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      CHi * WST M « tdto . —At * mrrtini Tinlii mi ' «» 9 Ait » t ., Mr . ^ ote Bothwm la tl » t ** ir , ' - ^ fcfll « rft ^ nwjlntf oiis werenBkafeooriy agreed ( q ^ T ^ Mfored W Mr . vBwnwt M'Arine yY * & ttoo- ^ i - ^»^ i »^ 0 ffi ^^ 5 brt *« V * Ww > i ^ S ^ i » IWB « i ^ © OTia »*^^^ Jf f ^ eStiondyiiia . igHwqsiwntjr tarryiag ^ ^ ^ t ££ » ££ * %£ iM * - * £ £££ fines in Jnasoam gaxu , whi > - ** v » wujfe - ujj - ^ taMra ****^ . ^ SSSS SSS ? 5 « £ p ! &fe * fo a ^ hk * - ^ ** shw » trj aympaanse with ^ T ^ Lf ^ >«* J ** i p 68 MMw /* xd # eii » determined " fai ^ - ¦** * *** B » iB B > i % * videnfly expressed - . ^ ^ tt&em . tl % t ? i 4 nnic » l ~ Gt > Tenofflaent , to conaura to SbSwi ^^ it ^ SSES ^ iiiiS

      , 4 ^ oJ&er henj il ^ here ^ 0 T , ifpowfole , to the scaffold , Ian * » bfl d * . red to ttand frrwardin the ranks of free-<(* - " M ^ rcdby Mr . 'CWiw Todd , wd seconded < l £ MrvBiTiFerguson— 'VTkat isubscripfian . fee - atethwifh ^ teredin tD ,: Jbr the pjirpose of carrying ^ t ' tke objeotB contMed in the foregoing rejoin . Hafe ' ^ In rjitxaasbee * f the stove we remit the . ; fcH ^ TOK somsi-rfi lls * 7 cL irom the AssoeUtkBt " * tf 8 pSL from * fewrombmakers , as already iJbdI - teriboi , doffing to « dd » omethjng more , as the sut-I « crip&Hi is sffllgelng on . j . - , ¦ - _ ¦ - 9 KAMCSBESXSB . ..-=- . ' . 1 BmwjaiYv —On Toesday a lad named David Bay-J 2 b 9 ^ wja 8 s » MtglLtop at the Borough Court , chained , S jgai ^^ a y ^ on the night of Monday , by forcing . ' 4 pek . »« ot £ ^ rid . The ' prisoner &os obtained access " *• te «* ii te , irhere there -was a quantity of dothes jQsjSaa tip * fbyjfcs servant to wash in ( he merxing - , but ^ amreDtty < did notTenture farther . At tirt o ' clock "•^ Sxes b ^ aonun * , the prisonerwastaikm in Can-»^ sTitriurt , l > y * jfrnceinan ntwM WeopV Be had ^ mtewae ^ nte" his arm , which fee state * contained : ^ iS ^ MJj ^ fetlfefff ^ grrtg tn' t » wr ' MarfjJT j ¦¦ frafth he Was I : lailijfe li hia ' -mother to wash . ThepoBceinariex * ^ kfcBinjd Xh 6 handle asft fowl H to omtairi a tabfe " < ipA , !^ yo . poctet handkerdaef& , aadam apron ; gaspBettsg the * account nati * he troe , be went witfrAe jnaooeztoi honae wbicb . be said was bis mother ' s , fcftfca occanier af the h # Bse knew nothing about

      * ¦ * Attbe . Borough C «« rt , Mrs . Wright identified « k »«^» oleva ^ stated that thwiiad beeu . placed > r Atj < k « . « fJlat on Monday ni ^ t te » e washed . Atxrat - ¦ 4 b «^ j 0 f ^ ckin ta ^ k iaonaM tlie « 8 rrant got Tip and ± ^ aworsfea thai the chain of the -coal gridh&d been . -fe&eoriut iae grid itedf * as replaced . Being _ ^ armftriyBhewent up stairs » ad * wokeher mistress , - -V nrt » missed the articles above Bentioned . TBhe pri-: = «) BBer was committed to the sessions .

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      f ^^ ti to abo gti&B power posMsiriVy one person a ? ft of 180 © f ^ taV adul t ^ iaaw * population , -. r- ( H * ar , TH St */ hear , ) Xrt ^ tftihm 3 tof ; ti ^ fth » gf wheil Wie gitiMa to ast ^ " The '' people' ftel ^ tioate « QSbe bfall p 6 wer , " -HWid ; let as think how : little wei po ^ sess it . ^ Cheerk ) The toasVii Tike that which ii often given on such occasions ^ - " The ; liberty of the Press ;" the Press the palladium of onr rights and Ub ^ ea- — the wr . inwbich webrmtiae , and withtut wnieh"we cannot liTe . " Why , Mr . Chairman , we haye it not ; we have nota particle of it except what we take oanelTes . "We don ' t possess it , except in aoral power . YTeliaTO no direct power . Bnt , most fortunatpl j \ it happens that when the pnfelie mind « already excited , although we don ' t possess the immediate pewer , we ^ hare the power which ir ,: flaeneesbotB the toters and tie legislature ; - ^^ * TW « a « Hi « Ticr t ) iat tuvmt T ) iita biir ¥ l nnnM thr V— .... mtm bv

      ^ ^ ^ m **** mm —j ^ . ^^ v ^ r - * ^^ ^^^ _ ^ - ^^ J ^^ T ^ Mr ^^^ w ^^ Aw UUr toast will Eome time ur other lead to a practj' ^ &p . plication . ( Immense d ^ riog . ) We haTfj 0 » ly to jga on appealing to moral forca ; . di £ Faging education , softening down partr prejndices and par * y y inflnences . We hare jast to fellow toe example of thbsa most excellent people ttieQaakers , who ^ ckly " but ener . geticaily contriTed to carry the act ( at the emancipation of onr fellow sabjects—for F ^ och they were—on the " other side of iha Atlantic ^ "W hare only to follow the example of such r as Joieph Sturge , who would motsanction for £ moment anything like physical -rioknee , but w ^ with justice and troth , and in moral strength , aoped to conquer , and he did oonquer . We h » Ta o ^ iy , therefore , to « nforce thi » great twttii earnestly % at peaceably and qmetly , and I the Sake will cont j * when the people will be what they are not at present— " The ohly LBeiiiMATB SOfenCK OF PO-WKK . "

      ~~ ~ ' _ - " I" -TiKFBlICK-FOSD . 5 ? er Mr . Holden , Warrington ... ... 0 5 6 * I am sorry tor Irost - - ' -, « ... ... 0 10 So am I ... ... „ ., ... ... 0 1 0 I am rery Bony ... » . » ... ... 0 1 0 W . Segar ^ .. ... . ; . ... ... 0 0 3 John Tromore ... ... ... ... 0 7 0 No name ... ... « i « - \ ..- ... 0 . 0 2 John Smith " ... ¦ ' ... ... ... 0 ' 0 3 James Beswick , ii ... ; . / ... 0 10 Henry ^ -argeron ... ... ... ... 0 0 3 -John&rter W ... .. ^ ... 0 0 3 J . Proctor ... ~ . ... ... ... 0 1 0 iJeyjrard and Carters' Joiners ... ... 0 6 6 George Pease „ - . ¦ ¦ ¦ * . - . ¦ . ... ' . ... . 0 1 0 M ^ Tarty ... ,.. . « ... .... 0 0 3 ^ ^ m Ji . ... _ * m ... ... ... v 0 2 Nowhere ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 John Swindells * .. ... 0 0 6 JoelHaigh : ^ ... . ... ... 0 0 6 WffliamllobinsQn -. ... ... 0 0 2 John Hewitt ... ... 0 0 li D . Potter ~» ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 James Newton ... ... 0 « 6 SamnelMffl ^ hy ... ... ... ... 0 0 3 Thomas Shaw ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Samnel SnstlL ... ... 0 0 2 FonrMen from Barton ... 0 2 6 Williaai 5 pencer ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 E . Sp » HBl& ... ... ... ... ... 0 « 1 J . B . - -. ... ... ... ... 0 1 0 Jameseaion . « ... ... ... « 0 6 A few Smiths and Strikers ... ... 0 € 6 A fewJFTOods by B . Kershaw ... ... 2 $ 6 ^ w 1 l * £ i ... ... ' ... . ~ ... ... % 3 6 ToBrteenQJnited Cloggera ... ... « 12 fl A few ® Q > ublicans from the Country ... O 6 6 A Ajjpteatice dogger ... ... ... $ 04 Few -STrends fromBlackley ... ... 4 9 0 ' Afew ^ Viendfl from Op enfihaw ... ... 0 3 6 Sabsci ^ tionfromMiddleton ... ... 2 14 0 Wptkiur Men ' s Association , Ecclea ... O 10 0 Afewiiillwrights ... ... ... 0 7 6 A-Friend to the Cause for 10 Papers ... 0 10 0 WillMHn Hanley .. L .. ? ... ... 0 10 Anti-Marcus ... . *» # ... ... 0 2 0 PaxfeJane Badical Associafion-of Pil-• iington ... ... ... 0 15 0 AsfcwfiiendsperMr . Chantter ... 0 5 5 A few Friends from Woodhonses . ~ « 11 51 Aiftw Friends per John Eoyle ~ . 0 5 6

