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    • Just Published, Price One Shilling, No. 8. of THE UNION : a Monthly Record of Moral, Social, and Educatioi>al Progress.
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      Contenis : —The Insurrection of 1842 , Free Trade and Foreign Tariffs—Touch'd in the Head , P « r t VII ., by the Author of'" Remembrances cf a Monthly Nurse "—Female Education , Part I , Social—The Blind Boy—liihabitiveness and Cohabitiveuess , by January Searle—Love Ou—A Marriage of Convenience , an Every Day Story—Belgium and the Belgians —American Ptnodical Literature—Monthly Begiater , & . c . &c . . London : Sherwood and Co .

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      j * OB HBS ELLIS , MBS . HALFOBD , A ?? D HBS . HASSET ( TO BE EQUALLT DIVIDED ' . From the Somers' Town Victim Committtee 0 12 0 FOB . 1 LRS . ELLIS . From BancaBter , per Q . B . Coomers 0 4 0 FOR THE DEFENCE OF ELLIS . IVoai T . Smith , Manchester .. 0 10 ^ ? vrtT > 1 TTX tff . T . ni . VRS . TT 1 T . "PO'RT »_ 1 XT » VPC

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      L&st week we announced that the Chartists of Leeds had determined to try their strength in the annual municipal battle for class distinction : this -ireek we hare to report the progress they have jn&de . First , then , witk

      HUNSLET : Here was the great fight . In this Ward the Chartists had first appeared as a distinct party ; and here were all the means of opposition concentrated to prevent their success . The power of the press , and the direct influence of masters over workmen were both put in active operation . Scores of working men were driven np to the poll to vote for both Whig and Tory , who would have voted the utter annihilation of both , as political parties , had they been free to exercise their own Inclinations . Bat they were not free 1 They had the " bag" shook in their face if they did not vote as the employers directed . They had bat the option of starvation , or political subserviency . This was a cruel

      alternative ; and from it proceeds the Whig triumph" Id ihis work of driving np dependanis to the poll one of the old representatives of HunElet in the Common Council was particularly conspicuous . Wherever he had the least influence , either direct ot indirect , he exerted it ; plainly hinting what the consequence would be of disobedience to his directions . Ii was not wise of this " Sfty years' Badical " thus to conduct himself . He owed his election last time to the Chartists , again ? t whem , on this occasion , he brought all his influence to bear . The time will come when he will be no longer "Councillor Josst f and then he will need the Chartist support again , or the Council Chamber will have

      to lack his presence ! But he will never venture again to ask for the suffrages of the Hunslet Burgesses . Before the term of his office expires , we shall hear of his declining health ; and of his wish to retire into private life . Like the spariel , he will save the Burgesses the trouble of kicking him down stairs , by retiring of himself . He already sees the foot prepared to administer the kick . He is conscious that his conduct on this occasion has earned for him the deep disgnst and indignation of the inhabitants of the Ward ; he knows that conduct has stripped from off bis Whig face the Radical veil he had covered it wi ; h ; and , like all hypocritical deceivers , he dare not look in the face those who hare found him

      ODt . Spite of all the means of intimidation resorted to by both parties , the Chartists mustured well . Two hundred andfirefi f free and independent men , registered their votes on the occasion . The superiority « f the ground of action taken by the Chartists was felt and acknowledged by the representatives of both Whig and Tory parties engaged in taking the election . The votes for Mr . Hobs-on were felt to be those of pure feeling and principle . Both parties knew that they were not obtained by trick , or by intimidation , or by any unworthy means . They knew , too , that those registered for the Whig and

      for the Tory were peachable . So conscious were they of the means to which they were indebted for ' their support , that both parties stated in the polling booth , that had the municipal voters had the protection of the Ballot , Mr . Hobson would have been the man elected by them on this occasion . In this they were . ' right . Nay , had the " fifty years ' Radical" and his fellow masters refrained from using their influence upon their dependant tradesmen and workpeople , the retarn of Mr . Hobson would have been certain . The " successful" candidate has not much to congratulate himself upon . He has obtained the seat : but it has been procured for him by unicorthy means .

      This election , however , has taught both the Yvbrgs and Tories of Hnnslet a good lesson . It has enhanced the Chartists more than one hundred per cent , in their estimation . The good order they manifested at the election , and the truly respectable beaiing and character of those who voted for Mr . Hofcson , called forth the commendation and open praise of boxh parties . The mutter they made , too , tinder the very discouraging circumstances they were placed in , has taught both parties that they can never again carry a man without first asking for , and obtaining , Chartist snppon ! But parties know , too , that before either of them can have tbat support , the Chartists must have a man in cf their < rxn 1 ' Before the next election both parties will be lidding ; and at the very next vacancy a Chartist will be returned .

      HOLBECK . Here , too , the Chartists mustered well . Nearly four hundred of them registered their votes against Shop-ttbaktt , andin favour of Chartism- In this Ward everything was at a disadvantage . The Chartis-. s were late in the field . They had not time to conduct anything like a canvass . They had also to de-A vrith a- constituency already mainly pledged . The means of intimidation and undue irflaence were not lacked by the opponent , nor were they unexerclied : and yet , in spite of all this , they polled just upon four hundred voles I This has taught all par : ie 3 in whose hands afu ' . ure election is ! A Chartist , a known , recognized , Chartist , sits for Holbeck nex : tim * 1

      WEST WARD . Here , too , did the Chartists interfere ; and here , too , have they taught both psrries that they can , at least , spoil the sport of faction ! It was not expected that Mr . Hobson would succeed in this Ward , and he was only bronfcbt eut in it to teach the Wfc : gs that they are not at liberty to insult and tyrannize over the Chartists without being made to pay some penalty . That penally they have paid in this Ward ; and it will be seen that the party will be more careful in future how it treats the Charti = t ? , and how it estimates their power . The Ctanisio here secured the return of Dr . Craven , a pretiy bold and injependtnt man ; w ; . ile they have also seemed : be iejection of a Whig . They have pa . : . d off , both for the insult at Huuslet and in the West Ward iise f . In tb . s Ward , too , the Chartists will have to be consulted and arranged with , before either Whig or Tory can calculate on carrying their man .

      EAST WARD . The triumph of principle in the East Ward , on Tuesday l ? = t , was seen as no other Ward , caa boi ? t of . Tne Eist Ward was said to be so much corrup : ed by Tory bribery and intimidation , that no man of hore = t principles could ofEVr himself to represeat it in : he Town Council with any prospect oi success ; asd rrhta we consider the sitaauon of tbe burgesses , their deficient burgejsroli . and tneir pecuniary circumstances , it would

      appear almost impossible . According to tbe report of the Enumeration Cominiuee , Oct . 1841 , there wei ~ in the Burouth of Leeds 19936 individuals whose average income w ^ . s 1 Ud . each for uce week ' ^ support , and in order to ascertain whether there v ^ a 3 more or less employment now than there were ls > : ytarat this time , I tave made inquiry of the d : f zreut employer ? as to the amount of wages paid by tr-Lit i'j fne Ursi eight weeks aiter tbe firs : of Sept--n . ' ^ : r . 1840 , 41 , ai . d 42 , and from three firms ' I have received written answers as follow ^ : — 1840 1841 184-2

