hall on Friday , April 26 th , to hear Mr . Charles M'Kay , delegate from the Universal Suffrage Association of Glasgow , expound the principles of the National Charter . M r . James Brown was called to the chair . Mr . M'Kay read a copy of the National Petition , which was unanimously adopted . Mr . Wilson then mov / d— " That they form themselres into an Association in Carlake , for the purpose of co-operating with the other towns and villages in favaur of the great and just principles laid down in the National Petition . The motion , being seconded , was unanimously carried . —Ibid .

      Easixgton Lane . —A Chartist meeting was held at this place on Saturday kit , when Mr . George Binns , from Sunderland , addressed the people . A meeting was announced for Saturday , May 11 th , to re-elect the committee and organise the population , the late binding having partially broken up the Society by so many removals . — Ibid . Haswell . —A meeting was held at this place on Saturday last , to aid the movement . Mr . Batchelor , from Sanderland , attended . The people here are strangers , from a distance many of them , and will require a few more meetings to infuse a proper spirit of liberty into their breasts . —Ibid .

      hEssiNGTON . —A public meeting , convened by the .

      Regent ' s Park Association . —At a meeting of the association held at the Bay Malton , Clipitonestreet , Portland-road , on Monday evening week , several n ? w members enrolled themselves , and a resolution was passed to name themselves the Regent ' s Park Radical Association , and to meet every Monday night . —Ibid .

      Stoxehol . se . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Stonehouse was held in th « open air , oh Thursday , Aprij 25 . The entire population—men , women , and children—flocked to the place of meeting , and the shopocraU and principal Tories of the ullage congregated at the shop-doors at the opposite yiee of the street . Mr . Hamilton was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . M'Kay , from Glasgow , in a speech of nearly : m hour ' s length , deeply rivetted the attention of the meeting , doring which he was repeatedly cheered . Mr . Walker , of Stonehoase , in a powerful speech , which was loudly cheered , moved—that they shall never cease their exertions uiitil they have obtained Universal Suffrage , which was seconded by Mr . Legrew , and carried with great applause . —Ibid .

      Strathi-an . —A puWic meeting of the inhabitant * of Sirathnan wag held in the Secession Church , at eight o ' clock , p . m . ; Mr . Barrie was unanimously called to the chair , who briefly opened the meeting , and introduced Mr . M'Kay , from Glasgow , who addressed the audience at some length . Mr . Donald from Airdrie , next addressed the meeting . Mr . Hamilton , from Stonehouse , followed in a bold and eloquent address , and wm warmlyche .-red . Several other gentlemen belonging to Strathoan followed . A motion of confidence in the Convention was moved , and carried amid great cheering . —Ibid .

      Thorsley . —On Saturiay last , a most numerous and spirited meeting of the men and women of this place was held in the open air , to support the People ' s Charter . About eight hundred were assembled . Mr . Batchelor , from Sunderland , andM : ssr < . Roadhead and Wntson addressed the meeting , and the cause goes on rapidly here . The greatest credit ie dne to the council here for the business-like manner in which they conduct their proceeding * , especially where such large bodi- s of people an ; interested . Goon , nobk-minded citizens ! ye shall have your reward . —Ibid .

      North Wales , Llanidloes , Ttesday , May 7 . The military and police force have been engaged die whole day in tracing out the hiding places , and -Tpprehcndirjg the fugitive Chartists who committed the Ute excesses . The major part of thrm have escaped to other parts oi Wales . The police , however , succeeded in apprehending 12 in the town tbu afternoon , three of whom are well know . n as having txken a prominent share in the outrages . Theii names are Edward Owens , Henry Hammond , Henry Wilkes , William HamT , Richard George . John Griffiths , John Owen , Jua ., John Breezy John Savage , James Morris , Thomas Himer , and John Thomas . James Morris was recognised as the man who stabbed a special constable . Llauidl ., e * itself is quietbut several on'rages have

