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      HOUSE OF LORDSr-FBHUT , Fb * , 25 . ClThe Bishop of LOKDOS presented two petitions from pkeet in Essex against mj fatnr © grant to the College of Mtyaooth ; also a petition from a place in liccolnahira agaiast the auction given to sopentitioiupnetieM ts India , and prayiBg that the enactment on the subject might be carried into effect The Bill for extending the Burning Act to the county and . city of Dublin wu read a second timt and

      comartUd . The Earl of KovxtEoqzcvmss presented a petition from Falmoatli , complaining of the removal of the We « t India packet statioa from FaUnouth to Dartmouth , and praying that the change might n * t be ¦ motioned until their Lordships had inquired into the matter . Ths Noble Earl , who supported the prayer of the petition , concluded by moving that the report of tbe ccmmiaienera on the subject should be laid before tha House .

      Tiscount Melbotbkb said , that the GoTerniDent bad nothing irh&tevel to do with the place from ¦ which the vwels were to start—that depended cpon the company to which they belonged . All that Gorernmest fcad done wu to reserre to itself the right as to the port from which the mail should start , and they had determined that they should proceed from the port of Dartmouth . He had never hevrd any opinion in favour of the port of Falmauth , except front those parties -who were connected with the county of Cornwall . Lord ASHBCSTOJt thought the arrangement made by the GoTernment was a most absurd one , because the ressel would bare two harbours to make instead of one «> on every Ttyage .

      After a few observations from the Earl of Minto ¦ ad Lord Melbourne , the petition was ordered to be laid on the table ; and a copy of the report of the committee on the subject of the departure of the "West India mails was ordered to be prescated to the House . Their Lordships adjourned at a quarter before six o ' clock till Monday .

      Monday , March 1 . No pnblie business of any importance was transacted . Their Lordships sat but for a few minutes . Tuesday * March 2 . TfaeEarl of Aberdeen stated , in reply to a question from the Ear ] of Dalhousie , that it was not bis intention to bring forward again the Bill relative to the Church of Scotland , which h « had introduced in the last Session of Parliament . The House of Lords did not sit on Wednesday .

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      HOTJSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , Feb . 26 . The SeTern Navigation Bill was read a second time , after a brief discussion . Mr . HiSDLKT presented an excellent petition from Ashton for a revision of the Tariff Several other petitions were presented . In answer to ilt Huye , Mr . Mauls stated that an account of the expence of Lord Cardigan ' s trial might be laid before the House-Lord Stanley ' s Registration Bill was postponed till Monday . The House went into Committee on Lord Keane ' s Annuity BilL In the Committee , Mr . Ewart mOYsd to omit the wards extending the grant to the two next heirs , so &s to confine it te Lord Ke&ne for his life .

      Captain Hamilton , who has before exhibited symptoms of anindependent mind , though he be a Tory , supported Mr . Ewart He regretted that the people out of doors should suppose that the granting of a peerage and a pension must go h&cd in hand . Sir Joh ^ Cam Hobhouse supported the original motion . After a short debate , the Committee divided , and the original motion was carried by 117 to 74 . The Bill went through the Committee unaltered . The East India Rum Duties Bill also went through & Committee . The Railways Bill was committed , pro forma , to enable Mr . Labonchere to introduce some amendment fait A motion for a Biil to enable Municipal Councils to borrow mon « y on Annuities was withdrawn . The House adjourned .

      Monday , March 1 . Mr . Armstrong iook the oaths and his seat for King ' s County . Lord J . RrssEU ., in reply to a quesrion tram Sir J . Graham , said thai a pens ' . on bad been granted , w Lieut- M'Corm&ck , for wounds received in tSe capture of the Caroline . He vr&s not aware of the fact when asked the qaastioa on a former evening bj Sir E . Injjlis . Lord J . RrssEii then stated , in reference lo the Parliamentary Voters ^ Ireland ) Bill , " that in the state of the public business it would be extremely incjnTenient that the discussions in committee should take place before Easter . He should , there fore , propose to go into committee in the first wetk after the Easter toliaays , and would name Friday , the 23 rd of April

      Lord Stanley strongly expressed his surprise at the delay proposed by ihe Noble Lord in a measure of such importance . He gave notice that in committee hs would take the sense of ihe House against the clauses relating to the £ 5 franchise , and then commented in energetic language upon the course adopted by the Government . He gave ibe Noble Lord credit / or great ingenuity in passing over no less than twelve order day 3 before h * brought on the committee , by which means he might perhaps

      be enabled to defeat his ( Lord Stanley ' s ) Bill by postponing it until a period , when lapse of time alone would be fatal to its tuccess . He strongly inspected the motives which had led to this course o £ proceeding , but would at present content himself with postponing the reading of his Bill until the 24 th of March , pledging himself that within teE days before that day he would state to the Nobk Lord whether he would or not , under the circumstances which might arise , press the second readin | upon ihat day .

      Mr . Goclbck * observed , in reference to the Postofice revenue , that the amount paid into the Ex chequer during the past year was stated to bf £ 447 , 000 , thus showing a deficiency of £ 1 , 200 , 000 He wished to know whether the revenue aris u ^ from cmcial correspondence , which wa 3 paid by i "vote of the House , amounting to about £ 200 , 000 pe annum , was or was not included in the sum o £ 447 , 000 , and also whether the balances in thi hands of the collectors were not included , whicl balances being , he believed about £ 200 , 610 more would , in facr , sLotf a totai loss of the Post-ofRa revenue , with the exception of some £ 40 . 000 o ; £ 30 , 000 .

      The Chancellor of the Exchequer said , tha the Eight Hon . Gentleman was correct in snpposini that the official correspondence revenue was includ ed , as it alwavs had been , in the return of mome paid into the Excheqaer ; but he was wrong in th amonnt , as , instead of £ 200 , 000 , it was only abou £ 70 , 000 . VV ' ith re-pect to the balances in the hand of collectors , ra consequence of recent arrangement respecting money-orders ^ it had become necessar to allow larger balances than heretofore to remaii in their possession .

      The House then resolved itself into a committee o supply , and Mr . OTerralx brought forward thi navy estimates . He stated , that the number o ships of all kinds employed last year was 239 , an < tkat the number employed on the 1 st of January this year , was 242 . This gave only a numerical in crease Of 3 ; but there was a grea . t increase in th < strength of the vessel ? , repairing a cortespondin ^ increase in the number of men . He . therefore , pro posed to increase the namber from 37 , 163 , the num . ber last year , to 43 , 000 ; and the increased amoun o ! money it would be necessar y to vote he estimatec at about £ 766 , 000 . The Right Hon . Gentlemai concluded by moving that a sum of £ 29 . 694 fei granted to make up the deficiency in the expend ! tore of the navy up to March , 184 * 0 .