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      « THE WHIGS" t . « TBE PEOPtE . " Tite following speeeh was tbliTered at a Whig «^ Bi » r , on Friday night last , In honour of Mark ' "Pkillips , Fj > q ^ MJ * . for Manchester , by -a member - <« f she WKg -pnm , ia se ^ r to -&e toast ^ IThe people . Ae only legitimate sooroe of power . " - i :, ' -: The Speaker said—Mr . Ckairaan and ^ fienBemen , - > --5 t Is my decided < eonnco « n that the-share which - tie people have in power Is a . tMng esosting only in Tiift'iiiii « u . ( Hear , bear . ) I Hke ^ exceedingly < tfcat ^ er *> oboald be a recognition of the principle in ' Toringt like this , for soaaer or later it will come-to - * e reoognised in praetiee ^ but I am afraid that the : Teeogaitkm « f tbe greaftnitii'contaiirti in yoor loast ' 3 us not made a rery great deal of-. progress , when

      » kri liemenant of a « ouflty was'tomed out of his &oteaancy , in couse ^ ceoce of "haTing giren it at a fobBe diimer . ( Hear , ¦ hear ;) ( If the peuple are the «> ly iegitimats awnee of power ,- "da we suppose it « eld be possible to pass a law Hat should benefit m \ j about S 0 , 0 (» at &e expense- « f the twenty-six Sllioas of tiw comiy ? ( Sear , hear , hear . ) Could 'VBSspposeit poasMe that a . peofle who bad any 7 » wer at all , woaUchoose to taoribe bread they eat « faat a lew taxmora landlords might enjoy their Wriagtt and Aefr ^ koTsesf Irit ! to be snppoid that tt » people hare luiany power at <* ll during the past jar , when we Mok abroad -and see the miserable finarirtiap in whtcb tier areplaeed ? ( Cheers . ) A

      *» rwrfof ttedestitHtion and misery of the people , I vralJttJt state tbat l * st sight li went into the night ¦• ylnm 3 n Sbude IBB , where there were 100 applicants f <> r the base penniKion of sleeping upon the Wards -jrithont a piliow , aBd ^ aothing but a eoa » e «^ to c Vrer &e « i 1 And can we suppose that sneh ft stato o ¥ 4 ings to « n « t where Ae people had any jomet ? . ( Hear , kear , bearO Then if we look on - ~ tba > otber ^ band to tbe aoral- oondioon of the people , " katdo we aee ? I line lately been employed in * - » few inqfiiriea as to = fee result of education , and X ^ nd tha t mmong the maim of th « country above the ; i » ge of tw » mty-o » ey « a » , tbe ^> sepcrtion of those who ; - « cn read i aid write does -not amount to more ih&n

      «^ ninti * w ooe-tealt the popnlation . the Jiopla bad ( teem the « onies o&all power , would they save been xbns igoeTaiA of tfie means of acquiring ^¦ i commu njpatfag knowledge . , ( Heir , bear hear . ) 3 t- the fe > 5 > le bid had -any power , do we sup- " . fO& » Oat W . » ¦ t »« p *^ ^ tmrm ± mAm : f >» qrr . h , JT » - T f ? * T ^— Ma eoarmons 1 / iw ¦ « imrfili ~ r it \» jfiHumift fin the " -mfijgjMs inst mctioa of onc-tBadi part of the people , - « ai « ritabl » h . id in ^ iariAes where there was noteren . « ie single Pi iDtertamt ? - { LsmI applause . ) If the people had ha 1 axiy p < n ^ 3 ^ -do < ro suppose that John ; ihorogeod w- , » oH have beea in Chelm&fbrd . jail , Ar the non-pa : ria « ntof « hnwb rates amountiDg to-«•* Bore than V .-W 6 d ? < Hear , hear . ) Gentlemen ,

      His all a ficdon ¦« eo far « a-there is any real practice fci Ik cd from it , - lit is « fi _ a < fiction that the people is Ae Bonrce of j » wer . { Cheera , ) See how it " is fparded . It is « aid tioat fee House of Commons -JCpiBfmUthepei qte ; « nd then in -order that the JSoose of Commo bb may * ot-rnn riot the House " of Loriiirn establis bed . Why tfcen we-hare the House « f Lords—a body -eontammg between 400 and 509 oteeedmgry respect * ble < id gentlemendn pantaloons , j » ho have only thati Aaraeterigtic distinction between 4 atemelTes aad oL 1 women . { Lond cheers , and -laafhter ) We have them irepwaen&ig all the il inftwnce" and *« pagea ntry " -ef Aeconntrj - we have ^ &em itoposins their T ^ ta « pon any . law which may

      be jurorri by the Hou- « « -Comtaons , ( the only « ort M representation whicl Vtie people have . And then ria order that " Tbe p » f ie '' meyiflDt-eDter into any ' Coabination orebnspl raey ^ with tkeseHoM gentle - women in pantaloons , m * feave xno&er power —the ¦ OTereign of these real ats—another veto ; and we Jcaow well that George X > e MI . ^ raa an exceedingly jBons , respectable , peact ¦* wang 1 gentieman —( laughter)—excMiingly liberal xaihiB qpisions—we know that he , in mere consciea ee aake , pnt his veto np « n Ivth Houses of Earliamen * , -andjre-yented a liberal « et from hans carried into - * sffeet . XCheeraO

      GentteaeB , when we talk abo it "the people being the aosree of all power , let us feck at it in a practical inj . ( Hear , haar , hear . ) - 33 ieB , gentlemen , as to the House of Commons a ' . it « -naw constituted—; H » " Sefbrmed House , " as tt ia called—the House which spends night after nig l * t in * ae . disownon of objects , in which ^ the conntrj " riajjot-a die slightest 4 egne interested , and which j la&tbe far better empkjed ddier in ^» cx-fighting \«» * J « epiag—look at the constitution of nnt Hwi '«• " Wm sends-it 2 Jjem than one-thirtieth part ef the people i Why , rfift people is the , 8 onrce . of all Vl ^ tiaate power ^ ~« ad in order that this ource rf newer Bay have

      —v ^ ing bring about , it gii » t »« ce man out ¦ & every flnr ' ty the pririlege t rf repreeenting it . ( Hear , hear . ) Tien , stifl furd w *• kmsa this finaber , y « tf require your v 6 ter ~**» . * oto openly . Ton tell him he mast not vote seen < Jy—Tbe xrast not isWe the Ballot—he mnst vote ipesly ^ -and the "argument that is brought forward I * snpport of this is , that it is dedrable that the c andidate shaald ? Jfa » whis friends . Oh ! yes , very di « rakle indeed 1 ^ V « ry desirable that they should be able to eoerce * k votes of Aeir eonBatuentB . l ? ot « atisfied wilh ^ having one out of everr thir ^ r , they - J » 7 the Totes aiall he giwn openly , and I believe ** t I speak Trith truth when I say that one-half at * tbe vetes of