      >' o . U £ TIG £ 579 £ ' 267 2 vo . 2 . 733 755 434 No . 3 . 370 346 228 £ 1821 £ 1680 £ 219 ^ From three other firms the answer I received wa ? , riar jhey had not time to examine their books to give E- a coirect ansvrer , but they paid less by aDove oneiciid than the . ) paid itst year at this time . And tt : ee fiax mills have eea ? ed to run since last year at th : s time . —From the above report there were in the Eust 2 , 1 CG icdivicuais whose average weekly income v ,- £ s do more than 8 £ j . per tmk . -Bad as their situation was then it must be a v < . ry deal worse at ire present time . Teen taking into consideration the deficient state of the burgea > roll , tie ex ' . reme pover : y ziid distress of the peopie , sud the bribery , corruption , and intimitiaf . on oi tbe Tories , it is pleasing to 5 : e such a glorious triumph , fur triumph it must be t j iind that there are 2 b 7 men to be iound who will

      r ^ ord their vo ; e =, not tnat tney were ail Chartists , tut because they admired iLe principles involved in ise Charter , to do unto all men as they would be done by . Your rctice of this in jour valuable paper will grtatly oblige , sir , Vour humble servant , Edward Sunde&la >* d . It is in contemplation to have a dinner to ccm-Euinorate so glorious a triumph , on Monday the 21 s : insist , whenthe friends of freedom will meet .

      SOUTH WARD . la this Ward Mr . France , the whaifiuger , n ^ a been carried in opposition to the Whig-Tory , ilr . Mitchell lieport speaks of him as being a Chartist , ia principle . We do not know of him as S ] 1 " ^; ££ (} . r centre do net vouch for him . But his ejection is a triumph , inasmuch as it has been carried s K 2-: r- £ t all the tSoris of the Whigs to prevent it . NORTH-EAST WARD , la this V . ' ard the rccst disgraceful scenes hav , ken enacted . Treating and br : berv have prevailed £ * ttK * l « ne « abJe exum . Nor Lava they re ^ r " ^ t 0 *•« * fcri S- EcIH haTC br £ r ; t 0 thtIC - The Tory bus Eutce . dtd We % nv ^ ? eans ' ¦ - <* ^ c are glad of it . l cS fc ^ felt calves disgraced had any tVe dS § h ^ J ^ w-ist purchased * scat iii t-e UuncJ Chamber at such a price i If seats are

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      te be bought , ret the Whigs and Tories bny them ; but do not tfri&e who- call themselves Chartists dabble m the diTty puddle . If they do , they will be begrimed . Casey of bribery have reached oar ears . It is stated tbat some persons bearing the na » e of Chartist , took money to > v » te for Jackson , the candidate who also called himself a Chartist . We do not know that this is so *; bat wo crave for information : for if it turns ont t « - be the fact , thewholo transaction shall be dragged to daylight . We will expose all such practices that eome under our notice , be they practiced by whom they may . *^ lv # * Vm . ~ t-i : _ it _ wrt * J m ~_ :- _ U __ li

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      BATH . —Mr . Gammage delivered two lectures here on Monday and Tuesday erenin . es at the tooibb of the Chartists , 5 , GallowayVbaildiBjrs ; the first was on the present state of society aad the People ' s Charter . " Tbe second " fcbe nselessaeu of persecution to pnt down Chartism . " CAMPSIE . —Notwithstanding the depression of trade in tnis Tillage , the good canse of Chartism is In full -vigour , although poverty hath overtaken many of its firm adherents . On Saturday evening a large and enthusiastic meeticg was held , Mr . Davie in the chair , who made a few remarks npon the necessity of union and perseverance to liberate the masses from their

      bondage . Mi . John M'Crea , of Beith , then addressed the meeting in a speech of great length and eloquence , which called forth bursts of acclamation . Mr . MCrea travelled over the many abuses of our government and ably dissected the sophistry of Whig and Tory jogglery of the past and present times . The Stralhblane band save their services gratis , an example worthy of imitation to other bands , who are wishing to aid in the emancipation of their country . Several excellent songs and recitations were given durins the course of the evening . Votes of thanks were given to Mr . M'Crea , the amateurs , and the chairman , after which the meeting dispersed . On Sunday Mr . M'Crea preached two excellent sermons to respectable audiences .

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      XjEEDS . —SrE 4 Li ? fG Brar .-iOn Monday last , a young girl named Emma Brown , was brought up at the Court ionse . having been caught in the act of walkingaway with a fine piece of beef , from the premises of Mr . S . Smith , surgeon , in Park Row , on Saturday evt-ning . The beef had been sent in from the buichera in the course of the day , and was deposited in a safe in the sard ; it was seen all right after three o'clock in the afternoon , and , before five , as Mr . Smith was enteiitg into his yard from Basin ^ hall-street , he met the prisoner carrying a basketr . He suspected from her answers to his questions that she was not there on an honest errand , and his suspicions were realized when he examined the basket and found the beef . She was committed for triaL

      Ikqoest . — On Monday morning , an inquisition was taken at the Court House , before J . Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Mary Murphy , eighty-five years of age , lately a resident in the Alms Houses adjoining to St John ' s church . From the evidence offered it appeared that on the 21 st of October , as she was waiking along Hunslet-lane , she either fell , or was pushed down , by which she suffered a fracture of the neck of the thigh bone . She was at once removed to the Infirmary , where she . died from fever induced by the accident , on Saturday evening . The person alleged to have pushed the old woman down , is an insane female well known in the town , named Sally Dickinson , whose movements are somewhat rapid as well as erratic , and who it is stated , rudely told Mrs . Murphy to get out of the way , or she would push her down . But of this , there was no direct evidence , and the inquest was therefore adjourned until Friday .

      STOCKFOBT . —The municipal election came off on Tuesday . The Chartists took little interest in the " dog-fight j" the Tories returned ten out of fourteen . MANCHESTEB ,- Ofeslvg of a 5 EW TempeRjLkce Hotei .. —On Wednesday evening , Mr . Brown , Temperance Hotel keeper , New Cross , Manchester , in consequence of his having removed from his Old establishment , and opened his present one , provided an excellent supper for the friends of moral and political reform .

      HUDDERSFIELD . —Philosophical Hall . — During tke last week the inhabitants of this town nave been treated with concerts , by Mr . H Johnson , the inimitable violinist , and the seven original 1 Lancashire Bell Ringers , who played a variety of airs , waltzes , overtures , &c . in a sTyle which , for correctness and beauty , astonished the whole auQJencel To estimate the exquisite tones of those bells in the hands of the performers , and the agility and precision ; in which they perform the most rapid and difficult passages , must be seen and heard . We may safely assert that , in the musical world , it is the greatest noveltv of the age .