      , been perpetrated in the vicinity . Some of the yeomanry , when fishing with a net in the Suvern this morning , discovered several Chnriist pikes and bludgeon ? which the rioters , it is supposed , threw away when escaping . The police , on searching the house of a suspected party , found a political union letter signed John Lewi ? , Richard Lewis , and Edward Humphreys . It purported to be an announcement of the nature of several resolutions passed by the unionist * at Llanidloes , and addressed to the unionists « f Newtown . In it there was an invitation to Powell , tne Chartist , leader of Welchpool , te go tLlanidloes

      over o , to agitate . The writer stated ihat " there was plenty of Chartist fire at Llanid-) oe * , and all that was wanted was somebody to blow it into a blaze , aad they did not know a better mas for ? uch a purpose than Powell . " The prisoners were to-day brought before the Hob . Charles Wynn , the Mayor ef Lianidloe * , Major Pugh , and Mr . Withen Jones , when they were identified by the police and several of the inhabitant * as having been conspicuous in the riots . James Moin * , and John Thomas were committed to Montgomery gaol , and the rert were remanded for further examination . —Sun , of Fridav .

      Wr lchpool , Tuesday . —Two persons were apprehended in this town to-day , one charged with drilling the unionists ^ and the other with taking a pa * t in the Llandiloeu riots . The rioters were escaping through the town towards Shrewsbury . They were taken before the magistrates and committed lor trial . Blinkhorn , tbe policeman , who was mnch injured at Llandiloes , is recovering . A number of pike * and gans were given into the hands of the Newtown authorise ? . The pikes ai » of a different kind to those manufactured in Lancashire . They are of a more common structure , b * ing roughly m * de , iffthe nhape of a spear , out of wrought iron . They have no orifice in which to place the pole , but are nvettvd into the wood . Same of them are placed in short handles to be used a » a dagger , if required , in close quarters . —Ibid .

      Edinbubgh a ; jd Midlothian Association . On Wednesday eveiing , the 8 th inxtant , the Edinburgh and Midlothian As ? ociation met , as asua ] , iu Whitefield Chapel . The question for discustien was —What is the best and the most efficient remedy for the many evils that oppress the country , and how is that remedy to be obtained ? Among other speakers , Mr . Douglas and Mr . Menaie * were prtminently called into requisition ; both apparently gati » fisd that the scheme of Robert Owen is the best cure ftr all the evils that infest society ; but tho former , insisting that such s > state cannot be obfcuued tf hile people are . d » aie 4 tba power of tegisi

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      latmg for themselves , while the latter as strenuously maintained , that to obtain Univewal Suffrage wooW be Band much more difficult than that of relinquishing the jndmdaal property method which at present prevail-, and which , he « iid w « tt £ So * of all our national gneronce * . He also endeavored to F ore , that though the-people had the «» ffra « ., the benefit It would confer would not realize the hopes of the majority , and could only be of a ? err temporary natnre , unless the present fonnof godetv

      were to give place to . the community scheme . Mr . brant tpoke on thegame . ' side of'the question . The same question will be resumed next meetinr . At its cIosp , a letter from Mr . Sankey was read , signifying that the National Petition being now prewnted , fiu function as delegate had now ceiied . It contained a caution against » pie 8 and traitors , and strongly admonished tfcem to allow no overheated excitement , to'duposa them to any act inimical to order and peace . — True Scotsman .