      / W country are given under coercioa ^ - « 4 thas the ^ * - Tottn axe only as one in sixty . Then ^ T T * ° ^ ge' ' .. aioB | mode of distribution , the number vsstauu a ,- *» MKr . r | rfuction still . While passing the" lU&rm * - * KH it ^ ras decided that any little borough i iat hap-~ ftmei to have a population of two thousand . » d one , ' - ««« -to be conajdered aa great as the ai ^ aiaing ¦ * ^ mw g ^ of Salford , which contains 50 , 000 people , 1 - « nd Jtet borough was to send a Member . Th » , by . t ^ j jfr ' tjfc of contrivanee , any borough that * eon . 7 * an ^| aw thousand and one inhabitants waB allviwed <^ . y- * ztnu . two Memben ^ pnttiBg ikat boroogh-in ~ ' ? M AiMppaW situation as Manchester , with its 200 , 0 00 . * -yp . heu . ) And yet we are told about the repi * e' - SSb&e * « f ti » people ! W « take a great deal . of

      v twtfijn to return our two Members to Parliament ,-~ Z ~ w ^ ai to « orVatere « t»—to effect the repeal of Hie C ^ JAWi ^ « id all o ^ ier monopolies which hang ; £ k » » temnl of lead Hp » n the shoulders « f the Miniffii iif ftin rnprrr ( hrn ; hear;)—we sens Hftia tf tiM Hoon of Comaons , and there they - " « ee « ifosito -to -ttea two gentlemen , re > ~ . r ~ 2 l ^^ Brad ^ fcH . ¦ "• ' ftr ;^ ib ^ » - ' 4 »« istitBeney as that ¦ fa Maaii ^ ster , '¦¦ & enai - j * & ^^ at of Hunch , but sin ftp iMjWjilathf iVif ¦ irfijgir olil woman in the - V . inoogh ^ Bl ^ oa . ( Hear ^ hear , aodeheen . ) Geo * & > -floben , I h ^ ve alieady « hown you that by thB pre-^ i *^ distrih « tiim of the -lranchire is only oneu ^ ilj&liefli part of Aejoale population entitled to vote ; \ " ^* adif you « akft « lI 4 oB « Mle boronghs where there QM ? yl 0 «* otoui « i far eaertjori ^ he took it they would ilp-a ^ fci- % * &b few uT&frmi ' l by the people , tbe ^ wMh awaatof « ad Spws from tbepwp l * ,

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      • TO THIS XDITOS OF THE ITOaXKBUf SZAS . --& » , —Please to acknowledge in the Stmr of Saturd « y . cnext , the receipt of the following sums towards Emet's Defence Fund . Yours respectfully , - " T . P . Casule , Treasurer . By Mr . Barrow . £ b . d . * C Montgomery ... ... „ . „ .. 0 2 § -An Enemy to all Tyranny ... ... 0 10 Do . Do . Do . 0 10 -Do . Do . Do . ... ... 0 1 0 Do . Do . Do . ... ... 0 0 6 -A Chartist .. ... ... ... t > 2 6 A Friead to Justice ' ... ... ... 0 0 6 —Crowther . „ ... ... ... 0 0 3 — Jardine ... " . ... ...-- ... 0 0 6 T . L . ... \ .. „ . ... . „ 0 I 0 — Ainley ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 3 T . W . W . .. v ... > 0 0 2 -James Renshaw ... 0 0 6 -J . Harvey ... : ... " ... ... ... 0 1 0 -John Johnstone ... ... ... ... 0 0 3 ¦ - tWv £ * . > .. ¦ ... ... ¦ ... ... 0 0 6 " -A Friend ... ... 0 0 4 - E . Magnall ....... ... ... ... 0 0 4 Collected hf T . P . CarUle . ~ -AspinaH ... ... ... 0 0 « R . M . ... ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 -G . Smith ... ... - ' -o JO 2 Manogham ... 0 0 2 ^ Williamson ... 0 10 -J . Foster 0 0 6 B . Wood ... ... „ . ... ... 0 8 4 S . JBall ... ... 0 0 6 R . IL C . ... ... ' . ... ... ... ft 0 6 J . S . C . ... ... ... fl 0 3 J . ieicester ... ... ... ... o 0 6 T-Jteid ... ... ... ... ... » 0 6 iF . Broome ... o 0 6 ~ T . Procer ... ... ... 0 0 6 E . KelsaTl ... ... ... 0 0 4 Hutton ( 2 nd ) ... ... ... ... o 0 6 - J . Sutton ( 2 nd ) ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Per Mr . Gressy ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 -A few Friends ... ... ... ... Q 6 0 JPer J . Roach .. 0 26 J . Cottam ... ... ... ... ... 0 2 6

      There are a number of books ont , with some considerable subscriptions not brought , in consequence ¦ of-the holders not being aware of the necessity of -sending this off so early . Sii ^—In imitation of the liberal plan suggested by F . O'Connor , in giving the whole of the profits arising from this week ' s Star ^ to the Trost Defence Fund , I beg to announce that the profits arising from next Saturday ' s Regenerator ( dn which occasion the price "will be twopence ) will be devoted to ^ ie same purpose . If yon think thiB worth announcing , you will oblige ¦¦ ¦ " . / Yonrs respectfullyv T . P . Cablile .

      - ¦" -: ¦ : SAtPORI * . Radical Association . —The members of this body are doing their utmost to save Mr . John Frost pom . the fangs of the tyrannical Whigs ; the work-Ing men , . much to theiz credit , are taking active measures for collecting the subscriptions for our . noble friends in Monmouth gaol . The visit of Messrs . Cardo and Thornton have done much good , and there appears to be a strong determination to . make another rally in favour of the great principles pf- ^ JniverEal Suffrage ; They have also agreed to open a co-operative store on the principles of that xt Newcastle ,. and a ; « pmmittee , secretary , a&d

      treasnrer , have been appointed to carry the system of co-operation on a large-scale . ^ r - Defesce Fdsil—The Committee for conducting iite Defence Fund earnestly hope that those friends of hnmani ^ tha t have not sent in their mite , will do soxts soon as they can make it convenient , as the subscription must be closed by Monday 30 th Dec . The Secretary ( Mr . John Campbell ) will attend in the association rooms , No . 30 ,- St . Stephens ' -street , from eight o ' clock to ten o ' clock every Sunday , Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday evenings , and also the different individuals appointed to canvass the town with books .

      ROCHDAXE . Polmb Ihtelugemcr—On Friday last , at the Police Station ,- a young man , named Win . Pearson , appeared before G . Ashworth , Esq ., on a charge or having entered the premises of Mr . J . Brettargh , Rochdale Colliery , and stolen therefrom upwards of forty pounds' weight of brass Bteps . He admitted the charge , aad stated he came from Heywood , was a cotton-spinaer out of work , and was led to the commission of the crime thronrfi poverty . Committed for trial . —Stephen Leach and Edward Bell , two young men , weaeironght up on a charge of having , cm the previous nyiht , been found . disturbing the peace , and obr tructeng the captain of the watch in the discharge of his dnty . They were each fined 5 s . and 7 a . costs .

      Comi Law Lectbms . —On Wedneaday and Thurs-** Z ' ¦ V ^ &b ^ Sydney Smith , the Corn Law . tatatoi , dehvered two lectures in onr Thiatre , on t to abominable Corn Lam . . Abt Old Sbhaht . —Th « e is at present Kving near tia ^ town an old womani la her 84 th year , wfi > was bom in thehonse in which she now resides , and r ^ o ^! e ^ " ^* from ^ < tethe " FA 3 ^ Ac ^ E «^ -Ye 8 ter ^ yweek , amantwentyoae years ofage , feU backwards down No . 4 shaft , **¦ 8 5 Wi 5 Si- !* S ** Wr J » rdB deep , and was literally dashed to pieces . » ,

      Cpims ^—The Chartists this neighbourhood are bestirring themselves , being determined that the poor inoaroerated Welsh Chartists shall nntbe lost , if money cao prevafl .

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      ;_ .. ; - 1 ! , * I .. ' ¦ ' - ¦ V * : ?;¦ . - ¦ . * T . ~ w' ;• TT ' Tt ^ j ^ oa nt ^ m J ^ Sp ^ S ^ hS ^ a ^ S ^ LSS ^ r ^ S ^^^ Mr . : St ^ BOBj ( Nmtracter , for ^^ * ni « m > ii * mM Ui Mould « udl&myon ha 44 io aiiitf j ^^ himvas b ^ w o ^ I . »««* . ^ etlb *^^ eonte aeWr ' . ; bntK ^ yonsMdibrt . MonJ ^ « m ^ e 4 hu ^ m ^ he wonldsTOftatrue got Mbwages . ' Mr . Huntjwho appeared for «^ defendant , odnttnded that ^ i saying he wouloVB&e . Jj m paid was not tantamount to a pro"" S ' * ¥ iJench . thought different , and made an order tWlhe payment of the amonnt . i-John

      Kerahaw ¦ was summoned for committing a public nuisa ^ ' w Dti the door-steps of Mr . Charles Kershaw . 'Jonvicted , under the Polite Act , in 20 s . and 8 g . 6 d . owsts . —Two boys , James Kershaw and Edmund Stott , carters , were eauh fined 5 s . and costs for being top far behind their carte , on the road leading to Oldham . Kershaw , one of the lads , Baid that Co < ± croft , the informer , came and begun to talk to him , and that while they wer « having some conversation about a pack of houndsi which were hunting in the fields adjoining , the horses went < m , vaa soon as which Cockcrof t went and took the name , and had just brought him up and done this way , by him . Cockcroft , of course , denied the charge .