      O . n Satubday evening last , Mr . Vincent delivered a lecture in the Philosophical Hall , ou behalf of the Complete Suffrage move , Mr . B . Robinson in the chair . There were not more thanjtwo hundred pre sent ; . it is worthy of remark that , on his previous visit , the Hall was crammed almost to suffocation . The change manifests the estimation in which he is held by the people . Human Gbsatkess . —The following paragraph has been handed : o us by a Correspondent : —Dr . Lockwood , of Kirkheaton , near Huddcrifield , being out late one evening a few weck 3 ago , he deemed it advisable to examine hispotatoe crop . On his arrival he saw a man , on which he got off his horee and walked softly up to the intruder and asked him "if they turned up weil V The man lifted up hie head and seeing who spoke to him , ran off without giving an answer .- The Doctor told him "he need not run ,

      for he knew him . However , the man got off . The Doctor mounted his horse and rode off to the man ' s house , found his wife in bed , called h ^ r up , and was told they did not want a doctor at their houss . At length the door opened . The Doctor entered , and without any ceremony examined the whole honse , found not one mouthful of anything to eat ; he sat down evidently grieved at the result . In a short time the husband came , knocked at tbe door , the Doctor opened it , and he walked in . The Doctor then told him that he would not allow his crops to be tak- n in that manner , but requested so long as he want-ed any for himself and family , to let him know , and he wt / uld see that that waat should be supplied . He then left them . What would be the feelings of the man up to the time of the above promise ? and what after ? Would to God there were more persons iike the Doctor .

      Selling a Child . —A rather singular circumstance occurred in Huddersfield ou Saturday last . On : he day in . question , a gentleman sent for a woman to be at a public honse not fifty roilcs from Lockwood . She arrived with an infant in her arms . The gen ' . Umun asked her if she was willing to part with the child . The woman instantly replied , " Yes with both hands r" and ! hen immediateiy gave the sleeping b 3 be—her own child , into the hand ? of tne landlady ' s daughter . The gentleman said bo would pay her "; or the child , and he accordingly gave her , £ 25 . Tne baby , we understand , wa ? gent off the ¦ a me day to Manchester . It is an illegitimate child , and the gentleman is faid to be the putative ia : her of it . ¦

      Great Horton . —Death by Fire—On Friday week a flue ^ irl aged five years , caughic-r or' John 5 ' naw , Upper-Green , was burnt to death under the following painful circumstances . The child was piaying at the house of us grandmother , when her clothes cautht fire ; the flames were extinguished by a mm n 3 m ; d Foster , and the child sent home , but be ; ure it airived at home the flamed which still smouldered in seme part of her clothes , broke out again , wnen she was atain tuveloped in fire , and to severely burnt that deatn put an tnd to ker sufferirgs on ' . vlondaj

      morning-USWOKTH , Dcijham . —Caution to Pakests . —A lew oays ago , a person named Pearson , went into a neighbour ' s house on bu ? ine 5 r-, leaving an infant child in the cradle to the care of one ot the children . The child iEeam ^ u . fiy went cut too , av . ri the consequence wa ? , a small p ; g which they were reaniig entered the house , and , seeing the infant ' s arm hanging over the cradle , seized it immediately ; and , had not the p Lrieks of the infant brought it ? mother to i : instan ; ly , in all likelihood the beast would have eaten its band off ; as it was , it Iacer 3 - ed it very much , and broke two or three of its fingers .

      ASBTOK-UNDEE-LYNE . Chakge Bl > "G 1 xg . —On Sunday , October 16 th , the College Youths of- AshioD , a-scendfd the tower of St . Michael ' s Church of that town , and rung a true and complete peal of Kent treble-bob majir , consisting of 5 , CS 8 changes , which were brought round in the space oi ihree hours and nine minutes .

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      Sisgclab Case or Superstition . —The landlord of a public-house at Husband's Bosworth , charged a tramping woman with obtaining goods under the following circumstances " . —During the abstneo of the complainant , prisoner came to the house and offered io teJl the daughter , a girl of weak intellect , her fortune ; for which purposeEhe produced a card with twelve marks ppon it , each of which she told the girl to place a shilling upon . After going through a lot of juggling ,-she iold the girl that she muht keep the money a few daye , otherwise the " charm" would

      Lave eo effect ; to this , however , the girl would cot consent , a 3 the money did not belong to her , but in piece of it she gave the woman five pounds' worth of cloiaes . Information ci these facts wa ? subsequently givic to the Bcsworth policeman , who traced the prisoner to Lutterworth , where he found her at a ki ^ ii' £ hou ^ e , about to si : down to a breakfast of beefsteaks and omocs , hi company with two men . She was immediately taken before J . A . Arnold , E-q ., who commuted her a 3 a rogue and vagabond to the Huuse of Correction to hard l&tv ^ r for three moaths . —Norhcniplon Mercury ,

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      TO THB EDITOR OP THE NOKTHERN STAR . Sir—By the insertion of the following you will much oblige , Thb Halifax Chartists .

      FOB G&flJEHAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . Halifax first subscription . £ . s . d . Ovenden ... ... ... ... 0 5 3 G . R . ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 King Cross , Halifax ... ... ... 0 4 5 Bradshaw Lane ... ... ... 0 7 0 Wheatley ... ... ... ... 0 1 9 Siddill 0 3 1 Northowram ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Halifax ... ... ... ... 0 18 2 £ 2 8 8 Deduct for order and stamp . . 0 0 7 £ 2 8 1 Halifax second subscription .

      Carpet weaver , Halifax ... ... 0 3 10 ^ Per J-Prince , Boothtown ... ... 0 1 6 D . L . ... ... ... ... 0 0 G T . W 0 0 6 a Friend ... ... ... 0 0 4 Siddill ... ... ... ... 0 10 Three Friends , per Dean Clough ... 0 2 6 D . H . 0 10 Mr . Smith ' s Book ... ... ... 0 . 5 6 A few Friends at Sower by Bridge ... 0 2 2 Lower Warley ... ... ... 0 3 10 Ovenden Chartists ... ... ... 0 6 10 Mr . J . Boys 0 0 6 W . H 0 10 Mr . James Foster ... ... ... 0 2 6 Mr . Clay ... ... ... . „ 0 1 0 Halifax Chartists ... ... ... 0 6 0

      £ 2 0 6 $ Proceeds from the sale of Thompson Brothers' Breakfast Powder , by B . Rushton . R . Sutcliffe , and others ... 0 10 0 A gift from Thompson Brothers 10 0 For the Executive ... ... ... 0 10 \ h £ 4 0 8 Deduct Post-office order and stamp ... 0 0 7 ¦ pi n i

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      THE " NEW MODEL" OR " SEPARATE SILENT SYSTEM" BASTILE , AT PENTONVILLE , NEAR' HOLLO WAY . TO THE HUMANE PORTION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE TUREE KINGDOMS . " The sepirate system is the most Inhuman and unnatural that the cruelty of a tyrant ever inventPd ; the cells are destined to contain an epitome and illustration of all hnman misery , of which the Bastile of France , and the Inquisision of Spain , are mero prototypes and bnrnble models . ''—Roscoe on Bastiles . Esteemed Fellow-Citizens , —Tbe twelfth hour of tfce ensuing Bight completes the second anniversary of my annual articles against this hell of tyranny , aBd , consequently , the twenty-fourth month of niy Eeifcreated agitation for ita total and legal destruction .