      Durungton . —At Hurwortb , near D arKngton , on Tuesday , April 30 , a ^ meetinV ww held Vstm- ' port of the Charter . The attendance was very great , and the utmost spirit and determination evinced . The resolutions pledged the oeonle to support the Charter , the Convention , the Northern Star , and the Rev . J . R . Stephens , to AeatoosTof Progress of the Cah ? &b in Ddbham — The ^ County of Durham Charter Association is doi ' njr wonders iu tbe good cause . The spirit waxes every day . There is , we hear , te be two demonstrations in rtat county in Whitsun-week—one at Sanderland Moor , the other in the Darlington Market-p lace

      Malice Defeated . —The authorities of StocktoB endeavoured to swear in s pecial constables on Saturday week , to aid the police in preventing Mr . Binns of Sunderland from preaching a sermon in the Market- place , on Sunday week , for the trial fund of Ste phens , but there were too many Chartists in the town . The captain of the police ( we have it from good authority ) refused to act , if he had rix time * the force , bo the Chartists had it all to themselves .

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      10 THE NOBLEMEN , GENTLEMEN AND MIDDLEMEN OF ENGLAND , SCOTLAND AND WALES . The cry ef the Charter is re-echoed through the land , and a word has appalled you . The designing have insinuated that your lives and properties are to be assailed , aud the timid have believed it . What does the National Petition demand ? That every nan of yearn of discretionof sane mindand

      , , unconvicted of crime be- a £ mitted to have » - * ote in the election of the nation ' s representatives ia the Commons Hou * e of Parliament Dots this take from you any right , or deprive you of auy property ? Again , the petition asts that the callings of Parliaments should be fixed at an annual cycle of the season , regulated by the natural return of tha sua in the orbit of its course . Would thin interfere with any of your privileges or rob you of any pecuniary advantages ?

      Further , the petition prays for the protection of the voter ' s independence by the secrecy of the Ballot . Will you deny this claim , and thus unblughinglj declare to the world that you still wish to tyrannize over the consciences of the weak , or bribe the voices of the profligate and the base ? At all events , you cannot say that a concession of the ballot will take from you a right , or do you a wrong . Again , it is urged that the free choice of the electors should be thrown open to every grade , extending to every class , unlimited b y any property qualification . That this would be no infringement on your rights , no violent aggressioa on your property , is apparent by a reference to Scotland , where there is no property qualification .

      Lastly , the petition aska payment for the Members , as servants of the public , entitled to a remuneration for their services , while they are thus rendered responsible for their acts . Again I ask you , would this be an encroachment upen your property , your veated interests , or your rights ? ' 9 Connected as I am by birth and education with the aristocracy—yet honoured ( aud I consider it a high honour ) with the confidence of the working classes of

      Edinburgh and Midlothian , as chWn by them t > represent their interests in the General Convention of the Industrious ClasseB , it would be my sincere desire , by mutual explanations , to reconcile interests that should be considered as identified . Ou the part of my constituents I can truly say that while they seek their own rights as men and Britons , they ask not to infringe on your *—while they claim the protection of their only property , their labour , they have no idea whatever of robbing you of your property .

      Remember that the religion which is professed in this country throws in a peculiar manner the shield of its protection over the poor—and that the rich , and the mi ghty , and tbe noble , are yet to be gathered before the tribunal of one who , when on this earth , assumed the garb ^ f poverty—mingled and associated with the children of indigence and want—and then felt , and now sympathises , with those who are now exposed , on account of their poverty , to the scorn , contempt , and oppression of the wealthier classes . I am , my Lords and Gentlemen , Very respectfully youre , WILLIAM S . V 1 LL 1 ERS SANKEY , Delegate to the General Convention of the Industrious Classes for Edinburgh and Midlothian . 2 , BoHverie-street , May 10 . 1839 *

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      AN ADDRESS TO THE MEN OF THE

      NORTH-KIDING OF YORKSHIRE . Fellow-countrymen , —The time is jmt approaching when you will be called upon to give your opinions to the members of the Convention , respecting ulterior measures ; therefore , I would request of you to exert yourselves in advocating the glorious cause of freedom ; for recollect we have a body of noble-minded men , who are sacrificing their time , their talents , and many of them their property , and above all who stand in jeopardy every day- of sacrificing that greatest of all blessings—their liberty in our cause . Shall we then Kit dowa like cowardf " , and shelter ourselves under tbe shadow of their wings , whilst they are hazarding so much for us , and Dot render them all the assistance which lays in our power ? They say agitate . The men of the West-ridiDg , of Lancashire , aad Midland Counties .