      Sir G . Clebe : condemned the practice of asking Parliament for a sum of money insufficient to maintain the efficacy of the navy , and be consequently obliged to come to Parliament to make good the deficiencies of former years . Lord J . BrssELL replied that the number of ves-• els coming home at the time the estimates werf asked for , rendered it unnecessary , in the opinion o ! the Government , to ask for an increased estimate , aj it was probable tha ; some of them would be put om of commission . Mr . Huxe thought the course pursued "by the

      Government , in their negotiations respecting Turkey was calculated to weaken that country , aad to disturb the peace of Europe . After some conversation the vote was agreed to . On the uext -rote beisg proposed , Sir R . Pia wished to know whether , when it was said bj the Government that tbe eastern question was settled , it was merely meant that there was an absolute impossibility that Menemet Ali should again obtain possession of Syria , —or whether , as he hoped was the ease , that the question was so settled as regarded Prance , that there was so reason to apprehend any farther misunderstanding spon the subject 1

      Lord Paxxkbstok replied that if the Right Hon . Baronet meant to ask him what was the ata : e of the relations between France and England , he would Bay that he did sot see anything connected with those matters , or likely to arise out of them , which in his opinion could tend to interrupt the food onderBUmdiDg between the two countries . On the vote for 43 , 000 men for the ensnfeg year , Mr . Bni objected , and said , if 35 , 000 men were sufficient io ^ eacwplish all that had been re-• entif oooBpHghfld , fee could not see the necessity « f raot » ui 8 g ~ tii 6 saral force to the extent of 43 , 960 Stes . .. . - ; > - I « rd PaXJOSStoh said that when -other naval powers wbbp inertiadsg ibetr naval armaments , it weald Maioai ; to : prudent for this country not to pe » tar mnl for « e upon * fteffioioB 4 footing also .

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      Mr . Hchb thought England should set the ex * mpie of redaction . It appeared as if England , having first insulted France , the only power with which she was on bad . terms , was now disposed to defy The vote for 43 , 000 men watf * ben » greed . fc > . The House , after agreeing to some other votes in committee , resumed , and the report was brought up . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned .

      Tutsday , March 2 . Hr . £ aSTHOF £ gave notice , that on the l « th of March be would more for leave to bring in a Bill to abolish Church Rates in England and Wales . Mr . Wallace moved for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the duties of the nearly sinecure offices of sheriff principal , or chief stipendiary judge , in each county in Scotland , and also into the system under which these stipendiary judges nomidate deputies to perform the laborious duties of the County Courts of Scotland . After same discussion , the motion was negatived by a maioritj of 88 to 37 .

      Mr . COLQf HODJf moved for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Acts of the Irish Parliament relating to the College ot Maynooth . ' His object was not by this Bill to put an end to the grant to Msynooth , for that would be a subject of future consideration , but to pnt an end to the sanction given to it by Government , by the system of visitation , < fec , which was laid down by law , " but which was no longer acted upon . After some angry discussion , leave was given to bring in the Bill . The House soon after adjourned .

      Wednesday , March 3 . The Chelsea Poor Bill was read a second time . Mr . E . Te . \ . ve ? it moved the second reading of the Designs Copyricht Bill , which was opposed by Mr . W . Williams , who moved , as an amendment , that the Bill Vert ad a second time that six months . Mr . SuEiL said that the calico printers of Scotland and Ireland were in favour of an extension of the copyright , while those of LxncasbAie were divided upon the question to such an extent that it became a subject of excitement and agitation . The GoverBment would not object to extend the term to six months . Mr . GKEG was of opinion that the extension of the copyright would be extremely mischievous to the calico trade . Sir R . Peel thonght a case had been made out sufficiently strong to justify the second reading of the BilL

      Mr . "WABBrRTO * thought this question very different from that of a copyright in books , and wouid therefore support the second reading . Mr . Labolcueke was in favour of the extension of c # pyright , but only to a period of six mouths . After some further discussion , the second reading was agreed to witheut a division . Mr . Hodges moved the committee on the Constabulary Bill , which was opposed by Mr . F . Maule , who moved that it be committed that day six months . After Bome discussion the Bill was negatived by a majority of 58 to 36 . Mr . Kelly moved the second reading of the Punishment of Death Biil , postponing the discussion upon it until a future stage . The Bill was accordingly read a second time . The other orders of the day were then deposed of , and th . e Souse adjourned .

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      ( Reported by our London Correspondeat . ) On Monday , the friends of Mr . Vincent , and of the cause for which be has suffered long and most oppressive incarceration , gave a dinner on the occasion of his release , at the 'White Conduit House , London , for the purpose of awarding their congratulation , and publicly txpressing their sense of the great services he has rendered in bis consistent and powerful advocacy of the principles embodied in the People ' s Charter . The tables were furnished forth in the theatre of the Tavern above-named , but it was soon found , after the rush to obtain seats had somewhat subsided , that the ample dimensions of that noble room were insufficient icr the accommodation of the unexpected number tLat presented themselves , and tables were accordingly spread in another apartment . 1

      The time appointed was four ' cocV , but it was nearly ive before the arTangemen . s -were complete , ¦ when the cheers which burst forth at the end of the room , and ¦ which in an instant became general , annonnced tbe approach of the guest ot the evening . The band , Btationtil in the n » u » ic gallery , juined in the greeting thus warmly bestowed ; and Jir . Yircsnt passed through the company and took his seat at the eross-table , od the right of Mr . Lovett , who occupied the cnair . The company , at this period , presented a goodly show of highly respectable persons , amounting in number to about five hundred , among whom were

      many elegantly attired female *; and the Rev . Dr . Wade having pronounced " Grace , " an excellent dinner was discussed , with seemingly high relish , by all present . Tke prevailing taste , howevsr , appeared to be teetotalism , for water only was diunk by the greater number ; and , certaialy , the advocate of total abstinence might triumphantly exclaim , " Look upon this picture and on thai , " in contrasting the perfect order and propriety of ilemeanour exhibited throughout the whole of the proceedings on this occasion , with the disgraceful uproar , and miserable squabbling , far which the great Whig aud Tory meetings are invariably distinguished .

