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      CHINA , l ^ DIA , AND EGYPT . OTERLiKD MAIL FROil INDIA . ( From the Times . ) . We have received b y extraordinary express from Marseilles letters and journals from Bombay up to the 1 st of December , as well as ad-rices from Alexandria to the " 24 « h , and letters and journals from Malta to the 28 th . The intelligence from China is of the highest importance—no Ies 3 than the near settlement of the Cimia question .

      Shortly after the capture of Chusan , Admiral Elliot , in proceeding to the Peiho river , was met by ; a nandarin of the third rank of the Chinese empire , though some accounts say by the Emperor himself while others affirm that Admiral . hiliov had armed at Pekin , and had an audience of the Emperor . The Emperor has agreed to pay - £ 3 , 000 , 000 for the expences incurred by ihe British in making war ; other authorities state £ 2 , 000 , 000 sterling as indemnity for t > . e opium seised , and £ 1 , 000 , 000 for the expences of the war . The Emperor , either himself or through his officers , has expressed pacific intentions to the Admiral , and he disavows the actions of his Commissioner , Lin . This latter , indeed , has fallen rnS 6 disgrace , and the Emperor offers to surrender him into the handa . of the British , to be deal ; with as they may think proper . Two Commissioners were to be rent either to Chusan or Ningpo , with full powers to negotiate a treaty . Chusan is not to be given op until the treaty be

      The above intelligence , which is up to the 1 st of October , was brought by her Majesty's ship ' Cruiser to Calcutta . No movement southward is expected from Chu ? an before Oct . 15 . The Admiral was to leave Cuusan for NiBRpo , in one of the steamers , on Sept . 80 , and the Blenheim was warping out for the same destination . The Emperor is greatly annoyed at our occupation of Chusan , and his Minister hiuted " tfiaf the Admiral ' s visit had prevented the march of fierce soldiers to retake the island . " The Malacca papers have got up a story , that accounts have been received there that our ships-of-Wax had taken the Bogue fort * , and after forcing the passage of the BoccaTigris | Utd proceeded to Cantos-It le feared that this is not correct . The intelligence from India is also highly im-Bortaot .

      Oar extraordinary express from Marse'Iles , received this morning , brings intelligence from Alexandria to the 24 ; h ult ., on which day the Great Liverpool sailed whh the Indian mails . Her trip from Faimouih to Alexandria is the shortest on record—viz ^ 14 days and one hour from port to port . 12 days and 11 hoETB only were spent at sea . The plafue had appeared in Alexandria a month earlier than usual , and three deaths had been officially notified . The Indian mails and 18 passengers were landed at Suez on the 18 th nit ., and escorted across the Desert by a guard of 60 horsemen furnished by the Pacha to preserve them-from the attacks of the Bedouin Arabs , who had lately become hostile and dangerous , seizinsr the Pacha ' s

      stores , and attacking ihe pilgrims en r ' oule from Cairo to Mecca . Ibrahim Pacha was * till with his army at Damascus , to whkh Le had returned in illhealth and bese : by the mountaineers , hoping ( it was beHeved ) to avail himself of the Napier Convention to return to Egypt peaceably and by sea . " Mebemet Alihad again written to Admiral ' Stopford on the 21 st ult ., and proposed to send another message to expedite the return of Ibrahim and his army . Sir Ciiarles Smith had arrived in the Hydra at Alexandria on the 17 th ult ., and had an interview with the Pacha on the 19 th and placed the Hydra at his service to convey his despatch to Marmorica on the 22 d ult . Sir Caarlus left Alexandria in the Great Liverpool . Serious sickness had prevailed at Acre . The storm that visited the coast of Syria with

      Bueh violence on the * 2 ad and 3 rd ult ., had produced an alarming scarcity at Bejrout and in the mountains , that the new Turkish Governor had recklessly stopped the supplies of griin arriving , and the mountaineers were again nearly driven inio collision with the authorities by desperation . No hope is Entertained that the Porte will be able to govern Lebaaooy now that the population is re-armed Mehemet Ait wis still raising batteries and exercising bis troops incessantly , aod had given notice to ( he National Guards of Alexandria that they were to consider themselves his |^^ ular ^ soldiers . At the same time he was making preparations for ihe better cultivation of his private estates , and had appointed his son , Sshj Bey , andhis grandson , Abbas Pacha , to be residesiradJninistrators in separate districts .

      KTPTfCT * -jJha editor of the Sydney Gazette Mi . George William Robertson , has been sentenced to ^ ay * iroe of 4209 to the Queen , asd to be imprisoned for twelve months , for a libel oa Cagt . Nias , etber Majesty ' s ship i §« &UL , * . The local legislature has refused the . Municipal Bill , jifter a series of long and wearisome discussions . Labour k represented as bc-iBg very scarce , and operatives in the various branches have strock for advance of wages . Carpenters have refused to tcyrk aCfoKT guineas a-week . In mentioning this high rate of wages we wculu not denre to mislead . Pr « jviskms- of every kind are at such ¦ & high rate as readers the rave of wages no more than proportionate . ¦

      The blacks had been commuting some sad outrages at the Lower ilacicryre . We have not heard the exact particulars , fnnher than that tht-y had driven away 140 head of cattle , and killed several horses . KBW ZSAL&KD . —Hi 3 Excellency , Captain Hebson , contemplated selling land in . New Zealand at 12 s . ptr acre ; but a 3 llr . Shortiand will hare forwarded information by the Bee , whi ^ h sailed for the Bay of Ifiland 3 after the arrival of the Brougham , instructions from the Board of Commissioners will be awaited .

      By the Victoria , whieh sailed on Sunday , Lienf : Logard , of the Royal Engineers , proceeded to the Bay of Islands , for the purpose of making a military surrey of the islands of . New Zealand . By the same vessel , Mr .. Graham , a clerk of works , proceeded there for the purpose of erecting barracks and other military works- Twenty-four picked soldiers , mechanics , accompanied Mr . Graham for the purpose of performing the necessary works , Kntil mechanics can be obtained from England . Barracks for two companies -of infantry , witn the necessary buildings , are to be erected at Ru- ^ ell , which , it is expected , will be the capital of ths northern island . Russell is about three miles from the settlement of Kororarika .