      say agitate ; and shall we not also put our shsuldera to the wheel and say agitate ? Fellow-Countrymen , let us bestir ourselves , and show to the world at large , * bat tbe men of the North-riding are n « t tardy in the glorious cauxe of liberty , but are determined to b « free . Unclose the flood-gates of agitation , and inundate tbe district with rai 8 * ianaries , with a determination not te desist until the glorious cause is gained , and the People ' s Charter becomes the law of the land . Is it not a lamentable fact that thougbout this riding there is not abave six or fight tswnn that have been agitated , and not above three of them that have formed associations . 1 am certain that our eause need only to be explained to awaken the sympathy of out fellow-men , and to raise saeb a glorious phalanx around the flag of freedom , as will make our enemies to tremble .

      FeHew-Countrymen , your-representatives in Convention demand your assistance ; and . thp greatest assistance you can render them at tbe present time fa by agitation . Then do not let the call be made to you in vain , but contribute your mites , and seWct from amongst you men of talent , who are willing to go out into the towns and villages to enlighten the minds of their fellow > meo , and to explain to-them the cause of our agitation , and the grievous burden of taxation under which we labour , resting assured

      that we never shall obtain redress under th « present system of legislation . I hope that this appeal to you will Dot be made in vain , buj that you will rouse from your slumber with a determination that Britons no longer will be slaves . In cottebnoa , 1 hope after the notiees which have beea given all over tbe kingdom for simultaneous meetings , that this part of the county will not be wa&ting , Wut will bearite part in the struggle . Men of Yorkshire , be firm , be trailed , but above all be determined , for union is strength . Your sincere weD wisher , John Rose . Tbirsk , May 6 th , 1839 .

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      TO TBE BADICAL REFORMERS OF THE BURY DISTRICT . Feu , ow Countrymen , — You have decided , through your representatives , to have a Grand Moral Demonstration on Kersal Moor , to take place on the Saturday in Whitsun-veeek . Let that JemonstratioB bo effective as far as numbers are ««« demed ! Let every working maa , and every working man ' s son above fourteen jears ' of age , be present , to BweU our ranis , and personally to give sanction to such measures as way then and there be submitted to his consideration . Your real representatives , the Convention—that Convention which has proved itself deserving of your confidence and support—now ask for instruction at your hands—now demand whether you are prepared to acsist them with heart , voice , purse , and life ( if necessary ) , to draw tha fangs of the destructive roanster who baa so te ? S revelled at the expep . se of

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      yoorJuppines * , « nd gorgvd ia * f witb jiwr blood Tfley demand , » nd | they bare a right to demand , whether you «•« for freedom or slavery { whether you ara determined to riJ yourselves « f the iusokat despotism of the rival faction ; to throw off tbe fo tolerable load—the accursed incubus under wbjeb you have » o long groaned j ' or whether you will tamely submit your necks to tbe m » rs galling joke which they have prepared for you , forgetful of your n 8 ture » ., you » « ° « ntry , your lroine « , year wiw , your children , and everything which elevate * man above the brute . What ! will Englishmen suffer themselves to

      be degraded into nitre beasts of borde * i ^ be goaded , kicked , buffetted , insulted , cod robbed by « get of miscreant * whom even ape * , baboottiv and monkeys would despise ? WU Englishmen submit to thw ? Submit to be tortured ! imprisoned , and destroyed by a band of heartless monsters , who feed on rowery , and triumph ow fallen bnmanity—who build akars to the deity of hell , and laugh ia the face of heavcaP Forbid it humanity ! Forbid it justicef Forbid it God ! No , no my countrymen never wfll submit to tbis . Sooner will they arise ia their armed might , and dash the whole system to atoms .