      When I rtfL-ct on the brief space which has intervened between this and the time when I first declared war sgsinst this Bastile , the movement that I have created in its favour , and the succl-bs which it is evident will ultimately crown my efforts , I not only see the hand of God in this affair , but the whole power of truth combined with justice to effect the redemption of humanity . I have much to say why tbe Bistile in quastion should be legally destroyed , when it should be destroyed , and "who will be the means of destroying it , but tie

      Special Commission reports , and particular reasons , prevent me saying much of the one , or anything of the other ; I will , huwever , for your information land in honour of Frenchmen ' s glory ) acquaint you with tbe fact , th&t ¦ whenever this Baatile ia destroyed ( and destroyed it must and EUall be , ) it must be on the 14 th day oi July , that being the day on which the French patriots , some fifty-three years ago , destroyatl their Bastile ; and though we shall not destroy ours after the same fashion , ytt the day so signalised in ho .. our , must be reserved fur an holy one for chat purpose .

      I hope soon , and in despite of the bribery and intimidation tbat prevails , to create an anti-Bastile party in eitbtr House of Parliament , ( and elsewhere if needful . ) Already I have had assurances indicative of tl » : success which I Bball meet with in the attempt , which fnily warrant me in saying that I bhali be successful ; should , however , the Bastile-demons , upon learning this declared determination of my purpose , ( apuipose which , thank God , no man , much less a demon , cud effectually resist ) , endeavour by force or fraud , bribery , dec . or the lite , to frustrate it ( as tbe niurderms

      manufacturers did tbe poor factory children ' s cause ;) J teJl them here , and beforehand , that tbeir efforts will be las all such efforts ought to be ) unsuccessful , as I sLall not break the laws , ( the " beautiful laws , " most of which even the devil would be ashamed of ) , and those whom I ibball act in concert with , will acquaint mo with the names , < 5 cc and proceedings of all who attempt to seduce them from the allegiance which they owe to the cause and to humanity ; that is , at least , if they are what I take them to be , and if they are not , tbe Bastile demons may have them and welcome any day , as I want no Judas iBcariots in my ranks .

      Ere I conclude , I wish te acquaint you with tbe fact , that notwithstanding the declarations which the bastile demons have made in favour of the driving men mad , or the murderous bastile system , notwithstanding all that I have writ , both public and private , against it , and they would rather serve in Lell than abandon it , not one , no , not one solitary one h ^ s had the courage to discuss , as I wished stveral to do , the question witb me ; they shrink with horror from the ta ' jk , and why ? because they know tbat my cause is just , my arguments irrefutable , and that truth beareth away the victory in all such casss .

      I have cot had as yet one tbrep fc of prosecution ( alias persecution ! against me in thia uffair ; to be sure one of the bastile demons advised vine of his order to put a tt = p to my proceedings , but then I silenced the demon by insisting upon him pror ' mg wherein I was wrong ere he called upon ethers to persecute me . This he has

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      mti done , or rather , this he ( like all other persecutors ) few not bad the courage to do , tyrants , being evet eowards , and I defy him to do-so ; aa I am , fa this instance , right is the fullest » ewe of the word . I ewe not for persecution , and I here publicly tell the tviants who wotrid use ii . that as well might they attempt to arres * the progress of Olmrtism by murdering K « first prowelera , as to stay the anti-bastile cause ? v F ^ t ? "if" 1 having con ^ oed to other hands that ^ h . in these days of murderoaa persecution , I did not think it light or safe to keep exclusively in my own , .. . * ;¦ *

      to concision , and It ia a conclusion that is forced upon me through the complete monopoly of the Star ' s pages consequent upon the reports of the Special Commission fanala , I have to inform yon that never were my prospects fn this aflSjir so sure or cheering as they are now . I fears advocates in either KoiiBe , as well as persons who wilt willingly publish anything which 1 write , and tor which , by the way , I iasist upon being held responsible . I thank ail tboae who have ia any way assisted me in this cause , even though , as in many instances their

      assistance has been but little ; more eepecially do I thank one , whom for the present yommust only know as- " a peer of the realm , " and who by his valuable information has proved himself a tower of > 8 trength to ine . I thank them all heartily and whilst I charge yeu not to injDte so much as a single jot of the new bastile , I charge you as men having an innate sense of justice , aad a conBciousntas of wrong , to use your every effort for the attainment of your all-righteons Charter , and thea prevent the demolition of the bastile who can ! Believe Be , friends , till death .

      Yonr brother , Henry Dow eld Griffiths , No . H , Winohebter . row , __ . 3 ¦ Edgeware-road , London-Wednesday 10 A . H ., Oct . 19 , 1842 .

      LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS . Ibeae sessions concluded on Monday night The following sentences were passed : — To be Transported Seven Years . —BeDjamin Hall , 18 , stealing a coral necklace , the property of Isaac Newton . Joseph Gatehouse , 16 , stealing printed cotton , tbe property ef Cornelius Smith . Thomas Elliott , 21 , stealing lead , the property of John Wales Smith and others . George Gregory , 32 , stealing trousers , the property of Thomas Birch .. John Wade , 22 ; Btealing woollen cops , the property of Robert Clough . John Downs , 42 , stealing lead , the property of Anthony Titley and others . Mary Ann Bils ^ brongh , 16 , Btealing shoes , tbe property of Richard Lee . Imprisoned Twelve Months . —Margaret Mowland , 17 , Btealing a silver spoon , the property of Richard OonthwaitB .

      Imprisoned Nine Months . —Thomas Fowler , 23 , stealing tobacco and copper piping , the property Of Wm . Hornby . Imprisoned Eight Months . —Catherine ConoBy , 60 , sealing money , the property o ( John Fallows . Imprisoned Six Mon-bhs . —James Williams ,. 21 , stealing trousers , the property of Edward MattbewB . John Holt , 18 , stealing three files , and some brnaa and iron , the property of Joseph Homer . ThomaB Warrior Coxon , 18 , stealing tweed , the property of John Cozon .

      Imprisoned Four Months . —David Davis , 18 , stealing lead , the property of Martin Ca , wood . Kichard Thornborougb , 42 , embezzling money , the property of James Greenroyd . Joseph Bathos , 22 , stealing shoemakers' tools , the property of Richard Bock . Ann Cow burn , 27 , stealing money , the property of Esther Moorbousa Jereloiuy Chickey , 20 , stealing money , tbe property ot Henry Allison . Elizabeth Chadwick , 13 , stealing a silk handkerchief , tbe property of Joseph Strgeantson . Joseph Barker , 19 , stealing brass piping , the property of James Blakey .

      Imprisoned Three Months . —Richard Clark , 20 , stealin ? chisels , the property ot Christopher Asquith . Patrick Managban , 20 , ' stealing a joiner ' s rule , the property of Joseph Fishwick . Jobn Bretherwick , 39 , stealing boots , the property of Ephraim Sykes . Esther Myers , 20 , stealing a gown , tbe property of Stephen Carrick . Christopher Goo

      IMPRISONED One Month . —Michael Lannagan , 15 , stealing copper and lead , the property of Wm . Shaw . Edw . Render , 17 , embtzzling money , the property of John Renton . - Imprisoned Fourteen Days . —Ann Davies , 53 , receiving lead , knowing it to have been stolen , the property of Martin Cawood . William Hudson , 15 , stealing trousers , the property of John Ray . Nor Guitir . —Au Wood , 24 , stealing money , the property of Eii Kersbaw . Mary Pickles , 21 , stealing money tbe property of Mark Greenwood . James Derbyshire , 22 , and John Dawson , 25 , stealing rope , the property of Robert Keddy . Edward Hunter , 14 , stealing copper and lead , the property of William Shaw . David Routh , 30 , stealing harden sheets , tbe property of Janus Watson . William Gibson , 18 , stealing brass

      piping , the property of James Blakey . Abraham Sharp , 53 , stealing a sheep skin , the property of Stephen Sollett . John Walsb , 21 , stealing brass , the property of John Taylor and others . Jobn Hartley , 39 , stealing a watch , tbe property of Admiral Crew . Henry Todd , 39 , stealing brass , copper , and iron , the property ef GeoTge Pearson . Thomas Elmsley , 15 , stealing a flageolet , the property of Joshua Muff . Ellen Boyle , 47 , stealing a key , the property of Thomas Thwaites . William Broadbent , 31 , Thomas Wade , 25 , and Christopher Wilson , 23 , stealing wool and slubbinffB . the property of William Wheatley . Thomas Grimshaw , receiving the same , knowing it to have been stolen . Henry Valentine , 19 , stealing twted , the property of Jobn Coxoii . Joseph Kemplay , 44 , embezzling money , tbe property of Robert Wright .