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . ; Sib , —By . inserting the following , you will oblige the Radicals of Rochdale . v ^ FOB F&OST AND OTHEBS * DEFENCE FDND . : - - . "" : " ¦ - ' - ¦ " ¦ ¦ ..: : ¦ . -: ¦ ¦ . r : ; ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ . : ; ¦¦¦ ' : " £ s . A . Dec . 10 . —Collected at meeting at Social Institution ... ... " .. ; " :-.-,..., ' -2 ; 7 6 Gardeners , a Sick Society , Bridge Inn 0 i 0 Received of T . T . Merseil v .. ... .., 0 1 0 Received of Milnrow Radical Association , per E . Clegg ... ... .. ; ... 2 0 0 P . O-Srien- -- * .... ...: r ... - ... i ... ~ •»• 0 2 -6- "; Rocdale Friendly Benevolent Society 0 16 . 1

      From Thomas MaJcin ' sBwk . " Thomas Makin ... ... ... ... .., 0 3 0 Miles Ashworth ... ...... ...... 0 10 James RUey ... ......... .. ; .. ^ 0 C'l H . AbenezftrRdey ... " ;« . - ... ..... ; 0 2 6 James Hill : ... ... - ...- " - ... > " w .-010 James Taylor ...... ... ... - i . v T . X-. 0 10 j Baniel Nnttall ..: " ... " ... > ... '" « . Vo ~ l # Jataes Morris . ; . ... .. V .. . . '• .. *" . ' ' . if : O- ' il i > Edmund Ushworth ...- > ... .., ... y JO JohnWhitaker .. r „; C . ... :. ; Q 5 0 ThomasHeape ......... ... ... 0 10 Sondry subscriptions nnder Is . ; .. ... 0 10 3

      - IVilUam Bake ' s Book . , Samuel Butterwarfh ... ... ... 0 10 Levi Lumb , sen . ^ . ,.- ... ... ... 0 2 6 Levi Lnmb , ditto ., jun . ... ... 0 2 6 E . W . ... v ... ; ....... ... 010 ' A Friend per & W . ... ... ;„ 0 10 Ditto ... ... ... ... ; ... 6 1 Q Sundry subscriptions , under Is . ... 0 7 6 J Received froBi James Taylor ' s Book 0 5 2

      ¦ ¦; . . .- ; itobert HolUBooTc . A few operative mechanics ... ... 0 13 0 A Friend to liberty ... ... ... 0 10 A Young iSeargus ... ... ... 0 2 6 A Friend ... ... ... ... 0 10 R . Jones - ^ . ... ... ... ... 0 10 Thomas Bamford ... ... ... 0 10 A few Fmnds at the Woodman Inn ... 0 2 2 J 6 hnH « aky ... ... ... ... 010 Mrs . Berry , Bagslate ... ... ... 02 6 A few Friends ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 FiveFSriends ... ... ... .. ; 0 ? 2 6 A few mechanics , Oldham-road ... 0 11 6 Sondry subscriptions tinder ^ ls . ... 0 2 0

      James Sharpers Book . James Sharpe , grocer , Redcross-streefc 0 2 6 - A Friend . „ ; .. ; ... ... . ; . 0 1 0 Joseph Hutchinson , 120 , Drake-Btreet 0 1 0 James Casson V .. ... ... ... 0 2 6 JohaOwen ... ... .. V ... 0 1 0 Sundry subscriptions under 1 b . ... 0 5 1 £ 10 17 3 } Balance due to Treasurer ... ... £ 11 10 - £ 11 19 1 | Expenses attending meeting at Social institution ... ... ... ... 1 1 0 Printing bills ... ... ... ... 0 14 6 Posting ditto ... ... ... ... 0 3 0 Collecting Books ... ... ... 0 0 7 h BemittedVtothe Northern Star ofilce 10 9 0 : - - '¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ -. S fifejy .: . ft-Balance due to Treasurers ... ... £ 1 1 10 Tbe people of this town are suffering greatly from want of employment ; but they come forward nobly , andBhowto the base hireling press that the people have thegreatest sympathy lor Frost and ; the other Welsh Chartists . - ' •_ ¦ - -- ^ c' / -. ';¦ -. '< ; ¦ ; ' . : . "; ' v > y <>^* w ^ ^ Thomab Livsbt , Treasurer . < iM ^ - " " " ¦ : " ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ BVU ***** - ' — " ¦ ' * " ¦ : ' ¦ . l - ^ lilfc ^—On Srad&y , the 8 th of December , Mr . laaj ^ Barrow , from Bolton , preached two sermons in l »; Radical Association Room , Padiham , in the afternoon , " on the Redemption of Man ; " in the evening , " on Christian Liberty . " At the close of the above Berinons the sum of £ 1-ISs . 8 Jd . was collected towards Mr . Frost ' s Defence Fund . Since then it has been made up to £ 3 by a few friends to liberty .

      - . .. ; ¦; . . ; "BEOB * . ¦' , - , : : - . ; - /¦ "• : ; , ; Defence FuxD .- ^ At a meeting _ of the Derby Radical Association , held at the JButchers' Arms , December 16 , it was unanimously resolved that the treasurer of Stephens ' s Defence I ' und be requested to pay over the residue of the funds in his hands to Mr . F . O'Connor , the treasurer of the Dpfence Fund for Mr . Frost and his fellow prisoners , now awaiting their trial in Monmonth gaoL

      KETTSRXNG . ¦ - . ' ..: " : : . ' .- " Radical AssoaATioN . —At a special meeting of the Keitering Radical Association on Monday last , to consider what steps should be taken respecting Mr . Frost , it was resolved that five pounds be sent to the fund for the defence of Mr . Frost and the other Welsh patriots , arid that the Editors of the Northern Star and Charter newspapers be requested to insert this resolution in their next week ' s paper . This society also a short time ago sent five pounds to Miss Grotes , of Birmingham , for the wife and family of Mr . John Collins , their respected representative is the late Convention .

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      Stripping a Man . —On Monday , Mr . William G . Angell , master mechanic at the Eagle screw-manufactory , " in this city , while attending to some part of his duty , near the main shaft , was caught by the sleeve of his coat in the machinery , taken up and carried with such speed upon the shw t , as to entirety strip him of all his clothing , except his cravat and boots , without bruising him externally , or breaking any of his bones . / Mr . Angell says he feels a soreness , but is able to attend to his business . —rProvidence Courier . >

      Shocking Cask of Misery anb Destitution . —On Thursday , an inqeest was held at the Duchess of York public-house , York-street , Lock ' sfields , Nfcwington , on the body of a new-born female child , which was found under the extraordinary circumstances detailed in the following evidence : —Henry Evitt , of No . 32 j Pitt street , Old Kent-road , deposed . that he was a man-cook , but had latterly been employed as a broker's man . - For the lait four years he had lived with a female of the name of Mackiilay . On the previous Thursday , about eleven o ' clock in the morninj , she" complained of being ill andxold , and , kuowing the _ situation she was in , he desired her to go to a surgeon named

      Dray , which she did ; and on her return , in half an hour , She laid down on the bed , and he then went into the city / -.- On his return , in about four hours , he found her in the front room , and on hia entering , she informed him that during his . absence she bad been delivered of a child , which was in the pail near the door . He looked into the pail , and found the child . He immediately went for Mr . Dray , and informed him of the way in which he had found the child . He ( Mr . Dray ) came the same evening , and saw the deceased , which he declared to have been stiU . bprn . B y the foreman—•* Had never known her to take ' any medicine for the purpose of procuring abortion . " By the Foreman— "There was no

      person with her from the time of his leaving home until hereftirned . " Coroner— "Your room appears to be in a most deplorable state ; have you no bedstead ? Witness— "No , Sir . " Coroner- ^" Nor blankets or sheets t" Witness— " Neither , 8 ir /' Coroner— ''Then what do you do for things to cover yeuP" , Witness- " We sleep in our clothet , Sir . and cover ourselves with an old flock bed . He had only earned 8 s . a-week for the last three months . " ; Coroner— "What is the age of this female ? " Witness— « Twenty-one , Sir ; and this is her first child . ' ? Mr . William Baraard Bodyi

      surgeon , of No . 3 , Saville-plaoe , Walworth-road , deposed tohaing made ; . * pott mortem examination of the body , and fimnd the stomach perfectly healthy . The lungs wert collapsed , which coapletely satisfied him that the child had never breathed . By the Coroner- — " There was nothing to show-Hat any tiling had been given to the mother to procuro " abortion . ' Mr ^ Hat ^ 4 he deputy-registrar , here stated that he had never in the whole course of his life seen such a case of deplorable destitution ; the only thing found in the house wat due remains of a halfpenny worth of oatmeal . The coroner addressed the jury at some length , who , after a short consultation , returned a verdict— " That the de .. ceased W 4 B itai-born . ^