      SYSIA .-Raisin op the Blockade . —The following copy of a letter , addre ;? ed by her Britannic Majesty ' s Consul-General at Constantinople , to the BtJtish merchants resident there , has been transmitted to Lloyd ' s by their agent at that place : — "Constantinople , Dec .-7 , 1840 . " GzsttiHEK , —I have been requested by hi 3 Excellency the Ambassador to inform yon , that he has received from his Excellency the' Ottoman Minister for Foreign Affairs an official notification , stating that , in eonse ^ uenoe of the definitive occupation of the coast of Syria by the troops of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan , the Sublime Porte has © Tiered the blockade of -the forts and echelles of JJMttaofts * -t » be raised - ' u b * re the honour to -be , Gentlemen , ¦ " Your obedient servant , "ieHK Cartwrjgjit , Consul-General u To the British Merchants . "

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      botcher , of Jung Dand s-lan ^ aaadweU , was on Saturday afternoon las ; svanaiiK on some steps , and dividing a sheep with a large fcniie , the instrument , by some accident , fell ; a nephew of hie , about four jeais old , * r&s playing beneath , srheu the edge of the tanfo easae ia . contact with his throat , dividing the jugular « ixi , fortuaately oniy grazing the earotid artery . Mr . Ross , a surgeon , took up the divided rein , and there are hopes of the child ' s re-• srery .

      Horrible Scsge . —ik few cays since a « rime , the « BCumsi * W ^ e w . which exhibu an almost unprece - dented fafgrn ef burdened « radty , was committed is&e eoxmras of Bleuesans , n # t far from Besancon Ajb&b in tbe prune of Ine seizatl his own brother , ft feej twelve years old , and sought to deprira him © flife br flinging him into a half-frozen pond . The nrrforfaifeSe child contrived to effec ; hi ? escape ; bnt ibe Bmriflntlf'rr" ^ " 1 urious by the sight of his vietim o »» pfeMf , r « o after him twice , and both times flung him again into the pond . Almost by a miracle tie ehMgot out of the water a third time , and notwithstanding his state of extreme weakness and the batcy . TOfght of his clothes , saturated with water , effected his escape from the clutches of his ruffianly brotfcr , < nd took refuge in a house situate at some tf 9 ta £ c 6 - § om the ppot . The attempted assassin is iati « rta * 4 s of justice .

      . ' Tl § £ EST THtJSDSE STOHM 15 THE METROPOLIS . — On SuRdar moniDg , between fire and six o ' clock , the SMteopolis and its vicinity were visited by a terrifio ^ torm « f thunder and lightning , which raged for ftboot ** l hwrr * nd a half . The thunder was ex-^ ngK Jo ad , snd resembled a discharge of a park of ^ fig yy _ j , MM i the flashes of lightning were frequent 4 tA 4 tX- ^ 9 S >^ 7 " vivid . - The storm was accompanied fcr ^^ JJ ^^^ lstoaes , of very large dimensions . n ^ P 3 ^ Unpbk : Was previously exceedingly dark p ^ r&Wlti ^ r , -vhufed in a corning very unusual at tftfjS y ft "* "f ^ h" J ^ V- A few minutes aft er seven - ^ Wockj-during ft ^ ugin ^ of the storm , the spire of Jfct QUisk ci | fnh * at Streath&m , in Surrey , was - -- > * % - i 4 S- -

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      struck by the electric fluid , and caught fire . A boy who was pasying at the time , seeing that the woodwork of the spire was on fire , immediately ran and acquainted Mr . Street , the parish clerk , who resides nearly opposite the church ; and Mr . Sandy , thebellrino ^ f } obtained the keys and hastened to the church . On ascending the belfry , he discovered , at the top of the spire , immediately under the ball , a small portion of fire ; thinking from its slight appearance he should be able to prevent its spreading , he hastened down , and having procured a mop and bucket of water reascended , and attempted to extinguish it , but the fire spread with great rapidity . The church is in the old English style ; and the spire , which is composed of oak , painted to resemble slates , and upwards of

      100 feet in height , was speedily in a blaze . The parish engine was brought to the spot , and there being a difficulty in procuring water , a tank under the church was broken open , as likewise a well in the adjoining garden of the Rev . Henry Blunt , the rector . From these sources , a supply of water was obtained . The flames by this time obtained such an ascendency , that the efforts of the parish engine were quite abortive . A messenger on horseback was immediately despatched for assistance to the Waterloo-road station , and that engine , followed by the one from the Southwark Bridge-road station , under the superin tendence of Mr . Henderson , and two others , arrived in a Tery short space of time , and an abundant supply of water by this time being procured they

      immediately commenced operations , and although gTeat fears were at one time entertained that the whole of the sacred edifice would fall a prey to the devouring element , by judicious arrangement and gTeat energy on the part of tbe Fire Brigade the flames were confined to the spire , which was , however , totally destroyed . It appears that the lightning had been attracted by the iron scroll work immediately above the copper bsJl , which latter it rent open , and , passing downwards , fired the wood werk . The conduct of the parishioners , in rendering assistance and working the engines , deserves great praise . A body of the P division of police from the Brixton station , under Inspectors Bass and Maclean , rendered efficient assistance . The damage done is very considerable . The electric fluid also struck the beautiful spire of Spitalfields' church at about twenty feet from tbe top , and did a good deal of mischief . The shock was

      very loud , and terrified the inhabitants of the neighbourhood , and immediately afterwards large piece * of stone corners were found strewed about in different directions ; some as far as ten feet from tho building . Had not the spire itself been of immense flfagngth . it must have yielded to the shock , and been iMfcaA * to- ^ ieces . Fortunately no persons were passing by at the time , as the violence of the storm was such that no person would venture out . The large clock in front of the spire was so injured by the lightning that it instantly stopped ; and such is the damage done to the steeple , that the Rev . Mr . Stone , the rector , and the churchwardens did not deem it advisable to ring the bells , or open the front or western doors during the day , and those of the parishioners who attended divine service in the body of the church , which is not at all injured , were admitted at the northern entrance in Church-street .