      Bills Ignored . —Against iAnthony Furniss , 15 , stealing cotton , the property of Cornelius Smith . Eliz * Alderson , 26 , stealing money , tbe property of EH Kershaw . William Graaton , 28 , stealing iron , the property of Joseph Perkins . Mary Cullen , 24 , and Mury Ann Burns , 22 , the former with stealing , and the latter receiving n watch , &c , the property of Matthew Dickenaon . Elizabeth Burfcett , 16 , and Jane Gawthorpe , 15 , 8 ttaling wearing apparel , the property of Elizabeth Jaekson . The proceedings terminated at eight o ' clock on Monday night .

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      "PROGRESSrOF THE OnUil W . tfl .. " It is impossible to-read the accounts of thi » iHiliter >' operations in China without chains and d \ sgast - It is not war , but sheer butchery—a SoOh in a well-attcfced preserve of human beings . Captain Bin £ ham ,. of'the royal navy , in a book-which w » have not see , *; . but which the Standard has-quoted witts a justly ind . " geaBt commentary , thus describes the capture of Ningpo t" About 12 , 000 ( CbiMsa ) advanced upon tbe soaVfeenr and western gates , the gawds retiring before them . On the Chinese penetrating to the toa » &et-place in the oent : a of the city , tbey wete ^ eeeivad bj" a heavy fire Ifam

      our troops drawn up . TKis sudden , check so damped theic ardour , that their-only object appeared'to * b 4-to get out of the city as fast a » they could , in doing whltii tbe ; were crowded in dense-masses in tbd narrow st rest The artillery now coming up , unlimbered within one hundred yards of the crowded fugitive * , and poured is a destructive flre of grap * and canister- So awful w&a the destruction of human » life , that tha bodies were ? obliged to be removed to the sides of the streets to allow the guns to advance ; . and the pursuit was followed up by them ( the artillery ) and the forty-ninth regiment for-severa milts . '

      Sueh scenes , it appears , ace continually recurring in Capt . Bingbam ' a narrative . ' For instance , we read of the British placing a large body ; , of Chices 8 between two flrea , and killing six hundred with the less of only one man : " the Chinese could do nothing against the terrific broadsides of the ships , the shells , and the rockets . " Again , we are told of a Chinese army thrown into confusion by the unexpected appearance of two bodies of troops which had advanced under cover while tbey wore engaged with a thfe « J , . and of fifteen hundred of them being killed with tfcs-loss of sixteen British killed and a few weunded . Nojfvare the armed soldiery of China the only

      sufferers" With such a tremendous bombardment as bad been going on for two hours in this densely-populated neighbourhood , it must be expected that pitiable sights were tt > be witnessed . At one spot were four children struck down , while the frantic father was occasionally embracing tbeir bodies , or making attempts to ^ rowa himself in a neighbouring tank . Numerous sintHar seenes- were witnessed . " There can be no mistake as to these facts . The Chinese are a muscular race ; that they do noterBminately shrink fiom pain—tbat they can brave

      deathhas baen ehown repeatedly in the course of these massacres . But they have no practical experience of war ; they ate ill-arraed ; and the tremendous effecteof British artillery , bombs , and rockets , are to them at once f » arful and inconoeivable . The contest between them and the British-forces is more unequal than that ) between the surprised bewildered mob of Manchester and the armed soldiery of Peterloo . Ihey are hasked , shot , and drowned < without resistance , overcome by , their own sense of helleBsness and their-ercited imaginations ; and the dbt&Ua of the butchery , are suoh that ; we should feel alcksned to Bee it exercised on

      oattleor game . And it is butcheay of which there can be no end so long as British troops remain in China . The territories subject to the Emperor of China are as large ; is the whole of Europe . The superficial extent of the densely- peopled part of China alone ( the districts on the sea-coast , the-great canal , and the two great rivers ) is more than tvnicu the size of the British Islands , This large space-is dotted at brief intervals with towns us large and crowded as our first-rate and second-rate manufacturing-towna . The inhabitants are prejudiced against foreigners : they are identified with the civil government of the country ; for the career of ofiieo is open to every ; one who chooses to study , and schools and colleges , and foundations for poor scholars are

      numerous . Such ; a population can only be kept in subjection by a present force . It will affect nothing to take one town and raove on to another . : every town that is taken must be garrisoned , or after-the capture of every second town the- British army must move back to retake that which svurendered to them before it The occupation of China by tbe British must be a constant succession of popular insurrections asd military executions . And in tba perpetration of these continuous outrages on hnmaaity , oue British army . after another will be absorbed , as a tall frigate is sucked down into a quicksand , producing no effects , leaviag no trace ef its having been the » e . The troops neoesoary for the defence of the rest of the-e tnpirewill be drafted off for the still beginning never coding conquest of China , leaving us naked to the ftffgression ot any easmy . Tbe Chinese Government

      is aware of this sourco of strength arising out of its very weakness . It is strong in the power of countless numbers infinitely dispersed . It feels confident that though the foreign invaders were to kill year by year ten times as many as they have killed since the war began , tha natural increase of the population would more than fill up the vacuum . Army after army is sent into the field , where certain defeat awaits it ; town after town is defended with a foreknowledge that it must fail . Tbe Chinese Government looks forward , and net without reason , to tbe time when their fierce and irresistible assailants will be stretched in sheer exhaustion on the top of the hetacombs they are slaughtering—passing away like pestilence , famine , and other mysterious visitations . And as the rulers think , so think and feel the people .

      Is it a sign of wisdom in the British nation to persist In a struggle which can only weaken it 1 la it a sign of humanity to sanction such wholesale butchery of human beings ? Is it a sign of morality to do all this in order that a poisonous drug may ba smuggled into the markets of ChiDa ?