      After the removal of the clotb . the drop-scene of the raised stage , to the base of which the tables extended , was drawn up , and Beats being placed in the front , three or four deep , afforded accomm » dation , and a most commanding situation , for those vrho bad not been enabled to procure seats in the body of the room , and gave a picturesque and impesing effect to the entire scene . The Ciiaikmas , in rising to propese the first toast , said thty had assembled there tnat evening for the purpose of expressing their sympathies for a man who had

      suffered deeply in their cause , and to congratulate him on escaping a prison death , iCheers , i Vincent had suffered two trials : he had been imprisoned twenty months ; yet he ' was before the assembled Chartists of London to tell them that he stood before them the tame man—the same determined advocate of the People's Charter , which would alike protect the interests of all , and secure the happiness of the people upon the only solid basis . He came before them to ihew that the punishment of the body did not establish the conviction of the mind . iChters . ) If the enemiea of the Charter

      ¦ to convert the Chartists , they must first convince . Man , however , -would not be man , if he did not sometimes err ; and tkus some , cast up to the neck in poverty , have suffered their misery to lead them into acts -w aieb , have unhappily retarded the cause they were desirous of promoting . iHear . ) He would implare of ail to avoid any abatement of the principles of the Charter ; let them pursue tkeir course with determination , but let them shew to the world that they -were ef opinion that their great cause was best served by sober , temperate , and prudent conduc : — icheers )—aad se prove that democracy -was as beneficial in practice as it was just in theory . ( Hear . )

      Even the middle classes , if they taw their own best course , ought to juin with them , for the present system was annually ¦ wasting their capital , ami eventually must reduce them to the level of the labourer . They ought to join the Chartists against the common enemy . The great danger lay in delay , ami he trusted they would soon see their folly and join them , in order to secure the peace , the happiness , anil tll 6 prosparity of the country . "vvna ttiese prefatory Temaiks , he begged leave to propose the toast— " Ths People , and may they speedily obtain their political rights . " The toast was drunk with lond cheeriDg .

      The Chairman said the next toast was— " Henry Vincent , the eloquent advocate of the people ' s rights ; health and prosperity to him . " It was unnecessary for him to say a -word in favour of that toast . The toast waa drunk enthusia 3 ticilly , with three ^ imes three . Mr . Viscest said it certainly gave him much pleasure to see so many of his friends after an imprisenment of twenty months , and he was happy to say in the best possible health and the highest spirits—( cheers )—and with increased love for their glorious cause , and he begged to thank them most warmly for the cordialthe Radical reception they had given kim . He did not look upon the assembly he saw before him as a personal compliment to himself , bnt as a demonstration made in

      favour of liberty -which he had struggled for , and which he stood before them to advocate . It had been his fortune or misfortune to take part with his fellow-workmen daxiag a fearful agitation for the accomplishment of their political liberty , and in his advocacy he had fallen into a snare which had been purposely laid for him by tba aristocrats who misruled the country , with the view of stopping him from advocating those principles which were embodied in the People ' s Charter , but he pledged himself they had totally deceived themselves . He had been placed at the bar &t Monmouthbrought before a Jury , but not a Jury of his Peers , as in the case of Cardigan the other day—he was not tried by a Jury of working men , but a Jury of men whose prejudices had been excited by the paltering and

      insidious statements which bad been constantly appearing in both Whig and Tory newspapers ; they found him guilty upon garbled evidence , and sent him to the county gaoL He was not before them to wail over his sufferings like a puling child ; he was not about to tell them of the sour skilly and the stinking bread , for thanks to a good constitution he had kept his word in outliving his persecutions and lsugbing at his persecutors ; bnt he would just tell them one or two anecdotes of the manner in which the humane parson of the prison . attempted to break his heart . He was told that the Chartists then in that pmon , would be hung by six at a time . ( Loud cries of " shame . " ) They wese told that the gaol was too foil , and be , and Edwards , and Dickenson were put in the condemned cells . Thi * was too food for tbe parsea—he wa * afraid tiisy might not

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      know it , and he asked them if they knew where they wen f They replied , " yea , they wen in the rooms from which persons wen taken to be bang . " ( Shame . ) From these oeUs they wen taken in order to make roomfor John Frost and his co : npanioas after their illegal trial . Well , after having been in gaol for twelve months , be was trieti i £ 5 i ? $ * " off « n « alleged to bare been co » - mitted previous to the one id TTll ! C- tb was suffering , in the same county—they expected to have seen him broken in spirit , weak in body , and . pale in the face ; but , on the contrary , they found him courageous , bale , and hearty ; he was , however , again fonndguilty , | and further imprisoned , a thing almost unprecedented . In consequence of the agitated state of the country , he

      was removed to the Penitentiary , when he was confined in an airy stone room of four yards long by two wide , when they attempted to teach him the delicate art of tailoring . ( Laughter . ) He bad only been then two months when he was removed to Oakham , when he was allowed the liberty of purchasing his own fotd , and again he lived like a Christian . Now , what was the result of all this T He went to prison a democrat —he stood there the same man ; and if he had not been active in London since his release , it was not owing to his having become lukewarm in the cause , but because he thought he was entitled to at least a few weeks ' relaxation , after an imprisonment of twenty months . However , he was again before them , to vindicate the right of the working classes to be represented in the House of CommoDS . That wu the cause of their meeting ; for he would hold any one in political

      contenpt who could forget that great principle out of compliment to himself . He contended that every man should have a share in making the laws he was called upon to obey ; that was the principle of the Charter , aud he would for ever advocate it to its fullest extent , and denounce any one as & public enemy who would compromise any one of the five great principles ifc contained . After going at considerable length into the five great points-of the Charter , the speaker denied that be had ever been a " pike and dagger" man ; he had always been prepared to go along with the people in any course they thought it proper to adopt , but he had always been of opinion , and had always advocated , that no ether means should be used than peaceful ones . They would never obtain their end unless they became a sober and a moral people . Let them attend to their domestic duties—let them look to their own

      families , forsake the gin palace , and so shew the aristocracy that they were a people worthy to be entrusted with the power they claimed . If they did not—if they continued to frequent the beer-shop and the publichouse , they would be unworthy of fee privileges they sought If they were a soulless people , they might dethrone the royal family , and outlaw the House of Ljrds ; but they would fail bick again into the condition of miserable and degraded slaves , and , in the language of St Paul , " the last state of that people would be worse than the first . " He was then to pledge himBelf , with all the ardeur of youthful enthusiasm , to a renewed advocacy of the People ' s Charter . ( Loud and prolonged cheers . ) In his boyhood he had been a democrat , and these principles had