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      OAi . urS . JJAl , UAD U .-iJ * I if , iO 4 i . i THE FEED AND FESTIVAL , AND NATIONAL GATHERING , ON THE TWENTY-FIRST . The time now draws nigh for the pieudo Liberals i

      to meet at head quarters . Every tox , every goose , every fool , and every knave , directly or indirectly , j connected with the regiment , is expected to be prasent at the mess , aud to evince his prowess in the ' sight of mighty Dan ! No doubt , they have all been I well drilled , and have been very busy for some time past in polishing their rusty armour . They must make the best set-off they can , otherwise Da . v will be under the painful necessity of striking out some other line of march , leaving the mushroom troops to vanish from the stall .

      Tbe real object of these newly-hatched patriots is not merely to feed , sing , aud splutter , their political nonsense . No ; they have to act , —not a farce , but a tragedy ; and Chartism is to be the victim . Dak , the arch-imposter , —the traitor to hi 3 country and to the hfcian family , —is to give the deathblow ; and tn ^ whole brood of foxes and flock of geese are to chuunt a requiem over the grave of murdered Ohartism . There requires no demur about their object . We know their character ; we know thei < intentions ; and we know how to meet and combat them .

      Yorkshiremen—you must not sleep ! Your " eyes must be open" , and you must be in marching order at a moment ' s notice . England , nay the whole world , _ exjecta ibat on that day yo& wilid « 7 « i&FilSiy ' "io ^ oarselfesV yxrar hoores" , to yoar children , to your country , and to posterity . Good men and true wiU constitute your van-guard , and lead you on to victory . The task is easy , and the triumph sure .

      Your country and your cause is at stake . Faction would still continue to jnake merchandise of your father-land and inherent rights , and to perpetuate the present , or establish a worse Eystem ot abuse . Shall faction prevail—shall known treachery succeed—shall a base , vacillating , profit-hunting clique obtain , by Euch surreptitious means , the mastery over you ? Our knowledge of your steadfastness , and our long acquaintance with your principles and courage , tells us you are already prepai * ed for the combat , and we need only say— " To your posts 1 " Your zeal and power insures success . Chartism shall live and prosper—fraud shall per ish .

      Rememember this is the last shift of tyranny . The enemy has repeatedly come forth under his own standard , and has repeatedly been defeated . Now he assays to triumph by stratagem and false colours . But we see behind the curtain;—we are acquainted with the ' whole machinery;—and if ysu do your part , the whole will vaDishasa vision of the nighs , and the deep designs of that band of consummate traitors be completely frustrated .

      Arrangements for the batde-day are nearly perfected . Myriad ? , from a distance , will be on the field that day . Yet one point must be pressed upon the attention of our friends : the sinews of war are not supplied to the Chartists from the Treasury at head-quarters ; still they are required ; and those who reside at too great a distance to be on the field in person , must send the needful without delay . This must be done . Our friends will see the advertisement , calling the people ' s meeting , in another column ; and they know through what channel the requisite must be communicated .

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      FOX NEDDY AND FOX STANSFELD . Our liberal friends of the Mercury have presented ilifiir readers with _ a very splendid glossary of no less than six columns in length , as a guide for the reader te the " baker ' s dozen ' before devoted to the question of Household Suffrage . As no new matter is introduced , this apparently formidable production of " The Editors" will give as little trouble in the dissection of it .

      In the outset , the Editors mistake the character of Fox Sta . vsfeld , by treating him as an architect in quest of a scite whereon to build a house for himse'fi whereas ^ J » e is merely in search of a spot on whicktogrect a temporary ha&itetfon for a friend ; and , beafk , rautft ^ diiEwent whether the foundation rest sIjtadHpck or In the quagmire . TBe neJnbit which we may reaark upon is the averskm to "fresh * ir" evinced by our friends , accustomed to the fogs of Sfiggate . They say : — " The country infusion would destroy ihe vigour and

      potency of the burgher spirit . " This reminds us of the hnntsman ' 8 notion of perfume . A pack of hounds was oace running an old gamt- dog-fox breast high , ( just as we are running old Keynard , ) when Charley happened to cross a rery sapi ^ rb and odoriferous violet bank ; some of the less keen sportsmen stopped to indulge in the pev'fume , and just as the huntsman came up and fouriii the dogs at fault , one turned to another and & aid , " Is ' nt the smell ef these violets delicious ! " l he

      impatient huntsman thought the words were aa - dressed to him , and passionately replied , " D—n the violets , I ' ve lost my fine fox through this stink . " We have no objection to the pure country air being infused into the rotten stew-holes ot slaughterhouses ; but it is because Household Suffrage would n # i infuse any freshness that we oppose it . The purpose of the Editors' glossary , or rather of the appendix ( for there is an appendix ) , is to refute < some arguments of the Morning Chronicle in support of the Honsehold Suffrage scheme . Allowing { that they have fairly joined issue upon a bad plea any impartial reader must unhesitatingly give judg-

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      ment in favour of the Mercury , and against the Chronicle' In fact , the disputed question is justthus -. —The Mercury , in a former table , divided the population into urban and rural districts , taking ton as only of a certain number of inhabitants , —in fact , Parliamentary towns , —as the urban and all others as rural population ; and deducing thence that twenty-seven per cent , of the whole population had sixty-one per cent , of the whole representation ' Without Btopping to inquire to which side an alteration would lean , we denounced this monopoly

      as unjust in principle and vicious in practice , " But , " say the Chronicle and Fox Staksfeld , mistaking " the Editors '" mistakes , •* you have omitted the small towns , not borough or Parliamentary districts , the addition of which would balance the parties . " " No , " say the Editors , " they are the mere Rus in urbe ; they are only the ruffle , while you would make them the back , belly , and sides of tbe shirt . " . These urban rustics , say " the Editors " , are under the primary dominion of the landlords , of whoma majority areTories ; and under the secondary influence of a rural community , for whom they work , and with whom they trade , and wiose interests are