      To the Moor ! To the Moor rr Remember Whitaun Saturday ; bat , on that day , leave your arms At home . Should you be threatened with an armed attack , do not retaliate ; but qwetly disperse ia order that yoa may meet again ia a more fitting place , and pr epare for the worst I ana , Fellow Ctfantrymen , ( On behalf of tbe Ceatral Commit *** , ) Yours to the deatk , John Pawson . Committee Boom , Bam May 13 , 1839 .

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      FACTORY SYSTEMS-MEETING OF MILLOWNERS . A meeting of the miUowners of the parishes of Keigbley , Bingley , Otley , Skiptoti , and other neighbouring places , was held on tb * 26 th qU ., at the Devonshire Arms Inn , Keighley , which may , perhaps , assist in throwing sonw farther light upon the intentions of that bedy with regard to factory restriction . The meeting was of such a thorough hole-and-corner character , that it was entirely unknown to any , saving tbe honourable body of millowners themselves , and was accidentally

      discovered by the ominous appearance of one of their satellites , gliding through the town with something like a petition sheetunder hit arm ; b « tfrom whence , or to where , has never yet been made out . Some of the Short-time Committee , however , suspecting from the character of the individual , that he was employe ! in some sort of plot against the lives , liberties , and well-being of the infant children of the poor , commenced au inquiry , and succeeded in coming at a verbatim copy of the resolutions , which were as follow , William Ellia , Es * ., of Castlefield , in the chair : — '

      SesoW « d 1 st . — "That the Factory Act now in force Limiting the labour of children from nine to thirteen years of age to eight hour * per day , and that of young persons from thirteen to eighteen , to « Uty-Hine hours per week , affords , ia the opinion of this meeting , every reasonable protection to the persons employed in mills ; ' bat this meeting considers that were power given to admit children to full work when eleven years of age onl y , employing them half time from nine to eleven years of age , it would be generally advantageous both to millownera and th « working classes themselves , especially an such a pW would afford the Utter au opportunity of obUioiBg education . "

      S . "That the mit ( owners now present strongly object to the New Factory Bill , particularly the fifty-sixth clause , and to the power given to the Inspector to make rules that shall have cae force of laws , subject to the approval of tke Secretary of State ; but as such Secretary of State would receive his information from the Factory Inspectors , they consider such reference to him no protection whatever , inasmuch an all rules millowners are to conform to , ought to emanate from Parliament alone . "

      3 . "That the trade of this district connected with mills , being already seriously affected by the limitation ef the hours of labour , when tbe continental manufacturers have no such limitation to contend with , this meeting is fully sensible that any further limitation will be extensively injurious both to the occupiers of milU and to the parties employed therein , by excluding the former more effectually from foreign markets , and by lowering the wages of the latter . It m therefore resolved unanimousl y , that the proposed Bill be strenuously opposed in every stage of its progress , by petition , and tending of delegates to London , to co-operate with those from other districts . "

      4 . " That Frederick Greenwood , William Ellis , William Ackroyd , Jonas Whitaker , and John Sedgwick , E * qrs ., ar e hereby appointed delegates to proceed to London , with powers to carry into execution the views of this meeting . " 5 . "That tbe expenses of the delegates in the employment of counsel , &c , shall be defrayed by a charge per horse power upon all millowners in this district concurring in the views of this meeting as to the proposed measure . " 6 . "That Messrs . Frederick and Edw n Green

      weod , William Ackroyd , William Ellis , « enr . and junr .. Benjamin Marriner , Robert Oougb , Thomas Thr eifall , William Lund , Wilkinson Sharp , John Briyg , John and Joseph Craven , William Sagden , aud J * mea Greenwood , Bridge House , are appointed a committee , any three of whom may meet to transact general business , to propose and forward the necessary petitions , and to advise with and instruct the delegates from time to time , with power to call general meetings whenever it may appear to them Decenary . "