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      MOST EXTRAORDINARY STORY . The following strange story relating to a series of horrible attacks upon a young lady at Bradford , is detailed in a letter to the editor of the Bradford Observer : —; On one evening in last January the heroine of this tragic narrative had occasion to go np stairs with some linen . After passing through bxr mother ' s bedroom and dressing-room , the furniture of which sho noticed to have beeen somewhat discomposed , shg passed across into another chamber . Upon entering this she was surprised to observe , among other signs of confusion , that all the drawers of a chest \ revo open . This in eoine degree alarmed her , but being , though a very

      mild , gentle , yet an equally courageous young lady , sbe procc erled to scan the room morn closely , ^ rhen * he perceived a man partly crouched under the bed , but with his hea « l protruded somewhat towards the window . At the sight of him she quietly put down the iinen , which she had in one hand , on a chair , and , walking to the door , took the key from the inside , and locked it on tbe out . Sbe then gave th

      One Wednesday evening , about a month ago , at the hour of nine o ' clock , the Rev . Mi . K ^ g bting abstnt from home oo avintKtevial-duty , Miss Rigij , who had been sitting in the back parlour with her mother anil brother , had occasion to leave-thfni for a few minutes . In about sixorshven minutes a candlestick ^ was heard to fall , and there ensued au uuaccounUbla scuffling and noise , then a stiflsd .-cream , followed by one louder . Mrs . KiRg thinking that the noise cutnn ( turn up stairs , and that one of the children , who had just retired to rest , must have set herself on fire , directed Mr . H . Rig < $ . torun and sen whvt was the matter , and she herself hastened after aa fast as her feelings of alarm would aliow . She had , ' however , just reached tha dour leading down to the cellar , which she had to pass in order to go up

      staiM , aiid which was Btumiii ); .: putially opui , wbun iUisa Riig eamo out pale as a covj'du , and tikeding about her neck , though from what particular parts the blood proceeded was not at first easily seen , her neck ar . d shoulders being covtrert with Moo : l , aud her whit' * dress from her shoulders downwards presenting a frightful appearance . " . Mother , " sho cried , '' a man in tbe cei ' ar has s ' . abbed me . " Her agon z-jil and .-agitaUnt pareht ' hid hwr on the sofa , and &ent immediately for Utr medical nttendaut , afraid herself to look on what was done . Ou the arrival of Di * . F , it was found , lhat she iiail bean . nv ; rc . CuUy preserved from serious injury . VVuijii the miacroant attacked her . she was in . the act of mounting the collar steps , and consequently , on that narrow giouud he could only assail her from hyhind , iii

      wfaich position her long and thit-k curia interposed between bis Maile and her nick , and thore can be little doubt s-ivt- 'd her life .. She had , howovur , on < : deep , cut four inches Ions , on the shoulder , with fuur smaller ones ntar it , and a filiiibt wound on her breast . In making his brutal aUtuipi ; , the ruih'iii had h-An htr by one shoulder , but her dropping the candle - prevented him from seeing precisely where to strike . He had , however , besides it . rLcting . the abovbna : ued wounds , severed a large portion of her hair , which , from its great profusion and strength of curl , must have required a very vigorous and determined stroke , or perhaps a succession of strokes . Miss Rigg distinctly heard her

      mother direct her brother to see what wa 3 the matter , aa her assailant must also have done , and this made him quit his hold . Retreating by the front cellar , or untier kitchen , he made hia escape by tha buek-doox , and over the yard wall . He had been in tbe upper rooms , had lauaacked the drawers , aad secreted some aiticteB of value , aui ^ iig other things , some aiiver spoons and bad taken the r ; z ^ r with which he attempted Miss Rigg ' s life from lur father ' s drts&ing room . In his alarm he secured nothing ; the silv-wr spoons he attempted to taka -wiib . him , but dropped in getting « vet the wall , and tho razor was found crusted with blood on the other Bide of the walL

      What was the reason of hia brutal attempt is known to hi uself and to God . It ia not easy to conjecture it . It niay'have been that he thought Miss Wgg had seen him , and he feared , through her means , discovery . Hu may have been the same man whom sb * had previously encbuntbred , and in that case with tbe fear of discovery may have been united the desire of wvenge . Still , that tljo man , unmolested , apparently unobserved , should either from fear of uisoovery go the very way to insure discovery , or should bo harbour jevenge aa to determine lo attempt the life of an innocent , unoffending girl , seems at first incredible . Yet subsequent circumstances iohqci it almost certain that Abu . ljiter is tbe tiue notion ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦

      . .. . . At any rate , the attempt mut . t bd admitted to have been one of the moat cruel , unprovoked , and brutal * that was ever made ; and one wouid have tboufl ^ t that every heart would nave swelled . ^ iVhindig «! iUgu against

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      the perpetrator , every hand have been ready to se'ae and consign him to justice , and that all would ba inspired with one common feeling of sympathy with the sufferer . Are the magistrates ot Bradford , then , destitute of t , He feelings of humanity ? Are they to be co / nidered axj ^ perior to the ordinary weakness of mankind ? Or are We to consider them inferior to the rest of men in sense at c B 43 And feeling ? What the opinion of the public may be on these points when they consider the circumstau& w ot their conduct , I will not now anticipate . A .

      man v « m taken on the Friday after tho attempt , on suspJd "Mi ot being the gallty party , to whose features MisaRv W could swear as Identical with those of her assailam /' . with tbe exception of his whiskers—feature * which ev wy one knows can be disguised at pleasure , Yet with 'fcifl testimony , aad the full evidence in court of the ciT , vwiBtances detailed above , the magistrates hot onljrvdii visaed the maa , but though he was known to bea ^ Ho *[ of bad character , they did not even interrogate him i 6 s to where ha had been on the evening ln ' aues&Mb

      : Sir , being-a wry myself , I would not be thought disirespeetfoHo ti * Tory magistrates of Bradford , but if any Wtoig . iMgifc Vrates had acted thue , I shoald certainly say-that tij « jr selite h and unfeeling stolidity was utterly ^ without '^ -parallel We know , however , onr magistrates ton wtll to « y any suck thing of them . Gentle * men aie-tteey oil t i \ * magistrates , kind , laborious , selfdenving , * n 4 acute r They would never , v ? e are sure , prefer their own eaa 6 to the discharge of tfceir doty , nor the call , of toe din oer hour to the-call et humanity t Howeven S 4 r ; ] ask i ' &u whether- such cosduot in any but our magistrates *? ould no * J have been-considered an worthy , o ? tbeir name as men \ inconsiateatrwitsh their oftfce as magistrates ?

      Bat , Sir * oarmagistra tee are wonderful- people ; wonderfully cleroi , wonderfully pro / oaad , wonder / aHy seb tilo-l They , it Seem * , have discovered fwarvellona peuetationyttiat Miss Rig ? was frightened end fancied there was a man ! This , with h » r Beamed sironlderin evidence before them ! Astonishing disco ? ery , thfef unequalled solution of this difficult case ! - If in-all affairs that come- b * fo » o them , they straw equal penetraties , equal aouiuea , equal power of imagination , h&wblesaaA is our good town of . Bradford ! Did any before ever conceive of . fancy ¦ wounding % person , cutting off hair , pilfering silver spoons-, aa& throwing a razor over a wall ? Fancy , forsooth - K » doubt it was fancy , toe , in the person of Dr . Fjsvran , who dressed the wounds ! This , Sir , would at any rate-be * veiy active fancy ! And what has been the consequence of thb-oondoefc ofthese magistrates ?