      grown with his growth ; beside the printing press he had read the writiDgs » f Paine , and Yolney , and Cobbett , and Franklin ; he became an enthusiast in the cause of liberty , and he thought in the depth of bis enthusiasm , that everybody else was like him , and that the people would soon be free . ( Cheers . ) After having been confined twenty months in a prison , whose ywd he walked in solitnde , with no book to cheer him , and mo friend to speak to , he came out with the settled conviction that a change must be made not less than the People ' s Charter ; but as much further OS the strength of the public mind , will carry it . ( Hear , hear . ) >' ow , ( said Mr . Vincent , ) a word as to the means : —the days of idle bombast and rant are gone by ; the common sense of the nation is with us ; and every attempt at

      mere folly will recoil on our own heads . It we content ourselves -with , attending public meetings , and returning with congratulations on having heard " excellent speeches , "—if we talk about our readiness to do anything for the public cause , and yet are offended if a sixpence in the shape of contribution be required of us ; —then , the sooner we 'abandon our false position , the better for ourselves and' others;—but , even in this room there are a sufficient number , if their energies be rightly directed , to effect a moral and political revolution in London in two or three years . The most enlightened minds and the most vhtuous hearts must couibina in one large society for the erection of a Trades' Hall , and for sending forth missionaries to call the drunkurd from the gin-palace

      —( loud cheer *)—to point to the poor broken-hearted and wretched being who , while her husband is on bis way to the pawnbroker ' s , to pawn her rags for driuk , is starving -with licr family , perhaps , in a miserable cellar . 1 b such a being worthy the name of man ? ( Cries of " J » o , no . ") Then we must reform him ; and if it be not possible to reform him by any other means , I implore even the most jovial 8 » ul among you to lend a helping hand in the establishment of democratic teetotal societies , in sobeiislng the population , in watching individals , and in putting down the cant and humbug of tha fanatics . ( Hear , hear . ) We have the power of quietly revolutionising our country , if we ¦ will but exercise tnat power in a proper manner ; our salvation Hts in » ur own bands , and if we are determined to free our count ) y , an I for one am , let ua battle with every slave till we have achieved our object .

      ( Great excitement and prolonged cheering ) My heurt is with you—iny soul is with you—and I never felt more determined to go forward in a righteous cause . I am bound to " keep tho peace , " and i will keep it , ; like an honest man ; but , by thv Gid that made me , I will devote every energy to spread those prin- ( ciple 3 that shall prepara the way for the greatest j measure of happiness to tbt entire people . Let not , men say , " 1 am for Paul , " ana " I am for Cephas , "— , say not I am for Lovett , and I for Trust , or Vincent , or O'Connor—but let the cry of all be , " I am for the Charter "—( loud cheers )—aud so improve the public mind that before another annual revolution be completed , the watchword will be " Long live the people to make good laws ; long live liberty ! " ( Tumultuous cheering , lasting for several minutes , greeted Air . Vincent at the conclusion , as at tue conuneuceineut of his address . )

      Mr . John Cliave rose to propose the next toast : — " The People ' s Charter ; may it speedily beco « ie the law of the land . " He felt , in proposing this toast , that he had a sacred duty to perform , as an unenfranchised citizen ; and , notwithstanding all that their fritnd Vincent had to well said about his ardour and enthusiasm being undiminished , those who bavo gone a little before him might be- permitted also to renew their declarations of energy in the cause of the People ' s Charter . Mr . Vincent had very ably gone over the various principles embodied in the Charter , and though he was eloquent throughout , he felt perhaps that he was a little trespassing ; though at the same time he felt that he was here unfairly put upon his trial , in rebutting the various calumnies that some dirty ,

      sneaking cowards , who dared not speak openly , hud whispered about , that Vincent had abandoned his principles . ( Loud cheers . ) But he had not stopped to snarl with the snarlers ; he took up these principles , and showed that he was the same Chartist at heart us before he entered the Whig dungeons . Mr . Cleave then proceeded to state that the means of advancing the cause of the Charter must not be negected ; be had considered these means , aud had come to the conclusion that it was folly to fritter away the means which a life of industry . supplied , ¦ while fitty millions a year continued to be spent in spirits an * beer ; the man who had not slain

      hia sins was a fit creature for Whig or Tory despotism . ( Loud cheers . ) Referring to the address of Mr . Vincent , ( as originally published in the Star , ) the speaker ssid that if the working men of this country would act up to the spirit of that address , and devote that which they now spent in intoxicating drinks to their own self-eltvation , the humbug of " moderation" would be slain outright , and teeiotalism would be teetotally triumphant In conclusion , he urged upon all the friends of the Charter tt give up the pot and the pipe , which formed a dead weight upon the working man ia this country . No friend to the People ' s Charter -would spend that upon poison , which he ought to d « vote to the regeneration of his ceuntry .

      Mr . MoeRE said , it was his melancholy duty , in the toast he had to propose , to refer to friends who were not there , but whose zeal for the cause of Chartism bad made them the victims of oppreesion , and he trusted that equal zeal would be manifested in their endeavours to place those friends a ^ ain amongst them . He alluded , among others , to the venerated and aged Frost , who was the victim of an illegal sentence ; aud they would recollect that their friend Hetherington was detained over the water for an offence against church craft . He would then propose ,

      " The speedy return of Frost , Williams , and Jonas , and the liberation of all imprisoned victims of political and religious persecution . " —( . Great applause . ) He trusted they would indeed soon be brought back from their distant banishment , to which they had been consigned by the machinations of Whig and Tory , whose votes never failed to be blended together against those who advocated the cause of the people . But , h « repeated , they h&d been illegally transported . The quibbles of law , so successfully urged in the recent case of one who was distinguished by the prefix of Lord" to his name , were not allowed to be entertained in favour of the unfortunate men in question . The Bame measure of justice was not extended to them ; for he did not deny the justice of Lord Cardigan ' s acquittal ; the law of evidence ought , in all casea , to be strictly enforced t onlwith

      , no y respect to identity of persons , but every particular point which has been subjected to legal regulation . The accused ought to have the full benefit of such law , then why was it withheld from Froet and his companions ? Their case was similar to that of Lord Cardigan . An exception was made on a point of law by their counsel , and the Judges said they would reserve the bjection ; and when counsel asked if they Bhould stand in the same situation as if the objection was taken , then the Judges acquiesced ; asd , on the afterconsideration of the question at issue , nin ^ out of fifteen Judges were of opinion that tha objection in favour of the prisoners waa valid ; aad whon the next obstacle waa raised—whsn it was . urged or * the part qf the prosecution that the objeoUos had . not beta made in time , aad that therefcre ihefrifioniW