      anti-commercial . Again , say " the Editors " , you must take your scheme as a whole ; and your redistribution of electoral districts would make the small towns but a selvage to the Tory mantle . O ! no , no ; say the Chronicle and Stansfeld ; because , in case of each district being inoculated with urbicity , it would turn the scale , and give to tho , urbans a preponderance . Well , rejoin the Editors , if so , you must first prove in case your districts return two members each , ( and in which case the constituency would amount to about seventy-threej thousand , ) that four thousand constitutes a ma 4 jority of seventy-three thousand . Now this is giving the adversary the best end of the stick ; because it allows the whole four thousand to be ill

      favour of a repeal of ihe Corn Laws , which , after all , is the casus belli . This is the whole of the argument worth noticing ; and , throughout , the beUigcrents have made the slight mistake of takjfag old tables of houses , as if the landlords , in oaae of ^ the enfranchisement of houses , were going to allowHl | pm all to stand . . . ' . i If we thought that the scheme would so operate as to ect the agricultural interests favourably to the general interest , at the expeuce of the sinks , and hells , and stewe , we should say well and cood . But

      it would merely throw the making of laws into the hands of the Tories , by the Mercury's showing ; aad as we know that exclusive dealing in land is absolutely requisite for the preservation of exclusive dealing in sinecures and pensions , for that reason itself , the transfer would be injurious ; inasmuch as it would lock up the poor , and for ever , from . . ** the vigorous and potent country air , " which our friends appear to dread as a plague . Of course , our readers are not to suppose that *• the Editors " have pat the question just as plainly as we have put it , but we have Btated the drift of the argument .

      Now , if " the Editors" had seen the last protocol of the Grunlicle , they would have applied all the arguments of that redoubtable journal , —as we have else .-where done , —as an extinguisher to Repeal ; -not to the support of Household Suffrage , as ft substantive measure , but as a means of preserving " peace , law , and order" in Downing-street , nntil Grunticle shall be summoned to the Upper House , or otherwise distinguished for his efficient support of the Whigs , and which could not be effected if a

      change took place , and which must be in consequence of O'Conneu , being kept up to the Repeal collar . But Grunticle need not fear . Dan ' s con ^ sistoncy won ' t stand in the way of any schemer ' s promotion . It never did yet . He will jib like a garron , as foon as ever be cornea to our side of the water . Upon the whole , then , as between Grunticle aud Jim Crow , we have no hesitation in giving judgment in favour of the latter , while we shall be most anxious to hear bow "Mother ^ Goosa " will hiss at the new discharge .

      BuV i » we love fair-j ) l ^ « as-. we are in favour of the Ptfeq ^ srs * CounserBni , ^ input | fc > iwi the enlprite tfUV-tg * OH-. £ ox-feSff' 3 o 1 e ?« B 3 uhir having postponed hia giossary till last week ; ts by that mtans Fox Sta . nsfeld must reply on the ninth , and then the Mercury will let fly hiswhole stock of fire-works on the sixteenth , which will be the last publication day before the battle of the 21 st ; and by this means the Mercury will have the last word , which , but for generalship , would have fallen to the lot of poor deluded Fox Stansfeld .

      Now , at parting , oue vrord of advice wo must , and will , offer . It is this : —We implore Fox . Stansfeld to compound his next dose himself , and net allow the Doctor to mix the drugs ; for , really , we are tired of opium , and pray for an exhiliraticg draught , if Stansfelb has Buch a thing in his medicine-chest . We bar cant , travellers' tales , love of George White , and the "do unto others as you would be done by . " If Stansfeld takes our advice , he would let bad enough atenc , and buy off . However , " pull baker , pull devil ! " we have no desire to part the couple ! ! for out of them Universal Suffrage mu 3 t come ; as once on wing , Sta . vsfbld can't stop !

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      WHO ARE YOU 1 Das has asked "Motlter Goose" " Whoareyou ?" The real old goats of Ulster have asked " Mother Guose" "Who ase you ? " The Leeds Mercury has asked " A [ other Goose" "Who are you ? ' The Northern Whig has asked " Mother Goose" " are tor V The Northern Star has asked " Mother Goose" " Who are you \ " And the Sun now says " Mother Goose" " What brought you there ? oa

      get out of that , or words to that effect , how , poor Goose , in her malicious ingenuity , blabs all this herself . The country would have known nothing of this unceremonious slight , if it had not been cackled in the goosery , —the goosery which comprises all the community , but " six omnibuses' full " would never have kuown it : that is , the members of Royal Loyal National Fox and Goose Club never would have known it but for their organ .

      Let us flirt , aud flap , aud toy a bit with poor Mother Goose whiM- she ^; ha 4 ches the remainder of ker addled eggs . A short , a very short , time ago Mother Goose boasted of co-operation and alliance with all the Repealers ; of a treaty offensive and defensive with the Ulster Real Old Goats , to sign which ice 6 ent the Doctor ( to whom , by the way , we have vouchsafed the dipluma ) on behalf of all LeedB , save " six omnibuses' full " . The Corn Law League constituted the left wing of the army of observation , the body of Leeds electors the right , Mother Goose the centre

      and the whole people the reserve ; while six omnibuses ' fullcompose the whole enemy . What miserable tactitians outfriends mustbe . to be compelled to fortify the very shamble 3 in Fox Marshall ' s slaughter-house , as a protection a « ainst such a pigmy force ! However , the week before last , all our engagements held good ; the treaty was in full force . The Chronicle 1 Advertiser , and Sun , were with us ; and the Ulsers were to clinch the whole thing . Sharman Crawford was to drive a nail through the moon-shine , and tho Dr . was to have been at the other side to clinch it .

      Well , how last week I Why the Sun says , get out of the way of the left , wing Corn Law repealers * with your old waggon , " you Mother Goose . This is the cut direct . The Northern Whig says you reprer sent no party ; and the Chronicle Bays " O , never mind , get up anything for Dan , just while tho infant master Irish manufacturer is teething , to amuse the chilli 'en , and to direct attention from the melancuoly e ' eath of repeal " . Get up anything , says the Gnmticlt \ just to keep those rascals out till I am lordified .