      7 . " That the money collected be deposited in tbe Craven Bank , subject to the direction of tbe committee . " 8 . " That copies of these resolutions be forwarded to the Earl of Burlington , Lord Morpeth , and Sir George Strickland , Members for tbfe West Riding , the Right Hon . the President of the Board of Trade , the Hon . Fox Maule , tbe Hon . William Lascelles , the Right Hon . Sir Robert Peel , Bart .. W . R . C . Stanafield , E . C . Lister , and William BusfeiM , Esqra ., soliciting their energetic assistance in opposing in Parliament the intended alteration * . " "' WtLbiiK Elms . Chairman . "

      It » evident from the nature of these resolutions , that Master Edward has given the signal to hi * goodly company of pet mill g ^ ntt , for another grand crusade on behalf of the Factory Molocb , which appears to be languishing for a supply of young blood , that on which it has at present to subsist beiag about two years too old for its relish . Here we have a body of respectable Christian gentlemen , holding a private nocturnal meeting in a room to declare that if

      gravely they cannot get labour performed for next to nothing in thrir facterie » by a proper supply of infants , the commerce of the country will be ruined by foreign competition There is not tbe least doubt that Master Edward it encouraging them forward ; but we hope that tbe good sense of tbe country will teach both him and them that the iufant children of the poor aball sot be ruined , soul and body , to gratify the insatiate avarice of a body of money-busting millownera .

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      PHYSICAL FORCE . Copy of a letter lately addressed to tha Lords . Lieutenant of certain counties : — My Lord—I beg to Hfctroi your Lordship that in case riots should take place , er if there should be good cause for apprehending-that riots are about to take place , ia any part of the county , and the principal inhabitant of a disturbed district should be desirous of forming an association for the protection of life au , d property , and offer their services to Government for that purpose , their serviecKwill be accepted . In ease of * uch an association being formed , I will give orders for providing sock arms as may be necessary , at the expense of Gavernmcnt .

      I have further to request that the offer to form rach an association may b * notified to m « by your Lordabip , as Lord Lieutenant of the county . I have , &c ., ( Siga « d ) J . RUSSELL . The foiljwing is a copy of a letter seat to magig . trate * at Petty Sessions , and to Mayors of Boroughs in certain counties : — Gentlemen , —Yoa have already been instructed by her Majesty ' s proclamation , that if training , er driliiEg , « r exercising psilitary movemente . should be carried on in your neighbourhood , it will be your duty to take the most prompt and effectual mouu

      for stopping such unlawful practices , and for bringing offenders to justice . "It will . ' be your duty , also , as declared by t » e name proclamation , te take tbe most prompt and effectual means for putting down and suppressing ualawfal meeting )! , of large numbers of persons , some of them being armed with offensive weapons . For this purpose you will take all proper precautions , and empioy an adequate and fully sufficient force . The proeUmatjon , as you are aware , d <* not attempt to describe the various kinds of unlawful meetings but refers only to these which natte very reefotty occurr ed , attendea by wm « perwns ' armed .

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      Itwiu be ymtrduty , kaar « ver , to doj ; the uCauwtia your power to maintain tbe public peace against all dtstarbcrs , and against nriawJul meetings of eyery deacripdoa . la cu * of any riotous or unlawful meetiag * whatsoever , it will be your boundea duty ( a d « ty wk-ifik Ae law of tbe land imposes on you , aid i * the performance of wbidk yoa will be protected aad supported bj ber Majesty and her Government ) to exert jmumtnm to tiw otoMst to put down and rapprsas theas , aad Cor tbis purpose to us « th » powtre with wbiek yoo an anted by the law , to assemble as strong a force a * can be obtained for maintaining tbe peace , and for preventing muebief ^ to act with promptitode and decuion , to cause offenders to be apprrbeoded ( where that can efleetually be done ) at the time ef committing tbe offence , or ( if that cannot be done ) to proceed against them afterwards without delay .