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      ——«—^———— ¦ ^ — ^—— i mi— mi - ¦ ——Mi ¦ | ————were not entitled to benefit by U , tue of the Judges were of opinion that it uhu made in time . ( Hear . ) Bat the fact was , in cases of murder such pleas might be admitted ; but , if the fate of a political opponent wtre involved , he wa « deprived of everything that might save him . He would remind them , too ; that ( he aged mother of Frost was jet living , in the hope that She might once more look upon her child cm she died ; and the wives , children , friends , all who were in any way connected with those unhappy exiles , and thousands who were not , would join in working out their deliverance . They ( the meeting ) would also recollect , that Frost was of a class above them , but that he had given up all for the prosecution of their cause . Mr . Moore concluded

      by atroDgly reprehending such prosecutions as that instituted against Mr . Hetherington , and expressing a fervent hope that Frost , Williams , and Jones might be omce more among them . ( Prolonged cheering . ) Mr . Peat , in supporting the toast , observed , that Frost was , in every respect , an upright Man , and the poor man ' s friend ; and if one man was aware of those facts more than another , it was their little enthusiastic friend Vincent . But Frost was in a penal settlement , while Lord Caadijgan was pronounced " Not guilty , upon my honour . " Away with such honour—the honour of these king-made nobles : but Frost was a noble of nature , and carried with him into exile the impress of superiority . ( Applause . ) It had been said that the case of Frost and that of Lord Cardigan were parallel cases ; he

      was not of that opinion ; he thought them widely different . In Lord Cardigan ' s case , a foul design was manifested ; a design upon the life of a fellowcreature ; need he tell them , that in the case o Frost nothing of the kind was exhibited . The wrongs that had been inflicted upon the people—the insults that had been heaped upon them by refusing their petitions ; these working upon minds not so intelligent as they ought to be , had induced the commission of acts which were deeply to be regretted , and for these Frost had suffered , and was suffering ; and that man , whose mind was as little as his body , Lord John Russell , was at the bottom of it . ( Cheers and applause . ) He set engines to work for

      entrapping the best of men . The outrage which formed a plea for severity might have been prevented if proper means had been adopted ; but it certainly was , in a great measure , justified . He trusted they would never cease from their exertions , until placed in the position which they were entitled to by the laws of God and the laws of reason . The toast was then put from the chair , and received with general applause . Mr . Neesou then rose , and observed , that in having the toast he was about to submit placed in his hands , he considered himself more highly honoured than any of the company , as it was one which no individual whose mind was properly regulated would fail to approve . It was 11

      The ladies who have honoured us witi their presence . As they are alike interested with us in good government , may they still lend us their powerful influence to obtain it . All who were there present , would well remember the time when the . ladies were not held in such high consideration ; but they knew that they wore now the dominant party . —( Laughter . ) He had ( and it might be news to them ) on a particular occasion , received an order from the Court of Queen ' s Bench to appear , as he understood it , personally before the Queen ; but they would anticipate what his feelings were when he found it was all a hoax . —( Laughter . ) The first office of the State was now filled by' & woman , and one , too , not of the greatest experience ;

      but they must support the dignity of their chief magistrate , who , being a woman , rendered the propriety of this toast the more strikingly manifest . He adverted to the reprehensible neglect of female education , and contended that it would be better that the opinion of the Turks , who held that women have no souls , Bhould Obtain in this country , than that they should remain as they were ; but ho trusted that the time was not far distant when education would render them better wives , better mothers , and place them in that station in society , to which they were bo nobly entitled ; he trusted that the time was not far distant when ignorance would be swept from the gentler sex like chaff before the wind—when they would no longer be

      infatuated with the charms of a tawdry dress , or filled with envy because a neighbour exhibited a finer riband than themselves—when women , as well as kings , priests , and lords , must give way to the growing intelligence of the people . ( Applause ) He hoped , too , that the time was not distant when meetings of this sort would be crowded with women . He again emphatically dwelt on the necessity of ennobling th « female aud raising her from the station of a mere domestic menial , by education , but he advised them to educate their daughters themselves , aad not hand them over to church and state schools . Let their education be duly attended to , and women and children would soon join the cry for Universal Suffrage .

      The Rev . Dr . Wade said , he perfectly agreed with the sentiments expressed by Mr . Neosoa , with respect to the ladies ; but , as to the Sovereign , he rather pitied her , as she evinced the possession of qualities which only required a more genial atmosphere than a court . He was , in his youth , entrusted with a petition to William the Fourth . He was sent up with it , and he would assure them that , in its presentation , he was most roughly handled ; and he overheard his Majesty enquiring of the Lord Lieutenant of his ( the speaker ' a ) county , " What ' s the meaning of this petition I" in a tone and manner not at all flattering to his feelings . The Queen had acted very differently . He had also been entrusted with a petition to her Majesty , on behalf of Frost ,

      Williams , and Jonos , which he happened to take for presentation , on a day especially appointed for the reception of addresses only ; and her amiable conduct on that occasion , and the manner in which she expressed herself , even in the presence of her courtiers , was such as convinced him that , if any fault were to bo ascribed to her , it was iraputable to a corrupt Court , aud not to the natural opposition or inclination of the Queen . He went , as he said , on a day exclusively appointed for addresses , and was told that his petition would not be received ; but he told t&ose who endeavoured thus to put him off , that he bad a duty to perform for those who had sent him , and that he should persist in his purpose . He did so , aud her Majesty eventually received his

      petition in a most gracious manner . Ho adverted to tho bright prospects which awaitod " us Chartists , " and said , he was what was termed a middle-class man ; and , aided by them , he could do much ; but consistently with his cloth , he must press for the employment of moral force only . He agreed with the sentiments uttered by Mr . Vincent , and contended that no one need bo ashamed of being a Chartist . In this age of inventions , nothing had been found out at all comparable with Chartism ; it meant a reformation of the democracy . They had formerly a Magna Charta ; that waa for the nobles ; but they resolved now to have a Reform Charter . They had ebtained a Reform Bill , but that was a humbug . Those who carried it hallooed on the people , a 9 huntsmen do their hounds ; but they ( the huntsmen ) took the hare , and then lashed back the hounds

      that had aided them to their kennels . ( Applause . ) But wouid they be suffered to do bo now I Would such treatment now be tolerated ! No . The Charter they sought for was such as every Christian should advocate ; it involved what every Christian should strive to obtain for his country—equal rights , aud equal laws . He would say to them , as Washington said to the Americans , when they were trying their great Chartist plan- ^ be discreet , be moral , and show that you are WOtthy of the boon you ask for . This country was in a state of iransition—things could no longer stand still . The Poor Laws must be amended , and measures adopted which would render the people free and happy . He , for one , should make every possible effort to promote tho advancement aud eventual success of the cause in which they were all embarked . ( Loud cheers . )