      Let Us see what Grunticle doeR actually Bay . We published it 1 . vt week . Well , Grunticle snortg out the following , i . ^ recommonding the best means of smothering repea Ij and keeping the Tories out : — " Considering the r ^ ° l effect cf that agitation to be * diversion in favour < . ? f Toryism , we should rejoice in itB being THUS superseded by tbe struggle for

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      extensive and common good to th ^ ' whole iUnited Kingdom . " Now , that ' s froip ; ihe Chronicle ., the Morning Chronicle , the nisst corrupt and worstconducted paper , without exception , in England 1 and mark the THUS , and its bearing upon the whole sentence . But , first , this article accuses Dan of being either a fool or a Tory . The Chronicle says the repeal agitation is a diversion in favour of Toryism ., Now , as we swear Dak is no fool , we christen . biB T « ry ; but we have done so before .

      Fire per ^ fife , we stated , would warp Daw ' s conficienee any way . Yes , he is the besfc-natured soul on earth when engaged in controversy with that thing called conscience . Well , then , Dan is a Tory ; asd in speaking of the Leeds move the Grunticle says that the repeal question may be THUS righteously smothered : THUS making a mere repeal extihguishbr of the Fox and Goose Club . Do anything , says Chron ., to keep Dan up , the Whigs in , the Tories out , and the people back , till I am—Lord knows what .

      We have now disposed of the boasted allies of the Fox and Goose Club , save and except the Morning Advertiser , which none but Licensed Victuallers read , and those only when fuddled . Let us now dispose of the several interests opposed to Mother Goose , who assures her readers that her enemies only consist of about " six omnibuses ' full . " Omnibus ia a very comprehensive term , and if by it is meant the whole nation , of inen , women , and children , we migkt join issue upon plea agreei . jupon . However , we take things as wo find them * . Firstly then , on the foreign

      connection . Dan says , " Who ark tou 1 ' * and he represents the repealera The Ulsters say , " Who are tow ! *^ and they represent the whole Whig party of Ireland ,, The Northern Whig says , " Who are tou ! '' and it represents the party who struggled for Reform , aad the party who would really wish to seethe Reform Bill a reality instead of a finality . The Northern Whig represents " the fine old Irish gentleman , " and the whole of the liberal consti . tuonciesof Ireland . We use , the word liberal in its proper sense ; we apply it to those who will vote in 1841

      as they have voted in 1832 , and not according to the whimsical acceptation of political translators , who would apply it to all who voted with the rushing current of unsettled Opinion . The Northern Whig is the only liberal paper in Ireland which maybe said to have a furnished house ; all others are lodgers , begging house-room from week to week , and suiting their weekly blessings according to the temper of " mine host ; " and " as mine host" is most capricious , we find the guests moat changeable . Such is the Northern Whig ; a black swan among the green goslings .

      So much for the oreiga auxiliaries Now for the domestic troops : and begin we with the very household , of which there are four immense squadrons in the very same garrison with Mother Goose , whose little body we keep to watch and cackle at the approach of friend or foe , for unfortunately , goisey kaows no difference . Let us then begin : —The Leeds Mercury represents the whole bocfy of the Dissenters of Leeds , which is the head quarters of national disagreement ; it represents a large majority of the Whig constituent body of the borough of Leeds aud of the county of York : it

      represents nine-tenths , whether Whig or Tory , of the rich oppressors of all England ; it represents the Ministers ; it represents twenty-four columns weekly of the advertising community—aud , in passing , we may be allowed to observe that , with poor Mother Goose ,, this is the real " casus belli , " however , the Household question may hare been made the ostensible motive ; this is kicking against the pricks , as men who have stories to tell seldom commit them to dummies . The Leeds Mercury also represents the Town Council of Leeds So much for tbe Mercury . Now for the Intelli-¦

      gencer- ' .. .. .. .,: v . ; ' ; - ..-. ' .. . The Intelligencer is , out of all © omparis © n > -tlw ablest of alii Tory provincial papers > ' ? & . ; represents the landed interest of Yorkshire , Jpd the BoroughJfwry interest © f '' Leeds ; it represents the polrti ^ feoliiigs , ag . jb ^^ the commeroiaJfdfcUffgB , of thegreatESpPSfTS& **« rte »» . . Next comes the Mar / tf World , which represents the Socialists , and whose creed is anything rather than preference for- a Parliamentary h-o-u-s-e to intellectual man ; whose whole object , aim , and end is to make society consist of dependant and well arranged links , instead of a mixture of weak hooks kept by a strong chain together , —the people being the hooks , their oppressors the chain .

      Then come we , our noble selves , though last , not least ; and who do we represent ! Why no less than nineteen in every twenty of the whole population of the country . We have thought it thus necessary to apprise Mother Goose of what she seemed ignorant o *' , in order that she may cut her coat acaeoording to her cloth , aud make those " six omnibuses" of sufficient dimensions for the accommodation of her few dissentients on the 21 st of this present month . We have thought it right to take this course of int ' oraing the Northern Whig of that of which Mother Goose feigns ignorance , namely , a knowledge of the existence of any party save the Fox and Goose Club .

      Mother Goose says " Of this at least we can assure the Northern Whig , thzt there is at present no known body of Reformers at Leeds , not easily comprehensible within the limits of half a dozen omnibuses , that does not coincide ia the principles put forward by the Leeds Reform Association . " Now we do not stand Godfather for comprehensible omnibuses , any more than for intellectual houses ; but we think ohavo best designated the strength of the Fox and Goose Club , by snowing tho enemy to consist of ninety-nine aud eighty- eight per cent , of the whole community . In fact , the enemy is the audience ; the club the performers rehearsing a play , which will be damned to all eternity upon its revival , with alterations by Mother Goose , aud the scenery by Fox Marshall .