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      ::, ; i-, x : % :.-: tf&ijjjmms ^ mffi The Western Ttndkat (^ yyT } uo ^^ l )^ pt (^^ tive of so much mischief in these parts , hispubliehed i ^ fareweiy ^ as they ^ yJB ^^ d ^ har tM ^ hol rities are determined ro prevent its circulation in those placeswhereits " . effi ^ i' ^ as mpst tobeHreaaedi It ^ has % f flojanfi ; tjme teld'iouiB to ^ fi& £ 3 bair ^ Bfc body that the prisonerfnow ingaol ; hereniuBt be saved , aiid it . has' pointed out , ariiorig oth ' er measures , that a system of "terror" should be adopted- ^ -a ^ suggestion up ^ n which , were ^ ret to eayi-the men in die hula are navr acting ; : Many or the persons who gave evidence befo ^ assaulted in , the most violent manner , while others

      ace being threatened : ; and : this is done in districts which are more than tea or tlteivemiiesfroni any magiBtrates , so that the trouble of causing the oftV .-, dera to be apiprehejaded isrBp ^ reat jihatt |^ y gii t ^ w pntiahed . They , in cbnBejiuenice , f ^ p ^ s ^ itSfc ^ B ^ punishment can rea ^ them ^ aud they caxr ^ t > n tbeit system to its full extent with Mpunity . , / $ his ^ an being adopted in the mining diBtricts , it / bew ) me 8 very ilifficnlt j if not impossible , to devise , fc means for its prevention , for the moment an ^^ att ^« pt is ni * de the PWjJJ ^ tors dive under ^ nnd ^ todnoon * dares ; to ¦ I The following © xtrMt ^ i » i fcttw received to-o ^ y from one ^ of the 7 largest irdrimasters in the country , wiU show th ritin theiaboye statement we have not exaggerated in the aightest degree as to the state of the terroris jo . and intimidation made use of i- ^~ . c .. ¦ ¦¦¦ "¦; " . . ¦; -: ¦ ¦ ¦ : • ¦ ¦¦¦; ¦ ¦ ¦ ; .: ¦ : -: " - ¦ ¦ :.-. ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ . ¦ ¦ ' •¦

      [ . /¦ ' . ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦"¦ "' - ; ''' :- - P . ¦ ¦ ¦ r ~ TIron-wprksV ^ Deci ' li ; , ;¦ ^ My dear Siri- ^ I w / rite to ^> nrjse you : that the Bjstem of lntimidatiovi is beiDg made use of by the Chartists towards the witnesses residing at -- — . who gave evidence , against ~ - — , :: i V * ¦ : , ¦ _* - "¦ ' * i . v * - have been violently a 88 aulted , and I am credib jgr informed that it is noW the intention of the Chr ^ rtists to carry the systeni of -terror , ' as recpmmeritled by the Western Vindicator , to its fullex ; tent . " - ' ¦ ¦ . ; ,: " -- ' \ y \ :-:.:::-. ¦/ ¦¦" ¦ ¦ ¦< y . ' -: . ' : \ : rr ' - - ¦ ¦ ' Aletter TOceivedfroiaKetyport , Uat ^ d the Wk pi December , says— , ¦ - ¦ ¦[; ^ . \ ^ -. r ^ r . r- ;¦ . ; , ,, _ ; . ¦ : ;• : $ <* Things havb been tolerably quiet her 6 since I saw you ,: but last night , in consequence of spmo intelligence which had arrived : frpm Merthyr , the tniliury were on the alert , and paraded the outskirts

      in companies of ten or twelve men each . I now leirn , that although the Btate of things in the hills wears a lowering aspect , yet there has been no gathering as yet . A company :-pf the ^ 45 th , under the comr mand of Captain ; Bntler > have received ^^ orders to march hence to Swansea , Xwhere there are some apprehensions of danger from the workmen , ) arid are ; tb ; leaye . thifl- 'day . '' . - y .-- ; - ; . ¦¦¦ ¦; - ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦ .. ' ¦" - - ¦ - ¦' - , / . : ¦ ¦'¦ :. ., - ]' - We learn also ^^ that Mr .. ^ hon iiaf Jones Phillips , last night , at about ten o ' clock , caused the seizure of alarge quantity -of Vindicatofrs andother seditious publications from the shop of Mrs . Edwards , at Newport , ( the wife of Edwards the Chartist , who was convicted with Yinceut ) , •• among which were copies of every number of the Vindicator since its commencement , and which will , we understand , be forwarded to the office of the Sebretary of State for the Home Department . : ; .

      . Wearehappy also tP learn that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to vgrant pensiorispf £ 20 per annum each , for Hfe , M ? IMtessrs . Williamfl , Walkeri and Morgan , the three special constables who were severely wounded at the Chartist insurrection . \ The list of witnesses against the prisoners indicted for treason will be delivered to them to ? day by Mr . Maule i Mr . T . J : Phillips , and Mr . EvabsV solicitors for the Crown , It containa , we under-Btand , the names of ; about 240 personfl , with accurate descriptions of each person . : In addition to : the guard at the gaol and the mounted pickets in the Buburbs every night , there is a farther guard , consisting of thirty pensioners arid the Monmouth militia staff , who mount guard at the Town Hall ^ ( Mpnmouth ) from six p' ^ lockin the evening until the same hour in the morning—

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      THE NEWPORT RIQT 8 . : .: I ¦ : ¦>; . v . ;• r- >[¦ :-. - P ' ; VMQNMpUTHrTcKsbAT .. ;>' The list of the witnesses was not delivered to the prisoners yesterday , as ; had , been intended i it requires vast consideration , care , and attentioni because not only mrist the names be inserted , but the Ml description of each witness , if there is the mS j ® S etr () r » - at witpess carinoV be examined , fhe difliculty may be , imagined / by taking the following as ^ an exainple : — " \ - -: " -. :- ; ; - ? : : ¦¦¦;¦ .: _'' WHliam Parfitt Powell , surgeonY , assistant ¦ to William Brewer , of the parish of St .: Wpolas , ¦ in the borough of Newport , in the couritj of Momnouth , arid abiding at the house of Wimam Phillips , grocer , in the said pariah of St > Voolas , in the said boirbugn of iNewport , in the said county of Monmouth . "

      . There are no less than 236 witnesses on behalf of the prosecution ^ arid a copy of them is to be dehvered to ea « h p risoner . Although all the prisoners , charged with high treason are included in one indictment , jret it does notfoilow that they should be all tried at the sanie timeJ The probabiluy is that one or two of tte ringleadefs may be tried sepaxately , arid that the others will be closed m such a manner that the same witnesses may be called to prove the distinct facts against , thein otherwise it would be impossible for any jury to keep the proofs that relate to each particuliir ; case apart in their minds from those of the oth « C parties . The delivery of a list containing the names of so many witnesses may tend to embarass the prisouerst iinstance

      or , jerost will be unable to tell which out of the 236 wiU be . called against him ; all he can know will be , that none other than thoBe named can be called-however , if the intended defe ^ nce—that tho prisoners were riot present , be true , the aaoye circumstance can make no differorice . ] conceive that the spirits of the prisoners must be sadly depressed wheri they perceive the names of someof ^ the persons whP are toMtesiify ^^ againstthem , and nothing , I think ; will strike atoore deadly blow to Chartism than when the real dupes discover that some by whom they were ; iricited and led on - ^• whose violent ^^ and treaoherous speeches induces them to enrol their names as rebels , and afterwards to act as . such , but who ; as bad hearts alaways

      do , turned cowards at the crisis , and either remained at home , or fled on the first approach of outbreak , have turned traitors---aye / dpubly traitors , ^ firsS to their Queen , and then to those they had misled , have betrayed them , and will be the first to state the share that each unhappy man tooki and having pointed put their persons , ao < sworn to their acts , shall be permitted to retire to freedom , aind perhaps npori leavin « soiio at least d their victims to bear thfl ^ puriishment which thev themselves ought to auffef ; Surely ,, this will be a lesson to those who are at large , and teach them that to attend to the inflammatory speeches of theM men is -to do that which ^ lead SemS that

      may the most condign punishment , eyeii if it shoul * not Bubject them to the Jast arid extreme penalty of the jaw . Let them look back toother ^ timear am ^ f ^^ find tl ) P 8 p whoSbeehffi . chierieaders and ineiters in the room , hate either deafcrted ^ them ^ ph theirmarchof madh ^ S fled , on the first approach of danger . I have reS to believe , that , on the trial , faota wiU tranoni ^ wWch ^ prove this inth r mS ppffidSS and although it may appear hard upon those now * bcused , yet itmay ultuna ^ ly Jbe attended withireat good , and Show the misguided that xebeliion ^ aw outrage only tend to misery aod woe /^ - ^