      The toast was then tormally submitted by the Chairman , and drunk with three times three . Mr . Cameron next observed , that a most unexpected and pleasing duty had been imposed upon him , that of returning thanks in the name of the ladies . He proceeded accordingly ; and , after the expression of some suitable compliments , concluded with the hope that the rights and dignity of woman would , ere long , be more generally acknowledged . The Chairman now intimated , that the graver portion of the business of the evening was at an end , and that the remainder of the time they were together would be devoted to dance and song . He then quitted the chair , when

      Mr . Vincent rose , and , after apologising for again presenting himself to tlie meeting , said his purpose was to propose the health of the consistent and longtried Radical who bad so ably occupied tho chair that evening—be meant their modest and amiable friend , William Lovett . Ho ( the speaker ) had known him during a period of four years ; ho had been much with him , at his own home , and in walkB in the green fields , and it was by that sort of communion only that a man could be truly known . Throughout this intimacy , he bad ever fou » d William Lovett the most consistent and determined supporter of Democracy in all its bearings . He had suffered much from imprisonment and persecution in consequence , but it would be insulting to moat present , who had known him for a much longer time , to say more than to propose tho health of their worthy friend , William Lovett Drunk with ( treat enthusiasm .

      Mr . Lovett , in shortly acknowledging the toast , observed , that although the excitement ef a public meeting was painfully unpleasant to him , he bad unwillingly acceded to the request of his friends * n the present occasion ; and he warmly thanked them for the kind support they had givsn him , and the attention they had uniformly bestowed upon those who addressed them-Under each plate waa placed a copy ef the address , written by Mr . Vincent , in Oakham aol , with the names of the Rev . Mr . Hill and others , attached thereto j this furnished a "luncheon" for the assembly , tor the address was agerly "devoured . " An excellent band was in attendance ihe whole evening , and enlivened the proceedings « ife f opttap aim

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      TO THE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE VARIOUS CHARTIST ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Brother Chartists—You are all made pretty well acquainted with the barbarous and lamentable death of our Chartist brother , poor Clayton , who Hied under the merciful treatment of the base , bloody , and brutal factions , for the crime of endeavouring to mete out the glorious principles of Chartism , justice , and liberty . Knowing that the predominant character of the advocates of Chartism is that they would do unto others as they would they should do unto them , I appeal to you on behalf of the helpless widow and inoffending child of the above named victim of tyranny and profession , to endeavour to pay a last tribute of respect to our deceased brother , by placing those who were dependant upon him for support , above the frowns and insults of the base and unprincipled portion of society .

      According to ttie Star of this day , the Delegates assembled from the different places of the West-Riding of Yorkshire , recommend that funeral sermons be preached in all the Chartist Associations and Chapela on the 14 th of March . In addition to this I would recommend that at the close of « ach sermon , a collection should be made on behalf of the widow of poor Clayton , by which means a sum sufficient would be raised , whereby she might be able to commence b usiness in some way or other , and the Chartists of Sheffield would most certainly give her their most decided support .

      Fellow Chartists , —Tis no more than a dutythatyou owe to your principles , that you act up to this plan , and convince the world that you are worthy of the name of Charti 8 t 3 j and of th « objects that you contend for as your inalienable rights . If but 15 , 000 of the Chartists of Great Britain and Ireland should meet on that day , and each contribute but one penny , it would amount to £ fi- > its . Do your duty as men , women , and as Cbartlsts , let the money be transmitted to the Star Office , and all to be duly acknowledged in the columns of that invaluable journal , and you will prove to the world that you are in reality friends of justice , humanity , and liberty , and while you advocate the rights of man , you are not forgetful of your duty to the Whig-made-widows of your murdered advocates . Faithfully yours , W . H . Cotton . 38 , Ludgate-Hill , Birmingham , February 20 th , 1841 .

      P . S . —I think it would be more convenient to appoint some pereon . to stand at the doors of the meeting houses and solicit subscriptions for the proper object , and so prevent the confusion of collecting , when ail are anxious to get out . W . H . C .

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      Death frok Destitution . —Operation op the New Poor Law in the Kensington Union . —On Wednesday , a lengthened inquiry was instituted before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., coroner for the Western Division of Middlesex , and a jury , consisting of thirteen respectable inhabitants of Kensington in the large room of the Gloucester Tavern , Gloucesterroad , Kensington , into the circumstances attendant upon the death of William Eaton , aged 61 years who died in the workhouse for males belonging to the Kensington Union , on the morning of Saturday last , a few hours after he was brought there . The jury accompanied tha Coroner to the workhouse in Gloucester-road , to see the body of the deceased , which was deposited in the dead house . The body presented nearly the appearance of a skeleton , and on leaving the place , several of the iurv 6 *^**

      the Bight they had witnessed would never be effaced trbm their remembrance . The deceased was a shoemaker , and had lodged in a room at No . 12 New Coart , Brompton . It was proved that since Michaelmas last , he had only had about two pairs of shoes per week to make , for which he would receive-23 . 8 d . Hia room presented a scene of unparalleled misery and destitution , and it appeared that he had had relief from the Kensington Union to the extent of a pound of meat . There were ' several Guardians present , and the coroner ordered the relieving-officer to be sent for , to whom he addressed some severe animadversions . All the blame , however , was laid on ( he sustain . Thejurr found a verdict that the " Deceased died from exnaustion , gradually produced by Bcantiness of nourishment , "