      Never was our good friend more happy than in designating his opponents as the " omnibus party . " The |? are bo , in truth . Aud we believe our stand of ± At&b * would not be BHifih- ' ^ tih » , ^ Jea * . rif ^ tk « whole club were ' caught in a thunder storm in Briggattf j and accommodated with a cab each toT their Tl * O ;» -Sse-8 . But Mother Goose , after indulging imost copiously in the field of roti , roams into the boundless region of conjec-* In speaking of the Parliamentary bearing of uestion , Goosey reminds the Northern Whig that Leeds has another member besides Mr . Baines —Si ^ W . Moleswortu ; and then asks who returned him ) and then asserts that it was their club

      in 182 ? , which was not hatched till the end of 1840 . Funny , funny , funny Goosey ! Butj Mother , remember that Molesworth has declared himself for Unnfo > al Suffrage , and that at your first cackle you admitted it ! But you wish to reduce him to your level af you cannot fly to his perch . Geese are not a roosting ; bird ; and , therefore , you sit on the floor , while the Cocks on the roost crow over you , andsometbink more .

      Let us now make a very brief passing observation upon the probable result of the Club ' s exertions upon any future election at Leeds and vicinity . Baines and Beckett will walk over for Leeds , and MoLESWOfiTH will walk . out . Bradford has a clutch of Goslingai there Busfeild and Lister make their bow to make way for Thompson and Hardy . And if Halifax stirs or hatches a single bird , out go Charley Wood and Nkd Protheroe , and in walk a Radical and Tory .

      By the way let U 3 ask why the Gallant Colonel ' s letters were put in "leader" type , and leaded , till Daniel ' s appeared , and then the best Radical of his class in Europe was marched backward into the rear rank , covered in front by the juggler , and flanked by old jokes ; changed into little nonpareil , to be kept out of sight 1 'Tho farseeing Rads . open the windows of the " omnibus " now and then ,, and-can distinguish a pigmy saint fr . om a monster Devil at an immense distance . .

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      tje -f-f . rt ^^^» l i il I i t i RICHARD OASTLER . In our last we promised a plan for the release of the virtuous Oastleb , the good "Old King , " from the tender mercies of the excellent Mr . Thornhill . ' The great value of any plan must consist in its sim- " plicity . Outs is as follows : —Let the Short Time Committees throughout Lancashire and Yorkshire , and every man to whom the great and indefatigable exertions of Mr . Oastler are known , exert themselves . Let each committee take a certain district under its management ; and , when the two counties are divided , let the committees in the respective localities appoint two from each committee—that is , divide the committees into twos , and leWJ&ch two

      take such route through the district as ahalrTR ! assigned them by the General Committee for one week ; let them be succeeded by the two next in appointment for the office , and let their business be to make arrangements throughout the various districts for tea-parties , to be held upon the nearest holiday—say Shrove Tuesday : men fid ., women , 6 d ,, and children 3 d . ; the whole proceeds to go to the Oastler Fund . The exertions of the committee , and private contributions would , we suppose , furnish ample funds for defraying all expenoes , and providing the fare , which need not be sumptmous . By this means the fund may be raised easily , and with little trouble or expence . If the committes work , the people will respond ; and it is their duty .

      We can only say that our columns will be at their service ; and if a better plau can be devised we shall give it all the publicity and support in our power . But let something be done , and that speedily . The funds , when collected , should be entrusted to Mr . Pitkethly , of Huddersfield , the treasurer . Our publisher , Mr . Hobson , will also take charge of any monies sent to him , and hand it orer to Mr . Pitkethly .

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      DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE SHARMAN CRAWFORD . The beast , with poison in his tail , seeing the " impracticability" of longer shutting the door of St . Stephens against the almost only honest Irish politician , has been attempting to destroy him with blarney . At a recent palaver at the Corn Exchange , Dan proposed an address of congratulation' to " honest Sharhan Crawford , " whose very waistcoat , some time ago , was anti-national . Of late , Edie Ochiltbee has done nothing but praise Crawford , who , before Rochdale opened its gates to him , ¦

      was " about the very worBt man in Ireland . " We shall only say , Crawford , beware , beware ; beware ! The poison is in the cup ; the pointed dagger is in the uplifted band , willing to wound , but afraid to strike . BEWARE ! Again we say , BEWARE ! Remember Bagnei . Harvey , O'Gormaa Mahon , Johh - -La-wless , - Young— TtoiHTBJ ^ j- Lxusabr , Raphael , and the FACTORY CHILD ! Remember Appropriation , Canada , Dorchester , the Cotton Spinners , the Trades' Unionists , Poor Laws , Ireland , and Rvpeal ! . Reniember Frost , 500 , 000 aatit&bartist soldiers , and Auie&t ' s . £ 50 , 000 a year ! Remember tnesefaficF'tteWABB V . ~ , ^ . r .

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      "JIM CROW" GIBSON . Our Manchester friends are fearful lest , in our preparations for the general engagement upon the 21 st , we should forget ova duty to "Jim Crow " Gibson . They need not be alarmed . Are they prepared with the figure of the real " Jim Crow" t They ask how it ia to be if only a Tory opposes him ! Our answer is , if the undisguised Devil opposes him , beat Gibson , the " talking canary , " at all events . On the 23 rd , when flushed with victory , we shall turn our attention to minor matters . Of course , tho men of Walsall will whack the Whigs . In the meantime , we cannot be taken off the scent of the foxes . We are in full chase , and promise , on the 21 st , to earth the whole brood , and send the geese upon the world , plucked even to the tail .

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      Price of the "Stab " . —In reply to vanous communications about the raising of the price of the Northern Star tojivepence , on particular occasions , and for particular purposes , we beg to give the following reasons , once for ell , for the course we have taken in obtaining from the Proprietor a pledge that this shall not be done again : — Firstly—It is injurious to the Proprietor , as ihe sale uniformly falls , and beyond conception , upon such occasions ; so much so , that it would be a saving to the Proprietor to give most of the

      money made . Secondly—It is -unfair to the Agents who sell large numbers , as , although well disposed , they cannot risk their usual supply upon the mere chance of sale , especially as , in many instances , poverty compels many to club their pence for a paper . Thirdly—It is unjust to our readers , who are thus compelled , either exclusively to supply the amount , or to do without their paper . Fourthly—It is unjust to many who take our journal , as a patient , in desperate cases , is corncompelled to take poison , because he cannot help it .

      ffifto woh < wtfe-the f £ < tsWl 5 -which we assigned to the Proprietor ; and such were the grouuds \ upon which he acquiesced in our views ; and by them we mud abide . To our Reporters . — We are now beginning a new year ; and we beg to inform our numerous Reporters that little slips of news will not do . We must have all the news , Chartist and general , arid it must reach us on Wednesday evening , or Thursday morning at latest . Our reporting establishment is , probably , more expensive than any other in the kingdom , with the sinale

      exception of the " Times . Perhaps our readers will marvel when informed , on the authority of the Proprietor , who pays the money , that that department alone costs more than £ 50 i ) per annum . Now this is our strength ; and , as we pay , and liberally , for it , we must have it . The Star has more original matter than any ten papers in the kingdom : it must be of the best character . Let this suffice . It is our last notice : if any other should be required , it shall be to quit . Mrs . Frost ' s address is 14 , Montpeiier Buildings , Bristol ; not Newport , as stated , by mistake , in our last .