      I have informed the Lord Lieutenant of the county that ia ease there should be good cause for apprehending that note are about to take place , and the principal inhabitants of a disturbed district sbouldr ¦ e desirous of forming an association for tbe protec tion of We and property , and offer their services to Government for that purpose , their services wiM be accepted . Incase of suck an association being formed , I will give orders for providing such : arms as maj be neeettaxj at the expense of Government . I am desuouii of ealL ' ag your attention to this comnonieatioB , aad bave only to add , that if any gentlemen are desiroua of exertjog theaaselves in joining or foraing 8 n « h an as « ocjation , tteir » er » ice » will be accepted , aad a proper supply of neC& » s » Tj « n » for toe protection of life and property , immedi * atrlj ptondeiL ¦¦ . ¦

      In ease the magistrates ehocld wish to use as special constables ( to be sworn in and employed according to tbe provisions of the special constable act ) any Chelsea peamoncrs resident in their district , upon whose services they can rel y , I will give order * for tbeir being provided with necessary arras . And if you bave reason to believe that riots or disturbau ces of tbe peace are likely to occur aud should be of opinion that the constabulary force , er special constables already sworn in , require arms for selfdefence , and for tbe protection of the lm » and property of the inhabitants , I shall be ready to give orders for supplying the necessary arms to all such of them as you consider may be safely treated with their use .

      If there should be good reason for believing that rioting or acts of violence are about to take place , and that arms bave been prepared for snch unlawful purpose , j a case the magistrates should he informed ; that arms or offensive weapons are collected together , for tbe use of the disturbers of the public peace , 1 consider they will be fully warranted in causing ' . such collected arms to be seized and securely deposited . ¦ If any person Join in a public meeting dangerousto the public peace , I consider tbe magistrates will

      be fully warranted in ordering peace officers to taker away and secure such weapons , and further demandsurety of the peace from persons so armed , or , forwant of sufficient surety , to commit them to prison . And in case of a riot or acts ef violence by personaarmed , I consider that magistrates will be justified in tuning warrants for searching for arms or ofiensive weapons in the possession of any persons proved to bave used offensive weapons in the riot , or to have appeared armed among tbe rioters , « r to havsi been employed in training or drilling . I am , Gentleaoen , Yoor obedient servant , - JOHN RUSSELL . To tbe Mayer and Magistrates of ' —

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      Destruction of a , Ship bv Fieb . —Tbe barque Parmeiia , of London , lying in the dock ia theyard of Mr . Banks , ship-builder , Frank ' s Quarry , was on "Wednesday night , last week ,, almost entirely destroyed by fire . No cause can be assigned for tbe origin of the fire . The ship was 443 tons * register , and was about to sail to Quebec in a few day 8 ' ' jl Frequent Honours .-At the ^ rchdeacon C « ur » on Tuesday week , Thos . EHiotr , of Kennjor the fiftysecond time entered on the office of church warden for that parish !—a circumstance probably scarcely te be paralleled in all Englaad . This respectable man , who has reached the age of about ninety , is still hale and strong , and not unfrequently evennow walks to tbis city , four or five miles . —Exeter Paper .

      Determiw * d Suicide . —On Tuesday forenoon , some men who were passing through a bye-lane leading from Old Brentford to EaHng , discovered the ! body of a man hanging suspended from a branch of one of tbe trees . A ladder was immediately procured and the body cut down , whea it proved to bethat of a man named James Jones , for many years a respectable baker in the town of Old Brentford , but who latterly had fallen into decayed circumstances , and who had not been seen by his relatives and- friends since Saturday week . Information of the discovery has been forwarded to the Coroner . .