      Liateu , Sir . Last Suuday evening , during , eer-nce time , as Miss Rigg was going into the -hock : pnarlour for a book , a man followed her and sicucfc her victently on the arm twice . with some heavy instrument-.. She- fell bhviektag to the ground , anil her c / ies brought- assistanoe , which frightened away the . incarnate Head who bad attauked her . He left the house without taking ' o » attempting to take anything . Her anuiesbibita a dreadful contusion from above the elbow oeariy to bh& wrist . Is this fancy , too , Messrs . Ma ^ istraJea ? What , sir , ar « we to make of all tb . ii ? .- Here seems aa infernal plot against the life e&thia young lady , than whom there never lived one geailer-or more amiable . It can scarcely be doubted that it 13-one and tha sain » man who has been concerned in all three a ' . tempta . It is

      remarkable tbat tbe last time he bad his face blackened , as though determined not again to run the risk of having his features recognized . Allow nit ) to ask , air-, what is tbe amount of responsibility which the magistrates have incurred , if , when he was ones-in their power , they have again let loose upon the public , through culpable and selfish indifference , so desperate a wretch , and one apparently so bent upon the destruction uf his usfonnnate victim ? It is a subject , sir , to wring tsars from the most hardhearted . Who can-conceive the agony of the parents , the terrible . and ever-present apprehensions of the child , the deep distress of the whole family t Who can estimate the effect thab such occurrences are likely te , have upon the nerves and constitution of tba agonized pareats and tha sufiyring child ? the latter , just entering life . I

      forbear , Sir , in consideratioa to the feelings oi all connected with the family , to caz ? y . out tbis harrowing thought But I vv « uldask , fur how much of the inevitable amount of suffering are our magistrates respoaBible ? I will suppose , however , thab our worst fea » s may not be realised . With a fijrm trust in Provkitnce , continued in the hearts of the parents by many nv-rcies and frequent deliverances already esperienct : tl , aud aided in the heart of the child by the cheerful ami sanguine spirits of youth ,, ami a naturally sweet and happy disposition , I will bopu that the effects will be less terrible than might have' been apprehended . But does this diminish the culpability or lessen the weight of responsibility attaching to the magistrates ? By 1 . 0 means ; but the merit and piety cf those who must in some measure , and in a great measure , be sufferers , must rather tend to . ircrease both the one and the other .

      I have finished my exposure , and I beg , S ; r , to sign myself , Yours , lespectfully , Vi . ndex-October 19 th .

      Just Published, Price One Shilling, No. 8. Of The Union : A Monthly Record Of Moral, Social, And Educatioi&Gt;Al Progress.

      Just Published , Price One Shilling , No . 8 . of THE UNION : a Monthly Record of Moral , Social , and Educatioi > al Progress .

      Continued Sincewiiniuue Storm On Ti'is Scotch Coast.—Inverness.—The Boisterous Weather Which Conink-Iicfd . Upou Monday

      continued sincewiiniuue Storm on ti ' is Scotch Coast . —Inverness . —The boisterous weather which coninK-iicfd . upou Monday

      astweek nas ever , . ur no lintermission . Wind N . and N . E . The Duke of Richmond steamer left Granton athtr usual hour , and encountered the gales of Tuesday en fatr way to Aberdeen , off which ehc dodged for foraetiuie , but the &f a raa ao high upon the bar tbat it was impossible to get in . Captain Campbell then steered for Stonehaveu , hoping to be able to land his passengers there , and this being cquaily impracticable , he judged it kis most prudent course , for the safety of-all , to rim out to sea , and lie-to till tho f-torm abated . Tnis ha accordingly did , and upon Thursday , it having moderated a little , he . again made for Aberaeen , off

      which he iound the Sovereign and Bonny Dundee steamers waiting for the signal to crorstiw bar . The Sovereign , a * drawing less water , entered first , then the Bunny Dundee , followed by the Duke . After a most tempestuous passage , the DuKe reached Inverness lu-xt day ( Friday last ) , and ieiVfoT Leithat two o ' clock next mprning . Sho was expected 10 be here at her usual time yesterday , but down till seven o ' clock tiiis t ; v « n . in # there has been ho appearance of her . The North S ; ar wad also out , in the storm of last week , which came on upon this sidaof Flaniboroufch Head . Sbe was obliged to put into Burlington Bay , where sho remained for twelve hours , and-reached Inverness en bauuday . The Maid of Morvon , upon the second day <; f the gale , after leaving Buvshead , was watchtd wr . h deep

      anxiety and alarm by the groups of people upon the . Moray hide , tho wind at the time blowing a most terrific hurricane , the sea rut . nin ^ fearfully high , jin-i t , heve ? ad being . on a lee shore . It wi < s ieared by the spectators that , she would ca ? r , upon tiu : I" niahorir sand-banks , Lufc the cauiain of thy Jiaid , tqi ; a ! iy alive to the . danker , ordered ; -- .. il to bt > made . Trio first hoisteilwas- blown toia ^ , bm a a'co ; : u attempt , was more siiccessJu ] , ahii ' . viUi tlii .-. a ; d ih y iittid witch got to wiiiiiward , somoliin < . s complc ' eJy Ouned out of sight from laud in the yawni ;^ . gulfs bo . iveea oaci . successive billow . Shuanivoa ah v . eiUhat came afternoon at five o ' clock iu "Jnvcr / iess . Tuei > aa . j nig ht and Wednesday we had a Ion * , ' iall oi biiow , siid upon Die latter ¦ niaht . the wind agaia increased with heavy showers of rain . a « c- > Tiii > -u : \ td wi-h freq-ic-nt Hashes of lighiuicg . — IiofS . khire Adveifzcr .

      Revenue of the United States and of New-York . —The gros 3 revenue ior the- Us : . t . f d States for tfau first six montW 1 L 41 was , acciirdin ^ to official btafements , 7 / 105 , 020 dols . ; for th ; .- .-. n :: e period 1842 0 , 733 . 834 tiols ., being an iucnas < - o : 1 , 728 , 814 . The wiioie ' revenue for tho y ^ ar ifJJl is fetated at 10 , 146 , 635 ; and the . ixvu-mo for ihe Port of New York uioins , fop the first ihre # -qnarttrs cf IM'i , is stated at ' 9 , 911 , 387 dels ., . which shows a great increase . — A merican Paper . Six months ago the price , of a quarter of ( he best vfheai was 7 . 0 ; ., and tho 4 lb . losf was then 9-:. Ine pMce of a quarter of wheat is now cOs ., and tue 4 b . loaf is 8 d . Wheai has thus fallen 30 per ceut ., and the diminutioa on bread is only Id .

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      Kegi ? teted iu Saint Pancras , during the last week , Tharuaa ISl'Douall Smith , t-on of Jam « s and Esther Smith , oi Little Clarendon-stseot , boiner a Town . At Every-strcet Chapel , Manchrsier , rn the 9 tt OcVobLi-, the Bon . of Johii and Rath Gluna was christened Peter M'Douall Chmu , by the EeT . James Scholefield . ,

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      MAHKlAe ^ S . . On Saturday list . Mr . Gc oT ^ i ^ lwrervCOBpositor . . . --of . his ta-. vn , to Miss Esther Kad ^ r , ol Ho 4 D .. ok . _ Va Monday last , ^ ifc e pansh church y ^ f ^ bary , Mr , James Bocftfa , cloth brewer , to , ai : « . Ana Maria Jones , all of Notherton , near Hudder > finld .

      The Municipal Elections.

      THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS .