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      A FEW WORDS OI ADVICE TO THE UPPER AND MTODLE CIASSESV PftOM SOME MEMBERS OF THE LATE GENE-. hBAL GONVENTJOJ ^ ; ¦ ¦¦ •;; , ^ - . : "¦ ¦ iaS ^ ^ m ^ f l ^ vingpeen Memhwrsofthe late General Conrention , feel ourselves impeiatively caUed upon at the present crisis solemnly to ^ tpreS T ^ ^>?^ ction » thaViiad the SndsSS National Petit ^ not been rejected " ™ r had ef eh such a sympathy beeimwufested for the ^ duKoui

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      ^ Yii- ^ M ^ : ^ ° ^ entreat our fello ^ tizen s $ ty * v&& * t&tftip »« e olassSrSSdpus ^ ¦ ? wW ^ ^ B ^ waafA * ciiuit ^ eniwlrea of Ibe " ^^ WP ^ B ^ a irhiph i ^ iwcPssjmiy Teflt uppn ^ inem , j * r ; < siiig !' outiof' theconsequences ofrefu-S ^ Jg ^ f aejust iselves at thavvtime of Dassine the Heform

      ^ 411 , ^ wid * tiwrefore ^ fcft ; extendn thajt ^ pn ^ deiraj ^ pn ti others who are no ^ exxslnded ^ fto ^ the pale « f the ConStitatioriV which had they , at i ^ ati t « oB , teen ' sriocessfnl , they would ha ^ e reaflonahly ^ ex , pected for themselves . Above all , we would unplote , them for the sake of our , couimon country not to widen any fttrtherthe breaoh j by har 8 h . and ^ iQdiftv tivemea 8 ures , normakeuseoftne forms of the British law , to crush those who might think , they ' were acting according tp the genius of the British Cori-Jstitution ..- / - ' ' ' - ^ - ' - - - " ' ;' ;~ - -: ' . ' .-- ' '' - ¦ : ' ¦ .:. ¦ ; :: ;• Vr ; - -:-I' ^ -v ..- . ¦ - " - - - ; Believing that the upper and middle classes have it now in their : po * er to conciliate the affection arid gain the esteem ef the Operatives , we call upon them to avail' themselves of this \ opportunity extensively to make it known aa their decided wish that no more victims be sierificed to uphold ; a , ; , system of exclusion . , ' - i- - •;¦ :. ¦••• ¦ .-. ; ¦¦¦¦'¦ : - * . ' ¦" '> . . .., ' ;; . >¦ ¦ -... - . ..,:, - . ^ -

      ¦ ¦ > : Signed by m-&vY- SANKEY ^ : ¦ ¦ - ¦ • ¦; .:-. - - ^ -:: ¦ ¦ + ¦ - W / B ; -BURNS ; - : ^ r ¦ ^ . Jv RICHARDSON ; R . HARTWEJilii H . HETHERINGrTON JOHN CLEAVE . G . ROGERS . R . MOORE . Noyw . 23 , 1839 ; ¦ ¦^ ' -y .:: v ^ : ' r . ' :. , ¦ ¦¦ - ¦• - ¦ ,, '• ¦ .- . '

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      Distils 'tsf FBANCp ^ rThe ; Paris : journals of Tuesday sfatiB ; ihat' tb the other difficulties of the Government , is riow added the distressed condition pi . the working ' classes ; hundreds of- thousands of whom are without bread or-employment . Upwards of . 80 , 000 ' pimns iri- Paris are reduced to flubsist ori ^ publialcharity ; in : th ^ e |^| neiit ' of ' the .-jQoVrer Seine the . working people go put in crowds In the * night to solicit alms , ; being ashamed to appear "in the day ; vmile in Lyons , and in all the large towns m the South of Firance , the misery of the Tinn ^ ler classes of artizans is fast driving thein tp desperation . To construct aM maintain an pyerwhelming naval armament ; to keep up immenso Jnilitary ^^ estabUsbmeritsI ^ : to i support in useless Bplendour ; a mriBhrppm aristocracy , with , no estates but their umbrellas ; the

      working classes of Frarice aw robbed of the fruit of their industry , and thus subjected to the horrors of periodical famine , and the shamo of beggary . We are not surprised at the 'friaquericy . of plo ^ and' corispiracies among them , when- we ; reflect ' upon the " wretchedness to which they are reduced to , maintain armies of idle , profligate j spies and informersvampires whose . abodes are the graves of freedom and public virtue . ' - ' The Scriptures tell us that if men work riot , neither Should they eat , but ono of the great objects of all Gbvernmerits has been to seoure the mobopoly of eating to the idle . ¦ Haying robbed the poor of thoirea . ual right of inheritance to the 86 ili , they have apportioned them toil without reward as the penalty of a conscious existence ISun . - ' .-: . ' ¦ ' ¦ . ¦¦ . '¦ , :- -r :: -y . ¦?¦'¦ ¦'¦ '' ¦ :. ¦¦ ¦[¦;/¦ '¦ "'¦ ' . ' ¦ '""¦ ¦ r- ' .

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      ¦; .,: \> , , ¦ ¦' ; . smiFFlBin ^ .: , ; : ;¦ . .: ; , -., . Radical ^^ Address . —pni Sunday night , ' Mr . Brown , delegate from Birmingham , delivered a poweful address in the Chartist Association Room , to a crowded audience : ; arid on Monday night , he addressed them a second ; timej ; weVwere highly delighted With his ' just and powerful denunciation of the Nevr i Poor Law Bill ^ itB aiders - and abettors « in his eloquent speech he touched onthe present Anti- Corn Law crusade , and set the men of Sheflleld right on that point . The greatest enthusiasm prevailed , and when the gentleman concluded , three cheers were called for him , and were given with the greatest cordiality . The spirit of Chartism ,-in Sheffield . after a long ' -i ' slun ^ ber . m agiin ¦

      reviyingiwe truatjWith increased yigour * '¦ - ; , 7 ; pisTBKSSEip ^^ State op ^ ^ TBADE .- ^ Trade in SheMeld is in a most deplorable state ; manufacturers closing , and others working only two or three days a week . It is computed that 2000 persons have been thrown put of work , during thelast fortnighti : ' r ; Diabolical ' Affair .- ^ A : few da ^ ys ago , ariopr woman residing in Sheffield Park , died from starvation ; we have not heard that an inquest has been held oV ( 9 T the ^ ody . The facta are simply these : — She was about thirty years of age , and of delicate constitution ; nine months ago / she was bereft of her ; husband , > nd wasvleft . in a statei of the . most utter helplesanessjwith three small children , theoldestrior iiio ^ than pix years of tee . - She annlied tothe

      worjaftmso fprreliefV but was told that nothing cpuld ]> e giyen her unless she entered : the hastile but this she refused , stating that she would sooner die in a ditch with her children by her side , than be confined in a ! wdrkhouse separated from them . Since that time she' went : out ' washing ^ but "her ' Blight frame was not equal to the ta ^; gradually she sunk , untU at length she could work np mbre . She sold every article of furniture see possessed to purchase food for her ; hel pless offspring . All at length wag gone ; and one of her neighbours nothaving seen her for two days went into her house , and fotim her sitting on a stool by the fire , or rather where a fire , had been , ) she whispered , in faint accents that she bad not tasted food for three days , and that she ..., - _ - ----- — -r-r . — — --- — . — — _ ^ wm ^ m . - ~ ^* jww i T ^ V nm ¦ ^^ y ^^ i&y firm mA

      ^ ^ was dying , The neighbour laid her on a truss of straw on the floor , a , nd proceeded to make her some gruel , but ah ! it was too late , she was dead ! ihere she lay , one of the loveliest of earth ' s crea-I " ? , the victimof bOyerty and a broken heart . bheh ^ been neatly laid > out , and the neighbours , had ; taken' her children ^ when it wasdiscovered that the corpse had beenBtpleri out of the honse ; but the monsters who had been guilty of thisdiabolical act were frustrated , they were dis > coyered by a party , who were passing by the yard at Piie o ' clock ia the morning , Uiey were tnus { f'ghtened and dropped the corpse-in a ditch . A black kid glove was found in a yard i arid it has been , naturally conjectured that the offenders wers a nartv of youngdoctors ^ ¦? . " ?**