      Postage Delivery . —The following questions are from Barnsley : —** What distance from the Post office ought letters to be delivered without the charge of one penny fordetiveiyl "—It depends entirely on usage and circumstances . " /* there any charge , according to l * w , upon delivery of newspapers by the postman ? "—If the town be a post town , and the paper sent from some other town , No : if not a post town , or if the paper have been posted in the same town . Yes . : Stars to Irelanu . —In accordance with the suggestion of Mr . Clancy , in a former No . of the Star , a Committee has beenformed in Liverpool for the purpose of taking charge of Radical newspapers and publications for dist'ibution in Ireland . The following persons constitute the Com ' mittee : —

      Mr . Ross , Mr . Farquarson , ,. — Wagstaff , — Magee , — Roberta , — Middletbn . Isaac Backhouse , Secretary . P £ . All papers and communications to be addressed for the Secretary ( post paid J , to the care of Mr . P . T . Bready , No . 13 , Crosshallstreet , Liverpool .

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      Many of our Correspondents , especially the poetical ones , would do well to read attentivel y tht following rational , common-sense view of a £ jected communication , taken by its author : — « j am quite anew hand at writing for the Press , t never made an attempt until I sent the song fe . ginning with , * 'Huzza for O''Conner the brave ? a few weeks ago , which was not deemed wwihu t insertion . I send two more , which perhaps nig share the same fate : but if they do , I shall not murmur : I shall rather thank you , knowing y ^ would not wish the paltry works of a Chartui ( an uneducated one I mean J to receive the ecu . ' tigation of a viper-eyed critic . " This w r < j . tional view of the matter . We can have no

      reason but that of kindness or necessity for e * eluding the communications of fiends about whom the only thing we know is the highly creditable fact of their being working men . J 3 t 5 though w « feel with and for the " order" of blistered hands and unshorn chins , the prigs of fashion , many of whom read our paper , wowj desire no better amusement than that of tearing to rags the simple and touching , but imperfectl * executed , literary productions that are often sent to us . We wish our disappointed friends to bear this always in mind ; and it will operate , tee art persuaded , as a wholesome sedative to many < j ruffled temper . Lines to Feargus O'Connor won't do . " Begone Lord Mel . " shall appear .

      Papers t « Ireland . —The undermentioned persom are desirous of having the Star sent to them , and will turn it to good account : — Mr . Daniel Duggan , Liater's-square , Cashel , Tip perary ., Mr . John Mills Grange , care of W . Hacket t , la . - dies * Well , Cashel , Tipperary . Mr . John Norlan , Ladies' Well , f ashel , Ti pp * rary . Mr . Patrick Fogarty , Ladies' Well , Cashell , Tfc perary . Mr . Terence Creed , whitesmith , Main-street , C ^ shel , Tipperary . Mr . James Reynolds , leather-Beller , Main-street Cashel , Tipperary . Mr . John Byrns , victualler , Thurlas , Tipperary . Mr . Michael Mahany , Bakestown Mills , near Thm j jj lag , Tipperary . ~ Mr . William Hackett , coachmaker , Ladies Wefy Caahel , Tipperary . Mr . Thomas Nolan , Friar-street , Cashel , Tippg , rary . ( Signed ) John Kenneot .

      T . B . wishes to draw the attention of the working people of Derby to the necessity for building a Hall of Science , in which to hold ihe meetings tf the people . Veritas . —Mr . Stephens's term of imprisonment e »* pires in February . J . J . —His "Lines on hearing the National Anthin on New Year ' s Day" won't do . ; R . W . —There must be some mistake . Wehavent recollection of having seen the communicatift till now ; nor of receiving any letter ubiut tfc We have received it now , and have read it . Wi have not room for its insertion , A Young Disciple . —His acrostic on Feargm O'Connor won ' t do . Lines addressed to E . Baines , Jun ., won't do . R . M . gives to the incarcerated Chartists the value ami product of a game cock and his two wives , whieK he estimates at £ 1 10 s ., or more . He willm from the state of our columns that it was impomble to insert his letter . ¦¦

      -..,-Robert M' Lellan . —Write to the Postmaster G * nerai . " Sonnet to the Old Ktng" won ' t do . Robert Saunders . —We have no room . Another Daniel . —Never mind him : let him splat ter : small beer has of ten much froth . Total Abstinence Chartists . —Mr . John Norim , Mr . Patrick Fitzpairick , Mr . Joseph Clinch , and P . M . Brophy , all of the city of Dublin , request their names attaching to the Total Abtti r nencelist . . Henry Candy will see that an article we hoot written on the subject renders his letter wmece

      sary . . ; ,, E . P . Meud . — His song shall appear . J . Smith . —The vertes are received , but won ' t do . Glasgow . —The report of the Delegate Meeting from the Chartist Churches shall appear in our nenU Presenting of Memorials . The Birmingham Committee wish us to say— Those bodies wM 4 have passed Memorials to the Queen are requested to get them engrossed , and duly signed by tU chairman who vrcsidedat the public meeting , ad remit them to Mr . Guest , for the Committee , prtpaid . Petitions to either House of ParliametU must be attended to by the respective bodies id » may have passed them , as the Committee is not . p ** f > areiL _ tQ take chaga& *> f **^ ^^ = r ° ^^ — - ^ Late Reports . — We have received , by the afternoon * post on Thursday , reports of meetings from Newcastle , Ottseburn , Mansfield , Birmingham

      National Charter Association , Newton ( Mont gomeryshirej , Tower Hamlets National Charter : . Association , and many other places , not one wofi of any of which can appear . Every one of thm Ought to have been in the Office on Tuesday . < &BJttSFOSDTttNfcE , - Local ahp ^ Jbnerai , Nkw 9 , avi _ everything which could be displaced , has beeam this week , to make way for the meetings , the «•; ports of many of which , after all , onlyfyme wlwi ¦ the space had been filled with oth&f matter * We will try to bring up some of our arreaft next week . Christopher Wood . —His letter has been f orwatiti ¦ to Mr . O'Connor . A Constant Reader of the " Star" . —This "Shcrt Address to Mr . O Connor , " has been forwarded to that gentleman .