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      FROM OVB LONDOIf COBBESPOHDENT . London , Thursday Evening , March 4 , Quarter to Seven . Avtpvl Death op a Grays Digger . —This affe * . noon , about four o ' clock , as the nnder-sexton of Sl Bride's Church , Fleet-street , was employed In digging a grave , adjacent to one of the vaults tS brick work of the latter gare way , and buried ' nhs alire . It was upwards of two hours from aS occurrence of the accident , before the poor fellfli could be cot out . when it was found tw 17

      must have expired almost instantaneousl y ~? dense crowd is now surrounding the aee ^ f the accident , and the City police are not tha ^^ civil in their deportment ; for on our endeavourm * to learn the came , &c . of the deceased , » t ft » Twelve Bells , near the Church , one of those-b ?• boiled gentry , under Mr . Whittle Harvey ' s emir mand , called to a companion to lend him his truZ . cheon , te keep the course dear , that course boin * « . publio thoronghfare . s *

      Citt News . —The classes who live by " tihema the changes" between paper and gold , have bew ! somewhat . startled to-day , on the receipt of newsk , the American packet-ship , United States , that tS » United States Bank had suspended cash payaenb . a course which waa followed by most of , if not all * the state bauks in the adjacent country . jyntrZ the day , however , the more reflecting portion of tk £ "dabblers" found out that this step , on the putoftha American banks , was in all probability but a preli minary measure to the liquidation of the outsfandjnl ' cotton claims , " and confidence was again restored indeed , should this conjectnre prove well-founded a brisk trade may be anticipated thissumuerfor u , ' Manchester and Sheffield goods . The folloviing ~ the closing prices of the British Stockg this jft ^ T noon : —Consols for Account , 89 |; Do . Money , 881 * New Three-and-a-half per . Cent , 97 1 ; Exchequer Bills 12 s . premium .

      The Bloomsbury Chartists held their osaal weekly meeting on Tuesday evening , when the fol . lowiDg resolution was mjanimousjy adopted- . ^ " That this Association views with feelings . of teciek the conduct of a portion of the men of Kirkcald y , in allowing themselves to be gulled by the Whi g aad Household Suffrage faction , and that they cautioa their Chartist brethren throughout tha country against the insidious machinations now making by the Sham-Radical party , and trust that they will never lend themselves to agitate for any thing less than the Charter . "

      The Corn Law League is Afraid of thi CuAKiisrs . ' —It is a singular fact , that on the occasion of the Chartists holding a festive meeting to celebrate the release of their friends from durance ( the . Lovett and Collins dinner , ) the Cora Law Repealers took advantage of the circumstance to hold a meeting , in the hope that they might pass their resolutions undisturbed ; on thai occasion , they conjectured rightly ; but , on tryiug on the sanu game on Monday last , notwithstanding the numerous attendance at the Vincent dinner , the Anti-Cor a-Law party were doomed to be disappoiuted , for the friends of the Charter mustered in sufficient strength at the Crown and Anchor , to defeat the factious purposes of tbe " Repealers , " and to cany by two to one , resolutions in favour of Universal Suffrage and the Charter . One fact is worth a ton of argument .

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      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . < BY EXPRESS . ) . Fridav , March 5 . —Our arrivals are moderate of all articles . Millers hold off from purchasing , ex . pecting better supplies , and prices for Wheat hava receded Is . per quarter . Barley is steady sale , without alteration in value . Oats , Shelling , and Beaus maintain last week ' s rates . Leeds Corn Market : * March 2 . —The armak : of grain to this day ' s mirket are again large ; bnt the most part was sold last week . The finest ; dry Wheat has been dull sale , all other descriptions Is . per quarter lower . Barley has been in fair demand at last week's prices . Oats and Shelling scarcely so well sold . —Beans little alteration . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEH ENDING March 2 . 1841 .

      Wheat . Barley . Oats . Bye . Beans . Pen Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . 6370 299 i 1950 8 440 44 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 3 5 8 1 13 8 £ 1 6 4 J 2 . 0 0 2 2 8 $ 2511 $ Leeds Cloth Markets . —We are sorry we cannot notice any improvement iii our local markets ; tha stock of goods sold , during the two last market days , has been limited in the extreme . Nor is there any large share of business doing in tho warehouses ; nothing , in fact , but for domestic consumption .

      Bradford Mabkets , Thursday , March 4 th . — Wool Market . —This market is without any miterial alteration since our last report . The general opinion ip , that the news from America has produced a deadening effect on tho market . —Yarn Market . —Tha demand for Yarn is very steady , and no difference in prices . —Piece Market . —In this branch of the trade there appears to be rather a flatness , occasioned by tho report of the United States Bank having suspended payment . Fancy goods still continue to be inquired after .

      Salford Cattle Market , Wkdnesdat , March 3 . —There was a fair show of Cattle to-dav , and which met a fair demand at about last week ' s currency . Of Sheep the supply was fully equal to th » demand . At the close of the market but little unsold . Best Beef , 6 £ d . to 7 d . ; prime , 7 | d . to 7 * d . Best Mutton , 7 d . to 81 . ; ewes , inferior , 5 id . to 6-2 d . State of Trade . —Notwithstanding the activity existing in the Liverpool cotton market , and the

      gradually advancing prices there , the demand for yarn continues very moderate , and a limited business was done , yesterday , at the prices of the preceding week . For goods , the demand was still more languid , and some articles , especially 27-inch printing cloth and domestics , were currently offered at IowjT prices Very little business , however , was done , even at this decline ; and tho market was altogether an unsatisfactory one for ths manufacturers . —Manchester Guardian of Wednesday .

      Newcastle Corn Market , Feb . 27 . —We had a fair supply of Wheat from tho country this morning , but the arrivals from the coast continue exceedingly moderate . On Tuesday fine 6 ample 9 obtained an , advance of Is . to 2 s . per qr ., and that advance was maintained to-day on all descriptions . The market is nearly cleared of barley , aud prices aro the torn dearer . Fine rye commands a steady sale , but other sorts meet with little inquiry . In beans ther « » little passing , although offered on lower terms . Maple pea 3 are in demand for seed . Malt i 8 unsaleable . We had a good supply of oats this morning , arid finer qualities were readily bought up for seed at a trifling advance , while other de scriptions were without change . The arrivals of flour are light , and good marks meet a ready sale at our highest quota *

      tions . London Wool Market , Monday , March 1 st . * - Since our report of this day se ' nnigjit , taere dw been a trifling reaction in the inquiry for most Rinds of British Wools , and previous rates are well supported . The accounts from our manufacturing districts are , on the whole , favourable . During iw past week the imports of Foreign Wools , irom au quarters , have not exceeded 18 'JO packages , ine best colonial and Spanish Wools command a tair inquiry at full prices , but otherwise the trade » heavy .