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      B 0 £ S DESCRIPTION OF THE FALLS OF NIAGARA . ( From his American Notes J " Between five aud six in the morning we arrived at BuftUio , whtre we breakfasted , oud bting too near the Great Falls to wait patiently nny where else , we set ofi hy the train the same niorni'i £ ! at nine . * Whenever the train halted I listened for the roar ; and was constantly straining my eyes in the direction where I knew tho falls must be from having seen the river rolling on towards them ; every moment expecting to behoM tbe spray . Within two minutes of my stopping , I saw two prt-at white clouds rising up slowly and maji . sticj'ly fioni tho ilepth of the earth . That was all .

      At length we alighted ; and then , for the first time , I heard the rush of watt-r , and felt the ground tremble nnrtc-ri : eath my tett The bank was very staep , and ¦ was slippery with h ; df melted ica and rain . I bardly kr . ew hw to get down , but was soon at tho bottom , anil i wo English < fiicers who were creasing , and bad joined mo uvar 60 tu 6 broken rocks , deafened by the jioisn , laif blinded by the spray , and wot to the skin . We were at the foot of the Aiutricnn F . ill . I could see an immense tmrciit of water tearing headlong ; down from some ^ reat ht-i ^ tt , but bad no idea of stKipe or situiition , or anytiiint ; but vague immensity . Wbeu we ¦ wt . ro seated in t ^ . a little ferry boat , and wero classing the swollen river immediately bei ' orj both cataracts , I b-.-iran to fet-1 where it was ; but I was in

      a manaor stunned , and unable to conipi-ebei ; d the vastntss of the sctne . It was not until 1 came on Tafcie Heck and looked—^ reat Heaven , on v-rnt a fail ( f bright green water . '—' . hat it came upon mi : in its full majesty . Then , when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing—the rli-sfc tffect , and the entluiin !? i > ue—inshait and lasting—of the tremendoua spec ' -aclw vas pence—p ^ aco of miud—tranquillitycalm recollection of the dead—grea ' , thoughts o £ eternal rt st and happiness , nothing of gloom or terror . Niagara was at once stamped upon my heart an image of bt-auty ; to remai n there changeless and indelible until ita pulses ceasu to beat for ever . Oh how strife and trouble of our daily life receded from my view , and lcsit-ned in the distance durine the ten memorable

      eui * we passed on that enchanted ground . What voipts spoke from out the thundering water ; what faces faded from the earth looked out upon me from its gleaming depths ; what Heavenly promise glistened in those angel ' s tears , the drops of many hues that showered around aud twinsd themselves about the gorgeous arches which the changing rain-bows made ! I never stirred in all that time from the Canadian side whither I bad gone at first . I never crossed tha river again ; for I knew there Were people on the other Ehore , and in such a place it was natural to shun strange company . To wander to and fro all day , and see the cataract from all points or view ; to stand upon the edge of the Great Horse Shoe Fall meeting the

      hurned water gathering strength as it approached the verge , yet seeming , too , to pause before it shot into the gulph below j to gtzi upou the river ' a level np at the torrent cs it came streaming down ; to climb the neighbouring heights , and-watch it through tbe trees , and see the wreathing wattr to the » apids hnrrying on to take its fearful plunge ; to linger in the shadow sf the solemn rocks three miles below ; watching the rivst , as , stirred by no visible cause , it heaved and eddied , and awoke the echoes , being troubled ytt far dovsn tho surface by its giant leap ; to have Niag&m before me lighted by the sun and the moon red in the day ' s decline , aud grey as evening slowly fell upon it ; to look upon it every day and awake up in the night and bear ita ceaseless voics ; tfcte waa enough . ! " , . „ .

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      i > £ uTi : S . ' a * ^ >— : r- ^ w Oa Sunday last , aged £ S , Geor ^ jQt . J ^^ S . huiv-dvesser , Woodhouai-lar . c , LeodsA A >^ i ^> sv /« -A On the 2-i'Ai ult ., Mr . John Bi ^/ l ^ fm }* btt ; .:, \ j Fenton , a ^ ed 57 , mu ^ jeppepte d ^ j ^ TW ^^' -S ' ^ 1 fey * ' vi ^ - '' -j- : ' - < % / y ^ * ¦ ¦ ~ > i ;!// ' , \' - ^ L- r ? •" ¦ ' W ' ¦* ' \ ' j $ * iw M

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      TO THK E 3 ) IT 0 B OF THB KOBTHEHN SMB . Sib , —It is -witb feeling * of the greatest pleasare that I write tbe »« few line * to yea , hoping that job will either publish them entire or git * tbe tnbBtanee ei them in the next awnbei of yonr -rateable joarnaL Tuesday fast , being the day for tha election of outgoing Councillors of the Town Cboneii , steps were taken to bring forward candidates piejged U > the six points of the Charter , aad I am prond to » y that the friends of freedom haTa succeeded in retorniag seven of tbe Candidates tbat they brought forward * and which we pledged to do the greatest posaiMo good to the greatest possible many . In the Ward of Deritend and Bordesley , Messrs . Field and Atkinson were returned without opposition ; both are pledged to the Six Points .

      In St George ' s Ward two candid » tcs were brought forward : Mr . Alfred Lawden , by the Whigs snd Sham Radicals , and Mr . James Clarke by the friends of the Charter . The following ia the result < rf the poll at its close yesterday afternoon : —

      Mr . James Clarke ... . „ . ... 42 Mr . Alfred Lawden is Majority for Mr . Clarke 24 In St Peter's Ward , Messrs Whittle and Smith were brought forward by the Whigs , Tories , and sham Radicals , and Messrs . Corah and Perry , both advocates of the Six Points of the Charter , were broaght forward by the friends of freedom and the Charter , and the following was the state of the poll at its elose yesterday afternoon : — Mr . Perry 73 Mr . Corah ... 67 Mr . Whittle 56 Mr . Smith 38 The two former were returned .

      So far so good . Now for the glorious triumph of all In the Ward of Duddeston-cum-Niehelia we have beat the Tories from their " king" down to their poor " fag ; " the Whigs from their " darling" down to their " pet ; " and sham Radicals and humbugs into tbe bargain , In spite of all their triokery , threats , cajolery , and bribery . The candidates on tbe side of liberty were Messrs . Haycock and Gwyther , and the candidate of the nondescripts was poor-Mr . Blews . I ezn assure you that , by tbis time , he is very blue indeed , for he kept open

      house for all the traitors , tag-rag and bob tall , in the hamlet ; had a band of music parading the district all the live-long day ; gin was being drunk by pints ; men were fetched and carried to the poll nearly dead with illueBs ; horse-fl 8 sh and coaches were the order of the day ; in fact , he declared that if it cost him £ 500 he would be returned . He actually drove voters to the poll himself , in his own gig ; but , in spite of all , we have put him on the shelf , after one of the hardest election contests ever known in this town , either foi local or national legislators . The following was tbe state of the poll st its close .

      Gwyther 461 Haycock 412 Blews 377 So you see , Mr . Editor , that your advice has been quietly but surely followed , and being the first trial , I think that by returning seven candidates , advocates of the six points , we have achieved a great aud a glorious victory . Next year we intend to be better prepared for them by looking after the burgess list . I am , Sir , Youi obedient servant , William Cotton . S 8 , Ludgate-Hill , Birmingham , November 2 nd , 1842 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 5, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1185/page/5/