      Dest&dctitb Fire . —On Thursday afternoon , shortly after two o ' clock , a fire burst forth Irom the upper part of the house of Mr . Togg , equated ia Jackson ' n-bcildingg , City-road . Tbe flames were not got under until considerable damage was doae . The fire originated by the bond-timbers of the partywall of tbe building forming part of a furnace chimney t » the factory of Messrs . Warners » nd Co ., which bad taken fire on the previous day by the soot igniting . The loss will fall on the in « uranceogjees where the propertj is insured .

      Foo » fob the Mind and Food for . thb Bodv . —Not long since , as Mr . Joy , auctioneer , of of this parish ( Brenchlev ) , was selling the furniture and eSeeto ef a per ? on about to leave , a lot was pusupeonristkigof eight ^ olomes of the" Spectator . " After the usual ceremony of " fioing , going , " &c .,. the lot was knocked down to a worthy neighbouring : farmer . On the following morning the farmer came ( as did many others ) for his lot with a horse and cart ; , the auctioneer was Somewhat surprised , and . not a Kttle amused , when told by the farmer be wa » come with the cart for the articles bought , which be ¦• aid he bad taken to be Eight bushels of speck'& titter * ( poiutoei . )—Maids tone Journal .

      A Bsmarkable Family . —It is a circumstance not more remarkable than true , that Mrs . Smith ( ttewidowof the late Mr . Smith , gardener , of Lady ' s-Use , in this town ) has a family of twelve children ,, all healthy and well , the youngest of whom is 32-years of age ! The united agts of this venerable ^ parent and her numerous offspring amount to nob less than 704 stva . —Nwthawpton Herald . New Coin . —A considerable quantity of halffarthings have been coiued at the Mint for Ceyjon ,. with a view to supersede the cowries or small shell * used there as a medium , of currency . These coinshave the head of the Queen on the obverse , and the notice of the valae of the coin on the reverse . They are very beautiful , and show the excellence of the machinery and arrangements at tbe Royal Mint . — Times .

      ' .. Aristocratic Breeding . —— Beard / Ikci a Minister . —We often hear of tbe rudenesslof the working classes , but what will the eourteous reviler « of the humble think of the following language , addressed by the Duke of Richmond to Lord Mel bourne , while seeking from the Premier a protecting duty on foreign fruit ?— "Can yos for a momtnt suppose , after Berving with you in the administration ^ that I should have allowed the late Customs Bill to paw upoa an assurance from you that yoa would take rae objectionable clauses into consideration ^ No , no—I too well know what the word means . 1 % rach had been your answer , we had the stick in our Aontfr , and we bad tke power at that time of usinir

      it—and yon may depend upon it that we should hav » done it by throwing the Custoow Bill out altogether , and compeUuig *«« to bring in another Cnatoms Bill without the objectionable elauaes ; one of which , respecting the police pasasg through turupikea , duty free , you are now aboajt to alter , and why nofc do justice to the fruit growers of tbis country j If ? ottar » d « terminedthat fruit shall be a free trade why don't you make it m with oranges , aad not confine yourselves to the fruitgrowers in this country only , by which you Wave thiB season deprived th » revenue of upwards of ^ 10 , 000 ? But that , I suo , P «« , you eare nothing about , but I tWnk your mend , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , would have been » ery glad to have had it . "

      - Pwbmc Dinn * b . —On " vYedaesday , a puMia dinner was given at the London Tavern , to cele , brato the institution of the Shipwrecked Mariners * Benevolent Society , which took place in Februaiy | "t . U pwsuds of 250 gentletoen sat down to dinner . The object of th « new society eannot be bettey explained than in the language of the report of tb » managing committee . They state that the society is embodied to bold out a helping band to all nuiir new soldiers , or other poor persons whom the ea ^ lamity of ahipwreek may cast upon the afcores of th * United Kingdom ; and also to afford relief and protection to the widows and orphans of such poor fishermen as may lose their lives in tbeir hard y and useful but often dangeronj occupation , Upward * of £ 1 . 000-we ' re colketefl .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 18, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1057/page/7/