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      To Agents . —If those Agents who have received their accounts do not settle them immediately , their Papers will be stopped . Sheffield . —Some person sent a money letter tod week from Sheffield without giving the name . Will the person who sent it be kind enough to tOf the amount sent , and what it was for ? W . B . York can be supplied by applying le Mr . T * Smith , Tavistock-street , Plymouth . E . G . E . R ., London . —It was too heavy .

      John Millar . —The answer to ; his question respect " ing the porrtaits , inserted in last week ' s numhtft ' ¦ was wrong : he cannot have the portraits hy ontf ¦ ¦ paying for four papers at once ; he must be * quarterly subscriber . .. "' ' ¦ John Crowe can have Arthur O'Connor ' s plate if ; sending a letter enclosing sixpence , for plate am postage . ¦ ¦ ' ¦'¦ The Flax-dressers at Boulogne shall hate ali ' thi ' - plates they are entitled to sent to the place thfl desire on Tuesday , the 12 th . FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCBBAlfi > - CHARTISTS . £ S . d . ; From Teetotallers , Egremont ... 0 5 8 „ Mr . Leybum ... ... ... 0 0 6 „ Landport , Portsea , Hants ... 0 5 0 _ Wortley , by a Friend ... 0 SO „ Osset-street , proceeds of two meetings ... ... ... 0 8 0 _ Mr . Garbutt , Leeds , New Year ' s Gifts ... ... 0 2 « „ Two Tilllcoultry Chartists .. 0 4 0 „ The Leeds Female Radicals ... 0 5 6 _ Kiderminater , by Mr . Jackson 0 1 <> . FOR BROYAN . From the Joint Stock Company cf MoBley , per Henry Wood ... 0 10 & .. FOR WILLIAMS AND BINN £ . From a few members of the Eastern Division of Journeymen Boot and Shoemakers , London ... 0 5 * FOR SAMUEL HOLBERRY . : \ From Mansfield ... ... ... 0 7 0 FOB MRS . FROST . From the Leeds Female Radicals ... 0 6 0 3 FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR SUPERINTENDING nAMl * J O ' CONNELL ' S CHARTIST WELCOME TO LEEIJ ^ V i From Mi . Ley bum ... ... ... 0 0 5 _ Miss I veson , Mount Pleasant , WakeEeld .,. ... ... 0 5 " 0 v ,- -, ^ a Friend to Chartism , Leeds ... 0 1 0 „ Wootton-under-Edge ... 0 2 6 ,, a Democrat , Leeds ... ... 0 1 0 ~ J . W ., Mile-end , Newtown , London ... ... ... 0 2 0 ^ J . Millar , Barnard Castle ... 0 0 3

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      quarter ' s revenue was published last ntgni . _ *• contains little that calls for comment . There tf » decrease on the quarter of more than £ 80 , 000 . ^ W » the year , the deficiency exceeds a quarter or * million . The quackery of cheap postage has entailed on the country a loss of nearly , £ 1 , 100 , 000 dnrjn | W last year . The loss of the last quarter ia £ 253 , w » To counterbalance this loss , the increase in w » assessed taxes is very considerable . Most peopWj we suspect , would now rather submit to the om the in

      rates of postage , than be doomed t © meet . - creasing ' demands of the tax-gatherer . : ' a , » It is worthy of note , that the returns under W » head " Excise" present an increase of upwaros « half a million . ¦ We shall , doubtless , be favoured , durin g the » Ppreaching Session of Parliament , with the im P ° J £ tion of new taxes , or with an additional per cent » go on some of the old . Our expenoes increase in «> v « 7 direction . The costs of the vast expeditions wniw we have recently undertaken remain yet to be nq , B *_ dated ; nor is it by any means certain that we a *" yet escaped Oar proportion of the expenoes oi general European war . —Morning Herald .

      #Ofetgn £Ttt*T Ctcs;Nwe.

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      The Southern Star.

      THE SOUTHERN STAR .

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      REPORTED PARDON OF MR . FROST . The Sun of Tuesday , in its second edition , ' exhibited , in large type , a story of Mr . Frost ' s appointment to some clerkship or other , and hinted at ihe probability of his being _ ultimately pardoned . The Standard of the same day , published a letter from a correspondent at Liverpool , containing a most rabid and atrocious attack on the character of Frost , and on tho Government , for supposed and alleged leniency . In reference to this , the Globe ( Government evening paper ) says : —

      " We give the most absolute and comprehensive contradiction to all and each of the statements contained in this fabricated letter . Every petition for a pardenio Frost and his associates , or fer any mitigation in the treatment shown ttt ordinary convicts in the colony , has been rejected . They were sent to their destination with the ordinary directions ; and if Frost , or any of his associates , are employed in any department of the Government works , it is as convicts , under the severely stringent discipline to which convicts are invariably subjected , and from which nothing in their case justified a departure . " We fancy that this is quite enough without our saying anything .

      To Readers And Correspondents.

      TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS .

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      4 THE NORTHERN 1 STA ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ; .. . ,.. ¦ " . ¦ : : , ___^ - : - - ¦ - ¦ ^" .

      Sjsgela* Accsiekt.—As Mr. La'ham, A Master

      Sjsgela * Accsiekt . —As Mr . La'ham , a master

      " The Revenue. — The Official Statement Of T*«

      " The Revenue . — The official statement of t *«

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 9, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1091/page/4/