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      WAKEFIELD CQRN MARKET .. ¦ . " . ; . . ' . '¦ ; ¦¦ ¦ :: . :: ¦ ( btex ? ress ^ ^ -: ; ; : ¦ ' ;; . . - . . ' ¦ ' : ¦ » £ *?* & & ' 2 O .-e 6 ur supply 6 f Wheat is good : the trade w steady at last week ' s rates . Barley cornea more plentifully , and has receded Is . to 2 s ; Per ^ uarter . Beans as before . X ) ats arid Shelling without material alteration . ?* ^ LEEps _ CoRN MAHKOTl ^ -The arrivals of all kinds of grainto this day ' s market are larger than last week . Wheat of all descriptions has been full Is per quarter lower . Barley has : been very heavyfeale

      ^ Leeds MARBETS . ^ AnotheVweek of extreme ari ^ we are sorry to say , ihcreasirig dullness has passe ? oyerour jead 8 , raud as yet , there S ^ riK 8 slightest hones of an abatemont of our misery ; Thb stoppage of a respectablerfirm for an imount-coi-Tvfint ? R * ^ 8 ' fiWifWi has caused a sensati * . -1 allowj 5 s > per stone . , ' ' v 3 T ^ ¦ i - ^ S ^^ PF ?^^ ?*^ D ecember la . M » e Jhitve a middhnr * how-pf beasts ( some , of ririme fluattvy f nd moresheenthan ^ weiiad lastiair ^ y ^> S ^ are ^ firm , bat buyerBnoi being either numerons or needyithe market for aU kiridsis heavy . Price ef ^ PJ ^ ^^^; inferior 6 s : to Tsperimperial stone ; mutton 6 d to 6 Ad ; prime 63 d Der m —Nnriibfir o-d ^ to ^ ^ * # »»* ; 6 d * to 7 jd ; Straw 4 d = to 4 id per stone . i v

      cloiiiS ?? ^ ^^^ Rket , Dec . 17 . 4 Our S ^*! - ^ Sv ^ ? in the most depressed ' state a . market as never before was known ^ ' "rid biivflrQ ^^ mm s ^ m ^

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      ML iYL ¦ Rochdalb FuLinrjat liiSucxr , Dsc . 16 . —Tber » hate been rather ntpre . goods sold to-day than on any Monday tdijpm time . Prices remain ea < irenielyfe ^; i ^< M $ $ i (* a A ^^ MJ ^^ tipri . We anticipater ^ tHwj ^ b ^< l « P ^ miyt . sig over we shall experience : a w ^ gej 0 ^ 0 ^^ nj : . wdp ^ ri } traro ^^ j ; . ^; g sj . fe ^ i iu ^ iji ^^; ^ : ; : ;^ -: " : - . V ;¦ - LivRpoot Ck ) TxoH Jti ^ i ^ l ^ iBKitsi ^ I ^ Q The sales oil Saturday amounted to 40 < KlbagS yu > clud 1 d ^ 60 0 American for export . Tdj ^^ a ^ r ^ awoi the same amount ^ exporters ha ti ^ rican , apd speculaiorsJa * w » t the Mm ^ iqjantity . Pricea are rather in fatotir of bffyerfl- ^ y fd ; lower W ^ F ridak ^ : " J S :-V ;^ ' ^ i ^ ' - ^^ 'SSk : ^ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ s ^^

      ' - ;¦ LtVERPOOt WMV Jl |>>* KW » M ^* $ ri 0 & : mand * fotScotchWoolB ^ ffraenMly-has jniVaUwilted throughput : ^ iepa ^ tiire ^ li ' Ita ^ 0 oio ^ ai ^^ m curred : in any description , except Laid xCshland Sf for ^ hioh there ^ thatrsb ^ were [ however , few , iacons ^ rather ^^' Mgher i&aaM having ^ riiafiked by holders , ^ trriyals : thiai week , ^ W 8 v ; previdiap'l ^ year , 12 / 240 ; total , 12 , 413 . A moa ^ rat * portion of business was , transact m : Peruvians ; M <> gadore ; and East India Wools , at a Bha ^ e ^ "tower than the rates 3 iTeeiiiiu i fiw

      yi x >«<* ; omer' «» B » oB ' » -paie » ware lew , and onr trade wjll ino ^ prbbabl y' ^ plJTinft i ^ nll n ^ j : after ; Chr ] 8 tttiaf ; V ; PP ^ i Pi ^^^ - ^ B ^ X : ¦ : ¦ -, ' Liverpool ' Ck » ftir Mabket , fizc . ; l / Vr ^ ia tmrn ^ ing ' s market was fnlly attended hytownand / coantir dealers , and a fair extent of bnsiness was transacted in old > Wheats at-r last week ? spiicesl Irish new-Wheat had . not so free a sale as on Eridav . Oate were in limited request , and 3 s . lid . per 45 lbs . and outside value for the best mealing quality ; The best samples of inalting Barley were offering jjAls . per quarter reduction . American free FJonr had a moderate sale , at 43 s . to 44 s . per barrel . : ¦ - ¦¦;

      XiyEEPOQt CATTiiS MiHKKr ; Monday Deb : lC . — The supply of Cattle at ' ^ rket tb ^ y has been , yery large fpr the . season of the year , and there has been a few very excellent fat Beasts ,, which sold at lar » priefes , but- t % & KeneraMt ^^ W ^ y ?^* description . Th « number pfTSheajt K ^ Ha ^ feS moderately laf ge ^ imiow * cannot beast of the qriai lityV There waa ^ i fnjt attendanoft ofrhriyerstod de ^^^ nd ^ fo ^ vBipcki ^ flMrrs ^ h ^ part of thennddhnga&d orditH ^ . quality ^ wBre dispo ^^^^^ t ^^^ Siawfepa ^ tewleft nr isoldat the \ cl (^ i ?^ fp ^ BMr ^ isSwl thebestjSoldreadUy atM ., gd <^ fair _ Beefj ^ dlawry ^ ing from tha-t 4 mn to : 3 d | a > er ib . T ^ e best ^ WeTOet Muttonrealized 7 d ., secoria v 4 itto- ^ 6 Jo ^ 'erdinary and Ewes , 6 d . v per -lb . sinking 4 he cSFafcr ^ moer of Cattle&t market ^ Beasts 1887 * Shee pW 5 > MiNCHESTEkiCbiiui Market , fDeci ; 1 £ ^ -In th «

      early part of the week there : was mtwh firmness in the trade , and a fair extent of bnsinesa transacted in choice marks of English Flonr . at prices rather above the currency of last market day ; siibsequently the demand has been :- ^ bsvaetiye , but ^ the ittprorement noted ^ may ^ be considered as fully estabushed Oats and Oatmeal each ffiet a slow sale atthebre * vious rates . ; Therie was 'ii 6 t much paesing" at our market this morning , but the iranaactions 7 in Wheat We ? e on fully as high ratea , and prime weU ^ onditipned parcels rather exceeded' the ourrenctof this day . se ' nriight ' . Choice marka of Flour were likewise held with great firmness , and , 60 b . per -saoVrwas obtained for superfine samples ; in-secondary qualities little alteration in value can be noted , ana soil

      interior descriptions were unsaleable . The holders of Oats were riot free sellerB , unless at an advanoa of Id . per 451 bs . ; and for Oatmeal 6 d . per load abovv the previous quotations was demanded , but noi readily complieoV with . Beans were without alteration . Malt was in much inpre plentiful supDrr . attd a decline cit ; la . pef load yras ; aceeded ; tov f ? , * J % pHvos Corn " . Ex < hangk , JIprrbAT , Djsci ; 1 « . ^ --The quantity ofWhe * t from Kent this riiorninzwM tolerably good , that from Essex mpderate , bu | from Suffolk there Mas a very limitid supply or thia article , wthorily g fair arrival of Itoley , Beans and P ^ fresh upr / fpr this day ' s market , aad ^ th * additional TOppliesdf O ^ ifaiBiiBteZ& * fex * i **

      8 ^ of / n ah f prufcinally in gmeelViday . The iaai wrts of Foreign ^ raindnrinr the past week havo been to a moderatt extent . Since tMs day se ' nnieh * therehAvebi ^ Iea ^ ther ^ continues verr unfavourable forfiniahine Wheai sowing in the il ^ ^ tic ^ heavy soils eisemere . Fine English Wheat mat » good sale at . kst / week'spH tor choice whit 4 our millers j ? ave rather mow monev , but nofsufficlent to » % - ;^ qiio&tions * and the damp md mferior parcel *^ were t 8 keji o ¥ 2 ° j rty » thpnih fa aorta ^ ci ^ ot % potedlMwr , whjlst ; ot Fptehithe trade wM ^ ew ^ , iOthonkbV the busmess . tr thsac ^ ^>» bV to ^ % *« at e »* tent , being confined to small quantities « k © ut town filers , and IWted lote to ? m * B ^ iitti 8 Mt& the pricesob ^ i ed i ^ rere f ^^ as ^ ^ atteekigher for choiceredi Flonr w » a ^ nift » a f «^?^ ji ¥ w £ ~ S