      Liverpool Cotton Market , Monday , March 1 . On Saturday from eight to ten thousand ba . ea wem sold , 300 » being on speculation . To-day the sale * amount to about 8000 bales , of which speculators have taken 1500 bales . With all this demand tne market is well supplied with Cotton , and prices aro very little changed . The sales consist of Hl 0 , ° ,= ? a i ? at 4 jd . to 5 | d ; 400 Maranham , 7 gi . to 0 ^ -5 I ( J > Bahia , 8 id . ; 200 Egyptian , 9 jd . to 13 d . ; 1 W ™ * num , 9 £ d . ;—American , G ^ d . to 8 d . Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , March 1 . —The supply of stock at market to-day has been much smaller than that of the preceding weefe , an « of a middling quality . There was a good attenuanw of buyers aud dealers , but from the short supptfj there was a consideable advance on the prices iru" * our last quotations ; consequently , the dcrfl » u < l 9 . * r ° not v « rv fixtanftivn f > nmna . raiive to some 01 » u

      markets for the last few weeks . The best Beef bo a readily at 7 d . varying from that down to oJ . out those at the latter price were of an ordinary obscription . Good Wether Mutton realised fully » 3 * varying from that down to . 6 jd . Number ot t »« at market;—Beasts , 856 ; Sheep , 3 , 082 .

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      O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith . Co * 7 * Middleaex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , » tbi » "" * ing Offices , No « . 12 aad 13 , Market-street , BU # gate ; and Published by the laid jsshua HomO £ ( fox the said Fbaeous O'Cokhor , ) athis Dw ling-honse , No , 6 , Market-street , BriggafeJ " ¦ . internal Coramunication existing between the »» No . fi , Market-etreet , and the said Nos . W »¦ 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thx « constttutin * ^ whole of the said Printing : and PubliduK W * one Premises . « i t » AU Communications must be addreaMd , . ( Port-pw ** JT . HOBSON , Northern Star Oflloe , Leed * ( Saturday , March 6 , 18 < M

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      Celebration Of The Release Of Mr. Henry Vincent, From Oakham Gaol.

      CELEBRATION OF THE RELEASE OF MR . HENRY VINCENT , FROM OAKHAM GAOL .

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      IMPORTANT F&OW AMSBXCA . UNITED STATES . I SUSPENSION OF THE UNITED STATES BANK . We have received by the packet-sWp George Washington , which arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning , New York papers to tho 8 th alt inclusive . Their contents are highly Important The Bank of the United States had for the third time suspended specie payments . Having , it is stated , been dUappointed in the receipt of large amount * of specie , it was compelled , en the afternoon of the 4 th ulfc , to refuse the payment ot a demand of 100 , 010 dollars from New York , as well as the i » yment of « ome other heavy sums .

      ( Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce . ) Philadelphia , Feb . 5 . The burst up of the United States Bank yesterday gave rise to an excitement , which has continued through to-day , such as was never before witnessed in this city on any similar occasion . The fact of the failure of th& Bank to meet the two or three draughts of large amount on Thursday was not understood until after the cars left for your city to be an absolute failure . Early this morning the streets were crowded with

      citizens , and before the opening of the doors of the banks there were crowds of greater or less extent in front of them all , and particularly so before the United States , Girard , and Farmers' and Mechanics ' . On the opening of the doors , there was a rush for specie by depositors and note holders . AH paid , including the United States , for five dollar notes , for an hour or two , when tbe Girard began to wince , and finally " resigned trumps , " standing its hand no further than to pay its five dollar notes . Thus has gone on the first day of trial .

      The greatest confusion prevails , and tbe banks were all busily employed in paying out specie from the opening to the close , some with two or three clerks . A much larger amount must have been drawn from the banks to-day than on January 15 . The Bank of the United States bas been cited before Judge King , to shew cause of refusal to pay her ten dollar notes . She is allowed ten days to filu her answer or to pay the money . All the banks before three o'clock ceased to pay anything but their five dollar bills , except five—the Western , the South wark , the Commercial , the Philadelphia , and the Bank of North America . We shall , in all human probability , have a general suspension to-morrow . Tho banks , I think , cannot stand another day ' s run like this . ;

      ( Frem the National GaxeUe . ) Further Suspension . —P . S . One o ' clock . —AH the banks of the city , with two or three exceptions , have just suspended specie payments , except for five dollar notes . The apprehension expressed above is thua already realised . Suspension in Delaware . —The Philade l phia United States Gazette of Saturday last says— " We understand that the Directors of the several banks in Wilmington , Delaware , held , a meeting yesterday morning , and resolved to suspend specie payments in consequence of information received from this city . Philadelphia , Feb . 6 . The notes of tbe United States Bask are selling at a discount to day for Specie of 15 per cent .

      A man of the name of Sheets , a labourer , committed suicide last night , in the upper part of the city , by shooting himself through the heart . Wont of business was the cause . Philadelphia , Feb . 7 . It appears that on the day the United States Bank suspended , the City Council and all the other Banks agreed to receive the notes of the United States Bank . A Mr . Millar has instituted a suit against tbe United States Bank for a refusal to pay two ton dollar notes in specie . An application was made on Friday rooming for a citation against the President and Directors of the United States Bank , to show cause why the Charter of the Bank should not be forfeited in consequence of the Bank refusing to pay specie to the holders of ten dollar bills . The citation was awarded , and made returnable on the 15 th inst

      ( Correspondence of ihe Courier and Enquirer . J Washington , Feb . 11 . I have no longer any doubt that the President-elect has completed his Cabinet . He had difficulties to contend with , arising out of geographical divisions ; these , it is believed , have been happily arranged in such a manner as to give general satisfaction to our Whig friends . In the selections which have been made the President has consulted the feelings and wishes of his friends in different districts of the country . Indeed even their prejudices have been considered . In doing this General Harrison has evinced a sound judgment , mingled with , sagacity and discretion . Nor has he been wanting in promptitude . I have reason to believe that the following gentlemen will constitute General Harrison ' s Cabinet The statement is not made on slight grounds : —

      Daniel Webster , of Massachusetts , Secretary of State . Thomas Ewing , of Ohio , Secretary of the Treasury . John Bell , of Tennessee , Secretary of War . George E . Badger , of North Carolina , Secretary of Navy . ' John J . Qrittenden , of Kentucky , Attorney-General . Francis Grander , of New York , Postmaster-General . The M'Leod Case . —The American Grand Jury have found a true bill for murder against Mr . M'Leod , who however will not be tried till the feurth week of this month , unless the American Government should think fit to issue a special commission ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1099/page/8/