      Malting . BarBy met » dnW ^ i ^ iiaa ^ arjqBarte * decline in- viue , whilst ^ grinding must WquoT ! e -met a elowjje , and we % la . per quarter cifeaS batoWwer ^ Uy > a ^ dear . Pe& have iaecJined ^ Sf ^ » fe * i « tt > riy f <* Maples . There ^ 5 no cbahgevi thft-vahw ^ of * fine Malt ; ther trade . Joweyer , ^ dull ; fbr this : artiete ; Gooi ^ dTSSl f n « n * w , Oj U were ^ in foir ; requeBt , ieadily <» btainiiij h ^^ ek ^ nrren cy . but the ; light : ani eoft : hew command ^ a . 8 low 3 ale | tnTw troitt ScPtte ^ ^^^^ iT ^ ^ d stated pwticolaririavtbj joyage bejong ^ and ^ our wmswnerB ^ ll ^ idk - ns © thenun sdh a state ^ hnt , they « e mw ^ ealerft SZlW P ^^ twnto maketheminori fflihtS s ^^^ mmmmm :

      peingtW day ^ appoin fed for ; hdldinj ? the gre aiChrisi Sf , P # ? t , thevfresh ; arrivals oll > easWr | p ? Sr vStS ^ T ^^^^«^^ Sc § ^ SS ^ 3111 ^ ' ^'<^ eMtoe ,: Northai ^ nlhi& STx ^ ' * . ?^ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ *« UasfrpmPevon 8 nw 6 lftir 2 tordshteicand others of pur western w > riritiefl , fwer « i ^ ii n ? v ^ 8 Pf ^»» fc of unnao ally : fine qriali ^ ^ Ife ? & ^ ates tP the ^ Hereforfe iodled , ^ panjifidently assert ^ ^ that this ^^ extremely ValnabS breeqWeT-eame to hand in anchexcellenSZ ^•" W * ^ wgardsPtheir . Symmetry ^ or % eighi of fat , as-on the DrosentfoccasMmi whn 4 «^ * ii . 5 ! a

      g ^^ f . thatthe grea ^ t ; cre 4 i ^ ird ^ tr Wf ^ M ^ waziere ; v » hp appear to have-been S ^^ exertions & producing beast * S ^ i ^ g ^ d- AstothejDevonsf ^^ h ; eotejX them ^ ere ^ tremely weU mao - e upVthey mi S ? y ^ lbl 1 i *^ ° adenal points as formed / . T ^ short ^ ns were seldom , if ^ r . in finer ^ tang very extraordinary ; from any quarter , yet a g ^ ty M chara ^ r ^^ bsei ^ abFi gi ^ f ^ ojesfrom the north . TheSuBSei 4 xen Tell maintained their long-established goed charac-) erienced mthejorned and foiled Scots by iealfrom ^ i ^?? r * of Scotland , on&vabout eifihtv b « W ¦

      « xyuga * lorward . HoWeyer , since thb " SmithM S ' >« im ^! - rail } ed ' at th «» next > nririSSgv ^ f ^ distinc ^ classes yfor Scotch ; and / WeW cattle , redoubt not a greatly ^ taoreased ^ dmuln wUlbe apparenton the part of the ScotebX & ^ L whobave long been desirens of cdmtietiiig at th » S " ^^* ^ ^ rpspect ^ of ^ ewarVfot o ? ttiShS ^ ^^ ^ y ( throrowded ^ tate ?* : ¦• we allotted , space Hyini * lndrioed most ' % k- th * mthe ^ immediate vicing ^ bf ^ tfi ^ efroiwfism ^ f ^^ din&h ^^ f ^ l ^ i ^ P ^ ^ J ^ wasAdn irtteiHhat ?* ani (^ to ^ ^ ^^ asjwh ^^^^^^ ^^^^

      wither hjia been ; ffcTOuriWeltfr ^ rodncini'ljeaflte ^^ or orderivifaoeithe : * vS ^ ^ pa 8 ^; herba ge has beenVgreai ^ wMch WcauW the valoe of ^^ store steers ; cowB ,-heifers * andteesCt * rule Bxtremely ^ h . ^ twithVian du ^ S iinm enBf Bupplypf beastSj ^ iit iittie ? oenin ¥ 6 ri ^ owiiw to tha w ^ nt arrarigement ^ tookplaced and m plt ^ the-StoofcwmjMi sale at thesametime ;« ndnotimoh diswtisfaetiori was expressed by any pewon ^ ' Att . r ^ S ^ y ° W * * hw morning , theittendance of " > ndpn : and country dealers was extreinelV

      riumfwnsrbnt the nnfatqurable" state of theatmos ^ phere for alaughUring caused considerable heavi ^ ness inthe ^ beef traded and the whol * of the supply waa not ; disjjpsed of . A few of the very primeifc boots ; weighing frpni 8 ft to 1 J 0 Btoneft were sold aios . per 8 lb ; but m ^ improvement waa realisM iai the cnrrencie 8 of other kirida of beasts . Alth « nA the number 6 f sheep was by no meana extensive , to # fiweforthem ; -ini ^ ^ languid ^ atte ^ y , butMnottiog quotobi © ben «^ l » at weefcV prioea , Prime Sir cal Tea sold steadily / at the late improTementi ba * - the inferior k ^ nda were a mere drag . Mo ^ defr criptions of pigs were in fair supply , and sluggish-- niqawy at tlu ^ inotationa ^ ¦ - ¦ * : T ^

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      U'Coiocon , E ^ ., of Hanimewmith ^ CfenntyMid aiesex , by Josh » a HoifSOlfi tt hit ? # tfiW \ Ofl 5 tef , Noi . 12 and IS , Ma ^^ , B # ap »*« r * adPublished by the Baid ^^ u * HoMoiii < & « : thjeaaid FBAMii % P ? CoiJiiORi > a * Kb"x > Trel | iA | e- ^ ftpuBe , Sbi S / Market-sto ^ Br ^ g » t « rM ^ : ternal C ^ mmuni <» tion existing between the saidf lfe . 6 » Market-Btreet , and ¦ ¦ ¦ : 13 ^ Marketfitreet , B ^^^ i ^^ ^^ : the whole of the said Printing and PnWph »« ¦ : , . Office on ^ 'PtMniaes ^ ?'¦ ' : X $ 9 ? i : P ¦ ^ ' ^ AU € onuri ^ eitionB nnat j ^ alilre ^ ^ W to J . HoBsbir , Northern Star Offiw , i •«<» - Saturday , December 21 , 183 . % :

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      J ^^^^^^ MURSDAT Evening . Tra ^^^ HION , : : ' : - ;; - : ' P \ Ttbeing gener | Ej ^^ HP that a meeting of a Convention , in W& ^^^ UKm a resolution passed at the Newcastle BflllM ^ ntion meeting , would take place , this daj ^ HB |^ hdel Coffee House , advisable to be adoptedVtf ^ h ft present emergency . A reporter was engaged expressly for this journal ^ to furnjihadetailedaccountoftheirproceedinga . During theafternoon , 6 everalofthedelegate 8 andtheirfriends made their appearance ; but nothing in the shape of a formal meeting took place ; arid upon inquiry of Mr . Bayley , the prbprietprof the Goffee-rooms , our reportef ^ as informed that no application had been 5 ad& 4 to . ; bim | :, ptt the part of any of the deleeates .

      ior tfte naeot a room , for that or any other purpose he had heard by accident , that a meeting bad been in oontemplationi but up to the hour of closina the pos £ pffice , ( sfc o ' clock ) although ^^ sevelal memoers of the Convention continnad to ente * andfretire , no s ^ gna of An ything likei business were apparent ! There wasy however , one remarkable circumstance m connection with this affair , namely , the number o police constables in private : dresses Vfho mightThe f ^ . S " ^^ or rather . lurking about the streets l ^ ing to St . Clement ' s Chorch yard , the Strand , J ? leet-street , &c . ; whether , however , th « movement ) ofthe Convention were the subject of their vigilance or not , the reporter cannot take upon hiniael ? to determme , although several of the officers are well known tohunas those who have figured on former political occasions . v .

      > m . j i i i : , i " - ' ,. Sixe'CJock . The delegates have all disappeared ^ from the Arundel ; and the Peelers have diminis hed from the vicinity . . , ; ' ;; ¦<¦ ¦ ; -v : ; - . . - ; ¦ . - . ; ; - . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - - ¦;> ¦ . ; - ' ¦ - . - ¦ ¦ : ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1839, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1088/page/8/